Chapter 340 30. Digging a Trap to Deceive the Boss

"By the way, Matsudaira Mikawa-no-kami of Mikawa also ordered 50 Sakai iron cannons from me."

It seems that Sukezaemon did a big business before he came, and he must have cheated a lot of money from the local people of Mikawa.

"Oh? Matsudaira Mikawa-no-kami? How much is one?" Kobayata hasn't heard from Mikawa for a long time.

"One is 17 kan, hahahaha." "Oh, it's a big business, Sukezaemon made a lot of money."

Sukezaemon waved his hand, it's not a big deal to cheat the local people of Mikawa.

"I remember that it wasn't long since the Anxiang Matsudaira family was revived, how could they have such financial resources?" Kobayata saw that Matsudaira Ieyasu only had a small Okazaki Castle, and it was impossible for him to take out a huge sum of 850 kan at once.

"Originally, I was afraid that Mikawa-no-kami would use rice to discount the price, but this one has won over a good helper."

Sukezaemon was beaming with joy, and he spoke as if he was reading a novel. Matsudaira Ieyasu was only the lord of Okazaki Castle, a small lord with less than 10,000 kan, and his family had just been revived, so he was naturally a poor guy.

But he had no money, but he fooled a rich man. Torii Tadayoshi, the former governor of Nishimikawa and the governor of Nuota County of the Suruga Imagawa clan.

It’s okay if you are not familiar with him, he also has a very famous son named Torii Mototada, the one who was the governor of Fushimi, the eight hundred castle soldiers, and all the soldiers died in the battle. Everyone knows this person, and he has done a lot of great deeds.

But at this time, Torii Mototada was still a young man in his teens, so there was no need to care about him. His father Torii Tadayoshi was the real boss at this time, how big was he?

Torii Tadayoshi had been the governor and deputy governor of Matsudaira Kiyokasa, and the governor of the Imagawa clan. What’s more exaggerated is that Oda Nobunaga came and appointed Matsudaira Ieyasu as the lord of Okazaki Castle, and he was also the governor of Nuota County. "Three-surnamed family slaves", nothing more than this.

Moreover, this evergreen political figure who is like an unshakable man has extremely high means. He can't say that he has levied heavy taxes, but he certainly has exploited the people, deceived his superiors and subordinates, made false accounts, and made large and small amounts of money.

In the end, he accumulated a huge amount of Yongle money that filled the entire rice warehouse. The money ropes were rotten and countless. The richest man in Mikawa Province is definitely Torii Iga no Kami, who has so much money that he can't even count it.

However, his eldest son and second son died in the conflict between various major forces one after another, and he only had two sons left when he was old. In order to pave the way for Torii Mototada. He generously donated all the money in the rice warehouse to Matsudaira Ieyasu, which was extremely effective.

First, the "three-surnamed family slave" became "the only loyal minister in the country", and then Torii Mototada's career was very smooth, and he directly became Matsudaira Ieyasu's close-up and became a close and trusted minister.

With the money in the rice warehouse, Matsudaira Ieyasu immediately took off, buying as much as he could, and before coming, he and the Yamanouchi family bought dozens of Shinano horses. Now he bought fifty more iron cannons. He is absolutely stupid and rich. Come quickly!

Jozaemon and several merchants were brought to the rice warehouse by Matsudaira Ieyasu. He was very generous and asked them to move as much as possible. They fully experienced the taste of a local tycoon.

According to Jozaemon, Matsudaira Ieyasu still had at least half a rice warehouse of Yongle money stored there. He was preparing to make a big move and empty the family of this Mikawa bumpkin.

"Since you have a way, why don't I help you pull a line." Xiao Pingtai suddenly had an idea.

"You know the big gun? It shakes the earth and can shoot fifteen bullets at a time." Xiao Pingtai showed a devilish smile.

"Is it the big gun that exploded under Fuchū Castle before? Is it reliable?" Jozaemon had obviously heard of this.

"Come on, come on, I'll take you to see it. Seeing is believing." Xiao Pingtai said, and he stood up and took Jozaemon's hand and walked out of the house without hesitation.

Chen San immediately took out an oil-paper umbrella, and Nabe nosuke also took the straw sandals to Koyata.

Koyata was wearing kapok socks, but he still felt very cold when he put his feet into the straw sandals. Well, it was chilly. It seems that our Nabe nosuke did not have the anecdote of covering his chest with straw sandals. It seems that the boy's understanding is not good.

However, this matter was immediately put aside. Kobe nosuke rushed to the iron cannon workshop with Sukezaemon. He ordered the craftsman to pull out a large barrel and test the cannon for Sukezaemon.

For Sukezaemon, who had never seen a hundred-shot Portuguese gun, the roaring large barrel and the wide shotgun-like attack area of ​​more than ten rounds at a time. He immediately noticed the business opportunity, and the "gold" light flashed in his eyes.

"How much is a large barrel? Don't cheat me, Tanzheng." Sukezaemon got straight to the point.

"If it's the cost price, it's only 30 or 40 kan, but if it's sold to Matsudaira Mikawa-no-kami, how about 200 kan?" Kobayata had asked Yamauchi Yoshikatsu a long time ago. If someone wants the big gun, he can sell it. Anyway, he has a Portuguese gun, so he doesn't really care about the big gun.

As long as the price is right, it can be sold. Anyway, in a few years, big guns will be slowly made everywhere, and finally the whole country will be full of them, and they will become common goods.

"200 kan? This price is not cheap." Sukezaemon sighed, but his face was full of Kobayata, you are a profiteer, you are bad and black, I like it.

"I still have to rely on your clever mouth to help me sell it to Matsudaira Mikawa-no-kami?" Kobayata raised his eyebrows, and his ugly face became uglier, but Sukezaemon didn't care at all.

So the two of them immediately discussed it, and the house sent a guy who knew how to use a cannon to come over and learn the operation of the big gun thoroughly, and then directly handed the big gun for testing to Sukezaemon, letting him boldly fool the country bumpkins in Mikawa.

But the big gun can only pay him five times a month at most, so take it easy and don't fool Matsudaira Ieyasu into buying ten or twenty guns. The Yamauchi family can't deliver so many.

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Jozaemon's mouth is unmatched when it comes to selling goods. In less than half a month, the news was passed back to Yamauchi.

200 kan per gun, Matsudaira Ieyasu wants six big guns, it would be best if they can be delivered before the New Year, if not, they must be delivered by the end of the first lunar month. He also needs to teach him how to fire and how to load.

This is not a problem, it's a small matter.

And the huge profit of 900 kan is 40:6, Jozaemon gets 4 and the Yamauchi family gets 6. Everyone is happy, except for an old turtle who was cheated but is still happily stroking the big gun for the time being.

Kobayata secretly thought that if a few years later, Matsudaira Ieyasu saw the Portuguese gun, and the Dutch-made Kabarin bronze cannon, he would probably want to tear Sukezaemon, who was cheating him, into eight pieces.

But now, hahahahaha! Anyway, Matsudaira Ieyasu had finally made such a fortune, but it was completely cheated away by Kobayata and Sukezaemon.

The road for the Matsudaira clan to unify Western Mikawa is getting longer.