Chapter seven hundred and fifty seventh Danbo has changed
Putting the matter of plate armor aside, Takada Yono said to Imai Munehisa.
"From now on, our logistics will not accept new caravans to join, and all merchants who want to join must apply to me.
Only after getting my approval and paying a deposit can you use our Hokurikudo trade route logistics."
Imai Sohisa was stunned when he heard this, not understanding what Takada Harano was going to do.
The Hokuriku Road trade route has always existed. Last year, the Shiba family started operating their own logistics, and the scale of the caravans traveling the Hokuriku Road gradually increased.
Seriously, even if you don't use the Shiba family's logistics, you can still transport goods through the Hokuriku Road. It's just that without the guarantee of the various big names, it will be even more unsafe along the way.
Because caravans traveling through Hokuriku mostly joined the Shiba family's logistics, the Hokuriku Road trade route became synonymous with the Shiba family's logistics.
Last winter, for the Kanto-Kansai logistics after the spring, Takada Yono started a business war with Tokaido merchants, vying to subsidize the caravans so that they could use their own logistics.
Because of the chaos in Noto country, Hokuriku was at a disadvantage in this logistics business war. A large amount of copper coins were used to subsidize the goods, but only less than 50% of the goods from Sakai Port were transported through Hokuriku.
And as time went by, a large number of caravans wavered and retreated. At this time, Takada Yono changed his tune and began to raise the threshold for caravans to enter Shibajia Logistics.
What exactly does she mean?
Imai Munehisa frowned and asked cautiously.
"Sir, is this appropriate? Will it cause a large number of caravans to divert to the East China Sea? Also, are the previously promised subsidies still valid?"
Takada Yono said with a smile.
"Businessmen must be creditworthy, and the subsidies that have been promised before will be given according to the rules.
But from now on, if a caravan that has withdrawn wants to come back, or if a new caravan wants to join, it must follow the new rules.
If you don’t give us enough benefits, don’t even think about using our logistics.”
Seeing her confident look, Imai Munehisa was even more confused.
"Sir, are there any new changes?"
Takada Yono nodded and waved the letter in his hand, feeling happy.
"I complained to the Lord before that I could not fulfill the task of 70% of the cargo from Sakai Port traveling through the Hokuriku Road. The Lord wrote back and revealed some things to me.
Echigo will start to solve the problem of Noto Nanao Port after the spring plowing. What’s more important is that my lord has said that something big is going to happen on the Tokaido trade route.”
"Is something going to happen to the Tokaido trade route? No, this road has always been stable."
Takada Yono covered his mouth and smiled.
"Imai-hime, it must have been two years since His Highness Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed in battle, right?"
Imai Munehisa felt awe-struck and nodded.
"It's been almost two years indeed."
Takata Yono sighed.
"The Tokaido trade route prospered with the No. 1 bowman of Tokaido. She was able to maintain stability for more than a year after her death. She is really an amazing name of the samurai family."
Imai Munehisa felt a chill in her heart. She also followed the inertia and believed that the Tokaido trade route would always be stable. But in troubled times, there is no real stability.
Takada Yono sighed.
"The Imagawa family can no longer control the Three Kingdoms of Tokaido, and the wealth of Sunpu Castle is mouth-watering. We have always focused on business profits, so we missed some changes.
The Lord is pioneering in Kanto and thinks about the situation far more thoroughly than we do. The Lord says that if the Tokaido Road is to be in chaos, it will definitely be in chaos.
Those caravans took our money and asked us to humbly invite them to use the Hokuriku trade route. It was really annoying.
I just want to raise the bar. It is best for those snobs to switch to the Donghai Road trade route. When they find out that there is trouble in the Donghai Road, it will not be so easy to come back.
This time, I want them to kneel down and kowtow to me, and beg me to take them to play."
Takada Harano's eyes flashed with dangerous brilliance, and he smiled cruelly. Imai Munehisa nodded and remained silent.
Sakai Port, and even several recent merchants, have never been sincere towards the Shiba family's Hokuriku Road trade route. They only regard Takata Harano's subsidy as a condition for bargaining with Tokaido merchants.
This feeling of being used as a spare tire is really bad. Takada Yono tolerated it with the overall situation in mind. Imai Munehisa, who came to negotiate, felt even more uncomfortable.
Now, Shiba Yiyin has received accurate information. With Takada Yoshino's magnanimity, of course he must give these snobbish merchants some color.
First, raise the threshold to persuade them to quit, and then wait until they have no choice but to come and ask for help. Then, they must vent their arrogant anger.
This is to scare the monkeys and help raise the horizons of the businessmen in Sakai Port. Let these idiots be more cautious when negotiating in the future, so as not to offend those who cannot afford to offend.
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Takada Harano of Sakai Port was on good terms with the Miyoshi trio, and was reminded by Shiba Yoshigan. She was sharpening her sword and prepared to take advantage of the unstable changes in the Tokaido Road to teach the merchants of Sakai Port a lesson.
But she didn't know that after Ashikaga Yoshiteru completely suppressed the ministers headed by the Ise family, the deacon of the political office, he had already looked around and started looking for the next target.
The ambitious general will bring more intense turmoil to Sakai Port and the entire Kojima in the new year.
Kyoto, Imperial Palace.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru was conducting a review. She knocked on the paperwork, pointed to the letter on the case and smiled.
"Hatano Harumichi died of illness, and her daughter wrote a letter to show her respect to me. Ha, that's interesting."
Hatano Haremichi and Ashikaga Yoshiteru deeply hated his incompetence.
At the beginning of the Konki War, Hatano Harumichi was ambushed and captured alive by Yoshihide Miyoshi because of his greed and rashness.
This resulted in the Hatano family, which owned the fortified city of Yakami Castle, being forced to surrender to the Miyoshi family, almost causing the shogunate's army to collapse as well.
If it hadn't been for Yoshihiro Saba to open up the situation in Yamato and rush to the aid of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the current shogunate might have been the successful Miyoshi Nagakei in the upper reaches of the city, taking charge of the general affairs.
And Ashikaga Yoshiteru can only be forced to become a puppet, and the Ashikaga family's situation will become even more embarrassing.
Since the recent war, the Hatano family has been reduced to a subsidiary of the Miyoshi family. Now her family actually skipped the Miyoshi family to show their goodwill to the general. The significance of this is intriguing.
Ashikaga Yoshiki was talking above, but no one was talking below, which made her feel bored.
Although she was already in great power, she still wanted someone to share her worries and responsibilities for her. So she named Ninagawa Makoto.
"Ninagawa-hime, what do you think of the letter from the Hatano family?"
Ninagawa himself was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Ashikaga Yoshiteru would talk to her, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
The Ninagawa family was the acting official of the political office. This time, they stood beside Ashikaga Yoshiteru and contributed a lot to her suppression of the Ise Sadato. However, the general was too ruthless in what he did. Under the grief of the rabbit's death and the fox's death, Ninagawa's heart was complicated.
The Ninagawa family was a samurai family affiliated with the Ise family. Although they were valued by successive shoguns and gradually became their own sect, they were still a samurai family of the shogunate line at their core.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru deprived the shogunate of their territory and suppressed their rights. Ninagawa himself was horrified when he saw this, and his thoughts gradually changed.
Her mind was not in Danba, but at this time the general called her name, so she could only lower her head and think for a moment before saying.
"The Hatano family may have regretted it and wanted to expel the Miyoshi family from Tamba Country, so they issued a test to the shogunate."
Ashikaga Yoshiki nodded, this judgment was consistent with her thoughts.