Swallow Back

Jinghe Ashaji was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "In your opinion... even without the supervision of parents, teachers, or masters, can you enter the husband's house as a decent bride?"

What's the mess?

Liu Yun felt completely incomprehensible, but he was too lazy to think about it, so he simply nodded: "Probably."

"Is that so..." Jinghe Ashaji said quietly, and then smiled calmly and confidently again: "Okay, please let us help you settle these sympathetic women and children! "

Chapter 59 Advancements in the Era

Liu Yun neatly handed over the task of communicating with women and children to the silly girl Jinghe Ashaji.

In this matter, the silly girl was particularly motivated, even more enthusiastic than Liu Yun, the righteous master.

Because she felt that this was a matter of great importance to the survival of hundreds of people, and it was an act of justice.

Liu Yun asked her to do a rough survey and statistics to see what the five hundred women thought themselves, and then make follow-up plans.

Jinghe Ashaji agreed very happily.

The two sides agreed to continue discussing the issue the next morning.

At the same time, Liu Yun sent his retainers to Hengshan City to ask for a military service roster, hoping to find a list of single junior warriors and veterans.

As for himself, he only did one serious thing all day, which was to add his saliva to a rice ball, claiming that it was the secret medicine for healing, and let the injured girl Rinko with a single ponytail eat it.

This situation is obviously inconvenient to tell the truth.

Then, Liu Yun was going to sneak around and stroll around the castle town.

Speaking of which, he has been on business in Hengshan City quite a few times, but he has never had the time to look around. Isn't it inappropriate?

I followed the servants in advance and said that if I had something to do, I would come to the liquor store on the street to find it, and then go shopping.

……

In other words, before he knew it, Liu Yun had been a samurai for two or three months.

It was already winter, and even some floating ice began to appear on Lake Biwa, so the temperature can be imagined.But as long as the weather is not rainy or snowy, the castle town at the foot of Yokoyama Castle will not lack passenger flow.

After all, most of the people who do business are not tycoons, but ordinary people.

If the people do not come out to work, they will lose their income.

It doesn't matter if you stand outside and get cold.But if you don't earn enough money, you will starve to death.

For castle towns in such inland areas, the early winter season is often the most prosperous for business.

Nearby farmers and lower-level samurai will use the village as a unit to pack the surplus grain and other crops harvested in autumn, and find a way to transport it to the towns and towns to sell.Then they have a little spare money in their hands, and they will buy the necessary clothes, tools, household items or other daily necessities.In this process, small traders and craftsmen make money, and they will continue to consume, and the effect will continue to extend...

The territory under Liu Yun's name is of course the same.

The difference is that Hayami Kiyobei, a retainer, worked well, and found a merchant to sign a unified purchase order in advance, guaranteeing a relatively favorable price and saving a lot of trouble.

However, not every village has this condition.

Most farmers can only try their luck by pulling their goods to the castle town, and they will be happy if they sell at a good price, but they can only swallow the bitter fruit in case of a downturn in the market.

Along the way, Liu Yun didn't see a few high-end retail stores, nor did he see a few well-dressed people.

Perhaps the "middle class" were reluctant to hang out on this day when the peasants were in town, so as not to appear unseemly.

The streets are full of poor people wearing tattered cotton clothes, pushing carts and donkeys to transport goods, gathering in groups of three or five.Among them, most of the young people have an expectant look, while the old people are often uneasy.

Many small traders are bargaining with them, and the chirping voices gather together, making Liu Yun think of the vegetable market in his previous life, which is very life-like.

There are also lucky villagers who sold out the goods at a satisfactory price early and started shopping happily.Of course, it must be the cheapest grocery store.

A small number of troops patrolled around to maintain order.

A blue-clothed samurai who looked like a town practiced, stood in the center of the castle town and kept shouting: "Rakushi Leza! Leshi Leza! Free trade, no monopoly! Free trade, no monopoly! Five points of public service! Five points of public service! Buyers and sellers pay five points of public service! Mr. Kinoshita specially ordered that no matter what goods are traded in the castle town this month, only five points of public service will be charged! But if anyone tries to escape even this point of public service, If caught, you will be fined at least ten times as much!"

Around the town of Fengsong, there are several literati and assistants who look like clerks who are doing accounts and records. There is also a large box for collecting money, and of course there is no shortage of guards to protect the money.

Liu Yun watched from the side, and immediately understood that this town implements the so-called "five-cent public service", which means that in any transaction, both the buyer and the seller have to pay 5.00% of the total transaction amount as taxes and fees.

To use the professional vocabulary of later generations, it is a [-]% turnover tax.

I feel that this ratio is quite high, especially the profit of grain trade is not very high...

Liu Yun was a little worried about whether it would cause a great burden to the people.

However, after some observation, it seems that everyone lined up to pay taxes honestly to the town.

And there was generally no resistance or boredom, as if the number was not worth mentioning.

With doubts, he walked for a while, and reached the edge of the castle town. He was about to walk into the wild, where people were sparse. Only then did Liu Yun finally hear a slight complaint.

A young farmer was calculating: "We sold 28 shi and six buckets of grain, sold 830 guan and [-] renminbi, and paid [-] renminbi for public service. Then the merchant who bought the rice would have to pay that much... If we don't Transport it to the castle town and sell it secretly outside, can you save the money?"

Then the old man next to him laughed and said, "What nonsense! If you don't ship it here to sell it, firstly, you don't know what price is right, and you can only let the businessman be deceived. Even under the eyes of the city master, businessmen dare not come here!"

The young peasant pouted a little displeased: "Sure enough, it's better to be the city lord. After drawing so much money in the blink of an eye, there is no need to go to the ground. Otherwise, why would everyone want to be a samurai..."

The old man shook his head again and retorted: "You baby is too young, this year is not bad, there are more than [-] kans left after handing over to the public service! Last year was almost the same amount of food, but there is no such thing as public service, but only the monks appointed it. The three commercial houses have monopoly rights, and the price of [-] yuan per stone, what do you calculate?"

The young farmer pinched his fingers and calculated, and then he was greatly surprised: "It can only be sold for less than twelve pieces? What does this monopoly mean? Isn't all the difference in the middle earned by the monks? That monk is not More money than a samurai?"

Hearing this, the old man snorted softly: "Aren't monks richer than warriors in this land before? At that time, whoever dared not to greet monks before doing business would naturally be served by monks and soldiers! At the end of this year, the master of Zhang Kingdom came, and others said I have never seen with my own eyes how many bad things they have done. I have seen the monks be cleaned up, the rice can be sold at a good price, and this year they have made three or four more money than last year. That's a great thing!"

The young peasant wondered: "Then...then who was in charge of this place...by the way, Asai! I heard that this place was not under the management of Mr. Asai Bizen before? What did the old man do? Why didn't he clean up the monk?"

The old man smiled and said meaningfully: "Of course, this is because the Asai family was bought by the monk!"

The young peasant was still puzzled: "Then why can't the monk buy the Owari people?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's not just bribes, but the Asai family's strength is not enough, so I don't dare to tear my face with the monk."

The young peasant asked the bottom line: "Then why is Owari so powerful, and dare to tear his face with the monk? Our samurai master from Omi can't do it?"

The old man couldn't answer right now, so he was so embarrassed that he scolded angrily: "Okay, okay, why are you talking so much nonsense, can you marry a daughter-in-law after thinking about it all day?"

The young man shrank his head and seemed still very unconvinced, but did not dare to speak back.

Then, those peasants hummed folk songs of unknown tune, pushed the empty carts, and walked away with heavy silver coins.

……

Seeing such a scene in secret, Liu Yun couldn't help laughing.

Before, he pushed the boat into the Oda family and became Kinoshita Tokichiro's subordinate.

But now it seems that compared with other feudal forces, the Oda family still seems to have a certain advanced nature in it.

It feels slightly pleasant.

At least he is not helping the tyrants for the sake of glory and wealth!

I dare not say that it is a partner of justice, at least not an accomplice of evil.

After wandering around like this, Liu Yun was generally satisfied with what he had seen and heard.

It seems that the Oda family's rectification of the business order is very effective. The upper layer does not delay tax collection, and the bottom layer benefits. Those who have been attacked have been attacked by the "middlemen" who used to bully the market and monopolize the market.

This should not be harmful to the progress of the overall productivity of society.

After wandering a little tired, Liu Yun came to the good quality wine house where he had dinner last night.

It was around eleven o'clock in the morning, there were very few guests and business was deserted, so there was no need to enter the private room, so I sat down by the window along the street, ordered some wine and food, and tasted it slowly.

While eating and drinking, a stranger approached suddenly.

Liu Yun turned his head to look, just in time to hear the timid girl's voice:

"Master, do you need someone to serve you? I can do anything, and the money is not high..."

In front of her was a delicate little girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing an old, faded, patched, but well-washed sackcloth shirt, her face was slightly yellow, very thin, and seemed to be malnourished all year round.

The little girl seemed to try her best to make a gentle and attractive business-style smile, but she was obviously very inexperienced, her limbs trembled and her voice murmured.

I don't know how much courage it took to take the initiative to "acquire customers".

Liu Yun felt a little strange.

It is not uncommon that there are errant women in the castle town, doing shameful business.

But this naive and timid little girl in front of her didn't really look like a professional, but rather like a victim who was forced by the gang to come out to pick up customers for the first time.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it is deliberately pretending to be pure.

But how can a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old girl have such acting skills?

Liu Yun suddenly felt a little curious and compassionate.

Chapter 60 Injustice

It just so happened that the waiter of the wine house came with a wooden plate to deliver the dishes. When he saw the little girl, he immediately lowered his face and scolded: "We are a high-end restaurant, please don't come in casually, it will cause trouble for the distinguished guests!"

The little girl shivered a bit after being scolded, her eyes suddenly became wet, and she shrank her shoulders and walked out.

"Wait a minute!" Liu Yun waved: "Let this girl stay, I want to talk to her."

The waiter was stunned when he heard the words, and immediately changed his flattering face. He bowed and said, "If the guest officer needs this service, although there is no such service in the store, you can immediately contact the most high-end travel girl nearby! There is no need to pay attention to this... …”

Liu Yun frowned, took out a piece of Yongle money tip and threw it out, interrupting, "It's none of your business, you can go."

When the waiter saw that there was a tip—and it was not privately minted bad money, it was four times the value of Yongle money. Of course, he was overjoyed, and there was no more nonsense. He respectfully handed the plate of food, and bowed down and said, "Guest officer, your The food and drinks are ready, please enjoy slowly!"

He left in a hurry.

The fourteen- or fifteen-year-old girl, with a surprised expression on her face, hurried up and said, bowing and saying, "Thank you sir! Thank you sir! I can do anything, and I will definitely satisfy you!"

Liu Yun shook his head expressionlessly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the seat opposite.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, not knowing why, she carefully sat down slowly, and asked timidly: "Master, what are your orders?"

Liu Yun slowly drank a saucer of wine, sighed, and asked, "Tell me about your situation! Did something happen at home, or were you persecuted?"

When the little girl heard this, she looked flustered and forced a smile: "Master is joking, no..."

Liu Yun lightly interrupted the other party's unskilled lies: "It won't hurt you to tell the truth."

The little girl opposite looked up in amazement.

Then, the moment she met Liu Yun's gaze, she immediately lost her mind and could no longer tell lies.

This is because Liu Yun has integrated the demagogic red gouyu into his body, and his words and deeds will naturally have mysterious abilities even if they are not deliberately driven.

In the face of ordinary people who are not firm enough in mind, just a glance at each other can make the other party bow their heads and obey orders.