Takada Yono narrowed his eyes and sneered.
"They really dare to think."
Imai Munehisa also smiled bitterly.
It was really ironic that she was asked by Takada Yono to join the Ichigo Sect because of the Tukura incident, but she was here to bring a message to Takada Yono for the Nanman Sect.
If the fanatical believers of Ishiyama Honganji Temple find out about this, she, a member of the Ichigo Sect who just came out of the oven, will be chopped into pieces.
"Sir, if you don't go to China to smuggle iron materials and only rely on the existing iron materials in the country, even if I collect them at a high price, I can only complete one-third of the share you entrusted."
Takada Yono frowned, thinking in his mind. One-third means less than 100 sets, so it is better not to do it.
She didn't build plate armor because they were suitable for the Japanese battlefield, she just used the plate armor to show off and show her strength to her lord.
If the number is not large enough, there will be no shocking effect and it will not be able to leave a deep impression on the master.
This is not an economic account, but a political account. What is important is Spo Yiyin's shock when he saw these plate armors.
It doesn’t matter whether you spend 20,000 guan or 30,000 guan. Political needs are higher than economic needs. But if the quantity is not enough and cannot impact Spo Yiyin's three views, then it will be a complete failure.
But the Nanman's demands were too much, and Takada Yono found it difficult to accept them.
"No, I cannot believe in the Nanman religion. This is harmful to my foothold in Sakai Port. These Nanman believers have bad intentions."
Takada Yono is a believer in the Shingon sect. That's because Shiba Yoshigan joined the Shingon sect, and most of the samurai under Shiba's command follow their master's faith.
She doesn't mind changing religions for profit, but the matter is too sensitive in Sakai Port.
Sakai Port and Kyoto are the focus of the penetration of Nanman religion. The faith brought by sea has touched the sensitive nerves of the original religions in recent times.
Since Ashikaga Yoshimitsu massacred the emperor's ministers, Shintoism declined. Buddhism is a dominant religion and has long been invincible in the world.
Even though various sects are constantly fighting with each other, everyone is a disciple of the Buddhist sect and has some connection with each other. The meat always rots in their own pot.
However, Nanman Religion is a completely different kind of faith, and it is also the most exclusive monotheistic religion. The doctrine is either one or the other, and there is no compromise.
As the most fanatical branch of Buddhism, the Yixiang Sect has always been in tit-for-tat confrontation with the Nanman Diocese in Sakai Port Kyoto.
The villages in Settsu area fight bloody battles every year for their faith. The upper-class martial arts families are constantly fighting among themselves and have no intention of intervening in disputes over beliefs, but this does not mean that they are not afraid of the terror of religious fanaticism.
Takada Yono will not cause this trouble. It is good to believe in the Koyasan Shingon Sect. Why is she getting involved in the deadly fight between the Ichigo Sect and the Nanman Sect?
The Nanman Diocese valued Takada Harano and wanted to recruit her to join the religion in order to expand its influence in Sakai Port and even Kinji.
Takada Yono believes it. As long as she is willing to nod, the iron materials smuggled from the Celestial Empire will definitely be sold at a fair price, and they may even be given to her at half of the loss.
The Portuguese and Westerners are more interested in spreading their faith than making money through trade, so they can definitely do this kind of thing.
However, if Takada Yono joins the Nanman Sect, Honganji Kenru will no longer worry about the investment in the 70,000-gu Tukura loan and will definitely kill her.
No matter how much Shishan's Master Xianru valued money, he would never be ambiguous about his fundamental stance on religious struggle.
Failure in the religious struggle is not as simple as the death of the whole family, but a comprehensive elimination from the body to the spirit.
All the teachings and believers handed down from the eleven generations of Honganji Temple were burned to the ground. After death, they will be splashed with sewage and stepped on ten thousand feet, because the dead cannot refute.
Takada Yangno thought about it and shook his head.
"No, absolutely not. Is there any other way?"
Imai Munehisa said.
"There is another channel, but the cost is huge. Avoid the Portuguese and Westerners and go to the British and Dutch."
Takada Yono was stunned and nodded.
"There is indeed going to be heavy bleeding. Didn't Sen Rikyu set up a line for Tsuchikura in Kyoto?
There is nowhere to use this money, so use it here. "
Imai Munejiu smiled bitterly, she knew this would happen.
The current problem with the Hokuriku Road trade route is that the incident at Nanao Port has shaken the confidence of the caravans. This is no longer a problem that can be solved with money, so she has plenty of funds to borrow money from the soil warehouse.
However, Takada Harano was determined to play a political deal and spent money to make Shiba Yiyin dizzy. She didn't care how much money she spent.
Imai Munehisa's suggestion is to spend more money, because there are more than one faction of Nanman merchants.
The Southern Barbarians, led by the Portuguese and Westerners, focused on missionary work. They could sacrifice trade interests as long as they could spread their Lord.
The British and the Dutch are heretics in the Southern Barbarian religion. They don't care much about their faith and pay more attention to trade interests, and their relations with the Portuguese and Westerners are not good.
Since Takada Yono rejected the Nanman Diocese's request, he still insisted on building these plate armors. There was only one way to go, which was to buy goods from the British and Dutch at high prices.
Imai Munehisa sighed and said.
"Sir, if you do this, my estimate of 20,000 yuan may increase to 35,000 or even 40,000 yuan.
Is this okay? "
Takada Yangno nodded firmly.
"No problem, I don't worry about what you do, just go ahead and do it. All the copper coins borrowed from Kyoto Tokugura this time will be at your disposal."
Imai Munehisa smiled helplessly, kowtowed to the ground and accepted the order.
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In recent places, waves are rising.
Far away in Shimogotsu Yasuda Castle in Echigo, Shiba Yoshigan had just received the apology letter from Takada Yono earlier, and also arrived with a letter from Uesugi Teruhora.
Takada Yono took the initiative to plead guilty, indicating that she could not fulfill her previous promise of 70% of the goods from Sakai Port going through the Hokuriku Road, and asked the Lord to punish her.
Even though she was among the five and six people in Sakai Port, she was unruly in front of Akechi Mitsuhide and others, and her business wisdom and political skills were increasingly mature.
But in front of Shiba Yoshigan, Takada Haruno always behaved so humblely, just like the poor maid she was when she was Owari.
Just as Nizi Shengjiu complained behind his back, he is really a two-faced person who pretends to be powerful in front of his lord, and even loses his face.
In recent years, the top ladies in Sibo Leader are either like her, doing one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes. Or they just don't dare to expose them, for fear of destroying unity.
Shiba Yoshiyin is still feeling proud, feeling that he has arranged everything well and that the recent concubines have lived up to his trust.
In a sense, he is the blinded fool and the scapegoat.
Takada Yono simply said in a letter that he was not capable enough to achieve the goal of 70% share. The previous promise was arrogant and ignorant, please apologize to Si Bo Yiyin.
However, Yoshihiro Shiba knew in his heart that it was difficult to widen the Hokurikudo trade route because of the civil strife in the Noto Hatakeyama family and the closure of Nanao Port, which affected the confidence of merchants.
He scoffed at this.
These businessmen may seem shrewd, but in fact they are just pathetic people. Their self-righteous conservative route, the Tokaido trade route, is almost over.
Not to mention the ambitious Oda Nobunaga who is causing trouble at the western end of Tokaido, Mikawa's Matsudaira Motoyasu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Takeda Harunobu is about to go south to attack the Imagawa family.
The stability of the Tokaido trade route over the years has given merchants an illusion of security. In fact, the Tokaido riots have begun to take shape since last year.
Based on the three countries of Suruga, Ene, and Mikawa, Imagawa Yoshimoto dominated the Tokaido, protected the Tokaido trade route, and turned the residential city of Sunfu Castle into a place of rare wealth in the world.
But who does the Imagawa clan really mean? The government order does not leave Sunfu Castle, and the Tokaido trade route is still open. This is just the inertial thinking of samurai families everywhere.
Once Takeda Harunobu takes action and all the martial arts families wake up, who doesn't want to take a bite of the Imagawa family's fat meat?
As the war spread, even the caravans taking the East China Sea Road would not be skinned and cramped, even Shiba Yiyin would not believe it.
