At the Tsugetsu Pavilion in the Tamba Pavilion in Nagasaki, a fierce battle is going on that cannot be seen in the smoke of gunpowder.

"The conscience of the Ming people is greatly bad!" The three widows exchanged glances.

"The widows are treacherous enough!" This is the idea of the people present.

The Tamba Pavilion is a beautiful Japanese-style building, with ponds, springs and hills built in gardens, and the Tsugetsu Pavilion is surrounded by water, with plenty of light and beautiful scenery.

Today, a tender was held here, and the Tokugawa shogunate procured silk trafficked by the Ming people for a public tender.

Tens of millions of silks from China, including solid or embroidered velvet, solid amber weaves, satin, tulle and all kinds of fabrics, are sold out every year.

Therefore, the Tokugawa shogunate purchased a huge amount of silk every year, and they had a good "character", they did not owe any credit, and as soon as the goods arrived, they immediately paid the silver, delivered the goods with one hand, and handed over the silver with the other, which was very happy, and the Ming people and maritime merchants in Nagasaki flocked to it.

In previous years, the purchase was decided by the nobles of the shogunate, that is, the high-ranking officials saw the samples and price lists, and made purchases.

Everywhere there were staunch patriots, and under their "collaborative efforts" with the Ming people and maritime merchants, the silk purchased was of good quality, but the price was fifty percent or more higher than that of the same quality outside.

The top level of the shogunate thought that it was not right, if it continued like this, the silver mountain would be emptied, so the practice was changed, that is, the maritime merchants were selected first, mainly to see the quality, and then the Ming people and maritime merchants were concentrated, and the people with low selling prices won the bid!

In this way, the Ming maritime merchants were very annoyed and helpless, after all, the silver belonged to the Japanese people

Everyone has to kill each other, otherwise they will show their powers, how good!

The bidding meeting was carried out by the three "commissioners" (i.e., errand officials) of the shogunate, all of whom were proficient in Chinese, and first invited the invited maritime merchants to taste tea (in fact, it was also the tea paid tribute by the maritime merchants), and announced the rules: the highest price is 550 taels, and the lowest price wins!

The maritime merchants who attended the meeting were Wang Gongzi, a native of Quanzhou, who was the youngest son of Wang Zhidong, the big boss of Quanzhou shipping, a rich second generation, dressed luxuriously, with a bunch of jade and jade rings on his fingers, and a big mutton fat white jade jade pendant around his waist.

This guy has just arrived, he is extremely arrogant, and when he comes in, he goes on a rampage, and he doesn't pay attention to anyone.

There is also a Quanzhou people, born in Jinjiang boat owner Yang Tiansheng.

There are also Lian Chengxiu and Zuo Bogui from Yuegang, one is from Fuzhou, the other is from Zhangzhou, and Han Wenbai, a Cantonese person, these five people are all Ming people and maritime merchants who came to Nagasaki, and they are strong players who can come to the stage.

"Five hundred and twenty-one taels (one quintal)!"

"Five hundred and twenty taels!"

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At first, the price of the Ming people was still very high, and it was slowly declining, after all, no one wanted to let the Japanese people buy my Da Ming's high-quality silk at a low price!

This is what the Japanese people think: "The conscience of the Ming people is greatly bad!" ”

In the end, interests prevailed over everything, and maritime merchants from all walks of life continued to reduce prices, full of gunpowder.

Achieved the purpose of the Japanese people, this is what the Ming people thought: "The Japanese people are treacherous enough!" ”

After all, after winning the bid, in addition to the guaranteed silver, you can also "even the shogunate bought our silk" as a live advertisement, sell more silk, and make a lot of money!

"Four hundred and thirty-seven taels!"

"Four hundred and thirty-six taels!"

The bidding has reached this point, and Lian Chengxiu, Zuo Bogui and Han Wenbai have withdrawn one after another, leaving Wang Gongzi and Yang Tiansheng to bid.

Although he is a fellow countryman, he will not let it at all, and the stabbing knife is even more swishing, Wang Gongzi is happy to bid, as long as Yang Tiansheng bids, he will immediately reduce one or two.

In contrast, Yang Tiansheng was cautious, thought about it again and again, and was teased by Wang Gongzi: "Uncle, can you do it?" If not, I'll help you! ”

In fact, Yang was not old by nature, but Wang Gongzi was even younger, and he said that he was not old, saying that people were old and not counting, and asked people if they could do such things that hurt men's self-esteem.

Yang Tiansheng said in a good time: "Wang Gongzi, you paid such a low price, how can you explain to your father when you go back?" In the past, he never sold for less than four hundred and fifty taels of silver, and if you lost so much, your father would beat you! ”

Wang Gongzi said nonchalantly: "This time my father asked me to go to Nagasaki, just to let me see the world, it's nothing to have less silver, as long as you get the business back, uncle, if you can't sell your goods, I'm afraid that your concubine has no money to buy fat powder and will complain to you!" If you see me......"

Ah, this son-in-law took a fancy to Yang Tiansheng's concubine, and wanted to ask Lao Yang to cut his love at that time (not for nothing, he was willing to give a pearl), but which green onion was he, Lao Yang ignored him when he was a little madman, and as a result, this son-in-law raised the bar with Lao Yang!

He is so hearty, everyone can only sigh that he is not a rich second generation!

Yang Tiansheng wanted to stab this kid with a knife, but the boy's father, Wang Zhidong, the big boss of Quanzhou shipping, was a maritime veteran and was highly respected... Hehe, the key is that his wealth rivals the country, if he opens the silver cellar at home, the silver hidden in it flows out like flowing water, Yang Tiansheng can't compare to him.

I had to give up!

When the shogunate asked him, he shook his head, and the prince won the bid for 436 taels of raw silk, and he would sell 1,250 taels of raw silk.

The value is 550,000 taels of silver, and the cost is only 88,000 taels of silver, which can be imagined how profitable it is.

……

That night, Yang Tiansheng, who returned to the building, felt a little headache and went to bed early.

He brought 1,300 quintals of raw silk this time, and if he won the bid, he would have completed the task at one time, and now he had to find another buyer.

But he has a strong mentality, today is over, tomorrow will be said.

However, early in the morning, just after getting up, the family came to report: "Mr. Lian (Chengxiu) is here!" ”

Although he competed with Lian Chengxiu in business, the two had a good personal relationship, and Yang Tiansheng was a little strange that he visited early in the morning, and hurriedly said: "Please wait a while!" ”

When Yang Tiansheng came out, he saw Lian Chengxiu sitting in the living room, while another person was standing, and when he saw him, Yang Tiansheng's face couldn't help but sink.

Prince Wang!

Unexpectedly, the following things made Yang Tiansheng unexpected!

Towards Yang Tiansheng, the invincible prince knelt down and kowtowed to him!

If it weren't for the fact that he recognized people very accurately, Yang Tiansheng almost suspected that this prince was pretending to be a play.

Will the prince kneel to people? Look at his virtue, whether he knelt down to his ancestors during the New Year is a little suspicious.

Wang Gongzi slapped his mouth and said: "Uncle Yang, I know that I am wrong, I shouldn't be cheap, you have a lot, don't worry about my villain, you just let me out as a fart!" ”

He opened his bow to the right and left, and his cheeks were as red as a great red apple.

Then the servant who came with him sent ten boxes of gifts, and when he opened them, he saw that they were all Huang Chengdeng's gold!

The gift list reads that Jin Xiao sentenced 10,000 taels! One thousand taels per box!

Ruzhang Er King Kong was confused, Yang Tiansheng asked in surprise: "Wang Gongzi, what are you ......?"

Lian Chengxiu smiled beside him: "Congratulations to Brother Yang, your son-in-law Yan Changwu defeated the Fujian Navy Division in the Taiwan Strait, defeated the Fujian Governor Zhu Yifeng and the coastal defense chief Yu Zhihao, wiped out a full 25,000 Ming troops, destroyed 250 Ming army ships, and his own losses were insignificant!" ”