Chapter 37 Five-Port Trade
Ship 101, the conference room is brightly lit.
Mr. Zhao put his elbow on his knees and looked down at Juntachi Omura who was kneeling at his feet and said, "So that's why the Folang Jiren gave you the biggest cake. It seems that you are very rich?"
"Yes, I made some money in the Nanman trade." Junta Omura hurriedly wiped his sweat with his sleeves, "But just built the city, and emptied the family's fortune."
"I want to scare people again!" Zhao Hao said with a deep expression: "Sancheng City was built five years ago! In the past five years, you have made a lot of money!"
Juntachi Omura's face was pale, and he cursed Goto Takayaki as a damn evil spirit, so he had to say with a bitter face: "How dare you deceive the young master again? What the villain is not talking about Sancheng City. Three years ago, Goto Takayaki built Xiaofeng City on Xiaofeng Mountain in Dongbiqiu County, threatening the territory of my Dacun family. As a last resort, the villain had to build a singing and dancing city in Kiba again, and Baijin built Fengnan City to prevent counter-attack. It was impossible to build three cities in a row within five years, but it was really unbearable."
"Are you crying with me poor?" Mr. Zhao picked his nails and blew lightly: "Your cousin is so angry..."
‘Here comes again…’ Juntachi Omura cursed secretly, and had to grit his teeth and said, “100,000 taels! This is all the savings of the Omura family. I am willing to respect the young master!”
"Two hundred thousand taels." Zhao Hao stretched out two fingers and said, "It's very expensive to dispatch such a large fleet once."
"This..." Juntachi Omura felt a pain in pain. In fact, he cried poorly, but it was not entirely nonsense. In the Warring States Period, the strong prey on the weak, and he could eat as much as he could. He asked the Otomo family and the Ryuzaoji family to work hard to get the hair, and he had to often spend money on his retainers, so as not to let their cousin pull him over.
For example, the Song and Dance City and Nanfeng City are both in the fiefs of the Omura retainers. He shouldn't have paid for it. But if he doesn't give the city to build it, he will have to throw himself into the arms of the young master. What can I do if I can't help it?
Moreover, the Nanman trade was not monopolized by him, and it was not as profitable as others thought. The man was only about 300,000 taels. He had to take out most of it, and he really wanted to vomit blood.
But he was very clear-headed and the situation was stronger than others. Instead of slandering the other party, he would still inevitably bleed in the end. It would be better to be more content and seek some seriousness in the guarantee.
"Since the young master speaks, the villain will definitely get the money together." Juntaku Omura said as if he had made a great decision: "I just beg the young master to break off diplomatic relations with the Goto family?"
"That's how you are a person, you have to be faithful." Zhao Hao said in a difficult face: "It's obviously the Goto family that comes first. If you want the mistress to take office now, you have to pay more money."
"Do you have to add it?" Juntachi Omura was sweating all over his head. I don't know when the Nanman trade will be restored. If he spends all his money, how can he deal with a hand that only costs money? The tree falls and the money scatters in minutes!
"Young Master, I'm really gone." Juntachi Omura's nose fell down again.
"Then pretend that neither of us said it." Zhao Hao looked indifferent.
"The villain is willing to give Nagasaki to the young master!" Juntachi Omura hurriedly said: "The three miles of Nagasaki Port, oh no, the entire Nagasaki belongs to the young master!"
A look of greed flashed in Mr. Zhao's eyes, and then disappeared and said, "What do I want your land for?"
"Don't the young master need a port to trade?" Juntachi Omura looked at Zhao Hao in surprise.
"No." Zhao Hao shook his head flatly and said, "I just need you to cut off all contacts with the Folang Jiren and reopen Yokoseura."
After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Of course, Yokoseura can only be docked by the Danlu Chamber of Commerce, and no other foreign ships are allowed to dock."
Not opening a port on the Three Islands of Japan, allowing Japan to enter early and maintain a "closed country" state, was a rule set by Mr. Zhao early in the morning.
Not wanting to disperse manpower is second. The key is to build a city here to engage in colonization, which is equivalent to opening a window for Japan. All the new changes of the Jiangnan Group will be transmitted to Japan more or less through this city.
Japanese are as good at learning as Chinese. If they are allowed to embark on the Meiji Restoration in advance for their own reasons, it would be too much of a loss.
Japan, which is closed to the country, is the best. Although Japan is an island country, it is completely the thinking of a mainland country now. This is very good and should continue to be maintained. So don’t bother to work hard and do this. Just use warships to help them not go into the sea.
Since there is no territorial requirement, there is no need to choose the remote Nagasaki as a trading port.
It is true that Nagasaki is indeed a good port, but Mr. Zhao just doesn't want the Portuguese to get it. As for the Danlu Chamber of Commerce, he thinks it is more appropriate to dock in Yokoseura.
Yokoseura is located in Sasebo Bay. With the three words "Sasebo", the superiority and importance of this location are not to be described. Although Nagasaki is also very good, it is much worse than that of Sasebo Bay in both the location and port conditions.
In fact, as a trading port, the better it goes north, because Honshu Island, which lives 80% of the population, is located in the north.
Not to mention anything else, the Portuguese had just traded in Hirado Port less than two years ago, and the strength of the Matsuura family expanded rapidly, making Matsuura Takanobu the prefectural magistrate of the former county magistrate. One year after Yokoseura opened the port, it formed a prosperous town with a population of over 10,000.
How many years have the port of Futian Pu opened? It has only formed a village with more than 1,000 people. The gap in location is so obvious.
The Portuguese naturally knew this. They chose Hiradoura at the beginning, but later changed it to Yokoseura. They were all trying to get north and closer to the state. They couldn't stay in Hirado and Yokoseura, so they had no choice but to choose the remote Nagasaki as their base to spread the mission and do business safely.
Mr. Zhao is different from the Portuguese. The red-haired ghost is too weak in the Far East and cannot send too many troops to Japan, so he can only keep a low profile and slowly.
The Ming Dynasty was wearing water with Japan, and Mr. Zhao could easily send Jiangnan's power over. He set up the Danluo Guard Area, saying that it was to protect the sea transportation of grain. However, the base camp was built at the easternmost end of Danluo Island, and four of the five water police stations were all arranged around Japan.
So Mr. Zhao is not afraid of making things big, but instead wants to do it big. He naturally has to choose Sasebo Bay, the gateway to Western Japan, as a trading portal, instead of elsewhere.
"Yes, Yokoseura welcomes the Danra Chamber of Commerce ships at any time, and no other foreign ships are allowed to dock."
Juntachi Omura thought for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and nodded with difficulty. No matter whether he was a merchant from the Ming Dynasty or a merchant from the Li Dynasty, as long as it was not Hong Maoyi, his damn cousin would have no reason to fan the flames. Moreover, he actually wanted to rebuild the prosperous Yokoseura!
After a pause, he smiled bitterly again, "But the villain must remind the young master, Nanman... Oh, the Folang Jiren is not just doing business with my village family. No matter what, on Kyushu Island, there are also Hakata, Yuzuki, Hirado, and Seed Island, all of Nanman trading ports. Especially Hakata of the Maori family and Yuzuki of the Otomo family, the trade volume is much larger than that of my village family."
"Well." Mr. Zhao nodded, not surprised by this.
The trade of the Southern Barbarians can make money, and it can also bring in rare military supplies such as iron cannons, armor, and gunpowder. Especially the Jinghai Neptune Seal is missing. After the trade system of the Nine Masters collapsed, various Daming and Portuguese hooked up with each other and traded directly.
According to the prisoners, the trade volume of the "Macau Ryukyu Japan" route has increased by ten times in the past two years. Otherwise, the Macau Governor would not have sent his flagship to Japan to maintain his position.
"So, if you don't do business with Folang Jiren, what do you mean?" Zhao Hao looked at Juntaki Omura and said.
"Of course not counting." Chunzhong shook his head into a rattle. "The villain can only control the corner of Feiqianguo and Xibijuan."
"Then who has the final say?" Zhao Hao asked knowingly.
"It's Lord Otomo Sorin." Chunzhong hurriedly replied: "He is a researcher in Kyushu, and the entire Kyushu is under his management. It's just..."
"Just what?" Zhao Hao asked afterwards.
"But now the strongest Maori family in Western Japan has made a comeback. They fought fiercely with the Otomo family in Kitakyushu. It is not certain who will win." Juntachi said with a wry smile: "If the Maori family wins, the Otomo family will inevitably fall into an underestimation. Then the Ryuzoji and Shimazu families, which were originally untamed, will definitely not obey him."
"What if the Otomo family wins?" Zhao Hao asked back.
"If we can defeat the most wise general in the Western Kingdom, the power of the Otomo family will reach an unprecedented height. Naturally, no one dares to violate the orders of Master Zonglin." Juntachi Omura sighed lightly, obviously not optimistic about the Otomo family.
It is natural for him to not be optimistic about the Otomo family, because Otomo Sorin's opponent this time is Mori Mori.
The super-class general who started with an army of 150 people and used his troops as a god, after destroying the Ouchi family and the Nizi family, had unified Nishimotoshu. This time, in order to unify Western Japan, he mobilized elite troops and personally took charge of the rear command, and invaded Kyushu Island again.
Although the war lasted for several months and was in a stalemate, everyone was more optimistic that the Maori family would win.
Because that's gross profit.
"Then help the Otomo family win!" Mr. Zhao stood up and declared blatantly: "All Maori Moto is Kogoro, just kill them!"
"Ah?" Juntaku Omura opened his mouth in surprise. It wasn't really a pretender this time. Although he didn't dare to underestimate the Ming fleet, could he get ashore one thousand or two thousand? Is the Maori family's more than 50,000 elite soldiers in Kitakyushu so easy to deal with?
"What? Or pay 300,000 taels." Zhao Hao glared at him and said, "Why do you do this for me quickly!"
"What the young master means is to let the villain meet Master Zonglin?" Juntachi Omura hurriedly calmed down and asked, "Propose the young master's conditions to him?"
"Yes, he will definitely agree." Zhao Hao nodded confidently and said, "Get out, I'll give you five days."
"Hi." Juntaku Omura had no choice but to agree.
"There are 200,000 taels of silver, and I will send it to me within three days." Zhao Hao instructed again: "If you know the consequences."
Chapter completed!