Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 159 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu’s Hostility

Seeing Hou Guishan beginning to hesitate, Zhu Di took a step forward, came to Hou Guishan, and said sincerely:

"Master Xicheng, you must know that the price I paid for selling you [-] fire guns is fair enough!

Moreover, these firecrackers have not been used much and will only be sold to you at the original price. Even the shipping fee for shipping from my country to the Ming Dynasty will not be collected by me! "

Hou Guishan nodded blankly. There was a sea route between Daming and Japan for about two months, and he knew this.

With that said, Zhu Di really didn't cheat him.

It's just that this 70 silver is a bit large for Houguishan now, and he really doesn't dare to use it easily.

Hou Guishan even had the idea of ​​grabbing these [-] fire guns directly in his mind.

But he turned around and looked at the two thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the boxes of firecrackers beside them, and wisely put this idea to death.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came, and everyone turned their heads and saw Junichiro Koizumi running over.

He had just heard the news of Zhu Di's arrival, and rushed over as if facing a formidable enemy.

Junichiro Koizumi ran to Goguiyama, out of breath and said, "Your Majesty, I... I'm late."

The arrival of Junichiro Koizumi made Gogeyama's expression soften a lot, as if he had found a backbone.

"I have seen His Highness the King of Yan, but I was unable to come to greet you in time. I hope His Highness the King of Yan will forgive me."

Perhaps he noticed something, but Junichiro Koizumi's attitude when he saw Zhu Di again was much better than before Goguishan, and he was very respectful.

Zhu Di would not argue with him and nodded.

Subsequently,

Junichiro Koizumi asked Kameyama about the situation at this time.

After learning about it, Junichiro Koizumi saluted Zhu Di again.

"His Royal Highness, King Yan, has come a long way. It is better to sit inside and rest for a while. There is an important matter in the court that urgently needs your Majesty's attention. I hope His Highness, King Yan, can wait for a while."

Zhu Di was not in a hurry and nodded in agreement. The servants took him back to the hall and sat down, and presented him with tea and snacks.

The side hall on the other side,

Go Kameyama and Junichiro Koizumi are having urgent discussions.

"Your Majesty, have you seen it clearly? Are you sure that all those boxes contain firecrackers?"

When he heard that Zhu Di had brought out [-] muskets at once, Junichiro Koizumi felt unbelievable for the first time. This number was too much!

"How could I not see clearly? And I also took out a flintlock gun for those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to test-fire. It is indeed a flintlock gun that can be used normally!"

Junichiro Koizumi took a breath and marveled at the vastness of the Central Plains. Is this the powerful Ming Dynasty?

"If I can keep these [-] muskets, it will only take me five years at most! I can defeat Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in one fell swoop and unify Japan!" Go Kameyama vowed.

It can be seen that he really wants the [-] fire guns that Zhu Di brought.

"It's just... what Zhu Di said, the price of 70 firearms is as high as [-]. How can we come up with such a large sum of money?" Junichiro Koizumi said with a bitter look on his face.

After the war between the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan for so long, why didn't he want to buy these [-] muskets? Why didn't he want to help Hou Kameyama unify Japan and become a Japanese Prime Minister that would be remembered by future generations?

However, in the past two years, the Southern Dynasty's finances have been drained by Zhu Di and his group. With great difficulty, "taxes" were forcibly collected from the people for military expenses, and the current situation was barely maintained.

If they spend another 70 silver to buy these firecrackers, their situation in the Southern Dynasties will be even more embarrassing!

Are they going to forcefully collect "taxes" again? I'm afraid that doing so will lead to riots among the people!

What Junichiro Koizumi said was also understood by Kameyama, and the two fell silent.

a long time,

Junichiro Koizumi suddenly said:
"Your Majesty, why not call the Minister of Finance and discuss with him to see how much money can be spent at most from the treasury to maintain the current situation."

"This is the only way," Hou Guishan nodded, and then sent his subordinates to call the Minister of Finance.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the servant led the finance minister to the side hall.

"I have met your Majesty," the finance minister saluted to Xiangguishan. Seeing the ugly expressions on the two men's faces, he also had a premonition of something bad happening in his heart.

Then Gou Kameyama went straight to the point and told the Minister of Finance the current situation and asked him how much money he could still spend in the treasury.

The [-] firecrackers sent by the Ming Dynasty are the key to their decisive victory in the Southern Dynasties. They must keep them!

The finance minister almost jumped up after hearing this.

"70? Absolutely not! Your Majesty, if you really take out 70 silver from the treasury, then there is no need to fight Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, we can just surrender to him!"

Junichiro Koizumi frowned deeply.
"Don't mess around here. Your Majesty is asking you how much the treasury can take at most. Just answer it truthfully!"

The Minister of Finance has always been unconvinced by Junichiro Koizumi and snorted: "20!"

Hou Guishan suddenly frowned.

20... is too different from 70. It is absolutely impossible to keep all the [-] firecrackers.

What should I do?
"Oda-san, can't you really take out a little more? The Ming Dynasty's hundred thousand fire blunderbuss are too important this time, we must keep them!"

"Only by buying these muskets can we defeat the Northern Dynasty army!"

"If we spend another 20 yuan, can we still maintain the operation of the DPRK and China?"

After Kameyama spoke, the finance minister had to think carefully. After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"Your Majesty, our government collected more than 160 million yuan from taxes two years ago. At the beginning of the year, we sent 15 yuan to the front line for military expenses. Now there are only 140 million yuan in the national treasury. If we use 40 yuan to buy firecrackers, there will only be one million silver left in the national treasury! "

After Hou Guishan heard this, he felt unhappy. All this money was his life!
"Can millions of silver keep the government running?" Hou Guishan asked through gritted teeth.

Seeing that Kameyama was determined, the Finance Minister did not try to dissuade him, and nodded with a sad expression.

"Huh——" Hou Guishan let out a long sigh of relief.

"In that case, I will go and beg Zhu Di to see if 40 silver can buy his [-] fire guns."

Now Hou Guishan has no regard for face at all, and just wants to use every means to keep the [-] firecrackers brought by Zhu Di.

Here

Zhu Di and Dao Yan had been sitting in the hall waiting for nearly half an hour.

After waiting for such a long time, the two of them showed no signs of urgency.

The old god Dao Yan was sitting next to Zhu Di, constantly flicking the rosary in his hand, slowly speaking, and whispered,
"After negotiating for such a long time, it seems that they are really out of money. I'm afraid they won't be able to get all the 70 silver that His Highness wants."

Zhu Di chuckled,

"Originally, it's better than nothing. It's all just for fun. It depends on whether Hou Guishan wants these [-] fire blunderbuss. If he is sincere enough, I can give him a slight discount..."

was saying,

At the door, Kameyama walked in with Junichiro Koizumi and the Minister of Finance.

"Your Highness, Prince Yan, please forgive me for keeping you waiting for so long," Hou Guishan lowered his posture a lot as he came up.Zhu Di did not stand up, but waved his hand casually, "Your Majesty Xicheng, you are welcome. You and I are friends, so why not wait a while?"

Hou Guishan stood beside Zhu Di respectfully and saluted Zhu Di again.

"His Royal Highness, King Yan, is so generous, and I am deeply grateful. However, I still have an unkind request. I hope His Highness, King Yan, can fulfill it."

coming!Zhu Di's heart moved.

"What is the request? Lord Xicheng can tell you directly. I will consider it as appropriate."

"I have just calculated the silver in our treasury. After much calculation, I can only come up with 40 silver in the end. Your Highness, King Yan, is a hero! He has a broad mind! Can you take advantage of the many help our court has given to your army in the past? , sell the 40 fire blunderbuss to the minister for [-]?"

"If His Highness King Yan meets this request, I will be extremely grateful!"

After saying that, Hou Guishan made a move to kneel down and bow to the ground.

Zhu Di quickly stood up and grabbed him, looking troubled.

"Master Xicheng, what do you want me to do?"

"You have helped me many times, and I should return the favor to you both emotionally and rationally. But the difference between the 40 and the 70 is 30 silver. This is not a small sum!"

The expression on Hou Guishan's face was even more miserable, almost as if he was about to shed tears.

"But my court is short of funds, and the most I can afford is this 40 silver. I hope His Highness, King Yan, will be merciful."

After saying that, Hou Guishan wanted to kneel on the ground again. Zhu Di naturally wanted to do the whole trick, and he was pulled hard again.

"When the envoy came, he brought his father's oral instructions to this king. The Ming Dynasty gave these [-] firecrackers to help King Xicheng achieve his great cause. To show our style of the Ming Dynasty, the wages of the workers and the freight of the ships can be paid. It will be waived for Lord Xicheng, but the selling price of the fire gun must be paid in full."

"Now, Lord Xicheng, your court is short of funds. If I want to help you, wouldn't this... mean that I have to disobey my father's order?"

Zhu Di began to pace back and forth, his face uncertain. Others did not dare to say a word when they saw him like this.

After turning back and forth twice, Zhu Di patted his thigh.
"The King Xicheng has helped me many times, how can I not want to repay him?"

"Princess Xicheng, do you think this is feasible? You can add 40 to the 20 silver, and the remaining [-]... I will use the money from my own house to advance it, and the power should be returned to the amount of money that Princess Xicheng has. How about this favor?"

After hearing what Zhu Di said, Hou Guishan looked happy. Zhu Di was actually willing to pay him 20 silver out of his own pocket?

But then his face fell again and he looked at the Chancellor of Finance behind him.

With the addition of another hundred thousand silver, the economic pressure on their Southern Dynasties would be even greater!

"Master Xicheng, I am just one of the many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. 20 silver is the limit of what I can afford. If there is any more, I will be powerless."

Hou Guishan turned to look at the Chancellor of Finance again, his expression extremely anxious!

Just one hundred thousand short!

In the end, the finance minister couldn't bear the gaze of Gou Kameyama and could only grit his teeth and nod.

Hou Guishan suddenly felt relieved, he could finally get one hundred thousand fire guns!

But when he thought about spending an extra hundred thousand silver, his heart twisted.

In order to unify Japan, Houguishan paid too much...

"His Royal Highness, King Yan, has made this generous donation. I will bear this in mind. After I unify Japan, I will definitely repay His Highness King Yan a hundredfold!" Thinking of getting one hundred thousand fire blunderbuss, Houguishan blushed with excitement again. Face.

"I am very happy to be able to help Lord Xicheng." Zhu Di nodded.

Looking at Hou Guishan's white and rosy face, Zhu Di held back his laughter.

Subsequently,

Later, Guishan asked the Minister of Finance to fetch 50 silver and delivered it to the soldiers brought by Zhu Di on the spot.

Zhu Di also gave an order to let Houguishan take away all the [-] firecrackers and some ammunition he had brought.

"I want to write a letter of divorce immediately and ask the envoy to bring it back to the Ming Dynasty to collect 20 silver. I won't stay here for long. Farewell!"

With 50 silver in hand, Zhu Di was too lazy to bring it with him for a second longer.

Hou Guishan sent Zhu Di and others out of the palace far away with great gratitude.

Out of the sight of Hou Guishan and others, Zhu Di could not help but smile on his face.

The fire gun was originally a useless thing eliminated by the Ming Dynasty. When it was resold in the Japanese country, it easily earned 50 silver.

cool!

"Counting the days, Cao Wei should be arriving soon," Zhu Di said.

"We have never dealt with the Northern Dynasty before. I don't know whether it is dangerous or not for Master Cao to go here." Dao Yan was a little worried.

Zhu Di was very open-minded.

"You don't know what Cao Wei is capable of yet. Don't worry about him. Just see how much silver he can dig out from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. If there is too much, it will appear that the king is in trouble."

Dao Yan would not take Zhu Di's joke seriously and would just smile lightly...

Cao Wei on the other side also brought [-] firecrackers, but chose to take the water route and bypassed the border of the Southern Dynasties. This was to avoid Houguishan discovering any clues.

In order to ensure Cao Wei's safety, Zhu Di directly sent [-] soldiers to accompany Cao Wei, and Ma He followed to act as translator.

The waterway is faster than the land route. Cao Wei and his party set out from the southwest of Shijian Mountain and arrived at a dock within the territory of the Northern Dynasty Army on the third day.

After some cross-examination, Cao Wei explained his purpose.

The soldiers stationed on the scene saw with their own eyes the [-] muskets on the Ming warships, and rushed to Nagano overnight to report the matter to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

The temptation of a hundred thousand firecrackers is fatal enough to both Gogameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Without thinking for too long, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu asked Cao Wei and others to be brought to Nagano.

This back and forth took another four or five days.

Cao Wei landed from the pier and led his soldiers on a three-day land journey before arriving in Nagano and meeting Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's first impression on Cao Wei was that he was more majestic and more powerful than Go Kameyama.

The opponent's height is only half a head shorter than Cao Wei, and he is already very strong among Japanese people.

When Cao Wei looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was also looking at Cao Wei up and down.

Looking at Cao Wei's talented and handsome face, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's instinct told him that this person was difficult to deal with.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, like Gogameyama, was very eager to get the one hundred thousand fire blunderbuss, but he didn't show it.

But he asked very arrogantly,
"Are you from Daming?"

"Exactly!" Cao Wei said lightly.

next moment,
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's face instantly turned sinister.

"You Ming people have been helping Hou Guishan to attack our Northern Dynasty army, and now you actually dare to come to see me? Do you think I don't dare to kill you?"

(End of this chapter)