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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 158: Cleverness leads to misunderstanding

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    Yoshitoki Kira hoped to find a few instructors from the Knights Hospitallers to teach the samurai combat skills. European knights are similar to Japanese samurai. They are all off-duty professional warriors who fight all year round under the feudal system. They never work in agriculture and work every day.  The purpose of honing his skills and strengthening his body is to gain victory and honor on the battlefield. If he can learn the best combat skills in Europe, he will be more confident to build an invincible army.  He originally wanted to propose a few three-pound eagle cannons for a try. This kind of cannon is small and convenient and not as eye-catching as the half-snake cannon. It would be perfect if he hired a gunnery instructor, but his proposal has just been raised.  When he came out, Claudia rolled her eyes and refused: "Incredible! What a whim!" "Why is it so whimsical?" Claudia finally found the opportunity to ridicule him, so she sneered and said: "With the size of our chamber of commerce, it is a desperate move.  The ocean trade is gambling. If we were not forced by the privileged merchants of the Hanseatic League, we would not risk our lives to seek profits here. Wouldn¡¯t it be better to run stable routes in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea? "  Artillery was a large amount of arms cargo in this era. In order to gain the support of the Otomo family, the overlord of Kitakyushu, the Portuguese spent a lot of money to come up with a three-pound light eagle cannon. Their Dutch fleet only had muskets and no artillery. When encountered at sea,  The pirates could only rely on boarding battles to repel the enemy.  Moreover, they traveled all the way through the Portuguese route and took huge risks to come to Japan just to make money safely. If they carry contraband because of his little idea, once they are discovered by the Spaniards or Portuguese, then their Agote Chamber of Commerce will  I will definitely have to walk around without being able to eat.  Don¡¯t think too much about gunnery instructors. With the strength of the Agote Chamber of Commerce, you don¡¯t have the qualifications to hire gunnery instructors. In the budding period of the Age of Discovery, all gunnery instructors are children of nobles. If you want to hire them,  It depends on whether you have the strength and the corresponding status.  Even if you are lucky enough to hire an idealist, their salary will scare you to death, because the prosperity of maritime trade has made them very popular. Now an excellent gunnery instructor has an annual salary of five hundred pounds, which is five hundred pounds of silver.  If they come to Japan, the price may be increased five to ten times, which is simply a scam.  "Okay! I have nothing else to say! Let's make a final agreement!" In the end, Kira Yoshitoki gave up the struggle and happily signed the agreement. Kira Yoshitomo paid him two hundred pounds worth of silver, and she  Needs to bring the people he needs before the end of next year to fulfill the contract.  After the contract was signed, Claudia put away his share of Heyue and suddenly said: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away with my donation and never come back again?" "This is an investment agreement. I am optimistic about you, so I invest in you. If  If you are willing to give up your future reputation and do such a dishonorable thing, then there is nothing I can do about it, right?" Kira Yoshishi looked at her, and then smiled at each other.  After a few days of suffering, Matsui Yuhan took the lead in reaching a porcelain and raw silk trade with Wang Dan. Wang Dan expressed with joy and apology that he would definitely get the craftsmen they needed within half a month.  Transport it to Sakai Town.  Then Matsui Yuxian took these goods, along with the tea, pickles, beans and silver shipped from Omi, and handed them over to Frank Agot. After careful inspection of the goods by representatives of both parties, the trade between the two parties was finally concluded. Frank Agot repeatedly  Tell him that he will definitely come again next year and bring him everything he needs.  After inspection, Yoshitoki Kira was able to determine that the vegetable seeds include potatoes, corn, beets, pumpkins, grapes, peppers, and alfalfa. Unfortunately, tobacco and sugar cane are two important cash crops, but he is not discouraged.  In Frank Agot's words, these seeds were given to him as a witness of their friendship, without any charge at all.  At the same time, Yoshitoki Kira also secretly paid two hundred pounds of silver to the blond little loli. When he saw Claudia standing on the side of the ship with a happy smile and waving goodbye to him, Yoshitoki Kira silently watched the Nanman fleet gradually go away.  .  At this time, Tsuda Muneki came over cheerfully with a group of merchants from Tennoji House, and said respectfully to Kira Yoshiki: "I didn't expect His Highness Sakamoto to come to Sakai Town in person, so I'm sorry for missing you so far!" "You have known about me for a long time.  Are you in charge of Sakai Town?" Kira Yoshichi snorted with a sullen face.  "Haha!" Tsuda Muneki neither admitted nor denied that Kira Yoshitoki's whereabouts may be secretive, but he has been in Sakai Town for seven or eight days in a row and frequently mobilized the power of Sakamoto Castle to rush to Sakai Town. If he doesn't know it yet, then  It's so stupid. I have been pretending to be deaf and dumb in order to see his good show and then reap the benefits.  But from the changes this morning to the transaction of the Nanman fleet just now, he realized that he had made a stupid mistake and watched goods worth more than 200,000 taels of silver fall into Ji Liang's hands.In his hands, he would be deceiving himself if he said he had not regretted it, but he had no time to regret it at the moment. He had to come to discuss business before others could react, so he stopped at the time when the Kira family and the Nanman fleet were inspecting the goods.  After arriving at the port, Tsuda Soji personally stayed at home and came to the port to wait. The meaning is self-evident.  Tsuda Muneki said with a smile: "Your Highness Sakamoto's time is precious! No one dares to appreciate your time! These goods will be eaten by our Tsuda family in one go. The loan with His Highness Sakamoto will be treated as if it never happened, and I, Tennoji House, will pay for it."  I wonder what His Highness Sakamoto would like to give the Kira family 150,000 taels of silver?" Kira curled his lips and said: "Some of the seeds in these goods and Frank's gifts are not for sale. I still want to keep three of the one hundred iron cannons.  There are also wind-up clocks, mirrors, blankets, and woolen fabrics. I want to keep a few of them as gifts. " "No problem! I won't take any of the gifts that His Majesty Sakamoto requested from Tennoji House!  , 160,000 taels of silver, what do you think?" Tsuda Soji glanced at Tsuda Soji who was rushing towards him in a hurry, and there were several wealthy businessmen coming behind him, so he immediately agreed to his request and gave him an extra raise.  Ten thousand taels.  Of course, Kira Yoshitoki also saw the wealthy businessmen arriving in a hurry, but considering the important role of the Tsuda family and their future layout in Sakai Town, he decided to let the Tsuda family go, so he said with a cold face: "Okay! But!  You have to remember that it was your Tennoji family who did the wrong thing first. If you ask me to do anything in the future, don¡¯t play tricks on me. Otherwise, even if you hide in Sakai Town, I will destroy your Tsuda family!¡± ¡°Yes!¡±  Such a stupid mistake! This is the application template prepared by the villain! Just fill in the numbers and additional conditions!" Tsuda Muneji almost completed the entire process in just half a minute.  , by the time Imai Soujiu hurriedly arrived, Tsuda Souji had already happily sent his attendants to count the goods.  "I'm sorry! I'm the one who got ahead of me and made everyone's trip in vain! I'm going to Mingguo's pub for a meal at noon!" Tsuda Muneki greeted the group of panting people generously with a victor's expression on his face.  Rich businessmen, it doesn't matter whether they are breathing heavily and cursing secretly, or gnashing their teeth and sulking.  "Pack your things! Let's leave immediately! The Miyoshi family will find us soon!" Kira Yoshihi called for people to bring the seeds and prepared gifts and began to evacuate. He walked up to the proud Tsuda Muneji and said to him: "Silver's  I'll leave the transportation to you. I'll let Matsui Yukan and a hundred samurai stay in Sakai Town to help you transport the silver. " "I understand! I understand, please rest assured, Sakamoto-san!  Please don't worry" Tsuda Soji couldn't laugh anymore. He hurriedly greeted the wealthy businessmen with a grimace, and trotted back to the Tennoji House, leaving several wealthy businessmen looking at each other in confusion, and finally burst into laughter.  This time Sakai accidentally met a group of Dutch businessmen. In order to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Kira Yoshitoki also tried his best to maintain the trade route between the two parties, because Frank Agot revealed in his speech that this time  After a brief overseas trial voyage, he would never return to the dangerous East Asian route. This was absolutely unacceptable to him.  In order to attract the Agote Chamber of Commerce to trade with Japan again, he had to come up with very annoying rhetoric. At this time, the Portuguese routes were dominated by wealthy merchants from Kyushu and Sakai. Although the Spanish merchants were new, they were very powerful and domineering. He could only win over merchants who were willing to cooperate.  Only then could he have the opportunity to profit from overseas trade, but he didn't expect to encounter a big fish.  Generally speaking, although the retainers don't understand, it doesn't matter as long as they can make money. All the Kira family's horseback samurai are confidants and will never talk too much about such important matters.  After leaving Sakai Town, Kira Yoshito and a group of attendants safely returned to Kyoto along the Yodo River. The Miyoshi family and Kawauchi Hatakeyama had been planning to separate since the beginning of March. It was not known when they would start a war. Shoryuji Temple  The current lord of the castle is Hosokawa Harukune. As a gate to protect Yamashiro Kingdom, it monitors the movements on the Yodo River. In fact, it means to watch the gate. If the Miyoshi family comes to attack, it will probably not be able to defend it.  After the chaos of most of last year, Kyoto has returned to its unique prosperity as a national capital. As the shogunate's ministers moved in and built a magnificent Nijo Imperial Palace in the semi-deserted Ukyo, a group of shogunate retainers dragged their families and packed up their belongings.  It was moved to the vicinity of Nijo Imperial Palace and a new business district was formed.  This has always been a blind spot in the development of Kyoto. Kyoto's business district would rather develop to Higashiyama outside the city than stay in Ukyo, which is full of wetlands and swamps. Only the two main roads in the north of Ukyo are slightly popular as a traditional aristocratic district, and the southern part of Ukyo is slightly popular.  There is even an urban village. Every day, farmers in the urban village look at the Ouchi Ri and Nijo Imperial Palace a few miles away and live a simple farming life.  Kira Yoshi came to Kyoto for an inspection.Looking at the economic recovery situation in the capital, the second was to go to the Nijo Imperial Palace to see Katsuhime. Unfortunately, as soon as she arrived at the imperial palace, she was called by Ashikaga Yoshitš­ to study the shogunate's strategy. After finally finding an excuse to run out, Katsuhime started again.  During the daily etiquette training, Kira Yoshi could only ask someone to bring Shengji's favorite snacks. Looking at the respectful and cold expression of the female officer of the Konoe family, he felt very angry. For  If he didn't want to cause trouble for Sheng Ji, he could only retreat in anger.  "A famous general in the shogunate? In the eyes of his servants of the Konoe family, he probably doesn't mean much, right? He is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, and I am only a member of the fifth-highest rank in the palace. Konoe Haritsugu is a high-ranking minister to the two inner ministers.  In the eyes of these servants, I am just a lucky person!" Ji Liangyi felt a little confused. Considering his background, he was looked down upon by these servants. He really didn't know what was going on in this world.  In fact, I can't blame him for having such thoughts. Although the ministers follow the trend and cling to powerful names, their pride in their bones has not been reduced by half. It's just that they are all people of status. You can't tell whether they have contempt at all.  Tendency, only these domestic slaves can reflect the general thoughts of the master's family. Even if Konoe Haritsugu does not think so, he cannot organize his sect. The retainers view it this way.  Kira Yoshitsune sighed, looked at the Nijo Imperial Palace behind him, and said thoughtfully: "It's better to be an uncle! Only an uncle can show expressions other than a fake smile Speaking of which, I should also go to the door.  I¡¯m visiting my uncle!¡± ¡ª¡ª PS: In the Ming Empire, there were only one thousand to eight hundred taels of silver that could be spent. Of course, it could be far more than this amount, but in Japan¡¯s Warring States period around 1550, not many people had this financial resources.  There will be more than twenty people.
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