Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 377 and the Tiger Seeking Skin

Li Xiao and Li Dan continued their discussions.

By the way, Li Xiao also learned from Li Dan about the details of these maritime merchants who are going back and forth in the smuggling trade between tomorrow.

In fact, whether it is Li Dan or his former boss Wang Zhi, they were known as "Japanese pirates" in Li Xiao's time.

When later generations mentioned the Japanese pirates, the first reaction was that during the Warring States period, the lord died of a homeless Japanese ronin, or a traitor who took refuge in.

All this is attributed to the misleading of the history books, which is not the case in fact.

Because a serious warrior, even if he becomes a ronin, he rarely goes to sea to make a living.

At that time, the Japanese pirates were actually the existence of the coastal navy congregation, and their status was not high.

In the early Japanese pirates, there were indeed Japanese organizations, such as the Matsuura Party who lived in the Hirado Kyushu navy.

But this harassment was only temporary. In fact, during the Jiajing period, the Japanese pirates who harassed half of the Ming dynasty were actually behind the scenes who were born and raised by Ming people such as Wang Zhi and Xu Hai.

In the second year of Jiajing, due to the Ningbo Rebellion, the Ming Dynasty banned the compliant trade with Japan and prohibited all smuggling trade.

This incident is tantamount to passing Da Louzi, and the profit between tomorrow's trade at that time can be described as windfall profits.

According to the description of Japanese businessman Kushinoba, a box of goods, such as knives, fans, screens, etc., was brought from Japan at a price of only 10 guan. In the Ming Dynasty, it could be sold at a high price of 40-50 guan. The 250 liter per jin of raw silk bought in the Ming Dynasty can be dumped at a high price of 5 sticks when shipped to Japan. Such a profiteering chain created a large-scale maritime smuggling group along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At that time, after the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, it was tantamount to cutting off the wealth of maritime smuggling groups.

To cut people's wealth is tantamount to murder and arson. A large merchant like Wang Zhi will never give up the huge profits of this day.

After the imperial government failed to communicate, Wang Zhi began to violently resist the law, united with the smuggling of the maritime merchant fleet, organized thousands of ships and began to harass the border, thus causing the largest Jiajing Japanese unrest in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

For fear that his family would be condemned at the time, Wang Zhi and other maritime merchants came to the coast under the name of Japanese pirates to rob. In fact, Wang Zhi's maritime merchant fleet also employed a large number of Japanese and Koreans.

Ming History once described it as the third of the ten true Japanese.

In addition, the real widows are mercenary-like existences. At best, they are wage earners and cannon fodder in wartime, and the real behind-the-scenes masters are Wang Zhi and the entire smuggling maritime business group.

By 1559, after Wang Zhi was booby-trapped, this smuggling maritime business group was in a group of dragons without a leader. The previous attacks on the coast were less organized, but more frequent.

Thanks to Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and others being wiped out along the coast, the situation did not deteriorate further.

But this is just a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. As long as the Ming Dynasty does not impose a maritime ban, and this huge trade gap still exists, it will not be able to stop these sea merchants’ mad enthusiasm for smuggling.

However, Li Xiao knew that five years ago, that is, in 1567, Emperor Longqing issued a decree to abolish the maritime ban and allow private individuals to sell east and west across the ocean. This historical event is called the Longqing switch.

The Ming Dynasty opened Zhangzhou Yuequan Port for sea trade. So far, the channels of maritime smuggling had a catharsis, and the threat of Japanese pirates finally subsided. During this period of Ming history, it was said that the Japanese were not in trouble, and the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang was also transferred from southern Fujian to Mobei in this year.

The Qinglong switch and the tribute (that is, the opening of Ming-Mongolian trade, there will be no war between Ming and Mongolia in a hundred years) are called the two enlightened governments of the Qinglong dynasty, and their role is to open trade, and ultimately Ended many years of warfare for the North and South of the Ming Dynasty.

After chatting with Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi so much, Li Xiao also has a new perspective on these maritime merchants.

During the maritime ban, these people were Japanese pirates, harassing the place, and after the maritime ban was opened, they were normal armed smuggling maritime merchants, because the profits of smuggling are much higher than the proceeds of looting, they do not need to do this way.

Therefore, they are not all evil in the folk, on the contrary, they are very prestigious in Fujian and Zhejiang.

Ming History Wang Zhizhuan once commented that Wang Zhi was “prestigious among the people, and everyone ran for it together. Either feed the seasons, or the wine and rice, or the children”.

It is also maritime merchants. Western governments have spared no effort to support their own maritime merchants, and finally ushered in the era of great navigation.

However, the living space of China's maritime merchants has been squeezed, oppressed, and finally annihilated by the government.

From the words, it can be seen that Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi are quite dissatisfied with the attitude of the Ming court, and they also maintain a kind of disdain for the Japanese people.

In their eyes, their maritime merchants are not evil people. They believe in Catholicism, worship Mazu, are worthy of each other's brothers, call themselves heroes, and consider themselves the green forest heroes of the people, similar to heroes like Yang and Liangshan 108.

Regarding this Li Dan, Li Xiao couldn’t help thinking that this person would become the biggest maritime business leader tomorrow and earn huge profits from it, becoming one of the wealthiest people in the world at that time. When he arrived in the UK, The Spanish, as well as Tokugawa Ieyasu, both looked to him to borrow money.

During the talk, Li Xiao also began to beat him sideways, hoping that he could provide himself with the manpower and methods for making the Thousand Stone class ship.

But Li Dan clearly refused. He would never reveal the foundation of such a foundation to others.

Immediately Li Xiao turned to the second place, saying: "The Lord Li considers this way, and it is also something that you think deeply. But now my navy ship is small and weatherless, and there is no big ship in town during the period. It is really impossible to protect this place. I don't know Li. Can the master lend me five big boats, and there will be good rewards in the future."

Li Xiao understood that this request was a bit loud. Li Dan laughed and said: "Master Li, it is too difficult for a strong man. Five big ships are too much. If there are two, I can still ask my father to ask me to be accommodating. ."

Li Xiao was overjoyed when he heard this. There was no house boat in his navy. It was because of his lack of combat power. With Li Dan's promise, the problem was solved.

Finally, after Li Xiao entertained the two people for lunch, the two left.

In Minato Iwase's cage house.

Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi were about to rest after washing themselves.

Li Dan said to Wang Tan, "Brother Wang, what do you think of Li Xiao?"

Wang Tanzhi hesitated for a moment, Li Dan pressed his hand down slightly, indicating that there was nothing wrong, and said: "You can rest assured that there are all our people all around, and there will be no ears on the wall."

Wang Tanzhi nodded and said: "Brother Li, I'm telling you the truth. This Li Xiao is indeed a talented person, but he has long lived in the Japanese land and seems to have forgotten that he is the foundation of the Han. This is true. pity."

Li Dan glanced at Wang Tan and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, it would be wrong to look at it this way."

Wang Tanzhi said: "Oh, I hope Brother Li's opinion."

Li Dan said: "On the contrary to Brother Wang, I dare not judge whether Li Xiao is talented or not, but by looking at his eyes and watching his words and actions, I conclude that this person is a person with great ambitions in his heart."

"Oh?" Wang Tanzhi was slightly surprised.

Li Dan nodded and said, "Believe in my judgment, Brother Wang. Right now, I intend to make Li Xiao well, not for a while."

"How to say?"

Li Dan said in his chest, "The reason lies in the three caves of the cunning rabbit, and we have taken precautions. Since the death of the ship owner of Wufeng, although the imperial court has imposed a sea ban, it is still tight on the outside and tight on the inside. I have long thought of thinking about us and other maritime merchants as a confidant. Disposal. It's getting harder and harder to get a foothold in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"So if you want to find a way, you must find another base. I heard that the Yan brothers (Yan Siqi, another big pirate who is as famous as Li Dan) have led three thousand sea people to cross the sea with Fujian and settle down in Dayuan (the former name of Taiwan). And Lin Daogan also led the crowd to the chicken coop (now Kaohsiung), but the sir, the chicken coop is too barren and difficult to cultivate, so it is uncomfortable. The best place is Japan."

"Why is this?" Wang Tanzhi asked.

Li Dan smiled and said: "It's very simple. The first great grandfather originally designated the country of Japan as a non-commissioned country. It's a rich man, and a good harbor, easy to replenish."

"At the moment Hirado is too small, especially the old thief from Matsuura, but he is greedy for profits from sea trade. In fact, he is very guarded against us, and the local people in Kyushu are also very wary of us. So we hardly have the opportunity to display it, but It's different now."

Wang Tanzhi was shocked when he heard this: "Brother Li, have any plans to take this place and replace Li Xiao with Li Xiao?"

"Why not?" Li Dan said with a flash of gaze, "If this Li Xiao can be deceived, then I can use its momentum to slowly penetrate, take the opportunity to gain a foothold in Beilu, and then replace him as this person. The second Hirado, if Li Xiao has a strong hand, we can't do it, we can also cooperate with him, at least he is also a Ming countryman, so he is much better than the old thief in Matsuura."

Wang Tanzhi nodded and said: "Brother Li really planned far-reaching things, but I am worried that Li Xiao is also wary of us and it is difficult to trust me to wait."

Li Dan laughed and said, "Don't worry, Li Xiao's plan is ambitious, and it will be useful to our place in the future, when he will come back to us by himself."

At the moment in the church.

Li Xiao was also thinking about it, and just now had a dialogue with Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi.

In fact, Li Xiao understands that two large sailing ships are not readily available, and Li Dan is willing to invest so heavily on himself~www.wuxiamtl.com~ For businessmen, it is by no means aimless.

Could it be that they also valued their identity as a Mingguo, and then wanted to seek something from them.

However, Li Xiao would not refuse. At the moment, his own navy is still small, the route is not cleared, and it is even more impossible to conduct any transoceanic trade.

Therefore, if he wants to trade gold and silver, he only relies on the Portuguese and Li Dan's maritime smuggling fleet.

However, this Li Dan's plot on himself is more than just the gold and silver trade.

As the saying goes, seeking skin from a tiger, Li Dan is like a tiger that eats people without spitting out bones. Li Xiao feels that if he doesn't deal with it well, he might be swallowed by the other party, so he can't help but be more alert in his heart.

But for Li Xiao now, with the addition of two Thousand Stone-class ships, his own Viet Chong navy has a certain scale, and is already fully qualified to conquer the battle of Sado.

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