Chapter 259: Taking Chestnuts from the Fire (Twenty)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's negotiation trip went very smoothly. Unfortunately, he came here to support his illness and fell ill on the way back to Shihanzan Castle. He could not worry about the follow-up implementation. However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi basically recognized the negotiation.
, especially being able to buy those battleships from Jinghua, which was very helpful for his big plan. On this basis, he was willing to make some concessions on other matters.
Purchasing such a large number of warships would logically put a serious burden on the finances, but Japan's current situation is quite special. It is a large bank-producing country with a large population, but its agricultural productivity is not strong, which creates a problem.
: Silver is cheap and things are expensive.
To a certain extent, exporting silver in exchange for supplies can effectively reduce inflation. But now Toyotomi Hideyoshi does not exchange silver for hard currency such as food and cloth, but for warships. For the impact of inflation,
The relief effect will probably be greatly reduced - of course, since there is less money, at least inflation will not continue.
However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still thought about the food problem, so he sent Ishida Mitsunari, who went to Ishikanzan Castle to intercede for Toyotomi Hidekatsu, to Misaki Castle for additional negotiations. The main topic of the negotiations was the purchase of grain.
The matter of buying grain exceeded the scope of Gao Jingshi's authorization to Luo Yuan, because Gao Jingshi had not expected Toyotomi Hideyoshi to buy grain before. In fact, it was not that Gao Jingshi had no grain on hand, but that the transportation level of this era was relatively limited.
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Transporting grain from southern Xinjiang to the north of the Ming Dynasty has always been considered "quite cost-effective" by Gao Pragmatic. The cost of transporting it to Japan is similar, or even a little worse. This is why Gao Pragmatic only sent a single Marine Corps to Japan.
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However, the Toyotomi family wanted to buy food, which was different from the pure consumption of the Marine Corps. Even if the transaction failed in the end, it would not be a loss-making transaction. So Luo Yuan did not make an immediate decision, but urgently called for
The head of trade asked about the price of grain in Japan.
It doesn’t matter if you ask, but you will be shocked when you ask. The price of rice in Japan is far higher than that in the Ming Dynasty. The price of rice in cheap areas is more than twice that in the Ming Dynasty. In expensive areas, it is even more exaggerated, and can easily reach three times.
In contrast, the price of rice in southern Xinjiang has continued to decline in the past two years as the war subsided and the household registration and naturalization system was promoted. Especially in Cambodia, where the current population is relatively small and the consumption power is also poor, but
However, almost all of it is plains, and the grain output is extremely abundant, so that the price of grain is extremely low, and now it has become a large granary with high pragmatic output of grain.
Despite the fact that Cambodia has been cut by Gao pragmatism and has lost a lot of land, the agricultural elite areas are still there. With the country's surplus grain alone, Gao pragmatism estimates that it can guarantee the supply of at least two provinces in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty when they are seriously affected by disasters.
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There are indeed many disasters in the Ming Dynasty, but the characteristic is that this year here and next year elsewhere, it is not a large-scale outbreak. In addition, the high-ranking and powerful leader "self-rescue" has adopted measures such as planting high-yield crops in the North, which are more or less effective.
It had a certain mitigating effect, so Cambodia's surplus grain was still relatively sufficient - the surplus grain from Annam and Siam was not even used for the Ming Dynasty, but was used to protect Nanzhang and Myanmar.
In this case, it is possible to sell part of it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After all, the amount Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants to buy is not large in Kyoka's view, because he only needs to manage his own territory (including the direct territories such as Fudai), and other families
He didn't care whether the daimyo was short of food or not.
The only trouble is that Luo Yuan did not get authorization, so even if he found out the difference in food prices, he could only tell Ishida Mitsunari that he needed to ask for instructions. Although Ishida Mitsunari did not get the result, he thought Luo Yuan himself seemed to agree with it.
I generally felt relieved and prepared to say goodbye.
Luo Yuan once again urged Toyotomi Hideyoshi to withdraw troops from Ninja Castle, but Ishida Mitsunari raised a question: It is not impossible for the Toyotomi family to withdraw troops from Ninja Castle, but the lord of Ninja Castle, Narita clan leader, is still in Odawara Castle. If there is no Narita clan leader,
After receiving the order from the Toyotomi family, will Ninja Castle send troops to attack the surrounding areas instead?
This problem is quite realistic. After all, the surrounding areas of Ninja Castle were previously the territory of the Hojo family. For Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it is a completely new place. It makes sense that the people are not attached. In this way, if Ninja
As for the castle, it may not be unusual for them to conquer the surrounding areas after the Toyotomi family withdrew their troops, and even attack a few castles.
The only way to ensure that Ninja Castle will not "make chaos" is to write a letter from the Narita clan leader himself. However, the Narita clan clan leader is almost under house arrest in Odawara Castle, and it is difficult to contact him. It is even more difficult to expect him to give orders.
It's even more difficult.
In fact, the Narita clan was still free to move around when Odawara Castle was first captured. As the crisis in the Hojo family deepened, the Hojo family was worried about his position and began to place him under house arrest. Later, when negotiating a marriage with the Maritime Trade Alliance, the Narita clan elder
He briefly regained his freedom for a short period of time, but unfortunately after the marriage was concluded, the Hojo family was worried that he would rely on the power of the Sea Trade Alliance to cause trouble, so he was placed under house arrest again.
Although the Hojo family's approach seems a bit reckless and seems to have no regard for the future, it is good that they can take care of the present now. The future is too extravagant, so it is excusable. It's just that if the Narita clan leader cannot be contacted, Ninja Castle
The problem seemed to have reached a deadlock all of a sudden.
Being in a deadlock is not a good thing for Luo Yuan. Firstly, Narita Kai is now one of his mistresses in theory. Secondly, according to the previous agreement, the Narita family will move from Ninja City to Yusou City.
Misaki Castle has a close relationship. Ensuring that the power of the Narita family is not weakened now will contribute to the security of Misaki Castle in the future.
Yusou City is a flat mountain city. Although it cannot be said to be steep, it is not smooth either. According to Luo Yuan's prediction, if Jinghua is willing to provide some fire support in the future, judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Narita clan this time,
As long as they have three to five thousand people who are willing to defend Yusheng City, the enemy will definitely not be able to capture it if they don't have twenty or thirty thousand troops.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, after Luo Yuan sent away Ishida Mitsunari, he suddenly came up with an idea: If the Narita clan leader suddenly died now, the Narita family property should now belong to
Who inherits?
The current jodai of Ninja Castle is Narita Nagauchi, the eldest son of Narita Taiki, but Narita Nagauchi is only the cousin of the Narita clan leader, and is definitely not as close as Kaibihime in terms of closeness. His position as jodai is actually quite a coincidence - originally
When the head of the Narita clan left Ninja Castle for Odawara Castle, he appointed his uncle Taiyuki Narita as the castle representative. Unfortunately, the battle for Ninja Castle had just begun, and Taiyuki Narita died of illness.
Since the Narita clan leader himself was not around at the time, and out of consideration for the internal stability of Ninja Castle, the Narita clan leader naturally took over his father's responsibilities, and thus received his father's title of castle.
However, the military power of Ninja City is in the hands of a woman, Kahihime. She is not only the general of Ninja City, but also has accumulated considerable prestige in several months of fighting. Although there are many famous masters and generals in the expeditionary army, she is not
They all hit a wall in Ninja Castle - of course, some of the famous generals, such as Sanada Masayuki and his son, were actually suspected of being cunning, and they probably did not give their best in the battle.
Even so, the enemy generals and soldiers' achievements that Kaihime personally obtained are always real achievements. In Kanto, the "hometown of samurai", military achievements are prestige, and prestige is strength. So at this moment, Ninja Castle is in name only.
Although Narita Nagauchi is Shirodai, the person who really controls the war and decision-making is probably his cousin Kaihime.
Luo Yuan thought deeply: Since most of the real power of Ninja City is in the hands of Kaiji, and Gao Yunping has led more than a thousand elite marines to temporarily station in Ninja City, once the Narita family dies, Kaiji will have a lot of power.
If you have the opportunity, you can get the inheritance rights of the Narita family, then give up Ninja Castle and be ordered to move it to Tamana Castle.
Japanese women can inherit the family governor. For example, Naotora Ii and Chiyo Tachibana, who were mentioned before, all inherited the family business as daughters and became daimyo.
However, Kaibihime's situation is somewhat different from that of Tachibana Chiyo, but more similar to Ii Naotora. Tachibana Chiyo was appointed as the governor of the family when Tachibana Michizuki was still alive. She was only six or seven years old at the time. Later, Tachibana Michizuki also
She made a marriage contract with Takahashi Notora, the son of Takahashi Shoun. When Takahashi Notora came of age, he entered the Tachibana family, changed his name to Tachibana Munege, and ruled Tachibanayama Castle with Tachibana Chiyo.
Ii Naotora is different. Her grandfather Ii Naomune participated in the siege of Tahara Castle in Mikawa Province and died in battle because of the order of Imagawa Yoshimoto. Her father Ii Naomori planned to marry his cousin Ii Naomori (Naomori) because he had no son.
The son of his uncle Ii Naomitsu) as his son-in-law and adopted son.
Due to the slander of Ono Michiko (Masanao), the father of the Ii family, Ii Naomichi's father Ii Naomichi and his younger brother Ii Naoyoshi were suspected of plotting against Imagawa Yoshimoto and were forced to commit suicide. Naochi fled to Shinano Province.
While Ii Naochi was on the run, Ii Naotora became a nun.
Naochika Ii returned to the Imagawa family one year after Michio's death, but during his stay in Shinano, he married the daughter of Okuyama Chitomo (Okuyama Asari) as his wife, so he could only dissolve his relationship with Ii Naochi.
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Five years later, Ii Naomori died in the Battle of Okehama. Two years after the vacancy of the family governor, Ii Naomori inherited the family governor, but was killed by the Imagawa clan because of the slander of Ono Michiko (son of Michio). The Ii clan once
Because of this, he was implicated and was rescued with the support of his uncle Shinno Chiyuki (brother of Ii Naotora's mother, Yutshuni).
Two years later, as the power of the Imagawa family continued to decline, Iio Renryu and others rebelled. Shinno Oyaki and Naomori's important minister Nakano Naoyu represented the Imagawa party in an attack on Hima Castle and were killed. Uncle Minami, who was the abbot of Ryutan Temple,
After Xi Ruiwen learned about it, he moved his immediate relative's youngest son, Tomasatsu, later Ii Naomasa, to Horaiji Temple and gave it to Ii Naotora to adopt as his adopted son and raise.
The following year, because there was no male son in the family, Ii Naotora returned to secular life (she had previously been named Master Jiro), and inherited the position of governor of the Ii family in the name of Ii Naotora's son.
From this point of view, although Chiyo Tachibana succeeded her as the family governor as a daughter, Michyuki Tachibana had actually been looking for a son-in-law for her to "jointly rule" the Tachibana family, and she finally succeeded.
Ii Naotora, on the other hand, has almost no male members in the family, leaving only an infant Naomasa Ii, so he has no choice but to become the family governor. In other words, it seems more difficult for Kaibihime to inherit the Narita family. After all, the Narita family still has
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Luo Yuan was scratching his head when he understood this. It was not difficult to kill the Narita clan leader. As long as the agreement between the Toyotomi family and the Sea Trade Alliance was made public, the Hojo family, who felt abandoned, would definitely have murderous intentions towards the Narita clan.
However, if the Hojo family had not been so angry, they probably would not have directly killed the Narita clan leader at that time, and would have probably considered continuing to use the Narita clan leader to stabilize Ninja Castle. But this does not matter, as long as the Hojo family can think of some small way to make the Hojo family
It is believed that Ninja Castle has "rebelled", so the Narita clan chief who has lost his use value will definitely be used to sacrifice the flag.
Such a simple murder with a borrowed knife does not require the master to come in person, Luo Yuan can handle it.
The trouble is that the current Narita Nagauchi of Ninja Castle is Kaihime's cousin, and his father Narita Taiki and his hometown governor Narita Choyasu are brothers. He can basically be regarded as a direct descendant of the Narita family, and the inheritance rights still exist objectively.
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When it comes to establishing a household governor, whether to appoint an adult man in his thirties or a girl in her late teens is not controversial even in Japan. The former will definitely have more supporters. Unless Kafihime launches a mutiny
, otherwise there shouldn’t be much debate, and Narita Nagauchi will most likely become the new castle lord daimyo.
How about doing it to Narita Nagauchi by the way? I'm afraid that's not possible. Although Luo Yuan doesn't care about killing a few Japanese, the situation of Narita Nagauchi and Narita clan leader is different. The latter has restricted freedom, and his life and death are controlled by Hojo.
It is rare for him to do anything in the hands of his family. Not only is everything going well for the former, he is a legitimate castle representative, but he has also gained some prestige because he has held on to the castle to this day.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In addition, there is another biggest question, which is Kaiji's own attitude, especially whether she will choose to fight for the inheritance rights after her father's death.
Throughout the Warring States Period in Japan, basically every daimyo family will have its turn to be succeeded by a woman only if the male male dies. So since Narita Nagaki will not die, it may be difficult for Kaibihime to take the initiative to fight for the position of family governor.
This seemed to be a dead end. Luo Yuan frowned secretly. If Narita Nagauchi inherits Tamora Castle, it would be better to find a way to get the Narita clan elder out of Odawara Castle. After all, the Narita clan elder is Mrs. Ru's biological father, and Narita Nagauchi is just a
If the uncle and clan leader were transferred to Yusou Castle, Jinghua would be able to control it much more firmly, and it would be considered as occupying the entire Miura Peninsula.
With the Miura Peninsula in hand, Edo Bay has almost become a dish under Kyoka's nose. Even if Tokugawa Ieyasu moves to Kanto in the future, Kyoka will have to face up to the status of Kyoka or the sea trade alliance.
Gao Pragmatic did not tell him what would happen in the original history, so Luo Yuan's thoughts were more focused on how to expand the influence of the Sea Trade Alliance in Kanto.
He is the commander of the Kanto Squadron, and as the name suggests, he is responsible for the affairs of the Kanto region (the greater Kanto region, actually including the entire "Eastern Kingdom".), and after the news that Tokugawa Ieyasu was about to move to Kanto reached his ears from the Toyotomi family
, he naturally has to make targeted arrangements.
Now Luo Yuan does not know where Tokugawa Ieyasu will choose as his residence after coming to Kanto, but Luo Yuan has been thinking about it, and it is nothing more than Odawara Castle or Edo Castle. If he chooses Odawara Castle, it means that his focus is on the military
On the road, the primary goal is to ensure the safety of the city. If he chooses Edo, it means that he chooses to focus on production and hopes for long-term peace and stability. After all, Edo is the core area of the Kanto Plain and is close to the sea and has convenient transportation.
The Miura Peninsula is not far from Odawara Castle and Edo. To the west is Odawara and to the east is Edo. Therefore, "if you want to influence Kanto, you must first consolidate Miura."
From this point of view, the Narita clan leader still has no choice but to find a way to fish out the Narita clan leader before Toyotomi announces the results of the negotiations with the Sea Trade Alliance.
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