On the way back, Qin Shixiao wrote a special report on what he saw and heard, and after he came back, he immediately engraved and printed it. The businessmen attending the meeting each had a thick stack.

The above mainly introduces the customs and government system of Japan, and the most important thing is the materials produced and purchased. Everyone was fascinated by it, and they grabbed the sky and the earth one by one.

"Brothers, the value of high-grade silk in the Wa Kingdom is twice that of the Celestial Empire, and the price of porcelain is even three times that of the Empire, which is easier than robbing money, little brother will go to Shanghai and say goodbye!"

"That's right, the silver is hidden in the cellar, and there's no way around it. When you get to Wajima, you can get back three times as much gold. Those businessmen in the southeast don't know how much they have earned, so they must not fall behind any longer!

The anxious businessman was looking for a way around overnight, ready to grab this big cake. But some people like to plan and then act.

Hou Youfang and Wu Tingxiu walked behind, Hou Youfang is a generation of businessmen in Henan, the family has a strong foundation, and the earliest cooperation with An **, now there are two iron smelting workshops and three cement workshops, which are the main suppliers of An **. Wu Tingxiu is not an ordinary person, he is Wu Kaijie's uncle, his nephew has been reused, and he is also a chicken dog ascending to heaven.

"Hahaha, Brother Wu, they are all in a hurry to prepare for sea trade, so you don't have any ideas?"

Wu Tingxiu smiled: "Brother, the more people who mix, the less oil and water there will be, so let them fight!" ”

Hou Youfang smiled proudly: "Brother Wu has extraordinary knowledge, in a word." Truth be told, overseas trade is ultimately limited. And the risk is not low, if you die in the sea, I'm afraid the family can only bury their clothes! I was last year. Let the family take over two shipbuilding workshops. The sea trade is booming, this ship needs more and more, and it will definitely not be able to lose money if it runs a shipbuilding workshop! ”

"Not only can't you lose, but you have to make a lot of money!" Wu Tingxiu said with a smile: "Brother Hou is really knowledgeable and admirable!" ”

Hou Youfang said: "Brother, the shipyard is not only for merchants to build ships. It can also build ships for the imperial court. Judging by the meaning of our prince, it must be to use troops overseas. At that time, Yongle Ye went to the West seven times, before and after. Decades. There are countless ships needed, and the oil and water in them are only abundant, I am afraid it is unimaginable. Dude, are you interested? ”

Wu Tingxiu secretly stretched out his thumb. Hou Youfang is indeed right. Junior businessmen will want to make the people's money, which is at the lowest end of the industrial chain, while shipbuilding is an upstream industry, and the profits must be amazing. This is the difference between the pattern and the mind, and I am also a little tempted by this mentions.

"Brother Hou, your idea is really great, it's just that I have some other business, I'm afraid I can't join forces with my brother."

"Oh?" Hou Youfang raised his eyebrows. I couldn't help but ask, "Dude, do you have any better ideas?" Don't hide it, say it to open your eyes? ”

Ngo Dinh Hsiu took the newly printed report, and it was still full of ink, and he was about to turn to the last page.

"Brother Hou, take a look, this is an introduction to the Japanese national style, have you seen it?"

After a few glances, it said that the Japanese people were indecent by nature, and men bathed together, and women openly bathed in the open air, not avoiding outsiders. There are more flesh and blood relatives, regardless of morality, they are really a group of beasts, which makes people unbearable to read it! ”

I can't bear it, you still know so specific, hypocritical!

Wu Tingxiu secretly slandered, but he still smiled on his face: "Brother Hou, the benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see the wise, it is indeed shameless to be so ridiculous." It's just that the women of the Japanese country have such a temperament, I'm afraid they can be used! ”

Hou Youfang's eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't help but ask, "Brother, are you going to ......?"

Wu Tingxiu** smiled: "Ten miles of Qin Huai, there are countless singers in qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, but these people are prepared for literati and scholars." What do maritime merchants who have made money like? Isn't it still petite and exquisite, considerate, and open and bearable! The women of the Japanese Kingdom fully meet this standard, and if you get them to the Celestial Empire, you say it will be ......"

Hou Youfang raised his two thumbs high, "Brother Wu, I wonder if I slipped my shoes and gave you two thumbs up!" ”

Wu Tingxiu's idea is indeed a cut above Hou Youfang, and it is foreseeable that with the prosperity of maritime trade, there will be more and more wealthy merchants, and even those sailors and ship bosses will quickly run into the middle class.

These people want to have fun, they want to relax, what a huge emerging market. It's just that An** is very strict, but it is much less troublesome to use a widow, and it is simply a genius idea to collect money.

The business is crackling here, and An ** over there is also nervously calculating, Qin Shixiao got back 500,000 catties of copper ore, but the arsenal is happy, it happens to be short of copper materials, I want to eat hail with ice, this is a timely rain!

"Lord Wang, our field artillery is currently mainly equipped with two models, according to Western standards, that is, 6-pounder guns and 12-pounder guns. The body of a 6-pounder gun requires 21o catties of copper, and a 12-pounder gun requires 8oo catties. 500,000 catties of copper ore is about 80,000 catties of copper. In other words, all of them are used to make 12-pound guns, and they can make 1oo doors! ”

Fang Jianming almost gritted his back molars and said this, cannons are the god of war, Gu Zhenhua has repeatedly asked to build more cannons, and the army is also hungry and thirsty.

However, it is not easy to build artillery, and the lack of copper mines in China has made various factories have to pay copper coins, but even so, at the end of the year, the production of various types of artillery is only about 1,000 pieces.

Of course, Gu Zhenhua also instructed to use iron as a substitute, and the craftsmen also experimented and indeed made it. But everyone was dumbfounded when it came to the real yàn. There were two iron cannons in total, and the first one blew up after two shots, and wounded one artilleryman. The second fired more than a dozen shots in a row, but it did not explode, but it was deformed.

There is no doubt that the efforts of the iron cannon have failed, and this is the case with technology, although the iron cannon is the trend of the future, but there is no substitute for the bronze cannon at the moment.

Fortunately, the road of heaven and earth is endless, and he actually sent such a good second or fifth son of Japan to his eyes, Gu Zhenhua is simply full of cows, and he thanked the sky.

Wu Kaijie folded his fingers and counted the accounts, and said in surprise: "Lord Wang, Qin Shixiao said, this time it's just a real thing, next time I bring more boats over, and I can transport five million catties of copper ore at a time." Even if it is only transported twice a year, we will not have to worry about the copper material for making artillery! The little island of Wa Island, I really didn't expect it to be such a treasure land! ”

Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "There are more places you can't think of, this king has asked people to investigate, Nanyang and other places, rich and more prosperous." Take Luzon as an example, it is also full of gold and silver. Annam and other places are rich in rice, three crops a year, how coveted! That's why this king is looking overseas. ”

Gu Zhenhua walked around the ground a few times, and then said: "Wu Kaijie, for the time being, the king of Wadao doesn't have the energy to deal with them, but he can't let them go. In addition to normal trade, you and Qin Shixiao will draw up a strategy for me. If you want to provoke the Wajima infighting, the Tokugawa shogunate uses the Wa King above, and there are a bunch of feudal lords below, how can you get up and down your hands, and you don't need to teach this king, right? ”

Wu Kaijie nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, don't worry, the humble post will be handled properly." ”

……

After the explanation, Gu Zhenhua basically waited, waiting for the artillery to be cast, waiting for the army to be prepared, waiting for the Tartar to show its flaws, and An ** immediately went north to recover the old capital.

"Lord Wang, Jing, Jing, the capital has come to the will!"

"Come on, what's all the fuss." Gu Zhenhua glared at the staff officer.

"It's His Majesty who has decided to go to the royal expedition in person, I'm afraid that he has already taken the civil and military officials out of the capital!"

"Ahh

Gu Zhenhua was also taken aback, and let the little emperor drive the expedition in person, but it was just Gu Zhenhua's intimidation, he didn't believe that the little emperor had the courage!

"Zhu Cihong has some ability!"

Gu Zhenhua muttered: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, since they are here, they should be prepared, don't be lazy along the way, don't let people say that we don't understand the rules!" ”

……

Zhu Cihong, the emperor, deserves to be aggrieved, and his civil servants attack each other and chatter. The trust to do things is not enough, the trustworthy has no ability, a mess, the little emperor happened to receive Gu Zhenhua's recital, asking the royal driver to march in person.

"Hmph, I just listen to you, Gu Zhenhua, if you have the ability, you will kill me!"

In Zhu Cihong's temporary palace, a little eunuch quietly came to Zhou He's side, and said in a low voice: "Ancestor, Fan Keqin just sent the news, he has already arranged for the bitter master, just wait for His Majesty to go to Kaifeng, and then play Gu Zhenhua fiercely!" ”

"Okay, great, you tell Lord Sùfan, our family will definitely help!" (To be continued......)

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