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    Zhao Han did not directly issue an imperial edict to the Japanese shogunate, but sent an envoy to take Li Quan to Nagasaki first.

    Nagasaki has Zheng's business house, and the person in charge is Zheng Daozhou, Zheng Sen's younger brother.

    The name Zheng Daozhou belonged to his son in history, and he has always been called Tianchuan Zuoqimenwei.

    Li Quan followed the envoy Wen Jiuyi, first went to Fujian by boat, and then went to Nagasaki via Ryukyu. He was not idle along the way. He learned sailing from the captain of the merchant ship and mastered various precautions on the ship.

    This young man who intends to sail around the world has actually only gone to sea once, and he is a complete rookie.

    Arriving in Nagasaki, the number of Dutch merchant ships here is pitifully small. Backed by Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, Chinese maritime merchants have a huge competitive advantage, and they are crazily crowding out the market share of the Dutch.

    The reason why the Netherlands can continue to mix is ??mainly due to the sea trade quota of the shogunate.

    ? The Japanese shogunate stipulates that China can only sell how many ships of goods each year, and how much goods the Netherlands can sell each year. Once the limit is exceeded, I am sorry, and the excess merchant ships should wait until next year.

    This move forced Chinese and Dutch maritime merchants to quietly join hands with local lords in smuggling.

    After all, smuggling is smuggling. Some Chinese businessmen have reached a cooperation with the Dutch who have lost the competition. When they buy goods from the coast of China, they fly the Chinese flag, and when they sell goods in Nagasaki, they fly the Dutch flag.  Business.

    " Zheng Daozhou pays homage to Mr. Angel!""Mr. Zheng please get up quickly!"

    Wen Jiuyi helped Zheng Daozhou up, and introduced: "This is Li Quan and Li Yuheng, who are entrusted with the imperial order, please ask Mr. Zheng if you have any questions."

    Zheng Daozhou didn't know where this young man came from, since he was sent by the emperor, he must be respected, so he hurriedly cupped his hands: "I have seen Mr. Li."

    Li Quan replied: "I'm bothering Mr. Zheng."

    After showing tea to the two, Zheng Daozhou sent away the idlers and others, and Li Quan also directly explained his purpose. But Zheng Daozhou laughed: "This is easy, there is no need to alarm the shogunate at all!"

    "Why?" Li Quan asked.

    Zheng Daozhou explained: "Today's shogun, called Tokugawa Iezuna, is only twelve or thirteen years old, and political affairs are decided by the shogunate elders."

    Li Quan asked again: "Bribe the old man?"

    Zheng Daozhou shook his head: "There is no need to disturb the old man, just go to Baoke Zhengzhi directly." "Who is Baoke Zhengzhi?" Li Quan became more and more puzzled.

    Zheng Daozhou explained in detail: "In terms of seniority, Hoshina Masayuki is the uncle of the shogun. The concubine gave birth to a son. Because the wife was jealous, he was fostered by another family since he was a child.  , was taken back by the second-generation general of the shogunate, and his favor was added. He first ordered him to worship the 200,000 koku of the Yamagata domain, and then ordered him to worship the 230,000 koku of the Aizu domain. Don¡¯t look at the shogunate as the old Nakai Takakiyosuke  In fact, Baoke Zhengzhi has a greater influence behind the scenes."amp;quot;

    Li Quan asked: "Can the shogunate open the port if Baoke Zhengzhi is right?"

    "I can't, and it's not necessary," Zheng Daozhou said, "the two territories of Hoshina Masanobu are both in the easternmost part of Japan. Those lords in the west are more or less smuggled in sea trade,  And Masaoyu Hoshike wanted to smuggle, but no merchants were willing to go. Therefore, Masayuki Hoshina severely cracked down on smuggling, mainly because he could not make a profit from it. Mr. Li wanted to open a supply port in eastern Japan, so he could cooperate with Masayuki Hoshina. His territory is there.  ! To put it bluntly, this person is like an emperor's uncle in Japan, who dares to say anything if he secretly engages in smuggling?"

    "Wonderful, Mr. Zheng is a great talent!" Li Quan praised.

    Zheng Daozhou waved his hand: "I am not a great talent, but I am familiar with the situation in Japan."

    Li Quan originally thought that it would be necessary to use force, or at least issue an imperial edict to the shogunate, but he did not expect to be able to do so through smuggling.

    Li Quan asked Zheng Daozhou to prepare silk, porcelain and other things, and asked Zheng Daozhou for some people to be his attendants, so he went to Edo as a Chinese envoy.

    ? They have a blank imperial decree, fill in the content according to the situation.

    After arriving in Edo, Wen Jiuyi was in charge of dealing with the shogunate. It was nothing more than Japan's loyalty and obedience, and the Datong Emperor was very relieved. He ordered the envoy to bring some silk and porcelain, and rewarded the shogunate as a sign of encouragement.

    "It is still prosperous, but there are too many beggars." Li Quan arrived in Edo and made a fair evaluation of it.

    Fifty years ago, Tokugawa Ieyasu opened the shogunate here, and ordered the daimyos in western Japan to provide 10 laborers for every thousand stones, and vigorously built the Edo castle town. The land around the castle was all built into towns. Later, daimyos from all over the world  He and Qiben were also asked to move his family to live. Even, all over the country.The nearby Sakata Port.

    In the Edo period, there was a proverb that "there is a port (Osaka) in the west, and Sakata in the east". The prosperity of Sakata Port can be close to that of Osaka, which originated from the prosperity of safflower trade. Safflower is a kind of chrysanthemum  It can be used as a raw material for cosmetics, cloth dyeing, and painting. It was popular all over Japan in the Edo period.

    As for now, the safflower trade has just started, and Sakata is just a small port.

    That area is not only rich in safflower, but also rich in rice and vegetables, which can be used as a supply port. Of course, the most important food for ocean voyages is "marching rations"!

    ? In ancient Chinese wars, it was normal to make meals out of pots, but there were also a wide variety of emergency rations.

    For example, in the Ming Dynasty, there were glutinous rice and glutinous rice cakes. The former is similar to self-heating rice, and the latter is similar to compressed biscuits.

    The rice is boiled with rice, and then exposed to the sun. After repeated cooking for ten times, the weight and volume are greatly reduced. When eating, throw it into the pot and boil it, or simply soak it in water.

    Mi cakes are ground into powder with broomcorn or rice, made into cakes and cooked, and also exposed to the sun. So they become compressed biscuits, which can be eaten directly or thrown into a pot for cooking.

    Of course, these two kinds of emergency dry food must not taste very good.

    Moreover, the operation was relatively cumbersome. Many troops in the late Ming Dynasty were too lazy to use it, and even many generals didn't even know it existed. Zhao Han didn't know it existed in the first few years when he first joined the army, and he gradually realized it later.

    If Li Quan wants to sail the ocean, these two kinds of emergency dry food are necessary.

    Usually, it is sealed and stored layer by layer to prevent it from absorbing air and moisture and becoming moldy. After the normal food is eaten, it can be taken out and used until the next shore replenishment
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