Hosokawa Fujitaka is pregnant with a divine descendant, and the Izumi-Hosokawa family is about to become the core family in the Shiba world. This is the most important thing for the Hosokawa-Mibuchi family at the moment.
Mibuchi Haru and Hosokawa Motonsune did not dare to neglect him. They gathered around Hosokawa Fujitaka to greet him and inquire about his welfare throughout the winter. They were also loving mothers and filial piety, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
At the beginning of the new year, in Hosokawa Fujitaka's dormitory, Mibuchi Haru saw Hosokawa Fujitaka with a big belly and still looking at documents, and couldn't help but say.
"You're due to give birth in just a few days. Is there anything you can be more anxious about and unable to let go of than this?"
Hosokawa Motonsune gently pulled Mibuchi Haru's sleeves to prevent the outspoken sister from talking too much and ruining the harmonious parent-child relationship.
Then, Hosokawa Motonsune picked up the porridge and handed it to Hosokawa Fujitaka, saying softly.
"The doctor said that your body is somewhat deficient. You should take more medicinal food. Eat a little first, and don't rush to do things at this moment."
Hosokawa Fujitaka put down the paperwork, took the white porridge from Hosokawa Motonune's hand with a smile, put it under his nose, smelled it, and sighed.
“It smells so good.”
Hosokawa Motonsune said with a smile.
"Guandong specially sent dried matsutake mushrooms for making porridge. It is indeed a good medicinal food. You can eat more of it while it is hot. This is the wish of the saint."
Porridge cooked with white rice is already an extremely luxurious tonic in the island country. Adding some delicacies from Guandong, it is a medicinal diet that only wealthy people have the opportunity to taste.
The most important thing is that this dried matsutake mushroom was sent by the saint, which represents the saint's care for Hosokawa Fujitaka, and the meaning is even different.
Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded, picked up a spoon and stirred the porridge base slightly to disperse the excess heat, then slowly took another spoonful and tasted it carefully.
Hosokawa Motonsune looked at the pile of documents on the slips and advised.
"The baby should be born in the next few days. Doctor Wen Po is waiting day and night. You don't have to worry, but don't worry too much.
The flesh and blood in your arms is the most important, nothing is more important than her, so just let it go first."
Compared with Mibuchi Haru who was always confused, Hosokawa Motonsune, as the previous governor of the Izumi Hosokawa family, still had weight in his words, and Hosokawa Fujitaka had to explain a few words.
"Two mothers, it's not that I don't want to do the hard work, it's just that there are some things that I can't put off.
You don’t know how lively Sakai Port is this winter, and the sharp drop in the stock price of the Hokuriku Expressway has made people panic.
Although this is all the trouble caused by Takada Harano and is not my fault, after all, Sakai Port is a place entrusted by the saint to me and the Izumi-Hosokawa family to guard. The chaos is too ugly and it is not good."
Hosokawa Motonsune asked curiously.
"I remember that the stock price of Hokurikudo Trading fell sharply once. Didn't it go back up by more than half after that? Why did it drop sharply again?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka said.
"When my mother asked, I didn't dare to hide it.
The highest value of the Hokurikudo Trading Road rose to 8 million gu, and Takada Yono privately talked with our core allies, and we all joined forces to sell the stock and let unsuspecting small and medium-sized investors take over.
That time the eight million pounds fell to more than six million dollars, so we stopped selling in large amounts and instead pulled a little rebound to give some comfort to small and medium-sized investors to prevent them from panicking.
After that, we continued to sell Hokuriku Doro stocks through sideways fluctuations, allowing small and medium-sized investors to take over a large number of stocks, and we also cashed out a large amount of profits.
This time when the Kanto incident occurred, Hokurikudo Trading Company's stock price plummeted, and we took advantage of the bad guys to sell the stocks in our hands again.
Without our support, the stock price quickly fell from 7 million to 5 million. And because of the sweetness of the last big rebound, small and medium-sized investors continued to take over, and everything was within our expectations.
Takada Yono made an agreement with us that when the stock price drops to a low level, we will jointly buy the stocks of small and medium-sized investors.
By going in and out, Takada Haruno and our core allies can make enough profits, and the number of stocks in hand will remain unchanged."
Takada Haruno led his allies on the Hokurikudo trade route to play the game of white wolf. The Shiba family ate meat, and the allies followed suit and drank soup.
The stock price goes up and down, and after a round of playing, you have a lot of stocks in your hand, and you have a lot of money in your pocket. Why not?
But this kind of thing can be done but cannot be said. If Hosokawa Motonsune hadn't asked about it, Hosokawa Fujitaka would not have discussed it in detail with others.
Hosokawa Motonsune sighed.
"Takada Yono is worthy of being the chief architect of the Shiba family's economy. He is truly amazing."
Hosokawa Fujitaka said with a wry smile.
"It was a good idea, but the problem is that something went wrong now.
The stock price is a trick that plays on people's hearts. Takada Yono wants to take advantage of people's greed and take away the money and food of small and medium-sized households, but he forgets that people's hearts are unpredictable and panic cannot be easily calmed down.
Originally, the stock price had dropped to 5 million, and it had already established a stable trend. Takada Yono was not prepared to continue to accelerate the decline, so he wanted to appease people for the time being.
But I don't know where a lot of funds came from, and they smashed the market at any cost, instantly evaporating the market value of 500,000 yuan in stock prices, and scaring the small and medium-sized investors who were already frightened to cut off their flesh.
Now that the stock price of Hokurikudo Trading Co. is on the verge of collapse, Takada Harano can't sit still and is looking for our allies to discuss how to protect the market.
But among her allies, which one is not a human spirit? Seeing the sharp drop in the stock price, those who once patted their chests and said they would take over the market at a low price quickly changed their minds and said they would take another look.
Haha, look again, look at the stock again and it’s over. The stock price has plummeted. The more they look at it, the less likely they are to enter the market. How can Takada Yono hold so many stocks?
Now every day in Sakai Port, small and medium-sized households that have lost all their money jump into the river, and the Kyuboshi River is blocked by corpses. As the head of the Sakai Port Customs Office, how can I just sit back and ignore it?"
Hosokawa Motonsune frowned.
"The Hokurikudo Trading Company stock must have been sniped. Takada Yono took advantage of the greed of small and medium-sized households to make money, but ignored that his own greed was also being exploited.
The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind, so she is in big trouble."
Hosokawa Fujitaka said coldly.
"No matter how big her troubles are, what does it have to do with me? If the stock doesn't do well, the worst it can do is close it down.
It's just that Sakai Port is under my jurisdiction. It caused countless merchants to jump into the river and block the river. It was really embarrassing, so I had to take care of it."
Hosokawa Motonsune nodded and said.
"The Sakai Port Rebellion is indeed important, but it is still more important than the child in your belly. It doesn't matter if you let Takada Yono hang around for a few days. You can give birth to the child with peace of mind first, and then think about other things."
Regardless of whether it is Hosokawa Fujitaka or Hosokawa Motonsune, the two of them actually do not pay much attention to the ongoing Sakai Port stock market crash.
Although they are smart, the vision of traditional martial arts is limited, and they naturally despise the shameless business of merchants. They only care about the swords and guns in their hands and the land in their name.
From the perspective of traditional samurai, Takada Yono was unlucky because of greed, and at most he had to pay some money and food, so it was no big deal.
The Wu family is based on force, the Sibo family is at its peak, and the saints are unparalleled in battle, so what are they afraid of?
As long as the saint is here, the sky will not fall.