All year last year, Liu Guoneng and two other mountain regiments captured a total of 150,000 Japanese slaves, and the recruitment bureau recruited more than 300,000 Japanese slaves through recruitment in Japan.

As Japan's economy further deteriorates this year, more and more farmers are rioting, and the three mountain regiments stationed in Japan are busy.

At the same time, the number of Japanese slaves recruited will increase, because farmers can't live anymore. When they encounter recruitment from the recruitment bureau, they will choose to go to the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the recruitment bureau has expanded the number of recruiters and has allowed the Tokugawa shogunate to give the recruitment bureau privileges through diplomatic means.

That is, the recruitment bureau can recruit workers at will in Japan. When the recruited personnel are voluntarily, the Tokugawa shogunate and local officials are not allowed to block them.

The Japanese navy now does not have it, and its rule is in turmoil. Not to mention the mountain groups stationed in Japan, these mountain groups will be subject to the Tokugawa Shogunate as soon as they leave. The Tokugawa Shogunate completely lost the power to provide conditions with Shandong Masahiro, but Tokugawa Iemitsu obviously acted reluctantly when meeting with the ambassador to Japan.

Zhang Minhan sat opposite Tokugawa Iemitsu, looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu's reluctant look and smiled: "General Tokugawa, our general has given us that we will not let the shogunate suffer."

"I wonder what instructions the general has?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked quickly after hearing that it was beneficial.

"Our general knows that Japan lacks food. We can provide 1 million stones of dried sweet potato flour to Japan every year for disaster relief. If the disaster is serious in Japan, our general will also increase the aid. In three years, the amount of dried sweet potato flour we aid in Japan will definitely reach at least 3 million stones per year to help the shogunate stabilize the situation." Zhang Minhan said.

"The general is kind, I thank you." Tokugawa Iemitsu was so surprised to hear that there was such a great benefit. He knelt down and kowtowed to the east, looking extremely respectful.

For Tokugawa Iemitsu, the most troublesome thing is the food problem and population problem. The population is not too much, but less.

The food was low because of the destruction of the rural natural economy, and the population was low because of the war. The entire Kanto Plain was swept away by the Shandong Army and was devastated. In other areas, the Ming people recruited workers everywhere, resulting in the population of Japan's beginning to decline.

For this reason, Tokugawa Iemitsu really wanted to order an unblocked conference to increase the population, but production could not be restored for the time being and was limited by various difficulties.

At this time, Shandong Masahiro promised to provide assistance to the shogunate, how could Tokugawa Iehiko not be happy?

At the request of the Embassy in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu issued a new law allowing the recruitment bureau to recruit workers freely in Japan, and all vassals must not stop it.

At the same time, after receiving the promise, Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately ordered an unblocked meeting in the Kanto area, calling on the emperor's people to have more children.

The Emperor is still retained at present, but the Emperor has been handed over to the Shandong Masahiro by Tokugawa Ie-gum. This move has also made the Tokugawa Shogunate behave much more, because once they are disobedient, the Shandong Masahiro can sacrifice the title of the Japanese Emperor and form a puppet Masahiro. At that time, even the puppet Masahiro is not properly handled, at least the puppet Masahiro can still enjoy wealth.

The emperor is very important in Japan's beliefs. In order not to intensify the conflict between the Japanese, Zhao Yan chose to retain the Japanese emperor.

The Japanese Emperor had just handed over to Shandong Zhengfu at the end of last year. Zhao Yan had submitted it to the cabinet and asked Chongzhen to come out and enthrone the Japanese Emperor as King of Japan.

Although the Japanese Emperor retained it, this title was not reserved. This girl dared to be called emperor and even had the word "Tian", so she naturally wanted to be harmonious with him.

The so-called unblocked meeting is a traditional custom in Japan.

In order to deal with the insufficient military resources brought by the war, Japan ordered men to go to women on the streets to quickly grow the population.

Therefore, in later generations, Japan, there was a phenomenon of letting female students take off their clothes in class to relieve their shame and making them feel casual about their surnames.

The thing behind the Japanese kimono was developed from the Uncovered Conference, because that thing can be placed on the ground as a pillow.

The unblocked conference in Kanto area made the Ming people in Japan stunned and sighed, "It turned out that this was OK." The Embassy in Japan hurriedly reported this phenomenon to Zhaojiabao.

Zhao Yan didn't feel anything when he received the news in Zhaojiabao. He had known this for a long time. It was not a new thing. What else could the Japanese have to do?

However, the Embassy in Japan was issued an order, strictly prohibiting Japan from spreading this behavior outside the Kanto region.

Japan is also a place of birth for female slaves. The red light district in Shandong needs Japanese female slaves. This ancient profession cannot be eliminated. Since it cannot be eliminated, let foreign women do it. When Japanese female slaves are transported to Shandong, it is best to be innocent, and not for anything else, they are valuable.

As for the assistance to Japan, it's all a little bit.

Anyway, sweet potatoes have as much as you want. If it were the past, Zhao Yan would have been reluctant to take out so much sweet potato flour to aid Japan. After all, dried sweet potato flour is the type with higher labor intensity in production.

But if most of the workload is done with a steam engine, the production of dried sweet potato flour will be easy. Song Yingxing just developed a semi-automatic production line powered by a steam engine not long ago.

The cleaning and beating of dried sweet potatoes are done by steam engines, which skips the two most tiring procedures. The investment in labor costs has been reduced by half, and dried sweet potato flour has become very cheap.

At present, the grain output of the Ming Dynasty does not need to be worried. Sweet potatoes are planted everywhere, and the planting area of ​​other crops is also increasing. So what else to worry about?

But people cannot eat sweet potatoes every day. Not to mention that they will eat them malnourished. After eating them for more than ten years, even their stomachs will be damaged, so they still have to work hard to recover agricultural production.

It is also what Zhao Yan is happy to see that Japan's population can grow, because it can export more cheap labor to the Ming Dynasty.

At this stage of productivity, manpower is still very important. The Japanese should work more and contribute more to the earth.

Japan now has no ability to turn things around, the navy is restricted, and technology, technology, and academic communication are all restricted, and Japan's departure is restricted.

The Japanese will always be under the dark rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Even if the Japanese devils resisted, it was useless. Zhao Yan sent three mountain regiments in Japan to cope with the resistance and changes of the Japanese devils at any time.

The Japanese Bushido has also been subject to certain restrictions, but it has not been completely restricted to death. This has to be done slowly.

"This year we would be better off recruiting 2 million Japanese slaves. In this way, deducting the cost of Japanese slaves, all our project investment is expected to reduce 25 million silver dollars." Zhang Buyun thought to Zhao Yan: "In addition to the 1.6 million Japanese slaves we now have, we can save nearly 50 million taels of infrastructure construction costs every year."

Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile and said, "It's probably impossible for 2 million people, 1 million!"

"Master, we can use the means of forcing the surname to force it." Zhang Buyun said.

"There are too few people in Japan, which is not good for trade." Zhao Yan shook his head, and Zhang Buyun shook his head and said, "My lord, trade is more important than infrastructure construction. If Japan has a small profit, it's better not to have a small profit. Besides, it's not only Japan that has a market. There are many big markets around the world, such as India and Europe. We can transfer ships traded in Japan to India for trade, and the same is true."

"Wenlong, since you hope to get more Japanese slaves, then you can go and find an excuse!" Zhao Yan shook his head helplessly. When Zhang Buyun heard Zhao Yan say this, he smiled and said, "I will definitely find a good excuse for the Tokugawa shogunate to commit the crime."

Excuses are naturally easy to find. Now some businessmen are doing business in Japan. As long as one of them has any accidents, they will blame the Tokugawa shogunate for the reason.

If the issue of compensation is raised at that time, and the cooperation with force is used, the Tokugawa shogunate will naturally surrender.

As for the Japanese market, Zhao Yan doesn't like it now.

Japan really has no resources and is extremely barren. There are only a lot of copper ore. Japanese farmers have no money, and the market is getting smaller and smaller.

Catching Japanese slaves will destroy the market, so Zhao Yan doesn't care much now.

If you catch more, just catch more! Anyway, you will grow one after another after cutting it. With the reproduction speed of the Japanese, it can completely keep up. Japan's market is already fast, and Japan's instinct can contribute to the Japanese slaves.

...After the Chinese New Year, Zhao Yan rarely goes out and usually stays at home with Yuan'er. Yuan'er will be born in two months in a month, so Zhao Yan naturally has to be with her.

Yan Yuyao suddenly felt uncomfortable this day, and Zhao Yan quickly called the doctor to check her, and Yan Yuyao was also pregnant.

Only then did Zhao Yan realize that he was about to grow in this world.

Zhang was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. Yuan'er just had a happy ending last year, and Yan Yuyao was also happy this year. She would definitely have a grandson with her two belly.

After knowing that Yan Yuyao was pregnant, Shalena's eyes were red, her tears looked at Zhao Yan, begging, "Husband, I want a baby too."

Seeing her crying like this, Zhao Yan hugged her and comforted her, "Be good, don't cry, don't cry."

"I want it." Salina repeated.

"Don't be so anxious!" Zhao Yan said hesitantly. Salina is not pregnant yet, mainly because Zhao Yan has taken contraceptive measures.

"But both sisters have them, but Shalena doesn't." Shalena pouted and said. Seeing that Yuan'er and Yan Yuyao were pregnant, Shalena felt a little confused for a moment.

It has been a long time since she arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and Shalena also knew the reason why mothers regard their son as their value.

"Uh..." Zhao Yan hesitated for a while, and Shalena lay in his arms and started crying. Zhao Yan was the one who was most disgusted with the woman crying, so he had to coax: "Okay, okay, we want a baby too."

"Really?" Shalena stopped crying. Zhao Yan nodded, and Shalena showed a bright smile again. Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel ashamed. This girl turned her back faster than turning a book.

Just give birth! Zhao Yanxin thought.

...On the first day of February, Zhao Yan attended a ceremony.

This is a farewell ceremony, and the first batch of retired soldiers attended the ceremony.

"Young Master, they have basically mastered the operation methods of the farm in the past two months of study, and are waiting to distribute land." Zhao Quan said to Zhao Yan on the way.

"Yeah." Zhao Yan nodded, "Uncle Quan, where should these first batch be transferred?"

"According to the old slave's view, they should be arranged to be scattered." Zhao Quan said: "It will not work if it is too concentrated. Henan, Huguang and Sichuan provinces have land, and Sichuan probably can get the most."

"Then let them choose it themselves!" Zhao Yan shook his head and said.

"It's better to promulgate the Agricultural Tax Reform Act of each province in a few days, especially in Sichuan. Once it is promulgated, the land price will definitely jump to worthless. If the emperor and the common people are allowed to share the tax, Emperor Chongzhen will definitely be furious."

The Sichuan vassal kings occupied so much land and the most wasted land. If Sichuan was settled, it would definitely make Chongzhen angry. At that time, Chongzhen might not be able to help but do something.

It was not Chongzhen who was offended, but the entire ruling class.

If Zhao Yan promulgates agricultural tax bills in other provinces, those stubborn landlord forces will inevitably jump out to resist, and then it will be lively.

"I have a suggestion for this." Zhao Yan said calmly, and Zhao Quan stopped talking.

At this time, Zhao Yan was ready to confront the entire old forces. Each province sent 20,000 armed police, which was enough to wipe out the resistance forces in each province.

The troops have been arranged and the entire Ming Dynasty has the ability to swallow up, and at this time the final stage is left.

Soon Zhao Yan arrived at the schoolyard, and more than 8,000 veterans had gathered again.

It is still straight and uniformly stance.

"Standing attentively, salute."

With a shout, the veterans present raised their hands and saluted Zhao Yan who came to the podium. Perhaps this was their last time to receive Zhao Yan's instructions.

"After a moment." Zhao Yan held a trumpet in his hand and ordered loudly.

"Today is a special day, and it is also a day that makes people happy and sad." Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel deeply moved when he recalled the scenes when he first came to this era.

"I know that many of you don't want to retire, but want to continue to stay in the army. At that time, we built the current people's army in Zhaojiabao. At that time, we were poor and deserted, but we still established the village army here. Why? Because the world was in chaos and foreign races were spying on us, our compatriots were hungry because of the chaos of order. Now it is the sixth year. We have eliminated the foreign races who spying on us, and we have stabilized the situation in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhao Yan said loudly: "The last one of you to join the army is four years old. You have established firm thoughts in the army and you have learned a good culture. It is not that I let you retire from the army that I cannot use you anymore, but that the country needs you to continue to struggle. But the place where you will strive in the future is not a battlefield, but in the local area. Now the Ming Dynasty is still not revived, and you need to go to the local area to fight."

Many of the veterans below moistened their eyes, and many of them were already used to the life of conquest, so it was extremely reluctant to let them be discharged from the army.

Many people still want to continue to make achievements.

"You are all heroes who fight for the country. The nation will not erase your merits, and the country will not forget your blood and sweat, nor will they treat every meritorious person unfairly. Any soldier who joined the army nine years ago in Chongzhen will be given 500 acres of good land after he is discharged from the army, and will be exempted from tax for 5 years, so that all meritorious persons can have food and clothing. When you arrive at the place, you can go to do business and open factories. You have enough culture. If you don't understand, you can come back to receive training at any time. At the same time, you can choose to continue fighting. Everything depends on your choice." Zhao Yan said loudly.

"General Xie Longen." Suddenly someone knelt on the ground.
To be continued...