In the Xixiang State Political Affairs Hall, all the civil and military ministers and royal relatives were present in court to request state affairs to make decisions. Especially the civil servants' dramas came to power, and the titles after obtaining military achievements were given, and the etiquette was exactly what they were good at, but the queen in the palace did not listen to the civil servants' mouths.

Before, Guo Huaiyi, the general of the Beijing camp, had returned, which was a good news. After the Battle of Penghu, Guo Huaiyi adopted the "tortoise shell tactic" to join some Shun army and defeated the Portuguese army in Manila in the south. It was also Portugal was even more dangerous than the Netherlands at this time. These sea coachmen gradually withdrew from the world stage of the Age of Navigation. But in any case, Yu Qianxiangguo was inspiring news.

Soon, Guo Huaiyi, who came back to take charge of the imperial guards in charge of the palace, led another postman from the postman to report. Everyone's eyes gathered in the postman, and the postman knelt down with the few remaining strength: "Report to Your Majesty, sir, the Jia Shiyi army has captured Manlaga and adopted the policy of receiving and aftermath. Most of the Dutch East India Company has withdrawn the investment..."

After saying that, he fainted, but no one in the palace cared about him, but immediately started to argue. Queen Akatsuki breathed a sigh of relief and looked worried: "Come to take the chart of Manlaga."

Immediately, the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works presented the charts around the country. After several generations of surveys by ancestors, it was precise and generally accurate. The civil and military ministers calmed down. After a moment, the queen sighed quietly: "Manla has two times more territory than our country. If Jia Cong could consolidate this place, wouldn't the small land of Qianxiang Country be in his eyes?"

The civil and military ministers showed sadness, people's hearts were swaying, and they became worried about gains and losses. The mood was extremely complicated and exciting.

"The Netherlands and Portugal have always had evil intentions. One is in the west and the other is in the south. If you look at our inner island, if you don't remove it for a day, I will feel like a thorn in my throat. Now that Penghu is occupied by Jia Cong, we have set up troops in Yilan, which is actually a thorn to remove it and add another thorn. But in order to avoid the worry of consuming national treasury, I can only agree to him. Maybe the Shun Dynasty will still be out of reach in the future. Regardless of this place, it is still the thing in my pocket."

Queen Qianxiang thought so, and she had a real quarrel inside. She was unwilling to surrender and wanted to rebel against Jia Cong immediately, and had all kinds of opinions. However, after Chen Hua, the former leader of the marriage sect, returned, she no longer held a fierce opinion. Instead, she said that trading was a good fortune. He and Guo Huaiyi held military power, and the tone of belonging to Dashun was settled.

Soon, the queen and the returnee Jia Cong and the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Hong Jing, held negotiations at Chengtian Prefecture. The negotiations lasted for half a month before Qianxiangguo agreed to present the royal jade certificate, renamed the Taiwan Prefecture, and belonged to the Fujian Chengxun Government and went to Beijing to pay homage.

The exchange was that the trade tariffs around the Taiwan government were governed by them. Jia Cong had no choice but to temporarily agree to the silence in order to avoid another battle. However, he also strived to achieve another condition. It is legal to temporarily open the immigration of Fujian and Guangdong to encourage immigrants to completely assimilate the island. There were originally many smuggled immigrants every year, but because the coastal situation was small and there were many people, the Taiwan government agreed.

After agreeing on such policies, Jia Cong said he would transfer to the Ningbo route of Japan, because he would return to Beijing closer. Hong Jing and Ding Qisheng had no objection, and he should quickly raise the tariffs and wait for Jia Cong to transport them back.

They didn't know that Jia Cong took advantage of this military achievements and went to Japan to promote it. In the short term, this move was to make some money by the way, and to make a fortune in the sea trade. How could Jia Cong not take the opportunity to make money? In fact, in the long run, it may become another great achievement in the future?

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After a new mansion was replaced by a thousand years of rule, the manor was hung with the "Qin Jinzhuang" written by the queen, which means to make Qin and Jin's love from then on. She often came to "visit" Qin Keqing and found that this woman's words and deeds were not like ordinary officials, but like a top lady. When Jia Cong left that day, the queen and she joined hands to appreciate the flowers: "Mrs. Qin is a man in the palace? If so, I will ask you more etiquette, so that she can do it thoroughly in the future."

"I'm so proud. My father, Jiangnan, has a teacher-student relationship with my husband. Only then can I come here without regrets." Qin Keqing said neither humble nor arrogantly.

"No wonder, if it weren't for the outstanding people in Jiangnan, they wouldn't have given birth to a beauty like you." The queen praised her.

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In Yilan to the east, there were dense jungles and wild beasts raging. A team of Shun Army trained on the plains at the foot of the mountain, set up camps, built castles, and passes.

There are also some wolf soldiers who are skillfully like the jungle, constantly shuttle and jump, use local deep mountain resources to hunt wild animals and collect medicinal materials.

When the port is approaching, it is constantly receiving stowaways to cultivate.

The same is true for Penghu to the west and Manlaga, while the south was given to Xixiangguo, and a team of Chinese officers demonstrated in the Chinatown of Luzon.

The soldiers who died in battles in various places and could not find bodies in the sea, at the command of Jia Cong, set up their tombs and worshiped them according to the festival.

All trade returned to normal operation, and the handover became the British. They learned the might of several battles in the Far East, and the Embassy in Taiwan was cautious and did not dare to act rashly.

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Jia Cong's trading team, who was familiar with the route, carried goods and went north in accordance with the monsoon. Soon, they arrived at Edo Bay in Tokyo and were about to rush to the coast of Puhe.

Japan was the "Edo Period" at this time, also known as the "Summitari system". Since the first general Tokugawa Ieyasu promulgated the harsh "laws" against the emperor and the various vassals of Daimyo, the Shogawa Ieki for nearly two hundred years. During the time of Oshiro's great deeds, Edo was the "Kanzheng" period, and the general in power was Tokugawa Ieki.

The Edo period was closed to the country, but the trade in Dashun was not cut off. On the contrary, it showed a more contradictory welcome, which was just a dying struggle of the Japanese feudal political system in the last few decades.

Therefore, Jia Cong dared to come to Edo Bay to show off his power. At this moment, he sat on the bow of the boat and tasted wine. Under his command, he had experienced several life-and-death battles and began military exercises as soon as he got ashore.

Seeing Jia Cong's sailing ships set off in three horizontal and three rows near the sea, cannons, muskets, and rockets combined, no less than ten thousand. After the guns fired, thick smoke rolled and the momentum was terrifying. The guards and soldiers in Edo Bay were stunned! They were stunned!

Then he reported that the closest highest official "Lao Zhong" Asano Torch, the old Zhong is the highest official to assist the general, no less than the famous vassal lords in various places. The official who hurriedly dressed from the fireworks building. When he landed on the shore, he was so scared that he jumped: "Ah Ga Road! My Great Rizhao God Kingdom, the entire ** team is only 80,000, and it took a long time to summon it. Is this going to start a war with our Edo Kyoto?"

However, as a representative of the important members and the samurai class, Asano Torch is arrogant and not afraid of death. Aren’t the people trained by the Japanese Warriors all this perverted?

Asano Torch waved the wide sleeves of the local Shintoism, led the guards to serve his samurai, and looked up at Jia Cong with his short body fearlessly: "What is your country's intention to practice on my coast?"

"Has the Japanese been so arrogant?" Jia Cong looked down at these people, secretly despised him, and said lightly: "I am sent by the official to trade. Don't you welcome me? Don't you invite me in and sit?"

Because Asano often interacts with Chinese people, and the middle and upper classes in Japan are very particular about Chinese Confucian culture, Asano spoke Chinese Mandarin fluently. They discussed it in a low voice, and the Japanese knife he pressed couldn't help but relax: "Welcome! Welcome! Please enter the Si Dai Mansion!"

So, in a series of Japanese birds singing in line to welcome Jia Cong, Jia Cong brought people into the car and drove to the Shi Daifu, Edo Kyoto. On the way, Zhou Wenbai, who was beside him, translated: "Sir, this is a welcome song: I hope you will cross the sea like flat ground, live on a boat like a boat, and return safely soon!"

"So that's it." Jia Cong nodded and pondered, while looking at the scenery along the Japanese official road, the markets were listed, and Miff ran around, and there was a prosperous scene. Perhaps because of this self-sufficiency, the Japanese gave the confidence to close the country. He said to Qin Zhong: "If you open an embassy here, I will submit a request to the court, which will be of great use in the future."

"Okay, my brother-in-law will treat me." Qin Zhong couldn't take his eyes off when he entered the city. The same was true for Wei Ruolan, Zhou Wenbai and his sons.

Asano Torch did not dare to be careless, and while reporting to General Tokugawa Iemitsu in Kyoto, he also gave a good wine and good food. The woman entertained Jia Cong and his party, and sent someone to hand over the goods and sell them with Jia Cong's caravan. Dashun Luxury Goods has a very good market here.

The next day in the living room of Kyoto Shi Dai Mansion, Jia Cong got up early, and the Japanese women were serving him carefully, but he didn't like him. He only slept with Defney for one night. Asano Torch came in to greet him. The Japanese woman served tea, but accidentally tilted some tea. Asano Torch's face turned dark and pulled out the Japanese knife, killing the woman on the spot. Then he was like killing a chicken, as if nothing happened: "Mr. Jia is neglected, who told her to be so careless!"

Jia Cong's face was not turbulent, but his heart was not very comfortable. Defne stared at Asano even more hatred.

What the two of them didn’t know was that in Japan during the Edo Shogunate era, samurai killed peasants, merchants, and women at the bottom of the house, which was the most common thing on the streets and alleys, not to mention the Kyoto Shiyoshi Mansion, which was second only to the General’s Mansion?

Compared with Dashun at that time, Japan's hierarchical cruel system was even more perverted, and it was really a pervert among perverts.

"Haha, Lord Asano is really...well, very brave...hehe..." Jia Cong didn't know whether he was joking or sarcastic, but he was speechless, and said straight to the point: "A few years ago, a Japanese pirates broke the Japanese pirates and robbery campaign occurred in Ningbo Prefecture, our country, which was extremely bad. Do you know?"

"Ah?" Asano Torch was stunned, and the black beard in the people squirmed while drinking tea: "This is really a misunderstanding! The Japanese pirates are not from our country. They have long had laws for those who go out, and they will not recognize their household registration when they return!"

"Then I proposed to open an embassy in Edo yesterday..."

"I can accept this, and the general will agree." Asano Torch was a little hesitant: "Jia Congjun, but don't worry, um, I don't know how good the girls in our country served last night? Is it comfortable or uncomfortable? How about women in your country?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Jia Cong was embarrassed and did not look directly at Defne, thinking: "I like anyone, nor do I look down on you short people."

"Good big! Good big big!" Asano Torch gave a thumbs up. The Japanese Bushido advocated "emphasizing literature and promoting martial arts". At this time, suicide by caesarean section was a great honor for samurai. In addition, Zhu Zixue and Wang Yangming's heart learning are very popular here. Painting in the late Ming Dynasty evolved into "Ukiyo-e" in Japan and was popular all the time. Therefore, after a long talk, Asano Torch felt that Jia Cong had an appetite for him, but Jia Cong stayed for two days and saw that the Japanese indeed opened an embassy and consulate, so he took the goods back to Ningbo with confidence.

He expected, but did not participate. The famous vassal lords in Japan then had a fierce quarrel because Jia Cong knocked the door this time, which gave them a sense of crisis, which was quite similar to the "Perry knocked the door" that the United States carried out in the 19th century, which allowed Japan to quickly enter the Meiji Restoration. That was to learn from the lessons of the failure of the Qing Dynasty, and there might not be that good opportunity at this moment.

Jia Cong, who was returning, would inevitably accompany him to Dashun and the four major families.

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Coastal of Ningbo.

Jia Cong asked Defney: "Do you remember the stories written by literary masters like Shakespeare? Can you translate them?"

Defney, who was looking at the scenery of Dashun with longing, was surprised: "Do you know Shakespeare? Yes, Queen Elizabeth likes him very much. As soon as his drama came on, London was full of laughter. I remember some plots, but if you want to translate it, I can't do it alone, and I have to cooperate with the missionaries. After all, I have limited knowledge alone."

After so long, Jia Cong gradually discovered Defne's origin.

It turned out that her father was a duke from England, belonging to the House of Lords, and was a famous British Tory, the Whigs and the Whigs, who were in power at this time.

Since the Renaissance and industrialization first appeared, British aristocrats have been honored to go abroad to experience, know the styles of various countries, and talk about literary and artistic products from all over the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that Defney, who was born in aristocrat, knows a little Chinese.

In addition, after Marco Polo started the Oriental craze, the missionaries were in the need of cultural invasion. All parts of Europe tried to translate religious scriptures into Chinese. This was not only to follow the local customs, but also to know that the Eastern scholars and officials attached importance to books, but also to prepare for invasion and show off.

"Cao Xueqin doesn't have the good luck of Shakespeare." Jia Cong muttered and thought: "Okay, during my mourning period, I can spread some advanced foreign things, gain reputation, and alert a group of people and expand their power. In addition, Xue Baoqin's family was also a businessman in various countries. The Xue family had the experience of royal merchants, which made some people invade Japanese culture. "

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Chapter completed!