Win the Ding 1617

Under the sunshine of southern Kyushu, a few samurai or ex-samurai, and now ronin are staggering drunk on the road between several villages, staggering all the way towards their destination that they don't know where they are.

Looking at the farmers working hard in the fields, the warriors did not know what to think of, and suddenly burst into bursts of wild laughter, and then they continued to move forward.

The farmers who were busy planting rice seedlings in the field saw that the group of drunks had gone far away, so they dared to raise their heads, wiped the sweat from their faces under the bamboo hats, and quietly walked towards the group of people in the paddy field contemptuously. Spit in the muddy water.

"A bunch of wild kids! Who knows if the money for drinking is sent by my daughter from Nanzhong!"

Since the Shimadzu family began to engage in marriage introduction and labor export (population trade?), the life of the samurai in the Shimadzu domain seems to be much better than before. Those who are wives and concubines can send back some Nanzhong Tongbao and cloth every year to help their families, so that those samurai gentlemen who only have Taro, Jiro, and Saburo in their families are envious of having daughters at home.

"Ah! It's a pity that the gentlemen of Nanzhong only want the daughter of the warrior master. No matter how beautiful our daughters are, they can't squeeze into the big sailing boat bound for Nanzhong!"

A farmer angrily threw the seedlings in his hand into the muddy water.

In this era dominated by agriculture, Japan was absolutely barren.In fact, even during World War II, Japan was already known as one of the great powers, and its food could not be completely taken care of by itself.And Kyushu.It is more barren.As a topographic environment with many mountains and little land, paddy fields are distributed in the east and west of the mountains.Under the scorching sun of the Pacific Ocean near the equator in summer, the farmers in the paddy fields really managed to drop the grains of sweat into the soil at noon on the day of hoeing.

According to the distribution standard of public four people six, farmers should hand over [-]% of the land harvest to the samurai masters, and the rest should be paid for land rent by themselves.After removing these two expenses, the rest is your own income.Without hardy rice varieties and double-cropping rice, farmers are struggling to survive.

Fortunately, not long ago, the shogun of Edo issued an order of benevolence to his own territory, relatives and daimyo, allowing farmers to use various special products to offset [-]% of the harvest.Such orders.It has also been promoted unprecedentedly in foreign sample daimyo in various places. Farmers seem to breathe a little bit, and there are a few more rice in the multigrain rice.Although it can't be compared with the samurai masters who can open a pork meat porcelain head from Nanzhong for ten days and eight days to greet a few friends to get drunk, but.such a day.The farmers are also very satisfied.

"Sanlang! Don't be lazy anymore! Hurry up and plant rice seedlings!"

Saburo who lost the seedlings in the paddy field.Hearing his father yelling and scolding behind him, he had to bend down and continue to work hard to plant rice seedlings.The moment he bent down, he clearly saw a few ripples splashed by his sweat beads on the water.

"Excuse me! Excuse me, is this Zhongchuan Village?" A person's questioning voice came from the road by the river. Judging from the accent, it should be someone from a nearby town, unlike the people from these villages. sound.

"Yes, this is Zhongchuan Village."

Taking the opportunity of answering other people's questions, Saburo raised his head again and won for himself a chance to straighten his waist and rest for a while.

"Excuse me, where is Jiro's house at the entrance of the village?"

"There are several Jiro at the entrance of Zhongchuan Village, which one are you talking about?"

Saburo looked at the visitor with great interest. What was different from the others was that there was a flag planted behind the visitor, which was somewhat similar to the appearance of the samurai masters when they went out to fight. There were a few words drawn on the flag and it was blown by the wind. Shi Juan and Shi Shu couldn't see clearly either, he was carrying a big package on his back, which seemed quite heavy.

"It should be Jiro next to the well at the entrance of the village. There is only one mother in the family."

"Oh! In the temple!"

"It's Jiro from the Iguchi family. He's a good friend of mine. Are you looking for him?"

Last year, Jiro secretly told Saburo that life in Zhongchuan Village was difficult and he could not support his wife. He planned to find a job in the town, but soon disappeared in the village. His wife cried several times because of this.Now that someone is looking for him, I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse.

"Yes! I am Goro from the Shunfeng Information Bureau! Please take care of me!"

Goro greeted Saburo with a bow, and at the same time showed the words of the Shunfeng Letter Bureau printed on his clothes, asking him to verify his identity.

"The letter bureau? What do you want to do with Jiro?"

"It's like this. Jiro from the Iguchi family in Nakagawa Village works part-time in Nanzhong. He sent his wages back through our letter office. He needs to hand it over to his mother to complete the procedure. Please take me to see his mother. "

"This bureau will discuss with the bank in batches, and there will be no withdrawals for the allocation of funds. The big bank has no small bank. If there is a small bank that is taken or a small bank is asked to indicate the approval or a letter to show the bureau, it is willing to return double to your family. Never. Going back on the word, Renshen Nian Shun Fengxin Bureau will start again."

In front of the low thatched hut of Jiro's house, people in the village were chattering and talking. After hearing Goro from the Shunfeng Letter Bureau read the instructions printed on Jiro's envelope, many people were still a little puzzled, so they had to listen to the letter. Goro of the Bureau explained.

"Our Shun Feng Xin Bureau evolved from the Shun Feng car shop opened by Mr. Li of Nanzhong. The business of Nankyushu is undertaken by Mr. Koga Kazuo who is stationed in Nanzhong from Shimadzu's family."

"Specially responsible for the exchange of money and items from Nanzhong to Kyushu! Please take care of me!"

Goro bowed to the whole village again!

Jiro's mother heard that there was news about her long-lost son, and she even sent someone (?) to deliver something. She was so happy that she didn't know what to say, but Saburo still had some ideas. He looked at Goro, "Goro-kun, you said Jiro has things, so what are they? Where are the things?"

"Mr. Jiro of Zhongchuan Village is working in Nanzhong. He bought some cloth and entrusted our letter bureau to deliver it to his mother." Goro said while looking out of the crowd. People looked out from his line of sight, A man with a load similar to his attire appeared at the entrance of the village.

Through the young master of the old man's family in the village.People learned that Jiro from the Iguchi family sneaked out last year and boarded a galleon (smuggling?) to Nanzhong on the pier. After arriving at Nanzhong, he was hired by the farm owner in Jiulongjiang. Now he is in Jiulongjiang There are already nine people working in the farm!

"Accompanying the letter, I enclose a salary of Wu Guannan Zhongtong Bao, two bolts of cotton cloth, and two meat porcelain heads. The meat porcelain heads were rewarded by the owner for his son's hard work and spare no effort. Mother, please taste it."

The person carrying the burden untied the two pieces of cloth hanging from the two ends of the burden and handed them to Jiro's mother, asking her to check whether the cloth was damaged or not.

Where had Jiro's mother had the chance to see such muslin?Weigh it with your hands, maybe a piece of cloth weighs dozens of catties?touch it.This is a cotton cloth made from fine cotton thread.It is many times better than that worn by the women of the local master's house.Holding it in my arms, I'm afraid others will snatch it away.

Goro took out the Wuguan Nanzhong Tongbao and two meat porcelain heads mentioned in Jiro's letter from the large package on his back, and the whole village immediately exclaimed again.

Rao, the local master claims to be a person who has seen the world, and he has never seen so many copper coins in front of his eyes at the same time!

A Nanzhong Tongbao weighs one coin.That is five grams.One thousand Tongtong treasures.That's five kilograms!Wu Guanqian is placed in front of people, no less than a small mountain of money suddenly appearing in front of them.

Seeing the money in front of her, Jiro's mother almost fainted from happiness.She grabbed her son's friend Saburo, "Saburo, please! Please pinch me!"

"My lord! It's true! Jiro brought it back to you!"

Saburo's father quietly walked up to the local master, and asked in a low voice if the two people from the letter bureau should be kept for lunch, so that Jiro's mother could learn more about his son's situation outside.

So, a bag of rice was generously taken out by the landlord, and he ordered someone to steam the rice. Today, Zhongchuan Village will treat the two masters of the letter bureau to dinner!

The pure white rice without radish and other things was put on the table, which moved Goro and his companions from the Shunfeng Bureau, and they couldn't stop standing up and bowing to Jiro's mother and the landlord to express their gratitude.

The landlord was very generous and ordered his daughter to bring a jug of sake from home. He wanted to get drunk with the two masters of the letter bureau (three people drink a jug of sake?)

After drinking a few glasses of wine with a thumb-sized wine glass, the landlord, as the person who used the seal for the receipt to the letter bureau, began to ask Goro of the letter bureau about our Jiro from Nakagawa Village in Nanzhong. situation.

In fact, the situation of Jiro in Nanzhong is already very clear in the letter he wrote. I have read the young master of the local master just now, but people never get tired of hearing good things, especially when they are told by others. people around me.

"This! You must take this money! If you take it to the town to find those townspeople to exchange for silver, remember, the usual money will be exchanged for a tael of silver. Don't let those black-hearted townspeople fool you! Or, remember to buy Tell him what price to pay with this kind of Tongbao, this money is what everyone from the general to all the big names and samurai masters are willing to ask for!"

"And what about the muslin?"

"Muslin?! It is a good thing that can make the eyes of people in the town bleed! On the way we came, there were two or three groups of shopkeepers who caught up and asked, if we sell it, can we buy a small gold?!"

"And that meaty head!" The guy who played the role of the porter finished three bowls of rice in one go, and kept passing the rice bowls to the people beside him, "Please work hard again!"

"The samurai masters buy it from Nanzhong, but it costs one or two taels of silver for twelve. In exchange for the price here, it costs about two pennies. But if it is sold in the store of the local people, it may cost one or two taels of silver. A hundred coins!"

In the twilight, Saburo sent the two messengers out of the village, and kept asking about the way to go to work in Nanzhong along the way. Goro knew everything, and set up a shop in Kyushu with Kazuo Koga and Shunfeng Li. Saburo was told about the recruitment of labor.

"The conditions are three meals a day, full rice, an egg for breakfast, fish and meat for lunch and dinner. A regular wage is paid every two months, a set of clothes and shoes every quarter, every ten days You can take a day off, and if you don’t take a break to work, there will be so-called overtime pay.”

"If you plan to go, go to the main city of Master Shimadzu and Master Huashan as soon as possible. Our letter bureau has stores there, and you can sign up for the test there."

such salary.There is also a living example of Jiro in the front, and Saburo can't help but be tempted. If he goes to Nanzhong to work for a few years and comes back, can he marry the daughter of the landowner's family as his wife?

However, at this time, the landlord is also thinking of a similar idea.

"Master Fengxing, I would like to ask you to help me find a way for my daughter to find a husband's family in Nanzhong."

Outside the main city of the Huashan family, in an izakaya, the head of the land humbly talked to a samurai who was serving six hundred stones in front of Huashan Kugao.

Feng Xing glanced at the two bolts of cotton cloth lying on the table, which he had bought from Jiro's old lady by deceit.It cost two small gold medals!

"The affairs of the bride going to Nanzhong are all handled by that humble guy, Kazuo Koga. He just came back these days, you can go and see him."

After a few years, Kazuo Koga couldn't believe his fatness.Take out the previous clothes at home and compare them.It seems that the waist at that time was not as thick as the legs now.The feet used to wearing satin shoes stepped on the clogs again.I feel so uncomfortable.

Not only did he feel uncomfortable.Even the son he gave birth to in He Jing was crying and wanting to go home, unwilling to stay here any longer.

This son is after he stole a banner daughter because he didn't control his younger brother for a while.I had to give birth.But after the son was born, his business was getting better day by day. Both the husband and wife thought it was the good luck brought to them by this child!

Looking at the meal with clear soup and little water in front of him, Kazuo Koga couldn't help but want to end his work in Kyushu as soon as possible and go back to Hue as soon as possible. The life there, not to mention Huashan Kugao, even Shimadzu Daimyo can't match it!

"Guhe-kun, you have done a good job in Nanzhong! Everyone is very satisfied!"

It is the current head of the Shimadzu family, Shimadzu Tadahiro, who rewarded Kazuo Koga with food and drink.

As the first daimyo to trade with the Nanzhong Army, although the Shimadzu family gave up the interests of Ryukyu, it was like playing Go, losing a small piece and gaining the biggest piece.The scene that several generations of Patriarchs dare not imagine has come true in the hands of Zhongheng, the Patriarch of this generation.

The samurai banners were all equipped with swords and guns imported from Nanzhong, and the iron cannons were replaced with imported iron cannons. In comparison, the so-called Tanegashima iron cannons are rubbish.Warriors at all levels had armor, and those large armors made of bamboo and inlaid with iron sheets were sent to temples for sacrificial purposes.

With the step-by-step expansion of strength, the seed called ambition began to grow rapidly under the water of fertilizer.However, since the shogunate began to enter Nanchu trade forcefully, the Shimadzu family inevitably suffered a lot.

However, when he went to Edo for an account, when he found that the big names that had trade relations with Nanzhong were showing off their strength there, he couldn't help cursing at home, these ignorant country bumpkins!With a few bad money banknotes, I don't know what my last name is!To show off your strength at this time, don't you ask the Tokugawa family to miss you and plot against you? !

In the process of confessing, he conspired with his son Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, who had lived in Edo for a long time and actually acted as a hostage, and who had gone to Hejing with Kawayama Hisaka.The father is in the feudal alliance with the Nabeshima family and the Huashan family to expand his strength. Once something happens, the father will go to Edo in person to exchange for his son. Mitsuhisa will inherit the position of the head of the family and carry out separatist affairs in Kyushu to attract the former Tokugawa Fight to the death for the establishment of the Shimadzu Shogunate with the enemies of the family as backup!

However, to do such a big thing, strength comes first!

In order to have sufficient strength, at least there must be equipment in the warehouse that can equip 1 people, from those conscripted peasants and soldiers, to iron cannons, to samurai at all levels. Such artillery is the icing on the cake!

But to do this, the most important issue is money.

Nowadays, daimyos everywhere are carrying out trade with Nanzhong, and the benefits brought by that kind of exclusive trade activities are gone. However, Kazuo Koga, who first proposed to start population trade with the Nanzhong Army, once again gave Shimadzu Tadahiro Bringing a golden way to make money.

Today, Koga Kazuo and Shunfeng Car Co., Ltd. jointly opened the communication and postal remittance business from Nanzhong to Kyushu. Every month, almost a thousand letters and parcels arrive in Kyushu via ships and enter the territory of the Shimadzu family.Calculated on the basis that every Kyushu person who works in Nanzhong and gets married sends home five thousand coins, every month there will be five thousand coins sleeping peacefully in the cash drawer of Koga Kazuo's store, and then his The messengers, who are called "Shui Ke" by the countrymen, were sent to various cities, towns and villages.

Zhongheng is going to make up his mind within this time!

"Your letter bureau. It has brought a lot of benefits to the common people and samurai in southern Kyushu, and it has also comforted the hearts of many mothers. Therefore, I told all places a few days ago that I will treat your letter bureau shops and your water messengers as equals. Strict protection! No one, including me, is allowed to infringe on the property of the messenger and the letter bureau! Once anyone dares to attack the letter bureau or the messenger, he is an enemy of my Shimadzu family! I will swear to death!"

Hearing the master's lord praise and support him so much, he was a low-level warrior of the Huashan family in the past.Kazuo Koga could only weep with gratitude.I fell down and bowed down.

"However, your letter bureau has too much money coming and going. It is inevitable that rogues and desperadoes everywhere will covet it. In order to prevent your loss and compensation. I decide. In the future, your letter bureau. Qian Bu And other valuables, all enter the treasury of the Shimadzu clan for preservation!"

this?Kazuo Koga felt that this matter seemed a bit inappropriate.But he couldn't bring it up in front of the Patriarch's lord, and besides, he couldn't think of anything inappropriate.

"Then, it's very cumbersome for messengers to go to and from various places!" Gu He tried to express his thoughts, "I'm afraid of causing trouble to all the stewards of the treasury!"

Zhongheng waved the fan in his hand very generously, saying that he would not.

"Every piece of money is exchanged for one tael of silver, and your messengers have a lot easier to travel around! I heard that a piece of cloth weighs tens of catties, and if you add a few coins on your body, it might weigh a hundred catties." ? If you meet bandits and rogues, you won’t be able to run away!”

The head of the Shimadzu family was very considerate of Koga's employees.

It turned out to be the idea!

Kazuo Koga suddenly realized!

When he returned to Kyushu after landing, he found that Nanzhong Tongbao was very popular in Kyushu and Japan because of its exquisite casting and uniform quality.In many shops, the exchange rate is always copper coins for one tael of silver.In some remote areas, even eight hundred cash can be exchanged for one or two taels of silver.In Nanzhong, the official exchange rate is one silver dollar for two pennies!

In this way, when merchants of Ming Dynasty went to Japan for trade, they collected gold judgments as the settlement unit. When they returned to Daming, they exchanged the gold judgments that were exchanged at a ratio of [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] according to the exchange rate of Daming, and immediately they could get Like huge profits, they all use exchange rate differences and information asymmetries to earn huge price differences.

No one is a fool.

Not only the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Fusang daimyo knew such tricks.

"My lord," the subject dared to ask, what is the lord doing for collecting so much money?

"One is the salaries distributed to officials and warriors at all levels, and the other is to go to the Nanzhong Trade Office!"

Facing Kazuo's questioning, which obviously violated the samurai hierarchy, Zhong Heng seemed to turn a deaf ear to it, and expressed his thoughts very bluntly.

"Then, the minister has a way. It can save a lot of trouble."

Kazuo Koga's method is actually very simple. After collecting the remittance fee from the Kyushu people in Nanzhong, he only sends out the letter, and the treasury of the Shimadzu family pays the same amount of silver instead of the letter bureau.The samurai or merchants of the Shimadzu family who went to Nanzhong to purchase can use the exchange certificate issued by the Shimadzu family to withdraw the same amount of copper coins from him for commercial activities in the Nanzhong area.However, in this process, he has to collect [-]% of the water transfer.

You greedy fellow!

Cursing is not cursing, but the expression on his face is still as calm as water, Shimadzu Tadatoshi nodded in agreement with Kazuo Koga's request.

In order to commend Kazuo Koga for opening a business house and letter bureau in Nanzhong, providing many necessities for the people of Kyushu, and improving the living standards of the people of Kyushu, Shimadzu Tadatoshi specially promoted Kazuo Koga to the post of executive, with a salary of [-] shi .Continue to be the business representative of the Shimadzu family in Nanzhong.

In addition, Shimadzu Tadahiro also found the cheap father-in-law of Kazuo Koga and asked him to treat this son-in-law kindly and not to embarrass him.

Facing Kazuo Koga, that Fengxing was already the same Liubaishishi as himself, and with the majesty of the feudal lord, a large number of gold and silver treasures from Nanzhong had no choice but to go down the donkey, holding his nose and recognizing this cheap uncle.

For a while, Shimadzu Tadatoshi and Koga Kazuo were all smiling, overjoyed that they had once again found a way to make money.

Because Kyushu was the first to export its population to Nanzhong, it had the most overseas remittances. However, these remittances have become the biggest help for the Shimadzu family to expand their strength.

Soon, this phenomenon of currency backflow was discovered by the guys in the investigation room and the business situation room. They found that the samurai of the Shimadzu family almost frantically purchased all kinds of military equipment and materials that the Nanzhong Army allowed to export. , The speed of the move and the amount of purchases are no less than that of the Tokugawa family.

"Isn't this great? Our products have become currency, and the currency has bought our products. Our products have made money, and the Shimadzu family has also expanded their strength. This is the best of both worlds!"

The financial war begins here!

Shou Han secretly smiled. (To be continued..)

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