While the samurai of the Miyoshi family were searching the territory for the traces of the Takayama Army, the clan had already arrived in Kai Town.

Yamada Nagamasa originally planned to arrange for the lord to rest in the sparrow house for a day, and meet Brut Carl tomorrow, after all, he was already tired physically and mentally after rushing overnight, but the clan directly refused, and now he can't wait to see Carl immediately, and ask why he stopped supplying, otherwise he won't be able to sleep at all even if he is allowed to sleep, so as soon as he enters the boundary town, he goes straight to the dock, and even the notice is saved.

Since he didn't know that the Dao Gaoshan Clan was coming, Carl was still on the ship at the moment, but it looked like his face was very bad.

As soon as the Takayama clan and the others arrived, they saw several large sails moored at the dock, and this was the fleet under the command of Karl.

"My lord, please stay here for a while, and my subordinates will go and inform Brut Karl to come and greet you."

"Okay, when is it, don't want these false reasons, you follow me on the boat, Watanabe Shougang, you lead the elite armor to stand by." With that, the clan sect walked straight towards the largest flagship.

The people on the ship were quite familiar with Yamada Nagamasa, so when they saw him coming, they sent someone to inform the president, and at the same time lowered the deck to let him board the ship, and no one came forward to interrogate even the stranger of the clan.

It didn't take long to see Karl come out of the warehouse with a smile on his face, and came to the front of the Gaoshan Clan Sect with a bear hug. "My friend, I haven't seen you for seven or eight years, and you still have the same style. And I have heard that you have become a nobleman with a fief, although I don't know much about your country, but I also know that it is not easy to become a nobleman with real powers, and if you are in my hometown, at least a viscount or even higher, please forgive my excitement, my esteemed Lord Sir. ”

When Carl let go of his arms, the clan also smiled and said, "I see that you have been doing well in the past few years, I remember that when I first met you, you only had a broken and small sailboat. But now that a luxurious fleet has been formed, it seems that our cooperation can be said to be a win-win situation. ”

"It is undeniable that with your help, I have indeed made a lot of money." Carl nodded.

"That being the case. So why did you end your cooperation with me, and did you no longer plan to do the arms business, but to do the berthing business? Unfortunately, my territory is not near the sea at the moment, otherwise I would have wanted to take care of your business. Clan Zong said half-jokingly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Carl's face changed. He sighed and said, "Alas, how can there be enough money to make money, do you think that I don't want to cooperate with you for a long time?" But...... Alas, now I don't have this ability anymore. ”

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help frowning, and asked, "Where do you start with this, as far as I know, in Europe, personal property is sacrosanct. You're not kidding me. ”

Karl sighed again and said, "My lord, this is not the place to speak. Why don't you come with me to the barn and talk? ”

The captain's room is not large, and the room is not large, but there is a bar counter in the place of the pole, and the shelves behind the bar are full of all kinds of drinks.

Karl came to the shelf, pulled out a bottle of wine, came to Muromune, poured a little bit for the clan, but he himself held the bottle and drank it wildly, until the small half bottle was down, and then put the bottle aside. stared at the bottle in a daze.

After a moment, he said as if to himself, "Damn the Spaniards." ”

"Mr. Carr, as a partner for many years, I hope to share the pain in your heart."

Carl continued to look at the wine bottle and said decadently: "My hometown has encountered war, there is war everywhere, and now I am afraid that my country no longer exists. And it is us businessmen who suffer the most. ”…,

"Mr. Karl, I deeply sympathize with your country's suffering, but the clan doesn't understand it a little, your chamber of commerce is a shipping business, so it can be said that there shouldn't be too much industry in your hometown, what impact does this have on the business between us."

"Alas, Lord Takayama, please come with me, you will see later." With that, Karl stood up and walked outside, but stopped after taking two steps, stepped back and picked up the half-bottle.

Following Carl to the ship's warehouse, the first thing that caught his eye was a piece of white cloth, which was covered by these white cloths, but he couldn't tell what clan was below.

However, when Karl laboriously opened the white cloth, the clan saw a new machine. I only heard him ask, "Mr. Karl, what do you mean by taking me to see these machines?" ”

"This is the production line of what you call an iron cannon." I only heard Carl say proudly, but the smug look on his face quickly disappeared, and it was replaced by helplessness.

"The odious merchants of my hometown, seeing that I had made a great deal of money in the East, and that they wanted to drain me of the proceeds of my labor, banded together to raise the price, and the price of each cannon doubled, and if I continued to buy from them, there would not be much to be made on this trip, so I was ruthless, and used the money I had earned in the last few years to buy two production lines.

I have calculated that two production lines can make 1,000 iron cannons per year, so that there will be no delay in the transaction with you, although all the money is invested, but I believe that as long as the cooperation with you does not end, then there will always be a profit.

But after I bought it, the factory had not yet been built, and the damn war broke out, and my country was full of war, and I was not allowed to build a factory there, and even if the factory could operate normally, it would still be making weapons for the enemy, and I would never do that, so I thought to you, my lord, if you want, I hope you can buy and sell these two production lines, and I can use the money for the rest of my life. ”

After listening to Carl's words, if he said that he was not tempted, it was fake, if he could get these two production lines, then he could completely control the supply of goods, which was definitely a great thing, but the clan also knew that since these two production lines were equivalent to Carl's entire net worth, he might not be able to buy them.

Thinking of this, the clan did not speak, but walked around the warehouse, constantly looking at the new machine.

However, he soon discovered that the so-called production line was not a single unit at all, but composed of several individual machines, and that there was no trace of a steam engine.

I only heard the clan sect ask: "Mr. Karl, I think this machine qi is independent, do you have to be equipped with a steam engine for each one, if this is the case, the cost will be greatly increased." ”

"Steam engines? What's that? After the clan finished speaking, he only heard Karl ask suspiciously.

By the way, how did I forget about this, it's only 1568 now, and the steam engine hasn't appeared yet, of course Carl hasn't heard of it, but in this way, how should these machines be started, is it to be made by hand?

Thinking of this, he only heard the clan sect ask: "I said Mr. Karl, don't tell me that each machine needs to be operated manually." ”

"That's right, but with such a machine, even if it's an apprentice, as long as you learn it for a month or two, you can use it to make iron cannons that are much stronger than your handmade garbage, you personally compared it back then, with its existence, like the iron cannons you and I traded before, you can produce as much as you want, how about it." …,

And now I plan to sell it to you, the adult, and the adult only needs to pay 60,000 gold judgments, then these two production lines are yours, I promise, as long as the adult has it, then not only will the combat power under his command be on a higher level, but the money in his pocket will also be about a lot. ”

While Carl was selling, he didn't forget to pull up the clan and rotate around the warehouse.

"My lord, this lifting machine is used to make the cannon body, as long as the wood is placed here, gently like pressing down, pushing left and right, then the excess part will be neatly sawed off, after completion, there is another person here to mold, this machine only needs three people to run normally, saving time and effort, this is much faster than pure hand-made, and it is much more exquisite."

"Come, come and see this machine, this is to make the arquebus hammer, as far as I know, now the craftsmen of your country are still using a piece of iron to grind out the shape of the hammer little by little, which is too laborious, and only experienced craftsmen can make it, often a hammer takes half a month, even if it is made, it may not match other parts, so it is equivalent to a hundred. And you look at this machine, there will be no such problem at all, the furnace below can be used to train iron into molten iron, and after that, only need to pour molten iron into the mold, then wait for cooling, a little grinding, a hammer is completed, this only takes two days, think about it, such a speed, even if adults only sell hammers in the future, they will make a fortune. ”

"You're looking at this ......" Carl was already dry after he explained the functions of each machine, so as soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the bottle and drank again.

During this period, the clan wanted to interject many times, but Carl didn't give him this opportunity at all. After listening to the introduction, the clan also had some understanding of these machines, and it can be said that before the steam engine was used in military production, or before the invention of more advanced iron cannons, this production line was undoubtedly the most advanced, and in Japan this country, even if it is used for two or three hundred years, it will not be eliminated.

So the clan wants to buy it, but the problem is that there is no money, or his money is not enough to buy it, originally the clan felt that he could already be regarded as a rich man, but now he realized that his money was nothing at all, 60,000 gold judgments, obediently, that is 300,000 yuan, even if he smashes the pot to buy iron, it is not enough to pay. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )