Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1073
Right now, the few streets outside the Liao Kingdom’s mansion are amazing. The wealthy families from all over the south of the Yangtze River come here to see it specially, which can be regarded as an eye-opener.

In a place as prosperous as the south of the Yangtze River, it is rare to see such a wide street, such a neat and orderly regulation. Compared with those poetic and picturesque alleys, such streets have the same color, and the streets are paved with stone strips and slabs , there are no carvings and decorations, but there is another kind of beauty in such neatness and awe.

There are no gates on both sides of the street, just black-painted gates. Above the gates are plaques with a certain number and a certain store. There are guards and guards standing in front of the gates, and there are special parking areas for carriages and horses on both sides.

Anywhere these shops are placed, they are all well-known names. The large characters on the plaques will make people look awe-inspiring. , If there are guests coming to the door, they will receive them neither humble nor overbearing.

Walking on this street, no matter how presumptuous people are, they will feel the pressure, and they will walk lightly, for fear of disturbing others and appearing that they have no rules.

A person who was an official in the capital, after seeing it, talked about it in a private banquet, saying that the style of these streets was vaguely similar to that of the Daming Gate in the capital. The amount of silver and money passed in the street shops every year is an astonishing amount, and it is not too much to have such a grandeur.

In fact, it was not like this at the beginning, but Wang Tong, who had seen the business style of that era, also demanded the same for the various facades of the Sanjiang system. It was the best thing for Daming to be able to open in the few streets outside. Business tycoons, seeing this style, naturally have to follow suit.

Outside of these important streets, there are various restaurants and restaurants, and even quite high-end brothels. These are places for business and friendship. Everyone always needs such occasions as a lubricant.

Wang Tong often sits in a teahouse. This teahouse was built especially for Wang Tong by the Sanjiang System. One side faces a small garden with a nice view. Wang Tong usually sits in a cubicle Sip tea and watch the scenery.

This teahouse is the most high-end place in this area. Generally, only the number one and number two people stationed in Songjiang by the merchant are eligible to come over to drink tea and chat. Everyone is soft-spoken. By the way, this The teahouse uses a membership system, and you can’t get in by spending money. You have to get a brand. The distribution of this brand is in charge of the head office of Sanjiang Bank, and Jin Yiwei is responsible for the review. With the brand here, it is already an identity of Songjiang Prefecture symbol.

After the March of the 20th year of Wanli, Wang Tong almost always spends one or two hours here every day, meeting and chatting with some guests for a long time.

The guests invited are not business elites or official figures, they are all ship owners and merchants moored here in Songjiang Port, especially those who have traveled to Japan and North Korea. These maritime merchants and ship owners can be invited by Wang Tong It is a great honor for them to come to inquire.

The content of the inquiry is very simple, that is, the situation of North Korea and Japan, human geography, and political situation. Wang Tong wants to know everything as long as it is relevant.

But the sea masters and merchants are just doing trade, and what they know is what they know at the port. To Wang Tong's surprise, many people have Koreans and Japanese sailors on board. This is more convenient, and it is more intuitive to ask the locals.

However, these sailors don't know much. They travel across the sea to do hard work on ships. They are the bottom of society. How can they know a lot.

"... Goryeo is very poor. All the land that can be cultivated is in the hands of the Li family and the Jin family. What is it called the Civil and Military Class? If you are not in the family of these two classes, you will never be a high-ranking official in your life."

". His Raoshizi King of Joseon did not live as well as a second-class wealthy businessman in Tianjin Wei. Anyone who can eat white rice for every meal in North Korea is a very wealthy family."

".His soldiers in North Korea are not even as good as the military households farming in Ming Dynasty! Sea monkeys used hundreds of men in Incheon back then, running thousands of North Korean officers and soldiers around like sheep, but some people from the sea are better at fighting. They are all pretending to be Japanese pirates everywhere, and they are also working for the sea masters."

".North Korea puts a lot of emphasis on literature and despise martial arts. In Ming Dynasty, this martial artist still has a bit of dignity. In North Korea, if there are two brothers in a family, if someone studies literature and another learns martial arts, the one who studies literature is studying in the classroom, and the one who studies martial arts is directly like Like a servant."

"...The young one used to sell some things in Seoul, and he also knew a few rich local people. Their small court in North Korea is full of turmoil. Often, the whole family will be prosperous in one month, and the whole family will be executed in the second month. Xiao A lot of business is lost in this way.”

".If you want to talk about North Korea and the Japanese pirates, the south of North Korea is the granaries of the big names in Kyushu and Xiguo. It's decent to buy them with money, and the shameless ones just go and grab them."

All kinds of news came together, and Wang Tong finally understood what the state of North Korea was like. The country is really poor and the people are weak, and the interior is rotten. Such a country is really vulnerable.

However, when it comes to Japan, which is different from North Korea, Wang Tong also feels that his eyes have been opened. He started to invite people to ask questions.

".The Japanese pirates are ignorant if they say they are ignorant. The rough pottery we transported from Daming can sell for a lot of money. However, their place has frequent exchanges with Frangji and the Netherlands, and they have a lot of experience overseas. .”

"It's all about destiny. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is considered to have the destiny of the Japanese country. He has reached this position step by step, and he is also a person with great luck!"

"The Japanese people also use Yongle Tongbao, but if you say something boldly, my father-in-law knows what's going on."

".The Japanese people are really rich! Jinshan Yinhai is a saying, but there really are such places among the Japanese people. In a place the size of a county, there are gold mines and silver mines. Copper production, tsk tsk, treasure goods plus copper coins, they are complete."

". Talking about this in front of the father-in-law is a trick. I don't know much about it. But sugar, silk and raw silk are transported to the past. These items are huge profits. In addition, the price of silver on the Japanese side is cheap. This is even more so. It's amazing."

". I have seen the Japanese army. There are firearms and cannons, but they are all installed in the city. They also have a job called 'big tube', which is held by one person and two people, and is fired and bombarded. , Most of them are iron cannons, the name says it is big, but it is actually a firecracker, and the small ones are rare, so I dare not say that, the iron cannon of the Japanese seems to be similar to the grandpa’s firecracker, but the size is not the same."

".The Japanese are stubborn. Let's call for 70 soldiers in Ming Dynasty, but in fact it is 10,000+. It is good to fight only [-] to [-]. Japanese people also like to be called, but if they are really [-] soldiers, then it is [-] battles. Bing, there is no discount for this."

".The Japanese don't have any boats. They're a bunch of scumbags who don't even know how to use nails. Those small houses are probably a dish on Taihu Lake. Master Liao can also tear them up. Why don't they rely on Daming's boats? Grandpa, that is the grandson of Shen Wang, it is said that he has already become a minister of some kind."

Compared with North Korea, Japan has much richer information, and Wang Tong feels that he has gained a lot. However, Wang Tong can also analyze the results from the chatter of these sea masters and merchants, for example Therefore, it is impossible for North Korea to sustain the Japanese offensive for too long.

These news, together with Wang Tong's own analysis, were compiled into a memorial by Yang Sichen, and the fast horse went to the capital. In addition, there was also a fast horse bound for Tianjin Wei. After the official document arrived, any firms and businessmen Do not conduct trade with Shen Wang and his affiliates, otherwise it will be punished as a communication with the Japanese.

Now there are only two ports that have close trade with the Wa country, Tianjin Wei and Songjiang Mansion, where large quantities of goods come in and out, and these two ports are controlled by Wang Tong, so it is very easy to cut them off.

However, the messenger also brought Wang Tong's message, that is, to Shen Wang's men and vassals in Tianjin Wei, let them escape, and sell personal favors in private.

This is not for business, but to explore the news of the Wa Kingdom through Shen Wang's line. This Wang Tong knows that this matter is sensitive, so he also informed the capital in a secret letter.

Regarding Wang Tong's decision, there was no objection in the palace. The crime of "Tong Wo" was the most unlikely to be forgiven among Daming's various crimes, and no amount of punishment would be too much.

It was early May when the messenger returned, and he brought back the latest news from the capital. The capital of North Korea, Seoul, had fallen, and the king of North Korea had fled to Pyongyang. Long.

The identity of the Korean envoy, the identity of the king of Korea, the authenticity of these things have been confirmed, and then the Japanese army that landed has a rough estimate
Seeing the letter sent by the capital, Wang Tong was stunned. The North Korean envoy said that the total number of Japanese troops was less than 4. If he hadn’t known about this matter, Wang Tong would have thought that the North Koreans were colluding with the Japanese pirates to frame Daming. The army has a total of less than [-], and if it is less than [-], it will be pushed all the way from Busan to Pyongyang. You are still a country, so you don’t care about your own face.

Wang Tong also guessed this thought, it was nothing more than saying that the Japanese pirates were weaker so that the Ming army would send troops. If the opponent was said to be too strong, the Ming army might have some scruples and refused to enter the court.

"Of course Japan is a bastard, but the North Korea of ​​the Li family is not a good thing either!"

Wang Tong came to a conclusion.
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(End of this chapter)