October 15, 1669, sunny.

The breeze blew, and the fields that had just been harvested brought a fragrance of soil. Genyisan stood on the ridge of the field, his eyes fixed, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Behind him were there were also a few short men, all of whom were combed in their hair, holding samurai swords in their hands, standing still.

"It's really a different scenery from China..." Jin Yisan grabbed the remaining wheat straw in the field with his hand, sent it to him to take a closer look, and then said: "Even the grain grown is wheat that is rare in Japan. Matsumaki Juhiro, a daimyo who is not as tall as a stone, can do such a thing. I wonder what the general will think if he knows it."

It has been a while since Ken Yisan came to the Matsumae Basilica. At first, he pretended to be a follower of a Mi Shang. He followed the caravans from the south to explore information and collect information, which opened his eyes. Later, he was discovered by the samurai family because of his "sneaking" behavior, so he simply revealed his identity as the Tokugawa Shogunate's patrol envoy, and then had a conversation with Matsumae Basilica's lord, Matsumae Sohiro.

Matsumae Norihiro, who has recently taken office for a few years, is very young. He is very afraid of the spies sent by the general Tokugawa Ietsutsu and is also very courteous. He also said that he will go to the Edo Shogunate to work next year and send his wife there as a qualifying place. This is also a traditional attitude of Japan that is very respectful, and Jin Yisan can't find any mistakes.

Of course, it doesn't mean that it's all pure and flawless white walls in secret, and then Chin Yisan wouldn't be sent to Fukuyama Castle to spy on news. In fact, as the Hachimoto, who was directly under General Tokugawa, Chin Yisan came to Matsumae's vassal this time because someone secretly sued them, accusing the Matsumae family of colluding with the pirate smuggling group, infringing on Japanese interests, and asking the general to deprive his territory and punish him for the punishment.

To be honest, this charge is actually severe enough, and the evidence is quite insufficient. Logically speaking, the shogunate will not accept it at all. However, considering that the complainant was the lord of the shogunate's relative vassal Kii, this matter must be taken seriously. Therefore, Kan Yisan was sent to the Matsumae vassal to investigate and make an explanation to the Kii vassal. After all, this vassal has been unlucky in recent years, and has been threatened by serious pirates, and has been attacked several times, and has lost countless people and property. It is normal for him to be anxious.

Before coming to Ekima Island, Gen Yisan didn't take this matter much in his heart. Because in his opinion, a remote vassal country without Shigao (nominally 30,000 stones) was sparsely populated and extremely poor in economic strength. How could he have the strength to connect with a pirate smuggling group and then make waves in the Siguo Island area, burning, killing and looting? It's impossible!

But things in the world are often so bizarre! After Chien Yisan quietly arrived at the Matsumaki Pharisee and lurked for some time, he actually found some problems, that is, he found that the Matsumaki family was really engaged in trade with people outside the Hokkien land, and he was sure that they were definitely not some Shandan people because they were not capable of providing such good-quality furs, such a large amount of salted fish, such sweet sugar and other things, but they were indeed strong overseas merchants, just like the Dutch people on the island.

What's more, the fake money that has been extremely popular in Japan in recent years can no longer be said to be fake money, because it is more perfect than real money, and it seems to be inseparable from Matsumae's family! Jun Yisan has seen that the money used by Matsumae's family to buy rice is almost all of this exquisite and extremely exquisite copper coins. If you think of the Matsumae's family importing a large amount of copper pieces from other places every year, then the answer is almost out of the question. Even if the Matsumae's family is not a den for fake money, it is at least a big dealer who uses fake money, so there is a problem!

There have been many such doubts, such as Cental Yisan. I believe that if it weren't for the unfortunate discovery of being hidden, there would be more problems that could be investigated! Compared with these, the Matsumaki Fan has opened up wasteland and cultivated wheat in the Hokkien land, making a living.

"What is certain now is that the Matsumae family seems to have some connection with the smuggling group. To be more precise, the Matsumae family smuggled with a marine merchant group in the north under the name of the Shantan trade, smuggling a large number of skins, wild goods, medicinal materials, and salted fish into the Matsumae family. Then, through various channels, spreading them in Sendai, Izumo, Muroo and other places in the northeast, making huge profits." Ken Yisan threw away the soil in his hand, clapped his hands, and said to himself: "What's more excessive is that the Matsumae family seems to have imported a considerable batch of armor, knives, guns and other sensitive materials into the vassal and neighboring areas. What are you doing? The Matsumae family only had thousands of people ten years ago, but now there are as many as 20,000 to 30,000. The ronin and samurai who gather in Osaka, Kyoto and Edo have come here one after another. This is simply."

Speaking of this, Yisan didn't say it anymore because the answer was really shocking. The several hermits standing behind him looked at each other and sweated slightly on their foreheads. If the news was returned, what would the shogunate look at? Matsumae Yuhiro had agreed to go to Edo next year to serve, so would he be left directly by the general? And how would the general treat the pirate group that had been linked to the Matsumae family? I heard that the powerful vassal of the northeast and the Kagoshima family in the Kazushima family were also unclear with this pirate. Should we punish them together?

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Just as the shogunate patrol sent Ken Yisan and his party wandering outside Fukuyama Castle, a merchant ship from Kushiro at nearby Hashiro Port was unloading goods down the dock. There are many types of goods, including hardware, farm tools, knives, armor tools, and even two hundred imitation Sur-style message rope guns produced on the east coast were ordered by Matsumae, and used nearby Hashiro Port. After Matsumae sent a considerable number of "grass" (peaceful people) to settle down, it has become increasingly prosperous. As usual, the Matsumae family paid for the goods was sand gold. They had two sand gold mines on the Hokkien Island, and the output was quite considerable.

"Imamura, the weapons have been delivered, and the training of the new army of the Boxun Group can officially begin." Huabend, who had a beautiful beard, sat opposite Imamura Yoshinosuke and said to him with a smile: "The future of Matsuebashi is still dependent on your Boxun Group. The old army is unreliable!"

Huabend and Chang Chun have always been Wei Boqiu's right-hand men in the military. They were in charge of the Tianyou Army respectively. The Tianyou Army had more than 2,000 people. They were the vanguards who conquered the Hokkien Island and influenced the Matsumae vassal. At this moment, the samurai Yoshinosuke Imamura, who was also an old man from the Matsumae vassal. They were trusted by the predecessor of the vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal

The Boxun Group currently has more than 500 soldiers, all the firearms troops, and no one samurai or ronin can use them all. They are honest country farmers. It can be seen that after seeing the power of the East Coast people, Matsumaki Fan was eager to form such a so-called modern army that was different from the traditional samurai.

People on the East Coast did not care about the idea of ​​Matsumaki's vassal because the vassal has been penetrated by the Japanese company of the East Coast from top to bottom. Even the vassal lord Matsumaki Juhiro sometimes cannot act exactly as he wants. What's more, he himself has a good impression of the East Coast, and even adopted the youngest son born to the concubine Wei Boqiu married in Shandong to his adopted son, named Matsumaki Matsumaki Matsumaki, and his intention to show kindness is quite obvious. You must know that Matsumaki Juhiro, as a daimyo, has no heir yet!

In recent years, the Matsumae family has been on the east coast, and various smuggling trades have been done so well. While making a lot of money, it naturally has attracted many people to be jealous. Therefore, in the era of the late former vassal lord Matsumae Takahiro, he accepted the opinions of the people in the east coast and recruited ronin in Japan to reclaim wasteland. At that time, the Tokugawa shogunate attacked the vassal lords everywhere, and successively cut fiefs of more than 800,000 stones, causing a large number of samurai to lose their masters and land. At the same time, they naturalized a considerable number of Ainu people as their own orders, and their strength was greatly enhanced for a while.

In the era of the fifth-generation vassal lord, Matsumae, with the further strengthening of economic strength, Matsumae began to secretly form a new military box-house group, and the vassal lord Nakamura Yoshinosuke was fully responsible for some possible things. You should know that when the East Coast people attacked Kochi, Uwajima, and Tokushima vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal

Therefore, in the future, Matsumae-Ban is now preparing. Otherwise, do you want to attack the shogunate just like those Danames whose territory has been cut by the shogunate, and only when you die is about to attack the shogunate? Haha, it was too late at that time. At best, just like the Yuki Masayuki incident that happened a few years ago, you can only try to achieve the purpose of the coup by assassinating the shogunate general.

Wei Boqiu actually agreed with the Matsumae family that he wanted to form a new army. Although this was the reason why his son was adopted by the Matsumae family, the most important thing was that he was confident that he could follow his will, rather than just doing whatever the vassal lord said. In other words, after years of infiltration, the Matsumae family is now a puppet of the East Coast people, so it is still feasible to have it form a new army to better bargain with the shogunate.

Furthermore, although Matsumaki has recruited a large number of ronin and samurai in recent years, there is no talent in the new army. Therefore, in the end, this matter has to be obtained from the East Coast people. Therefore, this is also an excellent opportunity for the East Coast people to mix sand into the Box Museum group and cultivate their confidants. Wei Boqiu's intelligence officers came from, so that the most important task of the non-commissioned officers is to fully incubate the "pro-East faction" of the Box Museum group so that this army will not be out of the control of the East Coast people.

Imamura Yoshinosuke is also a guy who is as good as a person. Of course, he is clear about the purpose of the East Coast people's actions. However, he, who believes in Taoism and is extremely obsessed with Hitomi, will naturally not say it out loud. On the contrary, he will fully support it because it is in his own interests and in the interests of the Matsue-Bao, although it may not be in the interests of the shogunate.

After Wei Boqiu controlled the Matsumaki Fan, his wish was half fulfilled, and the remaining half was in the Democratic and Freedom Federation on the west coast of North America. The weak country, which currently only had only a few thousand immigrants, had a little seed of industrial seeds after migrating hundreds of Japanese Seed Island craftsmen and their families. He began to mine and smelter on the Hope Island, but there was still a long way to go before building a complete set of micro-based industries.

Of course, although it was impossible to build the micro-based industry at the beginning of the East Coast, it was enough to allow the North American Democratic and Freedom Federation to go sideways in British Columbia, Canada and Washington State in the United States. Wei Boqiu's son Wei Mingxing and others have now gained a foothold on the mainland, defeating several Indian tribes, and at the same time naturalizing more barbaric Indians. They had already established a new city "Victory City" (located near Seattle, USA) two years ago, and a new city in Wenzhou, a place where Vancouver, later (this name may vividly reflect the evil tastes of Wei Boqiu and Wei). These undoubtedly further enriched their population and enhanced the strength of the country.

While the North American Democratic and Freedom Federation was constantly expanding its land, the institutional practice that Wei Boqiu was most concerned about was also being implemented in an orderly manner. Although due to the long and inefficient transportation, many things did not move forward completely according to Wei Boqiu's will, with the help of many students from the Black Water Transportation Academy he secretly sent in the past, some basic systems were slowly established, and a complete set of values ​​(although it may be a bit wrong) were slowly cultivated. I believe that if the Tianzun gave them more than ten years of time, perhaps this country could really form its own unique culture and values. This is very likely, although it may not be true in line with Wei Boqiu's "aesthetic view".
Chapter completed!