Wu Nian left Jingji to dry in the snow and stood on the porch, waiting for Li Tianbao to arrive.
"General. Are you looking for me?" After a long time, Li Tianbao, who was sweating profusely, walked along the corridor, stood still, bent down and saluted.
"A Fuso woman named Kyogoku Yukiri came to see me. Do you know the Kyogoku family in Fuso?" Wu Young nodded lightly, picked up the cloth towel on the plate in the hands of the soldier, and handed it to Li Tianbao.
"Kyogoku's family? Do you have a greeting card?" Li Tianbao's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he reached out to take the cloth and asked.
"Yes." Wu Nian turned around and took the greeting card and handed it to Li Tianbao. Li Tianbao casually wiped his sweat, put the cloth back on the plate, took the invitation with both hands, and looked carefully at the family crest on it.
"It's really the Kyogoku family. This is a very influential family in Fuso. Especially the business at sea is very big."
Li Tianbao closed the greeting card with a thoughtful look on his face. He said seriously: "But General. She may not be here to do business with you."
"I think so too. If you are just doing business, you don't need to come to me specially. I don't kill businessmen." Wu Nian nodded, then stretched out his hand to indicate, turned around and entered the main room.
The two sat down separately, and a private soldier came in carrying a steaming cup of tea.
"Tell me about the Kyogoku family in detail." Wu Nian picked up the tea cup and blew a few breaths before taking a sip of tea.
"Yeah." Li Tianbao hummed, and after sorting through the information he knew in his mind, he told Wu Nian.
"The landless daimyo? Do they want land? Did they come to me because they saw my strong soldiers and horses? But it's impossible. My soldiers and horses still have to deal with the Meng Yuan people and Xiong Wuwo, and the navy has not been built yet. It's simply not possible. I can’t interfere in Fuso’s domestic affairs.”
Wu Nian frowned, puzzled.
"The general is right. Unless you, general, unify Liaodong and drive out the Mongolians, you will have the remaining strength. Moreover, now in Fuso, the status of the Toyotomi shogunate has been consolidated. It cannot be penetrated by external forces. If, general, you intervene. One kick, and I'm afraid the Toyotomi Shogunate will block it."
Li Tianbao nodded and said politely.
Although frontal combat by Japanese samurai is a lot less interesting, the terrain of Fuso is dominated by mountains and forests. You're welcome to say that. Even if Wu Nian unified Liaodong and sent a force of ten thousand households into Fusang, a single army would only be the fat of the Toyotomi shogunate.
The two discussed it for a long time, but they still couldn't guess Kyogoku Yukiri's intention.
"Forget it. There's no point in thinking too much. Just go and meet this woman." Wu Nian shook his head, then looked at Li Tianbao's clothes and himself, and said with a smile: "But there's no need to rush. We Let’s take a shower and change clothes first.”
"Yes." Li Tianbao nodded in agreement.
The two of them took a cold shower in the mansion and changed into a set of clothes. Wu Nian was in front, Li Tianbao was holding the handle of the sword at his waist and behind him, followed by two groups of soldiers.
The people and horses arrived in order in the living room.
The soldiers stopped at the gate, and Wu Nian and Li Tianbao walked in.
Wu Nian looked at Kyogoku Xueli's appearance and figure, his eyes were fixed for a moment, then he withdrew his eyes, and calmly came to sit down on the Grand Master's chair in the main seat.
A look of surprise flashed in Li Tianbao's eyes. He took a few more glances before retracting his gaze. He came to Wu Nian's right hand and stood holding the knife, as if he was a guard.
"I am Wu Nian. This is my Qianhu [Sea Dragon King] Li Tianbao." Wu Nian introduced himself and Li Tianbao first, then looked up at Kyogoku Xueli and said: "Miss Kyogoku. I am a cheerful person. People, let’s go straight to the point. You and I are strangers, and you came to me suddenly. What’s the matter?”
Kyogoku Yuki was dressed the same as in the restaurant. She just took a bath and changed into another colorful kimono. Her skin was like a shelled egg, delicate and fair.
She sat on the Taishi chair in the right row, with Kitahara Sosuke standing behind her.
"General Wu. First of all, I deeply apologize for my hasty visit." Kyogoku Yuki stood up, bowed deeply and said.
After straightening up, Kyogoku Yukiri said: "There are two things."
"First. I heard that the general lacks military resources. I specially sent five thousand taels of silver as military supplies."
"Second. Please ask the general to allow the Kyogoku family to do business in ginseng, Dongzhu, and copper mines in Liaodong."
Wu Nian and Li Tianbao's eyes flashed, giving gifts and doing business? So simple?
After Wu Nian thought for a moment, he waved his hand and said, "Miss Kyogoku, there is no need to stand and talk. Please sit down."
Upon hearing this, Kyogoku Yuki first bowed to Wu Nian, and then sat down meekly.
Wu Nian then spoke again: "I welcome the Jingji family to come to Liaodong to do business. I will assist the Han general's government to treat every honest businessman kindly. Chu merchants, Goguryeo merchants, Fusang merchants. Dongzhu, ginseng It’s a private transaction and I won’t interfere.”
"As for the copper mine, it can make copper coins. Currently, all the copper mines in Yingqing Prefecture and Guangchuan Prefecture are controlled by Fuhan General's House. I am a rough man and don't care about things. If you want to discuss business, you can go to Yingqing Prefecture. Go and find Shi Liu Zhixing, the general who assisted the Han Dynasty. He will negotiate with you."
Wu Nian put on a businesslike attitude. After finishing speaking, he smiled and said: "As for the five thousand taels of silver. Miss Kyogoku, you'd better take it back."
"You might as well tell Miss Kyogoku. I can accept these five thousand taels of silver without blinking an eye, and then I won't give you any preferential treatment at all."
Are you kidding me?
Wu Nian was rushing to fight for hegemony. That is, family world.
To put it bluntly, his first step is to want Liaodong. How could it be possible that he received five thousand taels of silver and gave Kyogoku Yukiri preferential treatment?
Money does not come with strong winds. Kyogoku Yuki gave away five thousand taels of silver today, which proved that she wanted more in return.
Kithara Sosuke's eyes flickered and he took a deep look at Wu Nian. The lady was right. Wu Nian has a reputation as a womanizer, but he is not a person who covets beauty. After coming in, I only glanced at the lady.
I don’t want the white money that the lady gave me.
The Liaodong Tigers indeed have a deeper pursuit than beauty.
Powerful guy.
"Then please accept the five thousand taels of silver, General Wu. I sincerely support the general without asking for anything in return." Kyogoku Yuki bowed lightly, with a look of sincerity on her face.
"Is there such a thing?" Wu Nian narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but feel excited.
This is what you said without asking for anything in return. When the time comes, don’t ask for anything from me. I won’t do it for you. Why do you think I can't do anything with money?
Five thousand taels of silver, this is not a small amount. The Meng Yuan people retreated from Guangchuan Mansion and emptied all the treasury and food. Now Wu Nian is in a state of poverty.
"Okay. Since you said so, Miss Kyogoku, then I will accept it." Wu Nian said simply. Then he squinted his eyes and asked: "Miss Kyogoku wants to start a copper mining business. What should I use to buy it?"
"Silver or gold are fine." Kyogoku Yuki said softly with a smile on her face.
"Your Fusang is short of copper?" Wu Nian asked with a gleam in his eyes.
"In fact, everything is in short supply. For example, Chu's beautiful silks, porcelain, and scrolls are all in short supply in Fuso. And in terms of ore, our Fuso gold and silver, especially silver, are worthless. On the contrary. There is a lack of copper mines. Currently, a large part of the copper coins circulating in our country are Chu copper coins."
Kyogoku Yuki's smile grew even stronger.
Wu Nian was silent for a moment, and then said: "I see. For me, five thousand taels of silver is a huge sum of money that is enough to make my heart beat. But for Miss Kyogoku, it is "not valuable."
Of course, Wu Nian just made a small joke. How could silver really be worthless? It's just that in Fuso, its value is relatively low.
And this is a huge business opportunity.
Use the copper mines produced in Liaodong to exchange for the silver produced in Fuso.
One ship should make a lot of silver.
In an era without currency. Wu Nian cannot use [things] like currency to calculate how much he can earn.
But you can definitely make money.
