Chapter 2053 Hiring Wandering Samurai
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The cunning rabbit still has three caves, so naturally Marin would not hang himself on a tree. After India's copper share was squeezed, Marin could only count on Ming Dynasty copper and Japanese copper. However, these two alone are not safe.
The main reason is that Marin cannot intervene in the development and sales of these two copper mines. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no problem with the development of the Dexing Copper Mine. But for sales, Marin didn't know how much share he could get. As for the Ashio Copper Mountain, the sales Marin may be able to use force to seize the share, but it is hard to say about the development. If it can't be done, Marin will be busy again. And if he personally sends troops to land on the Ashio Copper Mountain, Marin will not have the strength within a few years, and he will not be able to spare manpower.
Then he remembered that there seemed to be a Toledo copper mine on the island of Cebu, Philippines. This copper mine was once the number one copper mine in Southeast Asia. And, the key is - the Toledo Copper Mine is on the coast of Cebu Island!
Marin remembered that he had seen satellite maps before. On Cebu Island, Cebu City is on the east coast of the middle part of Cebu Island, while Toledo happens to be on the west coast at the same latitude as Cebu City...
If it is a copper mine that goes deep into the inland and is in the tropics, Marin may not be willing to send people to develop it. But, by the sea... this colonist is good at it!
But there is a question - whose territory is the Philippine Islands?
Marin looked at the map, and it seemed that the Philippines was directly below Taiwan Island. In other words, it is located at the same longitude as Taiwan Island. According to the "Treaty of Rome", it seems to belong to the island east of the daimyo...
In other words, even if Conte sent people to occupy the island, it would be difficult for Portugal to argue. At most, Palawan Island in the west can be assigned to Portugal because its longitude is westward. Anyway, that island, even in the 21st century, has never heard of any important mineral deposits on the island.
In the letter to Conte, Marin drew an approximate map of the Philippine Islands, the outline of Cebu Island, and the approximate location of the Toledo copper mine. When Kong Tai received the letter, he only needed to send someone to find out the general location according to the map. Then, send craftsmen to look for mines...
As for craftsmen, spend money to hire them in the Ming Dynasty. Or, it would be more straightforward to bribe civil servants and get a group of artisans directly. Moreover, there is no fear of betrayal. Because, a craftsman is equivalent to a servant, and the contract is in hand, which is equivalent to a servant who has signed a death contract. As long as their family members are under control, they are not afraid of making waves.
As for the miners who develop copper mines... this is a bit troublesome, but you can go and catch some indigenous people to mine...
But who to shoot to catch the indigenous miners? Marin thought for a while, and began to plan to hire Ming Dynasty pirates. But after thinking about it, these people are mercenary, they seem unreliable...
When I went to spend the night at Gan Fu Shuizi's place,
Marin looked at Fu Nobunaga, who was playing with mud in the yard, and thought of an idea - hire Japanese samurai...
Although Japan is currently in the era of village chief wars, there is a market for samurai. However, there is no shortage of famous names who have been defeated. The samurai who originally gathered around these daimyo will inevitably be forced to wander. Decades later, these forced wandering warriors became the main force and strongest fighting force of the Japanese pirates who attacked the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, there are not many such wandering warriors now, but some people have begun to harm the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. However, at this time they were more likely to attack merchant ships at sea, jumping off the ship to help hack people.
After a few years, the scale of wars in Japan became larger and larger, and more and more samurai were defeated and exiled. Finally, it became a scale and a huge hazard to the coast of the Ming Dynasty.
But now, the big pirate Wang Zhi hasn't gone out to sea, let alone Japan. In other words, the Japanese pirates who later ran across the southeast coast, their eyes were not on the Ming Dynasty at first. But Wang Zhi took the lead and led them to find their way. After Wang Zhi's death, these out-of-control Japanese pirates became a huge disaster for the Ming Dynasty...
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Marin didn't want to comment on Wang Zhi's merits and demerits, but he was very interested in Wang Zhi's fortune. It can be said that Wang Zhi had a great influence on the history of Japan. Among other things, the matchlock gun was introduced to Japan by him.
In addition, the Warring States period in Japan was able to escalate from the fights between the village chiefs to the subsequent wars of tens of thousands of people. Wang Zhi's contribution to selling weapons and various materials in the past was very great.
Before Wang Zhi went to Japan, the local daimyo could have an armed force of 5,000 people, which was considered very strong. Wang Zhi had just brought more than 20,000 pirates with him, and the Japanese daimyos were so frightened that they only dared to hide on the city wall and watch Wang Zhi's fleet pass by and show off their power.
Then, these daimyos used the resources in the territory to actively trade with Wang Zhi, and exchanged for the required weapons and armor, even matchlock guns. Then, the village chief was promoted and became a top-notch toubob...
The so-called Oda Nobunaga who "brings the world to the world" is only because he has a team of iron artillery, that is, a team of matchlock guns. How many iron cannons does he have in his hand? According to the records, it is "thousands of iron cannons", that is, thousands of matchlock guns.
This amount, in Marin's view, is nothing to say. You know, he has 2,500 musketeers in any 10,000-man army, that is, 2,500 muskets. Moreover, they are now upgraded to wind-up guns, not matchlock guns that are afraid of wind and rain.
It can be seen that Oda Nobunaga is so awesome in Japanese history books, and his strength is no more than Marin's 10,000-man army. In a real fight, Marin's 10,000-strong army could wipe out a large group of "village chiefs".
The only thing that bothers Marin is how to maintain the rule after defeating those "village chiefs". Because Japanese samurai are good at assassinating a lot, if they don't pay attention, the garrison can be killed by them in the middle of the night. Therefore, Marin hesitated to send troops. Then, he thought of using the native blood of Gan Fu Shuizi and Gan Fu Xinchang to control the local area.
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Of course, controlling Japan is a matter for the future. Right now, what Marin has to do is actually hire a group of defeated and wandering Japanese samurai. Help him take control of Cebu Island, especially the Toledo Copper Mine on Cebu Island.
Even though the Japanese samurai are short in stature, ordinary people can't handle it with a sharp katana. Besides, people who are short are short, don't they still use jumping and hacking to offset the height difference?
Besides, the Malays in Southeast Asia are actually not tall. For Filipinos in later generations, the average height of men is only 1.62 meters. Later generations, in order to achieve results in basketball, they had to naturalize the blacks in the United States because of the lack of domestic talents. With means, some achievements have been made.
The current Philippines is still a barbaric era, and the average height of people is even lower. Therefore, a Japanese samurai with a height of about 1.4 to 1.5 meters can still be suppressed as long as he is equipped with a sharp samurai sword and cooperates with the technique of jumping and chopping to make up for the height difference.
Also, being short has its benefits. You can also be more flexible when drilling into the tropical rainforest.
As long as the salary is sufficient, Wang Zhi can hire thousands of down-and-out Japanese samurai, and so can Marin!
In fact, those wandering samurai were well fed. It is said that they eat three meals a day, as long as they eat seaweed rice balls. You say eat meat? You are not allowed to eat meat. If they eat meat, they won't be so short...at most, get them some fish every now and then...
Of course, wages still have to be given. But Marin estimated that hiring hundreds of down-and-out Japanese samurai would be enough to control the copper mines in Bubu Island and Toledo. In addition, Kong Tai sent rattan players to station there. The rattan players are responsible for guarding the safety of the copper mine, while the Japanese samurai are thugs, responsible for suppressing the resistance of the locals.
Although these Japanese samurai are Japanese pirates, they are not good things. However, they only harmed the local natives, and Marin didn't feel distressed. As long as you can get a lot of copper ingots, that's enough...
Moreover, hiring these down-and-out Japanese wandering warriors can be regarded as a disguised solution for the Ming Dynasty to solve the scourge of the southeast coast. If Marin doesn't hire them, maybe they will join the pirates and harm the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty...
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