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Chapter 391 Yokohama Treaty

After the Grassland Conference in Mobei, the power of Chechen Khan Shuolei and Prince Babu was forced to be lifted, and Rurk and other Chechen generals almost surrendered to the Restoration of Liao army. Before the situation in Mobei was stable, the Liaodong Cavalry Brigade temporarily stayed in Mobei for the time being. In addition, Tushetu and Zasaktu each left two thousand cavalrymen, and there were almost ten thousand cavalry troops stationed in Mobei. They needed to wait until the new order was established in Mobei and the various clans handed over their power to deter them, otherwise the army would recur once it was withdrawn.

The most painful thing is Shuolei. After finally being released from the No. 1 labor reform mining farm by the Restoration Liao army, he had a little hope to restore the identity of Khan. However, he had just recovered the Chechen tribe and became the king of the country.

It was not that some generals who were originally loyal to Shuolei were defeated because of the money offensive of the Fu Liao army, but they witnessed the great momentum of the Fu Liao army joining the southern Mongolians of the Moxi, and the various tribes of the Haixi Jurchens to attack the northern part of the Moxi. The official cavalry of the Fu Liao army alone came to 15,000 cavalry, and some of the Haixi Jurchens who helped to pacify the local rebellion, and there were another 30,000 to 40,000 cavalrymen in the southern part of the Moxi. In an instant, such a large-scale battle made them feel that there was no chance of victory in resisting alone. Two-thirds of the entire Moxi were gone, and the Chechen Khan was alone and was attacked by the Fu Liao army, with almost no possibility of development.

"When the Mobei is flat, we have almost no worries. The eastern, central, and northern grasslands have been connected into a place except the west. Even the wilderness in the far north, there are Siberian pioneers who have worked hard to establish strongholds." The two major khans were captured, and the main forces of the Korchin Cavalry Brigade and the Joint Cavalry Brigade retreated from the Mobei. Wu Keshan was very happy in the middle of the way.

"Then the next one is the Ming Dynasty in the south. With our cavalry help, once we enter the pass, we will be in a state of unstoppable situation." The brigade commander of the United Cavalry Brigade said, "I just don't understand that the military leader has the ability to enter the Central Plains, but I just haven't moved for a long time. I don't know if the military leader is still attached to the Ming Dynasty."

"What the people above think about is not just military victory. We can only use the sharp blades to achieve certain goals. We will lead troops to fight, and thinking about those strategic things is a headache," said Wu Keshan.

While the two men were talking on Mongolian horses, a cavalry rode a horse from behind and chased him: "Sir, the old patriarch...he will be unable to do it."

"What?!" Wu Keshan heard that something happened to Obama, and immediately turned his head and ran back.

In the village of Yokohama Village, the shogunate sent an envoy who eventually signed a treaty with the Restoration Army, and the one who led the delegation was still Tadao Sakai, an important retainer of the Tokugawa family.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate was reluctant, under the threat of the Resurrection Liao army's "fire artillery if they do not open the country", after bargaining with the Resurrection Liao army, they finally decided to sign a treaty with the Resurrection Liao army.

"Mr. Sakai, we have met again. I hope you will not argue with our Liao army for such a little demand." Zheng Zhilong said with a headache.

During this period, in order to save some of its face, the shogunate bargained again and again on the request of the Fuliao Army to lease Yokohama Port for free trade, which annoyed the strong Zheng Zhilong. In the end, the two sides reached two new consensus on the lease of Yokohama Port, which was a little regression for the Fuliao Army. First, the Fuliao Army to lease Yokohama Port 30 miles as a free trade port, and merchants on both sides could conduct legal commodity trade at Yokohama Port for 99 years; second, the Fuliao Army could no longer station more than five warships at Yokohama Port at one time, except during the adjustment period, and could not continue to go deep into Edo Bay.

Zheng Zhilong doesn’t care about this kind of face-saving requirement, so he just agrees for the time being.

"Well... we are not going to sell our land for prosperity, but a kind of commercial exchange. You rent our Yokohama Village with ten taels of silver a year to trade..." Sakai Tadaokazu said so much that he didn't even believe it himself.

Ten taels of silver exchange for land and part of territorial seas within a radius of thirty miles. How cheap is this low price?

"No problem, I understand your difficulties." Zheng Zhilong said. But he thought you were happy.

"Then let's sign this "Yomohama Treaty". If possible, I don't want to be this sinner for the ages..." Tadaoka Sakai said helplessly.

The two sides formally signed the Yokohama Treaty in Yokohama Village. The representative of the Liao army was Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, and the representative of the shogunate was Sakai Tadao Sakai, the retainer of the shogunate. The Yokohama Treaty was duplicated and used all Chinese characters as contract fonts. Because in Japan, some important orders of the shogunate general were even written in Chinese characters, so he was proud to recognize Chinese characters.

Zheng Zhilong was very satisfied after signing the treaty. The task assigned to him by Chu Yun was successfully completed. He threatened the shogunate with warships and cannons to withdraw the expulsion order. At the same time, he cut a port next to Edo Castle where the shogunate was located, and lay next to the Tokugawa shogunate at all times.

In contrast, Tadao Sakai was frowning and had a sense of loss of power and humiliation of the country.

"Can our army's expulsion order be recovered from Nagasaki Port?" Zheng Zhilong carefully placed the contract into a kraft paper envelope, and then placed the kraft paper envelope into a wooden box.

This is the first contract signed by the Liao army for the request of the Japanese Kingdom, but it is precious information!

"Our shogunate has decided to withdraw the expulsion order. Nagasaki Port is still handed over to the Shimazu family to operate, and at the same time, the Restoration Liao army is allowed to garrison troops at Nagasaki Port." Sakai Tadaokazu said. This time, even Yokohama Village near Edo Castle will be rented to the Restoration Liao army troops, not to mention Nagasaki Port far away on Kyushu Island.

"Well, that's great. If we had known this, why would we have been there? If you hadn't suddenly issued an expulsion order, we would have stayed in Nagasaki Port obediently, and where would we have time to come to Edo Bay to negotiate with you so much time? Do you know that this time we used the Beiyang Fleet, the materials consumed by a long voyage were astronomical." Zheng Zhilong said.

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have wanted to provoke you at all. It's like I can't eat fish and still make you fishy." Tadao Sakai couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"Haha, we need to cooperate more in the future. This time I will lead our Ming Dynasty merchants to come, just to not let this voyage go in vain. They will start trade in Yokohama Village and welcome daming from all over the country to come and trade." Zheng Zhilong was in a good mood after signing the treaty.

"What good things did your businessman bring?" Tadaosaki Sakai asked curiously.
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