Xinshun 1730

Chapter 156 New Thinking
The words are decisive and extremely tough.

Yasuaki Hosoi also really believed it.

Combined with the observation during this period, it can be deduced from some details such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, walking style, and contact with people that this Captain Liu should be a member of the family of a high-ranking official in the Dashun Dynasty.

Maybe his father was a high official, maybe he was the second son of the family, in short, he was pushed to the front to engage in trade to make money.

The income from real estate is always not enough, and the more money the better, and many of Dashun are under the official system, and there is no fiefdom.

Yasuaki Hosoi likes to deal with such people. First of all, they understand the rules and know which ones can be violated and which ones must not be violated.At least you don't have to worry about finding missionaries hiding from their boats.

The people below may be dissatisfied, because in this way, some people below cannot get bribes.

Yasuaki Hosoi knew the tricks of the officialdom very well, and he also knew that Captain Liu knew the tricks of the officialdom very well. At least he would give himself bribes in the future.As for the people below who have opinions because of the lack of bribes?There is no need to think about it.

Of course, the most important thing is to please the shogun in this way. Not everyone has the opportunity to be in the position of Nagasaki shogunate, but not everyone can have such good luck. something you want.

This time the shogunate asked the Tsushima Fan to get a war horse, but the Tsushima Fan didn't get it. In the end, the war horse still needed to be obtained from Nagasaki.

Since this Captain Liu can get things that others can't, he is a man worth making friends with.

You don't need to force too much, you just need to let him come to trade frequently, and when the trade volume is getting bigger and bigger, he can't help but just want to play around the corner.

Both the shogunate and Yasuaki Hosoi are very confident, believing that as long as the trade credit card system is still in place, the initiative will always be in the hands of the shogunate: If you don’t want to do it, many people will do it.

Now there is mutual demand, of course the best.

This time the shogunate still has more urgent needs, hoping to get a horse doctor who can raise horses and a Han doctor with excellent medical skills next time.

As for the war horse sale mentioned earlier, it was just to test Liu Yu.

I went to a horse doctor because there are no horse breeders and breeders in Japan anymore, and the horses I raise are getting worse and shorter.

Looking for a Chinese doctor with excellent medical skills is because Yoshimune Tokugawa relaxed the lock-up policy, and some Dutch anatomy books flooded into Japan, which had a considerable impact on the Japanese medical field, so the shogunate hoped to find a medical doctor A higher-ranking Chinese doctor will come here.

With the long list given before, Yasuaki Hosoi just wanted to test Liu Yu's attitude, and also to give a little reminder for future cooperation.

Now that Liu Yu's attitude has been tested, Hosoi Yasuaki suppressed Liu Yu's worries.

"Please don't worry, Captain Liu. In the future, I will just ask you to do it. You have also heard that before entering the port, the Dutch will submit a 'Wind Storybook'. I also hope that Captain Liu will come to trade next time." At that time, submit the same 'Feng Shuoshu'. As for these two letter cards, they can be given every year for future exchanges, but if you want to add more, please pay attention to two things, Captain Liu."

"One is a horse doctor who thinks he is good at raising horses, and the other is to find a Chinese doctor with excellent medical skills. If it can be sent during the trade next year, then two more credit cards can also be issued."

"We won't look for others again, we can trust Captain Liu."

Liu Yu's complexion became better now, and he nodded, "I can go back and think about it. There are some things that I still don't want you to do with great fanfare. If everyone knows about it, the ban will be strict, even if we have another way , but it’s not easy to do.”

Which one of the people in this line of work has no official relationship?It's just the depth. If there is no relationship, let alone Dongyang, even Eguchi may not be able to go out.

Yasuaki Hosoi understood what Liu Yu was worried about, and he also understood that the person in front of him was the best candidate he could choose at this time.He comforted him again: "Don't worry, Captain Liu, you will naturally not hand over such things to others in the future. As for the things listed on the list, Captain Liu can take them away, and carefully consider what can be said and what Captain Liu thinks can't be said. Wait Next time, just write it in the 'Wind Storybook' and hand it over."

After accepting the detailed list of inquiries and about to leave, Shen saw that You Neighbor had brought a thick pile of books, and hoped that Liu Yu could help him in private.

"This set of "Seven Classics of Mencius Research" is the posthumous work of the Confucian scholar Shan Jingding, who was supplemented by Hagyu Zong Shichiro, and has just been published. He read the ancient books that flowed in during the Tang and Song Dynasties, and compared the current new books. There are some things that are not clear. I hope that you can bring it back to China and publish it, so that it can be used for Confucianism exchanges, or for throwing bricks to attract jade, or asking for corrections from great Confucians in your country."

This matter is still a serious matter, Liu Yu agreed without hesitation, thinking whether this book can be printed, I am not sure, I should leave it to the old scholars in the Imperial College to study it.

Holding this set of books, Liu Yu thought about it for a while, and felt like laughing.

Japan attaches great importance to Zhu Zi's study. This time, the historical changes in the late Ming Dynasty made people who thought about what was wrong with Confucianism stay in China.

Zhu Zi's theory is becoming more and more prosperous in Japan. The question is... According to Zhu Zi's logic, how to evaluate the relationship between the emperor and the general who defeated the barbarians?
He didn't know whether this set of books was anti-Zhu Zi, or approved of Zhu Zi, and he probably didn't quite understand it, so it would be a kind of cultural exchange if he took it back.

On the other side, Lin Yunwen and others have also completed the trade.

This time the trade itself was illegal, but I bought a ticket after boarding the train, and made up a temporary trade letter card, but I won't be able to get the goods until mid-December.

They are queue jumpers, and they get the quota trade for the second year. Because they are the first in the queue, they can eat the full amount of copper.

As soon as the time came, they first took 6000 boxes of copper and [-] taels of cash for their ship, and loaded a ship of goods. They waited for the wind to set sail when the wind direction was good.

After counting the number of sailors and confirming that there were no Japanese among them, Liu Yu was relieved to sail all the way out of Nagasaki Bay.

This year's three trade letter cards have already been obtained, and after calculating the income, traveling to Japan is indeed a way to make quick money.

We all know that it is more profitable to go to Europe to sell porcelain tea, but the reality is cruel and we cannot go there.

The more than 2 taels of cash can be used to discount the cost, and the copper will be doubled when the copper is sold, and the remaining goods will be sold slowly or sold at a discount, which is about 2 taels again.

Seeing a lot, I bought half a fifth-tier ship after thinking about it, and I felt a little lost again.

I called those few people who had brought to see the world together, and asked them how they felt.

These young guys have already vomited on the Dawn for several months, and they are no longer seasick, and their performance along the way is also qualified.

They said they saw the world, and they felt that they really saw the world.

Du Feng followed Liu Yu to fight the Raksha people's castle and saw a lot of money, but never thought that money can be earned so easily?
How much is tens of thousands of taels of silver for a ship to go to Japan?
Chen Qinghai also knew that the "five taels a month" that would excite him turned out to be so cheap.

After sighing, Du Feng tentatively asked: "Master Liu, according to what you said, the Japanese gave me 25 trading cards in total to the merchants. The profit of one round trip is 4 taels, and the profit of 25 ships is 100 million taels." .One million taels a year, if invested in the navy, according to the calculations of adults, at least a fleet of dozens of ships can be bought within three to two years."

"If those merchants are allowed to hold it, what can they do? If they are competing for profits with the people, if they are sold by the government, those who produce silk will also profit. If they are afraid that those people will have no food and clothing, they will become pirates and let them go. The country is also locked down, and they can't make money by smuggling, and when the navy is well organized, what are these little pirates?"

His thoughts were probably the common thoughts of these four people. They looked at Liu Yu together, with puzzled expressions on their faces.

Perhaps Du Feng felt that he still had something to say, and said: "In the previous dynasty, there were Japanese pirates who caused disasters, but at that time we banned the sea and they couldn't help it. Now the Japanese banned the sea, and we have never seen our pirates harassing everywhere. , not to mention the Japanese scrambling to go to sea as bandits themselves.”

"Since that's the case, isn't it faster to get money by engaging in official monopolized trade? If you talk about competing for profits with the people, you are fighting for the profits of the businessmen who run in the East, and you don't touch the profits of others. Moreover, those who run in the East Merchants, either go to Nanyang, or incorporate them, and let them be pirates for the rest, so what? Nanyang trade cannot be controlled, and Westerners and we must fight against pirates; Can a pirate still become climate?"

"There is an extra one million taels a year, and adults know how much it is. He said that he will give 100% to the household government and 50% to His Majesty's internal funds, and there will be [-] taels a year. Although it is still not much, the navy is not the first Is it in size?"

Liu Yu looked at these four young people who were eager for knowledge like little birds waiting to be fed, and said with a smile: "If things in the world are so simple, they are simple. According to what you think, there is no need to engage in trade, and the land tax is all paid. Take it up, don’t talk about building a navy, just building another navy in Guangdong is enough. This matter is too involved, so don’t think about it for the time being. It can only be done little by little.”

"Don't think about it. With my body, I dare not say such a thing. Besides, I am not strong enough now, and some things can't be done even if I think about it. Even if it is going to be done by the government today, and people turn around and become pirates, do you think it's just you?" This small broken ship may be able to fight against those pirates who have changed careers? When the time comes, they will be burned and looted for a while, and the public opinion will be in an uproar. Who do you think will be blamed for this crime?"

"It's not impossible to do this matter. You can do it with confidence until you, the navy, can really fight invincible hands in the East China Sea."

Du Feng couldn't help but said: "Master Liu's words are meaningless. If you have beaten the invincible hands in the East China Sea, is there still a need to do this? If you don't do this, when will you be able to fight with this little money every year?" Invincible all over the East China Sea?"

Liu Yu looked at the steamed bun and asked, "Ziming, what do you think?"

Mantou also shook his head and said: "It seems that Du Feng's words are reasonable. I have weighed it, and it seems that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. In fact, in the special situation in Japan, the most suitable thing is to build a fleet like Zheng He's, government-run trade, Direct counterpart trade with Japan. It not only raises the navy, but also benefits."

Looking at Chen Qinghai again, Chen Qinghai had a similar idea.

"In Tangren Town, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Gang, Fuzhou Gang, and Zhangzhou Gang are fighting each other for trade cards. If it is not government-run, try your best, and the money can be invested in the navy. In the future, the navy will become stronger and stronger, just as the adults said, the gunboats will be launched Hong Kong, let it increase the trade credit card from 25 to 50, or more, so what's wrong?"

"Nanyang is different from Japan. Nanyang trade is not easy for Westerners to earn money, because we can't go to Europe now. But we can go to Japan. Besides, Japan itself is closed, and the trade volume is only so large. Why can't it be government-run? "

The other one also had the same idea.

Liu Yu didn't talk about the complicated situation here, but encouraged them to think about "gunboat diplomacy". Although it was subtly instilled by him in his daily life, it has to be said that this thing takes root very quickly.This experience made them more convinced of one thing: Japan's money is so easy to earn, wouldn't it be enough to force Japan to open up trade?
In particular, the idea that they can recognize the difference between Japanese trade and European trade is quite new.I really encouraged it, but finally laughed it off and didn't mention the official business.

When he returned to Weihai, Liu Yu asked Lin Yunwen and a few old family members to sell all the goods together. After deducting the money for buying ships and goods, he made a net profit of 4 taels.

He directly withheld the money for the next purchase, sealed the 4 taels of silver, and wrote down the details of what he saw and heard in Japan this time as a memorial, as well as the thick set of "Seven Classics and Mencius Texts" Also installed together.

He sent people to press the silver and these things to the capital.

(End of this chapter)