Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 301
Tokugawa Jiaqi knew very well in his heart that no matter how well-behaved he and King Kaneni were, and no matter how much money he gave Liu Yangxing, the governor of the Ming Dynasty in Kyushu Island, it would not be able to change the doomed fate of the Wa country in the end.

Liu Yangxing, the governor of Daming in Kyushu Island, is actually the dog chain that Daming tied around the neck of the Wa Kingdom. Liu Yangxing's so-called good things are basically because Daming wants to get something from the Wa Kingdom.

The reason why he kept arranging girls for Liu Yangxing and sending them various souvenirs from the Iwami area of ​​the Wa Kingdom even when he knew it was useless, Tokugawa Ieqi never expected Liu Yangxing to be merciful to the Wa Kingdom.

What Tokugawa Jiaqi hoped was that Emperor Ming could see his sincerity, and that Liu Yang could say a few good words for him in certain fatal situations.

As for how many Japanese slaves to sell, and how many Japanese benefits to sell, Tokugawa Ieqi didn't care at all.

But again, even if Tokugawa Jiaqi didn't mind betraying the interests of the Japanese kingdom and the Japanese slaves, he would still feel distressed—if Daming didn't seize these interests, then these interests belonged to the Edo shogunate ?

Just as Tokugawa Jiaqi was feeling distressed and thinking about how much he would have to pay this time, Liu Yangxing said with a smile: "This time, His Majesty the Emperor Ming ordered the Wa Kingdom to send an army of servants to Tianzhu to cooperate with you. The Anglo-Dutch East India Company recruited laborers from Tianzhu."

Tokugawa Iezai suddenly felt a heartache that made him unable to breathe.

Some time ago, I just received a notice that the Wa Kingdom would send an army of servants to follow Daming's Prince Jin to expand the territory of New Qinzhou, and now I want to send another army of servants to Tianzhu?

This is using the servant army of the Wa Kingdom as leeks, and I will cut it off when I think about it!
Liu Yangxing went on to say: "In addition, the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty is also planning to recruit a group of supervisors from the Wa country to manage the laborers recruited from Tianzhu."

"Of course, the salaries of these supervisors are still the same as before, and the governor's office of Kyushu Island is responsible for the settlement with the Edo shogunate, so as to save them from spending carelessly in the Central Plains and saving money."

Hearing this news, Tokugawa Jiaqi couldn't help but feel happy again.

Daming has always been very generous in terms of wages, not to mention how much wages the people of Daming can earn a month, anyway, the monthly wages of those Japanese slaves who worked as supervisors in Daming almost caught up with some low-level Japanese slaves. Officials.

More importantly, these wages are settled by the Kyushu Island Governor's Office and the shogunate, and those Japanese slaves who work as supervisors in Daming are responsible for food, clothing, housing and transportation at the construction site of Daming, and they have nothing to spend. The place.

This also means that the Ming Kyushu Governor's Office settled 1000 million wages with the Edo Shogunate, and the Edo Shogunate can completely intercept the 900 million and send the remaining 100 million to the family members of the supervisors.

Of course, no matter how the 100 million miles are intercepted and drifted, how many eldest sons will be left in the hands of the supervisors' family members, this is not a concern of the shogun Tokugawa Iezari.

Tokugawa Ieqi is more concerned about whether the recruits will be paid this time - the group of servants recruited before who will go to the new Qinzhou with His Royal Highness Jin Wang, Tokugawa Ieqi did not dare to ask about the salary, because That was working for His Royal Highness King Jin, which was basically equivalent to working for Daming.

The grandson works for the grandfather, and he still has the guts to ask for wages?

But this time is different.

Although I went to Tianzhu to recruit labor for Daming, but this time I went to work for the British and Dutch East India Company, which meant that I bypassed my grandfather and wanted to work under the hands of Erdao dealers.

After careful consideration, Tokugawa Ieqi asked carefully: "Dare to ask Mr. Liu, the servants who went to Tianzhu this time are going as servants of the Ming Dynasty? Or..."

As soon as he heard Tokugawa Jiaqi's words, Liu Yangxing knew what Tokugawa Jiaqi wanted to say.

After a chuckle in his heart, Liu Yangxing said: "This time I went to Tianzhu as a mercenary from the English East India Company. Later, the English East India Company and the Dutch East India Company sent people to settle the settlement with your shogunate. Employment expenses."

"As for the necessary equipment, ordnance, food and grass, etc., it will be temporarily allocated by the Kyushu Island Governor's Office. After this group of people arrives in Tianzhu, it will be supplemented by the Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company."

When Liu Yangxing said this, Tokugawa Jiaqi immediately felt relieved.

Although the servants had to be filled by samurai, not ordinary Japanese slaves like the supervisors before, but as long as they had money, the Edo shogunate would never have to worry about whether there were enough samurai.

As for the salaries to be paid to the warriors...

Although the salary of the samurai cannot be cut off like the salary of the laborer, it does not mean that the shogunate has no income at all.

For example, [-]% of the salaries of those laborers are cut off, and those of the warriors are cut off by [-]%.

For example, to allocate equipment, ordnance, and food and grass to those warriors, there are also big articles to do here.

Thinking of this, Tokugawa Jiaqi nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Master Liu, Jiaqi will definitely recruit enough warriors as soon as possible, and let them go to Tianzhu to help the British and Dutch East India companies recruit labor."

Liu Yangxing laughed, gave Tokugawa Jiaqi a thumbs up, and praised: "Jiaqi, you are a smart man—this time when you go to Tianzhu, you will help the British and Dutch East India Company to recruit laborers. No, it’s not helping Daming to recruit laborers.”

Although the laborers will eventually be transported to Daming, but recruiting laborers in the name of the British and Dutch East India Company is the same as recruiting laborers in the name of Ming Dynasty?
The former was recruited by the barbarians of Europe, and the history books of later generations will only record how cruel the barbarians of Europe and these Japanese slaves were.

But the latter acted in the name of Daming, and Daming was absolutely inseparable from what the Japanese servants did in Tianzhu.

For Liu Yangxing's statement, Tokugawa Jiaqi actually felt somewhat contemptuous in his heart.

The laborers belonged to Ming Dynasty, but the infamy belonged to the British and Dutch East India Companies and the Japanese slave army.

Is this kind of behavior what the folks in Tangkou of the Central Plains say to be a sister and set up a memorial archway?

It's just that Tokugawa Iezari could only pinch his nose to recognize this kind of behavior of standing up and down, and even praised how beautiful the torii was erected.

There is no way, if someone else does such a thing that is both reasonable and upright, of course Tokugawa Iezari can make a lot of ridicule.

But the person who stood up again and again was Da Ming's father...

Tokugawa Jiaqi didn't have the courage to ridicule.

The Japanese country has always been like this bird.

If you can't convince these dwarfs, these dwarfs will always think of turning over and devouring the master, but once you convince these dwarfs, they will be the most loyal, obedient, and considerate of their masters in the world Loyal dog.

Therefore, after Tokugawa Jiaqi returned to the Edo shogunate, he quickly recruited a servant army with a number of about [-], and appointed Kojiro Tojo as the leader of this servant army.

Before leaving, Tokugawa Jiaqi warned again and again: "This trip to Tianzhu is mainly to recruit labor for Da Ming's father, so you don't have to pay attention to the attitude of those ghosts from the British and Dutch East India companies, but Da Ming's father is stationed here. Once the army in Tianzhu has any order, you must complete it to the letter, do you understand?"

"Hayi!" Tojo Kojiro bowed and nodded, and shouted: "I understand that when I go to Tianzhu, I will definitely recruit a lot of laborers, and I will definitely make Da Ming's father satisfied with the work!"

Only then did Tokugawa Jiaqi nodded, and then continued to warn: "This time, Da Ming's father's East Sea Fleet is sending you to Tianzhu. After you board the ship, you must be careful in everything, and you must not offend Da Ming's father. ,clear?"

"Hayi!" Kojiro Tojo bowed his head again, and shouted: "I understand! When we arrive on the ship of the East China Sea Fleet, we will not look at what should not be seen, and do not ask what should not be asked. We will strictly abide by Da Ming's father's regulations. Even if Da Ming's father wants to throw us into the sea to feed the sharks, we have to take the initiative to jump down and not get Da Ming's hands dirty!"

Only then did Tokugawa Jiaqi nodded in satisfaction, and praised: "Yaoxi! Tojo-kun, as long as Da Ming's father can be satisfied this time, after you return to Wa Kingdom, you will have a bright future!"

Kojiro Tojo bowed his head once again, and said: "Hai! Kojiro is very grateful to the general for his cultivation!"

The Tokugawa family hummed, and said, "You should be more grateful to yourself, Tojo-kun."

"If you don't know how to speak the official language of Ming Dynasty, and if your martial arts skills are not the best among all the warriors, this opportunity, no matter what, will not fall on your head."

"As the "Da Ming Newspaper" said, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and in the eyes of this general, you are the one who is prepared."

"Go, take the equipment, ordnance, food and grass allocated by Da Ming's father, and go to Tianzhu with the glory of the Japanese warriors, so that the barbarians in Europa can see the strength of Da Ming's father, and let them see the Japanese warriors at the same time. bravery."

Speaking of this, Tokugawa Ieqi couldn't help sighing again: "Tojo-kun, the courage on your shoulders is very heavy."

Tojo Kojiro bowed and said, "Tojo is not afraid of the heavy burden on his shoulders—if he can't satisfy Da Ming's father, if he insults the glory of Japanese warriors, then Tojo is willing to die to apologize!"

Tokugawa Jiaqi patted Tojo Kojiro on the shoulder and said, "I believe in you, Tojo-kun."

After exchanging glances with Tojo Kojiro, Tokugawa Iezari waved his hand again and said, "Tojo-kun, please board the ship."

Tojo Kojiro put his legs together, nodded and said, "Hai!"

……

Although Tojo Kojiro was able to talk eloquently in front of Tokugawa Jiaqi, but after he took the five thousand warriors aboard the battleships of the Ming Dynasty East China Sea Fleet one by one, Tojo Kojiro was only nervous and apprehensive.

Kojiro Tojo knew for the first time what it means for Grandma Liu to enter the Grand View Garden.

Whether it is the thick and towering mast, the clean and bright deck, or the thick and long barrel, they all seem to silently tell the might and invincibility of the Ming warship.

It's not that Wa has no warships, but compared with the warships of the East China Sea Fleet that can cover the sky and the sun, those so-called warships in Wa are as ridiculous as small sampans.

Liu Dingxing, the commander of the Eihei where Tojo Kojiro was, probably saw Tojo Kojiro's nervousness, so he smiled and comforted him: "It is thousands of miles away from Tianzhu, and we will spend almost a lot of time together on the same boat. , as the commander of the Japanese army, you have to learn to relax a little bit."

Tojo Kojiro bowed his head and said: "Hai! Please take care of Taijun, it is Kojiro who is rude!"

Liu Dingxing laughed out loud, patted Kojiro Tojo on the shoulder, and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

Bow and admit mistakes at every turn, take all the problems on yourself, and never cause trouble for others. These Japanese slaves seem to be polite, but in fact they reject people thousands of miles away, which is truly rude.

But it's no wonder, after all, it is a small country with few people, even if it learns from Daming everywhere, it cannot learn the true bearing of a big country after all.

Especially when it was time to eat, the small country mentality of these Japanese servants became more obvious.

They obviously ate the same food as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but these Japanese servants did not dare to eat as generously as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they hid in the corner of the deck with their bowls in their hands to eat, and they ate very special food. Loud, as if such an ordinary meal is such a rare delicacy.

Of course, if it was just like this, Liu Dingxing would not say that he looked down on these Japanese servants. After all, every country has its own customs, and Liu Dingxing never thought that these Japanese servants would be the same as the Ming soldiers.

What Liu Dingxing really despised was the behavior of these Japanese servants after they arrived in Tianzhu—although they came to Tianzhu under the banner of mercenaries from the British and Dutch East India Companies, but these Japanese servants obviously lacked in the British and Dutch East India. The minimum respect of company managers.

When Overstraten and Howard received the news that Ming Dynasty had assigned the Japanese servants to Tianzhu, and personally came to greet him from the sea, Kojiro Tojo, who was less than five feet tall, even dared to look down on Overstraten. Stratten and Howard.

This made Overstraten and Howard very upset.

Especially for Howard, you are a short boy, it’s okay if you look down on Overstraten. After all, the current situation of the Dutch East India Company is going from bad to worse, and the Netherlands itself has also died, so it’s normal for you to look down on it.

But how dare you look down on me, Mr. Huo?
I, Mr. Huo, am the general manager of the English East India Company!
(End of this chapter)