Zheng Tie turned his head and said to Zheng Chao beside him: "You also want to toast the eldest son."

Li Guozhu's eyes fell on Zheng Chao involuntarily.

As early as the first time he met Zheng Chao, he knew that the man with thick hands and feet who followed shopkeeper Zheng must have crossed the sea before.

I guessed in my heart whether what Shopkeeper Zheng said might be related to this person.

Zheng Chao stood up, raised his glass, and said, "My lord, let me toast you."

"That's easy to say." Li Guozhu picked up the wine glass, drank a drink with him, and then said, "Brother Zheng looks like he has run across the sea before, right?"

Zheng Chao said: "To be honest with you, eldest son, I spent a few years in Nanyang, and then went to Tianjin Wei, and since then I have been with my boss."

"That's it." Li Guozhu nodded slightly.

The Hongmao barbarians in Nanyang are the most powerful. Unlike the route from Hirado to Daming, the Li family almost has the final say.

Zheng Tie said: "Brother Zheng came this time under the order of my proprietor. He wanted to go to Macau and bring back several red-haired barbarian cannon makers. My proprietor is more interested in red-haired barbarian cannons.

Especially the kind of artillery suitable for field battles."

"This is easy." Li Guozhu smiled, feeling slightly relieved at the same time.

Originally, when he heard that Zheng Chao had stayed in Nanyang, he thought that this incident was related to Nanyang, which made him a little worried. After all, the Li family did not have a good relationship with the red-haired barbarians over there.

At that time, his father Li Dan was forced to settle in Hirado from Luzon because of his relationship with the red-haired barbarians.

The Franji people in Macau are different. Their strength is far inferior to that of the red-haired barbarians. Moreover, they are within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and their Li family still has a certain power in Macau.

A Han merchant who was sitting with him said at this time: "This matter can be left to Huang Cheng. He is in Macao. It is not a problem to get a few Folangji cannon-casters."

While speaking, he looked towards Li Guozhu.

Li Guoshu thought of Huang Cheng and nodded, saying, "That's fine, I'll leave this matter to Huang Cheng. With his foundation in Macau, it's not difficult to accomplish this."

"I am here to thank the eldest son for our proprietor." Zheng Tie stood up and bowed to Li Guozhu.

Zheng Chao on the side also saluted.

Li Guozhu smiled and said: "You two are too polite, sit down, sit down, sit down."

He raised his hand and motioned for Zheng Tie and Zheng Chao to sit down.

After the two people sat down, he continued: "This matter may be a little difficult in your eyes, but it is not an important matter in my Li family. Moreover, Franji people love money. With Huang Cheng coming forward, it will be more difficult."

Spend some money to buy off the Franji stewards of the artillery factory, and you will be free to choose the cannon casters at the artillery factory. Of course, this will only happen if those Franji gunners are willing to go to Datong with you."

A Han merchant on the side said: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to go. Just put the people in sacks and put them on the boat. They will be taken to Datong. By then, these Folangji people will not be able to stay if they don't want to."

"No need to go to such trouble." Another Han businessman said, "Folangji and Hongmaoyi are both greedy for money. As long as I give you more gold and silver, I will definitely agree to go back to Datong with you."

After several people discussed it, it was decided to go to the Macau Gun Factory to recruit gunsmiths.

Zheng Tie and Zheng Chao looked at each other and did not expect that the matter would be resolved so easily.

The two of them had agreed before going to the banquet to ask Li Guozhu for help in finding a cannon-caster in Macau.

Li Dan's "Kapitan" is not called "Kapitan" for nothing. Except for the red-haired barbarians, no one on the sea can threaten the Li family.

For those unfamiliar with the Tiger Flag, it might not be easy to go to the Macau Gun Factory to find the Franji gunsmiths, but for the Li family, it was not a difficult task.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and an old man of half a century walked in.

"Master Li." The Han merchant at the table suddenly shouted.

Li Guozhu had already stood up, walked to the door, and reached out to help the half-century-old man who walked in.

"No, I'm not old enough to ask for help." Li Dan shook off Li Guoshu's outstretched arm and walked forward alone.

Zheng Tie and Zheng Chao had already gotten up.

The half-century-old man in front of him, who was short in stature and had a gentle face, turned out to be a famous sea merchant in Hirado, the "Kapitan" in the mouth of the red-haired barbarians.

Li Dan took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "These two are Shopkeeper Zheng and Brother Zheng from Datong!"

"I have met Mr. Li."

Zheng Tie and Zheng Chao hugged Li Dan at the same time.

"There's no need to be polite, everyone, sit down, everyone," Li Dan said gently, raising his hand and pressing down, gesturing for everyone to sit down.

Li Dan sat down where Li Guozhu was sitting, while Li Guozhu stood aside to wait on him.

After everyone saw Li Dan sitting down, they sat down again.

"This batch of iron goods you brought is very good. I hope that our two families can often cooperate in the future. Come, I will have a drink with you." Li Dan picked up the wine glass.

Li Guozhu said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper Zheng just said that their boss will send a ship to Hirado in the future. I have already agreed to cooperate with them."

"Then I need to drink this glass of wine." Li Dan raised his glass towards Zheng Tie.

Zheng Tie and Zheng Chao hurriedly raised their glasses, clinked their glasses with Li Dan, and downed the drink in one gulp.

Li Dan took a sip of wine, put down the glass, and said: "I heard from Guozhu that your employer is a famous iron merchant in Datong. As long as you and I cooperate, I can guarantee here that in the future, your tiger-flagged merchant ships will

No one dares to touch this line to Hirado."

"Thank you, Master Li, for taking care of me." Zheng Tie felt happy and hurriedly picked up the wine glass and said, "I would like to propose a toast to Master Li."

Li Dan's words were equivalent to a gold medal for immunity from death for Tiger Flag. With Li Dan's influence in Nanyang and Japan, he said that if no one dared to touch Tiger Flag's ship, then no one would dare to touch it.

Li Dan smiled and picked up the wine glass and took another sip.

Li Guozhu on the side said: "Shopkeeper Zheng and his boss also have contacts with the grassland, and they can get a lot of fur goods from the north."

Li Dan nodded.

Compared with leather goods, he valued the ironware of the Tiger Flag more.

Ironware was a common commodity in Japan and even in Nanyang. If the Li family could win this monopoly, it would be equivalent to controlling the ironware monopoly trade.

Countries including the Ming Dynasty were short of iron, so overseas trade always involved large quantities of iron.

Nowadays, Tiger Flag's ironware can not only be supplied in large quantities, but is also top-notch in terms of quality and craftsmanship.

"I'm old, Guozhu, you should have more contact with Shopkeeper Zheng of Tiger Character Banner and others." Li Dan turned around and warned Li Guozhu.

Li Guozhu said: "This time, shopkeeper Zheng and his boss want to bring back several gunsmiths from the Macau gun factory. My son is going to accompany them to Macau and let Huang Cheng mediate."

"Your boss wants to make his own cannon?" Li Dan became interested and looked at Zheng Tie.

Zheng Tie said: "There are many horse bandits on the grassland. Our proprietor originally built some tiger squatting cannons, but unfortunately the range was too close. Later, I heard that the red-haired barbarians have a two-pound cannon and a four-pound cannon that are very good, so we were specially ordered to bring them.

Several gunsmiths who can make this type of artillery, please go back."

"Your proprietor is very good." Li Dan praised.

As a large merchant on the border between Japan and Nanyang, he often dealt with the Hongmao Yi. He knew that the Hongmao Yi had some artillery, which was suitable for field battles. It was more convenient to use than some of the artillery of the Ming Dynasty and had a longer range.
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