Tsukahara Moryū asked rhetorically, "I wonder how much Lord Takeda has control over Kai Province?" ”

"Huh?" Takeda Harunobu's face became very bad again, did anyone ask someone like this? But now that people have spoken, they must not be cowardly. "With the support of all the retainers, it is naturally impregnable!"

"That's good," Tsukahara Moryū smiled slyly, "I remember that the Takeda family and the Imagawa family have always been friends, right?" ”

"It's nature." Takeda Harunobu felt uncomfortable, after all, he had teamed up with Imagawa Yoshimoto to banish him when his father Takeda Shintora went to Imagawa's house to visit relatives.

"In that case, why don't Takeda-sama skip the merchant and trade salt directly with the Imagawa family?"

"What?" Takeda Harunobu almost slapped the folding fan in his hand on Tsukahara Moryū's face: Let me do the kind of cheap work as a businessman? In fact, the status of Japanese businessmen is the same as that of China, because of the embarrassing position of being rich but not expensive in the period of agricultural civilization, letting Takeda Harunobu, as a big landowner, go into business, is like letting a little princess who has been pampered since childhood in a billionaire's family sell meat to earn pocket money.

Seeing that Takeda Harunobu was blushing like a pig's liver, Tsukahara Molong shook his head: "If the adult finds it inconvenient, Molong can do it for him, as long as the adult grants the right to the next." ”

Crazy, crazy! Takeda Harunobu and Yamamoto Kansuke glanced at each other: This Tsukahara Molong is crazy about money, right? Even do such a shitty thing as running a business. But...... It seems like a good idea to have someone help to do something like this, so that you don't get your hands dirty, and you can get benefits. Moreover, the annual purchase of salt in the country is a huge expense, and it is also quite tangled.

Thinking of this, Takeda Harunobu was about to agree, but he felt that something was wrong, could it be that Tsukahara Molong was really not interested in the territory as rumored? Thinking of this, Takeda Harunobu couldn't help but ask tentatively, "This will have an impact on your reputation, do you really want to do this?" ”

"Hahaha, my ambition is to become the best swordsman in the world, what does the taboo of a samurai matter to me? Besides, this is only my first gift to an adult. As a child who grew up in the environment of a market economy, he really understands the power of business too well, but the samurai of these years clinged to the traditional concept, and when he had some land, he felt that he was superior and different, and he wanted to save face and suffer from it. Even if you covet commercial interests, at most you will add some taxes, but when the territory is not commercially developed, how much oil and water will there be even if you scrape the ground? Like Oda Nobunaga, you have to master the most commercially developed areas in Japan to directly use the commercial tax as food, and the lords of other countries basically use the commercial tax as pocket money, and the concept of relying on land income has never changed. On the contrary, some small families with small territories and hopeless gifts are more keen on doing business, but they dare not let go of it due to mainstream values. However, Tsukahara Molong is not stupid, he knows that where there are interests, there must be competition, and the interests of salt are too great in the Kai country, and those with vested interests cannot easily let go, so Shang Fang's sword still has to be begged. "It's just that if I act this way, I will definitely offend many businessmen, and I hope that my lord will help."

"I'll meet what you need." Takeda Harunobu was about to jump up with excitement, he looked down on businessmen, but it didn't mean that he couldn't see the huge benefits in business, the salt transported from Suruga, Sagami, and Echigo changed hands layer by layer and was sold to Kai, and I don't know how many people took the benefits in the middle, even so, those merchants who sold salt were still rich one by one, and they had big bellies every day.

"Then we set up a merchant house and realized a salt franchise with the Imagawa family. There are only a few points that I hope the adults will accept, first of all, the salt shipped from the Imagawa family is mainly to supply the army of the Takeda family, so it is owned by the adults, and I hope that it will be convenient in terms of taxes, otherwise it will be difficult to compete with those merchants. Although they have no soldiers and no power, we have not yet gained a firm foothold, and if we fight a price war, it is easy to suffer losses, so we will not be able to buy salt from the Imagawa family smoothly. ”

Takeda Harunobu waved his hand: "Don't worry, not only salt, but also all the goods in your commercial house, I will give tax reductions and exemptions, and only half of the rated amount will be levied." Seeing Tsukahara Molong's happy face, Takeda Harunobu felt that he had finally approved his preferences: it turned out that he was really not interested in fiefdoms, but was a greedy man, so it was much easier to control. In fact, in ancient times, the lord was most afraid of the ability of his subordinates but did not know the weaknesses, which brought him a lot of trouble, and often such subordinates worked silently at the grassroots level all their lives, and it was difficult to be reused.

"In addition, after the various wealthy families along the way learn about this, they may take advantage of this to entangle and collect more benefits."

"I will issue you a paperwork, but if there is such a person, the other party must compensate you twice as much for the loss." ……

After making some demands and arguing, Tsukahara Molong and Takeda Harunobu each took what they needed, and they both showed satisfied smiles, but Tsukahara Molong immediately spoke: "Please forgive me for arrogating under you, I don't know what the strategy of the Takeda family has been in the past few years?" ”

Hearing Tsukahara Molong ask this question, Takeda Harunobu understood that the real drama meat was coming, and he was not worried that it would leak secrets, anyway, all the Kai people knew about this target, and said solemnly: "Raid Shinano One Country." ”

"Shinano is a country of wealthy families, and no one can suppress the forces, among which the Murakami family, the Ogasawara family, and the Kiso family are the strongest, and the Suwa family has declined, which is not enough to pose a threat to adults. But in fact, the only one who really has the ability to play with adults is Murakami Yoshikiyo. ”

"Murakami Yoshikiyo ......" A hint of coldness flashed in Takeda Shingen's eyes, two years ago in the Ueda Wara Battle, his two most relied on ministers Itagaki Nobukata and Ganli Hutai both died, and the elite under his command were hit hard, even he was injured, Murakami Yoshikiyo almost drove himself out of Shinano Province with this battle.

"In my opinion, it's better not to fight with Murakami Yoshikiyo, but to take a defensive position."

"On the defensive?" Takeda Harushi sneered confidently: Although this Tsukahara Molong is brave and good at fighting, it is a pity that he is a reckless man after all, and what he wants is the entire Shinano country, and if he takes the defensive, he will not be able to take it down in his life.

"Yes, it's better to use stratagem than to fight someone like that. I know of a man who is resourceful, old-fashioned, and particularly good at scheming, and if he were to be taken under his command, Shinano would be able to do it. ”

"Oh?" Takeda Harunobu and Yamamoto Kansuke were quite surprised, with Tsukahara Molong's talent, they would definitely not be easily convinced, but they didn't expect to give others such a high evaluation. However, Takeda Harunobu kept an eye on it and asked, "Then in your opinion, what kind of position will be given to him after he becomes a leader?" ”

"It depends on the size of the adult, I can only tell the adult that his ability is no less than that of the late Itagaki Nobukata and Ganli Hutai."

Takeda Harunobu and Yamamoto Kansuke are even more curious, after all, these two people served as auxiliary ministers in the Takeda family before their lives, known as the "second position", if the two of them agree, they can act in place of Takeda Harunobu, it can be said that without the assistance of the two, there would be no Takeda family today. Right now, Tsukahara Moryū said that this person's ability is not below these two people, which ...... "Who is he?" ”

"Yutaka Sanada."