For a moment, merchants and wealthy households gathered in the auction.

Almost everyone still couldn't resist the temptation of the land.

Zhou Yangsheng seemed very excited. He bid again and again, and the initial price of one piece per mu was only 100 cents.

In the end, it pushed it to 500 people.

After all, for most people, five hundred essays are nothing.

And a piece of land worth 30,000 mu is only 15,000 taels.

Nowadays, commerce is developing extremely fast, and 15,000 acres are not considered a damaging problem for Zhou Yangsheng.

He even does not expect the land he bought to be worth immediately, or how much money he earns from this land.

But I bought this place, no matter how valuable it is, it will be passed on to my descendants in the future.

Even if there is no profit for ten or twenty years, what if there is a hundred years later?

After taking down a piece of land, Zhou Yangsheng was satisfied.

However, this auction did make many people see the popularity of land transactions.

Some people started to have thoughts, so... more people who have not yet bought the land are looking forward to the next auction.

In fact, the scale of this auction is not large, just the Zhang family is here to try it out. For Zhang Jingyi, this is a huge deal, because the Zhang family has too much land, one Siberia, which is twice as big as the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the pass. If the so-called 300,000 acres of land launched today, if it is sold like this every day, I am afraid that the Zhang family will have to sell it for a hundred years before it can be sold out...

And... the plots sold by the Zhang family now are mostly just neither good nor bad.

In the future, the Zhang family plans to keep the real railway line, and even if they want to sell it, they will need to pay more.

In fact, Zhang Jingyi didn't expect these bad lands to be sold at a price.

But after this auction, Zhang Jingyi realized that after the radical new policy almost completely closed the land transaction, the tradition rooted in a thousand years still did not disappear. A mature agricultural empire had the deep love for land, if it were not for the toughness of Emperor Tianqi and Zhang Jingyi, coupled with the absolute force of the Donglin Army, it would be impossible for the new policy to be implemented and suppress the desires of these people.

Now, this desire has been released again. Although this land is a thousand miles away from the land in the pass, it is because of its cheap price. In the past, those landlords traded ten acres and hundreds of acres, but here, the price started at 10,000 acres.

Zhang Jingyi is very busy now, and she can be said to be unstuck. She paid attention to land transactions during the day. As the evening approached, she invited the members of the class reunion in Lushun to have a meal. She did not talk about any major issues during the meal. It was just the development of the class reunion in Guannei. Of course, Zhang Jingyi was inconvenient to interfere in the matters in Guannei, so she just let the class reunion coordinate.

When everyone dispersed, Liu Wenxiu refused to leave. Zhang Jing knew that he had something to say, so he didn't show any expression and saw Liu Wenxiu in the small hall after everyone left.

Liu Wenxiu's identity is different from that of ordinary people. He is not only the backbone of the class reunion, but also the head of the Jinyiwei in Liaodong. He is exposed to countless private matters every day, so he becomes more and more taciturn.

"Teacher..."

"Sit down and take a sip of tea first." Zhang Jingyi seemed calm and smiled.

Liu Wenxiu nodded, sat down, took a sip of tea, and said, "The State of Japan and North Korea have come to report that they have sent envoys and will arrive in the capital soon. However, after tribute to the capital, they are planning to come to Liaodong."

"Is that true?" Zhang Jingyi was not surprised.

The strength of Liaodong has expanded, which is obvious.

For the North Korean country, Jiannu was a big concern, but the Donglin Army directly defeated the Jiannu Eight Banners. Since then, Jiannu also joined Zhang Jingyi's command. Now Liaodong is thousands of miles a day.

The North Korean country is far inferior to the Eight Banners, not to mention that it now has a neighbor who is ten times stronger than the Eight Banners.

Moreover, this neighbor does not seem to be a good-for-nothing lamp. Not only does he hold the Liaodong Donglin Army, but the Eight Banners and the Vagrant Army are also conquering the city and land. It would be false to say that he is not afraid in his heart.

Not only did Japan have information from North Korea and Liaodong, but what shocked them the most was the news that the Ming Navy defeated the joint fleet.

In fact, in addition to the Ming Dynasty, there were also the Dutch who had the greatest influence on Japan at this time. The Dutch once arrived in Japan and demanded that the founding of Japan. Relying on its strong ships and powerful guns, they directly occupied Japan's overseas trade.

Therefore, the Japanese knew the strength of the Netherlands, but just such a maritime overlord was actually wiped out...

There was an uproar in the country of Japan.

From the shogunate to various daimyos, they were actually uneasy. After all, decades ago, the Japanese and Ming Dynasty fought a war in North Korea. After this battle, the Japanese retreated to the Japanese island and planned to live a life behind closed doors. The Ming Dynasty did not seem to continue to be aggressive, but there were naturally rifts between them.

For the Japanese, as long as I close the door, even if there are millions of powerful troops in the Ming Dynasty, after all, I don’t have to be afraid of them. But now... it seems to be different.

This means... Once Zhang Jing from the Ming Dynasty or Liaodong has a heart-warming relationship, it will inevitably be a disaster for Japan.

Therefore, whether it is North Korea or Japan, envoys were sent immediately. The North Korea was fine. After all, it was a small China. The Ming Dynasty summoned vassal states to pay tribute. This North Korea was often the leader, and at most it was just a concern.

Japan was more afraid than concern, fearing that something might happen, so it came to Liaodong to test the verdict, but it was their true intention.

Once Liaodong shows an unfriendly intention, at least it is better to take precautions within the Japanese island as soon as possible.

The Liaodong Jinyiwei has now sent a lot of people to Japan, thus reporting all the movements of Japan.

Zhang Jing nodded when he heard this: "The Ming Dynasty implemented the new policy, which was a change of a thousand years, but for the vassals, isn't it a change of a thousand years? Now that they are suspicious of each other, it's just a thing that's the past."

"What are the plans of mentor?" Liu Wenxiu paused and then lowered her voice: "There are many hopes for the public opinion in Guanzhong and Liaodong recently to cross the sea..."

Zhang Jingyi said: "Cross the sea? What are you doing when crossing the sea?"

"Avenge the revenge of that arrow!" Liu Wenxiu said seriously.

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "This is what the merchants are clamoring again?"

Liu Wenxiu hurriedly said: "Not only merchants, but also many people among the refugees and Jiannu people... In the hope of a war, many newspapers also had many such articles early on. Many articles had even been spread to the vassal states, which caused greater worries."

Zhang Jing nodded and sighed, "Now everyone has tasted the sweetness. In this war, the imperial court needs to purchase how much cotton, steel and gunpowder, and I don't know how many people want to make a fortune. What's more... In Liaodong, even the snow in the far north, there are still some snow in the north. However, the land of this country of Japan and even North Korea is much more fertile. Regardless of the past, everyone is greedy for their land, right?"

Liu Wenxiu smiled.

Zhang Jingyi said, "Actually, to put it bluntly, now that our military strength is strong, once the war starts, it will inevitably be a crushing situation, with small losses, but great benefits. In addition, many merchants have tasted the sweetness, and there are still troops. Don't you know that many people in the army are counting on making meritorious contributions? But... After all, all countries are surrendered, and once they start a provocation, they will inevitably lose their morality. If you choose to start a war, why not defeat the enemy without fighting?"

Liu Wenxiu said: "My teacher... defeated the enemy without fighting?"

Zhang Jingyi sighed and said, "How much do you know about the Japanese situation?"

Liu Wenxiu thought for a while and said, "Students have collected a lot of information from the Japanese island over the years and have learned a little about the general matter."

"Do you know how their shogunate dealt with other princes?"

This seemed to be Liu Wenxiu taking the exam. After hearing this, Liu Wenxiu's eyes lit up and said, "What my teacher said is "The Laws of the Wu Family"?"

Zhang Jing smiled: "I never thought you knew so deeply."

Liu Wenxiu said: "In order to weaken the princes, the shogunate issued this decree. In addition to the agreement that no criminals should be sheltered and the etiquette of the superiors and subordinates, one of them...is about the system of the princes entering Edo Castle to meet the shogunate. Students think that this is the foundation for the shogunate to check and balance the princes now."

"The Japanese called this decree called "Jiju Examination". On the surface, it was just to let the princes go to the shogun on time to meet the shogun on time, but in fact, they required the princes to carry out government affairs for a period of time after entering Edo Castle, and before they could allow them to return to their vassal states. In this way, for those princes, on the surface, they only lived in Edo Castle for some days, but in fact... it was a heavy burden for them. After all, their princes needed to have the dignity of the princes, and therefore, from the selection of servants to the accommodation expenses, there were also transportation costs and carriages along the way. When the princes entered Edo Castle, they consumed almost half of the expenses of the vassal states. After all, they had many families and had a large number of people, which was amazing. Moreover, when the princes entered Edo, they needed to stay for a long time, and they worked hard and their prestige in this vassal state was not as good as before."

Zhang Jingyi said: "It's not just that. Not only that, these princes are exhausted. What's important is that it has created the prosperity of Edo Castle. Hundreds of princes have to take their families and live in Edo Castle for a long time with their families. This means that their large amount of money in the vassal areas will eventually be spent in Edo Castle. Decades ago, Edo Castle was just an ordinary small town. After this "Accounting for the Pilgrimage", Edo suddenly gathered merchants, which can be said to have drained the entire country of Japan, but it has provided a huge city."

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Chapter completed!