Japan is the end of the spread of Chinese culture eastward.

For thousands of years, Japan has been influenced by Chinese culture and has integrated some of its own things to form the current Japan.

At this time, Japan was not a weak country. He challenged the world's number one Ming Dynasty half a century ago. Now, he is in terms of strength, and is even weaker than the Ming Dynasty that retreats to the west.

It can be said that in East Asia, several countries that have been deeply influenced by Chinese civilization, can actually be called ruthless people.

The Tokugawa Shogunate now has a population of nearly 20 million and more than 500,000 soldiers. Its strength is estimated to be among the top ten in the world.

The shortcomings of the Tokugawa shogunate were that its maritime power was lagging behind the times and was unable to expand outward. However, with only more than 30 years of fighting the Warring States Period and hundreds of thousands of war soldiers, no one could conquer Japan at this time.

Zhao Ming understood Japan's strength, and from beginning to end, he had never thought of conquering Japan.

Because it is not very cost-effective, the regime that has been influenced by China and established a complete military and political system, and has been influenced by Han culture in its ideological constituent costs will inevitably be huge and may not be successful.

Furthermore, Japan is poor and has no place to go, is full of unlucky people, is not rich, and often has volcanic earthquakes, so it will not gain much profit after conquest.

Therefore, in comparison, the Nanyang islands and even Australia are less difficult to occupy, with low cost, and the land is fertile and rich. Zhao Ming calculated that he would naturally occupy Nanyang, and not only him, but also the vassals of the Ming Dynasty would also occupy it.

After all, on the road of great voyage and colonization, the East has been lagging behind for more than a hundred years, and there is not much land that can be divided. Zhao Ming, Taiwan has not yet digested it. Only his family is racing against the entire West. It is indeed a bit tired and a little bit unable to seize the West. Therefore, he hopes to establish a Greater China co-prosperity circle, lead his younger brothers and lackeys to divide the world, and compete with the Western Barbarians.

Of course, this idea is not yet mature and cannot stand scrutiny, and there are no conditions for implementation.

However, it is a fact that Zhao Ming cannot do anything to Japan at the moment, so before leaving, he instructed Wang Jiaqin to give in to the goal at a critical moment and not to compete with the Tokugawa shogunate.

At this time, as Wang Jiaqin agreed to the conditions of the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu was also very happy and invited a girl to accompany her for a banquet.

Wang Jiaqin soon met the situation that Zhou Hezhi thought of. Wang Jiaqin had to give up the face of the Tokugawa shogun and could not ignore the Tokugawa family's face.

The next day, Wang Jiaqin supported himself and after discussion and debate with the Tokugawa family's retainers, the two sides signed a raw silk procurement agreement.

The agreement was formed. Huaxing Company purchased 10,000 dan of raw silk from the Tokugawa Shogunate every year. The Tokugawa Shogunate allowed Huaxing Company's ships to trade in Nagasaki.

After receiving the order to release, Wang Jiaqin and others immediately took a sea boat and returned to Nagasaki Port.

The agreement was reached. Although the entire raw silk trade was monopolized by the Tokugawa family, Kato Home Furnishings made great contributions and distributed a share of 1,000 dan from the Tokugawa shogunate, which made Kato Eagle very excited. She was full of confidence for a moment and wanted to cook wine with Wang Jiaqin and Zhou Hezhi.

In early November, the sea ship returned to Nagasaki. Just when Wang Jiaqin and Zhou Hezhi were happy to reach an agreement, they found that there were several more Dutch ships in Nagasaki Port.

Zhou Hezhi frowned, stared at the Dutch sea ships, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wang, it is not an ordinary merchant ship, but a gunship and armed merchant ship."

Wang Jiaqin also frowned and took back his joy!

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In Tamsui, Taiwan, after several months of preparation, the expo in Tamsui Acropolis has been almost ready.

As time goes by, Zhao Ming leads a group of people to inspect the expo.

"Duke, the expo is ready to be held on December 12th!" Chen Mingyu said as he walked.

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, "The date is approaching, how are all parties preparing?"

Chen Mingyu said in a deep voice: "The preparations are almost the same, just wait for all the merchants to come and purchase."

"Then I'm going to have a look!" Zhao Ming couldn't help but say.

When the group came to the expo venue, the temporary shops they built were indeed full of goods.

"Duke, this is the silk produced by Huaxing Company. When you look at the pattern, it is lifelike. Under the candlelight at night, the butterflies on it can dance gracefully." Chen Mingyu pointed at a silk piece and said.

Zhao Ming became interested, "I want to see this."

Chen Mingyu waved his hand and someone spread the silk. Zhao Ming looked carefully and saw that the patterns on it were lifelike, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder, "How much does this silk cost!"

Chen Mingyu said: "Duke, this silk is considered the best, worth nearly 100 taels!"

Zhao Ming couldn't help but take a breath when he heard the blood. He didn't expect that a piece of silk would be so expensive. "There's not much of this kind of silk!"

Chen Mingyu smiled and said, "Of course, there is only one in the entire workshop, mainly used to call the storefront, not for sale."

Zhao Ming nodded, continued walking, and stopped in front of a shop.

In the shop, a black servant was directing Xiao Si to set up the shop when he suddenly saw Zhao Ming and his group, and hurried out to salute, "I have met the Duke of the State! How could the Duke of the State come here!"

"No gift!" Zhao Ming waved his hand and said casually: "The expo is about to begin, I'll take a look."

As he said that, Zhao Ming walked into Zhang Yida's shop and saw that there were many commodities on the cabinet, all of which were camphor, but they were divided into several levels according to the quality. The best ones were packed with small bags and sachets.

Zhao Ming picked up a sachet containing camphor and couldn't help but smile, "I have a lot of ideas!"

Zhang Yida smiled and said, "It's all the guidance of the Duke of China. These are specially sold to Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, and placed in the wardrobe to drive away insects and ants."

Zhao Ming couldn't help but nodded slightly, walked around Zhang Yida's shop, and then continued to patrol. He saw various goods placed in other display cabinets and shops.

There are various tea leaves placed on the display cabinet of Fujian tea merchants, while porcelain merchants are porcelain of various shapes and functions.

Tea, porcelain and cloth are the main products exported by China. There are many merchants coming to participate in the exhibition. In addition to these traditional products, there are also many new products, such as various leather goods produced by Huaxing's leather factory, and cigarettes produced by Huaxing Tobacco Factory.

Most of these new products were attempted by Zhao Ming. In addition to traditional products, China also needs new products to further occupy the market.

Tobacco leaves have been introduced to China for many years, because of its refreshing effect and the publicity of many travel doctors, it has quickly become popular all over the world.

Zhao Ming walked over with interest and picked up a cigarette wrapped in paper. Except for the lack of a filter, it was no different from modern cigarettes.

These cigarettes are not sold domestically, but consumables that Zhao Ming is preparing to sell to the West at a high price. He picked up one and looked carefully. He was very satisfied, "Good, very good!"
Chapter completed!