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Fifty sets of armor may not seem like much, but it exceeded Zhou Wu's expectations, given the price.

Besides, this kind of thing wouldn't be issued to ordinary soldiers; it's mostly given as a reward to officers.

"Lord Zhou Wu, do you have any ranged attack weapons?"

After looking at the static display of weapons and equipment, Kenjiro was quite disappointed, but he didn't see any ranged weapons like bows and arrows. Still, he asked again, not giving up.

"Yes, of course, let's go to the viewing platform."

Zhou Wu certainly has ranged weapons. Firearms are powerful enough, right? They are definitely the most advanced ranged attack weapons available at the moment. However, Zhou Wu would never sell these things. In fact, they were all hidden away before Kenshiro and the others arrived.

A hundred soldiers marched in unison into the training ground, and a hundred paces away, you were on many human-shaped targets.

"Sir, wasn't it supposed to be a repeating crossbow? Why are there ordinary bows and arrows?"

Deng Yuanliang was puzzled when he saw that the soldiers were carrying bows and arrows that Da Long had long since phased out. He remembered that he had discussed with Zhou Wu about selling repeating crossbows to these Japanese.

"I thought about it again and decided to clear out the stock of obsolete bows and arrows first, and deal with the repeating crossbows later."

Zhou Wu made a last-minute change of plans because he suddenly remembered that there were at least tens of thousands of bows and arrows piled up in the Dalong warehouse. Dalong would definitely not need these in the future, so it would be better to sell them sooner rather than later.

"You're still the best, sir."

Seeing Zhou Wu becoming increasingly adept at being a cunning businessman, Deng Yuanliang was completely convinced.

Kenjiro was envious of the soldiers' uniform attire and upright posture.

The archery demonstration was nothing special; it was just a few volleys of arrows that defeated Kenshiro.

"Lord Zhou Wu, I'll take this bow and arrow."

Ranged weapons and spears have always been standard issue for Fusang soldiers, but compared to spears, bows and arrows are harder to obtain.

The limited resources of Fusang meant that the materials for making bows and arrows were extremely scarce, so Kenshiro's men still did not have any bows and arrows.

So the moment the dragon soldier appeared with his bow and arrow, Kenjiro decided to buy it.

“Okay, we’re old friends, I’ll definitely give you the lowest discount.”

"Thank you very much, sir."

"These bows and arrows are the standard equipment of the Great Dragon Imperial Guard; they are absolutely the best of the best, so the price is a little higher than that of ordinary bows and arrows."

"Yes, yes, no wonder I felt these bows and arrows were different earlier. So they are equipment of your country's Imperial Guard."

Kenjiro actually took Zhou Wu's nonsense seriously, and Deng Yuanliang, who was standing next to him, almost burst out laughing.

"If you buy a large quantity of these bows and arrows, I'll give you a price based on cost."

"A large quantity, definitely a large quantity. I wonder how much Lord Zhou has?"

Kenjiro wished he had as many as possible.

"It must be at least a hundred thousand, right?"

Zhou Wu thought for a moment and gave a number.

"Uh~"

That number is indeed too high. After Kenshiro captured Kamezu Castle, the number of soldiers he recruited and newly gathered was probably only around three thousand. He was definitely exaggerating.

"Can I have them all?"

"This... um, well... it's a little too much, Lord Zhou Wu."

"It's okay, I can save it for you whenever you want. You can come and get it anytime. As a friend, I can meet that condition."

"Really? Thank you so much, Lord Zhou Wu."

Kenshiro certainly wanted 100,000 arrows; once the opportunity was gone, it would be gone forever.

Although we only have 3,000 people at the moment, no one can say for sure what the future holds.

"How much does it cost?"

"Twenty taels."

This price truly shocked Kenshiro, not because it was high, but because it was so cheap.

Seeing the other person's expression, Zhou Wu thought he had overstated the price again and scared the other person, so he quickly explained again.

"Jiro, this bow and arrow is intricately crafted. The bowstring is made of composite materials, and it takes a hundred days to make just one bowstring. The price is not high."

“Lord Zhou Wu, it’s not that I think the price is too high, it’s that it’s too cheap. You are indeed a good friend. I will take all 100,000 bows and arrows. I will give you the whole ship of silver I brought. After the settlement, the rest can be considered as a deposit for the bows and arrows. I will bring silver to settle the rest in person every time. Thank you, Lord Zhou Wu.”

"Damn it, the price was too low," Zhou Wu cursed under his breath, but since he had already said it, he couldn't change it.

"Sir, where would we get so many bows and arrows?"

"Let them make the rest of the materials, then we'll have them. We won't need these things in the future, so we might as well exchange them for some money sooner rather than later."

Zhou Wu's shrewdness and meticulousness were something Deng Yuanliang learned from.

"By the way, do we still need the Bull Demon King's warship?"

With the light weapons sold out, Zhou Wu certainly wouldn't let go of the Bull Demon King, a high-profit product.

"Lord Zhou Wu, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't get the Bull Demon King for the time being. However, I believe it won't be long before I come to you to buy it."

"Okay, you're welcome anytime."

Kenjiro did not linger in the South China Sea, so he immediately arranged for the transaction to proceed.

Kenshiro was riding in his only ship, the Bull Demon King. Even though Zhou Wu was already very rich, he was still so shocked when he saw the mountain of silver piled up in the cabin that he couldn't recover from the shock during the day.

After waving goodbye to Kenjiro, Zhou Wu suddenly realized that he still had a long way to go and that there was still a lot of silver in Japan waiting for him to harvest.

In the end, the total transaction with Kenjiro amounted to over two million taels of silver, which was easier than robbing money.

"No wonder many countries in later generations liked to do arms business; it's definitely easier than robbing money."

Zhou Wu decided to maintain the Kenshiro connection, since there were still the Bull Demon King and the Repeating Crossbow waiting for this big spender to come.

. . . . . . . .

The capital city, the imperial palace.

"Your Majesty, replacing the entire army with muskets now would involve a huge amount of money. Also, the existing bows and arrows would just have to sit idle in the warehouse. I think it would be better to proceed gradually and formulate a plan to complete the replacement within ten years."

A minister in charge of equipment replacement felt that the emperor was too eager for quick success. Although the court was now wealthy, the bows and arrows that were originally in good condition were still in excellent condition. Replacing them now would be a huge waste.

"Ten years? I can't wait ten years."

Li Tiancheng urgently needs to switch to a musket to fight the Dazi, and you're telling me to wait another ten years?

"Ten years was just an example I used. I also think ten years is too long. So, five years?"

"Three years?"

"Hmph, you don't need to worry about the question you just raised. Zhou Wu has already sold all the bows and arrows he replaced."

Fortunately, Zhou Wu's memorial arrived ahead of schedule yesterday. Li Tiancheng was shocked to see that Zhou Wu had sold the old bows and arrows for twenty taels each. The cost of these bows and arrows was only about two taels of silver. Now they were sold for ten times the price. Not only did he not lose money, he even made a profit. He felt very comfortable thinking about it.