Nagasaki, Tangrenyashiki.

Li Mingxun walked on the stone street of Yafu, and behind him was He Bin and his wife walking hand in hand. The two were a little nervous, especially her son. In order to prevent people from seeing that she was a schizophrenic, her son was wearing Ming Dynasty costumes and holding Mazu in his hand, which looked quite artificial.

The two sides of the stone slab house are mostly elegant Ming buildings, and there are also many Japanese-style buildings. After all, many of the residential buildings in the Tang people have been integrated into the local area. He Bin looked at the surrounding buildings and wanted to choose one of them as his home in Nagasaki. Aiko's eyes were fixed on those Japanese-style buildings, but she dared not say a word.

Li Mingxun was also walking on the road, accompanied by Yingchuan Datong News Agency, and the two were also choosing houses, but they chose not the place to live, but the Tenglong Trading Club's Japanese store. Several of them had their own thoughts and occasionally talked to the merchants they met on the road.

While communicating, a group of samurai came over and said to Yingchuan Fujisaemon: "The great news, Master Sheng Xing has arrived. Please come with Manager Li from Mingguo."

Lee Myung-hoon looked solemn. He knew that the samurai was the practice of Nagasaki, and it was the highest chief executive of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Nagasaki. Although Nagasaki was only one of the practices of the Shogunate in various parts of Japan, Japan is now closed to the country. Nagasaki is the only place recognized by the Japanese shogunate and can legally trade with foreign countries. Nagasaki is particularly special. Unlike other far-reaching countries, Nagasaki pursues transactions as a priority. The rest of things are like branches and leaves. Nagasaki pursues not only the chief executive. He also serves as a guard commander who prevents foreign invasions and prevents Christianity from making a comeback. He also serves as a diplomatic and business role, and his power is no different from that of the governor. Nagasaki pursues the official responsible for supervision, similar to the inspector of the Ming Dynasty, monitoring the widely distributed Western foreign daimyos near Nagasaki.

Among all the towns, Nagasaki's status is second only to Edo Town, and even Kyoto's pursuit is not as good as Daname of 100,000 stones. Most of the people who can serve as Nagasaki are the samurai, who are particularly loyal to the shogunate.

Nowadays, Nagasaki is named Takumeshi and has been in Nagasaki for more than two years. Lee Mingxun has long heard of his reputation of being capable and resourceful.

When he arrived at the Nagasaki Purpose, the snowflakes fell on this land again. The cherry blossom trees in the yard were covered in plain clothes, which seemed to be more beautiful than blooming in spring. Li Mingxun was stunned in front of this beautiful scene and looked at Wu Mu behind him. The guy was staring at the hilt of the knife in his hand, which was really despicable.

After entering the room, Li Mingxun saw a young man wearing a black hat looking at him with a smile. He was extraordinary and sat in the main seat. Li Mingxun knew that he was Nagasaki's practice of Takumeshita.

"You are Li Mingxun, a businessman from Ming Dynasty, but your name is very grand." Takuzhi saw Li Mingxun bent down and walked into the room (the door was too short), and said in Chinese with a smile, but his words were straight and elegant.

Li Mingxun knelt on the floor like Yingchuan Fujisaemon, took a brocade box from Umu's hand, and respectfully placed it in front of Takusuke Masato, saying, "Mingxun came from afar, please accept it with a little thought."

Takusuke did not hesitate to refuse and took it over. You should know that the Tokugawa shogunate was the most corrupt era in Japanese history. As Nagasaki, it was also a reasonable income to receive gifts from foreign merchants and foreign Daime, and Takusuke was no exception.

When he opened the brocade box, Takuzhi Zhengshi's face changed slightly. He thought there would be a gift list with the number of gold and silver, raw silk, porcelain and other intimate goods, but he never thought it would be a book, but this book made Takuzhi Zhengshi's hands tremble because it was a Song version of "Bai Lotte's Poetry Collection".

You should know that Japan's main system and culture have been learned from the Tang Dynasty, and Bai Juyi is the favorite poet of the Japanese cultural class. In this era, culture was monopolized by the upper class samurai and daimyo, and passed down by word of mouth. Many of the essential texts, except for the direct descendants, are not passed down. Now Japan has been peaceful for a long time. Samurai has become a samurai official with his knowledge and receives high-ranking officials and territories. However, Bai Juyi's poems are essential for social interaction in Japan. Whether it is the emperor general or the lower-level samurai, they are admired. After Takuui Masashi's collection of poems, he can get more opportunities to communicate with the superiors. Even if he is just given as a gift to the high-ranking officials in Edo, it is extremely valuable.

"Sir, I am so grateful to you for giving this collection of poems." Takusuke said excitedly. With a wave of his hand, the maid had already given sake and the plum that had given wine, and completely treated Li Mingxun as a close guest.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "I have a strong opinion on my words. I am just a rough understanding of the writing. If this collection of poems falls into your hands, it will be the original owner."

As he said this, Li Mingxun was indeed extremely proud in his heart, and he couldn't help but look at He Bin high. If it weren't for this Japanese master, how could Li Mingxun know that a collection of poems worth only 200 taels could be won the favor of Nagasaki? In the original plan, he prepared a gift worth 3,000 taels.

"Mr. Li doesn't have to be so humble. Although I like writing, ink and poetry, I am from the martial arts family and like to go straight. The Japanese officials on your ship will deal with you, so I don't have to wait for the year to send it back." Takusuke Masato got his favorite poetry collection and said cheerfully.

Li Mingxun was overjoyed when he heard this and thought that his thoughts were not in vain. It turned out that the Tokugawa Shogunate had noticed that Japan imported raw silk caused a large amount of silver outflow. In order to control the outflow of gold, silver and precious metals, and at the same time, the profit of the raw silk trade was controlled in the hands of the shogunate. Japan implemented a silk talisman system. This system was to purchase foreign raw silk with the silk talisman Nian Ship appointed by the shogunate. During the period, other Japanese merchants were not allowed to enter Nagasaki. After selecting the general silk and the public square silk, merchants who had silk talismans were allowed to purchase from the talisman. In this way, the profit of raw silk was reduced from 200% to 6070%. Last year, Li Mingxun made high profits by bribing targets (responsible for identifying the quality of raw silk, which can affect pricing).

However, Li Mingxun came too late this year. The New Year's shipment is usually priced in spring and raw silk is sold. By the end of autumn, it is winter now. Merchants from all over Japan have returned to their hometowns. If there is no New Year's shipment, merchants in Nagasaki would not dare to buy it. Now that Nagasaki endorsement is endorsed, the 400 dans of raw silk on Li Mingxun's ship are not afraid of being smashed into his hands.

He Bin said: "The shopkeeper, copper is an indispensable resource, and can also be used as circulating coins. The Ming Dynasty, Japan, North Korea and the South China countries all use copper as coins. However, copper coins are not coins, and coins are not, and minting coins is also knowledge."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly. The coin minting seems to be technically low, but it is actually a huge and complicated matter. Not to mention the sultanate countries of Southeast Asia, even many big countries do not have the ability to mint coins. For example, Japan is a major country second only to the Ming Dynasty in the East. It has long used Yongle coins as the circulating currency, not to mention other countries. Most of the small countries in Southeast Asia use the Ming Dynasty and Japanese copper coins as the coins.

"The big shopkeeper, Japan produces copper. There are also many places in Southeast Asia that produce copper, such as Vietnam and Siam, which have copper ores, and the output is also quite large. Now that the copper price in Europe has dropped, the Dutch have also transported copper less back to Europe. The copper material in Southeast Asia has lost its largest market, which is a good time to buy." He Bin continued, saying that the truth is that the copper material in the community is now acquired from Southeast Asia.

"Now the association has not intervened in the trade in Nanyang on a large scale, and the trade routes to Beida Nian and other places have not been fully expanded. The copper materials are purchased from merchants who returned to Guangdong and Fujian. The price is very high. Even if you buy them directly from the place of origin, the price is also quite high, not as expensive as the price of copper in Japan." Li Mingxun said.

He Bin lowered his voice and said, "So, the club cannot buy copper, but it cannot buy low-priced copper. My method is to buy copper with copper."

Li Mingxun stood there and asked, "Tell me in detail, what does it mean to buy copper from copper?"

"Use Japanese copper coins to buy Nanyang copper materials!" He Bin said proudly, and then explained: "The shopkeeper may not know that Japan's goods were very chaotic in the past. The Yongle coins, Jiajing coins, Korean copper coins and even the coins minted by Daming from all over the country could be circulated. However, Japan has turned other coins into waste coins. However, those waste coins are still circulating in Nanyang and are quite popular. If the shopkeeper proposes to trade with waste coins and Nagasaki is naturally willing, it is also cost-effective to molten waste coins and mint cannons. If he uses these waste coins to buy Nanyang copper materials, he can get a few more......"

When he arrived at the restaurant, Li Mingxun proposed to Takusuke Shi with waste coins as He Bin said. Unexpectedly, Takusuke Shi readily agreed. For Takusuke Shi and Nagasaki merchants, this is also a profitable transaction. Japan currently has a large amount of waste coins. Although these waste coins are called coins, they have become goods because they are prohibited from circulation. For Japanese people, it is useless to put them at home. It is better to exchange them for Kuanyong Tongbao. Merchants can use a new money of three-money waste coins, and these waste coins can be purchased from Li Mingxun's hands, such as raw silk, porcelain, and tea. One round and one round, they can make several times the profit.

"I used to hate the country's isolation. Now it seems that this evaluation is one-sided. At least I have obtained profits from this policy. I have never thought that coins can be purchased by weight..." After this incident, Li Mingxun wrote in his diary.

Everyone had a banquet until early in the morning. Li Mingxun did not choose to go back in a sedan cage, but walked on a horse with He Bin. He Bin followed so obediently, feeling proud, but suddenly found that Li Mingxun's horse stopped. He Bin asked, "Big shopkeeper, is there anything wrong?"

Li Mingxun laughed and asked, "Brother He, have you been sad about the house? Today I have found a residence for you, and you and your wife must be satisfied!"

He Bin thought Li Mingxun was drunk, but when he thought that he had such a good idea, Li Mingxun was so rich, it didn't seem like a big deal to reward him with a house, so he asked, "Which shopkeeper is talking about?"

Li Mingxun pointed to the three-story building that was looming in the morning mist in the distance and said, "It's that!"
Chapter completed!