The end of the spread of Chinese culture to the east was Japan.For thousands of years, Japan was influenced by Chinese culture and incorporated some of its own things to form the present Japan.At this time, Japan was not a weak country, half a century ago he had challenged the Ming Dynasty, which was the first in the world, and now it is considered to be weaker, not even weaker than the Ming Dynasty, which retreated to the west.It can be said that in East Asia, several countries that have been deeply influenced by Chinese civilization can actually be called ruthless characters.At present, the Tokugawa shogunate ruled with a population of nearly 20 million and more than 500,000 soldiers, and its strength is estimated to rank among the top ten in the world.The shortcoming of the Tokugawa shogunate was that its naval power lagged behind the times and was unable to expand outward, but with only 30 years after the Warring States period and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, no one was able to conquer Japan at this time.Zhao Ming understood the strength of Japan, and from beginning to end, he did not think about conquering Japan.Because it is not very cost-effective, the cost of conquest of a regime like Japan and Annam, which was influenced by China and established a complete military and political system and ideologically influenced by Han culture, will inevitably be huge, and it will not necessarily succeed.In addition, Japan was poor and remote, full of people, not wealthy, and often had volcanic earthquakes, and after conquest, it did not gain much.Therefore, in contrast, the Nanyang islands, and even Australia and other places, are difficult to occupy, the cost is low, and the land is fertile and rich.After all, on the road of great navigation and colonization, the East has lagged behind for more than a hundred years, and there is not much land that can be divided, and Zhao Ming Taiwan has not yet been digested, only his family goes to race with the entire West, it is indeed a little tired, and some can't grab the West, so he hopes to establish a Greater China Co-prosperity Circle, lead the younger brother and lackeys to carve up the world, and compete with Xiyi.Of course, this kind of idea is not yet mature, and it cannot stand up to scrutiny, and there are no conditions for implementation.However, at the moment, Zhao Ming can't help Japan, but it is a fact, so before leaving, he instructed Wang Jiaqin that at the critical moment, he can let Li Lai achieve his goal and not compete with the Tokugawa shogunate.At this time, as Wang Jiaqin agreed to the conditions of the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu was also very happy and invited his daughters to accompany him to a banquet.Wang Jiaqin soon met the situation that Zhou Hezhi thought of, the face of the Tokugawa shogunate, Wang Jiaqin couldn't help but give it, and he couldn't brush the face of the Tokugawa family.The next day, Wang Jiaqin came out with his back, and after some deliberation and argument with the retainers of the Tokugawa family, the two sides signed an agreement on the purchase of raw silk.As a result of the agreement, the Kako Company purchased 10,000 quintals of raw silk from the Tokugawa Shogunate every year, and the Tokugawa Shogunate allowed the ships of the Kako Company to trade in and out of Nagasaki.After receiving the order to let them go, Wang Jiaqin and the others immediately took a sea boat and returned to Nagasaki Port.The agreement was reached, although the entire raw silk trade was monopolized by the Tokugawa family, but Kato Household made great achievements and received a share of 1,000 quintals from the Tokugawa shogunate, which made Kato Takashi very excited, and he was full of ambition for a while, and he couldn't wait to cook wine with Wang Jiaqin and Zhou Hezhi Qingmei.At the beginning of November, the ships returned to Nagasaki, and just as Wang Jiaqin and Zhou Hezhi were happy to reach an agreement, they found that there were several more Dutch ships in Nagasaki Harbor.Zhou Hezhi frowned, stared at the Dutch sea ship, and said in a deep voice: "Mr.
Wang, it is not an ordinary merchant ship, but a gunboat and an armed merchant ship.Wang Jiaqin's brows also furrowed, and he retracted his joy!
…… Taiwan Tamsui, months of preparation, the exposition in the Tamsui Acropolis, has almost been prepared.As time went by, getting closer and closer to the expo, Zhao Ming led a group of people to inspect."
Guogong, the fair is ready to be held on December 12!"
Chen Mingyu walked as he walked.Zhao Ming bowed slightly, "The date is approaching, how are all parties prepared?"
”Chen Mingyu said in a deep voice: "The preparations are almost complete, just wait for merchants from all walks of life to come and purchase." ”"Then I'm going to take a look!"
Zhao Ming couldn't help but say.When the next group came to the expo venue, the temporary shops built were indeed full of goods."
Guogong, this is the silk produced by Huaxing Company, you look at the pattern, lifelike, under the candle fire at night, the butterflies on it can still dance."
Chen Mingyu pointed to a silk horse.Zhao Ming became interested, "I'm going to see this." ”Chen Mingyu waved his hand, and someone unfolded the silk, Zhao Ming took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw that the patterns on it were lifelike, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder, "How much is this silk!"
”Chen Mingyu said: "Guogong, this kind of silk is considered to be of the highest grade, worth nearly a hundred taels!"
”Zhao Ming couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this, he didn't expect a piece of silk to be so expensive, "There aren't many of this kind of silk!"
Chen Mingyu smiled: "Naturally, the whole workshop is just such a horse, mainly used for the façade, not for sale. ”Zhao Ming nodded when he heard this, continued to walk forward, and stopped in front of a shop.In the shop, a black guy was directing Xiao Si to decorate the shop, and suddenly saw Zhao Ming and his party, and hurriedly came out to salute: "I have seen the prince of the country!"
How could Guogong come here!
”"Excuse me!"
Zhao Ming waved his hand and said casually: "The expo is about to start, I'll take a look." ”Saying that, Zhao Ming walked into Zhang Yida's shop, and saw that there were a lot of goods on the cabinet, all of which were camphor, but they were divided into several grades according to the quality, and the best ones were packed in small bags and sachets.Zhao Ming casually picked up a sachet with camphor in his hand, and couldn't help but smile, "It's very thoughtful!"
”Zhang Yida said with a smile: "It's all the guidance of the Guogong, these are specially sold to Fujian, Liangguang, and put them in the wardrobe to drive away insects and ants." ”Zhao Ming couldn't help but bow slightly, took a turn in Zhang Yida's shop, and then continued to inspect, and saw various goods placed in other display cabinets and shops.On the display cabinets of Fujian tea merchants, there are all kinds of tea, and porcelain merchants are porcelain of various shapes and functions.Tea, porcelain and cloth are the main products of China's exports, and there are many businessmen who come to the exhibition, and in addition to these traditional products, there are many new products, such as various leather goods produced by Huaxing Company's tannery, and cigarettes produced by Huaxing Tobacco Factory.Most of these new products are Zhao Ming's attempts, and China needs new products in addition to traditional products to further occupy the market.Tobacco has been introduced to China for many years, because of its refreshing effect and a lot of propaganda among you Fanglangzhong, it quickly became popular all over the world.Zhao Ming walked over with more interest and picked up a cigarette wrapped in paper, except that there was no filter, it was no different from a modern cigarette.These cigarettes are not sold domestically, but consumables that Zhao Ming is going to sell to the West at a high price, he picked up one and looked at it carefully, and was very satisfied, "Yes, very good!"
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