One piece of these soaps made by Yang Jun himself has been used up, and there are still five pieces left.
Tao Zi is usually reluctant to use it.
I don’t know what Yang Jun is doing at this moment in the distant Ming Dynasty.
The latest news is the reply from brother Xu Guangqi.
He said that Yang Jun was transferred to the capital by the emperor to cleanse the forces that opposed the emperor.
Tao Zi has long seen that Yang Jun is a person who does big things and is a great person. Sure enough, Jane was in the emperor's heart and could handle such a big thing for the emperor.
While she was washing her body with foam, enjoying the refreshing and smooth feeling of the soap foam, she thought that it would be great if Yang Jun could come to Nagasaki to protect herself.
My husband's family was originally the head retainer of the Toyotomi family, and they were life-and-death enemies with the forces in Kanto. Now he is involved in the conflict between the shogunate and religion.
The prospect is very bad.
Taozi sighed faintly, Ming Dynasty was too far away after all, and she didn't know if Yang Jun's ship had been built yet.
She still remembered Yang Jun's promise.
When his new sailboat is built and can travel between Nagasaki and Tianjin within ten days, Yang Fan will come to Nagasaki to see her.
I am thinking about Yang Jun crazily. A maid walked gently to the water's edge, bent down to salute, and said softly: "Madam, Elder Shiina is here and is waiting for Madam's summons at Maple House."
"Okay, let the elder wait for a while, I will be there in a moment."
Half an hour later, Mrs. Yitian appeared in Maple House in full dress.
"Madam, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my mission. We have visited twenty-three feudal lords in Kansai so far, and they have all agreed to our request to open trading companies. Next month we will be able to open all twenty-three trading companies. But the daimyo are all Asking us to get steel for them in return.”
Although the Toyotomi family has been eliminated and some of the most die-hard elements have been killed, the Tokugawa family cannot kill all the opponents. We can only kill the chief culprit and spare the coercion.
After the Battle of Oita, the Tokugawa shogunate greatly adjusted the fiefdoms against the opposition forces in Kansai, and even took away many daimyo's lands and gave them to their own daimyo in an attempt to weaken the power of the old ministers of the Toyotomi family in Kansai. At this time, the situation was stronger than the people. They dared to be angry but dared not speak out, so they had to endure it, but the anger in their hearts never disappeared.
They are still alive and determined, and will take advantage of every opportunity to strengthen their power.
In the final analysis, this world is not a world of truth. There is only one truth, and that is strength. This is especially true in Japan, an archipelago enclosed on all sides.
Mrs. Yitian thought for a while and said: "As long as they acquiesce to our opening a trading company, we will not only sell steel. We are also considering selling some Huomen guns to them. We have few people and cannot use 30,000 guns. We can also sell them to Yang in the future. You buy it. But we don’t want us to come forward and let some people who have nothing to do with us sell to them. As their strength increases, their ambitions will increase. Only when the rift between them and the Tokugawa family increases can we have the opportunity to win over them. To survive in the cracks, the Tokugawa family's biggest enemies will always be these Kansai feudal lords who seem to be in harmony with each other, but Kirichichitan will be far behind. If their conflicts intensify, General Tokugawa will not have the energy to deal with us."
Shiina Gardenia is a woman in her forties, ugly, short and fat, but she has a very flexible mind, is good at dancing, and is especially good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. Currently, he is a member of the elders of the Nagasaki Saint Mary Order, and is responsible for liaising with the external lords of various regions.
"Madam, you are too careful. Our sect is all poor people at the lowest level of development. No one pays attention to their life and death in Japan. No one pays attention to them. For the secret activities you have taken, the identity of the believers is strictly forbidden to be leaked. There is a single line of communication between superiors and subordinates. , everyone uses their Christian names. The shogunate will never be able to discover us, and the subordinates have no idea of the true identity of their superiors. Even if someone is caught, as long as we cut off the connection with this line, the loss will be stopped in time. There will be no consequences A big disaster."
"When I was in Zunhua, Yang Jun talked with me all night. He taught me these things. After I came back, I reorganized the entire cult according to the way Yang Jun taught me. Fortunately, people who know me Not much. Everything was still in time. Finally, he told me a motto: If a king doesn't keep secrets, he will lose his country; if ministers don't keep secrets, they will lose their lives; if a few things are not kept secret, it will cause harm. He said, be careful and you will sail a ship that will last ten thousand years."
Shiina Gardenia was moved and said: "Although Mr. Yang is not a brother in our religion, he is truly sincere and sincere to us. He is our true friend."
"It's a pity that Ming Dynasty is too far away from us." Taozi said sadly. "Yang Jun is willing to provide us with a large amount of goods to sell in Japan. We first let the brothers and sisters who join the cult have a living. We want them to know that if they believe in us, they will not only get eternal life, but also have real benefits. "
Shiina Gardenia nodded and said: "Thank you to the enthusiastic brother Xu Guangqi for introducing Yang Jun to us. If you can get a job that can support your family by joining the religion, then millions of people will join us and be loyal to you."
Taozi nodded, agreeing with her statement.
"How is the recruitment of Ronin going?" Mrs. Yitian asked.
Shiina Gardenia said: "Following your instructions, we carefully screen out the unemployed samurai. First, let the believers secretly observe them. Only those who have lost their livelihood without losing the principle of samurai will be recruited. It is better to lack than to waste. So far, five hundred people have been recruited. . After they are baptized, they will join the ranks of retainers and then be assigned to various trading companies to be samurai who protect the trading companies."
"How is the recruitment of miners and mountain people in the mountainous areas of Kyushu Island going? We will train these miners into musketeers. The mountain people will be trained into sword, shield and spear soldiers, just like Yang Jun's army. ." Taozi asked.
After fully understanding Japan's military strength, Yang Fan discovered that Japan did not have cannons. Although there were a small number of large cannons, they were not afraid of being penetrated if they were equipped with heavy metal shields.
Then each battalion of 500 people forms a hollow square formation, which is an unsolvable trump card. The outer layer uses shields, the second layer uses nine-shot fire portal guns, and the third layer uses spears. Enough to resist the Japanese army of this era.
Shields are immune to iron cannons (guns), and most large barrels cannot be penetrated.
Dongying's cheating bamboo bow has a range of only thirty meters. The range is comparable to that of the nine-knot repeating gun. Although they do have to be more accurate, in the dense formation on the battlefield, the fierce firepower of the continuous firecrackers will directly wipe them out.
Moreover, Yang Fan promised that he could sell them the captured cavalry horn bows, infantry large bows, and even the bed crossbows stocked by the guards. Yang Fan looked down upon these excellent crossbows, but they were good things for the Japanese. . As long as you can find someone with good arm strength, these super weapons that are three to ten times stronger than Japanese bamboo bows will definitely kill the enemy in a duel.
If Taozi's hollow phalanx is equipped with thirty archers and shoots them outside the enemy's range, the combat effectiveness can be further improved.
Supporting opposition forces is Yang Fan's basic strategy. No matter what force it is, as long as it opposes the shogunate, Yang Fan will support it. Just like they did to us during the Republic of China. Only when chaos breaks out will everyone rush to buy steel and arms, and Yang Fan's export market will open up.
Taozi silently calculated in her heart that with the remaining financial resources of the sect, they could secretly form several battalions of hollow formations. If it doesn't work, just sell 10,000 muskets. You can't use them anyway. You can buy them from Yang Jun in the future.
The rifle was bought from Yang Jun for ten taels of silver. Taozi was a little reluctant to part with it. After a moment of hesitation, he made up his mind to sell it for thirty taels. In this way, the ten thousand rifles would be enough to buy the arms from Yang Jun this time. All the money was earned back.
