Walli had many questions in his mind, but after the ship owner in front of him reported the price of the firearm, he immediately had no time to think about these questions.
"A musket costs two hundred taels of silver, and a cannon costs fifty thousand taels of silver!" Liu Hua said lightly: "This is the price we negotiated with General Ruan!"
"How many?" Wall-E no longer cared about making fun of the ship owner. Such a price is definitely unacceptable. Last time, the exiles had dozens of muskets and just gave them away for a small box of gold. It was outrageous.
Yes, I have never seen anything so outrageous!
Liu Hua smiled and didn't answer. How do I know that I reported the number? Will you do anything to me? Besides, you haven't decided whether to buy it or not. Is it interesting to know this number?
"Your Excellency, you can send someone to inquire about the market situation. I estimate that the only people in this sea area who can sell firearms in large numbers are our Dongfan merchants!"
Walli really needed to inquire. There were still many things that needed to be inquired about. After sending the ship owner away, Walli called his men.
"Keep an eye on this ship, don't let them leave the port easily, just say what I said, I'm raising gold and silver!"
"Then what should we do if someone else wants to buy these firearms that the prince is interested in?" His officers were not stupid and asked possible questions directly.
"Let them buy!" Walli sneered: "If they sell at a lower price than the price quoted to me, then they are teasing me. The consequences of teasing me may not be very good! If it is based on the price they quoted,
In terms of business, I can guarantee that the number of people who can afford their firearms in our Liagan port will not exceed the number of fingers on one hand!"
"How about you take someone with you at night, disguise yourself as a robber, and rob them?" The officer rolled his eyes and came up with a bad idea. However, in his opinion, this idea was not bad at all.
With five thousand soldiers and horses, are we still afraid that he will cause an upheaval?
Sure enough, Walli glanced at him with some hatred, and pointed outside, "Look at how many ships there are outside. People are doing business in a well-behaved manner. If we do this, will any ships dare to come here in the future?
?”
"Then..." The officer looked aggrieved. It's not you, Your Highness, who wants these things!
"Send people to various ships to inquire about the news. There is always someone who knows what's going on in Champa. What's going on with the Dai Viet people in Champa now, and what's happening to the leader Nguyen now? These people's things were originally intended to be sold.
It’s for them, but they just came here because they broke their promise!”
Wali ordered: "In addition, send someone to the royal city immediately. I will tell my father exactly what happened in the letter and let him make a decision. Before that, I must stabilize them first!"
The officer nodded and was about to go out, but Wali stopped him: "By the way, I want to ask the people from Manlajia. Ask them what the price of this firearm is in Manlajia. They should get something for it."
If you hear it, come back and report it to me!"
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"Qianhu, what's going on?" As soon as Liu Hua returned to his ship, several heavily armed soldiers came over. These were his old subordinates, and there was no need to say that they were loyal. He ordered that no one was allowed to leave during his absence.
If anyone wants to board the ship regardless of who they are, there is only one way to go - by stepping on their corpses on the merchant ship!
"The news has been released!" Liu Hua returned to his ship and calmed down: "If there are Lord Ruan's subordinates here, they should know soon that Qin Hui has three iron brothers. Anyone who knows the news
, after a little digging, you should know where we are coming from, just wait, someone will contact us soon and inquire about the whereabouts of their general!"
"That's not right, Qianhu, if, I mean just in case, these grandsons just want to sell off the stolen goods and go back to live their own lives, wouldn't we be blinded?"
"Where are they going back to? Dai Viet?" Liu Hua smiled contemptuously: "Don't forget, they are just a group of homeless dogs. Even if they ignore their generals, how can they return to Dai Viet and remain anonymous in the Zhen La Kingdom?
They also have to spend money. Once those stolen goods are sold, everyone will know where they came from. I don’t believe that the Chenla Congress will tolerate such a group of guys in their country, let alone that some people will have no interest in the things they have!
"
He looked at his brother: "So, it would be best if they could sell the looted goods at once. Apart from here, I really can't think of any place where I can eat their food at once, even if it can't be sold.
It would be a good idea to replace them with some guys who are close to me, so I will take a two-pronged approach. No matter which side they are tempted, they will send people to contact us!"
"It's just that there is some trouble!" He frowned and looked at the dock in the distance: "It seems that we have made a little more noise, and the Zhenla people seem to be tempted by these firearms!"
"Just make them unable to afford it!" The subordinates laughed: "We are doing business, but it's not that we don't want to sell it to him. If he can't pay the price, then it's no wonder!"
"You think I'm a fool, you didn't think of this!" Liu Hua glared at the guy: "A fire gun worth more than ten taels of silver each, I'll bid two hundred taels. If this person from Zhenla country doesn't have a complete mind,
He’s a tofu boy, he shouldn’t take money and mistreat it like this!”
"What if they are stupid and have too much money and really want to buy it, Qianhu, what should we do? The commander only allocated a hundred fire blunderbuss to us, and now they are all in the hands of the brothers. How can this be done?
If you don’t heat it up, you’ll be better off these guys!”
"Then sell it!" Liu Hua laughed, "One hundred fire guns can be sold for 20,000 taels. At worst, we can go to Zhancheng again and ask for some from the adults. Such a deal, if it comes to your door
If you don’t do anything, you will be struck by lightning!”
Everyone laughed, thinking it was just a joke among their own families. No one would spend too much money to spend money like this!
The next time was waiting, and the waiting time was very difficult. Day by day passed by, and on the third day, there was still no movement. No one tried to contact them quietly, and no one tried to sneak in quietly in the middle of the night.
After getting on the boat, Liu Hua gradually began to feel weak.
The commander's intelligence must be correct. What is wrong can only be attributed to the methods he used. There must be the eyes and ears of Lord Ruan's remnants in Liao Port, but they are so calm, or they are really
Let his subordinates say that they are right. They don't care that the former general plans to sell the stolen goods and live a small life. Or, they find a better way than themselves, and they don't bother with the bait of the firearms they released.
This is not possible. This is the opportunity given to me by the commander. If I go back empty-handed twice, how can I meet people and gain the trust of the commander?
Just when he was thinking about whether he should take Lord Ruan out of the cabin in a high-profile manner and let him blow the air on the deck, there was a movement. But what made him depressed was that the movement was not what he expected.
movement.
Prince Walli invites you!
This time, he finally figured out Wali's identity. Although he felt a little disdainful for a prince who dressed like a tit, at any rate, this time, he showed a lot of respect, not to Wali, the person.
But because of Wali's status as a prince belonging to the king, even in the Ming Dynasty, he is also a person qualified to be received by His Majesty.
It's a pity that his attitude was respectful, but Walli's attitude was a little disrespectful.
This time, as soon as he led two people into Wali's lobby, a group of Zhenla warriors rushed in behind him. Forced by the shining spear points, a few of them were reluctantly killed.
Disarmed.
This is a great shame and humiliation! Liu Hua felt as if ten thousand grass and mud horses were galloping past. After decades of serving in the army, he had never been unarmed and then had a spear pressed against his throat to speak!
"Your Highness, what do you mean? Have we done something wrong?" He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.
He was angry, and there was someone in front of him who was even angrier than him. These three days were enough for Wali to understand what happened in Champa. Although his father in Wangcheng had not yet returned his reply on the matter, it was no longer
It affected his judgment on this matter. He was completely teased by the dark and thin Ming man in front of him.
"You are spies, spies who came from Champa!" Wali shouted loudly, as if venting his anger: "Panluo defeated Lord Ruan, and now Champa is still in Panluo's hands. When you arrive,
We must have bad intentions when we come to Liao Port. Our spies have found out clearly that Panluo's reinforcements are Ming people like you, and you still lied to me, saying they were Dongfan people!"
"Then..." Liu Hua wasn't surprised when he saw that the other party knew his identity. He was just surprised that he hadn't gotten angry yet. Fortunately, the prince seemed to have robbed his wife.
"I'm going to detain your goods and arrest you all!" Wali looked at the guy in front of him hatefully. Seeing the sneer smile on the corner of his mouth, his anger just surged in. These Ming people
, do you think that I, Wall-E, am a three-year-old child? They must pay the price for teasing me like this!
"The Kingdom of Zhenla wants to arrest the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and detain the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty?" Liu Hua smiled contemptuously: "Your Highness, do you want to provoke a war between the Kingdom of Zhenla and the Ming Dynasty?"
"But you are not businessmen, you are just a group of fleeing soldiers, a group of deserters. The firearms in your hands must have been stolen from the Ming Dynasty's army. I am here to capture the deserters for the Ming Dynasty. My father will report this matter to the Emperor of Heaven.
It’s all about merit and not fault!” Wali shouted with a red face, and dared to threaten himself that he would hang him!
"Come here, drag these people out, hang them in public, mobilize the port guards, and take down the ship from the Ming Dynasty!"