"You're just waiting here! I'll see you when I'm done. "Outside Oda Nobunaga's study, the little surname who brought me with me instructed.

"Yes! Thank you! "I respond modestly. Seeing that there was no one around, I took advantage of the mistake and quietly slipped an oval silver coin of consistent value into his hand. No way! How dare people not bow their heads under low eaves.

After the little surname stepped down, I carefully observed my former post, and when I returned here, I felt a little nostalgic, but more nervous. This is the second floor of the Honmaru Great Castle Tower, and I haven't been here since I was promoted to Ashigaru, and it's been more than 5 months.

Three days ago, with the expiration of my duty, my "business" was also closed. The huge profits made surprised everyone. After my "revolutionary" deep processing, the price of chestnuts skyrocketed from the original 200 wen per bag to 10 wen a handful. In the last few days, I also flexibly made a few "sewn-to-sew" transactions, and the citrus fruits that were collected and shipped from Odawara in the Kanto region were sold to merchants from Sakai Town, which was also a "thin" profit. Kazutoyo Yamauchi has been chasing me, eager to learn this method of "speculation". When it came time to divide the profits, I wanted to divide them evenly, because I was doing it in the mood of a summer job. But everyone disagreed, saying that they didn't dare to be on an equal footing with me, a "samurai". Later, I stopped insisting on it, and it seems that they still have concerns about it. In the end, each soldier was given 5 kans, Murai Sadakatsu and Yamauchi Kazutoyo were 20 kans each, and I got 112 kan and 781 bun alone. On the days of leaving the outpost, I saw nostalgia in everyone's eyes.

This morning, Oda Nobunaga suddenly sent someone to summon me to go to Shinmi immediately. Under the dual effect of old friendship and good wine, the soldier secretly told me that someone had reported my "bad deeds" to Nobunaga. Although I was prepared, I was still a little worried. Historically, Oda Nobunaga was not a reasonable man many times!

"Is it the Stars Guards outside? In! While I was thinking wildly, Nobunaga's voice suddenly sounded inside.

"Yes! It's a subordinate. I opened the door and walked in.

Oda Nobunaga still kept his head down and didn't look at me, but just pointed to a spot in front of him. I sat down in a proper manner, reminding myself in my mind. Nobunaga is a new-school person, so he may not be very angry with what I did. But if I show that I am scared or even obscene, then it is really all over! But Oda Nobunaga ignored me for a long time, just blindly buried himself in his own business, and I felt more and more nervous.

"Do you know why I called you?" Just as I was about to suffocate, Oda Nobunaga finally raised his head and stared at me with that eagle-like gaze.

"Yes! The subordinates only knew how to obey the order...... "I bowed my head and saluted, deliberately not looking into his eyes (in fact, I was still a little weak-hearted!). ）。 "I really don't dare to guess the intentions of the lord!"

"You're very respectful! ......" Nobunaga's voice suddenly turned stern. "But you had the courage to do those 'good things' the other day!"

"Yes! Lord! "I hung my head lower." The subordinate just did his duty as a courtier, and he really can't afford to be so praised by the lord! ”

"Hmm!" Oda Nobunaga was a little surprised, and for a moment he couldn't figure out if I was really stupid or pretending to be confused. "You...... Are you not worthy of praise? ”

"Your Highness! Although I don't care about my own reputation, although I endure humiliation and work tirelessly to find a great plan to revitalize the Oda family! ......" I said in a passionate voice. “…… But with the understanding of the lord, the minister will die without regrets! Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

"Don't put on that ugly look!" The corners of Oda Nobunaga's mouth revealed a sly smile. "Getting to the point! What exactly is the revitalization plan you found? He immediately grasped the key to my words.

"Yes! The subordinate thought like this...... "I put away my tears, it seems that the acting is a bit too much." "What the lord never forgets is to fulfill the entrustment of His Royal Highness Daosan. Destroy the traitor Saito Yoshiryu, and then take control of the country of Mino. Although the lord has gained fame and strength for defeating Imagawa Yoshimoto, he is still a big step behind Mino. At present, although Saito Yoshiryu is bedridden, he can have 540,000 stone territory, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and a fierce general led by the three of Mino...... Mino is still a tough bone to gnaw! ”

"And what do you think?" His attention was gradually drawn to me.

"At the moment there is only an effort to increase the strength of my family! And there is only so much land in Owari, and some can be collected from temples and local tyrants through land inspection, but there won't be much development! ......" I continued: "Taxes should be a priority! Through this period of business, I have noticed that the number of merchants who have been passing through Owari has increased a lot recently! ”

"Hmm...... I haven't noticed that yet...... Why do you say that? ”

"It would have been best to take the sea route from to Kanto, but now the Nine Ghost Family and the Kohama Family are fighting for control of the Shima Navy in the Ise Sea, and they are fighting chickens and dogs! The road on Higashiyama Road is rugged, and in winter, it is even more windy and snowy. The war between Vietnam and China in the North Road Road has never stopped, and there has always been a lot of trouble there! "I breathed a little heavier." Therefore, Tokaido, which connects with Kanto, Hokuriku and other places, is the best land route! It's also relatively quiet at the moment. ”

"So...... The Imagawa clan is really a wreck, but it has done us a great favor! Oda Nobunaga laughed unconsciously.

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! It's up to us to make use of it. "I try to be as unfathomable as possible.

"You mean an increase in tariffs?" Nobunaga was a little excited.

"It's not!"

"Isn't it?"

"It's not! I mean duty free! ”

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Bear in Winter: I want to address two issues here.

1. The Ishigaka of the various countries used in this book is a copy of the "Initial Explanation of the Ancient Partition of Japan" based on the Keichaga inspection that I downloaded from the Internet. I have only made a few changes in a few places.

2. The main economic indicators in this book are as follows: 1 tael of gold = 4 taels of silver = 4 taels of silver, 1 tael of copper = 1000 Wen, 1 tael of copper = 2 stone of rice (market price), 100 koku territory can raise 3~5 ashigaru or 1 cavalry.

In addition, I responded to the big question of the bleeding stars: I don't want to write the main drama, it's too heavy! I can't write a farce because I haven't learned it yet! I wanted to write with a little depth (just a little!). Comedy. Please be a little more lenient about the character of the main character, what else can a sixteen-year-old do? Rest assured, he will mature with this book!