Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 376: Maritime Merchant Li Dan

A church built in the middle of the mountain in Minato Iwase. Maker: No ads, full text, more

This is one of the two churches that Li Xiao allowed the Portuguese to build in Minato Iwase.

Right now, Li Xiao was standing behind the curtains on the second floor of the church, looking at the visitors from the Ming country slowly coming all the way from the port.

It seems that there are more than a dozen people of all ages, and although they are not burly, they are all very strong. Everyone had a knife across their waists, and the last few people had boxes in their hands, wondering if it was a gift or something.

Li Xiao looked at this group of people. First of all, the two young people in the lead, guessing from the bottom of my heart that they are the backbone of this group of people.

The first young man, in his twenties, was talking to each other with Masuda Changsheng and walking slowly. Although they were young, they all showed a calm and sophisticated taste.

Although the other person was a little older, he always consciously fell half a step behind him.

Li Xiao looked at this young man named first, and he didn't expect that the first person from his homeland he saw would encounter such a powerful character.

Li Xiao is not half immortal, he can infer a person's depth by looking at his appearance, but because he knows that this young man is Li Dan, a famous maritime leader in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in history.

Although Li Dan's name is not well known, his influence is enough to leave a fortune in history.

Li Dan is a native of Quanzhou, Fujian Province. He was originally accompanied by Wufeng shipowner Wang Zhi. Later Wang Zhi was killed by Hu Zhongxian yòu. Li Dan became the leader of future maritime trade after Wang Zhi.

Well, to put it another way, they are more pirates in a practical sense, or they are armed maritime merchants in this era, engaged in maritime trade, and illegal activities such as beating, smashing, looting and burning.

Li Dan’s greatness is not just that he inherited Wang Zhi’s trading business. Historically, Tokugawa Ieyasu ruled Japan, and to a large extent Li Dan’s financial support was also included. Later, Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the shogunate and gave it to Li. Once in return, he was given a red seal certificate and allowed him to carry out the red seal ship trade between tomorrow.

In addition to carrying out trade, Li Dan's style of acting at sea was also very sturdy and plundering everywhere. Even Westerners at the time called him in awe as the Chinese captain, or Kabi Dan Li Dan.

In 1623, in order to recapture Penghu, the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch East India Company fought in the Penghu naval battle. Both sides asked Li Dan to be the mediator to communicate the relationship between the two sides. It can be seen that Li Dan's power was in full swing at that time.

Incidentally, Zheng Zhilong, the father of the country's surname, used to be Li Dan’s translation assistant and Li Dan’s righteous son. However, there is no doubt that he has done a translation. After Li Dan’s death, Zheng Zhilong inherited Li Dan’s armed fleet. , Became a great pirate with more than a thousand armed merchant ships. Book mí group 2

Li Xiao looked to this great pirate leader who will dominate the sea in the future. At this moment, Li Dan has not really made a fortune. After Wang Zhi, before Zheng Zhilong, he really rose to dominate the sea. It should be at the end of the 16th century.

At this time, Li Dan raised his head intentionally or unintentionally, and glanced at the curtain where Li Xiao was.

Li Xiao met this person with a sharp gaze like a sea eagle, but Li Dan didn't look at it for a long time, and then turned his head away.

But Li Xiao knew that the other party had noticed him.

Li Xiao moved a chair to sit down and waited with his eyes closed. After a long time in Japan, Li Xiao sat on the floor all day, and he hadn't felt sitting in a chair for a long time.

Outside of &én, Masuda Nagasaki's voice came, saying, "The lord is waiting inside. Two people please come in. The rest of the entourage rests in the living room, and they have tea."

"Thank you."

&én pushed away with a squeak, Li Xiao opened his eyes and met the gazes of the two.

The three looked at each other for a moment.

Li Dan first smiled politely, clasped his fists and said, "I'm under Li Dan, I've seen Master Li."

But another person said, "Under Wang Tanzhi, I have met General Li."

Li Xiao smiled when they heard the different names of the two, and said "please sit down" in Chinese.

When Li Dan heard Li Xiao's words, he first said, "Master Li, is this the accent of the officer?"

Li Dan also spoke in a language similar to that of Li Xiao, and Li Xiao also admired his language ability, because the language used for inquiries into mén was the common language of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing Mandarin, but now it has been converted into a similar language to Li Xiao. Voice.

You must know that Li Dan is from Quanzhou, and the most fluent is definitely Hokkien. As for his Japanese proficiency, he had a conversation with Masuda Changsheng just now, and it is not bad.

It seems that being a pirate in this era actually needs such international language talents.

However, it is said that Zheng Zhilong is a great man. In addition to being fluent in Hokkien, Nanjing Mandarin, and Japanese, he also speaks Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese. Otherwise, he cannot become Li Dan's language translator with this skill.

But Li Xiao was noncommittal about Li Dan's words.

And Li Dan also realized that his talents had taken the liberty to ask others about the details, looked at each other with his companions, and sat down with each other.

After that, the two shì came in to serve tea, using local Japanese tea soup.

Li Xiao observed the movements of the two drinking tea. Li Dan was very proficient. It was obviously because of his long time living in the sun and the earth, while the other man had a little bit of hands and feet, and also expressed a very bitter expression on the tea soup. It seems that this king Tan Zhicai has not adapted to the local eating habits after he arrived in Japan not long ago.

Then Li Xiao switched to Hokkien and talked a few words with them about the way to drink this tea soup.

This scene made Li Dan even more surprised at Li Xiaoshen, and Wang Tan was even more surprised.

In fact, when Li Xiao was a child, he had lived in Southern Fujian for a year, so he had a good understanding of Southern Fujian dialect, at least when looking at the Legend of the Heroes of the Pili, he did not need to read the Chinese translation all the way.

However, this move eliminated the doubts of Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi. They are now convinced that Li Xiao is a Ming countryman.

Li Dan smiled and said, "Master Li, it is incredible to be able to seal the borders and worship the Lord by his own power in the land of the country of Japan. Li deeply admires it. It just so happens that Li and Master Li belong to the same clan again. It is not a coincidence. "

The corner of Li Xiao's mouth twitched, and he thought, "Thanks, although I have the same surname, but I don't want to make any relatives with you."

Li Xiao said gently, "Lee Master is polite. After the so-called Yanhuang, everyone has been a family for five hundred years."

When Li Xiao said the three of them, there was joy on their faces.

At this time, Wang Tanzhi said, "General Li, please forgive me, your Excellency, with your own efforts, has opened up the territory and expanded the territory of the country of Japan, and has reached the stage of being a master. It can be seen that he is an ambitious and courageous man, but But why did you serve as barbarians? You must know that you are a general of the court. Even if you don't return home, you can find other means, which is better than doing things under the hands of Japanese people."

Li Dan heard Wang Tanzhi's words quite rude, coughed slightly, and said to Li Xiao, "My brother wants to speak frankly, please don't be offended by Lord Li."

Li Xiao laughed when he heard the words. In fact, he admired Wang Tanzhi's bluntness.

And Wang Tanzhi's point of view is also the Chinese people's self-adherence in the concept of the distinction between the Chinese and the barbarians.

In his eyes, even if Li Xiao does not serve as an official for the court, he should not go out of the country of officialdom. Even if he is a pirate like this, he can still be at ease at sea.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "I started here as a helpless act to survive. After the time has passed, the lord of the country has been kind to me, so he left me to report. Now that he can accomplish his current career, it is also what he did at the beginning. Unexpectedly, besides, I have already established a family here, and it is impossible to leave again."

Having said this, Li Xiao changed the subject and said, "What's more, there are heroes in the world. Now the world is rising and the emperor is ruling. We and the warriors do not have a good opportunity to show their ambitions, but although this place is small, it is positive. At an opportunity that has not been seen in thousands of years, I also want to make a contribution here. In the future, there may be a day when I will return to my hometown and meet the emperor."

Wang Tanzhi was about to speak, but was stopped by Li Dan. He said, "Lord Li has lofty ambitions. It is not something I can expect."

Then Li Dan and Li Xiao directly communicated with each other about sea trade.

Li Xiao also had plans for this. Previously, the gold and silver produced by Yunjinshan and Shengang Yinshan were purchased by Qiuzhen Shioya, and then resold to another merchant, and then resold by this merchant. Portuguese or Mingguo.

Because he turned several hands halfway, the intermediate profit was squeezed, which made Li Xiao very unhappy.

After the capture of Yuezhong, Li Xiao had a way to go to the sea and directly let the Portuguese come to Yuezhong to buy gold and silver. However, the Portuguese shop bullied the customers and gave Li Xiao a very unkind price. Compared with the original, the profit was not high. many.

At exactly this time, the Ming Guohai Merchant Fleet approached Li Xiao to set up a line. Li Xiao also happily agreed, and the two sides met and negotiated.

For the sake of all Ming people, Li Dan offered Li Xiao a very kind price, using Yongle Tongbao in exchange for gold and silver.

And how many promises and acquisitions.

Li Xiao nodded, feeling very satisfied with it in his heart, thinking that with his own capture of Sado and the acquisition of Sado Gold Mountain and Hezi Silver Mountain, his gold and silver mining volume will reach an astonishing level.

When Li Xiao has this money, it can be used to recruit standing equipment, replace weapons, and become the cornerstone of his future sweep of the world.

Except for reaching their intentions, the three were very happy.

Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi were obviously happy because they opened up a business route ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ the source of wealth is wide, and Li Xiao seems to have seen the overwhelming sky, holding the sun-moon double-patterned flag, equipped with iron cannons, and big barrels. The new army.

Later, Li Xiao also promised to give Li Dan and the others the right to live in Iwase Minato, just like the Portuguese.

&én A piece of land, leased to the residence of Mingguo Marine Merchants, while enjoying extraterritorial rights in Minato Iwase.

Li Xiao's generous actions made Li Dan and the others happy.

Li Xiao's move is also to follow the Hojo family's move to open Tangren Town in Odawara Castle, so it can be regarded as a better investment attraction.

And Li Xiao's purpose is to better promote Iwase Minato's commerce and make it the same status as Hirado Port in Hokuriku.

Otherwise, as far as āo is concerned, Minato Iwase is inferior. It is also the two great harbors of Hokuriku, Wajima Minato in Noto, and Naoe Tsunomachi in Echigo Country.

Therefore, if Li Xiao wants to develop Iwase Minato's business, he must have his special attraction. Please remember the URL, if you like happiness, please type "The Samurai of the Takeda Family" written by mén