The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

The silk was also confiscated from the pirates' lair. Pan Yun only took a small portion of it, and divided it into three grades: upper, middle and lower.

This is the introduction.

The silk of the Ming Dynasty was famous throughout the world. Anyone who went to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, such as Korea, Japan, Annan, Siam, and Java, would bring silk with them when they left.

Silk is also one of the favorite commodities of smugglers and pirates.

A piece of fine silk can be used to buy a house abroad and can be used directly as money.

Kochi County looked very poor, so Pan Yun asked Miaozhen and Miaohe to carry out two baskets of high-quality silk.

When Motoyama Youshun and Chosokabe Shigeru saw this, their eyes lit up immediately and they became even more enthusiastic towards Pan Yun.

Qu Le glanced at the silk in the basket and gave a mocking smile without disguising it.

The so-called high, medium and low-quality silks are nothing more than the classification of silks and satins seized from pirates' lairs. If they were really brought to the country, these silks and satins would not be good enough.

There are so many beautiful silks in the Ming Dynasty, such as Su satin, Hangzhou silk, and Shu brocade, that it is almost impossible to tell the difference between them.

It is a joke to classify silk into high, medium and low quality, because when the truly best silks are put together, they cannot be distinguished at all.

Benshan Youshun ignored the contempt in Qu Le's eyes and warmly invited Pan Yun to visit Benshan's home. "I will vacate the main house for the guests."

Xue Shao couldn't help but frown, thinking that this person was too flattering.

Chosokabe Shigeru was also very enthusiastic and said that his family had a separate manor by the sea where Pan Yun and his friends could stay.

He said respectfully: "If Master Pan is not used to our people, I can take them away and let Master Pan use the house. If Master Pan wants to experience our Japanese culture and customs more deeply, he can keep the servants in the other courtyard to do rough cleaning."

His words and actions made people feel like spring breeze and made them feel much better, so Pan Yun decided to visit Benshan's house.

Hu Jing and his group: ...

Qu Le read as he put away his things: "You also said that Chosokabe Shigeru is more comfortable, why don't you live somewhere more comfortable, but go to the Motoyama family instead?"

Pan Yun: "Do you look down on Benshan Peregrine Falcon?"

Qu Le muttered: "He reminds me of the treacherous eunuch Wang Zhen!"

Pan Yun glared at him and said, "You underestimate Wang Zhen too much. Not to mention Benshan Youshun, even Chosokabe Shigeru is not even worthy of carrying Wang Zhen's shoes. This little trick can only fool us pirates who have come from afar."

Qu Le jumped up and down: "You knew that, but you still went?"

Pan Yun: "Go, if you don't go, how can we give them a chance to take action? If they don't take action, how can we take action? If we don't take action, won't we be stuck at the port forever? There are so many mouths to feed on this ship, and they need money every day. If we eat for another three days, the food on this ship will be gone. Will you pay for the food then?"

They didn't have many people, but there were still 128 prisoners in the cabin, and their food and drink were a big problem.

Not to mention that Pan Jun still needs them and won't let them starve. Even if she doesn't need them, she can't let them starve on the boat. If people starve to death, they will eat each other, and she doesn't want to be killed in return.

So we have to let them take action early.

Pan Yun only brought Xue Shao, Wang Cong and A Xin to visit Benshan's house, while the others still lived on the boat.

Two Jinyiwei followed Xue Shao and his servant, carrying a box.

When they arrived at Benshan's house, the two Jinyiwei opened the box and took out two sets of tea sets, a box of tea leaves, and all kinds of miscellaneous things that filled the table.

Then I knelt down and made tea for them.

Chosokabe Shigeru didn't know what he said to Motoyama Youshun, but the two of them walked together in a friendly manner and came to Motoyama's house together. Seeing Qu Zhixing and the other person put out the tea sets like flowing clouds and water, his heart was lifted, and his eyes looked at Pan Yun even brighter.

Xi Jin picked up the teapot and asked the servant of Benshan's family, "What kind of water do you use to make tea?"

The language used is Japanese, but with an accent.

Motoyama Youshun was slightly surprised and asked in Chinese, "Master Pan's servant can speak Japanese? It sounds like the accent of Suo Province."

Pan Yun smiled and said, "There are many ronin in the coastal areas of our Daming Dynasty. This child learned it from the ronin. Maybe that person is from Suo Province."

Chosokabe Shigeru seemed to be lost in thought, while Motoyama Youshun had already smiled and asked the servant to bring Xijin to fetch water to wash the teapot.

He said, "I know that the tea art of the Celestial Empire is outstanding, and they like to use mountain spring water to make tea, but I don't have mountain spring water here, but I do have snow water that accumulated last winter. I wonder if it can be used?"

It is indeed usable, but she thinks well water and river water are also fine. There is less pollution now. Aren’t these two types of water better than snow water that has accumulated for half a year?
But in order to maintain his persona, Pan Jun smiled and nodded, and said readily: "Okay, then let's try the snow water from Shikoku Island."

Benshan Peregrine happily asked someone to fetch snow water.

Xue Shao held back his laughter, lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Both Motoyama Youshun and Chosokabe Shigeru wanted to find out the situation and price of the goods in Pan Yun's hands.

Pan Yun boasted a lot and said a lot of nonsense, and the prices he offered were very affordable, all slightly lower than the prices previously charged by smuggling merchants and pirates.

If she had quoted prices at irregular intervals, Motoyama Youshun and Chosokabe Shigeru might have been more excited. However, after hearing all the prices, the two found that Pan Yun's quotes were generally about 15% to 10% lower, which meant that she knew the original price and just generally lowered the price.

Of course, she didn't lower the price for nothing. Pan Yun wanted them to provide free port berthing and guarantee that her crew would be safe as long as they came to Kochi County...

There are a lot of conditions.

Motoyama Yushun and Chosokabe Shigeru felt that a price that was only 15% lower was not enough.

So the two sides started bargaining, two against one.

Pan Yun seemed unable to withstand their offensive, and finally shook his head and gave in to 20%.

Motoyama Youshun wanted to agree, but Chosokabe Shigeru suddenly lowered the price to 50%.

Pan Jun was unhappy, so the deal was not concluded tonight.

But everyone was still happy. Benshan Youshun treated them to roast lamb, various sashimi and soup, and they drank a lot of tea and wine. In the end, the three parties left with great pleasure.

Pan Yun and the others moved into the main courtyard that was "given up" by Honshan Youhuan. Then Honshan Youhuan saw Chosokabe Shigeru out, and the two of them turned around and went to a thatched hut next door to have a secret talk.

Under the swaying shadows of the trees, a dark shadow flashed by. Chosokabe Shigeru turned his head sharply and frowned: "It seems like something is following us."

"This is my home. They just arrived and they're not even sure which way the door opens. Did you see it wrong?" Benshan Youshun urged, "Let's go. Ichijo-kun is waiting."

The two of them hurriedly walked under a tree.

Pan Xiaohei walked out from behind the tree with graceful steps, thought for a moment, turned around and climbed up the tree, jumping from one tree to another in a few seconds, and caught up with the two people.

A wooden house stood there alone, with hardly any trees or even grass around it.

It's obvious that this is a house used to plot evil deeds.

Pan Xiaohei saw it from the treetops, and jumped down faster than the two of them. After landing gently on the ground, he ran to the shadow of the house ahead of them, and then climbed up to the roof in two quick steps. In the darkness, he seemed to have sensed something, and immediately lay down, lying quietly on the roof without moving. (End of this chapter)