After Yangno took care of her sister, she turned to discuss family matters with Riku.
"Rikyu-sama, the family rules of the Shiba Ashigaru Act have been completed."
Riku said, not understanding what Yangno meant.
“The Ashigaru recruitment has just been completed, and it will take at least three months of training to achieve combat effectiveness.
During this period, they have no time to think about starting a family. Even if they are given a salary, it will not help. There is no rush to have family details. "
Yono's urgent need for the Ashigaru family makes Riku feel embarrassed, and the new recruit Danzi needs to train for at least three months.
It can't be like that time with Benefit. It can't be dragged into the battlefield in a few dozen days and end up being completely wiped out.
Although the five-stone salary increased Ashigaru's enthusiasm, it was impossible for Ashigaru, who had been idle in the countryside, to start a family. During this period of intensive training, he had no time to talk about marriage.
"Give them one or two days a month to go home. With their annual salary of five dan, the women in the village will tie up their sons and ask them to marry them."
Yangno, who was born as a commoner, is very confident. She understands the psychology of the villagers. An adult woman's annual ration is two stones, which is enough to support two and a half people.
Moreover, they have no daily expenses in the military camp. This large income is enough for them to become the most popular single women in the village.
"I will build a military compound in the ruins of the Shiba Guardian Palace for Ashigaru husbands and children to stay. Their husbands will arrange to work at the Shiba family, and if they do well, they will also be given a salary."
Riku asked.
"Hano-hime, I don't understand why you put so much effort into getting the Ashigaru girls married. Even if it can increase the friendship between them and their loyalty to the Shiba family, it's too hasty.
The battle was ruthless, and if a large number of Ashigaru were killed, the orphans and widowers left behind would become a serious burden on the family. "
Yangno nodded.
"That is what Riku-sama is worried about. But I am in urgent need of loyal hands to work for the family, and Ashigaru's husband would be the ideal worker."
The depigmentation method left by Yiyin has been tried, and the results are exciting. It is indeed a simple and quick way to make money.
But the problem now is that, as Yiyin said, the method is too simple to keep secret. Yangno then set her sights on Ashigaru's husband.
Just imagine, the Ashigaru himself went into battle to kill the enemy in the Shiba family, and his wife behind him was supported by the Shiba family. There is such a good thing in troubled times, how can the Ashigaru community not be grateful and loyal.
The Ashigaru husband lived together in the family compound and made sugar in the compound. Not only will they get an extra salary, but it will also be beneficial to the confidentiality of the depigmentation method.
The ancients attached great importance to the local party, and there was a feeling of comrades-in-arms among Ashigaru. If someone leaks secrets and affects everyone's interests, they will definitely be exposed as soon as possible.
Traitors will be pointed out by thousands of women and die in vain. The pressure of betrayal is much more cruel than the coercive methods of serial sitting and imprisonment.
Toshiya doesn't know the depigmentation method, so he is puzzled by Yang Nai's behavior.
"Are you organizing your husbands to work? Other samurai families have similar methods of organizing manual work to support their families, but the income is not ideal. For this reason, urging Ashigaru to start a family is not worth the loss."
Seeing Riku's insistence, Yang Na sighed and had to explain to Riku, otherwise the matter would not be carried out.
Fortunately, through these days of contact, Riku's image as a loyal warrior made her trust her, so she was willing to say something.
"Before Mr. Yiyin left, he left behind a secret recipe that can earn a lot of income to support the family's military expenses. I'm afraid that the secret recipe will be leaked, so now I only make some of it myself. Please take a look."
Yangno took out a small jar placed close to his body and poured out some sugar.
Lijiu looked at the white crystals on the table that were as clear as snow. She had seen a lot of the world and was greatly shocked.
"This is?"
"It's sugar."
Riku picked up a few and put them in his mouth.
"It's really sugar, sweeter than the sugar sold outside, and it doesn't have any other unpleasant smells."
Yangno nodded.
"This is the recipe given by Master Yiyin. It can be purified from the sugar sold outside. One pound of outside sugar can make half a pound of this kind of white sugar."
Riku did the math.
"A pound of sugar outside costs three hundred cents, and the cost of this white sugar is six hundred cents.
If we can protect the secret recipe and control the market, we can sell five or six guan per kilogram in shopping malls in various countries. "
Riku couldn't help but lament that if done properly, the Shiba family might be able to raise ashigaru ten times the size they currently have.
It is not uncommon for the Wu family to use business to expand its strength.
For example, the Suruga Imagawa family's Sunfu Castle Town controlled the trade of the Tokaido, and for example, the Sakai Port controlled by the Shikoku Miyoshi family controlled the trade with the Ming Dynasty.
The power of both families expanded rapidly, and their strength far exceeded their own grain production.
If the Spo family could monopolize the profits from this sugar, although it would not be as good as those two companies, it would definitely be more than ten times more than the current family's income.
Riku felt even more excited. He, the ronin chased by Oda Nobunaga, was originally a bereaved dog. I didn't expect that there would be such an opportunity in the Shiba family. Maybe one day I could become a world-famous Jishi warrior.
"Hano-hime, I will fully support you. Just go ahead and do it! I will give one day off in ten days to encourage them to return to the village to get married. As for the subsequent placement of the military territory, please pay more attention to it."
Yang Nai bowed towards Riku.
"I have something to ask of Lord Maeda."
"Yanoji, please speak."
"I don't have the manpower for the moment, so I will make a small amount of it myself. I will sell it secretly in the castle towns of Mino, Kamiowari, and Mikawa.
This matter requires my concentration. I want to entrust the Xicun Materials Factory, which is directly controlled by the Shiba family, to your lordship. "
Riku looked at Harano speechlessly.
What are you Shiba family members thinking about? Shiba Yoshiyin gave me 1,500 koku of Tongzhajian's territory, and you, Takata Yono, gave me 1,500 koku of management rights of Xicun.
Are there any warriors like you? It can't be fake, right?
The Wu family values knowledge and action above life, so the Shiba family's three thousand stones were left to the Maeda family's management. Aren't you afraid of becoming the Maeda family's feeding ground if you keep taking care of it?
Complaints are complaints. Lijiu feels deeply honored for his trust in the Sibo family. This is the family worthy of my life and blood.
Yang Nai gritted his teeth and decided after thinking for a long time.
Lijiu forced her too much in territory management.
And in order to avoid Nobunaga's possible covetousness, she had to hide in foreign countries to sell sugar and earn military expenses.
She didn't have the energy to take care of the internal affairs of the family anymore, so it was better to leave them all to Lijiu and let everyone perform their duties.
In the mountain forest where Ise, Iga and Omi intersect, two gangsters are lying in a bush wearing camouflage raincoats.
They had been waiting all afternoon, and it was almost dark. One of them asked impatiently.
"Chief, we have been waiting for so long and no one has come. Did they choose another way?"
The woman known as the leader stared at the mountain path down the mountain and frowned. She was also a little unsure.
"This is news from an old relationship in the village. There should be nothing wrong with it. Second brother, don't be anxious."
The woman who was called the second child couldn't help but move her stiff body.
"Chief, I'm not complaining. The sisters have been lying down all afternoon, and it's almost getting dark. They're probably so hungry that they can't stand it anymore.
It was impossible to walk through the mountain stream when it got dark. If they fell, they would fall into a ditch. They would definitely not come today. "
The leader thought she was right. He looked around at the hiding place where the bandits were ambushing and nodded hesitantly.
"Seeing that there is no movement in those places, the sisters can still hold on. Wait for a while, and if there is no movement, we will withdraw."
The second child was also surprised. He usually cheated and acted, but today he was so motionless and didn't even complain.
Looking carefully at those points, I always feel that it is so quiet and eerie. My heart was pounding, something was wrong!
"Chief, chief, this is not right."
After calling a few times but receiving no reply, I stretched out my hand to push, feeling that her body was limp and unresponsive.
Just as he was about to scream, his mouth was covered, and a sharp blade was stabbed into his back, stirring the pit of his heart.
Before losing consciousness, he looked behind him in horror, only to see bloodthirsty eyes flashing green, like a hungry wolf in the forest.
Outside the mountain, Yiyin yawned and sat on a tree stump by the roadside, with two horses scattered aside looking for tender grass roots.
Watching the horses snort and flick their tails, Yiyin rested his chin with his right hand in boredom.
Why is it so slow to find a way out?
