In the feudal era, the status of merchants was extremely low. In the final analysis, they were disrupting social stability.
In the eyes of the rulers, warriors fought, farmers cultivated, craftsmen made, and even religion had the effect of numbing the untouchables and easing conflicts.
What is the use of a businessman?
Except for a few necessities such as salt, iron and cloth, for feudal lords, unchanging stability was more conducive to rule than the circulation of population and materials.
Businessmen are just a bunch of bastards who buy low and sell high, disrupting social stability for their own selfish interests.
All the farmers were working hard, and suddenly several businessmen came.
They say that the village next door is suitable for farming. You don’t have much food for farming in Shangougou here. Why not grow hemp? We will be responsible for the distribution and make a profit.
It seems that the two villages exchanged supplies and both took advantage, but in a disaster year, the food in the neighboring village is not enough for oneself. What should I do?
More than half of the farmers in the hemp-growing villages starved to death, and more than half of the land was taken away by merchants in exchange for grain. Do the Wu family in the village hate the merchants?
There is no stability without food, and the ability to resist risks in the agricultural era is extremely poor. If there is not enough food to eat, people will have to die until they have enough food.
People are so hungry that they lose their senses, and the riots caused are serious things that shake the foundation of rule.
If businessmen are indulged, their greed can easily lead to chaos in the event of natural or man-made disasters.
Therefore, businessmen must be suppressed.
For merchants, ancient history is a history of blood and tears of oppression. The rulers were not good men and women, and swords were more powerful than money.
If it weren't for the fact that the Wu family was in trouble and needed to use businessmen to raise military expenses, these rent-seeking bastards wouldn't be worthy of entering the Wu family's eyes.
Takada Yono was willing to do business and make agreements with the merchants in Sakai Port with a kind face. This was out of consideration for the interests of the Shiba family.
When she encounters a crisis where her family's business is unstable, she will immediately tear off her face and eat them alive, not caring about the resentment of the businessmen at all.
What does it have to do with you if I destroy you? How many divisions do you have. . No, how many reserve teams are there?
In Sakai Port, Takada Yono's only concern was the Miyoshi family, but things were different now.
As a result, Shiba Yiyin was trapped in Yuezhong, and the Shiba family allocated a large amount of resources to support the governor, which had drained the family's wealth and even affected the Omi war after the spring plowing.
This is a crisis that shakes the foundation, but there is an opportunity in the crisis. It is also an excellent opportunity for Takada Haruno to show her value and improve herself.
As long as she can raise a large amount of materials to help Sibo and others survive this disaster, the various forces in Sibo's family will have to pay attention to her existence.
Only by proving one's own strength and making contributions can one have the right to speak and be qualified to participate in the fight for a parent-in-law.
She will be the sixth force recognized by the Shiba family, Maeda Benefit, Shima Katsuki, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Yamanaka Niko, after Toshiie Maeda.
Since the Wu family generally despises business, this opportunity is rare.
Even if she wiped out many of the big businessmen in Sakai Port and took away their wealth, destroying her reputation for fair trade, she still had to help the Shiba family get through this.
This is to tide over the difficulties for the leader, and also to prove his own worth. The pros and cons of this have already been clearly calculated by Takada Yono.
If Tsuda Souji doesn't get her wits about her, she will really kill people and steal goods.
Secondly, the situation in Nishikonji at this time is no longer what it was when the Shiba family settled in Sakai Port.
In the early days of the Kinsho War, Miyoshi Chokei withdrew with hatred, and due to various political considerations, allowed the Shiba family forces to enter Sakai Port.
At that time, Miyoshi was strong, the Shogunate was weak, and the Shiba family was dancing on a tightrope.
The power of the Mihaoshi family has retreated. It is a retracted fist that can be punched out at any time.
The Shiba Shinsengumi is the human alarm that stands in front of the shogunate. Once the Miyoshi family attacks the Shinsengumi, it will be a harbinger of another war.
Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, the Miyoshi family turned a blind eye to the Shiba family's team stationed in Sakai Port, so that the Shinsengumi had room to operate.
But even so, Takada Yono did not dare to go too far.
The Shiba family had prestige but no strength, so they could only frighten businessmen through the Ikedaya incident, and with the acquiescence of the Miyoshi family, they managed to gain a foothold in Sakai Port.
Today, the Bo family has successfully integrated the local powerful factions, including Izumi, Kitakawachi, Kitadato, and Iga, and they are united.
In the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiteru relied heavily on him to clean up the ministers and reorganize the internal affairs, showing a prosperous rise.
On the other hand, after the death of Miyoshi Yoshihide in the Miyoshi family, the remaining three members of the Miyoshi family inherited her dissatisfaction with Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, the heir.
The conflict between the two sides has become more and more intense, even involving Anzhai Dongkang, one of the Mihaoshi and Four Sisters. The Three Kingdoms and Four Sisters system on which Mihaoshi Changqing was founded is on the verge of collapse.
At this time, how could the Miyoshi family be willing to go to war with the local powerful faction of the shogunate, or even the entire shogunate, over a trivial matter involving a few merchants in Sakai Port?
Takada Haruno's actions were not for himself, but for the leader of the local powerful faction, Shiba Yoshigan.
Even if the matter gets serious, Ashikaga Yoshiteru will still support her.
As Takada Yono said, in the face of the political situation of confrontation between the Miyoshi shogunate, the Tsuda clan and the so-called big businessman of Sakai Port were just p.
Imai Munehisa is a well-known big businessman, a big tea man, and he can be regarded as a good person.
However, the inherent shortcomings of her business background made her political sensitivity far worse than that of Takada Yono, so she put the cart before the horse and misjudged the matter.
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Iga country, Koga mouth.
The four channels of the Iga Basin are connected to the outside, and the one corresponding to the Minami Omi is the Koga Pass.
To the north of the Suzuka Mountains is Minami Omi, to the south is Iga Country to the west, and to the east is Ise Country. This mountainous area is the dividing line between Tokaido and Konko.
Suzuka Pass, located in Ise, is one of the three passes that separate Kanto and Kansai in a broad sense.
Maeda's interests had already led the troops to the nearby base of the banner to arrive at the Kokaguchi and stationed themselves at Onizu Village. They were only waiting for the spring plowing to assemble the army and go to war.
On this day, Otani Yoshitsugi received an urgent communication from Maeda's interests and came to the garrison for military discussions.
Wrapped in white cloth and holding a flag, she quickly walked into Maeda's shogunate, only to find that all the villages under Yuye had arrived.
Otani Yoshitsugi frowned slightly, feeling that something was wrong. During the spring plowing time, people everywhere were busy, and all the fields were brought in, which might cause dissatisfaction.
She and Maeda benefited from each other's greetings, but hesitated to speak.
Maeda shook his head and said.
“The spring plowing in the villages of Yuye is already halfway through. The departure of the fields will not affect the plowing. Everything that needs to be explained has already been explained.
Take a look at this first. "
Otani Yoshitsugi cursed, even if you don't need to arrange it, your farmland will always look good. If you do this, it will be unpopular.
She took the document, glanced at it, and looked solemn for a moment. Something big had happened, and she asked.
"Master Dao has already set off?"
Maeda nodded.
"Master Nizi had already set off when he sent the letter."
"How much munitions reserves are left for us?"
"One out of ten does not save one."
Otani Yoshitsugi was silent, she must not show any dissatisfaction about this matter.
The Lord has been as kind to her as a mountain, but now that something happened in Yue Zhong, the minister should go to pieces to repay her kindness.
But the battle in Iga has to be fought. Without supplies, how can we fight?
Spring plowing is halfway through, and not to mention the Mino side, there has already been some action in the Nanomi River in the north.
Most of Otani Yoshitsugi's subordinates were members of the samurai family who could no longer live under the Rokkaku family of Minami Omi and came to seek refuge. There was constant news about their relatives there.
The Liujiao family has begun to collect military and food services, raise supplies, and mobilize people, which has caused complaints from the lower-level martial arts families.
After years of fighting, the Rokkajia family was once knocked back to its original shape. The little warriors had long been resentful that they had not reaped much profit but were taxed to their waists.
Rokkaku Yoshihide also understood that the more unstable the lower class was, the more they had to use the proceeds from the Northern Expedition to fill the dissatisfaction of the lower class, and they were even more active in preparing for war.
Iga only has one hundred thousand koku, so he is already weak. Now that he is short of supplies, it is even worse. How can he fight?
Otani Yoshitsugi asked.
"If the supplies are not in order, what will happen to the war?"
Maeda glanced at her decisively.
"beat!"
