Chapter 456 Ninety-Nine Years of Lease

Today is the day when Qiu Tong meets Tokugawa Hidetada.

The lady with a good figure and appearance walked in front, and her round ass swayed back and forth, like a ripe peach.

Looking away from the peach, Qiu Tong walked through the gardens and rockery halls, and saw a palace-like palace in the distanceโ€”however, not for the majestic atmosphere of the former Ming Imperial Palace, where the Japanese shoguns lived, were mostly built of huge logs, with gaps in the foundations, and then the frames.

"It's a little family."

For Qiu Tong, there is no difference between Tokugawa Hidetada and Matsuura in Japan, and he doesn't care if it is the emperor himself.

The former Ming emperors were all pulled off their horses, drowning in the drowning, hanging themselves by hanging, what's the big deal?

The shogun, who was just a small country, was just a feudal lord of a small country.

A few days ago, Qiu Tong had been explained several times about the various etiquettes of meeting the general, but without exception, they were all rejected by Qiu Tong.

Dignified Chinese ambassadors, no matter where they go, what they should follow is the etiquette of the Han people.

Now that the emperor of Huaxia doesn't even kneel, how can he kneel a mere Japanese shogun?

Therefore, when Qiu Tong saw Tokugawa Hidetada, he just folded his hands and bowed slightly, as a courtesy.

Tokugawa Hidetada, who was sitting on the couch in the distance, didn't see any dissatisfaction, and stretched out his hand: "Please take a seat." โ€

"The rest of the people will go out first, and General Ben and the Huaxia attendants will talk alone," Tokugawa Hidetada waved his hand, asking his son and the guards to avoid first.

There was a creak, and the door of the temple was closed from the outside.

In addition to Qiu Tong and Tokugawa Hidetada, only the autumn chrysanthemums blooming on both sides of the house remained.

Chutong sat there and didn't speak.

On the other side, Tokugawa Hidetada lowered his head and slowly looked at the golden seal booklet on the tableโ€”it was the mission seal letter issued by the Huaxia Parliament.

After a while, the incense on the table finally burned out.

Click.

Tokugawa Hidetada closed the booklet.

"Qiu Tong, Master Qiu," Surprisingly, Tokugawa Hidetada's Chinese dialect is very fluent: "The ruling lord of China sent you to Japan, and I already know the purpose, one is to trade, the second is to open the market, and the third is cultural reciprocity!" โ€

"I didn't expect the general to be so familiar with Chinese," Qiu Tong didn't reply, but smiled: "Have you been to my Huaxia?" โ€

"That's not true," Tokugawa Hidetada shook his head: "It's just that I like Chinese culture, and I have a lot of research." โ€

"The so-called trade, opening the market and other things are not the main purpose of my visit this time," Qiu Tong had already mastered the conversation and said: "I came this time mainly to talk about how to open the market and the conditions needed for trade. โ€

"Haha," Tokugawa Hidetada finally opened his mouth and laughed: "How many years have you been talking to my shogunate about the conditions, and you are the first!" โ€

"That's because I didn't come," Qiu Tong said coldly without fear: "Open the skylight and say something bright, as long as trade is opened, then all the trading ports in Japan, including Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Osaka and other places, will open the door to trade for China!" After that, 50% of the profits of the monthly trade will be distributed to the Huaxia Council as compensation for the opening of the Huaxia market. โ€

"Your Excellency Archon, what a lion's mouth!" Hearing Qiu Tong's words, Tokugawa Hidetada laughed angrily: "What about Nagasaki? You didn't talk to Matsuura? โ€

"We've talked about it, but there's no formal contract," Qiu Tong took a sip from his teacup, "I want to talk to you, General." โ€

"How?" Tokugawa Hidetada said, "Shogun listen to it. โ€

"The port of Nagasaki is leased to Huaxia free of charge, for a period of ninety-nine years, during which all trade, taxes, labor, etc., have nothing to do with Japan, and Japan is not allowed to interfere with all my actions in the port of Changsha!"

"Nagasaki Port, free gift for ninety-nine years with you?" Tokugawa Hidetada felt that he might have misheard: "If it wasn't for the fact that General Ben had heard it wrong, I would have liked to ask, why?" โ€

"When I came, I was on a steel freighter with black smoke billowing out, and if possible, he could turn Nagasaki into a giant cannon of the sea in one day," Qiu Tong shrugged his shoulders and said that it didn't matter if he disagreed: "At the same time, I have several huge ships in the Dengzhou Mansion of Huaxia, ready to come to Japan at any time to take a look."

"Are you threatening General Ben?" After the Tokugawa family pacified Japan, no one dared to challenge the authority of the Tokugawa family for more than thirty years.

"Now, with just one finger of my finger, you will be worse off than dead," Tokugawa Hidetada looked at Qiu Tong coldly.

"After I die, there will be countless Japanese burials," Qiu Tong turned his head and looked at the entire temple: "Edo Castle is such a fragile city defense, I'm afraid it can't withstand the trampling of my Liaodong cavalry"

Liaodong cavalry!

Tokugawa Hidetada's eyes shrank suddenly.

Japan's defeat on the Korean battlefield still makes Tokugawa Hidetada unforgettable.

"But." Tokugawa Hidetada shook his head: "It's better to be a broken jade than a complete tile, Nagasaki County has been leased to Huaxia for ninety-nine years free of charge, this matter is absolutely impossible!" โ€

"No matter what happens, it's all man-made, and there's nothing impossible," Qiu Tong laughed when he saw this: "You must know that trade alone can bring millions of taels of silver to Japan in a year!" Nagasaki, do you think it's a problem? But the Tokugawa family, how much profit can they grab from it? In many cases, if you master trade and population, you will master the world! This kind of thing, you should understand. โ€

"The authority of the shogunate will be questioned because of this, and I cannot afford to do so," Tokugawa Hidetada shook his head, "Unless, Weihai, Dengzhou, Qingdao and other places in China can allow me to trade with Japan for free."

"Okay," Qiu Tong interrupted Tokugawa Hidetada's words, his face had turned cold: "If that's the case, then there's no need to talk about it, I'll apply to the parliament after I go back, suspend trade with Japan first, and we'll talk again after Tokugawa Shogun thinks about it." โ€

After that, Qiu Tong got up directly: "Farewell." โ€

Looking at the back of Qiu Tong turning to leave, Tokugawa Hidetada's face was completely gloomy.

"Father," Tokugawa Tsuyoshimitsu walked out from behind the scenes, his face was also gloomy and could drip water, "Do you want to send someone to intercept him directly?" Give the Huaxia Archon a dismount! โ€

Syllable!

As soon as the words fell, Tokugawa Hidetada slapped his son directly in the face with a backhand.

The force was so great that Tokugawa Tsuyoshimitsu's right cheek immediately swollen, and blood burst out from the corners of his mouth.

"Father. Please forgive the sin," the three generations of generals knelt on the ground, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

"It's easy to say that you killed someone, but do you think you can bear the consequences?"

Tokugawa Tsuyomitsu, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't dare to say a word.

"Go, let the Matsuura clan come to see me!" Tokugawa Hidetada took a deep breath: "The matter of Nagasaki is also counted as the boundary of his Matsuura Zhenxin!" โ€

(End of chapter)