After Asakura Kojiro left, the wise Shibei pulled out the Kitagawa text on his waist, felt the slightest coldness coming from the blade, and then murmured, "I am wise Mitsuhide to be famous all over the world with his own talents, and the lord has high hopes for me, and I must not let down the lord's sincerity to me!" ”

After saying that, Akechi Mitsuhide lowered his eyes and looked up in the southwest direction again, with a hint of gloom in his eyes.....

........

Minato Castle, because of the port of Minato in Tsusaki, has made it the busiest castle in the Tohoku region. There was an endless stream of merchant ships coming and going to Minato in Dozaki, and as the castle representative of Minato, the pressure on Date Keimune was undoubtedly great.

Especially the recent return of the Southern Barbarians, Date Qingzong had to cheer up his spirits, for fear that something would snub Shadilo and the others.

"Qingzong, where are the others now?" As soon as he entered the castle tower, Tsugawa Soji couldn't wait to ask.

Date Keimune hurriedly replied, "Shadilo and the others have been placed in the castle town of Minato, and Lord Gao Hu has brought a squadron of troops to protect the left and right, the lord can rest assured!" ”

"That's it!" Soji Tsugawa was a lot relieved at this time, and then continued, "Let's go, let's go meet an old friend!" ”

"Hah!"

In the izakaya in Minato Castle Town, Sadillo put aside the sake in the cup with a disgusted expression, then took a bottle of wine from the hand of a big man next to him, and then opened it and drank it directly to the mouth of the bottle.

"Shhh

At this time, the figure of Soji Tsugawa appeared in the izakaya.

"Haha! What a pleasure to meet you, my friend! As soon as he saw Sardillo, Soji Tsugawa hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him warmly.

Seeing that Soji Tsugawa was finally here, Sardillo also hurriedly said, "Lord Tsukawa, I haven't seen you for many days, and you are still so beautiful!" ”

"Originally, I heard that you arrived in Minato Castle two days ago, so I thought I would come to see you immediately, but Ueno Castle is busy with affairs, so I didn't come until today, don't be surprised!"

"How so! We are friends, and friends are meant to understand each other. Shadillo said disapprehantly, "By the way, Tsugawa-sama, this time I brought what you wanted, do you want to go and see it?" ”

"Of course my friend!" Didn't Tsugawa Soji come to Minato City in such a hurry just for what Sardillo brought to himself, as soon as he heard Sardillo take the initiative to mention it, Tsugawa Soji couldn't care about anything else.

"Ferdiro, Arachel, let's go, take our Tsugawa-sama to see our Portuguese firearms!"

"Yes, Captain!"

.....

Minato Dozaki.

At this time, the port was already occupied by a dense pile of Nanban merchant ships, leaving only a small area for other local merchant ships to berth. For these huge merchant ships, many merchants who have heard of or seen it before are not surprised, at most they just sigh at the large number of Nanban merchant ships that came this time. However, many businessmen who have only recently started to travel to and from the Tsugawa family are not so calm.

"Gollum!" A merchant standing on the edge of the harbor looked at the huge Nanban merchant ship and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then said in a trembling tone, "This... What kind of ship is this, and why is it so huge? ”

"Kintaro, it's normal that you just came to the Tsugawa house and didn't know, even when we saw such a big ship for the first time, we were shocked and inexplicable!" Another merchant spoke at this time, "I don't know where these vicious-looking and strangely dressed people came from, but it is said that the Tsugawa family treats these people very well. In addition, I heard that the head of the Tsugawa family, Lord Tsukawa Dehansuke, and several of the Nanban people are friends, but I don't know if it's true. ”

"Southern Barbarians?"

"Yes, Nanban! That's what the people of the Tsugawa family call these people. ”

"It is said that these southern barbarians have appeared in the Kyushu area, but they are only one or two ships, and there are more than twenty ships here in Minatojo, and it seems that there will be a lot of strange goods in the Tsugawa family this time."

"Kintaro, are you interested in buying some back with me? The ministers of Kyoto are very fond of these exotic things! ”

"Do you know these Minami with Saemon... Southern Barbarians? ”

"Of course I don't."

"Since we don't know each other, how do we go about buying the ship's cargo from them?"

"You don't know this, there is a merchant house in Minato Castle that specializes in selling these Nanban things, it was built by the Yoshinoya, we just need to go to Yoshinoya and buy it!"

"I see."

"But Kintaro, do you have enough money? These Nanban things are not cheap, and there are a lot of Ming porcelain among them, which are rare famous things. ”

"Uh... I just bought a batch of Ezo Nishiki from Ezo to sell to Kyoto, and I only have more than 200 pieces left, so I think it should be enough, right? ”

"200 Run??? Hahaha! Hearing Kintaro's words, the merchant known as Yozaemon couldn't help but burst out laughing, "After seeing the arrival of the Nanban two days ago, I sold all the goods on the ship in Minato Castle. I have 3,000 yuan on me now, but I can't say how many of these Nanban things I can buy! ”

"Then I'll go and sell the Ezo brocade on the ship immediately, and sell it to Minato City, although a piece of cloth only earns 150 Wen, but it's enough!" As he spoke, Kintaro hurriedly beckoned several of his entourage behind him to run towards his merchant ship, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to sell the Ezo Nishiki on the ship if he was too late.

The arrival of Sardillo and others did cause a sensation in the city.

After all, this is the third time that Shadilo and others have come to the territory of the Tsugawa family, and every time they come, they will bring a lot of Nanban and Ming goods, although the price is expensive, but the supply exceeds demand, it is simply a strange commodity to live in. There may be many people who didn't react to the first and second time, but this third time is different. How could a lot of well-informed merchants, or who had made a small fortune during the second visit of the Nanbans, let go of such a good opportunity?

Businessmen seek profit, and all they seek is to make money. As a result, there was chaos in the two Tenminato Castles, and merchants from all over the country sold their goods to Yoshino Yoshino at a reasonable price, and they were ready to buy some southern barbarian goods from Yoshinoya and sell them to Kyoto, Shikoku, Saikoku and other places, which was several times the profit.

Soji Tsugawa and Sardillo and others also came to the port at this time. After seeing the situation of the various exchanges and merchant houses in Minato Castle along the way, Tsugawa Soji couldn't help but ask, "Shadillo, some time ago there were rumors that Hakata Town in Kitakyushu also had you Nanban people visiting?" ”

"That's true." "Since Columbus discovered the New World, although Island B was the first to be discovered by my fleet, it doesn't mean that only me can come here, so when the news of the discovery of RB Island spread, there were also many merchants who wanted to come here to trade. ”

"However, I'm afraid that no one will come after me anytime soon." As he spoke, Shadillo couldn't help but smile.

Soji Tsugawa asked with a puzzled expression, "Why is this?" ”