68. Economic foundation
"It's good to stay at Yoshida's house, no matter how good the inn is, it can't catch up with the hospitality there! If you are blessed, you won't enjoy ......" From the time of investing in the store to the present, Keiji Maeda has never stopped chattering.
"I found out that you don't think about anything other than eating, drinking, and having fun all day long!" I didn't have the anger to count it.
"My lord, you actually think so! I'm so wronged! "He shouted at me for his grievances." How many big things I have to think about every day! …… So incomprehensible to me! ”
"Tell me what you're thinking?" I asked him angrily.
"Of course I'm thinking about my dream girl!" Keiji Maeda said it rightly. "Also, in order to live happily with her as soon as possible, when did you give me a city? My requirements are not high, 100,000 stone is enough! If not, 50,000 koku will do! If it doesn't work, I can settle for 30,000 stones! I'm a good talker, right? A retainer like me who is so considerate of the lord, where are you going......"
"Hey......! I was so stupid to ask him this question! I shook my head to myself. The good mood of receiving 50,000 guan disappeared all at once. Seeing that he was getting more and more intense, I hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's not too early, you better go and discuss dinner with the store!" ”
"I want to collect more retainers now, and no matter how much money I have, I don't feel like it's enough! Looks like I'm going to have to work hard to get a bigger territory sooner! "When I saw Keiji Maeda walk out, and only me and Senzhi were left in the room, I spoke my heart.
"What's wrong with you?" Xianzhi, who knew me well, looked at me suspiciously. "Why did you suddenly realize that you want to work hard?"
"I just think the dissonance in the house is too strong and needs to be diluted." I said listlessly.
"Hee-hee!" Xianzhi covered her mouth and smiled, "You really are! Keiji-sama was just a little witty, are you there? Besides, his talent and loyalty are unquestionable, you won't fail to notice it! And don't you think that with such a person in the family, the atmosphere will be very lively? ”
"You're right......," I said in a hurry.
"My lord! Lord! Where have you been hiding? At this moment, Ke'er's loud voice sounded outside.
"Do you still think there's only 'one'?" I asked Xianzhi with a wry smile.
"Whew!" The door was slammed open, and Kerry strode in. "You're here!" He said, "Whew! Whew! He gasped for breath, then picked up a pot of tea on the table, "Goo! Goo! He drank it.
"What are you doing? Tired like this! Tell me something! I asked out loud.
"I was just on the street......" he put down the teapot. But that's not the point! Downstairs, there are two weasel-looking people, one old and one young, who are there to inquire about you! They don't want to give you a New Year's greeting, right? ”
"Roll !!" I grabbed a fruit box and threw it at him.
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"Lord Stars! Long time no see. "After a while, Tsuda Muneko and Nagashu Masakae were brought to me.
"My lord! Madam! Your Majesty has given you two a salute. "Changshu Zhengjia fell to his knees and bowed to me.
"Hurry up!" I pulled him up. "Why are you here? And how did you find me? "I was very strange about their sudden appearance.
"It's better to come early than to come at a good time!" Tsuda said with a smile. "We've been here for two days and we don't feel like business is too easy! I was discussing and preparing to go back.,I heard the guy say that there are a few people from the Owari Oda family who live in the store.,Inquire carefully and it's really you.,Isn't this fate? ”
"Any questions?" I listened attentively. In a sense, we are now a fairly close community of interests.
"That's right......" Tsuda Munekazu seemed to have something on his mind.
"Let's talk! I'm going to see what the warbler is doing. Xianzhi suddenly spoke and smiled apologetically at the guest, then walked out. I couldn't help but think to her departing back: "If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for!" ”
"Oh! This time I came to Kyoto ......" Sokazu Tsuda picked up the topic just now. "The main thing is to see how it is going here! During the years since Shogun Yoshiteri returned to Kyoto, he has worked hard and done well, and the prestige of the shogunate has risen in all countries. Especially after Miyoshi Chokei's illness, the Miyoshi family lost the pillars of Shihe Yicun, Miyoshi Yoshiken, and Antaku Fuyasu, and their control over Kyoto and the whole of was much worse than before......" He suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I learned from some secret sources: the general has issued an edict to Uesugi Kennobu, Takeda Shingen, and Otomo Yoshijin, asking them to lead troops to Shangluo!" Once it is true, the world can ......"
"Don't you think they're all too far away?" I laughed and said, "And these people are not small in their ambitions!" Kenshin Uesugi may be loyal, but what about Shingen Takeda? He even exiled his own father! ”
"You mean...... Unreliable? Tsuda asked hesitantly.
"Eighty percent is unreliable!" I'm absolutely sure. "What have you seen here?" He still didn't believe me, so I asked rhetorically.
"Not bad, right?" He thought for a while and said, "The business has not been completed, and the general's subordinates and ministers are still very poor!" But the benevolent government practiced by the general ......"
"That's the crux of the matter!" I suddenly startled both of them. "Ashikaga Yoshiteru has fallen into a strange circle! The less money there is, the fewer backbones there are, the fewer soldiers there is, the less land there ......is, the less land there is, the less money there is, the fewer the soldiers and the money," I ignored the two of them, dumbfounded, and continued to talk. "Raising the prestige of the people, which does not play a key role, all day long, only increases the vigilance of others! I also hope that this warlord will fight that warlord, and the warlord from afar will fight the warlord near me! If you don't believe it, just look at it, even if Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin both enter Beijing, it's just a copy of the Onin Rebellion Hosokawa and the Yamana Great Melee! ”
"Lord...... What if you do? Nagashu stammered, apparently intimidated by my deviant remarks.
"Of course, I used all means to grab the money!" I said without thinking. "Making money is not easy to arouse other people's suspicions, and it is the most practical. When the time comes, there will be soldiers, generals, iron cannons, and iron cannons, is it still a problem to fight a territory? In the end, I sighed: "In the end, it is the economic foundation that determines the superstructure!" ”
None of them asked any questions after listening to me, because they didn't know how to ask anymore!
"Do I only know how to talk about people, but not about myself?" A question mark popped up in my head. "Boss Tsuda, how are these three people I sent to you doing?"
"Huh? Ah......h "Not bad! Not bad! It's all good material. Masuda can now estimate the price of land with his eyes closed and by smelling; Mitsui's mouth can bring the dead to life; As for the Masaka...... "He said, patting Nagabune Masaka on the shoulder. "Just by listening to the voice, you can pick out the fake money in the box! Reckoning is unmatched in Sakai Town! ”
"You've done more than I expected!" Looking at the long bunch with a flushed face, I said with relief. "It's time for a boat for the little sailors!" I handed over the 50,000 yuan bill of exchange. "Let's open a shop in Sakai Town! The three of you will be the shopkeepers, and the future rise and fall of the Zhuxing family depends on you! ”
"Please give me a name!" Changshu Zhengjia said excitedly.
"Let's call it 'Mitsugakuya'! I hope that the three of you can become the Heavenly Peak of my Star Family. I said to Sokichi Tsuda again, "Boss Tsuda! We're old friends now, and I won't embarrass you. Mitsugakuya will continue to deal mainly in weapons, grain, and horses, and at least will not sell civilian goods in, Sanyo, and Shikoku! Because of the price, we pay gold for the purchase of ordnance from Ernst, but you do the exchanging business. In the future, Mitsugaya will be in Sakai Town, so I will take care of you! ”
"Now that you've said so, what's the problem! Besides, I'm not a stingy person! Listening to my confession, Tsuda Munekazu laughed heartily.