The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 189 In the future, he will be our enemy

In the middle of the night, Zheng Zhilong and Ding Yi talked secretly for a long time before returning to the boat.

Only to find that Shi Yong was waiting for him.

"It's so late, you haven't slept yet?" Zheng Zhilong asked strangely.

"In my opinion, Ding Yi has a lot of ambition. You have to be careful when you become an official." Shi Yong rarely called him an official, so he expressed his solemnity at this time.

"..." Zheng Zhilong was inexplicable: "What am I careful about? Can't brother Ding want to harm me?"

"What did he just talk to you about?"

"I want to go to Japan with me to do business and buy goods." Zheng Zhilong said: "He is short of money now, and wants to make some money, otherwise, it will be difficult to support his army, and he will not be able to fight bloody battles with the Tartars."

"I think he's doing a good job in acting, but he really doesn't have much iron and Su Gang." Zheng Zhilong said, "Let's go back and buy some for them."

"He is a guerrilla, what is he doing training so many elite soldiers and armor?" Shi Yong asked anxiously.

"Old Shi, are you having a bad day? Did Ding Yi offend you?"

"No, I just think that in the future, he may be our enemy."

"Hahaha." Zheng Zhilong laughed and shook his head: "You think too much, Ding Yi is in Dongjiang, I'm in the sea?"

How can this be?

The two are one north and one south, and the distance is one hundred and eight thousand miles.

And one is on land and one is at sea.

The point is, he felt that Ding Yi really wanted to beat the Tartars.

"An official, don't blame me for talking too much." Shi Yongdao: "Ding Yi looks young, but he has a lot of calculations."

"Today, I deliberately took us to the theater, so that you can see the difficulties of the Ming army, and you will definitely support him in business."

"With his ambition, little Lushun, he can't hold back his—"

"So what? Can he go to sea and compete with me?" Zheng Zhilong said when he talked about sea, he was really arrogant, no one but me.

"And I won't go to land. He even asked me to fight Tartars."

"What?" Shi Yong was shocked: "How did you reply?"

"Of course I refused. I can sell him iron materials and beat Tartars, but I don't have the skills." Zheng Zhilong's eyes were on the sea, and he had no time to answer Ding Yi's request to go to land.

"It's really not a thing, but he still wants us to help him beat the Tartars? After he becomes an official, it's best——" Shi Yong is now very wary of Ding Yi.

"Oh, it's getting late, go to sleep, the Ming Dynasty is not over yet, what are you thinking?" Zheng Zhilongjue's Shi Yong made a big fuss.

People say that he has a lot of ambition when he trains soldiers and horses?
Then what is it that I, Zheng Zhilong, dominate the world?
If you want to be in the court, do you also want to say that I am ambitious?

I just want to go back to my hometown in Fujian and become a rich man.

Zheng Zhilong's ambition in history is just that.

So he really felt that Shi Yong was too careless, so he couldn't help but drive him away: "Sleep, sleep."

Shi Yong was helpless, after leaving the cabin, he shook his head secretly, he could only look for an opportunity to persuade an official in the future.

On June 22, a huge fleet set off from Lushun to Japan.

There are six Zheng Zhilong boats and fifteen Ding Yi boats.

They were lucky. The day they left the lane was a southeasterly wind, and the speed of the boat was very fast.

Ding Yi set off this time with Shen Shikui, Xi Laojing, Ruan Siqing, Ruan Wenyan, Wei Jiye, Navy One Hundred, Wang Weizhong and a group of soldiers and horses, a total of less than 500 people.

Zheng Zhilong had more than 200 people there.

The sea wind changed direction halfway, and the fleet slowed down a lot.

On the 27th they reached Hirado.

At that time, the Hirado Domain was the center of Japan's foreign trade, and merchant ships from all over the world gathered. Zheng Zhilong's wife was also married in Hirado, named Tagawa Matsu.

Just last year, she gave birth to Zheng Zhilong's youngest son, named Shichizaemon, and has been living in Japan.

The eldest son, Zheng Sen, is in Fujian, following Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong came to Japan this time, first to go shopping, and second to see his youngest son.

After Ding Yi's fleet entered Hirado Port, he found that it was even more spectacular than the last time in Quanzhou. The port was full of merchant ships, and they had to line up for half a day to enter the port. Many large merchant ships could not enter the port temporarily. When you enter Hirado by boat, you are afraid that your business will be robbed by others.

But at this time, we can see Zheng Zhilong's influence in Japan. On the south side of Hirado Port, there is a special vacancy reserved. When Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrives, they can enter the port directly without queuing.

When getting off the boat, Zheng Zhilong said to Ding Yi: "This period is the season when my spring silk is abundant in the Ming Dynasty. There are quite a lot of raw silk sellers here, and you bring a lot of goods. You may not be able to sell them at a good price. Look for them yourself first. , if the price is too low, don’t rush to sell it, I’ll ask for it for you.”

"Thank you Brother Zheng." Ding Yi was very happy.

The two talked on the pier, and Zheng Zhilong explained some matters, gave him a badge, and temporarily separated.

Ding Yi didn't bring many people ashore, only more than 20 people, including Xilaojing, Ruan Siqing, Ruan Wenyan, Wei Jiye, twenty soldiers, Shen Shikui and four of his soldiers.

Others are on standby on board.

Shen Shikui has also been to Japan, and he is a little familiar, so everyone will go to Hirado Marine Trade Co., Ltd. first.

This place is equivalent to the intermediary in the previous life, where there are representatives of merchants from all over Japan, waiting to purchase goods from various countries.

Those who don't know may be waiting on the shore or asking around, but Ding Yi rushed here immediately with the guidance of Shen Shikui and Zheng Zhilong.

As soon as I entered the sea trade company, I saw many foreigners, of course, most of them were businessmen from the Ming Dynasty.

Like them, many Ming merchants came to sell raw silk and other things.

Ding Yi was not in a hurry, he walked around and took the opportunity to inquire.

As Zheng Zhilong said, now that spring silk is on the market, merchants from the Ming Dynasty brought a large amount of raw silk, and a lot of goods were piled up at the port.

Japanese merchants are seeing a lot of goods, and they are all lowering prices.

Damn it, Ding Yi instantly felt that he was going to lose money.

This time he worked hard to come here, and his wife has suppressed everything. If he loses money, he will lose all his money.

Raw silk is currently about 50 to [-] catties in Daming.

Ding Yi purchased more than 40 taels and 60 catties, and also more than [-] taels, depending on the time of the place.

Generally speaking, the average price is around 50 taels and one hundred catties.

Last time in Quanzhou, he sold 200 taels and made a small profit.

But this time in Japan, the basic asking price of Japanese merchants is around 220.

This is more than four times, certainly not.

Now that his population is increasing, his expenditure is also increasing, and this time the purchase is less, so he does not accept this price very much.

He and Shen Shikui together have more than 30 goods. According to Ding Yi's plan, they must sell at least 100 million yuan to be considered a success, because there must be a small amount of raw silk.

It is not easy to come to Japan. Ding Yi went shopping in various places in the early stage, then stocked up in Lushun, and then came to Japan. It took almost three months.

And this season of the year is the most conducive to sailing.

It is not bad to be able to go once a year, and those who go twice are specialized businessmen.

Ding Yi needs to train troops and buy other war supplies, so this year's trip to Japan is the limit, and he must earn more.

Next year, he plans to make two trips to Japan, so it's okay to earn a little less.

Raw silk is the most profitable, but this time the quantity is small, so we must sell more raw silk.

On the first day, they were divided into several groups, some to inquire about the price of the goods, and some to find suitable merchants.

At the end of the day, they learned a lot, but they didn't sell a single thing.

Stayed at a hotel in Hirado that night.

This is a relatively large hotel in the local area, and the people who live here are basically businessmen from various countries, and businessmen from other places in Japan.

It's more expensive, but you can also get a lot of information here.

For dinner, Ding Yi took everyone to eat in the lobby.

There were a lot of them, occupying four tables, and they ordered a lot of dishes, which also attracted the attention of many people on the scene.

But everyone didn't ask too much. After all, the people who came to do business were all rich and powerful. Some people brought more people than Ding Yi to prevent pirates.

Generally, people don't cause trouble, they do business, and they make money with peace.

And Ding Yi's soldiers and horses did not wear iron armor, and they were personal soldiers. They looked like ordinary servants.

Ding Yi, Shen Shikui and others lowered their heads and chatted, talking about the news during the day, eating and drinking.

After a while, six more people came up downstairs.

Looking at the clothes, there are three Japanese, and three of them look like Akira.

The six people took a look, sat down at the table behind Ding Yi and the others, and quickly ordered.

Then we started chatting in Japanese.

Ding Yi glanced at Ruan Siqing, and Ruan Siqing nodded. He and Wan Wenyan could understand Japanese, so they immediately listened carefully. Any news at the moment might affect their business.

(End of this chapter)