In the middle of July of the old calendar, it is already autumn. However www.biquge.info Izumi Province is adjacent to the bay, and the cooling time is later than that of the interior, and the air is still hot and humid. Walking on the streets during the day, I sweat profusely after a while. At noon, it's the same as summer.

The weather is like this, even if you are in Kaimachi or Kyoto, not many people go to the market at this time. Although the merchants are still open to welcome customers, only apprentices and apprentices are left to continue to work under the scorching sun. Of course, Fantou rests in the room according to the custom, and there will be no big deals, and the handymen also have the right to go to the backyard to escape the heat.

This is true on the main roads, not to mention the side streets. The whole town is quiet and restless.

Most of the apprentices did not dare to be presumptuous, but the apprentices who had nothing to do were all slacking off and chatting one after another.

The city has a large flow of people, and there is no strong suppression, and there is no shortage of gossip news that is talked about in the market.

The focus of the recent discussion is none other than Ikenaga Heihisa of "Notoya" and Red House Soyo of "Rouge House", two wealthy businessmen who are against the Oda family.

The two wealthy businessmen finally conceded defeat and made amends, which everyone knows. But the specific reasons for admitting defeat and the way to make amends are still a mystery.

Naturally, members of the keyboard Politburo like to talk about the former.

But all the vulgar people are discussing the latter topic, which is the way to make amends.

I heard that the "Nobunaga" of the Oda family, although he is a countryman, but he has some knowledge, and the calligraphy and painting of pearls and jades are generally not eye-catching, and he must be well-known tea vessels, or treasures of the Southern Barbarians, in order to satisfy him.

The public is still more interested in luxury than strategic and political nonsense.

It's just pulling it around, after all, it's just "the emperor's golden burden", and who really understands the noble life of the upper class?

At this time, if something happens, it must be able to attract the attention of several streets. Even if it's two people arguing, it's fine.

Just as I was thinking this, I really heard someone arguing.

……

"You pharmacist, you're so unreasonable! Obviously trying to swallow my payment! ”

He was born and cursed by a wealthy businessman, about thirty or forty years old, very well-dressed, but his complexion was quite dark, and there were many wrinkles on his face, which showed that he was not from a wealthy family.

"I think Your Excellency has some relationship with the Oda family and buys my medicinal materials at a low price."

The place of the quarrel was in front of the "Yakuya", on a second-class street in Kaimachi. The one who stood up to confront this middle-aged businessman was the young man who came out of the medicine shop, and he also looked pampered.

Two decent people don't give in to each other, you come and go, and they talk about each other. This situation is rare in Kinai, where the folk customs are more euphemistic. In addition, it was this time when he was extremely bored and had no business to do, and many people came over to watch this posture for a while.

"The deposit alone is a full 600 yuan, and it was paid half a year ago, do you want to say that you don't remember?"

"I've already looked at the account books at home, and I only received a deposit of 200 yuan, I'm afraid your Excellency is mistaken!"

"I have a contract to prove it!"

"It just so happens that I have another deed in my hand, but the number is different from that of Your Excellency."

"I think someone has the audacity to tamper with the deed!"

"It's true that someone tampered with it, but it's not me!"

……

After hearing that "the deposit alone is a full 600 yuan", there were more onlookers, and they gradually squeezed the three floors inside and three layers outside. Half of them are employees of nearby commercial houses, while many are hawkers and craftsmen.

After listening to it for a long time, everyone gradually clarified the whole situation.

The middle-aged merchant was a native of Owari called "Tamagoshi Sanshiro", who was said to have some connection to the Oda family. He claimed that he had signed a pre-purchase contract half a year ago and purchased 3,000 catties of various herbs from the pharmacy at a price of 500 wen per catty. The deposit of 600 yuan was paid at that time, and now he has the contract and the final payment to cash it, but the medicine house does not recognize it.

The young man who argued with him was President Konishi, and the second son of the owner of the medicine house took out another contract, claiming that he had only received a deposit of 200 yuan, and the agreed price was not 500 yuan but 800 yuan.

The onlookers couldn't help but start talking.

In terms of feelings, of course, everyone tends to the local Konishi family, and hates the Owari man "Tamagoshi Sanshiro", who has a relationship with the Oda family.

But on the other hand, Tamakoshi Sankuro seems to be the one who has lost and is also somewhat sympathetic.

So no one came out to help for a while. Instead, the two sides were allowed to continue to argue.

Then they quarreled for a while, and seeing that there were no new words, some people began to feel hot and wanted to leave, but they heard a few shouts in the distance.

"Kaimachi is here!"

"Imai-sama has arrived!"

"If you have nothing to do, please get out of the way and let the two adults decide!"

I didn't expect to alarm these two!

Everyone was a little surprised, but it was not surprising to think about it. The business of one or two thousand kan is not too small in Kaimachi, and it is normal to attract attention.

A group of feet came running lightly, making a gap, and then a few adults walked into the middle of the crowd.

Walking in front is a short, black and thin, sharp-beaked monkey gills, but energetic samurai, although wearing a gorgeous costume, but there is a sense of being a monkey and crown, Huo Ran is the Kai Town's pursuit of Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

The man in the back was also dressed as a samurai, but he didn't have a sword. His steps are steady, his posture is calm, his temperament is elegant, and his clothes are more luxurious, but he is not as conspicuous as the previous one. This is the head of the meeting of the people, the head of Imai Munehisa.

The retinue brought in two mazaars and sat them down. Kinoshita Hideyoshi is the main one, and Imai Munehisa is the deputy.

"Ahem...... Kinoshita, who was sitting still, cleared his throat, "What happened, the two of you came from the truth." The middle-aged man said first. ”

"Yes." The middle-aged man hurriedly saluted before he spoke, "Down there is Yuyue Thirty Lang, temporarily serving the Lord of the Tieshou Prison." I went to with the army half a year ago, and I expected that there would be a lot of fighting in the future, and I would definitely consume a lot of wound medicine, so I went to the medicine shop in Kai Town to order a batch of materials that could be used to make wound medicine. But at that time, the season was not right, and there were too few herbs, so I made a pre-purchase contract, said that I would come to pick it up this month, and the deposit was paid. I came today, but this medicine shop did not admit it. I think that when he saw the price of medicinal herbs rise, he had to pay the bill. ”

"It turned out to be a subordinate of Hirate-sama."

Kinoshita Hideyoshi did not make a judgment on the words, but only emphasized the identity of the other party. Seeing this, the governor of Konishi panicked, and hurriedly said:

"Adults must not listen to one side of the story. We pharmacists are not farmers who don't know the market, is he the only one who can see that the price of herbs will rise this year? With such a large weight of 3,000 catties, how could a contemptuous firm rashly sign a contract with him at a low price? My contract stated that the deposit was 200 yuan, and the price was 800 yuan. ”

The words landed, and before Kinoshita Hideyoshi could react, the Yuyue Thirty Lang couldn't help but shout:

"I've got a contract in hand!"

Not to be outdone, President Konishi responded:

"You might as well compare it and let the adults identify whose contract is real."

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"Slowly, slowly, how about you two give me face?" Kinoshita Hideyoshi stopped the two and asked:

"You said you have a contract in hand, why don't you take it out and take a look?"

Hearing this, Yuyue Thirty Lang immediately took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over, saying, "Please uphold justice!" The profiteer said that the contract had been tampered with. ”

President Konishi also immediately ordered someone to take out the documents from the store and send them without saying a word.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi took the two pleadings, looked at them with Imai Munehisa, and then asked, "Who is this person with the name and handprint of 'Fukuoka Genroku' on this book?" ”

"This is the contract that this man has signed with him." Tamagoshi Sanshiro hurriedly replied, "He is the agent of the Konishi family. ”

Then President Konishi glared at Yuyue, frowned, and said, "This is the name of a head of the family." ”

"That's not easy!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi's face became relaxed, "Wouldn't it be nice to let him come out and confront him?" ”

Governor Konishi replied hatefully, "But I died of illness two months ago. This Mr. Yuyue specially picked a dead person as the reason, so I had to be suspicious. ”

The smile on Kinoshita Hideyoshi's face suddenly froze, and he didn't know what to do.

When the onlookers saw this interesting situation, they became more and more interested, and they didn't care about the heat.

Seeing Kinoshita Hideyoshi appear, many people remembered that the Konishi family of this medicine house had helped Kinoshita do a lot of things, and it was obvious that he had taken refuge. So the people who were dissatisfied with the Oda family were even more happy, and it felt like seeing a dog-eat-dog show.

The two sides of the quarrel, one is an Owari businessman, a subordinate of Hisho Tsuhide; One is a Kaimachi merchant who has a close relationship with Kinoshita Hideyoshi. No matter how it is judged, it is their internal scandal.

There are also people who know the situation who came out to explain, saying: This "Fukuoka Genroku" is indeed the head of Konishiya, he turned sixty last year, and he is still working the front line, and he did die of illness two months ago.

Then this matter is even more inexplicable!