The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 354
Ding Yi handed Shang Kexi a note with the names of all the shops and stores in Nagasaki that were close to the shogunate.

"The three of you, each lead a team. You don't need too many. Twenty soldiers and one hundred coolies are about the same. There are no Japanese troops in Nagasaki anymore."

"Scan through the list. All the goods that can be dragged will be dragged away, and those that cannot be dragged will be burned. All silver and copper coins will be taken away, and nothing will be left behind."

"No." The three of them grinned loudly. The feeling of smashing up other people's shops and stealing their goods is not very good.

Ding Yi whispered a few words to the monk Kexi, and soon Xu Erxian and the others ordered two armored soldiers and horses, and each selected a hundred Japanese commoners as coolies.

These coolies were all invited from Hirado, and each of them paid one or two silver per day. These people were very happy.

They brought soldiers and horses and began to search the streets according to the list, all looking for troubles with deep relations with the shogunate.

Whoever dares to resist will be killed.

Bang, bang, soon, the city of Nagasaki was full of gunshots, and the whole Nagasaki was shrouded in fear and panic.

In the afternoon, a steady stream of goods and people came to the port from all directions. Carts of goods, silver, copper coins, and grains were endless.

Ding Yi asked people to transport the goods, silver and copper coins onto the ship, and the grain was piled on the shore first.

Then send people to talk to the local common people everywhere.

The Ming army sent food tomorrow morning, and each commoner could receive five stones. For a while, the local commoners who had been cursing at the Ming army were all ecstatic and praised.

Japan at this time was actually similar to the Ming Dynasty. In some places, natural disasters continued, and ordinary people could not even eat enough to eat. A few years later, the famous "Shimabara Uprising" broke out.

Just like in the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people couldn't get enough to eat, and noble officials were full of food and stones.

Ding Yi sent troops to plunder Nagasaki wantonly, robbing countless supplies and wealth, and food piled up like a mountain, because the Nabeshima clan only wanted to escape with ships and soldiers, and many things were too late to transport.

Ding Yi's boats came rarely, and there was no shortage of food, so he took the money for supplies and gave away most of the food.

For a while, the common people near Nagasaki praised the Ming army and cursed the shogunate and local bureaucrats.

As for Ding Yi's departure, whether the Naoshima clan will send troops to snatch it back from the common people is none of Ding Yi's business.

Because of Nagasaki's special geographical location and being a trading port, Ding Yi plundered a large amount of materials and wealth from the shogunate and Nabeshima clan. The 25 ships were divided into three batches, and it took three times to transport many materials to Hirado.

According to statistics afterwards, including all kinds of ores and Japanese specialty goods, they bought foreign raw silk, silk and satin and other materials and transported 36 ships.

Gunpowder, nitrate, sulfur and other artillery materials were transported in five ships, and a total of 62 taels of silver was robbed from various merchants (among them, the shogunate’s commercial hall and Nagasaki Fushin’s house robbed nearly 30 taels.) More than 300 copper coins Wanwen, more than 2 taels of gold.

In the end, another [-] stone grains were transported away.

The total value of all the goods and belongings was close to 130 million, which made Ding Yi suddenly rich again.

The goods of dozens of merchants with ordinary relations with the shogunate were directly detained by Ding Yi in Nagasaki, and Qiu Zhentai and Yu Liangtai led five hundred soldiers to guard them.

Then Yu Liangtai announced that because we only target the shogunate, we will investigate clearly. If the merchants have no deep relationship with the shogunate, they will return the goods to the original owners afterwards.

For a while, merchants whose goods had been confiscated came to their door one after another, saying that they had nothing to do with the shogunate.

But soon they realized that it was useless to say that, and Yu Liangtai would not give anyone face.

Everyone asked for it for three days, but no one could get the goods back.

At this time, someone told a friend in private, I heard that there is a Ming man named Wu Guochun who has a good relationship with the Ming army. Two beautiful Japanese ladies bought the cost and got the goods back.

Therefore, all the merchants whose goods were seized in Nagasaki were looking for Wu Guochun, a Ming man.

The merchants here have no background but are not qualified to open shops here. They are basically the spokespersons of the famous Japanese and feudal lords.

Soon, someone found Wu Guochun. Wu Guochun said frankly that his sister was the concubine of a high-ranking general in the Ming army. The Lord can do this, but if you want to get the goods back, I will take one-tenth of the benefits.

Local businessmen are secretly scolding Wu Guochun for being greedy, but they are willing to make friends with him.

This Wu Guochun is also very capable. After receiving the money, it will not be long before Yu Liangtai will return the seized goods to them.

All the famous feudal lords felt that Wu Guochun could speak in the Ming army.

Soon, famous confidantes will come to the door, wanting to bribe Wu Guochun with a lot of money to buy artillery and firecrackers of the Ming army.

Wu Guochun thought about it: "Ding Yi of the Ming Dynasty is very strict with artillery, and it is more difficult to sell it."

Everyone understands it as soon as they hear it. Did you say it was difficult, but you didn't say it was impossible, so hurry up and send money and beauties.

Wu Guochun was soft on accepting beauties and cash registers.
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The news of Ding Yi's plundering of Nagasaki quickly spread to Hirado.

And there is also news that in Nagasaki, many Japanese businessmen want to buy guns from the Ming army.

I heard that Mingren Ding Yi agreed, and Mingren's warship may sail to Edo next time.

At this time, the negotiation has reached the eighth day, and Ding Yi has not yet finished shipping the goods.

Finally Jiro Abe was willing to let go.

But at this time, the conditions offered by the Ming people are still very shameless, and it can even be said to be - loss of power and humiliation of the country.

The people of the Ming Dynasty demanded that, first, Datian, Shimane County be designated as the Ming Concession, with a lease term of 100 years, and the people of the Ming Dynasty pay 1000 taels of silver in rent every year.

[-]. Iwami Yinshan was leased to the Ming people, and [-] silver was given to the shogunate every year.

[-]. The Ming people stationed [-] troops in Daejeon, and the grain and rice were provided by Japan.

[-]. To open the trade route between Dongjiang and Japan, Dongjiang ships have special privileges, and the tax is one-twentieth.

[-]. The Ming people built an office in Hirado, and Hirado provided housing without rent. (This basically has nothing to do with the shogunate, as long as Songpu agrees)

500. The raw silk, sugar, ceramics and other items purchased by the shogunate every year are provided by Dongjiang, and the price is based on the market price. The Ming people require the shogunate to purchase a minimum quantity of each item, such as raw silk, which requires the shogunate to purchase at least [-] yuan a year catties, and the market price is not less than [-] taels of catties.

This price is still normal, not outrageous, but the quantity is a bit excessive, because the shogunate does not necessarily use so much every year.

100. Compensate the Ming army for this expedition with [-] million taels of silver.

Zhao Dashan mentioned more than a dozen points, Songping and Tomita didn't care, they were old friends with Ding Yi, so of course they turned a blind eye.

Abe was furious, lost his power and humiliated the country, and would rather fight to the death.

Abe kept protesting and delaying.

Speaking of No. 16, there was news from outside that Ding Yi had taken the navy to Edo.

Abe was in a hurry, asked for a timeout, gave some time, and went back to report to the shogunate.

But at this time, someone from the shogunate came again, it was Abe's brother, Abe Tadaaki of Tokugawa Iemitsu's six members.

(End of this chapter)