"Moreover, there are not many people on the eastern islands." Miura Yuzhen continued: "The Mayans who used to do business on the sea said that there were only more than 100,000 people on that island. This number sounds like a lot, but we in Japan
Although the land in the Kyushu region is barren, there are still over a million people. It is too small to have such a small number of people in a place that is roughly the same size as Kyushu and has plain land."
"Having fewer people is a good thing for us!" Fujiwara Keiji said with a smile.
"It's true. There are fewer people, which makes it easier for us to conquer them. In particular, it is said that the people on the island are more barbaric than the people on the mainland, with more backward civilization and cruder weapons. Such people are easier to conquer. How many barbarians and savages are there in the Valley of Mexico?
It will never be less than 100,000. King Yin conquered that place with only 2,000 soldiers; as long as we can gather 1,000 soldiers, we can conquer this island." Miura Yuzhen said with great interest.
But after saying this, his mood dropped and he whispered: "It's a pity that we can't even gather a thousand people."
Of course, the number of Japanese who came to Hanzhou mainland in recent years is far more than a thousand, and most of them are young and middle-aged men. It stands to reason that a thousand soldiers can still be pulled out. But the problem is that from Zhu Bai to Zhu Zhen,
The control over the population is very strict. Whether they are Han Chinese, Japanese, or the smaller number of Koreans or barbarians around the Ming Dynasty, free movement is strictly restricted. The household registration system formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang not only covers the entire fiefdom of the two of them.
The restoration was even more stringent, directly following the household registration system after 1949. Japanese samurai like Miura Yuzhen and Fujiwara Suikyu belong to the privileged class. It is much easier to move around than ordinary people, but they cannot leave at will.
Shang Fan.
Of course, people who come here to hunt for gold are not included in this list. According to the regulations drawn up by Yun after discussing with these feudal kings, those who come here to hunt for gold are free to leave the feudal king's fiefdom and go hunting for gold wherever they want. But at the same time, the feudal king is not responsible for them.
All of these things cost money to buy, and the prices are much more expensive than those in the Central Plains. Almost everyone who arrived in Hanzhou for the first time had to sign a loan agreement with harsh conditions with the only bank (state-owned) in the Shang Dynasty.
The interest rate is so high that it is impossible for anyone who fails to find gold to pay it off. These people either have been living in the deep mountains and forests hoping to be lucky enough to discover gold mines, or they can only return to Jinchuan City to work for the Shang King for the rest of their lives.
Zhu Yun's restrictions on the people were slightly looser, but it was impossible for them to pull as many people away as they wanted.
"There are about four to five hundred Japanese in the Yucatan Peninsula now. I estimate that King Bo will allow me to take away at most thirty people. If a perfect household registration system has not yet been established or falsely claim to have died of illness, I can take away another three
Ten people; but no matter how many there are, it won’t be enough. Not only will it be impossible to cover it up, King Bo will also become suspicious.” Miura Yuzhen said.
"Sixty people." Fujiwara Keiji said thoughtfully: "We can bring another twenty or thirty people from the Valley of Mexico, and recruit a few local people as guides. The group will only have a hundred people, which is a little bit less."
"But that's all. Although a hundred people are few, they are still more than thirty people. Besides, we are not going to occupy the island now. This time we are just exploring the way. In the future, we will try our best to move more towards the Yucatan Peninsula.
Transfer the Japanese and redeploy manpower bit by bit."
"Hey, if those merchants from the Ming Dynasty are willing to help, there can be at least a hundred more people. The three princes also treat these merchants who cross the ocean to do business favorably, and there are no restrictions on the clerks they can bring.
The number of people is not strictly controlled by registration, and they can easily send a hundred people to explore. Not to mention the many items they can bring that are very useful for exploration." Miura Yuzhen sighed and said.
"Stop talking about those businessmen who are only interested in profit!" Fujiwara Keiku sat up straight and said: "No matter which country, businessmen are only interested in profit, and they have no concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. In fact, from another perspective, these businessmen are not
Being involved in this is not necessarily a bad thing for us.”
"If they participate in this matter, although the initial exploration will be faster, there will definitely be disputes when the land can be divided later. By then, we Japanese may not necessarily be able to compete with them and ensure that we get the most fertile land on the east sea.
land. Without their participation, although it is slow now, there will be no dispute later."
"That's all I can think of." Miura Yuzhen could only say.
The two talked for a while, talking about what needed to be prepared, how many ships to prepare, how many guides to hire, how long it would take to prepare, etc. Finally, Fujiwara Keiku said: "Miura-kun, I am coming to Yucatan this time.
The peninsula was brought to King Bo by escorting items. We cannot stay in Mayapan for a long time, let alone explore the sea to the east. I leave it to you to open up a new living space for the Japanese nation. "
While saying this, Fujiwara Jingjiu bent down and saluted.
"I will definitely live up to your trust!" Miura Yuzhen also straightened up and said firmly.
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"Fujiwara Keiku is talking to Miura Yuzhen where the Japanese gather in the city?" At the same time, in another place in Mayapan City, a dark-skinned man asked the person standing in front of him.
The man lowered his head and couldn't see his face clearly. He just heard him say again: "Yes, sir, Fujiwara Suikokumasa and Miura Yuzhen are talking at a place where Japanese people gather."
"What are they talking about?" the man asked again.
"The villain doesn't know."
"Hey, brother, you don't need to ask." Another person smiled and said: "We only bribed a few servants, and those warriors didn't bribe anyone. How could they know what they were talking about."
"Didn't I think that the servant might be able to hear a few words while serving tea and water? Since I didn't hear anything, I won't ask anymore. You can go down." said the darker man.
After the servants retreated, the darker man said again: "Although the Japanese have hidden what they are planning so secretly that no one can find out, who knew they had roped us in and revealed it to us?"
There are some things going on. Although what they said is vague, you can still guess what they want to do. They clearly want to drag the Japanese who came to Hanzhou Continent to occupy a separate place and become kings themselves."
"These Japanese people are too wishful thinking." The other person said with a smile: "His Majesty finally discovered the Hanzhou Continent, how can he give it to others? If the Japanese are willing to come to the Hanzhou Continent to serve your Highnesses,
, of course you welcome it; but if you have such other thoughts, Your Majesty and His Highnesses will never agree."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is too far away from the Hanzhou Continent, and it is impossible to come and take a look in person. As for the three of you, there may be more Your Highnesses in the future. If they can really be in a certain place that is not a throat,
The land is not very fertile to stand on, and your highnesses may not be willing to go on an expedition. Most of them will allow these Japanese to surrender, just like those foreign countries in Southeast Asia that surrendered to their vassals, and they are also independent countries."
"Brother, if this is really going to happen, why doesn't our family get involved in this matter?" The words of the darker man made his younger brother a little tempted: "Of course no one is willing to become the king of a bunch of savages; but if it really happens,
If we can become an independent country, we can do whatever we want, open plantations on the island, kill the barbarians on the island, and go to the next place when all the people are dead. The money we make in this way will definitely be higher than what we make now.
Although the taxes collected by the kings of Shang and Yin are not much, they have set many rules. Even the barbarians cannot deal with them at will, and they can't make much money from farming."
"Haha, brother, do you think I'm really not tempted? If I really didn't have any thoughts at all, how could I arrange for someone to bribe these Japanese samurai servants?" the man said with a smile.
The darker-looking man is Yan Xiu, and the other man is his clan brother Yan Ru. In order to be safe, Yan Xiu followed Zhu Bai's ship exploring the Hanzhou continent to Yokohama. During those days of selling goods in Yokohama, he
I overheard the soldiers who were getting off the ship to buy things saying that they were going east to explore whether there was a new continent.
Yan Xiu was moved in his mind at that time. If there really is a continent in the east, there must be many very novel things. If he can be the first to sell those things to the Central Plains, he will definitely be able to make a lot of money. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty's economy has become more and more prosperous.
With prosperity, there are more and more rich people. When they see novel things, there will definitely be rich people who are willing to spend a lot of money to buy them. What's more, you can sell Ming Dynasty's goods there and make money back and forth.
He then asked the soldiers carefully about exploring the mainland. When he learned that he could confirm at least a few islands in the east, he made up his mind to follow the ships to explore. Although it would take a certain risk, it was not possible to do anything at sea these days.
Is there any business without risks? If he had not taken the risk to come to Yokohama, Japan, to do business, the elderly at home would now have to go on hunger strikes to save food. Wealth can be gained through risk, and this risk is worth taking.
Zhu Bai certainly welcomed anyone willing to participate in the exploration, so he accepted him, Miura Yuzhen, Fujiwara Keikou and other Japanese people, and placed him on the same ship.
However, Yan Xiu never expected that it would take many months before he discovered the New World. At that time, he was almost in despair. Suddenly he was saved from a desperate situation. Needless to say, he was so happy. Just look at the foam at the corner of his mouth when he saw the endless land.
Just know it.
But after getting off the ship and staying on the Hanzhou continent for a few days, Yan Xiu was a little disappointed. This land was too barren and there were many novel things, but he couldn't sell any of the Ming Dynasty goods he brought, so he could only sell them at a low price.
'Handle it to Zhu Bai. Fortunately, he later learned that there was a lot of gold here, so he used the goods that had not been sold to Zhu Bai to exchange gold with the local savages, and finally made a lot of money.
After that, he switched from being responsible for the Shanghai-Yokohama trade to being responsible for the Yokohama-Jinchuan trade. Although the line from Yokohama to Jinchuan is much longer than the line from Shanghai to Yokohama, the turnover speed of goods is very slow, but each piece of goods earns
Both are more, and the value of the two routes is almost the same.
Then it happened that Fujiwara Keiku came to test him. At that time, Yan Xiu said to Fujiwara Keiku seriously: "Master Fujiwara Samurai, if you want to do business with our Yan's firm, whether it is buying our things or selling things to
We, our Yan family, all welcome you. You are a noble of Japan, that is, a noble of the Ming Dynasty, and our Yan family dare not offend you. But our Yan family is not willing to do this."
But after Fujiwara Keikou left with some disappointment, he immediately ordered his subordinates: "Go and bribe these Japanese people and find out what they are going to do. No, ordinary Japanese people should not bribe them. There is a difference between Japan's powerful people and ordinary people.
It is much larger than the Ming Dynasty, and there is no use in bribing ordinary people. Start by bribing the servants who serve these warriors, and then try to bribe the warriors."
"Brother," Yan Xiu continued to say to Yan Ru at this time: "Of course I also know what you said about making more money doing this, and I am of course very interested in the suggestions of these Japanese. But our status is different from them."
"Although His Majesty is a 'Celestial Khan' and cares about the affairs of the country, the Japanese are not Han people after all, and they are not under the direct rule of the imperial court. They want to occupy a less important place on the Han continent and seal it over
Your Highnesses may not care too much; but we are Han people, and our ancestors are also Han people. We have always been in the Central Plains. How would your Highnesses let us occupy a place like the Japanese and become emperors ourselves? We will definitely send troops to annihilate it. Even if we are unable to do so at the time,
Wipe them out, and then they must also wipe them out when the country becomes stronger."
"So we can't do what the Japanese do, that's asking for death."
"What should be done?" Yan Ru asked.
"When they are canonized by a vassal king!" Yan Xiu said with a smile: "When they are canonized, we will seize their place and make an independent country in their name! Your Highnesses will not often send people to check.
, even if you send someone here, you can still bribe them. In this way, we will borrow the shell of the Japanese, and on the inside we will be the emperor of the country!"
"High, really high!" Yan Ru couldn't help but say.
"So," Yan Xiu looked in the direction of the Japanese gathering area and said with a sneer: "Miura Yuzhen, you must become an independent country as soon as possible!"
