On the trestle, Duan Ping asked people to use baskets to carry some of each cargo off the ship, and arrange them on the trestle one by one.
Li Guozhu took the Li family's guards to the trestle to inspect the goods.
"Master, please take a look. These are the iron tools we brought. They are all made by our own craftsmen in Tiger Character Banner." Zheng Tie stood aside and introduced.
Duan Ping, who was standing next to a basket, looked a little nervous.
Although this batch of goods does not belong to their Qianhu adults, if this deal can be completed, their Qianhu adults will also be able to get a lot of profits from it, and he will be able to travel frequently to Japan in the future, instead of having to go to Manila and Bada. Via these places.
Compared with the latter two, the voyage of Japan is short and safe.
At sea, encountering a typhoon depends on your fate. Whether you can survive can only depend on God. Especially when going to those two places, you have to pass through a reef. If you are not careful, the boat will hit the reef. For hundreds of years, this area has not Know how many ships are sunk at the bottom of the sea.
The route to Japan only had more pirates, but with the care of the Li family, it actually became the safest route.
"Iron pots, shovels, spoons, shovels, kitchen knives, iron ropes, and iron axes. There are several kinds of iron pots alone. There are so many iron needles that can only be weighed by kilograms. Sir, this ship's iron cargo It’s really complete.”
Zhang Yun looked at the dozens of iron tools in front of him with excitement on his face.
There were many Han merchants around, and I felt unbelievable when I saw so many different iron tools.
There are so many kinds of ironware, and such a big ship is full of such ironware. Even if you use money to buy out the ironware storage of a city in the Ming Dynasty, you may not be able to buy such a complete set of ironware.
This ship's ironware was a good commodity even in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the Japanese country, and everyone was rushing to get it.
Looking at these iron tools, Li Guozhu looked very solemn and thought of more.
The Japanese state was ten times more iron deficient than the Ming Dynasty.
Most of the warriors among the Japanese wore leather armor, and only a few generals were able to wear armor inlaid with iron leaves. The small amount of iron in the Japanese country was used to make weapons and iron arrowheads. Stone tools were even used in farm tools, even things like iron needles. They can all be sold for two cents of silver.
Although Ming Dynasty was short of iron, one penny was enough to buy a needle, which shows the huge gap between the two places.
Of course, there is also a reason why the Japanese silver is not as valuable as the Ming Dynasty.
"My eldest son, my subordinates have seen it. All the iron tools are made of the same fine iron and the workmanship is of excellent quality. No defective items were found."
The speaker was the person brought by Li Guozhu. In order to test the quality of the ship's ironware, he also selected the ironware that was moved from the ship.
Li Guozhu took a deep breath and said, "Our family has collected this batch of iron goods, but I want to know whether the iron from your Tiger Flag can be supplied to Hirado normally in the future."
"Yes." Zheng Tie said with great certainty, "Our proprietor has an iron yard in Lingqiu. There are dozens of iron furnaces, and iron is produced day and night. Many businessmen even work in Beizhili and Henan and Shandong areas. Buy our ironware and sell it back home.”
"That's it." Li Guozhu nodded secretly.
From the other party's words, he could tell that the proprietor of the Tiger Flag was a big iron businessman, a very powerful one.
"Ask someone to unload the goods," Li Guozhu said. "If you want to bring Japanese goods back home, I will ship them to you at a low price."
"Then thank you, eldest son." Zheng Tie bowed his hand.
Although the goods from Japan are not valuable, except for Japanese knives, the profit for other items is average, but it is still better than returning with an empty ship.
"Also," Li Guoshu looked at Zheng Tie and said with a smile, "I will invite shopkeeper Zheng for a drink in the evening, and there are some things I want to discuss with shopkeeper Zheng."
Zheng Tie heard that Young Master Li in front of him had something to say, so he said, "It is better to obey my orders than to be respectful. I will ask the Young Master to drink a glass of water tonight."
"Haha, I'm willing to treat you to this drink." Li Guoshu said with a smile, then looked at Zhang Yun aside and said, "You will also come with me. You contributed a lot to this matter."
"Thank you, eldest son." Zhang Yun agreed with a happy face.
In Hirado, it was a huge honor to be invited to drink by Mr. Li. This time, he was blessed with this ship of iron. Otherwise, given his status, he would not be qualified to sit at the table with Mr. Li. Eat wine.
Li Dan stood at the window, blowing the sea breeze and feeling the salty smell coming in from outside.
This feeling made him very comfortable and reminded him of every day and night he spent at sea when he was young.
At that time, he kept fighting against the sky and people, and only then did he gain the status he has today.
There was a knock on the door behind him, but he didn't look back.
Without his order, only his son Li Guozhu could open the door directly and come in.
"Have you checked all the goods?" Li Dan sat down near the window.
Li Guozhu said excitedly, "After checking, it is made of fine iron. The material is no worse than Fujian iron, and the craftsmanship is also excellent. Our Li family can earn 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver from this ship."
Li Dan nodded.
Although the Li family is not short of this little silver now, if more ironware comes next time, it can be continuously transported to Hirado in the future, and the Li family will earn more silver from it. This is what he values .
"Father, this Tiger Flag can forge so many high-quality iron tools, and it can also forge weapons. I have noticed that these people's weapons are very good. Even the red-haired barbarians have handguns that are rarely used. We at sea The weapons of our people are greatly damaged, so we can let them build a batch of weapons for us." Li Guoshu looked at Li Dan.
Although he can make the final decision on most matters in the Li family, he still seeks his father's opinion on many matters, especially when encountering some important matters.
"This matter is not as simple as you think." Li Dan turned around, looked at Li Guozhu with a serious face, and said, "You have to think more about everything. If you can bring a shipload of iron to Hirado, the people behind it must not be simple. You call that Zhang Yun, and I want to question him in detail."
"Okay, I'll ask someone to find him immediately." Li Guoshu responded and went out to arrange for someone to find Zhang Yun.
With the power of the Li family in Pingdo, it was very easy to find someone in Pingdo. It didn't take long before Zhang Yun was brought here.
When Zhang Yun saw Li Dan, he knelt down and saluted very respectfully.
"Get up. I want to hear about the people living in your home. Do you understand what I mean?" Li Dan said to Zhang Yun calmly.
"I understand, little one." Zhang Yun nodded hurriedly.
Immediately, he told Li Dan all the things he knew and some of his analysis.
After listening, Li Dan said to Li Guozhu on the side, "That shopkeeper Zheng should be sent by the proprietor behind him to lead the charge. During the banquet later, it's best to find out what their status is in his side. What's their status?" What else does the Lord do besides the iron field?”
"Yes." Li Guozhu nodded.
"Call me during the dinner and I'll go meet them too." Li Dan said.
Seeing that his father had no intention of continuing, Li Guoshu led Zhang Yun out of the room.
