One Emperor through the Ages: Starting from Infinite Copying

Chapter 296

The words of the Dutch businessman made the Tokugawa shogun suddenly excited.

"So, the commodities of the Daming Empire have an absolute advantage?"

The Dutch businessman nodded: "Yes, absolute advantage!" "

"You just said that they sell artillery, arquebuses, and firecrackers, but flintlock guns?"

"Flintlock guns are not sold, many other weapons are sold!" , the Dutch businessman said calmly.

The Tokugawa shogun was excited: "Then do you have a way to buy weapons such as artillery from the Daming Empire and sell them to us!" "

The Dutch merchant frowned: "There are too many quantities, you may not be able to get them, but you can still get them in small quantities." "

"But the price certainly can't make our Dutch businessmen suffer."

The Tokugawa shogun nodded, and the Portuguese merchants on the side had already taken their leave and left.

The Dutch merchant on the side saw that the Portuguese merchant had left, and said in a low voice: "The two red-clothed cannons of your General Tokugawa Gangichi of Kishu Domain were purchased by this Portuguese merchant from the Daming Empire. "

"The weapons of the Daming Empire are of good quality, but the selling price is low, and it has already monopolized the weapons market."

"Tokugawa just bought a red-clothed cannon, five thousand taels of silver."

"The Daming Empire sells 24 red-clothed cannons, how much is a silver piece?"

"One hundred thousand yuan Daming coin! That is, one thousand taels of silver. "

The Tokugawa shogun on the side gritted his teeth in anger: "Yaga, the Portuguese merchant is also too pitted." "

"It's all sold at market prices, after all, it costs money to buy and transport."

"In other words, we have loaned you five million taels of silver, how do you plan to repay it?"

"Interest first and then capital, in other words, how much can you give at least interest?" , Tokugawa shogun looked at the Dutch merchant with sincere eyes.

"I am only a small sub-director of the East India Company, and the interest is at least ten percent, which is the same as the interest on the money you borrowed from your people."

The Tokugawa shogun thought for a moment and nodded: "We agree!" "

"In this way, we will repay the interest of 500,000 taels of silver every year, and after ten years, we will repay the principal of 5 million taels of silver."

The Dutch merchant nodded and took out a contract.

"Shogun, there is no basis for words, we need to sign a contract!"

"If you don't fulfill the contract, we will send a fleet to capture your Iwami silver mine."

The Tokugawa shogunate nodded again and again: "Honorable white man, you are the greatest warriors in the world, if you can send some soldiers and horses to help us fight, I think we Yin people will allow your missionaries to preach in our Yin country!" "

The Dutch merchants were stunned, and the missionaries had just entered the country of Yin and were hammered to death by the people of the country.

Now that the Tokugawa shogun had allowed missionaries to enter the mission, it seemed that he had to write a letter hoping that the governor of Luzon would send colonial troops to his aid.

"Don't worry, Shogun, I will write a letter now and arrange for my subordinates to go to Luzon Island for help, and reinforcements will arrive in the Kingdom of Yin in two months at the earliest!"

The Tokugawa shogunate was very excited, and did not expect this Dutch merchant to get on the road so easily.

When the Daming Eight Banners Assistance Army was expelled, it was really a pleasure to use the advantage of local combat at that time, directly rely on the account, and then drive the Dutch colonial army away.

The Tokugawa shogunate looked down on these white robbers in their hearts, but now the situation is tense, so they have to shoot these white people's horses with their conscience.

The Tokugawa shogun knew in his heart that the Taiwa Empire must not be inferior, even the Daming Empire of the Celestial Empire would one day decline, and when the time came, it was necessary to occupy the territory of the Daming Empire.

The Dutch merchants on the side were very excited, and as long as the country accepted the missionaries, they could later direct their ideas to the idea of white supremacy.

"Shogun, five million taels of silver, we are arranging the transportation of personnel."

"This contract has been signed, and I am resigned!"

The Tokugawa shogun nodded: "Okay, I hope you can transport twenty red-clad cannons and buy some flowering and solid shells." "

"Don't worry, we will buy it from the Portuguese, after all, we are also at war with the Daming Empire."

After the Tokugawa shogun saw off the guests, he and his retainers sat in chairs, looking frustrated.

"Borrowed five million taels of silver from the people, and borrowed five million taels of silver from the Republic of the Netherlands."

"Ten million taels of silver in my hand, I hope to expel the Daming Eight Banners Assistance Army!"

The Tokugawa shogunate was haggard and looked at the few retainers in front of him. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

"Do you have any better ideas?"

"Shogun, now we only have to expand the mining of Iwami Silver Mine."

"Iwami Silver Mine mines 500,000 taels of silver a year, which is only enough to repay interest, and can be increased on a large scale, mining 2 million taels of silver a year."

The Tokugawa shogun thought for a moment and nodded: "Then recruit workers and expand the scale of silver mining as soon as possible." "

"Shogun, it is too troublesome for us to recruit workers, but we can rent them out and sign agreements with Dutch merchants."

"They mined the Iwami silver mine for five years, offsetting our debt of five million taels of silver."

The words of the retainer Tokugawa Shoji made the Tokugawa shogun's eyes shine.

"Go quickly, bring the Dutch merchant back."

After a while, the Dutch merchant was invited back.

The Dutch merchant looked dazed: "Shogun, shouldn't you regret it?" "

"No, no, we intend to use the five-year mining rights of the Iwami Silver Mine to offset our debt of five million taels of silver!"

The Dutch businessman's eyes lit up in an instant.

"I see this proposal, let's re-sign the contract, don't regret it."

"We don't care how much silver 653 mines every year, anyway, the five-year mining right is given to you to offset our debt of five million taels of silver."

Without saying a word, the Dutch businessman drew up the contract.

"Then we will sign the contract now!"

The contract was signed, and the Dutch businessman danced with excitement.

The Tokugawa shogun also breathed a sigh of relief, and the debt of five million taels of silver was discharged in this way, which was really comfortable.

"Shogun, you should recruit troops in your own territory"

"When the major names suffer heavy losses, the Tokugawa shogunate's pro-army will become the main force of the Daimyo Empire, used to deal with the Daming Eight Banners Assistance Army, and then clean up the major names that did not listen to the announcement before, and suffered heavy losses."

"What we have to do is to borrow a knife to kill, and then kill the Eight Flags Assistance Army!" , Tokugawa Shoji said with a smile.

The surrounding courtiers all nodded in agreement.

"Shogun, Tokugawa Shoji is right, this war may be the best time for Amaterasu to give us the complete unification of the Wakoku and the abolition of the actual territories of the major daimyo!"

The Tokugawa shogun was very excited, now is indeed the best opportunity, the 150,000 Tokugawa shogunate direct troops in his territory have not yet been dispatched, and now they only need to let the famous soldiers and horses and the eight flags assist army fight both defeated.

Of course, the pro-clans are still better, and the other clans must weaken their strength, otherwise they will soon be unable to control them.