The expression on Zhu Hongyu's face gradually became somewhat meaningful.

After thinking for a while, he spoke.

"Now that the Qing army has sent troops to conquer the Japanese, it's almost time for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to recover North Korea!"

Legally speaking, after the King of Korea requested annexation, Korea now belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hongyu couldn't stand it when such a large piece of almost boneless fat continued to fall into Manqing's hands!

The North Korean royal family has openly expressed its annexation, and the local forces in North Korea have been completely wiped out by the Manchus.

Coupled with the millions of people in North Korea who are highly Chinese, aren’t they just a piece of fat meat without bones?

If we can eat the fat meat of North Korea, we can then migrate the population of North Korea to Liaodong, Sichuan, Southwest and other places where labor is in urgent need.

In this way, a large number of acres of land that can provide tax revenue can be added to the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time.

Daming's agricultural tax will be greatly increased in a short period of time.

Although he is unwilling to bear it, even though Zhu Hongyu has been supporting industry and commerce over the years, agricultural taxes still occupy a pivotal position in Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue.

As for the large-scale migration of North Korean people into Liaodong, Southwest and other places, will it cause North Koreans to occupy the magpie's nest?

Actually don’t worry!

First, because North Korea has a high degree of Sinicization, the relocated people can easily be assimilated by the local Han people.

Secondly, don't be hell-bent on moving people to one place. Just spread them out and move two or three hundred people to one county and that's enough.

In this way, these two to three hundred people will only be assimilated faster.

However, if thousands of Koreans migrate to a place, won’t the Koreans have to occupy the magpie’s nest?

What do you mean by that? Large mixed living, small living together!

As long as the court operates properly, it won't be a big problem!

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while and then summoned the generals from the Fifth Army Commander's Office to discuss sending troops to recover North Korea.

…

North Korea, Busan!

After the New Year's Day, the main force of the Qing army began to mobilize and converged from the entire North Korea to Busan.

A large number of troops gathered, and massive amounts of ordnance, food, grass and other materials were piled up in the Port of Busan.

Ships of various sizes were recruited by the Qing army and used to transport troops and supplies.

The current Qing army does not care whether it is a sea-going ship or not. As long as it can float on the water in North Korea, even a small sampan will be requisitioned.

On the sea outside Busan Port, countless large and small ships are densely packed, almost covering the entire sea surface.

The breeze blows, and the sails of the ship catch the wind, almost covering the entire sea surface.

Kangxi stood at the port of Busan, looking at the densely packed ships, feeling excited.

"Go to war!"

Following Kangxi's order, the sounds of war drums and gun salutes resounded throughout the Busan Port.

The forwards of the Qing army pulled up anchor and sailed towards Tsushima Island.

After watching the large and small ships leave, Kangxi also turned around and left the port.

But he did not return to the camp, but went straight to the military camp. He wanted to personally train the new army.

Because for him, that new army was the foundation for him, the Qing Emperor, to settle down and live his life!

Although the new army's rations, military pay, and ordnance are being deducted for no reason, even the soldiers are mostly just a group of old, weak, sick and disabled.

However, this did not prevent Kangxi from being interested in his own new army!

Only by watching the new army's drills could Kangxi feel that he was truly an emperor and not a dispensable puppet.

…

In Busan Castle, a beautifully decorated shopping mall!

Ye Bilong sat opposite a Ming Dynasty businessman.

The two sat together drinking tea and talking. Although Ye Bilong was a cabinet minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was the Ming businessman who had the upper hand.

When Ye Bilong met with this Ming businessman, what they wanted to discuss was the matter of renting a ship.

The Qing army wanted to cross the sea to conquer the Japanese. Now it was just a vanguard, so it had to recruit almost all the Korean ships, large and small, to barely have enough.

If we really have to wait until the main force of the army goes out for battle, the number of ships required will definitely be huge.

The ships the Qing army now has are definitely not enough.

Now in the entire East Asia, there are enough ships to allow the main force of the Qing army to cross the sea. Only the Ming Dynasty!

In order to obtain enough ships to facilitate the army to cross the sea, E Bilong could only find businessmen from the Ming Dynasty to discuss the matter of renting ships to cross the sea.

Ye Bilong opened his mouth and said.

"President Zhang, don't worry that the Qing Dynasty will borrow your ship and not return it. The Qing Dynasty is a country after all, and we still need integrity."

"As for the deposit, I wonder if we can discuss it?"

The businessman surnamed Zhang couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this.

Does the Manchu Qing have credibility? Who believes this and who is a fool!

Not to mention that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has now declined to a point where it is necessary to cross the sea and conquer the Japanese to survive, and there is no need to talk about credibility at all.

Even the Manchu Qing Dynasty in its heyday was not a believer in credibility.

"Prime Minister, it's not that you're going to say something unpleasant again, but that this matter is really difficult to handle!"

"The number of ships you want to lease is too large. If there is not enough deposit, I cannot convince the members of the trading company to lease the merchant ships to you."

The merchant surnamed Zhang came to negotiate with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce to lease ships so that the Manchu Qing could go across the sea to conquer the Japanese.

He is not alone, there is a huge interest group behind him!

Even this interest group has the royal endorsement, otherwise, it would not dare to do business with the Manchus.

If you don't do this well, you will be known as a traitor!

With the support of this interest group, the businessman named Zhang is qualified to negotiate terms with Ye Bilong.

Not to mention, Ye Bilong is still unilaterally asking for help from him.

"The Qing Dynasty has now invested a large amount of money and food in preparing for the cross-sea conquest of Japan, and a large amount of money and food has been turned into ordnance and supplies."

"Furthermore, the deposit you asked for is too much. We in Qing Dynasty are also in difficulty right now. We won't be able to come up with that much deposit for a while."

"President Zhang, please be accommodating. At worst, when the Qing Dynasty's war against the Japanese begins, your Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for all the realization of the spoils."

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And the business of cashing in trophies is also the most important bargaining chip in Ye Bilong's hands!

Upon hearing this, President Zhang pondered for a while and then spoke.

"Xiang Li, if you want to rent a boat without giving a deposit, that is definitely impossible!"

"Those ships are also our wealth and life to us merchants. It's not that we don't trust the Qing Dynasty, it's that we don't dare to gamble with our wealth and life."

"Don't think I'm asking for a large deposit now, but when you return the ship, the deposit will also be returned."

"If you really want to do this boat rental business with us sincerely, why would you care about the deposit?"

"Anyway, the deposit is only kept here by me first. When the transaction is completed, it will be returned to you sooner or later!"

President Zhang said with seriousness and sincerity.

The corner of Yi Bilong's mouth twitched, and he felt a little helpless. Sure enough, free prostitution is not so easy!

The other party is not stupid!

Now that the idea of ​​having sex for free came to nothing, Ye Bilong began to prepare for serious business discussions.

After pondering for a while, Ye Bilong opened his mouth and said.

"If that's the case, why don't we, the Qing Dynasty, just buy some ships? I wonder if your Chamber of Commerce has any ships ready to be sold?"

President Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Today's Ming Dynasty is short of ships, but not short of ships!

What the Ming Dynasty lacked was sea-going ships that could travel across oceans and travel around the world.

However, there is no shortage of ships traveling on inland rivers and offshore waters. Not only is there no shortage, the stock is still large.

It would also be possible if we could dispose of a batch of old ships and raise a batch of funds to build new ships and ships that can travel across oceans.

Anyway, the current Manchu Qing Dynasty is just running between Japan and North Korea, so there is no need to make the ship too big!

Presumably even if the Ming Dynasty was selling some old river boats, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not refuse them.

President Zhang heard this and stroked his beard and said.
To be continued...