The merchant Seto Kasahisa, the leader of the loan companions, followed the Kimura brothers and sat on the threshold of the shosho school, peeking at the new head of the sho.

In the face of this new Zhuang head, the three of them were about to say something, but Gao Shisheng just sat there quietly and said nothing. Seto Fangjiu, as a merchant who lived in the house, wanted to know more than the Kimura brothers after all, so he didn't have anything to say, so he asked: "Zhuangtou, I heard from Lord Noyama Youbei, you served as a public servant in Sunfu before?" ”

"Yes."

"Zhuangtou, can you still adapt to a rural place like Yuanjiang?"

"I am a native of the Gao clan in Yuanjiang Binming County, how can I not adapt to my hometown?" Gao Shisheng didn't expect that he would be sent back to Yuanjiang as an acting official at first, and it seemed that Seto Fangjiu asked at a glance: "After meeting for so long, I haven't asked your name, I don't know what your name is?" ”

"The villain Seto Shinkuro Fanghisa, a native of Seto Village, Isa-gun next door."

"You're from Insa-gun, how did you come to Pingshanzhuang to sell goods?" Except for the large merchants, there are very few small traders who say that they are willing to leave their hometowns in the county and beg for a living outside, and there is no way to compete with the local merchants without the help and protection of the familiar servants and famous owners, and there is no such thing as fair competition in these days.

It's not all about taking care of the home.

"The villain was originally a virtuous merchant from Insaku, and at the beginning of the year, Lord Sunfu responded to the change of the yuan and issued a German decree......" Seto was fine for a long time, and carefully observed Gao Shisheng's expression halfway through speaking, and confirmed that he heard the word Junfu and did not show displeasure, before continuing: "The foreign debts released by the villain cannot be recovered, so I have no choice but to declare bankruptcy and bring the craftsmen of Naya to the border of Yuanjiang and Mikawa to sell goods." ”

Gao Shisheng was very clear about the issuance of the German decree at the beginning of the year, because he helped send the document to the three kingdoms of Junyuan, but he was responsible for issuing the edict to Suruga.

There are virtuous businessmen, also called lenders, wealthy businessmen. Although his name is virtuous, he is engaged in a money-lending business that lacks morality.

Lending money is not something that ordinary small businessmen can do, and they must obtain permission from local people to collect and lend debts within their territory.

Secondly, there must be sufficient force to ensure that the debts can be forcibly recovered, and only the big wealthy businessmen can do this business, the word "hao" not only refers to the businessman has a lot of money, but also means that his subordinates hire enough hard-hearted thugs, and the number can be compared to ordinary wealthy families.

It is no wonder that after Seto Katahisa went bankrupt, he was able to pull up a team of loan companions and firmly monopolize Hirayama Township, the main trade route of Mikawa Province.

There have always been constant disputes between the common people and the wealthy merchants, and the German government decree, which was initially forced to be promulgated because of the common people's whims, has become a flexible means for the daimyo of various countries to crack down on the wealthy merchants.

No matter whether you are rich or not, you will be ruined at least by virtue and by political order.

The Imagawa family has three kingdoms under his name, and Seto Kasahisa is not the only wealthy merchant who went bankrupt because of the German government.

Gao Shisheng has nothing to say about this, he can only say that the sky is a good reincarnation, who the Buddha spared, the wealthy businessmen must hate the Imagawa family who issued the moral decree, and those who borrowed usury and were forced to ruin their families by the wealthy businessmen How can they not hate the wealthy merchants.

Kimura Heiroku has a rough and straightforward personality, and he talks unscrupulously, patting his thighs and coaxing: "Zhuangtou, don't listen to what Shinkuro said pitiful, he didn't look like this when he forced debts in the past, and he was ruthless with a black heart!" ”

Listening to the meaning of his words, Seto Fangjiu is still in the business of lending money, which is also a way to make money, and his heart can't help but move.

Gao Shisheng smiled, not planning to delve into this issue for the time being, and said: "You may not believe it, my young name is also Shinkuro, and when I was in Sunfu City, I was called Soma Shinkuro by my colleagues, or the national thief Zhai. ”

What Gao Shisheng said is not a joke, the young name of the Heishomen is Soma Kojiro, and the two most famous Shinkuro in the world are thieves of the country, so he has such two names that are not malicious, but quite embarrassing.

"In ancient times, there were Lü Buwei Qi goods to live in, so he was the father of the first emperor. Today, there is Saito Shinkuro Michisan, Kyoto oil seller steals a country, called the Mino pit viper, the two are ancient and modern, one outside and one inside, both are models for our generation; Ise Shinkuro, a mere Yamashiro ronin, was born in the Imagawa clan, and now the Houjo family sits in Kanto, not to mention a million stones, which is not much inferior to the Kamakura ruling family. Speaking of this, Seto Fangjiu's eyes were burning and he was very excited: "Why should Zhuang Tou be arrogant, who knows that among you and me, there will not be the next national thief who steals the throne and seizes power!" ”

"Chengjun Jiyan, if I can really have the nobility of Zhu Zi in the future, and I will be rich and noble with you, don't forget each other, and don't let the story of King Chen be beautiful in the past!" When Gao Shisheng heard his bold words, he didn't think he was angry, but joked and joked, and he swore an oath with him and never forgot to be rich and rich.

The wind of the world is all good to say, it can be said that everyone has the ambition to steal the country, although Seto Kasahisa is only a businessman, it is not ridiculous to have this "great ambition".

It's just that Gao Shisheng, as a child of the martial arts, knows the true origin of these two new Jiulang very well, and he is far from being as inspirational and unbearable as the market rumors.

Saito Shinkuro Michizo, there are too many names to change in his life, and there is no need to repeat it, his father, Matsuba Kizong, is a samurai in the north who is responsible for guarding the palace, because of the rebellion of Onin, the family is in the middle of the road, and the Mino is lost, and the father and son are both from the Nagai clan.

His younger brother Nanyobo is the guest of honor of Mino to protect the Toki family, Saito Michizo is far from the rumors in the market, relying on the skillful method of selling oil with one hand, and can pour oil into the container through a penny square hole without using a funnel so that the oil does not spill.

This kind of "only familiar hands" stunt can be used to protect the Toki family.

Another Ise Shinkuro Sakumo has an even more noble identity, and just looking at his family name "Ise", it is impossible for him to have nothing to do with ronin.

Ise Shinkuro Naga, the eleventh generation of the Ise-ryu clan of the Huan Wuping clan, and the son of Ise Sadaido, the lord of Takatsu Mountain Castle in China. When he became the lord of Xingguosi Castle, he changed his name to the heyday. When he went to Zen in Kyoto, he took the name Zongrui and called himself the master of Zaoyun Temple.

The Ise clan has always held prominent positions in the shogunate, and during the three generations of shoguns, the Ogasawara clan, the Imagawa clan, and the Ise clan worked together to reorganize the shogunate, and the Ise clan was in charge of the shogunate's ceremonies.

When he was more than 20 years old, he was recommended by the Kyoto Ise clan and served as the special introducer of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshishi, and was responsible for instructing the various names to approve the petition before meeting the shogun, and he still inherited the 3,000-stone of Bichu Takagoshi Mountain Castle.

The loss of the territory was after the Onin Rebellion.

In the second year of Oninto, under the imperial order of the shogun, he marched eastward along the Tokaido Road and went to Kanto to suppress the civil strife in the family of the Honikhiro Kokata of Izu Province.

Preparing to use his sister Kitagawa to ask the Imagawa clan to send troops to help suppress the Izu Kunihoriksu Princess.

Brother Kimura, who is not very educated, can't understand what the two are muttering, but they still know the meaning of wealth and nobility and the name of the national thief, and the two of them shouted urgently at the top of their voices: "Zhuangtou!" Zhuang head! Don't forget about such good things! ”

Mrs. Voice, provoked the monks who were chanting the scriptures on the other side to open their eyes together, glaring at the two of them fiercely, Kimura Heihachi did not fork, spat on the ground equally fiercely, and scolded in a low voice: "The bald donkey of the Shingon Sect is really a waste, and he has the ability to take someone to burn down the Zenko-in, and Naigong may even look down on you...... Woo."

Kimura Heiroku was calmer than him, although he didn't look down on those monks, but he also knew that they were not something that Zhuang could offend casually, so he quickly covered his brother's mouth and didn't let him, and continued to talk nonsense.

"Heiroku, let him go! Pingba, you are also silent, don't talk nonsense anymore, Shinjiuro is ambitious, I am far worse! ”

Ping Liu obeyed the order to let go of his brother, and after Ping Ba was let go, he wiped the spit on his mouth, and there were no words, and before he knew it, Gao Shisheng had established a preliminary prestige in the hearts of the two.

It's just that none of the three of them noticed it.

"What is the ambition of the head of the village?" Seto Fangjiu and the other three were also quite curious about Gao Shisheng, and couldn't help but ask in unison.

"Isn't that what I'm going to do?" Gao Shisheng's expression was complicated, and he pointed to the gate of the gate next to him.

The three of Seto looked at each other, and let the good Junfu serve the public, and come to the countryside of Yuanjiang to be an acting official of the village, what kind of ambition is this? I only heard that people go to high places, and water flows to low places, why does this Zhuang head want to do it the other way around.

The two Kimura brothers couldn't hide their thoughts, they both looked disappreciative, and almost asked directly: "Could it be that your ambition is to go back to your hometown in Yuanjiang Country to be a small village leader?" ”

"Working in Junfu City, eating well, living well, and giving a lot of wages, in the past, the people from the county were all high-headed horses, feathered and woven clothes, and the villain knelt aside every time to wait, I don't know how much envy, this is the real master!" Nitsu Sun Ichiro, who was originally hiding in the school room next to the door to avoid the wind, heard the conversation between several people, and couldn't help but poke his head out and joke.

Seto Fang, who had been old for a long time in the accident, immediately heard the insincerity of the words, and asked cautiously: "So is the ambition of the head of the village now considered to have been achieved?" ”

Gao Shisheng was silent for a moment, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and sighed leisurely: "The living will perish, Shakyamuni will inevitably smoke the sandalwood, and the joy will come, and the heavens and men are still on the day of the five decays." ”

The Kimura brothers and Niitsu Son Ichiro had not read any books, so they sat idly by with their hands copied and did not understand what they meant.

Although Seto Kasahisa did not know who said this, when he listened to the Heike pipa, the female wife would sometimes play and sing it.

This verse is from a prayer written by the scholar and poet Oe Asentsuna in the middle of the Heian period, and was later included in the "Tale of the Heike Family" by the former Shinano Governor.

Oe Asazuna used this sentence to lament his old friend Sugawara Michima, who was unable to change power, so that he was demoted to Dazaifu. The former president of Shinano used it as a metaphor for the prosperity and decline of the Isehei family, and Gao Shisheng recited at this time, expressing his desire to save his life in the doomed decline of the Imagawa family.

The meaning of it, Gao Shisheng naturally will not explain it to them, and he can't explain it, he can only look at the moon from afar, only silently.