The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 649 New Triangle Trade

When Friedrich's fleet left, it can be said that it was very rewarding. In addition to the shogun, daimyo from all over the world also frantically paid tribute to the Austrian Empire.

After all, according to the content of the "Treaty of Edo", the Austrian Empire will return the gift.

However, during this period, Friedrich also rejected a very attractive proposal. Because he admired the lord of the Changzhou Domain (or had more fun), he returned to the Changzhou Domain before leaving Japan according to the previous agreement.

But this time Friedrich encountered an unexpected situation. When he walked into the castle tower, he found that Mori Keiki had already put on his kimono and Hanori was sitting there. His attitude was very formal, as if he was about to cut seppuku every minute The way I show you.

"Mr. Maori, what's wrong with you?"

Friedrich asked with some doubts, because he found that the Japanese can always find some strange reasons for seppuku through contact during this period of time.

Here I have to mention the language talent passed down from generation to generation of the Habsburg family. In less than two months, Friedrich was able to communicate in Japanese.

"Friedrichsan, please sell me your flagship! Please!"

The Maori respect for relatives is still unaffordable in the way of Tuxiazao.

But Friedrich would not agree to this kind of thing. After all, the "Prince Eugen" is his treasure, and it is a symbol of the Austrian Imperial Navy (in his mind).

"That's impossible!"

Friedrich answered very simply, and turned around to leave. He didn't want to waste time with guys who coveted his fleet.

Maori Jingqin quickly knelt and rubbed over, and grabbed Friedrich's trousers.

"I, Changzhou Fan, are willing to give 50 taels of gold! Please think again! Please!"

Maori's respectful retainers quickly began to carry the boxes with thousands of taels of gold into the house, and soon they piled up into a hill.

To be honest, the 50 taels of gold really shocked Friedrich, because the previous feudal lords and even the shogun often cried poor.

And Maori Jingqin was able to take out so much gold in one breath, mainly because the Choshu Domain was the richest domain in Japan at this time, and he was also shocked by the new Austrian warships.

The 50 taels of gold is the foundation of the Maori family, but Maori Takahiro and Yoshida Shoin both think it is worth the gamble.

However, Austria did not come to Japan to help the poor. For now, supporting the rule of the shogunate is the best solution for Austria.

"Mr. Maori, I'm just the commander of the fleet. These ships belong to the country, and I can't help it."

Friedrich really wanted to agree in his heart, after all, with the money, he could build at least two ships when he went back.

But before coming here, Franz repeatedly told him not to underestimate these East Asians, let alone sell any military technology to them.

In addition, the officers around Friedrich also knew about this, so they kept hinting that he refused to deal.

Seeing this scene, Mori still refused to give up, and ignored the samurai's face, and continued to hug Friedrich's thigh and shouted.

"Any one will do, even the smallest one!"

In desperation, Friedrich could only promise Maori Jingqin to go back to China and ask.

In fact, if Maori Jingqin really wins the bet, then the Changzhou Domain will be invincible in Japan, and they can even sail directly to Edo Bay for a reverse founding of the country.

Then Franz's design will be completely messed up. If the Japanese and the Dutch or the British reversely develop Austrian technology, it will really be the moment when the situation is reversed.

In addition, the Changzhou Domain controls Shimonoseki and the Tsushima Strait. Almost all Japanese ships that trade with Korea and the Qing Dynasty have to pass through it.

Soon the first batch of grain was sent to Edo Bay, and the shogunate began to lower the price of grain. After all, according to Kagura, grain from Austria will be delivered continuously.

The shogunate and daimyos from all over the world are frantically suppressing food prices, which makes Japanese businessmen feel that these adults are crazy, because the price of tribute rice will directly determine the income of daimyos and samurai.

This is completely a way of fighting to the death. Although the merchants have money in their hands, they will not choose to fight to the end with the shogunate and those daimyos who are about to be eliminated by society.

Therefore, the merchants rarely started to sell grain. This year, the shogunate increased the salaries of the gentry in a rare way. Although the losses were not as great as those of the low-level samurai, life was better than in previous years due to the drop in grain prices.

The riots expected by the merchants did not happen. In the days after the shogunate and local daimyo regained the initiative of grain prices, the grain sent from Hawaii and California allowed the feudal forces to regain control of the market.

After controlling the market, they can decide the price of food independently.

Although Japan is an agricultural country at this time, domestic food prices are also falling, but they are still higher than other surrounding areas.

And whether it is California or Hawaii, the food output is much higher than their own needs.

Therefore, a country with many people but little land and sufficient reserves of gold and silver is the best place to dump goods.

Austrian caravans usually have two routes. One is to directly send agricultural products from California to Japan, and then bring back population, daily necessities and local products from Japan to Hawaii for dumping.

Then bring back pearls and coffee from Hawaii and send them to California.

Another route is to sell its industrial products from California to Hawaii, then sell grain and sugar from Hawaii to Japan, and finally get labor, precious metals, and local products back to California.

Both the shogunate and the local Ming Dynasty in Japan like this trade model very much, because untouchables are the least valuable thing they have.

In fact, apart from the untouchables, there are also those low-level warriors who don't obey discipline, annoying monks, and occasionally captured vagrants and criminals.

They hoped that the Austrians could take more away, but unfortunately, the Austrian ships had limited carrying capacity, and they were unwilling to stuff more people into the cabin, so the number of labor exports was still very limited.

As for the privileges of the Austrians in Japan, there are many and terrible, but how many Austrians will go around half the world to come to Japan to cause trouble?
Austrian businessmen let alone enter the inland, they wished to leave immediately after loading the ship, because the service industry in Japan at this time was far from developed in later generations.

The Japanese locals' respect for the Austrian businessman is often regarded as abuse, like sitting in a sedan chair, and stuffing a strong man into a space less than one square meter cannot be said to be a punishment, it is simply a punishment.

Just controlling the price of food could not eliminate the influence of the Japanese merchant group, and soon the cotton cloth, sugar, and cheap industrial products of the Austrian Empire flooded into the Japanese market.

(End of this chapter)