Chapter 2782

As soon as he saw the people from the Satsuma Domain, Masuyama Masato immediately understood the current situation. He originally guessed that while the Kaihan people were negotiating with him, they were also in contact with the people from the Satsuma Domain, and they might even have reached an agreement on part of the cooperation.

Conditions, now it seems that these guesses must have all been successful.

Masato Masuyama didn't know how far the two parties had negotiated, and he no longer dared to hope to save the situation. The only solution for now was to prevent them from implementing the negotiated results as much as possible.

Without further ado, Masato Masuyama couldn't wait for the announcement, so he led his men to rush in. Seeing this, the guards on duty quickly blew the warning whistle, and immediately rushed out from the inner courtyard with more than a dozen holding short blunderbuss.

The Haihan soldiers stopped Masato Masato and others. Not long after, a group of Haihan soldiers with guns and live ammunition came outside and surrounded Masato Masato and his group.

Seeing that the situation was tense, Masuyama Masato calmed down. With such a big fight, he didn't believe that Bai Kesi didn't hear what was going on outside. As long as the negotiations between Haihan and the Satsuma clan could be suspended, it would be worth the risk.

As for what to do next, Masuyama Masato hasn't thought about it that much for the time being. He can only look at the present first and then take a look at the next step.

Sure enough, Bai Kesi appeared a moment later. He seemed to understand Masuyama Masato's intention to cause trouble, so he asked the guards to take others to wait outside, and then asked Masuyama Masato to bring an interpreter inside for talks.

Masuyama Masato followed Bai Kesi to the conference room. As expected, there were several other unfamiliar Japanese people present. Masuyama Masato did not look at them much at this time. After sitting down, he quietly waited for Bai Kesi to speak.

"Master Masuyama, you want to see the people of the Satsuma clan so much, and now you have met them. If you have anything to say, just say it to them face to face!" Bai Kesi obviously didn't have a good opinion of Masuyama Masato's troublesome behavior, and did not restrain his sullen expression.

There is no intention to introduce each other to each other.

Masuyama Masatoshi had to concentrate on dealing with the Satsuma clan first. He did not bother to apologize to Bai Kesi. He immediately announced his identity and said: "I am Masuyama Masatoshi of the Tokugawa family. Who are you?"

After a moment of silence, someone on the other side responded: "The elder of the Satsuma clan, Shimazu Kutsuchi."

Masuyama Masato solemnly said: "In the name of the shogunate, I order you to stop arms transactions with Haihan!"

When Shimazu Hisumi heard this request, he sneered and said, "Master Masuyama, what qualifications do you have to order the Satsuma Domain to act?"

Masuyama Masatoshi said: "I am the special envoy appointed by General Tokugawa. I can fully represent the shogunate during my visit to Haihan. Why can't I order you to act like a vassal?"

Shimazu Hisamichi shook his head slightly and said: "That's just your idea. Our Satsuma clan has normal exchanges with Haihan. Why do you prohibit it? Besides, even if we buy arms from Haihan, so what?"

Masuyama Masatoshi said: "I suspect that the Satsuma clan is trying to use this to strengthen its armed forces and has evil intentions!"

Shimazu Hisashi: "The crime of imposition is nothing to worry about. I don't want to argue with you. Haihan Kingdom opens its doors for business, and we, Satsuma Domain, use real gold and silver to trade. Everything is above board. What's wrong with it?"

Zengshan Zhengli was furious when he saw that the other party had no access to him and was not afraid of his own status at all. Even the Haihan people treated him with courtesy, how dare you, a retainer of a local big name, dare to show off in front of me?

Masuyama Masato was about to get angry, but Bai Kesi, who had been watching with cold eyes, spoke up at this moment: "I'm not interested in listening to the quarrel between your two families. I'll make it clear to you here. Whoever gets the money first will get the equipment."

Who to sell to? I can’t care about other issues, and I don’t want to care so much. I only care about money, not people!”

This ruthless statement made Masato Masuyama calm down a little. He could not change the position of the Kaihan people, nor could he make the Satsuma clan make concessions. So it seemed that he wanted to prevent or delay the arms transaction between the Kaihan people and the Satsuma clan.

There is only one way left to go.

Since Bai Kesi recognizes money but not people, he probably can only use money to solve the problem.

"Sir Bai, the shogunate has started negotiating with your country about arms purchases a month ago. If the Satsuma clan and the shogunate purchase the same equipment, then the part purchased by the shogunate should be delivered to the shogunate first!"

After realizing his situation, Masuyama Masato immediately adjusted his strategy and planned to focus on the delivery period. At least let the shogunate get the Kaihan arms before the Satsuma clan, so that he could make business easier after returning to his country.

Baikes said: "Then the matter is simple. Our country has enough production capacity to provide you with army equipment at the same time. As for naval equipment, I don't think there is a conflict in the delivery period. Because Satsuma Domain is willing to receive second-hand warships in stock, and Master Masuyama has already

I have made it clear that I am only willing to accept new ships. If you want to buy different things, then there will be no conflict."

"Master Bai, you remember wrongly. I just said that it would be best to receive new ships, but if the delivery period is too long, then second-hand warships in stock are also acceptable."

After listening to Bai Kesi's response, Masuyama Masato didn't dare to miss this opportunity again. He quickly changed his mind and wanted to intercept the warship that Kaihan planned to sell to Satsuma Domain first.

This statement made Shimazu Hisumi's expression change. He quickly appealed to Bai Kesi: "Master Bai, what the shogunate is negotiating with your country is a new ship deal. We, the Satsuma clan, are the buyers of second-hand warships. We cannot do it because of him."

Just one sentence will overturn our negotiation results!"

Bai Kesi responded calmly: "I reiterate our country's attitude. The results of all oral negotiations are not truly binding. Whoever pays the money first to sign the sales contract is the real buyer. Otherwise, some cats and dogs will come.

Say you want to buy this and that, so our country doesn’t have to do business with other countries?”

Although Bai Kesi's words were thorny, at this juncture, Masuyama Masato no longer cared about those trivial matters, and quickly expressed his position: "I want all the ships that the Satsuma clan wants to buy, so I will pay the deposit and sign the contract!

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After Masuyama Masato said that, he quickly asked the translator to go out and make arrangements to fetch the gold bricks stored in the residence. Although his trip was in the name of inspection, the shogunate was already prepared to sign a contract and pay money, so the mission also brought it with him

For a large amount of money, the prepayment will be paid after the negotiation is finalized.

But now the situation is urgent. If Masuyama Masatoshi continues to wait, the Satsuma Domain will be one step ahead of the shogunate. By then, the second-hand warships purchased by the Satsuma Domain will be installed and equipped to form combat effectiveness. The shogunate will probably still be waiting for the long delivery period.

, this is not a result that the shogunate can accept.

Masato Masuyama didn't even have time to ask how many ships the Satsuma clan had ordered from Haihan, and what the price and other specific transaction conditions were. Even though he expressed his intention to buy these second-hand warships, he was so anxious that he didn't seem to notice that Bai Kes was doing it at this time.

The smile on the lips.
Chapter completed!