Chapter 59
‘I’m Vincent, here to play with you.’ A typical European blonde man stood up and said in broken Japanese. In fact, I was the first Asian in history to make a request to play billiards with others. A piece of ivory can carve several balls, and billiards can also be played in Europe by real royal family and aristocrats.
Vincent explained the rules, there were nine red balls in total. Those who scored more were the winners, and no red balls were scored or white balls were put into the pocket and replaced.
I picked up the club and looked at the balance, gently hit the white ball, and tested the friction of the table and the elasticity of the edge of the table library. Several movements were completed in one go. At this time, those who could play billiards, including Vincent, had already seen that I was a master of this.
I kicked the ball first in the first game. After the start of the ball, I scored six red balls in succession and easily won the first game. Vincent started the second game and scored the goal, but the white ball hit the red ball and walked back to the near the kickoff point. After Vincent successfully scored the red ball with a long-distance attack, he excitedly shouted in Japanese, "I entered the wrong hole."
The onlookers who understand Japanese and billiards rules are confused, and everyone thinks, that's right.
Vincent still didn't know that every time he scored a red ball, he still shouted excitedly, "I went into the wrong hole." This is the Japanese that Vincent learned from the geisha Yuezi last night. Vincent remembered that he shouted it all night and thought that this sentence must be a word like "very good", "great", and "very strong".
After several games, Vincent and I became friends. The bar also has Vincent shares, which is equivalent to the small boss here. When Vincent asked me what business I came to Jetung to do, I said truthfully, 'You know that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, I want to prepare a gift for my Lord. My Lord likes imported goods, but the Western goods on Jetung market can no longer arouse his interest.'
Vincent whistled, 'There is a treasure in the backyard, you can go and check it out, maybe your guild will like it.'
When I came to the backyard with Vincent, I saw a mountain of firewood and stables. Seeing that I was puzzled, Vincent took me into the stables and stopped in front of a brown horse that looked very energetic. 'This is the best breed in Europe.'
This horse is not tall in later equestrian competitions, but compared with Japanese horses, Japanese horses are mules. ‘It looks good.’ I stroked the horse’s neck under Vincent’s gesture, and the brown horse licked my palm intimately. ‘It’s very docile.’
Vincent boasted, 'This is my boss from Seville, but the price is not cheap. It costs 100 taels of gold. You should know that this kind of horse has been fed food since childhood, and even Europe has few people who can afford it except nobles.'
‘It’s not expensive. But I don’t bring so much gold now. I’ll have it after my iron cannon takes action, and it’ll only take one or two days.’
'You're an iron cannon merchant?' asked Vincent.
‘Yes, it’s a side job. The salary given by the lord is always not enough to spend.’
‘Then sell it to me, people come to the tavern every day to buy iron cannons.’
It turns out that foreign monks can recite scriptures. In this era, some people still believe in foreign goods. I hesitated and said, "But my iron cannon is second-hand."
Vincent smiled, 'Hey, don't know, the iron cannons brought by Europeans are all second-hand. But if you renovate and paint them, who knows if you don't say it?"
‘Well, I have a thousand iron cannons, what price can you give me?’
‘Let’s say it first, friendship is friendship, business is business. If you collect copper coins, we will give you thirty-five stakes for an iron cannon. If you collect cash, one is thirty taels for a stake.’
It's much higher than the psychological price, and I immediately agreed, 'I'll collect all copper coins. That horse will be equivalent to 400 guan at the Japanese exchange rate.'
Vincent had no objection. The horse was just a big deal for a thousand iron cannons. The most important thing was to exchange the copper coins in their hands for goods, sell them, and exchange them for gold and silver. You should know that there is still a market for copper coins in Asia, but they are worthless when they arrive in Europe.
One thousand iron cannons were used, 34,600 copper coins were used, and BMW was used as a good horse.
In the remaining two days, I met several European businessmen with Vincent, drank, played billiards together, and bought some rare "imported products" they brought.
Sakurako bought a full set of European dresses in Jecho, and when she returned to Sukawa Castle, Ashi and others could hardly recognize Sakurako. Ashi touched Sakurako's skirt and said, "It's really strange about the things of the Nanbarbarians. How did this skirt be supported?"
‘The whale whiskers are used as skeletons inside.’ I understand a little about these things and introduced them to Ashi and the others.
Tamako compared Sakura's breasts, "Sakurako has been rubbed a lot bigger by her husband these days." Sakurako, who changed into a dress, turned into a devilish figure, which made everyone envious.
Ying's face turned red, "No, this is squeezed out from Nanman's underwear. I'm almost breathless."
Cleavage is like time, it will be found after squeezing.
After settling down the girls in the family, Ashi also looked at the European horses he bought for His Highness Nobunaga. After Ashi tried riding, he said, "It is better to send such a gift to Guanyin Temple Castle as soon as possible."
‘That’s right, if you die at home, you will be broken.’ That’s four hundred cents.
‘No, I’m afraid that your retainers can’t help but want this horse. It’s not good for everyone to have a gap for a horse.’ Ashi turned over and dismounted, ‘I even want to make a BMW like this. But there are too few.’
‘Don’t worry, I will not be able to buy horses with 100 taels of gold for a horse to be transmitted to the Nanman. At that time, more merchants will treat horse sales as business, and the price will naturally drop after the quantity is too high. Then there is no problem for us to open a horse farm. Twenty years ago, the first iron cannon on Seed Island in Japan was worth 1,000 taels of gold. Now the iron cannon brought by the Nanman can only be sold to more than a dozen taels of gold. The price difference between the middle cannons has plummeted, but that’s it. It’s still profitable to traffic from the Nanman.’
‘Then I must leave one for me from now on.’ As he said that, Ashi gently touched the top of the brown horse’s head.
‘No problem.’ That being said, unless an accident occurs, Europe, which has been in less than a year or two, will not get any news at all.
Guanyin Temple City.
After Oda Nobunaga dismounted, he ordered the little surname to move the horse away and take good care of him. He said to me who gave the horse, "This gift is very good, and I like it very much. The gift I gave you has prepared for Hidetaka Kawajiri." Speaking of this, Oda Nobunaga retreated from his left and right, and his words changed, "Henichi, what do you think of the fusion of the Gongwu."
The so-called Duke refers to the court, and the martial arts refers to the shogunate or powerful vassals.
What Oda Nobunaga mentioned in the Gongwu combination means that all the officials of the court are held by the Oda family, so I made a good start here.
After the Gongwu merger, Oda Nobunaga would go further and become the emperor's throne. At the least, he would marry an inner prince and become a relative of the emperor. However, with Oda Nobunaga's personality, he would be the greatest possibility of deposing the emperor and the general to become independent.
In an instant, I had already figured out the interests and replied, "My subordinates also think that the combination of Gongwu is the best way. Now all the ministers and ministers in the court are incompetent people who are just waiting to die. They are in high positions but do not act. There are many disadvantages. It must be a thing that will last forever if you come down to the palace of Nobunaga to preside over the reform."
'It is rare that Seiichi, you have such a far-reaching perspective, and it is reasonable among the retainers. However, before the reunion and martial arts merged, Kinki's forces had to be controlled by the company. Now Kinki still has the Asai family, Hatano family and Miyo family. I am going to send three generals to attack these three companies separately. Seiichi, you are one of the three generals this time, which one do you want to attack?'
I didn't expect to choose. The Miho family is a thin camel that is bigger than a horse. Besides, the Miho family loses Kinki and the old fortunes of the Four Kingdoms can be eaten. It is thankless to fight the Miho family. Maybe one day the Miho family can still be brought back. The Asai family is the weakest, but the alliance between the Asakura family and the Asakura family is also the most stable. After thinking about it, I said, "The subordinate Shikawa Castle is closest to the Hatano family, and the terrain is also very clear."
‘Okay, Ikeda Hokage and Mori Kecheng will lend you temporarily, and be sure to take Tanba down for me.’
‘Hi.’
Chapter completed!