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Tao Qingxian made up his mind, and saw that the other party, the nameless Ming general, was looking at him curiously, so he continued: "If the general wants to requisition our four sea ships and the goods on board, then please ask the general to talk to me alone." As long as the general can meet one of my requirements, there will naturally be unexpected benefits for the general. Otherwise, we Fuso samurai will be able to cause you a lot of harm. At that time, the fish will die and the net will be broken, so go out into the sea and get some broken planks. ”

At this time, Wu Tianxiao was also very curious about this Tao Qingxian. And he also knew that Fuso at this time was in the Warring States period, and the major domestic names were fighting each other. It is also a common occurrence for some famous artists to go down to the top. So when this Tao Qingxian said such a thing, there must be some inside story, which made Wu Tianxiao very interested.

So Wu Tianxiao said to his subordinates: "Bring this person to the cabin." With that, he walked into the cabin on his own.

That Tao Qingxian also said a few words of Fusang to the Fusang people around him, and after stabilizing these Fusang warriors, he let Tan Lun search and unload his weapon, and followed Tan Lun into the cabin of Wu Tianxiao's ship.

In the cabin, in Wu Tianxiao's office and lounge. Tan Lun, Taiside and other guards stood behind Wu Tianxiao on both sides, while Wu Tianxiao sat on a chair, looked at Tao Qingxian curiously and asked, "You." If you have anything to say, just say it. ”

Tao Qingxian said: "I saw your kind of weapon just now, which can shoot and kill people from a few hundred steps away. If the general wants ships and goods, he must agree to sell me ten of those guns. ”

Hearing that Tao Qingxian wanted to buy artillery, Wu Tianxiao, Tan Lun, Taiside and others couldn't help laughing. Wu Tianxiao said to Tao Qingxian with a sneer: "Don't you know that you even have your life in my hands now? You're still thinking about buying my artillery? ”

Tao Qingxian secretly thought: his life is indeed in the hands of the other party. If you can't gain the trust of the other party this time, then you will be dead. Once you die, it's all in vain.

So in order to win Wu Tianxiao's trust, Tao Qingxian said what was in his heart: "I might as well tell the general." Although I am a retainer of Yoshitaka Ouchi, the governor of Ouchi is now very deserted. The Ouchi family is getting weaker and weaker in Fuso, and it is far less than before. But the governor of Ouchi didn't know how to cheer up, and if this continued, sooner or later he would be swallowed up by other daimyos. I can't watch the Ouchi family be destroyed at the hands of Yoshitaka Ouchi, so I want to cheer up the Ouchi family. Of course. These have nothing to do with your Ming. But if you are willing to sell me that powerful artillery, I will be your best ally after I take over the Ouchi family's military power. The Ouchi family was the only one who could trade with Fuso and Korea and the Ming Dynasty. Then. I will give the general carte blanche over the entire Fuso trade with the Ming Dynasty. The general became the only Ming man who traded with Fuso. Although your Ming Dynasty has banned the sea, it has not stopped the trade between the government and the government. As long as the general is willing to help me, the general will not only be able to get four sea ships and four ships of goods today, but also the entire Fuso trade with the Ming Dynasty in the future. ”

Wu Tianxiao was greatly moved when he heard this. If you can really support a new daimyo who relies on himself in Fusang, and this daimyo is still an identity that is subordinate to the throne. Then it will be difficult for this Tao Qingxian to escape from the palm of his hand in the future. Because even in Fuso, if a retainer replaces the head of the family, it is easy to attract other daimyo to attack together. You must know that the house slave who bullied the master, whether it is in the Ming Dynasty or Fusang, or whether it is in the East or the West, is an identity that is spurned.

And now Fusang is the Warring States Period, and there is no name for each other to find an excuse to conquer, not to mention the retainers who bully the master to replace him, which is an excuse to be crusaded against. If Tao Qingxian can really replace the Ouchi family, then Tao Qingxian will fall into isolation and helplessness in Fuso, and he will become his only support. I just don't know if what Tao Qingxian said is true or not.

Wu Tianxiao wasn't sure if what Tao Qingxian said was true or not, so he tentatively said, "There should be a lot of people from you who came this time." I wonder, how do you get the other messengers to promise to hand over the ship and cargo obediently? ”

Tao Qingxian was overjoyed when he heard this. This showed that the other party was already moved, so he continued: "It is impossible to get the other Fuso people to promise to hand over the ship and the cargo. The person in charge of this visit to Daming Kanhe Trade is also named Jitian Shinshiro, who is the captain of the samurai brigade who came to Daming this time. There are a total of 547 people who came to Daming this time, and there are only 132 of my people. If the general promised to sell me the artillery, then all the Fuso people would have to die except for my men. The news should never be revealed back to Fuso. ”

Hearing that Tao Qingxian wanted other Fusang people to die, this made Wu Tianxiao believe Tao Qingxian's words a little, but it was impossible to believe the other party like that. Wu Tianxiao thought secretly: Now there is no need to do gunpowder preparation by yourself, there is a clear division of labor procedures, who is responsible for which raw material refining, who is responsible for proportioning, and who is responsible for how to mix it is very clear. People who know how to refine raw materials don't know the ratio, and those who know the ratio don't know how to refine the raw materials. The institutionalized assembly line process production protects the gunpowder formula well, which is not afraid that the technical secret will leak out. Besides, the artillery casting is not something that ordinary workshops can cast, and it is unlikely that the rifling can be pulled out. If it were not for Wu Tianxiao's pointing, and the three-knife drill using the barrel heating and softening technology and then penetrating the rifling, it would have been impossible to pull out the rifling of the barrel. So. Even if Tao Qingxian got the artillery and ammunition, it would be difficult to make it himself. If this is the case, then if you sell arms to Tao Qingxian, not only will you not be careful about the leakage of technology, but Tao Qingxian will also rely on herself very much. And if Tao Qingxian, as a retainer, replaces the head of the family, then he will be isolated in Fusang, and it will be difficult to have allies. Then he will be his only support.

So Wu Tianxiao continued to ask: "If what you said is true, I am very willing to make you an ally, and it is not impossible to sell you some artillery ammunition." But what do you think is going to get rid of the other Fusos? ”

Hearing that the person was willing to sell artillery to him, Tao Qingxian was very excited, so he said his thoughts: "If the general can get me some wine, arsenic or sweat medicine, without the general's hands, my people can do things." ”

It's good, you don't have to do it yourself, and it's best to let the Fuso people kill their companions on their own. Moreover, there is a lot of wine hoarded in Zhoushan Shuangyu Port now, and arsenic and sweat medicine are not difficult to buy in Ningbo Prefecture.

In the end, Wu Tianxiao made a deal with Tao Qingxian. Wine, sweat medicine, and arsenic were provided by Wu Tianxiao, while Tao Qingxian was responsible for getting rid of the other 415 Fusang, and finally handed over the four sea ships and their cargo to Wu Tianxiao. But at the same time, in order to ensure that Tao Qingxian would not cheat, the four Fusang ships will be escorted by Wu Tianxiao's fleet and anchored in the designated place. And on the pretext of waiting for the will of the imperial court, all the Fuso people were not allowed to get off the ship. And the wine and medicine will be handed over to Tao Qingxian's people by Wu Tianxiao on the pretext of providing supplies.

If this matter is successful, then Wu Tianxiao will agree to sell twelve artillery pieces and one hundred shells to Tao Qingxian at the price of one artillery piece of one thousand taels of gold and one cannonball of one hundred taels of silver, which can be regarded as a profiteering transaction. (Historically, in 1543, Tanegashima Daimyo Tanegashima Tokiyao spent 2,000 taels of gold to buy two iron cannons from the Portuguese.) It was still translated by Wang Zhi in Chinese characters, and it was a smoothbore cannon. At this time, what Wu Tianxiao sold to Tao Qingxian was a copper cannon with three rifling wires, so it was not really expensive. ）

In Wu Tianxiao's arsenal, the cost of casting an artillery cannon is between seventy or eighty taels of silver, and the cost of artillery shells is only between three or four taels. It is possible to trade with dozens of times the profit, which is a very good price. After the matter was discussed, Wu Tianxiao withheld all the documents of the Fusang envoy and released Tao Qingxian and his subordinates.

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