Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Although only wearing a bleak green robe, Deng Mingdao still arrogantly put on the posture of an envoy from the previous country, and ordered to the only subordinate at present: "Cao Tongshi, you and the Japanese Tang Chuan over there!" According to Feng Xing, the [-] mu of commercial land is too narrow, so let him set aside at least [-] mu for spare.”

Deng Mingdao, male, was born in Dengjia Village, Yihuangzuo Township, Fuzhou, Jiangxi. He was born in the 17th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. No, no. He should have been born in the 14th year of Yongli in the previous Ming Dynasty. He is 43 years old this year.Although the first half of Deng Mingdao's life was not miserable, he was still just a child who wanted to climb the Dragon Gate.According to the habit, if there is no accident, he will reluctantly enter school after exhausting his family wealth, and end up in his hometown as a scholar in the Qing Dynasty. However, Zheng Jun's counterattack from the sea changed his fate.

Because he didn't go to school, Deng Mingdao was lucky to escape the trial of the so-called traitor and lackey, but because he dismissed the status of the county official, he didn't "follow the dragon" immediately.However, he later discovered that the imperial examination path he was looking forward to did not exist in the Chongguang Ming Dynasty. Only a school system similar to the "Sanshe Law" in the Northern Song Dynasty was the only way for scholars to enter.

After thinking about it, Deng Mingdao, who still didn't understand that he was not the material for studying, finally encouraged himself again to take the entrance examination for the county school.Although his grades were not very good, fortunately, Zheng Fan at this time was in short supply of officials at all levels due to many reasons such as too fast expansion and the trial implementation of the government's policy of going to the countryside. He was finally admitted to the county school because of his good calligraphy. , thus becoming a reserve official under the Zheng Fan system.

The county school has entered, but Deng Mingdao's learning situation is still unsatisfactory-although the county school under Zheng Fan's rule initially only required a rough master of the six arts of a gentleman, but he was not diligent and did not know how to be arty. Except for the grades in the subject, the other four subjects can be described as horrible.

For the sake of no one in Ming Zheng's entrainment, Deng Mingdao still graduated from Yihuang County with the incredible grades of previous county students, and became a clerk with the fourth-class foreigner——Deng Mingdao finally regarded him as a clerk. The inconspicuous Li Yuansheng began his career as an official under the Ming Zheng regime.

After working as a clerk for two years, Deng Mingdao had just been promoted to a third-class secretary, when Emperor Wuding passed away and Emperor Baokang succeeded him. In the Hui Award, he was promoted to the second-class Dianshu in a blink of an eye.

Next, Deng Mingdao stayed in the position of Dianshu for more than a year. When Emperor Baokang passed away and Emperor Taishun succeeded to the throne, Deng Mingdao was already a first-class chief author at this time, and he was short of getting a real official title. It's only one step away.

In March of the second year of Ming Taishun, Zheng Kezang replaced Ming, and Deng Mingdao took advantage of the east wind and finally became a rank official.But before he could finish his joy, the adjustment of Zheng Xia's official government organization since the Ming Wu Ding Dynasty affected him.I don't know if it was luck, or something happened in the county government, so Deng Mingdao became a ninth-rank Beijing official affiliated to the Governor's Department of Foreign Affairs.

A Beijing official from the ninth rank is definitely an inconspicuous one in the administration of Wuchang City, but Deng Mingdao doesn't have to worry about which important official or yamen he will accidentally bump into.The reason is very simple. The governor's office knew the background of these newly promoted officials, so Deng Mingdao was imprisoned in the school run by the governor's office as soon as he entered the capital for further studies.

Maybe he knows that this further study is related to his future. In the one and a half years of study, Deng Mingdao worked very hard, and he did learn something. More importantly, he knew how to represent China as an envoy, and even learned Hundreds of commonly used vocabulary in the Japanese and Korean countries, so I was able to study smoothly.

After graduation, Deng Mingdao was sent to Ningbo for an internship with the North Korean embassy. Wu Cheng's three-year internship expired and he was awarded the post of Zhengjiupin under the Honglu envoy stationed in (North Korea) Nampo.Before taking office, the summer war broke out. Deng Mingdao put all his eggs in the book and asked to serve in the army. Although it was approved for disaster, he was registered in the headquarters. He was officially transferred to Akita, Japan, and was promoted to the first rank at the same time, and was promoted to be the deputy envoy of the eighth rank in Honglu.

Because everyone knew the benefits of doing business with Japan, the various factions within the Governor's Foreign Affairs Yamen fought fiercely for the seventh-rank envoy stationed in Honglu, but no one paid attention to the deputy envoy with a lower status.Therefore, Deng Mingdao was immediately sent to Japan to preside over the division of commercial land in the Akita area and the construction of the embassy in Honglu.The smug Deng Mingdao also hopes to show his ability on the stage of Japan so that he can climb up again, so he seems more positive.As soon as the order of the governor's yamen's stationing was issued, he boarded the military ship bound for Japan as soon as possible, and then went to Edo, then went to Ezo, and finally took the ship from Haidong Governor's Mansion to Ji County. Sent to Akita Port.

When he arrived at Akita Port, Deng Mingdao found out that his luck was against the sky—the owner of Akita Port and the lord of the Kubota (Akita) Clan, Yoshichu Satake, is now sick, and there is a great possibility that he will be in trouble soon. The only thing that can be done is to keep calm and prevent the shogunate from having the opportunity to reduce or change the seal, which also gives Deng Mingdao the possibility of blackmail.

"What? 180 towns (Note: 1 town is equal to about 1.1 hectares), this, this commercial land is too big." Sure enough, the Tang ship of Satake's family did not dare to insist on Deng Mingdao's request, but only in the details. insisted on. "No, no, the envoy's request is too much, and my family can only give it to Bashicho at most."

"What can Bashicho do? An embassy in Honglu, a storehouse, and a street can be filled." Deng Mingdao can actually understand some Japanese, but he deliberately waits for the interpreter to reply before speaking. road. "Tell that Japanese savage that trade has been opened here. In the future, many merchant ships from my court will come. People who have no long-term considerations must have near-term worries."

Savage, indeed, although Deng Mingdao is only of the eighth grade, it seems that he is not as good as the Japanese names of the guard, the assistant, the assistant, and the lieutenant, but the Japanese are just a high hat they put on themselves. As far as the entire Kubota Fan is concerned, that is to say, the Fan Clan has official positions and official positions that are truly recognized by the Japanese court and the Edo Shogunate. Therefore, compared with Deng Mingdao, isn't the old Tang Fuxing in front of him just a country slang?

To be able to become a Tang ship, the Japanese in front of Deng Mingdao had some knowledge of Sinology, so when he heard Deng Mingdao's words of contempt, his face immediately changed.Speaking of it, the Japanese nation is still very strange. Because the Xia army defeated the supreme ruler of Japan, the entire Japanese nation believed that Huaxia was the heavenly dynasty that had truly inherited Chinese civilization. Therefore, after being despised by others, Tang Chuan pursued The first feeling is not anger, but self-preservation. I feel that my status is not as good as Deng Mingdao's. The vision of seeing things is also far behind. I don't know that Deng Mingdao was actually fooling him just now.

That's right, after the signing of the Summer Treaty, the number of Chinese merchant ships sailing to Japan will definitely increase dramatically, but this also depends on the place.For example, Chinese merchant ships bound for Matsue, Tsuruma, Wajima, Niigata, Sakata, Akita and other ports along the Sea of ​​Japan are almost certainly not as good as those bound for Hirado, Nagasaki, Shimonoseki, Kobe, Imabari, Nagoya, Yokohama, and Ishiba. There are many ports that are relatively close to each other, and none of them can trade with Akita Port, which is the farthest from the mainland of China.

"Then, how about one hundred towns." Kubota Clan's Tofune Bongshin gave a new number after careful consideration. "It can't be much more. There is no flat land near the port, and there are still a few small slopes to be flattened."

"120 five towns, no less." Deng Mingdao stroked with his hand. "Otherwise, it will be troublesome in the future. As for the leveling of the land? It is not necessary for the time being." Due to Deng Mingdao's toughness, Tang Chuanfeng, who was fully in charge, finally nodded. "The size of the commercial land is temporarily resolved, but how to dispose of the Japanese commercial houses and whale houses that are now allocated in the commercial land? Shovel them?" These were once the source of income of the Kubota Clan, and Tang Fuxing naturally couldn't agree to let Deng Mingdao It was shoveled, so Deng Mingdao took advantage of the situation and asked. "Since it is in the commercial area, according to the peace treaty between the two countries, we must follow the laws and regulations of our dynasty, and the tax must also be paid to the inspection department of the commercial area." The Japanese would definitely not accept it, so Deng Mingdao deliberately backed down a step. "At least half of the family is needed, otherwise it's better to drive out and leave the space for me to use as merchants."

At present, the best plots of land in Akita Port have been rowed away by Deng Mingdao. Tang Chuanxing can't guarantee that the several commercial houses, whale houses, and dormitory houses will have the same good business after moving, so after thinking about it for a while, Tang Chuanxing can only Aggrieved and aggrieved, he accepted Deng Mingdao's opinion: "Then don't pay half of the family."

Deng Mingdao smiled with satisfaction, and continued to ask: "There is also a port. The current port is too small and must be expanded. What is the name of the related buildings in Japan? General? General please, and you need to arrange it."

"Money, port general requests require money," Tang Chuanfeng spread his hands. "Our family is so lacking in financial resources that we really can't afford it."

"Akita fine wine, Akita lacquerware, and Akita beauty are famous in Japan. Do you have any money?" Deng Mingdao had done some research before coming here, so he exposed the other party's lies unceremoniously. "No money? Doesn't Guifan have several royal merchants? If you really don't have money, you can borrow from them. I believe Guifan has this credit."

Tang Chuanfeng was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword, but considering the reaction of the shogunate, he had no choice but to bear it: "I will consider the expansion of the pier, please rest assured."

Now that the Japanese have subdued, Deng Mingdao stopped pressing, so he raised a new topic: "Also, according to the peace treaty between the two countries, we can set up inspection departments in commercial places, but of course we can't A large number of people have been transferred from the country. If they really want to be transferred, the noble clan and the shogunate may also be worried. Therefore, I will recruit people in Sakata later to maintain order."

This was stipulated in the peace treaty between the two countries, and the Kubota clan could not refuse. However, before the Tang ship was executed, a warrior from the Sakata clan rushed to report: "My lord, my lord, boat, boat, a Tang boat has entered the port."

"What?" Deng Mingdao's face changed drastically. How could it be possible? It's not the sea trade season yet. How come some people couldn't wait to come to Japan for trade, and even came to such a remote place as Sakata, so he asked immediately. "Cao Tongshi, what is this Japanese talking about?" Cao Tongshi repeated the warrior's report in official words, and Deng Mingdao thought about it for a while and proposed a possibility. "Could it be that the resident Honglu envoy has arrived?"

Cao Tongshi pinched his fingers and said: "No, count the days, it shouldn't be so fast."

Regardless of whether the Shangguan has arrived, Deng Mingdao has to go over to see what happened: "It's just guessing here, let's go, let the Japanese take us to the pier."