Chapter 1,484 This business is huge! You can go back and withdraw the money...
"O Buddha! What a long and peaceful river, flowing down from Mount Fuji in the North, just like the original mind of 'emptiness' and 'impermanence'..."
The Shiribetsu River flows quietly, past the opposing fleets, past the stern military formations of both sides, and merges into the West Sea of Ezo. It witnesses the same but different groups of people at the same place and at different times.
Stepping across the river with a knife in hand, we meet each other with smiles.
In the local Ainu language, "Shiribetsu" means "a river belonging to a mountain" and "a river born from a mountain." And that conspicuous mountain is naturally the place where Kazuto and Ainu people engage in farming, fishing and hunting.
The dividing line is the 1,900-meter-high Mount Ezo Fuji.
"The pure white snow top is the pinnacle of the spirit. It should not be stained by the dust of the world, not stained by any bright red, but should only shine brightly and brightly, as bright as gold!..."
At this moment, Morino Kiyoshi led Shojiro Matsushita, who was carrying a bookcase on his back, across the "River of Mountains" and walked towards the military formation of the Shanta people. In his heart, there was a moment of melancholy and a moment of annoyance. But soon,
When he came to Zuvalo, who was wearing a feather crown and smiling, he immediately changed into a smile on his face and bowed deeply.
"Dear Golden Chief! Everything in the world is caused by fate, pain and joy are impermanent, and the winds and clouds are turbulent... It is also the fate of the Buddha to meet you again at this moment. I am grateful for the profound fate!..."
"Haha, God bless you! Sen, we meet again! I'm looking forward to it. This time, what kind of craftsmen and goods have you brought me?..."
"Yes! It is true as the Buddha said, everything is empty and all things have their origin. Many craftsmen are destined to you, but we are just the boatmen on the ferry, bringing the destined people to you..."
By the Shiribie River, the two of them ignored each other and chatted for a while. Then, Morino Kiyoshi bowed again, and for some reason, he acted as polite and polite as when they first met. Maybe it was because they hadn't had tea yet this time? But soon
, he turned to look at Matsushita Shojiro and scolded him.
"Xiang Erlang! Why are you so stunned?! Why don't you take out the "cargo list" and hand it over to the generous Golden Chief?!..."
"Yes...yes!..."
Shojiro Matsushita pursed his lips, bowed at the waist, and gave a deep salute. He had just been peeking at the "majestic ghost-like" mountain warriors, and aimed at Xiong Da and Tiger, who were wearing double armor and were as tall as bears.
Slave, I can't help it
His knees were trembling. It wasn't until Morino Kiyoshi scolded him that he suddenly woke up and put down the book box tremblingly. Soon, he took out a very thick volume and handed it to Zuvarro respectfully and even tremblingly.
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"Dear nobleman! This...this is the list of this transaction, please...please take a look!..."
"Hmm? Three hundred and fifty sets of Tang books, a total of 5,048 volumes? The craftsmen have no family members, they are all craftsmen, a total of 81 people? One thousand and eighty stones of rice? One thousand and eighty kilograms of salt?
One thousand and eighty pieces of swords, spears, bows and armor?... Lord God! The goods that Kazuto brought this time only had five categories in total, but there were so many in quantity?!..."
Zuvalo took the "Trade Catalog" and looked through it for a moment, his face showing surprise. He never thought that Kazuto would bring so many goods this time? And the five items seemed to be the same amount as last time.
Such a big ship, how could it carry so much cargo this time?
Thinking of this, he looked carefully at the seaside again, sizing up the five large Japanese ships opposite. The three low ships were obviously the "Bensai ships" that had appeared last time and sold him two of them, that is, the "vertical ships".
"Sailed flat-bottomed merchant ship". This kind of ship is well designed, has a flat bottom, is light and easy to berth, and is suitable for long-distance sailing. The load capacity should be four hundred stones, about 50 tons. The other two are like this
The style is strange. A large ship with a square head and square stern obviously has a deeper draft and a larger and taller cabin! I am afraid that the load capacity of these two new ships is far more than "four hundred stones", but more like five hundred or six hundred stones.
We’re on the same page. However, even if it’s a 600-stone cargo ship, the cargo this time is too much. Can only five ships really carry so much cargo and supplies and transport them thousands of miles?…
"Huh? A square boat of this shape, with a hull so high, looks like a square turtle shell? If it encounters a bigger wave on the sea, the boat will probably overturn directly and it will not be able to withstand it at all!
…”
Zuvarro frowned slightly and looked at Kazuto's "Guan Ship", which he saw for the first time, with the eyes of a "professional navigator". This new ship has two rows of oars, two vertical sails, and
Go up to a deck twice as high. It is obvious that this is a large galley-sailed ship, just like the longship of the kingdom!
However, the shape of this ship seems to be about the same length as the long ships of the kingdom, but the width of the hull and the height of the ship's side are obviously much higher than those of the galley long ships and flat-bottomed merchant ships. Such a proportional design is completely
It doesn't look like a long and slender fish in the water, but more like a thick turtle on land. It looks very strange and light at first glance! Obviously, this kind of boat is not suitable for long-term voyages deep into the sea. It looks like...for naval battles,
And the warship is intentionally heightened and widened!
"Witness the Lord God! Even though a tortoise-shell boat is big and tall...it is definitely not easy to use!..."
Zuvaro looked at it for a moment, and gave "Guan Feng" a cross in his mind. Then, he reached out his hand again, quickly held Morino Qing's arm, and asked with a "kind" smile.
"Sen! Do you want to sell the five ships you brought this time, especially the three flat-bottomed merchant ships?..."
"Ah! Zu, my friend, the noble Golden Chief... These three merchant ships are the last ones I have left! New ships are still being built, and we have to wait until next year..."
"Haha, don't you have a new square ship? These small merchant ships are sold to me just like last time! One ship has twenty kilograms of gold!"
"Zu! These...these are my last three merchant ships..."
"Sen, be more cheerful and sell me two ships! Add ten more pounds! Two ships of fifty pounds of gold, pay with one hand and deliver the ship with the other!..."
"Buddha! Fifty pounds of gold?!..."
Faced with such a "sincere" price increase, Morino Kiyoshi trembled, his expression changed again and again. He opened his mouth, and the words of rejection came to his lips, but he couldn't say it out. At this moment, he didn't look like he was coming from the wind.
, the Kinki wealthy businessman who went to wander around looked like a woman who had never been out and could not make up her mind. After a while, looking at the "sincere face" of the golden chief, he looked complicated and let out a long sigh!
"Hey! Zu, my friend... I can only sell you one boat, and it's not a good boat... Are you sure?"
"Huh? There's only one ship. It's okay if the Lord God witnesses it! Sen, be more neat and give it to me with the ship and cargo!"
Under Zuvalo's attention, Morino Kiyoshi finally took a deep breath, smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, okay! With the blessing of the Buddha, I will sell you one ship and its goods!... When we were sailing over, a merchant ship was damaged and the sailing speed was relatively slow... But as long as it is towed by other ships
, go to the port, repair it for seven or eight days, and you should be able to repair it before the freeze..."
"That's right! Among the craftsmen brought this time, two are also Omi shipwrights who have repaired ships, and their skills are not bad. As long as you have enough wood when you arrive at your port, just hand it over to them... Well, there are still some craftsmen.
Specialized carpenters are good at making boards, and they all bring a complete set of tools. Although I charge a high price for the craftsman, the tools are all given to you for free..."
Morino Qingxu rambled for a while, then took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked at Zuvarro. At this moment, a smile appeared on his face again, his voice became much calmer, and he asked softly and naturally.
"Zu, my respected Chief Shantao! This time, we have brought a lot of goods! Especially the craftsmen you need are all real Kinki craftsmen, and there are no extra family members... If you want them all, the gold you need
, I’m afraid the number is indeed quite large!”
"In addition, Zu, according to your request last time, I searched for you for a long time... and finally brought an outstanding Chinese herbal medicine craftsman! A truly capable doctor who came from Jishengyuan and specialized in treating nobles of the Li Dynasty.
The ‘North Korean Medical Woman’!”
"…?North Korean medical woman?!"
"That's right! Zu, whether in our country or in North Korea in the west, the status of medical craftsmen is very high. And outstanding great medical craftsmen and great medical officers have close relationships with nobles everywhere, and their status is equivalent to that of aristocratic martial arts families!
It's not easy to 'invite' them. To 'invite' them forcefully would be too risky afterwards... Fortunately, with my connections with the Tiantai Sect, I have always been able to speak well in front of the various clans in Kyushu in the Western Kingdom..."
"Buddha bless me! After many twists and turns, I found two guarantor brokers, and then I got a 'North Korean medical woman' from the Songpu Party with a 'heavy sum of money'! This medical woman has the level of a great medical craftsman"
! She was born in Matsuura more than four years ago
When the party went deep into Gyeongsangnam-do and plundered Juchang County, they finally caught her. It is said that she served the princess of Yeonsangun, Mrs. Shin of Juchang County... She was a real Joseon royal doctor, and her skills were as good as those of Kyoto
The great public medical officers are comparable!…”
Morino Seiichi boasted and described the abilities of this Korean medical woman as that of the "ancestor of medicine" Tanba Yarayori. Of course, he did not tell Zuwaro that in the Korean kingdom where hierarchy was solidified and men were superior to women, the so-called medical women
, no matter how good their medical skills are, they cannot change their humble status.
Although they were trained by official medical schools, they were completely incomparable with male doctors in Lee's Joseon. In fact, most of their work was not to treat the nobles, but to serve as medical prostitutes for the nobles. Now just
The reigning King of Korea, Yeonsangun, was famous for his debauchery, and this one is the best...
"Ahem! Don't tell lies in front of the Buddha! The reason why the Songpu Party took away this Korean medical woman when they looted it was not because they knew her medical skills, but because they wanted her to be young, beautiful and outstanding... This time, in order to let the Songpu Party
The head of the family, Toyohisa Matsuura, parted ways with me.
But he was given a full two...cough...ten kilograms of gold!...And the two guarantors also got a share. Yes, each of them was...well...ten kilograms of gold! Not to mention, I am thousands of miles away.
A long way from Kyushu in the south to Ezo in the north..."
"Sen! As long as this respected medical craftsman has the real ability to inoculate pox... No matter he is a man or a woman, the Lord God will bless her! Let her come over and show off her medical skills!
...As for the asking price, I remember that I gave you a deposit of twenty kilograms of gold before, right?..."
"Um, Zu, my respected Golden Chief!... We agreed at the time that twenty kilograms of gold would be the deposit. But the cost of my work this time is already twenty or thirty kilograms of gold... You have to let me earn some..."
"Okay! Bring the person here first! I want to ask first, whether this Korean medical woman can be vaccinated against pox, and whether she can resist the smallpox epidemic!..."
Zuvarro raised his brows and interrupted Morino Kiyoshi's bid increase. At this moment, his face was solemn as never before. This was a top priority that His Majesty personally predicted and specifically emphasized in a letter, regardless of the cost.
No amount of gold is exaggerated!
"Witness the Lord God! Sen, if she really has outstanding medical skills... don't talk about 20 yuan or 30 gold talismans... This time, I will directly give you 50 yuan, 50 pounds of gold! And what's next?"
I want them all too, North Korean Medical Women!…”
"Hiss! Fifty pounds of gold? Six thousand eight hundred stones of rice? The annual income of three hundred lower-level warriors?!..."
Hearing such an unbelievable price, Morino Kiyoshi took a breath of cold air. At this moment, all the words he had originally thought of were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say a word for a while. After a while, he finally
Breathing slightly, with slightly red eyes, seemingly naturally, he asked a question that he had been preparing for a long time.
"Ancestor! Do you really have so much gold? The goods we brought this time, ranging from books, craftsmen, rice, salt, military supplies to ships, were two or three times more than the last transaction, and probably hundreds of gold talismans!
…”
"Buddha's blessing! If you don't have enough gold, then we can trade part of it first... Then, we will wait here for you to send a ship back to your gold camp to get the gold back..."