Hearing that Xiubao was going to cooperate with him, Li Dan was pleasantly surprised, and he had a feeling of being in a desperate situation, but out of the businessman's alertness, he still asked uneasily: "Your Highness just said that it is unprofitable to cooperate with us, how can you help now?" ”

"Brother Li, don't misunderstand," Xiubao waved his hand and explained with a smile, "Just now I rejected you from Taige's point of view, and now I want to cooperate with you from my own point of view, which is fundamentally different. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Dan and Zhang Jingquan sat down again.

"You don't understand that?" Xiubao asked in surprise, "Taige doesn't know about your maritime merchants, so he doesn't dare to lend you money easily, but I am willing to lend you money, isn't this the essential difference?" ”

Li Dan knew that Xiubao was going to lend him money, so he was excited at first, but it didn't take long for him to calm down, and he said with a smile: "Your Highness is willing to help, and I am grateful, but please forgive me for offending, although His Highness is said to be Taige's nephew, after all, he is only a million-stone daimyo, and he has just obtained the territory of Ise, and he still needs a lot of financial and material resources to operate, so how much money can he lend to him?" ”

"You don't have to worry about the funds," Hideho said casually, "Do you think I live on this 1.3 million stone of land for my food?" As long as you need it, I can take out 57,000 pieces of Tianzheng Daju and the equivalent of imperial silver to raise supplies, build merchant ships, form caravans, and build ports. ”

If the 57,000 pieces of Tianzheng Grand Judgment and the equivalent of the imperial public silver are converted into the Qingchang Judgment, it is 1.14 million pieces, and according to the weight of each small judgment is 1.14 million taels of gold, according to the "Duowenshan Diary", one tael of gold can be exchanged for three to six stones of rice, so that these funds are at least equivalent to a 3.42 million Daimyo's one year's fortune!

As for how the money came from, Hideho is about to snicker: the oil and water that Hidecho got when he was the commissioner of Ikuno Ginzan, as well as the money obtained from the change of the Yamato wealthy clan and the confiscation of the temple collar, are now all owned by Hideho.

This is the reason why, at the time of the Osaka Battle, Hideyori was only a daimyo with 650,000 stone Chiyuki, but he was able to gather more than 100,000 ronins to compete with the daimyo of the world led by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Judging from the fact that 180 ronins can be summoned for every 10,000 stones, the amount of money required to hire these people must be no less than 5.5 million stone of gold! Moreover, due to Ieyasu's persecution, the Toyotomi family had already spent a lot of money to build a temple, with the purpose of consuming the property of the Toyotomi family and carrying out psychological oppression. Even so, the Toyotomi family was able to match Ieyasu Qihu financially in the end (after the fall of Osaka, there were still 280,000 taels of gold and 240,000 taels of silver left in the treasury), which shows that Hideyoshi accumulated a lot of capital for Hideyoshi during his lifetime.

As for why Hideyoshi was able to accumulate so much wealth, the reason is that all the gold and silver mines and foreign trade ports in the country were in his hands, including the famous Iwami Ginzan, Ikuno Ginzan (which was recovered after Hidenaga's death), Koshu Kanayama, Hida Kanezan, and the ports of Nagasaki, Sakai, and Hakata.

In this regard, Xiuchang and his brother are very similar, both of them seek huge profits through the mineral deposits in the territory, but due to geographical constraints, there is no good port in the territory of Xiuchang to conduct large-scale overseas trade. But now it's different, Hidebo has acquired the territory of Ise Province and is destined to change that.

Sure enough, as soon as they heard Xiubao report this astronomical number, Li Dan and Zhang Jingquan shouted in unison. Li Dan found that he was a little out of shape, straightened his body, and said restrainedly: "The villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, if you are offended, please forgive Your Highness." According to the usual practice, the price of each ship with the goods it carries is about 25,000 small judgments, and if it is properly developed, at least ten ships will be needed in the future to ensure the normal conduct of trade, that is, only about 250,000 small judgments will be sufficient. ”

"You're quite sincere," Xiubao nodded, "Now the Vermilion Ship is basically the same price, but in addition to forming a fleet, I will also expand a few ports as a transit place for materials from the north and south in the future." ”

"Your Highness doesn't need to do this, with the vermilion seal, you can directly trade freely in Nagasaki and other places, and you don't need to see Xingang separately." Li Dan respectfully persuaded.

Unexpectedly, Xiubao asked: "Who said that I was going to give you the seal form?" ”

Li Dan looked at Xiubao with a look of surprise and asked rhetorically, "How can you trade without the seal of Taige?" ”

Xiubao said very seriously: "It's not that you don't know, if you don't have enough strength, Taige won't give you a red seal, and I can't make a noise if I lend you money, if you really take my money to prove your strength to Taige, it will undoubtedly dig your own grave, and neither of us will end well, so you can dispel this idea." ”

"How can I get the goods of your country without the seal?" Li Dan was a little deflated.

Hideho said disapprerovingly: "It's very simple, I'll give you the black seal of my family, so that you can trade in the name of the family's royal merchant." Therefore, I need to expand several ports to meet the gradual increase in trade volume in the future. ”

"That's the case," Li Dan was obviously a little unwilling, "But Your Highness, your skills are only in after all, how many goods can be used for trade?" ”

Hidebo had no choice but to reveal a little hole card to him: "All you need is minerals such as sulfur and copper, as well as swords and lacquerware, all of which can be purchased from Sakai Port, and Shibajuri Uemon of the Sakai Port Chamber of Commerce has long been a royal merchant of the family, and through his connections, he can gradually transfer some of the materials that should have been shipped to Sakai Port to the port of his family, so that he can meet the requirements of quantity." ”

"I see," Li Dan was a little relieved, and continued to ask with a sigh of relief, "Can Your Highness ensure that the ports in the territory can meet the trade volume of such a scale?" ”

"Didn't I say that I was going to expand," Hideho was a little impatient, "you merchants of the Ming Kingdom are very timid, but this is a good thing, I might as well tell you that the port of Jin where you landed is the ten largest ports in our country (i.e. ' In addition to this, I will expand the port of Iwamuro in Northern Kii and Kumano Port in South Kii, which is close to the Seto Inland Sea and at the intersection of Nankaido and, and is a good port that is not inferior to Sakai because of its open tidal flats and low wind and waves, and Kumano Port, which can transport high-quality timber from Kishu to Shikoku and Kyushu, and can be used as a transit point from Tsu Port to Iwamuro and from East to West to provide supplies for merchant ships to and from to make profits. In fact, as the royal merchant of my family, the biggest advantage is that you can get my protection, at least to ensure that you can be respected enough by the Franji people in the South Seas, after all, they will not give up the trade between Chang and Uzaki because of this matter. ”

Li Dan nodded approvingly: "This is indeed the most important thing, without a strong backing, it will be really difficult for us maritime merchants to move an inch." ”

"In that case, then it's decided," Xiubao said with relief, "You can calculate the required expenses as soon as possible, and then you can directly withdraw money from Gao Hu, but this money must not be known to outsiders, and even if someone asks, you must not tell the truth." ”

"This is natural," Li Dan swore and said: "No matter what danger happens, I will not implicate you in the future, but we Mingshang regard reputation as more important than life." ”

"Who is it?!" Suddenly, a shout came from outside the door, and Xiubao immediately ordered Gao Hu to escort Li Dan and Zhang Jingquan to the inner room to hide, and hurriedly ordered Izumi Taitsuna and Kaitian Keiyoshi to go out to check.

As soon as the two of them went out, they saw a ninja in a blue night suit facing a small surname, although the small surname was injured in his left arm, but the ninja was also not lightly injured, and blood was constantly dripping from his arm and thigh.

Seeing the reinforcements arrive, the ninja tried to get rid of the entanglement of the little surname and ran towards the wall, but he didn't expect the little surname to be equally good, and he cut the ninja to the ground before he could climb over the wall. Tai Gang shouted "stay alive" while running towards the ninja, the ninja knew that he could not escape death, took advantage of the small surname's unpreparedness, swallowed the poison hidden between his teeth in advance, and by the time Tai Tsunade arrived, he had already died of poison.

Tai Tsunade searched the ninja's outfit with regret, and at the same time expressed his admiration for the skill of the little surname, and praised: "You have done a great job, tell me what your name is, so that I can ask for a reward for you." ”

Xiao Xiao shook his head and said indifferently: "The villain's name is Nakato Shinto, protecting the safety of the master's family is a matter of duty, there is no need to ask for a reward, as long as the lord is safe, it is enough." ”

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