Sado is not far from North Korea, and Sado has heard about the power and richness of the Ming Dynasty since he was a child, from the Japanese people who smuggled into the Ming Dynasty to do business.

In addition, after experiencing Wanli's aid to the dynasty, the Ming army lost their armor and abandoned their armor with 200,000 Japanese troops and horses, which also made the people of the Ming Kingdom full of awe of the Ming Dynasty.

After Saburo Tanaka landed from Dengzhou, he was shocked when he saw that there were a large number of huge fortune ships, bird boats and transport ships at the Jiaoao wharf, and the number and equipment of the Ming army on the Jiaoao wharf also made him frightened.

Although he knew that the Ming Kingdom was a behemoth, he had no idea that a mere coastal city of the Ming Kingdom would have an army of such a size, and the army here would even exceed the total number of armies of all the daimyo in the north of the Wa Kingdom.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, that madman, actually wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty, he was really arrogant, no wonder he was replaced by the Tokugawa family, how could this Ming be defeated by our Wa Kingdom, I am afraid that the army here alone is difficult for our Wa Kingdom to resist.

Saburo Tanaka, who was kneeling in front of Li Xingzhi's horse, looked at Li Xingzhi with a puzzled face on his face.

"Sado's shirt family, what is the matter with you coming to see Benhou?"

Li Xingzhi also has no good impression of the Japanese people, and the suffering that this country brought to China in later generations is almost comparable to that of Jiannu, and he is also extremely inferior and arrogant.

"Respected General of the Ming Kingdom, the foreign minister came to Dengzhou on the order of my feudal lord, and wanted to discuss the purchase and sale of copper coins with His Excellency the General."

"What? Buying and selling copper coins? ”

Li Xingzhi was a little surprised, his plan to exchange copper money for silver and copper mines had not yet been carried out, and the Japanese people stared at him like flies.

"General, our Wa Kingdom is short of money, and we are short of a large amount of copper coins, if the Great General can trade copper coins with our Sado Domain, the lord of my family is willing to buy the copper coins of your country at the same price of one or two or eight pieces of silver, and I also ask the General to trade with us for the sake of the two countries."

Saburo Tanaka knew that the profit of this copper coin was extremely high, and the northern part of the Wa Kingdom was not just a daimyo of the Kamisho family, if the daimyo of Noto, Echichu, Echigo, Hazen, and Mutsu knew that the Ming Kingdom sent copper coins to the Wa Kingdom, I was afraid that they would also pounce like wolves, after all, the profits in this are just not to think about it, everyone can estimate it.

"Buying copper coins? Mr. Qian, have we ever sold the copper coins of the Japanese Kingdom? ”

Li Xingzhi was a little puzzled, the copper coin business was a decision he made when he was in Nandu, and now only about a month has passed, it stands to reason that the sea ships on the side of the city have not yet arrived in the Wa Kingdom, how could this Oriental devil smell it so quickly?

"Dashuai, when our city's Boshi goes to the Wa Kingdom to do business, he will naturally carry copper coins, so the daimyo of the Sado Domain has found us Dengzhou."

I have to say that even if the Ming Dynasty at this time was worried about internal and external troubles, and even reached the situation where it was about to change the dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty still had a sense of pride, thinking that in addition to the inherent territory of China, all regions were barbarians, even if the Franco-Rang people brought the corresponding navigation and corresponding Western skills to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming people still thought that the Franco-Mechanics were just barbarians with a little knowledge.

Therefore, Qian Anning didn't look down on the Japanese people of the Sado Domain at all, and this time he brought Tanaka Saburo to see Li Xingzhi for the sake of silver.

"General, please look, this is what we want."

Saburo Tanaka took out a few coins from his bosom as if offering a treasure.

Li Xingzhi raised his eyes and saw that this Oriental ghost actually had several coins in his hands, including the Chongzhen Tongbao minted by the Linqing Minting Division, the fake money minted by the gentry of the Linqing Dynasty, and even the copper coins dedicated to the Jingbei Army.

"You all want all this money?"

Li Xingzhi was a little curious, this Japanese people actually did not refuse the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty, and they didn't care whether the coins were real or fake.

"Yes, yes, we all want it, but the price is a little different, general, please take a look."

Saburo Tanaka picked up a copper coin with a nose and an eye and spoke: "General, this coin should be the money of the Ming Kingdom, after all, the quality of the money of the Emperor of the Apocalypse and the Emperor of Wanli in circulation in our Wa Kingdom is not much different from this, and this kind of coin is willing to be exchanged for one or two or eight coins." ”

"You go on!"

Li Xingzhi fixed his eyes and saw that this money was actually a fake money made by the gentry of Linqing, and the city department also sent someone to Linqing to inquire about the price.

"This kind of money should be privately minted fake money, after all, the difference in quality is too far, but our Sado Domain is also willing to take over, but the price can only be given to eight coins of silver."

Saburo Tanaka took out another copper coin and spoke eloquently.

Don't think about it, Li Xingzhi also knows that this little devil in the field must be taking the Chongzhen Tongbao produced by the Linqing Mint Division, but the official coins have actually become fake money in the population of the Japanese people, and the corruption level of Ming officials is really visible.

"What about the kind of coin? How do you collect it? ”

Li Xingzhi raised his hand and pointed at the other coins in Saburo Tanaka's hand.

"General, this coin is willing to be purchased by our Sado Domain at the same price of three taels of silver, according to the minister's guess, this coin must be a newly minted coin of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the inner and outer teeth of this copper coin, it is not so easy to imitate, according to the minister's guess, the head on this copper coin must be the emperor of your country!"

"Well, this is the new currency that I just issued in the court, but Your Majesty has a will, this money can only be circulated in the military town of the Ming Dynasty at present, so this marshal can only receive it when the court pays him, so Ben Shuai will never dare to sell it to you."

The money made by the hydraulic forging machine is not only unified, but also has a metal beauty of modern technology, and the quality is definitely much better than the Ming Dynasty's money.

"General, we can add money, three or two or five dollars, what do you think?"

As a general who specializes in external affairs, he also knows the in the officialdom, and in his opinion, things that can be solved with silver are not called things.

In order to ensure the credibility of the Jingbei Army's money, the forging formula of copper seven lead and two tin one is adopted, and the net weight of a copper coin is seven yuan and two cents, which means that the copper content is roughly about five yuan.

Copper coins have always been 1,000 pieces, that is to say, the Sado Domain of the Wa Kingdom is willing to take four taels of silver to purchase about three catties of copper, (one catty in the Ming Dynasty is about equal to 16 taels), this price can be said to be quite attractive.

"Well, the new money Ben Shuai thinks that you can exchange it without silver, your country can use copper to trade with Ben Shuai, at present, I can buy about five catties of copper for one or two pieces of silver, and your country will use twenty catties of copper ore to exchange for my Ming money?"

Nowadays, due to the frequent wars in the Ming Dynasty, and copper is a necessary material for casting cannons, the copper ore that has been discovered in China has already consumed seventy-seven eighty-eight.

Take Zhaoyuan Copper Mine as an example, in fact, this is a copper associated gold mine, Sun Yuanhua set up a cannon casting bureau in Leiden, a large amount of copper was used to make firearms, after Li Xingzhi took over, although the minerals have not been exhausted, but with the current mining technology, the copper ore produced has not been able to keep up with the needs of the Jingbei Army.