si-mexico Chapter 427 You Are Only Fit to Be a Smelly Fisher
Chapter 427 You Are Only Fit to Be a Smelly Fisher
When Fei Tianfan heard about the request for money, his face turned extremely ugly. He immediately waved his hands and wailed, "I don't have any money! What's more, the money I had was taken away by the pirates from your country. If the King of Qin is willing to make friends with us, he should provide us with weapons so that we can defeat these pirates from your country!"
Lin Jiaxuan: “…”
He looked at Fei Tianfan with sympathy and a little pity. "I understand this mentality of wanting to get something for free! I also wanted to get something for free from Li Jize in the past."
What a pity! If you have been to Da Qi, you should know very well that Li Jize is a Pixiu!
He can eat your food, but if you want him to spit it out, that's impossible.
There are no such words in his dictionary!
Of course, you can get it for free, but when Li Jize asks you to pay it back in the end, it will definitely be ten times or a hundred times the repayment.
"Mr. Feitian! Look at this firearm! It's not just for fighting pirates, right?"
Lin Jiaxuan had an ambiguous expression on his face, constantly trying to persuade him. Fei Tianfan was stunned for a long time after hearing this.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up. Oh my! He finally realized that firearms weren't just for fighting pirates. Who else could they be used against?
Of course it’s other daimyos!
Maybe by then, relying on the sharpness of his firearms, he could conquer the Eastern Japanese and become the general himself. Oh no! He could even change the dynasty and become the new emperor.
but……
When he thought that the firearm was not free and he had to pay for it out of his own pocket, Fei Tianfan gritted his teeth and shook his head.
"Mr. Lin, my...my Shikoku...I'm really out of money!"
Damn it!
Lin Jiaxuan was speechless. He had seen stingy people before, but he had never seen anyone so stingy. It seemed that the "painting a pie in the sky" trick had also failed!
Then let’s use the second method…
The report is powerful, that is, the settlement of accounts!
"Mr. Feitian, let me do the math for you. If you didn't buy firearms, the economic losses caused by these pirates burning, killing, and looting along the coast would probably be dozens, or even hundreds, of times the money you spent on the firearms!"
This account is easy to calculate, right?
If you buy a firearm to defend yourself, how much does a firearm cost? If you don't have this ability, how much will a robber take away from your home?
pity……
Hey! Still no money!
Fei Tianfan meant that he had very little money in his pocket. He treated the people very well and collected very low taxes, so he really could not afford to buy firearms.
Since your King Qin wants to sell firearms so much, why not sell it on credit? I will pay you back when I have money.
Oh, damn! No one said that!
When you have money, you will pay it back? As long as you say this, I think you have no intention of being "rich" at all!
Why, after such an obvious calculation, did Fei Tianfan still refuse to buy firearms? Didn't he really know the difference between losing ten times as much and losing only one time?
This question requires empathy and consideration from the perspective of class interests. He is a daimyo, so isn't it good for him to have his own castle?
The pirates would not penetrate deep into the land, and they had no weapons to attack the city! Therefore, the daimyo would not be plundered, and only the gold and silver of the peasants would be plundered.
It was obviously impossible to ask him to take money out of his own treasury and buy weapons to protect the safety of the peasants.
Since both the promises and the calculations have failed, how will Lin Jiaxuan get Fei Tianfan to obediently take out the money and buy firearms?
The answer is very simple...
Why not just put a knife to his neck and ask him if he has money or whether he wants to buy a firearm?
So Lin Jiaxuan drank the last glass of wine directly and pretended to talk to the people around him, but in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft so that other East Japanese people could hear it.
"I think Feitianban is no longer interested in the King of Qin's firearms. Let's go find Songpuban. They've been robbed once, so they'll definitely be interested."
The subordinate nodded, then Lin Jiaxuan stood up and prepared to leave.
Fei Tianfan was anxious now!
Damn it!
The Matsuura clan was right next door to him. What would be the consequences if he bought these firearms?
First, Songpu had been robbed, so he was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. If he took these firearms, what do you think he would do when he was so poor?
Secondly, he couldn't even deal with the pirates' firearms. The firearms that the Matsuura clan obtained from the regular army of the King of Qin, that is, the Great Qi, and his Matsuura clan's regular army were holding these firearms...
Well, even a fool could understand what was going to happen.
There is a saying that goes, if my neighbor stores food, I store guns, and my neighbor is my granary.
"Mr. Lin! Mr. Lin, please wait a moment!"
"Mr. Feitian, I have something urgent to do here, so I'll take my leave first!"
"No, no... No! I'll buy this batch of firearms! Is it okay for me to buy them? It's just..."
Fei Tianfan felt aggrieved for a long time, but finally told the truth. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy it. It was just that he was renovating his own castle, and coupled with his lavish spending, he was really short of money.
"I wonder if His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin can offer something else as a substitute? For example, the women of our East Japan are very beautiful!"
"..."
Lin Jiaxuan was a little speechless. The King of Qin was an ascetic and ruthless man. Beautiful women probably wouldn't have any effect on him, right?
Bad dish!
Since there is no way to get silver, what does the Eastern Japanese have that can be exchanged for firearms?
East Wo is a small country with few resources. On this island, iron ore, coal mines, and other minerals, except for silver mines, are all very scarce.
And what about the Dongwo silver mines during this period?
It accounts for 30% of the world's mining output, and at its peak, the annual output was 38 tons!
Unfortunately, this mineral is located in Shimane Prefecture in eastern Japan, which is on Honshu, and not in Shikoku at all.
What should we do now?
Easy! Just trade your labor.
The demand for meat in the Great Qi was very high, especially among the Qin soldiers, but the animal husbandry industry in ancient times was very backward and almost relied on free-range farming by farmers.
What should I do?
The only solution Li Jize could think of was to send people to fish crazily since the fishery resources in this era were very rich. But then again, once you find more ways to make money, will you let the people of Qi go fishing?
That's a waste of your own human resources!
If any Qi person works in a factory or becomes a Qin soldier, how many fish can he buy with his salary?
The players lived a good life, and their fishing industry was very developed even in later generations. They were born masters of fishing, so why not let them go?
Secondly, what was Li Jize’s reason for seeking an ally in Eastern Japan?
The lives of the Qi people are precious, we can't afford to waste them! Fighting with the barbarians and taking the lives of my compatriots is too cruel. He, Li Jize, needs a group of cannon fodder! A group of first-line death squads!