MTL - I-Chapter 991 987【Women General Slave and Fusang Ji】

  Chapter 991 987 [Japanese general slave and Fusang Ji]

  When Cheng Jingming was exploring in Central America, Li Quan's trade fleet had returned to Manila smoothly.

  This time they not only brought back silver and goods, but also brought back a batch of animals. The ones with greater economic value were turkeys and alpacas.

  Turkey is very meaty, and the chicken legs and wings taste good. But it is large and grows fast. It is a meat-producing machine that is alive and well. When placed in China in the 17th century, it can provide more meat for ordinary people.

  After returning to China this time, only one year later, Li Quan discovered new changes.

  From Luzon to Taiwan, and then from Taiwan to the southeast coast, the number of Japanese in major ports has increased significantly.

   Japanese women in particular are everywhere in port brothels.

  When supplying supplies in Fuzhou, Li Quan couldn't help asking: "Why are there so many Japanese people suddenly added?"

The port supply merchant said with a smile: "It was organized by the Japanese shogunate to send women to the Celestial Dynasty to earn money. Many Japanese wanderers also went to sea, walking around the streets with knives all day long, kneeling down and begging for work when they saw rich people. These Japanese ronin are quite easy to use, their wages are cheap and they are obedient. It’s a pity that they don’t do anything else but look after homes. There are also marine merchants who recruit them as crew members and bodyguards in India.”

   "The Japanese imperial court organized women to work as prostitutes overseas?" Li Quan was quite surprised, and felt that this operation was too aggressive.

   In the past, many Japanese women went to sea, but they were all recruited by the colonists, and at most local lords were involved. This time the shogunate went off in person, and it did break through the lower limit.

  The cause was the Ming Dynasty fire a few years ago, and two-thirds of Edo Castle was burned down. More than 500 residences of daimyos, more than 700 residences of banners, countless samurai residences, more than 300 temples, more than 400 markets, and more than 100,000 people were burned by this fire.

  Edo City, with a population of nearly one million, has seen its population drop sharply by one-eighth, and there are countless homeless people.

  The city has been rebuilt for several years and has not yet been completed, and the streets are full of homeless people.

  The Japanese shogunate has financial difficulties, and the national treasury has long been empty. Even the Iwami Silver Mine, which is prohibited to be mined, was forced to reopen, and the exploitation of the common people was increased.

  At this time, in the face of China's occupation of Tsushima Island, the Japanese shogunate can only talk about it.

   In the face of increasingly serious smuggling, the shogunate seniors also completely lay down. Since it can't be banned, let's join. The old middlemen whose territories are far from the coast share the smuggling profits through power. One by one called Zhenxiang, and then moved their brains, that is, to transfer excess labor to China.

  So just this year, the shogunate united with local lords to export girls to China on a large scale. Some of them were shipped to Chinese ports to be prostitutes, and the shogunate and daimyo took a share of the money. Some of them were shipped to Chinese overseas territories and sold to single Chinese immigrants there.

   As a factor of social instability, ronin are also exported to China, and there are especially many ronin from Edo. Because of the fire a few years ago, all the homes of the Edo ronin were burned down. There was no house, no work, and more than 100,000 ronin were begging with swords. Riots may break out at any time.

  A few years ago when Edo Castle was rebuilt, these ronin could still do odd jobs, and they only needed to take care of the food. Now that most of the buildings have been repaired, there is no chance of moving bricks to make a living. The ronin are getting more and more unemployed, so they simply throw them to China.

  The chief secretaries of Fujian and Zhejiang successively issued decrees that Japanese ronin were no longer allowed to go ashore. The Japanese ronin who have landed have a three-month deadline to find a job, and those who have an employer can apply for a temporary certificate. After three months, if they still can't find an employer, they will either be sent back to Japan, or they will disperse the immigrants and go to Siberia.

   Li Quan's fleet passed by Ningbo and found that the situation here is more obvious, because Ningbo Port is the closest to Japan.

  Ningbo's wealthy families often take Japanese ronin as attendants when they go out.

   Moreover, it also customized equipment for Japanese ronin. Using bamboo pieces to imitate the Japanese Nanban armor, after putting on the armor, the ronin turned into Japanese generals one after another, which seems to be particularly bluffing, but in fact the armor has little protection.

   This effect is what they want. With a group of "Japanese generals" going out, the rich Chinese feel that Bel has face.

   There is also a specific title: Japanese general slave.

  Referred to as "Japanese general slave" and "Japanese general".

  In addition, Japanese girls with good looks were also bought by wealthy families as concubines and maidservants. It is called Dongyang Ji and Fusang Ji. After the orchid trend, Fusang Ji became popular again.

  Some human traffickers resumed their old business, buying young orchids and Fusangji, and training these foreign women according to the training standards of Yangzhou skinny horses. Over the past few years, the profit has been tens or even hundreds of times.

  The general Japanese and Fusang Ji trend is spreading from Fujian and Zhejiang provinces to Jiangsu and Guangdong.

  Local officials went to the shuffle one after another, asking the imperial court for a control standard. Of course, the local government has responded, but some policies require the cooperation of the central government, such as throwing Japanese ronin to Siberia.

  An official ship came to the Shanghai post station, and the Shanghai post station soldiers received the official document and immediately sent it to the county government.

  The rest of the official documents will be transferred to sea ships and sent to other coastal ports.

  The official documents of the court are as follows:

  First, those who have a Chinese business company or private employment contract, these Japanese ronin can go ashore. However, the term of the employment contract must be more than three years.

  Second, the Japanese ronin after going ashore must apply for a temporary certificate and must take a Chinese name.

  Third, if the Japanese ronin who have landed have no employers, they will be managed centrally. Most of them were sent to Xuzhou for registration, and a small part was sent to Chengdu for registration.

  Fourth, the ronin registered in Xuzhou will be sent to the Anton Governor's Mansion next year. The ronin registered in Chengdu will be sent to Kham and Tibet next year. These ronin are resettled in villages, and each village can accept up to 10 ronin.

  In the areas of Heilongjiang and Kangzang, the imperial court first established post stations, and then developed Han villages and towns centered on the post stations.

  This policy is equivalent to placing ten Japanese immigrants around each station. In remote and bitter cold places, wanderers can't make trouble, and they must have Chinese names, and they will assimilate into Han Chinese over time.

   It not only solves the problem of ronin in the coast, but also enriches the population of the frontier.

  Especially in the Outer Xing'an Mountains area, the Han people didn't want to go there at all, and the number of exiled prisoners was not enough. These ronin were regarded as waste.

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  Deer Region (Yakutsk).

  Zhang Tingxun has been stuck here and has not left. He has been promoted to the head of Luzhou, and the military and political power has been seized.

  His jurisdiction, theoretically speaking, is larger than the entire Fujian Province.

  But what can really be managed is the one-acre three-point land in Luzhou City.

  Soldiers rotate on defense every year, and the number has increased to 80. Many soldiers married native wives. After the defense change, their wives and children stayed in Luzhou, and they would come back for reunion after the next defense change. Usually, they were taken care of by comrades-in-arms.

   There are few exiles assigned here. After a few years, there are only six of them, and they all married aboriginal wives one after another.

  Including underage children and native wives, Zhang Tingxun has a total of more than 200 people.

   Women's dystocia and infant death are very common in the cold Luzhou, and military doctors can only slightly reduce the data. Zhang Tingxun's native wife gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the daughter died when she was half a year old.

  In addition, several nearby indigenous tribes often fight over pastures.

  Zhang Tingxun is in charge of mediation. The root cause of tribal wars is that the population is increasing, but the pastures are not allocated enough. To put it bluntly, it is the contradiction between man and land. That being the case, the excess population can be relocated to settle in Luzhou, where fishing and farming are the main activities, and it can accommodate more people.

  The aborigines directly governed by Zhang Tingxun have almost increased to 150 people, all of whom live near Luzhou City.

  Next year, there will be 10 Japanese ronin immigrants.

   At the same time, the surrounding tribes also began to learn farming techniques. They exchanged goods such as ivory and furs for agricultural tools and seeds of the Han people, and crops such as potatoes and barley began to be popularized, which greatly improved the lives of indigenous tribes.

  The soldiers and supply teams who came to change defense last year brought Zhang Tingxun an order to dispatch troops.

  He must lead his army west along the Lena River, attack 1300 miles, and take the Cossack stronghold there (Olyok Minsk).

  This year, the river had just thawed, and Zhang Tingxun led his army to set off.

  Because of the war, last year's rest soldiers did not leave, and Zhang Tingxun had 100 regular troops under his command. Several nearby tribes, as well as the indigenous people of Luzhou City, mobilized 200 people as auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands.

  They took a boat all the way to the west, and they would cast nets to catch fish on the way.

   This **** Khabarov is very useful. He not only teaches everyone how to grow food in the permafrost, but also teaches the Han people how to make Cossack ships. There are also Han craftsmen in Luzhou. On the basis of Cossack ships, they are improved with Han shipbuilding technology, which is very suitable for sailing in the extreme north.

  The most important thing is that this thing can be disassembled. After going ashore, it is carried and run, and reassembled when encountering the river, which is extremely practical in sparsely populated Siberia. The heavy mast can be thrown at any time, and it can be used by chopping one before going into the water.

   This improved Cossack ship is called "Deer Ship".

  Large deer boat, can take thirty people.

  A small deer boat that can take seven or eight people.

  The indigenous auxiliary soldiers who went out with the army all took birch bark boats, which are traditional Siberian indigenous ships.

   More than a hundred ships, large and small, headed towards Olyok Minsk mightily.

  The ultra-long distance of 1300 miles can be reached in a month, and you can stop to rest in the middle, and cast a net to catch fish to increase supplies.

"Hey!"

   It is sprinkled in one net again, and there is always something to gain.

  Siberia, which is inaccessible to human beings, is rich in fish resources. The premise is to have excellent fishing nets. The local aborigines lack materials for making nets, so the fishing methods are very primitive. The hemp rope fishing nets brought by the Han people are all sought-after commodities for the aborigines and can bring them rich fish.

  On the shore, two hundred indigenous auxiliary soldiers took out traditional dipping materials and began to slaughter fresh fish to eat raw fish.

  As for the Han soldiers, they cook fish soup honestly.

   As long as there are conditions to eat cooked food and drink boiled water, soldiers are forbidden to eat raw food and drink raw water. This ordinance is written into the Datong Military Law, and exceptions can only be made under extreme conditions.

  Lena River has been renamed Lujiang.

  Looking at the sparkling river water, Zhang Tingxun’s thoughts had already flown to Nanjing. After this battle, he should be promoted and transferred away. He has to go back to Nanjing to have a look. His mother and his original wife are still waiting for him.

  Siberia is indeed very difficult, but as long as you work for a few years, you can be promoted quickly. Especially those who have been stationed for a long time without changing defenses, once transferred, they will be promoted 100%, which makes more and more soldiers willing to stay permanently.

  (end of this chapter)