The whole trip back was pretty good, just a step-by-step trip by boat and horseback to Osaka again.

It's just that there is one more person traveling with him, a good chatmate who can relieve boredom on the way. Mamiya Rinzong, who was originally supposed to be sent to Huata, was sent to Kyushu by Murakami Shima no Cheng because of Hong Jinglai's suggestion.

In the name of surveying and mapping offshore islands along the coast of Southern Kyushu, we explore the details of Hisikari Kaneyama.

Not only that, he also brought with him an entourage who spoke the Satsuma dialect. According to him, this was sent to him by a certain big shot for the convenience of his trip to Satsuma.

The man who was a big shot in both the shogunate and Satsuma was none other than the former Satsuma feudal lord, "Takanawa Shigego Shogun" Shimadzu!

As the old father-in-law of Tokugawa Ieki, he was a rare outsider in the shogunate and held the position of shogunate. It was precisely because of his friendly relationship with the shogunate that he was able to continue to decide Satsuma as the former lord and relying on the power of the shogunate.

The direction of the feudal clan, and the power of the Satsuma clan, overtly and covertly.

Although in theory, all gold and silver mines in the world will eventually be nationalized by the shogunate, or sealed under the order of the shogunate. However, Hisikari Gold Mountain has a special location, in the hands of a powerful foreign daimyo like the Satsuma Kagoshima Domain with more than 770,000 koku.

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However, Shimazu Shigehao always obeyed the orders of the shogunate and could not find any reason to confiscate Jinshan.

As the chief minister of the shogunate, Murakami Shima no Cheng must know that a single move can affect the whole body. It would be unwise to rush to interview the general before being sure of the actual situation of Hisikari Kaneyama!

So he first visited Shigehao Shimazu who lived in Takanawa and told him that the shogunate was short of finances. In order to study the situation of gold and silver mines in the past so that he could better search and discover new mines in the future, he wanted to send people there for decades.

The exploration geography of Linggao Jinshan, which once produced gold.

Shimazu Shigehao is a sensible person. Although he is extravagant and likes luxury, he is at least sensible.

When the shogunate is in trouble, the Shimazu family is bound to do it!

Not only did they agree to send surveying and surveying personnel into the Satsuma Domain, they also helped cover it up, claiming to the outside world that they were surveying and mapping the coastal terrain. Everyone knew that the shogunate was also a poor man, but on the surface, the dignity of the shogunate still had to be preserved. Let’s talk in private

It doesn't matter, no matter how false the excuse is on the table, you still have to make one.

Recently, the navy of the Lucian Kingdom invaded, burned down the government offices, and attacked and killed officials. This just made the daimyo across the country realize that external disturbances would come from the sea, and their resistance to the shogunate sending personnel to survey and map the local terrain was greatly reduced.

If you don’t understand the geography of mountains and rivers, or the depth of harbors, how can you know where to set up forts? Where to berth warships?

Especially the great names of the Kyushu and Four Kingdoms, whether they are natives or newly transferred, everyone knows that the southern barbarians landed from this area in the past, so they have no objections.

Nowadays, the Tokugawa family is under the rule of Nagakun. The prestige of the shogunate is high, and all the great names in the world are willing to listen to the shogunate's call. They all hope that under the leadership of the shogunate, they will fight against foreign invaders.

However, it is hard to say whether Shimazu Shigehao would be so sensible if he knew that Hisikari Kaneyama was the world's top gold mine.

Hong Jinglai didn’t know anything about mine exploration. This professional knowledge still required professional and technical personnel. Hong Jinglai only knew that the ore veins in Linggao Jinshan were undulating and intertwined. They were distributed over a large area and in a wide range. They were deep and shallow. If he wanted to

It is impossible to detect just one or two mines at random.

Mamiya Norimune majored in surveying and mapping and minored in resource exploration. He understood the principles, but it was his first time to explore for gold mines. There were many coal mines in Hokkaido, but they did not have the manpower to mine them, and he had not investigated them in depth.

Anyway, I can only wish him all the best. Where can I put the gold? There is no problem, it will definitely be correct. But whether it can be found and how much it can be found depends on the ability of Mamiya Renzong.

"By the way, Inaba has tried cooking rice candy at home several times according to the method you mentioned. It is indeed effective. I am preparing to petition the general to open the Edo Sugar Factory."

"Why is it a government-run sugar factory!" Hong Jinglai was stunned!

This is a method used to solve the livelihood problem of farmers in Musashi area. If it is implemented in Edo, it will also solve the problem of rural surplus labor, and the situation of more people and less land in rural areas will not be alleviated!

"Yinhata feels that only by letting Yuzhi see that it is feasible and effective can we promote it and then implement the reform throughout the shogunate's territory."

"Do you want to do it step by step? Then you must make it clear to Inabashou that recruiting homeless people and providing food and clothing for the refugees is the original intention of this proposal."

As a shogunate official, Murakami Shima no Cheng naturally knew that the Tokugawa shogunate, which used to be somewhat visible, was now in a state of bleakness and could be said to be an old man suffering from various diseases. If the Tokugawa family could not be allowed to

Qi saw that it was indeed effective, but Tokugawa Ieqi might not be willing to make any changes.

Hong Jinglai had just seen this petty-minded and suspicious man. On the surface, he seemed to be a benevolent and philanthropic man, but secretly he was not a very enlightened monarch.

Not to mention the principle of respecting the basic and suppressing the weak, and encouraging farmers to teach mulberry trees was the most important aspect of the stability of feudal society. The feudal rulers believed that all farmers were imprisoned on the land, and that it was the most perfect situation to face the loess and turn their back to the genius all their lives.

Although prospering rural side industries does not deviate too much from this principle, such as persuading farmers to weave and raise silkworms, etc., this has always been supported by feudal rulers, but some people are bound to jump out and oppose it.

It would be better to let the Tokugawa family earn tens of thousands of gold every year. If you get it in your hands, the golden gold will definitely be more convincing than words.

Adding rice sugar to the leftover rice may not taste good, but in Edo, a country with a population of millions, it was easy to digest no matter how much it was. There was no risk of waste and the opposition could be silenced.

"By the way, Banjiu?"

"What?"

"Has the shogunate now restored the system of exclusive sales of goods by imperial merchants?"

"Partly yes, but Songping Harinden has promulgated many new laws before, canceling the exclusive rights of many merchants. Some products are no longer uniformly organized and sold by Zhu Zhongjian (to put it bluntly, the privileged monopoly chamber of commerce).

The market will take care of itself.” [Note 1]

"So there are still many products on the market in Edo and Osaka that can be traded freely."

"I don't know about this, but in order to lower prices, Matsudaira Habayashi-den ordered to stop minting copper coins, buy the currency on the market, and prohibit the import of coins to Edo."

The Japanese market seems to be vast at the moment, with a lot of potential!

[Note 1]: During the Edo period, industrial and commercial merchants established various Zhuchukans, and the shogunate levied a business tax called "unshangjin" or "qigajin". There was a limit on the number of people in the guild, and new participants had to pay a heavy price to purchase it.

This kind of privilege is called "Zhu". Because competition within the guild is prohibited and competitors outside the guild are suppressed, it hinders the free development of industry and commerce to a certain extent. During the Tianming Period (1781 AD - 1788 AD)
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