Chapter 2120: Borrowing money to fight a great cause
Ichijo Hideyoshi calmed down and said calmly.
"you say."
Kuroda Takaka said calmly.
"They are transferring assets, transferring gold, silver, copper coins and other easily transferable properties through the Tokugawa Territory to the Shiba Territory.
The interval between the two conquests of Shikoku and Kyushu was too short, and the savings of Oda's old territory had been emptied. In order to obey your mobilization order, Oda's old ministers borrowed a large amount of money from Shiba Tugu to use grain as military supplies.
Nowadays, the general trend of Shiba Ichichi and two families fighting for the world has become a reality. Shiba Tsuchikura's behavior of siding with the enemy is regarded as treason and collaboration with the enemy in any era.
However, our saint did not take it seriously. Instead, the Spurs Federal Reserve came forward to instruct Spurs Tokura to relax credit and lend money to the samurai family of the Western Island country at a more relaxed interest rate.
After the last Sakai Port crisis, Hokurikudo stocks and Shiba Real Estate hit rock bottom, so prices have recovered and grown rapidly in the past two years.
The martial arts families of the Four Kingdoms and Kyushu have been resettled by you, divided and conquered, and I feel terrified and uneasy, and inevitably have the thought of hedging my bets.
Nowadays, Spo Tukura has relaxed credit and Spo's assets are rising moderately. No matter how you look at it, it is a good and cost-effective place.
It’s no wonder that they would take all the gold, silver, and copper coins they could transfer to Spo to exchange for food stamps, and even borrow money to invest in Sbo’s assets.
The loan interest rate in Sibo Tucang is 10%, and the stock and real estate prices have increased by more than 15% in the past few years. As long as you can borrow food stamps, you will make money no matter what.
To be honest, even I am a little tempted."
Ichijo Hideyoshi's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he felt cold, and sneered.
"Then why don't you buy it? Is it because I don't have enough money or food, or do I have no channels to go to Spo to get it?"
Kuroda Takataka looked at Ichijo Hideyoshi who was suppressing his anger and said seriously.
"Because I just want to help Guan Bai achieve great things, and I don't want to be a food stamp slave of the Sibo family.
No matter how much you earn from food stamps, it is just a piece of paper issued by the Sibo family. Those idiots in the West Island Country actually regard the paper as real money.
It is easy for them to exchange their gold, silver and copper coins for food stamps, but will it be so easy to get back real money in the future?"
Ichijo Hideyoshi smiled happily.
"I knew that Kuroda-hime was a smart person and would not be fooled by these petty gains."
Kuroda Takagao sighed.
“The most common people in the world are stupid people, and the huge waves they stir up are also frightening.
The Spo family's conspiracy is trying to win over people's hearts, and I have no idea how to deal with it.
The only solution for now is to start a war."
Ichijo Hideyoshi asked with a frown.
"You mean to start a war with the Shiba family?"
Kuroda Takagao shook his head and said.
"No.
In the past few years, Guan Bai has been campaigning east and west, but the saint has been recuperating and waiting for work. At this time, when he goes to war with the Si Bo family, the chance of winning is extremely small, and a wise man will not take it.
But Guan Bai can't just watch the Western Island Kingdom martial arts family continue to transfer wealth to Spo Territory. The more properties they have in Spur Territory, the more they will be attracted to Spo Territory in the future.
In the end, the Sibo family will only be able to defeat others without fighting, and the saint will accept the world with a smile.
Therefore, we must start a war. As long as we don't fight Spoelstra, we can fight anywhere.
Let the samurai families in Oda's old territory, Saigoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu all mobilize, so that instead of transferring their wealth to Shiba Territory, they will have to borrow more money from Shiba Tsuchikura.
Use the borrowed food stamps to redeem supplies through the Tokugawa territory and use them as military expenses to fight for you."
Ichijo Hideyoshi thought for a while and nodded.
"Letting them borrow it and letting them exchange it is equivalent to using the Shiba family's supplies to enrich my army and expand my territory for me.
The loyal ministers of the Ichijo family need more fiefdom rewards, and my territory needs more people and land to have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Shiba family."
Kuroda Takagao nodded.
"Yes, this also breaks the West Island Kingdom's martial arts family's desire to seek refuge with the Shiba family.
If the samurai family of the West Island Country is allowed to continue to invest in Spo Territory, the more wealth they have in Spur Territory, the more they will be attracted to Spo Territory, and sooner or later they will turn against them and turn against them.
But if they borrowed so much from Spo Tucang that they would never be able to repay it, that would be a different matter.
The more you borrow, the less you can afford to repay. In the end, you can only use the wealth gained from foreign wars to offset it.
Do you think they will be willing to give the proceeds of the war, which they shed their blood and tears to, to Shiba Tokura with both hands?"
Ichijo Hideyoshi laughed.
"Not only are they unwilling to give in, they are filled with hatred, and they wish they could rob and burn all the Spo earth warehouse."
Ichijo Hideyoshi had already understood what Kuroda Takaka meant. It was a conspiracy for Yoshihiro Shiba to relax Shiba Tsuchikura's credit, so the only way to deal with the conspiracy was through conspiracy.
Shiba Togura was willing to lend, but Ichichi Hideyoshi couldn't stop him, so he simply absorbed the money, food and supplies lent by the samurai of the Western Islands and used them for his own use.
Using war to consume supplies would not allow the samurai family of the West Island country to accumulate wealth in Shiba, but would instead make them owe a huge debt to the Shiba family. However, the fruits of the war were happily received by Ichijo Hideyoshi.
As the ancients said, when rice is used to gain favor, rice will be pitted against rice.
Once the loan exceeds the threshold and cannot be repaid, the idea of killing the creditor will come to mind.
Use the Shiba family's supplies to fight foreign wars, expand your territory, increase your strength, and integrate the loyalty of your retainers.
He used the loan from the Shiba family to oppress the local samurai family and alienated them from the Shiba family. In the end, he joined the Ichijo family and became the vanguard of the Ichijo family to eliminate the Shiba family.
Ichijo Hideyoshi applauded and praised, and Kuroda Takataka smiled modestly. Neither of them considered the consequences of failure.
Although the Battle of Shiba Ichijo will not happen for the time being, it will eventually happen.
In economic warfare outside the battlefield, no matter how clever the two sides calculate each other, the final winner will still be the war.
If you can't win, any strategy will be a joke, but Ichijo Hideyoshi has great confidence in himself.
As time goes by, the East Island Kingdom under Shiba's command has become more peaceful and civilized, while the samurai under Ichijo's command have been honing their skills in battles and waiting for the day to come.
Continuously borrow money, use the host country's materials to fight in all directions, expand strength, and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army. When fighting on the battlefield in the future, it is not obvious which of the two sides is better.
As for the loans that you can't afford to repay, you won't have to pay them back if you win!
Hideyoshi Ichijo looked at Kuroda Takaka and said solemnly.
"I have something to ask Kuroda-hime."
Kuroda Takaka bowed.
"I am afraid, please give me a clear explanation."
Ichijo Hideyoshi said seriously.
"I intend to build a new city in Matsuura County, Hizen Province, Kyushu Island, as my residence.
I would like to ask Kuroda Hime to go to the local area to measure and design for me and be responsible for the construction of the city."
Kuroda Takagao fell to the ground and kowtowed.
"Dare to disobey orders."
Ichijo Hideyoshi stood up, patted his sleeves, looked at the empty scene of early winter in the distance, and said with high spirits.
"Let's call the new town Nagoya.
When this city is completed, I will send envoys to the peninsula to borrow a passage from the owner of the peninsula and invite her to conquer the four hundred kingdoms of Tiantang!"
Kuroda Takagao's body trembled, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
The peninsula is a vassal of the Celestial Empire, and they have admired the Celestial Empire for a long time. How dare they do such a disobedient act? When they received Ichijo Hideyoshi's envoy, they probably thought Ichijo Hideyoshi was a lunatic.
Why are you taking advantage of the peninsula to plan for a big event? It's obviously a false way to attack Guo, aiming at the peninsula.
Kuroda Takataka had long thought that the direction of the foreign conquest would be either Ryukyu or the peninsula, but he did not expect that Hideyoshi Ichijo was so ambitious and directly talked about conquering the Celestial Empire.
Regardless of whether Ichijo Hideyoshi's words were rhetoric or genuine ambition, the peninsula was bound to suffer.
In the Tang Dynasty, the island country once landed on the peninsula and fought a fierce battle with the Chinese Empire on the peninsula. After the defeat, they never had the intention of landing on the peninsula again.
Nowadays, Ichijo Hideyoshi holds half of the island country's troops and horses. After a hundred years of war, the number of soldiers the Nishima country has fought in the war is at least hundreds of thousands.
These elite soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles have ignited Ichijo Hideyoshi's raging ambition. Since there is nothing he can do with the Shiba Yiyin for the time being, he can use the money and food in Shiba's soil warehouse as military expenses and pinch the soft persimmons of the peninsula.
If the peninsula falls in the wind, it is not impossible to reach Long and look at Shu.
Ichijo Hideyoshi was silent in the dream he was weaving, but he didn't know that the mantis was stalking the cicada, the oriole was behind, and Yoshigoshi Shiba was already sharpening his knife behind her.
The day Ichijo Hideyoshi landed on the peninsula was the day when the loyal dogs of the Celestial Empire, the Shiba family, appeared.