Konishi Lizuo's mouth of the city,In fact, one of the many innovations in the political balance,As a traverser,The meaning of the music market itself is also half understood,Thinking that the music market is conducive to the development of the economy, he blindly issued the order of the music market。 Rakuchi was first seen five years ago in the castle town Ishiji Shinichi built by the Omi Province daimyo Rokkaku Joyori, and the earliest documents appeared 22 years later in Echizen Kitaso Castle under the rule of Shibata Katsuie, and it was Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi who carried forward Rakuchi Rakuza. In the twenty-third year of the Astronomical Reign (i.e., 1554), the city was still a new term, and sensitive free traders were concerned about the appearance of regulations to protect them.

When the Date family first became the overlord of Bei China, because of the insistence of Zhengheng, they issued an order to the city, abolished a large number of checkpoints, denied the privileges of the seat, rewarded merchants to settle here, and a qiē merchant could trade freely, exempt from the burden of civil engineering labor, eliminate the anxiety about morality and politics, ensure public order, exempt from housing tax, and so on. In fact, due to the successive offenses of Maori Yuan and Nizi Haruhisa, the policy of Leshi has not been effectively implemented, and only appears in some announcements.

After defeating Mori Motogashi and Niko Harumu one after another, Masahiro had become the regional overlord of the Kibi Shikoku, with five or six hundred thousand Sengoku daimyos, and at that time it was already able to rank among the top ten Sengoku daimyo in the world. Originally, Masahiro's words and deeds would not be of much attention except for himself and his enemies, but with his rapid success, all kinds of past policies have been dug up, coupled with the propaganda of Tsuda Soda of Tennojiya, the current Date Masahiro's reputation in Sakai Port is not as inconsequential as Konishi Risaku said.

Rizza Konishi ventures to meet Date Masaki. The first is the courage to be the first in the world. Second, he took a fancy to the pioneering spirit of Date Zhengheng and released the city. But he didn't know Date Mashiro's blindness at that time. Zhengheng's face couldn't see whether he was happy or unhappy, with Konishi Lizuo's years of business experience, he couldn't see the truth, the city government gradually deepened, and he said lightly: "Konishi Lizuo is a medicinal herb merchant, if you want medicinal materials, there are a lot of them in the high mountains, if Konishi Rizo needs it." I'll arrange for someone to collect it. ”

Of course, Konishi Rizo didn't come to Kibi Shikoku to buy yams, he didn't mind smashing all the belongings he injured to Date Masahiro and befriending the lord, how could there be no reason not to spend money. He immediately fell to the ground and said, "The little man was born in Sakai Port, started in Himeji, and centered on Himeji, and has branches in Bizen Nagabune, Bichu Kurashiki, Misaku Takada, Hakutori in Hakuki, Taji's Ideishi, Hachigami in Tanba, Sakai Port in Kinai, Kyo, and Nara, all of which are not large-scale, and as long as you have enough money and personnel, you can connect all of these places. Marketing for most of the world. ”

Risa Konishi often babbled a lot of things, and Shoheng doubted whether his ability could meet the needs of the Date family. Thinking that he could only sell medicinal herbs, he was busy defending himself. He was right, the road was very paved, and the sudden rise of the Date family disrupted his position, destroying all the money he had invested in the country of Bizen, and all these branches were in a state of suspension, and if he did not increase the investment, he was afraid that he would immediately be distributed by his creditors.

After Konishi Risaku finished talking about his sales ability, he buried his head deeper and said, "It is rumored everywhere that the Date family is going to build a new town at the mouth of the Asahikawa River, and once the new town is completed, once the Rakuchi is implemented, it will inevitably form a town under the castle, and it will take a long time to become a prosperous town like Kyoto and Nara, and it will be difficult to do without the power of tens of millions of people." The villain is not talented, and he is willing to attach his tail to follow the work of dogs and horses. ”

Shiomasa is only a huge fortune in the eyes of Konishi Risa, but participating in the construction of the new city is an opportunity to put Konishi Riza into the Date Housekeeping Center, and as long as he gets this opportunity, Konishi Riza will immediately become a wealthy merchant like Tennoji Yatsuda Sota.

Tennoji House Tsuda Soda a few years ago because of the investment in Date Masei, and even let his sister-in-law Tsuda Sukegoro stay in Date House, which was ridiculed by his peers, and now Tsuda Soda can be said to be the hottest figure in Sakai Port, coupled with the monopoly of Binchu iron cannons and weapons, Tsuda Soda's voice in Sakai Port is increasing day by day.

Zhengheng saw that Konishi Rizo had not talked about the salt administration, but he talked about the new city, but he was unmoved, and said: "Kibi Shikoku has just gone through the war, and the turmoil in the United States has just been calmed down, and the construction of the new city will be difficult to build within three or five years, I don't know if Konishi Rizo has the patience to wait until the new city is completed?" ”

Of course, Konishi Rizo will not have that patience, he wants a deal that will work immediately, otherwise the people who follow him to eat will immediately deviate from morality, and his creditors will immediately come to the door to distribute his family property, he hesitated for a moment, and immediately bowed: "The villain is willing to buy all the refined salt produced in the Kurashiki salt place, the price of refined salt per catty, thirty-five yuan, I don't know if the Jibei Taishou Temple can cut love?" ”

The price of thirty-five wen, if you add the cost of transportation, in fact, Konishi Rizo's profit is not very high. Refined salt is a necessity for the people, a steady stream of income, as long as it can be bought everywhere, it can give a way to the half-dead branch of Konishi Rizo.

It seems that Konishi Rizo's sincerity is full, Zhengheng looked at Konishi Rizuo, raised the teacup and took a symbolic sip, fell into contemplation, and after a while, said: "Lizuo's sincerity, I see, if the refined salt business of the Kurashiki salt field can really be spread, it will be a steady stream of income, as long as there is enough refined salt supply, the price of thirty-five wen?" ”

Konishi Lizuo's face changed, he thought that the price of thirty-five wen was low, in the eyes of the world, the Warring States daimyo were all a group of greedy careerists, Date Zhengheng was no exception, in fact, in his psychological price was thirty wen, and there was some money, he hurriedly said: "Jibei Taishou Palace, now the general price of salt is between 45-50 wen, if refined salt wants to be fully spread, you have to hit the same price, if it is higher than thirty-five wen, the villain will lose money." ”

Zheng Heng smiled faintly and said: "Thirty-five Wen, it is indeed a little high, I will sell it to you at the price of thirty Wen, and I will also give you the monopoly right, that is, except for you, I will not sell it to others, of course, you also have to promise me a condition." ”

Konishi Rizo heard the words from Zhengheng's mouth, his expression was moved, and he buried his head and said: "Thank you for the long en of the Jibei Taishou Palace, I don't know what the conditions are?" ”

Zheng Heng's expression became very stern, and he said: "It's very simple, I will send people to become your employees and go to the branches of various small West Houses in various places, and you don't have to worry about other things." ”

Konishi Lizo was stunned, and nodded his head again and again. Of course, he knew what Zhengheng meant, he actually wanted to use the small Nishiya area to get news, regardless of its good or evil for the time being, only he could say it blatantly, this condition was too generous for Konishi Rizuo, he had no reason to refuse, and simply nodded and agreed.

Signing the contract and putting it on the impression, Zhengheng smiled slightly, and said casually: "If Konishiya can't be turned, the first transaction can also be owed, of course, you can also lend a part, according to the average interest of your Sakai Port." ”

Konishi Rizo immediately politely declined: "Thank you Ji Bei Tai Shou Palace, but I still have some spare money in the future." "He can also borrow usury, if all the capital is borrowed from Date's house, in the end he will become an errand shopkeeper, only his own real money, can be qualified to do business with Date's family, at least not to worry about being swallowed.

Occupy a business route that makes a steady profit and does not lose money, even if you owe more money, no one is worried that you will not be able to pay it back, even if you want to borrow again, as long as you can pay off the benefits, it is very easy. Moreover, the most important thing is that Konishi Rizo has since taken the real power of Date Masato, and his status in Konishiya has immediately risen, and the funds available have increased significantly.

The matter of the refined salt trade was finalized, and the meeting between Zhengheng and Konishi Rizo was over, obviously there was no intention to leave Konishi Rizuo, and Konishi Rizuo also left Heshou City with interest, and he always didn't understand why he would use such generous conditions to reach the final business.

But Konishi Rizo still couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't see through it, so he didn't think much else, and now the most important thing was to go to Matsuyama Castle to receive the first refined salt. In order to preserve the process of refining salt to zuò, the coarse salt from the Kurashiki salt factory was transported to Yuanchaoshan Castle by ship from the Sorghum River to make refined salt, and then transported to Matsuyama Castle.

Zhengheng looked at the back of Konishi Rizo leaving, and laughed at himself, he still had a preconceived idea about the guy who had not yet spoken out about Konishi Yuki, besides, one more royal merchant was also a kind of check and balance on Tennoji Yazuda Soda.

In order to implement the system of separating soldiers from peasants, the most important thing at present is to develop the economy. Looking at the accounts of the prefectures of Kibi Shikoku, Masahiro couldn't help but sigh.

Kibi Shikoku is really still poor, when it came to Keicho to inspect the land, the stone height of 889,000 koku, now it is only about 53 or 40,000 koku, this is still the result of adding Nishi Harima and Higashi Anyi, plus this year's Misaku has always been a smash, the reduction of production and poor harvest is obviously an inevitable result, and I don't know how much grain can be harvested at the end of the year.

In order to make the sword hunting order continue in an orderly manner, the only way to make up for it is to make up for it from other aspects, salt is one, iron cannon and sword are another, and if the two revenues are well managed, they can obtain an output of 150,000 stones. As long as you recuperate for one to two years, Kibi Shikoku will be able to make a big difference.

Obviously, the enemies of the balance will not give him this time to recuperate. (To be continued......)