Chapter 191: Gotta Add Money!
Before entering the red room, two small notebooks were searched as usual.
This time, both of them complied a lot, especially Kamikawa Hisashi, who never said a word after listening to the sound of the cannon.
Tatsuhiko Akiyama was a little more steady, observing Meaux along the way.
He was surprised at first by the simplicity of the buildings in the city, but also by the neatness of the streets, especially by the residents inside and outside the city.
After finally entering the red room, as soon as Tatsuhiko Akiyama entered the door, he knelt down on one knee and said, "The foreign minister has seen the king!"
Kamikawa did it immediately, and he no longer felt humiliated at the moment, and even regretted not taking a good bath.
Yan Zheng opened his eyes wide, the first impression was short, and the second impression was ugly!
He said, "Get up!"
Tatsuhiko Akiyama immediately got up, bowed and said, "Thank you, the king!"
At this time, he took a closer look at this king, and after just one glance, he couldn't help but be surprised, this king was actually a teenager!
Could it be that this is a young hero!
"Who is your head now?" Yan Zheng asked.
Tatsuhiko Akiyama hurriedly said, "General Shimazu Tadamasa!"
"Oh, did he learn to fish in the wild?" Yan Zheng said curiously.
"This ......" Tatsuhiko Akiyama was stunned for a moment, and his heart was inexplicably frightened!
The secret method of the Shimazu clan has not yet been fully formed, but this method of battle has already been proposed.
It sounds awesome, but it's actually a lure to the enemy to go deeper, first arrange an ambush, and then use bait troops to lead the enemy into an ambush circle.
"Forget it, it's the same whether you learn it or not!" Yan Zheng leaned on the chair, flipped through the documents and said, "You Shimazu clan, if you want to trade with Dongfan, it is very simple, you only need to obtain the sea quotation documents!"
Seeing that the king no longer asked about Fishing Wild Fu, Tatsuhiko Akiyama breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Then how can I get the sea quotation document?"
"Ten thousand taels of silver! From now on, your ships can trade directly in the salt port! It's just a maximum of three boats at a time. ”
Tatsuhiko Akiyama thought about it and immediately said, "Ten thousand taels of silver, I will give it soon!"
"Okay, the money will arrive, and the paperwork will be distributed to you! In addition, the port must be opened to the outside world and our ships must be allowed to trade on the territory of the Shimazu clan! ”
Akiyama couldn't be sure about this, he pondered and said: "The foreign minister can't make the decision in this matter, and I still need the consent of the head of my family!"
Yan Zheng nodded: "It's okay, you just need to remember, if you don't open the port equally, the documents will be invalidated!"
Tatsuhiko Akiyama pondered and said, "If the king wants the Shimazu clan to open up trade, please ask the king not to set restrictions on the goods traded!"
"Oh, why don't you set limits on the goods?" Yan Zheng said curiously.
That is to say, all kinds of goods on both sides should be traded freely! Include...... Weapons and knives included! ”
A smile appeared at the corner of Yan Zheng's mouth, thinking that the little book was really set, and he said casually: "What weapons do you have in Japan?" This shows that I am even more at a loss! ”
Tatsuhiko Akiyama also smiled: "The king will naturally not suffer, although we don't have sharp weapons, we have a lot of copper and silver!" The king can make an offer. ”
Yan Zheng glanced at him: "I'll make a price, can you really use it?" I can remind you that Dongfan's weapons are sharp and sharp, but the cost is not cheap! ”
Tatsuhiko Akiyama said with a smile: "Don't worry, no matter how poor the so-called samurai is, he can afford to raise a sword!"
Yan Zheng snorted: "That's good, Dongfan has armor, sabers, and spears, do you like that?"
As he spoke, he asked one of the guards to take off his half-body armor and waist sword.
Tatsuhiko Akiyama glanced at it and motioned for Kamikawa to go up and identify one or two.
After fiddling for a while, Kamikawa arched his hand and said, "The armor is made of fine iron, and so is the knife!"
"Good!" Tatsuhiko Akiyama was overjoyed and said, "Armor and swords, the king can offer as much as he can!"
Yan Zheng said: "This kind of half-body armor is not expensive, a pair of fifteen taels of silver, a saber, and a high-end version, a pair of five taels of silver!"
Tatsuhiko Akiyama is happy, this price is not inexpensive, it is very cheap!
Even Kamikawa Jiu's eyes were full of surprise, and he even planned to fight a fine iron katana in Dongfan to go back.
"For this price, we want as much as we want!" Tatsuhiko Akiyama said busily.
Yan Zheng nodded and said: "The knife is made faster, as long as you want, thousands of knives a month are not a problem, and if you have a stomach, there should be a thousand pairs a month!" But I'll sell you a maximum of 2,000 pairs. ”
Tatsuhiko Akiyama smiled with satisfaction and said, "No problem, two thousand pairs are enough!"
"That's good! Let's just say it, even if you don't get the sea citation paperwork, this deal counts! Yan Zheng said with a smile.
Tatsuhiko Akiyama bowed again gratefully, his eyes rolled, his gaze fell on the musket intentionally or unintentionally, and he pretended to be relaxed and said: "King, this weapon is quite strange, can you sell one or two to foreign ministers?"
Yan Zheng raised his eyebrows: "You want to buy a musket?"
Tatsuhiko Akiyama smiled and said, "I like all kinds of swords and soldiers the most in my life, and I am happy to see Hunting!"
Yan Zheng snorted coldly and said, "Don't talk this nonsense to me, I want to buy a musket, but it's just to get it back and ponder!"
"Big ...... Wang ......" Tatsuhiko Akiyama's smile froze for a moment.
"Gotta add money!" Yan Zheng leaned back in his chair and said, "As long as you can add money, not only muskets, but also cannons can be considered!"
"The king, let's talk about a price!" Tatsuhiko Akiyama was ecstatic, he didn't expect that this king was also an open-eyed man.
"One musket, ten men! One artillery for a thousand people! Yan Zheng said coldly.
Tatsuhiko Akiyama was stunned, looked at Yan Zheng in surprise, and soon understood why this king was accommodating the population in Yangang.
"This ...... This is ...... The foreign minister ......, "He really doesn't dare to call the shots!"
Yan Zheng smiled and said, "The first batch can sell you a thousand muskets and ten cannons!" In the future, one person can add five taels of silver to the musket, and ten people can add one thousand taels of silver to the cannon! ”
Fine sweat oozed from Tatsuhiko Akiyama's forehead, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"
He decided that even if the head of the family executed him for this, he would first accept the deal.
Otherwise, once you miss it, it will be an irreparable loss!
Yan Zheng smiled with satisfaction: "Remember, the population must be young and strong, and women are also acceptable, but the number of women cannot exceed thirty percent!"
Tatsuhiko Akiyama lowered his head and answered, he was reluctant to say a word.
Kamikawa listened to it for a long time, and he didn't feel humiliated at the moment, and he even felt that he had earned it in his heart!
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When the negotiation was over, Yan Zheng leaned on the chair, and his heart was so cool!
He knew more about Japan's Warring States period than some Chinese dynasties.
The reason is that he played Japanese strategy games since he was a child, he knew the general sphere of influence of the Japanese Shimazu clan, and he also knew that the Shimazu clan thieves were rich!
If nothing else, the Shimazu clan will be surprised to find a big gold mine on their territory in a few years!
And on their territory, there are not only gold mines, but also copper mines and silver mines.
When the small book learns the lead filling method, that is, the "soot blowing method" to smelt silver, the silver produced in the Japanese archipelago will usher in another peak!
In the book Silver Capital, the author believes that in the maritime trade of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Japanese archipelago sent more than 100 million taels to the Ming Dynasty.
Some Japanese scholars even believe that there was entrepot trade after the entry of Spain and Portugal in Sino-Japanese trade. Therefore, the silver imported from Japan to the Ming and Qing dynasties should be more than 300 million taels!
From this point of view, the little silver ore mined by our Daming is simply not enough!
So since he communicated with Song Derong, he wanted to connect with the Shimazu clan through the Ryukyus.
If nothing else, just to engage in the arms trade ruthlessly!
He knew that in a few decades, Japan would meet the Portuguese on Tanegashima and get arquebuses from them.
Then the arquebus was built and equipped on a large scale.
However, Japan has not been able to make cannons, because the iron is dry, that is, the sulfur content is too high, and the cannons can be blown up in a few shots.
Therefore, Yan Zheng already had a plan to sell arquebuses and cannons to the small book, and he didn't have to sell them too well, just sell the breech 75 cannons.
While making money hard, he can also export nitrate to the Shimazu clan, because Japan is extremely short of nitrate, and if you want to play with firearms, you must buy nitrate from Daming or Dongfan.
As for the intensity of the war will rise, Yan Zheng can't control it.
As long as he ensures the difference in weapon generation, he can stabilize the Diaoyu Tai.
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