Han Du has been in the mansion deep in the Governor's Mansion for too long, from the 29th year to now, which is more than half a year.
On this day, Jiang Wei came to report.
"Sir~"
Han Du put down the book he was reading to kill time, stood up from the recliner, and asked, "Have people on both sides left?"
"Let's go." Jiang Wei nodded.
Seeing that his husband was noncommittal, Jiang Wei paused and said, "Sir, the student feels that the Japanese and Japanese sides are almost reaching their limit."
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Han Du asked, turning his head.
Jiang Wei quickly said: "This time when the Ashikaga clan left with food, they asked to see the students."
"What did they see you for?" Han Du had a guess in his mind and couldn't help but smile on his face.
Jiang Wei said: "They want credit."
Han Du smiled and said nothing.
Jiang Wei continued: "They said that they no longer have real gold and silver. If we continue to pay and deliver the goods, then they may not have the gold and silver to buy food."
"They are cheating!" Han Du said sharply without waiting for Jiang Wei to finish. "Although the Japanese country is small, it is rich in gold and silver. Moreover, they have always been closed to the outside world and have very little contact with other countries. That is, the Tang Dynasty
After all, the exchanges with the Central Plains were more frequent during the Song Dynasty. But at that time, every time they came to the Central Plains, even if they only brought some tributes such as Japanese knives and folding fans, they would get a lot of rewards back. Therefore, the Japanese country would not only not suffer losses, but also
And he’s getting richer and richer.”
"After hundreds of years of accumulation, the Japanese country must have a large amount of gold and silver. Although we have fished out more than one million taels of gold and fifteen million taels of silver from the Japanese country in the past six months, the most we have done is to break the Japanese country's muscles and bones.
, it’s not time for them to run out of fuel yet.”
Jiang Wei suddenly interrupted and said: "Sir, what you mean is that both sides of the Japanese country still have existing gold and silver in their hands?"
Han Du immediately glanced at him sideways, nodded slightly, and said: "Of course there is. If you say that the gold and silver in their hands has dropped sharply to a small amount, I believe it. If you say that they have a little gold and silver in their hands,
It’s all gone, that’s simply impossible!”
"In your opinion, sir, what should students do?" Jiang Wei followed Han Du and asked respectfully.
Han Du said without hesitation: "Insist on them paying with one hand and delivering the goods with one hand. If they don't have the money, then we won't sell them a grain of food. Now they are begging us. Let's not take the slightest consideration and directly sell them to them."
Squeeze them dry of their gold and silver."
"Then what?" Jiang Wei nodded and continued to ask.
Han Du smiled and said, "Then according to my plan, let them use prisoners of war as compensation. If there are no prisoners of war, women can do it."
"yes."
Then Han Du suddenly remembered the Southern Dynasty and said with a chuckle: "But it seems that the Southern Dynasty's family is still richer than the Muromachi Shogunate. So far, they have not complained to you."
Jiang Wei also laughed and explained: "Students have understood that the Southern Dynasty was originally the orthodox system of the Japanese country, but was driven south by the rebellion of the Muromachi shogunate. But after all, the Southern Dynasty once ruled the Japanese country for hundreds of years.
Time and some financial resources are naturally a matter of course."
Han Du nodded, agreeing with Jiang Wei's view. Then he added: "However, no matter how rich their family background is, you have to find a way to loot them all. If you can do it, I will report it to the emperor after returning to Beijing.
Please take credit for you."
"Thank you sir for your kindness." Jiang Wei immediately bowed his hands.
The next time the Ashikaga clan asked Jiang Wei for credit again, Jiang Wei directly rejected their request. He also said that he had not taken advantage of the situation by raising the price, so he was worthy of them. It is absolutely impossible to get credit!
In fact, by now, both the Ashikaga clan of the Muromachi shogunate and the Hosokawa clan of the Southern Dynasty understood that Jiang Wei was selling food and weapons to both of them at the same time.
But even if they knew it, so what, since the two of them had been fighting until now, they already wanted to drive each other into the sea and drown, and there was no possibility of stopping.
If they don't break this layer of window paper, then they can pretend to know nothing about it and continue to let Jiang Wei sell the grain to them. If they expose this and anger Jiang Wei, what if Jiang Wei doesn't sell?
Food is given to them, what should they do?
Therefore, as long as Jiang Wei continues to sell food and weapons to them, they will have to hold their noses and endure it.
When the Ashikaga clan heard that Jiang Wei wouldn't sell, they really panicked. Because if he didn't buy it, then the Southern Dynasty would definitely buy more. That would be a huge disadvantage to them, and they might even be completely defeated by the Southern Dynasty.
, they will all die without a burial place.
Therefore, even if they were very reluctant, the Ashikaga clan had to spend real money to buy the grain.
Looking at the gold and silver that had just been transported to the warehouse and stored in the warehouse, Jiang Wei couldn't help but admire his husband very much, "Sir, you really have a clever plan. These bastards are really cheating. Just now they swore to heaven that there was no more gold and silver.
Wouldn’t it be easier to take it out now?”
He made up his mind that in the future, whether it was the Ashikaga or Hosokawa clan, whenever they said they had no money, Jiang Wei would treat them as lies.
Last year, although the North and South of Japan were fighting to the death, they were still somewhat rational and did not completely abandon food cultivation. After all, they still didn't know whether the Jeolla Province Governor's Palace could provide them with enough food.
But after the experience of buying food for more than half of last year, both of them found that there seemed to be endless food in Jeolla Province. As long as they took out gold and silver, Jiang Wei could sell them the food they needed.
So during the spring plowing this year, both sides unanimously abandoned most of the land and recruited all the farmers, preparing to conquer the other side in one go.
After fighting for a whole year, the two sides still failed to completely defeat each other. Each time, they beat each other until they seemed to have only their last breath. However, when they tried to extinguish each other's breath, they discovered the resilience of this breath.
It's perfect and very long. I tried it several times without success.
If a normal person is rational, he will definitely notice the weirdness in this. How can there be such a coincidence in the world? It was obvious that the last time he beat the opponent to the point of dying, but the next time the opponent became more energetic and defeated him step by step.
, and was even almost forced to a dead end.
But now both sides are completely occupied by hatred. No one is aware of this at all. They just think that they can use their last strength to drive the other party into the sea.
A full year and a half of melee warfare left the Japanese state in devastation.
Originally, although conflicts between the North and the South would break out from time to time, the casualties each time were not large, and they would subside within a short period of time until the next conflict broke out. After all, the two sides had been at odds for so many years.
, it has long been a habit.
But in the past year and a half, the brutality of the battle between the two sides has directly refreshed the understanding of everyone on both sides. In the past, a friction only injured a few people, and even killed one or two at most.
But since a year and a half ago, the casualties in each battle between the two sides have continued to soar.
Dozens from the beginning
Hundreds of casualties soon soared to hundreds, and this was not even the peak. Then, battles with thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties abounded, becoming as common as eating and drinking.
In the past year and a half, almost the entire Japanese country was caught in the flames of war, and almost all the Japanese were swept in. Those who were lucky could just drift with the tide, while those who were unlucky died without a burial place. It can be said that compared with the damage caused by the battle,
The number of casualties among the Japanese caught in the war was even higher, even several times that of those who died in the war.
Ten rooms and nine are empty, with bones exposed in the wild? There are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. This is the most true portrayal of the Japanese country today.
But even at this point, the North and the South still showed no signs of giving up. On the contrary, conscription became more and more urgent, and the purchase of food and weapons became more and more frequent.
One of the things that Handu must read every day now is the various information coming from the Japanese country. Through this information, even Handu knows the current situation of the Japanese country better than the Muromachi Shogunate and Nanchao.
Although Yelang of the Japanese state was arrogant and dared to refuse the Ming Dynasty's order to surrender and behead the envoys, in Han Du's eyes, the Japanese state had never stood up.
And now, the Japanese country has fallen.
Whether it was the Muromachi Shogunate or the Southern Dynasties, they all needed a large amount of gold and silver to buy food and weapons so that they could continue to fight. But although they had a lot of gold and silver, they were not endless after all.
What will they do when the gold and silver in their hands is almost used up? Both sides naturally set their sights on ordinary Japanese.
As a result, the prices of all kinds of food, cloth and other daily necessities have skyrocketed. Nowadays, a large area of land in the Japanese country has been abandoned, and the people do not have much food at all. Therefore, even if the price of food rises to the point that it is unbearable for ordinary Japanese people, they still have to spend their last remaining possessions.
They gave out a little money just to exchange for a meager ration. The money in the hands of the Japanese was like opening a floodgate to release floods, and it quickly flowed into the hands of the Muromachi shogunate and the Southern Dynasty.
For the Muromachi shogunate and those in power in the Southern Dynasties, this was a very beneficial method. Although they bought grain from Jiang Wei at a high price, as long as the price of grain they sold to ordinary Japanese was higher, then they
Not only did he not suffer a loss, but he also made a huge profit.
But ordinary Japanese people were in misery, and their wealth shrank rapidly as if it had been evaporated. The phenomenon of people starving to death because they had no money to buy food quickly appeared, and even tended to spread rapidly.