"See you next time!" Kira Yoshitoki got up and sent them out of the hall, and he called Yamaoka Nagaga and said to him: "Go back to Sakamoto Castle at once with my order, and let the money house redeem all the silver in his hand, if it is really not enough, ask Tennoji House to borrow money, if they don't want to, let Hosokawa Fujitaka issue a letter as a loan for my Sakamoto Castle, I will eat this batch of goods within seven days, and complete the transaction with Wang Dan's side at one time." ”

"Yes!" Yamaoka Nagaku knew that once Kira Yoshitoki ordered in such a tone, it must be an urgent order, so he hurriedly got up and returned to Sakamoto Castle with a few people from the side, and the time was tight for seven days, which was only enough to transport all the silver that could be used to Sakai Town, and there was still a problem of borrowing and a few more trips to complete.

In the next few days, Kira Yoshitoki has been sitting in Sakai Town to mobilize the power of the Kira family, Kyoto and Sakamoto's money house to exchange silver, and it only took five days to collect 50,000 taels of silver, not to mention Yongle money and iron money, that is, the liquidity of the two money houses has been drained, which is basically the extent that all the family funds have been emptied.

Japan's unit of measurement is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, one catty is equal to 16 taels, the 50,000 taels of silver is more than 3,000 catties of silver, and later a monkey built the Taige Judgment weighs 10 taels, and finally left to the little monkey's legacy There are 90,000 gold judgments, 160,000 silver judgments, that is, 100,000 catties of silver, so a monkey's wealth can do things to conquer the dynasty.

With the more than 3,000 catties of silver raised by the Kira family, it is not enough to eat the goods of Argot's fleet, and he also has to buy tea, beans and pickles, so these tea leaves are in the treasury of the Kira family, which is the annual tribute of the tea farmers, because the tea is easy to store and is not in a hurry to get rid of it, the beans are collected in the second phase of the spring, this thing is not worth much and does not use much, the pickles are similar, it is great to be able to use a few hundred catties of pickles, and it adds up to something that can be done within a thousand times,

After calculating the price of the goods in this way, there is still a gap, he has to reach an agreement with Wang Dan before he can reach a contract with the Gordon Chamber of Commerce, Agote's goods are indeed quite a lot, and the funding gap is about 50,000 taels of silver, Kira Yoshishi thought about it, and decided that he still had to find a loan from Tennoji House, so he ordered Matsui Yukan to find Tsuda Soda of Tennoji House with Sakamoto Castle's pleadings, and asked him to raise no less than 50,000 taels of silver within five days.

Tsuda Soda saw the joint signature of the flower monopoly of Kira Yoshishi, and stated that he was willing to borrow if he was willing to borrow if he used all the properties of Sakamoto Castle as collateral, and Matsui Yukan had already guessed that the money was difficult to borrow, but he didn't expect that Tennoji House would ask for so much for the lion's big mouth, and finally considering that Kira Yoshitoshi was urging him tightly, he gritted his teeth and agreed to his conditions.

The wealthy Tsuda family immediately asked someone to sign an agreement that if they could not repay 50,000 taels of silver for a month, the operation of Sakamoto Castle Town and the port would be under the jurisdiction of Tennojiya, and invited Imai Munehisa, Takeno Shoou, Obayashi Sotou and others to testify, and finally lent this large amount of money to the Kira family.

In a sake house in Sakai Town, Matsui Yukan said cautiously: "That's the way it is, Your Majesty has no choice but to agree to Tsuda Soda's request......"

"Humph! It doesn't matter, this matter has its own opinion! Has all that silver arrived? Kira Yoshitoki took a deep breath, and he didn't have the heart to care about the hateful Tennoji House who put forward such a disgusting condition, and the ambition to eat Sakamoto completely in one bite, it would be good if people could borrow money, but if he didn't borrow a penny, he could only stare dryly, and everyone who couldn't make trouble about this matter knew about it, so it could only be done so quickly.

When Kira Yoshitoshi was having a headache about how to raise funds for the transaction, Hattori Masaaki suddenly appeared and whispered, "The Nanban who met with the owner last time said he wanted to see you. ”

Kira Yoshishi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Southern barbarians? Which do you mean? Big or small? ”

“…… The small "Hattori Masaaki held back for a long time and spit out two words.

"Oh! That blonde little Lori! Where is it? I'm going to see her! ”

"She said to wait for you at the Nanban Merchant Hall."

Kira Yoshishi and his entourage came to the Nanban merchant house again, the blonde little Lori had been waiting at the door with a few Nanban strong men for a long time, Kira Yoshishi smiled at them and walked over and said: "Miss Claudia, I haven't seen my demeanor for many days, but it's a pity that I can't eat and sleep these days for this transaction capital!" ”

The blonde little Lori took out a satin juniper fan out of nowhere, covered her little face and said with a smile: "Mr. Joseph is really an interesting person." ”

"Ahem...... Let's go into the merchant hall and talk! Kira Yoshitoki looked back and looked around, sure enough, there were already a lot of people to watch, and the Japanese who could fluently talk to the Nanban people were very rare, and Claudia had no intention of letting people watch outside, so she walked into the Nanban Merchant House with Kira Yoshitoki.

In the merchant hall, the steward was still sitting there napping last time, and when he saw that it was Kira Yoshitoki and the others coming over, he could only open the merchant hall with a bitter face and let them in, and the two tacitly left their respective entourage downstairs and stared at each other with wide eyes, and climbed to the familiar second floor again, just like the last time they left, the empty bottle of sparkling wine was also put back in place, this steward was really interesting.

This time, the blonde little Lori took the initiative to come to him, and it didn't seem that she was here for business, so she asked straight to the point: "Okay!" Miss Claudia! Let's talk! What's the matter with me? ”

"Joseph, do you have a dream?" Claudia didn't seem to hear his question, and said with some distraction: "I have a dream, build a fleet of my own, seize control of the Atlantic Ocean, and then return to England to seek revenge on that hateful woman!" ”

Kira Yoshitoki suddenly smiled, shook his head and said, "Oh, I remember, your full name is Claudia from York, right?" York...... The Yorks? War of the Roses? Isn't the Plantagenet family already dead? Do you say ......"

"My great-grandfather was John of Gloucester, the unlucky man who was executed by Henry VII!" Claudia smiled sadly, shook her head, and said, "You know what? Since the War of the Roses, we Plantagenet have been burdened with a curse! Fate doomed Plantagenet to perish only in conspiracy and betrayal!

Henry VII was merciful, and he knew very well that my great-grandmother was pregnant with my grandfather, but he let us go and let my grandfather be born in a manor house on the outskirts of London, and the price we paid for this would be freedom! My grandfather and father never left that manor for the rest of their lives, and they didn't even know what London was like at hand, can you believe it all? ”

Kira Yoshishi's eyes widened and looked at this little Lori, and suddenly there was a very absurd feeling, the War of the Roses between Lancaster and York is a legend in England, what is the concept of the Plantagenet Dynasty? Even ordinary people in later generations can say that the little Lori in front of him is from that legendary family? The last heir to the House of York was nearly wiped out, and it is absurd that the legend of the Prince of the Tower still lives on in England, and that he met the heir of the family here.

"I guess it's a lot better than the dark, damp Tower of London, at least a breath of fresh air, isn't it?" Kira Yoshitoki tries to comfort an emotional Claudia, a bitter story that reminds him of another story about ice and fire, and hopefully she will take the blow.

“…… Do you know what it means that my mother, Caroline of Antwerp, and my grandmother, Irena of Amsterdam, were invited from the Netherlands by assignment from the Tudors? I have half Dutch blood in my veins, and even if anyone found out about us, they would not support a Plantagenet who married to a foreigner, and our family had no roots in England. ”

"Wait, didn't you say your uncle was Frank Argot?" Kira Yoshishi looked at her suspiciously, why his mother's name was Caroline from Antwerp? And what about his uncle?

"You know, the Dutch don't have a surname, Argot is my uncle's name and Uncle Frank is my mother's cousin, and the family has been moving from Antwerp to Amsterdam for thirty years." Claudia snorted and said, "It turns out that Joseph also has something he doesn't know!" I thought you were omniscient! ”

"Uh, don't you have a last name? It seems like that's the case, you also seem to be Claudia who calls herself York......" Kira Yoshitoki rubbed his head in embarrassment, and it was too bad to be complained about by a foreign little Lori.

Being stirred up by Kira Yoshitoki like this, Claudia's mood recovered, and she supported her chin with her hand and frowned: "That's different, my surname is Plantagenet, you should know that this surname represents a taboo, for some reasons it can only continue the family, so you are not wrong to say that the York family." ”

"Then why is your family persecuted? Didn't the Tudors put you under house arrest? ”

"Because our family was Protestant, my father joined the Protestant church with my mother in order to please Henry VIII, and after the death of Henry VIII, the current King Edward was ill and weak, and all the Catholics in the country rallied around Princess Mary, because she was a devout Catholic and the first in line to the throne."

Kira Yoshishi was enlightened and said, "So she will cut on your family?" ”

"Yes! That mad woman had been secretly persecuting Protestants, and because John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, had obstructed her, she had no choice but to give up her delusions of persecution of the Protestant nobles and scholars in power, and instead inflict bloody revenge on the Protestants among the petty nobles and peasants!

I don't know who told Princess Mary about the existence of our family, but it didn't take long for the Yorkshire Manor tragedy to happen! My father and mother, my grandparents and aunts, my aunt and uncle, John and Chriss, and our servants were all brutally murdered by Princess Mary's supporters, and I was the only one who escaped by hiding in the dark room in the closet...... Half a month later, my uncle Frank led someone to rescue me, and it has been almost two years now. ”

Claudia's tone was as cold as snow, calm and frightening, and her cold eyes seemed to tell a story that had nothing to do with her, plain and without a trace of emotion.

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