Chapter One Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty Nine Morino Kiyoshi’s Farewell! Ming Kingdom, Ming Kingdom!
The clouds are like light ink, driven by the cold wind, slowly moving from the northern sky to the southern sky. A faint shadow envelopes the northern sea, and gradually covers the long boats on the shore.
The road ahead is a low-hanging shadow, like the abyss in which Buddha stares down. Dozens of Japanese craftsmen and Korean craftsmen are either chanting sutras devoutly or crying in despair. Some are stumbling, and some are feeding tigers. They are like this
Go through the farewell
On the river, I stepped through the reeds and grass of the Ezo land, bid farewell to everything in the past, and boarded a mountain and sea ship like the Santu River. And those cries that came from afar made the great compassionate Master Juehui endure it.
He kept lowering his eyelids and sighed softly.
"Namo Myoho Lotus! All living beings are attached, and all living beings suffer. This is the reincarnation of fate, the calamity promised by the Buddha! After this calamity, the door of infinite light will arrive after the death of all good believers...Namo Amitabha
!Infinite light and infinite life..."
"Namo Amitabha Night! Duotagadu Night..."
Having said that, Master Juehui was sincere and recited the mantra for rebirth for the believers who sacrificed their lives to feed tigers and boarded the boats. After completing this meritorious deed, he felt at ease and whispered with compassion.
"Eighty-one craftsmen, one hundred and eighty stone meters, and a broken merchant ship that is moving slowly...With these additional burdens, the Shantar people's fleet will inevitably sail slowly!..."
"When the Shantao fleet leaves the coast and separates from the Shantao cavalry and tribal warriors on the shore...the big boat of my Tiantai Zong water battle will attack the slow short boat of the Yuan invaders, then it will be easy to capture, just like history reappearing!
…”
"These Yuan Kou's gold clan are so rich! Such a big deal, hundreds of kilograms of gold, they took it out as soon as they said it, and they didn't even go back to withdraw the money. It was beyond my expectation... I didn't know they
How much gold is still contained in their big ship? Where is their tribal camp, how much gold is astonishingly hidden, and how many people are guarding it. Can they grab it? And if they capture their chief and nobles, they can extort a large amount of gold.
A ransom…”
Thinking of these beautiful things, Master Juehui raised the corners of his mouth and his eyebrows became more charitable. Of course, he was definitely not greedy, but to resist Shan Tao, eliminate demons and defend the Dharma, and for the responsibility of Buddha and Shanmen! Moreover,
What is more urgent is this
After acquiring a large sum of Shantao gold, it will be just in time for next year's big sale, a big sale that happens once every ten years! As long as you invest the gold and make a circle in the big sale, no matter how much gold you invest, you can make a lot of money.
Earn twice as much! Once you open a business, you will be full for ten years...
"Namo Amitabha Night..."
"Even if the sky is bright and there is no rain, my clothes are still stained deep in the clouds... Zusang, you see, this is really a sunny season like spring and the light mist is like a dream! In such a season, we can have a visit to the Ezo North Sea
It’s so beautiful to meet each other!…”
The sun disappeared among the clouds, and the shadows were like hanging veils, gently hugging the businessman by the river. Morino Qing raised his head and glanced at the sunny and cloudy sky, but the smile on his face could not be hidden at all.
Live. He was in a happy mood and recited two lines of Tang poetry with a smile, which was quite appropriate. Then he turned over the account book in his hand and counted it with a smile.
"Ancestor, let me read you the account books of this transaction! There are three hundred and fifty sets of Tang books, a total of 5,048 books. According to one hundred books and one catty of gold, the total is fifty catties of gold. One thousand and ten meters
Eighty shi, according to 50 shi per pound, totaling 20 kilograms of gold
One thousand and eighty kilograms of salt, just five kilograms of gold as an extra. There are one thousand and eighty pieces of swords, guns, bows and armor, mainly three hundred pairs of iron armor and carcass pills, which total seventy-five kilograms of gold. Finally, there is one
A damaged merchant ship, twenty pounds of gold..."
"Books, rice, salt, weapons, and boats, these five items combined are one hundred and seventy kilograms of gold. Is that right?..."
"Yes, God bless you! Sen, the salt you brought this time is of very good quality. I hope you can bring more salt for the next transaction! We will buy it at a higher price!"
"Ah, yes! Next transaction..."
Morino Kiyoshi smiled politely, bowed respectfully to the "Golden God of Wealth", and bypassed the topic of the next transaction. Then, he flipped through the account books and talked about the bulk of the transaction, which was also in the gold trade.
The most profitable part, the “artisans”!
"Witnessed by the Buddha! For this transaction, we brought eighty-one craftsmen. One North Korean master medical craftsman, counted as fifty kilograms of gold..."
"Carpentry category: Five big craftsmen, mainly engaged in building construction, repairing houses, temples, and castles. Six craftsmen, mainly engaged in wood processing, repairing furniture, cabinets, and drawers... Ironworking category: Five casters, casting
Bronze bells, iron pots, farm tools, and four knifemakers, making ordinary knives and weapons... Textiles: a weaver for weaving, a dyer for dyeing cloth, and an embroiderer for embroidery, four each, all from Omi.
Specialize
The village of Monoribu can cooperate with each other... Ceramics and earth-burning category: The potter who burns pottery, the bricklayer who burns tiles, and the earthworker who excavates each are four people, all from the same town and city, and they are also invited together... Lacquer carving category:
There are three lacquer workers for making lacquerware and two carvers who are good at engraving... plus two people for leather and tannery. Two people for printing and Korean board carpenters. For ships, two ordinary Korean shipwrights...
"There are fifty-four workers in total. Depending on the skill, the price ranges from five to ten kilograms of gold... Well, let me do the mental arithmetic. The total is... four hundred and two kilograms of gold. Let me count you as four hundred kilograms of gold! ...
"
"Finally, farmers are easier to find and the price is much lower. There are three tea farmers, four mulberry farmers, five hemp farmers, seven various fruit farmers, and seven animal farmers raising livestock and poultry. The total number of farmers is twenty-six
People, if you give me two or three kilograms of gold each, then it will be sixty kilograms of gold!…”
"Buddha bless you! These eighty-one craftsmen, all added together, are five hundred and ten kilograms of gold. Do you think this is correct?..."
"Yes! Witness the Lord God! So, the total amount of our transaction this time is six hundred and eighty kilograms of gold?... Sen, my warrior, I have given the gold to your people. Have you finished counting it now?"
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"Ah! The owner of the house has finished counting and weighing...it's just...it's just..."
"Just what? The generous Golden Chief is standing here upright! Will he reduce our payment?..."
"Ah! No, no! It's not less, it's just maybe, maybe too much... We weighed seven hundred kilograms, but we didn't remove the straw bag containing the gold..."
"Uh! Zusang, what do you think?"
"Haha! God bless you! Sen, these extra 20 kilograms of gold can be regarded as a deposit for your next trade! We all want North Korean medical craftsmen, whether they are men or women, as long as they have the ability.
By the way, capable shipwrights will also be given priority. As for the armor you made, remember to make it bigger next time. There are also good salts in vain, so bring more next time!…"
"Ah! Okay! Okay! Next time...definitely next time! Zusang, then this time...we will pay for everything?"
"What's the end? I don't understand what you're saying. It's settled like this!..."
"Hi!!…"
After the transaction was completed, Morino Qing's face glowed red and he bowed again at more than 90 degrees. Zuvarro was smiling and obviously very happy. He took a wine bag sewn from the stomach of a deer from Lathander's hand and smiled.
Then he stuffed it into Morino Qing's hand.
"Come on! Sen, try this wine! This is a good wine from my hometown, you must have never drunk it before!"
"Eh! What does this wine taste like?...hiss!...ahem!!..."
After taking a sip of tequila, Morino Kiyoshi turned red from his neck to his face. His whole body was shaken, a breath of fire burned from his stomach to his throat, and he couldn't stop coughing!
This bag of tequila is a specialty of the kingdom's craft brewing. It is added with high-sugar honey and pineapple juice, and is at least thirty or forty degrees! Not to mention, the spiciness in the wine is something Morino Kiyoshi has never tasted before.
Like fire.
"Haha! How about it, have fun!..."
Seeing Morino Qing coughing, Zuvaro laughed loudly, took a few sips of spicy wine, and stretched out his hand to Lathander. Lathander was helpless, sighed, and took out a small bag of Maya cigarettes from his arms.
, reluctantly handed one to Zuvalo.
"Two! One for our old friend!..."
"..."
"..."
Morino Qing's eyes widened as he watched the two Shantao and Mongolian nobles light up two strange "moxa sticks" and stuff them into two small corn cob pipes. Then Zuvarro took one in his mouth, and then
Stuffed one into Morinoqing's mouth.
"Uh! What is this? What does this smell like?!...Oh!"
After taking two puffs of the special smoke into his throat, Morino Kiyoshi suddenly opened his eyes and felt as if his whole body was floating. His thoughts were instantly clear, and he felt the strange "spice" he had never experienced before, and a question inexplicably emerged in his mind.
"Buddha! What on earth is this spicy wine and this cigarette? Is it the weird witchcraft inherited from the Mongolian Golden Clan?..."
"Or maybe these golden tribes in the north have a more special origin? The newly arrived Shantao nobleman next to him seemed to have mentioned some difficult words when talking to Caishan. What about the sea to the west and the sea to the east? Bai
The demon of skin, the great khan of the tribe?…”
"Sen, Sen! Wake up, wake up! How do you feel? How does the divine smoke given by the Lord God taste? Is it the ultimate enjoyment?!..."
Zuvarro laughed loudly and patted Morino Kiyoshi's face, waking him up from the mist of divine smoke. After receiving this unprecedented warm hospitality, Zuvarro became solemn and stared at
Morino Qing's face turned, he held the opponent's wrist tightly, and asked in a low voice again.
"Sen! When is the next transaction? Is it still May?..."
"What kind of mage is on your ship? How many warriors have you brought with you? How dare you take advantage of us and destroy the precious trade between our friends?..."
"Buddha! Zu! After all, I am still a disciple of the Miao Court and a businessman of the Tiantai Sect... I have to leave a way out for myself..."
"Sen! This kind of trade is good for both of us! Do you want to watch the great monk appear out of nowhere and destroy the golden friendship between us? What is his plan? Tell me! I will send samurai to solve it
he…"
Facing Zuvaro's questioning, Morino Kiyoshi held his pipe in his mouth and smiled bitterly. He took a deep breath of the wonderful smoke, and after a while, he calmly pointed to the warship parked on the beach.
"Boat?…"
"Ahem! Zusang! I sincerely hope to maintain the precious trade between us. But now that the sect is intervening, although it seems that only Master Juehui is sent, the greed behind it is actually the greed of the entire group of senior officials.
Monks and gentlemen, it’s very difficult to solve!…”
Morino Kiyoshi took another puff of cigarette, his eyes were blurred for a while, and then he continued to speak clearly.
"Master Juehui relied on the monk soldiers in his hands and the Omi monks and sects behind him. The monks and sects led the Tiantai sect and relied on the relationship passed down from generation to generation and their influence on the nobles in the Ashikaga shogunate. In the Kanto region
, that is, the Uesugi clan, the leader of Kanto, and the Ashikaga Shige clan, Koga Koga. These two important forces, the great virtuous monks in the sect, can all speak to each other..."
"This is like a golden peach forest with a bunch of golden peaches. They were originally planted by you and me... But now, the peaches are being targeted by greedy monkeys, who have come to show their claws.
This monkey is very arrogant and won't be able to restrain himself until he is beaten... But if the monkey is really beaten to death, a group of arrogant monkeys will appear behind him, and even a self-righteous monkey king!...
"
"If you continue to fight, the monkeys will be in pain, and they will chirp all over the mountain. The real beasts in the whole mountain will have to hear it! And those real tigers, wolves, and beasts, looking over with wide eyes, are not this group of wild beasts.
A greedy monkey can't compare..."
"Zu! Do you understand my difficulty? I can't decide the Tiantai Sect, and I don't have any decision-making power. I definitely want to trade with you forever, but what will happen next and how far the situation will go, I said no
It counts! So, I can only avoid it first, go to other places, and wait for everything to settle..."
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He bowed deeply, his head almost lowering than his knees. And what he said next shocked both Zuvalo and Lathander, and their mouths opened in surprise.
"Zusang! Witness the Buddha! Thanks to your fate, these two gold trades have saved me thousands of kilograms of gold... And with these real currencies, coupled with the efforts of the sect, I finally got a chance.
, squeezed into next year’s Kanhe trade, and joined the Ming Dynasty’s tribute fleet!…”
"Although the tribute fleet going to the Ming Dynasty next year is controlled by the Hosokawa clan and dominated by wealthy merchants from Sakai Port, the Ming Dynasty actually has little demand for our goods. Only by transporting enough gold and silver currency can we purchase large quantities.
Good things from the Ming Dynasty, including the most
Exquisite porcelain and brocade! And none of these wealthy merchants have as much gold currency as I do! The Ming treasures they can buy are always limited. They need more gold, and the tribute fleet also desires more.
of gold!…”
"And I, Morino Kiyoshi, will represent the Omi merchant group and the nobles of the shogunate. With the approval of the wealthy merchants of Sakai Port, I will board the ship with a huge amount of gold currency! My gold is the ticket for admission. I can make the tribute fleet,
Buy back more priceless Ming treasures. These
When the goods are shipped back to Japan and resold, the profits will be multiplied by several times. My joining will double the fortunes of the merchants in Sakai Port! ...So, thanks to the generosity of the Golden Clan, I finally got the money I dreamed of.
Qualifications for tributary trade!…”
Speaking of this, a shining look appeared in Morino Kiyoshi's eyes, like a traveler who had trekked for decades and finally reached the top of Mount Fuji. The torrent of gold, no matter how many times it circled, would eventually flow to the entire
The black hole of gold and silver in the world flows to the deepest
The rich and prosperous Ming Dynasty! And being able to participate in the tribute trade by riding on the rivers of gold, it means that Omi's wealthy businessman Morino Kiyoshi has finally squeezed into the top business circle of the Republic of China, becoming the top few in the entire Republic of China.
One of the famous businessmen!
"Zusang! Thank you for your love! Next March, I will board the Sakai Port fleet that is suitable for tribute trade. Around April or May, I will already be in the most prosperous port in the world, the most prosperous port in the Ming Dynasty.
The prosperous city of Ningbo! And between August and September, I should have arrived at the magnificent capital of the Ming Dynasty with the tribute mission to meet with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty..."
"When the tribute trade returns and the fleet returns to Sakai Port with countless treasures of the Ming Dynasty...perhaps it will be the spring of the year after tomorrow! If by that time, the monkeys have not attracted those beasts, our golden peach forest will
, it can be continued! Moreover, there will be a real path in this golden peach forest, connecting the truly wealthy Ming Dynasty merchants who can bring out all their goods!..."
"What! Sen! You are going to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty!"
Hearing these words, Zuvalo opened his mouth in shock, and his expression became complicated. He was still trying his best to sneak into the Jurchen team that went to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty with the Harman chief Ali.
He brought dozens of kilograms of gold with him. However, he did not expect that before his plan was revealed, Morino Qing directly boarded the ship and was going to meet the Ming Emperor with the tribute fleet!
What's even more irritating is that when these people go out, they can bring thousands of kilograms or even more gold and go to trade without any care! Aren't they afraid of being robbed by the ferocious Ming army?
"Ancestor! The fate of good and evil karma is not over yet; if fate is not over, we will meet again! I believe that you and I will meet again eventually and restart this great river of gold trade! But today we say goodbye, the mountains are high and the river is long, please come back
Please take good care of yourself and be careful at sea!..."
"Namo Amitabha! We are separated in life, but we meet in death. Life and death are impermanent, and fate meets immediately. May the Buddha protect you and me!..."
After reciting these two sentences of Buddha's name, Morino Kiyoshi smiled and solemnly collected Zuvarro's gift, the corncob pipe that he had never seen before. Then, he turned around gracefully, taking Xiangjiro who was following suit, and said goodbye to his beloved.
Golden Chief, bid farewell to the distant sea of Ezo~~