Five days later, the goods were fully delivered.

In this transaction, the profit exceeded 8,000 taels of silver, and 1,000 stones of brown sugar, more than 10,000 catties of red copper, and more than 5,000 catties of lead were purchased.

It's a pity that neither Japan nor the Ryukyus have any eye-catching bulk cargo, so half of the capacity for the return trip is vacant, and there are no victims to stuff.

Tatsuhiko Akiyama originally planned to follow him by boat, but after talking, he chose to give up.

It's just that Japan's shipbuilding technology is too backward!

Nowadays, Japan still only has the shipbuilding level of the Tang Dynasty, and there are four types of ships, which are developed from one type of ship without any skill at all, and this initial ship type is similar to a "sampan".

In the eyes of Japanese craftsmen, making the sampan bigger is the so-called "small hayafune".

Rebuild the bigger and make it higher, add more oars and small sails to go up, and it is "closing the boat".

If you make it bigger and taller, add more oars, and have bigger sails, you will become an "ataku ship", which can be used not only for inland seas, but also for offshore navigation and Asahi trade.

Just like a matryoshka doll, it continued to make it taller and bigger, made more oars and bigger sails, and added wood to the hull to increase its strength, and it became a "Ming ship" for Sino-Japanese trade.

From the point of view of craftsmanship, Japanese craftsmen have not yet figured out how to erect keels for shipbuilding!

The technology is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty in China, and at most it is equivalent to the level of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

So the Japanese craftsmanship is a fart in this era!

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Soon, the ship left the port and entered the offshore water, and the wind became insolent.

From a distance, the sails on the Long March bulged and fluttered as the wind direction changed.

The whole ship is moving forward in a very graceful manner, and because the bow is designed to ride the waves, the small waves show a big white tide, which continues to flow backwards.

"It's amazing!"

Sitting on a four-hundred-material fortune boat, Tatsuhiko Akiyama couldn't help but admire the Long March.

He originally wanted to board the Long March, but was rejected by Zhang Sanfeng. In desperation, he could only take a lucky boat.

"Kamikawa-kun, you said that if the head of the family had such a boat, would he be able to go north and break the blockade of the Ouchi clan's sailors?"

The accompanying Japanese man called Kamikawahisa, and he held his hand to his chest with a knife and said, "It should be possible!" This ship is so tall that it is better than our boat, whether it is arson or gang jumping! ”

"It's a pity that I can't go up and have a look!" Tatsuhiko Akiyama said regretfully.

"There must be secrets on that ship, so naturally no one else will be allowed to go up!"

"It's a pity!" Tatsuhiko Akiyama looked at the Long March with a gentle look in his eyes, "If only we could build such a ship, it would be great!" ”

Uekawa thought this was boring, and he thought that given Japanese craftsmen a hundred years, they would not be able to build such a ship!

Pound - After looking at it for a while, Tatsuhiko Akiyama slapped his hand on the railing fiercely.

"I must get the fine iron this time! With that kind of fine iron, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy! Defeat the enemy and reclaim the lost land! As long as our head dominates the southwest and has strong power, there will definitely be such a ship! ”

"Hey!" Shangchuan didn't want to refute, sighed and said: "That's what I said, but you have also seen that this group of people is very careful, they may not necessarily sell a large number of refined iron, unless we buy all kinds of goods with refined iron, take them back and refine them ourselves!"

Tatsuhiko Akiyama pressed the railing hard and said, "Even so, it's worth it!"

Kamikawa nodded silently, looking at the Long March, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

"You also found out, this group of people is not from the Tang Dynasty, and I don't know that there is such a big ship and fine iron that came out of there." Hisashi Kamikawa said.

Tatsuhiko Akiyama was also puzzled, and only said: "Maybe it's a place we don't know, but they also speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, so they must have a lot to do with the Tang people!"

"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for them to appear!" Kamikawa sighed again.

Tatsuhiko Akiyama understands this truth, and he also has a deep fear of the big ship essence iron in his heart.

"Whether it's good or bad, if we have access to it, we've got a head start! At least among the domains, we are the first to come into contact with them! ”

Kamikawa was silent for a long time, feeling that Tatsuhiko Akiyama was a little stunned.

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About four days later, the fleet successfully arrived at the salt port.

The trainees ran ashore excitedly, and the laborers began to run up the trestle one by one, ready to unload the goods.

Kamikawa Hisashi and Tatsuhiko Akiyama looked at the humble salt port and couldn't help but be even more puzzled.

They slowly walked ashore and were soon stopped by two soldiers.

The soldier chattered a lot, and both of them looked confused.

Li Haigou also ran over at this time, and hurriedly explained: "Two, please hand over the sword!"

"Hand over the sword? Why? Kamikawa asked.

Li Haigou said helplessly: "This is a rule, outsiders are not allowed to enter Dongfan with weapons, so take down the blade at the port and return it when you leave!"

"We don't have that rule in Japan!" Kamikawa was unconvinced.

Tatsuhiko Akiyama pulled him, silently took off the saber, and handed it to the two soldiers.

Kamikawa held the knife tightly, feeling that it was humiliating, but at Akiyama's request, he finally compromised.

After the two of them exchanged knives, Li Haigou said: "The boat is tired, please rest here for two days first!"

"Two days off?" Tatsuhiko Akiyama hurriedly said, "Please let your lord know, I want to see it as soon as possible!"

Li Haigou smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely report it!"

So saying, he led the two to a small dark room, and as soon as they entered, soldiers began to stand guard.

Kamikawa scolded hatefully: "These people are humiliating us!"

Tatsuhiko Akiyama sighed, sat down slowly, and said, "Don't be impatient, you're not good at this, you can be calm in the future, but it's easy to lose your sense of proportion in front of people!"

"But we represent the head of the family, and you are the messenger, but you are treated like this, isn't it the head of the family who has no shame on his face?"

"Kamikawa!" Tatsuhiko Akiyama said seriously: "Emotions are put behind people, and our purpose now is to obtain fine iron!" So you have to endure it if you can't bear it, this humiliation is not worth mentioning compared to the compensation for land cession! ”

Kamikawa sat down hatefully.

Tatsuhiko Akiyama said again, "Have you seen the weapons of their soldiers?"

"What weapon?" Kamikawa calmed down a bit.

Tatsuhiko Akiyama smiled: "Their weapon is like a strange spear, but the shape is strange, it seems to be a fine iron pipe!" A long knife can be placed on top of it, and there is a wooden wrap behind it! ”

Kamikawa thought about it for a while, and he didn't notice this.

"Is this really a weapon?"

"It's supposed to be a weapon!" Tatsuhiko Akiyama pondered: "It's just that we don't know how to use it yet, but looking at the way they hold it, it's a bit like holding a crossbow!"

"So, this weapon is weird!"

Tatsuhiko Akiyama nodded: "Don't underestimate here, ordinary soldiers have a half-body iron armor and helmet, plus they are uniformly dressed, which means that the army in this place may not be elite!"

Kamikawa thought about it for a long time and calmed down completely.

"Do they not use spears, but only with this spear-like weapon? But if they can make fine iron, how can they not make longer and better spears? Moreover, in this port, there are many high platforms made of earth and stones, and there are black things on them, which must also be a kind of weapon! Tatsuhiko Akiyama was curious about what exactly these weapons were.

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