Li Xiao was lying on the lounge chair in the greenhouse. The sunshine in winter was very rare. Tokugawa Chiki planted all kinds of flowers in the greenhouse. They bloomed in a variety of colors and colors, making the whole greenhouse warm and fuzzy. The smell was delicious

Comfortable.

After living for two lifetimes, Li Xiao realized that flowers actually have no flowering period. As long as the temperature is right, flowers can bloom no matter how old they are. There is a crabapple at Li Xiao's feet and a pot of gardenia beside his head.

The state of blooming.

Tokugawa Chihime didn't have any other hobbies, but flower gardening was the only one she was willing to spend her energy on. As a super nymphomaniac, the greenhouse she built was definitely world-class. Li Xiao felt that the Queen of England's greenhouse was probably not as good as his own.

Home cow.

The steel structure frame is inlaid with rows of thick and extremely transparent glass. There is a sandwich in the middle. It is cold and windy outside, but it is warm as spring inside. Several thermometers are hung in different places to facilitate measurement of each

The temperature of the location.

On normal days, Tokugawa Chiki was busy here almost all day. Li Xiao picked a few flowers and made a garland, trying to please his wife, but the flattery ended up being patted on the horse's hoof. The always gentle Tokugawa

Qian Ji became so powerful that she actually drove Li Xiao out of the greenhouse and strictly prohibited Li Xiao from approaching the greenhouse.

Li Xiao, in a rage, not only entered the greenhouse, but also found the best place to grow vegetables. What is the purpose of growing flowers? Not to eat or drink. Growing vegetables is good, not only beneficial to the body and mind, but also profitable. This woman,

I just can't live my life.

"Commander!" Xie Youcai stood respectfully in front of Li Xiao. As the true God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty, he was held in high esteem by everyone wherever he went. Now he bowed in front of Li Xiao and did not even dare to straighten his waist.

"Yeah!" Li Xiao hummed, put down the shovel in his hand, scooped a ladle of water from the water tank and handed it to Xie Youcai!

Xie Youcai quickly took it and carefully poured it into Li Xiao's hand for Li Xiao to absorb.

"Have you done what you were asked to do?"

"It's done! The order has been given to the Japanese people, but there is something wrong with the beef. The Japanese people still have the law in our prosperous Tang Dynasty. To kill a cow, you must behead it." Xie Youcai carefully poured water for Li Xiao, for fear of splashing the water.

On Li Xiao's clothes.

"Of course you can't kill farm cattle casually. This was also the case in the Ming Dynasty in the past. It's easy for a family to have a big animal, which is almost the same as a family. They have worked hard for the family all their lives, and when they die, they have to donate their meat for others to eat. This is inhumane!

But there is no problem with beef cattle. This kind of cattle is raised to eat meat. Tell the Japanese people to use concentrated feed and listen to drum music for them. Oh, by the way, they have to give them massages every now and then. In short, let these

How can a cow live comfortably?"

"Listen to drum music! Massage... a cow?" Xie Youcai's jaw almost dropped to the ground. After living for forty years, he has never heard of playing drum music for a cow and having to massage it...! That damn thing is not a cow, it's an uncle cow.

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"Yes! Beef must be raised to have texture like snowflakes. As long as such a cow is cultivated, I will pay a big price to buy it. For every ten kilograms of beef, one silver coin."

"One silver coin...!" Xie Youcai suspected that he had heard wrongly. One silver coin could buy three cows in the Ming Dynasty, and ten kilograms of beef in Li Xiao's place? Damn it, he was just throwing money at the Japanese country.

"You should make it clear to Tokugawa Katsuyori and Mouri Hidetada that as long as this kind of beef is available, I will buy it at this price. It doesn't matter which one of them has researched it, remember! The beef should have texture like snowflakes!"

"Line like snowflakes!" Now Xie Youcai is a little doubtful about the commander's mental state. What kind of snowflake grain does beef have? These people eat a lot of beef, and they also eat a lot of beef from Mongolia as tribute. It's tender and chewy.

I have eaten it, but I have never seen beef with snowflake patterns. Is that a cow?

"Yes! Also, buy Japanese knives in large quantities. You can give them a higher price and tell them as long as they are hand-made by the knife maker. If there are any traces of mechanical processing, they will be accepted."

"No!" Xie Youcai didn't know what happened to Li Xiao. After plundering the Japanese country in the past, he began to care about the Japanese people. Recently, he ordered himself to approve a large number of trades with the Japanese country, all of which were spent in large sums of money.

All are traditional handicrafts, from mud dyeing in Kagoshima to Japanese swords in the south, Okinawa stone fungus from Nagasaki, steamed green tea, folding fans from Kyoto, lacquerware from Edo, woodblock prints, dolls...!

They are all worthless things, but Li Xiao wants to buy them at a huge price. He even signed a contract to purchase them for a long time in the future. Isn't this giving money to the Japanese country?

Could it be that the commander-in-chief was lenient with the Japanese because he loved his wife? That’s not right! The commander-in-chief has always had a deep prejudice against the Japanese and would never change his mind because of a woman.

"All cooperation projects require a deposit. This allows people to have money to buy raw materials and also allows people to see our sincerity. We only need to pay 30% of the deposit."

"Deposit? Thirty percent?" When the Ming Dynasty was doing business with Japan and North Korea, when did they have the bad habit of paying a deposit? They always advanced money to have the things ready and delivered them, and they would only pay after the Ming Dynasty inspected and passed the inspection. The current policy...

It's too loose!

What are the good things about those things from the Japanese country? I don’t believe that the mud dyeing is brighter than the cloth dyed by the Ming Dynasty machine? There are also folding fans... The people of the Japanese country learned to use fans from our ancestors.

Japanese knives are very famous. The steel mouth is very good and can even cut the barrel of a heavy machine gun. But the Japanese knives are too brittle, let alone the Liao army. Even the large blades of the garrison are useless. The garrison in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas

, when encountering Japanese pirates, they would often use heavy machetes to chop the Japanese people in half.

The steel now produced by the Ming Dynasty can be said to be at the world's advanced level. The only one that can be compared with it seems to be the steel plant built by India in Mumbai. That is because India can get good iron ore, and with the iron ore in Australia

As the ore moves northward, Ming Dynasty steel will soon be unrivaled in the world. When it comes to making knives, Japanese knives are just scum.

"In short, we need to support the Japanese handicraft industry now. Of course, we only want high-quality products. The purchased items will be transported to Singapore and the price will be increased ten times to say that they are the top finished products of our Ming Dynasty. Remember! It will be auctioned and the price will be ten times the price.

It’s just the base price.”

"Lower price? Marshal, Europeans are not stupid, they...!"

"Europeans are not stupid, but they just can't make such good handicrafts. If you put your heart in your stomach, Japanese merchants no longer go to sea. They just transport the goods to Guangzhou, and they are not that good.

The ship crosses the South China Sea. Who do you think owns a 10,000-ton ship?

In short, we want to give the world an impression that the handicraft industry of the Japanese country is the best. If necessary, encourage the people of the Ming Dynasty to buy it. Just be quiet, the leather bags made by the Japanese people are good. Look at these leather shoes called crocodile brand.

People killed crocodiles in the Philippines, skinned them and transported them back to Japan. Look at the leather shoes they made. They are pretty good from style to durability.

I have asked you to make this several times, but which one has been so good? These shoes can be sold in Europe for at least ten silver coins." Li Xiao pointed to the crocodile leather shoes placed aside.

"Commander! Don't worry, this matter will be handled properly. Just take a look!" Xie Youcai rolled his eyes and immediately felt that there was a lot to do here.

The Europeans are completely weak when it comes to handicrafts, especially things with a strong oriental style. They can't even think of them. Not to mention, after spending a lot of money to acquire them from Japan, selling them to the Europeans can only be

Higher prices. Besides, there is absolutely no need to worry about selling high-quality handicrafts. The huge market in Ming Dynasty alone can easily be eaten up.

The Ming Dynasty has become rich in recent years, and the number of wealthy households in Ming Dynasty has gradually increased. Gold in troubled times and antiques in prosperous times. Many people have been eyeing the art industry. Last year, someone dug out a painting "Along the River During Qingming Festival" in Feng Bao's old house.

"Picture" is said to be an ancient painting from the Song Dynasty.

At the Sotheby's auction house in Suzhou, it was sold for a high price of eighteen thousand silver coins. It is said that on the day of the auction, almost all the rich people from Jiangnan came.

There's something going on!

"There are some handicrafts unique to Japan that I don't know about. Please inquire carefully. If those things are really good, do as I said above. For these crocodile leather shoes, we might as well set up a factory in Japan. Remember! No.

If you use a machine, it must be made by hand. This is our selling point, do you understand?"

"No! All handmade things are unique. This is the value!" Xie Youcai is worthy of being a big teapot, and his brain is bright.

"Okay! Let's go do some errands!" Li Xiao said and walked out with a basket of freshly picked radishes and cucumbers. It is a pleasure to eat such pickled vegetables in winter.

Tokugawa Chiki's eyes were watery, and she leaned like a little bird in Li Xiao's arms.

"Is it because of my concubine that you are so kind to the Japanese country?"

"Of course!" Li Xiao smiled and hugged the beauty in his arms. It's rare for an old couple to be so bored.

Xie Youcai got Li Xiao's order, and of course he carried it out with the greatest enthusiasm. When the news reached the Japanese country, the whole country was in joy. In these years, the Japanese country could only continue to mine gold and silver and buy industrial products from the Ming Dynasty. The traditional handicrafts of the Japanese country had long been industrialized by the Ming Dynasty.

Production was devastated to the point of collapse, but the upper class aristocrats were living a comfortable life.

Those small business owners and small handicraftsmen were almost unable to survive. As their lives became increasingly difficult, the news of Ming Dynasty's full assistance was a timely help. Suddenly, Ming Dynasty and Li Xiao became the most important figures in their hearts.

Many families quickly made statues of Li Xiao and enshrined them at home or in shrines.

The rumor that Li Xiaohao spent thousands of dollars to win a beautiful woman spread in the capital, immediately replacing the news that Wang Shilang was about to have a stroke, and firmly occupying the top spot on the capital's gossip topic list. Many young ladies in the boudoir were stunned when they heard the name Li Xiao.

Little stars are popping up inside and out. I wish I could marry into the Li family right away. As for being a concubine, you have to pay for it if you want to reap the rewards!

As for the restaurants and shops, everyone is talking about anything. Some say that Li Xiao is a beauty and ruined the country, some say that Li Xiao is reincarnated as a Taoist minister, and some say that Li Xiao does not care about the country. Under the public praise, everyone's eyes are on

In addition to paying attention to Li Xiao, I am also looking forward to beef with snowflake patterns, or a peerless Japanese sword.

"Haha! A beauty worth ten thousand dollars." Sun Chengzong fiddled with the leaves of the Clivia, and a heavy smile appeared on his face.

"Grandpa! Li Xiao is destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese people are ambitious. You won't forget that they invaded North Korea during the Wanli period. At that time, their national power was at its peak, and the Ming Dynasty paid a heavy price to win.

After these years of plundering the Japanese country, we have become very weak. As long as we continue this policy, the Japanese country will always be our vassal state. If we give them a break at this time, wouldn't it be a waste of all our previous efforts?" Sun Zhijie didn't understand why his grandfather was still smiling.

come out.

"Haha! Do you think so? Brother Xiao has always been wary of Japanese people. Even their people worked as mercenaries and could not get the latest Ming Dynasty weapons. Could it be that the person sleeping next to him at that time was not a Japanese?

woman?

Counting Tokugawa Nobuo as his brother-in-law, he had a narrow escape from death fighting in Ceylon and Bombay for the Ming Dynasty. The troops fought extremely brutally, and only two out of ten people came back alive in the end."

"Could it be said that the commander did this because the Japanese soldiers fought so hard?" Hearing his grandfather's words, Sun Zhijie understood somewhat. He had heard about the hardships the Japanese soldiers fought on Ceylon Island, and also heard about the cruelty of the Battle of Bombay.

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If it was because of the brutal battles fought by the Japanese soldiers in these two battles, Sun Zhijie would understand. Soldiers do not want to treat their comrades unfairly.

"That's right! That's not the case either...!"

"Grandpa...!" Sun Zhijie was very confused. It didn't mean anything.

"Because the Japanese soldiers fought hard and showed the iron-blooded side of the Japanese people, it really frightened Li Xiao. The sergeant died on the small flag, and the small flag died on the flag book... Wu Sangui and Wu Sangui in the Battle of Bombay

The distance between the city and the city is only five miles, but we can't rush through it.

If we let people like this continue to fight and experience many times, even our Ming army will not be sure of victory. Remember! Those who are aggressive are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of losing their lives. Those Japanese soldiers, they really dare to risk their lives.

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From then on, Brother Xiao said that Japanese mercenaries could no longer be used. Letting them go through bloody battlefields would cause great trouble to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Look at the Japanese industries he supported this time, they are all handicrafts. Tell me, people are doing handicrafts to make money, who will do the same industry as the Ming Dynasty? They are all doing handicrafts, who else wants to plant crops?

to make money?

Those warriors couldn't stand the temptation of money. They no longer studied martial arts, but wanted to learn a technique that could make money. The most powerful thing about Brother Xiao is that he uses profit to attract people. In the face of money, bushido is vulnerable. He can persist.

There are not as many ethical samurai as you think, there are really very few."

"What you mean is that if everyone in the Japanese country is busy with handicrafts to make money, no one will engage in the machinery industry. Those warriors will also run businesses in order to make money. After a long time of this, the Japanese people will be accustomed to making things better.

Their bushido spirit is beyond consideration."

"Yes! One generation may still remember it, but what about two generations later? What about the third generation? I dare to bet you. Sixty years later, the Japanese country will no longer have the Bushido spirit, and there will only be a group of craftsmen with the spirit of great craftsmen. What do you think?

, Is this kind of country a match for the Ming Dynasty?" Sun Chengzong teased Clivia again, and Li Xiao's move was really ruthless and amazing. Sun Chengzong prided himself on not being so ruthless!
Chapter completed!