Ningbo…

Ningbo is definitely not going to work.

Now the coast of Daming has entered a state of full combat readiness.

After all, war has officially begun against Japan.

The only way the Japanese could retaliate was to take advantage of the winter north wind to harass the southeastern coast. Therefore, before the expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered all coastal guards to be put on alert. The small warships left behind patrolled the outer seas, and the land guards prepared for war.

Even Zhou Dexing was reactivated...

Zhu Yuanzhang was short of people.

His stall is a bit big now.

The most important thing is to keep an eye on Can Yuan, so the two veteran generals Fu Youde and Feng Sheng cannot move in the north.

Zhu Di has already gone to Japan, and Zhu Fan is still in confinement due to poor health. After all, Xu Huizu's level cannot reassure him. Fu Youde and Feng Sheng have to be in charge to ensure that the north is safe. So Fu Youde is still in Peiping, and Feng Sheng is in Guanzhong.

Xu Huizu is in Taiyuan, Zhou Xing is in Kaiping, Guo Ying is in Liaoyang, and Song Sheng is in Gansu. The north can still be said to have the strongest configuration currently available. The southern blue jade is still in Guangxi, and it will be Annan's turn after the Japanese are solved, so he still has

He had to continue training. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately threw him there, lest he couldn't help but chop up this somewhat domineering guy one day.

Can't kill him.

He must be kept for Zhu Yunxi's use.

But looking at him really makes me angry, so I might as well let him stay in Guangxi!

Cao Zhen, Wang Bi and others were left with their own responsibilities.

After Zhu Shou, Yang Wen and other coastal generals almost all went north, they had no choice but to use Zhou Dexing, who was also familiar with the coast and even built the coastal defense system himself, to lead his troops to patrol the coast to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall to harass the Ming Dynasty.

So Yang Feng couldn't go directly to Ningbo, after all, he wanted to give Zhu Yuanzhang a surprise.

Go to Ryukyu.

Ryukyu.

"understood?"

Yang Feng looked at the Ryukyu King.

At this time, the three kings of Ryukyu are Shannan, Shanbei and Zhongshan.

But they were all canonized by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The person in front of him was King Nakayama, who was trembling as he looked at the samurai in his hand. This was the bravest samurai in Ryukyu, and he was being carried by this guy like a chicken.

He nodded hastily.

The devil-like man in front of me came with a Japanese merchant ship. At this time, Ryukyu was founded on maritime trade. To put it simply, it was by kneeling to Zhu Yuanzhang in the most standard posture. With Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, he could come to the country in the name of tribute.

The Ming Dynasty purchased goods and then sold them to Nanyang. At this time, Ryukyu was like a carriage driver on the East Asian sea. But today, a nightmare came. This devil-like man knocked over the soldiers on the dock as soon as he got off the boat and grabbed the dock official by the neck.

Let the latter take him to his palace.

Then he continued to beat the guards.

The guards who walked all the way violently and wailing all over the place arrived in front of him.

It made him truly feel the oppression of his soul.

"Immortal, the immortal comes to this humble place, but the little king dares not to disobey any instructions."

He said tremblingly.

Of course he can speak Chinese.

At this time, not only did Ryukyu have frequent exchanges with the Ming Dynasty, there were even a number of Ryukyu scholars studying in the Imperial College under the gift of Zhu Yuanzhang.

A lot of them are originally from Fujian.

"Immediately organize a group of tribute envoys to go to the Ming Dynasty. I am the deputy envoy. Give me a name. If you dare to tell me, I will come back and kill your whole country. Anyway, with your small population, it probably won't take long."

Yang Feng threw aside the bravest warrior and said.

Well, his solution is to become a tribute envoy to Ryukyu.

King Nakayama of Ryukyu agreed without hesitation.

So just three days later, Ryukyu's mission to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and congratulate the Ming Dynasty for conquering Japan set sail for the Ming Dynasty. However, it was winter at this time, so they could not go to Ningbo and could only go to Fuzhou. They had many trading ports in the Ming Dynasty. Now

Zhu Yuanzhang liberalized the trade between Ryukyu and North Korea, and major coastal ports could pick up their ships. However, Ryukyu, like North Korea, had to use treasure banknotes for transactions. In fact, they brought gold, silver, and copper to the Ming Dynasty, and then exchanged them with the local authorities.

Treasure banknotes, and then use the exchanged treasure banknotes to purchase.

They had no loss.

Because when the goods they obtained were resold to Nanyang, they still received metal currency.

But this process supported Zhu Yuanzhang's treasure.

To put it simply, the precious metals belong to him.

The compulsory trade of precious currency among the people, and those who dare to trade precious metals privately are all punishable by death, including those Ryukyu and Korean businessmen, so the latter are not stupid, and they have no real losses, so why should they risk beheading to use precious metals?

In fact, it is forced settlement of foreign exchange.

These vassal states used overseas trade to bring external precious metals into the hands of the emperor.

What ordinary people get from selling goods is treasure money.

The precious metals are in his hands to maintain the currency value of the treasure banknotes, but this is still not enough, because there are still too few precious metals in his hands, so he cannot support free exchange, and without free exchange, he cannot truly support the treasure banknotes.

At present, this relies on a series of means, such as replacing new versions of banknotes to eliminate counterfeit banknotes, bank deposits to reduce market circulation, bank loans to reduce the amount of printing, and forced use with a knife, and then maintaining the temporary stability of banknotes. But the value of banknotes

After all, the printing volume is still increasing, so it will definitely depreciate. This is why Zhu Yuanzhang was eager to take action against Japan, using Japan's gold and silver mines to support free exchange.

Free convertibility can ensure the stability of currency value.

As for gold and silver, the value will depreciate...

That's not depreciation of treasure money.

Bao banknotes are legal.

For treasure banknotes, it will never depreciate, because it is exchanged for those gold and silver coins according to the law. The decline in the purchasing power of gold and silver is a price issue, not a treasure banknote issue.

In the end, when Yang Feng set foot on the land of the Ming Dynasty again, he was already a tribute envoy to Ryukyu.

Deputy envoy.

His name is Yang Xin.

There is a man named Yang in Ryukyu, and he is from a famous family.

Fuzhou.

"Your Majesty, I wonder how the war in Japan is going?"

During the banquet, he asked the prefect.

"Of course, good news comes frequently, but Fuzhou is far away. The news from Di was received half a month ago. If we count the Japanese battlefield, it was probably nearly two months ago. The latest good news was that King Yan's army once again defeated the Japanese counterattack and fought with Yang Wen

When we join our forces, Marquis Junfu will recruit the Japanese tycoon Qiang Qianchi to surrender at some place in Chuyu, and now we will be invincible."

The prefect said with a smile.

indeed.

The momentum is overwhelming.

Osaki Senmochi is the leader of the Oshu daimyo. Originally, his family should have been the governor of Oshu, but after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu completed the unification, the governorship was abolished and it was directly governed by the Kamakura Crown Prince. This is also the reason for the dissatisfaction of Ou and other powerful people.

It was Date Masamune who deceived Osaki Morimori into leading the rebellion.

Osaki Kanmochi, he, and the lord of Aizu, Ashina Mitsurugi, fought against the Kamakura Duke, but were defeated by Uesugi Nomune's son and successor Uesugi Zenhide, the Kanto governor. Now Osaki Kanmochi surrendered to Shuju, that is

This means that Ashina Mitsuru and Date Masamune cannot fight against the Ming Dynasty. After all, what they want is local separatism.

Zhu Yuanzhang can give it to them.

Although the Fuso Metropolitan Commandery Department will be established in Echigo in the future, it has nothing to do with them.

Originally, the Ashikaga family had the Kamakura Lord in charge of the place.

There is no difference.

Even Daming will give them more.

After all, compared with the Ming Dynasty, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's little financial resources are a joke. The Ming emperor just plucked a piece of leg hair and gave it to them, which was enough for them to have good food and clothing, and they could drink soup with the Ming Dynasty. In the future, as the chieftain of the Ming Dynasty, they could still

Make money from Japan through trade.

The surrender of the three families to the Ming Dynasty actually meant that the Ming Dynasty had obtained the territory it wanted.

The rendezvous between Zhu Di and Yang Wen meant that they were preparing to march from Joetsu to Kamakura.

All that's left is the decisive battle.

As for the decisive battle...

Damn it if you lose!
To be continued...