Chapter 2054： The more I think, the more angry, the more I think, the more I lose.

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Japanese samurai are very poor, how poor are they? In the Japanese dramas, the lower-ranking warriors are often referred to as the "Trinity Servant". The so-called "Three One Servant" means that the lowest-ranking samurai only has three or two in cash in the annual salary, and the rice is supported by one person (one person support = five yuan = 300 kg).

In other words, the poor samurai in the Warring States Period in Japan only had an annual income of two taels of silver and two stones (Japanese stones) of white rice. In the Ming dynasty during the same period, the income of farmers with land must be higher than this. Only those who rent land and meet greedy landlords will be inferior. Of course, tenants who are poor are generally poor in borrowing. Borrowing the loan sharks of the gentry, it will not be repaid for a lifetime.

The poor warrior is not much better. This income level, properly ranked as a tenant of the Ming Dynasty, is only a little better than the more oppressed Japanese farmers. Therefore, they are too poor to eat seaweed rice balls. With two rice **** on you, it's just a day's food.

Then, all over the body, the most valuable is probably the samurai sword. So, as you can see, Japanese samurai are all holding swords. It's not so handsome. Second, this knife is the only valuable thing on them, and it can't be stolen...

what? You ask those armors? Oh, that was worn by big names. Only the great names can afford to wear metal armor, and high-level warriors, who earn a few hundred stones a year, wear low-quality leather armor. Inferior samurai, conditionally get some bamboo armor to make do with it. If you don’t have the conditions, just grab the katana and jump forward...

This is still the Lord alive and there are no wandering warriors. During the Warring States Period, when a certain "village chief" was defeated and lost ground, most of his warriors would lose their support and become unemployed. They have a special name-Ronin...

It is said that after the Tokugawa shogunate unified Japan, many samurai of the annexed daimyo became unemployed and became ronin. At that time, there were 500,000 ronin in Japan, all of whom were junior samurai who lost their daimyo's offerings.

Of course, during the Warring States period, samurai were still very popular. Therefore, if this family can't go down, they can also take refuge in the new lord. But the most critical problem is that the daimyo can't afford too many samurai.

Especially now, Wang Zhi has not opened up Japan's trade routes, and the big names in Japan are still 24K pure-poor, and can't afford many thugs. At this moment, Marin hired someone, and it didn't take much to hire a powerful wandering warrior. There is no need to open a high level, a monthly salary of 1 tael is enough. Then, you can also take care of the food for these samurai, almost done. Besides, you don’t need to give too much food to the rice. Vegetables are added to the rice, and some salted fish are enough. Anyway, the Japanese don't eat meat these days and don't need to spend money on this.

In this era, the Ming Dynasty soldiers paid as much as 18 taels a year. However, because of the layers of deduction, the soldiers can get half of it, which is considered to be the official conscience. In other words, the treatment that Marin gave was higher than that of ordinary soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. After all, Ming Dynasty soldiers have a nominal salary of 18 years and can get 9 taels, all of which are considered incorruptible.

But this is not the calculation, although a samurai requires 12 taels of silver per year. However, a group of warriors can fight ten times as many soldiers as the southeast guards of the Ming Dynasty. Employing 500 wandering warriors can basically push a guard post on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty (a guard post has a quota of 5,600). Therefore, this effort is quite worthwhile.

The annual salary is 12 taels, according to the European gold and silver price ratio, but only 1 tael of gold. It's only 10 gold coins to make gold coins. In Beihai Country, an ordinary craftsman's daily salary is as high as 3 pfennigs, and a year's salary can reach almost 18 gold coins. Even ordinary coolies have a daily salary of 2 pfennigs, and almost 12 gold coins a year, which is higher than that of a Japanese samurai.

However, these warriors have been practicing martial arts since they were young, and all of them have surpassed Chen Haonan, the master of the Causeway Bay, to play with swords. With such a small amount of money, hiring hundreds of Chen Haonan-level swordsmen to grab territory and suppress the indigenous people is absolutely not a loss. You know, Chen Haonan, as a handle in the downtown area, can get at least a few million in a year. And these wandering warriors, who are more powerful than him, only cost 24 shi for a year's salary in silver, converted into rice. With the price of 2.5 yuan per catty of rice, it is only more than 10,000 points, and the cost of 500 people may not be as good as Chen Haonan. I don’t know how cost-effective...

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Of course, this comparison is not quite right. After all, Chen Haonan will not only kill people, but also has a certain amount of command and control, and can make peace. But in terms of hacking ability alone, these warriors are indeed surpassing him. Moreover, Marin didn't need these warriors to have any commanding and peaceful ability. To manage the copper mines and the local area, Ma Lin could hire the poor scholars from the Ming Dynasty who could not pass the test of fame.

Cebu Island covers more than 4,600 square kilometers, which is larger than East Friesland. It is said that nearly half of the future generations are 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 manages well, not to mention that it can feed the samurai and miners, but it can also earn a lot of taxes.

As for the problem that 500 Japanese pirates are not enough to control the island. Marin also thought of a countermeasure, that is-use the indigenous people of Taiwan Island!

Right now, Kong Tai used the recruited Han Chinese rattan soldiers to defeat many indigenous tribes on the island. However, it was only a win. In the future, if you want to further cultivate the local jungle, you will inevitably have conflicts with the natives.

Therefore, the best way is to separate these indigenous peoples. For example, take them to Cebu Island, let them control the local Malay indigenous people, and drive them to mine and plant land...

The aboriginals of Taiwan Island are good at activities in the humid tropical mountain rainforest, and they are more aggressive. It is enough to draw them in and use them to suppress the indigenous people in the Philippines. Besides, for some tough battles, you can close the door and let the Japanese samurai...

This was also the tactics of the Japanese pirate army that ran southeast during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty-some real Japanese pirates were allowed to take the lead in the front row, while other local fake Japanese pirates followed behind and killed...

In order to make these warriors more durable, Malin planned to get them some vine armor. Although afraid of fire, it is most suitable in the humid Philippine rainforest. After all, these rattan armors are light, breathable, and have high defenses, making them suitable for small Japanese samurai. With them playing forwards and attacking those indigenous villages, it is a perfect match, and it is difficult to fail.

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But first, the issue to be resolved is the ownership of the Philippine Islands. Otherwise, when the time comes, the Portuguese will have moths again.

Therefore, Marin personally drew the outline map of Southeast Asia and then took 120 degrees east longitude as the boundary line with Portugal on the sea surface of the Far East. It just so happens that the main island of Taiwan Island (excluding Penghu) is basically east of 120 degrees east longitude.

In the Philippine Islands, only Palawan and a small peninsula protruding to the west of the Lingayen Bay in the northwestern corner of Luzon, the others are all east of the 120 degree line. But Marin deliberately didn't draw this small peninsula, instead drawing the whole of Luzon to the east of the 120-degree line. Then, when sending people to Lisbon, it was vague, saying that Luzon Island is basically east of the 120-degree line, and only a small part of the coast is raised, which may "step on the line". I hope that Portugal will not care about it. Moreover, in Malin's pen, the Philippines is painted not much bigger than Taiwan Island, which looks very worthless.

Then, Marin also specially let the "unlucky Johnny" this bitter-looking fellow as a messenger, sent to Lisbon, hoping to establish the boundary between the two sides' sphere of influence on the eastern sea.

Before leaving, Marin repeatedly told "Unlucky Johnny"-told the Portuguese monarchs that after returning to China, Marin, the more I think about it, the more I want to lose, and the more I want to lose... Then, I want some compensation...

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