Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2327 Dynamics of the parties

July 1697, 7, Ishinomaki Port, Hashiguchi House.

Han Feichun lay sprawled on the tatami, reading a piece of information stuffed by the gang of black skins in the office next door.In fact, according to their division of labor, Han Feichun, who is mainly responsible for running the business and making friends with powerful people, would not have access to such information.But who made him the nominal person in charge of Hashiguchi House? Many things cannot be avoided in their East Coast Japanese company, especially when it comes to money and things. Therefore, he, Han, has become more and more deeply involved in the matter. All kinds of conspiracies are underway, although this is not in line with his original intention.

This intelligence report is about the dispute between North Korea and Japan on the island of Tsushima.This broken island, Han Feichun has also studied it before. To be honest, it is indeed controversial. Because both Japan and North Korea have occupied it, the lord of the island, Zongshi, once professed his vassal to the two countries, although after all, it belonged to Japan for a long time. Some, but it is not unreasonable for the North Koreans to insist on coming out to fight.Not to mention, in today's world, the hardest truth is undoubtedly the fist.It just so happens that North Korea has been "working hard" for many years, and now has a population of 800 million. The abandoned fertile land in the country has basically been reclaimed, and the development of industry and commerce has also improved greatly. Therefore, this courage has grown up, and it plans to have a good fight with the Japanese on Tsushima Island. break break break break.

In the middle of last year, when the 1693 Asahi-Tsushima conflict subsided, the two sides broke out again.This time, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Japanese, the Koreans directly sent more than 2000 soldiers to the island.Although Ma Zongshi desperately resisted—it was seen at the critical moment that although Zongshi had been disconnected from North Korea and pretended to be a snake, but deep down he was still on the side of Japan—he was helplessly outnumbered and finally forced to surrender.

Surrender after defeat, of course, there is no good treatment for surrendering at the beginning.The North Korean soldiers on the waiting island grandly occupied the clan's castle, and then divided up the troops to control the important places on the island, so as to prevent people from secretly landing without knowing.In addition, there are four North Korean warships moored in the port, all of which are 250-ton warships ordered from the Heishui Shipyard. "The ship is much better.

At the end of the year, the Edo shogunate in Japan did not respond, but the Satsuma clan gathered an army and went to the island to fight.At this time, we have to mention the waste-like North Korean navy. There are four warships with great advantages in the sky, but they didn't find the slow-moving ships of the Satsuma clan and let them land successfully.But it means that the Satsuma clan knew that their warships were not good enough, so they didn’t dare to take the initiative to find the bad luck of the North Korean navy, and walked around them. Otherwise, it’s unknown if the four North Korean warships were blocked in the port and burned. .

This is the fear of beating wolves with hemp sticks. In 1694, two Korean warships bombarded Tsushima Island. Last year, six warships flaunted their might in the waters off Nagasaki. The Satsuma domain once mobilized and prepared to use coastal defense batteries to fight against the Korean warships. As for their own warships, they had no intention of sending them out to shame. It can be seen that the gap in this regard is known.So, this time they landed on Tsushima Island, they adopted a sneak attack strategy, deliberately avoiding the powerful warships of the Koreans, and planned to rely on the swords and guns in the hands of the landing warriors to decide the outcome.As for what to do when the North Korean navy blocked the strait and prevented the follow-up personnel from the Satsuma domain from waiting on the island, well, what to do after so many considerations, let’s do this first!If you lose, it's a big deal to cut seppuku, and other things can't be controlled that much!

The night attack of the Satsuma samurai really caused considerable results.Because there were a large number of old people from the Tsushima Clan on the island, they easily entered the camp of the new North Korean army in the castle town.The Koreans were a little paralyzed, and were caught off guard. The Satsuma warriors drew their knives quickly and eagerly, killing the North Korean soldiers so many that they had to flee to the seaside port.The Koreans stationed in Yanyuan City were also a little careless, but after all, there was a city to defend, which was much better than the camp outside the city, so they persisted until dawn, and the Japanese did not break through.

After dawn, the situation will be different again!The Koreans who retreated to the port relied on the terrain to withstand the last wave of attacks from the Satsuma warriors, and then stabilized their positions with the help of naval battleship artillery. There are also more than [-] people in Yanyuan City.And the total number of Satsuma soldiers who raided last night was less than a thousand, so there is still something to be done.

Two weeks later, more than a dozen North Korean warships arrived, including two elite warships built on the east coast.These warships not only firmly blocked the water surface, but also brought another [-] North Korean soldiers to the island.At this point, the fate of the Satsuma warriors who landed on the island was already doomed. After two days of resistance, most of them were killed, and a few scattered into the mountains.

The North Koreans expanded the stone so violently, to be honest, it also surprised the people on the east coast.Han Feichun shook his head when he first saw the information, thinking that the gang of black skins in Qiaokouya were right. The Koreans were wolfish and ambitious, and they have been expanding since ancient times. Constantly invaded and annexed, first unified the south of the Datong River, and then invaded the north. It took hundreds of years to expand northward, and finally defeated the Jurchens at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, pushing the border to the Yalu River.I believe that if it wasn't for the people from the east bank to block it everywhere, the Koreans might have taken advantage of the opportunity when the Manchu Qing was too busy to take care of themselves, and invaded the hinterland of Manchuria.The appetites of these guys seem to be insatiable!

Fortunately, the north is blocked by people from the east coast. The North Koreans seem to be "dissatisfied with their desires" and they have set their minds on the Japanese without considering the consequences.This group of Koreans are rampant when they are successful, and Han Feichun looks down on them very much.Zuo just spent so many years with people from the east coast, and the economy is deeply tied to the Far East and even parts of Nanyang, and he has made a lot of money.Now I want to come out and practice with others, and I am an old enemy for thousands of years, yes, you can!

Han Feichun slapped the report on the tatami bitterly and made a loud noise.A maid in a kimono gently opened the paper door, and after seeing her host's unkind expression, she panicked and closed the door.

"Oh, the Koreans, it's a big mess. Now the Edo shogunate knows about it, and has held two meetings to discuss what happened in Tsushima Island. What will happen next, you can tell! What a gang of troublemakers Fine." Han Feichun sat up, feeling a bit uneasy.

In fact, the government of the shogunate had sent people to Hashiguchiya in Ishinomaki Port before, and had a discussion with Han Fuchun, who was already the general manager here.The meaning of the shogunate is very clear. They have no intention of asking the people from the east coast to mediate, and they don't want to mediate. They simply proposed to order warships, and the order is ten.

Such a heroic handwriting made Han Feichun a little embarrassed.He knew very well that this matter was beyond his control, and he couldn't control it at all.But it's not appropriate to ignore it, so I can only make false claims with the shogunate, while planning to report the information to Heishui and Denglai tomorrow.When the sky fell, there was a tall man supporting him. He had small arms and legs, so what a fuss he was doing.

After thinking about it, he dug out another official document from the Manmeng Pioneering Team that had been transferred from Denglai.The content of the official document is very simple, that is, let them help recruit ronin through the stronghold of Qiaokouya, and serve as cannon fodder thugs in the Manchurian and Mongolian areas.For this reason, they are willing to give greater support to Japanese companies on the east coast in terms of trade, which is not a small benefit.

Han Feichun's eyes are not blind to the situation of Manmeng either.He knew that the tribes of Eastern Mongolia took advantage of the power vacuum formed by the fleeing south of Mobei Mongolia, and ran wildly to enclose land. In just a few years, they conquered a large piece of land.According to Han Feichun's understanding, the territory of the Chechen Khan has been swallowed up, and the old territory of the Tushetu Khan has also been eroded a lot.It is a pity that the number of Mongols controlled by the people on the east bank is too small, and it will not be beneficial to occupy more land.Therefore, at present, the four tribes of Eastern Mongolia are still following the principle of steady and steady development. While digesting and consolidating the territory they have already occupied, they are aggressively recruiting the Chechen Khan, Tushetu Khan, Balhu Mongolia, and Buryat Mongolia. Your own strength lays a good foundation for the next step.

But that's obviously not enough.The productivity of the Mongols is backward, and the population is relatively sparse. Therefore, it seems necessary to immigrate to the local area and form a few settled towns as much as possible. This can only be done by the farming people, and the Crimean Khanate relies on its territory. Like a large number of Polish and Hellenistic feudal lords and their subjects, the four tribes of Eastern Mongolia also needed farming civilization to provide them with industrial, commercial and even agricultural assistance.The Koreans were naturally rejected first, so the only remaining options are the Chinese and the Japanese, and there is no other possibility.

Obviously, the Manchurian Pioneering Team also had this idea.After the spring thawed this year, they sent a messenger to Denglai to ask the Denglai pioneer team for help.After going around and around, the copy of the report was transferred to the East Coast Japan Company. I believe that the Southern Exploration Team also received the report with the same content.

It's just——this matter doesn't seem to be easy to handle!Although it is not easy to recruit Japanese ronin, it is not impossible to do it.But vagrants are not just wood, they also have their own ideas, the most popular destinations at present are naturally Brunei and Dili, or even go to India to try their luck.As for going to places like Rabaul and Mongolia, to be honest, they are not keen on it, and it is more troublesome.

However, as a qualified manager, Han Feichun feels that there is nothing that money cannot solve. If there is, it must be that the money is not enough!But the question is, who should pay for it?This is not a small amount. According to the appetite of the Manchurian Pioneering Team, if it is not complete, it will cost more than 10 yuan. Whether it is a Chinese or a Japanese, they will almost have to pay this cost. [-] yuan, although the East Coast Japan Company has a big business, it is impossible to spend it so casually.The most disgusting thing is that the attachment at the back of the report transferred from the headquarters only mentions assistance in handling it, but there is no such thing as who should pay for it.

These grandchildren!Han Feichun gritted his teeth a little bit, laying an ambush with Lao Tzu.No, I can't bear this blame alone. I have to write an official report to the headquarters, and I can't let those people from the External Relations Department fool me.

"Hey, there is no one to worry about everywhere, just know how to fight and kill!" Han Feichun took out his pen and talked helplessly: "The Mongols are fighting civil war, and North Korea and Japan are fighting outside. What the hell is there to say that there is another expedition team going to the distant Aleutians to fight foolishly? If the Shun Kingdom and the Qing Kingdom fight again someday, it will be so much fun!"

(End of this chapter)