Chapter 1257 Twenty-one Qin and Japanese
The prince of Luzon, Qin Jun, returned to the port of San Francisco. The fleet was loaded with silver and copper, and there was a mysterious guest. He is the eldest brother prince among the sons from the Wa Kingdom.
The prince who actually held power in Wa Kingdom should not have been in this team, but he still came, and he came in secret. After discussing the package plan proposed by Qin Jun, Shizi, Nakatomi Kamazu and several other teachers, it was finally accepted.
But before officially signing the contract, he hopes to come to San Francisco in person to meet that god-like Mr. Wei Gongdi. Doing so actually violated the rules of the Tang Dynasty. After all, as the heir of the vassal state, Qin Lang had an extraordinary status, and Qin Lang, as the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, was also of great status.
Such a meeting will undoubtedly lead to some unnecessary speculation.
Prince Katsuragi did not choose to report to the court, but hid his identity and came with the boat.
The prince is young and energetic, and he is full of incomparable admiration for Datang, and for Wei Guogong, a legendary figure, Prince Katsuragi admires him even more. He once carefully collected the past of Duke Wei of the Tang Dynasty, and after reading it carefully, he praised it as a legend.
Now, he finally saw the real Duke Wei, who was more real than the portraits of Qin Lang he had collected. Among the portraits he collected, some appeared in the image of the Demon Suppressing Heavenly King, stepping on a basalt and holding a golden mace. Some were born in the image of poetry immortals, with moon-white Confucian robes fluttering more than snow, with a chic and suave demeanor.
Some are the image of a handsome man in bright armor, a lion with a unicorn, swallowing shoulders, phoenix wings, and a scarlet cloak.
Some are prime ministers in purple robes and jade belts with goldfish charms sitting and discussing with the emperor, and the prime ministers of great powers stand aloof.
These images sometimes make him feel ever-changing, even contradictory.
The image of Qin Lang in his mind always seems to be covered with a layer of veil.
But now, I finally saw this Duke Wei.
"Ge Cheng pays his respects to Duke Wei!"
Qin Lang was wearing a moon white gown today, very casual attire, looking at the eldest brother Wang Shizi who had a respectful and even restrained attitude, he just smiled and stretched out his hand.
Gecheng was a little helpless when Qin Lang shook hands.
Qin Jun explained, "This is a handshake gift."
He also explained to Gecheng that this is the etiquette of Luzon, and it is also the etiquette they formed when they were in Wu'an. During the war of opening up fiefdoms in Wu'an and conquering the southern barbarians, the knights of the Qin family wore armor and were fully armed. When the slang barbarians surrender and surrender, the two parties meet, and the adherents will present their swords to express their sincerity, while the Qin family knights will also take off their right armor and stretch out their right hands to show that they have no weapons to show their sincerity, and then exchange Shake hands and say hello.
Later, when friends or strangers first met or saw each other in the Qin family territory, they would take off their gloves first, and then shake hands to show respect.
Hearing this explanation, Prince Katsuragi hastily and respectfully clenched Qin Lang's hand, and even held the other left hand up.
"I have heard for a long time that Japan has a young and promising His Royal Highness Wang Shizi. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation and was extraordinary."
"Duke Wei's name has long been famous in Japan, and I have long been like thunder. I have been looking forward to seeing each other, and today I finally got my wish. This time I came in a hurry, and I didn't tell you in advance. It's really rude. Please forgive me, Duke Wei."
After finishing speaking, Katsuragi bowed deeply, and his whole body was almost folded in half.
"Luzon welcomes guests from all over the world."
After the greetings, Qin Lang led a group of people into Yacheng.
Ever since Gecheng landed in Hong Kong, his eyesight has been a little lacking. Everything here seems so novel. The newly discovered Man Island in the South China Sea in Luzon has managed to manage such a situation in such a short period of time. Compared with Underneath, their country of Wa has been in existence for thousands of years since the age of myths and legends, and even the Emperor Yamato has been passed down for more than 30 generations.
But with the young Luzon, it is actually not comparable.
"Duke Wei's guards are really mighty."
Katsushiro looked at the accompanying Luzon guards, amazed and envious.
"This is the squadrons of the Luzon Governor's Mansion. They are the personal guards of Duke Wei. They are all the bravest and elite. There are six squadrons and six squadrons. The sixth squadron is all cavalry, and the sixth squadron is all infantry. The ones on duty today It is the golden gun class and the white horse class, as well as the trap straight and fire gun straight."
Wearing white cotton armor and riding white war horses, the sturdy Hummer team is the white horse straight. sharp. The Golden Spear Squad is equipped with heavy cavalry in iron armor with golden lacquer spears. The armor on the knights is all golden, and the horses are also equipped with golden vests.
And Gecheng Shizi also found that the equipment of the two infantry units also made him look sideways. It is said that the formation was also from the camp of Gao Shun, a general under the command of the peerless fierce general Lu Bu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. This is a heavy infantry. The coldness of Mo Dao makes one's scalp tingle.
The equipment of the firecracker infantry is even more eye-catching. In addition to the bow and sword on their backs, they also carry a strange weapon on their shoulders. It is said that it is called the three-eyed firearm. I also heard before that the Tang Army had a mysterious firearms unit, known as the Shenji Army, which made great contributions when the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo and captured Liaodong.
Even a strong city more than ten miles away can be directly destroyed.
Unexpectedly, he saw a real Datang firearm here. It looked like a short spear, less than one person long, with three short pipes at one end. He guessed that these three iron pipes might be organs.
"Zhu Banzhi is really elite."
Qin Jun chuckled, "To tell you the truth, the squadrons are my grandfather's personal guards. They belong to the elite of the elite, and the trump card of the trump card. There are 12 squadrons in total, with a total of 3,600 members."
"In addition, my Luzon now has a complete military system, and there are two elite divisions, four yamen and six capitals, two of which are the Ya Nei Division and the Guard Division. The Division and the Guards' Army and Navy Divisions, the Guards' Commanders command the battalions of Mabu Shui, and the Division of the Yamen is also divided into the battalions. In the two divisions and four Yamen, there are also the upper six capitals, which are divided into left and right sides, each with 3,000 people , a total of 18,000, all elite tigers, stationed in New San Francisco."
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Katsuragi was dumbfounded.
The well-equipped, tough and outrageous Ban Zhi just now, he thought they were all Lu Song's soldiers and horses, who knew that they were at most Qin Lang's personal guards?
In addition to the 3,000 personal guards of the squads, there are also 18,000 elite tigers in the upper six capitals?
Besides, there are two divisions and four yamen, commanding the so-called one hundred and eighth battalion of Mabu water army?
"The two divisions, four yamen, and six capitals and squadrons are our elite trump cards in Luzon, field elites. In addition, we also have united soldiers, Baojia soldiers, archers, and Fan soldiers."
The more Katsuragi heard it, the more surprised he became.
Qin Jun laughed inwardly when he saw Katsuragi being stunned for a while.
Of course, what he said was not entirely correct. Many of them were just bluffing and intimidating the princes of the Japanese kingdom. After the past few years, Luzon is now on the right track.
The Luzon government has also achieved gratifying results after several years of encirclement and suppression of the islands. Now the islands on the big island of Luzon have either surrendered or been driven to other islands.
Now it is true that such a military system has been formed, with two yamen, four divisions, six capitals and twelve straights, but the scale is actually far less astonishing than what Qin Jun said.
Just like the twelfth squadron, the sixth squadron of cavalry and six infantry squadrons are indeed the elite of the elite, but the full number is 300 squadrons per squad, and there are only 100 squadrons in reality. Therefore, the current 12th class has a total of 1,200 people.
The upper six capitals are divided into left and right hatchbacks, and the Mabu and Navy have two capitals each. Each has 3,000 people, but in fact there are only 500 people, so there are 3,000 people in total.
The 12th Squad Zhi and Shangliudu are actually Qin Lang’s Beiya Forbidden Army, who undertake the tasks of guards, retinues, honor guards, and guards. The 12th Squad is responsible for guarding Yacheng, and Shangliudu is responsible for guarding the outer city.
These two ace troops are selected from the vassal knights, and some are selected from the selected warriors.
These 4,200 people are actually the standing armed forces in Luzon today.
As for the Mabushui Army of the other guards and pro-army divisions, in fact, only the establishment is reserved at ordinary times, and the garrisons are divided into battalions. The permanent officers of the battalion are responsible for daily maintenance. In non-wartime, each battalion only retains a very small number of recruited Samurai on duty.
Only when there is a war, will the mobilization order be issued. At that time, the mobilization order will be issued to the knight retainers under the jurisdiction of the battalion headquarters, and they will be called back to rebuild depending on the scale of the war.
As for the united soldiers, archers, Baojiading, etc., they are basically militias.
Luzon currently has no more than 6,000 soldiers standing in the battalion.
But the Qin family's army is well-organized and well-equipped. As long as it is mobilized, it can quickly recruit 50,000 to 60,000 people.
Gecheng really thought that the Qin family had 50,000 to 60,000 people or more in active service, thinking that they were all those tall and mighty sailing warships and armored cavalry warriors he had seen along the way.
Especially Qin Lang's squadrons, they are not only brave and capable veterans, but also have thousands of choices in appearance.
The Japanese are short, and the momentum brought by the row of tall soldiers is too big for him.
He couldn't help swallowing when he saw it.
"It's no wonder that Duke Wei was able to sweep away the native barbarians of the Luzon Islands within a few years, without any disadvantage."
Wo Kingdom is now imitating Tang Dynasty to implement the anti-personnel law, which is actually Japan’s military system, but Wa country lacks a relatively powerful aristocratic bureaucratic landlord class. The defense is mainly selected by ordinary people, and its combat effectiveness is of course far inferior to Tang Fubing.
The aristocrats and powerful people of the Wa Kingdom disdain to defend people and serve as soldiers.
The citizens of the Wa country who had just been assigned to the fields did not have much property, so how could they buy the same equipment as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? What's more, Japan's own military industry is very backward, and it can't provide any good equipment.
Gecheng sighed in his heart, this trip was worthwhile.
If I didn't come this trip, I really can't imagine how powerful the Tang Dynasty is. Lu Song is only one of the enfeoffed princes of the Tang Dynasty, but he is so powerful. How strong is the military power of the Tang Empire in the Central Plains with millions of armors? ?
He felt that he had come to the right place, and the decision to fully cooperate with the Qin family was also right.
If you want to strengthen Japan, you must learn from Datang.
But now, Katsuragi thinks that he should establish a good relationship with Luzon first, and learn from the teacher Luzon. As long as he can learn three points from Luzon, Japan will be able to turn around.
Zhu Banzhi escorted them into the city of inner teeth.
Qin Lang directly invited Katsuragi Shizi and Nakatomi Kamazu teachers and students to his study. The city of San Francisco is no worse than Dazaifu, and Uyamen City is like a strong, exquisite and artistic castle.
The mansion in Nei Ya City is more like an elegant and high-end royal garden.
Qin Lang's study room is very large, and the three walls are full of bookshelves, filled with all kinds of books. Looking at these books, Gecheng teacher and student are full of envy and awe, only this study room is almost the same. There are thousands of books in the collection.
These ten thousand volumes of books are not only a symbol of culture, but also a manifestation of financial resources. Anyway, neither Katsuragi nor Nakatomi Kamazu have so many books.
Besides, how many advanced cultures and technologies of the Tang Dynasty must be contained in these books!
Sitting on his knees in this study room with thousands of volumes of books, Katsuragi felt so insignificant.
"About Luzon's Dangjin Concession Free Port Plan, I don't know if your son has any doubts?"
"No, we fully agree with the package plan proposed by Mr. Wei Gongdi, but we want to add an additional condition."
"explain."
"We want to add a few more loan agreements, hoping to get a loan of 10 million yuan from Luzon! In addition, we hope that the Luzon government can send some people to us to act as advisers to the military, political and economic affairs of the Yamato court..."
Gecheng said that he showed Qin Lang some additional terms and documents that had been negotiated a long time ago. He wanted to get more assistance from Qin Lang, from a loan of 10 million yuan, to asking Lu Song to help build it. Ports, cities, roads, bridges, and even military instructors are sent to help train the army, and talents are sent to help advise the military, political economy, and so on.
After reading it, Qin Lang felt that the Japanese kingdom had a lot of ambitions. Although they were willing to let the Qin family establish a concession and a free port in Zhuzi, and agreed to negotiate tariffs and give the Qin family the most favorable treatment, they also had a lot of conditions.
From the entry of industries in the free port, to technology transfer, to borrowing, to hiring consultants, coaches, etc., it is obvious that they want to give the Qin family a good hand, and want to upgrade themselves in all aspects.
"There is no problem with the loan, and the interest rate is 6%, but what do you use as a guarantee for the loan? Do you use minerals as collateral, or directly hand over the customs to us?"
"Customs custody?"
"I have learned about the management of port trade in your country of Wa. Compared with the Shibo Department of my Tang Dynasty, your management level is undoubtedly too backward. If it is entrusted to our Qin family, it can increase the efficiency by at least two times. Your income can also be greatly improved."
Qin Lang proposed that the country of Wa would use minerals and customs as a loan mortgage, and the customs would be entrusted to the Qin family to provide detailed accounts to the country every year, and then each would be divided in half. The Qin family would return the customs management rights to Wa country.
The two of Katsuragi thought about it for a while, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, but they proposed that the customs could be handed over to the Qin family, but the Shibo Department needed to hire people sent by the Wa country, and they wanted to learn to manage it.
Qin Lang didn't object either.
After sorting out the conditions of both parties, there are a total of twenty.
Qin Lang frowned, and finally added one more point, if Wa country needs to borrow money from abroad, it needs to make an agreement with Luzon first.
"Just these 21, you can read it again!"
"Don't read it, we all agree, we can sign it now!" Ge Cheng couldn't wait to implement the agreement immediately.
(end of this chapter)