"This...when did I give such an order? It must have been done by people below?" When Ito Yisuke saw Arima Antai coming menacingly, he immediately refused to admit it and took out the classic feudal lord's car-throwing insurance.
Handsome tactic - push a subordinate to take the blame, "I will go back and investigate thoroughly and bring all the murderers who hurt the Yuqiu family's ships to justice!"
When Yu Qiupei heard what Yoshisuke Ito said, he immediately knocked quietly on the tatami. Taihei Asahina outside the door received the signal and immediately waved to the group of performers who had been prepared to start the performance.
"Give me back my son! Give me back my son! Old thief Ito, give me back my son!"
Another shipping congressman and boss, Tori Yoshinobu, immediately yelled at the top of his lungs like a mourner after receiving the signal, shaking half of the ship. He and a bunch of auxiliary soldiers who were acting as extras, the congressman moved toward the cabin door.
The guards of the Red Leaf Army rushed over. Everyone was smiling, but they pretended to be shouting and acting like a fierce conflict.
"This is..." Ito Yiyu was startled by the shouting outside the door, and pointed to the door in panic.
"This... I guess it's because the survivors on the ship learned that His Highness Ito was here and started making trouble." Yu Qiuping stood up pretending to be dissatisfied and shouted to the guard at the door, "Isn't it supposed to be kept secret? Who leaked it?
news?"
"Are these...the survivors of the crew members of the wrecked ships?" Ito Yoshisuke seemed to understand, and glanced at Arima Antai with a guilty conscience.
"Otherwise? What do you think?" Arima Antai sat down, folded his hands on his shoulders, and glared at Ito Gisuke sideways, "Can you not be angry when you hear that the enemy is on board?"
Before Arima Antai finished speaking, there was a sudden violent commotion outside the door. Immediately afterwards, the door of the house was suddenly knocked open, and Torio Yoshinobu rushed in with someone. I saw that his eyes were blood red, and his clothes were red.
He also tore two pieces of his shirt, and the veins on his forehead popped out, and he glared at Ito Yisuke. Yu Qiuping couldn't help but exclaimed in his heart - he really has the material to be an actor!
"Give me back my son!" Tori Yoshinobu pounced towards Ito Yoshisuke. Mori Ranmaru and Asahina Taihei waited for Ito Yoshisuke to stumble before they stepped forward to restrain Tori Yoshinobu.
, led the guards to pull him and other extras out.
"I'm really sorry for frightening His Highness Ito." The popular Yu Qiuping jumped out at this time and said to Yiyou Ito, "But you can see that it's difficult for us to handle it. Everyone in the Yuqiu family is related.
Because of this, many of those who run the sea trade are wealthy bosses, and they have many connections in Yuqiu’s family. Even if we know that His Highness Ito didn’t do it on purpose, it’s hard to explain.”
"We, the Ito family, guarantee that all the murderers involved in the attack on the Yuqiu family's merchant ship will be brought to justice and handed over to the Yuqiu family for processing! Moreover, we will also provide compensation to all the surviving families! Your Highness and Your Excellency, please rest assured!" Ito Yi
Yu patted his chest and assured Yu Qiupei and Arima Antai, "Justice for everyone!"
"Everyone is already dead, what's the point of asking for justice from you?" Arima Antai yelled at Ito Yoshisuke according to the lines written by Hayame Akihei, "Catch the murderer, and the dead will be resurrected.
? If you pay compensation, can the dead be resurrected? Can you afford the compensation? That’s dozens of families! Dozens of good families suddenly disappeared! Dozens of wives lost their husbands, hundreds of
Parents have lost their children, and hundreds of children have lost their fathers! How can you compensate for this! The tragedy is not how many people died, but how many times it happened that one person died!"
In this chaotic era where human life is as worthless as a dog, when a daimyo like Ito Yoshisuke, who regards human life as nothing, faced humanitarian condemnation for the first time, he didn’t know what to say and hesitated for a long time with his mouth half open. Yu Qiuping watched
When the effect was achieved, he patted Arima Antai on the shoulder, signaling that it was time for him to come out and be the star.
"Antai, how can you be so rude to His Highness Ito? His Highness Ito doesn't want these things to happen!"
"Yes, yes, what His Highness Jibu said is true. I am willing to do my best to compensate the victims!" Although Ito Yisuke kept scolding Yu Qiuping in his heart, he wanted to look at the Hongye Fleet and the Hongye Army even if he didn't look at the monk's face.
To save face, I had to bow my head and admit my mistake.
"Paying compensation, catching the murderer, and promising not to attack the Yuqiu family's merchant ships are inevitable." Yu Qiuping first stared into Ito Yisuke's eyes and confirmed those few things with him.
"And His Highness Ito just said that he is willing to do everything he can to compensate the victims, right?" Yu Qiuping's eyes became sharper, and Ito Yisuke could only nod honestly.
"There is a saying that teaching a man to fish is worse than teaching him to fish. No matter how much compensation you give, it will still be difficult for those families who have lost their backbone to survive. There is only one way to truly help those victims -" Yu Qiuping protracted His voice was unpretentious, and he waited until the opportunity was right before explaining in a low voice, "To be honest, the families of those victims have no other way to make money. If they want to support their families, they can only rely on sea trade. But their family only has It is impossible for you to expect these old people, women and children to go to the bitter cold land of the Northeast to open up new shipping routes. They can only rely on the paths and connections left by their fathers to continue the maritime trade of the Western Kingdom."
"Your Highness means..." Ito Yisuke had a vague premonition and understood what conditions Yu Qiuping was going to put forward.
"Restore sea trade, end the embargo, and allow the ships of the Yuqiu family to do business in the ports and territories of the Ito family." Yu Qiuping showed a harmless smile to Ito Yisuke.
"But...His Royal Highness, it's not that I don't want to help! It's just that the Western countries have stipulated an embargo on the Yu Qiu family..." Ito Yisuke glanced at Yu Qiuping quietly, "The Ito family is weak, how can they dare to carry it alone?
Alliance? If the Shimazu family raises an army to investigate the crime, what will happen to me?"
"No, no, no, we don't need you to break the alliance, we just need you to allow us to trade." Yu Qiuping shook his head after hearing this. Ito Yisuke was still embarrassed, so he said cheerfully, "Everyone knows that the Ito family is weak.
You are weak! Just tell the other people in the Western Alliance that the Ito family is also helpless and cannot defeat Yuqiu Hongye. What can you do? If they really want the Ito family to embargo together, they will send troops to rescue you! Since
If I don’t save you, then you just trade with us! Then you will also have a share of the tariffs from trade!”
"There will also be a share of the Ito family?" Ito Yisuke was overjoyed when he heard this, "This is true!"
"Of course, we will send people to work with your people to set up a customs to collect taxes. We will agree on the tariffs together." Yu Qiuping showed an angelic and holy smile again, "If His Highness Ito is willing, we can still be in your territory.
Invest in building factories and recruit people from your territory to work during slack periods, and all the taxes they pay will belong to you!"
When the devil stretches out his hand of temptation, his holy smile will make angels feel ashamed. Ito Yisuke has been completely persuaded by Yuqiu Hongye's sugar-coated bullets - this is Yuqiu Hongye's promise, a promise of gold.
How could his promise be false? Would he use his own reputation to deceive me into a declining Kyushu daimyo? Obviously not!
"But Your Highness, if the Shimazu family sends troops to conquer because of this matter..." Ito Yoshisuke has not yet let go of his last worries.
"That will mark the break of the Western Alliance. When that happens, the Yuqiu family will immediately form an alliance with you and send reinforcements." Yu Qiuping sat down very solemnly and said to Ito Yisuke: "I
Yuqiu Red Leaves, keep your word."
"Getting a promise from Hongye Highness is worth a thousand pieces of gold." Ito Yisuke no longer hesitated at this moment, "Then..."
"Your Highness, no!" However, according to the script that Yu Qiuping had arranged a long time ago, Arima Antai jumped out again at this moment and stopped Yu Qiuping, "Your Highness has a good reputation for making promises, but the Ito family does not have that! What if?
What if they go back on their word and attack our merchant ship again? How can I go back and explain to the surviving families if that happens?"
"No, no, no, sir, you can rest assured. How dare I violate the agreement with His Highness Jibu!" Ito Yisuke waved his hands upon seeing this, but Arima Antai just shook his head, "I don't believe it, I don't believe you! You
They have already attacked our ship once, there is no way I will send my brothers into the tiger's mouth again."
"Your Highness Ito, how about this?" Yu Qiuping saw Ito Yisuke blushing again, so he came out to smooth things over and said, "Miyazaki Castle and Miyazaki Port are still in our hands for the time being. I'll give it to you.
You write an IOU and we lease it for five years. During this period, we pay you rent. Then we station troops in Miyazaki Castle and Miyazaki Port to protect our merchant ships."
"This..." Ito Yisuke was a little anxious when he saw this, "This is not big..."
"It's okay. The Ito family's ships can use the port at will. We will never block it. They are only used to protect our ships. Moreover, His Highness Ito also said before that the previous attack on the ship was done by his subordinates. Then let's keep some
The soldiers here can also deter those who are ignorant. To take a step back, if the Shimazu family is suddenly in trouble, the people we have left can also help you, right?" Yu Qiuping smiled again and smiled at Ito Yisuke.
explained.
Seeing that Yu Qiupei had done so thoughtfully, Ito Yisuke didn't know how to refute. However, he then thought about it. Miyazaki Castle and Miyazaki Port were lost anyway, and he couldn't get them back by himself, so he might as well rent them to Yu.
Qiuping, he can still collect some rent. Anyway, he can't stop the Yuqiu family's merchant ships, so he might as well allow them to trade and he can collect some taxes. Anyway, to put it bluntly, the Western countries will unite to fight against the Oda family and his small family in Xishan.
The daimyo doesn't matter at all, so it's his turn to dominate the Western Kingdom?
After figuring out these joints, Ito Yoshisuke agreed. Ame Qiupei asked him to wait for a while, and then brought Imai Munehisa, Tsuda Muneki, Konishi Lonzo and other businessmen to negotiate with Ito Yoshisuke.
"How can the amount of compensation be so high?" Yisuke Ito couldn't help but exclaimed when he looked at the compensation figure at that price.
"Then let me calculate it for you one by one." Arima Antai calmly took out the account book just now, "The five ships that sank, a total of... so many crew members were killed on board, the pension is... the amount of money on board
The total number of goods carried... The Yuqiu family's military expedition in order to protect the merchant ships this time must be quite large..."
"What does this article mean by establishing a consul and enjoying consular jurisdiction?"
"After all, the territories of the Hyuga Kingdom and the Yuqiu family are separated by the Seto Inland Sea. It takes at least three days to travel between them. Communication is inevitably inconvenient. Our Yuqiu family will arrange a plenipotentiary representative here to be responsible for the communication between the Yuqiu family and the Ito family.
If you have any questions, you can just go to him directly." Yu Qiuping spread knowledge to Ito Yisuke, "This consular jurisdiction stipulates that if someone from the Yuqiu family commits a crime in the territory of the Ito family, Yu Qiuping will be the one to
The consular trial of the Qiu family. On the one hand, it is because the customs and laws of our two countries are different, and on the other hand, it is to protect our businessmen from being maliciously bullied by your warriors and colluding with each other."
Everyone was talking to each other, but Ito Yisuke couldn't get in the middle of the conversation. In the end, the treaty signed between the Yuqiu family and the Ito family was basically drawn up in advance by the Yuqiu family. This treaty was called ""
The Miyazaki Treaty is also the mother of modern unequal treaties and has become a must-memorize knowledge point for primary and secondary school students in exams.
The Treaty of Miyazaki includes the following:
1. The Ito family arrests all criminals who participated in the attack on the Yuqiu family’s merchant ships, transfers them to the Yuqiu family for punishment, and ensures the personal and property safety of the Yuqiu family merchants in Hyuga Country.
2. The Ito family handed over all naval vessels to the supervision of the Yuqiu family.
3. The Ito family ceded Miyazaki Castle and Miyazaki Port as a lease to the Yuqiu family for a period of 5 years, and allowed the Yuqiu family to garrison troops.
4. The Yidong family compensated the Yuqiu family for a series of losses, totaling 100,000 yuan, to be settled in five years.
5. Open Miyazaki Port as a trading port, and the Yuqiu family's caravans can trade freely between Miyazaki Port and the interior of Hyuga.
6. Allow the Yuqiu family to establish a consul in Miyazaki Port and enjoy consular jurisdiction.
7. The trade tariffs between two parties shall be negotiated and agreed upon impartially by both parties.
8. Allow the Yuqiu family to open factories near Miyazaki Castle and Miyazaki Port, and hire Ito family members to work.
Chapter completed!