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At present, a few streets outside the Liaoguo Mansion are amazing, and wealthy families from all over the south of the Yangtze River come to see it, which can be regarded as an eye-opener. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the place where the affluence is like the south of the Yangtze River, it is rare to see such a wide street, such a neat and orderly regulation, compared with those poetic alleys, such streets are of the same color, and the streets are also paved with stone slabs, without carvings and ornaments, but in such a neat and solemn manner, there is another sense of beauty.

There are no faces on both sides of the street, just black painted gates, and above the gates are plaques that say so-and-so, so-and-so, and there are solemn men and guards in front of the door, and there are special areas for stopping carriages and horses on both sides.

These shops are placed anywhere, they are well-known, the big characters on the plaque will make people look awe-inspiring, and the guys here have no courteous smiles on their faces, but they are a little reserved, and if there are really guests coming to the door, they will not be humble or arrogant.

Walking on this street, no matter how presumptuous people are, they can feel the pressure, and they will become light-handed when they walk, for fear that they will disturb others and appear to have no rules.

After seeing the characters who had been officials in Beijing, they talked about it in a private banquet, saying that the style of these streets was vaguely similar to that of the left near the Ming Gate of Jingshi, and the man also said that this could not be said to be overstepping, thinking about the amount of silver and money that passed through the shops in these streets every year, what an astonishing amount, and it was not too much to have such a style.

In fact, it was not like this at the beginning, but Wang Tong, who had seen the commercial style of that era, also asked for the various faces of the Sanjiang system.

In addition to these important streets, there are all kinds of restaurants and restaurants, and even quite high-end green buildings, which are all places to talk about business and friendship, and everyone must always have such an occasion as lubrication.

Wang Tong often sits in a teahouse, this teahouse is almost built for Wang Tong by the Sanjiang system, there is a side facing a small garden, the scenery is quite good, Wang Tong generally sits in the compartment to drink tea and watch the scenery.

This teahouse is the most advanced place in this area, generally that is, the first and second people in Songjiang are qualified to come to taste tea and chat, everyone is soft-spoken, incidentally, this teahouse is a membership system, spending money is not in, you have to get a brand, the distribution of this brand is responsible for the head office of Sanjiang Bank, Jinyiwei is responsible for the review, there is a brand here, it is already a status symbol of Songjiang Mansion.

After March of the twentieth year of Wanli, Wang Tong always took one or two hours out here almost every day to meet with some guests and chat for a long time.

These guests are not business elites or official figures, they are all shipowners and maritime merchants who are anchored here in Songjiang Port, especially those who have run through the country of Xinguo and North Korea, and it is a great honor for these maritime shipowners to be invited by Wang Tong to inquire.

The content of the inquiry is very simple, that is, the situation of Korea and Japan, human geography, to the political pattern, everything is asked, as long as it is relevant, Wang Tong wants to know.

But the sea lords and maritime merchants are just doing trade, what they know is also known in the port, to Wang Tong's surprise, many people actually have Koreans and people on their ships to do sailors and other work, which is more convenient, and it is more intuitive to ask the locals.

However, these sailors don't know much about it, and they are at the bottom of society as hard laborers on ships, so how can they know a lot.

"The place in Goryeo is very poor, and the land that can be planted is in the hands of the Li family and the Jin family, what are the civil and military classes, if you are not in the family of these two classes, you will not be able to be a big official for the rest of your life......"

"His Raushzi Joseon King is not as good as a second-class rich merchant in Tianjin Wei, who can eat white rice at every meal in North Korea, it is a great rich family......"

"His North Korean soldiers are not as good as even the military households of Daming farming! In Incheon, the sea monkeys used hundreds of men to run thousands of Korean officers and soldiers around like sheep, but some sea people were more capable of fighting, and they were all pretending to be cowards everywhere, and they were also working for the sea lords......"

"North Korea is very strong in emphasizing literature and light on martial arts, in Daming, this martial artist still has some dignity, in North Korea a family of two brothers, if someone learns literature, someone learns martial arts, the one who learns literature is in the hall, and the one who learns martial arts is directly like a slave boat......

"In the past, the small ones also sold some things to Seoul, and they were also familiar with a few local rich people, and their small court in North Korea was very much poured inside, and often the family was beautiful this month, and a lot of small businesses were lost in the second month......"

"If you want to talk about North Korea and the Koukou side, the ugly thing to say in the south of North Korea is the granary of the daimyo in Kyushu and the Western Kingdom, and use the money to buy the shameless ones and go directly to resist the ......."

All kinds of news came together, and Wang Tong finally understood what the state of North Korea was, when the country was really poor and the people were weak, and the country was rotten internally, such a country was really vulnerable.

However, when it comes to Japan, which is different from North Korea, Wang Tong also feels that he has opened his eyes, and it was originally a business to invite people to inquire, but later, Wang Tong found that he was also very interested in this.

"If you want to say that you don't have knowledge, you don't know anything, and the stoneware that we shipped over in the Ming Dynasty can be sold for a lot of money, but they still have frequent contacts with the Franc machine in the Netherlands, and they have ......a lot of knowledge overseas."

"It's all said that the Mandate of Heaven, look at it smallly, that Toyotomi Hideyoshi can also be regarded as having the Mandate of Heaven of the Divine Kingdom, step by step to this position, and he is also a person with great luck!"

"The people over there also use Yongle Tongbao, but the little bold to say something Grandpa also knows what's going on......"

"There's a lot of money over there! Jinshan and Yinhai is a saying, but there are such places in the Yanren, a place the size of a county, there are gold mines and silver mines, and they are not one, and they also produce copper there, tsk, treasures and copper coins are complete......"

"Talking about this in front of the grandfather is also a class axe, the little one doesn't know much, but in the past to transport sugar, silk and raw silk, these items are large profits, and then add the cheap silver price on the side of the man, this is even more ......"

"The villains of the army have seen it, the firearms, the cannons are there, but they are all installed in the city, they also have a battalion called the big cylinder, one person and two people are holding, igniting and bombing, most of them are iron cannons, the name says big, in fact, it is the fire gun, the small one sees less, and I dare not say anything, the iron cannon of the people seems to be about the same as the grandfather's gun, the size is not the same......"

"The people are dead-eyed, our Ming Dynasty moves soldiers, claiming to be 700,000, in fact, more than 100,000, and then it is only 10,000 or 20,000 that can be beaten, and the people also like to claim, but if they are real 100,000 soldiers, it is 100,000 soldiers, which is not a discount......"

"The people don't have any boats, a bunch of bad goods who can't even use nails, what kind of house, the small one is estimated to be a dish on Taihu Lake, and Liao Ye can also tear them up, not to rely on the ship of the Ming Dynasty, Grandpa, it is Shen Vao's grandson, it is said that he has become a pre-fat man......"

Compared with North Korea, Japan's side has too much information, and Wang Tong feels that he has gained a lot, but Wang Tong can also analyze the results from the gossip of these sea lords and maritime merchants, for example, North Korea cannot support Japan for too long in the face of this offensive.

These news plus Wang Tong's own analysis, after Yang Sichen sorted out the folds, the fast horse went to Beijing, in addition, there was also a fast horse to Tianjin Wei, after the official document arrived, any firm and merchant were not allowed to trade with Shen Yu and his affiliates, otherwise they would be punished with a pass.

Now there are two ports with close trade with the country, Tianjin Wei and Songjiang Mansion, where large quantities of goods come in and out, and these two places are controlled by Wang Tong, and it is very easy to cut them off.

However, the messenger also brought a message from Wang Tong, that is, to Shen Vao's subordinates and vassals in Tianjin Wei, let them escape, and sell their personal favors in private.

This is not for business, but to probe the news of the state through Shen Yuan's line, and this king informed that this matter was sensitive, so he also informed Jingshi in a secret letter.

There is no objection in the palace to Wang Tong's decision, and the crime of "Tongyi" is the most unlikely to be forgiven among the various crimes of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not too much to punish.

When the messenger returned, it was already the beginning of May, and he brought back the latest news from the Jingshi side, that the capital of Korea, Seoul, had fallen, and that the king of Korea had fled to Pyongyang, but even the Korean envoys who asked for help were extremely pessimistic, believing that Pyongyang could not hold on for too long.

The identity of the Korean envoy, the identity of the king of Korea, the authenticity of these things was confirmed, and then the Japanese troops who landed also had a rough estimate......

Seeing the letter from Jingshi, Wang Tong was stunned, the Korean envoy said that the Japanese army was less than 40,000 people in total, if it wasn't for the general understanding of this matter, Wang Tong himself would think that this was the North Koreans colluding with the army of the Ming Dynasty to trap the Ming Dynasty, a total of less than 40,000, less than 40,000 pushed all the way from Busan to Pyongyang, you are also a country, so you don't care about your own face.

Wang Tong also guessed this thought, it was nothing more than to say that the Ming army was weaker, so that the Ming army could send troops, if the other party was too strong, the Ming army might have scruples and refused to enter the court.

"Of course, the country is a bastard, and this Li family is not a good thing!"

Wang Tong came to a conclusion.

There's one more to come. ）