Saburo Tanashita was sitting in a large tent in the wilderness, and although he had conquered a large number of feudal castles, he was still reluctant to enter a certain feudal castle to make a fortune.

Instead, he aims day and night for the man in black and what he once said, not only so that he can live a life where he can afford to eat... What is more important is to ensure that all farmers who work in the fields every day can afford to eat.

Being able to eat enough was already the highest goal that Saburo Tanashita was pursuing, but it was just when he was studying the map of the Wa Kingdom at hand which direction he should attack next.

Outside the tent came a young man of his age, and Fujiki Xian, who came from the same valley as him.

"Saburo-kun.. I noticed something wrong and am here to tell you. When Fujiki spoke first, his voice was soft every time.

However, Saburo Tanashita is obviously used to it, Fujiki is actually a very special one of the samurai from the valley, he does not have a particularly strong body... The practice of swordsmanship is also a mess.

But Saburo Tanashita, including many people who were together at the beginning, have great respect for Fujiki Sen, because he is the only advisor among everyone, which means that he is the smartest.

"Oh? Fujiki first... What do you see? Don't be in a hurry... You sit down first, I'll make you some tea, and say slowly..."

Fujiki nodded first, not refusing Saburo Tanata's kindness, and then he waited until the tea was brewed before he spoke again: "Saburo-kun... I've found out that the shogunate may be in big trouble! ”

These words made Saburo Tanashita a little stunned, and he only heard him say: "What is the big trouble that Fujiki-kun refers to?" I think.. Our existence is already the biggest trouble for those villains of the shogunate! ”

"It's not this... It's a different matter. ”

Fujiki shook his head first, reorganized his words, and spoke again: "I heard that the banknotes issued by the Tokugawa shogunate before have been unable to be exchanged for equivalent silver in many places such as Nagasaki recently, and they can only be exchanged for one-third of the face value of silver on the black market!" ”

"Huh? Is it so exaggerated? But if you can't exchange it for silver, won't everyone's paper money become waste paper? ”

Fujiki nodded heavily to show his approval of what Saburo Tanashita said, and then said, "If that's the case... The shogunate was afraid that it would be in chaos and that it would have no money... I'm afraid those samurai may not be able to give their lives to the Tokugawa family. ”

"That's our chance!"

Saburo Tanashita understood very well that Fujiki Sen's opinion had never been wrong along the way from the valley to the present, but he still said with some doubts: "Aren't we going to do anything?" Just waiting? ”

Fujiki shook his head first: "Of course not..."

"Saburo-kun, haven't we attacked a lot of daimyo along the way? There are a large number of banknotes in their feudal castles and exchange offices, and I am going to send them to the black markets outside Kyoto, Edo, and Nagasaki... Exchange for silver and add fire at the same time! ”

"Good! I agreed, and from today onwards, all the banknotes will be mixed by Fujiki-kun! ”

"Good!"

A few days later in the same month, the value of the Wakoku banknotes dropped significantly, and the Tokugawa shogunate issued an announcement to the outside world... Because someone is illegally printing Japanese banknotes.

So all exchange of banknotes was suspended until the Tokugawa shogunate could distinguish which were counterfeit and which were the ones they had sent.

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused a large number of people to be dissatisfied... The price of grain, cloth and other materials on the black market skyrocketed!

And the paper money of the Japanese country has completely become a waste product that everyone beats!

Everyone was amazed to discover... In addition to paper money, even copper plates have not been used for a long time in my home...

In an instant, the entire Wa Kingdom fell into widespread turmoil.

More and more merchants and craftsmen were discouraged, and many of them began to join the peasant rebels in the southern part of the island.

After all, compared to waiting for death at home, joining the rebel army can at least have a full bite to eat!

In a short period of time, the peasant uprising of the Japanese state became even more powerful, not only Saburo Tanoshita... There are also more and more forces of all kinds that are involved in this uprising.

Vaguely, many people feel... This peasant uprising may even overthrow the samurai rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.

At the same time, the Emperor of the Wakuni Kingdom, who was in Kyoto, also gave clear instructions to the few armed forces under his control not to resist in the face of the peasant rebels...

After all, for him, this is also a good opportunity for him to get rid of the puppet life!

Once again, the peasant rebels began to move north, and the stalemate with the Tokugawa shogunate gradually evolved into another large-scale confrontation.

The Tokugawa shogunate reacted just as quickly, and Tokugawa Iemitsu took out almost all the money he could use and gambled desperately... After taking control of large cities such as Edo, Nagasaki, and Kyoto, he began to defend against peasant uprisings.

Trying to keep these peasants in internal friction outside the city because of the lack of food.

It's just that such a method is almost useless, and the rice and various grains purchased in the northern part of the country before... Zhu Youzhen barely looked at it, and almost all of them redevoted themselves to the peasant uprising in support of the Japanese state.

So to speak... Now it may not be the Tokugawa shogunate that has more food in its hands, but the peasant rebel army that is gradually advancing northward.

As time passed, the scale of the peasant uprising in the territory of the Wa Kingdom gradually expanded.

But just when the situation was about to be completely out of Tokugawa Iemitsu's control, under a suggestion from his officials... The Tokugawa shogunate relaxed the conditions and recognized the existing peasant uprising.

And directly began to preach to the outside world that as long as they were willing to recognize the ruling power of the Tokugawa shogunate, then they now had a heavy army... Each of the generals in the peasant rebel army, who controlled one territory after another, could become the new daimyo under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate!

Such a temptation began to constantly impact the peasant rebel army, which was not very well organized internally...

The shogunate was undoubtedly clever... Almost overnight when the news came out, many generals of the peasant rebel army changed their attitudes and aimed their weapons at their former rebel colleagues!

Such a scene made Saburo Tanata's forces begin to be deeply shaken, and for a while, the hearts of the peasant rebels in the territory of the Japanese State fluctuated.