Chapter 163: The Cannon and the Golden Ding

If you are a rich man, you go to a high-end restaurant and ask for a spicy tofu and rice, it is estimated that no one can afford you, if you are a beggar, you go to a high-end restaurant to ask for a shark fin rice, the restaurant really has to weigh your weight. The premise is that if you are dressed up a little neatly, anyone in rags will kick you out at once.

Jiang Feng was wearing a neat official uniform of a hundred households, although he was rough and arrogant, he was talking about his character, as a person who came here in modern times, he was quite neat than his contemporaries. Therefore, there is also some grandeur in it, so after saying the sentence can you buy a cannon.

Xia Qingjiao was still stunned, the bad impression caused by the lustful performance just now was slightly reversed, on the table of the ladies across the curtain, of course Xia Cuiyu heard this words, because there was a curtain to cover it, so she didn't care about sending a contemptuous look, thinking that Jiang Feng was a country military attaché like him, and a cannon.

Although the Su family sisters and Liu Fangrui who are inside have begun to preside over Jiang Feng's internal affairs, it is the first time to come out to receive foreign guests like this, to put it bluntly, this is actually the so-called housewife to greet the female dependents of the guests, which can be regarded as Jiang Feng's recognition of their identity, and the girls are completely devoid of their usual liveliness and pungency, and they are a little cramped there. And seeing Xia Cuiyu, an extremely beautiful girl, there were some different emotions in my heart, so in addition to being cramped, I was also a little nervous, so I couldn't see Xia Cuiyu's small movements at all.

"If you want cannons, it's not difficult to get some out of the current ordnance for some silver."

As usual, asking such a question at the first meeting did make Xia Qingjiao a little confused, so he simply replied with such vague words. Jiang Feng lowered his head and drank a cup of tea, and when he looked up, he glanced into the curtain, he just wanted to see how Liu Fangrui and the Su family sisters responded this time.

The scene inside is naturally Xia Cuiyu's laughter constantly, the women of the Jiang family occasionally say a few words, Jiang Feng's actions made Xia San, who was sitting opposite, look at it, and in his heart he even concluded that the so-called buying of cannons was just to scare people, in this case, he simply accompanied and bragged:

"If Brother Jiang wants a cannon, the cannon of the Ming Dynasty will not work, the cannon of the Franco-Rang machine man is light, and the range is long, and the power is greater than that of our Ming cannon, even my Ming cannon also depends on those Westerners, Brother Jiang, you think this cannon is not amazing, the price is also expensive, it is estimated that it will cost 10,000 taels and one door."

This Jiang Feng also has a number in his heart, and the current so-called Western Ocean is indeed slowly catching up in navigation and firearms, especially in terms of artillery, which is still stronger than the complacent Ming Dynasty, so he nodded again and again there.

As the head of this thousand households, Zhao Xiucai is also here to accompany him, but after many years of crawling and rolling, he can see that Xia Qingjiao has a playful expression on his face when he speaks, and he is clearly playing tricks on Jiang Feng. Seeing others being so rude to their own masters, he was very angry, but he couldn't do it on this occasion, so he had to kick Jiang Feng a few times under the dining table.

Jiang Feng, who was thinking about the poor firearms information in his previous life, was touched by the following action, and immediately shook his head, looking sober, Zhao Xiucai took a breath there, thinking that his owner did not continue to make a fool of himself. Sure enough, Jiang Feng didn't mention it again, but just asked:

"Master Xia San, the income of the brothers' fleet in the past two months is probably a lot, right?"

Hearing Jiang Feng ask about this unrelated topic, Xia Qingjiao and Xia Cuiyu in the curtain both laughed secretly in their hearts, thinking that this reckless and perverted ghost still knew a good thing, and if he continued to ask, he would probably be even more embarrassed. Xia Qingjiao's heart was even more sure of the annexation of Tie Ding.

However, in terms of money, they also know Jiang Feng's finesse, and they all know that there are financial masters around Jiang Feng, but everyone thinks that Zhao Xiucai is the account room who knows everything. No matter what they thought, they would not have expected that the girl sitting opposite Xia Cuiyu in the inner room holding the little girl Su Guanxue was a "financial master".

Xia Cuiyu inside the curtain walked out gracefully, at least she didn't see any dislike for Jiang Feng on the surface, and said with a smile on her face:

"In the past two months, Lord Jiang's ten ships and one percent of the income that has been counted, two percent and four cents of it will be counted as the capital for the next time according to our original agreement, and the rest will be brought to the adults, or the old rules, all of them have been exchanged for silver tickets, a total of 48,200 taels."

It seems that Xia Cuiyu is responsible for the money of the Xia family, Xia Cuiyu took out the silver ticket wrapped in wax paper from the pocket with the flavor of the Miao family on her waist and put it on the table, Zhao Xiucai hurriedly moved the wine and food on the table, opened the package of wax paper, carefully confirmed the seal of the silver ticket and various secret marks, and naturally counted the quantity. After finishing the count, he nodded at Jiang Feng and said:

"The owner, a total of forty-eight thousand taels."

"Two hundred taels of scattered silver is cash silver, and I will send it to Brother Jiang in a while."

Xia Qingjiao said a word, and then concentrated on dealing with the food on the table, Jiang Feng Zhang Liang and the people on the mountain are all people who have raised their mouths, and after going up the mountain, they can stand the ordinary food there, and directly spent a lot of money to hire a chef in the capital of Dengzhou, and the chef is still complaining after coming to the mountain that if it is not for the high price of 30 taels of silver a month, he is willing to come to such a poor place.

The chef obediently shut up the next day, because he saw Jiang Feng's ability, it turned out that it was clear that calling him up was to work hard, all kinds of dishes that he had not seen, and the incredible deliciousness, he could not be used for a lifetime after learning a few hands.

Since it is close to the sea, there is naturally most seafood on the table, of course, Xia Qingjiao from the sea will not like it, but this kind of sea cucumber winter bamboo shoots and ham together is indeed delicious, and it melts in the mouth. Xia Qingjiao is also from a big family, so he is naturally amazed, and of course, he has deepened Jiang Feng's views on the lustful child in his heart.

With a "snap", Xia Qingjiao was stunned for a moment, but saw that the 48,000 taels of silver tickets were already placed in front of him, and he couldn't help but look up in amazement, but he didn't expect that it was Jiang Feng who said it first:

"Xia San Family Master, you take these tens of thousands of taels, buy four doors first!"

As soon as this sentence came out, Xia Qingjiao over there didn't expect it, and his original judgment of Jiang Feng was overturned a lot, and he was suddenly a little caught off guard, and his answer was a little unprepared, and he said there:

"It doesn't take more than 10,000 taels."

Jiang Feng over there waved his hand and said indifferently:

"I don't care about the money when I buy a gun, brother, I don't know what kind of gun is good, I want the kind with wheels, or can get on the ship, if there is a gunner, just invite, someone must be able to use it!"

In a word, nearly 50,000 taels of silver were thrown out, but if you want to say that the person in front of you spent money indiscriminately, the Xia family has also been rich since the resumption of maritime trade in the past few years, and there are also some extravagant atmospheres in the family, and it is not uncommon to spend a lot of money.

But the young man in front of him took the money to buy a cannon, what is this? He was stunned there, Jiang Feng thought that Xia Qingjiao had some difficulties there, and said with a smile:

"If the three family masters are in a dilemma, I have another way here, why do I have to be like this?"

Xia Qingjiao reacted and laughed a few times there. He really has some ways about this cannon, and now the colonists of the South and Western Seas have come one after another, all kinds of gunboats, armed merchant ships, and large and small armies are a lot, and there is no difficulty in buying a few cannons.

Although Francois claims to never sell those military secrets, Xia Qingjiao just doesn't believe it, there will be things there that are not sold, and if he doesn't sell them, he doesn't have enough money. In the Ming Dynasty's sea frontier, in Xia Qingjiao's understanding, the battle at sea is to get close to each other and jump over with weapons to slash and kill, what do you want to do.

Jiang Feng gave nearly 50,000 taels, and Xia Qingjiao estimated by himself that he could earn nearly half of this transaction, and there would be a reason not to do it.

The banquet ended in the Xia family's contempt at the beginning and the later incomprehension, Jiang Feng was not prepared to accompany these people for too long, he wanted to go back to the inner room to determine the future allocation of silver money with Su Guanyue, plus for the Xia family, this dock fort did not have any secrets worth keeping.

So Xia Qingjiao can walk around at will, eating very much, Xia San's family head walked around in the dock fort at will, but saw that on the hillside against the dock fort, there was a family crying there sadly, and the white flags fluttered, obviously dead. I couldn't help but pay attention, and there was an accompanying Tie Ding who saw that the attention of the distinguished guest was focused on that side, and there he sighed and explained:

"My lord, when we exterminated the bandits, we lost a brother, yesterday Lord Jiang also went to the house to pay respects, pitiful, the old lady in the family is not in good health, but there is a younger brother."

As soon as he heard this, Xia San's master suddenly became interested, could it be that Jiang Feng was very cold to his dead subordinates, and hurriedly asked:

"What about the old and the young?"

"I have accumulated more than 500 taels of silver for more than a year, and this time our adults have subsidized 500 taels of silver to settle down, and we guarantee to support ......."

The iron ding said to himself, not noticing that Xia Qingjiao's bronzed forehead on the side was covered with beads of sweat, and the weather was not hot, especially since the Xia family was still a standard southerner.

After dinner, Xia Qingjiao and Xia Cuiyu chatted in the inner room, Xia Qingjiao's face was not good-looking, and said there:

"Let's not think about these irons."

Xia Cuiyu was suddenly a little confused, you must know that the Xia family covets these Tieding powers, and hurriedly asked the reason, Xia Qingjiao's face was a little embarrassed, and slowly said the reason:

"These people are too expensive, there is an iron ding, and it is a golden ding at all!"