After hearing Long Zi say that it was several businessmen who came instead of an envoy, Yu Qiuping realized that the background was not small.
Sure enough, when he and Sena Shiyoshi dressed up and went to greet them, the businessmen already waiting in the hall gathered together, and it was almost a big gathering of wealthy businessmen in the Kinki area.
"That one is Imai Munehisa, a wealthy merchant from Sakai Town, and next to him is Tsuda Muneki. These two are the most powerful." Sena Shiyoshi seemed to have done his homework a long time ago, and whispered in Yu Qiuping's ear: "Those four on the right
The names are Konishi Lonzo, Sueyoshi Sonshiro, Tachibana Matasaburo and Hasegawa Munehito, all of whom can be regarded as wealthy businessmen."
"What are so many people coming to do?" Yu Qiuping couldn't help but muttered a little offended when he saw such a big battle.
"It's probably for business purposes." Uji Sena, who is also a businessman, naturally understands the lifeblood of these bosses.
After Yu Qiupei and Sena Shiyoshi sat down, these merchants just gave a simple hand-over salute. Generally speaking, businessmen who are untouchables have to kneel down and salute when they see a samurai. But in Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town,
The merchants in the country have always had a tradition of autonomy. Apart from paying high taxes to the surrounding daimyo every year, they are not subject to jurisdiction, so they also have a sense of arrogance in their bones. Yu Qiupei and Sena Shiyoshi didn't care about this, and they returned the gift.
After seeing the attitudes of Yu Qiupei and Sena Ujiyoshi, the businessmen exchanged glances with each other, and then Tsuda Muneki spoke first: "Tsuda Muneki, a grassroots citizen, has met His Highness Momiji. My nephew has been grateful to His Highness for the past few years.
Please take care of me. I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of my nephew and his late father."
"Nephew?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "That iron artillery instructor Tsuda Kazuki is your nephew?"
"Exactly." Tsuda Zongji smiled and nodded. This can be regarded as establishing a relationship between the Yuqiu family and Tsuda Zongji. It's almost enough to get down to business. "So in order to repay His Highness, Cao Min specially brought a group of businessmen.
Come to discuss business with His Highness."
"Oh? What kind of business is it?" Before Yu Qiuping could say anything, Sena Shiyoshi rushed to speak. This tough guy became anxious when he heard the word business.
"Come to help His Highness in times of need." Imai Munehisa on the side smiled and took over the conversation, "His Majesty Momiji has a kind heart and is willing to save the people of Iimoriyama Castle, which is in dire need, and now the people of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle. But winter is coming, whether it is
Your Highness may have a shortage of food, building materials for winter houses, and medicines to prevent the plague. There may also be some shortages of iron, sulfur, and leather needed by His Highness's strong army."
"Boss Imai is right." Yu Qiuping nodded. These businessmen seemed to be very well-informed, and they accurately found out that Yu Qiuping was now in dire need of building materials and food. And the medicines that Imai Sojiu mentioned, Yu Qiuping himself had
I never thought that the people around Maple Leaf Mountain City had been hungry for so long and were not in very good health. If the winter really hit, many people would definitely get sick. If the medicines were not well stocked, an epidemic would be a big problem.
"It just so happens that Boss Tsuda and several other bosses are here to discuss these transactions with His Highness." Imai Munehisa continued to maintain the merchant's signature amiable smile on his somewhat fat face, "Whatever Your Highness wants to buy, we have it all in Sakai Town.
, please feel free to speak."
"That's great." Yu Qiuping had been looking for an opportunity to send someone there.
I contacted Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town. Unexpectedly, businessmen from Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town took the initiative to come to discuss business. "This is Sena Shiyoshi, who is responsible for the finances of the Yuqiu family. You can discuss it in detail with him."
"Is he Sena, the boss of Mitsubishi Caravan?" Sueyoshi Sonshiro, who was sitting aside, lit up when he heard this. He is a famous speculator in Ishiyama Town and Kinki. Although he is not old, he is very courageous and often travels around.
Among the various daimyo, there was a lucrative business. He was very envious of people like Sena Shiyoshi who relied on the Yuqiu family to run their caravans.
"Exactly." Sena Uji nodded, "Since you are all ready to do business, where should we start?"
"Wait a minute." Imai Mune frowned and waved his hand after hearing this, "We may have to put the business talks aside for a while. We came to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle this time because we actually want to ask for help from His Majesty Momiji for something. This matter concerns Kinki.
The survival of business depends on it, don’t dare to neglect it!”
Yu Qiuping smiled slightly and looked at Imai Munehisa noncommittally. Businessmen in Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town are famous in Japan. They have always been famous for being profit-oriented, so naturally they will not do business at a loss. Yu Qiuping is now so short of food, medicine, building materials, and armaments.
These merchants are willing to come over and trade with Yu Qiuping to make the raw materials needed, which can be regarded as a good grasp of Yu Qiuping. Because if Yu Qiuping cannot buy these things from them, he will not be able to persist in Maple Leaf Mountain City. Without food,
The entire army will starve to death. Without building materials and medicine, the lives of the people in Maple Leaf Mountain City are not guaranteed. Without the raw materials needed for armaments, Tokiwa Bei can only wear civilian clothes and hold a bamboo gun to fight the enemy.
Therefore, Yu Qiuping had no choice but to let the merchants of Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town put forward the conditions.
"Your Majesty Momiji," Imai Munehisa continued after seeing that Amakihei had no objections, "our trade route between Sakai Town, Ishiyama Town and the area east of Kyoto has always passed through Iimoriyama Castle.
Due to the Kyoto War and the Matsunaga family's attack on Iimori Mountain Castle a few days ago, we did not dare to continue taking this route for fear of being looted by the insurgents. However, another trade route passed through the mountainous areas of Yamato. The road was rugged and difficult, making it difficult for the caravan to move.
, for this reason we have stockpiled a lot of goods that were originally going to the Eastern Kingdom."
"Now that His Highness Hongye has shown great power and stabilized the Maple Mountain City area, we want to restart this trade route. We also hope that His Highness Hongye can ensure the safety of the trade route. As for the passing tariffs, please rest assured, Your Highness will not be missing.
One portion." Tsuda Soji took over the conversation and put a high hat on Yu Qiuping very respectfully.
"That's natural." Yu Qiuping had no reason to reject such a proposal, "Bosses, please rest assured."
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After ensuring that the business affairs were worry-free, the burdens on the shoulders of these Sakai and Ishiyama merchants were relieved, and they began to negotiate business with Sena Uji with peace of mind. Once this stage was entered, the merchants
The amiability he had when dealing with Yu Qiuping just now disappeared immediately. They were all quarreling with each other, and Sena Jiyoshi was blushing for their own interests. Yu Qiuping sat aside and smiled and watched Sena Jiyoshi fight with these masters, while he silently enjoyed it.
Tea.
"This is too expensive. Where can the price of pig iron be so high?"
"The purity of the iron we have here is very high. Whether it is used to make the equipment or the barrel of the gun, it is not what Boss Sena is used to."
It’s comparable to the defective products I bought in Tsushima before!”
"The same goes for medicinal materials. How can they be so expensive?"
"It's winter now, and there has just been an epidemic in the four countries. There is a shortage of medicinal materials, so the price is naturally not low."
"Why are these building materials so expensive? Are stone and wood so exaggerated?"
“Boss Sena, it’s not like you don’t know that building materials are priced at this price!”
"Then the worst I can do is let the people dig rocks and chop trees by themselves. Your price is too exaggerated!"
"Boss Sena, please stop bragging. Maple Leaf Mountain City is surrounded by plains. How can there be so much stone and wood? If you want to dig it yourself, you can only go to Mount Kongo. But it's a long way there and the hungry people don't have enough to eat. Where can I go?"
Do you have the energy to travel so far to chop down trees and carry rocks back? Besides all this trouble, winter is coming soon, is it too late? Our building materials are all transported directly to Maple Leaf Mountain City!"
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After a long period of negotiation, the price was finally set. Sena Ujiyoshi was so tired that his voice was hoarse. Due to the embarrassing situation of the Yuqiu family, the merchants of Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town had a seller's market and had a dominant position in the negotiations.
The Sena family tried their best and failed to lower the price much, so they could only reluctantly sign the contracts. The contract stipulated that the Yuqiu family should pay a 10% deposit first, and then the merchants would start shipping the goods.
You pay as much as it rains and falls until the last batch of goods arrives.
However, Sena Uji knew in his heart that if it really operated like this, Mitsubishi Caravan would use up all its working capital and everything would have to start over again. Unwilling to do so, he made a proposal to the bosses after signing the contract.
A suggestion: "I wonder if you, the bosses, have a lot of money. The Mitsubishi caravan has just arrived. It needs a lot of funds to enter the Kinki market. Can you borrow some funds for turnover?" If you can borrow money from these bosses to pay for these high amounts of food.
, the cost of building materials and raw materials, Mitsubishi Caravan will have the opportunity to free up funds to enter the Kinki market and begin to expand its scale and make profits.
"Haha, Boss Sena is joking." Konishi Lonzo chuckled a few times after hearing this, "Is it the People's Bank run by Yuqiu's family? Let the ordinary people put it bluntly, those banks are just for ordinary people to deposit money.
As businessmen, the way we make money is much higher than the interest rate."
Each of these businessmen is like Ming Jing. Naturally, they are not willing to let the Mitsubishi caravan with the official background of the Yuqiu family enter Kinki to compete with them for the market and lend money to the People's Bank. They would not even think about it, let alone
Don't say you did it.
"I wonder if any of you bosses have ever heard of the rare goods that can be lived in?" Yu Qiuping saw this and also interjected, "The Mitsubishi caravan is not a simple caravan, but one with the background of the Yuqiu family."
Yu Qiuping's explicit words actually violated the default rules of negotiation between businessmen. The businessmen exchanged glances with each other, and finally Tsuda Souji spoke with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, don't blame me, ordinary people just tell us. We
Sakai Town is called autonomous, but it also pays a lot of taxes to the Miyoshi family every year, which can be regarded as having some relationship with the Miyoshi family. Miyoshi Mikyu-sama's reputation as a 'money bag' is due to his good relationship with our Sakai Town.
Chapter completed!