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From the beginning of large-scale construction in the 11th year of Keicho to the 5th year of Kanei today, Edo Castle has gradually improved its castle defense system. There are about ten miles from east to west, and the city wall from north to south is eight miles, and there are inner moats and outer moats around the city wall, and the outer moat is about thirty miles long. Like the inner moat, it is made of a huge stone wall. In such an era of cold weapons, the two moats became the defenders' right-hand men, not to mention, there are 20 watchtowers named "Sakurada Turre" and "Fuji Turre" on the castle, and 36 gates such as "Tiananmen", "Shimizu Gate" and "Sakurada Gate" on the city wall provide a good way for the Qimoto samurai in the castle to go out of the city to counterattack the enemy army.

The castle is dotted with high-society districts called "Yama Hands", including the residential areas of the daimyo and the residential areas of the shogun's confidant Bannermoto, as well as the civilian and commercial areas called Shitamachi, and in addition to these two, there are palaces such as Honmaru, Ninomaru, Sannomaru, and Nishinomaru.

After the "Hyakunin Bansho", the last guard to meet the shogun during the Tokugawa shogunate era, Matsudaira Nobutsuna came before the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, the de facto ruler of Japan.

In the castle tower of the five-story castle tower.

An iron cannon tightly tied with white cotton thread, a small cotton bag, and a bunch of purple roots. Horizontally placed in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

"Thirty Lang, is this the result of your trip to Nanzhong to negotiate trade?" Although he is not the emperor, Iemitsu's voice is as hollow and jerky as the emperor, and it is like a projection of Amaterasu in the world.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna, the former surname of Iemitsu and the leader of the team on this visit to Nanzhong, crossed his hands on the ground, his forehead pressed tightly against his fingers, and listened to the sound floating down from mid-air.

"Yes! The lord, the subordinates took these items, just to explain them to the lord in detail. ”

"Good! Then you and I will raise our heads and tell them one by one! "Iemitsu's voice is still empty and jerky, but the voice is not so cold, this, Shinzuna, who has been with the newborn Jiaguang since he was eight years old, is naturally very clear.

When he raised his head, the first thing that caught his eye was the iron cannon held high in Jiaguang's hand. The body of the gun made of camphor wood, the black barrel is made of fine iron, tied tightly with white cotton thread, the woody color of the clear oil paint, the metallic texture of the barrel, and the white cotton thread give people a more indescribable beauty.

Jiaguang fiddled with the attachments such as the fire rope and the medicine coiled aside, "How much silver does this iron cannon cost?" ”

"Returning to the lord, such an iron cannon, the unified price for export is forty yuan Nanzhong silver coin, which is equivalent to about forty yuan of Yongle Tongbao!"

"Forty runs? Forty?! Iemitsu kept muttering to himself.

"Yes, forty rounds, and another twenty rounds of ammunition, including gunpowder and projectiles. Nanzhong businessmen said that if they followed the operation process and blew up within 50 rounds of shooting, they were willing to pay 10 times the compensation. ”、

While replying to his master's question, the deepest part of Xingang's heart was also thinking in a low voice, "Each iron cannon has two yuan for me." ”

Putting down the iron cannon in his hand, Iemitsu picked up the very delicately sewn white cotton bag. Gently squeezing it with his hand, there was a slight rustle of the contents inside. He untied the string from the mouth of the bag and poured out the contents of the bag, "Wow! "White rice is scattered all over the tatami mats made of corduroy.

"This is a sample of Nanzhong rice brought back by His Majesty! This bag is a pound of weights and measures in Nanzhong, and in addition, this cloth bag is also made of cotton cloth from Nanzhong! ”

"Rice?! How much is a stone? ”

Rice is an absolute strategic commodity in Japan. The prices and salaries of the Wa Kingdom were all based on rice, and even the comparative strength and family of the princes were measured by the annual production of each other's territory, which shows the unshakable position of rice in the Wa society.

"In the case of overseas sales in the south, the unified pricing, excluding freight, the so-called export price, not the CIF price, is five coins of silver and one stone. One stone of one hundred and fifty catties is also the measurement standard of Nanzhong, which is about equivalent to our weight? ”

Even if Nobutsuna is a small surname who has brought up Iemitsu since he was a child, since he came to Iemitsu's side, he has enjoyed a samurai salary of 100 koku a year, which can be said to be a close confidant, but, according to human nature, he also has a back hand in the rice trade. "The quotation is the export price of five coins of silver including tax, but the actual price can be compressed to three coins of silver per stone, and there is a loss of ten catties per stone." The price of rice is 400 koku per 1,000 koku, which is not much different from that in Japan. However, every year when the harvest is scarce, the price of the devil's rice is not the price of rice.

"Because of the ratio between the price of silver and copper coins, we don't seem to be able to accept this price, but if it is converted into Nanzhong silver dollars, this price is very advantageous!"

Xingang took out a Nanzhong silver dollar from his waist and presented it to Iemitsu with both hands.

"Such a silver dollar, in Nanzhong, is one or two pieces of silver, which can be exchanged for huàn two guan money, and if you use it to buy rice, ,......"

Jiaguang didn't care about listening to Xingang's report at this time, he fiddled with the Nanzhong silver dollar in his hand, from the pattern to the texture in his hand, this Nanzhong silver dollar was much more exquisite than those Nanban silver coins. If the two are juxtaposed, it is the Taiko-sama of the year and the legendary Kato Kiyomasa who is more than 1.8 meters standing side by side, which is higher and which is lower, it is clear at a glance.

The cotton cloth, rice, and iron cannons in the south are all good things, and with these, there is no fear of the remnants of the old Western army expanding their strength, you must know that their stone height and natural conditions are far inferior to the areas under the jurisdiction of the shogunate, and if they expand their strength, the speed of the shogunate will still be much faster than that of the daimyos.

However, these good things need to be exchanged for one thing! This thing is the silver dollar in Jiaguang's hand!

"My lord, in fact, this is the intention of His Majesty to take such a thing!"

Xinzuna pointed to the bundle of purple roots that were placed on the table and driven aside by Iemitsu.

"This thing?" Jiaguang glanced at the bundle of purple roots with disgust, although it had been carefully taken care of by Xingang, but it was still the true color of the weed, and it was not ornamental at all.

"What's the use of me?" Iemitsu grabbed the bundle of purple roots and made a gesture to drop it from the window of the castle tower.

"My lord! No! It can be exchanged for these things! ”

A rapid exclamation came from Matsudaira Nobutsuna's mouth, causing Iemitsu to withdraw his hand.

"Nani?"

"Yes! And not only this, but also bluegrass. And many things that we don't even notice on a daily basis, not only items such as copper and sulfur, but even these grasses are listed by the Celestial Empire General in Nanzhong as items that can be used for trade! Moreover, the price is quite high! If we collect a boatload of bluegrass or purple grass and go to Nanzhong, I believe we can exchange it for a boatload of rice! ”

Purple vetiver, perennial herb, 30-80 cm high; The stems are erect, usually unbranched, with 4 angular ridges, usually glabrous, pubescent on the nodes. The leaves are thin, papery or thinly papery, 4 in whorls, slightly shade-tolerant, and prefer warm and humid climates. Dig in spring and autumn, remove the soil, cut it into sections, and dry it in the sun. The whole grass is uprooted in late spring and early summer, and the whole grass is dried.

This kind of grass is found everywhere in Japan, not only in the mountains. Although it is said that Jiaguang was born with a golden spoon in his mouth since he was a child, he is no stranger to this kind of grass, and when he heard that such grass can be exchanged for rice, he can't help but start looking at Xingang with a strange eye.

Although Nobutsuna is old (eight years older than Iemitsu, he is already in his thirties at this time. But after all, he was born with a small surname, and he is very familiar with the eyes of the general's family, and the general Xiuzhong General (is now the Lord of the Great Imperial Palace, the father of Jiaguang,) Once he looks at himself who has not yet been subdued with such eyes, he has to sing a ** flower or chrysanthemum platform. Seeing Jiaguang looking at himself with such eyes today, he couldn't help but feel strange for a while, after all, he didn't play this tune for a long time!

Iemitsu was about to speak, when the sound of hurried footsteps came from His Excellency the Tenshu, "My lord, Lord Daigosho is here!" ”

"Father! (Lord Daigosho) "Tokugawa Iemitsu and Matsudaira Nobutsuna quickly got up to salute Tokugawa Hidetada after seeing him.

"Takechiyo, Thirty Lang, don't be polite" Tokugawa Hidetada stopped the two of them from saluting, and called the nicknames of the two and said, "I heard that Thirty Lang went to Nanzhong this time and gained a lot?" ”

"I was about to tell my father," Iemitsu ordered someone to take a few items from the side, "Thirty Lang brought back a few items from Nanzhong, and asked my father to take a look." ”

Unlike Iemitsu, a rich third generation who inherited the foundation of his father and grandfather, Hidetada also fought with his father in the Battle of Sekigahara, the Osaka Winter Battle and the Osaka Summer Battle, and countless other small battles. For the identification of weapons, it is naturally much stronger than that of Jiaguang.

Carefully looking at the iron cannon in his hand, the black and thick barrel has a slight grease on it, and the heavy body of the gun makes people feel solid and reliable, "How much does the Nanzhong people sell for such an iron cannon?" ”

When he heard that Matsudaira Nobutsuna had reported that such an iron cannon would be sold for 40 kan and 20 rounds of medicine, and that the Nanchu people had promised to pay ten times the compensation if an accident such as an explosion occurred within 50 rounds, the long-standing Lord of the Great Imperial Palace could not help but burst into tears, and was so shocked that all the people in the castle tower below his house knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Nothing to do with you! When his father Tosho Daiquan was in Sanhe, the second-hand inferior iron cannon he bought from Oda's family was 60 pieces a piece, and after arriving in Kanto, an iron cannon could cost 180 pieces, and I couldn't imagine that today's such a sophisticated iron cannon would only cost 40 pieces? ”

"Father, please relax, even if my son doesn't do anything, he must first buy back a thousand iron cannons, and turn all of my father's mother's clothes into iron cannons!"

The eyes of the Lord of the Great Imperial Palace only looked at Matsudaira Nobutsuna, "Thirty Lang, what else do you have to gain?" ”

"In addition to iron cannons, rice, and cotton cloth, there are armor, knives, guns, gold, silver, meat, etc., those things that are wolf-like, and your subordinates dare not move to this castle tower."

"I have also heard about the benefits of the armor of the South Middle School. Thirty Lang, I wonder if Nanzhong can sell the big cylinder and the collapse of the country to us? ”

"Father, the big cylinder and the collapse of the country, the cost is huge, according to the thirty Lang echo, the sale of the big cylinder and the collapse of the country in Siam and other places, are calculated according to the weight of the price, one tael of self-weight and one tael of silver!"

"Smack!" The lord of the Great Imperial Palace, Tokugawa Hidetada, slammed the folding fan in his hand on the small table, and many samurai and retainers who had just straightened up hurriedly leaned down to plead guilty.

"You go to the third floor first!" Xiuzhong's low voice blasted everyone away, leaving only his son Jiaguang.

"Smack!" Xiuzhong took out a stack of papers from the wide sleeves of his robe, "See for yourself!" ”

This is the result of Xiuzhong's investigation into the reasons why the ninjyo, especially the depictions of Kyushu and other places, suddenly became rich overnight.

I don't know if I don't check, I scared the adults of the Great Imperial Palace when I checked it, not only did the group of turtles in Kyushu become local tyrants overnight, but even the remote Tozaki actually began to become nouveau riche! Oh, it's a bit of a misservice to say that Tsuchizaki is a nouveau riche, and he was originally a million-stone tyrant, but he was on the wrong side in the Battle of Sekigahara, and Tokugawa Ieyasu took the Tokiriku that he obtained when he inspected the Taiko, (it is also the Japanese version of how to allow others to snore on the side of the couch, Tokilu is on the east side of Edo, and whoever he changes will not let him stay next to my old nest as a remnant of the Western Army.) I rushed to the country of Dewa, where birds don't, and the stone height is only 180,000 stones, which is definitely a plummeting value compared to the previous millions of stones.

Originally, the Satake family had been suppressed to the bottom, and the old and immortal Satake Yoshinobu sighed every day, but what he didn't expect was that this group of salted fish actually traded with Nanzhong through the ten people of Osaka, and exchanged the worthless purple roots and other things from the hands of the Nanzhong army for real money, silver, rice, cotton, and iron cannons!

Although the trade with the Nanchu Army was not strictly an equal and equivalent trade activity, in the eyes of the shogunate and the daimyo in various places, it was simply a relief activity!

According to the report brought back by the ninja, Satake Yoshinobu was ready to see the collapse of the Satake family in his lifetime, but he never expected that the Osaka merchant generals would buy a large number of worthless purple roots all over the mountains at a high price, and those weeds would be able to exchange for grain and iron cannons! The strength of the Satake family has actually recovered in secret.

"Father, you"

"Well, if it had been 30 years ago, don't talk about that damn thing

Tianshe people, even if it is Lord Taige, you can help me! ”……

This is a transcript of a conversation between a father and son who risked his life and hid under Yoshinobu Satake's bedroom for several days.

"If you don't buy the collapse of the country, if you don't buy the big tube, those damn remnants of the Western Army will become stronger and stronger! They have expanded their strength, but they have not spared any costs! ”

"Xiu Lai back then, what happened in the end, do you want to follow in his footsteps?!"

Father's words, like an initiation, shocked the family into a cold sweat, yes! In order to deal with my Tokugawa family, those guys will definitely not save money, especially in this situation, the weeds in their collar can be exchanged for rice and iron cannon cotton cloth, what scruples will they have?!

"Go ahead! Call them up, and I have something to say to them. ”

On the same day, the Lord of the Great Imperial Palace convened a meeting.

At the meeting, Izu Mamoru Matsudaira Nobutsuna was promoted to the shogunate of the shogunate for his diligence and meticulous efforts, and the stone height was increased to 30,000 koku.

Unlike several other veterans, Matsudaira Nobutsuna does not participate in the so-called monthly system, taking turns to manage different affairs, but manages one thing full-time.

That's the trade with the South Central Army!

"My Tokugawa family directly leads the land of four million stones. The daimyo of each clan and the daimyo of the pedigree, and all those who traded with the Nanchu army were handled by Matsudaira Laochu in order to prevent conflicts between them and hurt their feelings. Matsudaira-kun is responsible for this matter to me and the Lord of the Great Imperial Palace, and no one else is allowed to interfere. Xin Gangjun, in the future, I will leave all matters of trade with the Nanzhong Army to you. For the sake of my Tokugawa family, please! ”

In the eyes of Sakai Tadakatsu, Abe Tadaji and others full of envy, jealousy and hatred, Lord Izu Mamoru Matsudaira Nobutsuna accepted this fat and more than just oily messenger, and at the same time accepted the fief of 30,000 stone stones.

At the same time, another benevolent policy of the shogunate was issued for the peasants. On the basis of the previous standard of "public four civil six" land rent, the Tokugawa shogunate announced to the farmers in the direct territory that forty percent of the land rent must be paid on time and in full! However, according to the situation of the products and the distribution of animals and plants in each region, any of the varieties in the catalogue of discounted items established by the shogunate can be paid to offset the land rent.

This benevolent administration is carried out according to the actual situation in the feudal domain and the pedigree daimyo according to the actual situation in their own territory, but it is necessary to implement the policy of discounting the land rent for special products to provide an opportunity for the people in each region to recuperate.

At the same time, a secret decree was sent to the daimyo and genealogy daimyo in the name of the joint signing of the Great Imperial Palace and the Grand Shogun of Seiyi, "for the goods produced in each region, the shogunate will make unified distribution and concentrate on trade with the Nanchu army." The daimyo were not allowed to trade with the Nanchu Army and the Osaka Ten without authorization. ”

Under the strong backlash of the local daimyos, this policy had to make some concessions and adjustments, and the shogunate had the right to buy it first at the same price, and the daimyo were obliged to sell the specialty to the shogunate.

There's no way around it! Who made the Lord of the Great Imperial Palace and the Shogun himself privately owe a lot of Osaka ten people a golden sentence?

"My lord. There are messengers from the south and central side. ”

The new old manaka Matsudaira-sama reported the latest situation to General Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was in his apartment.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was excited about the rapid filling of his treasury, couldn't help but let out an "oh", indicating that he took this matter seriously.

"The people who came said that as long as they meet the standards, they are willing to buy our goods, and for the rice we request, they ask the general to rest assured that they will ship four million stones a year, and as long as our transportation capacity can be guaranteed, they also have these rice. Just put forward one thing, and the subordinates can't make up their minds, so they have to ask the Lord to make it public. ”

"Speak!"

"They said that the gold judgment and Kuanyong money we used to buy all kinds of goods were of different quality and mixed specifications, and it was really troublesome to settle the money, and there have been several disputes. In order to ensure that the interests of both sides are not lost, they built a unified use of gold coins, silver dollars and copper coins in our future trade activities with Nanzhong. We can export gold, silver, and red copper, and go to the Nanzhongguan Silver to exchange these coins. ”

"That's a good thing! Look at the amount minted by the Kuanyong coin, compared with the silver dollar in Nanzhong, it is tea and tea and the fire girl standing in one place! The order continued, except for the shogunate to keep two coinage furnaces, the rest of the places will no longer mint Kanyong coins! The saved red copper will be sent to the Nanzhong Army to exchange for money! ”

"Yes!"

"However, we can't show weakness in front of the South Central Army and make them feel that this matter is so simple. You go and think about what benefits you want from the people who come! ”

"Returning to the lord, the Nanchu army said that it knew that this matter was very involved, and there were many entanglements of intermediate interests, and the shogunate would spend huge manpower and material resources, and the losses would not be small. Therefore, they proposed a plan, which could be regarded as a little compensation for the shogunate. ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna took out a document from his waist and handed it to Iemitsu with both hands.

Jiaguang took this thing with some curiosity, and saw that it was roughly divided into name, place of origin, age, bucket basket, physiognomy and other items, "What is this blank space?" ”

"My lord, this is a sample sent by the Nanzhong Army, this thing is in their place, called the certificate of work, the holder of this certificate, can engage in farming, workshops, logging and many other work in the jurisdiction of the Nanzhong Army, and there is a monthly salary settlement, which is issued monthly. Clothes, shoes and other items are distributed every season. I sent someone to inquire below, and this thing has been sold privately for ten taels of gold on the ground in Kyushu. ”

"Oh?!" Although Jiaguang's answer was still the same, his voice had risen a lot, and he held the work permit in his hand, as if he was holding a golden judgment.

"According to His Majesty's inquiry, in the past few years, the Shimazu family has relied on sending laborers and women to various parts of the South Chinese Army, and has earned immeasurable benefits! Only then can they show off their strength and money to the lord! The envoys of the Nanzhong army came and said that they were willing to give the lord a share of 10,000 laborers every year for the lord to reward the lords from all over the world. Another 1,000 Fusang bride quotas were given to the lord. ”

A laborer can sell ten taels of gold, and it will be ten thousand taels a year! Wouldn't that be able to pay off the money my father and son owe to those damned townspeople right away?!

A bride gets not only money, but also the loyalty of fallen warriors everywhere. In the past few years, Jiaguang has also heard some things about the samurai sending their daughters to Nanzhong to marry the locals, in exchange for a large amount of grain, rice, silk, satin cloth, and many samurai are very enthusiastic about this.

"Ten thousand laborers, ten thousand laborers, a thousand brides, a thousand brides." General Jiaguang couldn't stop muttering to himself, he was quickly thinking about how to use these 11,000 places to appease the relatives and genealogy daimyo below, and at the same time maximize his own interests.

"It's 11,000 people, but out of 10,000 laborers, 500 are for me, and out of 1,000 women, another 200 are for me." Although Matsudaira Nobutsuna has only been in charge of the trade for a short time, he has already realized the immense benefits that this power has brought him. The daimyo everywhere looked up to him, and even the Osaka merchants, who usually relied on wealth and power, respected him. Money, women, and small surnames, he also received a lot in private, and in his heart, even if he didn't want the 30,000 stone high fiefdom, he had to keep the position of this old man!

In this negotiation on the adoption of the South and Chinese currency as a unified settlement unit in the trade between the two sides, the envoy of the other party offered him such a large price, which made him very moved, but in the end, whether this gift can be implemented into his pocket still depends on the general!

After Motowa Yanwu, the samurai everywhere had nothing to do, wandering around, forming ronin, which was not in line with the Tokugawa family's single-minded desire to change Japan from a samurai dispute to a Tokugawa family's dominance, so Matsudaira Nobutsuna felt that the condition proposed by the Nanchu Army was something that the shogun and the great imperial palace could not refuse. A large number of unemployed samurai were all sent to work by the Nanchu Army, and Japan was naturally quiet!

"That's a little little!" After thinking about it for a long time, Jiaguang finally spoke. "You go to negotiate with the envoys of the South China Army, at least not less than 20,000 laborers and 3,000 brides! As long as you agree to this amount, everything else is easy to talk about! ”

"My lord! How do you transport these people?! Neither our sea ships nor the sea ships of the South China Army can transport away these many people in a year! ”

"Then I don't care! All I need is these quotas! ”

After sending away Matsudaira Nobutsuna, General Iemitsu put his leg on the lap of the young and beautiful little surname, and fell asleep unconsciously.

In his sleep, he seemed to see Oda Nobunaga, the man of the world. Nobunaga sat on a chair high on the altar of Azuchi Castle, with glassware and imported wine on the table, wearing Nanban armor, a wide-brimmed hat with feathers on his head, an iron cannon in one hand, and a sutra book in the other.

"One day Jacob was boiling soup, and Esau came back from the field and fainted. Esau said to Jacob, "I am faint from exhaustion, so give me this red soup to drink." Therefore Esau is also called Edom (which means "red"). Jacob said, "Sell me the birthright today." Esau said, "I am going to die, and what profit is this birthright for me?" Jacob said, "Swear to me this day." "And Esau swore an oath to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob."

Suddenly, Jiaguang woke up!

This damn Nanban evil god!

Jiaguang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and cursed in his heart. When the Somiin Lord was defeated, Iemitsu did not form as a liquid, and it was only fourteen years after him that Tokugawa Iemitsu was born, how did this Somiin Master sneak into the dream of General Tokugawa Iemi?

After singing ** flowers and chrysanthemums on the charming and lovely little surname, Jiaguang's mood began to calm down.

"Humph! The Southern Barbarian Evil God dares to come and disturb me! It's really hateful! ”

While letting the little surname do the cleaning work for himself, and savoring the feeling of this soft tongue like a feather when it swept over the sensitive parts, Jiaguang cursed the damn Nanban evil god fiercely in his heart!

More than 7,000 words, don't you plan to express it?

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