Pillars of the Wu family

ps: Some book friends complained about these messy things. I want to watch the Japanese Warring States Period, but more book friends are questioning why you don’t make cannons, but the protagonist really doesn’t know how to make cannons, and he doesn’t have the function of tinkerbell. How to fight Odawara without artillery?Toyotomi Hideyoshi took the attitude of the people of the world, and took 22 troops to besiege the city for five months before taking Odawara Castle!Wu Mei didn't want to save trouble and make up a random reason, because the most advanced artillery in that era was strictly controlled by the Ming Empire and Europe. The Guobeng that Dayou's family got from Portugal was only a 3-pound Eagle cannon, and they wanted a 12-pound Snake Cannons are just a dream, how can we get cannons without this girl?Japan is seriously deficient in iron. The protagonist’s workshop imports iron ore from Nizi’s house. Not to mention the iron materials for making guns, guns, and guns, let alone making artillery. With neither technology nor resources, what can the protagonist use to make artillery?The above text does not count.

Seeing His Royal Highness Gongfang deal with this tall and burly Nanman weirdo in twos and twos, the crowd cheered bursts of cheers, but their excitement didn't last too long before they were dispersed by the concentric policemen who rushed over. The law and order in Hong Kong has always been very good, and a sound concentric police system can serve as the task of maintaining law and order and arresting criminals. In this feudal era, it is true that not many bandits dared to enter the town of the big lord to commit crimes.

Francis Drake walked away angrily, Kirayoshi could only shrug his shoulders helplessly. He obviously just wanted to ask if he was that Drake, or if he happened to meet a guy with the exact same name. Unfortunately, I just cleaned up this big man and I can't talk to him for a while.

Boarding the deck of the York again, I saw the familiar gorilla again. This time, I learned from the sailor who led the way that his name was Ruen, and he was the youngest son of a carpenter family in Cheshire.Because they are born tall and strong, able to eat and grow.When he was ten years old, he almost left his family poor.His parents were forced to send him to the seaside as a sailor's apprentice, and then he was enlisted to the British Navy as a captain, until he was transferred to this ship as a bosun last year.

Yoshihiro Kira greeted this gorilla-like guy friendly, and walked into the cabin under the vigilant gaze of his bull's eyes. As soon as he entered the drawing room, he saw Francis Drake sitting in the corner, dressed in men's clothing The young girl held an ice pack and applied cold compresses to his swollen cheeks, complaining from time to time how he was beaten like this, and if his father found out, he would definitely give him a severe lesson.

Francis Drake muttered something under his breath as if to dislike his sister's talkativeness.Accidentally caught sight of Kirayoshi walking in, he groaned and turned his face away, but he forgot that the ice pack was still applied to his left cheek, so he suddenly turned his face and grinned in pain when he hit the ice pack, but he didn't want to show timidity in front of Kirayoshi, so he just He was able to endure the pain and maintain a wide-eyed expression.

"Ahh!" The girl followed his gaze and turned back, staring wide-eyed and said, "Is this the secret lover of His Highness the Duke? It really looks like a very special oriental person, and he is no shorter than Frans How much! And with such white and regular teeth and a charming smile, he must be a well-bred gentleman! Frans?"

The nicknames of Westerners are always slightly different from their names. Francis Drake snorted: "Chris, you little fool, don't look at it. Be careful not to be fooled by this nasty guy, he has a serious medical condition. erectile dysfunction. This is the reason His Royal Highness did not let him stay overnight last night."

When Christine Drake walked into the captain's room while watching Kirayoshi, she came back to her senses and curled her lips: "You are lying! I don't believe your nonsense! I heard Sarah tell me that His Royal Highness is back I specially changed into a beautiful dress to meet him, this gentleman only stayed in the captain's cabin for half an hour before leaving, His Royal Highness seemed very unhappy when he came back, but he didn't say a bad word about this gentleman!"

"Oh! This is really good news! It turns out that Claudia didn't have sex with this little boy from the East!" Francis Drake threw down the ice pack and became excited. The next moment he remembered what he had done today, and his face turned pale. He fell down and complained angrily: "Oops! Then wouldn't it be pointless for me to fight him for a duel just now? Instead, this hateful guy tricked me into swearing to God! Damn it! What a cunning guy!"

"France... do you mean that you challenged this gentleman just now...and got beaten up and swore at him?"

Francis Drake didn't react, and replied subconsciously: "Yes..."

"And what oath did you swear to God?"

"Just give up pursuing Claudia, and..." Francis Drake stared at his sister in panic, and found that Christine had a tendency to go further, so he hurriedly grabbed an ice pack and ran away.

Kira Yoshishishi was completely ignorant of what happened in the drawing room, and he was not in the mood to think about the situation of the Drake brothers and sisters at the moment, because he was facing Claudia, who had resumed her men's clothing, beside him Standing was a young maid, Sarah, who was also dressed in men's clothing. This little maid looked at him with a bit of sympathy, which made Kira Yoshitoki's head full of inexplicable feelings. Looking carefully at Claudia's expression, she still seemed to remember what happened yesterday. Not quick to recall.

Claudia took a deep breath and tried to make her expression look more cheerful. The corners of her mouth slightly raised into a perfect smile and said: "Mr. Joseph, good morning, I am very glad to come to this magical oriental land again , as the host of this ocean-going trade, I would like to represent the Kingdom of England to establish an official trade relationship with Mr. Joseph, for which we have prepared a trade agreement, please have a look."

The maid, Sarah, picked up a scroll and handed it to him. When Yoshihiro Kira took the scroll, he noticed that the feeling of the paper seemed to be completely different. What kind of papermaking technology is used to make it, but it is definitely not made in England, which has just introduced papermaking technology. It is more likely that it is made into scrolls from special paper obtained from the Ming Dynasty through some means.

Opening the scroll, he saw Gothic English with a strange shape, but he was confused by the words and sentences in this document. The grammar was completely different from the English he knew. The gap between the medieval Japanese and the modern Japanese that I know is quite large, and the matter is very important, and I dare not pretend to understand it.She could only ask Claudia for help with a cheeky face.

Claudia chuckled at his absurd reason.He could no longer maintain his impeccable expression.Order Sarah to help him translate sentence by sentence into normal spoken English. In fact, he can also feel that the spoken English of Middle English is completely different from my English. Fortunately, Claudia was there to guess He didn't understand half of it, and he could speak half-baked Middle English and talk about the religious reform with others. Looking back now, he feels ashamed of his stupid behavior.

The translated agreement was silently written by him. After reading it carefully several times, he found that it was indeed a normal trade agreement. He will establish a long-term trade cooperation relationship with England. The main trade products include porcelain, raw silk, silk, gauze and cotton cloth. , gold and silver jewelry utensils, amber, crystal, sulfur, mercury, white beads, sapphire, sumac, pepper.As well as high-end furniture such as dowry boxes and mirror boxes.

England, on the other hand, imports a large amount of finished woolen fabrics. Yoshihiro Kira knew very well that the wool textile industry has always been England's pillar industry. Other trade products are mainly concentrated in easily acceptable sparkling wine, wine, rum, and the most industrial glass. , soap, as well as saltpeter and gunpowder, in addition, such as knives, door locks, and various agricultural tools are also major trade items.

Ji Liangyi shook his head and said: "The first few things are nothing special, and the gold, silver, amber and other minerals injected into the latter are non-renewable resources. Generally speaking, do you want to exchange our raw materials for the industrial products you produce? ? I think this trade is unfair and violates the basis of our equal cooperation."

"Raw materials for industrial products... This is a very clever metaphor! I like this metaphor!" Claudia looked at him thoughtfully, and said: "We really need raw materials. You know that England is a small country. The island country. The territory seems to be smaller than Japan, and we need more raw materials to support the development of the handicraft industry. I also know that such cooperation is somewhat unfair, so I can give appropriate discounts on the prices of industrial products to ensure that Joseph can also benefit from this benefit from this trade.”

Kira Yoshihito said with a smile: "We also have things produced by ourselves that can be exchanged, just as the residents of England cannot wear woolen clothes in summer, and my subjects cannot wear linen clothes in winter to keep out the cold. We work with each other to create a foundation of mutual benefit."

Sarah murmured disapprovingly, "You mean sackcloth? We can also produce it."

"Sarah, go and prepare some black tea to entertain the guests."

"Yes!" Sarah bowed her head and exited the room in a low voice. Claudia said apologetically, "Sorry, this is the maid who has been with me since I was a child. I'm sorry for being indulgent."

"It doesn't matter! What Miss Sarah said makes sense. You can produce linen, but I can give you a price you can't refuse, because I am a big lord in northern Japan. I own a large area of ​​land to grow and produce a lot of linen. Every day Countless linen has been spun into cloth, and these cloths have been transported to various places by me to be sold and loved by merchants everywhere. I believe your people will also like this cheap and strong cloth. I only sell cloth and not ready-made clothes, which can ensure that There will be no unemployed tailors in our country."

Kira Yoshishishi knew very well that the British textile industry was concentrated in the wool spinning industry. The output of linen was very low or could not guarantee self-sufficiency at all. He could only buy expensive fabrics from semi-hostile forces such as France and the Hanseatic League. According to Claudia It may be nonsense to go all the way to Japan to buy cloth, but when he offered a price much lower than that of the Hanseatic League, he was still moved.

The textile industry in Europe is underdeveloped, especially the trade products in the North Sea area are very scarce. The main trading partners are France and the Hanseatic League in North Germany. One of these two is an old enemy for hundreds of years, and the other dominates the North Sea trade. The profiteering group has almost fallen out with the Hanseatic League since Britain advocated changing the trade distribution method in the North Sea a few years ago.

Fortunately, the Hanseatic League is also showing signs of decline at this time. Due to the long-term emphasis on the principle of purchasing cheap raw materials from the cheapest areas, the agriculture and handicraft industries in the Hanseatic League’s local areas are very backward, and they cannot produce raw materials and industrial products. At best, the SA League is only a transit point for wholesale trade.

And the Hanseatic League continued to use its privileges and immunities to cheat, deceive and dominate the market, so merchants in England and the Netherlands began to bypass the Hanseatic League and directly establish direct business ties with Sweden, Denmark, and Russian principalities. It's not as good as Sakaicho in Japan, and it won't be a pity to lose it.

The imminent loss of a trade point will cause a temporary gap in England's few trade routes. Elizabeth I allowed Claudia to go far away to find new trade routes out of this idea. Where can she go? Woolen cloth? (To be continued..)