Yoshinaga Saemon lowered his head and said: "Although a shipload of copper in my country is agreed to be 20,000 catties, this is not a mandatory regulation that falls on words. Adults can ask for a transaction on the grounds that the weight of a ship carrying 100,000 catties in the Ming Kingdom is a business, and Osaka will not raise any objections to the management of foreign trade. ”

Xu Xinsu subconsciously asked, "Why?" ”

Hamada Yabei interjected and said: "As long as the adults make this pair of cloisonné plums for us and can send them to Japan before May next year, then we will naturally handle the rest of the matter." ”

Xu Xinsu suddenly chuckled in his heart, he leaned close to Lu Jiude's side, and whispered in his ear: "Gonggong Lu, there seems to be a problem here, which may involve us in the infighting of the shogunate." ”

Lu Jiude was silent for a while, and then said to Hamada Yabei: "Before May next year, you will get this pair of plum **, but I hope you can fulfill your promise and provide us with no less than 800,000 catties of copper every year." ”

Hamada Yabei and Yoshinaga Saemon both bowed down and expressed their deep gratitude to Lu Jiude.

Hamada Yabei got up and said, "I heard that there are still some leftovers of the goods brought by the adults, and the villain is willing to buy them all to reduce some troubles for the adults." In addition, I wonder if you can bring a few vermilion ships with you when you return to Ming this time, and let us go to Ming to trade. ”

Xu Xinsu immediately refused: "Now the treaty signed by the two countries has not been approved by His Majesty, and the port for trade with Japan has not yet been prepared, so you should wait for a while..."

Lu Jiude stopped him and asked with great interest: "How many ships do you have, what kind of goods do they contain, can you bring copper?" ”

Hamada, who was originally a little lost, quickly replied: "We have three vermilion ships, all of which are ships with a size of more than 2,000-3,000 stones.

We brought Japanese swords, washi paper and other goods, and although we couldn't bring copper, we didn't want to export the old copper coins that were discarded in our country. ”

"Scrap copper coins?"

"The shogunate ordered the abolition of Yongle copper coins, as well as other privately minted evil money, which is now treated as scrap copper, and in the past, we used to transport it to Nanyang or Annam to use."

Lu Jiude immediately shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has issued an order to prohibit the private trafficking of copper coins from overseas, especially the private coinage. For the first time, confiscation of property that violated the ban and prohibition of foreign trade; The second time it is discovered, it is time to punish the crime.

I advise you not to bring copper coins, and although Japanese tatamari is good, there are not many people who like it after all. You've brought three boats at once, and I'm afraid it's hard to get rid of them. ”

Hamada Yabei was a little stunned for a moment, but he quickly said happily: "Thanks to the adult's suggestion, is the adult willing to take us to the Ming Kingdom for trade?" The villain can prepare enough gold and silver to trade. ”

Lu Jiude thought for a while and said: "If you can promise me two conditions, then I can promise to return to the Ming Kingdom with you, of course, the place of trade can only be in Tianjin." ”

Not only Hamada Yabei, but even Yoshinaga Saemon pricked up his ears and listened carefully to Lu Jiude's conditions.

"The first is that I would like you to find us some women who are skilled in weaving cloth and silk. We want to know what kind of fabrics the Japanese like, so that the next time it will be difficult to sell the goods.

The second is that I hope that the empty Zhuyin ship can be loaded with a shipload of sulfur and a shipload of volcanic ash to bring to the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Volcanic ash?"

Not to mention the Japanese, even Xu Xinsu felt very surprised, and didn't understand what Lu Jiude was thinking in his head.

Lu Jiude smiled and said: "We don't have a volcano in Daming, Your Majesty heard that Japan is a country full of volcanoes, so I am very curious about what the ash spewed out of the volcano looks like." I want to bring a boat back to make Your Majesty happy, and your ships will have an excuse to go with us. ”

The two Japanese businessmen were immediately relieved, but Xu Xinsu was a little unconvinced. He didn't think that Chongzhen would let Lu Jiude get a boatload of volcanic ash back, just to see the excitement.

"Please rest assured, it's hard to say anything else, but as for this volcanic ash, it can be collected all over Japan." Hamada Yabei said with a smile.

When the two Japanese merchants left the mansion where the envoys of the Ming Kingdom lived, Hamada Yabei couldn't wait to say to Yoshinaga Saemon beside him: "Now, you should be able to trust Tadachoden?" ”

Yoshinaga Saemon bowed slightly and said, "I said before that as long as the Great Imperial Office supports the Chuncho Palace, then we Izumiya Osaka will naturally stand by the side of the Chunaga Palace. Until then, we will not be involved in the war between Chungchoden and the general. ”

Hamada Yabei blinked and said: "Everyone knows that the most beloved thing in the Great Imperial Palace and Chongyuan Temple is the Zhongchang Palace, if it weren't for the prestige of the Quanxian Palace, the current general should be the Zhongchang Palace." ”

Yoshinaga Saemon replied slowly: "But now that Chonggenin is an old man, no one knows whether the Great Imperial Palace will have this idea." We might as well wait quietly. ”

Hamada Yabei sighed and said, "Then will you follow the agreement and take out thirty percent of the annual income and hand it over to the Zhongchang Palace." ”

Yoshinaga Saemon hurriedly corrected: "This is the funds from Izumiya's investment in the trade of vermilion ships, and we have nothing to do with the Chungchoden..."

Soon after the Lantern Festival, Yingzhou Zuotunwei sent the first batch of 697 Yu Ding who came to serve.

The military regulations revised by Mao Yuanyi and others were finally approved by Zhu Youzhen. Although these regulations concerning internal affairs, military discipline, training, logistics, and public health are still a little crude, they are undoubtedly more systematic, detailed, and enforceable than the old military regulations of the barracks, which were confusing.

Zhu Youzhen said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Tell Mr. Sun that the three battalions left after the reorganization of the Beijing camp can now be implemented in accordance with this regulation." Have all the reorganized Beijing battalion sergeants been settled? ”

Wang Chengen immediately said: "A total of 43,000 people have been reorganized in Beijing, including 35,000 people who have been reorganized into three construction companies, 4,000 people who have been diverted to local patrol police and health and epidemic prevention departments, and 2,300 people who have retired and returned to the health center to farm.

At present, there are still 1,700 people who do not want to leave the capital to go to the countryside to farm, because they do not want to stay away from the capital, so the construction company is not willing to accept them, and they hope that His Majesty will arrange a job for them around the capital.

There were more than 4,000 other thorns in the regiments and battalions of the former Beijing camp, who refused to retire, but the military attachés in the Beijing camp were unwilling to accept them, believing that these people would only bring bad morale in the army. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it and said: "Coal mines, glass mills, spinning mills, weaving factories, etc., don't these have to be expanded, and they can be given priority." If they are rejected or returned, they don't have to pay attention to them.

As for those, let them be comfortable for a few more days, and don't bother. Tomorrow, I will inspect the camp of the new army, and let Mao Yuanyi and the others go to see it together. How are Xu Xianchun and Ye Qi's work doing? ”

"Xu Baihu has finished sorting out all the guards in Shuntian Mansion, he may ask Your Majesty, is the next step to clean up Baoding Mansion or Hejian Mansion?" Wang Chengen replied cautiously.

"There are not many guards in Baoding, let him carry it out at the same time. He himself focused on Hejian Mansion, mainly Tianjin Sanwei, and arranged for outstanding personnel to carry out it in other places.

If all the guards were to be sorted out by him alone, I would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon? Tell him to report someone who has done a good job. After tidying up the guards around the capital, it is Shandong and Henan. Zhu Youzhen said a little anxiously.

Wang Chengen nodded, and then continued: "Jinyi Wei commanded Zhang Daojun to report that Ye Qi, a hundred households in Jinyi, was loyal and diligent in the king's affairs, and except for the New Year's Day, he rested for a day, and spent the rest of his time in the countryside.

Ye Qi, a hundred households in Jinyiwei, reported that Shunyi County has established 3 township communes and 57 village communes, and the policy of farmers having their own fields has been implemented well.

However, the governor of Shunyi and the governor of Shuntian participated in politics and others, impeached Jinyiwei for running rampant and domineering in Shunyi, extorting and extortion, and the people of Shunyi were deeply disturbed. ”

Zhu Youzhen touched his chin, and then said: "Don't pay attention to it first, you let the Daming Daily go down to the two of you to see what the current situation in Shunyi is, what these communes have done since they were established, and what the people who participated in the commune think of the commune." ”

Zhu Youzhen paused, and then said, "Have you finished adjusting the personnel of my Imperial Secretariat?" ”

Wang Chengen took a document from the hand of the chamberlain behind him, and read it before reading: "After the recommendation of the Hanlin Academy, the secretary Lang is Hua Qifang, according to His Majesty's will, the secretary does not choose those who are born in Jinshi, there are: Zhang Zaizheng, Jiang Yunlong, Lu Lutai, Lu Chengdong, Tang Longqi, Chu Guoshi, Xu Zeng, Shen Tingyang. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, but quickly thought of something, and asked casually, "How did that Yan Shiqi do at Yenching University?" ”

Wang Chengen was stunned for a while, and it took a while to remember who Yan Shiqi was. Fortunately, he will pay attention to the people Chongzhen has come into contact with, so when Chongzhen asked, he replied after thinking for a while.

According to the students in the university, although Yan Shiqi is a little stingy, there is no shortage of what he should have. There is only one bad thing, the dishes formulated by the logistics director are too bland and monotonous. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed knowingly, and after laughing, he said: "Add Yan Shiqi to the list of secretaries, and let him learn how to deal with the Ministry of Industry." ”

Wang Chengen immediately echoed and wrote it down, and Zhu Youzhen immediately asked: "Is there a complete investigation report on the situation of the sailors in Tianjin and Denglai?" ”