Chapter 553: Spanish War Horse
In the port of Hirado Port in Hizen Province, Kyushu, Zhu Qinfeng's Nanban ship "Knight" is quietly moored there.
Although he had admired the enormity of this Nanban ship many times from a distance, every time he saw it with his own eyes, Masashi couldn't help but sigh at the wisdom of human beings, and without the help of later machines, he was able to build such a huge ship. It was a standard European sailing ship with double portholes, four masts, and a double tower at the rear, and this time it had a new bow with a fully armored knight's bow.
Since Hirado Island on the opposite side is the current port of foreign trade of the Luo family, many merchants from the Wa Kingdom and even merchants from the Ming Kingdom will choose to anchor here, which indirectly causes dozens of shops to be established on the side of Hirado Port, including several shops controlled by Masashi's wives and concubines.
Although these shops are usually open to locals, their biggest role is to serve as long-term warehouses for goods. Once you have negotiated with merchants from all over the world on the opposite side of Hirado Island, they will send someone to pick up the goods from the warehouse here and deliver them to the opposite island to complete the transaction.
"Welcome, my old friend!" When Zhengliang boarded Zhu Qinfeng's ship with a large group of people, the latter immediately greeted him warmly, "Your complexion is really not comparable to last time." ”
"Hmph, old friends don't dare to be it, and do you think my complexion is really so good now?" Zhengliang glared at Zhu Qinfeng and said.
Not long after Zhu Qinfeng made a deal with the Shimazu family, Masahiro got the relevant information. In Kyushu, the Ouchi family, the Otomo family, and the Shimazu family. It is the three heroes that Zhengliang pays the most attention to. For this reason, Zhengliang has arranged a lot of detectives in their territory. In addition, the characteristics of Zhu Qinfeng's Nanban ship are so obvious. Naturally, it quickly attracted the attention of the Luo family detective. After a little inquiry, the information about Zhu Qinfeng's deal with the Shimazu family was naturally sent to Masahiro's hands.
After receiving that Zhu Qinfeng's ship docked in Hirado and asked to meet Masayo, Masahiro didn't need Zhu Qinfeng to come to meet him, and directly brought a bunch of people to Hirado Port to prepare for the rejuvenation. Of course, in fact, the purpose of Zhengliang is to extort more benefits.
It is impossible to say that the heinous act of tearing up the cooperation agreement by the Nanban people would not arouse the anger of Zhengliang. It's just that in this troubled era of the Warring States, everything is based on interests. If there are greater interests in front of Zhengliang at this stage, it is estimated that Zhengliang will not hesitate to tear up the cooperation agreement.
In a word. Profit comes first. So after experiencing the initial anger, Masara quickly calmed down. Now, even if he turns against the Nanban, in fact, Masashi will not gain too much, and even lack a way to trade, and at the same time, it will also push the Nanban to a powerful force such as the Shimazu family, and these powerful people will in turn use the Nanban to develop and grow and then deal with the Luo family. Of course, Masarashi saw from this incident the importance of everything being based on his own strength, if the entire coastal waters of Kyushu, no, even the entire coastal area of Wakoku were his world. Why is it so embarrassing?
But, anyway. At this stage, when the Luo family is still unable to control the fate of others, it is still the same sentence, and the interests are higher than the anger. Now Masarashi suppressed the anger in his heart because the Nanban people tore up the agreement, and then came to the port in person to see what kind of benefits could be obtained from the Nanban people by tearing up the agreement.
"Hehe, dear old friend, it seems that you already know about the events of the day before yesterday?" Seeing the unkind look on Zhengliang's face, Zhu Qinfeng thought about it for a while and realized that the matter of his violation of the agreement and the transaction with the Shimazu family had been explained by Zhengliang.
In the face of Zhu Qinfeng's kind smile, Zhengliang not only didn't say a word, but even maintained a cold expression, making people look like he was here for a showdown today.
"Old friend, please don't be angry, in order to make up for your loss, this time I have brought you a nice gift. It's all completely free of money. Zhu Qinfeng continued to say cheekily. In fact, at this time, he did not want to lose Masayo, a friend and business partner.
At least so far, the Luo family is still his main partner in the Wa Kingdom, and as for the lords in other places, due to the lack of trust between them, for the time being, he still has to rely on the Luo family to develop trade in the local area. So overall, whether it is him or Zhengliang, there is still a need for the two to continue to cooperate. It's just that the two of them also know that after experiencing this incident, the relationship between them in the future will be more of a relationship of interests.
"Come on, pull it out." At Zhu Qinfeng's signal, a beautiful war horse soon appeared in front of Zhengliang.
It was a silvery-white horse, with a shiny coat that reflected the sun's brilliance, but a golden mane and tail around its neck. Its neck, shoulders, waist...... The whole body was filled with a kind of strength that was about to explode, and the tense muscles on those four legs were quite strong. The horse is only a little short, only about 1.6 meters on the top of the head and only 1.4 meters high on the back, and with its strong physique, it seems like a boulder standing there.
"This is a Spanish pony?"
"Ha Luha, I know that you will know it, yes, it is a local war horse from my hometown. What do you think? It's much better than the warhorses in your territory, isn't it? I forgot to tell you, it's still a sturdy young man who is less than two years old. Zhu Qinfeng said with a smile.
"Oh?" Zhengliang's eyes lit up when he heard this. Indeed, as Zhu Qinfeng said, this war horse is indeed much stronger than the local dwarf horses in the territory, and at a glance, you can see that Lu Dao is a good horse. Zhengliang couldn't help but instantly come up with an idea, that is, war horse breeding.
A long time ago, he had thought about getting some war horses from the Ming Kingdom, and then mating with local war horses to breed a new generation of war horses of the Luo family. It's a pity that the war horses in the military and the market of the Ming Kingdom at this time were basically castrated. So this idea has never been realized.
Now that such a sturdy Spanish pony has suddenly appeared, Masahiro's plan has naturally been brought up again. It's just that breeding war horses is not a simple matter.
Let's not say that it takes a lot of time from the horse's pregnancy to birth, and then from birth to growing up to become a war horse. Even the daily breeding of war horses is a matter that consumes a lot of resources.
If the war horse eats grass alone, it won't be able to grow fat at all. The cavalry of the Ming Kingdom at this time usually relied on bean cakes, hay, alfalfa, and wheat as fodder for war horses. It is not easy to maintain a small ranch of the Luo family and a standing horse of 500 war horses. If such a breeding plan is added, it is estimated that Togo Heiji, who is in charge of internal affairs, will find Masahiro as soon as possible and stop doing it.
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