The boy has to be safe and leisurely, and the thriving situation in the collar has further stimulated the pride of the young man's struggle. Back in the house, the uneasy Jingzhen lay on the desk and pondered and sketched the whole night, until the dawn of the morning when the rooster crowed, and then simply washed and ate. Immediately afterwards, Naito Masatyo and others were found to discuss the matter.

"I've seen my lord...... This is, a brand new irrigation appliance?! ”

After Naito Masatoyo entered the house, he was immediately hooked by a page of drawings handed by Jingzhen. During this time, he was in charge of internal affairs and agriculture every day, and he was no longer industrious and indistinguishable from grains, and he recognized at a glance that this was a new kind of irrigation equipment.

"Yes, this thing is called Tang Che, you take a good look at it first, and then we will discuss the construction and promotion together." Jingzhen let out a long yawn and said.

The Tang car in his mouth is the cylinder car of later generations.

Cylinder cars, which began in the late Tang Dynasty, prevailed in the Song and Yuan dynasties. It was developed on the basis of the treadmill (also known as keel car) invented by Ma Jun in the Han Dynasty and commonly used in Japan today.

Different from the use of treadmills, one or more people need to hold the rungs installed on the columns on both sides with both hands, and step on the crutches to drive the long keel plate blades to scrape the water ashore. The drum cart is a water-powered irrigation machine that can water the fields day and night. The structure is also extremely simple: a weir is used to block the inlet channel in the turbulent river channel to enhance the impact of the water flow. The shore is elevated on the horizontal axis, erected a large wooden wheel, the diameter can reach several zhang, and about 1/3 of the lower part is submerged in the water. The wooden wheel is obliquely equipped with a bamboo tube containing water, and there are as many as 42 Jane. The water flow pushes the vertical wheel to rotate day and night, and the small cylinder around the wheel is scooped into the water in turn, and automatically dumps out after turning the top, and then connects to the wooden trough and introduces it into the field ditch.

Due to the extremely sparse population in the Jingzhen Collar and the manpower occupied by chores such as making Ming Guoyi, although the current treadmill can only be operated by women and children, it is rarely used here. As Jingzhen saw during her inspection yesterday, the lack of manpower or equipment for irrigation caused farmers to have doubts about cultivating more terraced fields, and the process was once at a bottleneck.

In order to solve this problem, Jingzhen has been thinking about it since he returned, and finally reconstructed the structure of the cylinder car with the shape of the waterwheel in his childhood memories and hometown fields in his previous life, as well as his professionalism as an engineer.

"The lord is very talented, and I think that this law should be feasible!" Naito Masatoyo pondered it for a while, and felt that this thing was very feasible, and not only happily opened his mouth to praise it.

"Haha, relieving the suffering of the people is a matter of being a lord, I just hope it can have a little effect."

"If you want to promote this thing, you don't need to keep it secret, and you can find a few old farmers and craftsmen to try out one and operate it for some time. If it is really effective, then promote the construction with cash-for-work! ”

"Yes."

"My lord, His Highness Nagasaka and His Highness Mibuchi have been ordered to come and are currently waiting outside the house."

As soon as the matter was discussed, the attendants happened to come in to tell him that Nagasaka Nobumasa and Mibuchi Fuji should be summoned by Sadano to come together. Jingzhen hurriedly ordered him to enter.

"Meet the lord (big brother)."

"Jiulang, Fuji Yuan, this time I invite you and Changfeng to come, but there is a business that needs to be discussed carefully."

“……”

Seeing that when it came to business, Mibuchi Fuji was fine, but Nagasaka Nobumasa immediately made an impatient appearance of burning his buttocks and scratching his ears and cheeks, and Jingzhen was so angry that his teeth itched. As the biggest gold-swallowing beast in the family, the standing ashigaru under Nagasaka Nobumasa is the culprit of Jingzhen's poverty and urgent need for open source, and he actually puts on an attitude of spending money with me and making money without me. So he coughed lightly and said a frightened word

"A few days ago, I took an inventory of the inner treasury and found that the funds were already stretched thin, not only were it difficult to cover the military expenses you had applied for, but even the daily food expenses were not enough. If you can't open source, you can only throttle, and everyone can only eat wild vegetables and radishes to make porridge after a while. ”

Nobumasa Nagasaka and the pot-bellied man under his command had long been accustomed to all-you-can-eat rice and fish every day, and when they heard that they were going to return to wild vegetables and radishes, their faces suddenly turned green with fright, and they immediately put away their strange appearances, sat upright, and put on a posture of listening carefully.

"Our territory is small and our output is limited, and if we follow the rules, it is simply impossible to afford the standing military situation, as well as the current training and support strength, so we can only find another way and reopen up financial resources."

"The only way to make money is agriculture, industry and commerce. In agriculture, I have explained to Changfeng, but it will not be fruitful until the autumn harvest at the earliest; On the industrial side, a large number of skilled craftsmen are needed, which is difficult to achieve in terms of the current state of skills. Therefore, the only way to solve the problem is to solve the problem. Now, I have some preliminary ideas, and I would like to share them with you. ”

"His treasures, my mustard grass, communicate with each other, and there is a lot of profit. Therefore, there are more merchants in the world than carp crossing the river. However, unlike ordinary traders, we have two major advantages that we can take advantage of. ”

"The first is to make friends with all sides. From Kai to Kyoto, passing through Kai, Shinano, Mino, Omi, Yamashiro five countries, of which Kai Takeda clan is the only one, Mino Arikawa and entrenched, Omi has Jiulang, Fuji clan connections, Yamashiro Kyoto has Kyogoku Nakaku Shosuke to take care of, the rest of Shinano is also a group of dragons without a leader, the Hao clan is divided. Therefore, as long as several parties are connected, we can travel freely along the line from Kai to Kyoto, and we can freely sell and exchange urgently needed goods in various places, even strategic materials such as horses, gold, and armaments. ”

"The second is that there is abundant martial virtue. Unlike ordinary merchants, they can only choose to hire ronin samurai escorts with a lot of money, pinning their hopes on the latter's loyalty that is difficult to guarantee, and always worrying about the money and silk that will attract wolves into the house. We have a well-established method of elite training, and we have enough standing to recruit local children to build a sizable, well-trained, loyal and reliable escort team, and it is not a problem to eliminate the bandits who are not eye-catching along the way. Not only can you avoid the cost of your own business escort, but you can even sell this service. ”

"Therefore, I propose to set up a Zhongju Mo merchant group, mainly between Kyoto and Kai, to sell local specialties to earn profits. At the same time, it also undertakes the consignment and escort business of valuables and important people. ”

"What the lord said is quite feasible, but it seems easy to connect the above-mentioned forces and arrange the strength of the manpower, but in fact it is not trivial?" Mibuchi Fuji first agreed with Jingzhen's statement, and then put forward two key points.

"Yes, that's what we're talking about today." Jingzhen affirmed Mibuchi Fuji's point of view, and then introduced: "One is about dotting the relationship along the way. I plan to give 70% of the net profit to all parties, including 20% of the Takeda clan, 10% of the Kawanami clan, 20% of the Kyogoku clan, and 10% of each of the Kuro and Fuji members. All investment losses are borne by the family, and all parties do not participate in the operation, but are only responsible for dredging the relationship and providing care to enjoy the results. ”

"There is no problem with me and Jiulang, His Royal Highness Jingji Zhongwu Shaofu should be happy to see it come true, and His Royal Highness Zhengli should have no problem with his great awe of His Royal Highness Jingzhen. Only the owner of the museum, I'm afraid it's hard to impress with just two percent! After listening to Jingzhen's distribution plan, Naito Masatoyo was worried.

"Twenty percent naturally can't afford to be the owner of the museum. So, I'm going to find a cheap one, and you don't need to worry about it. Jingzhen smiled mysteriously and sold a pass. After talking about the relationship, dot the relationship along the way. The second thing is manpower. First of all, what is your opinion on the escort force and the candidates to lead the team? ”

"It's easy to talk about force, and it is recommended that the infantry and cavalry armies directly serve as escorts, and there is no need to recruit separately." Nobumasa Nagasaka took the initiative to ask for help for his subordinates.

Jing Zhen thought about it for a while, but shook her head. "If you have to do so, try to avoid the military interfering or getting involved in commerce."

Just as wine is the gentle grave of heroes, money is also the eclipse of the army. The experience of the Elephant Kingdom and the North Vietnam Kingdom in the previous life has fully demonstrated that there are only zero and countless times of indulgence, and there is only one step from armed escort to direct business to the destruction of the army. Therefore, Jingzhen decided to take precautions and resolutely separate the armed forces directly under him from the profit-making operations.

Therefore, he thought for a while and said, "Jiulang, we have discussed before, and we should refer to the new Lingshi Gao to expand the recruitment of about 150 ashigaru, but now we might as well implement it in a different way." ”

"The call is still issued in the name of the family, but the seniority and salary are slightly reduced, the age and physical standards are appropriately relaxed, and the new recruits are classified as security guards. The official ashigaru who has left the team at an advanced age or disability serves as an instructor, and is on the same field as the regular standing equipment, and has the same drills. In peacetime, he is in charge of commercial escort, and in fierce battles, he is used as a reserve force on the battlefield. What do you think? ”

"What the eldest brother said is also a method, I think you can try it."

"And what about the team leader? What do you suggest that you might as well take one of your twelve-gunned people? ”

Hearing that Jingzhen was going to take away his treasure, Nobumasa Nagasaka immediately jumped up like a wasp sting. "Big brother just said that you can't meddle in business, but you can't beat me up for the idea of shooting the people, you can't do it! It's better to let that Yasheng His Highness give it a try, the eldest brother deceived him into the mainland in the name of a great voyage, but he has nothing to do all day long, unlike us who are very busy, and we should let him receive some tasks. ”

"Yasheng, I'll think about it again" Nagasaka Nobumasa's words reminded Jingzhen.

Itami Masakatsu, who later became active in the world under the name of Itami Yasunao, was a famous naval general during the Warring States period. It successively occupied an important position in the Imagawa clan, the Takeda clan, and the Tokugawa clan's naval forces, and after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, it served as its imperial ship commissioner for generations.

Today, this famous naval general in later generations is just an unknown teenager. In the fifth year of Eisho (1508), together with Naito Sadamasa of Tanba and Hatakeyama Nashon of Kawachi, he supported Hosokawa Takakoku in defeating Hosokawa Sumimoto (Hosokawa Rebellion can be moved to Chapter 29), and became the lord of Itami Castle in Kawasaki Prefecture of Hizutsu Province because of his merits. After Hosokawa Takakuni lost power, Itami Motofu was also completely damaged, and three years earlier (1529, 2nd year of Xiangroku), he was attacked by the enemy and died. At the age of seven, Idami Masakatsu traveled from place to place, and then joined the Kohama clan of the Ise Pirates. According to the original history, he will be favored by Okabe Mino Morikuzuna, who is also the commander of the Imagawa Naval Army, more than ten years later, and will be accepted as his son-in-law, and only then will he begin to rise to prominence in the Imagawa clan.

In this life, the future general of the navy was completely changed by Jingzhen.

Due to the close relationship between the Imagawa clan's Okabe clan and the Ise pirates, during the Battle of Oshima, the Ise pirates were invited to dispatch ten ships and fifty pirates to transport the Fukushima army to smuggle across the Fuji River. As a result, he continued to go deeper with the idea of making another windfall, and was buried in the Battle of Oshima with the Fukushima Army.

As a member of his entourage, Itami Masakatsu was pitied for being too young, escaped death, was captured by the Jingzhen army, and was later escorted back to the territory because he was born into a samurai family. After being dug out of the prisoner roster by Jingzhen, he personally went out to find the surrender. This young man who loves sailing was soon carried away by Jingzhen's talk about ironclad ships, the reopening of tomorrow's exploration, the age of discovery, and other aerial cakes.

Hearing Nagasaka Nobumasa say this, Jingzhen unexpectedly felt a little reasonable. First, Itami was born in Settsu, and he has a love for incense in Settsu and even in Kaimachi. In addition, he also had some contacts with the pirates Kohama clan, and if he served as the leader of the merchant group and traveled between several places, it would not be difficult to deepen the interest exchanges with the Kohama clan, and in the future, whether it was the integration of the Ise naval army or the formation of water trade, it would also be convenient. However, whether he has business acumen or not, there is still a face-to-face investigation.

After discussing the escort force of the merchant group for the time being, there is one more key person to be decided, and that is the person in charge of the merchant group in Kyoto. For the time being, the affairs of Kai can be handled by Jingzhen, Naito Masataka and others, but Kyoto is hundreds of miles away from here, after all, it still needs a reliable person to sit for a long time. This person must not only have enough reputation to command and dispatch the escort force, but also be loyal and reliable enough, and be good at calculating and managing accounts, and must be able to coordinate relations with Kyoto forces such as Kyogoku, Nagasaka, and Mibuchi. If it is a wheel ability qualification, Naito Masatoyo and Mibuchi Fuji can be competent, but the two are responsible for domestic affairs and foreign affairs respectively, and it is difficult for them to stay abroad for a long time.

"People hate less when they use it, they have been slacking off recently, and they haven't taken good care of the wool of the fat tiger family, they shouldn't, they shouldn't. Forget it, if it really doesn't work, let the rattan staff hold it for a while, and let me hurry up to find talents. ”

On horseback, Jingzhen flipped this thought on the one hand, and marched towards the Hesaki Pavilion.

"Alas, with one hundred horsemen breaking through three thousand people, the dignified lord of five thousand stones, and the busy man of Jingzhen actually came to visit, it is really brilliant! Anyway, you couldn't get away with it when you were invited to shoot a few times before, but today is the sun hitting the west and coming out? ”

In the Takeda Shingen Pavilion, in the Takeda Shingen Mansion, Jingzhen, who had just been introduced to the door after the report, heard Takeda Shingen's ridicule.

"It's not that your dear owner father, and Anayama Izumori's brother-in-law teamed up to trap me, during this time, I was so busy with new collars and pension affairs that I couldn't go out every day. I came to visit as soon as I got free today, but I was ridiculed by Lord Katsuchiyo, which really saddened my subordinates! ”

"Haha, it's worthy of being a debater who breaks Imai, and there are a bunch of crooked reasons when it comes to it. Say, when will you look for me today, if you just play, I'll go to my father to borrow ghost deer fur, and ask a few more people to spring hunt together, or will I introduce you to Itagaki Suruga Mamoru and Gan Li Bizen Mamoru again? ”

The friendship between the two after experiencing the pre-sale of Ming Guoyu has long been very different, so Jingzhen also said unceremoniously, "There is nothing else, I will send you money!" ”

"Send me money, did you go to the wrong door?" Takeda Shingen couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this, "Jiafei is one acre and three points of land, who doesn't know that the God of Wealth is my father's royal money bag, how can he ask me to send money." ”

"Pavilion master, your good father" Jingzhen also shook his head and pointed at Takeda Shingen and laughed, "He is easy to use, but it's a pity that it's too expensive!" ”

"Of course, if I make a lot of money, no matter how expensive it is, I can only find the owner of the museum. This kind of petty fight, it is enough to find a cheap Katsuchiyo-sama. Besides, I won't let you share the profits, at least earn back the ghost deer hair you lost, and you won't see me mention it once. ”

After that, the two laughed together, and after laughing, the atmosphere of the meeting was a little more harmonious than at the beginning.

Both of them are the top of this generation of heroes, and a simple joke also hides many times of wit.

The two are both young friendships, but they are also ostensibly subordinate to the faction when they are preparing for the night of the Ming Guoyi. Therefore, seeing that Jingzhen has not been in contact with him for a long time, Takeda Shingen certainly understands that he is busy with the affairs of the territory, and at the same time he must pay attention to the avoidance of making friends with foreign ministers privately, but he must also beat one or two of them, reminding him to come and go back often, and not forget his kindness of sacrificing ghost deer hair and showing his purpose for him.

On the other hand, in addition to explaining that she was really busy, Jingzhen did not have time to express her determination, but directly put out dry goods and explicitly sent money to Takeda Shingen.

Whether it is spending time and drinking, or raising hope, it is inseparable from the beginning of money. Therefore, this hard state of Jing Zhenbiao still makes Takeda Shingen very happy. It's just that after the joy, Takeda Shingen couldn't help but worry that Jingzhen would be too public, and once again make an astronomical sum of money to share with himself, which would inevitably cause Takeda Shinhu to be strongly jealous, so he quickly pointed out that it was first of all Takeda Shinho's money bag, and he wanted to find out the priority.

And Jingzhen is not stupid, bluntly saying that Takeda Shinhu is too expensive, and the small business is looking for Takeda Shingen, which seems to be a belittling of Takeda Shingen. But with the friendship between the two, this unceremonious outspokenness showed that Jingzhen was open-minded and truly blessed out of friendship, and also pointed out the small business, which made Takeda Shingen feel at ease. and deliberately mentioned the ghost deer hair again, showing that he always remembered the previous kindness.

Subsequently, Jingzhen told in a few words about the establishment of the business group and the shares of all parties, and bluntly said that this business, in the early stage, it is necessary to pay for the goods, start the brand, train the guards and other large one-time costs, and then deduct the five points of profits accounted for by the remaining forces, this year the remaining Jingzhen and Takeda are estimated to be twenty or thirty thousand, because the shipping place Kyoto is in the hands of Jingzhen, and the paper profits can be cut off by making accounts, so that Takeda Shingen has two or three thousand on the surface, and three or four thousand on the surface of Jingzhen, although it is eye-catching, But it still makes sense.

In addition, Jingzhen also took the initiative to empathize with him, and hoped that Takeda Shingen could send a few henchmen to Kyoto to participate in account management and the entry and exit of money and goods, and also dismissed this doubt in advance before Takeda Shingen came up with the idea of "this guy can do low profits to deceive others, can't he also deceive me into sharing".

As a result, Takeda Shingen did not hesitate to respond to the matter, and promised that the passage within Kai would be unimpeded. This time, with the most solid guarantee of common interests, the two naturally eliminated the slight estrangement caused by not seeing each other for a while.