In Ueno Castle, Soji Tsugawa was just about to get rid of the difficult Tsuruhime, and was disturbed by Wonder Maru's sao again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Marvellous Pill and Tsuruhime, who are already one and a half years old, can now speak some simple words, and can walk without support, so under the pampering of Yukihime and Xiaolan and others, the entire Tsugawa Yashiki has become the territory of the two little ones.

Although there is no scene like chasing chickens and ducks like a certain Taihe drama in later generations, Tsugawa Soji believes that such a day may not be far away.

"Your Highness, Marvelous Pill has been talking about His Highness all day today, why don't Your Highness stay and play with Marvelous Pill for a while?" Yukihime took Marvel Maru's little hand and knelt on the ground, dressed in a snow-white Wu costume (before Edo, the kimono was called Wu Fu or Shomono), how the snow in the cold winter was like white and beautiful.

Soji Tsugawa looked at Yukihime with a look of hope in front of him and Marvelous Pill with a look of anticipation, and when he was very embarrassed, the voice of Takahashi Xingjia came from outside the door.

"Lord, the assessment is about to begin!"

Takahashi Xingjia finally got down to business! Soji Tsugawa thought with relief.

"Xue Ji, you also heard it, the assessment is about to begin, how about I come back to accompany you after the assessment is over?" Soharu Tsugawa said apologetically.

Xue Ji nodded helplessly and said, "The assessment is important, Your Highness, go quickly!" ”

"The concubine took Wonder Pill to find Xiaolan and Ju Ji." With that, Yukihime pulled Wonder Maru up and walked down the porch.

Looking at Yukihime's already bulging belly, Tsugawa Soji felt extremely guilty. Since the last time I returned to Ueno Castle, except for the first few days when I was able to accompany Yukihime and the others, most of the days Tsugawa Soji was busy with the big and small affairs of the territory.

The Tsugawa family has always been extremely short of talents in internal affairs, even if they have been training and promoting relevant candidates in the past two years, but with little success, and now in addition to Ogasawara Nobutoki and Saigo Kizo and others, there are only four or five retainers who deal with internal affairs, and the most are the deputies of Saigo Kizo and others.

Walking into the castle tower of Ueno Castle, Tsugawa Soji found that most of his retainers had arrived. This evaluation is equivalent to the "year-end summary" of the Tsugawa family, and there is such a grand evaluation every year.

"I've seen the lord!" As soon as Soji Tsugawa took his seat, the retainers in the hall saluted in unison.

Tsugawa Soji nodded, and then glanced at the old Komura Yoshijing of the pen family sitting below, who nodded knowingly, then turned to the retainers in the hall and said, "The evaluation begins!" ”

"Ogasawara-sama, let's first report on the family's income this year!" Yoshiki Komura said slowly.

"Hah!"

At this time, Ogasawara Nobutoki, the economic director of the Tsugawa family, said, "The output of wood this year is 1,127 kan 64 bun, the port income of Tsuzaki Minato is 5,643 kan 142 bun, the income of kimchi is 4,000 kan, and the iron ore of Tsugawa Castle, the silver mine of Maeda Castle, and the silver mine of Komatsuyama Castle this year are 2004 kan 400 bun. ”

"The Taipingshan Gold Mine in Hiyama City and the Aren Silver Mine in the Jiacheng Family's territory have not made any income this year because the family has just occupied them." Ogasawara continued, "In addition, the various customs duties in the family's domain, the remuneration for the ashigaru escort caravans, the building money, the annual tribute, and the agricultural tax revenue are 2,400 kan and 147 bun, and the grain is 74,600 koku. In this way, the family received a total of 15,178 yuan this year. , grain 74,600 stone. After speaking, Ogasawara couldn't help but feel proud.

"....." Ogasawara finished speaking, and the retainers in the palace were also excited and excited.

"Silence! In front of the lord, you must not be rude! Yoshiki Komura loudly stopped the retainers' movements, and then motioned for Ogasawara to continue.

Ogasawara nodded, and then continued, "In addition, a total of 67,000 koku of grain, 42,500 kan of money, 740 pieces of silver (worth 7,400 koko), and 523 pieces of gold (worth 3,000 koko) were seized from the castles of the Andong family. Finally, in addition to various expenditures, the family currently has a total of 157,400 stone of grain, 54,000 yuan of money, 523 pieces of gold and 915 pieces of silver. After saying that, Ogasawara Shintoki set his eyes on Tsugawa Soji.

Tsugawa Soji nodded, and was just about to say something, when suddenly a question suddenly came to mind in his heart, so he hurriedly said, "When I believe it, in the future, all the Jin Xiaoju of the family will stay, and you are not allowed to use it without my order." In addition, in the future, the family will try its best to use silver judgments to exchange various gold judgments. ”

"Why is that?" Not only Ogasawara Shintoki, but also the other retainers were confused.

"You don't need to ask, just remember what I said!" Soharu Tsugawa smiled undeniably and didn't intend to say more.

Seeing that Tsugawa Soji didn't want to say more, Ogasawara Shintoki and other retainers were inconvenient to ask.

In fact, Tsugawa Soji also just suddenly remembered that the current RB gold is cheaper than silver, but on the contrary, the Ming Dynasty across the sea, but gold is more expensive than silver, as long as a little operation, the Tsugawa family can make a lot of money just by reselling gold and silver.

However, at present, even if the Jinchuan family has Jin Xiaoju, they will not be able to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and they can only wait for the next time when Sandillo comes again.

However, when it came to the thought of trading with the Ming Dynasty, Tsugawa Soji was also quite helpless. At this time, the trade between RB and the Ming Dynasty was still called the exploration trade, and it was always the Ouchi family who held this huge amount of official trade, and forces like the Tsugawa family were not qualified or able to trade with the Ming Dynasty at all, and could only trade privately with the "maritime merchants" of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Tsugawa Soji couldn't help but be a little discouraged, but then he thought that the current strength of the Tsugawa family could manage this one-third of an acre of land in the northeast.

"Wooden and Shinshi, can the current family's maritime trade fleet be formed?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

The Tsugawa family's maritime trade fleet has been in preparation under the arrangement of Tsugawa Soji, and Tsugawa Soji will not guard such a golden rooster as Tsuzaki Minato and don't know what to do.

Saigo Kizo hurriedly replied, "My lord, at present, the fleet of the main family in Dozaki Minato has been largely completed, with a total of 26 large and small merchant ships. However, at present, the Honka's maritime trade has reached the Echigo and Mutsu regions at most, and further afield, the Honke has not signed a trade agreement with the local powers, so it is not possible to trade there. ”

"So, do you know anything about the business dealings and ports in other regions?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

Saigo Kizo thought for a moment, then replied, "Judging from inquiries about the caravans that came and went, and the information we received from Yoshino Yoshino, in the past, Tsuchizakiminato's trade was generally carried out by sea with the Ezo region, Echigo, and Noto regions under the control of the Anto family. ”

"Akita cedar is abundant in Akita Prefecture, and it is famous in Kyoto and several other regions, and it has always been a best-selling item. In addition, rice and soybeans from Akita and Yamamoto counties can also be traded, but the laws of the family stipulate that these items are reserve materials, and we dare not touch them without the permission of the lord. Saigo Kizo continued.