The North Korean officers and soldiers responsible for maintaining law and order received the general's order, drew their sabers from their waists, and slashed at the chaotic crowd.
We must use the simplest and crudest means to disperse the rioters gathered at the dock!
In the face of Japanese pirates, slaves and other foreign invaders, North Korean officers and soldiers were obedient.
Facing their own obedient people, they are able to strike hard!
The sword is shining brightly!
Pieces of knife shadows flashed by, and blood sprayed.
Some had their hands and feet cut off, while others were simply hacked to death.
Blood is flowing everywhere, and the smell of blood is in the sky!
With the killing spree of these North Korean officers and soldiers, the originally chaotic crowd returned to silence.
A vacant space has been cleared out of the crowded pier!
If you ignore the corpses with hideous wounds and blood flowing out of them in the open space, everything would be extremely beautiful.
After these Korean ships docked for the Ming Dynasty, the people on the ship were able to disembark and clear up a rich space.
At this moment, the eyes of the businessman named Zhao who was sitting on the sedan changed.
Because, he saw a ship in that huge fleet.
This ship is not outstanding in size and shape, it is just an ordinary sailing battleship.
However, the flag flying on this ship is the key!
On the tall mast, the flag representing the Ming government is flying high!
That big flag tells everyone clearly!
This is an official ship!
Not a merchant ship!
What you need to know is that flags cannot be hung randomly.
If a merchant ship flies the flag of an official ship, everyone on the ship, from the largest captain to the sailors below, will be punished.
After Zhao Yuanwai saw the merchant ship, his eyes changed, and the laziness in his original expression disappeared.
He got up from the sedan chair, dragged his fat body, and walked quickly towards the dock, preparing to welcome the envoys from the Ming Dynasty government.
While jogging, he also gave instructions to the North Korean general.
"Did you see that ship?"
"That's not a merchant ship, it's an official ship!"
"Don't just stand there stupidly. Go to the city and inform the governor that the Ming Dynasty's envoys are coming!"
This was the first time an envoy was sent to North Korea since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
Although he didn't know what the purpose of coming was, Zhao Yuanwai felt that there would be nothing wrong in going up there to make him look familiar.
Regarding the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the mood in North Korea from top to bottom is actually very complicated.
But overall, I am quite happy. After all, the Ming Dynasty’s father is back, and North Korea can embrace them again.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty was restored, but North Korea never sent anyone to pay tribute, is actually easy to understand.
The threat to North Korea from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north was too great!
If North Korea showed even the slightest disrespect, the Manchu Qing could send troops to march in and reward North Korea with a defensive battle of Seoul.
Before Ming's father showed his absolute advantage in the war against the Manchus, no one in North Korea dared to stand up and take the initiative to find his father.
But it's one thing not to dare to take the initiative to express one's position. Dad Ming Dynasty even sent an envoy, and North Korea didn't dare not to receive it.
This is why Zhu Hongyu did not inform North Korea in advance before sending the envoy.
Otherwise, when faced with envoys from the Ming Dynasty, North Korea would most conservatively send a minister with the rank of Liucao Banshu to receive them.
Even a prince or prime minister is not impossible!
…
Liao Zhou stood at the bow of the ship, and the tattoo of a fourth-rank official on his chest was unusually conspicuous.
The black cloak behind him is hunting in the wind!
Looking at the Incheon Port not far away and seeing the chaos at the port, Liao Zhou couldn't help but ask.
"Is North Korea so poor now?"
"Are the people of North Korea living in such poverty?"
Li Weiliang was an imperial merchant of the Ming Dynasty, and the Li family owned a large share of the fleet.
He was qualified to board the Ming Dynasty's official ship and face Liao Zhou's inquiry.
Li Weiliang just said.
"Returning to Mr. Liao, North Korea is originally a small country with a dense population. Over the years, first the Japanese invaded the North, and then they established slaves in Liaodong and became more powerful, and they invaded the North many times..."
“North Korea is naturally poor!”
"In addition, the Manchu Qing Dynasty used troops everywhere in order to maintain its rule in the Central Plains. In recent years, it has squeezed North Korea and forced North Korea to provide supplies to it."
"North Korea is really poor now!"
Liao Zhou had a serious expression on his face and just nodded and asked.
"If that's the case, what kind of business does Ming Dynasty do with North Korea?"
Liao Zhou was very curious, if North Korea was really poor, what kind of business did Ming Dynasty do with North Korea.
When Li Weiliang heard this, he just spoke.
"North Korea is indeed poor, but only the common people at the bottom are poor. The dignitaries at the top are all very rich."
The gap between rich and poor in North Korea is huge now. As poor as the bottom is, the top is rich.
"Furthermore, when Ming Dynasty does business with North Korea, it's not just about getting in but not getting out!"
"We also have to buy a lot of goods in North Korea and transport them back to the Ming Dynasty for sale."
"Doing business means that both parties have to come back and forth!"
The North Korean goods Li Weiliang mentioned exclude North Korean specialties such as paper, Dongzhu, Korean ginseng, Korean knives, Korean porcelain and other traditional items.
The bulk is actually various minerals, such as gold, silver, copper and other precious metals.
And food crops!
That's right, North Korea today is exactly the same as my third brother.
Although large numbers of people at the bottom are starving to death, this does not prevent the top people from still selling food to foreign countries for profit.
Beyond that, the real big deal is human trafficking!
Due to the Ming Dynasty's ban on Chinese people not being slaves, Korean slaves suddenly became very popular.
Korean slaves and Silla maids are all famous beings.
As long as you are an adult North Korean man or woman who can work, you don't have to worry about sales.
Even if the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty suddenly changed their minds and stopped keeping slaves, it wouldn't matter.
Now there is a shortage of labor everywhere in Ming Dynasty.
I don’t mind the crowd!
Especially for the Koreans, who can be easily assimilated and don't have to worry about leaving trouble for future generations, there is no such thing as too much high-quality labor force.
Of course, even if Ming Dynasty lacks labor force, it will not want uncastrated black slaves!
This thing is passed down from generation to generation and cannot be assimilated.
If you don't take precautions in advance, something will happen sooner or later.
Zhu Hongyu's solution to this problem is that black slaves must be castrated before being used, and marriage with black slaves is prohibited, and black slaves are prohibited from landing in the Ming Dynasty...
However, the matter of human trafficking is disgraceful after all, and Li Weiliang couldn't say it directly, so he just made a haha and dismissed it.
As an official, Liao Zhou didn't understand all the details, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Next, the Ming Dynasty's fleet began to dock at Incheon.
The first one to approach was the official ship where Liao Zhou was.
Lower the sail, lower the anchor, moor...
As the pedals were placed on the dock, Liao Zhou, surrounded by a group of Ming troops, walked squarely off the ship.