I dare not say too much, but in recent years, a certain prince has spent five million taels of silver every year to hire Japanese soldiers to fight the Emperor Taiji.
Because it is a piece-rate cooperative relationship, if the Japanese army wants to earn money, they must inflict large-scale destruction on the pigtails, just like this time.
If you want to earn five million taels of silver, you can kill at least 20,000 braids. As long as you can resist this method for three or four years, the first person who will be overwhelmed is the "Qing Dynasty".
The Japanese army does not select slave soldiers to fight. Basically, they just "slap" the living creatures. Huang Taiji is smart, but if he just sends the slave army to fight, he will find that they will be crushed by the opponent.
In the same number of cases, the Japanese army lacking war horses is basically no match for the braided cavalry group, but it can still offset the opponent's advantage by using special terrain.
Like this time, the strategy was to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and when Braid wanted to make up for it, he quickly retreated, forcing the opponent to fight in the mountains.
After learning how to use trenches, the Japanese army, equipped with a large number of oil barrels and grenades, could block the crazy charges launched by the braided army one after another.
As long as he can survive this year, a certain prince still plans to play like this when spring comes next year.
As the saying goes, if there is a first time, there will be a second time...
It's very expensive to play like this, but the cost-effectiveness of Japanese Army is there.
Spending the same amount of money and giving four million taels of silver to the Ming army in western Liaoning would not achieve the same results.
Killing and injuring a thousand people is considered a "great victory". It is obvious that the Japanese army achieved a "super victory" this time, completely surpassing the "great victory" in the middle!
According to this ratio, if the Japanese army could kill and injure more than 30,000 pigtails, a certain prince would be willing to pay eight million taels of silver. If someone has this ability, it is natural for them to make money.
Abe once again had a very good impression of the Ming Crown Prince's ability to do good things. He could not yet decide whether to send troops to the Liaodong Peninsula next year, but he believed that as long as General Tokugawa received the silver, the matter would be easily settled.
"Your Excellency, General, I believe that this battle has proven that the courage and combat power of your army are enough to combat the arrogance of the Donglu and carry out this mission. For this righteous act of helping my country, I am very grateful to you. General Tokugawa, your country and the officers and men of your army, express my most sincere thanks and greetings. I hope that from next spring, around April, your army can return to the battlefield in Liaodong early. If General Tokugawa allows, we can send troops The scale can be increased to 100,000 to avoid being at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. If there is no objection, the cost of sending troops is subject to conditions and can still be calculated according to this standard."
Let the Japanese army send out twice as many troops as this time and see if Huang Taiji can bear it. Maybe it won't be able to bear it this time, so let him take the lead next time.
A certain prince did not believe that there were so many impoverished samurai and ashigaru in Japan who did not want to make money, and working abroad was a way to get rich quickly.
I believe that the daimyo who have earned silver will actively encourage the Tokugawa generals to send troops. Besides, the generals themselves also earn commissions from it. There is no reason to object. If they object, the sugar business will stop.
By sending troops to fight, the Japanese country can get considerable benefits from top to bottom. Even the lowest ashigaru, as long as they can return to their homeland alive, can earn enough money to eat and drink several times, or even more.
What a certain prince has to do is to make the other party form a spending habit and understand that once the money is spent, he can still earn more, so that the large amount of money in his hand can be sufficiently tempting to the target.
"Your country and my country are neighboring countries. When your country is in trouble, I cannot stand by and look on coldly. On behalf of General Tokugawa and all the soldiers in the army, I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for your concern and praise. I will tell you what Your Highness mentioned. , and reported it to General Tokugawa. I believe General Tokugawa will reply to His Highness as soon as possible. I also look forward to helping your country and His Highness the Crown Prince again next year."
The conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty are completely acceptable to our side, and are even much better than the treatment provided by some daimyo during the Warring States Period.
Daimyos in various places who were unable to support their samurai and ashigaru were willing to go abroad to make money by fighting. This time it also proved that this was a very wise choice.
Even if the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty does not increase the scale of his own troop dispatch, I believe that someone in the local area will make suggestions to General Tokugawa, which will solve the hidden dangers in various places.
I thought that the situation of your Japanese country was different from that of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese country stated that its leader was the emperor, but in fact it adopted a shogunate system, and the actual controller was the shogun.
On the surface, the shogun and the daimyo of various places have a subordinate relationship, but in fact they are cooperative relationships. The shogun cannot turn all the daimyo in the country into his direct descendants through killing.
In order to firmly control the country, the shogun must continue to weaken those daimyo and daimyo who seem to be different from him.
It is easy to weaken it, such as reducing its stone height or moving its fiefdom. But it is difficult to achieve continuous weakening, because even the shogun cannot make frequent moves against some daimyo.
The proposal of the Ming Crown Prince was undoubtedly an opportunity for General Tokugawa to weaken the daimyo with whom he had a weak relationship.
As long as these daimyo's soldiers and horses continue to be sent abroad, it can directly weaken their strength, and this is justified and understandable.
Of course, old Chinese like Abe Shigeji actively support the implementation of this move, which will not only consolidate their own position, but also benefit from it.
"That's good. I'll be waiting for the good news from Your Majesty the General!"
Generally speaking, no matter what business you are doing, as long as the first cooperation gives the other party a taste of the sweetness and there are no major fundamental differences between the two parties, then there is a good chance of continuing the cooperation.
I have prepared the money a long time ago. As for whether you want to make money or not, that is your own business. If you have discussed it, come and get it. If you can't agree, then continue to discuss it...
"Your Highness, I have three more things that I hope your Highness can consider!"
Abe arrived in Beijing this time. In addition to getting the established silver, he also set his sights on three "treasures" from the Ming Dynasty.
"Oh? General, it's okay to speak out!"
A certain prince cannot yet guess what the other party is interested in. As long as it is not his wife, he can consider anything else, including dumping the blame.
"Your Highness has provided my army with a kind of gunpowder with very low smoke, which is very effective. I would like to obtain its formula on behalf of General Tokugawa, so that my army can better deal with the Qing army. I have also seen your army's equipment. A kind of artillery similar to an iron barrel, which is very powerful. The artillery in our army is scarce. It is very difficult to fight against the Qing army. I hope that your highness can transfer this weapon. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the special medicine is extraordinary. In view of the injury of my army There are many soldiers, can you provide me with a few more for free?"
In Abe Shigeji's view, if he could get a reward of silver, that would be enough. It would be even better if you could get the gunpowder formula, iron barrel cannon and special effects medicine.
As for whether the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty agreed, Abe Shigetsu didn't know, but at least he had to say it out of his mouth first, otherwise the other party would not be able to agree.
"The production process of smokeless gunpowder is complicated, and its formula is still the top secret of our Ming Dynasty. However, it is not impossible to transfer the formula to your country. Two conditions can be considered. First, your country offers 10 million taels of silver to purchase the formula. Secondly, your country can provide 100,000 Eastern captives to capture without having to spend real money. Mortars are also the top-secret weapons of our Ming Dynasty. In view of the current cooperative relationship between the two parties, I have only sent an artillery battalion to Liaodong, but it is very Sorry, we can't export it yet, but if your army sends troops again, I will send an artillery battalion to support you. If you are willing, you may have priority in obtaining it after three years. For special effects medicine, I can send it to your country again Ten thousand boxes worth two million taels of silver are provided for free. They are used to treat the wounded in your army. This is the highest affordable range in this country. If there are any shortcomings, I hope you will forgive me. I have the right to sell special medicines. He transferred it to General Tokugawa as the general agent of your country, and the market price is two hundred taels per box." 110 Literature
Providing smokeless flames to the Japanese army was planned in advance by a certain prince for the purpose of fishing. As long as the Japanese army took the bait, he could put forward his own conditions.
Either take out 10 million taels of silver, or take out 100,000 harvests. Each harvest is worth exactly 100 taels of silver. It depends on how the other party chooses.
The manufacturing process of smokeless flame is complicated. Even if you get the formula, it will be very difficult to imitate it without professional guidance. However, the firing effect is naturally better than ordinary black powder.
The Japanese Iron Cannon Ashigaru using smokeless gunpowder could suppress fire on targets for a long time without being disturbed by the smoke it produced. This was very important on the battlefield.
As for the special medicine, the cost of 10,000 boxes does not exceed 5,000 taels. The external sales price is two million taels of silver. Since no one else would do it, a certain prince could openly make huge profits.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern for the wounded in our army. I will submit your Highness's conditions to General Tokugawa!"
Abe Shuge also expected that the other party would not agree easily, but being able to get 10,000 boxes of special medicine for free is already a huge profit. That is a pile of medicine worth two million taels of silver. You can buy it anywhere else. There are no similar drugs.
Abe sent Nagato Rokuro to inquire about the iron barrel cannon called "mortar", but because the Ming army's artillery was very vigilant, they could only wait and see from a distance.
Nagato Rokuro didn't understand the specific structure, so he could only imitate the cat and draw the tiger. He got back a rough drawing drawn by his own hand. Abe Shigeji could only use this to infer the internal structure of this artillery.
It is such an inconspicuous artillery piece, but the explosive power of the shells is extremely powerful, much larger than the artillery equipment equipped by the Japanese army, and it can be carried up the mountain by ordinary soldiers of the Ming army, which shows that it is extremely light in weight.
Considering the ability to reload and fire quickly, this weapon is simply an artillery that any general dreams of, so Abe Shigetsu wanted to get it as soon as possible to present it to General Tokugawa.
"Your Excellency, General, has just come to our country for the first time. There are still many beautiful, fun, and delicious things in my country that have not yet appeared, including some novel weapons. I believe that Your Excellency, General, will be happy to come into contact with them. If it is convenient for Your Excellency, General, to stay for a few days, I will The Palace is naturally willing to introduce you to His Majesty the General."
Interested in mortars and smokeless powder?
Simple!
Let you bumpkins take a look at the airship, and you'll immediately forget about the two objects in front of it.
Controlling the ground with air is the main tactic of our Ming Dynasty King's Division in the future.
There are hundreds of airships in the sky, coupled with thousands of tanks on the ground, I can't believe there are still people who are dissatisfied!
This heaven-defying weapon combination can completely beat those guys who are skilled in bow and horse until they can sing and dance...
"I plan to stay here for ten days. If it is convenient for Your Highness, I will be very happy to learn new things about your country. If I have caused any inconvenience, I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"
Abe Shigeji roughly guessed whether the opponent had any special weapons that he had revealed. If he could just watch them, it would be worthwhile.
No matter what kind of object it is, as long as the other party allows the sale and he can afford it, Abe Shigetsu intends to take advantage of this opportunity to go abroad and bring it back to his homeland.
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! It's lunch time now. Why don't you, General, try our Ming Dynasty noodles with the guests? It's called 'cold noodles'. This noodles is sweet and sour. It relieves the heat and cools down. It's the best food under the scorching sun. .”
Having said that, the actual situation is that the size of this tour group is too large, and a certain prince is really reluctant to entertain them with Buddha jumping over the wall.
If you really want to do this, I'm afraid the ingredients for "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" will have to be crabs, river shrimps, mandarin fish, snails and other ingredients...
The other party probably hasn't eaten cold noodles yet, so it's just enough to fool him.
In an era without refrigerators, refreshing cold noodles were the first choice in high temperatures. Even a foodie brother who always liked meat fell in love with this kind of noodles.
"Your Highness is so enthusiastic, I would rather obey than obey!"
Abe Shigeji also wanted to try the taste of Mingguo's noodles. It actually has the effect of cooling and relieving heat. I wonder if it is as magical as the crown prince said.
Even if it doesn't taste good, I just took someone's special medicine worth two million taels of silver. I can't criticize it, but praise it.
To entertain so many guests at one time, the supply pressure on Shangshanjian is very high. Only barbecue, noodles, and braised pork rice can meet the demand of this scale at the same time.
Although there are many people in the rear residence, the available meals are provided in installments. The emperor, empress, and concubines naturally enjoy priority treatment. Everyone else is just a vassal, as long as they are not hungry.
No matter what kind of noodles, a certain prince can ensure that he can eat them in large quantities. If this kind of food can't satisfy the guests and spread the word, a certain prince will really be disgraced.
Each large porcelain bowl can hold half a catty of noodles and half a catty of soup. In addition to drinking, the function of the soup is to ensure that the noodles do not stick together.
This was the first time for the Japanese army to see such dark noodles, and they were amazed. The square in front of Huangjiden Hall had turned into a food scene, filled with long tables.
Since they had kept the weapons they carried with them in advance, the large number of these people did not pose much of a threat to the rear residence.
Besides, after feasting, these people will eat so much that they will struggle to walk, leaving little fighting power left...
Daming cold noodles are the same as the later ones, with eggs, persimmons, peppers, cucumbers, and the most important thing is that there are a few slices of meat in each bowl.
Of course, the star of the bowl is the noodles and broth. The weather is nearly 30 degrees Celsius. If you switch to hot soup noodles, people will basically be exhausted after eating it.
Cold noodles are different. After eating them, I feel more refreshed than before, which is why I feel refreshed, even though it's already early autumn.
The standard provided by a certain prince to everyone is two bowls per person. If there is still room in the stomach, you can continue to serve. However, I believe that those who can eat are new here and will not be embarrassed to lick their faces and continue eating.
A certain prince had seen what it was like for hundreds of people to eat noodles at the same time. Today, the Japanese army performed it again. Considering that the opponent's level was not low, the food appearance was relatively gentle.
