The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 394 Hope to Be Friends with You

From now on, Dongjiang Town and North Korea will be an alliance of brothers. If Houjin invades, Dongjiang Town will immediately send troops to help to fight against Houjin in an all-round way.

Dongjiang Town provides more than [-] catties of saltpeter and sulfur to North Korea every year.

Dongjiang Town sells at least [-] artillery pieces and [-] guns to North Korea every year.

North Korea does not need to send troops to help Dongjiang Town.

North Korea gives Dongjiang town 20 stone grain every year.

North Korea gives Dongjiang Town [-] logs every year.

North Korea exchanged 50 silver for Jianghua Island and all surrendered troops and supplies.

Dongjiang town exchanged [-] bolts of cloth for [-] North Korean craftsmen and their families, half of whom were required to be shipwrights.

Dongjiang Town bought Jeju Island with 10 taels of silver, and promised to give North Korea at least [-] war horses every year from the year after next.

In the first battle of conquering the dynasty, Ding Yi won a complete victory, and got various benefits such as grain, stone, silver, and craftsmen.

However, as a result of the Jianghua Island alliance, both North Korea and Ding Yi felt that they had taken advantage of it.

The North Koreans pay 20 stones of grain and [-] logs of logs every year, but they feel that the grains, stones, and logs are common materials, very common, and relatively easy to obtain.

But the Ming people had to give them five thousand catties of saltpeter and sulfur each year, and they also had to help them send troops to make gold, and sold them guns and blunderbusses.

Not to mention the craftsmen, Ding Yi traded cloth for it, and the Koreans felt that they were making a lot of money.

Population, the least valuable thing in this era is population.

Jeju Island originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but it was given to North Korea because Lao Zhu said no.

There are still [-] people on it. For North Korea, it is lonely overseas and difficult to manage. Take it if you want it.

So Jeju Island, which had been away from the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, finally returned under the hands of Ding Yi.

On the morning of the 26th.

A North Korean and Ding Yi fleet came to Jeju Island together.

Both sides landed east of Jeju Island.

There are a large number of North Koreans and officials waiting on the shore. They have been notified that the Ming people will take over here.

According to the negotiation between the two parties, people who are willing to return to North Korea can go back.

The local officials sent the booklet, and said in a deep voice, there are [-] herdsmen in Jeju, with a population of [-].

He also said that there are more than 6000 people from more than 2 households who are willing to return to China.

At this time, more than 2 people gathered on the shore, and many people were crying in the crowd.

Ding Yi didn't care, he asked someone to take the booklet, and he left if he wanted to, and stayed if he wanted to.

In addition, half of the thousands of horses raised on the original island were transported away by the North Koreans.

In this way, after the North Koreans evacuated by boat, there were less than 7 households on the island, more than [-] people.

Ding Yi came here this time and brought a group of people from Lushun.

He rode along Jeju for a long time, and it really was a good place.

The huge grassland of nearly 120 million mu in the east is a good natural breeding ground for horses. In addition, the climate here is pleasant and there is no cold winter on the grassland. According to local experienced Mongolians, it can raise up to 4 horses.

Because of the relatively good climate, it will be one of the fruit bases of South Korea in later generations, which is very suitable for growing citrus that is available in North Korea at this time.

When Ding Yi went to the island at this time, he could still see some local orange trees with lush leaves and excellent growth.

It took three days for the North Koreans to be transported back to China, and Ding Yi's boat also helped them transport them.

After all the people who wanted to leave were transported away, Ding Yi summoned local Korean, Mongolian and Han representatives.

At present, there are mainly these three groups of people.

There are more than 5 Koreans left behind, and there are more than 1 Mongols. In the past, there were many Mongols, but in 1374, King Gongmin of Goryeo sent Cui Ying to crusade against Jeju and put down Muhu (a Mongolian horse breeder). people), killed a lot.

There is another group of Han people, some of whom migrated here, including those who came from the Dongjiang River in Phi Island before, and some descendants who were allotted by the Ming Dynasty. Most of them came here during the Yuan Dynasty.

Jeju Island has never experienced wars since Goryeo took back it in 1388.

After so many years of rest and recuperation, there are only tens of thousands of people.

Ding Yi first summoned Tuzheer, the representative of Muhu.

Tu Zhe'er claimed to be a descendant of Genghis Han, with golden blood, but other Mongolians on the island did not believe it except Muhu.

He is in his 40s this year, and he is relatively fat, but his eyes are bright, and he looks like a very shrewd businessman.

According to him, the Mongols on the island are also divided into two groups. One group makes a living by raising horses. They are called Muhu, represented by the Tuzheer family. There are about 3000 people in this group.

The other one doesn’t raise horses very much. It mainly raises sheep and cattle. The Mongols raise a small amount of horses for their own use. They mainly raise cattle and sheep, and they also hoard a small amount of land. .

The ancestors of this part of the Mongols were basically married to Han Chinese and Koreans, and they don't like being called 'Hu' by others.

"How many horses do you have, Tu Zhe'er?" Ding Yi asked him kindly.

"General Ding, I raised [-] horses, but when the Koreans left, they bought [-] horses from me." He said helplessly.

North Korea is a mountainous area, and there are not many cavalry. The national cavalry should not exceed [-].

Therefore, the Koreans in Jeju Island did not pay much attention to it. Back then, it was the Mongols who raised horses. After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not want them, and fewer and fewer people here raised horses.

When the Yuan Dynasty just fell, there were still [-] to [-] horses on the island. In recent decades, the island has no more than [-] horses at most.

Because they raised too many horses and couldn't sell them.

Now those who go to Jeju to buy horses are basically Korean people, and there are also bold businessmen from Ming Dynasty.

Merchants from the Ming Dynasty would come here to buy horses, and then transport them to Daming to sell them, making a lot of money.

Including Shen Shikui who bought it for Pi Dao back then.

But the risk is not small. After all, if they come across the sea, the boat may capsize and people may die at any time, so their sales are small, and naturally they raise fewer horses.

This time the North Koreans withdrew, and at the price of five taels of silver each, he had to take away a thousand horses at a low price. Although Tu Zheer had no choice but to accept it, he did not intend to tell Ding Yi that what he sold was five taels of silver. .

"How much do you usually sell a horse?" Ding Yi asked again.

"It varies every year, usually around 20 taels." Tu Zhe'er's eyes flashed with inspiration.

"Tu Zhe'er, you are not the only one raising horses on the island. If you don't tell me the truth, we can't be friends, and my knives and blunderbusses won't be polite to the enemy." Ding Yi looked at him coldly. with him.

Tu Zhe'er's complexion suddenly changed, feeling the murderous aura on Ding Yi's body, and looking at the Ming army staring at him coldly, beads of sweat soon appeared on his fat forehead.

He lightly stroked the sweat from his head, forced a smile and said, "Dear General Ding, Tu Zhe'er misremembered, about ten taels."

"How much does it cost you to raise horses? How much is the profit?" Ding Yi said in a deep voice.

Tu Zheer was about to speak.

Ding Yi interrupted him: "Before you answer my question, please think carefully before answering." When Ding Yi spoke, he looked at the other Hu Mu and Mongolians behind him.

Tu Zhe'er turned his head and looked at the other Mongols.

(End of this chapter)