Although Yamamoto Tokiyuki didn't understand Chinese, he was not stupid. He could taste something amiss in Wang Dan's cunning eyes. His smiling expression immediately changed, and he said coldly with a sullen face: "Mr. Wang, what's wrong with this?"
What do you mean? All we want is to make gold and silver accessories for gifts to friends. If Mr. Wang thinks that we want to learn smelting technology, why should we come to you? We can go to Zhou Fang and Ouchi's house, but Ouchi's house is in ten years old.
I mastered the dust blowing method a few years ago.”
"This..." Wang Dan couldn't laugh anymore. He didn't understand craftsman skills at all, and he didn't know that the Ouchi family relied on the Soga Taibei family to master the ash blowing method more than ten years ago. Of course, he didn't know that the Ouchi family
The only ash blowing method mastered by the Nei family is the separation of copper and lead, and the Ouchi family can only achieve this step of separation. The Suga family has hidden the most important technique later, which is called Nanman blowing.
"We only want to hire a skilled goldsmith, for which we can add another five hundred taels of silver. This is our final offer. Please make the decision, Mr. Wang!"
Wang Dan hesitated for a moment, then thought that as long as he told the craftsmen not to talk about the dust blowing method, it would not be a big problem, so he said: "Okay! Leave this matter to Wang!"
Before the end, Kansuke Yamamoto did not forget to threaten him slyly: "I would also like to remind Mr. Wang! The gold and silver utensils we are going to make are for noble people. If you give us a random goldsmith and cause trouble,
If you are in trouble, don’t blame us for coming to you!”
"Well! Easy to say! Easy to say! Wang has a fellow countryman who is the best goldsmith. As long as Mr. Yamamoto promises to only borrow him for half a year, Wang will definitely transfer him for your use!" Wang Dan is a wealthy businessman who is used to living in fine clothes and fine food.
People don't even see pirates a few times throughout the year. When I first saw Yamamoto Kansuke's one-eyed, scarred face and mustache, he had a fierce expression on his face, and he was so frightened that he almost crawled under the table.
"Okay! It's settled then! It will last for one month, and someone will come to trade with Mr. Wang at that time. Let's say goodbye!" After Yamamoto Kansuke finished speaking, he asked people to leave quickly.
After leaving Pinghai Trading Company, Kira Yoshishi used the pretext of having personal matters to attend to, and finally coaxed Yamamoto Tokiyuki back, and took Watanabe Takatsuna into a small bar. At this time, Hattori Masakiyoshi, who had been hiding for a long time, appeared in the bar.
In a small cubicle, he said to him: "This is a secret spot set up by our Hattori clan. Please rest assured! It is absolutely safe here!"
"Well! Thank you for your hard work, Masaaki!" Kira Yoshihi nodded, watched him quietly exit the room, and then said to Watanabe Takazuna: "Takazuna must have been very hard to teach Sakon and the three of them these days!"
"It's too hard! Sakon's talent is very good. He has already learned 30% of my spear skills. If he can surpass me in time, there will be no problem. Although Sanya's thinking is a bit slow, this kid has a simple temperament and can make progress by focusing on practice.
Very soon, my Inuko Gengoro has been practicing with me for several years. After a solid foundation, how far he can practice depends on personal efforts and opportunities." Watanabe Takazuna sighed and seemed to be very satisfied with these three apprentices.
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"In the future, our family will also ask Takazuna for basic spear skills, and we will have to trouble Takazuna even more." Kira Yoshi said with a smile. He was hinting to Watanabe Takazuna, I may ask you to teach him, but don't expect to be my disciple.
, there were only two people in his normal school, they were the same two people before and they will be the same people in the future.
"I must know everything and say everything without saying anything!" Watanabe Takazuna answered respectfully, and I don't know if he heard the implication.
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As we all know, Japan is a famous silver-producing country. In this era, Japanese silver mines have not yet fully exploded in output. For example, Ikuno Ginzan is still in the early stages of mining, but the price of silver is also expensive. The standard exchange price is ten silver
Two is equal to two ounces of five hundred Yongle coins, which is roughly equal to the standard of ten taels of silver and ten guans.
One thousand taels of silver is equivalent to one thousand guan. It seems expensive to exchange such a large sum of money for a few craftsmen, but the level of construction in Japan is very poor. Only in capital-level cities like Kyoto, half of the houses are renovated. The houses in other areas
Still mainly based on grass-renovation, the Kira family's Sakamoto Castle also relied on its strong financial resources to complete part of the renovation. The cost of complete renovation was too high and it was not as cost-effective as building several new towns.
This time, Kiragi sneaked in secretly and did not dare to show up in public. He kept hiding his identity and hid in the bar. Then he sent out a group of people on the side to secretly contact Tsuda Muneki. His original intention was to negotiate another carriage business with Tennojiya. The information he got was
But it was beyond his expectation. Yamaoka Tokichō whispered: "Tennoji Yasoki said that there are already merchants in Sakai Town imitating horse carriages, so the price may be reduced by half."
"What? Tsuda Muneki really said that?" Kira Yoshi narrowed his eyes, his face immediately darkened and he snorted: "What a cunning guy, they must have thought about imitating it a long time ago, right? No wonder they were so happy last time
We negotiated a big price, but now that we have won against the Sanhao family, we are worried about offending us, so we came up with a half-price strategy?"
Last year, he was made aware of the ambiguity of the Tsuda family's attitude when he was trying to purchase the second batch of iron cannons. The imitation of the horse-drawn carriage this time further verified his idea. Imagine that Tennojiya is one of the largest commercial houses in Sakai Town, and he has a unique business.
Who dares to imitate? If you don’t have something to rely on, then you are seeking death. Obviously the imitator is not dead, so isn’t the answer simple?
"Half price? Promise him! It will be the same scale as last time. After the carriage business ends this time, the contract will be temporarily terminated!" The business has reached the point of being merciless, and Kira Yoshitoki has no mercy.
Without hiding his disgust for the Tsuda family's erratic behavior, the Tsuda family must realize that they have done something wrong.
After taking care of the affairs of the Tsuda family, Kira Yoshi, disguised as an ordinary businessman, quietly sneaked into Sakai Town with a group of more than a dozen people to go shopping. It had been more than a year since the last trip to Sakai Town, and he came back to Sakai after a year.
The town seems to be more prosperous than before, and the number of people passing through the streets has increased significantly.
It is said that construction of new towns is still ongoing in Sakai Town, and the functions of various occupations such as craftsmen, merchants, temples, etc. are divided into independent towns and districts. This is also a characteristic of Sakamoto Castle Town, but I don’t know what is the difference between the two.
Who is learning whom.
Unconsciously, he wandered into the main port of Sakai Town. This was his first time here because it was the busiest area of the port in Sakai Town. There were a large number of passengers and cargo flow every day. The area around the port was full of land of various sizes.
There are also a lot of vendors selling goods near the port, ranging from swords, guns and horses to needles and threads.
Many wealthy merchants in Sakai Town started from these small traders, and gradually opened their own shops, and then gradually expanded into a network of shops. Their main shop name is just like Tennojiya, which is as proud as the house number in Sakai Town. When wandering around,
, Yamaoka Tokinaga suddenly ran over and said: "Tate... Your Highness, there are many huge ships over there!"
"Oh! What a big ship! Let me take a look first!" Following the direction Yamaoka Tokuma was pointing, a large number of dark people gathered in front of a huge pier. There were indeed many giant sailing ships moored there. These sailing ships had characteristics similar to those of Japan.
The completely different shape of the traditional wooden ship, the huge horizontal sails and triangle sails, the multi-layered decks, and the tall watchtower all indicate that this is a fleet from Nanman.
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ps: The Nanman people have come out. Who are they? There will be very interesting things happening in the next chapter. Let me explain the details!
