Chapter Forty-Six: It's Not a Money Problem
After listening to the report of the Nagashu Masa, Hirate Honshu was also quite shocked, and immediately asked, "Where is Imai Munehisa?" To be involved in such a big deal, he should have come to see me himself. ”
Nagashu Masaya replied: "Boss Imai has received too much attention, and he really doesn't dare to move lightly. But he sent his eldest son, Kanehisa, to come with us in disguise, and was waiting under the city to meet him. ”
So the flat hand was immediately sent to ask the other generation.
About a quarter of an hour later, the person was brought in.
It is said that this is a long time, and he is only in his thirties, and he is in the prime of life. But it may be that as a young owner of the house, he was born with fine clothes and food, and he has always been pampered, and he seems to be delicate and noble, and he can't withstand the slightest effort. The rush from Izumi to Yamato, coupled with the climb from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, seemed to have exhausted his vitality.
The tie has had two or three fates with him. At that time, at the tea party, the eldest young master was personable, gentle and elegant, and had the air of a noble son. And today, the person in front of him, sweating profusely, exhausted, panting, and having a flushed face, is very different from the impression in the past.
Maybe this is also due to the change in their respective identities after a while.
As everyone knows, Sohisa Imai of Naya once rode the spring breeze of the Oda family and overwhelmed the traditional power of Kaimachi, becoming the most powerful writer among the 36 people. But later, Nobunaga was seriously injured and lived in seclusion in Kyoto, and after Kinoshita Hideyoshi withdrew from Kaimachi, he became a water dog who was suppressed by his peers.
In addition to being affected to a certain extent by Izumi Heite, Kaimachi has now restored its autonomy. However, the Tsuda sect of Tennojiya was very effective in his actions, and he was the first to establish a close relationship with the tirate, and no one else was allowed to intervene.
Who would have thought that Imai Munejiu was a person, but he was really an indomitable person.
I don't know where he learned about the deep secret information that was not made public, and then took the initiative to recommend himself. Is it speculated from rumors, or did it be revealed by Tsuda Muneki, Hasegawa Munehito and others?
Skimming out the draw, the inner thoughts of the show are not mentioned.
The two sides sat down, and after seeing the etiquette, Namai Kanehisa's expression was a little calm, and he immediately bent down and put his forehead on the floor, and pleaded: "My father sent a contemptible person to come and offer two hundred taels of gold, please ask the Lord of the Criminal Department to appreciate his face, give us a chance to accept the house, and make a little contribution to the righteousness of the world." ”
This face-to-face conversation is quite slippery.
Hearing this, he only felt funny, and said with a smile: "When I saw it today, I knew that the eldest young master of Nawu actually had the ability to export chapters, and if he wanted to pretend to be a minister and a child of the Yulin family, I am afraid it is more than enough." ”
Imai Kanehisa heard this without any abnormality, continued to fall to the ground, and responded: "A minister, a son of the Habayashi family, although he is respectful on the surface, I am afraid that he is not qualified enough to discuss important matters in front of you, Lord of the Criminal Department. In contrast, the contemptible people feel that the identity of the owner of the house is worthy of pride. ”
Seeing the flat hand of the show, he was slightly surprised: "With such knowledge, he is worthy of being the son of Imai Sohisa." Then I won't talk to you about it, please get to the point! ”
"Thank you!" Imai Kanehisa slowly raised his head, but still bowed respectfully: "I heard that the ninja of the Takeda family was mad and unscrupulous, and actually infiltrated the fleet of the Lord of the Criminal Department, destroying nearly 10,000 stone of grain and grass...... This incident is really sensational, and it makes people with lofty ideals angry when they hear it! Therefore, we are willing to donate 10,000 yuan of military funds to make up for this loss and assist your old family in fighting against Takeda's rebels...... Then, there is also a trivial matter, which I hope the Lord of the Criminal Department will accept. ”
"What's the trifle?" Combined with what Changshu Masajia said earlier, Hiseju had roughly guessed the meat of the play, but he still pretended to be suspicious and asked.
"Contemptible Hope...... The Lord of the Criminal Department announced to the outside world that tens of thousands of stone grain had been damaged, and that all the ships on the Izumi Beach would be detained until all the Takeda spies were dug up. Imai Kanehisa's eyes gradually sharpened, "Of course, you don't need to really hold down all the ships, just delay for twenty days." ”
"Hehe, it's really the idea of speculating on food prices." Speaking of which, Hirate Honshu obviously saw the intentions of the Imai father and son, "Presumably Naya is secretly purchasing food in large quantities now!" ”
"Don't dare to deceive the Lord of the Criminal Department." Imai Kanehisa nodded and generously admitted, "All branches of Naya are in action, and they have collected 20,000 or 30,000 stones, and when you give an order, it is expected that you can receive 100,000 stones within three days, 180,000 stones in five days, and more than 300,000 stones in seven days." ”
Last year, Takeda Shingen raised the banner of the widow of the previous generation of the princess and the former Sekihaku Konoe, waved his army to Kamiraku, and at the same time omitted the forces of Echizen Asakura, Ise Kitabatake, Yamato Matsunaga, etc., resulting in wolf smoke around, and grain prices naturally went all the way up.
If the Hirate family really loses tens of thousands of stone of military rations and blockades the port of Izumi, then the price of grain in will definitely soar further, triggering panic buying.
This skyrocketing cannot last long, the truth of the matter will be announced sooner or later, and the port will not be locked down forever.
But merchants who know the inside story can make a lot of money by hoarding goods in advance and then throwing them when the price reaches its highest point.
The citizens who participated in the rush to buy food would make a fool of themselves, and they would not mention it. And those middle-level businessmen who do not have information from the upper channels, but think they can take the opportunity to make profits, will lose all their money.
"Interesting...... Pingshou Fan Xiu couldn't help but chuckle lightly, "Such a big profit, only give me 10,000 yuan, you guys take the house, it's really a good idea." ”
"Don't dare, don't dare!" Imai Kanejiufu lowered his head again, "This ten thousand times is just a gift money in advance, no matter whether it is successful or not, it will be given as promised." If the expected profit is achieved afterwards, Nawu will donate another 30,000 yuan to you! ”
"30,000 is about the same...... However......" as if he was deliberately torturing the other party's mind, "but it was still not enough for me to make up my mind." ”
"In addition to the first time, every year in the future, 10,000 troops will be provided regularly!" Kanehisa Imai increased the price code again.
"Hehe......" Pingshou Fanxiu smiled, still noncommittal.
"My lord......" Imai Kanehisa began to be a little timid and anxious, "We have to do this thing, and it takes a lot of effort to lay it out, so I'm afraid it's impossible to make more contributions......"
"That's it!" The smile on Hisho Tsusu's face suddenly stopped, and he became stern and stern, "If Naya only has such a weapon, I'm afraid it will disappoint me a little!" ”
"This ...... My lord...... You............ I ......" Imai Kanehisa was stunned for a moment, his face turned pale, and then he spoke incoherently.
Pingshou Fanxiu didn't care about him, and said sharply: "Is this a problem with money?" Think about it again, before leaving, did Ling Zun say something, but you forgot it? ”
"Uh...... Uh......" After staying for a long time, Imai Kanehisa finally remembered something, reached into the placket, took out a small bag for a long time, and took out a white paper folded into a ball. "My father did say that if this did not go well, he should do what he was told...... Please bear with the contemptible......"
In a few moments, Imai Kanehisa finished sweeping the few sentences on the paper.
He was stunned at first, frowned and thought for a while, before he suddenly realized, and quickly fell to the ground again, and said: "My father taught three points. First, although this matter was initiated by Naya, it should also be counted as Boss Tsuda of Tennojiya, Boss Hasegawa Munehito of Kikuya, and not to mention Sankaya, who focuses on the food business; Second, the relevant news should be released by each commercial house through private channels, rather than by the equalizers; Third, we should take this opportunity to publicize the effect of 'military ration stamps' in preserving the value of the ......"
Hearing this, Pingshou Fanxiu's expression was slightly gloomy, and he nodded slowly.
Imai Munehisa is worthy of being a character, and the points mentioned are all scratched to the itch.
The first point is to reveal the self-knowledge that does not dare to compete with the "predecessors" for the time being.
The second point is to ensure that the reputation of the Tie House is not greatly damaged by rumors.
The third point is that it is in line with the economic policy of the tie to the greatest extent.
In this era when the samurai were in power, merchants had to have this ability if they wanted to get into the mix.
At the same time, Imai Kanehisa also understands that after doing these three points, Naya is actually still the most important role in this plan, and the income will not be affected too much afterwards.
One way can earn 100,000 kan, but you have to offend the samurai lord in power.
The other method can only earn 70,000 kan, but it can have a good relationship with the samurai master.
A fool would choose the first path!
Having said that, the strategy has finally been decided.
Imai Kanehisa retired, and then Hiteshu wrote a note in his own handwriting, and handed over the specific matters to the newly emerging "arithmetic genius" Nagashu Masaka to deal with, and then let the middle-level officials such as Noguchi Jingli from a public family, Nagasaka Firm from a generation of people from a spectrum to assist from the side, and secretly supervise the checks and balances.
Although the tie is tight, I actually hope that the batch of contributions from Nawu will be sent over as soon as possible to save the emergency. But he still made a high-minded appearance, commanding this young owner, and taking the blame at every turn.
Because this is the right way for a samurai lord to deal with a merchant clan.
Hirasho is already recognized as a daimyo who is very friendly to businessmen, and if his attitude is a little more kind, it will be too much.
Neither has he repaid his debts, nor has he taxed his business until twenty years later, let alone raised troops to plunder, this is already a perfect lord, what is the problem of attitude?
After solving the economic problem, Tieshou did not show the slightest expression of satisfaction.
Because for the daimyo, political issues always come first.
The merchant would only think that since the spies' actions had caused the loss of several thousand stone of grain, then I would just make up for the loss.
But the tie had to focus on something a little more ethereal.
For example, you can't see or touch, but it's very fatal, and you don't dare to ignore half a point - morale.
And at this point, you can't expect someone to suddenly jump out and help.