Ailang said: "To be precise, I want to understand whether the Japanese can make me a lot of wealth. You are a big merchant who deals with the Japanese. You should know their situation, right?"

Seeing that Ai Lang did not hide his intentions at all, Gao Shen suddenly felt a good impression. Gao Shen actually had great ambitions since childhood, but the hypocritical behavior in the officialdom made him very disgusted and disgusted, so he simply left his career and took over his father's mansion and started a businessman's life. Over the years, although Gao Shen left his career and started a maritime businessman, he had to deal with the government. He was used to the ugly face of the officials and was actually very repulsive to the people in the officialdom. He came to see Ai Lang today, but he didn't expect that the legendary general in front of him was completely different from the people in the officialdom he was used to. He said it straightforwardly without any hypocritical behavior! This made Gao Shen very happy!

Gao Shen clasped his fists and said, "In fact, overseas Japanese are much poorer and weaker than us, but they are rich in silver and sulfur and many precious Chinese medicinal materials. Because they are overseas people, they are also very rich in seafood! In fact, we trade with Japanese people, mainly bartering and using our various products to exchange for their various supplies. Among them, swords and silk are the most popular goods!..."

Ailang was surprised and asked, "Swords and silk are the most popular goods?" Gao Shen nodded, "That's right!" Ailang smiled, "I thought it was porcelain and silk?" "Reporting to the general, although porcelain is a relatively popular goods, it is far inferior to swords and silk. After all, the Japanese can produce porcelain themselves, but their craftsmanship is not as good as us."

Ailang nodded and asked curiously: "Why are our swords very popular among them? Are our swords better than theirs?" Ailang asked this because of the memory of modern society. In his memory, the Japanese samurai sword is world-famous, and there are few swords in the world that can be compared with it.

Gao Shen couldn't help but look strange and said with a fist: "The Japanese sword making technology actually originated from our China. However, their craftsmanship is limited and the iron material is not pure, so the swords they cast cannot be compared with China! Also, because of the scarcity of iron ore and the iron production is very low, it is difficult for the troops of each prince to ensure that all iron weapons are equipped. Often, only the elite troops around the princes can fully equip iron weapons. Therefore, the Japanese demand for our China's iron swords is extremely high! In fact, trafficking of iron swords to Japan is now the most profitable project in maritime trade. In addition, iron farm tools are also very in short supply in Japan!"

It was the first time that Ailang heard about such a thing, and only felt incredible. In fact, Ailang was very rare. In fact, until their Warring States Period, that is, the end of the Ming Dynasty in China, the army of Daming in various places still used bamboo spears, and iron armor was still very rare at that time. This also shows that the Japanese iron smelting industry was backward. Even if they made sharp samurai swords, they could not change this fact.

Ailang asked with a smile: "You three generations of trade with the Japanese must have made a lot of money, right?"

Gao Shen smiled bitterly and said with a fist: "The general doesn't know that although the Japanese are foreigners, they are very cunning. The profits we earn from trade with them are not much higher than those of domestic trade! Unless it is swords and silk!"

Ailang thought for a while and asked, "If I trade with the Japanese with all my might, how much money do you think I can make in a month?" Gao Shen thought for a while and said with his fists: "Report to the general, if you can supply swords with all your strength, it should be no problem to earn 200,000 taels of silver per month!" Ailang was overjoyed and asked, "Are you saying true?"

"How dare the villain talk nonsense? The general may not know that now the Japanese country is in a melee civil strife, and the demand for swords, armor, bows, crossbows and arrows is much greater than usual! If we can supply swords, armor and other equipment at this time, we will definitely make a lot of money!"

Ailang asked in surprise: "The Japanese are in civil strife?" Ailang's history is not good, and he doesn't know much about the history of his country in this era, and naturally he is even less clear about the history of the Japanese for such a long time. In fact, the Japanese era can be said to be inextricable. Local forces and royal factions attack each other for power and profit, and the battle situation is extremely tragic. Some scholars once believed that the intensity of the internal war in Japan in this era may be greater than the so-called melee in the Warring States Period in later generations. Without this melee, the population of the Japanese would probably reach the total population of the Japanese in modern society in the 17th century. However, this view cannot be recognized by most people because of the lack of archaeological evidence support.

Gao Shen clasped his fists and said, "The villain passed by Japan not long ago and once witnessed a great battle. Both sides sent 10,000 people to confront each other on a plain. Everyone was like wild beasts, killing corpses everywhere and blood flowing into rivers!" Speaking of this, Gao Shen couldn't help frowning, "Although these Japanese people were short and simple in equipment, they were fierce like wild beasts, which was chilling!"

Ailang didn't care at all. He only cared about whether he could make money. However, he felt that he was preparing for the war that was not long ago. If the sword armor was not enough, how could he sell it to the Japanese? Ailang couldn't help but feel distressed. Chen Gong saw Ailang's expression in his eyes, immediately understood Ailang's thoughts, and clasped his fists and said, "General, there are a large number of damaged armor and swords in our warehouse!" Ailang had fought with enemies from all sides over the years. Ailang had accumulated a large number of damaged armor and swords in the warehouse. Some of these damaged equipment were owned by Lu Bu's army, but more were collected from the enemy when Lu Bu's army cleaned the battlefield. The total number was as many as hundreds of thousands! Since the cost of repairing these armor and swords was almost as good as the new ones, these armor and swords were piled up in the warehouse without anyone caring about it.

Ailang's eyes lit up after hearing Chen Gong's words, and he quickly looked at Gao Shen and asked, "Is the damaged armor and swords easy to sell?" Gao Shen smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Lord, most Japanese people are still fighting with stone tools or even bamboo guns. The damaged swords are countless times better than those! Moreover, even if our swords are damaged, they are probably better than the intact swords they cast themselves! There is no need to worry about sales, but after all, if they are damaged, they are not good to sell, and the price may be affected to a certain extent..."

Ailang laughed and waved his hand, "It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! Gaoshen, I will leave this matter to you with full responsibility. You have to make as much money as possible! I will draw 10% of the profits for you, how about it?"

Gao Shen looked at Ailang in amazement. He never expected Ailang to be so generous! He came back to his senses and hurriedly clasped his fists gratefully and said, "The lord trusts the grass people so much, and the grass people are grateful! Being able to serve the lord is a blessing for the grass people. Why dare to take advantage of the grass people! No! No!"

Ailang said angrily: "If you want to do things, you will naturally have to pay you! This matter is decided!" Gao Shen looked at Ailang foolishly and hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, the grass people will collect one percent of the profit! There are so many grass people who really dare not ask for it!"

Seeing that he insisted, Ailang was so happy to make more money, he smiled and nodded and agreed, saying, "You can talk to Lao Chen about specific matters." "Yes."

Chen Gong bowed to Ailang and said, "General, are you going to take Gaoshen back to the official office to discuss specific matters?" Ailang nodded, "Go." The two bowed again and left the hall.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, Ailang simply came to the study. Seeing that there were a lot of official documents that he needed to review, he immediately had a headache. However, he had to deal with any headache. He took a deep breath, walked to the back of the document, and sat down, and began to review the official documents. I don’t know how long it had passed, and sleepy came, and Ailang fell asleep on the desk.

When I woke up, I saw that it was pitch black outside the window. I don’t know when. Ailang sat up and suddenly found a long robe on his body slid down! Ailang was stunned. He didn’t remember that he was wearing a robe? He picked up the robe and smelled two wonderful fragrances like orchids and muskies. Ailang couldn’t help but smile and muttered, “It’s my eldest wife and cicadas,” he was about to take the robe away. At this time, he smelled the other two fragrances and couldn’t help but smile, “There are the fragrances of Da Qiao and Wudie. They have all come.” Then he looked again

There was a large basin of hot water on the desk in front of him, and there were several porcelain cups of various sizes in the hot water. Ailang felt aroused and took out the porcelain cups one by one. Because it was kept warm in the hot water, it was still hot. Uncovered the lid, I saw that each porcelain cup was the same late-night snack or delicacy, which were naturally prepared by his wives. Ailang was very happy and couldn't help but mutter, "It's good to be good, my wife!" Then he picked up the porcelain cup full of milky white fish soup and drank it, feeling it was particularly delicious.

Ailang swept away the late-night snacks prepared by his wives for him like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and he felt his stomach bulging and very comfortable.

I stood up and came out of the study. I saw a bright moon hanging high in the night sky. The night was like washing and the clouds were as colorful as veil. The scene was very wonderful. At this time, there were bursts of joy and noise from the streets in the distance. The nightlife in Xuzhou had just begun!

Ai Lang couldn't help but ask the personal soldiers beside him: "When is it now?" The personal soldiers immediately clasped their fists and said, "Report to the general, I only played the second update not long ago, and now it should be the first update." The so-called "second update" is the timekeeping theory of ancient China, also known as the hour of Hai. If it were modern people, it would be the two hours from 9:00 to 1:00 pm. The first update of the second update is that it is between 9:00 and 1:00 pm.

Ailang nodded, then remembered that Huang Yueying had gone to the Xiao family and didn't know if she had returned, so he asked again: "Is Yueying back?" The personal soldier said: "Report to the general, he has not heard of this report. I guess the wife has not come back yet."
Chapter completed!