"Your Excellency is polite, with the relationship between the two families, you really don't need to be so polite. If you are weak, you must know everything, and you must know everything. Sanada Masayuki responded politely.

"So thank you so much, although the current family seems to be strong, but in fact there is not enough financial support, can only be used to support the war, if it is short-term to no problem, but if today's trend tends to be unified, once there is no war in the future, the family may be difficult to maintain, so I ask the adults for advice on the way of development." Otomo Zonglin shouldn't have talked about this to outsiders, but now he really has no choice, looking at the money and food in the warehouse only decreasing or not increasing, not to mention how anxious he is, Otomo's strength He doesn't want only a few years, but hopes to be strong forever.

First of all, although the family has not made a clear affiliation with the Takayama family, what the family has always done is consistent with the Takayama family, in addition, and the most important point, that is, he believes that the Takayama clan is very willing to see the Otomo family unify Kyushu, as long as the Otomo family unifies Kyushu, then there is enough strength to drag the Kinoshita family with all its might, which is of great benefit to Takayama to defeat or even eliminate the Kinoshita family.

It's just that there is a big gap between his ideas and reality, the Takayama clan doesn't want to see a unified Kyushu, Kyushu is different from Shikoku, Shikoku is barren, no matter how it develops, it can't get rid of the influence of this state, after all, Shikoku has many mountains and few places, and when it comes together, it is only more than 700,000 stone high, but Kyushu is different, and now Kyushu has more than 3 million stones, if he is allowed to develop business, this is enough to threaten Benshu.

So this is why the clan is willing to let Kuroda Kanbei come here to stir up the wind and water, as long as Kyushu is not unified, and for the Otomo family, which is close to the Takayama family, as long as it maintains a certain advantage in Kyushu, it can not only play a role in deterring the Kinoshita family, but also will not threaten the future rule.

Although these ideas have not been talked about with Sanada Masayuki, in fact, what a smart person, even if the clan does not say it, just based on the words he said when he sent him this time, he can guess a rough idea, the lord does not want the Otomo family to become a threat, so he will let himself build a defense, instead of assisting him in pacifying Kyushu, and even when he does not accept advice, he can let himself go, which is enough to explain the attitude of the lord.

It's just that since the other party asked, he couldn't help but answer, anyway, the relationship between the Otomo family and the main family is still good. Therefore, he can only avoid the topic of developing business, and suggest that the other party develop agriculture, as long as the other party's business cannot develop, at most it can only break even, and there will not be too much surplus.

With such a premise, I only heard Sanada Masayuki speak: "Otomo-sama, the development process of this family does not seem to be suitable for the Otomo family, after all, who would have thought that the barren Hida country could become the center of commerce, although it is only a few years, but this is enough to be proud, and looking at Kyushu, far away from Honshu, if you want to start from the commercial side, it is indeed a little difficult, not to mention anything else, just say that the cost of transportation of goods will be greatly increased." If the price is not lower, it is almost impossible to sell well in this state, and if it is only sold in Kyushu, it will be difficult to meet expectations. Therefore, in this regard, it is true that there is a lack of advantages. ”

Sanada Masayuki is just to dispel the other party's idea of developing business, so he only talks about the shortcomings and not the advantages, if the Takayama family is in this position, even if his internal political talent is slightly worse, it is not difficult to think of the export of goods, far not to mention that Luzon is definitely an ideal place to engage in business, the goods do not need to be prepared more, only need to be used in the country first low price with copper money to exchange for gold and silver, and then go to Luzon to exchange gold and silver for copper money, this in and out, is several times the profit, this alone is enough for the Otomo family to make a fortune, It's a pity that he can't say.

In this era, there are very few samurai who are proficient in internal affairs, and understanding internal affairs and being proficient are two different things, and it just so happens that Otomo Sorin doesn't even understand it, he only thinks that the Takayama family can make a fortune from the castle town, so he should be able to do it, so he vigorously built the Fuuchi Town, and gave the merchants a lot of preferential policies, although it seems that the Fuuchi Town is already the leading Omachi in Kyushu, but in fact it did not bring much income to the Otomo family.

So after listening to Sanada Masayuki's analysis, Otomo Sorin's head couldn't help but nod again and again, the other party was too right, no wonder the castle town he vigorously built had a poor income, the reason was not that his family did not contribute, but that Kyushu itself was not very suitable for business, and it seemed that he had taken the wrong path from the beginning.

"I wonder if Sanada-sama has a solution?"

"Since the adults asked, I think that the Otomo family can refer to the family in terms of the system, as far as I know, the current Otomo family under the rule of the common people still need to pay food, this point can be slightly changed, become money instead of food, so that when the common people pay the tax burden, they need to sell the food in their hands for money, and the civilians have money in their hands, naturally there is a need to buy, as long as they can spend part of the money, business will also prosper, When business prospered, the tax burden of the Otomo family naturally increased. ”

"Good! That's right, he is worthy of being a world-famous resourceful man, and this alone has solved the dilemma of his family's lack of income, and I will immediately order someone to start implementing it later. "Although Otomo Zonglin is not very proficient in internal affairs, but as a family governor, he must have a certain understanding of all aspects, and when Sanada Masayuki finished speaking, he knew that only with this article, the family's income will increase by at least thirty percent, and the increase is not food, but currency, food is not enough to buy, but money is not enough to buy, relying on the sale of food is not only troublesome, but also the cycle is very long, by no means a good policy, compared with more than ten years ago, now money is more hard than food, This is also the reason why the families of the world distribute money to the samurai under their command and gradually replace the rice with money. As the times progress, the value of food will become lower and lower.

And Sanada Masayuki happened to be reluctant to talk more about development, so taking advantage of this reason, he led the topic to the situation in Kyushu again, and only heard him say: "My lord, this time my lord sent me down, just because the Kinoshita family Kuroda Kanbei personally took command and wanted to swallow the land of Kyushu, and my lord once said that this person's wisdom is still above my lord, and the lord is worried that the Otomo family will suffer under his hands, so he sent him to come down and want to help the lord." ”