Samurai of the Takeda Family

Yonglu seven years, March.

Hida's ice and snow have shown a tendency to recede and melt.

Shengang Castle, in the castle tower.

Shioya Qiuzhen raised the tea cup, took a kiss in her mouth, and then looked at the city lord of the Takeda family from Ming, suddenly feeling a little curious.

Shioya Qiuzhen is thirty-four years old this year. She is slightly fat, with a delicate skin and tender flesh. She has a pampered feeling. She wears a pair of small glasses of southern barbarians on her face, which looks quite like a modern profiteer. .

In fact, Shioya Qiuzhen is a businessman, and he is also a local wealthy family in Hida, with the official post of Chikuzenshou that he bought from the imperial court.

You can tell from his name that Shioya Qiuzada, the salt house he manages, controls the logistics and transportation of Hida's salt in the mountain country.

Because he holds salt in his hands, the power of the economic lifeline of the Hida country, the patrons of the Sister Xiaolu family and Jiangma family treat him as a guest.

Therefore, both in terms of status and strength, Shioya Qiuzhen feels that he is on the same level as the city lord of the Takeda family, Li Xiao.

And the name of the Ming Dynasty warrior Li Xiao of the Takeda family has now spread far in Hida. As a businessman traveling north and south, Shioya Qiuzhen has naturally heard of it.

Thinking of this, Yanwu Qiuzhen looked at Li Xiao a few more times. Although it was a little rude, he didn't care.

In fact, when I was invited to Shengang City this time, isn't it because the other party wanted me? If the attitude is slightly humble, then if the Lord of the City makes excessive demands, it will not be easy for him to refuse.

"Master Li Xiao, being able to build such a new city in just two months is really an amazing talent, and I am deeply impressed by it. I dedicated fifty quinces to express my congratulations." Shioya Qiuzhen The chubby face laughed, which made people feel a little amiable.

Li Xiao was also secretly trying to figure out the other party. Although the obese businessman had a nice smile and looked like an honest and harmless human and animals, he was a man with quite a hand.

In history, the sister of the sister-in-law's family and the elder and sister of the family's ancestor, Xiaolu Liangrai, had borrowed money from Shioya Qiuzhen several times, and now he still has papers to keep. He is a businessman with good financial resources.

After Takeda Shingen’s death, the Takeda family’s strategic focus shifted from Hida’s side to the West, and Uesugi Kenshin used this to carry out the over-the-world Hida strategy. Shioya Akizada changed and became Uesugi Kenshin’s power in the Hida country. His Meidai (agent), Jiangma Fraser, Sister Xiaolu Ryorai, and Uchijima Rishi are all controlled by him.

After Uesugi Kenshin died, he keenly caught the atmosphere and immediately turned to attach to Oda Nobunaga. After the change of Innoji Temple, this person became a subordinate of the North 6 lone wolf Sasa Narasa, and has maintained his position of influence in the Hida country.

From Sister Koji Ryorai to Uesugi Kenshin, and then from Oda Nobunaga to Sasana Masa, he is constantly changing the main family to protect and obtain his own interests.

However, from the perspective of business, Qiuzhen Shioya's move is nothing more than a profit-seeking behavior by businessmen, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After learning about this person, Li Xiao knew that this person was different from Jiangma Fraser and other samurai names. If he used strong coercive methods, it would be counterproductive.

One thing that businessmen have in common is a profit. They want to achieve a win-win situation.

Li Xiao nodded and said: "You are polite, you can see that your Excellency came with kindness. In this case, I will speak bluntly. This time the new city has just been built. The cost is a lot and the armaments are insufficient. You need to ask you to handle it."

Yanya Qiuzhen asked, "How much munitions the Lord Lord of the city, and how much is it willing to pay for it?"

Li Xiao laughed and said with a smile: "It's true that Lord Xinxuan has given our army funds to build this city. It has already been spent, so I can't even get a piece of it."

Shioya Qiuzhen did not show any surprise, and said: "My Lord City Lord, I am very sorry. Merchants also have the rules for merchants. If there is no money to trade, I believe that no one will be willing to do this at a loss."

Li Xiaoyan said: "I didn't mean to be embarrassed. In fact, I still came to discuss with your Excellency. I know your Excellency, in addition to operating salt houses and controlling the transportation of Viet-China to Hida Salt Industry, at the same time is also operating two replacement houses in Viet-China, right? ?"

The two-pass house is similar to today’s banking and financial industry. It conducts the business of large and small judgments, exchange of circulating currencies such as Dingyin, Xiaoyuyin, Yongle Tongbao, and bad money, and loan sales. In addition, it also conducts gold carving business. , That is, the gold and silver are made into large scale and small scale. Weighing currencies such as dingyin are similar to European gold coins, silver coins and Ming Dynasty horseshoe silver, which are commonly known as silver ingots and silver ingots.

Facing Li Xiao's rhetorical question, Yanwu Qiuzhen frowned slightly, nodded, and said: "Sir, the Lord of the City, knows everything about the next. However, the next is not a strong business, just barely maintain it." ,

Yanwu Qiuzhen thought that Li Xiao was also looking for a loan from him to buy military rations, just like her sister Xiaolu Lianglai.

However, he is also happy to do such a thing. As a businessman, he must lay a good joint with the local forces in exchange for sufficient benefits. Therefore, Shioya Qiuzhen made herself a little bit shy first, lest the other lion speak loudly, and then bargain with each other.

"Not only that, but I also know that the silver mines in Shengang Yinshan of the Jiangma Family were all exchanged for copper coins, military rations, and salt by your Excellency, right?"

Yanwu Qiuzhen showed a look of surprise on her face. The meaning of this statement is very clear. You actually also know about Shengang Yinshan.

Li Xiaoyan said: "You don’t need to be surprised. At present, the Jiangma family’s Shengang Yinshan has been mortgaged in my hands by the Jiangma family’s governor Jiangma Huisheng. Well, or it can be said that Shengang Yinshan’s control is in my hands. Hands."

Shioya Qiuzhen showed a look of enlightenment, and said: "Master Jiangma, actually mortgaged Shengang Yinshan to your Excellency. Obviously, he paid a lot of money for the position of the house governor this time."

Li Xiao laughed and said, "Your Excellency, do you know the situation of Hida country now?"

Shioya Qiuzada was taken aback for a moment, and then he thought about saying, "Your excellency, is the Takeda family going to make a big move into Hida?"

It would be Li Xiao's turn to be surprised. Although the Takeda Army marched into Hida, although it was not a top-secret news, as a businessman on the other side, he was able to learn about it, which is clearly well-informed.

Yanwu Qiuzhen shifted her fat body and explained with a smile: "Being a businessman, of course, I have the need to understand the intelligence of various places. This is not strange."

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Since your Excellency knows about this, then I will not hide it. At the moment, Jiangma's family has already surrendered to my Takeda family. The remaining sister Xiaolu family of Hida country, Neijima family. The sister Xiaolu family is. Hida is the most powerful daimyo in the country, and the inner island family also has the danger of returning to the cloud city."

"Lord Xinxuan has already made a decision to destroy Hida's determination. But Hida country is small and barren, and the rations produced are not enough to support the consumption of the conquest army, so Lord Xinxuan ordered me to be here. Build a city to prepare for the need to stock up on food."

Seeing Li Xiao telling the truth, Shioya Qiuzhen felt that the other party was a frank person, and Su Rong asked: "Then dare to ask how many troops will the Takeda family send to conquer the Hida country? The difficulty of conquering Hida country since ancient times is not The reason is that the battle is difficult, and the mountain roads are difficult and dangerous, so the food transfer is inconvenient. Although the Takeda family has the support of the Kamoka Castle and the Jiangma family, there are too many troops to support, and the local army is not enough to support. Conquer the place."

Li Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Xinxuan was appointed to serve the army and supervise the grain and grass. The army has already received the army order, and it cannot be delayed for a moment. Otherwise, I will be punished if the army order is delayed. So Please also Mr. Chikuzen, be sure to help me this time."

Yanwu Qiuzhen looked embarrassed and said bluntly: "Master Li Xiao, I am very willing to help your Excellency, but you don't have military funds to buy food. This really makes it a bit difficult to get down."

Li Xiaoyan said: "Naturally, I won't bother Mr. Chikuqianshou, Lord Shingen's army funds, although they have not been allocated yet, I have Ginzan Shinoka in hand."

After speaking, Li Xiao took out a silver tire and delivered it to Shioya Qiuzhen, and said: "I will use this to buy from you, how about it?"

In fact, Shingen Takeda asked Li Xiao to purchase military rations this time. He did not plan to use it. Instead, he switched to using the silver tires mined from Kamioka Yinshan this time as currency.

We must know that since Li Xiao appointed Dazang Chang'an as Shengang Yinshan, Great Zang Changan has carried out his Shengang Yinshan mining plan in full swing.

Before the Great Tibet Chang'an recruited 300 people from all over Hida for mining, and used the ash-blowing method for gold alchemy. At that time, the amount of mining at Ginoka Silver Mountain increased sharply.

Yanwu Qiuzhen took the silver fetus from Li Xiao. The silver fetus was not pure white, and there were a lot of black impurities on it.

Shioya Qiuzhen lifted the glasses on the bridge of her nose, squinted her eyes for a while, and said in amazement: "This is ash, and the purity is extremely high. Where did you get it? Oh, I know. Yes, your Excellency is making gold in Shengang Yinshan using the ashes method?"

Li Xiao nodded and said, "Exactly."

Ash-blowing silver is a silver tire made by ash-blowing gold. The purity is between -98. In terms of the purity of silver generally used in Japan at that time, it is already quite high. Ding Yin and Xiaoyu Yin in silver.

The ashes silver produced by the Kamioka Mine, under the refining of the Great Zang Changan, the purity is close. Compared with the gold, silver and money trading system implemented during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Edo Ginza product is said to have the highest purity. The purity of Qingchangding silver is only reached.

Therefore, ash blown silver can be used directly as a weighing currency, and it is very convenient, and it is a hard currency that all merchants are willing to accept.

Yanya Qiu Sadamoto is also worried that Li Xiao, like the previous Jiangma family, will exchange silver tires of low purity and poor workmanship with him. Right now Li Xiao can be made with such high purity and can be directly sold in the market. When the circulation of ashes blows silver, the eyes suddenly shine with golden light, yes, it is the gold of money.

For Shioya Qiuzhen, how much such ash blown silver is, and how much does it need.

Yanwu Qiuzhen looked at Li Xiao again, this person is really extraordinary.

Qiuzhen Yanwu said: "It is an honor to be able to do things for Master Li Xiao. How much food and grass do you need, how much money, I will do it for you."

Shioya Qiuzhen's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn.

Li Xiao shook his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Yanwu, this is too much. There is a Chinese saying that this is now and then. Now the situation has changed. Now it is not the Jiangma family who is in charge, but my Takeda family. Call the shots. I heard from Mr. Jiangma Fraser before that when Jiangma’s family used silver tires to trade with you, Ranwen.com, you bought them with bad money, right?"

Bad money is a kind of copper coin, which is different from the high-quality Yongle Tongbao. Bad money is a copper coin made by the Japanese Daimyo. There are various styles. The Japanese moneymaking craftsmanship was not good at that time, so the basic workmanship is poor and the quality is low. It's one world and one underground in comparison.

In the past, Yanwu Qiuzhen used bad money to buy the inferior silver tires of the Jiangma family. It was cheating against cheating, defective versus inferior. And as a merchant of two replacement houses, Yanwu Qiuzhen naturally had to charge a sum of silver in exchange. Handling fee between copper.

But now there are high-quality gray silver, if Li Xiao is willing to buy the bad money from Yanwu Qiuzhen, it would be a bit unwise.

The small eyes behind Yanwu Qiuzhen's glasses gleamed, and he nodded and said: "Well, I will use Yongle Tongbao to exchange it with your Excellency."

Next, the two sides will discuss how to exchange Huixi Silver and Yongle Tongbao.

Li Xiao decided to refer to the ratio specified by the Tokugawa Shogunate in the 14th year (9 years) of the Tokugawa Shogunate's Keicho period, which is 1 tael of gold = silver mesh = 1 penny of Yongle Tongbao = 4 penny of evil money.

As for the purchase of military rations, it must be determined according to the local current prices. In the Edo period, when there was no war, the money was usually exchanged for 3-4 shi. However, in the war-torn warring states, there was no farming, so it was the price of food. Soaring.

When Li Xiao bought grain from Yanwu Qiuzhen, he had to take into consideration that it was the beginning of the spring, and it was at the peak of the grain and grass. In addition, the high roads and inconvenient transportation of Hida National Mountain increased the freight.

So the final decision is to exchange it with one stone.

One stone is one hundred and fifty kilograms, which is five soldiers' rations for two months, so in terms of the Takeda Army's 3,500-strength Hida Expeditionary Army.

The food and grass needed to maintain for two months must be 700 shi. Of course, if the army is out of unnecessary consumption on the march and spare expenditures, Li Xiao must prepare a thousand shi.

Originally, Li Xiao’s current 5,000 shi territory was used to collect food worth 3,000 shi at the standard of three men and two people. However, last year’s income was swallowed by the former owner of the Heshang family. The surplus of Li Xiao's income last year can only maintain his 200 standing reserves.

Only then can't go to the salt house Qiuzhen to buy grain.

However, for Li Xiao, with the Shengang Mine, his territorial economic model can be transformed.

It doesn’t need to be like ordinary daimyos. They have an agricultural economic model in their territories, and they use agriculture as their main tax revenue. Such daimyos sell military rations in exchange for copper as their main income.

With Yinshan, the grain and grass harvested in Li Xiao's territory can be used for his own consumption without selling, and the ash blown silver produced by Yinshan will be exchanged for Yongle Tongbao as monetary income.

There is no way for Li Xiao to keep the secrets of Ginzan Shinoka, not for outsiders, especially his family knows that if it is leaked, Shingen Takeda, who regards wealth as fate, will definitely take Ginzan Shinoka back to his home as a straight collar. of.

In this way, Li Xiao can always only be the sad fate of a worker ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ so Li Xiao can not take out the ashes and pay taxes to buy, otherwise he will be suspected of the source of the ashes, which will cause people to live. suspect.

Li Xiao used the same method as the Jiang Ma family, by secretly selling the silver tires to Yanwu Qiuzhen in exchange for copper coins, and through such hidden channels, sold all the silver on hand.

Through this secret channel, Shioya Qiuzhen conducts exclusive business and can obtain a large amount of profit every year.

Therefore, Yanwu Qiuzhen will also swear to keep this secret for Jiangma or Li Xiao.

In fact, when Takeda Shingen gave Li Xiao 1,200 guanjun funds to buy military rations, after deducting one thousand guanjun, Li Xiao also made a surplus of two hundred guanjun. But Li Xiao, of course, left the Yongle Tongbao behind, and exchanged the Ashes with Silver and Salt House Qiuzhen.

Then the Yongle Tongbao in Li Xiao's hands can be used as a salary to his subordinates, and part of the tax revenue of the territory is paid to his family and the like. . ..

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