C459 Four madmen (1/2)
”Sit down, everyone sit down. Why are you so angry? Come, come, drink... birch elder, let me toast you. Lin Zhen has a dog's temper, if it wasn't for the things that have happened recently, he wouldn't be so angry … ”
When the smell of gunpowder was the strongest, the thick-skinned Fatty Jin started to smooth things over. With his playful smile, the furious people all sat back down, and even the geisha who had been scared silly was sent out.
”Ai …” Beautiful girl, lift your foot high, be careful of any sundries tripping you … ”Aiyo, just look at you. I said you were raising your feet high and kept on stepping on the wooden spikes …”
Everyone present was stunned. Everyone watched as Fatty Jin extended his hand out to help the geisha who was trembling all over. Until the geisha turned the corner, this damn fatty still did not forget to put on a show.
”It's too high!” ”Be careful of the stairs …” Before he could finish, he heard a commotion from outside, no one could see what was happening, but they could guess what was going on from Fatty Jin's expression.
Pain, pain, Fatty Jin's five senses were about to constrict. ”I said that we should be more careful, but in the end, we still fell down. How painful is that …”
When Fatty Jin returned to his seat, Xiang Ying opened his mouth and said, ”Master Patriarch, we were rude this time. I apologize to Master Shimadzu Family and Lord Hua Shan …” After which, he bowed slightly.
This time, we are not here for fun. We came to the Deer Island for only one purpose, which is to borrow some war materials from the Shimadzu Family.
”Oh? ”War supplies …” Dao Jinzhongyi tapped his palm with the bone fan, ”What do you want? Arrows, pikes, Katana s … I'm afraid that the Ryukyu does not fancy these things, do you want to borrow our Japanese bird guns? ”Hahaha …”
Xiang Ying stared intently at Dao Jinzhongyi, and started laughing at him. In the end, Dao Jinzhongyi could no longer laugh, and coughed awkwardly twice.
”Master, what we want is very simple, it's artillery shells and gunpowder, other than that we have no other requests!” Xiang Ying said coldly.
”No, no, no!” We, the Shimadzu Family are even soldiers of the Middle Age, so how can we have such advanced items. Furthermore, even if there is some gunpowder, it would be used on birds and guns, it cannot be used on your cannons! ” Dao Jinzhongyi almost jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on.
Dao Jinjiuguang, Huashan Liyuan and the rest were anxious too, all of them shook their heads and replied, ”No, if you want the Katana s' pikes, we, the Shimadzu Family, can give them to you all. We really do not have gunpowder or artillery shells …”
The reaction of the Shimadzu Family was also within reason. Japan did not have a Minzhiweixin yet, and their country was only half-open, so it was difficult to buy Western Weapons at this time. In addition to the different degrees of arms embargo imposed on Asia in the West, many advanced weapons were also restricted by policies.
For example, the more advanced gun, even if it was the front-loading model, could only be sold to Great Qing, because English and French, America and Russia had just signed an agreement with the Great Qing Empire, and the law protected this kind of weapon trade.
However, the other Asian countries did not have such treatment. They could only obtain the old musket from a few hundred years ago, and there were even the situations of Napoleon's era where he could sell them to the Japanese after a slight refurbishment.
In this kind of severe ban, it would be no less difficult for the Japan to obtain a few good Gun s and advanced granulated gunpowder.
Zhu Zhongjingshang said in grief and indignation, ”Esteemed guests, you all should know about the situation in the Japan. We don't have Hero-level politicians like Xiao Letian who are well versed in western politics, we simply cannot buy the best Western weapon, we really have no way of helping you all!”
Huashan Liyuan lifted his head and took a big gulp of wine, ”If there's nothing, there's nothing. There's no need to talk so much nonsense. Don't you want to fight the French? Could he win? And then we'll finance you, and then the French will be angry at us? ”
Dao Jinjiuguang glared at Huashan Liyuan. ”Shut up! Isn't it enough to cause trouble? Shimadzu Family and Ryukyu should rely on each other as soon as they get wet. How can they say such heartless words … ” Immediately after, the Old Man bowed his head in apology to Xiang Ying and the others.
”I am truly sorry, our Shimadzu Family has everything else, we are just lacking Western weapons, your suggestion is too difficult …”
The silly smile on Jin Sanshun's face turned into a sneer as he looked at the group of important officials acting together. ”Fellow ministers, I think you all should know the identities of the four of us. Didn't your ninja tell you in advance?”
”My name is Jin Sanshun, my grandfather is the head of the Ryukyu's Office, Jin Changsen. Before Prime Minister Xiao moved into the Ryukyu, my grandfather and your Shimadzu Family cooperated quite a bit! Do you need me to tell you everything that happened in the past? ”
The moment Fatty Jin opened his mouth, the group of people's faces immediately turned red, but this time, Jin Sanshun did not want to sound like he was going to blush. He coldly said, ”On the basis of the relationship that the Jin family has with the Shimadzu Family, how many goods did my grandfather help you purchase over the past year? Not to mention the fact that when our Jin family bought Spencer three months ago, why did they buy twenty more Colts? Who did you buy it for? ”
”No gunpowder? Nonsense! Do I, Jin Sanshun, need to write a list of all the transactions we made? Your Shimadzu Family has only bought as many from our Jin Clan as you want … ”