In Osaka Castle, the topic discussed by Tokugawa Saiaki, Hachisuga Saiyu and others has turned to the poor finances of each domain. The feudal lords in the Edo period seemed to always be in high debts.

All vassals

Most of the feudal lords like to live a luxurious life and are not good at managing money. Therefore, for more than two hundred years, all the upper-class figures of the samurai family have been in debt. Behind the high debts of the feudal lords is the wealth and luxury of the merchants in the Edo period.

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"Not many of the feudal lords are financially sound now. If we really want to implement the integration of public and military affairs, and each vassal loses political power, I am afraid that all of them will go bankrupt immediately. We, the lords of the lord, will probably have to beg for food."

"Yes, so marrying the pretty daughter of the family to the emperor of tomorrow, and then welcoming the grandson back to inherit the family business in the future, is a way to preserve the family name."

"I heard that His Highness Mingzi also wants to seal some land in New Japan to each vassal, so that each vassal can go to New Japan to establish branch vassals. This expense is really life-threatening!"

"If Yukiyoshi-sama becomes the leader of New Japan, we probably won't need to go there to establish a branch, right?"

There were a lot of shogunate elders in the hall, and most of them were lords of a feudal clan or secluded feudal lords. The financial situation of each family was not satisfactory, although the shogunate proposed the "Method of Combining Public and Military Affairs" and "The Increase of Patagonia"

These two policies seemed to be quite beneficial to each domain, but in fact they caused each domain to fall into a bankruptcy crisis.

At this moment, the door of the hall was suddenly opened, and the person who came in was Katsuki Kaishu, the family boss of the Yokohama clan. He quickly walked up to Tokugawa Qi Zhao, saluted, and said: "Master Youfu! The great emperor of tomorrow"

The fleet has entered the port."

"Are you here? Okay, I'll go and greet the Great Tomorrow later." Tokugawa Saiaki quickly stood up, straightened his clothes, and suddenly thought in his mind: "When the Great Tomorrow leaves Japan, what will he do to him?"

The infiltration and control of this country will probably increase by a few percent."

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Outside the port of Osaka, Japan.

This port city is located in the middle of Japan's main island. It is across the sea from Shikoku Island and is an excellent natural deep-water port. The port is surrounded by a plain area that is rare in Japan, and Japanese traditional buildings are densely arranged. In

The port area is a

It looks like a mix of old and new in a foreign market. Western and Chinese-style buildings are dotted here. Various cranes at the port are densely arranged. With white cloth belts on their heads and shorts in winter, short Japanese workers are shuttled back and forth.

Small items of goods.

There are cargo warehouses everywhere above the port pier - these warehouses and the entire pier were invested and built by the Yokohama Domain. Among the nearly 300 feudal clans in Japan, the richest one now is definitely the 10-koku Yokohama Domain. Not only does it own

Yokohama, one of Japan's five major trading ports

, and also established a Yokohama trading company, with a series of subsidiaries including Yokohama Warehouse, Yokohama Bank, Yokohama-Ezo Development, Yokohama-New Japan Development, Yokohama Fisheries, Yokohama Coal, Yokohama Shipbuilding, etc. It is now responsible for operations

The one at Osaka Terminal is Yokohama Kura Trading Company.

Ships from various countries are moored everywhere on the sea surface of Osaka Bay. There are various types of ships, but the most common ones are Chinese-style Cantonese ships. Most of these sailing ships of about 1,000 tons belong to Chinese businessmen, and they are the most active on the seas of East Asia and Southeast Asia.

That's it.

There are also many European-style clipper-type fast sailing ships. Most of these ships belong to various foreign companies, but about half of them are owned by Chinese trading companies. There are not many Japanese ships, they are all fishing boats with high forecastles. And the ones with chimneys

Steam sailing ships were even rarer.

The imperial cruise ship Akiko and the battleship Guangfu, which Emperor Zhu was riding on, are the largest ships in Osaka Bay. They are both steam sailing ships. The former has a displacement of 3,500 tons, and the latter has a displacement of 3,800 tons. However, these two ships are not owned by Nanyang Shipbuilding Company.

The products are purchased from France and the United Kingdom. Both ships are armed, and the large-caliber bombardment guns equipped are also products of the United Kingdom and France. However, the shells are domestically produced, and are starch explosive bombs produced by Lan Fang Hang.

There are also two docks in Osaka Port that can be used to build large-tonnage sailing ships. One of them belongs to Nanyang Shipbuilding Company and the other belongs to Yokohama Shipbuilding. However, both docks are empty. Obviously, the ship repairing and building business is not easy to do.

Sailors from all over the world in various colors were crowded on the deck, curiously looking at this mysterious Eastern country that had slightly opened its doors. Surrounding the merchant ships from various countries were some small Japanese flat-bottomed boats, some selling vegetables, fruits and eggs.

From a distance, they were shouting and hawking on the merchant ships of various countries. Many of them could even speak a few words in foreign languages ​​or blunt Chinese.

In addition to these merchants on the water, there are also things that attract sailors from all over the world. Some boats are slightly larger, and there are pink lanterns hanging on the stern. There are some women in colorful clothes crowded on the bow, with their shoulders exposed and their faces painted white.

.Smiling wildly to solicit business.

However, these women who were put on flat-bottomed boats to sell their meat were certainly not good goods, and they could not be compared with the women in Emperor Zhu's harem.

Led by the pilot boat of Osaka Port, the Akiko and the Guangfu slowly passed through the channel and drove to a pier with a painted archway. Emperor Zhu stood in the spacious and luxurious cabin of the Akiko, watching quietly.

All this before my eyes.

Japan is still a country. With his own intervention, the country's pace of opening up does not seem to have slowed down much, and it is now beginning to move towards industrialization. It seems that Japan's rise in another time and space is not accidental!

It seems that I have to work harder to incorporate Japan into the Greater China Customs Union as soon as possible and turn it into a part of the economic and industrial system of Greater China.

This was the first time for Engels to come to Japan. The most powerful foreigner in China was also famous in Japan. Because pirated copies of Zhu Jishi's translation of "Taiwan Strategy" are all over the Japanese archipelago, if there is no samurai house, people will definitely think it is

The bumpkin from the countryside looked down upon him. He was now standing next to Zhu Jishi, holding up a telescope and carefully observing the scene in front of him.

"Jason," Engels always called Zhu Jishi by his English name when no third party was present. "You seem to be a little afraid of this country. In my opinion, this country is too far behind China. There is no decent

Industry, no independent finance, not even a unified government and a unified market. If their warriors were not braver, the Ming Dynasty could even conquer them easily."

Zhu Jishi looked back at him and smiled: "Friedrich, are you instigating me to invade a friendly neighbor? This is not your usual style. But I will not invade Japan. This is a small and small country."

A violent country, with perseverance, the Ming Dynasty is powerful and much richer, but if you really break in... you will be beaten to death! There is a big difference between this country and North Korea..."

Engels shrugged, "Is there any difference? Once Japan joins the Greater China Customs Union, their fate will be the same as that of the North German states that joined the German Customs Union, gradually losing their independence. During the 1848 revolution, the North German states'

The bourgeoisie all want the King of Prussia to be their monarch. Perhaps one day, the Japanese bourgeoisie will make the same request?"

"That's the difference." Zhu Jishi laughed. "North Korea is a weak woman who has no ability to resist, and I pushed her directly...and Japan is Sanako Chiba, who also carries a small sword and uses it.

Being strong is not worth the gain, so you can only get her by coaxing and deceiving. Friedrich, tell me, who of the two peoples is luckier?"

"Does that need to be said?" Engels said calmly, "Of course they are Koreans. If my prediction is correct, a considerable number of Japanese samurai landowners will either sell or lease their land to businessmen, or transform into large farmers. Large agriculture will be

Japan's limited plains

As the area develops, Japanese farmers will either transform into the proletariat with nothing, or become brutally exploited tenants. On the other hand, North Korean farmers will become self-cultivaters with small plots of land. As small producers, they are certainly luckier than the proletarians.
Chapter completed!