Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Originally, the Ouchi family was an important part of the Ming Dynasty's takeover of Japan. Because the Ouchi family instigated the foolish sons of the Otomo family to provoke the Ming Dynasty's bottom line, they punished the Ouchi family while depriving the Ouchi family of their right to come to Korea.

It was just that the Ouchi family refused to marry their daughter, which caused the relationship between the two parties to deteriorate.

The Ming Dynasty demonstrated its maritime power and directly cut off the Kanmon Strait, causing the Ouchi family to be cut off from Kyushu Island, and thus there was a risk of being expelled from Kyushu Island such as the Ouchi family.

According to the normal script, whether the Ouchi family is trying to prevent potential huge losses or using Ming's resources, the best thing to do this time is to send the eldest daughter of the Ouchi family, and the two parties can quickly get back together.

Unfortunately, things didn't go according to the script at all. They kept fighting with Ming Dynasty, and they didn't shrink their territory in Kyushu.

Zhu Youtang has always been puzzled by this strange thing, and he has also stepped up his investigation into the cause of the matter. He originally thought that it was the nursing sister who burst out with great power, but in the end he found out that it was one of his own.

After all, China's enemies are not external, but rather vested groups that claim to be prosperous.

Zhu Youtang originally thought that after all the incidents in the capital, his hands would no longer need to be stained with blood, and the reputation of the tyrant would be weakened. However, he found that Jiangnan would be at a loss for its 80 million compatriots if it was not washed with blood.

At this time, several seagulls were flying freely in the blue sky of the East China Sea.

In April, the Korean Peninsula was bathed in the summer breeze, and a large number of vegetation covered the land again, making it look lush and green.

Farmland has been opened up in the plain area, and various crops are being planted. The river flowing from east to west is like a mother river nurturing the life here.

In cooperation with the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade, North Korea has built the Seoul Port dozens of miles away from Seoul, which is also North Korea's largest window to the outside world.

At the port of Seoul, a group of North Korean workers were sweating profusely as they loaded bags of grain and traditional Chinese medicine onto the ship, as well as boxes of unusually heavy items.

When North Korean businessman Li Zhongguo saw that the merchant ship had been loaded, he personally sent the Ming merchants to the dock and said: "I wish our distinguished guest a smooth return!"

Although he has been engaged in trade for many years, he has rarely encountered such a high-roller. This trade allowed him to make a large sum of money again.

As long as the two parties continue to cooperate, he will definitely become the richest man in North Korea, and he may even be able to enter the sight of the Ming Emperor in the future.

The owner of the merchant ship is a young gentleman, holding a painting fan and accompanied by two beauties. He looks very elegant: "Master Li, success in life depends on your own ability. I will also give you a gift today." Just a word!"

"I don't know which sentence I want to say?" Li Zhongguo knew that this young man had amazing energy, so he looked very modest.

"I'm going to Quantai to recruit old men, and I will kill Yama with a hundred thousand banners. If I succeed in my ambition, I dare to laugh at Huang Chao as an unhusband!" Hou Haotian faced this middle-aged Korean man who was half bandit and half businessman, and also gave him a pieced together poem. .

Although Song Cheng once imprisoned him in Suzhou prison, he did not commit an unforgivable mistake and finally got out of Suzhou prison easily.

But after this storm, he also realized some of the current situation.

Originally, he wanted to help his father ascend to a high position in the court, but after experiencing Song Cheng's humiliation, he knew that the current court was simply a mess, and the current emperor would only reuse unsociable officials like Wang Yue.

After escaping from prison, he left Daming directly, planning to devote himself entirely to the Jiangnan firm founded by the younger generation of Jiangnan to build an extremely powerful business empire.

He no longer intends to hide himself anymore. Not only will he reveal his ambitions, but he also wants to completely change the dynasty where the tyrant is in power.

After all, Li Zhongguo's cultural level was limited, but he still flattered him and said: "Young Master is so talented in literature, I will bear this in mind!"

"Set sail!" Hou Haotian saw that the goods were full, so he put away his painting fan and waved forward.

As the trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea became more and more frequent, a large amount of North Korean rice was transported from here to the capital, resulting in many Ming Dynasty merchant ships sailing on the Han River.

Hou Haotian's merchant ship is a two-masted sailing ship, which shows his strong financial resources.

Sea-going ships loaded with cargo leave the Han River Port and enter the port along the west side of the Han River. The sea-going ship seemed to be extra heavy and sailed obviously slower than other merchant ships, drawing a white ripple on the river surface.

Hou Haotian saw that the weather was very good today, so he lay leisurely on the Taishi chair, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, enjoying the leisurely sailing time.

"Master, give it!" There were two beautiful beauties accompanying him, who looked very well-behaved and said.

Hou Haotian opened his mouth slightly and ate a plump grape. He was very satisfied with his current carefree life.

Being alone and carefree on the sea, accompanied by beauties, and surrounded by envious eyes from time to time, is simply a fairy-like day.

Just two days later, the ship sailed away from the navigation line of the Korean Peninsula.

According to the traditional route between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, the ship will change its ship at this time, travel in the southwest direction, and eventually return to the southeast sea line of the Ming Dynasty.

Hou Haotian's ship did not sail to the southwest, but chose to continue south, and even turned to the southeast.

"Sir, where are you going? Are you going to our Daming City?"

"What are we going to do in Daming City? This time I will take you to a more interesting place!" Hou Haotian looked to the south and said with a mysterious smile.

Anyone familiar with modern business knowledge knows that middlemen are actually the most profitable.

Whether it is the route from the Ming Dynasty to North Korea or the route from the Ming Dynasty to North Korea, these two golden routes have gathered too many gold diggers, resulting in fierce competition.

However, in practice, shrewd Chinese businessmen soon discovered that they could engage in third-country trade, that is, they opened up a route from North Korea to Japan.

Although both Japan and North Korea are absolutely backward countries, there are still some complementary products between the two countries, which provides the feasibility for Ming Dynasty businesses to engage in third-country trade.

For example, they can export Japanese knives to North Korea and transport Korean medicinal materials to Japan, where they can make astonishing profits.

Of course, these are the tricks played by ordinary businessmen in the Ming Dynasty, but Hou Haotian, who was self-deprecating Zhuge's reincarnation, played even more elaborately.

The merchant ship sailed southward very smoothly.

The East China Sea Governor's Mansion established by the Ming Dynasty focused on the inspection of routes from the Ming Dynasty to Japan and North Korea, but it did not pay attention to the routes from Japan to North Korea, and even ignored them.

The clever Hou Haotian discovered that the Ming Dynasty strictly inspected agricultural tools on merchant ships heading to Japan, but was much more relaxed on merchant ships heading to North Korea. There was a big loophole here.

Although merchant ships need to go to North Korea and then to Japan, Ming Dynasty's advanced agricultural tools are highly favored by Japan, and it is a very profitable business.

Among the goods this time, there were farm tools that the Ming court wanted to ban, and the current court was simply giving them the opportunity to make a lot of money.

After a few more days, the ship arrived at the northwest of Kyushu Island.

Although the original pier was destroyed by the artillery shells of the East China Sea Governor's Mansion, a new simple pier was secretly built not far from the old site.

When the ship came here, as one person hurried back to report, a large group of people came here to greet him.

"Brother Hou, is everything going well?" Zheng Jie, now a guest of various famous people, asked with concern.

Hou Haotian knew what Zheng Jie was worried about, so he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Of course! How could those idiots in the East China Sea Governor's Mansion think of us operating like this!"

"Master Cangtian, this is my good brother Hou Haotian!" Zheng Jie introduced enthusiastically as his hanging heart finally dropped.

Although the Ming Dynasty blocked the Kanmon Strait, there was still no big problem in smuggling a few people over, and the Ouchi family sent their most trusted retainer, Masayori Kurada.

"No need for false pretense, but all the goods have been shipped?" Kuroda Masayori didn't like the two vendors who were seeking glory from the Ming Dynasty, but they were businesslike.

The corners of Hou Haotian's mouth raised slightly, and he looked very proud and said: "Not only did I bring all the goods on the list this time, but I also added a little extra pig iron. This is a small gift from me to the head of the family, Ouchi!"

"How many kilograms of pig iron are there?" Kurada Masaori was secretly happy, but he pretended to be calm.

Hou Haotian opened the painting fan in his hand and reported the amount: "Ten thousand catties!"

"Ten...ten thousand kilograms!" Kuroda Masayori almost jumped with joy after learning this data.

Their biggest problem now is the lack of pig iron. If they add another 10,000 kilograms of pig iron, they won't have to worry about weapons at all.

I originally thought that this young man who was seeking glory from the seller was disgusting, but after learning that he was so generous, I only needed a few more such young men in Ming Dynasty.

Hou Haotian saw Kurada Masaori's surprise, smiled slightly and said: "Please!"

Kurada Masaori stopped being polite and took the people on board personally.

Although I already knew that this Ming master would not lie, my heart still couldn't help but beat loudly when I saw the ship full of supplies. As for the 10,000 kilograms of pig iron presented as a gift, they were also placed neatly in the cabin.

When Zheng Jie saw the Ouchi family moving goods like ants moving, he went to Kurada Masarai and said with a smile: "Kurada-sama, what about our contract?"

The reason why their Jiangnan business went to such great lengths was naturally because they had some agenda.

Silver is the wealth that the world pursues tirelessly, and it is an indisputable fact that Japan has a large number of silver mines, and the stock of Iwami silver mines is even more shocking to the world.

"Our Ouchi family is true to our word, and the contract is ready!" Kurada Masayori said happily after confirming that the supplies were correct.

If the Ouchi family wants to get so many supplies, they naturally have to pay the price of trust. Otherwise, why would they be so generous in supporting the Ouchi family to defend the territory of Kyushu Island.

The two parties quickly signed a contract, the Shijian Silver Mine changed hands, and the mining rights were transferred to Jiangnan Company.

After getting this contract, Zheng Jie was very proud and said: "Don't worry, we will not be as greedy as the Donghai Governor's Mansion. Half of the silver mined belongs to the Ouchi family!"

After tasting the benefits of the Kyushu Silver Mine, they also sent people to explore the Iwami Silver Mine and realized that the Iwami Silver Mine contained huge economic value.

Once they successfully mine the Iwami Silver Mine, they will be able to get at least 200 million silver. Even if they give 100 million silver to the Ouchi family, they will still have 100 million silver.

If you have 100 million taels of silver, not to mention you can start a crazy buying and buying mode, even if you want to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, it will be no problem.

As for allocating 100 million taels of silver to the Ouchi family in order to successfully mine the Iwami Silver Mine, this was actually a very clever move.

First of all, due to the community of interests, they will no longer face resistance to mining the Iwami Silver Mine, and the 100 million taels of silver owned by the Ouchi family will eventually flow back into the pockets of their Jiangnan firm.

Jiangnan merchants continued to engage in maritime trade, transporting silk, ceramics, agricultural tools and other commodities produced in the country, and the 100 million yuan would eventually fall into their hands.

Hou Haotian and Zheng Jie looked at each other and smiled. Thinking of the good days in the future and the money empire they had built, they couldn't help but grin from the corners of their mouths to their ears.

With the mining rights of Iwami Silver Mine, they will become the richest people in the history of China.

"We have a happy cooperation!" Masayaro Kurada was in a good mood as well, proactively showing his kindness.

After the Ming Dynasty blocked the Kanmon Strait, the Ouchi family originally planned to compromise with the Ming Dynasty, but they did not expect that the Jiangnan merchants offered an olive branch.

Not only did they get a large amount of supplies from Jiangnan Company, but they could also use the mining rights of the Iwami Silver Mine as a bargaining chip to obtain wealth that the Ouchi family had never imagined before.

Although they knew about the Iwami Silver Mine in the past, the cost of mining there was too high, and they actually did not have very good mining technology. Now knowing the value of the Iwami Silver Mine, and having the technical and personnel support of the Jiangnan Company, the genius cooperated with the East China Sea Governor's Mansion.

Hou Haotian and Zheng Jie felt each other's kindness and said happily: "Happy cooperation!"

"I heard that your Ming emperor has always wanted to abolish the circulation of silver, but is this true?" Kuroda Masayari had heard about the situation in the Ming Dynasty, so he inquired seriously.

Zheng Jie knew that Kurada Masayori was worried that the mined silver would not be able to buy high-quality and low-priced Ming products, so he assured him: "Don't worry, the Ming emperor will be replaced soon!"

Originally, they had no intention of killing you. After all, this kind of thing was against their literati practices and carried too many risks. But this emperor doesn't know how to advance or retreat, so they will no longer be polite.

The Ming Dynasty is not a world of one family and one surname, but a world of kings and scholar-bureaucrats.

Zhu Youtang was originally blocking everyone's way to make a fortune, but now that he has the interests of the Iwami Silver Mine and the Kyushu Silver Mine, he only needs to draw some people over, and the tyrant will undoubtedly die.

Hou Haotian clapped his hands, smiled very generously and said: "Master Cangtian, I have also brought you a small gift, come in!"

A beautiful woman walked in and headed straight towards Kurada Masarai.

Zheng Jie looked at Hou Haotian with complicated eyes. He already knew that Hou Haotian was coming with two beautiful concubines, but he did not expect that he would give his concubine to the Japanese.

But these efforts are all worth it. Now that we have the mining rights of Iwami Silver Mine, even the tyrant in the Forbidden City can only be reduced to the emperor's son. (End of chapter)