"Although the Eighteen Commercial Banks are in the nature of commercial banks, they are actually formerly known as Japanese Bandits, and they are not honest in private."

Jin Zhong objected.

Qi Tai heard the news about the Eighteen Trading Houses and quietly pricked up his ears.

The Goryeo Trading Company, the Eighteen Commercial Firms, and the trade clouds of Jinzhou are complex and intertwined, so that many high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty do not know what is going on.

The main public opinion was that some of the upper echelons of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom opened trading houses privately to trade in Daming.

But this statement, as long as people with a little brain, can see the contradiction, which does not conform to the logic of reason.

It's just that the maids of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo have made many big families inseparable, so many people turn a blind eye.

After Zhu Gaochi came to the capital, the things he needed to face every day were wide and complicated, and he was no longer like in the past, when he was in Beiping, Fang Fang could obviously take care of everything.

Therefore, countless talents are needed to help take care of various matters.

Jin Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, naturally paid special attention to the matter of force, and Jin Zhong said with a serious face that it was very important.

"The rest of the people don't mention it, even if Liu Ying, who has always behaved well, this person has actually controlled Tanegashima."

"The indigenous population of the island has been controlled by him, and the slave and young soldiers he raised back then have grown up individually, and according to the Golden State Navy, those people are extremely desperate to fight."

Every inch of land in the future generations has a detailed attribution.

The moment is different.

Even in Southeast Asia, the population is very sparse, and there are many uninhabited old forests, swamps, depressions and other areas.

The population of Southeast Asia has exploded since then, thanks to great advances in agricultural technology, abundant food, and a good medical system.

In ancient times, only the Chinese civilization had these two things.

In a word.

In the early days, Tanegashima was only an area with indigenous people on the island, and there was no concept of a kingdom, and it did not belong to either Japan or the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Later, it gradually belonged to the Ryukyu Kingdom.

In the 17th century, the five islands of the Amami Islands in the northern part of the Ryukyu Kingdom were invaded by the Satsuma Clan of Japan, and later the whole of Ryukyu was annexed.

Originally, after the victory in World War II, the Ryukyu Kingdom was supposed to be restored, and Japan would also be partitioned, part of which would be supervised by China.

However, in order to protect his interests, the United States left behind its sphere of influence in East Asia and became the suzerainty of Japan, continuing to stir up the pattern of East Asia and preventing East Asia from returning stability.

The main culprit for the instability in East Asia is the United States.

That's the essence.

When Zhu Gaochi heard that Liu Ying had actually seized Tanegashima, he paid attention to it in his heart.

Having its own territory, and not having its own territory, the changes brought about are completely different, especially Liu Ying is looking at how Jinzhou has developed.

Really.

Jin Zhong mentioned what Zhu Gaochi cared about.

"Liu Ying plundered the Japanese population, screened out the craftsmen, stayed on his seed island, not only established a shipyard, but also imitated the Ming Dynasty's firearms, I heard that it has been able to make bird guns, but limited by production capacity, and high-quality flint, can not produce self-generated fire guns, and the production of bird guns is not high."

"He even asked in Jinzhou last time if he could buy flint from Jinzhou in the Huguang Changsha area, but Jinzhou refused on the spot, although this person did not ask again later, but his ambition can be seen."

Qi Tai also changed color.

This can be described as raising tigers, although the Ming Dynasty has gained a large share of the profits, but these widows have also developed.

I couldn't help but look up at His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, and I didn't know if the Imperial Grandson was guarded.

Zhu Gaochi was not surprised, but he didn't expect the other party to go so fast.

There are several places in the East where the productive forces are sufficient for the development of firearms.

The first was Annan, then Japan, and finally North Korea.

Although Annam's technology is developed, the external competition is bad, resulting in a limited population, which is destined to be low, and the hereditary class in North Korea is doomed to the bottom of North Korea.

Japan alone.

Since ancient times, he has studied Chinese civilization and stored a large number of excellent technologies, including agriculture.

Today's population is about 14 million, which is four or five times the size of Annam.

If a civilization has only one million people, it will not only be unable to build the Great Wall or pyramids, but it will also not be able to invent metallurgical technology and porcelain manufacturing technology.

In the agricultural era, most people were bound to the land, and only a small percentage of the population was engaged in work outside agriculture, including handicrafts and construction, and even fewer were engaged in so-called scientific and technological inventions.

Therefore, before the large-scale use of machines by human beings, the base of the population was the most important factor to ensure the development of civilization.

Nothing else.

What kind of nomadic fishing and hunting is destined to be a backward civilization, which cannot develop science and technology, and only brings destruction.

Therefore, Japan is an opponent worthy of attention, which has the advantage of learning Chinese civilization from the beginning, but because of its geographical environment, it is not invaded from the outside and avoids the regression of its own civilization.

Japan has been unified for many years, has experienced thousands of years of development, and has a nascent national character.

When the Japanese shogunate eliminated the resistance led by Yoshihiro Ouchi, the future was a period of stability for half a century.

If he wants to plot against the whole of Japan, I am afraid that with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, he will need to fight across the sea, Zhu Gaochi will not be too optimistic, and he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, and it will take at least twenty or thirty years of work.

With this strength, he might as well do something else.

Develop the Ming industry, complete the technological update of the first industrial revolution as soon as possible, and there will be a better and larger Australia, and even the New World with weaker resistance.

But he couldn't let Japan go, and he couldn't let others snore on the side of the couch, so Zhu Gaochi came up with the double-edged sword of the Eighteen Commercial Firms.

It not only solved the problem of the Japanese invaders, but also continued to weaken Japan, and finally supplemented the hard work required by the Ming Dynasty.

The price of putting people first is the most dangerous and cost-effective work, which needs to be done by people from other countries.

It is safe to say that the eunuchs of the Wa Kingdom provided the most important support for the industrialization of Liaodong and the construction of the "steam engine" in Beiping.

Jin Zhong proposed Liu Ying and pointed out the rest of the people one after another.

Every power has made great strides, and it is not only the Golden State that is developing, although it is far from threatening the Golden State.

But if the main forces of the Jinzhou Navy and the Tianjin Navy go south, will they take the opportunity to cause chaos, causing the situation in the Ming Dynasty to fester, causing the greatest backlash.

His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince had some gambling implications, and Jin Zhong felt that he had to admonish one or two in private.

National events are not allowed to be gambled.

Zhu Gaochi didn't care.

No matter how the Eighteen Commercial Banks develop, they need to start from scratch, and the Wa Kingdom is the most worthy of attention, compared to the current risk, what is it.

"I'm not surprised by the exodus of firearms."

Zhu Gaochi smiled.

Not to mention Japan, even North Korea is not a fool, Zhu Gaochi never expected that firearms could only be produced by the Ming Dynasty.

It's impossible.

Historically, Korean firearms, Japanese firearms, and even Annam firearms have made great progress, and it is not only the Ming Dynasty that has firearms.

The influence of Chinese civilization was too great in ancient times.

When the Chinese civilization declined, the civilizations of East and Southeast Asian countries also declined, and the Qing Dynasty imprisoned technology and ideas, such as firearms, which were regressing, and the firearms of these countries were also regressing.

The power of the firearms of the new army, which Goryeo would imitate, including the Wa Kingdom, would also be imitated because of the influence of the Eighteen Merchants.

Firearms are not difficult, but what is difficult is the volume of production.

It's just that.

In the face of the troops with firearms, although the Ming Dynasty can also win, the casualties will increase, and only in the face of the indigenous countries can the crushing of the times be maintained.

With three points of effort, the Ming Dynasty may have occupied Australia and began to have gains, but in Japan it takes a lot of effort, and there may be gains.

The reason is that the gap between the opponents is not the same.

In the same way, Zhu Gaochi will continue to support the 18 commercial banks and adopt a continuous bloodletting policy against the Japanese state.

"Send an envoy to contact Ouchi Yoshihiro, and the Damei Navy can garrison his port, and establish the Ming Nei United Navy Division with him to fight against the shogunate, provided that he does not support the Eighteen Merchant Houses."

"In addition, let the Zhejiang sailors go to Tanegashima, Tanegashima is my Ming Dynasty's domain since ancient times, and it can't be occupied by Liu Ying, so you can agree to divide a base for him."

"Send an envoy to Goryeo again, and agree with the king of Goryeo to establish the Myeongli United Naval Division, which will be stationed on Jeju Island."

"Send an envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom and make an agreement with the Ryukyu King to establish the Mingliu Joint Naval Division to garrison the Amami Islands."

According to the historical situation and the current situation, Zhu Gaochi formulated a method for holding the 18 commercial banks hostage.

The king of Goryeo can combine with the Damyeong sailors to stabilize his throne, and he will definitely not refuse.

The king of the Ryukyus was able to combine with the Daming Saishi to strengthen his rule on the main island of the Ryukyus, and to convince the rest of the chieftains to submit to him, and he would not refuse to combine with the Daming Saishi in the Amami Islands.

Because it is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty opening up territory for him, the power of the king of the Ryukyus is only on the island.

"The shipbuilding industry of the Ryukyu Kingdom was sent by the emperor's grandfather to Fujian shipwrights, and the Amami Islands themselves are not under their rule."

"They don't have a sailor themselves, and the reason why they want to use the name of the United Sailor is mainly to let the Ryukyu Kingdom bear the food supply and reduce the expenses of the sailor."

"As for Yoshihiro Ouchi, he is a person who understands, if it weren't for my Daming's support for him, he would have been defeated by the shogunate, it was he who needed my Daming, not that I Daming needed him."

"As long as he agrees, Da Ming assures him that he will inform the Eighteen Merchant Houses that they are not allowed to loot in his territory."

"As for Liu Ying."

Zhu Gaochi smiled: "Didn't he keep saying that he wanted his children to go ashore, now you can see whether he is hypocritical." ”

Tanegashima was controlled by the sailors of the Ming Dynasty, and directly pinched Liu Ying's life.

How easy is the foundation created?

It's easy to create, but it's hard to keep.

Zhu Gaochi restrained his smile, he never put pirates in his eyes, not because pirates are easy to solve, on the contrary, pirates are the most troublesome existence.

However, Liu Ying is Han in the end, accustomed to farming, and has forgotten his own reliance.

"Liu Ying doesn't have a foundation, and I don't have much to do with him, but he wants to build a big base, which consumes a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, which gives me the weakness to take care of him."

Combined with the Korean sailors, Yoshihiro Ouchi was drawn in, and the Ryukyu Kingdom was used as the end point to form a closed island chain.

The entire East China Sea is the sphere of influence of the Ming Navy, and all the forces that can provide trade are controlled by the Ming, unless the Eighteen Merchant Houses want to dig their own graves.

There is only one point, the power of the shogunate will turn its face because of the Ming Dynasty's complete support for Ouchi Yoshihiro.

But so.

The Eighteen Merchant Houses did not produce their own goods, but were entrepot traders, and they had to obtain population from the Wa Kingdom in order to obtain the benefits of trade, so they could not form a cooperative relationship with the shogunate.

Zhu Gaochi's new way of playing made Qi Tai below stunned.

His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson.

It's really a bad thing.

Qi Tai couldn't help but bow his head, and his admiration was overwhelming.

Jin Zhong didn't have any doubts.

The imperial grandson can always come up with surprising ideas to solve the problem, like an antelope hanging its horns without a trace.

He's used to it.

couldn't help but glance at Qi Tai, Qi Tai had never seen the world, which made Jin Zhong can't help but laugh at himself in his heart, whether he was like Qi Tai at the beginning.

(End of chapter)