"Things seem to be going well......"

The even-handed Fan Xiu, who has always been moody, listened to the reports of the retainers, and chuckled lightly, showing a rare look of satisfaction.

As a legendary wise general, he has achieved many awe-inspiring achievements, and a few insignificant victories are no longer enough to make the world-famous "Tie Hands Young Minister" laugh. But at the moment, this matter made him pay special attention, and it seemed that it was more happy than defeating the Miyoshi family and seizing new territory.

Kneeling on the ground on the opposite side, there were three people, Kinoshita Hidenaga, Konishi Yukinaga, and Horio Yoshiharu, all of whom were directly under the orders of Hirate Hinohide himself. Under their deliberate inducement, more and more samurai of the Asai family became accustomed to using the "ration stamps" of the Hirate family as a light banknote. Up to now, there have been more than 3,000 koku tickets, which were not intended to be exchanged for food, but were consumed as currency in places such as merchant houses, sake houses, and whale houses, and then returned to the hands of the Pingju family.

The most typical is the Asai family's fierce general Endo Naojing, this guy was stolen on the way to dinner, and had to take out the military ration coupons to pay the bill. The sake house had nothing to do with the Hirate family, but he had always heard that the Hirate family had a very good reputation, and he didn't dare to offend Endo Naokei and his group of martial artists, so he recognized the face value of the ration stamps. Of course, afterwards, the owner of the sake house also went to the "Sanlu House" of the Heite family and spent the 50 koku worth of military rations.

I've heard about this before, but I didn't know until I listened to the report today-

"This thief who steals money is actually hired by the three of you? Is it the channel introduced by the guy from Ishikawa Goemon? Deliberately stealing all the cash but leaving the ration stamps? ”

Pingshou Fanxiu felt angry and funny, he admired Yang Mou more in his heart, and he didn't look very well at this kind of small tricks of roosters and dogs. But I have to admit that sometimes small measures can be quite effective.

Looking down further, the expressions of the three retainers were different. There was some pride on Governor Konishi's face that couldn't be hidden, not ashamed but proud, presumably he came up with this method; Kinoshita Hidenaga, an honest man, is a little weak and embarrassed, and seems to disagree with this way of doing things; Horio Yoshiharu, who is the deepest in the city, looks like he is looking at his nose and nose, and he doesn't move at all, showing an attitude of "dedicated to his work, not caring about reputation".

These three people, plus Kazutoyo Yamauchi, who was temporarily appointed as the Naval Supervisor, are now on the "cadre training list" in Hirata Honhide's mind, among which the smartest and most potential is President Konishi Yuki, but this guy's self-confidence is too strong, and the problem of being too bold always exists, even if he beats it, he can only manage it for a few months. Secondly, Yamauchi Kazutoyo is also quite talented and has the highest enthusiasm, but he seems to be too strong in fame and too low in discipline. On the contrary, Kinoshita Hidenaga and Horio Yoshiharu, although they are obviously not wise people, give the impression that they are more trustworthy.

There is always no perfect retainer, and it is necessary to use the strengths of people and avoid their shortcomings. Even if it's Kawada Nagajin and Honda Masanobu who are tied with Hishohide as the right hand, or heavyweight newcomer Iwanari Yudo, don't they have their own limitations?

Governor Konishi's bold personality may also be useful one day......

Hiteshu shook his head and did not continue to pursue it, but turned his head sideways and instructed the Portuguese merchant Rafael Castello and his own imperial merchant Tamagoshi Sanchiro to the right: "Now that you have a firm foothold in Harima Ichikoku, you can find a way to make a big deal in the Seto Inland Sea with Awaji Island as the center!" ”

The two businessmen hurriedly claimed yes. Raphael was very enthusiastic about this, and he gave himself the name "Shundaya Shuichi" Fuso, which is ready to develop locally. Yuyue Sanshiro has been a little slack off recently, but he is still a wealthy businessman after all, and he immediately reacted and understood the meaning behind this plan.

Seeing that the initiator has made a correct demonstration, of course, they also have the consciousness of drawing gourds in the same way.

The draw is reassuring about the abilities and willingness of these two men - on the other hand, he has no more candidates available. However, in this era, the words of businessmen alone are separated from political power, and no matter how strong their ability and willingness are, their influence is limited. (Perhaps this is the case in every era)

So Hirate added: "This time I still started to transport military rations and recover the spoils of war, and during this time I have been vigorously fighting and launching several cross-sea attacks with the fleet as the lead before spring ploughing. ”

As soon as these words came out, the two businessmen did not react much, and the three people who were kneeling under the stage, Kinoshita Hidenaga, Konishi Yukinaga, and Horio Yoshiharu, were shocked. After all, they are all young people who claim to be samurai, and no matter how well they perform special tasks, they will always have a sense of accomplishment as their feats on the battlefield.

However, Heite did not continue on this topic, but instead changed his direction and gave an order to the left: "Yahachiro (Honda Masanobu) will give a general account of the reactions of all parties, and Hanzaemon (Ina Tadaji) will talk about the specific figures of the grain depot and the military ration stamps, so that a few of you can also understand the results of their work!" ”

"Yes!" Honda Masanobu, who was named, bowed down and answered, then slowly got up, and at the same time showed a few letters of paper in front of him, and said: "The day before yesterday, I received a letter from Oda Daden, and my evaluation of this matter was, 'It is very interesting, if it is possible, it should be pushed to the world'." In addition, Mr. Imai Munehisa, Tsuda Munegashi, and Sensho Yi of Kai Machi sent someone to ask if the family could use similar means to guarantee a business worth more than 10,000 yuan. Also, Niwa-sama from Tajima mentioned that there was too much silver in the area, and it was inconvenient to use it, so he was very interested in this ticket......

After a few sentences, it shows that the equalizer is politically prepared enough and will not fall victim to the changes behind the scenes. As for the benefits of issuing money based on grain, there is no need to explain it, and everyone here can understand it.

This is also based on the establishment of territories and armies. Behind Hirate Honhide was the Oda family, which had already occupied the two plains of Fuso, Kinai and Noo, and had enough food income to guarantee credit.

Of course, because of this, a large part of the commercial income is still owned by the Oda family. However, as a representative of the creation of a new order, what he gained was not only practical benefits, but an ethereal but closely related "reputation".

Think about it carefully, with this business reputation, even if Hisho Honhide loses a shocking battle in the future and loses all his territory, he can at least survive as a high-level executive similar to Murai Sadakatsu, and not become penniless.

At this time, Ina Tadaji also reported a few figures according to the instructions: "So far, a total of 25,000 stone coupons have been issued for military rations, of which 13,420 stone have been exchanged for grain, and 3,370 stone have been exchanged for other goods." Harima still has 4,196 koku of grain in his family's merchant house, and a total of 1,553 and 500 bun of goods. This month, it is planned to ship 2,000 koku of grain to Harima, with a total of 500 koku of various commodities...... Since the beginning of last year, the family has invested a total of about 38,600 kan, and the income is about 9,900 kan, but the day before yesterday, thanks to the Oda main hall rewarded 20,000 kan worth of gold, the account has not seen a big deficit, and there are still more than 3,000 kan cash available, of which 413 kan for gold and ...... for silver."

The cost figures make it hard to breathe. It takes so much effort to promote this kind of currency, which has very limited access to the use of a country, that it seems that it is not feasible to use paper money widely throughout the world, and the seigniorage received may not be profitable. Not to mention issues like forgery.

Therefore, the goal of the Hirate Honshu was to promote a large amount of paper money that was popular among the wealthy in the region, where commerce was developed. When the scope is small and easy to trace, the cost of anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft should be controlled within an acceptable range.

After listening to the report, he gave a few simple instructions, and was about to end the meeting, but he heard hurried footsteps outside the door, and then a familiar voice sounded: "Lord Chuwu, Master Huzai Zongyi of Izumi, came to visit with a monk and a priest, saying that there is something important to discuss, do you want to meet immediately?" ”

Listening to the voice, it looks like Asano Nagayoshi. He reported the news, and did not dare to break in, but waited outside on his knees.

When the voice came, everyone present raised their heads one after another, waiting for the master's instructions. I saw Pingshou Fanxiu frowning and thinking for a moment, and then suddenly brightened, stroked his palm and smiled: "Is it so fast?" It seems that the other party is even more stupid than I imagined! ”