After carefully observing for about a cup of tea, seeing the woman in the pavilion still drinking tea unhurriedly, Huo San's patience was gradually exhausted, although he still had some doubts as to whether this woman was the one in the rumors. Takahide Kobayakawa, but now that it has reached this point, the arrow is ready to be fired. No matter whether this woman is Kobayakawa or not, Huo San cannot just let her leave peacefully... ··
Thinking of this, Huo San raised his hand and waved violently. Hundreds of members of the Coordination Office Action Team who had been ambushing around him received his order and immediately surrounded the pavilion on the top of the mountain from all directions.
Feeling the hundreds of black shadows coming towards him from all directions, Takahide Kobayakawa, who was standing in the pavilion on the top of the mountain, smiled and continued to make tea and drink tea unhurriedly.
After a while, the action team from the Coordination Office climbed to the top of the mountain and surrounded Kobayakawa Takahide in the pavilion. More than a dozen powerful muskets were also aimed at Kobayakawa Takahide's delicate body. I believe Kobayakawa Takahide, this time If there is any abnormal movement, then she may be beaten into a sieve!
Glancing at the Coordination Office action team in front of them, who were fully armed and looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, Kobayakawa Takahide chuckled and said lightly:
"Director Huo, Director Wang of your department, are you here?"
Looking at this enchanting young woman who was still calm and charming even though she was surrounded by people, the doubts that Huo San had in his heart disappeared at this time. He believed that this woman was the Japanese temptress who was as beautiful as a snake or a scorpion... ···········
Thinking of the rumors about Kobayakawa Takahide, although Huo San knew that he was no match for Kobayakawa Takahide in terms of martial arts, he was confident that with the hundreds of guards in front of him, Huo San was naturally not afraid to face her directly. He immediately walked out of the crowd and looked at her deeply. He glanced at this temptress who seemed to be able to suck people's essence dry and said:
"I am Huo San!"
Seeing the muscular young man in front of her, Kobayakawa Takahide's eyes were full of beauty. She looked at the man who had replaced Shen Jianzhong and became the biggest spy leader in Liaoyang with great interest. If nothing else, she would have to interact with him more often in the future. He dealt with it.
"Director Huo has been my concubine for a long time. I wonder if Director Huo would like to come in and have a cup of tea?" Kobayakawa Takahide smiled and invited:
Listening to Kobayakawa Takahide's words, although Huo San's face was expressionless, a trace of doubt emerged in his heart. At first, when he saw this temptress, she didn't panic at all. Huo San thought that she was pretending to be calm, but now the more he looked at her, the more he felt that she was pretending to be calm. This temptress seems to be confident...
After thinking for a while, Huo San secretly gave Wang Yixiao, his subordinate behind him, a look. After understanding Huo San's eyes, Wang Yixiao immediately nodded and disappeared into the crowd. Seeing this, Huo San walked into the pavilion. , sitting directly opposite Kobayakawa Takahide.
"Director Huo, you came at the right time. The water in the furnace is now boiling at its best!" Kobayakawa Takahide said with a smile.
After saying that, Kobayakawa Takahide picked up the already boiled kettle and poured matcha into the tea cup. Although Huo San didn't know much about Japanese tea ceremony, looking at Kobayakawa Takahide's skillful movements, he only felt that it was very elegant, but The vigilance towards Kobayakawa Takahide in his heart became even more intense.
When the matcha was ready, Kobayakawa Takahide held the bowl with his left hand and held the edge of the bowl with the five fingers of his right hand, and respectfully presented the tea bowl to Huo San.
Although the tea soup was overflowing with fragrance at this time, Huo San could not help but hesitate when facing the bowl of tea soup because he was on guard against Kobayakawa Takahide.
Looking at Huo San who looked hesitant, Kobayakawa Takahide chuckled, put down his tea bowl and said leisurely:
"Director Huo, this tea soup is made from the finest tea leaves I brought from Dongdao, plus the sweet and sweet mountain spring water from Xiaoliu Mountain. It would be a pity if you don't drink it. According to you Zhou people In other words, you probably have no luck, right?"
After Kobayakawa Takahide finished speaking, just when Huo San frowned and wanted to say something, Kobayakawa Takahide glanced at the people from the Coordination Office who were waiting not far away, and said lightly:
"Director Huo, please don't worry! I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I won't harm you! And I'm afraid you can kill me with just a gesture now..." ·····”
Hearing what Kobayakawa Takahide said, Huo San was immediately shocked. Could it be that the person waiting for Kobayakawa Takahide in this pavilion was actually him?
Although Huo San's facial expression did not change at all, Kobayakawa Takahide seemed to see Huo San's inner activities through his eyes and said with a smile:
"Director Huo, you don't really think that I don't know that that loser Liu Dakang has turned his back on you and joined the Coordination Office, right?"
"The reason I'm here is just because I want to make a deal with you!"
Huo San suppressed his surprise when he heard this, raised his head and looked at Kobayakawa Takahide and said coldly:
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
Feeling Huo San's coldness, Kobayakawa Takahide smiled and shook his head, took out the list one by one from his arms and handed it to Huo San.
Looking at the familiar names on the list, Huo San couldn't help but feel nervous. At this moment, Kobayakawa Takahide continued:
"Director Huo must know all the people here. They have all been corrupted and bribed by the Supervision Department or the Black Dragon Club. They are secretly collecting intelligence for Shen Jianzhong. I know the rules of your Zhou people, so this list is what I gave to Director Huo. Let me give you a greeting gift..."
After putting down the list, Huo San took another deep look, and Kobayakawa Takahide then said in a deep voice:
"I'll give you a chance, tell me what deal you want to make with me?"
Seeing that Huo San's attitude had softened, Kobayakawa Takahide continued:
"If the information I got is correct, Governor Ye sent Director Huo a mission to kill his teacher Shen Jianzhong, right?"
"But Director Huo, you sent out five groups of troops one after another, but there was still nothing you could do about Shen Jianzhong..."
"Just tell me what you want to do!"
At this time, Huo San, who was fed up with being led by Kobayakawa Takahide, directly interrupted the temptress and said coldly:
"I'll help you kill Shen Jianzhong!" Kobayakawa Takahide said seriously without any nonsense:
"Why are you doing this?" Huo San asked back:
"First, Shen Jianzhong and Sato Kaga are working together. I need help to deal with them. Second, I want to see Ye Mingsheng!"
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"Sir, please take a look at the results of my discussion with Zhao Fuqu's envoy Liang Kai!" In Ye Mingsheng's study, Gu Sansi handed the memorial to Ye Mingsheng.
Hearing Gu Sansi's words, Ye Mingsheng suddenly became interested. However, he still remembered that Zhao Fuqu wrote him a personal letter at that time, saying that he would give him 30,000 taels of silver and ask him to sell Weiyuan Gun's technology to him. Ming Sheng was too lazy to pay attention to him at the time, so he left the matter entirely to Gu Sansi.
It seems that Gu Sansi has almost handled this matter, but he is not sure whether the result is satisfactory.
With some expectation, Ye Mingsheng took the memorial and started to read it. After taking a few glances, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
The main content of this agreement is that Youyan will pay the remaining 30,000 taels of Polu gun technology as usual. In addition, Youyan will purchase 2,000 taels from Fengwu Army at a price of 30 taels of silver each. After breaking the Lu gun, and buying the technology of Weiyuan gun for one hundred thousand taels of silver, Liaoyang needs to send craftsmen to Youyan for guidance...
What is most important to Ye Mingsheng is that Youyan will pay half of the total payment of 190,000 taels of silver as a deposit, and the remaining half of the payment will be paid when the craftsmen arrive at Youyan and deliver the goods. When thousands of muskets were fired, all were settled!
This means that as long as Ye Mingsheng approves this agreement, the payment of one hundred thousand taels of silver will arrive in Liaoyang from Youyan within half a month. Despite Liaoyang's financial difficulties, it does not take a mere one hundred thousand taels of silver to completely It makes up for it, but one hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, and it can alleviate some financial tensions.
"You did a good job this time. Think twice about what clever strategy you used against Zhao Fuqu?"
After closing the memorial, while Ye Mingsheng admired Gu Sansi, he couldn't help but be a little curious. How did he get the arrogant You Yan to make such a big concession?
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Gu Sansi couldn't help but said with some pride:
"Replying to your lord, I am just doing a little trick this time! Although Youyan has obtained the technology of Polu Gun, their steel-making technology is not as good as ours, and they lack a large number of skilled workers, so the broken gun they made is The guns are not as good as the ones we produce!
"This time after Zhao Fuqu sent Liang Kai, Liang Kai not only asked our department to sell firearms technology to them at a low price, but also asked us to raise 200,000 shi of grain and grass and 2,000 muskets to give to them, saying that as long as they Governor Zhao captured Yunbin and the Bianhui returned double the amount..."
"They were asking for high prices, so of course I just landed with them and paid back the money slowly. During this period, I contacted Cao Changping, the envoy of Qilu Economic Strategy, and Gao Zongchang, the commander of Yujingdu, and sold them firearms technology. These two companies were very interested in our products. I am also very interested in firearms technology.”
"Then I quietly leaked the news to Liang Kai. After Liang Kai learned the news, he immediately found me and asked our department not to sell firearms technology to others."
Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng understood why Youyan made such a big concession. Cao Changping's Qilu and Gao Zongchang's Jiyu both bordered Zhao Fuqu's Youyan. Among these two families, Gao Zongchang's in Jiyu His strength is no worse than that of Zhao Fuqu. Although Cao Changping is relatively weaker, he still has 30,000 to 50,000 troops under his command!
Therefore, whether it was Cao Changping or Gao Zongchang, if Zhao Fuqu sent troops to seize Yunbin, if he hit him with a knife from behind, it would be enough for Zhao Fuqu to drink a pot. Therefore, just in case, in order to protect the safety of the rear, Youyan, of course, Unexpectedly, Cao Changping and Gao Zongchang also obtained their Liaoyang firearms technology.
"After learning that Gao Zongchang and Cao Changping sent people to Dongning, Liang Kai's attitude improved greatly, and he even planned to follow the example of Ban Chao of the Han Dynasty who led 36 warriors to attack the Huns camp and kill Gao Zongchang. Cao Changping was in Dongning The envoys cut off our army’s escape from this transaction, but as soon as they planned it, Director Huo uncovered it..."
"The conspiracy failed and they could only negotiate honestly with our army. In order to prevent our army from selling their technology to Gao Zongchang and Cao Changping, Liang Kai had to accept our army's offer after asking Zhao Fuqu for instructions. condition."
"In addition to the ordnance transaction, Hu Jian also brought some surprises to our army this time. In order to set up his line, the batch of deer antler and mink skins I found for him last time was given to him on credit. Hu Jian After Jian got this batch of goods, he sold a lot of silver in Youyan, and now he has sent 30,000 taels of silver as payment to the bank, and he plans to order about 50,000 taels of goods from our army again!"
"Very good! Think twice, you have made a great contribution this time! What reward do you want?"
Hearing that in addition to the 190,000 taels of silver ordnance business, another 70,000 taels of silver was about to be concluded, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
Because Ye Mingsheng has always adhered to the policy of living with the people and was unwilling to be like other feudal vassal towns. As soon as they were short of money and food, they would squeeze and plunder ordinary people and collect taxes ten years in advance, or even decades later, let the people Selling sons and daughters.
In addition, Liaoyang was a strong competitor for the poorest province among the many provinces of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, since the independence of the army, financial problems have become Ye Mingsheng's biggest headache... ····
Sometimes when he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, Ye Mingsheng was thinking about where to get money to relieve financial pressure. Since we don't want to squeeze out involution, we can only start from business and make money from outside. And now Gu Sansi's income of 270,000 taels of silver is undoubtedly not a good start for Liaoyang's new era of commerce and trade!
Upon hearing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Gu Sansi said modestly:
"The success we have achieved this time is all due to your trust in your colleagues and your support. My contribution here is minimal!"
Seeing Gu Sansi being so humble, Ye Mingsheng waved his hand and said:
"Think twice about your merit. Everyone sees it. As the governor of Liaoyang, I should have clear rewards and punishments. Don't be humble!"
After hearing this, Gu Sansi raised his hands and said sincerely:
"I was wrongly loved by you. Gu is now in a high position, living in a deep house and compound, traveling with carriages and horses, and there is no shortage of gold and silver... I really want to say what I want. , then he must want to continue to dedicate himself to the development of Liaoyang and your great cause!"
"This trade is over. I will start clearing the land. I don't have enough manpower, so I would like to ask you to allow me to select some talents from the Liaoyang government to help me with my errands!"
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