Chapter 11 I Ask for Nothing but Silver

"General, Your Majesty is here with sincerity this time!"

Hattori Iwami Mamoru was angry when he saw that Yunzhao was angry, and the samurai in the main hall also glared at him in unison, as if he dared to say one more word, they would cut him into pieces.

Even so, Hattori Iwami Mamoru kept his upper body straight, and seemed very sure that Yun Zhao would continue to ask.

Although this kind of trick was very ordinary, Yun Zhao still asked, "What kind of sincerity?" ”

Hattori Iwami departed, and after a while, he re-entered the main hall with two square boxes.

Untied the wrapper, pushed the box forward, and said, "Please take a look, General." ”

The guard opened the box, and then said to Yun Zhao, "Young Master, it's two heads." ”

Yun Zhao sighed, he didn't know what had happened recently, someone always sent someone to show him.

Glancing at the human head in the box, I found that it was a woman and a young man's head, the hair on the human head was neatly combed, the eyes were closed, and it looked very quiet, that is, the two heads had been cut off for a long time, slightly dehydrated, and dry.

The heads sent a few days ago belonged to Zheng Zhibao, and Yun Zhao thought about it for a while and knew that these two heads should also belong to the Zheng family.

"This is Zheng Zhilong's evil seed left in my country."

Yun Zhao nodded when he heard this, and then set his eyes on his own guard.

Yun Da took a step forward and said, "Young Master, this pair of heads has been cut off for at least ten months. ”

Hattori Iwami Mamoru exclaimed: "Sure enough, it's an expert, these two heads were indeed put into a box ten months ago." ”

Yun Zhao frowned and said, "So, you Tokugawa Shogun, at least ten months ago, decided to drive out all foreign forces, right?" What, it didn't go well? ”

Hattori Iwami Mamoru said: "No matter what the price is, the general must also unify Fuso, and the land of Fuso will not be touched by outsiders." ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "You killed Zheng Jing's brother and his Fusang mother, this is not a difficult thing for you!" ”

Hattori Iwami Mamoru said: "The significance of these two heads is more than that, Fuso needs to maintain trade contacts with Lantian, and General Tokugawa uses these two heads to assure the general that Lantian can replace Zheng's share of commerce in my Fuso." ”

Hearing this guy say this, the frost on Yun Zhao's face disappeared at once, and he said to Zhu Cunji: "Please take a seat, Mr. Hattori." ”

Zhu Cunji immediately ordered the guards to bring a low table and cushions, and also served tea.

Hattori Iwami Morian sat behind the low table, took a sip of tea and said, "Good tea!" ”

Yun Zhao pretended not to understand the sarcasm in his words, and continued: "I heard that the Zheng family is doing a lot of business in Fusang, but I don't know what kind of good business they have. ”

"Under normal circumstances, the goods shipped by the Zheng clan to Fusang are yellow and white raw silk, various fabrics, and crude drugs such as soil cocoon, I wonder what materials the general will sell to Fusang after taking over the Zheng trade?"

Yun Zhao and Zhu Cunji glanced at each other, and Zhu Cunji said: "I don't know Mr. Hattori, what kind of deal do you want Lantian to do with Fusang?" ”

"Steel!"

Hattori's words are categorical.

Zhu Cun said with great difficulty: "This thing is transported to Fusang?" Mr. Hattori, have you considered the long distance? Steel is not a valuable commodity in Lantian , but when you travel thousands of miles to Fuso, I am afraid that it will ......

Moreover, the official has also heard that the sword is your national treasure of Fuso, and it stands to reason that you should not lack steel. ”

Hattori lowered his head and said a little sadly: "Just because of the shortage of steel, Fuso craftsmen treat every sword as a treasure, as for the long distance, this is not a problem, and we accept it if it is more expensive." ”

Yun Zhao said: "Since you have no opinion, I agree with this, as long as you have money, you can place an order with the steel workshop in Lantian." Is there any other special cargo that I would like to tell me about? ”

"Gunpowder!"

What Hattori continues to say is categorical and unquestionable.

"No problem!"

Yun Zhao didn't fight for any room for turning around through Zhu Cunji's mouth this time, and agreed to come down in one bite.

Gunpowder may sound like a deadly material, but to put it bluntly, this thing is a consumable, and it has extremely high requirements for storage conditions, the main reason is that the black powder reserves in Lantian County are too large.

At this time, the gunpowder manufacturing in Lantian County has completely formed a group production, and the production process is not only safe, but also fast.

Not only that, but the gunpowder workshop has even subdivided the manufacture of black powder into six processes - crushing, mixing, hammering, granulating, drying, and packaging.

As long as the raw materials are sufficient, once the workshop is up and running, the production volume is extremely impressive.

Moreover, the researchers of the Academy of Martial Arts have long been dissatisfied with the power of black powder, and since the thunder mercury was made by Zhang Guoying, the development of nitrification has made some progress.

In this situation, Lantian County not only sold gunpowder to Li Hongji and Zhang Bingzhong, but also supplied a large amount of gunpowder to the imperial court, because the gunpowder made in Lantian County was the most cost-effective.

Over the years, the price of high-quality and efficient gunpowder in Lantian has not only not risen, but has been continuously decreasing, forcing the small gunpowder workshops of the Ming Dynasty to have no room for survival.

With their rough production process, they were not the opponent of Lantian assembly line production, and in addition, the promotion of gunpowder dealers all over Daming in Lantian County, by now, the gunpowder in Lantian County is about to monopolize the Daming gunpowder market.

The gunpowder sold in Lantian County is recorded in detail, and those spies even have a complete record of how much gunpowder these guys used.

Since a lot of gunpowder was sold under different names, until now, no one had discovered the fact that their lifeline had been held in Lantian's hands.

Now, the Wa Kingdom also wants to buy gunpowder, and Yun Zhao thinks it is completely feasible.

"Can you buy 500,000 catties of gunpowder a year?"

Yun Zhao was worried, for fear that the Japanese people would buy too little, which would not be enough for their domestic gunpowder workshop to close down.

Hattori clasped his hands in front of his chest and said suspiciously, "Is the general really going to sell us so much gunpowder?" ”

Zhu Cunji said on the side: "Mr. Hattori doesn't know, if your country can't buy a year's output from a gunpowder workshop at a time, it won't mean much to us. ”

Hattori got a satisfactory answer and saluted Yun Zhao, "Yes." ”

"What else do you need?"

"Muskets, artillery!"

Hattori Iwamimori's voice didn't fluctuate in the slightest, like a robot conveying an unchangeable will to Yun Zhao.

Yun Zhao recalled that the muskets and artillery that Gao Jie had just retired were now piling up rust in the warehouse, so he nodded and said, "Yes, if you can offer a good price, I can even sell you the muskets and artillery that are being used in the army." ”

Hattori's eyes suddenly widened, and he stood up and hurriedly asked Yun Zhao for confirmation: "Is it okay?" Can it really be? Checkmate? ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "I like money more!" Do you have any more requirements? ”

Hattori laughed, "It's a pleasure to do business with the general. ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "I feel the same way, Hattori, I agree to all your requests, so, should you also agree to my conditions?" ”

Hattori looked at Yun Zhao's aggressive eyes, sat down and arched his hand, "Please show the general." ”

Yun Zhao looked into Hattori's eyes and said, "I only have two requests, you can choose one." ”

Hattori licked his lips nervously.

"First, all the materials sold to you are settled in silver, and they are settled at the price of your Fuso silver."

Hattori frowned and said, "Why can't you settle it at the silver price of Daming?" ”

Yun Zhao sneered and said, "What do you say? ”

Hattori arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty would like to listen to the second advice of the general." ”

Yun Zhao said indifferently: "I heard that General Tokugawa has recaptured Iwami Silver Mountain from the Maori family, if General Tokugawa wants to obtain these goods from Lantian for a long time, he will take out Iwami Silver Mountain and let me control it for ten years." ”

Hattori was taken aback, and suddenly jumped up from the ground and said, "This can't be!" ”

In the Warring States period that has just passed, in the Wa Kingdom, whoever controls Iwami Silver Mountain will dominate the world.

In the war for Iwami Ginzan, the Mori family won with difficulty.

After that, the Mori family used the silver in their hands to import a large amount of military equipment, and in one fell swoop ruled the Chugoku region of the Wa Kingdom, becoming the largest prince in western Japan. During this period, it was the arquebus that played a huge role, and the ammunition was obtained by trading with the Nanbans with silver.

Oda Nobunaga wanted to capture Iwami Ginzan, but before he could do it, he died.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi also wanted to obtain Iwami Ginzan, but was cleverly shirked by the Maori family at the cost of providing Toyotomi Hideyoshi with considerable funds for his invasion of Korea.

Eventually, it was in the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu that the general trend of the world had been decided, and the Maori family, which had been the main force of the anti-Tokugawa Ieyasu alliance, handed over the silver mountain, and after being reduced in territory, they were exchanged for the identity of a feudal kingdom to continue the family bloodline.

It can be said that Iwami Ginzan, which produces a million taels of silver every year, has become an important source of wealth for the Tokugawa family, so how can this be abandoned?

Yun Zhao nodded and said, "That's what I said, then let's follow the first one." ”

Hattori said angrily, "In this way, Fuso will have to pay twice as much silver for these goods." ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "Who do you think will sell you the best steel, the best gunpowder, the best musket, and the artillery?"

The Portuguese will not, the Dutch will not, the Spaniards will not, and as for the British, they do not have the strength yet.

Hattori, Tokugawa General is a far-sighted and far-sighted man, and I believe that what he thinks about will be different from what you consider.

You're just a small character.

Previously, you wanted to exchange your Fuso samurai's life for some equipment, and you didn't want to think about it, even if I agreed, after the war, how many of your Fuso samurai would be left?

It's not an exaggeration to say that you're a rat-eyed.

The time has come for the jungle to be the strongest.

The Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, British, and French began to travel the world.

I am about to enter a new era, and after I calm the world, we will also join the team of the world.

If he can't become strong in a short period of time, I think Tokugawa Iemitsu will probably become the last shogun of Fuso Province!

You Fuso want to become stronger, this is your last chance, and when I calm down the world, even if you want to dedicate Iwami Silver Mountain to me, I will not necessarily be satisfied.

Send my words to Shogun Tokugawa, and I hope that the next time you come over, you will bring enough silver, enough silver for me to be too lazy to think about you Fuso. ”