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Almost all the people on the island are fishermen, and all of them are good at driving boats. [Read the full text] Ming people who live on the island even exaggeratedly said that the islanders are as light as arrows.
The people here, like the people in the Five Islands, are descendants of the Japanese pirates who were once rampant. Less than a hundred years ago, their ancestors followed the ships of China's great pirate merchants to plunder the coast of the Ming Dynasty every year. Serve as the vanguard of the charge.
In addition, they are also good at diving to fish for abalone and sea cucumbers, catching sharks, and making shark fins - these are all skills learned because of the needs of Chinese businessmen. Every year, a large number of figurines are transported from here to the Ming Dynasty and exchanged on Tang ships. Bring "treasures".
The island owner's daimyo, the Matsuura clan, is a daimyo that has been inherited since before the Warring States Period, and is considered the oldest daimyo family in Japan.
The lord of the feudal lord here was named Matsushima. Like the Goto clan, the daimyo of the Fukue clan, they also took their place name from Miao.
It is said that the Matsuura family's original surname was Minamoto, and they were called the Saga Minamoto family. But I used to call myself the Taira clan or the Fujiwara clan in the past. This is a common clinging phenomenon among daimyo.
It is said that the ancestors of the Matsuura clan were brave and powerful warriors from the Eastern Kingdom. The Yamato court moved them as garrison warriors to the coast of Chikushi to resist the barbarians. These barbarians, covered in pig skin and covered with lard, were the ancestors of the Jurchens. Driving a simple raft made of logs, they followed the currents and burned, killed and plundered along the coast of the Japanese archipelago.
Entering the Heian Era, this system became in name only, and the central government forgot about their existence. The garrison soldiers who were abandoned in the wilderness formed gangs and claimed weapons and land for themselves. Around the Kamakura period, several samurai groups called "parties" had been formed to fight against each other. Many independent "pavilions" were formed. Become a "navy army" harassing the coast. The ancestors of the Matsuura family slowly grew up in this long and chaotic historical era, and eventually became the overlords of the upper and lower Matsuura areas.
During the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era, the Matsuura clan also participated in the attack on Korea. After the Battle of Sekigahara, because of his neutrality, he was able to continue to exist as a daimyo with a family seal of 63,200 koku. It was much larger than the Fukue Domain, which had only fifteen thousand koku, which shows the importance of Hirado's overseas trade to the Matsuura family.
The terrain of Hirado Island is rugged and the roads are almost all slopes. There is only a small flat area called the palace with a stone wall. The rammed earth is elevated and paved with stone slabs. This is called the trading square of the "Portuguese Wharf Market". Those Fujian ships with bamboo leaves as sails, Zhejiang ships with straw mats as sails, and red-haired Nanman ships with cotton sails are also Stop here.
Zhou's ship anchored here. After the ship docked, the sailors of the Zhou family began to busy unloading the cargo, while the elders took Zhou Xingru's name card directly to a building by Ping Kefu.
In the evening, a banquet was held in the museum for the "Australian maritime merchants" who came from afar. The person who received them was a young man with a moon hair. Her hair was combed from the back to the top of her head, giving her a very fresh look. She never looked older than thirty. This place should be a business store, but the person coming here looks a bit like a martial artist. Ping Qiu Sheng thought that this was not surprising. Kyushu was originally the home base of Japanese pirates and merchants, and most of the so-called naval forces were like this - the head of the Goto family also started his career in this way. Most of these naval forces were not officially integrated until Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyushu expedition: they were separated from the levels of "nationals" and "wild samurai" and could be regarded as upright samurai.
Although the visitor is dressed as a martial artist, he is very warm to others, his eyes are very shrewd, and he looks like a businessman. The rise of Hirado benefited from foreign maritime merchants. For local samurai, foreign merchants were a cash cow. So much so that the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were called "treasures" in Hirado.
After the guests and hosts were seated, Ping Kefu introduced this young man as the "owner" Hamada Shinzo. His father is the famous Hamada Yahei.
Hamada Yabei, an originally unknown Japanese, became a famous figure in the history of East Asia's foreign relations because of his conflict with the Dutch East India Company, which led to the "Hamada Yabei Incident".
Although the outcome of this incident ended with the surrender of the Dutch, looking at the entire incident, the greed of the Dutch, the arrogance of the Japanese, the power of Zheng Zhilong and the law of the East Asian maritime jungle were fully demonstrated in this incident show.
In the final analysis, the "Hamada Yabei Incident" has a vital relationship with Zheng Zhilong's monopoly position in coastal Fujian, and Hirado is where Zheng Zhilong started his career - it is not an exaggeration to say that it is his base camp in Japan.
If his trade can be blocked here. If his monopoly is broken and replaced by the monopoly of the Senate, the Zheng Zhilong Group will be seriously injured due to the loss of a large amount of financial resources, and may even be defeated without a fight. This is why the Executive Committee has approved the launch of trade with Japan at this time.
In summer, Ming Dynasty merchant ships would not sail to Japan - Tang ships going to Japan would only sail in winter. This gap period is enough for them to do a lot of things. If Zhao Yingong works harder, it is not impossible to rewrite the new history of Sino-Japanese trade.
When Zheng Zhilong's Anhai Ship came to Japan again... Elder Ping couldn't help but feel complacent.
The banquet was quite sumptuous, at least better than Ping Qiu Sheng expected. He had read a few books and saw that the "royal food" offered to the emperor was also very shabby: only dried fish with more seafood. This is an island. At most, it would be more seafood - he has long been tired of eating this stuff. What is served now is grilled meat dipped in sauce, and the aroma is fragrant. He tasted it and it looked like chicken.
"Is this Satsuma chicken?"
"Master Ping is knowledgeable." Hamada can understand Chinese. Although his Chinese has a strong accent of southern Zhili Mandarin, the meaning is understandable.
At that moment, Ping Qiucheng praised the fatness of the chicken again. In fact, before coming to Japan. Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture stationed in Jeju Island asked Ping Qiusheng to collect some Satsuma chickens and transport them back to Jeju Island. Satsuma chicken is rich in fat, grows well, and can adapt to the environment of Jeju Island. It can be of great help in solving the island's meat and oil supply in a short period of time. In the old days, Satsuma chicken was known as one of Japan's three major native chickens. First, although the Satsuma chicken in this time and space has not been systematically improved, the taste I just tasted is really good. If it is paired with Lingao's Tianchu series of seasonings, it will definitely taste better. I immediately wrote it down and prepared it later. Tell Ping Kefu to go and make arrangements.
In addition to the chicken breast, some grilled fish, various shellfish, and squid are also served. There are also rice, rice cakes, and of course miso soup, which Japanese people drink all year round and never get tired of drinking it every day.
The young owner was also amazed by the rum in glass bottles brought by Ping Qiusheng. He drank two bottles in a row and became slightly tipsy. In Japan during the Tokugawa period, only wealthy businessmen who had financial resources and were not bound by the etiquette of samurai and nobles could be more particular about their food. However, Japan's material conditions have always been limited, and it is quite backward in terms of food, drink and enjoyment. Especially Japanese wine - despite the fact that Japanese sake was famous in the old days and even formed a system similar to enology in the world, Japan is still quite backward in the winemaking industry. The wines on the market are mainly Grain-fermented liquors and shochu are rare, let alone high-grade distilled liquors like "Guo Shi Wushuang".
Finally, the servant served two more side dishes after the meal, one was Umeboshi and the other was Persimmon Yokan. Taira Akimori had done some research on traditional Japanese snacks. Let’s not talk about whether the Umeboshi was Nankoume, but the Persimmon Yokan was truly delicious. Rich specialties are not available in Kyushu, so the Hamada family's enjoyment is considered excellent.
Hamada apologized repeatedly, saying that his father was busy with affairs at the main hotel in Nagasaki. Although Mr. Zhou had informed all the Australian guests that they were coming, he was short of time and could not prepare. From the conversation, I learned that the Hamada family was actually the agent of Noto Jiro, a large businessman in Nagasaki. Their main business is the import of raw silk from Quanzhou - this business is the largest trade between China and Japan and is very profitable.
Speaking of his father, one cannot help but talk about the "Hamada Yahei Incident". Hamada Shinzo couldn't help but feel proud - the East India Company's envoys have arrived in Japan, which is considered a complete number. One of the parties involved, Da The governor-general who is a member will also be handed over to the shogunate for disposal. In return, the shogunate would allow orchid ships to re-enter Japanese ports.
No matter which angle you look at it, this matter can be regarded as a great victory for the Japanese. But Hamada Shinzo didn't show much joy, because the root of the matter: Zheng Zhilong's monopoly has still not been resolved.
Under Hira Akimori's persuasive guidance, Hamada Shinzo drank a few more drinks, and couldn't help but bring up many things.
In recent years, the coast of Fujian has been controlled by the Zheng family. The Zheng family's fleet has almost monopolized the raw silk trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan. If the Japanese want to buy raw silk in Quanzhou and transport it back to Japan, the Zheng family will never issue a flag. , and it is basically difficult for a fleet without the Zheng family flag to safely transport goods back to Japan. This almost choked the neck of the Japanese merchant holding the red seal.
Either the Japanese merchants would honestly pay 2,100 taels of silver in exchange for the flag, or they would risk being intercepted by Zheng Zhilong and losing all their people, ships and cargo.
Hirado, in particular, has been an important gathering place for Chinese pirate merchants since the Wang Zhi era. Zheng Zhilong and his former father-in-law Yan Siqi both had offices here, and they were very influential among the local Japanese and had many eyes and ears.
"I heard that his wife and son went to China."
"His father-in-law's Tagawa family is still in Hirado," Hamada Shinzo said, already half-drunk with wine, and his face was flushed. "There are many people working for him here. The feudal lord also thinks highly of him."
Since the Yan Siqi era, Chinese pirate merchants have enjoyed powers similar to extraterritoriality in Hirado - almost like the "foreign master" treatment of foreigners in the old time and space.
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