Chapter 41: Glory on the shoulders

On the 20th day of August of the 18th year of the Astronomical Year, after yesterday's baptism of vows, Kira Manmatsumaru felt as if he had grown up overnight, although this description was somewhat inaccurate, his soul was an adult, but compared to the bystanders who were out of this era, this was the first time he clearly realized that he had a heavy burden of family business on his shoulders, which was the responsibility of the samurai.

This burden is not only the prosperity of the family business, but also the glory of the ancestors flowing in the blood, the ancestors gave him an unparalleled identity, what he has to do is how to continue to pass on this glory, the decline of the family business is unforgivable, and it is even more irredeemable to completely cut off, he lives not for himself, but for the family to live for the glory of his father and ancestors.

In fact, without this heavy burden, he also has to think more about himself, in the troubled times of the Warring States Period, only by rising to the challenge and fighting hard can he keep his ancestral foundation alive, he knows better than anyone how the next few decades will be a great era of changes, how the old-fashioned nobles like him were completely removed like garbage, and the glory of the Kawachi Genji samurai that they kept was completely gone, leaving only a dilapidated family business and endless shame.

"I don't want my children and grandchildren to suffer shame, I am nailed to the pillar of shame in history, this feeling must be very uncomfortable!" Kira Manmatsumu smiled silently, at this moment he was sitting in the big room to meet the people of Mikawa Province, this is something he hated very much before, because of the influence of yesterday, let him try to be a qualified family governor for the first time in line with the standards of this era, whether it is the genealogy led by Okochi Nobusada, or Yamamoto Kansuke is very surprised, although I don't know the reason, but the family governor has really grown up, isn't it.

After completing today's summoning event, Kira Manmatsumaru ordered someone to recruit Hida craftsmen who had been waiting for a long time, Hida can interpret what is a model of poor mountains and bad waters, hidden in the highlands between the mountains, the area of cultivated land is less than one-tenth of the forest cover area, in addition to looking at the woods all year round, it is also a good place that is not worse than the three major labor reform holy places, and Matsudaira Tadaki was once exiled here to see the forests in history.

The poor mountains and bad waters really couldn't collect any taxes, so the imperial court did not send people there to supervise the collection of taxes from the Nara period, but only ordered the Hida country to pay for the supply of timber from the imperial court and the corresponding craftsmen, so Hida workers also became famous in Japan with the continuous export of Hida wood.

Since the reopening of the Ashikaga Honshi Clan, the public side has been raising some Hida craftsmen, as a public Kira family has also been stained with a little light, and the profit is divided into a few Hida craftsmen, the royal Hida worker of the Kira family is called Shioya Tadabei, a middle-aged man in his forties, with gray hair and rustic speech, holding a small notebook to carefully record the requirements made by Kira Manmatsumaru, looking very professional.

"The villain understands! Miyakata-sama is going to build a batch of two-wheeled carriages! This villain will do it too! My ancestor once went to the Ming Kingdom, and his notes recorded the characteristics of the carriage and the manufacturing method. Shioya Tadabei patted his chest and said that there was no problem, which made Kira Manmatsumimaru breathe a sigh of relief, and told him that he must make as many systems as possible day and night, and that the wages would never be disadvantaged before letting him go.

In the Middle Ages, Japan was a very backward excesses, and the horse system was only popular in some parts of the Kanto region, whether it was Tokaido or Kinai, and there was no similar existence in the western country, which was directly related to the lack of horses in Japan, and there was no such thing as a carriage without horses.

Large merchants can hire ships or even have their own boats, and you can save the huge cost of land transportation by sea, of course, the taxes at sea are also heavier, but it is much stronger than relying on people to resist the transport team of horses, and the customs of the Warring States period are still maintained since the Heian period, the customs of the princess riding an ox cart, the samurai riding a horse, and the lady sitting in a sedan chair, in addition to these three things, only the ship can squeeze into the fourth place.

In order to speed up the speed of Shangluo and reduce unnecessary consumption, Kira Manmatsumaru ordered Shioya Tadabei to make a batch of two-wheeled carriages, which became a proper duty, in addition to being busy with this matter, he also planned to exchange the five thousand eiraku money into iron money, but this matter was unexpectedly opposed by Okochi Nobusada.

"The hall owner Shangluo needs Yongle money to be paid, and the imperial court and shogunate will not accept it when it is converted into money!"

"There is some truth to this, but does Ma Shou know the private exchange rate between my Yongle money and the Yongle money of the Three Rivers Kingdom?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know."

"Then I'll tell you! The exchange price is always Yongle money for four and five hundred yuan, and if the quality of the money is poor, it will be higher. "Kira Manmatsumaru is far more sensitive to price changes than these Mikawa samurai, and he is very well-informed, Hattori Baocho spent a month reorganizing things has already achieved initial results, and he has also read a lot of information about the changes in prices and money transactions among the people.

"But this has nothing to do with the exchange of Yongle money, right?" Nobutada Okochi looked suspicious, he used his IQ all his knowledge and handling household chores, and naturally he didn't care about the things that businessmen paid attention to.

"The exchange price of Kinai last month was that Yongle money was always exchanged for Sanguan Wenju money." Kira Manmatsumu looked at him speechlessly, and added: "In the eastern country, Yongle money has always been exchanged for five guan money. ”

"What? Such a big difference? Okochi Nobusada almost stared out his eyes, he always earned half of the Yongle money as soon as he turned his hands, even Okochi Nobutada never thought that there was such a huge profit in it, "In that case, my Kira family can't take the money to Kyoto to exchange for Yongle money, and then ......"

"Don't be delusional! The daimyo of each of the leading countries, the money set up by the people, the money of the ferry, and all kinds of blatant taxes can eat all your profits, and if you are unlucky, you will lose a fortune, and only if the family carries money and goods in the name of Shangluo, they dare not collect taxes. Kira Manmatsumu sighed again, he really felt like catching chickens for his IQ.

"Huh! It turned out to be so! It seems that there is really no such thing in the world that allows people to take advantage of loopholes! It's the subordinates who think too much, hehehe......"

"Hehe, your sister! Don't hide your embarrassment with a look of sudden realization, okay! That would be weird! Kira Manmatsumu could only complain again, and made a happy look on the surface to let Okochi Nobusada fool the past, the Eastern society is like this, not only he, the main family, has to have face, but also the retainers have to have face, and some things can only be revealed without embarrassment or embarrassment, otherwise they will have to complain.

Okochi Nobusada thought about it very carefully for a while, and suddenly thought of the copper coins in stock, so he suggested: "There are still more than 18,000 guanwen of annual tribute at home, of which more than 3,000 guanwen are directly collected, plus more than 2,000 guanwen in stock, which is just exchanged for 1,000 guanle money." ”

"The other four thousand kan still have to find a merchant to solve, so this matter is left to Danma Shou! Remember to press as much as possible on the five runs! "Kira Manmatsu Pill took the opportunity to push the messenger to him, and you naturally asked you to solve it.

Nobutada Okochi was also very courageous, and directly agreed: "Yes!" Your Majesty do it now! Then he bowed respectfully, got up and withdrew.