Chapter 14 Matsumae Merchant Travel
The castle town of Hirozen Castle has become as lively as usual due to the temporary suspension of the war, and people don't care who the lord has changed, but now it seems that the new lord is more tolerant and benevolent, not only reducing some taxes and relieving the poor, but even the samurai and ronin samurai who were rampant in the past do not dare to make trouble anymore, and the Tongxin police in charge of law and order are composed of fifty elite soldiers selected by Tengtang plus a number of recruited civilians. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this ancient Chinese saying, Yi Yuanzhe has always been convinced.
Under a thatched hut in the castle town, a weapon and leather armor merchant beckons the ronin samurai to buy his sword, but few seem to be able to afford it.
"Zegao, I don't think they need this, because they don't have the money, and I think you should probably recommend this to the lord here." A scruffy foreigner in a robe drank wine and said to the merchant Matsumae Sawataka.
Matsumaezawa sighed, "That's how I thought in the first place, so I came here despite my family's obstructions. Outcome...... Don't you see that even the ordinary Concentric Crowd equipment here sells better than us? "He was a little depressed.
"Brother, what's wrong?" At this time, a woman dressed as a leather armor and a samurai came out of the back room, her hair was raised in a high bun like an Eastern samurai, and although she was a little heroic, her warm skin and delicate facial features made people shine.
Matsumaezawa Takashi saw that it was his third sister Matsumae Sakurahime, this sister was also a headache for him, and his sister did not agree to the marriage of the Soma family to go to business with him, although his father did not like that Soma Dashan Liang Liyin, and even if it was the ancestor of the merchant family, the samurai family of the Heike family still used his father's baby daughter as a side room, and his father had to be perfunctory first. But maybe it won't be perfunctory to go back this time.
"It's okay, but I just feel that maybe it's a mistake to come to Tsugaru this time, let's go to Kita-gun for a few days!" Matsumae Zetaka said in poor spirits.
Matsumae Sakurahime has seen Tsugaru here in the past few days, although there is a war here, although there are some dangers in such a place, the weapons brought by the merchants are also liked by these lords who have just experienced the war, but this place is different.
She said to Matsumae Zetaka with a smile on her face, "Brother, then I'll go out for a walk again?" ”
Matsumae Sawataka shook his head: "Go ahead!" Remember to call them on the right wood. He also knew that maybe his sister wouldn't be so free after marrying into the Soma family, although he didn't want to, but the Soma family was not something they Matsumae and a business trip could fight against.
Suddenly, a heavily armed army surrounded the hut, and the ronin was driven away from a short distance by the Solidarity Guard. The army immediately cordoned off the front of the shop and set aside a large open space. The guards of the Matsumae family were also at a loss and didn't know what to do.
Sakurahime Matsumae was about to take someone out to play, and was taken aback by this situation. Matsumaezawa Gao saw that there must be a big man coming here, so he stepped forward and pulled his sister aside and said, "Sakurahime go in quickly, my brother here will deal with it." ”
"Brother, why did they suddenly ......"
"Get in!" Matsumaezawa had a serious face, and Matsumae Sakurahime had no choice but to obey, but although she entered the store, she still peeked at the door.
Seeing a group of samurai on horseback come here, all the soldiers immediately saluted, and the ronin not far away came out with a burst of surprise, they recognized the golden eagle flag on a black background, then this person should be the new Igen family governor who ruled Tsugaru, they originally wanted to try their luck here, maybe today is an opportunity, some ronin samurai secretly thought.
The young man who dismounted walked over in a blue regular robe, and Matsumae Zetaka hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I don't know what this lord is doing here?" ”
Yi Yuan Zhe also returned the salute and said: "I heard that the business is not easy to do, so I came here." "He's here to let Teng Tang inquire clearly.
"This ...... This ......" Matsumae Sawataka looked embarrassed, but it made him instinctively feel that there was something else hidden. He hurriedly welcomed Yi Yuanzhe into the store.
Iyuan Tengtang followed Iyuanzhe inside, and his subordinates guarded outside.
Bang! Matsumae Sakurahime was curious, and suddenly saw them walk in, and a sharp turn knocked off the lamp on the desk behind him and shattered it to the ground.
Yi Yuanzhe looked at this Ji samurai, this was the first time he had seen a Ji samurai in this era, and he was inevitably curious to take a few more looks. Although in his previous life, what celebrity and what makeup made him more aesthetically tired, I have to say that this Ji warrior's appearance without makeup made him feel good, of course, that's all.
Matsumaezawa looked at Yi Yuanzhe like this, and the secret way was not good, should this adult ......
And Matsumae Sakurahime was even more unaccustomed to being watched like this, so she turned her head and went directly into the inner room.
"This, the adult sister is still young, please forgive me." Matsumae Sawataka said with sweat in his eyes.
Yi Yuanzhe didn't care: "It's okay. "Yi Yuanzhe saw the drunken Nanban in your shop.
"Is this Nanban a merchant like his foot?" Yi Yuanzhe asked seemingly casually.
Matsumae Zegao replied directly: "This is a friend of the next, he is not a businessman, he is just going to see the scenery of various places with him." ”
"Ao~" Yi Yuanzhe was a little disappointed, after all, the artillery and iron cannons of the Southern Barbarians are really good.
After the two sat down, Igen Tetsu and Matsumae Zetaka got to know each other, and Matsumae Zetaka was surprised that this was the Iyuan family governor who had just pacified Tsugaru.
"I don't know, can the armament bought and sold at the foot have iron cannons?" Yi Yuanzhe asked hopefully, and by understanding him, he also roughly understood that the Matsumae family was still a relatively good big businessman, and there might be.
"This ...... The lords also attached great importance to iron cannons, and many of them were merchants from the western kingdom and traded with the southern barbarians. If you need it, there are more than fifty in the Matsumae family treasury, and we can also contact some western merchants. ”
"Okay, I want all of your family. Teng Tang ...... "Yi Yuanzhe called Teng Tang and whispered a few words to him, and Teng Tang immediately went out.
"Trouble sir, the price is not a problem, I hope to see the iron cannon after a while."
"Yes, I will definitely send someone to deliver it when I go back next time." Matsumae Zetaka didn't shirk either, anyway, it was put in the warehouse.
"Also, I want all the swords and leather armor you have here." Yi Yuan wrote generously.
Matsumae Zegao also opened his eyes wide, his goods are worth more than 400 yuan. Sold like that?
After a while, Teng Tang led people to bring a few boxes, which were all copper coins when they were opened.
"This is a thousand hundred texts, except for these things of Mr., all the others are for Mr. to buy iron cannons on his behalf."
"What?" Matsumae Zegao was taken aback, such a big comparison of money. The other party believed in him like that.
"Although I have not been friends with my husband for a long time, and he is the same age as me, I believe in the Matsumae family's way of doing business." For Yi Yuanzhe, this money is nothing at all, except for the secret treasury of the Kurokawa family, he himself has a lot of money in exchange for the base, and he has already asked Teng Tang to inquire.
Matsumae Zegao was greatly moved when he heard this: "Your Highness believes so much that Zai Xia, and Zai Xia will personally escort the iron cannon to Hongqian City again." ”
"Good. Please, sir. ”
Matsumae Sakurahime also heard the conversation in the back room, and she was also taken aback, and she couldn't help but see the young and heroic face through the crack in the back room. I didn't expect the governor of Yiyuan to be so young and peaceful.