Xinshun 1730

Chapter 177 Opportunity Period

Thirteen credit cards, this news is enough to rejoice.

And the latter sentence allows rice dealers to carry private goods, which is enough to add the word "Ruo Kuang".

As soon as they are caught, they will die, and as soon as they are released, they will become chaotic.

Liu Yu was too aware of the significance of the shogunate's opening of this small door.

16 years ago, before Arai Shiraishi launched the new order of Masanori, there was no trade credit card, but the trade volume was controlled, first come, first served.

Only the total amount of official trade is controlled, and ships come as much as they want.

Therefore, maritime merchants took advantage of this opportunity.

Although there are only so many official shares, private smuggling and private transactions cannot be controlled.

Japanese businessmen also choose smuggling transactions, and the number of private transactions is often several times the official trade volume.

As long as you open a small hole, you can tear open a door.

This is not a question of ability, but of the profit-seeking nature of businessmen. Japanese businessmen are also businessmen.

Even 16 years ago, some sea merchants even went to Xiaocang and Shimonoseki to smuggle.

If the Japanese hadn't really opened fire, I'm afraid they could all go to the Seto Inland Sea.

The shogunate allowed him to add some private goods when transporting rice.The shogunate government does not accept it, but businessmen will. Of course, Japanese businessmen are also happy to make money, but the control was too strict before.

The only problem is that the ship may be empty when going back, because besides copper, Liu Yu can't think of any other bulk goods that can make money in Japan.

The spending power of ordinary people in Dashun is very limited, and Japan doesn't have any special things. Although they earn a little less, as long as the quantity is large, there should be no problem.

Dashun's rice will definitely not make much money if it is shipped to Japan, and Dashun does not allow large-scale export of grain.

I can only try to go to Thailand to buy rice. It is said that the price is very low, only two or three dollars a stone.

He has already figured out a plan to trade private goods in the future, thinking that the famine in Japan will take at least two or three years to subside, and these two or three years should be enough to tear a big hole.

I exchanged a few more words with the shogun, and this time the "sacrifice" is over.

In the next few days, accompanied by Shi Shiyong, he walked around Edo Castle, inquired about the price situation, recorded everything he saw and heard, and then went back.

Before leaving, Liu Yu asked Shi Shiyong again.

"Brother Heisei, remember my words. You are not here to be dead, nor are you here to see Japanese armaments. It is meaningless. Just collect more Japanese attitudes towards our dynasty and some presumptuous remarks. Keep it in your heart, never put it on paper."

"Yes, I wrote it down. Brother Shouchang, don't worry."

Shi Shiyong didn't know how long he would stay here, seeing that Liu Yu was going to leave, and it was unlikely that anyone from Dashun would come in a short time, he felt depressed for a while.

There are also some Chinese in Edo Castle, but most of them fled here during the chaos at the end of Ming Dynasty.

In just 80 years, Shi Shiyong and the descendants of these people have been out of tune. Although the descendants of these people can speak Chinese, there are huge differences in their attitudes towards Dashun, understanding of orthodoxy, worldview, etc.

Shi Shi used to be a little lonely in the days of Edo Castle.Thinking that this kind of lonely life would last for a while, I had no choice but to bow to Liu Yu in the end, thinking: I don't know when I will be able to return to my hometown?Mr. Liu's words should be kept in mind and saved for life, so that they will be of great use in the future.

When Liu Yu and others returned to Nagasaki, it was already the first month of the lunar calendar.

It was the day when the director of the Dutch business house went to visit Edo every year. The two sides met in Nagasaki. It is not known whether these Dutch people will arrange themselves.

He knew that in order to trade with the Japanese, the Dutch even made up the story of "the Netherlands smashed the statue of Christ".Enemies without a bottom line are the most terrifying.

Seeing the Dutchmen heading to Edo, Liu Yu felt a little worried.The Dutch should be aware of their rise in Nagasaki, and it is almost inevitable to make a stumbling block, but they don't know what tricks they will use, so they can only see the tricks.

After receiving the trade letter card in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Fengxing conveyed that Liu Yu was allowed to sell rice to carry some private goods, and finally checked the items carried by Liu Yu.

Looking at the pamphlets pasted with animal and plant specimens, the Japanese did not recognize the Chinese pinyin used for records, nor did they see the map drawn on the white paper with onion juice and ginger juice, so they let it go.

The fleet that exchanged rice for silver finally started to return. After leaving Japan, everyone in the fleet relaxed.

"My lord, within a few years, we will never use this place again, shall we?"

Chen Qinghai grilled some pictures and records drawn by himself with charcoal fire, and asked a question.

"No, the next time I come back, it's time to force him to found a country."

"Your Excellency, how many people do you think you need to use troops against the Japanese?"

"Seven or eight thousand is enough."

Liu Yu gave a very cheap figure, estimating that the military expenditure would be only three or four million taels of silver.

These few people followed him on a trip to Edo, and saw that there were a lot of samurai in Edo city. Although the training level was not enough, there were quite a few of them.

Thinking about how Japan is also a big country with a population of tens of millions, do you feel that 8000 or [-] people are too big?
Seeing that these people did not underestimate the enemy, Liu Yu smiled and said: "You guys, although it is a good thing not to underestimate the enemy, but you have never thought about one thing. The biggest weakness of the Japanese is the shogunate."

"Protect Japan or protect the shogunate? You are the shogun, how do you choose? The shogunate pulls out its own banner and direct subordinates to fight with us, and then frees up Edo Castle for those daimyos?"

"When encountering such a thing, think about Zhao Song's humbleness after his crossing to the south, and think about the broken incident of "cooperating with captives and suppressing bandits" during the Yongchang period."

Quietly instilling the shameless thoughts of the ruling class, but the words are extremely cryptic.

Although Chen Qinghai has not yet assimilated, he agrees with Liu Yu's statement.

Carefully put away the paper with baked handwriting in his hand, and asked again: "As my lord said, the Japanese are nothing to worry about. But we must consider the Dutch. If we attack the Japanese, I am afraid that the Dutch will quietly help the Japanese and help them compile Train the new army and reform the navy."

This is indeed a problem, but the problem is not unsolvable.

"One step at a time, one step at a time. The shogunate system is doomed to fail. If the shogunate delegates power to the daimyo, the shogunate will die; if the shogunate does not delegate power, it will fail. As for the Dutch, it may be a problem, but it is not a big problem."

Taking the opportunity, I talked to these confidantes about some things in Europe, and talked about trade issues.

Dashun's overly open policy has advantages and disadvantages.

It is like providing the Netherlands with a steady stream of nutrient solution delivery pipes, making the Dutch indulge in this beautiful illusion of "free trade".

This caused the Dutch East India Company to have a big problem. Once Dashun strangled the nutrition tube, the Dutch East India Company would inevitably experience a break in its capital flow.

Originally, before the end of Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands used Batavia as a transit point.

They couldn't directly go ashore to get the goods from the Celestial Dynasty. The Dutch were fooled by Li Dan, Yan Siqi and others and made an extremely stupid decision. They joined forces with the United Kingdom to conduct a gunboat diplomacy in Penghu, which completely cut off the possibility of direct business with Ming Dynasty. This made Li Dan and other maritime groups completely control the delivery channels in the Netherlands.

Dashun liberalized trade, and the Dutch directly established a business office in Guangzhou, which made Batavia's transit status drop sharply.

The trade with Japan and the shipment of porcelain, tea and silk to the Netherlands were all directly shipped in Guangzhou.

They even gave up the route of buying homespun cloth in India and going to Japan for trade, because it was more profitable to transport raw silk and white sugar from Guangzhou to Japan.

Once it is strangled and the Dutch understand that real free trade is just their illusion, the East India Company will inevitably have big problems: the East India Company can only be incompetent and furious.As far as the delivery capacity of this era is concerned, the Netherlands can send two to 3000 people in Southeast Asia at the top of the day. Do you expect this gunboat diplomacy to force Dashun to open up?
Although the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are allies, they are allies only on European issues.In Asia, the British wished for the death of the Dutch East India Company, and the British East India Company also had huge interests in Guangzhou.

Dashun is not going to declare war on all nations, but only engages in troubles against the Netherlands. The British have rusted their minds, so they will not do a good job in free trade. They follow the Dutch to send troops, let Dashun cut off the trade first, and then ask for an opening trading?
After explaining the situation, he made sure that everyone understood, and asked: "In your opinion, in the future, should we attack the Japanese country first? Or should we first destroy the Netherlands and then attack the Japanese country?"

Mantou didn't even think about it and said: "Naturally, we have to attack the Japanese country first. One can get quick results, and we can get money to let the imperial court know that the navy is profitable; the other is to force the Japanese to open up trade, and our money is getting more and more There are many; three, the only ones who have interests in Wa are the Dutch."

"The Dutch have two options. One is to learn from us and force the Japanese to do business and cancel the letter card system. However, in this case, we can 'help' the Japanese to expel the Dutch, fulfilling the promise of the emperor."

"Second, don't learn from us, hook up with the Japanese, and help the Japanese. Then I will have an excuse to declare war on the Netherlands."

"Besides, if we fight the Netherlands first, we won't get a penny of profit, but will spend a lot of money. It's impossible to do what your lord said about supporting war with war. I'm afraid the court will oppose it and think it's a war. After all, it is the Netherlands that has the money, not Batavia, and we can’t reach Amsterdam. First hit Nanyang, cut off the trade, and we won’t get half a penny, which also dissatisfied some merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who sell raw silk sugar porcelain .”

Liu Yu didn't express his opinion, but asked Chen Qinghai, Du Feng and others nearby: "What about you? What do you think?"

"We feel that Ziming's thinking is right. My lord doesn't often say that wars are not for the sake of wars. In the past, wars cost money and food, but only lords said that wars support wars. Since this is the case, I, the first officer of the Navy, A battle should let people know what your lord said is right."

Seeing that the rest of the people had the same attitude, Liu Yu smiled and said: "Of course. That's exactly what it means. The Japanese navy is not worth mentioning, but once you start a war against the Japanese, you must be foolproof. Make sure you can defeat them." The Netherlands can only declare war on Japan. Therefore, you have a long way to go, and when the French ship arrives in a few days, you must hurry up and train."

"Time doesn't wait. Do you remember the incident about Europa that I told you about? The issue of the throne of Austria, the king of Austria has not had half a man yet, and he is nearly fifty years old, so he probably won't be able to give birth. He Once he dies, Europa will be in chaos, and that is our chance. However, how can people’s fate be predicted? Who knows when the Austrian king will die?”

"That's why, as soon as the French ship arrives, you must put in all your efforts. Seize the day and night, seize the day and night, remember this sentence. Don't wait for the king of Olivia to die, but you have not yet If you can defeat the Netherlands in Nanyang, then you are the sinners of Zhuxia."

(End of this chapter)