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Chapter 388 Leased Fishing Village (Part [-])
"This is the Daqi. It is equipped with 54 cannons. The muzzle of each cannon is thicker than the mouth of a bowl. The short range is one mile, and the long cannon is two or three miles away." Zheng Zhilong brought Sakai Tadakatsu to the shore , introduced the ships of the Beiyang Fleet to him like a few treasures, "there are also the Da Chu and Day Yan, both of which have similar configurations to the Da Qi, and our Liao army calls them 'Warring States' class battleships. Pay attention. , The Warring States I am talking about here is our Spring and Autumn and Warring States in China, not your small fights."

Tadakatsu Sakai looked up at the tall Daqi from the shore, and the thick muzzle exposed in the cabin made his heart shudder.He thought about it for a while, and became even more uneasy.The coastal fire artillery in the entire Edo Castle area is only about [-] iron cannons, and the caliber is not as large as the heavy artillery of the Daqi. It has to face three Sengoku-class sailing battleships and ten frigates with slightly weaker firepower. , Armed Merchant Ships, Ironclad Steamships.No matter how you calculate, in the face of absolute power, there is no chance of winning.

"How about it, Tadakatsu Sakai, you can resist. If you think that my firepower can't break through the shogunate, I will jump into the sea to feed the fish without saying a word." Zheng Zhilong looked at Sakai Tadakatsu with satisfaction. Sunny and uncertain.

"Don't deceive people too much. Although you can gain control of the sea, once the shogunate summons the world's soldiers and horses, it will have 20 troops and completely destroy you." Tadakatsu Sakai still wanted to restore his confidence.

"20 troops? In front of our guns and cannons, they are nothing more than chickens and dogs. And do you think that all the big names in the world will fight against our Liao army because of the call of the shogunate? They are eager to see the shogunate fall, and then replace the shogunate and become the new The co-lord of the world. With the strength of our Liao army, it is easy to support a big name Shangluo. We just negotiate with you because we feel that the current shogunate can maintain peace in the world."

Zheng Zhilong said angrily.But it seems that he is as stable as an old dog, but Zheng Zhilong's heart is also empty.If it was really a fight with the Tokugawa shogunate, it would not be difficult to capture the outskirts of Edo Castle. The problem was that the lone army would go deep and fall into the vast sea of ​​Japanese people.The Tokugawa shogunate gave up Edo Castle and could retreat to other daimyos who were loyal to the shogunate, but it was impossible for the warships of the Beiyang Fleet to have legs and run to the shore to pursue them.

The most important thing is that the Liao Army has already fought on two fronts. Chu Yun is trying his best to confuse the water in Dongying, causing internal fighting between the daimyo of Dongying and the shogunate, and he can't get caught up in it until he is fully prepared. .

"Your moves are too ruthless..." Tadakatsu Sakai had to retreat a little in front of the powerful ships and guns, "Well, our shogun is willing to withdraw the expulsion order for your Nagasaki port garrison. The port of Nagasaki is garrisoning troops, conducting normal trade, and everything is back to normal."

"This is the end? The expulsion order incident happened only when your shogunate was looking for trouble. Now that the unreasonable expulsion order is being revoked, it is a bit too whimsical to want to drive away our fleet that has sailed thousands of miles away. Right?" Zheng Zhilong stared at Sakai Tadakatsu, making Sakai Tadakatsu goose bumps all over his body.

"What else do you want to ask?"

"Open Edo Bay and lease Kanagawa, Yokohama and other places to us. Our merchant ships can not only trade in Hirado and Nagasaki, but also trade in Edo Bay." Zheng Zhilong said domineeringly.

The merchants of Ming Dynasty behind Zheng Zhilong all showed admiration and excited eyes.If Edo Bay is opened, Dongying Kingdom will be reduced to the world of businessmen like them!With the current competitiveness of Dongying country's products, how can it be comparable to products from Ming Dynasty?

"Impossible, Edo Bay is an important place to defend Edo Castle, and overseas troops are not allowed!" Tadakatsu Sakai said firmly.

"Then there is nothing to talk about? Farewell, I will get on the warship and use artillery to tell you what will happen if you don't open the country!" Zheng Zhilong turned around and left as soon as he put on his cloak.

"Wait a minute!" Tadakatsu Sakai stretched out his hand to stop Zheng Zhilong, "Can you lower the conditions a bit, otherwise, based on my understanding of the shogun, he would rather use the entire Edo Castle to be buried with you than agree to such an exorbitant request." of."

Tadakatsu Sakai said such soft words, even he himself could not think of it.Under the strong threat of firing guns without opening the country, he found that he could not find a solution except to compromise and compromise.The shogunate can't come up with anything that threatens the Liao army!Moreover, all the daimyo are watching the actions of the shogunate. If the shogunate agrees to the shameless request of the Liao army, they will become traitors accused by thousands of people!And if the shogunate did not agree to the request of the Liao army and the Liao army attacked the city in anger, other daimyos would claim that the shogunate was incompetent and wanted to replace it!
In any case, the shogunate is caught in a dilemma between national justice and its own interests.

"Well, Kanagawa is too big. Even if we lease it, we can't manage it. Edo Bay is also so big that we don't want to manage it. So we leased this dilapidated fishing village and the surrounding [-]-mile boundary as a port. , will be built and managed by our Liao army. Our Liao army has the right to garrison here, and also has the right to trade with the surrounding daimyo and shogunate here. Except for this broken fishing village, our ships are not under attack. Do not go further into Edo Bay. What do you think?" Zheng Zhi finally expressed his bargaining chip at the [-]th bend of Longshan Road.

Compared with opening up the entire Edo Bay and ceding Kanagawa, leasing a small Yokohama village seems so insignificant.This huge gap almost made Tadakatsu Sakai forget that he was ceding land and paying compensation.

"If it's just a Yokohama village and [-] miles of land around it... I need to report to the shogun, and then I need to discuss with all the elders and elders before making a decision." Tadakatsu Sakai was still a little moved.

It seems a bit of a deal to cede a dilapidated fishing village in exchange for the satisfaction of the Liao army and let the shogunate be stable for a while.

"Then I will wait for you here for only five days. During this time, you need to provide us with fresh fruits, food and other supplies, otherwise our soldiers may loot without authorization if they are dissatisfied. Do you understand? We use You can buy your things with silver taels, and you can also use silver taels to buy the good things our merchants brought this time, and the merchant ships contain Jiangnan silk, Wuyishan tea, etc., which are hard for you to buy." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Got it..." Sakai Tadakatsu said.

"hold on."

"What else do you have?"

"Go back and tell the shogun that our Liao Army will not rent your Yokohama Village, and we will pay you one ingot of silver as rent every year." Zheng Zhilong took out one ingot of official silver and handed it to Tadakatsu Sakai.

Sakai Tadakatsu looked at the ingot of silver lying in his hand, wanting to cry but not tears, a piece of silver for thirty li, this is more distressing than selling it at a low price.

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