Edo Traveler

In April, the princes who had received the news of the assembly rushed to Edo in an endless stream. However, because the reconstruction of Edo has not yet fully begun, the shogunate strictly ordered all the ranks of the princes to be reduced by half. In this way, the number of people who have to be accounted by the prefecture is reduced to ensure that Edo does not have a situation where it is difficult to supply essential supplies such as food.

The princes also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Most of their houses under Edo Castle had been burned down, and there were too many people to live in. Now many princes can only live in the lower houses in the suburbs, and there is nothing to do.

By the way, Chungemon needs to curse here, and the upper house of the princes, which is also the residence of the shogunate, all needs the shogunate to pay for the construction. Although this was a very normal operation in the feudal era.

The king asked the princes to come to live in the capital, and reward him with a gorgeous mansion, as well as singing and dancing girls, so that he could not take care of the army and government affairs in the territory. But that was when the king had money. Now the king has no money.

Do evil!

However, the shogunate had to swell the face to fill the fat man with this kind of thing, and build residences for them according to the prince’s family style. Otherwise, there would be nowhere to put the face of the Tokugawa family, and the majesty of the shogunate would be laughed at.

Come on, swallow the bitter fruit with tears. It was another hundreds of thousands of expenses, and it was so easy to send so many female officials to leave Daao. This time it was nothing but the expenses.

Of course, there are also daimyo who will build their own houses. However, these are all special circumstances, such as welcoming the general to come to play in his own home, or if he has become a consort, constructing a big red gate to welcome the princess's marriage. These constructions were all borne by the daimyo himself, and the shogunate generally would not pay for it.

Hey, don't mention it, let's have a meeting. The Edo Castle was not repaired, so the shogunate’s summons was naturally changed to Zojoji Temple. Zojoji Temple, which was damaged by the earthquake at the end of October last year, has now been repaired and cleaned up. There is also a pavilion for the generals to visit here. Temporary residence and office.

Because Chuemon did not deliberately conceal anything about the nation's large-scale production of the silk industry, when the princes arrived in Edo one after another, they basically knew the meaning of the shogunate.

If you want an interest-free loan from the shogunate, you have to agree to the right to buy and sell raw silk!

Can raw silk make money? People with bright ears and eyes have already gone to Yokohama to inquire, but ordinary princes who are ignorant or incompetent obviously occupy the majority. These people are in the fall of the curtain in history, whoever comes to surrender, anyway, everything follows the trend.

To say that they are not good, the shogunate was defeated in Fushimi Toba, these people all voted for the shogunate, and the lineages were all the same. But let's say they are okay. When the feudal clan was abolished and the county was restored, the people didn't have any fierce resistance, and directly handed over the territory and the people.

See how Chuemon uses them in the future...

More than two hundred and ninety great names, with more than a dozen flags with a territory of several thousand stones, all kneeled quietly in front of the Tokugawa family, one by one, to salute the Tokugawa family.

The summoning today is nominally because April 8th is the birthday of General Tokugawa's family. In a word, it is "Tianqing Festival" or "Same Day Longevity Day". The princes originally had to visit the Tokugawa family as usual, and then present souvenir gifts to congratulate their birthdays.

"Rejoice with all the Qings!" Tokugawa Jiading was very impatient with this ritual, which took at least three hours to sit in meditation, but as a general, he couldn't help it.

When Chuemon told him to cancel the single congratulations, he agreed without hesitation. It's not that I want to cancel, they forced me, really.

So today, everyone will give a gift to the Tokugawa family, and kowtow is considered a congratulation. As for birthday gifts to generals, they are all discounted. The rest of the time, everyone sits down and talks about the issue of disaster relief funds.

"I want to come to you to know that this time the world has been plagued, all the people are wailing, and the general has a heart to love the people, and will lend money to you." Chungemon sat in front of the princes.

"According to your request and the current status of the shogun’s kujin, this time I will lend 1,250 thousand taels to you. But you also need to encourage the consignees to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, and sell the cocoons to Naraya. Can it!"

Of the 1.2 million taels lent to the princes this time, Chuemon and Shigeru Nara paid out 750,000, and the remaining 500,000 was not paid by the shogunate. It was Ii Naobe who let the world’s wealthy merchants. The remaining money is donated to the shogunate. To put it bluntly, in this case, the shogunate lent a piece of tiger skin to Chuemon.

A dime was not spent from the shogunate’s gold deposits, and even if the loans of the princes were interest-free loans, they still had to be repaid to the shogunate for three years and five years, eight years and ten years. Ii Naobe will never let the Tokugawa family's Seiyuguchi open, and forgive someone's loan.

If it weren't for the discovery of a large vein at Ashio Copper Mountain, the red copper would be beckoning to Chuemon, and Chuemon would not take so much cash with Shigeru Nara and lend it to the princes. The money was originally meant to be spread across the country. Now let the princes go home to plant mulberry trees, and then Shigeru Nara will cultivate a little more silkworm seeds to do the preparatory work.

When the preparations are finished, the money from Ashio Copper Mountain will come continuously, just in time, perfect!

"This is the imperial order of Kamikaze." Looking at the comments of the princes below, Ii Naobi didn't immediately respond to Chuemon, so he prepared to help Chuemon to stand for a while.

"Chengzhi!"

With his voice, the princes of UU reading www.uukanshu.com are still afraid of it. Compared to the Tademon who can be accommodating and negotiating, Naobi Inui is obviously more tough, and he was even more jealous of the princes.

"Okay! Now that you all agree, please sign the monogram on this document and hand over the monopoly of raw silk to Naraya." Chuemon Nodded toward Ii Naobi, and started the long scroll.

It is just a gentleman's agreement, and it is not expected that each of these princes can abide by this monopoly instrument. It's just that when necessary, the shogunate can make multiple excuses.

With the idea of ​​borrowing the money from the shogunate to go home, the princes came up to sign the monopoly, which was regarded as official and recognized Shigeru Nara, that is, Tokugawa Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s monopoly on raw silk in Japan.

Taking this opportunity, Chuyouemon is the chief director, who is also the president of the club. Tokugawa Kogyo Co., Ltd., with Shigeru Nara as the actual operator, was officially established.

Hongzhiwu Jinshan and Ashio Copper Mountain are directly charged into this club and become a source of cash flow for the club. The raw silk industry has become the rolling force for the continuous development of the entire club.