After the meeting, Yu Qiuping and everyone set off back to Kuroda City.
"Excuse me for speaking frankly," Amano Keide said coldly: "Your Highness will only receive three-tenths of the ransom at most. Once all the prisoners are released, each family will no longer be controlled by others."
"Yes, I understand." Yu Qiuping smiled and said,
"Your Highness," Sanada Masayuki whispered: "Your Highness felt that after extorting three-tenths of the total amount, no more benefits could be squeezed out, so he deliberately gave in and stopped?"
"No," Yu Qiuping shook his head, "I deliberately made concessions just to get them to agree to the IOU requirement of ten times the fine."
"But Momiji..." Sena Shiyi said dissatisfied: "What's the point of this? If you don't have the strength to threaten them again, then a tenfold fine will not help the flower in the mirror."
"What's the meaning? You'll understand soon!" Yu Qiuping laughed excitedly and snapped his fingers, "Because my prediction of historical development will never be wrong!"
·
On April 12, the four families sent a ransom of 400 guan. Yu Qiuping immediately kept his promise and released 300 prisoners by the Kiso River without the slightest difficulty or regret. However, the weapons and armor of the prisoners were naturally stolen.
Withheld, the wealthy families had nothing to say and had to accept their fate. On the 13th and 14th, the two sides still cooperated happily. After receiving the third 400 strings, Yu Qiuping happily released all the prisoners, along with the original prisoners.
Nagarayi and Kato Mitsuyasu were put back together.
Hara Laifang, who was waiting by the river in person, has been worried. Yu Qiuping suddenly broke the contract and withheld his son. He took his son as a hostage and demanded a ransom of seven days - then Hara Laifang would be unable to do anything and could only spend all his money to redeem it.
Returning to his son. When he saw Hara Nagayori getting off the boat, tears of excitement burst into his eyes. The seven short days of being separated from his son seemed as long as a century to this middle-aged man.
"My son! I have waited for you to come back!" Hara Norifu hugged his son excitedly, "You have been wronged these past few days! They didn't do anything to you! Did they deny you food?
Have you been tortured?"
"Dad!" Yuanaga Lai was also choked with sobs, but he still squeezed out a smile to comfort his father: "They didn't do anything to me! Your Highness Hongye treated me very well! Not only did I not suffer any injustice there these days, I also had a good meal.
It’s better than home!”
Hara Yorifu was stunned when he heard this, and looked at his son in his arms. Not only did he look good, but he also seemed to be a little fatter. He was relieved, but he still said harshly: "Silly boy! How can you remember the enemy's small favors and small favors?
Call them Hongye-sama! If it weren’t for the fact that you are an important prisoner and my child, what kind of life do you think you would have lived?”
"Dad, I don't think you're right to say that." However, Haranagi Lai protested a little aggrievedly: "Aside from being too greedy for money and being a bit shameless, His Highness Hongye is actually a very good person. Not only is it not difficult for us four
He is very polite to us and takes good care of us. Even our ashigaru, no one is abused and they have enough to eat every day."
"No one peed in the prisoners' food buckets?" Hara Yorifu asked in disbelief - in this era, it was commonplace to treat prisoners like this.
"No." Yuan Chang Lai replied honestly.
"No one beat the prisoners?" "No one robbed the prisoners of valuables?" "No one made the prisoners do hard labor for them?"... He asked a series of questions, but the answers he got were all no.
"It's weird, it's weird." Hara Yorifang scolded him a few times, "This Yuqiu Hongye is so kind to the captives. Don't tell me, maybe he is really a good person in the rumors. In addition to being a little greedy for money, he has never been
I have cheated. I must keep my promise when I let Maeno Nagayasu come back, and this time I let him go." As he thought about it, the hostility towards Yu Qiuping in his heart also faded away.
few.
"Then daddy," Yuan Chang Lai saw that Yuan Lai Fang seemed to be quite satisfied with Yu Qiuping, so he tentatively said: "How are we going to pay the ransom for the next seven days? Can the family get so much money?"
When Hara Norifu heard his son say this, he was really angry and funny, "Stupid!" Hara Norifu laughed and scolded: "You can't even get a penny from Yuqiu Hongye! Before, our family was forced to give them money and food.
, because you and more than 200 strong men are in his hands, we have to start! Now that you are all back, why are we afraid of rain, autumn and red leaves! Could it be that he brought those 200 people across the river?
Do you want money?"
At the same time, the south bank of the Kiso River.
"Your Highness, what exactly is your idea?" Nakahide Omaezaki smiled curiously: "Tell us about it! Why did you let all these people go?"
"It will be a disaster sooner or later that so many people stay here. Besides, I promised to let them go, and I will keep my word." Yu Qiuping turned his head and looked at his subordinates, "As for my evil idea, it will be over in another month
Right and left, you all know!"
The subsequent development was indeed as expected by Yu Qiuping and others. On the fourth day, the four wealthy families all began to explain that they were unable to raise funds and might not have time to pay back the money. After that, the wealthy families became more and more excessive. Not only one of them
He didn't even give Yu Qiuping any more money, and Nonomura Yukinari even beat up the Yu Qiu family's messenger and drove him out of the house.
So, on the tenth day, Yu Qiuping sent the last group of envoys. They were not there to press for money, nor were they to condemn the wealthy families. Instead, they just left a message that Yu Qiuping gave them:
"If you don't pay back the money, you will regret it on May 11."
The heads of the wealthy families who didn't know what was going on had no idea what Yu Qiuping wanted to express. They just became more and more nervous as the time drew closer.
·
After everything came to an end, the senior executives of the Yuqiu family gathered excitedly in the Kuroda Castle Castle Tower and began to count the "stolen money" together.
This time, the Yuqiu family extorted a total of 10,000 shi of grain and 5,200 guan. This is a huge income for the 8,000 shi spiritual emperor of the Yuqiu family. 10,000 shi of grain and 5,200 guan,
If calculated based on the usual money - that is, one tael of silver can buy two shi of food, this is a huge sum of more than 10,000 gu. The wealth of ten thousand gu in the idiom is just that much. A territory of 8,000 shi per year
The harvested grain is only about 3,000 shi. If we use it as money to cover one year's expenses, it would be good to have 500 shi left.
In other words, Yu Qiuping robbed 20 years of income in one battle - I am afraid that this was the same feeling when Japan later demanded huge wealth in the "Treaty of Shimonoseki". How to deal with these stolen funds will depend on Sena.
Shiyi took responsibility.
Tokiwabei's training funds must come from here. In order to maintain the training intensity of Yu Qiupei's training at the Imagawa family, a soldier will spend about 10 guan a year, and for more than 200 people, that is 2,000 guan - all at once
It cost one-fifth. In order to equip the cavalry with horses, Yu Qiuping also bought 50 horses from merchants, which cost another 1,500 yuan. Not to mention there are all kinds of large and small projects waiting for this money.
, repairing city defenses, distributing salaries, and a series of other things require money. Therefore, Yu Qiuping understands that he must not stop here and must continue to find ways to make money.
The first way Yu Qiuping thought of to make money was to make use of the captured ordnance. In this battle, Yu Qiuping seized a total of more than 300 pills, as well as some better quality weapons. Spears, bows and arrows, samurai swords, machetes, etc.
There are also many rattans. Yu Qiuping ordered Lan Xianghuaju and his craftsmen to start work to repair the damaged armor and weapons. At the same time, they should paint all the weapons and sell them as new.
Although a dongwan is cheap, if it is made into a new shape, it can still be sold for 5 guan. All the weapons and the like are added up, and it is estimated that it can be sold for about 2,500 guan. As for the buyers - they are fighting everywhere.
In the troubled times of the Warring States Period, are you worried that no one will buy weapons?
Another thing that Yu Qiuping wants to start promoting immediately is the bank he envisioned. The Yu Qiu family now is completely different from ten days ago. With abundant funds, it should be said that it is more than enough to open a bank. However, because Yu Qiuping
In his previous life, he had not specifically studied the financial industry, so a series of operating rules and regulations were still open to discussion. Yu Qiupei decided to take time to discuss with Sena Shiyoshi and Naoe Tadayei, and then launch his business when he was ready.
Bank policy.
After discussing the money issue, many issues that had been put aside in the territory were urgently needed to be resolved. Yu Qiuping asked Amano Keide to be responsible for the revision of the new military law, and worked with the local village chiefs and other local snakes to formulate a complete written territory
Law. Since Sena Ujitoshi was to focus on financial distribution and the formulation of bank rules, the preparation for dispatching agents to collect taxes after the autumn harvest fell on Naoe Tadayei. Fukushima Yasunari was in charge when both Akihira Ume and Naoe Tadayei were away.
Hosted the same daily training as before for Tokiwabi. And Masayuki Sanada was asked by Amakihei to find a way to establish an intelligence network. Whether it was a watchtower, beacon or spy, the enemy must not touch the edge of the Kiso River again.
The Yuqiu family only realized the situation later.
After that, Oda Nobunaga's reward for Uakiupei's battle also came down. The one who came to announce the reward was Uakiupei's sworn brother Maeda Toshiie. There are 5 more villages in Yeli County, with a total territory of 2,000 koku.
He was rewarded to Uakiuhei, who officially became a retainer of the 10,000 koku territory. According to Maeda Toshiie's description, the Qingzhou side had just heard a detailed report from Takigawa Kazumasu: nearly a thousand Saito family Ashigaru attacked the newly arrived Uqiupei.
, also fell into brief panic and distress. Mori Katsunari and Niwa Nagahide advocated immediately gathering and sending reinforcements to support Yu Qiupei; however, Sakuma Nobumori and others who had a grudge against Yu Qiupei used various reasons to shirk and wanted to see Yu Qiupei.
Qiuping's joke.
Oda Nobunaga's performance was intriguing. He didn't seem to be in a hurry to rescue Yu Qiupei. He seemed to be very confident in Yu Qiupei. His state made the retainers complain. However, the good news of Yu Qiupei's timely arrival was harsh.
Oda Nobunaga gave Oda Nobunaga a hard time in front of his retainers. Oda Nobunaga was very excited and took advantage of his happiness to draw up a reward for Amakihei.
However, according to Maeda Toshiie nervously revealed: Oda Nobunaga was somewhat dissatisfied with the way Uakiuhei released the prisoners in exchange for ransom, so the post of Yuri County magistrate originally decided to be awarded to Uakihira was also withheld. Ume.
Qiuping was slightly worried about this, but the joy of accepting the new territory quickly dispelled them.
After everything was prepared, it was already April 25th. After Yu Qiuping handed over the work at hand, he took Honda Tadakatsu and several attendants and rode back to Qingzhou City - although he had only been away for half a month.
, but he already missed his wife and children almost going crazy.
Chapter completed!