A layer of cold sweat appeared on Hosokawa Ono's forehead, and he quickly wiped it away, not revealing any abnormalities.
No matter how one looked at it, this Ming Crown Prince was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Why did his words and actions seem like an old fox?
Moreover, he did not pretend at all and went straight to the point to say how he was going to extort him.
This time, he was probably going to really bleed out.
At this time, the war in Japan was in a state of anxiety. Although Hosokawa Daimyo had 170,000 troops and Yamana Chihoyo Daimyo only had 110,000 troops, the enemy had the geographical advantage.
The advantage of the 170,000 strong army could not be displayed at all, and they were evenly matched.
If the mission of requesting the Great Ming to send troops to help was not completed, the Hosokawa family's army would be in more danger.
No matter how much Zhu Moxie demanded, he could only grit his teeth and swallow his blood.
"Please speak, Your Highness. As long as Great Ming is willing to send troops to help us pacify the rebellion, we will do our best to do what we can.”
Hosokawa Ono gritted his teeth and put on a generous look, but his heart was actually bleeding.
"Good, this feels good."
Zhu Moxie chuckled and clapped his hands. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he asked playfully,""It is said that the East Ocean Continent is rich in gold and silver veins, but it lacks iron, copper, tin, and other minerals?”
"That's right, the Dongying Empire is located on an island. There isn't much else, but there are countless gold and silver.”
At this point, Hosokawa Ono's eyes flashed with pride. He didn't have much else, but he had a lot of money!
However, when he saw Zhu Moxie's strange smile, he shivered for some reason. It seemed that he had encountered something big.
Zhu Moxie smiled and said,""Alright, then this prince will make a deal with you.”
"One jin of copper, iron, and other minerals can be exchanged for one hundred jin of silver. There is no limit to the amount.”
He wouldn't stop until his words shocked people to death!
Hosokawa Ono fell to the ground. He had thought that he could make a perfect deal with Big Ming and obtain a large amount of copper and iron to forge equipment, improve the strength of the Hosokawa family, and make a great contribution.
He did not expect to attract a wolf.
Although gold and silver items were indeed not very valuable in Japan, even in the Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago, iron and copper were the common currency in Japan.
However, after several hundred years, the uncivilized barbarians of the East Ocean had also become smarter. They had conducted maritime trade with the Great Ming Dynasty and learned the use of gold and silver.
Gold and silver were much more valuable than copper and iron in Japan.
One jin of silver, after paying taxes in the Ming Dynasty and establishing connections in the coastal areas, could also buy hundreds of jin of pig iron.
But in the hands of the Ming Crown Prince, it was one jin of iron for a hundred jin of silver, the price difference was tens of thousands of times.
This wasn't a deal at all. It was just as he said, blatant extortion!
No wonder there had been a legend of a young genius in the Celestial Empire since ancient times, becoming prime minister at the age of twelve. This was indeed true. The young crown prince in front of him was a complete monster.
"This…Your Highness…isn't the price too high?”
Hosokawa Ono wiped his cold sweat. If he agreed to this condition, this guy would empty the Hosokawa family's warehouse!
"Humph! If you want to buy it, then buy it. If you don't want to buy it, then get lost! This prince just so happens to not want to help the enemy.”
Zhu Moxie was not polite at all. He immediately turned hostile and wanted to expel them from the country.
Especially the word 'aiding the enemy' which was especially loud and clear.
Obviously, he was saying that if they didn't make this deal, they wouldn't be able to get Great Ming to send troops to quell the chaos.
Shang Ming and the others couldn't help but laugh. The Crown Prince was eloquent and vicious. There was almost no one in Da Ming who could compare to him. Wasn't a Japanese who had studied Chinese culture for several years fooled by him?
Hosokawa Ono's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd. He smiled bitterly. It was a great humiliation to be defeated by a young man.
However, he had no choice but to swallow the bitter water into his stomach. He was really aggrieved.
Fortunately, he had lived for 60 years and had seen all kinds of storms. His mental quality was not something that Hosokawa Masahara could compare to. That was why he did not vomit blood from anger.
"10,000 jin! Xiao Ye could buy ten thousand catties of pig iron from the crown prince! He hoped that the crown prince would agree to Xiao Ye's request.”
Ten thousand catties of pig iron was equivalent to a million catties of silver. Hosokawa Ono's heart was bleeding.
A whole ten million taels! The annual tax revenue of the entire East Ocean Continent was only a few million taels. Even in the year of great harvest, it would not reach as much as ten million taels.
If it wasn't for the fact that the Hosokawa family was an old warlord with a century-old heritage and had plundered countless people's wealth, they really wouldn't have been able to take out so much money to satisfy Zhu Moxie's appetite.
However, the Hosokawa family was not a miser. In order to maintain the strength of the warlord, they spent more than half of their annual expenditure.
The amount of money stored in the treasury was actually not that unimaginable.
It was not easy to take out ten million taels.
"Sigh…Daming gave me 20 million taels of silver to build connections with the nobles of the Ming Dynasty and to give it to the Emperor of Chenghua so that he could send troops to quell the rebellion.”
Hosokawa Ono sighed in his heart. Although his heart ached, he did not regret much. The little prince in front of him was the only son of the Chenghua Emperor and the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Using half of the money to bribe him might be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Moxie's slightly displeased voice suddenly entered his ears,"
"Hmph, ten thousand catties of pig iron? I, Da Ming, have vast land and abundant resources. You still have the cheek to make a deal with this prince for a mere ten thousand catties. Go home and play with your balls!”
Zhu Moxie slammed the table and looked at Hosokawa Ono with an unfriendly expression.
When Hosokawa Ono saw this situation, he immediately lost his composure and was scared out of his wits.
A kid wasn't scared by ten million taels of silver, but he thought it was too little?
This didn't make sense!
Little did he know that under the table, Zhu Moxie's legs were chopping wildly, unable to suppress his excitement.
He originally wanted to extort 1.8 million taels of silver as pocket money to cultivate an invincible bodyguard. When he had his own military power, he could kill Wan Zhen 'er without any scruples. Even if Zhu Jianshen was furious, he would not be afraid.
However, he never expected that this old fellow would ask for 10 million!
What kind of concept was ten million taels of silver? It was equivalent to four to five billion yuan in the future.
Although this money didn't sound like a lot, the purchasing power of the Ming Dynasty was enough for tens of millions of people to live in peace for a few months.
The Great Ming was different from the East Ocean Continent. The country was huge, and after a year of corruption, only tens of millions of taels could be saved in the national treasury for emergencies.
In Zhu Moxie's eyes, the old man in front of him had instantly become a shining fat sheep.
If he didn't slaughter them, they wouldn't be Chinese!
He was a little too busy today, so he might not have time to write the fourth chapter. He would have to write another chapter later.
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