Just after noon, Tang Ming received an invitation from the Watanabe patriarch, and under the leadership of the extremely respectful butler, he walked through several small courtyards to the meeting hall in the shogunate. When Tang Ming stepped into the lobby www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, he saw that there was only the Watanabe patriarch in the empty lobby, and the old guy had a smile on his face, as if he was happy about something.

When he saw Tang Ming coming, the Watanabe patriarch immediately got up to greet him: "Hahaha, Master Hou is coming, please take a seat!" ”

Patriarch Watanabe seemed to be a little impatient at the moment, Tang Ming's butt had just been stained with tatami mats, and the old guy said with a smile: "Lord Hou's proposal two days ago, I have already discussed it with the elders, and most of them accept it, but we still have a small request that I hope Lord Hou can agree." ”

Tang Ming didn't bother to be polite to the Watanabe patriarch, raised his eyes to look at him, and said, "What request?" ”

Patriarch Watanabe then smiled and said, "We all hope that Master Hou can sell us some of the fires used when he fought the grass mustard family, and there is only this one requirement!" ”

The Watanabe family wanted their own flintlock pistol, Tang Ming couldn't help but sneer after hearing this, the old guy was really polite, and he begged for his weapon at the bottom of the box. For this kind of insatiable person, according to Tang Ming's usual practice, he is disdainful, but after that, he still needs the help of the Watanabe family, and Tang Ming will have to think about it seriously.

Now that the flintlock barrels used by Li Da Hammer and their guns have completely reached the stage of normal use, these guns naturally cannot be sold to the Watanabe family. However, the remaining barrels that could only shoot thirty rounds of ammunition could come in handy, and at this time, Tang Ming suddenly thought of a good idea, he thought of dumping those weapons that were about to be eliminated to the island country.

Tang Ming, who had an idea in his heart, pretended to be embarrassed and said: "This fire system is the first new type of firearm developed by my Ming Dynasty now, how can I believe that the patriarch should have heard of it, and it is not appropriate to sell this thing to you to tell the truth." The emperor alone can't pass that level, this thing is very difficult to do! ”

Seeing Tang Ming's expression, Patriarch Watanabe suddenly said: "As long as Master Hou can help get this flintlock pistol, we are willing to pay any amount of money." ”

In fact, if you only sell flintlock pistols, Tang Ming will definitely not do it, Tang Ming values this thing from after-sales maintenance to the update of parts, and then there are bullets. The island's current iron control technology is far from being able to make flintlock pistols, so their barrels and bullets will have to be purchased from him in the future, which is the main thing.

Tang Ming no longer pretended to be embarrassed, and said bluntly: "Since the patriarch insists on wanting a flintlock pistol, it is not impossible for Ben Hou to take out some inventory and sell it to you." For the sake of the relationship between you and me, this marquis does not ask for much of your money, and sells it to you at the price I took from the national arsenal, and one can be counted as two thousand taels of silver for you. ”

Two thousand taels of silver and a flintlock pistol, which can be described as a sky-high price, but Tang Ming still said it as if he was very reluctant. The old fox's Watanabe patriarch didn't know that he had been slaughtered by Tang Ming, but he wanted to buy these flintlock pistols for another purpose, so as long as Tang Ming was willing to sell them, it didn't matter if they were more expensive.

Nodding, the Watanabe Patriarch readily agreed to Tang Ming, and asked him for fifty sticks first, that is, a total of 100,000 taels of silver, which slipped out of the Watanabe Patriarch's mouth like this. At the thought that the silver of the white flowers was gone, the Watanabe patriarch was still very distressed in his heart.

Distressed and distressed, but the actions of the Watanabe patriarch were not slow at all, the old guy didn't seem to be able to wait for a moment, and immediately asked to get the goods after talking to Tang Ming. Tang Ming knew that the flintlock pistols that Li Da Hammer and the flintlock pistols they had replaced were stacked on the treasure ship, so he did not hesitate to take the Watanabe Patriarch to his fleet.

Li Dazhui and Fei Xin had been instructed by Tang Ming in advance, and before Tang Ming and the Watanabe patriarch arrived at the dock, they had already prepared the flintlock pistols that were to be sold to the Watanabe family.

The fifty flintlock pistols were all brand new, and the Watanabe patriarch was very satisfied after seeing it, but he soon found another problem, and asked Tang Ming with the gun: "Master Hou, there is no problem with this gun at all, we are very satisfied, 100,000 taels of silver have also been loaded on your treasure ship, but you seem to have forgotten to give me another thing with this gun, that is, bullets!" ”

Tang Ming smiled, smiling very happily: "Dear patriarch, you also know that what we just talked about was only a flintlock pistol, and we didn't talk about the need to sell it with bullets. I'm sure you've also seen that this flintlock pistol is also custom-made because of its peculiarities. Perhaps I have to tell you the unfortunate news that this flintlock pistol also has the fatal weakness of the flintlock pistol, which can only fire thirty rounds of ammunition in the entire barrel, and then it must be replaced with a new snatch barrel before it can be used again. ”

Seeing that the face of the Watanabe patriarch turned green, Tang Ming didn't intend to stop there, shrugged his shoulders and continued: "Yes, that's the case, if you use a flintlock pistol to fight, it will be a war that burns money. Therefore, we do not dare to use it casually when it is not necessary, just like this bullet is actually not cheap, and its shell is poured with copper, so its price can be imagined. ”

"This ...... How can this be? Obviously, Patriarch Watanabe was incredulous at what Tang Ming said, and he also expressed his unacceptability to such a result.

Tang Ming began to act as a good person at this moment, and patted the Watanabe Patriarch on the shoulder with a false pity, and said very regretfully: "This is the fact Patriarch, if you can't accept it, it doesn't matter if you can move 100,000 taels of silver down from my treasure ship, it's still too late for our transaction to be canceled now." I can give you a little more time to think about it, and I hope you will think about it carefully. ”

Patriarch Watanabe seemed to have made up his mind at this moment, shook his head and declined Tang Ming's kindness: "Master Hou's kindness Watanabe has taken it, and our Watanabe family can afford the cost of fifty flintlock pistols." How many silver taels are needed to match the barrel and bullets, please report the number directly to me Hou Ye, and I will immediately order my men to engrave and pull it. ”

Tang Ming stretched out a finger and shook it in front of the Watanabe Patriarch and said, "Actually, the Watanabe Patriarch doesn't have to buy a flintlock pistol with all the silver, if I can, I hope to exchange your iron ore for it!" ”

Patriarch Watanabe was visibly stunned for a moment, and then a smile began to spread across his face, and he was overjoyed that he had saved a large sum of silver. Silver was in short supply in those days, so most of the trade between countries and most of the maritime merchants was carried out in the form of barter, unless one side did not have what the other side needed in exchange, and only in desperation would they use silver to complete the transaction. (To be continued.) )