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"Really? That's great!"

Although Carlos is the clerk of the Governor's Mansion, there are more than one or two such clerks, and he can resign at any time.

In the next period of time, Carlos came to visit after get off work, told Cheng Jingming about the customs and history of the Incas, and asked Cheng Jingming everything about China.

When the Chinese expedition left, Carlos also resigned to the governor, followed them northward, and waited for Li Quan's trade fleet to dock.

Cheng Jingming has been instilling ideas, saying that China and the Incas have the same origin, and the more Carlos listens, the more he agrees in his heart.Because he heard that China defeated the powerful Spain, and the Chinese brothers are so powerful, they must be distant relatives of the Incas.

Chapter 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 are turkeys and alpacas.

The meat of turkey is very woody, and the taste of chicken legs and chicken wings is 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 but ask, "Why are there so many Japanese people suddenly added?"

The port supplier smiled and said: "The Japanese shogunate organized 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, and when they saw rich people, they knelt down and begged for work. 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, feeling 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 daimyo, more than 700 residences of banners, countless samurai residences, more than 300 temples, more than 400 markets, and more than 10 people were burned by this fire.

With a population of nearly one million, the population of Edo City dropped sharply by one eighth, and there were 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 had financial difficulties, and the national treasury was already 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 particularly 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 [-] 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, 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.

The rich and noble families in Ningbo often took Japanese ronin as attendants when they went 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 we want. With a group of "Japanese generals" going out, the rich Chinese feel that Bel has face.

A specific title was also specially given: Japanese General Slave.

Abbreviated as "Women General Slave" and "Women 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 returned to 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 were transferred to sea ships and sent to other coastal ports.

The content of the official document of the court is as follows:

First, those Japanese ronin who had a Chinese business company or private employment contract could 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 already 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 Heilongjiang and Kham-Tibet regions, 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 vagrants along the coast, but also enriches the frontier population.

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 state (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 grasped.

His territory, theoretically speaking, is larger than the entire Fujian province.

But what can really be managed is the three-acre 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.

The number of exiles here is also very small. After a few years, there are only six of them, and they have all married aboriginal wives one after another.

Counting underage children and indigenous 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 for 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 conflict between people 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 number of aborigines under Zhang Tingxun's direct control has almost increased to 150, and they all 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 fur 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 200 regular troops under his command.Several nearby tribes, as well as the indigenous people of Luzhou City, mobilized [-] people as auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands.

They went west by boat all the way, and they would cast nets to catch fish along the way.

This bastard Khabarov is very useful. He not only taught everyone how to grow food in the frozen soil, but also taught 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.

Most importantly, 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".

A large deer boat that can accommodate 30 people.

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

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

More than a hundred ships, large and small, headed towards Olyokminsk in mighty force.

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 a net that is sprinkled out, and there is always something to gain.

Inaccessible Siberia 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 for raw fish.

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

Soldiers were forbidden to eat raw food and drink raw water as long as they could eat cooked food and drink boiled water.This ordinance is written into the Datong Military Law, and exceptions can only be made under extreme conditions.

The Lena River has been renamed the Lujiang River.

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 [-]%, which makes more and more soldiers willing to stay permanently.

Chapter 988 [One general succeeds and ten thousand bones dry up]

Russia has established four warlord regions in Siberia.

First, Tobolsk.Jurisdiction: east of the Ural Mountains, north of Kazakhstan.

Second, Tomsk.The jurisdiction area is: a large area in the north of Xinjiang, China.

Third, Yeniseysk.The jurisdiction is: a large area in the north of Mongolia.

Fourth, Yakutsk, the jurisdiction area is: the vast area north of Heilongjiang, China.

Yakutsk was abolished from the four warlord districts, that is, Luzhou under the jurisdiction of Zhang Tingxun.

In the past few years, Zhang Tingxun has done nothing but cut trees, build ships, and farm land.Along the Lujiang River (Lena River) and its tributaries, attacked to the north and northeast, and pulled out Verkhoyansk and other strongholds.

Those strongholds are very fragile, there are fifty or sixty Cossacks in the large number, only a dozen Cossacks in the small number, and the rest are all natives who surrendered to Tsarist Russia.Not even a fortress was built, just some wooden walls, barely able to guard against wild animals.

Take Verkhoyansk, it's already fucking inside the Arctic Circle.

Not to mention the Han immigrants, even the soldiers of the Datong Army were unwilling to stay. Anyway, they took down the Cossack stronghold, destroyed all the buildings and left.

Those Cossacks were cut off, and the snatched furs could not be sold, nor could they get any supplies.The houses were destroyed by Zhang Tingxun, and even if there were groups fleeing, the Datong Army didn't bother to chase them down long distances.Either freeze to death or starve to death, or linger on.Without gunpowder supplies, their muskets are just fire sticks, and they will be killed by the local natives sooner or later.

As for the more remote Cossacks, in the absence of supplies, the Chukchi aborigines will teach them how to behave.

Historically, Tsarist Russia launched expeditions to the Chukchi people many times, but most of them ended in failure. They fought until the eve of the Opium War and failed to win.The biggest victory was that Tsarist Russia seized more than 4 reindeer after fighting for more than eight months.

However, the Chukchi people also developed and progressed in the war, and learned iron smelting technology and the use of firearms.

The more you fight, the harder it is to deal with!

In the end, they had to "coexist peacefully". The Chukchi people were nominally loyal to the Tsar, but maintained an independent state, did not undertake corvee, did not pay taxes, and those who voluntarily paid the fur tax had additional compensation.

Zhang Tingxun has already contacted the Chukchi people, and the two sides reached a verbal agreement.

The content of the covenant is: the Chukchi people obey the Chinese emperor and have the right of independence and self-government, and everyone will fight against the Cossacks together.The Chukchi people’s walrus ivory, walrus skin, antlers, buckskin, mammoth ivory and other commodities, the Datong Army regularly rowed boats every year to buy them, and the two sides had an equal and voluntary trade relationship.

The Chukchi people are willing to accept this kind of cooperation, because they also need materials such as ironware, cotton cloth, and salt.

The reason why they fought with the Cossacks was because the bandits were too shameless, they only knew how to intimidate and plunder, and they were unwilling to exchange items.

How generous and generous the Chinese are in comparison.

In the eyes of the Chukchi people, the soldiers of the Datong Army are all cute.And it's a cutie with a bad brain, who actually exchanged a bunch of rare and expensive items with them for souvenirs that can be seen everywhere.

Hailanpao's side is already bustling.

Han Chinese merchants are like sharks smelling blood, and they initially traded in the city of Andong Duhufu.With the opening of post stations along the way, merchants continue to go north, just to obtain goods faster, because the competition is fiercer as they go south.

Today, there are eight trading posts in Hailanpao.

For the garrison along the Heilongjiang River, half of the food and grass can be obtained through commercial transportation.Merchants transported grain to the north, and returned with goods such as furs and pearls.

Zhang Tingxun is responsible for collecting the goods in Luzhou. The supply team brings the supplies every year and brings them back to Hailanpao.These gadgets from the north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains soon became part of the trade, and mammoth ivory was very popular among merchants.

After the cooperation with the Chukchi people, walrus ivory and walrus skin became a new favorite.

No one has seen these things, because walruses only live in the North Pole.The merchants don't know how to set the price. The one with the highest price in the first year wins, and the second year they grab it like crazy.Rare things are more expensive, the price of walrus skin is even comparable to that of sable skin.

Just last year, two pieces of walrus skins were shipped to Nanjing and became the most sought-after goods at the auction.

The transaction price of the first one was 650 taels of silver, and the transaction price of the second one soared to 980 taels.To put it bluntly, it is fighting for wealth and fame. I have what no one else has, and Bel has face!

The northern merchants were ecstatic. These merchants frantically hoarded goods, and then squeezed toothpaste in the southern cities.

Moreover, it was agreed in private that the total shipments of walrus skins by each trading company in each major city should not exceed five pieces each year.As for walrus ivory, it is being hyped wildly, and the price of this thing is estimated to be even more terrifying.

The imperial court is happy to see the success of this, the more the goods in the north are fried, the more attention the people will pay to the north!