Du Fei didn't take it to heart at all after hearing this. He knew the money required for these two promises. Since he could say it, he would definitely do it.
After hearing about this, Sagara Yoshihiro, who was cowering in the castle tower in fear, immediately held a grand banquet for Du Fei in private. When Du Fei saw the so-called feast, it was not as good as the sumptuous meal he and the chamber of commerce directors had on weekdays. He suddenly thought to himself: Look, Du Fei
This guy is really so poor that he can't even treat someone to a meal!
He took a few polite bites, then interrupted Yoshihiro Sagara's gushing gratitude and asked him directly about the long-term development plan of the Sagara family.
Xiangliang Yiyang said that his hands were short and he immediately said respectfully: "You have also seen that our Xiangliang family has only more than 1,500 soldiers who can fight now, and the equipment is also quite backward and outdated. Some soldiers are even holding bamboo sticks."
The gun is charging so"
At this point, he suddenly stopped, looked at Du Fei's face uneasily, and then said: "So we don't have any attack plans in the near future. We must first strengthen the defense of the territory and consolidate the city defense."
"Does that mean you can't bring me any benefits?" Du Fei was very disappointed even though he was mentally prepared.
"Hehehe." Sagara Yoshihiro looked around and said to him: "Can you open a business in my territory? I can exempt you from all taxes."
Du Fei nodded and thought to himself: This is barely a bargaining chip, but most of the Higo country's territory is mountainous and there are relatively few residents. How much money can you make by opening a store here?
This Xiangliang Yoshihiro is not stupid. I invested my money here. On the one hand, I have to be controlled by him, and on the other hand, it will promote the commercial development in his territory. I really kill two birds with one stone!
At this time, Xiangliang Yiyang said to him with a hopeful smile: "How about it? Boss Du, if you think about it, it is completely tax-free! And I will do my best to ensure your safety. Anyone who dares to hinder your interests will be severely punished.
he!"
The words had reached this point, and Du Fei had to express his position: "Okay, I promise to be your 'royal merchant' in the future, but in addition to being exempted from taxes, I also have a condition."
"Please just say it." At this moment, Sagara Yoshihiro seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. Not to mention it was a condition, even if he let his wife sleep with him for two days, he had to agree coquettishly.
"Please allow me to establish my own guard because once I open a store here, I will definitely have a large amount of valuable goods that need to be transported. When the time comes, encountering bandits is inevitable. I can't ask you to send soldiers to escort you?" Du Fei's last words were intentional.
He emphasized his tone.
As expected, Xiangliang Yiyang agreed very happily: "I'm asking you for something! It's just a little thing! Of course! That's it! Don't think our Xiangliang family is inconspicuous now, but it will develop in the future.
, they will also trample those Shimazu family and Otomo family under their feet!"
Du Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head: Just brag. It seems that this is a risky investment. I have to be careful.
He then traveled around the limited territory of the Xiangliang family under the guidance of Jiu Mu. After seeing the terrain and location, Du Fei slapped himself hard on the head: It will be difficult not to pay compensation this time.
It turns out that there are still such deceitful places in the world, and Du Fei finally learned the lesson.
The territory of the Sagara family is located in the narrow strip between the Ryuzoji family and the Shimazu family. Generally speaking, the land on the west coast of Kyushu should be in a good location, because across the sea to the west is the Ming Dynasty, and from time to time there are also Nanman merchants from the ocean.
The goods are coming.
But what makes people desperate is that the seaside areas of the Xiangliang family are all covered with reefs, and no boats can land and dock. Even the fishermen's boats have to twist and turn to get out.
It doesn’t matter if it’s not close to the sea. It’s okay if you have some specialties. But the things that people in the world have, the things that everyone in the world has, most people here don’t have.
It’s okay if you don’t have any specialties!! It’s fine if your location is safer, but there is Ryuzoji Temple on the top, Shimazu on the bottom, and Otomo on the right. It happens to be stuck in the middle by the Three Hegemons of Kyushu.
I don’t know which family would crush them like ants if they were in a bad mood that day or if they thought they were in the way.
The more Du Fei watched, the more depressed he became. Now he understood that Xiangliang Yiyang didn't ask for a penny in taxes, and he also understood why this place was so poor.
Du Fei was exhausted from wandering around for a whole day. Seeing that it was too late to return to the city, he hurriedly looked for a hotel in Yatsushiro Town.
But every hotel was packed! Some passers-by were even sleeping on the side of the road because they couldn't find them. Suddenly she saw a large number of people watching the fun at the street corner in front of her, and she couldn't help but became curious and followed them.
It turned out that a man came to the hotel with a family of young and old. They had already paid money to reserve a place, but they were sold to someone else at a high price by the profit-driven boss.
The man who looked like a businessman quit his job and led his family gesticulating and shouting at the hotel door, claiming that he was going to Gaofa Boss.
"Go! Whatever you want!" I saw the fat boss shaking his bald fat head proudly: "But I want to remind you that whistleblowers here also have to pay a lot of money! I have already refunded the money.
It’s useless for you to make trouble anymore!”
Du Fei got angry when he heard this: "There are still people doing business like you! Who will come back again?"
"Hey, who are you again? Is it your turn to teach me a lesson? I'll tell you when I come back, my hotel is full every day and even sleeping on the porch costs three yuan! I'm not worried about no one coming!!"
Du Fei suddenly had an enlightenment after saying this: Yes! Although there are no specialties here and there is no port, because it is located on the only way for travelers and businessmen coming from north to south, the hotel is in short supply!
He then carefully observed all the hotels in the town and found that not only were there few hotels, but also there were very few facilities.
To be honest, those hotels on the roadside only provide a place to shelter from the wind and rain. They don’t even have bedding, let alone food and high-end guest rooms. Therefore, some wealthy merchants choose to set out early in the morning, and then
I walked non-stop through Higo Province day and night, as if to avoid settling in Yatsushiro Town, which has terrible conditions.
A bold plan arose in Du Fei's mind. He seemed to have seen the old Longshan Hao several years ago! Then he would also open a Jinmen Inn here!
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A month later, a tall and majestic Nakato Ming-style pavilion suddenly erected on the dilapidated streets of Yatsushiro Town. It was entirely made of stone and bricks, and it stood out among the large number of wooden houses around it.
The pavilion has four floors. The structure is modeled after the "Tianxiapinlou", the largest inn in the capital of the Ming Dynasty in China. The first and second floors are public rooms. Considering that there are more poor people in Japan at this time, this kind of cheap bunks are set up
There are quite a lot of them, accounting for exactly half of them. But even this lowest-standard bunk provides bedding and pillows. I don’t know how many times better than those other Ono stores outside that don’t have anything.
The left half of the third and fourth floors are single rooms, which provide more comfortable services to wealthy travelers and businessmen. In addition to beds, each room also has a locked box that can be used to store travelers' personal belongings.
Items. At night, everyone no longer has to hold their money bags and sleep in fear.
The last remaining half of the four floors have special wooden stairs leading directly to the street. The rooms inside are relatively luxurious. They not only have comfortable Ming-style beds, but also many accessories such as screens, murals, etc., and they also bring their own
A small hot spring pool. Of course, the water in the stone pool is artificially heated.
"Thank you, Zhan Qin!" Du Fei patted a fat shoulder and said.
Liu Zhanqin said with a smile: "Then you are not allowed to charge me for coming to your inn! It took a lot of effort to help you with these things this time."
Du Fei waved and watched as his ship disappeared little by little into the horizon.
The people of Yatsushiro-cho found that passers-by who used to come and go in a hurry began to like to stay in Yatsushiro-cho for a long time.
Those small wild stores also began to behave themselves, not only because of this strong competitor, but also because Du Fei quickly took the local chamber of commerce into his own hands. Once he found a hotel with poor facilities and conditions,
He will immediately seal them up and order them to rectify. Vendors selling moldy and stale food have also been severely punished by him.
The hotel where he had done immoral things was deeply remembered by Du Fei. He took the iron cannon guard he formed to check him every three days and once every five days. It didn't take long.
So he closed the door completely.
Du Fei has no interest in giving these black sheep a chance. Their presence will only make travelers who could have spent a lot of money in Yatsushiro Town leave angrily.
Excluding the military salary of 2,000 guan per month sponsored by the Xiangliang family, deducting some other expenses, and deducting the depreciation of the items in the inn, Du Fei can actually earn a full 18,000 guan per month!
Even he himself couldn't believe it. He expected that he would end up earning 8,000 yuan a month at most.
Even so, there is still an endless stream of people who want to check in every day. Every day, there are people who lose their temper at the door because they cannot stay in the hotel. Whenever this happens, Du Fei orders the guys to take the people to the place where he thinks
Check out other hotels in the town that are pretty good.
In this way, his prestige was even higher, and no one dared to go against him. Not only because of Du Fei's heavily armed iron cannon escort, but also because whether the hotel owners obeyed his instructions was a factor in their hotel's business success.