On January 18, 1609, after celebrating the Lantern Festival with Wanli and others, Zhu Youdong quickly left Beijing and boarded a ship at Tianjin Wei to go to sea.

There was no choice but to face Wanli and Empress Dowager Li in Qianqing Palace and Cining Palace. However, once they arrived at Ciqing Palace, time travelers like Zhu Youdong felt extremely depressed.

He has already felt this way, and his entourage will only feel it even more deeply. Among them, Cao Huachun felt the most profoundly.

As a student of Wang An, Cao Huachun was originally the secret agent sent by Wang An to Zhu Youdong. After feeling Zhu Youdong's personality charm, he took the initiative to change his ways. However, according to Zhu Youdong's arrangement, he still had to show his respect to Wang Anxu. snake.

During his stay in Beijing, Wang An often made secret appointments with him to meet him and asked him to describe everything about Nanhua Palace orally.

In this regard, Zhu Youdong knows very well that if you want the other party to believe a lie, it must be a key lie among the nine truths.

For example: Fangshan School does exist, and it does recruit more than a thousand orphans every year. But in Cao Huachun's description, the purpose of this school's existence is that Taisun wanted to use this school to cultivate some Jinshi, so that In the future, he will be able to have trusted civil servants - as for military training, that is all a joke. The level and intensity of training are inferior to those of the garrison soldiers around Nanjing.

For another example, Fangshan Laboratory does exist, but Taisun mainly does whatever he sees to make money. There is also the issue of Huang Ceku. His Highness was very angry after seeing it, but after two days it seemed that he Forgot about this...

In this way, the truth is mixed with falsehoods. The key is that they must not contradict the contents of the previous letters to Wang An from Nanjing... Therefore, even a person with high IQ and EQ like Cao Huachun felt exhausted in the end. .

It's better now, I finally left Beijing.

The group of people walked towards the Jinling-class battleship in the port while talking and laughing, and a vigorous figure emerged from the crowd: "Your Majesty, Yan Siqi, pays homage to His Highness."

"Eh? Zhenquan, why are you here to pick us up? Where is that guy Li Guozhu?"

"Your Highness, I just came back from the Japanese country at the end of last year. Because the new artillery made by Fangshan Laboratory was used to equip new warships, I couldn't get follow-up supplies to support the Toyotomi family, so I won't be able to do it for a while. We are about to go to Osaka. It happened that the old ship owner (Li Dan) asked Brother Guozhu to go to the Japanese country to say that he had important matters to discuss, so I led a team to pick up His Highness and you all."

"Oh, so that's it." Zhu Youdong rolled his eyes: "When you get on the boat, come to my cabin."

"yes!"

Supporting the Toyotomi family was Zhu Youdong's established strategy to create obstacles for the Japanese traveler. Because there were so many things involved in this matter, Zhu Youdong chose Yan Siqi, who was bold yet meticulous, to handle it. Now it seems that there should be Good progress.

"Zhenquan, is your trip to Japan going smoothly?"

"Fortunately, although the Tokugawa family is very tight on the Toyotomi family's territory on land, at sea, the Tokugawa family's navy is mainly commanded by the Kuuki family, and the Kuuki family has thousands of connections with the Toyotomi family. There are countless connections. Therefore, it is relatively convenient for my fleet to enter Osaka Port. But..."

"It's just that the real talker in Osaka City is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's widow, Yodohime, so stupid, isn't she?"

"Hiss~~ Your Highness is really able to see thousands of miles away without leaving home! Your Highness, that's exactly what happened. That bitch, Yodohime, actually didn't want our help, saying that she would never do anything to anger the Tokugawa family. Hey! These years! My subordinates are in the Japanese country. Do you think they have done enough to anger the Tokugawa family? The biggest problem is that they have been unwilling to accept the transfer of the title and insist on clinging to the sacred land of Osaka. This is the real disaster. The way!"

That's right, since you don't accept the transfer of titles and completely surrender to the Tokugawa family, why not just make a clear stand and fully confront them? As a result, you don't dare to resist, and you only think about how the other party can let you survive? Isn't this nonsense?

"Haha, but because of this, the Tokugawa family will eventually go to war with the Toyotomi family, so our layout makes sense, doesn't it?"

"Well... His Highness is right. In short, I later contacted Osamu Nagano and obtained his support. This matter finally got off to a good start."

"Okay, everything is difficult at the beginning. Zhenquan has worked hard this time."

"It is my duty to serve His Highness. But Your Highness, I think that the Toyotomi family has completely declined now. Although there will be a battle with the Tokugawa family in the future, at most it will cause some trouble to the Tokugawa family. To turn defeat into victory,

That is absolutely impossible."

"Hahaha, thank you Zhenquan for reminding me. I don't have any hope for that stupid mother and son. If they can buy me a little more time, that will be enough."

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Just when Zhu Youdong and Yan Siqi were thinking about causing trouble for the Tokugawa family, His Highness the Ninth Prince of the Tokugawa family was also making arrangements with his cronies against the Ming Dynasty.

"This is the latest penicillin kit produced in Ming Dynasty?"

"Hi, young master, this set of wooden boxes contains two syringes, one thick and one thin, two bottles of penicillin, one large and one small, and two bottles of water for injection. According to the instructions, to use this medicine, you must first

Use a thin syringe and a small bottle of penicillin to do a skin test. Only when the skin is not itchy, red or swollen can you truly take the medicine."

Oh, it seems that the time traveler from the Ming Dynasty may have been an engineer in a pharmaceutical factory in his previous life. Fortunately, although I can't even match my pharmaceutical attainments, but in terms of military technology, hehehe.

"How much does such a suit cost?"

"Young Master, this thing was just put on the market at the end of last year. In the Ming Dynasty, it was sold for one tael of silver per set. But the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty sold it to us for a set of fifty taels."

"Nani? Why don't they grab it?!"

"Young Master, although this thing is a bit expensive, the curative effect is really good. According to what I saw in the Ming Dynasty, those diseases such as lung abscess and various infections were all fatal. But after using

After taking this penicillin, I got better immediately."

Of course I know how effective this penicillin is, but it’s so expensive! Hey, how was this thing produced? I have no clue at all.

"Zaemon, I know you speak Mingguo dialect very well, why can't you pretend to be a Mingguo person and buy it?"

"Young Master, there is really no way around this. This penicillin is sold in the Ming Dynasty only in the medicine counter under Fangshan Grocery Store. To purchase this product, you must show your household registration. At the same time, each person can buy up to two sets at a time.

Because this grocery store is said to be the property of His Highness the Emperor Grandson of the Ming Dynasty, no one dares to disobey this rule. The subordinates did hire some people from the Ming Dynasty to help us buy it, but this action only lasted ten days.

When he was discovered, the store owner immediately called the local Jin Yiwei, and his subordinates almost didn't escape."

"What about the maritime merchants? The maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty are all unscrupulous guys. They will definitely rush to make this fifty times profit."

"Young Master, this is still useless. Although this item is exported, only the Daming Sea Trade and the Xu family caravan in Huating can sell it. And these two companies are willing to pay fifty taels to the death and are unwilling to let go.

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"Bagya Road!" After gritting his teeth and swearing angrily, Zhuqianyo said: "How is your contact with the Jurchens in Jianzhou?"

"Hey! My subordinates and others folded in three batches, totaling more than 80 ninjas and a dozen warriors, and finally met Nurhaci, the commander-in-chief of Jianzhou Jurchen. He showed him the power of the flintlock iron cannon on the spot.

Later, Nurhachi was very happy and was willing to exchange Dongzhu with us for the flintlock iron cannon."

"The pearls on the coast of Japan are no worse than the so-called Dongzhu!" He shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, Dongzhu will be Dongzhu, this matter still needs to be done."

"Hi, my subordinates have already made an agreement with Nurhaci. They will find a way to get a safe seaport in the near future. This will facilitate our subsequent transportation of more iron cannons and new large barrels to Jianzhou."

"Yoshi! You did a great job on this matter. Thank you for your hard work, Zaemon. Go down and receive your reward."

"Uh...young master."

"You still have doubts in your mind? Speak out."

"Hi, young master. I went to Jianzhou Jurchen this time. I feel that although the people there are barbaric, their fighting power is indeed good. But no matter what, they are still too weak. They are simply vulnerable to the Ming Dynasty.

We have made such great efforts to support them, and we have given them the new iron cannons and barrels that our Tokugawa family has not all reinstalled, almost for free. They may not be able to..."

Hey, of course I know that after the Ming Dynasty had time travellers, the Jianzhou Jurchens would not be able to do anything good. But what can I do?

I have repeatedly hinted to this old turtle, Tokugawa Ieyasu, that now our weapons and equipment are far superior to all the daimyo in Japan, and we can already attack the Toyotomi family. But this old turtle still wants to wait, wait, and insist on waiting until Toyotomi.

All the sympathizers of the Chen family were dead. They even acted as if they were all benevolent and righteous in public opinion before they took action!

But the Toyotomi family will not be destroyed, and Japan will always have huge loopholes in maritime trade. As a result, how effective can the currency reform be? When can unified tariffs be established?

Do I really have to endure it until 1616 like in the historical plane? At that time, I don’t know what kind of monster the Ming Dynasty will evolve into!
Chapter completed!