Akechi Mitsuhide sat back on the tea table with his back straight and his expression indifferent.
She slowly raised the tea cup in front of her, and there were ripples on the surface of the tea. As it was lifted, it trembled violently, and when it was brought close to the lips, most of it had already spilled out.
She raised her head silently, swallowed a small amount of tea in one gulp, and tasted it carefully.
"Tch, it tastes really bad. I really don't have the talent for this."
She looked into the distance silently, her eyes inexplicably gentle.
"I'm really only good at those dirty and dark tricks."
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Sakai Port, the headquarters of the Shinsengumi.
Takada Yono played with the golden judge in his hand and asked Imai Munehisa who was sitting at the bottom.
"What did Tsuda Muneki say?"
"She said she was willing to share the Hokuriku Road trade route with you and offered five hundred pieces of gold. She just asked my family not to sell off the goods in her warehouse at a low price."
Takada Harano looked at Imai Sohisa coldly, making her forehead sweat.
Tsuda Muneki was really anxious. She was doing exclusive business, and the profit was several times the profit. It wouldn't actually hurt her to have 30% of the goods taken away by the Shinsengumi.
The worst thing is to increase the price! There are always risks in business, just pass them on to the next person.
The loss here was 30%, and the resale price increased by 50%, making another profit. However, the Spo family took the blame and was scolded, which ruined their reputation.
This kind of business routine is already understood by Takada Yono, who has been practicing in Sakai Port for a long time.
But she sold goods at half price in Sakai Port in exchange for supplies to support Shiba Konge, which really cost Tsuda Soji his life.
30% of the goods are sold at half price, which is equivalent to smashing the market. Not to mention the price increase in the future, it is a good thing that she Tsuda Zongji can maintain the original price.
For this reason, she had to take the road of Imai Munehisa, donate money and beg to Takada Yono, and show her noble hand.
Takada Yono stared at Imai Muneku with cold sweat dripping down his face before he spoke slowly.
"Five hundred gold coins is a small coin of about one tael. One tael of gold is equivalent to fifteen hundred coins, which is only seven hundred and fifty coins.
My pity is really cheap. It would be nothing more than a big sentence. I don't know how to be a human being. "
Imai Munehisa was flattering on his face, but he was complaining in his heart. The big sentence was one twelfth liang, which was seven thousand five hundred guan.
The low-level Hime Samurai becomes an official and earns no more than fifteen kuan per year. If you become the person you want, it would be a huge loss and it would be better for the Shiba family to just sell off their inventory.
You are so greedy.
Takada Haruno didn't bother to care what she thought of him. His mind was full of money, and he wanted enough money to buy supplies and transport them to Shiba territory.
War is the most expensive business, and no amount of supplies is enough to fill this bottomless pit.
she said.
"Don't cover up for her just because you took advantage of her."
Imai Munehisa was so frightened that he fell to the ground and kowtowed.
"How dare I accept bribes and ruin the affairs of my master's family?"
Imai Zongjiu had been wronged for a long time. She was rich and wanted to have a smooth career in the Wu family. How could she lose a big thing for a small amount of property?
Tsuda Muneki did intend to give it, but she really didn’t accept it!
Takata Yono waved his hand, disapprovingly.
"It's okay to accept it. As long as you serve the Lord loyally, the rules of the Wu family are not that strict."
Imai Muneku wanted to cry but had no tears. Takada Yono was putting the blame on her. As a subordinate, what else could she say?
Blame your boss for being blind? I had to cry silently and bear the blame.
Originally, he wanted to say a few nice words for Tsuda Soji, but at this time, he remained silent and did not dare to speak out.
Takada Yono glanced at her, feeling satisfied.
Imai Munehisa was a great businessman and tea man in Sakai Port, and now he had the status of a samurai family, and his reputation was growing day by day.
She must be beaten from time to time to prevent her from getting carried away, forgetting her dignity and inferiority, and falling out of her control.
Takada Yono threw the gold coin in his hand, smashed it into the five hundred small coins on the table, and stretched out.
"Tsuda Soji woke up too late and told her that I didn't want her Hokurikudo store and handed over 50% of the warehouse inventory. This was an apology for disrespecting the Shiba family.
You give half the price to the merchants in Sakai Port in exchange for military supplies and continue to transport them back to Sibo territory. "
Imai Munehisa asked curiously.
"Takada-sama was so focused on acquiring business points on Hokuriku Road, why did he suddenly give up? Isn't this an important matter at home?"
Takada Yangno smiled slightly, his eyes looking far away with tenderness.
"Of course, the master is wise and saved me a lot of effort.
The merchants of Echizen Tsuruga, the Asakura family, and the Noto Hatakeyama family contacted me. It turned out that my master already had a layout on the Hokuriku Road and had negotiated the connection with the port.
Echizen Tsuruga Port, Noto Nanao Port, and Echigo Naoetsu, the local daimyo will fully support my family in transporting goods through the port.
With three samurai merchants joining us, our goods from Sakai Port can be connected to the seaport on Hokuriku Expressway without any hindrance. "
Imai Munehisa was shocked. This was a gameplay she had never thought of.
Her idea is still a traditional business, contacting various merchants, buying shares to participate in the business, and sharing the benefits.
However, what Shiba Yiyin prepared for Takada Haruno was a road to the sky, which would promote commercial development through political alliances.
The ports on Hokurikudo follow the open ocean current and are not in the same line as the Seto Inland Sea that supports the trade of Sakai Port.
The Tsushima Islands are one of the maritime trade hubs from Northeast China and the Korean Peninsula to Japan. The other route is Ryukyu, which trades with Southeast Asia and Nanman.
Every year, countless merchant ships arrive at Hakata Port in Kitakyushu via the Tsushima Current. What Sakai Port takes is the distribution cargo from Hakata Port via the Seto Inland Sea.
The Tsushima Current is a circle. In addition to the prosperous Kitakyushu Hakata Port, the Tsuruga Port on the Hokurikudo has also carried some specialties from the Northeast since ancient times.
For merchants, this trade route is mature and feasible.
Take Tsuruga Port and transit at Nanao Port on the Noto Peninsula. The sea route can lead to Echigo Country, Sado Country, and even Dewa Country.
Just because Hokuriku Road is closed and chaotic, few merchants have the courage to sell goods in large quantities.
Most merchants took the relatively safe and stable Tokaido route, the Imagawa family's route.
But last year, Yoshimoto Imagawa was killed in battle, and the Imagawa family began to be in civil strife, and the business routes along the Tokaido Road were already affected.
If at this time, there is a route on the Hokurikudo that is maintained by the local samurai family and leads directly to Kanto and Ou land via sea and commercial routes.
What a benefit this is!
The sea route is shorter than the land route, has fewer checkpoints, and has more benefits.
Once the Shiba family can take charge of this trade route and become a shipper for Sakai Port, Takada Yono will be the goddess of wealth for the merchants of Sakai Port.
With this bright prospect, Tsuda Muneki's Hokuriku Road merchant decided to kick her away and play the big game himself.
Imai Zongjiu admired him from the bottom of his heart. The samurai family still knew how to play.
If this comes to pass, the Shiba family's importance in Sakai Port will be on par with the Miyoshi family.
The Mihaoshi family held a knife, so everyone had to give in and pay.
The Spo family holds the money bag, and whoever is a businessman doesn't want to make money, so they are all vying to kneel down and lick it.
Imai Sohisa was delighted, but Takata Yono was thinking about the Omi war after spring plowing.
Even though she was already working hard to deliver supplies, it was still difficult to meet the needs of Iga's military strength because time was too tight.
But she had to get it done. This was an excellent opportunity to expand her voice in the family and she couldn't miss it.
she asked.
“How much funding do we have left?”
Imai Munehisa looked bitter and reluctantly answered.
“Except for the necessary working capital, all military supplies have been purchased.
These days, the armament of Sakai Port has increased by 30%, and the food supply has increased by 50%.
You can't buy it anymore, Mr. Takada, those profiteers are raising their prices, waiting for me to take action. "
Takada Yono was silent, Imai Munehisa was right when he said that there is no business without treachery.
Knowing that the Sibo family is purchasing supplies on a large scale, and that everyone is holding back their orders and raising prices, who doesn't want to suck a few more blood.
The working reserve fund cannot be moved any more, otherwise it will damage the foundation.
Takada Yono used the sugar decolorization method to invest in Imaiya, but neither of them took it seriously.
What really made Imai Munehisa work hard was the samurai identity given by Shiba Yoshigan.
The decolorization method was used by Takada Yono in transactions with various parties, and he became a shareholder in various arms businesses. The formula has been widely used and is worthless.
In Owari, a pound of raw sugar cost 300 fen, while the white sugar obtained after decolorization cost 600 fen per pound.
Sakai Port is a wholesale place for imported goods, and the price of imported cane sugar is already low. After decolorization, the cost is only one hundred cents.
The decolorization method is simple, but once it spreads, the price will collapse.
Nowadays, the price of sugar in Sakai Port is only one hundred and thirty cents, and it has completely become an ordinary commodity. It no longer has the luxury price when it first appeared.
Now in the hands of Takada Yono, the real profitable business is the finance and armaments run by Imai Munehisa.
Originally, she was only in the iron cannon business. At the request of Takada Harano, she used the sugar decolorization method to open up a new path and continued to invest money in the business of various weapons and equipment.
Although it seems that the business has grown, after the exchange of interests, the shareholding in the hugely profitable business of Tiepao has actually declined, and the profits are far less than before.
What is still making money now is finance.
