Volume Four, Chapter 161, Excited
Unify the nine states and dominate the world.
How exciting, how exciting!
Is Otomo Sorin excited?
He was not excited at all!
No joke, he can't protect himself now, and he still hopes to unify the Jiuzhou and dominate the world.
He was just surprised, and then said casually: "I thank the head of your family to respect it. If I could unify the Jiuzhou, I would naturally have a good relationship with your family and live in harmony with the Ming Dynasty. It's a pity that I have the will but not enough."
Unexpectedly, Wang Zhi still said mysteriously: "I naturally mentioned this to our head, so our head decided to sell you some good things."
When Ototo Sorin heard this, he was stunned again, selling some good things to him?
Can this Tongjiuzhou be done by buying something?
He was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "What?"
Wang Zhi pretended to be arrogant and said proudly: "Iron cannon, a standard iron cannon cast by the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Works."
Iron cannon!
This thing is indeed a good thing. At this moment, few princes in Japan can cast iron cannons. It can be said that when the iron cannon sounds, the timid will be frightened and urinate.
The iron cannon is too powerful, and its range is much farther than that of a bow and arrow. People with more powerful arrows shot from the bow and arrow can dodge them or directly slash them. There are not many shells of the iron cannon that can dodge them. As for using a knife to chop, there is no need to think about it. With one knife, the shell will not be split, but the knife will definitely break.
However, Ototo Sorin also knew that the iron cannon was not very accurate. To truly achieve the effect of defeating the enemy, there must be at least dozens of balls, or a dozen balls at most, it can scare the local tyrants with only a few hundred people. As for the Daming with thousands or even tens of thousands of people, more than a dozen balls cannot scare people.
Of course, no matter how many doors there are, it is better to have them than not. Even if there are only a few or a dozen doors, putting it on the walls of Xishan City can have a very good defensive effect.
He said excitedly: "Iron Cannon? How many iron cannons are you planning to sell to me?"
Wang Zhi deliberately said with a grudge: "This depends on how much money the Master can bring. Don't you ask how much iron cannon cost?"
silver?
To be honest, Japan really has no shortage of this thing.
Silver is valuable, but in the eyes of all the princes in Japan, silver is not as important as food, because the silver can be dug, but the food cannot be planted for a while. Many times, even if you have silver in your hand, you cannot buy food.
Just like Wang Zhi, he can indeed get food from the Ming Dynasty, but his fleet can bring so much food at once. If he doesn't have a good relationship with him, he will not sell you food at all.
In short, silver is not a rare thing in the eyes of all the princes in Japan. The Otomo family originated from the Kamakura Shogunate and has a history of more than 300 years. Naturally, they have no shortage of silver.
Otomo Sorin said without hesitation: "It's easy to say what kind of silver is, just say how many iron cannons your family can sell to me."
This guy is really inhumane and so proud!
Wang Zhi said calmly: "This is not urgent. I brought a sample this time. Should you inspect the goods first and see what the power is?"
Still have samples?
Then of course you have to see.
To be honest, Ototo Solin had never seen how the iron cannon fire with his own eyes, because not long after the iron cannon was introduced to Japan, no one in the Ototo family could cast a real iron cannon.
He immediately got up from the ground and couldn't wait to say, "Okay, let's go and have a look now."
Wang Zhi didn't say anything anymore, and immediately took Otomo Sorin out of the mansion, invited him to his carriage, and then headed straight out of the city.
He didn't come alone. He brought dozens of carriages alone and thousands of guards. Naturally, these people and horses could not all flow into the city. Most of his subordinates were staying outside the city at this moment.
Otomo Solin followed Wang Zhi to the outside of the city. When he saw the long convoy, he couldn't help but feel a hint of envy in his eyes.
This guy is really rich. He just brought so many carriages when he just went out.
You know, horse-drawn carriages are quite rare in Japan, because Japan's war horses are rare, and it would be great for general generals to have a war horse. As for using horses to pull a cart, it would be a bit of a waste of resources.
Wang Zhi didn't invite Otomo Sorin to see the carriage. He took Otomo Sorin to a special carriage, then pointed to the wooden box on it and said, "This is the standard iron cannon of the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty."
Baga, what's the box good looking? Ototo Sorin said impatiently: "Then please show it to me."
However, Wang Zhi calmly called a guard captain, gave a careful explanation, and then stood there with a smile.
The captain of the guard did not rush to open the wooden box. He first ordered his subordinates to carry a few large wooden boards half a foot square to more than 200 steps outside and form a square array, standing there. Then he took out the short blade from his waist and carefully pried open the cover of the wooden box and slowly uncovered the oil paper on it.
Otomo Sorin couldn't wait to look at him, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
This thing seems different from what he imagined. Although the Otomo family could not cast iron cannons, he had seen the iron cannons cast by others. The guy's surface was basically like toad skin, which was ugly, unlike the standard iron cannon of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Works, with a smooth surface like a mirror.
He was in a daze there. The captain of the guard had already directed his men to skillfully fix the cannon on the carriage, then turned the front of the carriage, aimed the muzzle at the direction of the wooden board in the distance and carefully adjusted it. Then he took the man to load the ammunition with him.
After a while, the ammunition was loaded. The captain of the guard asked Wang Zhi for instructions with his eyes. Seeing that Wang Zhi nodded slightly, he took out the fire note without hesitation and lit the fuse on the barrel.
With a loud "boom", a shell flew into the sky. In a blink of an eye, a wooden board was smashed to pieces in the middle of the few wooden boards standing up in the distance, and debris splashed up.
This is accurate!
This power!
Otomo Sorin was stunned again.
Seeing this, Wang Zhi couldn't help but ask proudly: "Master Ming, how about this iron cannon?"
When Ototo Sorin heard this, he came back to his senses and said excitedly: "Okay, very good, it's so good. I want all your master's hands."
Wang Zhi smiled and reminded: "Master Ming, this thing is not cheap."
Otomo Sorin said without hesitation: "You said, I'm going to settle this thing for how much it costs."
Then Wang Zhi pretended to be serious and said: "According to the price of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Works, it is 1,000 taels of silver per door. However, it is not easy for our family to get this thing out, so we have to add 200 taels per door."
He is just nonsense. Yang Cong wants to make such an iron cannon without spending twelve taels of silver. The extra 200 taels is just the hard work he added to himself. Yang Cong also agreed with this, after all, he can't let him run errands in vain.
One thousand two hundred taels per game is a bit expensive, but compared to the role of the iron cannon, this little silver is nothing. Otomo Sorin said without hesitation: "One thousand two hundred taels per game, right? OK, no problem, how many do you have?"
Wang Zhi pretended to be meaningless and tentatively said: "It depends on how many doors the Master wants."
Otomo Sorin thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "A thousand doors, do you have any?"
One thousand doors?
Chapter completed!