The three of them muttered for a long time, and finally chose to agree to Tsukahara Moryu's request. Seeing that the most critical issues had been negotiated, Tsukahara Molong asked with a smile: "So, it's time to talk about our business, what goods did you bring this time?" ”

As soon as they heard about the deal, the three of them immediately lit up their eyes and excitedly began to sell their products to Tsukahara Molong. However, Tsukahara was very skeptical that the three ghosts had ever been to Japan before, or that the Portuguese and Spanish aristocrats cared more about this, and all they introduced to themselves were cigarettes, diamond-encrusted pocket watches, pianos, cellos, Roman sculptures, and glass tableware...... Strange, do I look like such a greedy person for enjoyment? Tsukahara Molong heard that they had been grinding for a long time and still didn't talk about their itches, so he simply interrupted the sales pitch of the three of them: "How many firearms did you bring?" ”

"Firearms?" Paul was slightly stunned, and then realized that the lord in front of him seemed to have a lot of power, but in fact, he really cared about the things of the war, which was very different from the guys in the Kai Town. "Honorable lord, we have brought six hundred muskets, and a large amount of saltpeter." Due to the lack of saltpeter in Japan, the preparation of gunpowder was quite cumbersome and expensive, so Paul brought saltpeter to sell.

"Only six hundred?" Tsukahara Molong frowned slightly: "I see that the scale of your fleet is not small, why do you bring so few muskets?" ”

Paul smiled bitterly, "We didn't know what the lord needed before, so we shipped the goods according to the custom of the Kaimachi, so the iron cannon didn't bring much. ”

"What about the price?" Tsukahara Moryū asked.

"For the sake of the lord's willingness to contain us, the iron cannon is ninety-three times." Paul said as if in pain.

Tsukahara Moryū smiled: "It seems that I shouldn't have sheltered you, let alone preached to you, and treated me as a fool." ”

"Your lord, you must not slander an upright merchant." Just as Paul was about to continue speaking, Tsukahara Molong waved his hand, and Tsukahara Senbei, who was serving on the side, took an iron cannon from outside the house and came in. "Do you know how much such an iron cannon costs?"

"Oh, I don't know much about the price of my iron cannon on your side, after all, a product is sold at different prices in different places." Paul said slyly.

"So, when the quality is about the same, will I choose the cheaper one?"

Paul was stunned when he heard this, and the faces of the two behind him gradually changed, after all, it has been eight years since the musket was introduced to Japan, although there are not many Nanban merchants in Japan, but there are also a lot, and many chambers of commerce in Portugal and Spain have their own offices in Kaimachi, if they don't want to open up a market on their own, they won't choose to anchor in a place like Kanto. If you ask for too much money and provoke the other party, it is estimated that this matter will be blown directly.

"And how much did you spend on this musket in the first place?" After a change in his complexion, Paul's face changed for a while, and he asked with difficulty, he didn't want to give up such a good foothold at will, as far as he knew, the forces of other chambers of commerce were far from penetrating this, and there were huge business opportunities here.

"Seventy-four times. However, I feel that in return for my generosity to you, forty strokes would be a more appropriate price. ”

"Forty?! Damn it! Paul almost jumped up, but Tsukahara Chibei had already aimed the cannon at his head as soon as he was excited. You, do you want to swallow our cargo? Paul said with a grim face.

"Yes, and all the muskets you bring in the future will be sold to me, and you cannot resell them to others." Tsukahara Molong said calmly.

"Young man, you're playing with fire." The two men behind Paul also put their hands on their weapons.

Tsukahara Molong smiled slightly, "After the first musket was introduced to Japan, the price was one hundred taels of gold, five months ago, the price was seventy-four yuan, and according to the musket I recently bought, the price has reached sixty-six yuan. And you, when you came up, told me about the ninety-three runs, and told me that it was because you were willing to take you in. Who do you think is playing with fire? ”

The more Paul and the others listened, the more frightened they became, and in the end, their faces were almost flushed, and it was undoubtedly the most embarrassing to be exposed directly to the lie in business, but it was because of lying to the big customer......

"My lord, I ......," Paul struggled for a long time, and finally had to say helplessly.

"Given your bad attitude, I think you should do something to mend the rift in our friendship, what do you think?" Tsukahara Moryū asked with a smile.

"Okay...... Forty is forty, but it must be traded in gold. ”

"Yes, but all the saltpeter on board must be given to me for free." A strange smile appeared on the corner of Tsukahara Molong's mouth again, and without waiting for Paul to refute, he continued: "After all, the ratio of gold and silver exchange is 1:4 with us, but when it comes to you, it is 1:15 or even 1:16. ”

After the three of Paul heard Tsukahara Molong's reason, they looked at Tsukahara Moryū's gaze as if they had seen a ghost, which big-mouthed merchant in Kaimachi passed on such a thing? Seeing that almost all his details were known to Tsukahara Molong, Paul exchanged opinions with the two again, feeling that it was barely acceptable, and it was estimated that this was also the bottom line of the young prince in front of him, so he had to nod and express his willingness to trade.

After sending the three ghosts away, the specific handover affairs were directly handled by Tonosuke and Inukai Yoshio, and Tsukahara Moryū himself stretched proudly, "In this way, the embarrassment of insufficient iron cannons can be eased a little." "Because it is a relationship between the party, Tsukahara Moryū attaches great importance to the musket, but the price is too high, and although the number of purchases is large, the quantity is not large. Fortunately, Tsukahara Molong implemented mercantilism, and his income increased a lot after the land acquisition, and of course, more importantly, he was willing to spend money. Since the entire Koganshin Castle was requisitioned as the main city by Tsukahara Molong, not to mention the expansion, even the interior decoration has not been done, and even many of the artworks inside have been secretly taken out and bought by Tsukahara Molong, and the entire castle tower is empty except for a pair of beds. In order to buy iron cannons, Tsukahara Moryū can be said to have squeezed money out of his teeth. The lord is like this, how dare the retainers below be extravagant, if the scene is bigger than the lord, and the lord is unhappy, do you want to be promoted in the future? Tsukahara Heiji saw that Tsukahara Molong was like this, and although he didn't quite understand why he attached so much importance to the iron cannon, he still took out most of his money and handed it to Tsukahara Molong and asked him to buy the iron cannon. The chief family elders are like this, and those important ministers have also donated money and materials, and under the full equipment of the entire Tsukahara family, the general equipment rate of iron cannons is still low, after all, the entire standing army is as high as more than 10,000 people, and twenty-nine reserve units need to be equipped with iron cannons. Although many traditional samurai were not very optimistic about the iron cannon, when they saw Tsukahara Moryū easily use the iron cannon to bombard the enemy's well-organized army formation during the exercise, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he began to vigorously support the iron cannon.