Chapter One Thousand Three Hundred and Nineteen: The Crazy Age of Discovery, the First Gold Trade in Ezo!
"Oh! Zu, my brother, there is no need to send back all the captives! These three warriors, from the Matsumae Anton clan further south, are not included in the redemption of this family... I beg you! Take them back to the distant place.
Snowfield, don’t let them appear again. And I also implore you to take these more than a hundred farmers and craftsmen away, as far away as possible!…”
"Witness the Buddha! Please do not let the big clans further south know about the trade between your tribe and our family... Those powerful and greedy clans are always like underfed wild boars, charging around fiercely... They are different from our family,
I am more accustomed to using arrogant force to snatch every potential benefit!"
"Similarly, if the trade between your department and our family is known by a powerful temple, it is likely to be interfered by greedy monks and officials! ... These monks and officials have the means to reach heaven, and they never accomplish anything, but they can do bad things.
And their greed is difficult to satisfy, even Buddha cannot influence them..."
"So, I beg you! Don't include the trade between us with other unpredictable clan forces! ... And our family will do its best to meet the goods your department needs, as well as the craftsmen who are 'recruited'..."
Night gradually fell, and bonfires were lit on the coast. The three longships of the kingdom were already filled with goods and livestock, so that there was not enough space to accommodate the more than one hundred Japanese and peasants. Therefore, more than ten
A kingdom warrior got off the boat and skillfully tied the Kazuto peasants into a queue of twenty people to prevent them from escaping under the cover of night. They would camp in place and guard the Kazuto peasants for several days, waiting for the fleet to arrive in the cold weather.
After Hamabe, we returned again to pick him up.
In fact, these Kazuto farmers had already sealed their fate from the moment they left their camp at the foot of Mount Ezo Fuji. Even if they could escape under the cover of night, they would never be able to pass through the road blocked by the Oyizaki clan.
They went to the territory guarded by the country and fled back to their hometown in Matsumae.
The most likely outcome for them is that they will be killed by the Oyezaki samurai who blocked the road, and their heads will be hung high, and then they will be charged with "having an adulterous affair" or "deserting military service", and the village and relatives will even be held accountable.
"Buddha! The Uyizaki clan will never allow it! The situation of today's gold trade was leaked by these escaped farmers, so that the guardian of Matsumae knew... because the benefits involved are really too great!"
Mitsuhiro Oyizaki secretly made up his mind that even if he wielded the samurai's sword and cut off the heads of samurai and peasants, today's transaction would never be leaked. Such consequences were something that the Oyizaki clan could not bear.
Matsumae protects Anton Saduki. Although he needs to obey Takeda Nobhiro's orders, his status is the same as Takeda Nobhiro. He is a retainer of the Hiyama Anton clan. In other words, Anton Sadiki can be contacted directly.
Hiyama Anton clan!
Once the Hiyama Anton clan knew about such an astonishing gold trade, they would never be indifferent. They would definitely intervene and even take away the whole pot of rice! As for that time, at least 60,000 koku
It’s really hard to say whether the Hiyama Anton clan will use trade to eat, or use swords to eat... There is a high probability that they will send out samurai to come and fight first. After all, why bother to exchange for something you can rob with your own skills?
Woolen cloth?
At the moment, Zuvalo naturally had no way of knowing about these internal struggles and disputes within the Kazuto clan. He just narrowed his eyes and stared deeply at Mitsuhiro Uyizaki, thinking about the exclusive trade that Chief Kazuto solemnly requested. And Mitsuhiro Uyizaki
Guang bowed deeply, even making his back and waist form a straight ninety degree angle.
"Please! Your Majesty!"
"Please! Your Majesty!"
The two elders of the Uyizaki family also bowed deeply at the same time, maintaining this posture, respectfully motionless. Zuvaro squeezed his palms, feeling a little uncomfortable with these strange etiquette of the Kazuto clan.
Because, according to the tradition on the plateau, this gesture is an invitation to the distinguished superior to hold one's hair. It is an expression of surrender that pledges allegiance. And what Kazuto means is definitely not surrender, but a strong request.
…
"Okay! Light, I promise you! As long as you have a steady supply of energy and bring us the goods and craftsmen we need, I will not reveal our deal and go find the Kazuto tribe further south! After all, you are the one I fell in love with at first sight.
Brothers from the Kazuto tribe!…”
After pondering for a moment, Zuvalo made a decision, first accepting this group of people. After all, reciprocal trade requires the endorsement of strength. Before sufficient strength is accumulated, the Kingdom Exploration Team is indeed not prepared.
If I venture south again, at least I won't go south along the Kazuto Islands, carrying hundreds of kilograms of gold, and bump into the Kazuto clan's lair...
"Thank you very much! Your Majesty!..."
Hearing Chief Shantaru's promise, Mitsuhiro Uyizaki bowed again, then straightened up and showed a sincere smile. And his title for Zuvaro also gradually improved, from the initial "Chief Shantao" which implied contempt.
", became the respectful title "Noble Hall" among the Wu family at this moment!
"Buddha! I don't want to do this either...but this Shantao chief is too generous and has been of great help to our family! This gold trade is really like the coming of Buddha, and it has completely enabled our family to rise.
What an opportunity!…”
Mitsuhiro Oyizaki always had a respectful and sincere smile on his face. And the settlement of this gold trade flowed through his heart like flowing water, raising golden ripples that made people feel uneasy!
"Thirteen craftsmen, in exchange for eight gold talismans. Five cattle and horse raisers, exchanged for one piece. More than a hundred farmers, in exchange for four pieces... The human trade alone is thirteen pieces of gold.
Talisman, thirteen pounds of gold!…”
"Then, twelve mares were exchanged for four gold charms. Ordinary Kiso horses cost 6 dan. Although our Yamata mixed-blood horses are better than Kiso horses, they can only be sold to merchants for 7 dan. And the cost
84 stones, compared to 360 stones for 4 pounds of gold, is nearly three times the net profit!…”
"A pair of breeding cattle were exchanged for a gold charm. The price of Ezo cattle is slightly more expensive, and the purchase price of an adult buffalo is about 7 dan. The cost is 14 dan, and the profit of 90 dan is 5 times the net profit!…
As for forty pairs of chickens, ducks and geese each, they can be exchanged for a piece of gold charm. They are all military supplies collected from the villagers, and they can't be sold for much money in the towns and cities. Just like the human trade, it is a business with no capital and huge profits!
"
"Finally, twenty large baskets of ironware, twenty large boxes of rice wine, twenty stones of rice, and five stones of salt. Most of these goods are produced by the family. Even if they are purchased from the local townspeople, the cost is less than one and a half gold charms.
It’s only about 120 stone. And the 5 pieces of gold charms exchanged are worth a full 450 stone! This is another nearly three times the net profit!…”
"And this gold trade is just a trade! The total income of the Uyizaki clan is an astonishing 24 gold charms, an unbelievable 24 kilograms of gold! This is a full 2160 shi of brown rice in cash, and at least 6500 shi of high territory.
The annual income of the Uyizaki family! And the total annual income of the Uyizaki family, even if they don’t use a penny, is only this amount!…”
"What's more, what we brought back from this trade is all gold! It's all cash! It's cash that doesn't need to be discounted!..."
Counting this, Mitsuhiro Uizaki's whole body was trembling with tremors, as if he was electrified! With just one transaction with the Shantao tribe, he was able to bring back a year's income for his family and achieve a feat that surpassed that of the entire clan's retainers.
!And this is just the beginning, just the first trial of trade!
Among them, what made him most excited and crazy was that the income from trade with the Shantar people was all gold, all real cash, cash that did not need to be "liquidated" by merchants!
Don't underestimate this! In this era, even the powerful and famous Kazuto clan has a hard time coming up with a large amount of cash. They usually have to cash out the physical property of their territory before they can have "currency" to buy urgently needed items.
The property. And this "realization" process will inevitably be accompanied by discounts from big businessmen! The amount of discounts realized depends on the comparison of strengths between the two parties, and some can even lose half of the discounts!
This is just like the Ming Dynasty, after the Ming Dynasty changed from a physical tax to a silver tax, the taxes that pressed on the common people seemed to be the same, but in fact they suddenly increased sharply! Not only during the tax collection process, the silver tax made it easier for officials to pay taxes, but also made tax payment more time-consuming.
The number of people was increased intentionally. The common people alone could not afford any money, so they had to "realize" the grain and cloth into money after the autumn harvest... Just in this part of the realization, they would definitely be eaten by businessmen who were in cahoots with the local powerful.
, even chewed off half of it!…
In this era, and even for many years to come, it is impossible for a party that lacks money and is weak to trade with a party that has plenty of money and strong power. It is doomed to be bloody and tearful!
"Buddha! The gold trade is really the gold trade! Such amazing benefits...are the hope of our family's rise!"
"I must go back and tell my father to pull Uncle Morino Kiyoshi from Kyoto into this river of gold as soon as possible, and turn him into a supplier of craftsmen, livestock, and goods for our family!..."
"Even at all costs, we must establish a long-term and stable trade relationship with this golden tribe that calls itself 'Shan Tao', in exchange for more, more, more gold!..."
The dark night flickered across the bay dotted with torches. And an even more dazzling golden light flashed on the bodies of the kingdom leaders, and also flashed in the hearts of the Kazuto leaders. Both sides were full of sincerity and joy, and in the vast sky
In the dark night, I reluctantly waved my torch goodbye.
Then, be extremely vigilant! Be wary of the other side's regrets and sneak attacks in the night. The warriors on both sides each protect their most cherished "wealth", one protects the gold and goes south quickly, and the other protects the craftsmen rowing north.
Both parties were in a hurry, fearing that the other party would regret it, so they set out on their way home overnight~
