The next morning, Fujiwara Shishi came to the VIP house in person to greet Fan Ning. Accompanied by Fujiwara Shishi, Cheng Qing and several Japanese officials, Fan Ning took a carriage to the Left Prime Minister's Mansion for formal consultation. In front of the left Prime Minister's Mansion, Fan Ning met the Fujiwara Kyutsu.

"Envoy Fan, we haven't seen each other for many years!" Fujiwara Kyoto stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face.

Fanning smiled and saluted, "It's been almost seven or eight years, and Guan Bai's body is still as strong as before!"

"Where! I'm old, will I see my hair go white?"

"In our Song Dynasty, this is called "old is getting stronger!"

Cheng Qing quickly translated the two, and basically achieved synchronism. The two laughed loudly. Fujiwara Kyoto introduced Fan Ning to the inner minister Nobunaga Fujiwara. Nobunaga Fujiwara is the third son of Fujiwara Kyoto, the third person in the Fujiwara family, second only to his father Fujiwara Kyototo and his cousin Shishi Fujiwara. He is currently the fourth minister of the Japanese court.

There are two other officials, Hosokawa Oei who is in charge of trade and Ikeda Toshiba. These two have no right to decide on negotiations, but after the negotiations are completed, they are responsible for the specific implementation and promotion.

From the perspective of the other party's negotiators, Fanning knew that the main part of the negotiation today was still a trade port, and as for the laborers, the other party did not take it seriously.

Fujiwara Kyoto invited Fan Ning into the guest hall of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion. The table had a seat sign. Everyone took a seat according to the seat. Fujiwara Kyoto naturally sat in the right seat. Fan Ning sat in the first place in the left head. Cheng Qing was the translator today, sitting behind Fan Ning and Fujiwara Kyoto. The opposite Fan Ning was Fujiwara Shishi, and his cousin Fujiwara Nobunaga, and then two chief officials were below him.

Fan Ning was the second in the lower head of the army, two accompanying officials he brought, one was Xie Jun, the magistrate of the Ryukyu County, Zhao Cheng, the chief clerk of the Jingli Prefecture, and there were also more than a dozen recruiting workers. They and 500 soldiers stayed on the ship and did not go ashore.

In recent years, the Kunzhou government has been getting along well with Japan, especially the land in the Yuguo area. Songcheng clearly stated that it was rented out, paying 5,000 jin of money every year. It was rented out for 99 years to grow grain and raise hordes. Kunzhou strictly followed the agreement between the two sides and did not resettle the Song people in the Yuguo country. This gave face to the Japanese court, and both sides were relatively satisfied.

It is precisely because of this tacit understanding that today's negotiation atmosphere is available.

Fujiwara Kyoto smiled at Fan Ning and said, "I heard that the envoy is in charge of Quanzhou. Is the envoy intending to trade with Japan with Quanzhou Port?"

Fan Ning bowed slightly and said, "In fact, there are two things. The first is to open a second trade port, and the second is to have specific trade issues. It is better to clarify the labor affairs first and then talk about trade."

The reason why Fan Ning decided to hire a Japanese court to lead the labor lease was mainly because the conditions of the Ryukyu Mansion were more difficult than Kunzhou. The Ryukyu Mansion was too hot, with more miasma and more poisonous insects. The labor mortality rate would definitely increase. If the Japanese court was asked to guarantee it, even if something happened in the future, the Japanese court would take the blame.

Secondly, this is also a favor for the Fujiwara family. The recruitment of labor in the Song Dynasty was very popular in Japan. After all the people who had worked as workers came back, their lives became richer, which made countless people jealous. You should know that at this time, Japan had a population of 10 million and was extremely abundant in labor, which was just the source of labor for the overseas expansion of the Song Dynasty.

This will also bring a lot of income to Japan, which is in the interests of both parties.

Fujiwara Kyoto took a look at his nephew Fujiwara Shishi. He was not interested in this matter, so he asked Shishi to do it.

Shimi Fujiwara straightened his back and said, "I heard from Cheng Jun that your side needs 25,000 young men and 1,000 young women. In terms of number of people, there is no big problem, but if this matter is led by the Japanese court, do you need to sign an agreement to clarify some of your responsibilities, such as food and accommodation, labor intensity, casualties and pensions, etc. In addition, the Japanese court needs a sum of money as a collection expense..."

Before Fujiwara Shishi finished speaking, Fujiwara Nobunaga was coldly interrupted by him and said, "Envoy Fan gave this matter to the court to respect the Japanese court. Otherwise, he could contact the local government and did not need to go through us at all. I would be exempted from the money and sign it according to the previous agreement with Kunzhou."

Shishi Fujiwara turned around and glared at Nobunaga Fujiwara, "I am speaking now. Do you have any opinions? You will talk about it after I finish speaking!"

"You are ignorant and arrogant, so I correct you. Why don't you listen to Fan Jun's thoughts?" Fujiwara Nobunaga retorted without hesitation.

Fujiwara Kyoto was a little embarrassed and shouted angrily, "Shut up!"

Then he said to Fanning: "It's not the first time that labor is working. We have always cooperated very well. I think we can do it according to the previous rules!"

Fanning nodded and smiled, "I mean the same, but I hope we will recruit workers everywhere. I think it's better to recommend it to the Fujiwara family. Which laborers are better?"

Fanning means giving this favor to the Fujiwara family, and the Fujiwara family designates some places.

Fujiwara Kyutsu understood, and he said to Fujiwara Nobunaga: "The teacher is actually responsible for trade, and I will leave the labor affairs to you. I will recruit you in four places: Sezu, Hanoi, Waizumi and Izumi and Kazuma. You don't have to go too far."

"Father, I understand!"

Shimi Fujiwara's face looked a little ugly and glared at Nobunaga Fujiwara. The conflict between the two of them had been made public in order to compete for the inheritance of the camera.

Fan Ning could see clearly, and he sighed in his heart. He had never understood why the Fujiwara clan had declined so quickly. Twenty years after Fujiwara Laitong's death, the era of the Fujiwara family ended. Now he knew the reason, and family internal friction was one of the most important reasons.

The centipede insect dies without being stagnant. If a large family does not suffer internal friction, even if they decline, they will not make up their foundation and will only slowly weaken.

But if there is internal family friction, no matter how big the family business is, it will die in a short period of time.

After all, Japanese history is just the history of aristocratic families. They use the emperor to command princes. Now the Fujiwara family in Kansai controls the emperor through marriage. When the samurai class represented by the Gen family and the Hojo family gained the upper hand, the emperor was moved to Kamakura, and the Kamakura Shogunate era where the samurai family controls the emperor began.

During the Warring States Period, Japan was also a war between various aristocratic families. Fanning now fully understood why the Fujiwara clan regarded family interests as supreme. There was no court in Japan at all.

Thinking of this, Fan Ning said slowly: "I do not oppose the placement of the new trade port in Dongcheng County, Shejin Kingdom. However, in order to facilitate Kunzhou's need for material procurement and reduce the court's supply of materials to Kunzhou, I still want to establish a small port in Kamakura, the Xiazong Kingdom, to specialize in Kunzhou trade. Can the Regent Guanbai and the Left Minister accept this plan?"

Fujiwara Kyoto immediately understood that Fan Ning still planned to bet on both sides and did not want to put all the chips on the Fujiwara family, which made him feel helpless. After a while, he asked: "Can Fan Jun be sure that the future trade will be conducted between Quanzhou and Xincheng County, not between Kunzhou and Xincheng County?"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Of course it is Quanzhou Port, and it is mainly based on official trade. Japan can set up a representative office in Quanzhou Port. If Japan needs any goods, it can contact the overseas business office through the representative office. As long as it does not violate the laws of the Song Dynasty, we will do our best to meet it."

Fujiwara Kyoto was overjoyed. If it were official to the official, the Fujiwara family's wealth would be guaranteed to the greatest extent, which was simply great.

"I fully agree that your country can also set up the same representative office in Heiankyu, and we will also do our best to meet your needs."

At this time, Fujiwara Shishi said carefully: "We have three small requirements, can your country meet it?"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Please say it!"

"The first requirement is that Japan has a great demand for copper coins in the Song Dynasty. In the past, it was private trade, and the quality of copper coins is uneven. If it becomes official trade, it is hoped to provide a large number of high-quality copper coins."

The copper coins trade between Japan and the Song Dynasty has been around for a long time, and the Song Dynasty court did not prohibit it. It is of course a good deal to trade copper coins for Japanese gold sand.

Fanning nodded and said, "Copper coins can be lost to Japan. We can even cast copper coins for Japan alone, but we must use gold sand to settle the copper coins trade separately. This is not vague."

"This is absolutely acceptable!"

Shimi Fujiwara put forward a second request, "I hope to appropriately relax the pig iron export to Japan."

Japan did not have iron ore, so the lack of pig iron has always been a big concern for Japan. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that a large number of iron tools were smuggled to Japan for silver that Japan's iron waste was gradually lifted.
Chapter completed!