Chapter 97 How many millions of people are there in Japan?
Yang Zhen was not joking when he asked Fang Chengfeng for advice.
Don't forget how Fang Chengfeng was granted the title of Uncle. He was a man who had been to America. And it’s the Arctic route.
After hearing Yang Zhen's words, Fang Chengfeng was filled with emotion and said, "Only adults have the foresight to do this kind of thing."
Yang Zhen said: "Uncle Fang, let's see if we are prepared enough?"
Fang Chengfeng said: "Don't look, the place you are going to is not far from Korea. Just go there if you want. It's not important, the most important thing is the people. There are hundreds of people in your three ships. What's the matter? I can't do it." Having said this, what did Fang Chengfeng think of? Suddenly he said: "Yes."
Therefore, Fang Chengfeng immediately gave many orders to his subordinates. Then the other party Chengfeng said: "I think we have a deal to make."
Yang Zhen said: "Business? Although I have some goods on the ship, I don't think my uncle will need them."
Yang Zhen's goods are all prepared for the savage tribes in the outer northeastern region. These things naturally cannot enter Fang Chengfeng's Dharma Eye. And in Goryeo, it’s impossible to get the price. When you get to the outer northeast, as long as you can change your fur. Medicinal materials, that is several times the benefit.
Yang Zhen doesn’t want to do this deal either.
Fang Chengfeng said: "Don't worry, it's not you who sell it to me. It's me who sells it to you. But just watch the bid."
Soon Yang Zhen came to Tsushima Island. Fang Chengfeng took Yang Zhen to an open space where thousands of people were densely packed.
Fang Chengfeng said: "This is what I want to sell you, Japanese. Just look at the price."
Yang Zhen was shocked for a moment and said: "These——"
Fang Chengfeng said: "Don't underestimate these people. These are Busan prisoners of war and the prisoners of war just now. Here is only a part. These people are also very troublesome. Some are sent to the rear to work as miners, and the other part are just Here we are. People die here every day. According to many people’s opinions, they are all killed. But God has the virtue of good life. I can’t do such a thing. However, it can be used with you. Let go. Wherever you go, there are savages outside who control the food. Do they know who to obey? Although they are shorter, they still have some strength. These people are enough for you to do a lot of things."
"How's it going? Are you excited?"
Yang Zhen was indeed a little moved. He also knew that this time he went to the outer northeast not only to open up trade routes, but also to establish a stronghold. A few hundred people are actually very few. But the problem is that Liaodong is short of people. Korea is also short of people.
Under He Xi's use, the artificial gap has always been looming. Yang Zhen has already considered recruiting people from the south. After all, compared to the north. Fujian and Jiangxi are places where population density is exploding. Especially in Fujian, the traditional skill is to drown babies. It didn’t start from now, but it existed during the Tang and Song Dynasties and lasted for hundreds of years.
This shows how big the local population pressure is.
Is it just the Fujian people who came to the outer northeast? It may be a problem to adapt to the ice and snow in the outer Northeast.
But these Japanese people don't have so much trouble. Some places in northern Japan. It was also very cold. And the Japanese are a very cold-tolerant nation. Although people have some management problems. But Yang Zhen is still confident that he can manage it well.
Yang Zhen said: "Don't you know the price?"
Fang Chengfeng said: "Let's do this, one or two."
"One tael?" Yang Zhen was shocked. One tael per person was too cheap. One tael of silver can only be exchanged for four stones of grain. Can I change to a living person now?
Fang Chengfeng understood differently. Fang Chengfeng said: "One tael of silver for two people. It can't be less. These are people from the court. I have to report the accounts to the higher ups. I can't give it to you for free. You can give me some silver." ticket."
Yang Zhen immediately said: "No need. Just one tael of silver per person. I can't make it difficult for you. But, why is it so cheap?"
Fang Chengfeng said: "Apart from you, does anyone else want it? Here, we have to take care of their food and send people to guard it. If you want me to watch it, I can give it to you."
Yang Zhen suddenly thought of a thought in his mind and thought to himself: "There are millions of people in Japan. There are millions of people in Japan." Yang Zhen seemed to suddenly react and let out a loud sigh, thinking to himself: "Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen , you are a scholar by birth, and treat humans as animals. You don’t know what to do. The one who started making figurines has no successor? How can a scholar do such a thing? This is an expedient and expedient measure. "
Fang Chengfeng said: "What's wrong with you?"
Yang Zhen said: "It's nothing. It's settled. I can give you the banknotes, but there are not many ships at the moment. Please look after these people for a while."
Fang Chengfeng said: "No problem. However, we don't care about food."
Yang Zhen suddenly felt that he had bought it too early. Said: "Okay."
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This unexpected situation caused Yang Zhen to delay for a while on Tsushima Island. Fortunately, in Korea, He Xi's influence is everywhere. Yang Zhen had He Xi's support, and many things were quickly settled. So I continued heading north.
First we arrived at the mouth of the Tumen River, where we found a long and narrow peninsula. Choose a suitable port.
That is to say, there may be a slight deviation in the location selection since it was near the sea in later generations. But other aspects are not much different. After all, there are countless natural harbors in the Far East.
At this time, Yang Zhen was extremely lucky to have brought one or two thousand Japanese.
Japanese people are really obedient. When Yang Zhen told them to eat, the whole Japanese people were crying. Thought I was going to die. That's because many Japanese people have never eaten white rice. They believe that white rice is only eaten by daimyo.
In He Xi's view, the people of Ming Dynasty were actually very miserable. But in fact, in terms of suffering, in this era, the living standards of the eldest brother, let alone the second brother, and even the people of Ming Dynasty are quite good. Although it is said that it is difficult for the people of Ming Dynasty to eat a few meals of rice and flour throughout the year. But there are always. It is difficult for Japanese people to do this only a few times in their lives.
Not to mention, there were certainly many unfilial sons in the Ming Dynasty. But most people still have support. Of course, due to the times, the life span of the elderly is very short and they cannot be supported for a long time. But compared to the Japanese who widely let the elderly go to the mountains and forests to seek death in winter, it is completely different.
Yang Zhen raised rice. On the one hand, he had a lot of food in his hands. On the other hand, it’s because winter is about to begin. The weather has turned cold. We must strengthen the construction of houses, otherwise this winter will be very difficult. Only then did the treatment improve.
I never expected such a situation to arise.
In this era, the common people's concept of the nation is very weak. This is not only the case in Japan, but also in Korea and the Ming Dynasty. The people you know from your family and country are just some scholar-bureaucrats and have nothing to do with the illiterate common people.
Give them good treatment. Naturally, they don't care whether they are Japanese, Korean, or Ming people.
With the hard work of the Japanese, this small castle was quickly built.
Yang Zhen recalled a sentence repeatedly in his heart: "There are millions of people in Japan. There are millions of people in Japan."
Yang Zhen actually discovered Japan's greatest wealth. Not gold and silver, but population. In the pre-industrial era, it was true that there was strength in numbers. Population is the greatest wealth. none of them.
But regardless of whether Yang Zhen was willing or not, when the Northeast was being developed, a large number of Japanese moved in. Contribute to the development of Northeast China. Of course, for a long time in later generations, some historians studied this issue and said that these people were from the Ming Dynasty He clan, and they were slapped hard by their descendants.
They feel that they have been members of the Ming Dynasty for generations and have followed Prime Minister He. Those who migrated from the south are not the bird people on the island.
Of course, this is something to talk about later.
After Yang Zhen settled here, he quickly opened up the situation. It's not because of Yang Zhen's ability, but because this place is close enough to the Ming Dynasty. Many tribes know the reputation of the Ming Dynasty. Ye Shen's army passed by not far south of here.
However, precisely because the distance is too close, although the fur is profitable, the profit is not high.
Yang Zhen thought to himself: "It seems that we still have to go north to support the entire company."
