After Li Xiao discussed with Yanya Qiuzhen for a long time, the matter of military rations and income in the collar was finally finalized.

For this Yishang and Zhengyan Yanya Qiuzhen, Li Xiao still appreciates the other party's ability, and then said that he would let the other party be his royal businessman.

Shioya Qiuzhen was surprised by Li Xiao's invitation, but finally refused.

This result was expected by Li Xiao, his current strength was not enough to attract the other party to join, and it was natural to be rejected.

However, Li Xiao's purpose is not like this, at least through this move, he also expresses his current intention and sincerity for cooperation between the two sides.

Then after the two finished eating, Li Xiao next revealed his second plan to Shioya Qiuzhen, which was to rebuild the street from Kamioka Castle to Shisangseong, Shinkawa County, Etchon.

This street is the only way for the Takeda family to march from Hida to Echichu through Kamioka Castle, and its status is very important.

In the future, if Li Xiao captures Yuezhong, this street will also maintain contact with the rear of his family, if Li Xiao will not be able to stand firm in Yuezhong in the future, or need the support of his family, this is also a back road.

The street runs from Kamioka Castle along the Kokura River to the northeast, where the Takahara River joins the Jintsu River, and the route of the street is almost equivalent to a section of National Highway 41.

This one connects Hida, and at the end of the Echichu street, is Joseijo.

Joseijo Castle is located on the west bank of the Jintsu River and guards the main route from Hida to Echichu. With Li Xiao's Kamioka Castle, one end to the other, together they guard the two ends of the passage connecting Echichu Hida.

The lord of Josbu Castle, Saito Hakumori, is subordinate to the Echichu guardian Daijimbo family, and is himself the son-in-law of the Jimbo family, while his son Saito Nobuyoshi is married to the daughter of his sister Koji Yoshiyori.

Under the Saito family's operation in this way, it is equivalent to marrying each with Hida, the strongest force in Echichu, and getting a strong backer between the two families.

After grasping the lifeblood of the two countries, the Saito family also took the opportunity to make a profit from the trade between the two places and collect customs duties.

However, this route is relatively difficult to walk, in addition to the heavy snow closure for three or four months every year, the mountain roads are rugged, and the circulation is also very inconvenient, which restricts the further development of commercial trade between the two places.

The reason why Li Xiao plans to rebuild this road is not mainly for commercial reasons.

Li Xiao's purpose in rebuilding this road was to prepare for his future march into Vietnam, and at the same time, it was Takeda Shingen's order. Takeda Shingen was in order to consider the future march into Vietnam, so he issued a military order for Li Xiao to try to repair this street within this year.

Second, Li Xiao also took into account the convenience of transshipment of silver ore to Vietnam, and at the same time, many necessities such as salt and oil in Hida Country must also be imported from Vietnam.

If it is daily necessities such as salt and oil, because the roads are not smooth, and the Hida cannot be imported stably and regularly, it will cause a lot of fluctuations in the lives of the common people, which is also something that Li Xiao has to consider as a lord.

When Shioya Qiuzhen heard that Li Xiao was going to build a road to Yuechu, he thought for a while and asked, "Lord Li Xiao, the reason why you asked me to build this street is because of the Saito family's concerns, right?" ”

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, if I build this street rashly, it will easily cause the hostility of the Saito family, if Your Excellency is different, I know that you are very influential in Chengsheng City, otherwise Your Excellency would not have opened a two-substitute house in the castle town of Chengsheng City." ”

Shioya Qiuzhen laughed and said: "Lord Li Xiao, sure enough, I have investigated in detail enough, okay, since this is the case, I will come forward to open up the joint with the Saito family, it just so happens that this street has been built, not only you and I are proud, but the Saito family has also made a lot of profits, I think there will be a certain degree of certainty, and please allow me not to talk too much for the time being." ”

"Very good, in addition to this matter, I also have one more thing to ask for, I hope that Your Excellency's merchants will be stationed in the castle town of my Kamioka Castle to help the development of this city."

Hearing Li Xiao say this, Shioya Qiuzhen rubbed his fat face, and said with a hesitant expression: "To tell you the truth, in the future, due to the development of Shengang Silver Mountain, I will open a two-substitute house of a salt house in the castle town within a year, and settle the silver mine transactions on both sides of us on the spot, which is imperative." ”

"But the others," Shioya Akisa said with a little embarrassment, "Since it was the request of the lord of the castle, I promised to start a salt seat in the castle town of the main castle and exchange it for salt." ”

Li Xiao felt that he was still dissatisfied with Shioya Qiuzhen's decision, and his current situation was similar to playing Nobunaga's ambition.

Kamioka Castle has just been built, and its development is almost zero, not to mention that it is not as good as other castle towns such as Kofu no Machi in Hizusakikan, Suwa no Machi in Shinano, and even the castle town of Suwa Castle in the Ema Family Highlands in Hida.

The main reason is that the land is barren, the people have no money, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.

No wonder Shioya Qiuzhen heard that Li Xiao asked him to come to the castle town of Kamioka Castle to help with development, and his brows furrowed all of a sudden.

Li Xiao thought about it for a while and decided to try to convince Shioya Qiuzhen.

Li Xiaoyan said: "The reason why Your Excellency doesn't want to invest in my Shengang City must be because the local people are barren and backward, but have you ever thought that if the Takeda family's army sends troops to Yuezhong in the future, this Shengang City will be the future transfer station, and the location is very important, and the local development can also be driven in one fell swoop." ”

"I'm sure you've been in business for a long time, and you must know that in addition to making decisions carefully, sometimes bold and risky investments can be more rewarding than inadvertent gains, and this Kamiokande Castle is a suitable place for you to invest."

Shioriya Qiuzhen smiled and continued to drink tea, but her mouth was still silent.

Li Xiao glanced at the other party, then continued to add, and said, "Isn't Your Excellency just worried about the lack of local population, so it is difficult for business to develop?" However, please don't forget, unlike last year, the castle town of Kamioka Castle will be expanded by at least 2,000 this year. That is, there will be 2,000 people who will settle here. ”

Shioya Qiuzhen was surprised when she heard this, and asked rhetorically: "Lord Li Xiao, this statement is too exaggerated, I know that the population of your territory is about 3,000 people, but your lord's castle town has 2,000 people, do you want most of the people in your territory to change their careers to other industries?" ”

Li Xiao shook his head and said, "That's not the case, Your Excellency forgot, the Shengang Silver Mountain is near Shengang City, and the gold diggers in this Silver Mountain, together with the guards, overseers, and their families, there are at least five hundred people. ”

Shioya Qiuzhen nodded and said, "Yes, but with them, it's not far enough for two thousand people." ”

Li Xiao smiled playfully and said, "Your Excellency forgot again, I have Shengang Yinshan, and I will not hesitate to expand the standing reserve with this new money." This adds hundreds of standing reserves, as well as some of their dependents, which is enough to add quite a bit. ”

Shioya Qiuzhen shook his head and said: "Maybe Your Excellency's castle town can gather a lot of people, but the local area is very poor, if it develops slowly, with the expectation of return, ten years?" Twenty years? No, there are too many variables. ”

"It's not a problem, it requires us to invest upfront." After Li Xiao finished speaking, he stood up, grabbed Shioya Qiuzhen's hand, and the two walked to the window of the castle tower together.

Li Xiao pointed his hand down to the window and said to Yanya Qiuzhen, "What do you see now?" ”

Shioya Qiuzhen raised her glasses with her hand, then squinted her small eyes, trying to look at the place Li Xiao was pointing.

It's half a mile away from Kamioka Castle itself, and apart from a few shabby ashigaru houses, there is an empty river beach of the Highland River.

Yanya Qiuzhen thought that Li Xiao had an eye disease, shook his head and looked at the other party and said, "Nothing?" ”

"No," Li Xiao interrupted him and said, "Your Excellency will take a closer look. ”

Shioya Qiuzhen stared hard for a while, and said, "Lord of the city, there is indeed nothing. ”

Li Xiao let go of Shioya Qiuzhen's hand, and said with a smile: "It's true that there is nothing now, but I am convinced that within a year in the future, this will be the largest goods trade distribution center in the entire Hida!" ”

Li Xiao waved his hand, stared at Shioya Qiuzhen's eyes and said: "When the time comes, this desolate river beach will be replaced by this piece of wooden flat houses, and I will plant trees on both sides of the road in the town, which can provide shade in summer and snow in winter." ”

The castle town will be divided into three small towns, namely the samurai town, the merchant craftsman town, and the town town of the town, which will be inhabited by people of different statuses. In addition, the castle town will open oil seats, rice houses, fish houses, timber houses, shoya houses, koya houses, large industrial houses, and forging houses to facilitate the lives of the common people. ”

"In the future, after my Takeda family enters Vietnam, this will be an important town to maintain the territory of Vietnamese and the back road of my family, and the convenience of the location is immeasurable. In the future, the prosperity of Kamiokanda Castle will definitely be above the opposite castle and become the first in Hida. ”

Shioya Qiuzhen looked at Li Xiao in a daze, thinking that this plan requires a large amount of investment, and how much money should be spent on such a large investment, this person must be a madman, and he wants to use so much money to smash this poor land of two hundred in Hida Country.

What is his reliance, that is, the ash blowing silver of the Shengang Silver Mountain, well, since he has money, let him use it.

Shioya Akisada's thought for a moment, but if the Takeda family can indeed gain a foothold in Echichu in the future, the value of this Kamioka Castle will undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.

Everything Li Xiao pointed out to him would not be a simple idea.

For Shioya Qiuzhen, this is an advanced investment, and it is also a gamble, betting on whether Li Xiao and his Takeda family can gain a firm foothold in Vietnam.

Shioriya Qiuzhen thought for a long time, and he was hesitant in his heart, he looked at Li Xiao, who was sitting peacefully, and suddenly thought, or he can't consider the short-term interest of making money or not, the person in front of him is the person he wants to invest in in the future.

Yes, Li Xiao, the rising Takeda Katsuyori, and the Takeda family that is now in Takeda Shingen's guidance is like Zhongtian, if there is the support of the Takeda family, this is a greater gain than whether or not to make money.

Thinking of this, Shioya Qiuzhen made up her mind and said to Li Xiao: "Your Excellency's suggestion is undoubtedly very convincing, but as a businessman, you must take into account the risks involved. To tell you the truth, I don't expect much return on your plan to invest in Kamiokanda Castle this time. However, your character and means of doing things are very admirable, so you decided to invest and join your plan to build a castle town. ”

Li Xiao got the consent of Yanya Qiuzhen and smiled slightly.

For Li Xiao, this matter is undoubtedly to take over the capital of Shioya Qiuzhen to build his own castle town, which belongs to borrowing other people's chickens to lay his own eggs, which is beneficial to him and harmless.

I thought that Shioya Qiuzhen would put forward some harsh conditions, but now the other party agreed, which really made Li Xiao feel unexpected.

(To be continued)