Zhu Ciwei glanced at him: "We, the children of the royal family, don't have to worry about food and drink. We use our excess wealth to fund academic research. What's wrong with that? My father also likes to spend money on building ships, and recently he has been focusing on electromagnetics and optics! I am also learning from him!"
"Also, to be honest, why are we Han people more noble and richer than other races in the world now? Even an ordinary Han people can wear maid clothes from the Japanese country, spices from India, and clothes from Africa. Gemstones? All because our Ming technology is the strongest in the world!"
"If we don't pay attention to technology, we, the Ming Dynasty, will not be able to maintain our dominance."
"Too!"
Zhu Cizhuo nodded.
"After you buy the Japanese slaves, I will go back with you. The imperial court asked me to report on my experience in opening up new markets and new profit channels by seizing the right to build and operate railways! Presumably, the imperial court intends to expand overseas in the future. The intensity of the railroad building rights seizure and then further control of these countries.”
Zhu Ciwei said.
"good!"
After Zhu Cizhuo replied, he smiled and said: "Brother, you are the only one who can think of using this method to control other countries!"
"At present, it seems that controlling the railway construction rights of the Japanese country in our own hands can indeed maximize the interests of the Ming Dynasty in the Japanese country. Now the products of the Ming Dynasty have further controlled the commodity market of the Japanese country by relying on the railway lines. The railway passes through This place is the place where our Ming Dynasty products are dumped, and it is also the new mineral mining place of our Ming Dynasty, and a steady stream of Japanese people also come to Nagasaki through this railway line, and go to other places in our Ming Dynasty to work as coolies through Nagasaki!"
"The Japanese rulers also benefited from it. It made it easier to suppress rebellions, and they gradually became accustomed to using this mode of transportation. Together with me, the Ming Dynasty, we let the Japanese in the area where the railway is located create wealth for us."
Zhu Ciwei said.
Zhu Cizhuo nodded: "It seems that it will be necessary to build a railway to the Rakshasa Kingdom in the future to transport the coal and iron ore there."
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"Muto-kun, look, that's the Ming Dynasty's armored ship. It's really big! It has no sails and only two large chimneys!"
Tada Sakae, who had obtained the qualification to study in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, stood on the dock of Nagasaki Port, pointed at a steam cruise ship of the Ming Dynasty, and shouted to his fellow countryman Muto Masamune.
Muto Masamune replied calmly: "That's called a steamship! I don't know exactly how it works, but I believe that our Yamato Empire will have such a ship sooner or later. What do you think?"
Tada Rong nodded solemnly: "Yes!"
Because the Ming Dynasty only allowed Chinese-speaking Japanese to study in the Ming Dynasty, it also required the Japanese to wear Han clothes and speak Chinese before they could go to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Muto Masamune and Tada Ei are now wearing Han Confucian robes and Confucian crowns, walking to the official cruise ship of the Ming Dynasty.
"Muto-kun, I really hope that I can find the answer to why they are so powerful this time when I go to Ming Dynasty!"
Tada Eigenori spoke to Muto Masamune while walking.
Masamune Muto said: "I hope! But it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty only recruits foreign students majoring in literature and history. Otherwise, we can know more clearly why they can let this iron warship sail, and why they can let this iron warship sail." locomotives running on the tracks."
"Yes! We have to rely on ourselves for these."
Tada Sakae replied.
"To be honest, when I arrived in Nagasaki, I thought of the Ten Days of Nagasaki event that was spread by the elders decades ago. But now I see that Nagasaki is a place full of Chinese costumes and residents who only speak Chinese, with Chinese characters. I feel really sad for a store with only a symbol!"
"There is also this sea area full of Ming Dynasty warships. Just like Edo, the Yamato Empire's Zhusin Ship looks like a fishing boat compared with these Ming Dynasty giant ships! Also, Nagasaki, a city that was conquered by Ming Dynasty The homeland of Yamato, which I rule as a colony, is far richer than Edo! Asphalt roads extend in all directions, and high-rise brick houses are lined up in rows. When I think of this, I feel even more sad. How come I, Yamato, are so far behind the Ming Dynasty!"
Masamune Muto spoke with a look of dismay on his face.
"Yes, why is this? The colonized Nagasaki is actually better than my Yamato Edo."
Tada Rong replied without understanding.
When the two of them were talking, although they noticed the prosperity of the Han immigrants and the Sinicized Japanese on Nagasaki Island, they both ignored the ordinary Japanese slaves in ragged clothes who were working hard to carry goods at the dock.
"Muto-kun, we're here, let's go up."
Not long after, the two arrived at the place where they boarded the cruise ship, and Tada Sakae reminded Muto Masamune.
Daming's cruise ship has five levels of cabins.
The lowest level is the fifth class, which is just like a cell, only covered with straw.
Next is the fourth level, which is Datongpu.
The third class is a double room.
The second class is a single room.
The first class is a suite or even a villa.
The fifth level is basically a place where goods are stored or where ordinary Japanese slaves stay.
Because Japanese merchants often purchased many Japanese slaves who lived a hard life and used them as laborers in some colonial areas of the Ming Dynasty. These were basically people sold by local Japanese merchants. In the eyes of Japanese merchants and ship transporters, nature and goods had no value. the difference.
The fourth class is mainly Japanese students who went to study in Ming Dynasty.
The third class is the Chinese-style Japanese who held the right of residence for a certain period of time in the Ming Dynasty.
The second class is ordinary Han people.
The first class are the wealthy Han people who are willing to pay high prices for boat tickets.
Of course, many Japanese nobles could actually afford first- and second-class cabin tickets.
However, the principle requirement for first- and second-class cabins is that foreigners and dogs are not allowed inside.
Unless a dignitary among the Han people takes the initiative to invite some friends among the Chinese-style Japanese, no Japanese will have a chance to enter the first and second class cabins.
At this time, Masamune Muto and Sakae Tada entered the fourth class cabin.
The two happened to be assigned a seat by the window.
"Personally, I think that if we, Yamato, want to completely rise, we need to completely abandon our own language and completely Chineseize it!"
"Nonsense! Am I still Yamato?"
"But facts have proven that if we don't fully Chineseize and fully align with the Ming Dynasty, we will not be able to get rid of our backwardness! Because only Chinese characters in this world can express logic! Look at Lee's Korea, they have now completely abandoned their own writing and fully Chineseized , Seoul is much more prosperous than our Edo! Its citizens are also richer than us! I followed my father and went there on the order of the Lord of the Satsuma Domain!"
When the two arrived at the fourth-class cabin, they saw the Japanese students, who were equally young and energetic like them, arguing passionately.
Tada Eiichi thought about the shocking scenes he saw along the way from Kyoto to Edo, which was trading with the Ming Dynasty, and now in Nagasaki, which were related to the Ming Dynasty. He couldn't help but ask about Masamune Muto: "Muto-kun,... Do you think we really need to fully Chineseize it?”
"I don't know! I don't have an answer yet!"
Muto Masamune replied with a wry smile.
Then, Masamune Muto asked the Japanese student who had been to North Korea next to him: "Brother, please tell me why this ship hasn't started sailing yet. Isn't it already time?"
"You don't even know this?"
The Japanese foreign student named Ishi asked in surprise, and then said: "There is a noble person who wants to ride on this ship, so we have to wait for the noble person to board the ship before we can set sail."
"My lord, which lord?"
Tada Sakae asked.
"The eldest son and the fifth prince!"
Ishiro replied.
Tada Ei continued to ask: "The eldest son and fifth prince of the Ming Dynasty?"
Yishi laughed after hearing this: "It's so funny! Not the prince of His Majesty the Holy Emperor of Heaven, can he be so noble that everyone on the ship is waiting? How could the emperor of the Japanese country have such dignity? Even in the Japanese country, he is also a nobleman of the shogunate. More noble than them."
"What a tragedy! Our royal family in Yamato is not as noble as our own ministers. How can such a great Yamato not fall behind? The fundamental reason is that the monarch's power is not upright!"
Muto Masamune sighed because of this.
"Can we see the eldest son and fifth prince of the Ming Kingdom here?"
Tada Ei asked again.
"You can't see it. They have a special boarding ladder. I guess only their guards can be seen."
Ishiro replied.
But Tada Rong still lay down by the window and took a look: "Their guards are so tall! To be honest, these Akito are indeed much stronger and taller than us Japanese!"
"We, the Satsuma Domain, have set up a Celestial Consolation Center and will regularly send a group of young girls to the consolation center to borrow seeds from the Celestial People. In the future, the people of our Satsuma Domain will be taller."
Ishiro felt very proud and showed off.
This is also normal.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was very powerful in this era, and the Han people had their own aura.
And people are born to be strong.
Yishiro would find this very honorable and a very reasonable psychological reaction.
"Haha! Didn't your Satsuma clan learn from our Yanagawa clan! When it comes to Chineseization, our Yanagawa clan is at the forefront. Now that the railway is connected, my cousin has Han ancestry!"
Even at this time, a Japanese foreign student from Yanagawa Castle named Sojunro was competing with Ishiro.
After hearing this, Muto Masamune, who had a strong national concept, became even more ugly and said: "What is even sadder is that our Yamato Empire is still in a state of fragmentation. The various daimyo are not under each other's control. Many of them are even proud of the Ming vassal and the high degree of Chinese culture. If this continues, there will be no need for the Ming Dynasty to raise troops, and I am afraid that Yamato will also be extinct soon."
"Here we come! His Royal Highness the eldest son and the fifth prince are here!"
For a moment, the entire Japanese students in the cabin became excited, and more and more Japanese students leaned on the windows and began to look out.
Only foreign students like Muto Masamune who were not from the upper class or comprador class of Japan were calmer, even a little sad.
…
Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo had indeed got off the steam car together at this time, and walked towards the cabin under the leadership of the guard.
The person in charge and senior executives of the ship, as well as the Han people and the Chinese-style Japanese who worked as senior compradors for the Ming Dynasty and therefore had a higher status in the Ming Dynasty, all came out of the cabin to greet them.
"Your Highness!"
These people bowed their hands after seeing Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo.
Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo just nodded in greeting.
Then, the two men wearing the Ming Dynasty Prince's clothes boarded the boat quite coldly.
Although, the two of them ignored everyone during the whole process of boarding the ship.
But for these people, especially the high-ranking compradors among the Chinese Japanese people who came out, they all felt that their faces were particularly bright, and they thought to themselves: "Sure enough, they are the heirs of the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, they are all so handsome and extraordinary!"
After Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo boarded the ship, they went directly to the first-class cabin, and then took a look at the eye-catching row of large characters on the cabin door: "No foreigners and dogs allowed."
This large paddle steamer is a luxury cruise ship.
The first-class cabin not only has suites, but also private gardens, as well as swimming pools, tea rooms, libraries, and brothels composed of Japanese women who are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and have first-class appearance and talent.
Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo have their own private gardens here.
However, Zhu Cizhuo did not stay in his own villa, but came to Zhu Ciwei and started chatting: "Brother, have you heard about the Royal Prize for Literature and Art established by my father, and that Li Yu and Pu Songling won the first prize?" , the prize is a full one hundred thousand silver dollars!"
"I met this Li Yu when I was the governor of Jiangnan. He is a weirdo! My father suddenly did this. This is to encourage literati to wander among the common people in the market, instead of traveling among the powerful and noble officials! He wants them to create more for the common people. Rather than being the mouthpiece of certain forces."
Zhu Ciwei said.
"Although brother, I am not interested in political commentaries and editorial articles. I am very interested in poetry, drama, and so on! I will definitely meet this Li Yu in the future."
As Zhu Cizhuo spoke, he suggested: "Brother, everyone knows that most of the Han people traveling between Nagasaki and Jiangnan are romantic men of letters who do it to cheat on their virtuous wives. There must be many of them on our ship. Master, how about we go to the brothel on this ship to meet some of them?"
Zhu Cizhuo just did it, stood up immediately and said, "Let's go!"
"I see you also want to go to Fengliu, don't forget you are a prince!"
Zhu Ciwei said with a smile.
"I don't have to fight for savings, so why do I care about those images?"
As Zhu Cizhuo spoke, he pulled Zhu Ciwei up: "You should also go and have a look in casual clothes, just don't stay overnight! By the way, you can also take a look at the virtues of the literati in the Ming Dynasty today."
When Zhu Ciwei heard Zhu Cizhuo say that he wanted to take a look at the current moral character of the Ming Dynasty's literati, he became interested and said, "Okay!"
So, the two changed their clothes and went to the busiest place in the first-class cabin in the past.
But what surprised the two of them was that it was very quiet here at this time.
"That's weird! It wasn't like this the last time I came to Nagasaki!"
Zhu Ciwei said and walked in with Zhu Ciwei.
Then, the two of them saw that in the hall, all the literati were writing seriously at their desks.
wrong.
You should be writing at your desk.
And all of them, like Liu Xiahui, turned a blind eye to the beauty-level Japanese women beside them.
Some even pushed them away because they thought these people were interfering with their thoughts.
"Hey! When did the literati of Ming Dynasty stop being romantic?"
Zhu Cizhuo said in surprise.
"Li Yu, Doctor of the Imperial College, has met His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Emperor."
At this time, the scholar who was raising his head to collect his thoughts saw Zhu Ciwei appear, hurriedly walked over and whispered something.
Zhu Cizhuo quickly reacted and asked, "Are you Li Yu?"
"It's your Majesty. May I ask who this His Highness is?"
Li Yu answered and asked.
"Just call me Your Highness, Fifth Highness."
Zhu Cizhuo replied.
"It turns out to be His Highness the Fifth Prince, disrespectful."
Li Yu immediately bowed.
"You have become rich recently, and you are probably famous all over the world."
Zhu Cizhuo said with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but it's just a few good stories made up by nonsense."
Li Yu replied.
"It's not just a good story that can be said favorably by the people, it also has the value of being handed down from generation to generation."
Zhu Ciwei said something at this time.
"Yes! Your Highness said so."
Li Yu replied with a smile.
"By the way, tell me, why are they all writing at their desks? Are they all quitting sex?"
Zhu Cizhuo asked.
"Of course not. They all won the literary and art awards and want to create a few good works to pave the way for their career."
Li Yu replied.
Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo both nodded.
Zhu Cizhuo asked again: "The same for you?"
"Um."
"what are you writing?"
Zhu Cizhuo asked.
"I'm currently writing my new work "Rou 0 Futon"."
Li Yu replied.
Zhu Cizhuo asked: "Can you show it to me?"
"Can!"
So, Li Yu handed the manuscript to Zhu Cizhuo.
Zhu Cizhuo started reading, and after a while he read in. The more he read, the more he blushed, and praised: "Good book! Good book! The action content is better than that written by Jin Ping 0 Mei! You are an expert!" No wonder you won the prize. My father did not award the 100,000 yuan to the wrong person. Did Pu Songling also win the first prize because of his good writing?"
"I don't know."
Li Yu replied.
"Hey, it's gone?"
After a while, Zhu Cizhuo finished reading Li Yu's new work.
Zhu Cizhuo therefore continued to ask Li Yu: "Why is it gone?"
"It's not finished yet."
Li Yu answered.
"Then write quickly! Hurry up, don't sleep tonight, I will read as much as you write."
Zhu Cizhuo said.
Li Yuwei wondered: "That would be exhausting, and the kidneys wouldn't be able to withstand it."
Zhu Cizhuo took out the banknote: "Are you still tired after this?"
Li Yu looked at the ticket amount, couldn't help but trembled, and said hurriedly: "I'm not tired! I'll write down what happens next for Wei Yangsheng."
Zhu Cizhuo then said to Zhu Ciwei: "Brother, since my father likes these market literature, while Li Yu is still working on the manuscript, I can't continue to read his books. It's quite boring, so why don't we do the same? A literary activity that involves all the literati on the ship, including those Japanese who are learning Chinese, can it be considered a contribution to sinicization?"
"You are really playful and hard to change. It's up to you. I'll go back first."
Zhu Ciwei left here as he spoke.
Zhu Cizhuo called his bodyguard over: "Go and deliver my order and say what I say. Next, everyone on the ship, whether they are Han or Japanese, can write a poem or a poem to me." , I will judge the quality, and also set up a prize. The winner can come and meet me, and I will give him this limited edition Datong mechanical gold watch!"
"yes!"
Soon, the Chinese Japanese and Japanese overseas students in the cabins below heard the news and immediately became excited.
For these Japanese people, it was a blessing to have the opportunity to meet the powerful people of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, a limited edition gold watch produced by Datong Machinery is also an extremely precious prize for them, not to mention it belongs to the prince.
As a result, these people all started thinking actively, thinking about how to write good poems to satisfy the fifth emperor.
The degree of Chineseization of the Japanese in this era was not low. Those who could go to the Ming Dynasty could naturally compose a few poems.
At this time, Masamune Muto saw with his own eyes that many foreign students among him were shaking their heads and thinking about what allusions and rhymes to use.
But Masamune Muto didn't do it himself. He even felt angry and said: "These people who worship the Han Dynasty and flatter the Ming Dynasty! People who betray the country and seek glory! What a bunch of lapdogs. The prince of the Ming Kingdom just throws a bone and they are all excited. If this continues, Will I, Yamato, not perish?"
Tada Eonori asked at this time: "Muto-kun, why do you think the Ming prince did this?"
"Of course it's to exterminate our own culture!"
Masamune Muto replied angrily.
The destination of this Daming steam cruise ship after leaving Nagasaki was Shanghai Port in Daming Matsue Prefecture.
Shanghai Port is now the emerging commercial port of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.
Very bustling.
Therefore, after Muto Masamune and Tada Ei arrived here, Tada Ei excitedly said to Muto Masamune: "Muto-kun! This is Shanghai! It is indeed more prosperous than Nagasaki. Their city is so beautiful! So clean!"
"Yes! I really hope my city in Yamato will be like this one day."
Masamune Muto also sighed.
When the two of them landed ashore, they were even more shocked when they saw that the Han people in Shanghai were all gorgeously dressed and had extraordinary temperaments.
"I don't know why, but I always feel that they are very confident."
Tada Sakae said.
"The streets are paved with terrazzo, the houses have glass, there are so many cars, and there are no women who don't wear gold, silver, and makeup."
Masamune Muto also spoke with emotion.
Tada Eonori asked at this time: "Where should we stay tonight?"
"I guess there is no place to stay. The money at home will be sent to Daming Bank here in three days. Let's find a place to spend the night. Anyway, the roads here are cleaner than our home."
Masamune Muto said.
Suddenly, after walking for an unknown amount of time, Masamune Muto came to a park.
"Wusong Park?"
Tada Rong glanced at it.
"It was built by the Ming Dynasty officials for their own people. Our bureaucrats have no intention of doing this. Let's go in and have a look."
Muto Masamune replied.
"This park is so luxurious. It feels better than any private park of a wealthy family in Kyoto."
Tada Sakae said.
Suddenly, Muto Masamune saw a very impressive building with the words "Public Toilet" written on it, so he said, "I'll go inside and have a look."
Tada Sakae followed.
And when Muto Masamune saw that the interior was also made of white bricks, with grindstone floors, large silver mirrors, electroplated faucets, and a toilet that looked clean enough to be licked, he immediately broke his guard and cried: "Why! Why is this?"
"what why?"
Tada Rong asked hurriedly.
"You say, the Ming Dynasty is so rich! Even its public toilets for people all over the world are many times more luxurious than the hall of a wealthy family like us, but why are they not satisfied and want to invade us! Oppress us! Now they still want to occupy us Our right to build railways! I wish I could squeeze out the last bit of value from our Japanese country!"
Muto Masamune roared loudly, then squatted on the ground, holding his head and crying: "Why on earth is this?!"
…
"How can we do it without invading foreign countries? Without invading foreign countries, our country would not be as wealthy as it is today, and technological innovation would not be able to make the lowest level people in our country have access to the best products in the world in just a few decades. ! There are even such good social welfare guarantees! And five years of free education! Therefore, those who are in charge of the country must try their best to profit from foreign countries in the world, and kill whoever gets rich first!"
Inner court.
After Zhu Youxiao met the emperor's eldest son Zhu Ciwei and the emperor's fifth son Zhu Cizhuo after returning to the palace, he talked about his views on foreign colonization.
Because he was in front of his own son and not preaching to foreign countries, Zhu Youxiao said it very straightforwardly.
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