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Chapter 16 Trading Partners from Japan
"Shimadzu Kojiu, right? Let's come in and talk." Chu Yun led the Shimadzu's envoy into the barracks.

Judging from Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's reaction, this is a big water fish, what if I don't kill it properly, my conscience will hurt!

"My name is Mitsuhisa, not Guangjiu..." Shimadzu Mitsuhisa's face was dark...

"It's all the same. We're discussing business today, so the name doesn't matter." Chu Yun waved his hand indifferently.

"The name depends on the parents, you can't call it wrong." Unexpectedly, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was quite rigid.

In this way, Chu Yun looked at him with admiration.Well, let's kill him a little later, just a little bit.

"Please sit down." Chu Yun brought Shimadzu Mitsuhisa to the reception hall, and asked Shimadzu Mitsuhisa to sit down, "I am General Daming, who guards the gate of Liaodong Kingdom for the emperor. He takes care of various opportunities, and usually does not meet outsiders easily."

Hearing Chu Yun's business bragging, Mrs. Yang, Changyi, Dong Dawei and other subordinates all blushed.What is the general of Ming Dynasty, he is clearly bullying the envoys from Japan who do not understand the national conditions of Ming Dynasty.Daming's thousands are not thousands, there are hundreds...

"Yes, only the generals of the Celestial Dynasty have such advanced firearms! Our Shimadzu family came here admiringly, and the special agent traveled across the ocean to buy firearms from the generals, so as to promote the prestige of the Celestial Dynasty." Yearning eyes.

"Why didn't your Shimadzu family go directly to Franji to buy firearms, instead of coming to my Ming border?"

"It's a long story. The shogun forbade daimyo from all over the world to trade with Westerners. Only trade with China is allowed." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu told the truth.

It turned out that this is the case, and Dongpu has also begun to ban the sea.

"The reason why the shogunate bans the sea is because they are afraid that you daimyos will become powerful, right? But you Shimadzu still come to buy new weapons, it seems that it is not for self-protection, but for Shangluo?"

Maybe Chu Yun was right, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa remained silent.

"But I'm a general of the heavenly court, and I'm not interested in matters in these wild places like yours. We only talk about business, okay?" Chu Yun didn't intend to expose the petty thinking of the Shimadzu family.

"Let me tell you the general, we have many forces in Dongpu, and different families fight each other. Our Shimadzu family is just to protect our own interests in Kyushu Island." Now that he has been seen through, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa has no intention of hiding his purpose.

"Our firearms are not so easy to obtain. After all, they are the most advanced firearms in the world. Do you know what the price is?" Chu Yun rubbed his fingers lightly, as if asking for money.

"Master General, we will not lose money from the Celestial Dynasty, but is the price of this musket too high? 4000 taels of silver are only a hundred muskets, and on average each musket costs 40 taels of silver. This price is too high , Although our Shimadzu family is one of the best big families in Kyushu, but it is not as rich as the Celestial Dynasty, and it is not so rich." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said with a sad face.

"Well, this is a big problem. It's a pity that although I guard the frontier for the Holy Majesty and carry a hundred thousand troops, I can't sell the musket to you at a low price without the Holy Majesty's will. Let me think about it... how about it, I How do you feel about subsidizing you with fifty muskets and ten thousand rounds of ammunition in private?" Chu Yun rolled his eyes and suddenly thought of a good idea.

"Is that true?" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was overjoyed when he heard that Chu Yun could give him fifty more muskets.

"It's just..." Chu Yun hesitated.

"What?" Seeing Chu Yun's hesitation, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu felt a string in his heart.

"It would be great if the Shimadzu family could become a trading partner with us and help us sell some products."

Chu Yun finally expressed his intention, he wanted to turn Japan into a market for dumping his goods before the Tokugawa shogunate completely shut down the country.

"Commodities from the Celestial Dynasty are also very popular in our place, but..."

"No, but! How about this, I will personally send you Shimadzu's two latest artillery pieces and [-] rounds of shells in two months! In the future, we will give you [-]% of the net profit of our trade." Chu Yun stretched out two fingers.

Hiss... Shimadzu Mitsuhisa took a deep breath of air.

too crazy!As long as you are Chu Yun's agent, you can get [-]% of the net profit!If Chu Yun's products can occupy the entire Japanese market, wouldn't the Shimadzu family get [-]% of the country's net profit?

Although the entry of Ming products is not a good thing for the entire Dongpu, it can make the Shimadzu family the largest family. In the future, with the help of Chu Yun's power, it may be possible to replace the Tokugawa shogunate in Shangluo.At least Mitsuhisa Shimadzu thinks so.

"I don't know what the general can do for our Shimadzu family?" Shimadzu Mitsuhisa asked tentatively, but there was already some fanaticism in his tone.

"First of all, you should provide us with a port where our fleet can berth at any time. Secondly, you cannot tax our fleet. Finally, our caravan can freely trade with other daimyos." Chu Yun will Conditions speak out.

"There's nothing wrong with the port, it doesn't matter if you don't collect taxes...but will trading with other daimyos harm the interests of our Shimadzu family?"

"You don't have to worry about this, we won't sell firearms to other daimyos, just some textiles and metals."

"That's good!" Shimadzu Mitsuhisa thought for a while, and then agreed, "I want to take away one hundred muskets first, and then go back and report to the Patriarch. If the Patriarch agrees, please also send the additional fifty muskets and two A cannon for us."

"No problem, Mrs. Yang, you take him to pick up the goods, and remember to check the silver in person."

Chu Yun waved his hand and asked Mrs. Yang to take Mitsuhisa Shimadzu and others to the warehouse to inspect the goods.

"Then, Your Excellency General, I will take my leave first." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu couldn't help but want to see the new musket.

"Come with me." Mrs. Yang said arrogantly, completely ignoring the second young master of the Shimadzu family.

Chu Yun was very happy.Of course, what he used to sell to Japan and Korea was not the French 1777 rifle, but the old 17th-century Sui musket made by Chu Yun and the French Ordnance Bureau and others.Even so, the muskets in the middle and late 17th century were much better than the matchlock guns used in Japan today.

"It's that easy to get money." Chu Yun crossed his legs and drank tea, thinking about his recent income and expenditure.In addition to expanding the army on a large scale, producing guns and artillery, building smelters, and hoarding grain, he still has surplus silver.

With more funds, Chu Yun's heart became active.After having guns, cannons, textiles, and smelting technologies, Chu Yun began to shift his focus to other technologies.For example, the most annoying steam engine technology requires 1000 civilization points.

(End of this chapter)