On the second day, Jingzhen hired a few porters to pick up copper coins, neither fanfare nor deliberately disguised, and went directly to the front of the Jingji Mansion to pay homage. After a while, he received a notice from Kyogoku Takayoshi inviting him to enter for a while.

Menzi led Jingzhen and his party to the front of the hall, only to see Jingji Gaoji dressed in hunting clothes, full of energy, changing the appearance of the previous time before the old and declining, and the two people next to him watched the competition in the courtyard together.

The middle-aged man is about thirty years old, with a white face and beard, a crown and robe, and a high-ranking family dress after returning from the temple; The old man is about fifty years old, with a rickety figure, a dark complexion, blue muscles on his arms, and a gleam in his eyes. The two people in the courtyard are all of the same age as Jingzhen, and one of them has a seven-point resemblance to the old man, but the tiger has a bear's waist, a rebellious look, and a sharp edge, and the top of the spear in his hand is also very individual, and he has the upper hand; The other sword boy looked like the middle-aged man next to him, but he was even more slender and thin, and he was stumbling in the stormy gun, and he was about to fall.

Hearing the movement of Jingzhen, the sword boy was slightly negligent, and the wooden sword and spear in his hand were pushed against his chest, and he had no choice but to admit defeat under his red face. Jing Zhen first saluted Jingji Gaoji, and then under the recommendation of the latter, he greeted the two of them, and as soon as the two sides informed their names, Jing Zhen had the impression that they were all ancestors of famous people in the history of the Warring States Period.

The old man's name was Shoushige, born in a tributary of the Ogasawara clan, because he was born in the family of the Ashikaga shogun and lived in Nagasaka Village, Yamashiro Province, so he took Nagasaka as his surname and changed his name to Nagasaka Shoushige. The gun-wielding boy in the audience is his grandson Nagasaka Nobumasa, whose name is Hikogoro, Chari Kuro, and later in the Mikawa Matsudaira clan, is a famous gun master in the Warring States Period, known as the blood gun Jiulang, and according to legend, it is the gun teacher of the famous Warring States general Honda Tadakatsu.

The middle-aged person's name is Mibuchi Haru, and his biological father is Hosokawa Motoyu, the guardian of Izumi, and later became the adopted son of the general Mibuchi Harutsune, inheriting the name of the Mibuchi family. As an important retainer of the 12th shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu, he became the lord of Matsuzaki Castle in Izumi Province and Daihoji Castle in Yamashiro Province in history, and fled to Sakamoto in Omi Province with Yoshiharu and Yoshiki father and son in the Tenmon 16th year (1547) rebellion. In addition, he is also the biological father of the Warring States celebrity Hosokawa Fujitaka. The sword-making boy in the audience is the second son, Mibuchi Hui.

At this time, since the competition has been decided, the eyes of the five people on and off the field naturally turned to Jingzhen together. When he passed through the Zhenbai Gate, he had already mentioned the copper coins he carried, and Kyogoku Gaoji was still receiving them here, so it can be seen that everyone in the field did not need to hide it, so he generously praised:

"Nizi Jingzhen has seen the guardian of the adult, about the last agreement of 10,000 yuan per year, the family has raised half of it this time, please check it."

Although the five of them had heard the report from Menzi, they were still shocked when they saw the 5,000 newly minted copper coins piled up as a hill, dazzling and shining in the sun, and they were stunned for a moment before they woke up.

Kyogoku Gaoji obsessively admired the bronze light in the courtyard for a while, and then turned to Jingzhen and said meaningfully:

"I really didn't mistake His Royal Highness's dedication to the public for a long time, you are also quite good, these days have been hard. Anyway, all these coins were deliberately newly minted by His Highness for a long time? ”

In the face of Kyogoku Takayoshi's seemingly casual question, Jingzhen seemed to be unaware and replied bluntly:

"Exactly! Not only that, but these copper coins are all newly minted in Kyoto these days! ”

Kyogoku Takayoshi no longer hides when he hears this:

In the past few days, I have also "accidentally" heard some news that a teenager has bought a lot of copper charcoal. I wonder what it has to do with these newly minted coins? ”

Jingzhen knew that Jingji Gaoji had other intentions, so he had been waiting for this question for a long time, and simply replied:

"The Guardian is well-informed, and these newly minted coins are made from the purchased copper and carbon plus other accessories?"

At this time, Kyogoku Takayoshi couldn't hold back his eagerness and said quickly:

"What kind of excipients, tell me quickly!"

"Of course it's copper money, to be precise, it should be 10,000 yuan of bad money."

“？？？”

Jingzhen's answer was so unexpected that he stammered:

"Evil, bad money? Accessories? Don't understand what you're talking about? ”

"It's literal. With 100,000 copper and 10,000 bad money, plus a little gold and silver, you can get such a good "Yongle money" Wanguan. This is a technique that the family has just learned from the Ming Kingdom, and the first time it has been used by luck. ”

Looking at Kyogoku Takayoshi's frozen face, Jingzhen seemed to have realized Kyogoku Takayoshi's greed just now, and deliberately put on a puzzled expression and said:

"Don't you think that a few strips of copper and a little gold and stone can be minted into such a copper coin?"

Jingzhen immediately stepped forward and picked up a few new coins, and took out a few original "Yongle coins" from his body, and handed them to Jingji Gaoji and the three of them for careful comparison, before continuing to ask:

"What do you think of the coins minted by the new law of this family compared to the 'Yongle Money'?"

"It's comparable!"

"Win by a lot!"

"Out of the blue!"

The three of them gave their opinions one after another

"It seems that the three adults think that this coin is not inferior to the 'Yongle money', so the 'Yongle money' has eight points of copper, and the cost of one can be worth three to four bad coins.

A few people are not craftsmen who have been working for many years, where do they know this. Hearing Jingzhen's slightly mocking questioning, he had to shake his head weakly.

"My family's new coin contains nine cents of copper, and every 100 taels of gold is needed! However, the bad money in the market often contains no more than three or four cents of copper, so it is not enough to use twice the bad money when minting double the new coin, so it is necessary to purchase a large amount of additional copper. ”

"Before I left, there was a lot of controversy about the 10,000 yuan annual fee for the guardian of the lord. Because it will be carried out with the Ouchi clan in the near future, the use is so tight, and most of the important ministers advocate giving 10,000 kan of bad money, but the actual value is only 3,000 or 4,000, which can greatly relieve the pressure on the family. ”

"But His Royal Highness Xingjiu finally persuaded His Highness to serve the Lord Guardian with the target of Wanguan 'Yongle Money'. However, the amount of copper coins that the family could raise was not enough for a while, so it was agreed that all the bad money in the treasury would be released, sent to Kyoto to replenish the copper materials, and then re-mint the coins for the adults with the new art of the Ming Kingdom, showing the greatest sincerity of the family. ”

"But it seems that the guardian has misunderstood, and he is not aware of the family's loyalty, which is really regrettable. Lord Guardian, please forgive Jingzhen for saying bluntly, if the family really has a lot of money to mint and have already stoned the Ouchi clan to death with gold and silver, do you still need to help each other? ”

After all, Kyogoku Takayoshi and others are pampered cultural people, but they are just blinded by wealth, where do they really know how to smelt and cast these low-nine streams, and a series of technologies such as Nanban blowing were only introduced to Japan after decades, and no one can debunk Jingzhen's nonsense at present. Thinking that if Nizi had such a lucrative technique, how could he run under his eyelids to show off, and believed what Jingzhen said, and couldn't imagine that these techniques were in the hands of children.

According to this line of thinking, the cost was calculated, and Jingji Gaoji and the others had no idea of getting rich, and when they were bored, they were ready to count and accept the copper coins and send Jingzhen away. But I couldn't bear to listen to the two teenagers in the audience with relish just now, and one of them, Nagasaka Nobumasa, who was holding a gun, saw that Jingzhen had the intention of leaving, and suddenly said provocatively:

"You are really an extraordinary young man, and it sounds like you are also from a martial arts family, but you dare to come down and fight with me!"

Note 1: Hosokawa Fujitaka, formerly known as Mibuchi Fujitaka. Later, he worshiped his uncle Hosokawa Mototsune as his adoptive father and inherited the name of the Hosokawa family. The father and son have repeatedly jumped in inheriting the family name