"But he said that he only had 400,000 dan, and he was only willing to sell these grains to us. But the price was still cheap, and he was willing to sell it to us with only a 30% increase." Hosokawa Noriyuki knew that the master would not be satisfied with this result. They might even get angry at him because of it. So after finishing speaking, Hosokawa Mochiyuki lowered his head forcefully.
"What? Only 400,000 dan?" Komatsu Lingzi didn't care about the price at all, she only cared about the amount of food. 400,000 shi was too little. She was asked to buy at least 600,000 shi of food back, and the more, the better.
If she only bought 400,000 shi back, then she would have no way to make the payment.
"Why do you only have so little food?" Xiaosong Lingzi frowned.
Seeing that his master was dissatisfied, Hosokawa Mochizuki had no choice but to use Jiang Wei's words to excuse himself. Then he said: "It is said that other governor's offices have suffered from famine this year, and they really can't come up with extra food."
From the moment he spoke, Komatsu Reiko's eyes were fixed on him. After Noriyuki Hosokawa finished speaking, she said, "Did the Governor tell you this?"
Hosokawa Mochiyuki suddenly looked embarrassed, but had to nod and admit.
Komatsu Reiko suddenly became angry, slapped his hand on the table, and shouted loudly: "Do you believe what he said? I think he clearly doesn't want to buy food for us. There is no such thing as a famine or no surplus food. His excuse. These governors of the Ming Dynasty are not governing the people of the Ming Dynasty. Will they care about the life and death of these Korean people? "
Only then did Mochiyuki Hosokawa realize that he had most likely been deceived by the governor. But now that things have become like this, even if he goes to the Governor's Mansion again to find the Governor, can he still turn things around? Does he still dare to accuse the governor to his face?
Facing the angry Komatsu Reiko, Hosokawa Noriyuki's most important thing now is how to calm down his master's anger.
After thinking about it in his mind, Hosokawa Mochiyuki suddenly said as if he had a sudden realization: "No wonder he has something like that on his table. It seems that he just wants to sell food to others."
Komatsu Reiko was keenly aware of the key information in Hosokawa Mochi's words. She instantly restrained her anger and asked in a deep voice, "What did you see at the Governor's place?"
"Go back to the master, I saw a precious sword there." Hosokawa Noriyuki was overjoyed and bowed quickly.
"Treasure sword? What kind of treasure sword?" Komatsu Reiko asked calmly, not at all excited as if seeing the treasure.
For her, what kind of sword has she not seen? There's just nothing to get excited about.
Hosokawa Noriyuki immediately said: "From my subordinates' point of view, it should be a sword made by a famous craftsman. The most important thing is that I saw the family crest of the Ashikaga family on the sword!"
"What?" Komatsu Reiko was so shocked that she no longer cared about punishing Hosokawa Mochiyuki, and focused entirely on the news that came out of his mouth.
"Are you sure you read it correctly?" Komatsu Reiko was still holding on to the idea of just in case.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki immediately shook his head firmly and said: "Master should know that his subordinates also fought with the Ashikaga clan. It is absolutely impossible to admit mistakes about their family crest."
This was the case. No matter how reluctant Komatsu Reiko was, she had to admit that the Ashikaga clan must have come here. As for what the Ashikaga clan was doing here, no need to think about Komatsu Reiko to guess that they must also be here to buy food. The Ashikaga clan couldn't come across the sea just to relax, right?
"Do you think there is a possibility that Jiang Wei wants to sell grain to the Ashikaga clan?" Komatsu Reiko looked at Hosokawa Mochiyuki and said to herself.
"It's very possible." Hosokawa Mokiyuki replied seriously, "The master also saw it at the beginning. When he saw Jiang Wei for the first time, from his tone, his subordinates thought he had food in his hands. It will definitely not be only 400,000 stones."
Komatsu Reiko also regained his composure and said in a deep voice: "The famine and the lack of food are just excuses for him to sell food to the Ashikaga clan."
Listening to this, Noriyuki Hosokawa had a doubt in his heart and asked: "But master, since he doesn't want to sell grain to us, why did he agree to sell us 400,000 dan? And the price is a little cheaper."
Xiaosong Lingzi sat down again, her eyes shining brightly, as if she had seen through Jiang Wei's trick. He sneered and said: "If I guessed correctly, the Ashikaga clan must have given him a higher price. Of course he is not willing to sell grain to us, but he already had the intention to sell grain to us at the beginning. If he suddenly refuses to sell it now Yes, that will definitely arouse our suspicion. The reason why he sold us 400,000 koku was just to appease us. His real deal will be completed with the Ashikaga clan.
As for you saying that he is a little cheaper than us in terms of price, haha, compared to what he earned from Ashikaga, is this nothing? "
"So that's it!" Hosokawa Mochiyuki's eyes widened and he couldn't help but marvel, and then asked: "Then Master, what should we do now?"
Komatsu Reiko thought more than what she said. Now she recalled that Xu Chengfei clearly had a large amount of grain in his hands that needed to be sold. She took the initiative to buy it, but Xu Chengfei didn't like it.
At that time, she was very surprised. Apart from her, there should be no one here who could buy the food in Xu Chengfei's hands in one go. Now it seems that Xu Chengfei must know that besides her, there is also the Ashikaga clan here.
Everything was figured out, Komatsu Reiko had a clear idea, and no longer had any doubts or doubts.
After a moment of clarity of thought, Komatsu Reiko immediately said: "No matter what, we cannot let the Ashikaga clan buy food here."
Hearing this, Hosokawa Mochizuki's face suddenly became embarrassed. Said: "But now Jiang Wei obviously wants to sell the grain to them, but is not willing to sell it to us. Also, the grain in Xu Chengfei's hands may also be sold to the Ashikaga clan."
Komatsu Reiko suddenly laughed and corrected Hosokawa Mochiyuki, saying: "It's not possible. If we don't buy the grain in Xu Chengfei's hands, he will definitely sell it to the Ashikaga clan."
Hosokawa Mokiyuki looked at his master, waiting for his next words.
"The Ashikaga clan is more short of food than we are, so we can't let them buy a grain of food no matter what." After finishing speaking, Reiko Komatsu looked at Hosokawa Mochiyuki.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki was shocked and immediately said: "Master, please give me your instructions."
Komatsu Reiko nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "It's up to you to figure out how to get the food in the Governor's Mansion. No matter what, even if the price is doubled, you will still have to buy all the food in the Governor's Mansion. arrive."
"Yes, Master." Hosokawa Noriyuki nodded without hesitation.
After waiting for a few breaths, before his master continued to give instructions, he asked curiously: "Master, where is Xu Chengfei?"
A trace of unnaturalness flashed in Komatsu Reiko's eyes, and even she herself was not aware of this change in expression. "I will personally handle Xu Chengfei's situation. You don't have to worry. As long as you do your own thing well."
"Yes." Hosokawa Noriyuki nodded immediately.
After the discussion was settled, the two of them immediately started taking action. The first was Hosokawa Mochiyuki, who came to the Governor's Mansion again to ask for an audience.
This time there was no order from the Governor, and Liu Dao ignored him at all.
When Hosokawa Mokiyuki saw this, he didn't know that he had offended Yanagata?
Don't be afraid of offending others, as long as you have a way to make amends.
For Hosokawa Mochiyuki, the only thing he can take away is money. He didn’t have anything else, but he could manage enough money.
Hosokawa Noriyuki insisted on inviting Ryuudao to drink. .
Liu Dao was originally unwilling to go, but he couldn't bear Hosokawa Mokiyuki's insistence, and he also had a little thought in his heart, so he naturally went with the flow and met Hosokawa Mokiyuki.
In a private room, there were only two people, Yanado and Hosokawa Mochiyuki.
Liu Dao is a good drinker. Although he was reluctant when he came, when he saw the delicacies and wine prepared by Hosokawa Mokiyuki, he couldn't help it.
No matter what happens, let’s have a good meal first and then talk about anything else.
The two exchanged cups and cups, and soon they were almost done eating and drinking.
Yanado knew that Hosokawa Mochiyuki wanted something from him, so he said straight to the point: "What do you want us to do, just tell me. But let's talk ugly up front. We are a big-shot soldier and have no ability. If it is your business It’s too big, so we can’t help you much.”
How is it possible that you want me, Uncle Liu, to take action after just one drink?
Hosokawa Mokiyuki didn't care about Yanagata's alienation and took out a wooden box with a smile. The wooden box was in Hosokawa Mochiyuki's hand. When he handed it to Yanagata, his arms trembled a little. It was obvious that although the wooden box was not big, its weight was astonishing.
Liu Dao glanced at it, but did not reach out to pick it up. Instead, he asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
Hosokawa Noriyuki said with a smile: "In the words of your Ming Dynasty, it's just a trivial matter, so please accept it, Master Jun."
Hearing this, Liu Dao paused for a moment before reaching out to take the wooden box. As soon as Liu Dao took the wooden box into his hands, he felt his hand feel heavy. Putting the wooden box in front of him, he opened it and saw that it was indeed ten golden cakes, neatly placed inside.
Ten gold cakes are only one hundred taels of gold.
It stands to reason that Liu Dao, as a junior high school student, can easily lift a hundred pounds with one hand. A mere hundred taels of gold would not make him feel heavy at all. But unfortunately, Liu Dao felt that the gold in his hand was extremely heavy.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Just like ordinary people, they can easily pick up something weighing more than ten kilograms with one hand without feeling heavy. But if you hold gold in your hand, even if it is only a few grams, you will feel that it is heavy in your hand.
This is the weight that gold brings to people!
Liu Dao looked at the gold pancakes in the wooden box again, raised his eyes to Hosokawa Mochiyuki, and said, "What exactly do you want to do? Let's agree first that I will not do anything that violates the Ming Law."
