Li Zhu also said immediately: "Yes, without Shangguo, North Korea would not have the peace it has now, and we would not have the good days we have now. Foreign trade was also allowed by Shangguo, and we started it after Shangguo followed.

.If the country wants to monopolize the market, we will never have a chance. Anyone can doubt it at any time and anywhere, but the country cannot doubt it. My dear, you made a mistake."

The man who spoke immediately fell to the ground and said, "I didn't have a good rest last night. I was in a daze and talked nonsense. Please punish me."

Li Jian scolded him a few words to put the matter aside, and the topic returned to why Japan refused to continue doing business with North Korea.

Someone else stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I got a

According to some news, the people who are most convenient for doing business with Japan now are the Dutch. Even merchant ships from China are not convenient for doing business with Japan."

Li Li frowned: "Is it difficult for even the upper countries to do business in Japan now? What about our merchant ships and manpower still in Japan?"

The ministers sighed and fell silent.

Obviously, those men and merchant ships, including money and goods, are unlikely to come back.

Li Zhu said: "Send people to negotiate with Japan. It's okay not to do business, but at least let our people and ships come back."

Li Jian still held out hope. After all, North Korea was not a small country. Nowadays, trade is rising, the economy is developing rapidly, and the military equipment and manpower have made great progress. It can be said that it is much stronger than it was during the 20th year of Wanli.

Japan should not completely offend North Korea to death. There is still hope for those people and ships trapped in Japan to come back. However, the situation in Nagasaki at this time was completely beyond Li Jian's expectations.

Not only Li Jian, but also the emperors and ministers of Korea, Western merchants, and even the Ming Dynasty, did not expect how harsh Nagasaki is towards outsiders today.

Western merchants, Korean merchants, and merchants from other countries had their goods confiscated, and their merchant ships were impounded. They were not allowed to leave Nagasaki, nor were they allowed to return, because the current shogunate's decree was that they were not allowed to go to sea and outsiders were only allowed to operate in Nagasaki.

However, Nagasaki Town has divided many areas to restrict these outsiders to a small area, and at the same time, they charge high amounts of money in all aspects, whether for accommodation or meals.

Even the ashigaru of Nagasaki Town will use various methods to cause trouble for these outsiders and force them to pay to solve the trouble. All kinds of actions have forced these outsiders to be penniless and desperate.

They were trapped in Nagasaki Town. It was impossible to leave Nagasaki. Their ship was impounded and they could not go out to sea, and they were still penniless. These once glamorous businessmen were now like beggars in Nagasaki.

They barely survive in the small area designated by the town.

This is true for both Westerners and Koreans.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty were in a slightly better situation, but they were also restricted to move within a fixed range of Nagasaki. They were allowed to return, but were not allowed to go to other places in Japan. However, Nagasaki Town now implements a very complicated and high tax, allowing the merchants of the Ming Dynasty to sell

After buying all the goods, they even lost money, which made the Ming merchants very angry. When had they ever been so angry?

"Where do these taxes come from? There were no such taxes before. This is unreasonable!" "Yes, these taxes are unreasonable. We want to see your implementation!"

Facing the anger of the Ming merchants, the samurai in charge of taxation looked indifferent: "Before was before, and now is now. The shogunate has new regulations. This is normal. There is no use asking you to follow them!"

A businessman from the Ming Dynasty laughed angrily at the warrior's words: "Oh, the shogunate dares to make such a rule? This is what you have formulated privately, right? He is not afraid that the shogunate will know?! If you treat us like this now, will you still want to do business with the Ming Dynasty in the future?

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Someone immediately echoed: "That's right, do you still want to do business in Ming Dynasty?"

The samurai also laughed: "The shogunate has ordered the country to be closed. There will be no merchant ships going to sea in the future, and we don't need to do business at all."

"What?! Sequester the country?!"

The businessmen were shocked by the news. This was the first time they heard the news from people in Nagasaki Town. The shogunate had locked down the country?

The Ming Dynasty opened the sea ban to trade with other countries, so why did Japan lock itself down?

The samurai felt extremely comfortable looking at the astonished looks of these Ming businessmen: "Now, everyone, hurry up and pay the tax! From the moment you set foot on the land of Nagasaki, you should have to pay the tax. Now it is just a supplementary tax."

The businessman surnamed Shen asked: "Why didn't you tell us when we landed? Now with so many taxes added up, even if we sell all the goods, we don't even have enough tax money. How can we pay the tax?"

The samurai said: "Fengxing posted a notice on the public notice board on the shore a long time ago. You didn't see it. It's your business. As for not having enough money to pay taxes, that's your business and has nothing to do with us."

The businessmen of the Ming Dynasty were angry and wanted to shout: "Open the door, free trade!"
Chapter completed!