GBP Chapter 807 If the short and ugly have it, the Koreans should naturally have it too.
Chapter 807 If the short and ugly have it, the Koreans should naturally have it too.
Huai Liang's heart trembled, and he bowed his head in reply: "Although Huai Liang also hopes to capture the Japanese pirates as soon as possible and compensate the Ming Dynasty for its military expenses, Huai Liang is only a prince of the Southern Japanese and his strength is limited. It is difficult for him to raise 100,000 Japanese pirates and 200 million taels of silver in a short time. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled, barely suppressing the urge to kill the short, ugly man in front of him. "Listen to me carefully. I'm only giving you half a month. If you can't gather 100,000 short men within half a month, I'll put your head on a mound of skulls."
Huai Liang was furious.
Your grandfather... never forget to tell your grandfather at the family sacrifice. Do you, Yang the Madman, think that I, Huai Liang, don't know what your grandfather meant?
Huai Liang's face was ashen, as if he had eaten three pounds of excrement, but Yang Shaofeng ignored him and continued, "As for the two hundred million taels of silver... I am not an unfeeling person. I can allow you to pay in installments, with only simple interest, at a daily interest rate of one-thousandth. As for the principal, I will not press you too hard and allow you to pay it off within thirty years."
Huai Liang was taken aback for a moment, then replied with a beaming smile, "Yes, Huai Liang thanks Your Highness!"
What does it matter if he's an old man or not? It's not important!
According to Kinnosuke's calculations, the Ming Dynasty prince consort known as "Crazy Yang" is fond of the "nine out, thirteen back" rule and will definitely set an absurdly high salary for his son in Japan, and it will be the kind that adds interest on interest.
At the same time, Yang Dianfeng may also propose a very short compensation period, such as one or two years, and at most no more than three years.
But to everyone's surprise, Yang the Madman only offered a simple interest rate of 0.1%, and the compensation period was extended to thirty years.
As for 200 million taels of silver?
Huai Liang had already calculated in his mind that there were more than ten million commoners in Japan. As long as he could gain the support of Prince Consort Yang and successfully be crowned as the ruler of Japan, unifying the north and south of Japan, then each commoner would only need to contribute ten taels of silver to compensate.
As for whether those poor, lowly people had ten taels of silver?
Kinosuke said that younger commoners could be sold to Ming China to do hard labor, which would help them pay part of the bills.
If they really can't do manual labor, then we can only see what their family's situation is like.
If a family has a young and beautiful daughter, they can send her to the Ming Dynasty to earn money.
A young and beautiful Japanese woman could be exchanged for about three to five taels of silver.
Kinnosuke even patted his chest and guaranteed that he could help contact Ming Dynasty merchants and find a way to drive up the price of Japanese women, thereby making more money.
If they can't do manual labor and don't have daughters at home, then they can be used to fill the vacancies of 100,000 Japanese pirates.
In short, as long as you are willing to think of a way, there will definitely be many ways to deal with Yang's extortion.
Huai Liang was happily calculating in his heart how many short and ugly people he could exchange for 200 million taels of silver, while Yang Shaofeng was somewhat suspicious.
"One thousand per day interest, huh? Does that idiot Huai Liang not even understand what one thousand per day interest means?"
One-hundredth of two hundred million taels of silver is two hundred thousand taels of silver, which adds up to more than seventy million taels of silver a year.
In addition to the principal of 200 million taels of silver, the short and ugly men had to pay more than 70 million taels of silver in interest every year, which is equivalent to each short and ugly man having to pay seven taels of silver every year.
Moreover, this 0.1% interest rate does not mean that after you repay the principal of 100 million taels of silver, you will only have 100 million taels of interest left. Instead, the interest will still be repaid based on the principal of 200 million taels of silver.
Even the phrase "squeezing bone and draining marrow" is insufficient to describe the terrifying nature of interest rates as high as 1%.
Indeed, people should read more books, otherwise they will end up like Huai Liang, a fool, being taken advantage of without even realizing it.
Yang Shaofeng was internally cursing, but on the surface he said with a smile, "Since Lord Kaneyoshi is willing to sign the contract, then I wish Lord Kaneyoshi an early unification of Japan."
Huai Liang was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly according to the etiquette taught by Gu Cheng. Then he tentatively said, "Does Your Highness know that the northern bandits of Japan are currently very powerful? The reason why Japanese pirates are so prevalent is because the northern bandits are constantly attacking south, many daimyo loyal to the court have been killed, and their samurai have been displaced. They have no choice but to..."
Yang Shao's smile vanished, and he glanced coldly at Huai Liang, asking, "What, are you trying to tell me that the Japanese pirates are none of your business?"
Huai Liang's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I dare not. I wish to purchase some swords and armor from the Ming Dynasty to quell the northern Japanese pirates and capture them. I hope Your Majesty will grant me permission!"
Yang Shaofeng picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said with a forced smile, "After the treaty is signed, Japan will be an outer vassal state of our Great Ming. The matter of swords and armor will be easy to discuss."
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Holding the newly signed Treaty of 1893, Zhu Biao couldn't understand how Huai Liang had gotten the audacity to sign such an outrageous treaty.
"Does this guy not know how to count at all?"
"With a daily interest rate of 1,000, the interest amounted to more than 70 million taels a year, almost half of the total indemnity. This meant that every short and ugly commoner had to pay seven taels of silver a year to repay the interest."
"How will he repay us?"
"Not to mention that we still have to repay 200 million taels of silver within 30 years."
"More than 70 million taels of interest per year, plus more than 6 million taels of principal."
"Where did Japan get so much money?"
Zhu Biao read the entire treaty over and over again, and said suspiciously, "Iwami Silver Mine?"
"That's not right. The Marquis of Nan'an has already sent troops to attack Iwami Province. That short and ugly man, Huai Liang, must know that too."
"But without Iwami Ginzan, where does he get his confidence from?"
Yang Shaofeng picked up his teacup and laughed, "It's impossible for Shi Jian Yinshan. Even if I were stupid, I would never let that shorty take our Ming Dynasty's silver to repay our debts."
"As for where Huailiang gets his confidence from?"
"You'll have to ask Gu Chengzhi about that."
Gu Chengzhi is no good at doing serious things, but when it comes to intrigue, trickery, and crooked ways, even among all the civil and military officials in the entire Ming Dynasty, there are not many who dare to say they can definitely beat Gu Chengzhi.
Zhu Biao hummed in agreement, then asked, "So what's next? Are we going back to Dengzhou? Or should we just go to South Korea?"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback and asked, "Korean?"
Zhu Biao chuckled and said, "Yes, I would like to send the treasure ship fleet to South Korea and, while we're at it, summon King Wang Zhuan of South Korea, as well as Marquis Guide and Marquis Guiyi at their port."
As the saying goes, "A good woman does not marry twice, and a loyal minister does not serve two masters."
"Is it proper for a subject to waver between the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty?"
"The treasure fleet's trip to South Korea can be seen as a reassurance to Wang Zhuan, preventing him from having any unsavory thoughts."
"There are also the Marquis of Guide and the Marquis of Guiyi."
"Sending the fleet there will be a way to support them and prevent the Ming Dynasty Marquis from losing his prestige."
At this point, Zhu Biao smiled meaningfully and said, "And my brother-in-law just agreed to sell some swords and armor to the short guys."
"As the saying goes, both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh, and if the short and ugly have it, the Koreans should naturally have it too."