Win the Ding 1617

When departing from Tianjin, in order to boost morale, Bo Ning Yuan Li Shouhan announced the reward for this expedition in front of all the controlled troops at the swearing-in meeting. ▲∴,

"Those who have captured the slave chieftain Hongtai, the false prince Hauge, the false kings Dorgon, Duoduo, Abatai, etc., those who wish to obtain weapons can get ten thousand 20-pound guns and Supporting ammunition. Those who wish to win silver will be rewarded with [-] gold!"

This reward immediately made all the accompanying troops gasp.Be good, everyone heard that the young lady in Uncle Ningyuan's mansion is a loose spender. I didn't expect that our big president would spare no expense in order to avenge his daughter.

Uncle Ning Yuan's great reward quickly spread throughout Liaodong and Jimen.It was also immediately spread to various places in Gyeonggi, Shandong, and Denglai by the messenger Yuqi who rushed back and forth like sparks, making the inland officers and soldiers gear up and excited!

Grandma's!Whether it is Hong Tai, the slave chief, or Dorgon, they are too far away from us, but Abate is right in front of our eyes!Maybe our men's ancestral graves were buried in the right place, and Abate just happened to hit us on the edge of the knife!

When the news that excited the garrisons in Gyeonggi, Shandong, and Denglai reached the ears of Li Huayu in Jinan Prefecture, he was receiving the son of the Ryukyu prince and the special envoy of the Tokugawa family in the Dewang Palace.

Since more than [-] soldiers defending the Han Dynasty marched northward, Abatai, Wang Ke and others, who had been suppressed by the strong forces of the Southern Guangdong Army for a while, immediately seemed to have returned to life.He kept attacking cities and lands in various parts of Shandong, looting prefectures and counties.He even tried to go south to open roads leading to Henan, Nanzhili, etc., and established contact with Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and other ministries who were besieging Kaifeng, the capital of Henan Province, to make the momentum even bigger and force Li Shouhan to face more and more corrupt forces. The situation had to divide the troops and go south to relieve Huang Taiji's pressure on the Liaodong battlefield.

If this kind of tactic was replaced by other Ming officials, it would be inevitable that the emergency documents would go to the capital and Li Shouhan like a snowflake.only.Now it is the eldest son Li Huayu who is in charge of the landlords in Shandong and Denglai.

Between implementing his father's decree and preserving Daming's local regime, he chose the former without hesitation.

The more dilapidated the local prefectures and counties of Daming, the easier it would be for the father to carry out the law that the father-marshal's errands and mu should be paid for errands and food.The more people fleeing, the easier it is to implement the strategy of emigrating south!

At this time, the eldest son of Ryukyu Wang Shang, who was sitting with him with a smile on his face, came here for something related to the emigration.

More than ten years of trade with Nanzhong.Even after undertaking the business of providing clear water, vegetables, fruits, and fresh meat for the navy and fleet of the Southern Guangdong Army, the Shang family is no longer the breathless Shang family that was bullied by the Shimadzu family back then.

A large amount of sugar cane was exported, not only in exchange for boats of white rice, but also in exchange for the intimate protection of the Southern Guangdong Army.

Comparing one's heart to one's heart, to be able to have such a peaceful time when the treasury is full and food and clothing are abundant, the Ryukyu kings are all grateful for Uncle Ning Yuan's kindness.Ryukyu Wang Shangfeng originally planned to order his son to go to Hue for a New Year's pilgrimage. By the way, let's talk about planting sugarcane on all the land in Ryukyu next year.It is hoped that Nanzhong can increase the input of necessities such as rice and cooking oil.The prince heard that Uncle Ning Yuan was in charge of conquering rebels in the land of Qilu, so he ordered his companions to turn the bow of the boat and head north.

I didn't want to, but I met my old acquaintance Li Huayu in Jinan.The two had dealt with each other a few years ago because of immigration and reclamation. Many young people from the mainland and Japan who went to Taiwan and South China to carry out reclamation and labor export passed through Ryukyu or deliberately took the Ryukyu route. These individuals are screened and regrouped.In order to clean up the spies that may be lurking inside, and completely disrupt the original social structure formed by the ties of clan, relatives and fellow villagers.

The two second-generation ancestors became acquainted under such circumstances.

Now Li Huayu, who is in charge of Shandong and Denglai, saw the young master of the Shang family, and suddenly thought of the farms in Rizhao and other places. Those cotton fields stretched for dozens of miles.A large number of field soldiers were mobilized.Gather up and form an army to go to nearby counties or follow the father to Liaodong to fight against the Tartars.

But in this way, what about the cotton fields in the area where these field soldiers were originally located?Originally, these cotton fields were responsible for providing a steady stream of fodder for the thousands of insatiable fruit and horse looms in Nanzhong.If the huge amount of cotton they need cannot be shipped to China, then the entire related industrial chain will be damaged and hit.

However, those fat white cotton peaches need countless people to water them with sweat and cultivate them with countless fertilizers to grow lazily into white and fat.

Tens of thousands of laborers have been taken away, and the surrounding counties that originally provided fertilizer and manure to these cotton fields are also at risk. Who knows that one day they will be attacked by Abate.Those religious bandits hiding in the dark corners opened the city gates to their masters and handed over the cities one after another?

The unexpected arrival of the young master of the Shang family inspired Li Huayu.

"If sugarcane is to be planted on all 36 islands of the Ryukyu Islands, the bird droppings on the Amami Islands and Yaeyama Islands should also be cleaned up."

Li Huayu has been to Ryukyu several times, and he knows the situation on the Ryukyu islands.

This is on the Amami Islands and the Yaeyama Islands.Nothing else, but there are a large number of seabirds such as albatross and seagulls inhabiting the island.These guys, as the aborigines of the island, lived and multiplied on these islands.Whenever the sun rises, the flocks of birds move out, one after another, the huge wings are connected, covering the sky and covering the earth, enough to block the sun.These seabirds have lived on the island for an unknown number of generations.I don't know how many layers of bird droppings have been laid, covering all parts of the island tightly, and even a few streams can't escape the excrement falling from the sky.

These excrements have been accumulated here for thousands of years, letting the sea breeze blow.But now, these inconspicuous and even a little disgusting things have become the best choice to attract Li Huayu's attention.

"Could it be that Your Highness is interested in those reincarnated things?"

Young Master Shang couldn't figure out Li Huayu's meaning for a while, but only tried to test His Royal Highness Li's intentions.

"Hey! What I mean is that instead of saying that your islands are deserted, it is better to organize people to open them up, first clean up the bird droppings accumulated over thousands of years, and then plant sugarcane."

Li Huayu's calculation was very clear.

Right now is the first month, and there will be at least two months between now and the beginning of spring plowing.During this period, they traveled between Taiwan, Dengzhou, Guangdong, and Hue to transport military supplies.At least hundreds of ships transporting immigrants from all over the world have to pass through the Taiwan Strait.

That was what the ships were thinking of him.Usually, most of the ships transporting migrants stop in Taiwan for a period of time. During this short period of time, the capacity is idle.Rather than letting these boats sit on the pier in vain, let the sea wind blow and the waves fiddle.Why don't you do some work for me!

It is not a problem for hundreds of large ships to go back and forth to Ryukyu and Dengzhou twice a month. In this way, the problem of raising fertilizer for the cotton fields that bothered him was solved.As for labor issues, we might as well lure refugees from all over the country to Rizhao. Anyway, these hungry people vote with their feet. Wherever there is food, they will go there consciously or unconsciously.

Calm face.Sitting opposite Li Huayu and tasting this year's Jiangnan Autumn Tea, the eldest young master of the Shang family was having turmoil in his mind.

He has dealt with Li Huayu and the Nanyue Army for many years, and he also knows that these guys are calm on the surface and want things that you think are insignificant, but often those things can turn decay into their hands. for the magic.However, the young master of the Shang family wanted to break his head and couldn't figure it out. What did the Nanyue Army want so much bird droppings?

Is it really like the saying in Journey to the West, "Guano accumulates in the mountains, sweeping up a thousand catties"?Then go through a series of complicated methods.What kind of magical weapons are made from these bird droppings, or objects that can enrich the country and strengthen the army?

Think for a while.The young master of the Shang family suddenly felt relieved.After a while of laughing, he secretly mocked himself.In such a tiny place, Ryukyu should not plan to make the country rich and strong, just follow the Nanyue Army and Uncle Ning Yuan's ass and be honest, so as to ensure wealth and wealth.

"Your Majesty, this plan is very clever! It made little Wang Maosai suddenly enlightened. However, Xiabang lacks money, food and tools to open up deserted islands."

Li Huayu looked at the sincere expression on the young master of the Shang family, and smiled playfully.The lack of money, food and tools is just a plan to get some benefits!Nor can it be considered excessive.If you plan to ask for something from someone else, you can't do it without giving some money!

"Ten stones of bird droppings, I'll give you one silver dollar. It's money for labor and food. You Ryukyu just put the bird droppings in straw bags and transport them to the pier, and wait for my big ship to arrive, and then ship them away!"

Although it was not able to fully meet the price I imagined, in the environment of Ryukyu, ten stones of bird droppings and one silver dollar were enough to make a profit.Moreover, on the Yaeyama Islands and the Amami Islands, bird droppings are the same as soil, you just need to dig.And it's much easier to dig than dirt.

"Is there any reason why Xiaobang refuses to follow His Majesty's orders? However, there is also a little ruthless request."

"speak!"

"Can you exchange the labor and food silver for rice to pay?"

The young master of the Shang family is not stupid. Now that most of the land in Ryukyu is used to grow sugar cane, the price of rice will naturally go up.Pay the wages with rice, but everyone is happy!

Now Nanzhong, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian also have bumper harvests year after year. Even in Taiwan, which faces Fujian across the sea, the rice in the Zhuoshui River Basin is enough to feed the current population of the island, and there is a slight surplus.It can just handle a batch of aged rice in the warehouse.So, how could such a request be rejected by Li Huayu?

The special envoy of the shogunate family sitting on the side, Nobuzuna Nakamatsuhira, has gray hair at the temples after many years, but he has grown into a man with a big belly. At this time, he has been facing Li Huayu and Li Huayu with a smile This transaction by the young master of the Shang family.

Since the suppression of the Kyushu unrest, there has been a scene of peace that has never been seen in the territory of Wa for hundreds of years.All the daimyos just focus on production within their own collars, and all the things that can be exchanged for food, rice, cloth, and money, only someone finds out, and they are immediately highly valued by the daimyos.Animal and plant products that can be cultivated in large quantities will naturally be promoted in the shortest possible time.If there is something buried in the mountains and forests that the lords of the Celestial Dynasty need, the daimyos will naturally organize manpower to mine it without hesitation, just like the so-called "water flows quickly".

In Japan, a wonderful country that has fought wars for hundreds of years and the population is still growing, in this peaceful day, there is no need to worry about wars, and there are a large number of sea ships to transport grain, rice, oil and salt.Everyone just study how to make money to buy it.In this way, the pressure of survival suddenly decreased, and the population increased dramatically.

After a few years, only in the direct territory of the shogunate.The population has increased by at least nearly a million people, and I really don't know if these farmers and townspeople devote themselves to the tireless career of being a human being after sunset every day.

The population pressure is high, and it is also a huge pressure on the shogunate.The more food is needed, the more money is needed to buy it.And if you want to earn this money, you need to provide more jobs.However, in this way.You want a completely agricultural country, but there is not so much free land to cultivate, how to deal with it?

However, fortunately, in the territory of Wa Kingdom, the general and the daimyo know that the young master in the Tianhuang Palace is actually the flesh and blood of His Royal Highness Li Family.Otherwise, why does the Ningyuan Bofu allocate at least [-] stones of high-grade japonica rice and at least [-] guan of money to His Majesty the Emperor every year?In addition to money, food and rice, almost every time someone from the Ningyuan uncle's mansion came to Japan to convey the uncle's instructions or work.But anyone who has some face in the mansion will go to the Tianhuang Palace to meet the young master who was born by a miracle, and he will send a lot of good utensils and toys, not to mention his humble words and respectful demeanor , Even when facing General Tokugawa, he never had a single star.

There are people like this who don't ask, do you really think that the whole shogunate is a fool?

For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the Wa country under the shogunate, peace in the country.As the No. [-] figure in the Tokugawa shogunate, Mr. Matsudaira went to the emperor to ask for an audience.Please His Majesty the Emperor bestow a letter.With this letter in his heart, he came to see His Highness Li, hoping that His Highness could see the two armies fighting side by side to quell the Shimadzu Rebellion, and the respect Wa had shown to the Celestial Kingdom over the years. On the face of the Tokugawa family who have been supporting the emperor mother and son for His Royal Highness, they extended a helping hand.

"Your Highness, please mediate with the General on your behalf, or increase the import of grain and rice to our country. Increase the purchase of various local products produced in our country. Or allow our country to increase the export of labor and women to various places in Nanzhong lest there be too many idlers in our country, causing troubles in idleness!"

This is the original intention of Matsudaira Nobutsuna to see Li Huayu.

To increase imports and exports to the Wa country, or to increase the number of laborers and women in the Wa country, these are good things for Li Huayu, and even for the entire Southern Guangdong military system.Right now there are construction sites, forest farms, shipyards, road construction, etc. everywhere.There is a large number of labor gaps.Even among the many farms, the demand for Japanese laborers is increasing day by day.Among the several large farms of the Li family in Siam, there is a shortage of at least thousands of Japanese laborers for tapping rubber every year.The introduction of more coolies, or low-end labor, is exactly what the Southern Guangdong Army needs right now. Otherwise, it would not have provided troops, money and food to the Chongzhen and Ming courts so hard, wouldn't it be for the sake of mass immigration?It is rare to have such cheap labor as the Japanese who can use it, and most importantly, this was brought up by the Japanese themselves.

However, it is difficult for Li Huayu to decide on the cooperation method proposed by Mr. Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

"Your Highness, you need manpower in the land of Qilu, so why not let the laborers from our country work in the farms of Ningyuan Bofu. In this way, people from our country can first go to Ryukyu to help His Highness Shang dig bird droppings, and then they can Arrived in Qilu along with the ships that transported these guano, and worked like a dog for the general."

This is undoubtedly a good way.It not only solves the fertilizer problem in the cotton field, but also alleviates the labor shortage problem in the cotton field.

However, it is absolutely not!

Just because Shou Han once mentioned the use of Japanese cannon fodder and labor in many high-level meetings of the Southern Guangdong Army and in many informal occasions, the Japanese can be used anywhere.But it cannot be used in the hinterland of Ming Dynasty.You can't even step on it with both feet!

Many people don't understand this, but after thinking about it, they are relieved, "I think it was the Japanese pirates who wreaked havoc on the coastal areas during the Jiajing period, and fought against the imperial court in Korea for several years during the Wanli period. With this problem, the lord of course taboos the appearance of the Japanese in the interior of the Ming Dynasty! Since they can’t appear in the mainland of Ming Dynasty, let them go to Burma, Banggara, Shizhou, and Hulumos. In short, we need many places to employ people!”

How could these people understand Shou Han's deep-seated wariness and hatred towards the Japanese?

However, no one dared to touch the bottom line of Shou Han on this issue. What's more, there are useful people everywhere, and there are refugees everywhere in the hinterland of Ming Dynasty. Why waste limited transportation capacity on transporting Japanese laborers? Why bother digging a well?

Since there was a ready-made statement, Li Huayu took it at his fingertips.

"Master Songping, I appreciate your kindness. Just thinking about it, you have seen that there have been many natural disasters in the mainland of Ming Dynasty recently, and the local people are eager to find a job. How can they squeeze out work for the Japanese? My second brother Hua Bao Several letters have been written over there, complaining about the lack of manpower for the construction, and the third brother is also in urgent need of manpower in Banggara and other places. From my point of view, it is better to send people from your country to Nanzhong.”

This reason left Nobuzuna Matsudaira with nothing to say.However, since his goal has been achieved, he no longer has to worry about where those laborers are used.He didn't even discuss with Li Huayu the number of laborers exported every year. Those matters were naturally dealt with by those who should take care of them. As His Royal Highness, Li Huayu only needed to have an attitude.

"Everyone in our country, I am grateful for the kindness of the father and son of the general! If the general wants to be promoted in the future, when my country is needed, the highness will say a word, the whole country and the highness have a bond of flesh and blood. Naturally, we will go through fire and water and die. !"

Carefully savoring the taste of Matsudaira Nobuzuna's words, Li Huayu always felt that something was wrong. (to be continued..)