Chapter 1897 Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind
The Nanman Church suddenly took action, and the hors d'oeuvres that had been thrown onto the plate before were just Floys trying them out.
When the church's accountant calculated the total amount of Takada Harano's funds, Frois saw clearly Takata Harano's trump card and chose to sell goods at the stall where Takata Harano's capital turnover was tightest.
Takada Yono made a desperate move to secure funds and good news. He thought he had stabilized market confidence and wanted to reverse the stock price in one fell swoop.
At this moment, not only small and medium-sized investors are becoming excited, but even those allies who previously chose to wait and see are beginning to be eager to try, and a large amount of money is about to enter the game.
But at this time, the church borrowed a large number of Hokuriku Doro stocks from small and medium-sized investors and poured them all into the market at any cost, instantly breaking the market's psychological bottom line of four million dollars.
The once again shattered market confidence caused extreme panic among small and medium-sized investors on the market, who followed suit by selling stocks at all costs. Over-the-counter funds also slammed on the brakes and hesitated to wait and see again.
The overconfident Takada Yono invested too much money at the beginning and released all the good news. He was caught off guard and was unable to raise the stock price.
The psychological gap of four million dollars could not be filled in the shortest time. The market panic amplified infinitely, and the stock price plummeted instantly, like a black hole, heading straight for three million dollars.
By this time, the market's confidence in Hokurikudo Trading Co.'s stock temporarily fell into despair, and the stock price could no longer rise.
The stock price plummeted, and a large amount of food stamps were released, either returning to Sibo's earth warehouse or entering Sibo's real estate.
The scale of Sibo Real Estate is not large yet, and its stock is limited. It cannot accommodate so many new food stamps, and housing prices have skyrocketed.
On the other hand, Sibo Tucang was hit by a large number of food stamps, and some of the food stamps required exchange for the principal, which put Sibo Tucang into a dilemma of large-amount exchange, and he could not collect so much real money at the moment.
When the market discovered that it was difficult to exchange food stamps for gold and silver, many people immediately realized that the food stamps in their hands were just pieces of paper and might not be able to be converted back into their own gold, silver, copper coins, or food.
The panic in the entire market was amplified to the extreme at this moment.
The stock price of Hokurikudo Trading Road began to plummet, and everyone wanted to exchange the stocks for food stamps, and then take the food stamps to Shiba Tugu to exchange for their own real money.
The same is true for Spo real estate. After a sharp rise, there was a sharp fall. A large amount of food stamps flowed out, and the homeowners found that no one was willing to accept the real estate in their hands, so they rushed to reduce prices in a stampede manner.
Countless Spo food stamps flowed out of stocks and real estate like crazy, and rushed to Sbo's earth warehouse.
Spo's reverse repurchase and large-denomination certificates of deposit, with annual interest rates as high as 50%, have lost their former appeal and cannot attract investors' desire to exchange real money.
Countless people requested exchange and immediate exchange for their real money, causing a run.
In the few months since the beginning of the New Year, the once glorious Sibo food stamp system has suddenly turned into a street rat, making people avoid it.
A food stamp crisis storm swept through Sakai Port, spilling over from the Hokurikudo Trading Road stocks, impacting Shiba Real Estate and Shiba Earth Warehouse, and the Shiba grain stamp system was struggling to support itself on the edge of collapse.
At this time, in addition to Takada Harano who was going crazy with anxiety, Ishida Mitsunari, the head of Shibachu Fund, was also scared to death.
Sibo Zhong Fund has long been converted into food stamps. Whether it is principal operation or annuity payment, it has all used the Sibo food stamp system.
If the Sibo food stamp system collapses, the Sibo Zhong Fund will be destitute, so poor that it will be left with unredeemable food stamps, and there will only be a few months left before the mid-year welfare payment in the summer.
If the food stamps really collapse, and the food stamps in Ishida Mitsunari's hand become waste paper, how can she use it to distribute welfare? Giving out this waste paper is courting death, not giving anything else is courting death!
The Sibo Zhong Fund distributes annuity twice a year, once in the middle of the year and once at the end of the year. Each time it is distributed three stones, for a total of six stones a year.
This is the promise made by the sage to all Shiba warriors, and it is the cornerstone of the loyalty contract between the king and his ministers.
If Ishida Mitsunari messes up this matter, she and her whole family will not be able to atone for this sin!
As a last resort, Ishida Mitsunari's urgent message was quickly sent to Kanto and delivered to the throne of the saint.
The problem with the payment of Sibo's welfare benefits was too big. At this time, she could only admit that she was incompetent and asked the sage to give her an idea.
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The financial crisis in Sakai Port that started in the New Year did not affect Hideyoshi Hideyoshi of Saigoku.
In preparation for China, Hideyoshi Hashiba used Kuroda Takaka's plan to build an earth embankment and flood Takamatsu Castle.
Takamatsu Castle is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has abundant water resources. In order to conquer the city in the shortest time, Hideyoshi Hashiba sprinkled copper coins and grains on the local people, built a 300-meter earth embankment, and diverted the river to flood Takamatsu Castle.
Soon, Takamatsu Castle was reduced to the state of Zeguo, making it impossible for the Maori army who came to support to gather troops. It was blocked on the periphery by the walled city built by the Yushiba army, and could not form a joint force.
Takamatsu Castle, which was submerged in the water, was already in danger. The earthen walls were soaked and cracked by water, diseases were rampant in the city, and the morale of the military in the city was shaken and it was difficult to persevere.
Shimizu Muneharu, who once swore to be loyal to Mori and never bow to Oda, was in panic all day long, fearing that his family business would be destroyed.
If the situation continues to develop like this, Takamatsu Castle will fall in less than half a month, and the Maori army that came to support has been unable to attack the outer walled city several times, and its morale is already depressed.
Moreover, the Maori family's rear was not stable either. The Otomo and Shimazu families in Kyushu coveted the Maori family's Shimonoseki interests. The main force of the Maori force was delaying preparations for China for too long, fearing that there would be another chaos in the rear.
In addition, the Maori navy was defeated in the previous naval battle, and the Murakami navy simply turned around and joined the Oda family.
This caused the Maori family to lose control of the sea in the middle section of the Seto Inland Sea, and the exposed logistics line along the coast was unsafe.
In desperation, Terumoto Mori could only send envoys, hoping to negotiate peace with Hideyoshi Hashiba.
And this point is exactly in line with Hashiba Hideyoshi's strategy.
But at this moment, Kinki is still peaceful and nothing happens. Hashiba Hideyoshi is dealing with the envoys of the Mori family while looking forward to Kinki behind him, just waiting for the moment when the sky collapses and the earth collapses.
Everything is ready except for the east wind. Hashiba Hideyoshi is now waiting for Akechi Mitsuhide to kill someone.
As long as Oda Nobunaga dies, no one will be at peace. Since Akechi Mitsuhide chooses to be the leader, don't blame others for deliberately trying to take advantage of her.
Many samurai from Owari and Mino, the core of the Oda family, were sent by Oda Nobunaga to assist in the Western and Shikoku strategy.
Kitahata Xinbao of Ise Province, Niwa Nagahide of Wakasa Province fought in Shikoku, and Tsuneki Ikeda suppressed Settsu Province.
As for Hokuriku's Shibata Katsuie...Hashiba Hideyoshi didn't know if she also noticed something strange, but he stood still after taking Kaga Country.
It's funny to say that all the military commanders of the Oda family were either on the battlefield or had other ambitions. Only Oda Nobunaga was in Azuchi Castle, so exhausted that he gave birth to his own child.