The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 190 Little Brother Wu Sangui

The leader of the Japanese is Matsudaira Kono, who is the second executive of Sama Yinzan. The main task of this position is to rapidly develop Yinzan and provide the shogunate with financial resources to promote the overseas trade of Zhuyin Ship.

It was only later that Ding Yi learned that Zama Ginzan was the famous Iwami Ginzan in later generations, and Matsudaira Kono’s older brother was Matsudaira Nobuoka, who was the confidant of Tokugawa Iemitsu. Two years later, Tokugawa Iemitsu formed a cabinet similar to the Ming Dynasty. "Six People", Matsudaira Nobuoka is ranked first.

Right now, the Matsudaira Nobuoka family is one of the most famous and powerful families in Japan.

The former Yinzan pursued the Okubo Changan. When mining the Sama Silver Mine, the share ratio with the shogunate was four to six, that is, Tokugawa Ieyasu got four and he got six.

So the Tokugawa shogunate hated him very much, thinking that he was quite rich, and what do you want to hoard so much money for?

When Okubo Changan died, the Tokugawa shogunate immediately confiscated his home, confiscated all his territorial inheritance, and executed all seven sons.

Even so, the Tokugawa shogunate was still not satisfied, because they did not find much silver when they ransacked the house, so the whole of Japan suspected that Okubo Changan had hidden treasures privately, and in the decades after his death, people were secretly hunting for treasures.

Moreover, Okubo Changan has many children. It is said that his private life is very chaotic, and he gave birth to many illegitimate children outside, so now the whole Japan is looking for his illegitimate children.

Matsudaira Kono took over Yinshan Fengxing, and continued mining while doing business with merchants from the Ming Dynasty, because they suspected that Okubo Changan had an illegitimate son who had gone to the Ming Dynasty, and only this illegitimate son knew about Okubo Changan’s treasure.

The Ming businessman who sat with him was Zhou Yuanhai from the Zhou family in Guangzhou.

The Zhou family has been in business for generations and has traveled all over Southeast Asia. It is necessary to come to Japan once a year.

In the past, it was traded with Okubo Changan. After Okubo died, he traded with Matsudaira Kono.

Mainly silk, sugar, cotton cloth, and furs are exchanged for copper, iron, and sulfur in the Songping River. (These are all products of Zuomo Yinshan).

But when Zhou Yuanhai came here this time, he only wanted copper, not iron or sulfur.

Uno Matsudaira was a little unhappy. We have been in business for many years, and each time we exchanged four items for three items. Iron and sulfur were paired with copper.

Because Daming is in urgent need of copper, iron and sulfur are only used in the army.

And those who do business, when they arrive in Japan, either exchange for silver or copper, or bring back Japanese knives and handicrafts to sell.

It is impossible to ask for iron and sulfur, after all, the Ming country itself produces a lot.

Zhou Yuanhai thought for a while, then said, now that the Ming Dynasty and Houjin are at war, the production of iron and sulfur has greatly increased, and if I bring them back, there will be no profit, and it may cost money.

Matsudaira Uno asked back, since there is a war, more iron and sulfur should be used, so they can be sold better.

Zhou Yuanhai shook his head. The Ming Dynasty did not trust firearms, but now they only believe in Hongyi cannons. No one uses blunderbusses. How much sulfur can cannons use?
After a battle, how many shots can be fired?
It sounds like it makes sense too.

But Matsudaira Uno brought half a ship of iron and a ship of sulfur from Daejeon this time, and the Japanese are very trustworthy in business, as we agreed before, you don’t want it now, and you don’t want to do business in the future.

Immediately to walk away.

Zhou Yuanhai quickly stopped him, apologized, and said that it was impossible for him to think about it, and the loss was also accepted.

Matsudaira Uno said: "Think carefully, come to me again, I will only wait for you for two days, Zuomo Yinshan has a lot of troubles, I don't have time to stay here all the time."

"I have been in business with your father for many years, I hope you will not let your father down."

After that, he left in a hurry.

The three of Zhou Yuanhai sat on the spot with sad expressions on their faces.

"That's good, Songping Haiye is angry, this way can't be broken." Someone nearby said to Zhou Yuanhai.

Zhou Yuanhai shook his head: "I didn't expect that either. The iron and sulfur take up space but are not profitable. They have to sell it to us every time."

"Our ship is almost full, and now there is only copper left."

Another said: "The Japanese are trustworthy. If we don't keep our promise once, we are afraid that this road will be broken in the future."

Zhou Yuanhai thought for a while: "We can't blame us for being untrustworthy, the Japanese sell things like this, and they don't follow the rules."

The iron and sulfur here are cheaper than those in Daming, but he would have to pay for transporting them back, and selling them back to Daming has almost no profit.

In the past, Zuomo Silver Mountain was sold with copper, and he bought copper to mint copper coins, which made more than ten times the profit.

So just take some iron and brimstone, as long as you don't lose money.

However, the copper output of Zuomo Yinshan has also decreased in the past two years, because the Japanese are also minting copper coins, and then sell them to Daming.

As we said earlier, copper coins made by the Japanese were still used in China until the Qianlong period.

If Zhou Yuanhai bought copper coins back, his profit would only be about twice that.

So he still has to buy copper.

But Matsudaira Uno lowered the supply, so he was unwilling to use iron and brimstone.

He thought about it carefully: "His family is not the only copper seller in Japan. Let's look for it again. If it doesn't work, forget it. We spend a lot of money every year to help them find Okubo Chang'an's son, and we don't care about this little money. "

After thinking about it, Zhou Yuanhai decided that if he breaks his promise, he will break his promise, and he will not do business with Matsudaira Unino in the future.

The profit is too little, why is he still going to Japan?

It's better to go to Dongjiang Phi Island to sell grain.

If Ding Yi could hear his voice, he would say right away, okay, come to Dongjiang to sell grain quickly, we welcome you.

The three of them were not in the mood to eat, and returned to the customer soon.

At this moment, the people at Ding Yi's table were divided into two, Shen Shikui and Ruan Siqing ran out, chasing Songping Haiye, while Ding Yi got up and stopped Zhou Yuanhai.

"This boss is also from the Ming Kingdom."

"En. Where are you from? We are from Guangzhou." Zhou Yuanhai said vigilantly.

"Hahaha, sit and sit, I heard you talking just now, my younger brother is Wu Sangui, the commander of the Liaodong Guanning Army." Ding Yi said.

Uh, Liaodong Guanning Army?When Zhou Yuanhai heard this, he couldn't believe it. People from Liaodong came here?But it seems possible.

He looked at Ding Yi and his party.

I saw that although everyone didn't wear armor, they all looked a bit like soldiers.

The aura of a soldier, who has been on the battlefield and killed people, is different.

"Wu Dusi is so young." Zhou Yuanhai clasped his fists and sat down. He was not afraid of the distance between the two sides, and said calmly, "I don't know what's going on?"

"Boss Zhou, our Liaodong Army needs sophisticated equipment and weapons to resist the Tartars outside the pass."

"I just heard you discuss business with the Japanese, don't want iron and sulfur."

"So I was thinking, can we partner up? I want iron and sulfur, and you want copper. Wouldn't it be better for everyone?"

"Wonderful." A man from Zhou Yuanhai patted the table beside him, overjoyed.

Zhou Yuanhai, however, gave his companion a blank look, and then slowly said: "Wu Dusi fought for the country, and we ordinary people admire him very much."

"But the iron and sulfur in Japan are not inappropriate."

"It's not much different from domestic ones. Considering the freight, why do you want to go far away? There are many domestic ones in the Ming Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)