After the meeting ended, Yu Qiuping and everyone set off to return to Kuroda Castle.

"Please forgive me for speaking bluntly," Tianye Jingde said coldly, "Your Highness will have to pay three-tenths of the ransom at most." When all the captives are released, the families will no longer be subject to human control. ”

"Yes, I understand." Yu Qiuping said with a smile,

"Your Highness," Sanada Masayuki said in a low voice, "Does Your Highness feel that after extorting three-tenths of the total amount, there is no more benefit to be squeezed, so he deliberately gave in and stopped?" ”

"No," Yu Qiuping shook his head, "I deliberately gave in just to get them to agree to the IOU demand of ten times the fine. ”

"But Momiji," Sena said, dissatisfied, "What's the point?" If you don't have the strength to blackmail them again, then the tenfold fine won't help the flowers in the moon mirror in the water. ”

"What's the point, you'll see in a moment!" Yu Qiuping laughed excitedly and snapped his fingers casually, "Because of my prediction of historical development, I will never make a mistake!" ”

·

On April 12, the four families delivered a ransom of 400 yuan. Yu Qiuping immediately kept his promise and released 300 captives on the Kiso River without the slightest difficulty or remorse. However, the weapons and armor of the captives were naturally detained, and those wealthy families had nothing to say, so they had to accept their fate. On the 13th and 14th, the two sides still cooperated happily. After receiving the third 400 guan, Yu Qiuping happily released all the prisoners, and released them back with Hara Nagayori and Kato Kotai.

Yuan Laifang, who was waiting by the river in person, had been worried, but Yu Qiuping suddenly broke the contract and detained his son. The seven-day ransom for the next seven days of taking his son hostage - then the original house will be powerless and can only go bankrupt to redeem his son. When he saw Hara Changlai get off the boat, tears of excitement welled up in his eyes. The short 7 days of separation from his son seemed like a century to this middle-aged man.

"O my son! It's kind of waiting for you to come back! Yuan Laifang hugged his son excitedly, "I've wronged you these days!" They didn't treat you like that! Is there no food that won't give you food! There is no torture to torture you! ”

"Daddy!" Yuan Changlai was also a little choked, but he still squeezed out a smile to comfort his father: "They didn't treat me well!" His Royal Highness Momiji treats me very well! Not only have I not been wronged there these days, but I have eaten better than at home! ”

Yuan Laifang was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the son in his arms, not only did he look good, but he also seemed to have gained a little weight. He was relieved, but he still said stiffly: "Silly boy! How can you remember the enemy's small favors and call them His Royal Highness Momiji! If it weren't for the fact that you were an important captive, my child, what do you think you would be doing? ”

"Daddy, I don't think it's right for you to say that." However, Yuan Changlai protested with some grievances: "In addition to being too greedy for money and a little shameless, His Royal Highness Hongye is actually a very good person. Not only was it not difficult for the four of us, but it was very polite and thoughtful to us. Even the ashigaru under us, no one has been abused, and they can eat enough every day. ”

"No one peed into the prisoner's rice bucket?" Yuan Laifang asked incredulously - in this era, it is common to treat captives like this.

"Nope." Yuan Changlai replied honestly.

"No one beat the captives?" "No one robbed the captives of anything of value?" "No one had the captives do coolies for them?" …… He threw out a series of questions, but the answers were no.

"It's weird, it's weird." Yuan Lai Fang scolded a few words, "This rainy autumn and red leaves are so kind to the captives. Don't say it, it's really a rumored good person. Except for being greedy for money, but he has never cheated. What you promised, you must keep your promise. Before letting Maenno Nagayasu come back, and this time he released people, they all did what they said. While pondering, his hostility towards Yu Qiuping in his heart also faded a lot.

"That daddy," Yuan Changlai saw that Yuan Laifang seemed to be more satisfied with Yu Qiuping, so he tentatively said: "How can we give the ransom for the next seven days?" Can the family afford that much money? ”

Yuan Laifang heard his son say this, he was really angry and funny, "Stupid! Yuan Laifang scolded with a smile: "That rain and autumn red leaves, don't even think about getting a penny!" Before, our family was forced to give them money and food, because you and more than 200 strong men were in his hands, and we had to start with! Now that you're all back, we're still afraid of rain and autumn and red leaves! Could it be that he took those more than 200 people and crossed the river to ask for money? ”

At the same time, the south bank of the Kiso River.

"Your Highness, what the hell do you have in mind?" Mimasaki Nakahide smiled curiously, "Tell us about it!" Why did you put all these people back! ”

"It's a disaster for so many people to stay here sooner or later, and besides, I promised to let them go, and I will do what I say." Yu Qiuping turned his head and looked at his subordinates, "As for the ghost idea I played, in another month or so, you will all know!" ”

The subsequent development is indeed as expected by Yuqiu and others. On the fourth day, the four wealthy families all began to shirk the lack of fundraising, and it may be too late to repay the money. After that, the wealthy families became more and more excessive, not only did they not give Yu Qiuping a penny, but Nonomura Yukinari directly beat the envoy of the Yuqiu family and drove him out of the door.

So, on the tenth day, Yu Qiuping sent the last group of envoys. They weren't there to demand money, nor were they there to condemn the wealthy. and just left a sentence from Yu Qiuping to them:

"If you don't pay it back, you'll regret it on May 11."

The heads of the wealthy families who don't know what they want to express don't know what Yu Qiuping wants to express. It's just that as the time continues to approach, it becomes more and more nervous.

·

After everything came to an end, the high-level members of the Yuqiu family all gathered excitedly in the Kuroda Castle Tower and began to count the "stolen money" together.

This time, the Yuqiu family extorted a total of 10,000 stone grain and 5,200 yuan. This can be called a huge amount of income for the 8,000 stone Spirit Emperor of the Yuqiu family. 10,000 stone of grain and 5,200 guan, if calculated according to the usual money, that is, one tael of silver can buy two stones of grain, this is a huge amount of more than 10,000 guan. The family wealth mentioned in the idiom is so much. For a territory of 8,000 stones, the grain harvested in a year is only about 3,000 stones, and if it is exchanged for money to meet the expenses of a year, it would be good to be able to leave 500 yuan.

In other words, Yu Qiuping grabbed 20 years of income in one battle, which is probably the same feeling when Japan later demanded huge wealth in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. How to deal with these stolen money, the specific will be the responsibility of Sena Yoshi.

The training funds for Tokiwa must come from this. If in order to maintain the training intensity of Yu Qiuping's training at the Imagawa family, a soldier would have to spend about 10 yuan a year, and more than 200 people would have to spend 2,000 yuan - one-fifth of it would have been spent at once. In order to equip the cavalry with horses, Yu Qiuping also bought 50 horses from the merchants, which cost another 1,500 yuan. What's more, there are all kinds of large and small projects waiting for this money, and a series of things such as repairing the city defense, distributing money, and so on all have to use money. Therefore, Yu Qiuping understands that he must not stop there, and continue to find ways to make money.

The first way that Yu Qiuping thought of to make money was to make use of the captured ordnance. In this battle, Yu Qiuping captured a total of more than 300 carcass pills, and some of them were of better quality. There are also many spears, bows and arrows, katanas, machetes, and rattan cards. Yu Qiuping ordered Lan Xiang Huadu and his craftsmen to start repairing the damaged carcass pills, and at the same time painting all the ordnance and selling them as new ones when the time came. Although a carcass pill is cheap, if it is made into a new look, it can still be sold for 5 yuan. Combined, it is estimated that about 2,500 weapons can be sold. As for the buyer - in the troubled times of the Warring States where wars are fought everywhere, are you still worried that no one will buy weapons?

Another thing that Yu Qiuping wanted to promote immediately was the bank he envisioned. The current Yuqiu family is completely different from ten days ago, with abundant funds, it should be said that it is more than enough to open a bank. However, since Yu Qiuping did not specifically study the financial industry in his previous life, a series of operating rules, rules and regulations are still to be discussed. Yu Qiuping decided to take the time to consult with Sena Shiyoshi and Naoe Tadahei and others, and was ready to launch his banking policy when it was safe.

After discussing the issue of money, many of the issues that had been put on hold in the territory urgently needed to be resolved. Yu Qiuping asked Amano Keitoku to take charge of the revision of the new military law, and worked with the local village chiefs and other local snakes to formulate a complete written territorial law. Since Sena was mainly engaged in financial distribution and the formulation of banking rules, the preparation for the dispatch of acting officials to carry out taxes after the autumn harvest fell on the shoulders of Naoe Tadahei. In the absence of Yuakihei and Naoe Tadahei, Yasunari Fukushima was in charge of the usual daily training of Tokiwabei. Sanada Masayuki, on the other hand, was asked by Yu Qiuping to find a way to establish a set of intelligence networks, whether it was a watchtower, a beacon or a spy, and there must not be a situation where the enemy touched the edge of the Kiso River and the Yuqiu family realized it later.

After that, Oda Nobunaga's reward for the battle of Yuakihei also came down. The one who came to announce the reward was none other than Yu Qiuping's brother-in-law Maeda Toshiie. There were 5 more villages in Yeli County, and a total of 2,000 koku of territory was given to Yu Qiuping, and Yu Qiuping officially became a retainer of the 10,000 stone territory. According to Maeda Toshiie's description, the Kiyoshu side had just heard Takigawa Kazuyi's detailed report that nearly a thousand Saito families were attacking Yuqiupei, who had just arrived, and they were in a short period of panic and distress. Mori and Niwa Nagahide advocated an immediate assembly and sending reinforcements to support Yu Qiuping; But Sakuma Nobumori and others, who have a vendetta against Yu Qiuping, shirk it for various reasons and want to see Yu Qiuping's jokes.

Oda Nobunaga's performance is intriguing, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry to rescue Yu Qiuping, and seems to be very confident in Yu Qiuping. His state also made the retainers complain. However, the timely arrival of Yu Qiuping gave Oda Nobunaga a long face in front of his retainers for a while. Oda Nobunaga, who was very excited, took advantage of his joy to draft a reward for Yu Qiuping.

However, according to Maeda Toshiie's nervous revelation: Oda Nobunaga was a little dissatisfied with the way Akihei returned the captives in exchange for ransom, so the position of the deputy of Oguri-gun, who had originally decided to grant Akihei, was also withheld. Yu Qiuping was slightly apprehensive about this, but the joy of accepting the new territory quickly washed them away.

After everything was ready, it was already April 25th. After Yu Qiuping handed over the work at hand, he took Honda Tadakatsu and a few attendants here and rode back to Cheongju City - although he had only been away for half a month, he was already thinking about his wife and children and was about to go crazy.