Chapter 186
The Business with Nawu
Chapter 186 The Business with Nawu
Hashiba Hideyoshi’s path to the people of the world has just begun. In history, after Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn’t make it through, he simply launched the strategy of combining public and military forces, and directly followed the imperial court line to lead the world. We will not describe it here for the time being.
After lunch, Zhuang Zhiqing resigned and went to prepare a boat for Hideka. A team of 300 people, including the horses, would require a full three merchant ships the size of a closed ship. Then use this time to go shopping.
Hideka came to Sakaicho twice before, with a very clear goal. He went directly to the port town to find Nanban merchants to rent artillery. He had not visited Sakaicho very carefully. This time, he finally had this opportunity to calm down and take a look at the 16th century. Japanese cities.
As they walked, the Hide family came to Tennojiya and Naya. As two wealthy merchants in Sakai, they were not far apart, and they were both on both sides of a main road. Naturally, they didn't need to stand at the door like other merchants to solicit. client.
Naya had a business relationship with Ukiya, and Akashi Zento was in charge of communication before. Now that Hideka came to Sakaicho, he happened to drop in to see the strength of his partner.
In fact, there is no need to really investigate. The names of Nawu and Tianwangjiya are not blown out. They really have such real commercial wealth, but the focus of the two houses is different.
Tsudaya is mainly engaged in the trade between Kinai and Higashiyama specialties in Japan and North Korea. Most of the traded materials are more culturally-oriented, while Nawu is mainly engaged in Nanban trade and arms trade. It is also the main distribution center for weapons from various countries in Sakai-cho. .
Nawu has many followers of the army, who specially follow behind the troops to buy the weapons and equipment captured by the soldiers on the battlefield, and then sell them to other daimyos who need these equipment after a little repair. house purchased.
Arms dealers were always the most profitable in the war era, and with Hideyoshi launching the Imjin War, Tennojiya’s main source of income was cut off. After the death of Tsuda Sohisa, Tennojiya completely sank and disappeared among Japan’s top-tier businessmen.
"Welcome, sir, what do you want to buy? Our Nawu has everything you need, and we can make purchases for you all over Japan." As soon as Xiujia entered the door, he was warmly received by a clerk.
Xiujia looked left and right like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden for the first time, while Akashi Quandeng went to the counter first, knocked on the table and aroused a clerk who was counting money and said, "You are the shopkeeper." Is it your boss? Go and call your big boss out, and say that Akashi Saobu helped find him."
The fan looked up and down at the person who was talking to him in front of him. The clothes were not fancy, but they were indeed clean and tidy.When he saw the long knife slung around his waist, he immediately recognized that it was a famous sword from Bizen Osafune. In his own shop, famous swords of this quality sold for hundreds of pieces.
Then he looked at the warrior in blue and white warrior uniform behind him, it was silk from the Ming Dynasty, and the family crest that had never been seen on it was embroidered, not printed and dyed. The person wearing this suit It must be of high status.
"Yes, the young one will invite the big boss right away. Zhuliu, let the grown-ups sit down quickly and refill them with tea." The boss nodded and ordered a few words to the previous clerk, then turned and walked to the backyard .
Not long after, Imai Zongjiu came from the backyard, followed by his son Imai Zongxun, who is now a big boss, happened to be in Sakaimachi, and it was this person who had contacted Ukido before.
"Yeah~ I said why there are magpies hanging on the signboard of my house today. It turns out that Mr. Sabu is here." So Kaoru Imai stepped forward first, and warmly saluted Akashi Quandeng, "What's the help of Sabu?" If you need a family member, just let the Bantou of Okayama notify me, why bother you to come here in person.”
After speaking, he turned sideways and introduced his father with his hand, "This is my father, the big boss of Nawu, and one of Zhongnayan's imperial tea masters."
"Ah, hello, Boss Imai." The status of Japanese businessmen is indeed very low, but to reach the level of Imai Sokyu, with Hideyoshi behind him, is not something that Akashi Quanto can provoke. Akashi Quanto simply give him a Face took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello Akashi Sabu-sama, thanks to the adults who have taken care of the dog these years." Imai Sohisa and his son are human beings, just like the later generations who talk about official positions instead of vice-deputies. Like sweeping his head, Akashi Quandeng was elated.
"Let me introduce you. This is Bizen, Bichu, Misaku, Sanuki, the lord of the four kingdoms, His Royal Highness Hashiba left gate guard Governor Hideka, who is also my lord. This time, he came to see the two of you in Sakaicachi. of."
When Akashi Quandeng introduced it, Xiujia was staring at a set of Nanman armor. After all, it was half the price of the Western style. It had an excellent defense effect against swords and guns. This is unmatched by a small set of ties.
In fact, before Akashi Zento's introduction, Imai Sohisa had already noticed the gorgeously dressed young man behind him, and had a slight guess about his identity. Now that it has been confirmed, his flattery is even more obvious.
Others don't know the status of the Hide family in the Hashiba family, so doesn't he know about it for Imai Sokyu?The Hashiba family is second in strength, and the Hashiba family is third in ranking.
In the eyes of Imai Zonghisa, the Hashiba brothers are a bit old after all, and the two brothers only have Husong, a child who is more than 2 years old. What is this called?This is called the Lord Shaoguo Suspicious, green and yellow do not accept.
You really don't know when the two brothers will kick their legs. At that time, the Xiu family, who is Husong's biological brother, will inevitably become his second opinion, and the regent Yu Chai's family.
So the big boss Imai Sohisa personally came up and explained to Xiujia, "Your Highness likes this suit? This is the localized Cansi Wei Nanman suit. It removed many designs that were not suitable for Japanese in the original Nanban suit. The hands are riveted with iron rings, and this year it is lightweight while maintaining the biggest features of the Nanban carapace, the complete carapace and the grass pleats of the big carapace."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiujia and continued to say, "I think His Highness's figure is just in line with this outfit, do you want to try it on?"
After getting the Xiu family's permission, the big boss, who hadn't done it himself all the year round, dressed the Xiu family in this suit with the help of work.This set has not been painted, and still maintains its true color of bright silver.
Imai Zongjiu brought a bronze mirror to Hideka for comparison. Due to the nature of copper, the reflection in the mirror is not very clear, but Hideka's heroic nature can still be seen.
However, Xiujia also raised an opinion on this suit, "This is a foot combat suit, right? The Nanban big armor pleats under it are not suitable for wearing when riding a horse. Besides, why are there only cage hands and no armor sleeves on both sides of the shoulders?"
"Give me the grass pleats and replace them with a piece of Serena's armor, which is convenient to wear when riding a horse. On both sides of the shoulders, add semi-fixed armor sleeves like the current outfit. In addition, paint this outfit with black paint. Serena uses a blue rope. Add blue dyed male hair on the outside of the pleated skirt under the iron pocket, customize one for me like this, how much will it cost and how long will it take?"
Generally speaking, the Xiu family is quite satisfied with this set of Southern barbarian armor. Wearing this Southern barbarian armor has a higher survival rate on the battlefield. The Xiu family is willing to spend money on life-threatening matters.
Imai Zongxun recorded Hideka's request and body data on the side, and Imai Zongjiu entertained the Hideka and said, "Your Highness rarely comes to Sakaicho, so I will give this suit to Your Highness. Restructure and try to send it to Okayama in one month.”
"One month is too long, maybe half a month. Send it to Okayama at the beginning of September." It is impossible for Xiujia to go on board for a month. After a month, Xiujia will go to Shikoku. Wearing this dress will not know the year of the monkey.
When Imai Zongjiu heard that the Hide family cut off half of the time, the smile on his face stagnated, but he quickly managed the expression, and said with a smile, "No problem, I will send it to Okayama in half a month for His Highness to review."
What kind of complete restructuring can be completed within half a month, while ensuring quality.Ordinary methods are of course not enough, but fortunately, the current sets are all split. Sohisa Imai can buy a whole set of sets from other places to disassemble and match them, and finally color them according to Hideka's requirements.
In this way, it doesn't even take half a month, and the work can be completed in a week. The only problem is that the cost is high again, but the cost of bribing the deputy state-level boss can be called cost?
Of course, the purpose of Xiujia's visit this time was not to prostitute a suit for free. He actually had an idea to equip this set in batches, so after taking off this set of Nanban suits, he asked about the price of the normal version as usual.
"120 kanwen" is the price given by Sohisa Imai to the Hide family. The Hide family doesn't even need to ask Sokhisa Imai if he can lower the price, because he knows that this is considered a friendly price, and the price of a set of Nanman body should be around 300 kan.
But even so, it is still not something that the Xiu family can afford. Equipping a team of 1000 people requires a sky-high price of 12 guan.
However, if the Xiu family has such a strong and well-equipped heavy-armed elite in the hands of the Nanman body, which is dedicated to breaking the formation, it is indeed a good choice.
It's just that the price is a bit ridiculously high, and it can only be bought and equipped slowly every year like an iron cannon.
"Actually, I came here this time because I imagined that Nawu would purchase iron cannons." Hideka temporarily suppressed his desire to form a heavy army, and explained the reasons for coming this time. How many iron cannons does my family provide?"
Hearing that the business was coming, Imai Zongjiu suddenly became interested, and ordered the previous boss to bring the account of the iron gun and took Xiujia to the reception seat to sit down.
He just glanced at the tea in the cup and frowned, then turned his head and told his son Imai Zongxun a few words, and then said to Hideka, "Your Highness is really laughing, why don't I make another pot of tea for His Highness."
In fact, Xiujia doesn't like Japanese powdered tea very much. Now that he wants to change the tea, Xiujia simply asks, "Do you have tea from the Ming Dynasty here, whether it's Maojian, Longjing, Baicha or Dahongpao."
Hearing Xiujia's question about tea, Imai Zonghisa seemed to have grasped Xiujia's hobbies, and asked excitedly, "It seems that Your Highness likes Ming tea, the kind of tea that directly brews tea leaves, listen to what His Highness said, There are many types of Ming tea, and His Highness is really knowledgeable.”
"It's just that my family doesn't have this kind of tea. I know that Tennojiya has it. Since His Highness likes it, I'll send someone to get it." Imai Zonghisa was not afraid that Tsuda Zong would compete with him after meeting the Hide family. Not to mention that I have cooperated with Yuxi Family for many years.
Sure enough, after hearing that Zongjiu Imai borrowed tea to take care of the customers, Zongji Tsuda came to Nawu with the tea. He also wanted to see who the distinguished guest who could make Zongjiu Imai so caring was.
After getting acquainted with the Xiu family, Tsuda Zongji bowed to the Xiu family and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, but our family only has Longjing tea and Fujian tea. If Your Highness likes Maojian, Baicha, Dahongpao and other teas, I can collect them for Your Highness."
The Xiu family was just casually saying that since they hooked up with Li Dan, the tea in Gangshan has never been broken, and they were all directly traded from the Ming Dynasty. Because the Xiu family took the lead in drinking tea from the Ming Dynasty, so did their subordinates. Following the example, the number of Japanese-style teahouses in Okayama dropped sharply.
Xiujia waved his hand to express that he didn't need it, but he was very interested in the Fujian tea he mentioned. It seems that he had never heard of this kind of tea in his later generations, but he brewed it and tasted it. Isn't this Tieguanyin?
Let’s talk about the tea leaves first. Imai Sohisa and Tsuda Sokichi have already calculated the number of iron cannons that can be prepared for the Hide family in a short period of time. Imai Sohisa spoke first.
"Tanegashima 65 guns (65 guan/jack), Bungo Otomo 16 guns (150 kan/jack), Omi Kunitomo 220 (40 kan/jack), Kiigane 80 guns (60 kan/jack) , and another 20 horse-riding guns (80 punctures/ting). The total is 401. If Your Highness needs it, I can also transfer goods from various places in Kinki. The total should be around 500.”
The above various iron cannons are not only manufactured in different places, but the iron cannons made in each region have their own differences.
The Tanegashima gun first imitated the Portuguese iron cannon, and the imitation was more detailed. The cover plate used to prevent Mars from accidentally falling off was reproduced. The biggest feature is that the iron cannon has a large caliber, which is not suitable for Japanese use.
Otomo gun is a new name, in fact, it is the Japanese version of the flintlock. After Otomo’s family became a Catholic country after being baptized, it was produced with the help of Nanban priests.
Of course, this is still the first generation of flintlock guns, a technology that was developed in Europe 100 years ago. Not only is the firing effect not good, it is not even rainproof. Not as many as the new flintlock guns presented by the Seto family last year, but it is still a huge improvement.
The Guoyou gun is a localized iron cannon. The caliber of the iron cannon has been reduced, and many unnecessary structures have been removed, such as the cap on the charge.
In fact, most of the matchlock guns in this matter are loaded in time, and the matchlock used is not a straw rope that is easy to splash sparks, and there is no need for a cap anymore.
The Kunitomo gun is also the most suitable iron cannon for the Japanese. Since Omi, it has been imitated by many countries and equipped with troops in large quantities. It is currently the largest iron cannon in Japan.
The biggest feature of Ji Yi's root gun is that the barrel is lengthened, and some even doubled, so that when they are used, they must first install a bracket in the front, and finally put the gun on the bracket for use.
The advantage of doing this is that it increases the initial velocity of the iron cannon projectile, improves the shooting distance, accuracy and lethality of the iron cannon, and has the taste of a Spanish iron cannon.
On the Tennojiya side, their number is "20 Tanegashima guns, 150 Omi Kunitomo guns, 20 Kii Genlai guns, and 5 horse riding guns, totaling 195 guns. The total number of short-term transfers should be around Around 250."
It's normal, Tianwangjiya is not an arms dealer in the first place, and it's beyond the Xiu family's expectation to have half the number of Nawu. As for the quotations of the two companies, they are the same as Nawu.
The quotation given by Nawu is already a friendly price. This price is still a certain profit for Nawu, but it is a big sale at the cost price for Tennojiya. He didn't dare to show it in front of him.
In the end, Xiujia ordered 10 Bungo Otomo guns with 1500 kanwen from Nawu for imitation research.
Based on the principle that the ammunition caliber needs to be basically the same, they ordered 400 guns from Omi Kunitomo and 16000 guns, 50 guns from Kiigen to 3000 guns, and 25 guns on horseback with 2000 guns, totaling 22500 guns. On this basis, the two The companies offered discounts again, and the final payment was 21300 yuan.
The reason for purchasing the Kii gun is that Xiujia intends to select a good marksman, refer to the method of long-range sniping generals by Gen Laizhong, and name the command center of the enemy army on the battlefield, so as to achieve the purpose of sniping the enemy's front line command center.
The purpose of buying 25 horse guns is for Xiujia to prepare for the establishment of horse-mounted iron artillery units in the future.
(End of this chapter)
Hashiba Hideyoshi’s path to the people of the world has just begun. In history, after Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn’t make it through, he simply launched the strategy of combining public and military forces, and directly followed the imperial court line to lead the world. We will not describe it here for the time being.
After lunch, Zhuang Zhiqing resigned and went to prepare a boat for Hideka. A team of 300 people, including the horses, would require a full three merchant ships the size of a closed ship. Then use this time to go shopping.
Hideka came to Sakaicho twice before, with a very clear goal. He went directly to the port town to find Nanban merchants to rent artillery. He had not visited Sakaicho very carefully. This time, he finally had this opportunity to calm down and take a look at the 16th century. Japanese cities.
As they walked, the Hide family came to Tennojiya and Naya. As two wealthy merchants in Sakai, they were not far apart, and they were both on both sides of a main road. Naturally, they didn't need to stand at the door like other merchants to solicit. client.
Naya had a business relationship with Ukiya, and Akashi Zento was in charge of communication before. Now that Hideka came to Sakaicho, he happened to drop in to see the strength of his partner.
In fact, there is no need to really investigate. The names of Nawu and Tianwangjiya are not blown out. They really have such real commercial wealth, but the focus of the two houses is different.
Tsudaya is mainly engaged in the trade between Kinai and Higashiyama specialties in Japan and North Korea. Most of the traded materials are more culturally-oriented, while Nawu is mainly engaged in Nanban trade and arms trade. It is also the main distribution center for weapons from various countries in Sakai-cho. .
Nawu has many followers of the army, who specially follow behind the troops to buy the weapons and equipment captured by the soldiers on the battlefield, and then sell them to other daimyos who need these equipment after a little repair. house purchased.
Arms dealers were always the most profitable in the war era, and with Hideyoshi launching the Imjin War, Tennojiya’s main source of income was cut off. After the death of Tsuda Sohisa, Tennojiya completely sank and disappeared among Japan’s top-tier businessmen.
"Welcome, sir, what do you want to buy? Our Nawu has everything you need, and we can make purchases for you all over Japan." As soon as Xiujia entered the door, he was warmly received by a clerk.
Xiujia looked left and right like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden for the first time, while Akashi Quandeng went to the counter first, knocked on the table and aroused a clerk who was counting money and said, "You are the shopkeeper." Is it your boss? Go and call your big boss out, and say that Akashi Saobu helped find him."
The fan looked up and down at the person who was talking to him in front of him. The clothes were not fancy, but they were indeed clean and tidy.When he saw the long knife slung around his waist, he immediately recognized that it was a famous sword from Bizen Osafune. In his own shop, famous swords of this quality sold for hundreds of pieces.
Then he looked at the warrior in blue and white warrior uniform behind him, it was silk from the Ming Dynasty, and the family crest that had never been seen on it was embroidered, not printed and dyed. The person wearing this suit It must be of high status.
"Yes, the young one will invite the big boss right away. Zhuliu, let the grown-ups sit down quickly and refill them with tea." The boss nodded and ordered a few words to the previous clerk, then turned and walked to the backyard .
Not long after, Imai Zongjiu came from the backyard, followed by his son Imai Zongxun, who is now a big boss, happened to be in Sakaimachi, and it was this person who had contacted Ukido before.
"Yeah~ I said why there are magpies hanging on the signboard of my house today. It turns out that Mr. Sabu is here." So Kaoru Imai stepped forward first, and warmly saluted Akashi Quandeng, "What's the help of Sabu?" If you need a family member, just let the Bantou of Okayama notify me, why bother you to come here in person.”
After speaking, he turned sideways and introduced his father with his hand, "This is my father, the big boss of Nawu, and one of Zhongnayan's imperial tea masters."
"Ah, hello, Boss Imai." The status of Japanese businessmen is indeed very low, but to reach the level of Imai Sokyu, with Hideyoshi behind him, is not something that Akashi Quanto can provoke. Akashi Quanto simply give him a Face took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello Akashi Sabu-sama, thanks to the adults who have taken care of the dog these years." Imai Sohisa and his son are human beings, just like the later generations who talk about official positions instead of vice-deputies. Like sweeping his head, Akashi Quandeng was elated.
"Let me introduce you. This is Bizen, Bichu, Misaku, Sanuki, the lord of the four kingdoms, His Royal Highness Hashiba left gate guard Governor Hideka, who is also my lord. This time, he came to see the two of you in Sakaicachi. of."
When Akashi Quandeng introduced it, Xiujia was staring at a set of Nanman armor. After all, it was half the price of the Western style. It had an excellent defense effect against swords and guns. This is unmatched by a small set of ties.
In fact, before Akashi Zento's introduction, Imai Sohisa had already noticed the gorgeously dressed young man behind him, and had a slight guess about his identity. Now that it has been confirmed, his flattery is even more obvious.
Others don't know the status of the Hide family in the Hashiba family, so doesn't he know about it for Imai Sokyu?The Hashiba family is second in strength, and the Hashiba family is third in ranking.
In the eyes of Imai Zonghisa, the Hashiba brothers are a bit old after all, and the two brothers only have Husong, a child who is more than 2 years old. What is this called?This is called the Lord Shaoguo Suspicious, green and yellow do not accept.
You really don't know when the two brothers will kick their legs. At that time, the Xiu family, who is Husong's biological brother, will inevitably become his second opinion, and the regent Yu Chai's family.
So the big boss Imai Sohisa personally came up and explained to Xiujia, "Your Highness likes this suit? This is the localized Cansi Wei Nanman suit. It removed many designs that were not suitable for Japanese in the original Nanban suit. The hands are riveted with iron rings, and this year it is lightweight while maintaining the biggest features of the Nanban carapace, the complete carapace and the grass pleats of the big carapace."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiujia and continued to say, "I think His Highness's figure is just in line with this outfit, do you want to try it on?"
After getting the Xiu family's permission, the big boss, who hadn't done it himself all the year round, dressed the Xiu family in this suit with the help of work.This set has not been painted, and still maintains its true color of bright silver.
Imai Zongjiu brought a bronze mirror to Hideka for comparison. Due to the nature of copper, the reflection in the mirror is not very clear, but Hideka's heroic nature can still be seen.
However, Xiujia also raised an opinion on this suit, "This is a foot combat suit, right? The Nanban big armor pleats under it are not suitable for wearing when riding a horse. Besides, why are there only cage hands and no armor sleeves on both sides of the shoulders?"
"Give me the grass pleats and replace them with a piece of Serena's armor, which is convenient to wear when riding a horse. On both sides of the shoulders, add semi-fixed armor sleeves like the current outfit. In addition, paint this outfit with black paint. Serena uses a blue rope. Add blue dyed male hair on the outside of the pleated skirt under the iron pocket, customize one for me like this, how much will it cost and how long will it take?"
Generally speaking, the Xiu family is quite satisfied with this set of Southern barbarian armor. Wearing this Southern barbarian armor has a higher survival rate on the battlefield. The Xiu family is willing to spend money on life-threatening matters.
Imai Zongxun recorded Hideka's request and body data on the side, and Imai Zongjiu entertained the Hideka and said, "Your Highness rarely comes to Sakaicho, so I will give this suit to Your Highness. Restructure and try to send it to Okayama in one month.”
"One month is too long, maybe half a month. Send it to Okayama at the beginning of September." It is impossible for Xiujia to go on board for a month. After a month, Xiujia will go to Shikoku. Wearing this dress will not know the year of the monkey.
When Imai Zongjiu heard that the Hide family cut off half of the time, the smile on his face stagnated, but he quickly managed the expression, and said with a smile, "No problem, I will send it to Okayama in half a month for His Highness to review."
What kind of complete restructuring can be completed within half a month, while ensuring quality.Ordinary methods are of course not enough, but fortunately, the current sets are all split. Sohisa Imai can buy a whole set of sets from other places to disassemble and match them, and finally color them according to Hideka's requirements.
In this way, it doesn't even take half a month, and the work can be completed in a week. The only problem is that the cost is high again, but the cost of bribing the deputy state-level boss can be called cost?
Of course, the purpose of Xiujia's visit this time was not to prostitute a suit for free. He actually had an idea to equip this set in batches, so after taking off this set of Nanban suits, he asked about the price of the normal version as usual.
"120 kanwen" is the price given by Sohisa Imai to the Hide family. The Hide family doesn't even need to ask Sokhisa Imai if he can lower the price, because he knows that this is considered a friendly price, and the price of a set of Nanman body should be around 300 kan.
But even so, it is still not something that the Xiu family can afford. Equipping a team of 1000 people requires a sky-high price of 12 guan.
However, if the Xiu family has such a strong and well-equipped heavy-armed elite in the hands of the Nanman body, which is dedicated to breaking the formation, it is indeed a good choice.
It's just that the price is a bit ridiculously high, and it can only be bought and equipped slowly every year like an iron cannon.
"Actually, I came here this time because I imagined that Nawu would purchase iron cannons." Hideka temporarily suppressed his desire to form a heavy army, and explained the reasons for coming this time. How many iron cannons does my family provide?"
Hearing that the business was coming, Imai Zongjiu suddenly became interested, and ordered the previous boss to bring the account of the iron gun and took Xiujia to the reception seat to sit down.
He just glanced at the tea in the cup and frowned, then turned his head and told his son Imai Zongxun a few words, and then said to Hideka, "Your Highness is really laughing, why don't I make another pot of tea for His Highness."
In fact, Xiujia doesn't like Japanese powdered tea very much. Now that he wants to change the tea, Xiujia simply asks, "Do you have tea from the Ming Dynasty here, whether it's Maojian, Longjing, Baicha or Dahongpao."
Hearing Xiujia's question about tea, Imai Zonghisa seemed to have grasped Xiujia's hobbies, and asked excitedly, "It seems that Your Highness likes Ming tea, the kind of tea that directly brews tea leaves, listen to what His Highness said, There are many types of Ming tea, and His Highness is really knowledgeable.”
"It's just that my family doesn't have this kind of tea. I know that Tennojiya has it. Since His Highness likes it, I'll send someone to get it." Imai Zonghisa was not afraid that Tsuda Zong would compete with him after meeting the Hide family. Not to mention that I have cooperated with Yuxi Family for many years.
Sure enough, after hearing that Zongjiu Imai borrowed tea to take care of the customers, Zongji Tsuda came to Nawu with the tea. He also wanted to see who the distinguished guest who could make Zongjiu Imai so caring was.
After getting acquainted with the Xiu family, Tsuda Zongji bowed to the Xiu family and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, but our family only has Longjing tea and Fujian tea. If Your Highness likes Maojian, Baicha, Dahongpao and other teas, I can collect them for Your Highness."
The Xiu family was just casually saying that since they hooked up with Li Dan, the tea in Gangshan has never been broken, and they were all directly traded from the Ming Dynasty. Because the Xiu family took the lead in drinking tea from the Ming Dynasty, so did their subordinates. Following the example, the number of Japanese-style teahouses in Okayama dropped sharply.
Xiujia waved his hand to express that he didn't need it, but he was very interested in the Fujian tea he mentioned. It seems that he had never heard of this kind of tea in his later generations, but he brewed it and tasted it. Isn't this Tieguanyin?
Let’s talk about the tea leaves first. Imai Sohisa and Tsuda Sokichi have already calculated the number of iron cannons that can be prepared for the Hide family in a short period of time. Imai Sohisa spoke first.
"Tanegashima 65 guns (65 guan/jack), Bungo Otomo 16 guns (150 kan/jack), Omi Kunitomo 220 (40 kan/jack), Kiigane 80 guns (60 kan/jack) , and another 20 horse-riding guns (80 punctures/ting). The total is 401. If Your Highness needs it, I can also transfer goods from various places in Kinki. The total should be around 500.”
The above various iron cannons are not only manufactured in different places, but the iron cannons made in each region have their own differences.
The Tanegashima gun first imitated the Portuguese iron cannon, and the imitation was more detailed. The cover plate used to prevent Mars from accidentally falling off was reproduced. The biggest feature is that the iron cannon has a large caliber, which is not suitable for Japanese use.
Otomo gun is a new name, in fact, it is the Japanese version of the flintlock. After Otomo’s family became a Catholic country after being baptized, it was produced with the help of Nanban priests.
Of course, this is still the first generation of flintlock guns, a technology that was developed in Europe 100 years ago. Not only is the firing effect not good, it is not even rainproof. Not as many as the new flintlock guns presented by the Seto family last year, but it is still a huge improvement.
The Guoyou gun is a localized iron cannon. The caliber of the iron cannon has been reduced, and many unnecessary structures have been removed, such as the cap on the charge.
In fact, most of the matchlock guns in this matter are loaded in time, and the matchlock used is not a straw rope that is easy to splash sparks, and there is no need for a cap anymore.
The Kunitomo gun is also the most suitable iron cannon for the Japanese. Since Omi, it has been imitated by many countries and equipped with troops in large quantities. It is currently the largest iron cannon in Japan.
The biggest feature of Ji Yi's root gun is that the barrel is lengthened, and some even doubled, so that when they are used, they must first install a bracket in the front, and finally put the gun on the bracket for use.
The advantage of doing this is that it increases the initial velocity of the iron cannon projectile, improves the shooting distance, accuracy and lethality of the iron cannon, and has the taste of a Spanish iron cannon.
On the Tennojiya side, their number is "20 Tanegashima guns, 150 Omi Kunitomo guns, 20 Kii Genlai guns, and 5 horse riding guns, totaling 195 guns. The total number of short-term transfers should be around Around 250."
It's normal, Tianwangjiya is not an arms dealer in the first place, and it's beyond the Xiu family's expectation to have half the number of Nawu. As for the quotations of the two companies, they are the same as Nawu.
The quotation given by Nawu is already a friendly price. This price is still a certain profit for Nawu, but it is a big sale at the cost price for Tennojiya. He didn't dare to show it in front of him.
In the end, Xiujia ordered 10 Bungo Otomo guns with 1500 kanwen from Nawu for imitation research.
Based on the principle that the ammunition caliber needs to be basically the same, they ordered 400 guns from Omi Kunitomo and 16000 guns, 50 guns from Kiigen to 3000 guns, and 25 guns on horseback with 2000 guns, totaling 22500 guns. On this basis, the two The companies offered discounts again, and the final payment was 21300 yuan.
The reason for purchasing the Kii gun is that Xiujia intends to select a good marksman, refer to the method of long-range sniping generals by Gen Laizhong, and name the command center of the enemy army on the battlefield, so as to achieve the purpose of sniping the enemy's front line command center.
The purpose of buying 25 horse guns is for Xiujia to prepare for the establishment of horse-mounted iron artillery units in the future.
(End of this chapter)