The territory of the Gounu Kingdom is the original Ouchi clan, plus the sphere of influence of the Takeda clan and the Yamana clan, and it is only separated from the Hosokawa sphere of influence from Kyoto, where the shogunate is located.

The shogunate was also in Kyoto, and until the future Tokugawa shogunate, the shogunate moved to Edo, so it is also called the Edo period.

Logically speaking, the newly-born forces or kingdoms should be the most prosperous period of force, but the dog slave country did not rise normally, but was specially supported by the Ming Dynasty.

Even the national strength of the eagles in later generations could not maintain the comprador government they supported, not to mention the more serious exploitation of the interests supported by the Ming Dynasty.

The dog slave country has been congenitally deficient since the day it was founded.

Not only did the military regress in an all-round way, but the domestic interests were also greatly encroached upon by the Ming merchants.

Compared with the step-by-step work of the Daming Industry Bureau, there are countless groups of merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and in the highly competitive environment, more businessmen will take the lead in occupying the local area, which is the case in Goryeo, and even more so in the Dog Slave Country.

At first, due to the invasion of the shogunate army, a large area of land fell into the hands of the shogunate army, and in the end, with the help of the Ming army, the Ouchi clan's army repelled the shogunate army and recaptured a large area of land.

Although the land has returned, the people of the land have died and been displaced by the war.

The Dog Slave State was financially bankrupt, and the expenditure of the army was imminent, and in order to obtain materials and military expenses, large tracts of land were sold to Ming merchants at extremely low prices.

The merchants transported a lot of grain from Cochin and traded at extremely high prices, so the merchants in this area made more money than Goryeo, which was generally stable.

In just one year, you can earn ten times the ten times the profits, and there is no faster way to get rich than plundering.

Of course, looting was only a transfer of wealth, and the well-fed merchants were given countless lands, and only a piece of steamed bun was needed to recruit strong men to work for them.

In the local silver mountain, minerals became the assets of merchants, and then they purchased large quantities of goods from the country and dumped them on the local retainers and samurai class.

The original big pirate Liu Ying gave the Tanegashima base he had built for many years to the Ming Navy, and because of his good relationship with the local navy, Liu Ying became the most powerful businessman in the Dog Slave Country.

The size of the juvenile slave soldiers reached thousands at its peak, and Liu Ying has been old over the years, so he no longer engages in these methods, and as the training of the juvenile slave soldiers decreases, there are less than a thousand elites on hand.

Except for those who died in battle and were disabled, the rest of the older ones could not be used, and most of them were expelled by Liu Ying to fend for themselves, and most of the elderly slave soldiers who were injured and lost their strength perished by themselves.

Liu Ying has returned to China to retire, his sons have long joined Jinzhou, and the younger son graduated from Beiping Guozijian and is still an official in the imperial court.

As a result, the model of the Wa Kingdom was different from that of Goryeo.

Goryeo belonged to the Ming merchants and walked out, but the Wa Kingdom was the original maritime merchants who walked back.

Han Qi, the treasurer of the Daming Industry Bureau, the former railway station manager of Hejian Station, the head of the Jinzhou Shipping Administration, and the current head of the Dog Slave State and the Wa State, personally went to the capital to visit Liu Ying.

Hearing Han Qi say that the Daming Bureau wanted to exchange the land in his hand, Liu Ying hesitated.

The lord of the two cities of the Dog Slave Country.

That is to say, the land of the two cities is all in the hands of Liu Ying, although the dog slave country is a kingdom, in fact, the land is in their hands, which is also the reason for the decline of the national strength of the dog slave country.

Land is needed for both military and development.

The stability of agriculture is the foundation of everything, but the land is in the hands of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, these fierce pirates in the early years, the front-line promoters of the eunuch trade, any one of them is the existence that the dog slave country dare not provoke.

There was no money, silver, and no food in their hands, everything needed the support of merchants, and the dog slave country, which had not much land to exchange with, had long lost its qualification for equal trade.

Although the Dog Slave Kingdom's own army was defeated by the shogunate, the remnants of the army were initially unable to govern themselves and were left to the control of the merchants. Otherwise, if the army of the dog slave country can be used, there will be no rampant merchants.

But now Liu Ying is facing the Daming Industry Bureau.

If it was thirty years ago, Liu Ying would have firmly refused, even if he faced Daming, he would not waver.

But now that Liu Ying, who is old, no longer has the courage to be heroic, he is more about how to keep his wealth and status, and the wealth he has earned is enough for future generations to be rich.

The eldest sons take care of the family business, and the younger son has already made a name for himself in the imperial court, Liu Ying doesn't care about the land of the Wa Kingdom, what he cares about is the power of the family.

"Your son is now a member of the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court from the five products, and the five products are the dividing ridges, and crossing the past is equivalent to entering a new starting point, but the imperial court now attaches importance to the experience of local governance, and if you want to continue to climb up, the next step is very important."

"Or the noble son is a special official, this is also a path, but it is not quite in line with the interests of Liu Lao's family, isn't it."

Han Qi himself is from the level of the third grade, although there is no explicit, but in fact, the level of the Ming Industry Bureau is one level lower than that of the government, which is equal to the official of the fourth grade, and the tone of the fifth grade official is very loud when discussing it.

Because Han Qi is not himself, he represents the will of the system behind it.

Liu Ying, who has grown old and has seen everything in her life, knows the exquisiteness.

But now it is the other party begging for herself, and Liu Ying did not let go.

Everyone is a smart person and knows what the other party wants, so Han Qi said directly: "Sent to Yili to serve as a general judge, serve for three years, and return to the imperial court after passing the big exam to be promoted to the first level and fifth grade." ”

The general judgment of the state government is the sixth grade, which is directly appointed by the imperial court, and combines local administration and central supervision, and has a close relationship with the imperial court.

The system of the Ming court has been clear and clear over the years, and the economic strength of the local chief officials has been strengthened.

So three years to promote the fifth grade, crossed the invisible red line, with the age and qualifications of the old man, the worst before retirement can get a third-grade official, and even the possibility of a second-grade, their Liu family can be regarded as officially on the stage.

After all, the official position of the imperial court is a national weapon, even if it is the Daming Industry Bureau, it is impossible to do more, Liu Ying saw the sincerity of the other party, did not make more requests, and agreed to the other party.

The Daming Bureau began to recover the land of the Ming merchants in the dog slave country, Liu Ying's leadership played a good role, several big forces reached an agreement, and the rest of the forces could only reluctantly agree.

At the same time, the Daming Bureau of Industry also verbally ceded many interests, including the division of interests from all walks of life.

More and more people became aware of the information of the imperial court.

Because before the war started, the soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first, which has always been an eternal truth.

Historically, technological advances have been closely linked to the development of logistics and transportation.

At present, from sailing ships to ships, the large ships used in the combination of sails and steam engines in the initial transition stage are not suitable for the navigation conditions of the South Seas, and the proportion of ships that use steam engines as power is getting higher and higher.

Storms in the South Sea are more stable than those in the Pacific Ocean, and unlike the Spanish galleon trade that spans the Pacific, the South Sea has an abundance of coastlines and islands to replenish it.

Each wharf can provide abundant coal for ships, and a large number of ships come and go, and the benefits of coal alone are enough for the local people to get rich.

Any technological leap brings about a revolutionary change in the transportation industry, which in turn drives rapid social and economic development.

A sailboat is far more efficient than a horse-drawn carriage.

This is not only because the sailboat is able to carry more cargo, but also because the sailboat is able to use the wind power, saving a lot of manpower and time.

In ancient times, horse-drawn carriages were the main means of land transportation, but their speed and capacity were limited by road conditions and the physical strength of horses, in contrast to sailboats, which could sail freely on rivers and waves, and transport goods safely to their destinations.

In the same way, a ship is more efficient than a train.

The advent of steamships revolutionized the way humans traveled.

In contrast, trains need to rely on fixed tracks, and the volume and speed of transportation are limited, while ships are able to sail freely on the ocean, regardless of terrain and roads, and a single ship is able to transport hundreds or thousands of goods, providing great convenience for sea trade.

Rivers are natural transportation routes, but railways and roads require significant construction and maintenance costs.

Whether it's railways, roads, or port facilities, they require constant investment and maintenance to keep them functioning properly.

In contrast, the sea is a free transportation route, and sailing ships and ships can sail freely as long as the power and currents are right, which also means that the cost of sea transportation is relatively low, and it can attract more sources and merchants.

The use of the Daming steam engine, years of research and development and progress, the power of the ship has been broken through, the ship is getting bigger and bigger, and the transportation volume is also increasing.

With the continuous growth of maritime trade, sea freight has become one of the most important modes of transportation.

Ships departing from the southern tip of the Goryeo Peninsula and transporting them to the territory of Tsukushi Metropolitan Corporations through Jeju Island, and more and more soldiers are being transported from within the country, and Tsukushi Metropolitan Divisions are becoming more and more lively.

The surrounding towns prospered.

The development of the Tsukushi metropolitan area is inseparable from the rise of shipping.

With the boom in trade, Tsukushi Toji became the most important economic center in the region, surpassing the Ryukyus long ago.

Merchants brought with them a variety of precious goods such as silk, porcelain, tea, etc., as well as bulk trade goods from overseas.

These goods were traded at the Tsukushi Toji Market and then shipped by sea to all corners of the Dog and Wa provinces, making the ports in the Tsukushi Toji area one of the busiest.

Merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty gathered here.

There are Zhejiang provinces, Guangdong provinces, Fujian provinces, as well as the Ping'an Prefecture, Goryeo vassal states, Nanyang and so on.

Their respective customs and cultural traditions have promoted the integration and development of different cultures.

This cultural exchange not only enriched the life of the local garrison, but also injected great vitality into the cultural development of the Tsukushi Metropolitan Division.

The owners of the estates who retired from the army had superior living conditions and abundant purchasing power, and luxury industrial products such as the Ming Dynasty chiming bell could also be sold well in the local area.

There are even manor owners who buy cement and other commodities at any cost, and spend a lot of money to build Ming-style buildings on the land.

With the prosperity of Tsukushi Toji, on the other hand, the bankrupt samurai of the Dog Slave Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom were able to easily recruit homeless people and began to become pirates on simple boats.

Compared to the Japanese pirates of a few decades ago, their ships were smaller, but they were more numerous.

Not only harassing his own country, but also harassing the navigation line of the Tsukushi Division, so cracking down on these small pirate groups like ant thieves has become the most headache for the Ming Navy.

It is not difficult to destroy them, but it is difficult to find them, chase them, and destroy them endlessly.

One group is killed today, and several more will arise tomorrow.

With the increase of ships and the busy routes, countless little pirates can only wait for death in their hometowns, but there is still a glimmer of life at sea, so they are more active.

Take advantage of the seclusion of the sea to rob and raid passing ships.

Merchant ships do not want to suffer casualties, and the sacrifice of each sailor requires the merchant house to pay a lot of pensions, so when a merchant ship encounters pirates who can't be avoided, even if the other party is small in number, it will not lose in serious fighting, but it is still willing to give a sum of food as a toll.

Grain is very cheap in the country, and it is not a dime a dozen for businessmen.

But the little pirates who are extremely poor, they really only need a bite to eat, so in this way, the two sides have reached a balance, and the only headache is the navy.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty paid the toll to the pirates, and they didn't have much opinion, but the imperial history would not agree, and in the eyes of the imperial history, this was a shame for the Ming dynasty.

The sailors of the Ming Navy were not taken into account by the Ming Navy, so the warships of the Ming Navy took two or three ships as a team to strengthen the construction of the navy and patrol the sea, so as to slow down the expansion of the pirate group, but it could not be said to put an end to it.

Now that the signs of war have emerged, these small shrimps that have existed for many years have become a thorn in the side, affecting the threat of the army's sea supply routes.

The Ming navy began to assemble in the Tsukushi Metropolitan Division, and hundreds of warships filled the harbor.

With an order, the entire sea area was blocked, and a three-month period of high-intensity suppression of pirates began, with tall warships chasing the rudimentary boats, and the coal costs of the battleships alone could not be recovered.

The scale of hundreds of warships, the cost of each day is astronomical.

The war against the Japanese has actually begun. It's just that there is no reaction from the Japanese side, even if they guess, they can't do anything, they can only defend passively, not to mention the battle on the sea.

In the Battle of Yingyong many years ago, the shogunate army, which suffered a big loss, no longer dared to compete with the Ming navy on the sea.

If they can still fight on land and charge as if they were dead, then they can't get close to the Ming warships on the sea, neither the speed nor the cannon are an era.

The development of technology is the first to be reflected on the sea. (End of chapter)