On the second day after Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu arrived at Edo Castle, the shogunate sent not only Tadao Abe, but hundreds of people were in a vast territory. These people couldn't wait to know what the cost of buying 10,000 new muskets and thirty cannons from the Kyushu Army was not only 500,000 taels of silver.

"I am so flattered by so many people." Zheng Zhilong saw a group of Tokugawa retainers coming to visit in formal clothes, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. You don't need to guess what they meant.

"Second brother, come here, this is what I often mention to you. Without the help of this good brother, we would probably find it difficult to obtain the excellent port of Yokohama Port." Zheng Zhilong said to Zheng Zhihu.

"Ahem..." Tadaosaki Sakai couldn't help but blush. Of course he heard Zheng Zhilong's sarcasm, not to mention mocking him in front of his colleagues. Tadaosaki Sakai was almost looking for a crack to drill down.

"Since we have already dealt with each other before, I will go straight to the point this time. I heard that your Kyushu Army is willing to sell us 10,000 muskets and thirty cannons for 500,000 taels of silver, and will also provide us with ammunition for war used by the shogunate to train new troops for us." Sakai Tadakashi said.

"Not bad. But you should also know that 10,000 muskets and thirty artillery are enough to build an invincible new army. It is not worse than the 4,000 people here. Our 4,000 people can easily defeat the 10,000 NTD coalition. If you have 10,000 new troops, you can defeat the 50,000 NTD coalition head-on. With 10,000 new troops as the main force and tens of thousands of old-style troops, how can you sweep the Western Army? " Zheng Zhilong said, "Can a new army that can match 50,000 NTD coalition forces be built with 50,000 taels of silver? It can be seen that these firearms are of great value, and we have additional conditions."

"This is exactly what we want to ask. I wonder what the conditions attached to your army are?" Tadaokazu Sakai, Tadao Abe and a group of important shogunate officials asked curiously.

The reason why they came to hundreds of senior retainers at once was to find out the conditions hidden behind the Jiuzhou Army! Ten thousand muskets, thirty cannons, and 500,000 taels were already a bargain. However, when people with a little brain were in a fever, they would also think that the conditions attached to the Jiuzhou Army would be placed behind the key points, which would definitely be a very expensive price. Otherwise, the Jiuzhou Army would have no reason to provide help in the fire at this time.

"Add additional conditions... Kanagawa... That is, the places in Musashi Country..." Zheng Zhilong said.

"I knew that the Kyushu army had bad intentions and wanted us to ced the Musashi Kingdom? Do you know that the Musashi Kingdom has a population of one million, which is the most prosperous place in Japan. Even Edo Castle is within the territory of the Musashi Kingdom! Do you mean that the Edo Castle of our shogunate will be ceded to you together?"

"This is not a condition, it is a naked provocation to our shogunate!"

One by one, the shogunate retainers jumped out and said.

The Musashi Kingdom is the core of the shogunate. Many of the shogunate retainers' fiefs are still nearby. The proposal to cede Musashi Kingdom has seriously touched their interests!

"You are so happy to hear me. The prosperous place of Musashi Country belongs to your shogunate, and our Kyushu Army is not interested. At the same time, we will not ask you to cede other places as concessions, which will not be very good for your shogunate reputation. I am afraid that if this continues, your people will overthrow your high-ranking daimyos." Zheng Zhilong said as if considerate of them.

This made Tadao Sakai and others flattered.

"So what is the price of the Kyushu Army?" Asked Tadaki Abe, "Please believe in our sincerity and stop hiding us anymore. As long as the conditions are not too excessive, I think the shogun will be happy to agree to your conditions."

"The conditions are very simple, there are only three. The first one is that the shogunate grants us the privilege of railway construction and operation. That is to say, except for our Kyushu Army, other people, including the shogunate, are not allowed to build and operate without the approval of our Kyushu Army." Zheng Zhilong said the first condition.

Tadaokazu Sakai and others were upset. It was not that they felt that this condition was too much, but that they could not understand what the railway was? What exactly made it so important, and that it could actually make the Kyushu Army ranked its privileges first among the three conditions!

"A railway is a road paved with iron bars. It is like paving stones on a mud road, and it becomes a stone road. We paved iron bars on a stone, and it becomes a railway." Zheng Zhihu saw that these names were not understood, so he explained from the side.

These famous names are even more incredible by Zheng Zhihu's words.

"How to walk when the iron bars are laid on the road? Isn't it because horses are dragging the carriage and rolling the iron bars? Could it be that this can move faster?" Daming people all speculated about the wonderful uses of the railway.

"You don't have to worry about this for the time being. You just need to know that we will help you build roads in Japan, but this road will be used for us." Zheng Zhilong said.

Tadaoqiu Abe and others were still confused. The dirt roads in this era were all public. The Kyushu Army meant that they wanted to make roads a private object.

"Please rest assured that the new road we built will not conflict with the original road. You can pay us some fees in the future and use the railway we built."

"The second condition is to open coastal ports and conduct comprehensive free trade with us, rather than just opening up Nagasaki Port and Hirado Castle two cities to trade with us." Zheng Zhilong continued.

"No!" Tadao Sakai was the first to stand up to object.

If the Jiuzhou Army had difficulty judging the gains and losses in the previous attempt to build a railway for the Japanese Kingdom in Japan, then they immediately realized the seriousness of the Jiuzhou Army's demand for free trade. With the strong competitiveness of the Jiuzhou Army's commodities, this is not free trade, it is simply a comprehensive dumping of goods! Use a steady stream of commodities to plunder the raw materials and silver here!

"This matter is of great importance. Comprehensive free trade will harm our interests, and will cause craftsmen to lose their jobs, leading to a large number of refugees. If there are too many refugees, they will cause trouble and become the next group of rebels." Tadaoqiu Abe said.
Chapter completed!