Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 57 Other poor guys are not allowed to come near

The funeral of Oda Nobuhide, the "Tiger of Owari", lasted for eight days, during which many ceremonies were held and people from outside Owari came to pay their respects. For example, Oda Nobunaga's father-in-law, Saito Dosan, the guardian of Mino, sent an official envoy to express his condolences.

But these diplomatic "national affairs" had nothing to do with Yuanye. After he stayed at the foot of Juewang Mountain for two days, he was released in the first batch because he was still a little Karami and did not pose much threat.

He rushed home and immediately wrote a letter and a small bucket of soy sauce, ordering the Taojing brothers to quickly deliver it to the Arashi Kannon Temple to formally seek cooperation. Although this was suspected of being a slap in the face, being exploited by Japanese monks who had no respect for intellectual property rights, but now the storm was coming, the clouds were pressing down, and the war could come at any time. He could not care so much and had to ensure that he had enough money on hand.

At least most of the assets cannot be just the soy sauce in the backyard, because you can’t run away with them.

After carefully tasting the industrial soy sauce with excessive chemical residues, Old Monk Hai Xin was astounded and felt that it had overwhelming advantages over the traditional brewed soy sauce on the market in terms of color, aroma and taste. He thought it was a good candidate for speculation, so he immediately sent a team of monks to barrel away all the several stones of soy sauce he had on hand, and signed a long-term "underwriting agreement" with it.

Yuanye made his money back and immediately invested it into a new round of brewing. He also adjusted and optimized the process again, so seven days later another batch of chemically hydrolyzed soy sauce was produced, and he exchanged it for a batch of cash from Arashi Guanyin Temple.

With the cash in hand, he began to expand production. Eight days later, another batch of new soy sauce was produced, which he again sold to Arashi Guanyin Temple, thus recovering another wave of funds.

Aman, who happened to return at this time, was stunned. Looking at the cart of Yongle money sent from Huangzi Guanyin Temple, he felt that it was a bit unreal.

Although he knew that the soy sauce brewed by Yuanye using the "secret recipe of magic" could make a lot of money, Yuanye only took a few cats and dogs at home and worked hard to dig out more than 200 strings of cash in just half a month, which was enough to equal the annual income of six or seven local warriors. It was really unbelievable.

Yuanye stood aside, looking tired and with dark circles under his eyes. He didn't care about the fare at all - it was so easy to make money with skills. Time travelers never had to worry about money. Making money was always a by-product and there was nothing to be proud of.

He was still more concerned about the recent situation. After seeing off the monks from the Arashi Guanyin Temple who came to get soy sauce, he asked Aman, "What's the situation outside now?"

He was busy directing production and making money during this period and could not be distracted. The task of going out every day to gather information, observe the situation, and issue early warnings was given to Aman. This happened to be her expertise, so he was relatively relieved.

Ah Man came back to his senses after hearing his question, but his eyes still couldn't leave the pile of money. He was still a little dazed and said, "Well, there is still no big movement at the moment, and no signs of large-scale mobilization have been found."

"What about it?"

Yuanye led her into the house and found a place to sit down. Only then was Aman forced to behave normally and focus on the business: "The big fool returned to the Furuno Castle yesterday. He is now the official head of the Danzhengtada family. According to rumors, with the help of the old man Hirate Masahide and the support of Mino Saito Dosan, his uncle, cousin and others, he has obtained the verbal loyalty of the Oda branches and local powerful families in the four counties under Owari. However, it is hard to say whether the branches and powerful families can really listen to him and how much they can listen. We have to wait and see."

Yuanye nodded slightly. It had been half a month, and Oda Nobunaga had just succeeded the family head in name? He didn't know what kind of open and secret struggles had taken place in Kakuo Mountain and Suemori Castle.

He thought for a moment and then said, "The original direct subordinates of the 'Tiger of Owari' Oda Nobuhide..."

"Most of it fell into the hands of Oda Nobuyuki." Aman was a person who indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and had all four vices - whoring for free, whoring without tools, and being too talkative and fond of talking about shit, but she was still very capable and could really get all kinds of information. She was also very professional and reported to him very carefully, "It is said that under the insistence of that old woman Tsuchida, or perhaps in some kind of exchange, Oda Nobuyuki inherited Suemori Castle, and most of the savings and foundation left by Oda Nobuhide should have fallen into their hands.

Moreover, Oda Nobuhide's original retainers, such as Shibata Katsuie and others, did not move and remained in Suemori Castle and the eastern part of Owari. Their current intentions are unclear. After all, according to tradition, they should rush to serve the new head of the family, the big fool, as soon as possible."

Yuanye lowered his head and thought for a moment. He felt that it didn't sound good. Wasn't this equivalent to splitting up the family?

After he digested the information, he raised his head and asked, "What about other forces? Are there any unusual movements by other forces?"

"I don't know!" Ah Man's professionalism was limited, and he complained directly, "I'm alone, and I'm almost running my legs off just to keep an eye on the movements of Mosen City. How would I know what other forces are doing!"

This makes sense. Although Aman is a strictly trained "elite original ninja", he certainly doesn't know the art of clones. It's normal that he can't see everything in the four counties of Owari. But Yuanye still asked: "Is there anything special about Furuno Castle?"

"I haven't visited Furuno Castle much. It was you who said we should keep an eye on Oda Nobuyuki." Aman shirked his responsibility first, then said, "He's probably preparing for war. Anyway, everyone in the four counties of Owari is very nervous now. The big fool still has the ability to support his retainers, so it's impossible for him not to be prepared for the worst."

"Where's Oda Nobunaga? Is there any movement from him?"

"He, he made some noise, but he was just having a fit. There's nothing to worry about." As Aman spoke, he took out a roll of "Signature Judgment" from his bosom and handed it to Yuanye, but she had already put it in her bosom and it was crumpled up like toilet paper. "This is the first decree he issued after returning yesterday, but it was issued privately, signed with his personal signature, and was being passed from east to west by his close servants. I took a copy when I came back." Yuanye took it and opened it carefully. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It seemed that Oda Nobunaga was preparing to build a road, and the scale was not small. He even had strict regulations on the road requirements:
The main road should be at least 3 rooms wide (about 2 meters), with rammed earth, straight, and drainage ditches on both sides of the road;
The branch road should be at least 2 rooms wide and 2 feet wide, and must be rammed earth and straight;

Country roads should be at least 1 room wide and as straight as possible.

According to the decree, all branches and powerful families of Dan Zhengzhong's faction can now begin to prepare manpower, materials, and plan and report supplementary routes, and start work immediately after the rainy season is over. Anyone who dares to disobey orders and muddle through will be subject to the most severe punishment.

At the end is Oda Nobunaga's personal monogram, with several Manyogana forming an eye-like pattern, which is very personal.

After reading it, Yuanye returned the "verdict" to Aman and felt...it was a bit hard to say.

Building roads is definitely right. Every modern Chinese has heard the famous saying "If you want to be rich, build roads first". It was actually very perceptive of Oda Nobunaga to discover that the roads in Owari Province were a pile of shit. He was better than most people of that era. He must have suffered a lot when running around in the past, and he had wanted to build roads for a long time. Yuanye was also deeply persecuted by the various potholes, narrow and crooked dirt roads in Owari Province, and he strongly supported repairing the roads, at least making them wider and straighter.

Moreover, smooth and convenient roads will greatly stimulate local economic development and will be extremely beneficial to everyone in the long run. However, at this moment, asking local branches and wealthy families to build roads, even if this is correct, is... not easy to say.

However, Oda Nobunaga is not really a fool. He still has the leisure to do these things at this time. Doesn't he care about the "crisis of the collapse of the Tanjo family" at all?

Is it too arrogant?
Yuanye was there quietly thinking and pondering the situation, while Aman took the "verdict", rolled it up and put it back in his arms, preparing to use it to deal with his own problems.

She had long discovered that Yuanye, the prodigal, secretly tore paper to wipe his butt. He even disliked straw paper because it was too hard and had started to tear Mino paper. So she also secretly tried it and found that it was indeed much better than leaves and bamboo strips, and her butt was very comfortable. Now she has followed his example and tears paper to go to the toilet every day. However, she is more frugal than Yuanye and does not care whether there are words on the paper she uses to wipe her butt. The "flower warrant" in front of her is enough for her to use for three to five days.

She put the toilet paper in her pocket and started to leave in a hurry. She asked Yuanye, "Is there anything else?"

"That's all." Yuanye waved his hand, ready to take a rest, and said casually, "I'm going to sleep for a while, don't call me for dinner later."

He was exhausted during this period of time trying to get the money. After all, Yayoi and Qing were just little girls, and the Momoi brothers were just teenagers. They couldn't hold on until the end. The latter half of the work was basically done by him alone, so it was impossible for him not to be exhausted.

The only consolation was that he did get the money, so now he could sleep peacefully and deal with any problems when he woke up.

"understood!"

Aman responded casually and closed the door, letting him go to sleep. She then rushed to the temporary warehouse with great interest, and began to be dazzled by the pile of yellow and golden Yongle coins. She had never seen so much money piled together in her life, and she was fascinated at the first sight, as if the money gathered together had some kind of magical power.

If she hadn't had to report the situation to Yuanye, she wouldn't have wanted to leave and would have followed Qian here long ago.

She stood and watched for a while, then sat down cross-legged and hugged her chest and continued to watch. The more she watched, the more she liked him. She couldn't help but say happily, "I said he would never be willing to be a retainer and get an annual salary. It turns out he plans to be a wealthy merchant! Being a wealthy merchant is not bad, it's better than being someone's grandson! This kid is really smart, almost as smart as me!"

Ah Qing, who was packing the money in boxes, glanced at her coldly but said nothing. Before Yuan Ye refused to take up a government post, Ah Man had been secretly scolding him for being stupid and kicked by a donkey, but never praised him for being smart. Now he changed his tune again, which was very shameless.

But this is just Aman's routine operation. Aqing has gotten used to it and doesn't like to talk. Otherwise, someone else would definitely say something to her.

The room was quiet for a while, and A-Man didn't say anything more. She just continued to admire the money with a look of intoxication. Even though it wasn't her money, she felt an extraordinary satisfaction when she saw so much money piled up next to her and could touch it at will. But after a while, she began to worry again - in her eyes, Yuanye had always been a pushover. What if, like in Hibitsu Village, she had to pay money to subsidize the poor again...

The world is in a mess now, and there are poor people everywhere. Even if he can make a lot of money, it's still a bottomless pit. If he's not careful, he will probably have to beg for food!
She thought about it for a while and felt that Yuanye was good to her, so she had to consider him and help him manage his money. She couldn't help but start thinking about the possibility of changing her job.

If Yuanye becomes a wealthy merchant, she may be able to become a big bantou (big shopkeeper), and Qing may be able to become a jialaitou (the family of a wealthy merchant corresponds to the retainer of a lord). As for Yayoi, she can try to be a juneitou (the head of the inner court, the one who manages the maids). Although the Taojing brothers are a little stupid and have little experience, they can only be promoted from one job to another, but they have a lot of experience. They can probably be big shop assistants first, and then promoted to small bantou when there are more people in the future.

Anyway, she has to find a way to manage Yuanye's money. It's enough for her to take advantage of Yuanye all the time. Other poor guys are not allowed to come near her. Get as far away from her as possible!

(End of this chapter)