The stone of the Japanese country is seen in the country.
The Treaty of Hongzhi and Gengshen ceded the Shijian Kingdom to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty quickly sent officials here, and officially renamed Shijian Yinshan County and placed it directly under the Northern Zhili Province.
Well, although Beizhili and Yinshan County seem to be a bit far apart.
But there is no other way. Who knows that there are silver mines containing hundreds of millions of taels of silver in Yinshan County?
To the north of Ginzan Prefecture is the Whaling Sea (later known as the Sea of Japan), and to the south is the territory that originally belonged to the Ouchi family, but is now divided between the Mori family and the Nizi family.
These two families very wisely chose to join the Ming Dynasty during Liu Jin's last expedition to Japan, so they also enjoyed the benefits.
In a bay in the north of Yinshan County, the entire bay has become very lively and a lively scene.
Tens of thousands of Japanese people were hired to build Yinshan Port here.
At the same time, at some temporarily built docks, merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty were moored quietly, and Japanese people were diligently loading and unloading goods on the docks.
Yinshan County belongs to the Northern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, merchant ships coming to Japan like to berth here in Yinshan Port, because they don't have to pay taxes and only need to pay a small parking fee.
If the ships were anchored in other places of the Japanese Kingdom, although the Japanese Kingdom no longer dared to impose heavy taxes on Ming Dynasty ships, general taxes could still be levied.
What's more, it would be safer to park on your own Ming Dynasty land.
There are 20,000 Ming troops stationed here in Yinshan County, which is enough to ensure the Ming Dynasty's interests in Japan.
Now the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty have two choices when they come to Japan to do business.
One is here in Yinshan County. When I came to Yinshan County from the Ming Dynasty, it still belonged to Beizhili, and then directly sold the goods to Japanese merchants in Yinshan County.
Or it can be transferred to various places in Japan for sale.
The other one is to arrive at Hyogo-jin of Japan. Hyogo-jin was leased by Japan to the Ming Dynasty. It is also regarded as the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Arrive at Hyogo-jin, and then sell it exclusively to all parts of Japan.
The Ming Dynasty defeated the Japanese country and taught the Japanese country a lesson, forcing the Japanese lords to no longer dare to impose heavy taxes on the merchant ships and merchants of the Ming Dynasty. This greatly encouraged the Ming merchants to come to the Japanese country to do business and trade.
In addition, Yinshan County's geographical location is very important and there are huge silver mines. After acquiring Yinshan County, Ming Dynasty also invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.
In a short period of time, the entire Yinshan County seat and Yinshan Port turned into a busy construction site.
Because Yinshan Port was regarded as the transit port for the Ming Dynasty to Golden Continent, Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others also invested heavily in preparing to build it into a large port.
At this time, one cargo ship after another arrived at Yinshan Port from Daming, and the cargo ships mostly contained cement.
Ship after ship of cement is continuously transported to Yinshan Port to be used in the construction of Yinshan Port and Yinshan County.
Everything in the port was built in the style of the Tianjin port in the Ming Dynasty. Thousands of Japanese people were hired, and each one of them worked hard.
Kotaro is one of the many Japanese who work hard.
Kotaro does not have a surname, only a given name. In Japan, only nobles and samurai classes can have surnames. Ordinary people like them are not eligible to have surnames.
He was originally an ordinary farmer in Ishijian Country. He originally made a living by farming and has been a farmer for generations.
Who would have known that the Shijian Kingdom was suddenly ceded to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty also gave these Japanese people in the Shijian Kingdom two choices.
One is that he can leave Shijian Kingdom, and the other is that from now on, he will be loyal to the emperor of Ming Dynasty and become a common citizen of Ming Dynasty.
The original Shijian people did not have the slightest objection to becoming ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty and loyal to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
In itself, there are many people in the Japanese country who say that the Japanese people come from the Central Plains. The saying that the Japanese country and the Ming Dynasty are the same family is still very popular in the Japanese country.
In addition, the aristocrats and samurai class of the Japanese country all use Chinese characters and write Chinese characters. They have the same cultural roots, which means there are differences in language.
Furthermore, the Japanese country was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese kings all had to submit to the Ming Dynasty emperor. The people of Shijian country could directly become the people of the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. For them, not only did they not have the slightest resistance, but also
Many people think it is very good.
His identity suddenly changed from a subject of the Ming vassal state to a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. Didn't his status improve a lot?
In the Japanese country, they were the lowest common people, but after the Shijian country became Yinshan County, they became the Ming people. After leaving Yinshan County, they became the superior Ming people in the Japanese country.
Not only ordinary people like Kotaro and others feel this way, but also the original nobles, samurai, etc. of Iwami Country.
In the past, Ishimi Country was extremely weak. The Ouchi family came to bully it, the Mori family came to bully it, the Nizi family came to bully it, and even the neighboring Izumo Country came to bully it.
The nobles and warriors of Ishigami Kingdom also suffered.
But it's different now. They are from Yinshan County in the Ming Dynasty. Their identities have changed and they have become landlords and gentry in the Ming Dynasty. Who dares to bully them?
The Ming Dynasty took over the entire Yinshan County without encountering any difficulties. The nobles, warriors, and ordinary people of Yinshan all happily turned around and became Ming people.
Although there are only a few people in Yinshan County who can speak Daming dialect, this does not hinder the celebration throughout Yinshan County.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very kind. Considering that Yinshan County had just been incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi also issued an order to exempt Yinshan County from taxes for three years.
When the news reached Yinshan County, everyone in Yinshan County celebrated.
In the Japanese country, the exploitation of ordinary people by the nobles and warrior classes was also very serious. The ordinary people of the Japanese country were almost the same as the people of the Ming Dynasty.
After a year of hard work, most of the time I don’t even have enough to eat.
Now the Emperor of Heaven has exempted them from taxes for three years, which means that their lives will be much easier in these three years.
Of course, they didn't know that this was Liu Jin's request to Emperor Hongzhi, and it was originally intended to stabilize the Ming Dynasty's rule over Yinshan County.
After all, this place is far away from the Ming Dynasty. The people here are also Japanese. The number of the Ming Dynasty people is very small. If you want to rule here for a long time, you need strong force and a certain strategy.
It is necessary to give them a little taste of sweetness.
After all, for Emperor Hongzhi, the tax in Yinshan County was nothing at all. The key was the silver mines here in Yinshan County. Once mined, there would be a steady stream of white money.
Kotaro worked hard, mixing sand and cement together, stirring constantly.
Cement is such an amazing thing.
It looks like mud at first, but after a while, it immediately becomes as hard as stone, which is really convenient. It is very useful for building houses, city walls, ports, etc.
"Dang~dang~"
"It's time to eat~ It's time to eat~"
"Everyone clean up and get ready for dinner."
Time passed slowly and I worked hard, and soon it was time for lunch.
As the bell rang, the Ming people in charge of supervising the work kept shouting.
Suddenly the entire busy construction site burst into cheers.
Kotaro and the others placed all the tools neatly as required, and then came to the cement that had been laid aside.
Here, many tents have been set up, and a large number of Japanese women are busy in the tents. From a distance, you can see buckets of white rice, and there are a lot of vegetables next to them, and the smell of meat is also strong.
Arrays of waves are coming.
Kotaro couldn't help but swallow.
But I still came to the hand-washing area, washed my hands, and then lined up.
He likes his current life.
When he comes to work here in Yinshan Port, he can get a salary of fifty cash per day. At the same time, it also provides three meals a day, including plenty of rice and noodles, as well as free fish and vegetables, and occasionally braised pork.
This was a life he had never dared to imagine before.
I used to work hard at home farming all year round and could only eat two meals a day.
Every meal was a rice ball, just a rice ball as big as a fist. Life was very hard and I couldn't even get enough to eat.
Now I eat three meals a day, every meal is open to the public, and there are vegetables and meat, and I get paid.
Not only does he work here, but his wife Meiko is also hired to cook for everyone, with three meals a day and a salary of thirty cash.
Kotaro has already calculated that it will take more than half a year to actually build the Ginshan Port. After the Ginshan Port is completed.
The couple can save almost 10 taels of silver, and then they can demolish their own house and rebuild the country.
Well, it needs to be built with cement. Just like the houses of the Ming Dynasty, they are built to be strong and durable and not afraid of leaks.
At that time, the front door and the back of the house will be paved with cement, so that even if it rains, it will not be afraid and will not get dirty.
He doesn't plan to farm anymore in the future, and he has already found out.
The imperial court discovered a large silver mine here in Yinshan County. In the future, many people will be recruited to open the silver mine. The silver mine can be mined for a long time, at least for decades, or even hundreds of years.
He was going to work in a silver mine, specifically to help the Ming Emperor dig silver mines.
The work is simple and easy. The key is to be able to eat enough and earn money to support the family.
He has even thought about letting his children learn Daming dialect so that they can become real Ming people. If they can't speak Daming dialect, they are not considered real Ming people.
He knew that some Japanese people who could speak Daming dialect, even though they were only very simple in Daming dialect, had been put into great use.
He was just a civilian before, but now he is helping to manage everyone, and his status is different.
