After Yu Thu Binh led the army back to Hanoi and Quan, he immediately arranged for manpower to treat the wounded and sick, and at the same time trained new soldiers to make up for the shortfall lost in this expedition. Of course, one cannot forget to send a letter of guilt to Oda Nobunaga. But he soon learns that he is not the only one in trouble.

The forces of Hideyoshi Hashiba and Murashige Araki attempted to capture Harima Province, but the Miyoshi family's resistance was unusually resolute. The two of them were not enough to suppress the Miyoshi family, and there was a danger of being counterattacked, so they had to be forced to go on the defensive. And Sakuma Nobumori's siege of Honganji still doesn't see any progress. The fortress that even the entire army of the Oda family could not help attack, how could Sakuma Nobumori do it alone. And in terms of the strategy of the Tamba Kingdom, Akechi Mitsuhide also has nothing to do with the Hatano family - it is simply that there is no way, the Hatano family is in danger, and Akechi Mitsuhide can't get in anyway.

The only one who made progress was Shibata Katsuie, the brave man who smashed the huge army of Ichijo in one fell swoop in the battle between Echizen and Kaga on the border, and some even compared him to the nightmare of Kaga Ichijomune, Asakura Sote. Shibata Katsuya pursued all the way, bringing almost the entire Nishi-Kaga under his command, and at the moment besieging Oyama Gobo, the base camp of the Kaga Ichijo sect.

Akihei Amaki, Mitsuhide Akechi, Hideyoshi Hashiba, and Nobumori Sakuma are all secretly grateful to Shibata Katsuya at the moment—his victory has put Oda Nobunaga in a good mood and is not angry at the mistakes of the others. After learning that Shibata Katsuya had a major pit stop, Oda Nobunaga arranged for Oda Nobutada to lead the Oda family's 30,000 troops directly under the central government to aid Hokuriku, on the one hand, to help Shibata Katsuya take Oyama Gobo, and on the other hand, to give Oda Nobutada long seniority.

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After Yu Qiuping returned to Maple Mountain City, he met his long-awaited old friend Xiangzong and my pro-Thai again. In the past, the cooperation between the Nagamune family and the businessmen of the Diet was quite pleasant, and the Nagasune family made it very convenient for the businessmen to invest and set up factories in Tosa. Now, the first merchants to arrive in Tosa, led by the Mitsubishi caravan, have already opened factories, recruited workers, and begun to produce some daily necessities that are scarce in Tosa. With the help of Nagamune Ibu, these goods were not only sold to Tosa, but also transported from several routes to Iyo, Sanuki, and Awa, and sold throughout Shikoku.

However, the pro-Thai people of Xiangzong also expressed their dissatisfaction with the ugly appearance of the businessmen in the Congress. These merchants relied on large-scale production and low costs of assembly line production to keep the prices of their goods very low. Many of Tosa's original workshops and shops were forced to reduce their prices in order to ensure that their goods were still bought. However, they were soon crushed by this malicious price war and dumping. How can a small business compare to a deep-pocketed, centralized factory?

Seeing that the goods could only be sold at a loss, and the family foundation was getting thinner and thinner, these local workshops and shops couldn't sit still, so they had to turn to Changzong's family. However, Changzong's family still needed the support of the Yuqiu family, so they didn't dare to be disrespectful to the merchants, and they didn't pay much attention to the interests of the merchants, so they politely refused their request.

Soon after, a large number of workshops and shops went bankrupt and closed their doors. The merchants of Congress, on the other hand, took the opportunity to buy their shops and workshops at a low price, and then hired them as workers—a familiar plot of the separation of the means of production from the producers.

After monopolizing Tosa's commerce and manufacturing, the greedy nature of the merchants of the Diet remained unsatisfied. Under the influence of the Mitsubishi caravans of the Sena clan, they soon monopolized the trade between Tosa and by similar means, and all the small sea trade merchants of Tosa were excluded from this shipping route. However, they are still worried about a possible attack on the caravan by the Miyoshi family - although the taxes paid to the Miyoshi family are still not less to this day, there is no guarantee that the Miyoshi family will not suddenly go crazy. Therefore, they tried their best to urge Yu Qiuping to step up the construction of the navy, but Itami Yasuqing told Yu Qiuping that this matter was urgent.

Of course, the samurai of the old times did not have a clear understanding of the importance of commerce. In Yu Qiuping's view, throughout the Warring States period, there were only two people who really had advanced economic concepts: Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu studied under these two. Other samurai may have attached great importance to economic development, but they were blind to the basic mode of operation of commerce, and this was the case with the Chosamune family. The pro-Thai of Komune and my department apparently did not realize how dangerous the economic aggression being done by the businessmen of the Diet was, and how much it would affect the internal affairs of Tosa Province in the future. Therefore, he only complained to Yu Qiuping for a few words, and did not raise any objections - after all, Changzong and my family can draw taxes from it!

"I came here this time to ask His Highness Jibu to support Tosa's food. According to information from our ninjas, the Miyoshi family may invade Tosa again this winter. They planned to advance by land and water, led by Miyoshi Yixing, Shihe Yicun and Anzhai Dongkang. By that time, the maritime connection between Tosa and would be severed due to the advance of the Awaji Navy along the east coast. Therefore, I hope that His Highness can provide a sum of food in advance in case of emergency. ”

"I don't count if I say this, I have to ask Congress to approve the budget. Now Yuqiu's family has the final say on money-related matters. ”

"Then His Royal Highness the Ministry of Labor and Trouble will request for your next place?" Xiangzong and my pro-Tai Chao Yuqiu saluted, and whispered respectfully.

"Don't, don't, don't." Yu Qiuping hurriedly spread his hands, "The budget for my own plan to go south to Kii again in the winter has not been approved, how dare I go to the Congress again." If they know that I'm going to get money again, my plan for a southern expedition will be ruined. ”

"Huh?" Xiangzong's relatives were stunned when they heard this, "Then this..."

"Don't worry, I'll introduce you to it. Talk to the congressional bosses yourself. A gloating smile suddenly appeared on Yu Qiuping's face, "Go lobby them, go to Congress to give a speech, give them some sweetness, and let them approve your budget." ”

"It's... Is it really convenient not to go through His Royal Highness the Ministry of Governance? "Xiangzong, my pro-Tai, was a little timid and tentative.

"Didn't I approve of you? Besides, I don't want to deal with those scheming businessmen anymore. Yuqiu waved his hand, as if he dared to walk the flies in front of him, "The trivial little profit will quarrel with you for a long time, and it is more tiring to ask for money than anything." We are now at Yuqiu's house, whose budget is to be asked for by themselves. Whether it's lobbying or giving a speech, I'm tired of it anyway. ”

As Yu Qiuping spoke, he remembered the interesting story before. Originally, all the things that the Yuqiu family dealt with the Congress and asked for the approval of the budget were all done by Yuqiuping. But then Yu Qiuping was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, so he just picked on it and stopped doing it, and let everyone take care of it. Shigeharu Takenaka asked for the General Staff and military expenses, the Military Intelligence Department asked Sanada Masayuki to ask for it, Amano Keitoku asked for part of the military expenses, Sena Yoshiyoshi asked for the financial appropriations, Naoe Tadahei asked for the miscellaneous internal affairs appropriations, and the budget of the court was for Hatakeyama Takamasa to find a way to solve it himself.

Sena Yoshinori and Sanada Masayuki, who can speak well, are okay, and they can return triumphantly every time. Amano Keitoku didn't like words very much, and every time he stared at the merchant with a gloomy face. Once, he went to the hall of Congress to give a speech, and he said a dozen words in one hour, and the rest of the time he spent it in silence. But the businessmen of Congress were afraid of the mysterious crow, and did not dare to make any more trouble with his budget. After all, as Yu Qiuping's private institution, the vast majority of the budget comes from the Mitsubishi caravan, and it does not need to occupy much appropriation from the Congress.

And Naoe Tadahei, an honest man, is in big trouble, embarrassed to bargain, and suffers every time he asks for a budget. In the end, he simply asked his son Naoe to go for him—a clever man who didn't resemble his father at all, and could speak well. This method was quickly learned by Shigeharu Takenaka and Takamasa Hatakeyama, who did not like verbal arguments, and Yunan Fukuzawa and Masayori Hatakeyama (the historical Akira Hatakeyama, the younger brother of Takamasa Hatakeyama) were sent to the Diet to top the bag.

According to Yu Qiuping's experience, Xiangzong and my pro-Thai people will definitely suffer a big loss if they go to Thailand for the first time. Whether he was questioned by the strange questions from below when he gave a speech, he couldn't get off the stage, so that he himself doubted whether he should spend this money or not; Or when lobbying, they encountered the sky-high prices of the merchants, agreed to the bitter conditions, and cut the funds one by one.

However, anyway, it's a matter of Changzong's family, and Yu Qiuping is still happy to see jokes.

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However, Yu Qiuping soon discovers that he is also the protagonist of the joke, because his own budget for the winter expedition to the south has not yet passed. The expedition at the time of the autumn harvest was supported by the "order of the lord", and the Diet had no reason to refuse it - otherwise the Yuqiu family would have been liquidated by Oda Nobunaga.

However, on this winter expedition, Oda Nobunaga did not ask Yu Qiuping to send troops immediately. Yu Qiuping decided to take the opportunity to enter out of his own considerations. After all, the people of Kii are now full of contradictions, and there is a shortage of food and grass, so it is a good time to attack. Amano Keitoku also pointed out that if the Momiji Army attacked again, the people of Kii might have to collect all the food that had just been distributed to the people to replenish the military rations—this would undoubtedly greatly shake the hearts of the people in Kii and give the crows a good opportunity to secretly instigate a fight.

Therefore, Yu Qiuping urgently needed Congress to approve the budget for his southern expedition, but the Congress seemed to see Yu Qiuping's eagerness and bargained with him. Yu Qiuping was questioned continuously in the lobby of the Congress for an hour and a half, so tired that his throat was about to smoke, and finally persuaded the Congress—but at a great cost.

In Kii, Honganji has a deep-rooted influence. Not only are the people of Kii all the people of the Clan who have always been believers, and they worship Honganji Temple as the Lord of the Dharma; Honganji also has a large number of temple shrines and affiliated territories around temples in Kii, and these territories are also home to a large number of tenant farmers and Ichisho sect believers.

According to Yu Qiuping's previous plan, for Kii, a place with strong religious complexes and intertwined temple strength, all it was necessary to subdue the people of Kii and force them to sign a treaty of submission - this is also what Oda Nobunaga meant. After all, it would be too troublesome to absorb this territory, which would involve so many monasteries and believers.

Congress, however, is not content with that. They hoped that Akihei would completely crush the Kii people, uproot the power of Honganji from Kii, reclaim the territory occupied by the temple, and liberate the tenant farmers and believers who were attached to the temple—and then let them work in the factories of the Diet merchants. And this will bring great variables to Yu Qiuping's Kii Raiders - almost the entire plan will be reformulated. However, Yu Qiuping had no choice but to agree - he couldn't miss this good opportunity. For the first time, the Yuqiu family was forced to revise their plans because of the demands of Congress.

However, Yu Qiuping is clear.

Once you've taken that step, there's no going back.