After Han Du paused, he said seriously: "I heard that you have dealings with Japanese businessmen. Is this true?"
Jiang Wei looked startled, then nodded, "Yes."
"What's going on?" Han Du stared into Jiang Wei's eyes. Han Du didn't have the slightest fondness for the Japanese country. Jiang Wei actually had contact with Japanese businessmen, which made Han Du want to find out what was going on here.
Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment, looked at Han Du doubtfully, and asked: "Sir, there is no rule in the court against communicating with the Japanese country, right?"
Han Du was stunned for a moment and recalled carefully that Lao Zhu had never made a decree not to have contact with the Japanese country.
Forehead! Han Du frowned, realizing that he had prejudged the situation. So he shook his head slightly and said, "No, I just want to hear how you got in touch with the Japanese businessmen."
When Jiang Wei heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The gentleman's tone just now was extremely inappropriate, which shocked him. Now it seems that he may have misunderstood Mr.
"It's like this. In the beginning, students were making trouble with Japanese pirates here. Shouldn't students be prepared for Japanese pirates..."
Han Du suddenly stretched out his hand to interrupt Jiang Wei and asked, "Wait a minute, when you came here, were there still Japanese pirates here?"
Jiang Wei nodded, "Yes, and there are quite a few Japanese pirates."
"Then how did you wipe out the Japanese country?" Tan Qing originally didn't care much about Jiang Wei. After all, Jiang Wei was a civilian official and he was a military attaché. If there wasn't a Marquis between them who connected them, maybe neither of them would have said a word.
But when he heard that Jiang Wei was still capable of killing Japanese pirates, he couldn't sit still and was surprised.
Jiang Wei smiled calmly and said: "It's not surprising. I found that the Japanese pirates who came here are very poor. Many Japanese pirates don't even have a decent armor, and some Japanese pirates don't even have a decent knife in their hands." None. Such Japanese pirates are very weak and can be easily wiped out."
Han Du nodded slightly. These Japanese pirates were said to be Japanese pirates, but they were probably just Japanese who wanted to escape the war in Japan. Naturally, they cannot afford good knives, let alone armor.
Jiang Wei continued: "Later, the students discovered that the Japanese pirates who came from the sea had very small and poor boats, and some even came on rafts. The students found that the time at sea was when the Japanese pirates were at their weakest. . Their rafts could not resist warships at all. In order to prevent Japanese pirates from coming from the sea, students arranged for warships to patrol the sea continuously. When encountering Japanese pirates' ships, they could easily destroy them by rushing up to them."
Han Du immediately understood Jiang Wei's tactics, which were almost exactly the same as the ones he used when he wiped out the Japanese pirates. They all relied on the advantages of the Han Dynasty to eliminate the Japanese pirates in the sea. I had never talked about naval battles in the academy, and I didn't expect Jiang Wei to be self-taught. But this also reminded Han Du that since the academy already teaches mathematics, physics, chemistry and medicine, why not add a military subject? This may give people with military talent an additional path for development.
Seeing that Mr. Jiang Wei was satisfied with his victory after all, he relaxed and said, "Later one time, the warship discovered a Japanese merchant ship at sea..."
Han Du found out through Jiang Wei's narration. Originally, the soldiers would sink the merchant ship without mercy, but they didn't expect that the other party would surrender faster. When the soldiers brought these Japanese people to Jiang Wei, he realized that these were actually Japanese businessmen.
Jiang Wei was good at knowing goods. When he saw the goods carried by these Japanese, he immediately understood that this was a steady stream of money. There is no need to explain what happened after that. Jiang Wei bought the Japanese goods at a very low price and agreed on a bilateral deal with them. From then on, this trade channel was firmly in Jiang Wei's hands.
"That's probably what happened. I wonder what the Marquis needs students to do?" After Jiang Wei finished speaking, he looked at Han Du.
Han Du sat on the chair and tapped the table a few times with his fingers. Then he said: "How long have you been trading with them like this?"
Jiang Wei immediately said: "It's been almost three years."
"Then you haven't carefully investigated their details?" Han Du looked at Jiang Wei doubtfully.
Han Du guessed that these Japanese people were definitely not ordinary Japanese people. Most of them had the background of Japanese officials or nobles. What period is the Japanese state in now? During the period of melee between the north and the south, the north and the south were fighting fiercely. The entire Japanese country was in devastation. It was difficult for ordinary Japanese people to maintain food and clothing, let alone build ships and go to sea to do business.
Those who are qualified to do business overseas can only be some powerful Japanese people.
Jiang Wei nodded immediately and said: "Since we are dealing with them, students naturally have to find out their details. They are members of the Hosokawa clan."
Han Du lowered his head and thought for a moment, making sure that he did not have this name in his memory. Besides, there are so many surnames in the Japanese country. If it weren't for a name like Yue Yiman, Han Du wouldn't remember it at all.
Jiang Wei continued to explain: "This Hosokawa family, according to the information obtained by the students, they were once the leaders of the Muromachi shogunate in Japan..."
"Wait a minute, Muromachi Shogunate? Isn't the person in charge of the Muromachi Shogunate the Ashikaga family?" Han Du felt that he was a little confused by what Jiang Wei said. If the person in charge of the Muromachi shogunate was not Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, why would he take action first? Strong, get rid of him?
Jiang Wei smiled and explained: "Every time Mr. said, the current person in charge of the Muromachi shogunate is indeed the Ashikaga clan. But before the Ashikaga clan, it was the Hosokawa clan."
Now Han Du suddenly understood, "So that's the case, then what is the relationship between the Ashikaga clan and the Hosokawa clan?"
"Dead enemy!" Jiang Wei curled his lips and said, "The Hosokawa clan was driven out of the Muromachi shogunate by the Ashikaga clan, and then they took refuge in the Japanese country. What's the name of the little dog?"
"So you have been dealing with the Hosokawa family since then?" Tan Qing couldn't hold it anymore and asked.
Jiang Wei glanced at Han Du first, but saw that his husband did not say anything to stop him. He smiled and said to Tan Qing: "That's not true. How can we only do business with one family? Later, I sent someone to contact another Qing family in the Southern Dynasty, and the Ashikaga family in the Muromachi shogunate in the north. These three companies provide supply. , my Governor’s Mansion is able to attract so many maritime merchants.”
When Han Du heard this, he clapped his hands happily and laughed: "Okay, well done. Originally, I didn't know where to start, but you ended up doing half of what I wanted to do."
Jiang Wei lowered his head and smiled and said: "Sir, I have already told you. Please tell me what you have asked me. Jiang Wei is at your disposal." "Disposal is out of the question." Han Du waved his hand, "But there is indeed something for you to do. .”
"Sir, please speak." Jiang Wei nodded slightly.
Han Du said calmly: "Don't be in a hurry first. Let me ask you first, what does Japan need most now? What things have they bought from you?"
Jiang Wei lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying: "The Japanese only bought a few things from the students, such as grain, cloth, and ironware. What the Japanese need most now is food. As long as I give them some food every time, they will They would obviously look very happy. And they asked me more than once to provide them with more food, and they were even willing to take the initiative to raise the price. However, considering the ambition of these Japanese wolves, I did not provide them with much. of grain, and also prohibited the Koreans from selling grain to them privately."
Han Du nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Well done. These Japanese dared to kill our envoys from the Ming Dynasty, and also sent Japanese pirates to rob our people of the Ming Dynasty. If we don't give them any color, they really want to sit in the well and watch the sky." ”
Jiang Wei is so smart, he can analyze a lot of things just from his husband's words. First of all, sir, I definitely don’t have the slightest fondness for the Japanese country and the Japanese people. Secondly, the gentleman said that he wanted to show off to the Japanese country, does that mean that the Ming Dynasty wanted to conquer Buchen? After all, even now that the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, all the surrounding vassal states have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese country is not among them.
"Continue." Han Du immediately gestured towards Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei reacted immediately and said quickly: "Okay. In addition to food, the Japanese also have a great demand for iron tools. Not only did they buy up all the swords, they even didn't let go of the iron ingots."
Han Du thought that the Japanese country had a huge demand for iron tools. After all, the war between the north and the south made the entire Japanese country in turmoil. In addition to the large amount of iron tools required for war, ordinary Japanese people would also desperately buy some Japanese knives in order to protect themselves, which further intensified the need for iron tools. However, the Japanese country is an island with poor iron ore, and they can only buy iron tools if they need them.
"Then there is cloth, but although the Japanese also bought a lot of cloth, students can still see from their attitude towards cloth that cloth is not as important to them as the previous two."
After Han Du listened, he touched his chin and thought for a moment. Slowly he looked up at Jiang Wei and asked, "How much grain did you sell to Japan every year in the past?"
"About 300,000 shi." Jiang Wei replied without hesitation: "The year before last, it was 270,000 shi, but last year the Japanese offered a higher price, so I sold them an extra 20,000 shi. 90,000 shi. The Japanese demand is even greater this year. If it were collected throughout the year, there should be 310,000 shi."
"However, all the grain and ironware sold to the Japanese were the grain collected by the students from Goryeo, or the ironware smelted from their own mines. The grain and ironware of the Ming Dynasty were not sold to the Japanese country. Only the cloth was obtained by maritime merchants. It was shipped from the Ming Dynasty.”
Jiang Wei knew the importance of food to a country. Even if Ming Dynasty was no longer short of food, he would not sell Ming Dynasty's food to the Japanese country for money. The food of Goryeo was different. Since Goryeo was a vast area with few people, and the area was already rich in grain, there was no problem in selling Goryeo's surplus grain to Japan.
