"Terrone Chitose, His Highness Ning's army is now divided into three groups, one by the command of the general Kumaki Masayuki, the command of the general Kumaki Masayuki, to besiege Osaka Castle, and to sweep Hanoi, Kazuzu, and to build castles in the main areas of these three countries, which is considered to last. There are about 40,000 soldiers on this route.

The other route was commanded by the left guard Lieutenant General Fujito Takagi to attack Yamato, seize the ancient capital of Japan, and try to recruit the rich people of Iga to open up a channel to the Isezu family. The troops on this route were only 24,000.

The last route refers only to the capital of Japan, Heian Kyoto! He was personally led by His Highness Ning and Emperor Hiroko, and his troops were also 40,000. After attacking Yamacao Kingdom, he divided his troops into two groups, capturing Yodo Castle (now incorporated into the Fushimi Vajra), surrounding Fushimi Castle; he entered Heian Kyo and attacked Nijo Castle..."

Zheng Zongming, who was reporting the situation of Japanese war in Shijiantang in Shanghai, reported to Zhu Cixuan in Japan. Zheng Zhilong's second son is now the prince who is the prince to wash horses, but he has never washed a horse (he hasn't done his job well). Instead, he followed Zhu Cixuan to run a bank and be in charge of Japanese business.

This time he went to Japan to invest and control the Osaka substitute, and also promoted the "five-year unlicensed transferable bond without coupons" in Japan - this kind of bond is actually paper money. Although the coupon is printed with "payment upon maturity", it is just to facilitate the recovery of the old version and issuance of the new version. Because some people always like to print money and spend it on their own...

Zheng Zongmei did a good job in Japan. He signed a shareholding agreement with the main two substitutes in Osaka Castle Town, and signed an agreement with more than 100 luxury dealers in Osaka to compensate for the debts of the substitutes with "five-year uncoupon-free coupons" - these bonds were lent to each of the substitutes by the Ming Salt Bank, and they had to pay interest!

In addition, Zheng Zongmei also received a 500-cho (about 7,500 acres) of land south of the Yamatokawa River from Emperor Koko on behalf of the Salt Bank, which was used to build the Japanese branch of the Salt Bank and other annexes - Zhu Cixuan, who prepared to develop and build a "Akigi-cho" on this land.

After signing several big orders, Zheng Zongming did not immediately return to Shanghai to report to Zhu Cilang. Instead, he followed Zhu Cijiong and Emperor Xingwu's Shangluo army to Heianjing, which was shrouded in war. He did not leave Japan until July of the 27th year of Chongzhen, arrived in Shanghai on the fifth day of August, and was summoned to Shijiantang the next day.

"Can Nijo Castle be defeated?" Zhu Cixuan was also very concerned about the battle between Nijo Castle.

Osaka Castle can be besieged for a few years, and Fushimi Castle can also be slowly attacked, let alone mountain cities like Wakayama Castle and Kameyama Castle... I can only surround and attack slowly.

But Nijo Castle must be captured as soon as possible!

Because if you don’t take down Nijo City, you won’t be completely controlled by Kyoto, and even Kyoto is not completely taken down. How should you be the emperor?

"The fight was defeated, but it was a terrible victory!" Zheng Zongming shook his head while talking, "It's so miserable... After more than a month of fighting, the corpses were leveled. In the end, the attacking Emperor's army soldiers simply stepped on the corpse and rushed up!"

"Just fight!" Zhu Cilang breathed a sigh of relief.

"The loss is too great," said Zheng Zongming. "The Emperor's Army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, half of which were soldiers of the Northern Army. Now I am afraid of the shogunate counterattack..."

"Can't be able to counterattack." Zhu Ci-chan smiled, "The news that I arrived two days earlier than you, the shogunate army commanded by Tokugawa Raiya and Masaoko, who were defeated by Uesugi Tsunaga and Takeda Shinji in the hilly areas north of Iiyama Castle, and the losses were very heavy... If the Tokugawa Shogunate still has enough strength, he has to consider how to stop Uesugi Takeda from invading Shinno and Ueno."

There are two routes from Ueno to Echigo. One is directly from Ueno to Echigo, and goes directly from Ueno to Numata, Sakado, and Bipa Island. It is very difficult to cross mountains and ridges along the way. There is also a fake road in the northern part of Shinono, and it is very easy to walk along the way, and the time it takes is relatively short.

For Ueno's 500,000-south Ishiba, Tokugawa Raiya, it is not only difficult to go straight to Echigo, but also unable to join forces with Masaoko and Sanada Nobumasa who marched from Shinono, and are easily defeated by Uesugi Tsunaga and Takeda Nobuji.

So Laifang chose to use Shinno, Masayuki, and Sanada Nobumasa to join forces, and gathered 30,000 troops from Iichi Castle to the north. As a result, he was ambushed by more than 10,000 elite soldiers from Uesugi Takashi's troops in the Mitsui Go Mountain north of Iichi Castle. Iichi Castle behind them was sneak attacked by 500 death row soldiers led by Takeda Nobuji.

After this battle, the old nest of Tokugawa shogunate, Kanto Yashu, was a little uneasy, so naturally there was no energy to launch a counterattack in Kinai.

Zheng Zongming breathed a little relieved: "Although the shogunate is temporarily unable to counterattack, it is also extremely difficult for King Ning and Emperor Xingwu to join. The five countries in the Kinai alone may have to be conquered for several years before they can be pacified. And... this military expenditure is probably going to be greatly overspent!"

"Overspending?" Zhu Cixuan smiled, "How could it be?"

"Why can't it?" Zheng Zongming said, "Now King Ning and Emperor Xingwu have tens of thousands of troops in the northern army. They have to spend millions of dollars every year without fighting. Once they start fighting, they need equipment, military rations, merit rewards, and even money to hire ships and people. Moreover, Daming, a vassal lord who is subordinate to Emperor Xingwu, also needs to spend money to rewards and pensions for merits!

With the current scale of the battle, King Ning and Emperor Xingwu may have to spend 20 to 30 million a year! If this continues, I am afraid that even your salt bank will not be able to afford it!"

Zhu Cilang smiled and thought to himself: He was actually worried that Zhu Cilang would have no money... He is really a good minister who is good at considering the lord!

"Is that true?" Zhu Cixuan paused and asked Zheng Zongming, "What should I do with the Tokugawa family? Where can I get so much money in the Tokugawa shogunate?"

Zheng Zongming smiled bitterly, "Of course the Tokugawa family has nowhere to make so much money... But the Tokugawa shogunate has land! Tokugawa Ieyasu left a 6.8 million stone Tianling for his descendants, and these lands can be used for merit and rewards."

Japan is a feudal society based on land!

The value of land is much higher than silver, because silver can be earned, and land can only be granted by the lord. In theory, in Japan, no matter how much money you have, you will never be able to buy an inch of land!

Therefore, the effect of distributing land to samurai as a reward is far greater than the distribution of silver. It is also for this reason that the Tokugawa Shogunate, which has lost the two major gold and silver production areas of Sado Island and Ishimiguo, has lost Nagasaki, Hirado, Osaka, and Kyoto, which are important industrial and commercial cities, can still maintain war.

Because the Tokugawa shogunate can distribute the Tiandi territory to the samurai below!

There is another advantage in distributing land, that is, most warriors who receive land will fight desperately to save their territory, and they can ignore rewards... What else should they say about fighting for their own land?

Even if you don’t have military pay, you still have to bring your own dry food and weapons. You have to fight armor and armor, and you have to fight desperately! Otherwise, the precious land will belong to others!

"Will that be enough?" Zhu Ciyang smiled and said, "The third brother, Izumi, Sado, Kaga, can wait, Echigo, Wakasa, Izumo, Toyogo, Iyu, Awaji and Half Ishiji, and they are about to take down Yama Castle, Kazuki, Hanoi, and Izumi. These are fourteen and a half countries. Why is Shitaka almost four million stones?

Wouldn’t it be possible to redeem part of this land?”

"Give the land of the Heavenly Territory?" Zheng Zongming was stunned. "But with less land, the emperor's income will decrease in the future, the authority of the court will also decrease, and the difficulties will be greater in the future... This is drinking poison to quench thirst!"
Chapter completed!