At this time, although the United Kingdom of China was small in size and had a small population, its industrial development was very rapid because of Chen Xin's help.

The power of the primary industrial society is not comparable to that of the agrarian countries of this era.

This force, which has just been developed for six years, is already a relatively strong force that can radiate and influence far away.

In the inland region, it is difficult to say, after all, the northern part of the daimyo and even the steppe, the kingdom has not yet been able to set foot in, and those southern areas far away from the harbor and the roads are not smooth, and the development plan of the kingdom is not for the time being.

However, along the coast of Asia, no city dared to underestimate the red flag of China, and everywhere the red flag of the kingdom went, it was respectful.

Any one of Chen Xin's orders can have a huge impact on the entire coastal region of Asia.

Because of the possible financial crisis, Chen Xin issued an order to "tap potential" to local governments and various external units.

Subsequently, because of this order, several surrounding countries were immediately affected, and a series of chain reactions occurred.

In a small village on the island of Shikoku, the Japanese country, unclothed farmers are throwing rice in the wind on the drying field, using the wind to separate the lighter chaff, small stones, and rice grains.

Fortunately, after a year's harvest, the city slowly piled up one after another.

A man and his eldest son sat on a thick log and watched the farmers busy, their faces full of satisfaction.

In the Wa Kingdom, people below the samurai class before the Meiji era did not have a surname, so these two people, naturally, did not have a surname, so they had to be called Koizumi and Taro at will.

Touching a money bag hidden in his arms, and listening to the rattling of the Chinese silver dollar inside, Koizumi was so happy that he wanted to kowtow to the gods dozens of times.

Koizumi knew very well that his family was originally one of the waves of people who worked in the fields, and they couldn't eat enough all year round, and only three survived in total of seven children.

However, since his youngest son and the girl who was regarded as a money-loser, they leaned on the Lord of Shangguo in China together and did things for Shangguo, and their family's life has changed dramatically.

Not only did the village chief, an adult who could decide the life and death of his family, grovel and smile at him all day long, but even the local guardian, that kind of big man, would send people to walk through the motions during the New Year's holidays.

What made him even happier was that when he bought 5 acres of land with the silver dollars sent back by his youngest son and the girl who had never dared to count on him, the eldest man didn't even collect his family's taxes. This can make Koizumi, who has been in the land all his life, excited for more than half a year without closing his mouth.

Of course, the old man will not suffer, and the share of taxes that his family does not need to pay is naturally evenly distributed to the rest of the village, anyway, the total amount paid to the top will not change.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the drying field, and everyone was anxiously passing messages to each other, "Master Hosokawa is here." ”

The village chief hurriedly led a few village elders to greet him, knelt down and kowtowed to the group.

The guy who was called "Lord Hosokawa" didn't say polite words like getting up, and said directly, "Pay the tax, are the taxes in your village ready?" ”

"Yes, yes, I've been ready for a long time, I'm really sorry for you to go on this trip in person, you give me an order, and the little ones will send you home."

Hosokawa didn't take this stubble, and said very casually, "Well, this year, I should pay 920 stone of grain, and load it." ”

"Yes, yes, load now, load now." The village chief nodded and said, then turned around and was about to arrange the loading work, but after taking two steps, he found that it was wrong, and turned around and said with some surprise, "Master, are you mistaken?" Our village should have paid 700 stones. ”

Hosokawa held the long knife at his waist and glared at the village chief fiercely, "Do you think the old man will make a mistake?" This year is not very peaceful, so the daimyo has an order to increase the tax by 30%, that is, 910 stones, this tax is added, and the lord's land rent will naturally be increased.

However, the old man is kind-hearted, and only add you 10 stones, which together is a total of 920 stones. Do you understand? ”

The village chief and several village elders around him suddenly became weak, and the young people in the village did not dare to come over, and no one supported them.

The village chief has been dealing with Tiantou and guarding these people all year round, and his psychological endurance is okay, although he is also trembling, but he can't help himself and doesn't fall down.

"Lord Hosokawa, please be merciful, you know the situation in our village, when we originally paid 700 stones, our whole village could only save money and live hard.

If you really have to pay an extra 220 stone all at once, it will be really fatal, even if you dig wild vegetables and gnaw on the bark, you won't survive. ”

Koizumi listened clearly, he knew very well that the old men would not let go, and the village chief was asking for his own hardship.

Sure enough, I heard Hosokawa snort coldly, "Untouchables, the orders of the daimyo are also something you can disobey!" I always say that I can't get through, but I haven't seen you starve to death, and you are alive and kicking every year, and you are all hiding food.

Tell you, this grain has been handed over by everyone, and anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed. ”

At this time, a few village elders with white hair who fell to the ground knelt and took a few steps forward, came to Hosokawa, and cried and pleaded, "Lord, you can do it, you can't accept so much, the village really can't survive." ”

The surrounding people have already understood what is going on, and the farmers who are working are also indignant when they hear that they have to collect so much grain, it is their life, how can they be easily snatched away.

So everyone gathered around with all kinds of farm tools.

The peasants, who have just come out of the hellish Warring States period for more than ten years, still have some hands-on ability.

And Hosokawa is not a vegetarian, and when he saw the farmers surrounding him, he did not show weakness and drew his sword against him.

Hosokawa stood in a standard knife-wielding posture and sneered, "What? Do you untouchables, want to rebel? If you're not afraid of death, just come up and give it a try. ”

Shocked by the glittering sword and the slightly shorter bushido behind Hosokawa, the farmers unconsciously took a few steps back.

Several samurai who had been practicing martial arts since childhood naturally seized the opportunity, formed a formation with swords, and took a few steps forward.

Hosokawa has already decided that he must kill a few of them today, kill the momentum of this group of untouchables, and let them know that the dignity of the samurai is not something that a few dozen untouchables can offend.

At this critical moment, Koizumi shouted, "Master Hosokawa, don't be impulsive, big guy, don't be impulsive." The slogan came to the middle of the two groups of people.

Although he is already a small landowner and does not need to pay taxes, after all, he is a generation of villagers, and he does not want the villagers he gets along with day and night to die in vain.

Koizumi shouted loudly, "Folks, don't be impulsive, Lord Hosokawa is a close confidant of the Daimyo, a samurai lord for generations, we farmers don't dare to do anything with the samurai lords, that's looking for death." ”

After Koizumi finished persuading the villagers, he turned his head to Hosokawa and comforted him, "Lord Hosokawa, please also ask you to raise your hands and receive magical powers, these are all farmers who farm for the masters, if you kill the farmer, who will pay you taxes in the next year." ”10