And if it can be done quickly, then the clan has a better idea, that is, let the other party focus on training talents, what kind of talents? Of course, it is to teach ninjas, as long as you have such a talent in your hands, then you will never have to worry about the ninja army under your command in the future, this is the difference between a hammer deal and a lifetime of trading, if the conditions allow, of course, the clan will choose a lifetime of trading.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan ask the clan: "Location, personnel, and funds are not a problem for this family, and I just want to know a little bit, how much time does it take for adults to be able to train a batch of qualified shinobi?" How long does it take to train a qualified ninja? ”

"Haha, Lord Takayama is really as shrewd as the outside world rumored, since the adult asked, then tell the adult, if the old man personally trains, as long as the qualification is not too bad, then a year can reach the level of the lower ninja, and if it is to teach ninjas, it will take a lot longer, after all, they not only have to learn themselves, but also learn how to teach others, so it will take at least three years, this must also be qualified, if the qualification is poor, the time will be longer. But Takayama-sama, if you train the lower ninja, then the old man will not have time to teach the ninja, and similarly, if you train the ninja, there will be no time to train the lower ninja, so between the two, you still need to choose Takayama-sama himself. ”

"If it's only three years, then of course I choose to teach ninjas, and I'm sure Tanba Mamoru also wants to choose this next, after all, if you want to pass on ninjutsu, the most important thing is to have someone who can pass on ninjutsu, otherwise even if you can be strong for a while, it will not be possible to be strong for eternity."

"With the words of Lord Gao Shan, then the old man is relieved." After speaking, he suddenly raised his head, looked at the beam pillar above the back of the clan, and then said, "Kobe Xiaonan, is this how you welcome your teacher?" ”

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from Lord Tanba Shou, Xiao Nan, you can show up." Seeing that the other party was broken, the clan smiled slightly and said into the air.

"See the lord, see the master." Kobe Xiaonan is not as free and easy as before, after the clan finished speaking, he immediately came to the side of Baidi Tanba, first bowed like the clan, and then said after saluting Baidi Tanba.

"Lord Takayama, this Kobe Konan has a very high level of understanding, if he is only responsible for the safety of adults, it is really a bit overkill, if the adults agree, then the old man hopes that he can become a ninja. And if it is handed over to him, then the old man is confident that he will learn the old man's ability to teach people within a year or two, I don't know what Takayama-sama thinks? ”

"Yes, Kobe Konan, do you have any doubts?"

"But the safety of the lord ......"

"You don't have to worry, someone else will be responsible for this, and I hope that you can complete your studies within two years and become a great help to my Takayama clan, rather than just an obscure ninja guard, you know?"

"Yes, please rest assured, my subordinates will live up to the trust of my lord."

After receiving Kobe Xiaonan, Baidi Tanbo is extremely satisfied, as for the others, this does not need to worry about the clan, and the clan knows that even if there are some people, they will be valued by Baidi Tanba, but Kobe Xiaonan will become the heir of the mantle of Baidi Tanbo without exception.

As for the rest of the building, the recruitment of the clan does not need to be experienced by the clan, just a meeting with the commissioner.

After finishing the meeting with the other party, the clan finally didn't have to worry about the gradual reduction of the size of the ninja army, and after this problem was solved, then it was time to meet the horse merchant Yoshino Yoshino.

Although Yoshino Ryoshi is only a businessman, the other party has too much experience, and he has also seen many powerful family heads, so when he met with the clan, he did not appear panicked, although he was very respectful, but he was calm and calm.

The other party's attitude made the clan immediately realize that this person could not be underestimated, not to mention a businessman before, it was an ordinary samurai, after seeing himself, who did not show fear, but the businessman in front of him who was around forty years old could behave like this, this is definitely a talent, and what is the preference of the clan? That is talent, all talents, talents that can make the eyes of the clan shine, he hopes to be included in his command. Of course, the most important thing for the clan is his industry, although the horse industry is not as good as the iron cannon, but if it can be monopolized, then it can also bring huge profits to the family.

But what the clan thought was easy to do, but he encountered difficulties, and the problem was Yoshino Yoshino's attitude, this person refused very simply about the matter of the clan, and even if the clan tried to lure him, he didn't achieve his goal, and finally had to give up.

Since there is no such premise, then you have to talk about it, as a person who mixes in his own territory, and does not completely take refuge in his own family, what scruples does the clan have, since you don't want to play with Lao Tzu, that's good, then Lao Tzu will play by himself, isn't the other party selling horses, then who is not selling, just sell them all to the Gao Shan family, anyway, the price is much lower than the market, the clan can buy all the horses it produces, and then pick some of the best to keep for themselves, and the other part will be sold to the outside world.

Unlike iron cannons, many forces or samurai in this era are not very interested in iron cannons, especially those traditional samurai, and war horses are different, as long as they are samurai, there is no one who does not love war horses, once they control the trading of war horses in the eastern country, then the income is absolutely objective.

This point, the clan is clear, and Yoshino Yoshino is also very clear, this time the horse dealer in Ueno has been cleaned up by the bandits, except that he has no competitors at all, this is the best time for him to show his strength, but it is very unfortunate that he ran into the Takayama clan, the business methods of the Takayama clan are much stronger than him, and there is a strong strength to back it up, which is not at all a small horse dealer can compete.

Of course, the clan will not force Yoshino Ryoshi to a dead end, after all, he still expects him to breed war horses well, if he forces people to be anxious, this will be contrary to the original intention of the clan sect, so in the end, the clan still raised the price of the purchase of war horses, and the price of high-quality war horses was given to thirteen times each.

Hearing this price, Yoshino Ryoshi even couldn't believe his ears, he sold a batch of war horses normally, even if he sold them to other forces, plus the cost of travel and forage, the price of a horse was only thirteen to fifteen times, if he encountered a bandit on the road, it might be worth nothing, and if it was sold to Takeda, Nagano and other forces who controlled Ueno at the beginning, the price was even lower to eight times, especially during the period when Takeda occupied Ueno, because the Takeda family needed a large number of horses to form Akabei, Yoshino didn't make much money at all, and after Hojo's control, it got better, and now Takayama-sama actually gave a price of fifteen koko, if that's the case, then he doesn't need to run around at all, which is definitely a great joy for him.

Not to mention that the Gao Shan family wants to fully purchase their war horses, even if the other party doesn't want them, he has to do everything he can to sell the war horses, after all, Ueno and Kai are not too far away, and all the way is directly under the jurisdiction of the Gao Shan family, and the tax money at the checkpoint will be saved a lot, and the Gao Shan family's treatment of the bandits' blows he has learned, and he doesn't have to worry about running into the bandits in the future, resulting in no return.

Seeing that the other party showed a satisfied look, the clan finally put his mind at ease, since he was able to give a purchase price of fifteen guan batches, then he was confident that he would buy the excess war horse to twenty, or even twenty-five guan, the last time the clan went to Azuchi Town was not in vain, although he did not deliberately, but he still learned that the price of Azuchi war horses, the general ones can be sold for twenty guan, and the slightly better ones have twenty-five guan, and those with good quality, even have a price, if they can sell the war horses here through the sparrow house, So this is definitely a big source of income, and I don't have to worry about collecting taxes, who dares to collect taxes on Lao Tzu's business? Therefore, although he gave the price of thirteen yuan per horse, if it is calculated on average, then he can double the profit, and it does not cost too much.

After negotiating the price, it is necessary to talk about the quantity, if you can only provide three or five horses a year, then there is a fart, and how to sell it, thinking of this, I only heard the clan ask: "Since the price has been set, then now let's talk about the quantity, I don't know how many war horses you can provide every year?" ”

When it comes to the number, Yoshino Ryoshi had to be cautious, and after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Back to Takayama-sama, after the villain's calculations, he can provide five hundred war horses for the Takayama family a year. ”

Although the number of five hundred horses per year is not a lot, it is enough for the Gao Shan family to digest it by themselves, but if this is the case, then if you want to make money through war horses, it is impossible, so I saw that the clan sect frowned and said, "Five hundred? That's a lot of that. ”

He thought that after saying the number of five hundred, it was enough to satisfy Lord Takayama, after all, even if the Takeda family attached so much importance to cavalry back then, it was only for himself to provide a hundred horses every year, although there were other horse merchants to supply, but the total number would never exceed three hundred, but after hearing that the other party was still too little, he immediately thought that Lord Takayama's other identity, that is, the boss behind the sparrow house, with this identity, it seems that five hundred horses is really not too much for him, and the sparrow house is a famous big business in the world, As a businessman, how could Yoshino Ryoshi not know that when the other party was too little, he immediately realized that Takayama-sama did not just want to increase the number of cavalry, but wanted to sell, or equip a part and sell a part, otherwise, the other party would not have such a big appetite at all.

And after he thought of the other identity of the Takayama clan, he suddenly had a new idea, that is, it was better to play a big one, if he could get the other party's consent, then he might completely monopolize the war horse trade in Kanto, although he just drank some soup, but just this soup, he couldn't complete it after a lifetime of struggle.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Lord Gaoshan, I don't seem to know much about this industry, war horses are not dead things, it takes at least two years to breed a war horse, if it should no longer affect breeding, five hundred horses is already the limit that the villain can provide, please forgive Lord Gaoshan." However, there is a way to increase the production to more than 1,000 horses per year, but this will require the help of Takayama Lord. ”

Hearing that the other party still had a way, the clan couldn't help but light up in his eyes, and only heard him speak: "There is no need to detour in front of me, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Yes, I don't know if Takayama-sama knows, Mutsu is also a place where horses are produced, and the price of war horses here is extremely low, and because of the remoteness of this place, iron cannons rarely spread here, so the price has been high, and even iron cannons have been able to buy nearly a hundred times, if adults are willing to exchange iron cannons for Mutsu war horses, then an iron cannon can be exchanged for at least three to four batches of Mutsu war horses, and then sell these war horses, then the profit obtained will far exceed the price of selling an iron cannon. Of course, if Takayama only needs it temporarily, then you can buy it at one time, and if you need a long-term supply, then you can hand it over to the villain to complete, the villain only needs Takayama to provide 500 iron cannons, as long as there are 500 iron cannons, then the villain guarantees that he can provide more than 1,000 war horses for adults every year, I don't know what Takayama thinks? ”

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but be angry by the other party's words, the other party really took himself seriously, he could say this, it proved that he had put himself in the same position as the Gao Shan family, of course, this was only in business, but even so, it was not something that the Gao Shan clan could agree to, at most he only regarded the other party as a downline.

So I only heard the clan say: "Haha, this is the most interesting advice I have heard, but have you ever thought about it, why should I leave such a good thing to you?" And not to the Sparrow House? Yoshino Yoshino, don't think that the only thing in the world is to raise horses, I can tell you clearly, as long as my Takayama clan is willing, I can find the corresponding talent at any time, and even if I use commercial means, I can easily squeeze your horse farm to death, do you believe it? ”

Yoshino Ryoshi couldn't help but feel cold in his heart after hearing this, now he is finally sober, and he clearly understands that the Takayama family is completely different from Hojo and Takeda, and Takeda and other forces only pay attention to military strength, so they can maneuver between them, not that they can't move themselves, but they don't care to do it, and this Takayama family is different, the Takayama family has its own business system, if you want to continue to work alone, then it is equivalent to a conflict with the Takayama family in this regard, even if an agreement is reached, this can only be temporary, Once his side can't keep up with the footsteps of the Gao Shan family, or if something goes wrong with the Gao Shan family, then he will definitely become the first victim. (To be continued.) )