Mao Liyuan heard that the Ming Ministry of Industry Shangshu had an iron cannon in his hand, and he was really stunned for a while, he didn't believe Hou Zhitan's words, but the iron cannon that this person couldn't ask for was actually sent to the door, and he felt a little unreal.

He was stunned for a while, and then cautiously tested: "How many iron cannons does your master have in his hand?" ”

Hou Zhitan pretended to be embarrassed and said: "You also know that some people in our Ming court are more greedy, and they are selling iron cannons everywhere, so our family master only has a hundred iron cannons in his hands now, but our family master can order people to rush to work and make iron cannons desperately, and there is no problem with how much you want later." “

In this way, people are greedy, as if your family master is not greedy, your family is not a popular family that has made a lot of money, will you come to me?

Of course, this is not the point, it is normal for officials of the Ming Dynasty to be greedy for money, Yan Song, who was "famous in the East", was a big corrupt official, and he also became the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty cabinet.

For the Maori Yuan, the focus is on the price of the iron cannon.

Although the Maori clan is a wealthy family in the country of Anyi, they don't have a lot of money, because they are not guardians of the daimyo family, that is to say, they do not have decades or even hundreds of years of tax accumulation, they are just local wealthy families, and there are not many stone highs.

One hundred iron cannons, this number is not a lot, but I don't know how much it will cost me, if it is as rumored, thousands of taels and one door, Maori really doesn't have so much money.

Mao Liyuan asked cautiously: "I don't know how much this iron cannon costs?" ”

Hou Zhitan pretended to look around, and then said in a low voice: "You should know that the iron cannon business on Kyushu Island has been robbed by our Ming Dynasty Taishi and the first assistant of the cabinet, and our head of the family didn't want to conflict with them, so he sent me to Benzhou to test it, as for this price, it is easy to say, I will calculate the cost price for you, one thousand taels and one door." As you know, the iron cannon was made by our Ministry of Engineering, and it is not so cumbersome for us to get the goods. ”

One thousand two doors, the cost price?

When Mao Liyuan heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

He wasn't frightened by this price, he just didn't expect that the price would be so low, you know, there has long been news on Kyushu Island, and the standard iron cannon of the Ming Dynasty can't be bought for two thousand taels and one at this time.

However, what Hou Zhitan said is not leaky.

It is no secret that the Ming Dynasty Taishi and the first assistant of the cabinet are robbing business on Kyushu Island, and it is not a secret among the wealthy families of Dongying, and the Shangshu of the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Industry will definitely not dare to fight with these two people, and it is quite normal to send people to Benzhou to find a way.

As for the price, people make cannons, and it's normal to be lower.

Mao Liyuan was a little excited: "Really one thousand two doors? ”

Hou Zhitan nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course it's true, Your Excellency the head of the family, how much do you want?" ”

Mao Liyuan thought about it for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said: "One hundred doors, I want them all." ”

Look at the one who embarrasses you, a hundred doors are only 100,000 taels, and it seems like a bankrupt family!

To tell the truth, 100,000 taels, Hou Zhitan is a little disdainful, because Yang Cong is too rich, millions of taels or even tens of millions of taels is not a matter for Yang Cong, Hou Zhitan as his cronies, this money is naturally seen a lot, and Yang Cong is also quite generous to Hou Zhitan, at this time, Hou Zhitan even has hundreds of thousands of taels of cash in his hands.

Hou Zhitan really didn't understand why Yang Cong didn't let the money of those big princes go to make money, but let him come to find Maoli Yuan to find a wealthy family in this place, you know, if you sell it to those big princes, it is not a problem to sell it to those big princes, two thousand taels or even three thousand taels of an iron cannon, and a local wealthy family like the Maori clan will be terrible to take out one hundred thousand taels.

Of course, even if he didn't understand it, he wouldn't ask Yang Cong why, this first batch of 100 iron cannons could be "accepted".

In this way, Mao Liyuan inexplicably had a hundred more iron cannons in his hand, and then Hou Zhitan sent him a team of skilled old gunners to help him train his foot soldiers, and even gave him 10,000 rounds of cannonballs and a large amount of gunpowder for free.

After Maori Yuan had these iron cannons, his ambition finally swelled, and soon, he played the slogan of avenging Yoshitaka Ouchi, calling on the retainers of the Ouchi clan to send troops to fight against Tao Qingxian.

If he does this, it is tantamount to seeking death, Tao Qingxian controls most of the troops in the hands of the Ouchi clan, the overlord of the Western Kingdom, and it is good to crusade against others, and it is good if they don't turn around to crusade against you.

Tao Qingxian received the news, and was naturally furious, okay, you are a Maori Yuan, you are impatient, a small local wealthy family in Anyi Country dares to take the lead in calling me and looking for death?

Soon Tao Qingxian began to organize people and horses, preparing to levy Maori Yuan in turn.

The two sides were tense, and there was a big fight if they didn't agree with each other, and the western part of Honshu suddenly became noisy, and the wealthy families of all countries trembled with fear.

It was at this time that the retainer of the Mori clan, the Itsukushima Mori general, Katsura Motocheng, secretly ran to Yamaguchi Castle and expressed his willingness to surrender to Tao Qingxian and crusade against the Mori clan together.

There are only 4,000 people under this Maori clan, and as a retainer of the Maori clan, Gui Yuancheng naturally does not have many people, and he has less than 500 people in his hands, and he only guards a small island in the south of An Yi Country, Itsukushima.

It stands to reason that Tao Qingxian shouldn't care much about such a small role, because Tao Qingxian can casually pull out twenty or thirty thousand horses, five hundred, which is simply dispensable for him.

However, Tao Qingxian attached great importance to Gui Yuancheng's investment, he not only arranged for his subordinates to treat others well, but even took time to personally meet Gui Yuancheng, a traitor.

In the study of Tao Mansion, Tao Qingxian smiled and looked at Gui Yuancheng with interest, and then said kindly: "Yuanchengjun, do you really plan to send troops with this general to fight against Maori Yuan's rebellion?" ”

Hmph, who is rebellious, don't you have no points in your heart?

Mao Liyuan is the son-in-law of the head of the Ouchi family, what's wrong with avenging your father-in-law, you are a retainer of the Ouchi clan, and you actually committed a crime and forced the head of the family to die, and you still have the face to say that people are rebellious!

Gui Yuancheng cursed secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be humble and said: "The general is wise and powerful, Mao Liyuan is not able to make enemies with you, it is his fault, the villain is willing to follow the general and crusade against this rebellion together." ”

Well, that's a good thing to say.

Tao Qingxian nodded slightly, and said with relief: "I am very relieved that Yuan Chengjun can know the current affairs so well, as for the crusade against the Maori clan, you don't need to send troops, you just need to withdraw from Itsukushima and watch the play on the sidelines." Oshima happens to lack a guard, so you can bring your family and subordinates over, and in the future, the stone height of Oshima County will be yours. ”

Big Island, just by hearing the name, you know that it is not a small island, its area is more than ten times larger than Itsukushima, Tao Qingxian means that he is rewarding Gui Yuancheng with a big island, let him hurry over, don't get in the way in Itsukushima.

This guy really hit the trick.

Gui Yuancheng sneered in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be ecstatic and said, "Thank you, general, thank you, general." ”