eurekapd Chapter 448 I want the money, but I don’t want the goods
Chapter 448 I want the money, but I don’t want the goods
"Why haven't you come yet?"
"Has this Hyuga Kojiro come to the Qin Palace?"
"No! He stays at the inn all day."
"Did he contact the black market?"
"nor!"
Lean north on me!
Li Jize was a little panicked. There was no reason! This couldn't be possible!
Either you come here to buy firearms now, or you spend money to hire a navy. You have to choose one of the two, right?
But why didn't these Eastern Japanese react? Could it be that they chose the third path, meaning they were willing to pay the pirates an annual protection fee of 100,000 taels?
I can’t figure it out, I really can’t figure it out!
Honestly, if the East Japanese were the "Great Song" of their time, they might have chosen to pay 100,000 taels of silver as protection money every year. Because from a profit perspective, if you spend money on fighting wars every year, buying arms every year, and paying pensions to fallen soldiers every year, it's impossible to spend at least several million taels of silver.
If a problem can be solved by spending 100,000 taels of silver every year, this path will definitely be chosen. This is why the Song Dynasty is willing to pay "annual tribute" and why it is called "Chou Song".
but……
This is national defense! This is national security!
Even if your face is swollen, you have to hold it up. How can you hope that others will show mercy if you pay protection money?
To put it nicely, it’s not a question of dignity! It’s a question of national integrity!
To put it bluntly, it's "begging." You have to see if the other party is in a good mood. What if he wants to raise the price by 200,000, 1 million, or 10 million next time? Look at America in later generations. If he wants to raise prices and taxes, would other countries dare to say no?
Didn't the Eastern Japanese prioritize Bushido? Would they even resort to seppuku to save face? Were they truly content to be extorted by pirates year after year? Did they pay tribute year after year?
Just as Li Jize was anxiously waiting for the East Japanese to come and beg him and give him money...
Haha! A loud slap landed hard on his face, burning with pain.
Hinata Kojiro is back!
Hinata Kojiro is setting off!
Hyuga Kojiro went to East Japan!
Hinata Kojiro is back with silver!
but……
The silver was brought to the Southern Court, and then the Southern Court suddenly became generous. Qingzhou firearms! Buy, buy, buy! Qingzhou merchant ships, rent, rent, rent!
Until the firearms were loaded onto the ship from Qingzhou, they were originally supposed to be shipped to the southern court. Then they were loaded onto the ship without customs duties, and they set off directly from Qingzhou into the sea and then went to East Japan.
Damn it! Buying weapons from Qingzhou is free! Merchant ships renting from Qingzhou have a "pass" and won't be plundered by pirates.
Everything was paid for by Qingzhou. The Empress just moved her lips and offered 10% of the profit...
Then she pockets half the profits!
From beginning to end, Li Jize only got the little money from arms sales.
The Empress was capable and clever, and even used her cunning to deceive the Eastern Japanese envoys. She sold her own general for a 10% commission and made this deal. That's your ability, I just made some money from the arms sales, no matter what!
But fuck...
Who actually did this business?
It was Li Jize who worked hard to dig a pit from beginning to end, waiting for the prey to jump in. Then after my pit trapped the prey, you ran to pick up the prey and gave me half of it?
Would you like some more Bilian?
If the Tianjiang "Tax Army" had not discovered the large number of muskets and artillery and actually went directly to the sea instead of heading upstream, and reported the matter, Li Jize would still be foolishly believing that his trap was perfect and the prey would definitely jump into it.
but now……
It hurts! My face really hurts from being hit.
When Chen Yingyuan heard the news, he was furious, so his chief think tank came up with a trick. "Okay, okay! The Empress likes this, right? We can try it too!"
His method was to let pirates rob the arms at sea.
I have to say, this method is really very good. It makes the Empress and the Eastern Japanese suffer a loss, and Li Jize not only receives the money, but also does not have to give the goods! Isn't it the best of both worlds?
It seems very clever, but in fact this strategy loses "credibility"!
What is credit?
In the future, not only the numbers in your bank card are your assets, but also your credit. In emergency situations, credit can really be used as money.
Since you, Li Jize, have set the rules, possessing a robbery permit means you are one of us, a pass.
Every quarter, many merchant ships line up to pay silver just to renew their plundering licenses, for fear that they would be robbed by pirates.
But now...
All merchant ships leaving Qingzhou, even those with plundering warrants, were plundered by pirates.
Aren't you destroying your own golden body?
Doesn't this prove that looting warrants can't protect them? Isn't this just a "tax on intelligence"? Who would be willing to pay for it?
In order to deal with the Empress and the Eastern Japanese, Li Jize wanted to trade the credit of Qingzhou and the plunder certificate? Stupid!
"No! This will ruin our Qingzhou's credit, and no one will be willing to invest in us in the future!"
Although Chen Yingyuan did not quite understand the professional terms used by the King of Qin, he roughly analyzed it and knew that the disadvantages of doing so were obvious.
How to do?
Was he just going to suffer in silence, watching everything he had painstakingly planned ultimately become a wedding dress for the Empress? And the Eastern Japanese took these firearms to fight the pirates? Would it make their looting even more difficult?
Li Jize suddenly turned his head and looked at Chen Yingyuan, a sneer on his face. "We can't rob these people at sea, but... we can on land, right?"
Ok?
It’s true, these words immediately made Chen Yingyuan react!
Yes! There are "plunder permits" (passes) at sea, but there are none on land.
but……
Where is the best place to start?
Actually, there’s no need to think about this anymore, okay?
Or they could take action in Eastern Japan, which is the most perfect option from this point of view.
But the Eastern Japanese must also know the importance of this batch of firearms. When they come to meet them, they will definitely be fully prepared.
and so……
After much thought, there is only one suitable place to start, Goryeo!
The entire fleet heading to East Japan actually had a fixed route, which was to go from Qingzhou to Goryeo for supplies, and then depart from Goryeo to East Japan.
In this way, not only will there be no accidents (and rescue will be facilitated if there are any accidents), but on the other hand, people can rest on land at any time and then continue their journey without suffering from acclimatization problems.
It is precisely because Li Jize designed this road that people who followed him all took this route, but Goryeo is also their territory. What if the Goryeo people robbed this batch of firearms?
hey-hey……
It was fun! It was so much fun!