Looking at the ships shuttling non-stop on the sea, Tokugawa Iemitsu said to Date Masamune, the lord of the Sendai Domain, with a slightly bitter tone: "See, the country is not strong enough, and the ships on the sea are all owned by the Ming Kingdom, and none of them are my Japanese warships!" ”

Date Masamune, who has one eye, is also concerned: "What the general said is that we should work hard for the country!"

It's just that with my Japanese shipbuilding skills, can I compare to the Ming Dynasty? Those Xiyi? ”

Shaking his head, Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "If those Xiyi have the ability to fight against the sailors of the Ming Kingdom, why did they even lose the Great Ryukyu?" I heard that even Luzon has now fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen from this that although those Xiyi are strong, they are far inferior to the Ming Dynasty, so what is the use of me learning from them in Japan?

Mr. Date, I live on an island in Japan, and only by learning from the strong can we have a future.

Looking at the world, the strongest is only the Ming, and the rest are all the old people, so we have to learn, and we can only learn the Ming! ”

Date Masamune, who was already quite old, nodded and spoke: "Yes, but we shouldn't let go of any opportunity to learn, whether it's the Ming Dynasty or those Xiyi, we must learn their strengths!" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu sneered: "This time, it depends on whether those missionaries know each other or not. If they are still as stubborn as before, then sell them to Daming to mine! ”

Date Masamune nodded, and then asked, "I wonder what happened to their governor asking you to come over this time?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just said that there is a particularly big business to discuss, but I didn't elaborate, and the messenger who sent the message didn't know what was going on." ”

Date Masamune nodded: "The business that the Ming people indicate to discuss with you in person must be not small, so be careful." ”

After nodding, Tokugawa Iemitsu said, "I'm about to arrive at the port of the Ming people, and I'll know when the time comes." ”

……

After Tokugawa Iemitsu drank all the wine in the cup, he laughed and said, "The good wine of the Heavenly Empire is really not comparable to sake." It's just that Mr. Shi is used to drinking the fine wine of the Celestial Empire, and it is also a special taste to try sake. ”

Shi Fenglai nodded with a light smile and said, "What General Tokugawa said is very true, when Shi Mou is in his spare time, he also likes to drink a bottle of sake, which is quite tasteful. ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu smiled and said, "It's good if Mr. Shi likes it." I just don't know, this time Mr. Shi asked to come down to Kyushu Island, what is the matter? How big is the big deal mentioned in Mr. Shi's letter? ”

Shi Fenglai put the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "Naturally, it is a little bigger, and let other people pass back and forth in it, Bendu is a little uneasy." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said, "Please also ask Mr. Shi for advice?" ”

Shi Fenglai changed the topic to another place: "General Tokugawa hasn't made much money in recent years, right?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Fortunately, thanks to the blessings of my father-in-law and Mr. Shi, I have earned some silver over the years." ”

Shi Fenglai shook his head and said: "Although Fushou paste makes money, it also has an end of time, even if everyone smokes it, how much is it?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded in agreement and said, "What Mr. Shi said is extremely true, after all, not everyone can buy Fushou cream.

It's just that there are fewer Ezo people now, I wonder if Mr. Shi has any better way? ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu is very clear about Fukuju cream, and when it comes to profits, it must be higher than selling Ezo people.

However, the profit of selling Ezo people is also not low, and the durability and cost are relatively low, not like Fushou cream, which is destined to be enjoyed by those who have the power and wealth, and more untouchables cannot afford to buy these things even if they want to enjoy them.

The Ezo people are different.

The main task of Tokugawa Tadanaga and the Satsuma family was to capture the Ezo people, and Tokugawa Iemitsu offered a high price of three taels of silver for each Ezo person.

Every time a Ezo person is captured, Tokugawa Iemitsu can get a net profit of two taels of silver from it, and Tokugawa Tadanaga, who is also a little red-eyed by the silver, and the Satsuma family are now crazy to capture Ezo people.

However, population growth is subject to many conditions, and even if all the conditions are right, it will take about 20 years for a generation to fully grow.

However, the current conditions of the Ezo people are not good, and even because of the excessive arrest of Tokugawa Tadanaga and the Satsuma family, the population has increased inversely, and there are fewer and fewer people who can be arrested.

That's what Tokugawa Iemitsu is worried about right now.

What to do when the Ezo people are caught? What if you occupy that area of Ezo?

Shi Fenglai smiled and said, "I don't know if General Tokugawa has heard of labor export?" ”

After taking a shallow sip of the wine in the glass, Shi Fenglai continued: "Those samurai under Mr. Tokugawa Tadanaga in the past are now serving as some overseers in my Ming Dynasty, and their lives are not bad. ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded and said: "Yes, their life in the Ming Dynasty is indeed incomparable to many Japanese people, and the wealth of the Celestial Empire can be seen." ”

Shi Fenglai nodded and said: "My Ming Dynasty is now in short supply of manpower, and I intend to recruit another group of overseers and laborers from your country, I don't know what General Tokugawa wants?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes shrank, revealing a curious look on his face like a knife and axe: "Could you please tell me more about it?" Don't know how many people are needed? ”

Shi Fenglai nodded and said: "The number of laborers, naturally Han Xin ordered the soldiers, the more the merrier." As for the number of overseers, it is calculated according to one overseer for every fifty labourers.

Male laborers are paid five taels of silver per person, and their monthly wages are always copper coins; Female laborers are paid three taels of silver each, and their monthly wages are 500 yuan.

Of course, due to the large number of people and the difficulty of distribution, the silver would be settled by Shi and Tokugawa Shogun.

As for the food and lodging of the laborers in my Daming, it is all my Daming's responsibility, what does Tokugawa Shogun think? ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu's pupils shrank again.

The meaning of Shi Fenglai's words, Tokugawa Iemitsu naturally understood.

Shi Feng will settle these silvers with himself, so it is completely up to him to give these laborers a few eldest sons, and he will not cut out a few percent of the "handling fees" and various taxes and fees, which is simply sorry for such a good opportunity.

But this pit is also obvious.

How many people are there in Japan as a whole?

Export 100,000 today, another 100,000 tomorrow, in the long run, will there be anyone in Japan?

Shi Fenglai saw that Tokugawa Iemitsu fell into silence, and he didn't urge, but just drank the good wine brought by the Ming Dynasty.

It's a waste of these things to give this dwarf to drink!

As for whether Tokugawa Iemitsu will take the bait, Shi Fenglai doesn't care at all.

Hooked, Daming got a lot of labor, and Tokugawa Iemitsu would also get his own share of the benefits, and only the Japanese population would be harmed.

If you don't take the bait, it doesn't matter.

Presumably, there must be many people in Japan who do not like the Tokugawa shogunate, and I believe that there must be many people who want to take the initiative and do not have the opportunity.

For example, Japan's Gomizuo Heavenly King, even if he is still related to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Under the influence of the Central Plains Celestial Empire, it was impossible for the Japanese Heavenly King to be willing to be a puppet of the so-called eternal family without snooping on the real power.

Tokugawa Iemitsu naturally knew the root cause of these problems, and even knew that he didn't have the capital to negotiate terms with Shi Feng at all.

The current Ming Dynasty is not the previous Ming Dynasty, and there are many things that are rampant and domineering at sea, even if Japan is closed to the country, he knows a lot about the deeds of the Ming Dynasty at sea.

Those strong ships and cannons in the West have suffered great losses under the hands of the Daming Navy, what kind of storm can these small sampans in Japan set off?

Even, even the current Ming pirates can beat the Japanese sailors, how can this be played? The last time the coercion brought by the fleet led by Zheng Zhihu is still entrenched in the heart of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

And the fact that someone in the Ming Kingdom was secretly in contact with the Gomizuo Heavenly King, Tokugawa Iemitsu also knew it.

Rather than saying that Shi Fenglai invited himself to come to Kyushu Island to discuss these matters, it would be more appropriate to simply say that it was an alternative form of notice.

After thinking about it for a long time, Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't come up with any good way to break the situation, so he simply said: "I don't know how many laborers Lord Shi needs?" ”

Shi Fenglai smiled and said, "Then it depends on how much General Tokugawa provides, the more the better?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded, stretched out a hand and gestured, "Fifty thousand!" Fifty thousand laborers, twenty thousand men, thirty thousand women, plus five thousand overseers and warriors. ”

Shi Feng came to see that Tokugawa Iemitsu opened such a very sincere figure as 50,000, and he no longer forced Tokugawa Iemitsu too much at the moment - after all, business is to be talked about little by little, if you can talk about 50,000 today, you can talk about 100,000 tomorrow?

If you want to talk about more business, you have to let Tokugawa Iemitsu get enough benefits first.

Just like raising pigs to eat meat, if you don't fatten pigs, how many catties of meat can you slaughter?

After nodding, Shi Fenglai said with a smile: "The first issue of 50,000 is indeed a lot, and I Daming also felt the sincerity of General Tokugawa." ”

After finishing speaking, Shi Fenglai picked up the cup and said with a smile: "General Tokugawa, please." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu picked up his glass and drank the cup of good sake, which I don't know if it was bitter or sweet.

After the two put down the cup, Shi Fenglai said with a smile: "Shi Mou has a bigger business here that he wants to talk to General Tokugawa, don't you know?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly said, "Mr. Shi, please speak!" ”

Anyway, they have already sold the Japanese people as piglets, and Tokugawa Iemitsu, who has already been released, doesn't care about selling more.

Shi Fenglai said with a smile: "I need a lot of laborers in Daming, but I still have a lot of overseas places in Daming, and I also need to open up."

One hundred taels of silver, a warrior, 10,000 people, go to my Ming overseas land, accept the command and arrangement of my Ming, one should be provided by my Ming, each person can also get a salary of twenty taels of silver per year, for ten years.

Of course, the expenses of these samurai were settled by both the Honsho and the Tokugawa Shogun, so I wonder what the Tokugawa Shogun wanted? ”

When the Tokugawa family heard this, they couldn't help but think about it.

One hundred taels of silver for a samurai, 10,000 people is 1 million taels, and you can get 200,000 taels a year, and ten years is 2 million taels.

Add up to three million taels, and you can drop one million taels of silver from the middle.

There are a lot of these benefits, how much is more?

As for the samurai or something, when didn't the daimyo attack each other in Japan? How many samurai have become ronins after losing their serving master?

It is still a hidden danger for these guys to stay in Japan, so it is better to simply pack them and throw them to Daming for silver, which can be regarded as their loyalty to the Heavenly King!

In this way, this business is much more cost-effective than the previous one.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was still vaguely unhappy in his heart, simply raised his wine glass and said, "Just follow Mr. Shi's words, please!" ”

Shi Fenglai also raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Please!" ”

It wasn't until Tokugawa Iemitsu left that Li Chengyan walked out of the shadows, bowed to Shi Fenglai and said, "Thank you, student, Master Shi for your advice!" ”

Shi Fenglai stroked his beard, made a disgusting look of promoting his juniors, and said with a smile: "This is also your own struggle, and you have learned more about the art of vertical and horizontal, otherwise no matter how willing the old man is to help, he can't understand today's things, and there is no way."

Come, sit down and talk, don't stand all the time, what are you doing with the old man so much? ”

Li Chengyan nodded, came to the place where Tokugawa Iemitsu was sitting before and sat down, put aside the cup used by Tokugawa Iemitsu, took out the cup again, picked up the wine jug, poured wine for Shi Fenglai and himself, and said with a smile: "The student really can't imagine that these Japanese people are so short-sighted!" ”

Shi Fenglai smiled: "What about short-sightedness? What if it's not short-sighted? Today's events, he has to agree if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to, he still has to agree, and he can't choose at all. ”

Li Chengyan saluted Shi Fenglai and said, "Please advise Mr." ”

Shi Fenglai said with a smile: "The Japanese country is closed to the country, and the sailors are basically equivalent to waste, and they are powerless to resist our Ming naval fleet, which is the second."

The Wa Kingdom Heavenly King and the Wa Shogunate fought for power, and the two had different thoughts, and most of the daimyo in various places did their own thing, and the entire Wa Kingdom was like a plate of scattered sand, which was the second.

My Ming Dynasty has eliminated all foreign enemies, North Korea and Ryukyu are all attached, and he is pressed by the power of the general trend, and how can he turn the sky over if he is exquisite? ”

Seeing Li Chengyan's thoughtful appearance, Shi Fenglai smiled again and said: "Just like the last time you negotiated with the Francophone people, you coerced me with the power of the Ming Dynasty's great victory, what is the mere Francophone barbarian?"

If the country is strong, or the country is equal, the vertical and horizontal art is invincible in the world, and stirring up the wind and clouds is invincible and unfavorable.

The country is weak, and the art of vertical and horizontal can only maneuver between the powers, so why not be unfavorable? ”

Li Chengyan saluted Shi Fenglai again and said: "The student understands, no wonder His Majesty wants the student to come to the country with Mr. ”

Shi Fenglai smiled and patted Li Chengyan on the shoulder and said: "Learn slowly, you still have time, in the future, my Ming Dynasty's foreign wars will definitely be indispensable, and your vertical and horizontal skills can be regarded as born at the right time!" ”

PS: Pushing the book "Tang Dynasty Dusk", the author has made great progress compared to before. Li Ji, the last puppet emperor of the late Tang Dynasty, dared to do anything except good deeds. This time it's really IQ cool, and it's more relaxed.