This time the Oda family's invasion of Mino can really be called a twist and turn. The Oda family won first and then lost, and was once cornered by the Saito army, and it was only thanks to the hard work of Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Narumasa that they were able to regain a city.

After the war, the Oda army had to withdraw to Owari because of the damage caused by the troops and the burning of grain and grass. After disbanding the auxiliaries in the territory, Yu Qiuhei also returned to Cheongju with Oda Nobunaga to hold a post-war evaluation meeting.

Oda Nobunaga praised Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Narumasa for their great achievements, and the two were each given 2,000 koku of land, and Sasa Narumasa was promoted to the rank of the family's generals as a mother. And Yu Qiuping, Mori Kosei and Shibata Katsuie, although they did not perform brilliantly in the offense and defense outside the nineteen-jou bar, they also received Oda Nobunaga's feelings as a compliment for their hard work in the Moribe.

However, what Yu Qiuping cares about the most is Saito Ryuxing. Yu Qiuping clearly remembered that in various historical materials, storytelling, and games in the future, Saito Ryuxing was a well-known "Adou" character, and he had no other talents except for spending time and drinking, and being extravagant. However, the performance of the Saito army in this battle is quite remarkable. However, the retainers of the Oda family, including Oda Nobunaga, still did not take Saito Ryuko to heart.

Perhaps because he felt very humiliated by being cornered by the Saito army, Oda Nobunaga belittled the Saito family. He thinks that this battle is all due to the carelessness of the Oda family, and it is really bad luck. If it hadn't been for the heavy rain that washed away the pontoon bridge, the main force of the Oda family would not have been too late to rescue the nineteen bars. Regarding Saito's performance of the false move, Oda Nobunaga believes that this must be thought up by Takeyo Naomitsu and Hineno Hiroshi on two experienced veterans, and it has nothing to do with Saito Ryuxing's showmanship.

Since Oda Nobunaga had spoken, the others naturally followed his mind and taunted Saito Ryuxing a few words. After all, in the end, the Oda family won this battle.

The impact of this battle far exceeded the strategic significance of the battle itself.

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First of all, what made everyone in the Oda family happy was that Mino was once again caught in the infighting for power. The invasion of the Oda clan eased the conflict between the Mino-wealthy clan and the Saito clan to a certain extent, and when Oda Nobunaga withdrew his troops, the conflict surfaced again. The three of Nishimino condemned Naomitsu Takegiro and Hineno Hiroshi for failing to properly counsel Saito Ryuko, which led to the defeat of Jujujo, and demanded that the two immediately withdraw from the center and give up the position of auxiliary government to the leader of the Hao clan. If they couldn't limit the power in Saito Ryuko's hands, they thought that the wayward Saito Ryuko would sooner or later lead Mino to destruction. The Naotomi faction condemned the many wealthy clans of Nishimino for sitting idly by and watching the lord and the Oda family fight hard for a long time, but refused to send reinforcements, and threatened to confiscate their territories, and threatened to confiscate their territories.

And the mess at home and the defeat he just suffered also made Saito Ryu angry. He wanted to use thunderous means to centralize power to stabilize the situation, but found that he was gradually losing power and could not do anything. The huge gap made this immature teenager disheartened, and he actually began to indulge in wine all day long - which also made the Ximino wealthy family even more dissatisfied.

And what worried Oda Nobunaga was the anger of Oda Nobukiyo, the lord of Inuyama Castle.

In this battle, because Oda Nobunaga fell for the Saito family's strategy, he failed to rescue the nineteen bars in time, resulting in the annihilation of the 500 reinforcements sent by Inuyama Castle, and Oda Nobuyoshi was even more killed in the battle. The Oda family of Inuyama Castle was able to mobilize a total of about 2,000 troops, and they lost a quarter of them at once, which can be described as a heavy loss. And Oda Nobuyasu is also Oda Nobuyoshi's most beloved younger brother, watching this docile younger brother grow up since childhood, the relationship between brothers is extremely deep. His death made Oda Nobukiyo resentful. He suspected that Oda Nobunaga deliberately did not reinforce his younger brother, and wanted to weaken the strength of the Inuyama Oda family by borrowing a knife to kill people.

In order to appease Oda Nobukiyo's anger, Oda Nobunaga also deliberately sent a lot of gold as compensation, which added fuel to the fire. Oda Nobukiyo angrily rebuked the envoy on the spot, saying, "Can my brother's life be bought back with gold?" Then he beat the messenger violently and drove him out of the city. Oda Nobunaga, who learned the news, was also furious, and immediately withheld the compensation and consolation that was supposed to be given to the Inuyama Oda family for the death of the Ashigaru, and the relationship between the two fell to a freezing point for a while.

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After the dust settles on these things, Yu Qiuping's time with his wife and children will come to an end. Oda Nobunaga naturally would not allow Yuqiu Heira to be passive and slack off in the city of Kiyoshu, so he drove him back to the territory.

On August 5, when Yu Qiuping rushed back to the territory, the autumn harvest in the territory was already in full swing under the organization of Naoe Tadahei. Sena, who had been in charge of the autumn harvest, was not there this time. Previously, Hanamaru had moved the blacksmith shop from Kiyoshu Castle to Kuroda Castle and began to repair the captured armor and ordnance. This time, Sena Clan Yoshiyoshi personally took Ogawa Yuto's platoon and escorted the armor and ordnance to Ise to trade.

This autumn harvest is also the first time that Yu Qiuping's personal income tax system has been implemented in a new territory, so Yu Qiuping also attaches more importance to it. The acting officials brought by Sena Yoshiyoshi from the Imagawa family are all experts who are proficient in taxation. Under their organization, the individual income tax system has been well implemented. On September 3, the autumn harvest came to an end. However, this year's harvest in the Nonwei area was not particularly good, so the personal income tax system collected less tax than in the past, only 3,700 stone of grain.

Just when Yu Qiupei regretted this, Sena Shiyoshi, who had just returned from Ise, saw a huge business opportunity.

"Momiji! This year, the harvest was not good throughout the Nowei area. Sena said excitedly, "And Nishimino! It almost suffered a big harvest! ”

This year's grain output in Simino is only about one-third of that of previous years. Not only because of the bad weather this year, but also because of two locust plagues. At the same time, the Oda family's invasion of Nishimino in the summer also destroyed many fields. Floods caused by heavy rains on the Nagara River and Ihi River have also washed away many farmlands in the vicinity. Natural and man-made disasters and various adverse factors broke out together, and the great harvest failure brought Simino to the brink of famine. Although the lords still have surplus food in their hands, the people have no food in their hands for the winter.

However, Saito Ryuko is said to have been in a very bad mood because he had cut his finger while practicing swords. When he received the request of the lords of Ximino for tax reduction and relief, he remembered that several wealthy families of Ximino had disobeyed him, and he was even more annoyed. So he stubbornly refused all requests and did not listen to anyone's advice - which made the Nishimino clan completely disappointed in Saito Ryuxing.

When the famine came, food prices skyrocketed. Omi, which is also the production area, will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity, and many large grain merchants in Omi are ready to move. However, the wealthy families of Ximeinon, who also suffered heavy losses due to poor harvests, set high tariffs, intending to pluck the feathers from the grain merchants to make up for their losses. Naturally, the grain merchants in Omi are not stupid, and since the Nishimino Hao clan has such an attitude, they are not in a hurry to sell grain. If it continues, Ximino will eventually be unable to hold on to the arrival of famine and lower tariffs.

"This is our chance!" Sena said excitedly: "We already have the 10,000 stone grain seized before, plus the grain from this autumn harvest, we can all take it to Ximino and sell it!" We can even take the cash in our hands and go to Minami-Owari to buy grain in the bumper harvest and then transport it back! Let's go to Nishimino to resell! ”

"Anyway, we don't have to pay customs duties! Don't worry at all! As he spoke, Sena was already dancing, as if he had seen the mountains of gold and silver beckoning to him.

"Is it that big?" Yu Qiuping felt that this was a large-scale speculation, "Are you really okay?" ”

"Don't worry, Momiji," Sena smiled excitedly, "I'm the best at dealing with money!" ”

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Even though Sena was soft and hard, the conservative and cautious Yu Qiuping still only agreed that he would take out two-thirds of his family property to carry out the "grain frying" operation. However, Yu Qiuping soon regretted his timidity.

The Sena clan Yoshisen contacted the four wealthy families who had a contract with the Yuqiu family, indicating that the Yuqiu family's caravan was about to cross the border, and hoped that they would cooperate. These four wealthy families all have the handle in the hands of Yu Qiuping, so they naturally dare not collect tariffs. At the same time, because Yu Qiuping helped them clean up the Hibino family before, giving them the opportunity to regain the lost territory, they still have a gratitude to Yu Qiuping in their hearts. In addition, Yu Qiuping had promised them before that the profits from trade would be shared by them. Therefore, these four wealthy families consciously became traitors to Ximeinon, and actively cooperated with the Yuqiu family's capitalist grain to attack the Ximeino market.

With the help of the people sent by the Kawanami people and the Nishimino clan, the Sena clan smoothly transported 10,000 koku of grain to the territory of Nishimino and began to put it on the market. The financially minded Sena did not sell all the grain at once, but only sold a small portion of it every day to whet the appetite of the market and prevent the price of food from falling due to oversupply. Normally, a stone of rice can only be sold for about 450 wen in a grain producing area like Meinong, but at this moment, it can be sold for more than 900 wen, which is almost consistent. After ten days of continuous sales, Sena has nearly doubled his assets.

He had wanted to proceed with the second step of his plan – to ship the cash back to Owari, exchange it for grain, and sell it back to Mino. However, it seems that the Saito family and the Nishimino trio and other wealthy families have noticed that the caravan of the Sena clan is selling grain, and it seems that they have not passed through the checkpoint of the Saito family and the wealthy families to pay customs duties. Although Sena Shiyi was under the banner of a "Mitsubishi" caravan and other small caravans (named by Yuqiuping), he was still worried that his Yuqiu family's background would be found out, which would lead to the confiscation of assets, so he had to end the resale.

However, before leaving, Sena also bought a large number of Mino specialties such as lime, sulfur, crystal, and Mino paper, which were relatively cheap on the market, and these were brought back to Owari and sold at a good price.

In just this trip, Sena Shiyi earned nearly 5,000 yuan back for Yu Qiuping, which is not counting the benefits from the sale of Mino specialties, it can really be called a lot of money. Everyone in the family threw themselves into the five bodies of the Sena family, and they didn't expect that this iron rooster was actually very good at doing business! The benefits that were originally going to be given to the four wealthy families of Meinong were mostly used by them to pay off their debts. However, this one alone has made them 2,000 yuan - it seems that paying off Yu Qiuping's debt is not so far away.

With so much and sufficient funds, Yu Qiuping confidently prepared to build the bank of his dreams. In the castle town of Kuroda Castle, dozens of conscripts have already begun to build large buildings that serve as banks.

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After these things were over, Yu Qiuping specifically found Honda Tadakatsu. The latter is teaching Longzi martial arts, and the little girl has learned every move and style.

"Nabenosuke," Yu Qiuping looked at Honda Tadakatsu, who was still growing taller, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart. "The battle is over, and I have settled down. You have made great achievements in this battle against the enemy general, and you have not insulted your father's reputation. His Royal Highness Matsudaira has sent me a letter saying that you are welcome to go back, have you ever considered when to return to Matsudaira's house? ”

Honda Tadashi was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Yu Qiuping to suddenly bring up such a topic. He frowned, glanced at Longzi, who was practicing his basic skills in a clear manner, and shook his head hesitantly.

"I promised Miss Ryuko to teach her martial arts," Honda Tadakatsu said in a low voice, "I'm sorry to give up halfway." ”

"That's right," Yu Qiuping asked, "Then when do you plan to go back, and I still have to give an answer to His Highness Matsudaira?" ”

Honda Tadasheng looked at Ryuko's posture, thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "The year after tomorrow, the basic skills that should be taught at the beginning of the next year will be completed." ”