The summer in Shidao is quite cool.
It is humid near the sea and there is always a gentle sea breeze.
It is a pleasant season.
However, it would be very hot to gather indoors for a long time, but Zhao Lie and more than ten people could only discuss it in the large tent of Shidao Naval Camp because the matter was very confidential.
"The Japanese shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu, has issued a lock-down order.
Starting from last month, all merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, Korea, Ryukyu, Portuguese in Macau, and Spanish from Manila will not be able to enter Japan.
Only merchant ships from the Netherlands will be allowed to enter Japan."
Access to Nagasaki Hirado trading.”
Du Li's calm voice echoed in the big tent.
Everyone was silent, listening to him introduce the situation of Japan's enemies.
"In addition, all missionaries have been expelled, and all those who have not returned to the country for five years outside the Japanese country will never be allowed to return to the Japanese country.
The Japanese navy camp has begun to investigate smuggling.
The two merchant ships in Macau were not allowed to enter Nagasaki and had to Went to Jeju for help and are waiting offshore."
After Du Li finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Zhao Lie and sat down.
Immediately, Li Hu, Zhang Gusheng, Huang Han, Li Lu, Lan Mingshan, Wang Haizhou and others who were sitting around were talking about it.
They were not soldiers below, and they were very clear about the importance of the Japanese country.
Nowadays, all merchant ships that want to reach Japan through the East China Sea must fly the flag of the Polu Army and pay taxes ranging from one thousand to two thousand taels of silver per ship.
The patrol ships of the Polu Army Navy were to discover merchant ships that had not paid taxes and smuggled into the Japanese country, and captured them immediately.
If they encountered resistance, they were sunk.
This situation is very clear to the Ming Dynasty, Koreans, Ryukyus, and even the Netherlands and Spain.
They paid all this money.
At least the income from sea trade is still very large.
The tax of one or two thousand taels more is very painful, but compared with the income from sea trade, it is affordable.
This account They can carry it clearly.
In this way, last year's more than 700 sea-going ships brought more than 800,000 taels of silver to the Polu army.
Even if the 100,000 taels of silver as rewards for the soldiers were removed, there was still a profit of more than 700,000 taels, which is equivalent to every He contributed more than 60,000 taels of silver to the Polu army every month.
This is a bank that flows on the sea, and the income generated is higher than that of Qunye Bank.
These were continuously transformed into armor, war horses, artillery, and war ships, further enhancing the strength of the Polu army.
To be honest, the Polu Army generals had estimated that the amount of tax collected would be more than 100,000 taels of silver.
Although there are benefits, the benefits are still far behind those from salt products and cement.
Unexpectedly, the benefits are now as good as those from salt products and cement.
If the Japanese country is locked up, what is the use of dozens of merchant ships a year by the Dutch alone?
The income will be too much.
I'm afraid it's only tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is unbearable for the Polu Army.
After all, no one can bear it if you ask a person who is used to spending a lot of money to spend only one tael of silver every day.
This will greatly affect the speed of the Polu army's expansion of strength, which is indeed unbearable.
"Everyone, originally, the land distribution and other affairs of Denglai Dusi have not been fully settled.
Originally, it was not suitable for our army to go on another expedition.
However, this time I have called you to discuss sending troops.
That is because the income of the Japanese country is a large part of the income of our Polu army.
In part, our army is now preparing all combat soldiers and armaments Get on the war horse.
There are also a large number of Shandong refugees entering Beihua to open up, which requires a huge amount of silver.
Therefore, our country's silver coins are urgently needed for our army.
Although there are some stocks of silver coins in Shidao, Jeju and Beihua, if one If you sit back and have nothing for two years, then everything is over.”
Zhao Lie looked at the direct generals who were sitting down with bright eyes.
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Sitting here were all his direct subordinates and right-hand men.
"Therefore, the Japanese country must end its seclusion.
The so-called Japanese general's general order to lock the country is not acceptable.
Why, as the leader of this sea area, I, the Polu Army, did not say anything, so his general order cannot be implemented."
Everyone below burst into laughter.
"Brothers, we, the Polu Army, want to be the strongest in the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, and the Japanese Kingdom.
No one, the general order of the Japanese Kingdom Tokugawa Iemitsu this time is to delay the strength of our army.
He also settled this account, if Every year our Polu Army makes such progress, more ships will appear, which will make the Japanese navy never catch up with our Polu Army navy. " Zhao Lie's words aroused the ambitions of the generals.
This was the first time that the master had spoken out the order to build the strongest army.
Everyone listened to Zhao Lie with wide eyes.
"In this way, the Japanese navy will use the domestic land and commercial taxes to build warships, and the construction of our Polu army's warships and merchant ships will be stalled due to the lack of money.
In this way, within three to five years, they will be able to build warships in the Netherlands.
With the help of people, the number of battleships has been greatly increased.
Even if they are not as good as our Polu army, they still have a loyal dog, and that is the Dutch. " As soon as Zhao Lie's words came out, everyone immediately laughed.
The Dutch really seemed like lazy dogs.
"At that time, the Japanese generals and the Dutch will definitely work together.
One hates our Polu army to the core, and the other covets the Japanese and even our Ming Dynasty's sea trade.
They must have hit it off.
Therefore, our army will definitely We cannot wait until they are ready to give our army a blow."
Zhao Lie waved his hand vigorously, "The purpose of our army is to divide and attack them.
Before they jointly attack our Polu Army and Navy, we must defeat one of their troops first.
I would have chosen the Japanese State.
After all, the Japanese State is right near where we are waiting.
If we let them The number of naval forces has greatly increased, and I am afraid that our army will have a bloody battle, so we must destroy the navy before it rises."
Everyone clapped and cheered excitedly.
Now that the Polu Army has this background, of course they feel the same.
This is the result of years of fighting for these people here.
"Now let's discuss how to conquer the Japanese country.
As for the name of the expedition, you can find it casually.
For example, the Japanese navy robbed our Ming Dynasty merchant ships.
For example, the Japanese army seized our Ming Dynasty vassal Ryukyu and conquered the non-subordinates.
It was our army that defeated the Japanese.
Responsibility lies."
Zhao Lie.
"Sir, the most important thing here is the Japanese navy.
As Du Li said just now, the Japanese navy now has more than 60 Galen warships.
Compared with our army, the combat power is still far behind.
But if they don't go to war, It is difficult to deal with our army with fire ships in the narrow waters of the Seto Inland Sea. " Li Hu raised a problem that must be solved.
To attack the Japanese state, a navy must be used.
The navy must carry war horses and soldiers to the Japanese state, which is a heavy load.
If the Japanese navy attacks the fleet, plus a sneak attack by a fire ship, in the Seto Inland Sea It's really a big problem in the narrow terrain.
"Normally, the Japanese navy will not take the initiative to attack.
After all, if the shogunate thinks it has the strength, it will come out to fight me, so there is no need to lock the country."
Zhang Gu said.
"Then attack it and you will save it, and force the Japanese navy to fight decisively."
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Huang Han said, he had tasted the sweetness of attacking it and saving it.
"Oh, where is the place he must save?"
Zhao Lie asked with a smile.
Next, everyone searched for this place according to the map.
Everyone found that this place was really difficult to find.
It was close to the direction of the Polu Army Navy.
Kyushu was to the southeast.
Almost all places in the west were surrounded by foreign lords such as Ogihan, and the shogunate Most of the direct territories are in the central, southeastern and southern parts of the state.
Everyone deliberated for a while and everyone was dumbfounded.
"It seems that you forgot a place, here."
Zhao Lie pointed with his hand, and everyone looked at it intently, leaving the island.
"Your Excellency, you are referring to the Sado Gold Mine," Li Hu said.
This place is less than a hundred miles northwest of central Honshu.
The island has a small population, but there are gold and silver mines on the island with a lot of output.
This place is two hundred miles southeast of the waterway from Jeju Island to Beihua.
In fact, Sado has been famous for thirty years, and all the generals of the Polu Army Navy know this place.
Therefore, after the Polu Army Navy became stronger, many captains joked that if they didn't have enough money for shipbuilding, they would just grab Sado Island.
"There are gold and silver mines, but the output may not be very large.
If the Japanese country closes its doors and ignores them, it will be mined by our army for a few years.
After colluding with the Dutch in the future, they will fight a decisive battle with our army.
Once they win, they will not be able to Take it back?"
Li Lu asked doubtfully.
"Li Lu, you are just a martial artist," Zhao Lie scolded with a smile.
Li Lu smiled and didn't take it seriously.
He had been talked about too much by Zhao Lie back then, and there was nothing he could do to make him stupid.
"The Japanese country called its emperor the Emperor.
This is such an arrogant title.
Even the emperors of the Ming Dynasty dared not use the title of emperor in this way.
Think about their character.
When the Japanese country invaded the country, they fought with the Ming army for several years. , they found that the Ming army’s combat power was nothing more than this, thus fueling their arrogance.”
When Zhao Lie said this, all the generals were angry.
Most of them were descendants of the Denglai navy.
They had a deep hatred against Jiannu.
It was fine that they did not seek revenge from the Japanese.
A defeated Japanese general still looked down upon the Ming army.
It was really What is intolerable is unbearable.
"Finally, this place is the direct territory of the shogunate.
If it falls, the Japanese country will be in an uproar.
The Japanese warriors who have never thought highly of our Ming military strength will definitely demand a war.
If they avoid the war, how will the general be embarrassed?
Therefore, I estimate that the Japanese navy will send troops," Zhao Lie said decisively.
"This is easy to handle.
Just occupy Sado and then wait for the Japanese navy outside Ogihan.
The Japanese navy must pass through whether it attacks Sado or Jeju."
Zhang Gu said.
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He was very familiar with this place.
He often came here when he commanded the plundering fleet.
"I ordered Li Lu to lead the two thousand troops of Jeju Town to send troops to Sado, and bring more cannons, which are powerful weapons for seizing and defending the city.
Li Hu sent twenty patrol ships and Tang-class warships to escort, and merchant ships to transport Soldiers come ashore and capture the Sado Gold Mine."
Li Lu and Li Hu stood up and accepted the order.
"In addition, the Jeju Navy is fully prepared to fight against the Japanese Navy.
You and Sado's fleet will set off together and cruise in the sea outside Ogifan, ready to engage the enemy at any time.
As long as the Japanese Navy is dispatched this time, they will never come back."
Zhao.
Lie looked at Li Hu.
"I obey my orders."
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