Chapter 135 Rectify the market
On the third day after Kiyoshi left, Oda Nobunaga's quotes were published in the newspaper. On the fourth day, Oda Nobunaga sent Kawajiri Hidetaka with a sentence, "Idiot, that's another word."
‘Yeah, I knew it a long time ago.’
Seeing that I was so unaware, Hidetaka Kawaji laughed, "Your Highness said it, I won't be the case."
‘I know.’ The so-called "Not as an example" means to me. ‘Hidetaka finally came once, and I will treat you to Kabukicho Street, Ishiyama Town, I will be there at night.’
‘Then it’s not necessary. How can I make Lord Kudo leave his post without permission? This is a sin. After I get the gift, I should go back to Kyoto to report my life.’
‘Since that’s the case, I must find a reasonable gift for Xiu Takashi.’ I still know the principle that Hidetoshi Kawajiri does not leave empty. I searched the gift boxes in the house and finally found a reasonable gift. A statue of Maitreya Buddha was exchanged for food from the Honanji Castle a few days ago. From my non-professional perspective, the production skills may not be very exquisite, but it was made of pure gold and has a total of six taels. As a gift, it is still quite good. ‘There is nothing good in Shishan, so I gave this statue to Xiu Takashi.’
‘It’s so expensive. My mother is a Buddhist and believes most. When she gives her birthday gift to her next month on her 50th birthday, she must be very happy.’ Hidetaka Kawajiri almost took a habit of holding the golden Buddha.
Wait, there is a question, 'High Takashi, please call you Kawajiri Lord. How old are you this year?' Most people in this era do not pay attention to maintenance. People in their thirties often look as old as forty or fifty. But Kawajiri Hidetaka is still in their forties no matter how they look at it, because I know Kawajiri Hidetaka's grandsons are all so good. I suddenly heard him say that his mother is less than fifty, what kind of mother is this? A great mother, did she really give birth to Kawajiri Hidetaka before she was two years old? Is there any mistake? How could it be so fast?
‘I, thirty-eight years old, half of it was buried.’
By doing this, Hidetaka Kawajiri's mother gave birth to Hidetaka Kawajiri at the age of twelve, which is considered to be a Guinness record. It is rare for an elderly man under fifty to be able to live in four generations. In order to confirm that my idea is correct, I asked again, 'Mr. Hidetaka Kawajiri, is your biological mother?'
Hidetaka Kawajiri also saw my doubts and said proudly, "It's more important to say, of course it's my biological child. Everyone knows Ohashi. I know you are very jealous of me. I was twelve years old, and I joined the first formation with His Highness Nobuhide and won the first level. When I was thirteen, my wife gave birth to my first child. That was a temporary story in Ohashi."
As expected, these strong men have been strong since childhood. I just graduated from elementary school at the age of twelve, and I had a vague first love at the age of thirteen. Compared with this old man, I was nothing and nothing., for the first time in the island country, I felt that I was not as good as humans.
After seeing off Hidetaka Kawajiri, I continued to have a meeting with my retainers. This time it was a spring plowing summary meeting. All retainers who had more than 10,000 shi of fields at home rushed over. In order to allow the samurai to participate more in war and training, the farming, harvesting, tax payment and payment of fields at home was managed by Matsuda Nagata. After the sowing was completed at the beginning of the year, a budget report meeting was held after the year-end grain was divided. This is the most important two sessions of the Kudo family. Here, the samurai of our family has separated from farming and management rights, and has truly achieved the separation of farmers and soldiers. For example, the generals of 10,000 shi of rice at the end of the year only received 10,000 shi of rice at the end of the year, or exchanged them for various materials owned by the Kudo family according to the market price. The advantage is that they do not have to worry about it, and they are guaranteed to harvest by drought and flood.
‘Of the 450,000 stone of land in my family, half of which have planted spring sweet potatoes this year, and it is expected that 7.5 million stones of spring sweet potatoes will be harvested by July.’ Nagasaki Matsuda stopped here. The retainers were gasping for air. What is the concept of 7.5 million stones? If used as military rations, it is enough for two million troops to eat for one year. If used as food for the people, the annual food for three million people is considered to be considered as a food for three million people. How many people in Japan’s Warring States Period? Although no one has done a precise population statistics, based on the calculation of the land of each country about 24 million stones, it is known that there are still more than 10 million people in the island country. The Kudo family solved the problem of food for one-quarter of the island country with one-fifty arable land in the island country.
What is this? This is a miracle. The most shocking thing is that Nagano Yamori, who has just arrived for two days and is familiar with the environment. 'How is this possible?'
I showed a little bit of expression, Matsuda Nagata understood and explained, "It's nothing. Your Highness asked someone to bring spring sweet potatoes from the distant Jinshan to thirty times the yield of rice and wheat. However, long-term use as staple food will cause stomachache and so much pain that I can't straighten my waist. It can only be used as a side food, and occasionally eat a few meals or use them mixed with grains. Otherwise, we will not only use half of the land to grow sweet potatoes."
Although I have a large number of sweet potatoes in my hands, only a small part of them are put into the Japanese market. If there are too many things, it will be worth it. The demand in overseas markets is not small. The fleet is not large enough now, and there are many specialties in the whale house. The number of sweet potatoes that can be transported away as desserts is not large. Most of the remaining sweet potatoes are used for disaster relief and for desserts. If you are hungry at home, you can go to the kitchen to get the cooked sweet potatoes as desserts. During this year, most of the Kinki victims have been saved by the sweet potato porridge donated by the Oda family.
Although eating sweet potato porridge for a long time can cause stomach acid, it is much stronger than the bark of wild vegetables, so the victims don’t have to be picky. This year, the reputation of Oda Nobunaga and I have been getting rid of indecent titles such as the murderer and the devil. At the same time, it also laid a good public foundation for the Minister of the Taizheng to call the God of the Small Universe.
After Matsuda Nagata explained, he continued to report, 'I will continue to adopt the practice of last year, using oxen, horses, farm tools, seeds, oil and salt and other daily necessities for all spring sweet potatoes other than the annual rent for land. It is expected that the amount of 7 million stones can be obtained. Of the remaining land, 20% of the land is used to plant rice and wheat, and 20% of the land is used to plant corn. After October and autumn, the staple food can be harvested about 350,000 stones. The annual supply tax is 40% calculated to be estimated to be 140,000 stones. His Highness, the Minister of the Taizheng, exempted the family from the annual supply of the past few years, and all of the staple food can be stored. The remaining 100,000 stones of land is used by farmers to grow vegetables and beans, and it is estimated that there is a tax of 15,000 jin.'
I tapped the table with my fingers and fell into long thoughts. The seven million stone spring sweet potatoes are a large number, and the granaries may even be full and cannot be stored at home. Our overseas trade has just taken shape. In July of the harvest of spring sweet potatoes, the fleet size will probably expand again, but such a large scale of grain will definitely not be digested in a year. It is not the digestive capacity of various countries in Southeast Asia, but the transportation capacity itself. The fleet size will develop for about three years, which can probably solve the transportation capacity of seven million stone spring sweet potatoes this year. It is said that people in the Ming Dynasty have rebelled every day because of hunger, and the demand for food must be very large.
Think about it, as long as half of these spring sweet potatoes are put on the market, you don’t have to look at it and know that it will lead to a sharp drop in grain prices. What will happen after the sharp drop in grain prices? Low grains hurt farmers? But if you don’t put them on the market, you can only learn what capitalists did in the economic crisis of overproducts and throw them into the sea to feed fish? But if you think about it, who would stock up on large coupons of grain? Speculation and traders? Thinking of this, I suddenly slapped the table, "Changsheng, how much food is there in the family? The staple and secondary grain are all counted."
Nagata Matsuda immediately looked through the account book, 'Including the whale house, 650,000 shi of sweet potatoes, 230,000 shi of rice, 80,000 shi of pickled whale meat, 30,000 shi of flour.'
I snapped my fingers, "It's great, from now on, until the end of July, I will slowly put 50% of the rice and 90% of the sweet potatoes in my home on the market."
Matsuda Nagata, ‘Hey. I understand.’
‘I expect the food prices to fall a little, right?’
‘About 20% or 30%. Such a large amount of grain will cause turbulence even if it is slowly put into the market.’ said Nagata Mamada.
Chapter completed!