Chapter 2740
Chapter 2740
Chapter 2740
Regarding the competitive relationship between the Asahi and Japan, Haihan has always been happy to see it succeed.Although North Korea is now a vassal state of Haihan, the fundamental reason for its attachment to Haihan is to seek asylum and support. If there is no external pressure at all, it is hard to say how long this loyalty can last.If the gap in military strength between North Korea and Japan widens further, North Korea's ambitions will inevitably grow accordingly, and it will be more difficult for Haihan to control the situation in East Asia.
In the early years, Japan aggressively invaded North Korea and almost wiped it out. Such a great hatred has not yet been settled, but North Korea has risen rapidly in the past ten years. If Japan is not afraid of revenge, it must be deceiving itself.This time, the Korean naval fleet followed the mission to Edo, which really aroused the fear deep in the heart of the shogunate, making it have to face up to the military threats already formed by neighboring countries.Purchasing arms from Haihan seems to be rushing to the doctor in a hurry, but it actually reveals the urgent need of the shogunate to make up for its own shortcomings.
What Haihan has to do is to try to maintain the state of the two countries fighting without breaking, so that the arms race will continue to develop.Carrying out arms trade with these two countries separately, so that there will not be a big gap in their military strength, is the main means to grasp the balance.
It was originally intended to stimulate the nerves of the shogunate by letting Andoshi lead the North Korean navy to visit Japan, but he did not expect immediate results, and the mission did not prepare an arms sales plan in advance.Fortunately, Shi Chengwu is no stranger to the arms trade, so he hastily accepted this big deal that appeared out of thin air.
In the end, the shogunate decided to send people to Zhoushan with the returning Haihan mission. For such a large military purchase order, it is impossible to pay the deposit before seeing the items. At least one has to inspect the goods first.As for whether to complete the handover in Zhoushan or Edo, the shogunate can choose on its own, but there must be a difference in shipping costs in the middle.
Back at the embassy, everyone was very excited.Although many agreements were negotiated during this trip, the arms deal negotiated with the shogunate was completely the result of the mission's own operation without a plan, and once the Japanese market was opened, the follow-up would be very short. There may also be a steady stream of orders.Afterwards, the executive committee will reward each other based on meritorious deeds, and everyone will definitely be able to get a reward order.
Of course, Shi Chengwu must have contributed the most to leading the entire negotiation process, and everyone congratulated him.
Shi Chengwu smiled and said: "The purchase list issued by the shogunate has already specified the model of each equipment. This is obviously not a temporary idea, but has been done secretly. They made introductions one by one."
Tao Hongfang said: "I saw a lot of Japanese businessmen in the Dinghai Port of Zhoushan earlier, and there must be some of them serving as the eyes and ears of the shogunate. Most of the information about our country's weapons and equipment was inquired by these people."
Shi Chengwu said: "The information they can get is basically just some public information, which is not harmful to the overall situation. We will sell them second-hand equipment, and we will also do some processing, so that they will not easily grasp the real combat performance of these equipment .”
Zhu Zi'an said: "Master Shi, there is one thing I don't understand. Since the old grudge between North Korea and Japan has not disappeared, and there is obviously antagonism, why not provoke the two countries to fight, and then they will all scramble to buy weapons and equipment from Haihan ?"
Shi Chengwu said: "For our country, these two countries will not pose a threat for a foreseeable period of time, so there is no need to weaken their strength through war. Although war can quickly increase the scale of arms trade, but At the same time, it will also affect the role of these two countries as suppliers of raw materials and commodity sales markets for our country."
Zhu Zian suddenly said: "So if Japan and Japan go to war on a large scale, it will do more harm than good to Hai Han, so the best situation is to let them fight without breaking, which will not affect normal trade, and can continue to sell arms to them .”
Shi Chengwu nodded and said, "Exactly."
In fact, Shi Chengwu still has another reason that he didn't say out loud, and that is to keep the current state of competition and confrontation between North Korea and Japan, which is more conducive to Haihan's focus on taking over the Ming Dynasty's ruled area.
As long as the two countries continue to be wary of each other, they will attach themselves to Hai Han's wings to prevent the other party from using Hai Han's military power to attack themselves.At this time, Haihan is most concerned about taking over Ming's territory as soon as possible, and some of the armed forces stationed in Japan and Korea will be transferred back to the country.However, this matter was certainly not good news for Zhu Zian, and Shi Chengwu had no intention of provoking him, so he skipped this section voluntarily.
So far, the task of the mission in Edo has been basically completed, and it will start the return journey after a two-day rest.In addition to the food needed on the way back, the mission also left a large amount of supplies to the Edo embassy, including liquor, cigarettes, candy, daily necessities and so on.On the one hand, this is because it is inconvenient for Ma Boran and other overseas personnel to purchase here. On the other hand, it is also to provide samples to the embassy, and they can sell them here if they have the opportunity. If they can open up sales, there will be more ways to make money in the future.
After the mission confirmed the departure time, the shogunate also quickly determined the candidates to send to Haihan to inspect the weapons and equipment.The name Masuyama Masatoshi was very unfamiliar to the mission. Even Ma Boran, who lived in Edo for a long time, was not very clear about the origin of this person, only that he was definitely not an important minister of the shogunate.
Later, after some inquiries, I found out that this person turned out to be Tokugawa Ietsuna's uncle, and he rarely showed his face outside.However, Tokugawa Ietsuna's biological mother passed away three years ago, and she could no longer provide help to her natal family. His uncle did not hold an actual official position in the shogunate, but received a salary of [-] shi as a close relative.
However, not having an official position does not mean having no power. It is obvious that Tokugawa Iezuna trusts this uncle very much, so he entrusts Masuyama Masatoshi with the important task of going abroad for investigation.The Tokugawa family's Tsunasao's mother's family was of civilian origin, so the only backer for this uncle is the current shogun, and his loyalty should be beyond doubt.
As far as Hai Han was concerned, the shogunate sent such a strange person to take charge of this matter, and it would take a lot of effort to win over this person.But the advantage is that this person will directly contact Tokugawa Iezuna, and will not be involved in the interests of various factions in Japan, and the follow-up negotiations will be simpler.
After Masuyama Masatoshi took office, he immediately took the initiative to visit the embassy.According to him, he claimed to be born in the ninth year of Yuanhe, that is, in 1623, in his early thirties, with a friendly face, and he seemed to be an honest person.
(End of this chapter)
Regarding the competitive relationship between the Asahi and Japan, Haihan has always been happy to see it succeed.Although North Korea is now a vassal state of Haihan, the fundamental reason for its attachment to Haihan is to seek asylum and support. If there is no external pressure at all, it is hard to say how long this loyalty can last.If the gap in military strength between North Korea and Japan widens further, North Korea's ambitions will inevitably grow accordingly, and it will be more difficult for Haihan to control the situation in East Asia.
In the early years, Japan aggressively invaded North Korea and almost wiped it out. Such a great hatred has not yet been settled, but North Korea has risen rapidly in the past ten years. If Japan is not afraid of revenge, it must be deceiving itself.This time, the Korean naval fleet followed the mission to Edo, which really aroused the fear deep in the heart of the shogunate, making it have to face up to the military threats already formed by neighboring countries.Purchasing arms from Haihan seems to be rushing to the doctor in a hurry, but it actually reveals the urgent need of the shogunate to make up for its own shortcomings.
What Haihan has to do is to try to maintain the state of the two countries fighting without breaking, so that the arms race will continue to develop.Carrying out arms trade with these two countries separately, so that there will not be a big gap in their military strength, is the main means to grasp the balance.
It was originally intended to stimulate the nerves of the shogunate by letting Andoshi lead the North Korean navy to visit Japan, but he did not expect immediate results, and the mission did not prepare an arms sales plan in advance.Fortunately, Shi Chengwu is no stranger to the arms trade, so he hastily accepted this big deal that appeared out of thin air.
In the end, the shogunate decided to send people to Zhoushan with the returning Haihan mission. For such a large military purchase order, it is impossible to pay the deposit before seeing the items. At least one has to inspect the goods first.As for whether to complete the handover in Zhoushan or Edo, the shogunate can choose on its own, but there must be a difference in shipping costs in the middle.
Back at the embassy, everyone was very excited.Although many agreements were negotiated during this trip, the arms deal negotiated with the shogunate was completely the result of the mission's own operation without a plan, and once the Japanese market was opened, the follow-up would be very short. There may also be a steady stream of orders.Afterwards, the executive committee will reward each other based on meritorious deeds, and everyone will definitely be able to get a reward order.
Of course, Shi Chengwu must have contributed the most to leading the entire negotiation process, and everyone congratulated him.
Shi Chengwu smiled and said: "The purchase list issued by the shogunate has already specified the model of each equipment. This is obviously not a temporary idea, but has been done secretly. They made introductions one by one."
Tao Hongfang said: "I saw a lot of Japanese businessmen in the Dinghai Port of Zhoushan earlier, and there must be some of them serving as the eyes and ears of the shogunate. Most of the information about our country's weapons and equipment was inquired by these people."
Shi Chengwu said: "The information they can get is basically just some public information, which is not harmful to the overall situation. We will sell them second-hand equipment, and we will also do some processing, so that they will not easily grasp the real combat performance of these equipment .”
Zhu Zi'an said: "Master Shi, there is one thing I don't understand. Since the old grudge between North Korea and Japan has not disappeared, and there is obviously antagonism, why not provoke the two countries to fight, and then they will all scramble to buy weapons and equipment from Haihan ?"
Shi Chengwu said: "For our country, these two countries will not pose a threat for a foreseeable period of time, so there is no need to weaken their strength through war. Although war can quickly increase the scale of arms trade, but At the same time, it will also affect the role of these two countries as suppliers of raw materials and commodity sales markets for our country."
Zhu Zian suddenly said: "So if Japan and Japan go to war on a large scale, it will do more harm than good to Hai Han, so the best situation is to let them fight without breaking, which will not affect normal trade, and can continue to sell arms to them .”
Shi Chengwu nodded and said, "Exactly."
In fact, Shi Chengwu still has another reason that he didn't say out loud, and that is to keep the current state of competition and confrontation between North Korea and Japan, which is more conducive to Haihan's focus on taking over the Ming Dynasty's ruled area.
As long as the two countries continue to be wary of each other, they will attach themselves to Hai Han's wings to prevent the other party from using Hai Han's military power to attack themselves.At this time, Haihan is most concerned about taking over Ming's territory as soon as possible, and some of the armed forces stationed in Japan and Korea will be transferred back to the country.However, this matter was certainly not good news for Zhu Zian, and Shi Chengwu had no intention of provoking him, so he skipped this section voluntarily.
So far, the task of the mission in Edo has been basically completed, and it will start the return journey after a two-day rest.In addition to the food needed on the way back, the mission also left a large amount of supplies to the Edo embassy, including liquor, cigarettes, candy, daily necessities and so on.On the one hand, this is because it is inconvenient for Ma Boran and other overseas personnel to purchase here. On the other hand, it is also to provide samples to the embassy, and they can sell them here if they have the opportunity. If they can open up sales, there will be more ways to make money in the future.
After the mission confirmed the departure time, the shogunate also quickly determined the candidates to send to Haihan to inspect the weapons and equipment.The name Masuyama Masatoshi was very unfamiliar to the mission. Even Ma Boran, who lived in Edo for a long time, was not very clear about the origin of this person, only that he was definitely not an important minister of the shogunate.
Later, after some inquiries, I found out that this person turned out to be Tokugawa Ietsuna's uncle, and he rarely showed his face outside.However, Tokugawa Ietsuna's biological mother passed away three years ago, and she could no longer provide help to her natal family. His uncle did not hold an actual official position in the shogunate, but received a salary of [-] shi as a close relative.
However, not having an official position does not mean having no power. It is obvious that Tokugawa Iezuna trusts this uncle very much, so he entrusts Masuyama Masatoshi with the important task of going abroad for investigation.The Tokugawa family's Tsunasao's mother's family was of civilian origin, so the only backer for this uncle is the current shogun, and his loyalty should be beyond doubt.
As far as Hai Han was concerned, the shogunate sent such a strange person to take charge of this matter, and it would take a lot of effort to win over this person.But the advantage is that this person will directly contact Tokugawa Iezuna, and will not be involved in the interests of various factions in Japan, and the follow-up negotiations will be simpler.
After Masuyama Masatoshi took office, he immediately took the initiative to visit the embassy.According to him, he claimed to be born in the ninth year of Yuanhe, that is, in 1623, in his early thirties, with a friendly face, and he seemed to be an honest person.
(End of this chapter)