The next day, all of Matsukami's retainers who had more than 50 koku were summoned.

"Let's all take a look." In the castle tower, Matsugami Yoshimitsu handed a volume of documents to Saigo Kanhisa near the left and said, "This is the news that the main hall asked Mochizuki Shinobu to inquire about yesterday, so you can all tell us what you think." ”

"Haha." Saigo Kanjiu hurriedly took the scroll and spread it out to take a closer look, and the people around him also came up one after another, except for Yoshimitsu.

Half an hour later......

The important minister Saigo Kanhisa presented the scroll to Matsugami Yoshimitsu, and the rest of the ministers returned to their seats and sat down according to their original seats.

"Chiyo girl!" Matsugami Yoshimitsu casually put the scroll aside and turned to Chiyo Mochizuki, who was in charge of inquiring about the matter, and said, "You are the one who knows the most about this matter among the retainers, so you will first tell me what you think about it." ”

"Haha!"

Chiyo Mochizuki greeted the gathered eyes of everyone and said slightly: "My lord, the current price of rice in Matsumoto Town has exceeded ten wen, which is more than three times that of Iga, and many townspeople have complained about it day by day.

Originally, I thought it was 'Ise rice is expensive, but after much inquiry, I learned that in Ise and even in other parts of our Yuanmu Prefecture, the average price of rice is only four cents.

In this way, I am afraid that it can not only be attributed to the greed of the merchants, but there may be even more ulterior conspiracy. ”

"What! Has the price of rice in Matsumoto risen to tenwen? I lost money before!"

"Alas, this matter has to be dealt with quickly, my income is not much, but it is only enough. In the past, I could still buy some rice to maintain, but I can't afford to buy it so much now. Nagano-sama, how is your home? ”

"Haha, the old man's family has always kept Tian Gong from previous years." ......

As Chiyome Mochizuki narrated, the retainers in the castle tower also talked in twos and threes, and this was the characteristic of the samurai's feudal regime, and everything was "discussed".

The news brought by Chiyo Mochizuki did cause a lot of shock, after all, Matsugami Yoshimitsu, who was barely a small wealthy clan at the moment, was just a small landlord armed at all, and the retainers under him were just a group of farmers who dared to use knives. This is not a deliberate belittlement, just a statement of facts, of course, there are real heroes and true heroes in the Warring States, but it by no means includes Matsugami Yoshimitsu who is only 2 or 3,000 stones.

The current scene in the castle tower is also the norm for most martial artists, otherwise it would be too strange for a small wealthy family to talk about the world's martial arts every day. Not to mention that in Japan, which lacks a strong political power, the little Yongle money obtained by relying only on exploration and trade is not able to circulate at all, and only stays at the level of large transactions and rewards.

Grain!

This is the true hard currency of today, which is similar to or even more important than gold under the gold standard. After all, gold can't be eaten, but rice can't be eaten, and that's why Matsugami Yoshimitsu's retainers are so worried, although they can't say the harm of inflation, it does exist!

"Silence!" Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that everyone couldn't hold it back, and suddenly knocked on the floor with a folding fan and shouted: "The matter has come to this point, don't say more unintentional words, quickly find out the reason behind this matter, and find out the solution is the right reason!"

"Haha." Now that Matsugami Yoshimitsu is becoming more and more majestic, the originally noisy castle tower suddenly becomes silent.

Saigo Guanjiu, who had been silent just now, stood up at the right time to relieve everyone: "Lord, I thought that this matter was not just a simple one-sided act of the merchants, and there may be a shadow of the Great Ye side in it. ”

"You mean......" After Saigo Kanhisa's reminder, Matsugami Yoshimitsu instantly woke up, and if you want to say that the current civil strife in Matsumoto Castle is beneficial to anyone, it is no more than Ono Heinobu, who is hostile to him! But does Heinobu Ohno have such a vision that is ahead of the times? Matsugami Yoshimitsu couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

"The lord is wise!" Saigo Kanhisa naturally didn't know what his lord was thinking, so he continued: "There is no need to question the greed of merchants, but I'm afraid they won't do such a thing. But now that this impossible thing has happened in Matsumoto Castle, there must be forces other than merchants to interfere in it. And Ono Ichiban is the most likely force to do so, after all, only one of the lords and Ono can inherit the power left by the Matsugami family!"

"My lord, this matter can't be delayed any longer, I think those merchants should be suppressed immediately." The always loyal Yoshiki Nagamasa couldn't imagine that there might be such a big "conspiracy" in it, so he immediately asked for suppression, after all, if there was no Matsugami Yoshimitsu, then he and Yoshiki Ichihei would just be a farmer.

"Yes, my lord, I am also willing to lead troops to suppress the merchants!"

"It's time for a mere merchant to be so presumptuous, it's time for them to see the consequences of angering our samurai."

"Damn Ohnoya! Lord, Ohno is going to war with his own family!" ......

After the many bigwigs of the family spoke out, the remaining retainers expressed their opinions, either out of loyalty or out of greed for the merchant's wealth. Basically, it means that the restless merchants in the territory were pacified, and then they plundered their property as military resources to compete with Ohno Heinobu. However, Matsugami Yoshimitsu is a little dissatisfied with this, and his subordinates still lack proper advisers!

At first, Matsukami Yoshimitsu asked noncommittally, "Matsumoto Town is a newly established place, and if you want it to prosper immediately, you can't do without the support of merchants." All the family has now is Matsumoto Castle, a small city of thousands of stones, and if the merchants can't stand it and choose to run away, then Matsumoto Castle will become a dead city! Not to mention anything else, I'm afraid that the swords, fancy clothes, alcohol, beauties, and all kinds of famous things you need will not be easily satisfied. ”

"This ......" Many retainers were speechless all of a sudden, isn't this what being a samurai is for? If these things are gone, then you can still be a samurai, is it fun to cut people?

"My lord, are we just going to let those merchants mess around?" Liangmu Nagamasa couldn't figure it out for a while, and couldn't help but open his mouth to argue.

"Presumptuous! Ryoki-sama, are you questioning your lordship?"

Saigo Kanjiu saw that Yoshiki Nagamasa was a little out of order and hurriedly spoke up, but the clinker Matsugami Yoshimitsu admired this kind of straight retainer very much.

"Hahahaha." After a burst of laughter, Matsugami Yoshimitsu comforted Yoshiki Nagamasa and said, "Your loyalty is understood, but this hall has its own plans for this matter. ”

"Irrigation for a long time!" Yubi Matsugami Yoshimitsu then instructed Saigo Guanjiu to say: "This hall appointed you as an envoy to hand over to whom to be, and see what kind of conspiracy they have!"

"Haha." ......