The clan did not ask people to recruit Nakamura Kazuji, but went to the samurai mansion where Kagawa Tadaji lived

The arrival of the lord in person was not a trivial matter for the Nakamura clan, but the clan did not stay in it for long at all, and after a few words of gossip, he took the two of them straight out of the city.

After coming out of the city, the clan did not go too far, and when he stopped calling, he turned around and asked, "What do you two think of this mountain city?" ”

After listening to this, Kagawa Tadaji and Nakamura Kazushi looked back, only to hear Nakamura Kazushi sigh first: "Back to the lord, Takayama Castle is really a male city!" ”

The clan sect was not very satisfied with this answer, and only listened to him prompt: "But as this home city, don't you think he is missing something?" ”

"This ......" Kazushi Nakamura suddenly couldn't answer.

And Kagawa Tadaji seemed to have thought of something, so he only listened to him reply: "My lord, my subordinates think that this Takayama Castle seems to lack some popularity, although there are not many places that my subordinates have visited, but it is understood that most of the powerful main castles have castle towns, take the Oda family as an example, when the main hall was in Kiyosu Castle, there were towns outside the castle, and now when they move to Gifu, there are not only castle towns, but also Iguchi towns not far from the castle.

Looking at the main city of the family, there is no castle, but there is no castle town, so it is a lot inferior. ”

I have to say that his words are completely in the heart of the clan, and the castle town will not only make Zasei no longer appear so lifeless, but most importantly, it will become another important source of income for the Takayama family.

Compared to Matsukura Castle, it is more suitable for building a castle town. First of all, once the road leading to the north and south is built, it will be better than Matsukura Castle in terms of transportation, and it will be possible to reach Kaga unimpeded not only by land but also by water.

In terms of location, Takayama Castle is located in front of Takayama Castle, which is one of the few open areas in Hida Province. A castle town of multiple sizes can also be accommodated, but Matsukura Castle does not have such conditions, and the castle town that the clan wants to build. It's not that simple.

Hida is the center of Japan, and this mountain castle is the center of the center, and that's exactly why. He planned to build this place as a transit station for the world's goods.

Before this town, if the Ou region wanted to sell the specialties of the western country, it would have to go to its production area, and if you counted the return, it would be equivalent to walking back and forth from east to west on the island of Honshu.

If the town you build can attract merchants from all over the world, then it will be equivalent to reducing the distance by half, so although the construction of this castle town has not yet begun, the prospect will definitely satisfy the clan.

Looking at the empty Hida Basin in front of him, he only heard the clan say, "Kagawa Tadaji is right, I do have plans to build a large-scale castle town here. I want to make this Hida the center of the world. ”

But as soon as the clan clan finished speaking, he heard Nakamura and the clan hurriedly persuaded him: "The lord can't, by all means, at present, there is already a castle town outside Matsukura City, so as to increase the purchasing power of the people in Hida." That's enough, if you build another one here, it will be of no use at all, and it's better to invest your money elsewhere, and the benefits will definitely be much better than that of building a castle town.

The subordinates thought that building a castle town here was completely time-consuming, laborious, and costly, and not thankless. Except for making Takayama City look better, it has no practical effect at all, so please think twice. ”

After hearing this, the clan not only did not get angry, but said with a smile: "Don't jump to conclusions so early, of course I know that if you want to build an ordinary castle town here, of course it will be a dead end, but do you think I can't think of this, let me tell you, I want to build a different castle town in this Hida Basin, once it is formed, then it will bring more income to the family than all the current income combined!" ”…,

Hearing this, Kagawa Tadaji couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, the income of the Takayama family has always been taken care of by him, so the small castle town outside Matsukura Castle is naturally managed by him.

That castle town can only bring a few hundred kan of taxes to the family a year at most, even if you add the checkpoint tax collected from passing merchants, it is only about 500 kan a year, if this Takayama town wants to earn more than 200,000 kan a year from taxes, then how big is this town, even if all the Hida Basin is turned into a castle town, it will not be able to collect so much money, and even if the place is big enough, where can you find so many merchants to set up shop here, there are no shops, So where does this tax begin?

And Nakamura Kazushi was also stunned by the audacity of the lord.

The clan knew that what he said was too appalling, so he didn't pay attention to the gaffe of the two retainers, and only listened to him ask: "Kagawa Tadaji, tell me how the merchants and shops are currently charged." ”

"Back to the lord, at present, the family and the same forces, the passing merchants charge a checkpoint tax, the checkpoint tax is calculated according to the value of the goods they carry, and generally charge a fee of one percent, but many merchants are passing through the mountain paths, and the Hida is poor, so the checkpoint tax collected every year is only one or two hundred, and if these merchants want to sell the goods in the town, they also need to pay a fee, if there is no customs clearance paperwork, then the goods they carry will be all detained, So they generally just pass by, and few people stop in the town. ”

Speaking of this, he swallowed and foamed, moistened his throat, and continued: "As for the shops in the town, in addition to the store station tax, the industry tax, and the transaction tax are collected every year, but because there are too few shops in Matsukura, the annual income is only about 300 kan. ”

Although Kagawa Tadaji didn't know why the lord of the road would suddenly ask this, he still replied without reservation.

"Well, that's a good point, now I'll tell you my conformation, I have decided that once Takayama Town is built, all previous taxes on merchants and shops will be abolished, and the family will only collect a transaction tax. And the transaction tax is set at 20% of the transaction profits, not only that, but all merchants who are willing to come here to take root will provide stores for free, and so on, as long as more ninjas are sent out to publicize, I don't believe that no one comes.

As long as merchants from all over the world gather here with local specialties, and Takayama Town has an abundance of goods, it can attract countless buyers and merchants who buy and sell, and no one is stupid enough to leave the place of origin and not come to the nearest place.

In this way, Takayama Town will become more and more prosperous, and when there are few shops, I am afraid that it will not be effective, but only here is the only place in the world where the tax is lightest, and it is even much lighter than other places, and with the relatively convenient transportation, if you are a businessman, will you come?

And that's not all, Takayama Town was newly built, and there is no place to suppress ordinary merchants, and of course there will be no one in the future, it is completely free to trade, and only two achievements that only need to pay profits can have a shop for nothing, and from the perspective of merchants, they have earned it no matter how you look at it.

This is just the beginning, I only plan to spend 30,000 kan to build this town, and at this cost, after the basic facilities are completed, it should be possible to build about 100 shops, and these shops will be provided free of charge to merchants who are willing to come to Takayama Town, first come, first served, and then come later, then they will have to build their own land on the land that has been planned, and if the news of this news comes out along with the exemption from other taxes, only the commercial tax, and the abolition of the zashi, then merchants from all over the country will flock to it. …,

Of course, to get such a good treatment is to be conditional, the family is exempt from a lot of taxes, then the price of goods must be limited, all the goods sold here, must be at least half a percent lower than other places, I have calculated, even if you add the road expenses, the merchants will still earn more than the original, and the merchants love money, I can think of it, in order to be able to save more money, so the goods shipped will not be too little, in this way, even if the family only takes two percent of its profits, it is enough to make a lot of money.

This is just for businessmen. It is also necessary to publicize the merchants who are buying and selling in various places and various places. The most important thing is to let them know the way, the price of goods here is also the lowest in the world, I believe that as long as the news spreads, then Takayama town will replace the world and become the first town in the world.

At that time, the family will be able to develop even if the income from this town alone will be enough, well, that's all I have to say, I don't know what you two think now. ”

As he spoke, he looked at them, only to see Kagawa Tadaji and Nakamura Kazuji's faces flushed, they were all shocked by the grand goal of the lord, and the lord had already said it all clearly, even the details were very clear, as long as it was carried out, as long as the ninja did not have problems in the publicity, then it was impossible to fail.

However, when they came to their senses, Nakamura Kazushi thought of something wrong, and that was the safety of his family.

I only heard him endure the excitement in his heart, and said: "My lord, my subordinates think that if this law is implemented, it is certain to make money, but where does the lord put the safety of his family?" If Takayama Town is open to the whole world, if an enemy infiltrates, the consequences will be unimaginable, and even if it is not capable of taking Takayama Castle, as long as it destroys the territory and town, it will be unacceptable to the family, and his subordinates believe that if this problem cannot be effectively solved, then everything is empty talk. Please also ask the Lord to decide. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )