Toyotomi Hidenaga's negotiation trip went very smoothly, but it was a pity that he came here to support his illness. He fell ill on the way back to Shihan Mountain Castle and could not worry about the subsequent implementation. However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi basically recognized this negotiation, especially being able to buy those warships from Jinghua, which was very helpful to his big plan. On this basis, he was willing to make some concessions on other matters.
The purchase of such a large number of warships would logically put a serious burden on the finances, but Japan's current situation is quite special. It is a large silver-producing country with a large population, but its agricultural productivity is not strong. This creates a problem: silver is cheap and goods are expensive.
To a certain extent, exporting silver in exchange for supplies can effectively reduce inflation. It's just that Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not exchange silver for hard currency such as grain and cloth, but for warships. The effect of alleviating inflation will probably be greatly reduced - of course, since there is less silver, at least inflation will not continue. .
However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still thought about the food problem, so Ishida Mitsunari, who went to Ishikanzan Castle to plead for Toyotomi Hidekatsu, was sent to Misaki Castle for additional negotiations. The main topic of the negotiations was the purchase of grain.
The matter of buying grain exceeded the scope of Gao Jingshi's authorization to Luo Yuan, because Gao Jingshi had not expected Toyotomi Hideyoshi to buy grain. In fact, it's not that Gao Pragmatic has no food on hand, but that the transportation level in this era is relatively limited.
Transporting grain from southern Xinjiang to the north of the Ming Dynasty has always been considered "quite cost-effective" by Gao Jingshi. The cost of transporting food to Japan is similar, or even worse. This is why Gao Jingshi only sent a single Marine Corps to Japan. one.
However, the Toyotomi family wanted to buy food, which was different from the pure consumption of the Marine Corps. Even if the transaction failed in the end, it would not be a loss-making transaction. So Luo Yuan did not make an immediate decision, but urgently called the person in charge of trade to inquire about Japanese grain prices.
It doesn't matter if you don't ask, but you will be shocked if you ask. The price of rice in Japan far exceeds that of the Ming Dynasty. In cheaper areas, the price of rice is more than twice that of the Ming Dynasty. In expensive areas, it is even more exaggerated, often reaching three times.
In contrast, rice prices in southern Xinjiang have continued to decline in the past two years as the war subsided and the household registration system was promoted. Especially in Cambodia, because the local population is relatively small and the consumption power is poor, but it is almost all plains, the food production is extremely abundant, so that the price of food is extremely low, and now it has become a large granary for high-pragmatic output of food.
Although Cambodia has been cut by Gao Pragmatic and lost a lot of land, the key agricultural areas are still there. With the country's surplus grain alone, Gao Pragmatic estimates that it can guarantee the supply of at least two provinces in the north of the Ming Dynasty when they are seriously affected by disasters. required.
There are indeed many disasters in the Ming Dynasty, but the characteristic is that this year here and next year elsewhere, it is not a large-scale outbreak. In addition, the powerful leader of the Ming Dynasty "self-rescue" has adopted measures such as planting high-yield crops in the North, which are more or less effective. It had a certain mitigating effect, so Cambodia's surplus grain was still relatively sufficient - the surplus grain in Annam and Siam was not even used to go to the Ming Dynasty, but was used to protect Nanzhang and Myanmar.
In this case, selling part of it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi can be done. After all, the amount that Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to buy was actually not that big in Kyoka's view, because he only had to take care of his own territory (including direct line territories such as Fudai), and he didn't care whether other daimyo were short of food or not.
The only trouble was that Luo Yuan was not authorized, so even if he found out the difference in food prices, he could only tell Ishida Mitsunari that he needed to ask for instructions. Although Ishida Mitsunari did not get the result, he thought that Luo Yuan himself seemed to agree with it, so he was generally relieved and prepared to leave.
Luo Yuan once again urged Toyotomi Hideyoshi to withdraw troops from Ninja Castle, but Ishida Mitsunari raised a question: It is not impossible for the Toyotomi family to withdraw troops from Ninja Castle, but the lord of Ninja Castle, Narita clan leader, is still in Odawara Castle. Without the order from the Narita clan leader, would Ninja Castle have sent troops to attack surrounding areas after seeing the Toyotomi family withdraw their troops?
This problem is quite realistic. After all, the surrounding areas of Ninja Castle were previously the territory of the Hojo family. For Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it was completely a new territory. It is reasonable that the people's hearts are not attached. In this way, if Ninja Castle really attacks the surrounding areas after the Toyotomi family withdraws its troops, it may not be unusual to take down several castles.
The only way to ensure that Ninja Castle will not "act randomly" is to send a letter personally from the Narita clan leader. However, the Narita clan leader is almost under house arrest in Odawara Castle. It is difficult to contact him, and it is even more difficult to expect him to give orders.
In fact, the Narita clan leader was still free to move around Odawara Castle when he first captured the city. As the crisis in the Hojo family deepened, the Hojo family was worried about his position and began to place him under house arrest. Later, when negotiating a marriage with the Sea Trade Alliance, the Narita clan regained a brief moment of freedom. Unfortunately, as the marriage was concluded, the Hojo family worried that he would rely on the power of the Sea Trade Alliance to cause trouble, so they placed him under house arrest again.
Although the Hojo family's approach seems a bit reckless and seems to have no regard for the future, it is good that they can take care of the present now. The future is too extravagant, so it is excusable. If the Narita clan leader could not be contacted, the issue of Ninja Castle seemed to have reached a deadlock all of a sudden.
Being in a deadlock is not a good thing for Luo Yuan. Firstly, Narita Kai is now one of his mistresses in theory. Secondly, according to the previous agreement, the Narita family will move from Ninja City to Yusou City. Misaki Castle has a close relationship. Ensuring that the power of the Narita family is not weakened now will contribute to the security of Misaki Castle in the future.
Yusheng City is a city on a flat mountain. Although it is not steep, it is not flat either. According to Luo Yuan's prediction, if Jinghua is willing to provide some fire support in the future, judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Narita clan this time, they only need three to five thousand people willing to defend Yusheng City, and the enemy does not have 20,000 or 30,000. It's definitely impossible to win.
However, after Luo Yuan sent Ishida Mitsunari away, he suddenly came up with an idea: If the Narita family chief suddenly died now, who should inherit the Narita family business now?
The current jodai of Ninja Castle is Narita Nagauchi, the eldest son of Narita Taiki, but Narita Nagauchi is only the cousin of the Narita clan leader, and is definitely not as close as Kaihime in terms of closeness. His position as Jodai actually came about by coincidence - when the head of the Narita clan left Ninja Castle for Odawara Castle, he appointed his uncle Taiki Narita as the Jodai. Unfortunately, the battle for Ninja Castle had just begun, and Narita Taiki actually He died of illness.
Since the Narita clan leader himself was not around at the time, and out of consideration for the internal stability of Ninja City, the Narita clan leader naturally took over his father's responsibilities, and thus picked up his father's title of Jodai.
However, the military power of Ninja City is in the hands of a woman named Kaiji. She is not only the general of Ninja City, but also has accumulated considerable prestige in several months of fighting. Although there were many famous generals in the crusade, all of them hit a wall in Ninja Castle. Of course, some of the famous generals, such as Sanada Masayuki and his son, were actually suspected of being cunning, and they probably did not give their best in the battle.
Even so, the achievements of the enemy generals and soldiers that Kafihime personally obtained were real merits. In Kanto, the "hometown of samurai," military exploits are prestige, and prestige is strength. Therefore, in Ninja Castle at the moment, although Narita Nagauchi is nominally Jodai, the person who really controls the war and decision-making is probably his cousin Kabihime.
Luo Yuan thought deeply: Since most of the real power of Ninja City is in the hands of Kaiji, and Gao Yunping has led more than a thousand elite marines to temporarily station in Ninja City, once the Narita clan dies, Kaiji will have a lot of power. If he had the chance, he could obtain the inheritance rights of the Narita family, then abandon Ninja Castle and be ordered to move it to Yusou Castle.
Japanese women can inherit the family governor. For example, Naotora Ii and Chiyo Tachibana, who were mentioned before, all inherited the family business as daughters and became daimyo.
However, Kaihime's situation is somewhat different from Tachibana Chiyo, but more similar to Ii Naotora. Tachibana Chiyo was appointed as the family governor when Tachibana Michyuki was still alive. He was only six or seven years old at the time. Later, Tachibana Michiyuki made a marriage contract for her and Takahashi Shoun's son Takahashi Notora. When Takahashi Notora came of age, he entered the Tachibana family and changed his name to Tachibana Munege. Together with Tachibana Chiyo, he ruled Tachibanayama Castle.
Ii Naotora is different. Her grandfather Ii Naotora died in the siege of Tahara Castle in Mikawa Province because of his orders from Imagawa Yoshimoto. Because her father Ii Naomori had no son, he planned to make his cousin Ii Naochika (the son of Naomori's uncle Ii Naomichi) his son-in-law.
Due to the slander of Ono Michiko (Masanao), the father of the Ii clan, Ii Naomichi's father Ii Naomichi and his younger brother Ii Naoyoshi were suspected of plotting against Imagawa Yoshimoto and were forced to commit suicide, and Naomi fled to Shinano Province. While Ii Naochika was on the run, Ii Naotora became a nun.
Naochika Ii did not return to the Imagawa family until one year after Michio's death. However, during his stay in Shinano, he married the daughter of Okuyama Chitomo (according to another theory, Okuyama Asari), so he could only dissolve his relationship with Ii Naochika. Tiger's engagement.
Five years later, Ii Naomori was killed in the Battle of Okehazama. After the vacancy of the family governor for two years, Ii Naoki succeeded the family governor, but was killed by the Imagawa clan because of the slander of Ono Michiya (son of Michio). The Ii clan was affected by this, and was rescued with the support of his uncle Shinno Chimiki (brother of Ii Naotora's mother, Yutshuni).
Two years later, as the power of the Imagawa family continued to decline, Iio Renryu and others rebelled. Shinno Oyaki and Naomori's important minister Nakano Naoyu were killed on behalf of the Imagawa party in the attack on Hima Castle. After learning about this, his uncle Nanxi Zuiwen, who was the abbot of Ryūtanji Temple, transferred his immediate relative's youngest son, Tomasatsu, later Ii Naomasa, to Horaiji Temple, where he was adopted as an adopted son and raised by Ii Naomasa.
The following year, because there was no male son in the family, Ii Naotora returned to secular life (she had previously been named Master Jiro), and inherited the position of governor of the Ii family in the name of Ii Naotora's son.
From this point of view, although Chiyo Tachibana succeeded her as the family governor as a daughter, Michyuki Tachibana had actually been looking for a son-in-law for her to "jointly rule" the Tachibana family, and she finally succeeded.
For Ii Naotora, almost all the boys in the family were dead, leaving only an infant, Ii Naomasa, so he had no choice but to become the family governor. In other words, it seems more difficult for Kaiji to inherit the Narita family. After all, there are still men in the Narita family.
Luo Yuan was scratching his head after thinking about this. It is not difficult to kill the Narita clan leader. As long as the agreement between the Toyotomi family and the Sea Trade Alliance is announced to the world, the Hojo family, who feel abandoned, will definitely have murderous intentions towards the Narita clan.
However, if the Hojo family had not lost their temper, they probably would not have directly killed the Narita clan leader at that time, and would have probably considered continuing to use the Narita clan leader to stabilize Ninja Castle. But it doesn't matter. As long as the Hojo family thinks of some small way to make Ninja City think that Ninja City has "rebelled", then the Narita clan leader who has lost its use value will definitely be used to sacrifice the flag.
Such a simple murder with a borrowed knife does not require the master to come in person, Luo Yuan can handle it.
The trouble is that the current Narita Nagauchi of Ninja Castle is Kaihime's cousin, and his father Narita Taiki and the governor of his hometown, Narita Choyasu, are brothers. He can basically be regarded as a direct descendant of the Narita family, and the inheritance rights still exist objectively. .
When it comes to establishing a family governor, there is no controversy even in Japan whether to appoint an adult man in his thirties or a girl in her late teens. The former definitely has more supporters. Unless Kafihime launches a mutiny, there shouldn't be much debate, and Narita Nagauchi will most likely become the new castle lord daimyo.
How about doing Narita Nagasaki by the way? I'm afraid that won't work. Although Luo Yuan didn't care about killing a few Japanese, the situation of Narita Nagauchi and Narita clan leader was different. The latter had been restricted from freedom, and his life and death was in the hands of the Hojo family. It was rare for him to do anything. As for the former, not only is everything in good condition, he is a legal castle, but he has also gained some prestige because he has held on to the castle until now.
In addition, there is another biggest problem, which is Kaiji's own attitude, especially whether she will choose to fight for the inheritance rights after her father's death.
Throughout the Warring States Period in Japan, basically every daimyo family would have its turn to be succeeded by a woman only if the male died. So since Narita Nagaki will not die, it may be difficult for Kaibi to take the initiative to fight for the position of family governor.
This seems to be a dead end. Luo Yuan secretly frowned. If Tamatsu Castle is inherited by the Narita clan, it would be better to find a way to get the Narita clan clan elder out of Odawara Castle. After all, the Narita clan chief is Mrs. Ru's biological father, and the Narita clan chief is just a cousin. If the clan chief is transferred to Tamana Castle, Kyoka's control will be much stronger, and it can be regarded as occupying the entire Miura Peninsula.
With the Miura Peninsula in hand, Edo Bay has almost become a dish under Jinghua's nose. Even if Tokugawa Ieyasu moves to Kanto in the future, he will have to face up to the status of Jinghua or the sea trade alliance.
Gao Pragmatic did not tell him what would happen in the original history, so Luo Yuan's considerations were more focused on how to expand the influence of the Sea Trade Alliance in Kanto.
He is the commander of the Kanto Squadron, and as the name suggests, he is responsible for the affairs of the Kanto region (the greater Kanto region actually includes the entire "Eastern Kingdom".), and after the news that Tokugawa Ieyasu was about to move to Kanto came to his ears from the Toyotomi family , he naturally has to make targeted arrangements.
Now Luo Yuan doesn't know where Tokugawa Ieyasu will choose as his residence after coming to Kanto, but Luo Yuan has been thinking about it, and it is nothing more than Odawara Castle or Edo Castle. If he chooses Odawara Castle, it means that his focus is on the military, and his primary goal is to ensure the safety of the city. If he chooses Edo, it means that he chooses to focus on production and hopes for long-term peace and stability - after all, Edo is second to none among the core areas of the Kanto Plain that are close to the sea and have convenient transportation.
Miura Peninsula is not far from Odawara Castle and Edo. To the west is Odawara and to the east is Edo. Therefore, "if you want to influence Kanto, you must first consolidate Miura."
From this point of view, the Narita clan leader still has no choice but to find a way to fish out the Narita clan leader before Toyotomi announces the results of the negotiations with the Sea Trade Alliance.
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