"See you next time!" Kira Yoshitsune stood up to see them leave the guild hall. He summoned Yamaoka Tokugawa and said to him: "Immediately return to Sakamoto Castle with my order and ask the money house to cash out all the silver in hand. If there is really not enough, just
Ask Tennojiya for a loan. If they are unwilling, ask Hosokawa Fujitaka to issue a written statement and treat it as a loan from Sakamoto Castle. I will eat this batch of goods within seven days, and complete the transaction together with Wang Dan's one-time payment."
"Yes!" Mr. Yamaoka knew that once Kira Yoshitoki gave an order in this tone, it must be an urgent order. He quickly got up and took several sidemen back to Sakamoto Castle. The time was tight and only seven days were enough to transport all the usable silver to Sakai.
Town, there is still the problem of borrowing money and it will take a few more trips to complete it.
In the next few days, Kira Yoshitoki stayed in Sakai Town to mobilize the power of the Kira family. The money houses in Kyoto and Sakamoto went all out to exchange silver. In just five days, they collected 50,000 taels of silver, not to mention Yongle money and Ju money.
, that is, the working capital of both houses has been drained, which basically means that the entire family fortune has been wiped out.
The unit of measurement in Japan is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty. One pound is equal to sixteen taels. These fifty thousand taels of silver are more than three thousand jins of silver. Later, a certain monkey built a Taiko dain weighing ten taels, and the inheritance left to the little monkey turned out to be
There are 90,000 gold coins and 160,000 silver coins, which is 100,000 jins of silver. Therefore, only a certain monkey's wealth can be used to conquer the imperial court.
With the more than three thousand kilograms of silver raised by the Kira family, it is still not enough to buy the goods of Agot's fleet, and he also needs to buy tea, beans and pickles. The Kira family has these tea leaves in their treasury, so
It is an annual tribute collected from tea farmers. Because tea is easy to store, we are not in a hurry to sell it. The beans are harvested in the second season of spring. They are not valuable and will not be used much. Pickles are about the same. It is amazing if you can use a few hundred kilograms of pickles.
, in total, it can only be done within a thousand guans,
After calculating the value of the goods in this way, there was still a gap. He had to reach an agreement with Wang Dan before he could reach a contract with the Agot Chamber of Commerce. Agot's goods were indeed quite large, and the funding gap was still about 50,000 taels of silver. Kira Yoshishi
After thinking about it, he decided that he still had to go to Tennojiya for a loan, so he ordered Matsui Yukan to bring the petition from Sakamoto Castle to Tsuda Sotatsu of Tennojiya and ask him to raise no less than 50,000 taels of silver within five days.
When Tsuda Sotatsu saw Kira Yoshi's monogram, he stated that he would only be willing to borrow money if all the property in Sakamoto Castle Town was used as collateral. Matsui Yukan had already guessed that it would be difficult to borrow the money, but he did not expect that Tennoji House would still open his mouth.
He wanted so much, and finally thought about Kiragi and pressed him hard, so he gritted his teeth and agreed to his conditions.
The wealthy Tsuda family immediately found someone to sign an agreement. If they could not repay the 50,000 taels of silver within one month, the operating rights of Sakamoto Castle Town and the port would be under the jurisdiction of Tennojiya. They also invited Imai Munehisa, Takeno Shoou, Obayashi Sotao, etc.
The person testified, and finally lent this large sum of money to the Kira family.
In a bar in Sakai Town, Matsui Yukan said cautiously: "That's what happened. I have no choice but to agree to Tsuda Sotatsu's request..."
"Hmph! It doesn't matter, we have our own opinion on this matter! Have all the silver been shipped?" Kira Yoshiki took a deep breath, not bothering to care about the disgusting conditions proposed by the hateful Tennojiya, and completely ate Sakamoto in one bite.
Ambition, it would be good if someone could lend him money, but if he didn't lend a penny, he could only stare blankly. Everyone knew that this matter could not be caused, so he could only do it as quickly as possible.
When Kiragi was having a headache about how to raise funds for the transaction, Hattori Masakiyoshi suddenly appeared and whispered: "The Nanman who met the owner last time said he wants to see you."
Kira Yoshi was stunned for a moment and asked: "Southern barbarians? Which one are you talking about? The big one or the small one?"
"...Small" Hattori Masakiyoshi held it in for a long time before spitting out these two words.
"Oh! Where is that little blond lolita? I'm going to see her!"
"She said she would wait for you at the Nanman Merchant Store."
Yoshiki Kira and his entourage visited the Nanman store again. The little blond lolita had been waiting at the door with several strong Nanman men for a long time. Yoshiki Kira smiled at them and walked over and said: "Miss Claudia,
It’s been so long since I’ve seen you, but it’s a pity that I’m so worried about these trading funds these days that I can’t eat or sleep!”
The little blonde loli took out a satin cypress fan from somewhere, covered her little face and said with a sweet smile: "Mr. Joseph is really an interesting person."
"Ahem... let's go into the business hall to talk!" Kira Yoshi turned around and glanced around. Sure enough, there were already many people watching. Japanese people who can talk fluently with Nanman people are rare, and Claudia didn't intend to.
People were watching outside, so I followed Kira Yoshitoki and walked into the Nanman Commercial Building.
In the store, the steward was still sitting there taking a nap. When he saw Kiragi waiting for someone to come over again, he could only open the store with a grimace and let them in. The two of them left their respective entourages in a tacit agreement and went downstairs.
With eyes wide open, I climbed up to the familiar second floor again, just like when I left last time. The empty bottle of sparkling wine was also put back in its place. This steward was really interesting.
This time this little blond lolita came to him on her own initiative, and it seemed that she was not here for business, so she asked straight to the point: "Okay! Miss Claudia! Let's talk about it! What's the point of coming to me?
matter?"
"Joseph, do you have a dream?" Claudia didn't seem to hear his question and said in a daze: "I have a dream to build a fleet of my own, seize control of the Atlantic Ocean, and then return to the UK.
Find revenge on that hateful woman!"
Kira Yoshi suddenly smiled, shook his head and said: "Oh, I remembered, your full name is Claudia of York, right! York... York Dynasty? War of the Roses? Isn't the Plantagenet family already destroyed?
Could it be that..."
"My great-grandfather was John of Gloucester, the unlucky guy who was executed by Henry VII!" Claudia smiled sadly, shook her head and said, "Did you know? Since the War of the Roses, we Plantagenets have
The family has always been burdened with a curse! Fate has destined Plantagenet to perish only through conspiracy and betrayal!
Henry VII was kind. At that time, he knew very well that my great-grandmother was pregnant with my grandfather, but he still let us go and let my grandfather be born peacefully in a suburban manor in London. The price we paid for this would be
Freedom! My grandfather and father never left that manor in their lives. They didn’t even know what London was like so close at hand. Can you believe this?”
Kira Yoshishi's eyes widened as he looked at this little lolita. Suddenly, he had a very absurd feeling. The War of the Roses between Lancaster and York was a legendary story in England. What was the concept of the Plantagenet Dynasty? Even if it was ordinary in later generations.
Can anyone tell that the little Lolita in front of him actually comes from that legendary family? The last heir of the York family ended up almost completely wiped out. The legend of the prince in the tower is still spread in England, and he unexpectedly met this person here.
The heir of the family, this is really absurd and bizarre.
"I think this is much better than the dark and humid Tower of London. At least you can breathe fresh air, right?" Kiragi tried to comfort the emotional Claudia. This was a very bitter story that reminded him of another
A story about ice and fire, I hope she can accept this blow.
"...My mother, Caroline of Antwerp, and my grandmother, Irena of Amsterdam, were all invited from the Netherlands by appointment of the Tudors. Do you know what this means? My
We are half Dutch in blood, and even if someone discovers us, we will not support a Plantagenet race marrying an outsider. Our family has no roots in England."
"Wait a minute, didn't you say your uncle is Frank Agote?" Kiragi looked at her confused, why was his mother called Caroline from Antwerp? What about his uncle?
"You have to know that Dutch people don't have surnames. Agot is my uncle's business name, and Uncle Frank is my mother's cousin. It's been thirty years since their family moved to Amsterdam from Antwerp to develop." Crowe
Dia chuckled and said, "It turns out there are things that Joseph doesn't know about! I really thought you were omniscient and omnipotent!"
"Uh, don't you have a surname? That seems to be the case. You seem to call yourself Claudia from York..." Kira Yoshishi rubbed his head in embarrassment, it was really bad to be complained about by a foreign little lolita.
Being so disturbed by Kiragi, Claudia's mood recovered somewhat. She supported her chin with her hand and frowned: "That's different. My last name is Plantagenet. You should know that this last name represents a taboo, because
Some reasons can only continue the family, so you are not wrong in saying that the York family is right."
"Then why is your family being persecuted? Hasn't the Tudor Dynasty already placed you under house arrest?"
"Because our family is a Protestant, in order to please Henry VIII, my father and mother joined the Protestant Church. After the death of Henry VIII, the current King Edward became weak and ill, and all the Catholics in the country rallied around Princess Mary because
She is a devout Catholic and first in line to the throne."
Kira Yoshitsune realized something: "Is that why she's going to attack your family?"
"Yes! That mad woman has been secretly persecuting the Protestants. Because John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was blocking her, she could only give up her delusion of persecuting the powerful Protestant nobles and scholars and instead persecute the small people.
The Protestants among the nobility and peasantry exacted bloody revenge!
I don’t know who told Princess Mary about the existence of our family. Not long after, the tragedy of Yorkshire Manor occurred! My father, mother, grandparents, uncles, aunts, little John and little Chris, as well as our family
The servants were all brutally murdered by Princess Mary’s supporters. Only I escaped by hiding in the darkroom in the closet... Half a month later, my uncle Frank led someone to rescue me. It has been almost two years now.
Already."
Claudia's tone was as cold as snow, terrifyingly calm, and her cold eyes seemed to be telling a story that had nothing to do with her, without a trace of emotion.