Chapter 1484 This Deal Is Huge! You Can Go Back and Get the Money

Chapter 1484 This business is big! You can go back and get the money...

"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, passing through the fleets confronting each other, passing through the solemn military formations of both sides, and merging into the West Sea of ​​Ezo. It witnessed two groups of people who were the same but different, stepping across the river with swords in the same place and meeting with smiles at different times.

In the local Ainu language, "Shiribetsu" means "a river belonging to the mountain" and "a river born from the mountain". And the conspicuous mountain is naturally the dividing line between humans and Ainu people, farming and fishing, the 1,900-meter-high "Ezo Fuji".

"The pure white snow top is the pinnacle of the spirit. It should be free from the dust of the world, without a drop of red, but with a bright and clear light, as brilliant as gold!"

At this moment, Morino Kiyoshi led Matsushita Shojiro, who was carrying a bookcase, across the "river of the mountain" and walked towards the Shantaar army. In his heart, there was a moment of melancholy and annoyance. But soon, when he came in front of Zuvaro, who was wearing a feather crown and a sacrificial robe and smiling, he immediately changed his face into a full smile and bowed deeply.

"Respected Golden Chief! Everything in the world is fate, happiness and sorrow are impermanent, and the wind and clouds are surging... Meeting you again at this moment is also the fate of the Buddha, and I am grateful for the deep fate!..."

"Haha, the Lord God blesses you! Mori, we meet again! I am looking forward to it. This time, what kind of craftsmen and goods will you bring me?..."

"Yes! It is true as the Buddha said, everything is empty, and everything is caused by fate. Many craftsmen have a fate with you, and we are just the boatmen of the ferry, bringing the predestined people to you..."

On the banks of the Shiribetsu River, the two of them exchanged greetings for a while regardless of anything. Then, Morino Kiyoshi bowed again, and for some reason, he behaved as reserved and polite as when they first met. Perhaps, they didn't drink tea this time? But soon, he turned his head to look at Matsushita Shojiro and scolded and ordered.

"Xiang Jilang! What are you doing?! Why don't you take out the 'goods list' and hand it over to the generous golden chief?!"

"Yes...Yes!"

Matsushita Xiang Jilang pursed his lips, bowed over his waist, and bowed deeply. He had just been peeking at the "magnificent as ghosts" Shanta warriors, looking at Xiong Da and Hu Nu who were as tall as bears wearing double armor, and couldn't help but trembling in his knees. It was not until Morino Kiyoshi scolded him that he suddenly woke up and put down the book box with a tremor. Soon, he took out a very thick book and handed it to Zuwaro respectfully and even tremblingly.

"Respected 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 five thousand and forty-eight books? The craftsmen have no family, all are craftsmen, a total of eighty-one 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 brought by He Ren this time are only five categories in total, but the quantity is so large?!..."

Zuvarro took the "trading catalogue" and flipped through it, and his face showed surprise. He had never thought that He Ren would bring so many goods this time? And how could the five large ships that seemed to have the same number as last time hold so many goods this time?

Thinking of this, he looked carefully at the seaside again, looking at the five large He Ren ships opposite. Among them, the three short ones were obviously the "benzai ships" that appeared last time and sold two to him, that is, "vertical sail flat-bottomed merchant ships." This kind of ship is well designed, with a flat bottom, easy to moor, and suitable for long-distance sailing. The load capacity should be 400 dan, about 50 tons. The other two strange-styled large ships with square heads and sterns obviously have a deeper draft, and the cabins are larger and higher! I'm afraid that the load capacity of these two new ships is far more than "400 dan", but should be 500 dan or 600 dan. However, even for a 600-dan cargo ship, the cargo this time is too much. Can only five ships really hold so much cargo and supplies, and transport them thousands of miles? …

"Hmm? This kind of square ship, with such a high hull, is like a square turtle shell? If it encounters a bigger wave on the sea, this ship may directly overturn and can't bear it at all!..."

Zuvaro frowned slightly, and looked at the "Kansen" that 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 a deck that is twice as high. Obviously, this is a large paddle-sail boat, just like the kingdom's longboat!

However, the shape of this boat seems to be about the same length as the kingdom's longboat, but the width of the hull and the height of the side are obviously higher than those of the paddle-sail longboat and the flat-bottomed merchant ship, and much higher. This proportion design does not look like a slender fish in the water at all, but rather like a sturdy 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... a warship that is intentionally raised and widened for naval battles!

"The Lord God is a witness! The tortoise shell ship, although large and tall... is definitely not easy to use!..."

Zuvarro looked at it for a moment and crossed out the "Guan Ship" in his heart. Then, he reached out his hand again, quickly grasped Morino Kiyoshi's arm, and asked with a "kind" smile.

"Sen! Are you selling the five ships you brought this time, especially the three flat-bottomed merchant ships?..."

"Ah! Zu, my friend, the honorable Golden Chieftain... These three merchant ships are the last ones I have left! New ships are still being built, and they will have to wait until next year..."

"Haha, don't you have new square ships? Sell these small merchant ships to me like last time! Twenty kilograms of gold per ship!"

"Ancestor! These... these are my last three merchant ships..."

"Sen, be quick, sell me two! Add ten kilograms! Fifty kilograms of gold for two ships, one hand for the money, the other hand for the ships!..."

"Buddha! Fifty kilograms of gold?!..."

Faced with such a "sincere" price increase, Morino Kiyoshi trembled all over, and his expression changed again and again. He opened his mouth, and the words of refusal came to his lips, but he couldn't say it. At this moment, he didn't look like a wealthy merchant in Kinki who went with the wind and waves, but like a woman who had never been out of the house and couldn't make up her mind. After a while, looking at the "sincere" golden chief, he looked complicated and sighed!

"Hey! Zu, my friend... I can only sell you one ship, and it's not a good one... Are you sure you want it?"

"Huh? Only one? It's OK if the Lord God is a witness! Sen, be quick, give me both the ship and the goods!"

Under Zuvaro's gaze, Sen Yeqing finally took a deep breath, smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay! Buddha bless you, I will sell you a ship with the goods!... When we were sailing here, a merchant ship was damaged and sailed slowly... But as long as we use other ships to tow it to the port and repair it for seven or eight days, it should be repaired before the freezing..."

"By the way! Among the craftsmen brought this time, there are two Omi shipwrights who have also repaired ships before, and their skills are not bad. As long as we arrive at your port and have enough wood, just give it to them... Well, there are also special carpenters among the craftsmen, who are good at making boards, and they all bring a set of tools. Although I charge a lot for the craftsmen, I will give you the tools for free..."

Moriye Qing nagging for a long time, then took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked at Zuvaro. At this moment, a smile appeared on his face again, and his voice became much calmer, and he asked softly and naturally.

"Ancestor, my respected Shanta chief! This time, we brought a lot of goods! Especially the craftsmen you need, they are all real Kinki craftsmen, without family members... If you want all of them, the amount of gold you need is probably quite a lot!"

"In addition, Ancestor, I have searched for you for a long time according to your last request... Finally, I brought an outstanding Chinese medicine master! A truly capable 'Korean female doctor' who came from Jishengyuan and specializes in treating the nobles of the Joseon Dynasty!"

"...? Korean female doctor?!"

"That's right! Ancestor, whether in our country or in Korea to the west, the status of doctors is very high. And the outstanding master doctors and medical officers have close relations with the nobles in various places, and their status is equivalent to that of the nobles! They are not that It is not easy to invite her. If we force her, the risk will be too great. Fortunately, my relationship with the Tiantai Sect has always been influential in front of the various clans in Kyushu, the western country..."

"Buddha bless you! After many twists and turns, I found two middlemen to guarantee, and finally got a "Korean female doctor" from the hands of the Matsuura Party with a "large sum of money"! This female doctor is at the level of a great doctor! She was caught by the Matsuura Party more than four years ago when they went deep into Gyeongsangnam-do and looted Geochang County. It is said that she served Yeonsangun's wife, Lady Shin of Geochang County... She is a real Korean royal doctor, and her skills are equivalent to those of the great doctors of the Kyoto court! ..."

Morino Kiyoshi boasted that the skills of this Korean female doctor were as good as those of the "ancestor of medicine" Tamba Yasuyori. Of course, he did not tell Zuvaro that in the Korean Kingdom, where the hierarchy was rigid and men were superior to women, the so-called female doctor, no matter how good her medical skills were, could not change her humble status. Although they were trained in official medical schools, they were completely incomparable to male doctors in the Joseon Dynasty. In fact, most of the time, their job was not to treat patients for the nobles, but to serve as medical prostitutes for the nobles. The newly-appointed King Yeonsangun of Joseon was famous for his debauchery, and he liked this kind of thing the most...

"Ahem! Don't lie in front of the Buddha! The reason why the Matsuura Party took this Korean female doctor away during the robbery was not because they knew her medical skills, but because they coveted her youth and beauty... This time, in order to make the head of the Matsuura Party, Matsuura Toyohisa, give up her love, I gave him two... ahem... ten kilograms of gold!... And the two middlemen who guaranteed it also had to take a share, yes, each of them... um... ten kilograms of gold! Not to mention, I traveled thousands of miles to transport her from the southernmost Kyushu to the northernmost Ezo..."

"Mori! As long as this respected doctor has real 's ability to vaccinate smallpox... Whether she is a man or a woman, the Lord God will bless her! Let her come over and show her medical skills! ... As for the price, I remember that I have given you a deposit of 20 kilograms of gold before, right? ..."

"That, Zu, my respected Golden Chief! ... We agreed at the time that 20 kilograms of gold was the deposit. But the cost of my work this time is 20 to 30 kilograms of gold... You have to let me make some money..."

"Okay! Bring the person first! I want to ask first, this Korean female doctor, whether she can vaccinate smallpox, whether she can resist the evil smallpox epidemic! ..."

Zuwa Luo raised his eyebrows and interrupted Morino Kiyoshi's price. At this moment, his face was more solemn than ever. This is a top priority predicted by His Majesty himself and emphasized in a special letter. No matter how much gold is spent, it is not too much!

"The Lord God bears witness! Sen, if she really has outstanding medical skills... don't talk about twenty or thirty gold talismans... this time, I will directly give you fifty, fifty kilograms of gold! And there is this 'North Korean female doctor' behind it, I want it all!..."

"Hiss! Fifty kilograms of gold? Six thousand eight hundred stones of rice? The annual income of three hundred lower-level samurai?!..."

Hearing such an unbelievable price, Morino Kiyoshi took a breath. At this moment, the words he had prepared were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. After a long while, he panted lightly, his eyes slightly red, and asked a question that he had prepared for a long time, seemingly naturally.

"Ancestor! Do you really have so much gold? The goods we brought this time, from books, craftsmen, rice and salt, military supplies to ships, are more than two or three times the last transaction. I'm afraid it will cost hundreds of gold talismans!..."

"Buddha bless you! If you don't have enough gold, then we can trade part of it first... Then, we'll wait here until you send the ship back to your gold camp to get the gold back..."