It cannot be said that there were no women taking the lead in the Ming Dynasty, but most of them were brothels and prostitutes.
This was really the first time Jiang Wei had heard of a caravan headed by a woman.
Han Du's eyes were blurry and he said thoughtfully: "Moreover, this woman's identity seems a little unusual."
Jiang Wei recalled that this woman was indeed not as submissive as a woman should be. Instead, she had the aura of a superior person. He guessed, "Maybe she is an important figure in the Hosokawa clan."
"Maybe." Han Du didn't go into details. After all, it was the first time he met this woman and he knew very little about her. There was no point in guessing.
Afterwards, Jiang Wei turned the topic back to business. "Sir, what should students do next?"
Seeing that the teacher did not speak, but just looked at him indifferently, Jiang Wei said what he was thinking, "The student thinks this way. Since the teacher needs to sell a large amount of grain to the Japanese country, it is just right to use the Hosokawa family to sell the grain."
Sell it."
Han Du nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Of course we have to use the Hosokawa family to sell the grain, but we can't let them get it too easily. If they get it too easily, they will wonder if there is a fraud here. You
Say so?"
Jiang Wei lowered his eyes and nodded subconsciously. After all, a smart person like him would never believe that pie will fall in the world. In his eyes, the sky will only rain and hail, and one person will be soaked in the water.
It makes people miserable; one hits them until their noses are bruised and their faces are swollen, which hurts their hearts.
Mr. Hosokawa and the woman were not fools either. He believed that their thoughts were the same as his own.
"What do you mean, sir, let's raise the price a little more?"
Raising the price is the most direct and easiest way to make the Hosokawa family no longer suspicious. Sometimes people are so strange. If you sell a large amount of grain to the Hosokawa family at the lowest price, it is very likely to arouse their suspicion. But if
By raising the price and pretending not to sell, the Hosokawa family would think they had made a lot of money. They would not even question whether there was anything weird in this.
Han Du shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "If we can sell grain to the Hosokawa family at double the price, we will already make a huge profit. If we raise the price any more, it will only make the Hosokawa family shrink back and buy
It’s not much food. You know, the food we want Hosokawa to buy this time is worth millions of dan.”
Jiang Wei nodded secretly, and suddenly felt that his own thinking was a bit simple. He looked up at his husband and asked: "Then what should we do so that we can sell these grains to the Hosokawa family without arousing their suspicion?
"
Han Du stretched out a finger and said one word, "Drag!"
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"Drag?" Jiang Wei's eyes lit up.
Han Du smiled and nodded, "The one who is anxious to buy food now is the Hosokawa family. As long as we delay it for a few days and arouse their anxiety, then there will be no problem."
"What a great idea. Sir, you really have a high-level view on the problem and hit the nail on the head." Jiang Wei quietly complimented the gentleman.
"You don't have to say such lies in front of me. I don't know you yet?" Han Du sneered and stared at Jiang Wei with interest.
Jiang Wei suddenly smiled awkwardly. He had been in the officialdom for many years and had long developed the instinct to talk to others. It was his glib temperament that made him choose to pursue an official career.
The next day, Hosokawa Noriyuki came to see Jiang Wei early in the morning, but was stopped by the guards guarding the gate.
"Standing, what are you doing?"
Hosokawa Noriyuki was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "This military master, I have made an appointment with the Governor-General, and the Governor-General wants to come down. Please be accommodating."
It was a good thing that Hosokawa Mochiyuki didn't say so. When he said this, the guards guarding the gate became even more confused, and their suspicious eyes kept looking back and forth on him.
He asked tentatively: "Who are you? The Governor will meet you?"
"I'm here." Hosokawa Noriyuki was about to speak, but he suddenly realized something in his heart, so he hurriedly changed his words and said, "I'm a businessman."
The palace soldier sneered and said disdainfully: "There are not even a hundred but eighty merchants who come to the Governor's Mansion every day to see the Governor. If you want to see the Governor, just go over there and line up obediently."
Hosokawa Noriyuki followed the line of sight of the soldiers and saw dozens of Ming Dynasty merchants in brocade robes standing opposite, waiting politely. The reason why these people lined up here was because
They all wanted to see the governor and try to see if they could find some opportunities to make a fortune.
Of course Noriyuki Hosokawa refused to queue up. How long will it take for so many people to queue up?
"General, please be accommodating. I am indeed here at the invitation of the governor." As he said that, Hosokawa Mochiue took out a piece of silver cake from his arms and quietly placed it in the hands of the soldiers.
As soon as the silver was acquired, the soldiers glanced at it and saw the white thorns on the silver.
With his eyes, like snowflakes, he knew that this was a good thing of the highest quality. He weighed it casually and found that there were at least twenty taels. With a flip of his wrist, the silver in Fu Bing's hand disappeared instantly.
Seeing that the other party accepted it, Hosokawa Noriyuki immediately felt relieved and bowed again and begged: "General, please be accommodating."
Seeing that the other party was so generous, the government soldier's attitude towards Hosokawa became a little better. He said: "For the sake of your knowledge, I will tell you the truth. The governor is not in the government at all. He went out early this morning.
He has not come back yet. Even if I want to inform you, it will be of no use."
"This, this" Noriyuki Hosokawa was dumbfounded when he heard Fu Bing's words.
He reluctantly glanced at the empty palms of the soldiers and asked unwillingly: "Then, may I ask when the Governor will come back?"
The soldier shrugged his shoulders and said, "How do I know this? How can I, a small soldier, know the whereabouts of the Governor?"
You don't know anything, yet you dare to take money from me? Noriyuki Hosokawa's heart is bleeding. After spending so much money and only hearing one piece of news, this is simply a huge loss.
The fu soldiers ignored the ugly-looking Hosokawa Mokiyuki, politely asked him aside, and then ignored him.
Hosokawa Mokiyuki stared at the door of the Governor's Mansion with an ugly expression. Before he said anything, a person behind him said in Japanese: "Master Shaosuke, these Mingren are really arrogant. They dare to despise you so much. If it hadn't been for your order,
, I will kill him now."
Hosokawa Mokiyuki turned around, glared at the speaker fiercely, and cursed in Japanese: "Shut up, you pig. We are here to bring back food for His Majesty the Emperor, and other people's things are not important."
, you know? Also, don’t call me Mr. Shaojie outside in the future, even if you are talking about us, understand?"
"Yes, I understand." The man immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake, but his face was still unconvinced, "But what the Ming man did was really too much. He actually knew that the governor was not here, and deliberately accepted your money."
Hosokawa Mokiyuki immediately laughed when he heard this, shook his head and retorted: "No, you are wrong. It is precisely because he is willing to take money that this is our opportunity."
"Master Gaoming, what should we do now? Should we just wait here?"
Hosokawa Noriyuki shook his head slightly and said, "No, since the governor is not here, let's go back and wait until tomorrow."
Just when Hosokawa Mochiyuki asked to see Jiang Wei, Han Du was walking alone on the streets of the port. The port is not big, and there are only two streets. The two streets are not parallel or intersecting, but both extend from the port.
, two lines pointing straight to the land, and the Governor's Palace is in the middle of these two streets.
The shops on the street are very simple, and the most common ones are inns and warehouses. The inns are occupied by people, and the warehouses are stocked. And in many cases, the two are completely integrated. An inn is also a warehouse, with people living in the front building and stockings in the backyard.
Moreover, these inns and warehouses are almost all properties of the Governor's Mansion, and very few other businessmen would choose to open shops here.
After all, most of the people who come here are maritime merchants. These maritime merchants come here to do business, not to eat, drink and have fun. Their only needs are accommodation and inventory. Other than that, maritime merchants have almost no other needs.
If they wanted to join in the fun and buy something, wouldn't it be better to go to the capital? How could they come here?
They were just two streets less than 100 meters apart. Even though Han Du was not very fast, it didn't take him long to finish the walk. Feeling a slight heat on his back, Han Du looked around and saw a place on higher ground at a glance.
's inn.
After walking up a dozen steps, Han Du walked in with his hands behind his back.
When the waiter at the inn saw it, he quickly stepped forward and asked sharply: "Do you want to stay in the hotel or have a meal?"
Han Du took a look at this man and saw that the hooks on his hands were very rough. It was caused by pulling ropes frequently on the ship. Then he looked at this man's feet. They were spread far apart and his knees were unnatural.
Slightly bent. Han Du immediately understood that this man must have made a living at sea.
I don’t know where Jiang Wei found such a person and put him here as a waiter.
Han Du only glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze. He snorted twice, cleared his throat and said, "What good wine and food do you have in your store?"
The waiter immediately gave Han Du a series of orders like firecrackers. The most popular dishes were all kinds of seafood, and the rest were only a few kinds of game. As for the original dishes of Goryeo, there were none here.
You don’t need to ask Han Du to know what’s going on. The Koreans probably can’t afford the prices of the dishes in this shop. And the people who come here are all merchants from the Ming Dynasty. The shop doesn’t sell dishes from the Ming Dynasty, so why not?
What business?
Han Du randomly ordered an octopus, a sea cucumber, an oyster, and a mutton. Yes, you read that right, Han Du ordered a table of dishes, but it was all meat, not even a vegetable leaf.