Just when the Imagawa family was worried about Yu Qiuping's prophecy, Yu Qiuping himself was quite idle. Oda Nobukiyo's rebellion has been put down, and the 5,000-koku domain in the western part of Niwa Prefecture has also been given to him, making him the lord of the 25,000-koku general domain, and officially one of the elders of the Oda family. Along with him, he was named the elder of the family, as well as Mori Kecheng, and the two shouldered the defense of northern Owari together.

And Ikeda Tsuneko, Maeda Toshiie, and Kinoshita Toshiro are guys who also have good official luck. Ikeda Tsuneko became the lord of the castle, and Maeda Toshiie also served as the Oda family's subordinate commander as the Akamato Cloth. After Kinoshita Tojiro became a general, he also won the favor of Oda Nobunaga because of his diligence and hard work.

Over the past year or so, the relationship between the four small wealthy families on the north bank of the Kiso River and Yu Qiuping has become more and more friendly. Before, they responded to the call of Shigeharu Takenaka and went to Inabayama Castle to rescue Yu Qiuping, which made Yu Qiuping very grateful. And as Sena's Mitsubishi caravans grew larger, their trade profits increased year by year. They had already paid off Yu Qiuping's arrears and began to turn their losses into profits. The Hara family and the Kato family even planned to form their own caravans and trade with the Mitsubishi caravans. Recently, he didn't even do the business of transporting other merchants and pedestrians across the river, and devoted himself to the lucrative industry of transporting goods for the Mitsubishi caravan.

Although the wealthy family of Ximino gradually realized that the relationship between these four small wealthy families and Yu Qiuping was quite close, but in the face of the rebellion against Saito Ryuxing back then, they also turned a blind eye to them and did not pursue them more. On the contrary, when they saw that these four small wealthy families had gained a lot from participating in the cross-border trade of the Mitsubishi caravan, their hearts also moved. They even sent emissaries to Yuqiuping, expressing their willingness to lower the checkpoint tax and welcome Yuqiuping's Mitsubishi caravans to trade with them and bring them income.

The proposal of the Nishimino wealthy clan made Yu Qiuhei and Sena Shiyi very tempted - that was the market of hundreds of thousands of stone territory! If the goods can be sold there on a large scale, it can add a lot of income to the Mitsubishi caravan. And if the Nishimino nobles are willing to lower tariffs, the trade between the Mitsubishi caravan and Kita-Omi will also be even better.

However, although the dreams of Yuakihei and Sena Shiyoshi are very full, the reality is very cruel - the strength and funds of the Mitsubishi caravan may not be enough to eat the market of Nishimino. Because although the Mitsubishi caravan earned a lot of money from four years of trade, a large part of it was spent by Yu Qiuping. The cost of training, food, the purchase of iron cannons and other ordnance, the cost of buying raw materials for Lan Xiang Hana to make armor and weapons, the samurai's money, the repair of the city defense by hydraulic power, and the tax collection of the Oda family in exchange for turning a blind eye to the growing Mitsubishi caravan, etc., there are too many places to spend money. And Yu Qiuping has always been generous, feeling that he is not short of money, so he does not deliberately save money.

The current Mitsubishi caravan, although it is also very powerful, has total assets of nearly 100,000 yuan. But a significant part of it has been trapped – for example, to supply a few shops in Mino and Owari, and to leave a part of the reserve fund to repay the money borrowed from the people by the bank. It can really be used for flexible activities, and there is not much money left to enter the Ximino market.

Sena was so worried about this that he couldn't swallow it, and every day he pondered how to find a way to get some money out - and even wanted to use the bank's reserves, which of course Yuaki Pingyi politely refused. The bank was supported by his credit, and he didn't want the credit he had maintained for years to be lost by Sena Yoshi.

Just when Sena Yoshihiro and Yu Qiuping were worried, the opportunity came to the door by itself.

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The cause of the incident can be traced back to last year.

As Yu Qiuping's Mitsubishi caravan grew bigger and bigger, Yu Qiuping asked himself if he couldn't hide from Oda Nobunaga and the tax collection level. He inquired around and found that the retainers of the Lin family, the Sakuma family, the Shibata family and other retainers would not pass the checkpoint and privately avoid taxes and do small business. As long as you "respect" something to the lord and the tax collection level, everyone will turn a blind eye. When Yu Qiuping heard about this, he naturally did it, and Oda Nobunaga and the samurai who were responsible for collecting taxes did not make it much difficult for Yu Qiuping - they obviously didn't realize that Yu Qiuping's Mitsubishi Shodu was not as simple as "doing small business".

However, the samurai did not see the key to the situation, but the merchants were different. In Owari, there was a merchant group that saw the mystery of the growing development of the Mitsubishi caravan - the integration of government and business.

The Mitsubishi caravan had the support of the powerful Yuqiu family, and relied on military deterrence to force the Mino side to give up the income from the tariff. And with the help of Akihei's connections, he was able to trade in the vast territory of Owari, the northern bank of the Kiso River, and the northern Omi, and thus made a lot of profits.

The merchant group that saw this mystery was none other than the famous Tsushima merchants in the Owari region.

Tsushima is strategically located at the junction of Mino, Owari, and Ise. It is located downstream of Kuroda Castle, where the Kisogawa, Nagaragawa, and Ihi rivers meet, and water transportation is very convenient. Merchants who trade along the Kiso River from inland areas such as Mino and Shinano, as well as merchants who bring sea to Ise Bay from, Kanto, and Saikoku, choose to come to the port of Tsushima to trade goods. It can be said that the Port of Tsushima is the most important commodity distribution center in the entire Noo area, and business is very prosperous as a result. The Tsushima merchants were the big merchants who started out of the port of Tsushima.

At that time, Oda Nobuhide, backed by Tsushima's huge commercial income, rejected Saito in the north and attacked Matsudaira in the south. The big merchants of Tsushima also nominally accepted the protection of the Oda family, the controller of Tsushima, and paid commercial taxes to the Oda family.

However, although the Tsushima merchants also have backers, the attitude of the backers towards them and Yuqiuping's attitude towards the Mitsubishi caravan is like a father's treatment of the children and precious princesses he picks up. The Oda family basically relied on their military power to control Tsushima and collect their commercial taxes. The Yuqiu family used their connections to open up markets for the Mitsubishi caravan, sending troops to defeat their opponents to exempt their caravans from tariffs. It is no wonder that the Mitsubishi caravan has been able to develop so quickly in just four years, catching up with the momentum of the Tsushima merchants.

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It is the nature of businessmen to seek profit, not to mention the Tsushima merchants with a keen sense of smell. So, at this moment, in the Kuroda Castle Castle Castle Tower, in front of Yuakihei and Sena Clanyoshi, there are three representatives sent by the Tsushima merchants - Hotta Masadada, Akiyama Nobuyuki and Hirano Tadanaga. All three of them were great businessmen in Tsushima, and Yu Qiuhei and Sena had already heard of them.

"The three bosses came from afar, I don't know what advice they have?" Yu Qiuping asked the three rich men in front of him.

"The grass people have seen His Highness Momiji..."Hotta Masada was about to speak, but was interrupted by Yu Qiuping waving his hand repeatedly. The latter laughed and joked: "What are you talking about grass people, what are you talking about Your Highness Momiji!" The three bosses came to talk to me about political affairs, but about business! Since it is about business, then everyone is equal in front of money! The net worth of the three bosses is not comparable to my Yu Qiuping, call me a red leaf boss, call me the boss next to me, even if it is interesting enough! ”

Yu Qiuping's joke made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.

"What advice do the three bosses have, but please just say it." Sena's eyes were fixed on the three rich men all the time, and he couldn't wait for Yu Qiuping to do tai chi there - because he had already smelled the smell of making money.

"Boss Sena is very refreshing, so I'm not pretentious." Hotta Masada did not use the humble title very well, "I came here to discuss business with the two bosses." ”

"Boss Hotta, please speak." Sena nodded and said, "If you have any opinions, I'll listen to you." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" Hearing this, Akiyama Nobuhei hurriedly shook his head and said, "The Mitsubishi caravan has done a great job in the past four years!" than the level of making money, it is not worth a small business like me at all! But we want to hear what Boss Sena thinks! ”

As long as the word "money" is mentioned, Sena is as fine as a monkey. He immediately reacted, these three bosses should have sensed that the Mitsubishi caravan had received the full support of the Yuqiu family.

He thought for a moment, his eyes flashed, and after smiling slightly, he raised his head and said generously: "Bosses, it's really not a secret, our Mitsubishi caravan is nothing remarkable, but we don't have to pay tariffs, and because of our Red Leaf boss's connections, there are more markets!" ”

Yu Qiuping was taken aback when he heard this, and frantically gave the Sena clan a look. Is this guy crazy, how can he tell the secret of the Mitsubishi caravan so happily! I'm afraid this guy is not Shi Lezhi? However, Sena Shiyoshi turned a blind eye to Yu Qiuping's eyes, and looked at the three bosses with an oozing smile on his face.

The three bosses obviously didn't expect Sena to say it so generously. Although they had all guessed one or two in advance, they secretly learned that the inside story and Sena Clan's direct confession of the inside story were completely two things.

Hotta Masasada, Akiyama Nobuyuki, and Hirano Tadanaga looked at each other, and the words they had thought of and the routines they were going to use for words were useless for a while, and they didn't know what to say.

"If my expectations are correct, the three bosses must have taken a fancy to the Mitsubishi caravan that could take advantage of the Yuqiu family, and they want to come together to do business, right?" Sena raised his eyebrows and looked at the three bosses in front of him proudly.