Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 247, I Have Earned Millions of Taels Before I Arrived at Golden Continent
In the port of Hyogo, Japan, in the mansion of Akamatsumaru, Akamatsumaru entertained distinguished guests from the Great Ming Dynasty with good wine and food. After five flavors of food, three rounds of wine, and beautiful women, everyone chatted and chatted Naturally, the more we talked, the more we devoted ourselves.

Du Mingen wanted to learn about the situation of Wa Kingdom from Chimatsu Maru, and Chimatsu Maru also wanted to know about the situation of Daming from Du Mingen.

Although Japan and Daming often have contacts, there is no way to compare with North Korea after all. Daming and North Korea are connected by land, but not with Japan. In addition, the distance is far away, and communication is inconvenient. Naturally, the transmission of information is even more difficult. slow.

"I didn't expect there to be such a place as the Golden Continent at the end of the sea to the east of our country of Wa. Daming is worthy of being a Shang kingdom, and even an expert has been to this golden continent."

When Akamatsumaru heard Du Mingen's story about the Golden Continent and the huge world outside of Ming Dynasty, the Japanese people present, including Akamatsumaru and Shangyue Ichiro, were also very surprised.

As for the sea to the east of the country of Wa, the people of the country of Japan are naturally very clear, and it is not that no people of the country of Wa have tried to explore the sea, but they have never been able to know where the end of the sea is.

Unexpectedly, Daming knew it first. At the end of the sea to the east of Wa Kingdom is the Golden Island, a place full of gold.

"The main reason we go to the Golden Continent is for the high-yield crops. Although my Ming Dynasty is a state with abundant resources and abundant people, there are times of famines, and every time the land is full of hunger. Our Emperor, His Majesty the Ming Dynasty, loves the people like a son. Hearing about this golden The continent has high-yield crops, which also makes us go to the Golden Island."

Du Mingen said with a smile, then thought for a while and asked, "I don't know what's going on in your Japanese country?"

Akamatsumaru listened quietly, and now when Du Mingen asked about the situation of the Wa Kingdom, he also sighed slightly and said: "Since the Onin Rebellion in our Wa Kingdom, the shogunate has lost control of the daimyos from all over the world. , The situation of our Akamatsu family is not optimistic, and the surrounding daimyo are all eyeing us."

He didn't hide anything from Du Mingen, because in his opinion, this Great Ming would not have any thoughts about the Wa Kingdom at all. The Great Ming occupies the Middle-earth China, and its resources, natural treasures, and outstanding people are far from what the Wa Kingdom can compare with.

Not only is the land of the Wa Kingdom small, earthquakes often occur, the land is extremely barren, and it is surrounded by the sea on all sides. There is no room for development, and there is no comparison with Daming at all.

So he didn't worry about what Da Ming would think about Wa country after he knew the situation of Wa country. In his opinion, this country of Wa was given to Daming, and Da Ming might not accept it.

What's more, Daming is the suzerain of the Wa Kingdom, and the relationship between them has always been good.

Du Mingen listened carefully, and he also had a general idea of ​​the situation in the Wa country. The power of the Muromachi shogunate was weakened, and great names from all over the world were rising one after another. As for the titular Japanese emperor, he had always been a mascot without any real power. The big names from all over the world are not Japanese emperors at all.

This is the era when all heroes rise together, and it is also the beginning of chaotic wars.

Knowing this, Du Mingen has confidence in his heart. This must be a good thing for the daimyo, because the Wa country is in chaos, which means that if they come to the Wa country to do business in the future, there will be more opportunities to make money.

Among other things, just selling weapons to Japan will definitely be very profitable, and the route of Japan will inevitably be opened in the future.

The banquet lasted until very late, very late, and then Du Mingen directly stayed here in Chimatsumaru's mansion, and Chimatsumaru was very considerate in all aspects of hospitality.

This is not only because of the glass jade horse that Du Mingen sent, but also because of Du Mingen's identity here. Of course, as a member of the Chisong family, he is also thinking about the Chisong family.

The Akamatsu family occupies the fertile soil of the Harima country, and other daimyos around are eyeing the Harima country, but the strength of the Harima country is not very strong, and the surrounding daimyos are all powerful daimyos, each of them is ambitious and wants to replace the Harima country. The Muromachi Shogunate became the new rulers of Wa.

In such an environment, the Chisong family has always been committed to growing their own strength. The Du Mingen in front of him is from Daming. If they can get external support from Daming, the Chisong family will be able to stand firmer.

Although this possibility is unlikely, entertaining Du Mingen will not cost much, it is nothing more than good wine and good food, plus a few women, for the Chisong family who are landlords, this is nothing at all.

In the room where Du Mingen was resting, Du Mingen was seventy percent drunk, and habitually took out his notebook, preparing to write today's diary.

Keeping a diary is a habit that every student in the Maritime Academy is required to develop. Du Mingen can't sleep without writing a diary every day, because he always feels that he still has something to do. This is the power of habit.

"On the seventh day of July, today is the Tanabata Festival. We arrived in Hyogo-no-tsu in the Wa Kingdom very smoothly, where we were warmly received by the Akamatsu family."

"During the conversation with Akamatsumaru, I got a general idea of ​​the situation in the Wa country. The general trend of the world is that the long-term unity must be divided, and the long-term unity must be united. Now the Wa country is at the beginning of splitting. It can be foreseen that in the future, the Wa country will inevitably compete with each other. The flames of war are raging."

"I think that the root cause of the turmoil in the Wa Kingdom is that the Wa Emperor did not have any substantive power, and the daimyos in various places formed their own vassal states, without a strong political power."

"Wo Kingdom learns from China everywhere, but this is the only thing that has not been learned. Since ancient times, it has been strong and weak. Once it is reversed, the world will inevitably be in chaos and the society will be in turmoil."

Du Mingen's diary was very brief, and he didn't write long articles. He just briefly explained the situation today, and then expressed his own views on what he saw and heard.

"My lord~ Please rest early."

Du Mingen finished writing his diary here, and two beautiful Japanese girls beside him made the bed very obediently. They said it was a bed, but it was actually a tatami mat on Wogou's side.

Then he came to Du Mingen's side very docilely, and began to serve Du Mingen.

"Hmm~"

Du Mingen looked at the Japanese beauty beside him, smiled and nodded.

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The next day, Du Mingen slept until the sun was up.

The madness last night, coupled with the long-term drifting on the sea, the whole person is always in fear, even when resting at night, it is difficult to rest well, after all, the environment on the ship is really bad.

It's completely different when it's on land. It's normal to sleep until noon when you're full of wine and food, and you have a beautiful woman in your arms.

"I didn't expect that the Japanese sake, although there is nothing to drink when drinking, has such great stamina."

Du Mingen rubbed his head, and then looked at the Japanese beauties on the left and right. When he was excited, he immediately got on his horse and galloped on the battlefield.

In the afternoon, Du Mingen walked out of Chimatsumaru's mansion comfortably, feeling refreshed.

Come to the harbor fleet here.

"Mr. Du, how did you rest yesterday?"

Tian Erniu looked at Du Mingen's happy face and knew that he must have had a good rest.

"Haha, it's not bad, but you have worked hard."

Du Mingen laughed happily, gave Tian Erniu a look that you understand, and then asked, "How is the situation?"

"The fresh water has been completely replaced and replenished, and the food has also been replenished, but there is no way to replenish the dehydrated vegetables. As for other materials, they have also been purchased and replenished."

"This is the largest port in the Wa country. There are a lot of goods of all kinds. We have everything we need."

Tian Erniu hurriedly reported the situation to Du Mingen.

"Well, how are the things we brought here selling?"

Du Mingen nodded in satisfaction. This is the last post-record point for the Golden Isle.

Although it is still possible to park in some places on the north side of the Wa country for supplies, but not everything can be bought, so here, the supplies that can be supplemented are as much as possible.

"The sales are very hot. Our glass products caused a huge sensation as soon as they were put out."

"Although our things are very expensive, in the morning, all the glass products we plan to sell here have been sold out."

"There are still some left. According to your instructions, we are going to keep them. We can sell them again in the next few days, or give them away."

When talking about the sales of glass products, Tian Erniu couldn't help laughing. He approached Du Mingen and said in a very low voice: "Mr. Du, guess how much money we have sold now."

Hearing Tian Erniu's words, Du Mingen's brows were filled with joy, and he stretched out three fingers and said, "Is there such a number?"

These three fingers mean three million taels of silver. In Du Mingen's view, Wa country is no worse than North Korea, and there is definitely no problem in buying three million taels of silver.

"Hey, there is this number~"

Tian Erniu smiled, stretched out a slap and said.

"How many?"

Du Mingen saw it, slightly widened his eyes, thought for a while and said.

"Of course, Mr. Du, you may not know the situation here in the Wa country. Although the people of the Wa country may look short and poor, there is a lot of silver and gold here."

"Especially there is a lot of gold here in the country of Wa. When many people buy glass products from us, they directly pay with gold. In our Ming Dynasty, the ratio of gold and silver is one to ten, but here, gold and silver The ratio is only one to five, so I collect gold as much as possible here."

Tian Erniu nodded and said.

Hyogo-no-tsu is the largest port and material distribution center in the country of Japan. It gathers businessmen from all over the country of Japan and caravans of daimyo from all over the country. In addition, it belongs to the most fertile Guanzhong area of ​​the country of Japan. It can be said that it is the richest place in the country of Japan. .

This is also the reason why the glass products brought by the fleet can be sold out so quickly, not only because the glass products are very rare, but more importantly, there are many merchants with strong financial resources and ships from all over the world gathered here. team and so on.

If you change to another place, even if the glass products are rare, if they are sold too expensive, there is definitely no way to sell so much silver.

"It seems that Mr. Liu is right. This country is rich in gold and silver. This Shi Jian silver mine is probably true."

After listening to Tian Erniu's words, Du Mingen nodded after thinking about it.

"Isn't that right? I didn't expect that the Wa people were so rich. There was a lot of gold and silver. This time we made a lot of money and sold five million taels of silver, and a large part of it was gold. "

"When this gold arrives in our Ming Dynasty, its value is even higher. Calculated, we can earn millions of taels of silver just by earning the difference."

Tian Erniu nodded with a smile on his face. Now he has seen what it means to make money. Thinking about the past when he was digging food in the land, not to mention the millions of taels of silver, there are also boxes and boxes of gold , that is, he has never seen a whole piece of silver.

The gap between people is actually not that big, no one is stupid than the other, the key is to know more and see more.

After coming to the country of Wa, Tian Erniu knew that in the future, he could make a lot of money just by using the huge exchange difference between gold and silver between the country of Wa and Daming. Traveling to Daming and Wa Kingdoms, the profits are astonishing, let alone earning millions of taels of silver.

"Look at your prospects, it's only five million taels of silver. We've only just set off, and this Golden Island is full of gold. It’s called a hair, and this small amount of money is nothing at all.”

Du Mingen looked at Tian Erniu, smiled and said.

He now understands the huge profits of sea trade, and he finally understands why these big families and gentry in the Jiangnan area are desperately trying to make the imperial court routinely ban the sea.

Without it, the profit of this sea trade is really too great. A trip to the Wa Kingdom would cost millions of taels of silver. These big families, gentry, and businessmen who rely on going to sea for business are all estimated to be wealthy.

Of course they don't want the imperial court to open the sea. Once the sea is banned and everyone can go to sea to do business, they will have no way to monopolize this business.

At the beginning, because I heard Liu Jin's words on the Wangyue Tower, I also wanted to pay money to go to Huangjinzhou. In less than a year, although there is no shadow of Jinjinzhou.

But he, Du Mingen, has already earned dozens of times the money he invested in this matter. During the fleet training, he made a trip to North Korea to earn several million taels, and now he will make a trip to Japan to earn several million taels of silver. .

For the Golden Continent, he was full of expectations at this time. He was looking forward to bringing back a boatload of gold from the Golden Continent, that would be fun.

　The country of Wa is rich in silver and gold. It is said that the early Portuguese made money from the country of Wa.
　　
　
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