Chapter 2054 The More You Think About It, the More You Get Angry, the More You Think About It, the More You Lose
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Japanese low-level samurai are very poor, how poor are they? In Japanese period dramas, lower-level samurai are often called "Three Ones". The so-called "Three One Attendant" means that the lowest-level samurai's annual salary is only three taels of cash, and rice is supported by one person (one person supports = five taels = 300 kilograms).
In other words, during the Warring States period in Japan, the poor warriors had an annual income of only three taels of silver and two shi (Japanese stone) of white rice, which was extremely poor. In the Ming Dynasty at the same time, the income of farmers with land must have been higher than this. Only those who rent land and meet greedy landlords will be inferior. Of course, poor tenants are generally poor in borrowing money. Borrowed from the usury of the gentry, it will be repaid in a lifetime.
The poor samurai were not much better. This level of income, the proper level of tenants in the Ming Dynasty, was only a little better than that of the more oppressed Japanese farmers. Therefore, they are too poor to eat seaweed rice balls. Put two rice balls on your body, and it will be your daily meal.
Then, the most valuable thing in the whole body is probably the samurai sword. So, you can see that Japanese samurai are holding swords. It's not so handsome, and the second is that this knife is the only valuable thing on them, and it can't be stolen...
What? You ask about those armors? Oh, that's what daimyos wear. Only daimyo could afford to wear metal armor, while high-level samurai, with an annual income of several hundred shi, wore low-quality leather armor. Lower-level warriors, if possible, get some bamboo armor to make do with it. If you don't have any conditions, just go forward and slash with your samurai sword...
This is still the lord alive, there are no wandering warriors. During the Warring States period, once a certain "village head" was defeated and lost his land, most of the warriors under his command would lose their support and become unemployed. They have a special title - ronin...
It is said that after the Tokugawa shogunate unified Japan, many samurai of the annexed famous families lost their jobs and became ronin. At that time, there were 500,000 ronin in Japan, all of whom were low-level samurai who had lost their daimyo's support.
Of course, during the Warring States period, samurai were still very popular. Therefore, if this family can't survive, it can also take refuge in the new lord. But the most critical problem is that the daimyos can't afford too many samurai.
Especially now, Wang Zhi has not opened up a Japanese trade route, and the Japanese daimyos are still 24K pure poor, and they can't afford many thugs. At this moment, Marin went to hire people, and he could hire powerful wandering warriors without much cost. There is no need to ask for high conditions, a monthly salary of 1 tael is enough. Then, you can also take care of the food for these warriors, and it's almost done. Moreover, there is no need to provide too good food for the rice, rice with vegetables, and some salted fish are enough. Anyway, the Japanese don't eat meat these days, so there is no need to spend money on it.
In this era, the salary of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty was as high as 18 taels a year. However, due to layers of deductions, soldiers can get half of it, which is regarded as the official's conscience. In other words, the treatment given by Marin was higher than that of ordinary soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. After all, soldiers in the Ming Dynasty had a nominal salary of 18 years,
If you can get 9 taels, you are considered a clean and honest official.
But the account is not calculated in this way, although the annual salary of a samurai needs 12 taels of silver. However, a group of warriors can fight more than ten times the soldiers of the southeast guard of the Ming Dynasty. Hiring 500 wandering warriors can basically push a guard on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty (a guard has a quota of 5,600 people). So, this pay is quite worth it.
The annual salary is 12 taels, according to the European gold and silver ratio, but only 1 taels of gold. It is only a little over 10 gold coins when it is minted into gold coins. In Beihai State, an ordinary craftsman's daily salary is as high as 3 pfennigs, and his annual salary can reach almost 18 gold coins. Even for ordinary coolies, the daily salary is 2 pfennigs, which is almost 12 gold coins a year, which is higher than that of Japanese samurai.
However, these samurai have practiced martial arts since they were young, and their level of playing with knives exceeds that of Chen Haonan, the handlebar of Causeway Bay. For such a small amount of money, it is definitely not a loss to hire hundreds of Chen Haonan-level swordsmen to grab territory and suppress the aborigines for him. You know, Chen Haonan, as a leader in the downtown area, can get at least several million benefits a year. And for these wandering warriors whose sword skills are better than his, the annual salary expenditure is only 24 shi when converted into rice. With the rice price of 2.5 yuan per catty, it is only more than 10,000 points. The cost of 500 people may not be as good as that of Chen Haonan. I don’t know how cost-effective it is...
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Of course, such a comparison is not quite right. After all, Chen Haonan not only knows how to kill people, but also has a certain commanding power, and he can even things out. But in terms of chopping ability alone, these warriors did surpass him. Moreover, Marin does not need these warriors to have command and peace ability. To manage the copper mines and the local area, Marin can definitely hire down-and-out scholars from the Ming Dynasty who are not well-known.
The island of Cebu covers an area of more than 4,600 square kilometers, which is larger than East Frisia. It is said that nearly half of the land in later generations is farmland. Moreover, in addition to copper mines, there are also coal mines, and a small amount of gold mines are associated with copper mines. As long as it is well managed, not to mention being able to feed those warriors and miners, it can also earn a lot of taxes and food.
As for the problem that 500 Japanese pirates are not enough to control the island. Marin also thought of a countermeasure, that is-to use the aboriginal people of Taiwan Island!
Right now, Kong Tai has subdued many indigenous tribes on the island by using the Han rattan soldiers he recruited. However, it was just convincing. In the future, if you want to further reclaim the local jungle, you will inevitably have conflicts with the natives.
Therefore, the best way is to send these natives away. For example, take them to Cebu Island, let them control the local Malays, and drive them to mine and farm...
The aborigines of Taiwan Island are good at activities in the humid tropical mountain rainforest, and they are relatively aggressive. It is enough to win them over and use them to suppress the natives of the Philippines. Besides, if you fight some tough battles, you can close the door and release the Japanese samurai...
This is also the tactic of the Japanese pirate army that ran rampant in the southeast during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Let some real Japanese take the lead in the charge in the front row, and the fake Japanese pirates who are other locals will follow behind and take advantage of the situation...
In order to make these warriors more durable, Marin planned to get them some rattan armor. Although I am afraid of fire, it is the most suitable in the humid Philippine rainforest. After all, these rattan armors are light and breathable, and have high defense power, which is very suitable for short Japanese samurai. With them as the forwards, it is very difficult to attack those native villages with one shot and one shot. It is difficult to fail.
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But first, the issue to be resolved is the ownership of the Philippine Islands. Otherwise, the Portuguese will make trouble again.
Therefore, Marin personally drew the outline map of Southeast Asia. Then, take the line of 120 degrees east longitude as the dividing line with Portugal on the sea in the Far East. As it happens, the main island of Taiwan Island (excluding Penghu) is basically east of 120 degrees east longitude.
As for the Philippine Islands, only Palawan Island and a small peninsula protrudes west of Lingayen Bay in the northwest corner of Luzon Island, and the others are all east of the 120-degree line. However, Marin deliberately did not draw this small peninsula, but drew Luzon Island as a whole east of the 120-degree line. Then, when sending people to Lisbon, they were ambiguous, saying that Luzon Island is basically east of the 120-degree line, and only a very small part of the coast is raised, which may "step on the line". I hope the Portuguese side will not care about it. Moreover, in Marin's works, the Philippines is drawn not much bigger than Taiwan Island, which looks very worthless.
Then, Marin also specially sent "Unlucky Johnny", a bitter-looking guy with a deep hatred, as an envoy to Lisbon, hoping to establish the dividing line between the two sides' spheres of influence on the Eastern Sea.
Before leaving, Marin repeatedly told "unlucky Johnny"—telling the Portuguese monarchs, Marin, after I returned to China, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and the more I thought about it, the more I lost... Then, I wanted some compensation...
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