242 Japanese Conditions
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At least the white-name crane will not let the Japanese know too much, and it is impossible to tell the Japanese that you should not grow rice.
Bai Minghe stayed in Nianxue Tower for a day, and in Xingshou Courtyard for another day. On the last day, he went to see the launch of the new ship of Guanghai Xinwei. This was the first newly built ship after Bai Minghe came to Guangdong.
"This ship is a trial production of new technology, so it is made of cargo." Liu Mingxuan, the new Guanghai New Guard commander, introduced: "The captain is 17 meters, and the actual load is 2,300 materials. This eliminates the necessary forty-seven crew members on the ship and the load after a month of food and water."
Three and a half materials are a load of one ton.
This is a large ship with a load of 740 tons. Each ship can transport 14,000 stones of food.
"Do you want to try those pointed boats?" Bai Minghe asked.
"The soft sail is a better design to fight against wind and waves, but how to use it needs to be considered again. We have arranged to make ten pieces of 700 materials. If it is not easy to use, put them in Luzon, and if it is easy to use, we will build a larger one. Now our ship is very suitable for use."
Liu Mingxuan is not in a hurry to new ship technology, because the Ming Dynasty's transportation capacity is obviously insufficient at present.
"General Liu, the trading ship between the Japanese island. Who is the best person to be responsible? Is there a suitable candidate?"
"Fujian Navy Dusi Tongzhi Lan Hai. He is a very simple person. Whoever treats him well will be rewarded ten times. You have made the Fujian Navy huge profits and he will receive your affection. The most important thing is that he is a ruthless person. When necessary, he will not be uneasy about killing people."
Liu Mingxuan actually posed a huge problem for Bai Minghe.
"I'm afraid I can't invite this. If I don't let Lord Yu go and invite him, no matter what I shipped back to the island, it will be valuable things. I don't have enough civil servants at hand."
Liu Mingxuan smiled: "You should show your prestige to Nanjing once. There are many students in Nanjing. Just a few juren are in the surrounding provinces, it is no problem for you to find three to five thousand people. It depends on whether you have this method. When it comes to students, Guangdong is probably one of the few provinces with the fewest juren in the Ming Dynasty. It is not even as good as Shanxi, which fights all day long and Gansu, which is poor. In other words, it can be compared with Guangxi and Yunnan-Guizhou."
There are few talents. Bai Minghe sighed.
But on the contrary, Yu Qian sighed loudly. There are so many talents.
The Minister of War Yu Qian and the elder of the Four Dynasties, Hu Yi, were the two famous figures, who were the leaders of Shen Xiong. To be precise, they were eavesdropping.
Hundreds of people in the courtyard were neatly reciting a poem that was not a poem.
First, remove the denominator and then brackets, and remember to change the terms. If you do not merge the same type of items, the coefficient "1" has not been improved. To find the unknown, you must check and return the value, etc.
"This is a melody song for solving the one-yuan equation. Accountants must learn this way. Baiminghe does not need someone who only knows how to record the accounts. His account book is taken to the Ministry of Revenue. I am afraid that newcomers with no experience may not be able to understand it. I was forced to study for two months before I could barely pass the qualification, otherwise I would lose the leadership of the Da Nang line after the New Year."
Yu Qian used a branch to draw on the ground. The equation of one-in-one has been studied in the Ming Dynasty and has also been explained in the nine chapters of arithmetic in the Han Dynasty. Mathematics is progressing. Bai Minghe used this form of mantra from later generations to make it easier to learn, making arithmetic no longer a patent for advanced talents.
"Would you like to go and see the boat workshop to take classes? That geometry is a compulsory course for every craftsman. Some masters understand those principles, but it is the first time that they have become a kind of knowledge." Shen Xiong said to Yu Qian and Hu Yi again.
Hu Yi asked: "What else is there to learn?"
"There is another type called mechanics. This is a bit difficult. Lord Bai is still compiling textbooks, and several masters have also made great efforts. I am afraid that they will have to wait for the New Year before they can take it out. Recently, I heard that those blue-eyed guests also understand this and are willing to contribute. Time is indispensable, and they will only learn more!"
"Studying knowledge is always a good thing!" Hu Yi would not say anything like "I don't learn anything except Confucianism in the world."
Another messenger divided several teams to report.
The one who came to Yu Qian was a 100-household household with a responsibilities in the Jinyiwei: "Two lords. Things have moved. The Japanese side ended, and less than 20% survived. Takeda Nobuei was a top expert. He killed nearly a hundred people with one knife. The Japanese envoy's head was cut down by himself."
"Master!" Yu Qian asked back.
"He is a master, and a very powerful master. As several captains in the army said, he can at least take thirty or forty moves on Hua Wuxi without losing. He is definitely a top expert." The Jinyiwei Baihu replied very seriously: "Also, this person has a set of attacks. There are only less than a thousand people on his side. In addition, we have three thousand shield sword guards. Even if there are no weapons there, the fighting style is organized. The cooperation of spears, bows and swords is also very accurate, and it is a one-sided massacre."
Hiss... Yu Qian took a deep breath: "Bai Minghe can't be a scam with a tiger. Will such a strong character be difficult to deal with in the future after growing up?"
"No, no matter how strong he is, he will know the fire throne, who has the final say!" The Jinyiwei households are full of confidence.
This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty did not use firearms when helping the Japanese attack this time.
When hearing that the Japanese are powerful, not only Yu Qian, but almost everyone who is qualified to hear this news will consider that Bai Minghe chose such a fierce character. Moreover, judging from his current performance, he is definitely a heroic character. Will it become a trouble for the Ming Dynasty in the future?
Whether it is a matter of being a tiger, not only the people on the Ming Dynasty are thinking, but also the Japanese.
Rubbing the long sword, Takeda Nobue has sighed more than once: "It's really a treasure knife, I'm afraid it's no match for the top ten famous swords in our country. I really imagine that such a knife will be mass-produced. We have 14 treasure knives in our hands, and we haven't had a rolled blade for so long. Daming is really terrible."
"The more terrifying is that once our farmers start planting mulberry trees, the huge benefits will make many people no longer willing to grow food. Unless we force some land to plant food, our food will become less and less." The person who spoke was a very old man from Sanhao Family, who was not young and very strategic.
Oda None shook her head: "The three major tribes are suppressing us very well. If we want to get to power, we must make a decision."
"So, let's exchange it for enough food we can use for a year. Will the Ming people change it? How about making a test?" said the old man from the Sanhao family again.
Takeda Nobue put the knife in his hand back into the scabbard: "I want three million stone rice, what about your opinions?"
Three million stones are already a very huge number for these fourteen families. After hearing this number, the representative of the Miyo Family said: "The Hosokawa family is in conflict. Our Miyo Family is facing pressure from the Izumo Kyoji family again. The number of three million stones sounds a lot, but our Miyo Family wants 600,000 stones, not Damei Shi, but Japanese Shi."
A stone of Daming is 57 kilograms, and a ton is about 18 kilograms.
Someone has calculated in detail that one stone on the island of Wa. In the Tang Dynasty, one stone should be 17 or 8 kilograms, and in the Ming Dynasty, when the Japanese entered the Warring States Period, one stone of Wa should be between 100 and 125 kilograms. It can be understood that one stone of Wa is equal to two stones.
When it comes to the 600,000 stone rice in the Sanhao family, that is the 1.2 million stone rice in the Ming Dynasty.
In this era, the rice production on the entire island of Japan was almost the same as 40 million stones. In addition, other foods, for a population of 16 million, an average of three stones of food per year is one person. It can be said that many Japanese people live below the poverty line.
In history, even the nobles were very frugal in food.
There has been almost never been a case of a gorgeous table like China. Many ordinary people have brown rice and some pickled vegetables. Better nobles, there will be a pickled fish or some pickled vegetables. The Ming Dynasty’s delicacies, at least in the Japanese island of this era, could not be imagined.
"Sixty hundred thousand stones can support 130 thousand stones. Do you have so many soldiers? If you don't mention these, do you three good families have enough supplies to exchange?" Takeda Nobue asked afterwards.
"Yes, it's not a problem for our Sanhao family to take out tens of thousands of taels of gold. And we have young and beautiful people who can deliver at least one thousand people to the Ming Dynasty. These are at least twenty taels of silver based on the price of medium-sized maids in the Ming Dynasty. Even if it's less, there are ten taels of silver. Takeda Jun should talk to the nobles of the Ming Dynasty!"
When it comes to slaves, Sanhao family is a little moved.
It was strictly forbidden to acquire slaves in the Ming Dynasty, but there were many slave transactions in the entire Ming Dynasty.
First, long-term workers, tenants, servants, etc. who have signed a contract for ten years or even longer are half-slaves. They will receive an income, but their lives are in the hands of the master. Although if these people are killed casually, the master will be punished, it is just a punishment for money, not a murder to pay for his life.
Another type is maid, which is a very special type.
Many of them are bought from childhood and have three ways to go after they grow up. One is to be a concubine for the owner, the second is to marry a servant, and the third is to buy the right to get married. This type of price difference is huge, with the cheapest ones being four or five taels of silver, and the most expensive ones being hundreds of taels. Of course, like a courtesan, it cannot be calculated using silver.
An ordinary civilian in the Ming Dynasty worked harder, and only he could have enough food. One tael of silver a year was enough to live. And eating alone only required two stones of rice, plus some inferior grains.
"How many meters does this Ming nobleman have?" Another asked.
Oda Nodo replied: "At the pier, we saw about 600,000 stone of rice. The food was continuous, and it was estimated that there were at least several million stone of rice here. However, our Oda family wanted to buy some Ming sackcloths. These things could be exchanged for some gold and silver."
"I'll go and ask to see Lord Bai!" Takeda Nobue stood up.
It is naturally impossible for him to see the Baiming He. His name is to offer gifts, and naturally he is to offer the heads of Japanese envoys.
After receiving the news, Bai Minghe's expression was obviously disgusted: "What's the beauty of a human head? It's so bloody and scary. If I give me a few hundred stones of gold, I'm afraid I'll like it very much." (To be continued...)
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