Chapter One Thousand Four Hundred and Fourteen: Morino Kiyoshis connections, the trade route connecting North Korea!
"Buddha bless you! Uncle, when your fleet goes north to Ezo, which daimyo territories will you stop for supplies along the way? There is chaos all over the place right now, and the fleet is full of cargo, so you have to be careful!..."
"Well, the world is getting more and more chaotic. The land trade routes are always blocked, but the coastal trade routes are not bad...these merchant ships are from the Kamogawa River in Gyeonggi Province to the shores of Lake Biwa, and then go out to sea from the Wakasa Takeda clan's port. Your father and I
They all come from Wakasa, and they have a place in Omi's business group. The shores of Lake Biwa have always been prosperous, and they also produce rice, wine, tea, cattle, lacquerware, paper... It's a good place to trade in general merchandise!"
With a smile on his face, Morino Kiyoshi talked about the prosperous scenery in Omi, which opened the eyes of his "nephew" in Ezo. Then he dipped his hand in tea and drew on the desk, outlining the journey from Wakasa to Ezo.
The two thousand miles of coast are exactly the route the fleet took to go north.
"From Wakasa to the northeast along the coast, the Asakura family occupies Echizen, and the Ichigo clan occupies Kaga and Echichu. We don't have many access points to these two places, so it's not easy to stop. However, the Hatakeyama family who occupies Noto is one of the three major governors of the shogunate.
First, we have always had close contacts with Kyoto! ... I just resupplied on the Noto Peninsula once, and traded some fish, salt, and rice that are abundant in the local area."
"Further east from the Hatakeyama family, the Uesugi family is the governor of Kanto, a prominent family with prosperous Buddhism. As long as you take the name of the Myoju Court, you can supply supplies in the Uesugi family's territory and trade in Echigo. Echigo produces rice.
It produces horses, good knives, and good bows..."
"However, the Uesugi clan is currently divided into civil war, and the Echigo and Yamauchi families are at war. I have a lot of weapons and armors installed on my ship. For the sake of safety, I still docked at Sado Island. The Honma clan in Sado is not very powerful and has no control over the comings and goings.
The merchant ships are very friendly. And the specialty of Sado Island is, well, silver! I heard that there was placer gold before, but it seems that it has been dug out, and you can only trade a little at each stop..."
In this era, Sado's Daikinzan Mountain has not yet been discovered in name. As for whether the Honma clan has mined privately, no one knows. What is being mined on the island is just a stone's throw away from Sado Jinzan Mountain.
Separated by the mountains of crane and silver.
The Honma clan has a limited population and has not mastered the ash blowing method. The output of Ginzan is very subtle, not too much and not too little, which just happens to be stuck in the psychological bottom line of the surrounding big forces who are jealous and send troops to annex. However, after the Uesugi clan is reunified, for this recent
The precious metal island so close by will inevitably exert influence and seize the benefits!
And if Sado Daikinzan is discovered, and such amazing interests are exposed in front of the Uesugi family...then the fate of the Honma family, tsk tsk, will definitely not be a good ending! ...
"From Echigo to the northeast, there are all small clans in Uzen, and there is not much worth noting. The Ando (Ando) clan in Uzen is the head family of your Oyizaki clan. You can stop again and buy some abundant rice and horses.
!…”
Speaking of this, Morino Kiyoshi raised the corners of his mouth and smiled at Mitsuhiro Uizaki.
"The Andō clan, after hearing that the fleet was heading north to Ezo, came over to ask me for news about Ezo. In particular, he asked if the Uyizaki clan had obtained anything valuable from the Ezo people."
How could leather goods and medicinal materials attract such a large merchant fleet?...Guess what my answer was?"
"Ah! Uncle, regarding the gold...the Anton family, please keep it a secret!..."
"Haha! Mitsuhiro, don't worry! I showed you your IOU to the Anton family and owed a debt of two thousand koku... I told the Andong family that the Ezo land was invaded by Shantaku and the territory was plundered.
.It was because of my old friend Nobuhiro and my friendship with the Wakasa Township Party that I made a large loan on credit to help the Oyizaki family through the difficulties..."
"Then, I asked the Andong family. The Uyizaki family is a vassal of the Anton family. As for the debts of the Uyizaki family, they, as the masters, can they repay it on their behalf? Even if they pay three to five hundred dan, they can pay back a little bit?... After all,
The losses caused by Shantao invaders also mean that the owner's protection was not good, and he failed to fulfill his duty of protection... What do you think the result will be?"
"Ah? Give the IOU from our Oyizaki family to the master? The master won't pay it back, right?..."
"That's right! When Mr. Anton saw the amount of the debt, his expression changed and he left politely. Then, Mr. Anton closed the door tightly and stopped communicating with the fleet even once. He only said that Mr. Oyezaki owed
The debt I incurred has nothing to do with the Anton family...haha!"
Morino Kiyoshi laughed loudly. After laughing for a while, he shook his head and sighed.
"As the head of the family, the Anton family cannot shoulder the responsibility of protecting their vassals, even if they don't even show a superficial attitude... Seeing the news of the Shantao people coming from Matsumae for several months, they did not show any concern for the Shantao people.
The plan to plunder and send troops...I knew from this that the Anton clan would inevitably decline without heroes!..."
"..."
Hearing Morino Kiyoshi's comments about his master's family, Mitsuhiro Uyizaki was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement. If the Anton family had not declined, the Uyizaki family would not have dared to think of independence... He thought for a while and asked again.
"Uncle, after you went north from the Andō clan, the remaining ones were the Nanbu clan in Mutsu. Well, the fleet should have passed by the two subsidiaries of the Nanbu clan, the Oura clan and the Kitahata clan. What's the situation with these two clans?..."
"Nanbu Clan! They are allies of your Oyizaki Clan, and their attitude is very enthusiastic, even overly enthusiastic. Contrary to your main family, the Anton clan, the Oura clan, the retainer of the Nanbu clan in Tsugaru, has been asking about Ezo
The details of the 'mountain invasion'... It seems that the Oura clan or the head of the Nanfang clan behind it have the intention to send troops to 'help'!"
Morino Kiyoshi frowned slightly. The ambitious Nanbu clan was obviously more enterprising than the divided Andō clan, and had the desire to intervene in the Ezo land and expand its power.
Fortunately, although the Andong clan has declined and split, its strength of nearly 100,000 koku still exists. The Nanbu clan has many retainers, and the people are not unified, so they dare not send troops easily. Just like the Namioka Kitahata clan who established Namioka Castle...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Mitsuhiro, the last place we docked was the Kitahata clan's Namioka Castle. I heard that a fleet from Kyoto was coming, and the owner of the castle, Namioka Kenyoshi, personally came forward to drink tea with me.
, Talking about the scenery of Kyoto... The Namioka Kitahata family is worthy of being a member of a famous family in Kyoto. No matter poetry, philosophy, Buddhism, or tea ceremony, they are all admirable! And Namioka Castle was built in imitation of Gyeonggi architecture, and the design is quite good.
There is an ingenuity and it is worthy of the name of Namioka Imperial Palace!…”
After Morino Kiyoshi praised Namioka, he looked left and right. Mitsuhiro Uizaki waved his hand and asked the guards to retreat. Then Morino Kiyoshi lowered his voice and said seriously.
"Nangang Xianyi and I had a great conversation... At the end of the party, he suddenly mentioned 'King Gou Jian of Yue' and made a lot of comments..."
"King Gou Jian of Yue? Who is that? Is it a hero from Echizen or Echigo?..."
"...It's an allusion from the Spring and Autumn Period...The king of Yue, who had his country destroyed and was captured, was living under the fence of others. He was humiliated and despised by the king of Wu, but he suffered hardships and had the heart to restore his country..."
Morinoqing twitched the corner of his mouth and explained patiently.
"The Namioka Kitahata clan was once a loyal minister of the Southern Dynasty. These words seem to be talking about the past events of our ancestors and nostalgia for the Southern Dynasty... But now, although the Namioka Kitahata clan is a vassal of the Nanbu clan, they themselves come from a famous family and have a noble status.
, his style is also incompatible with the retainers of the Nanfang clan!…”
"I think what Namioka Kenyoshi implies in his words is that he wants to secretly form an alliance with the Uyizaki clan... No, he wants to form an alliance with the Andō clan, the head family of the Uyizaki clan, and then become independent from the control of the Nanbu clan!...
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"Ah?! The Namioka clan also wants to be independent?..."
Mitsuhiro Uyizaki's eyes widened, quite unexpectedly. You know, the Namioka clan is right opposite the Uyizaki clan, and the two sides are separated by the Tsugaru Strait. If the two sides form an alliance and join forces...
"Mitsuhiro, although I understood Namioka Akiyoshi's hint, I didn't respond at all. If he has a messenger coming, the best choice for the Uyizaki clan is to stay out of it!..."
Morino Kiyoshi shook his head and reached out to hold Mitsuhiro Uyizaki's wrist. Mitsuhiro Uyizaki looked puzzled and asked in a deep voice.
"Uncle, don't the Namigang clan have the sincerity to form an alliance? Their family is so high-ranking, and you just praised them so much..."
"Buddha bless you! I admire the distinguished family of the Nangokang family and respect their inherited family knowledge... But they are from public backgrounds! Although they are good at learning, they cannot hold the swords and guns in their hands and cannot resist the evil neighbors around them!..."
"Times have changed! The order of the shogunate has collapsed! In this barren and cold northern land, in this era of ferocious fighting, once the Namioka clan seeks to become independent, what will happen to them in the future..."
Morino Kiyoshi pursed his lips and shook his head meaningfully. Then, he looked deeply at Mitsuhiro Uyizaki and said in a deep voice.
"The era of great strife has arrived! The Anton clan is declining day by day, and the Nanfang clan is in chaos... Guangguang, you need to strengthen your strength as soon as possible, and you must not be merciful!... It's time to take action against Matsumae's guardian Anton Dingji! With the help of Shan Tao
In the name of invading the invaders, through the hands of Shantar people..."
"Witness the Buddha! Guangguang, only by strengthening your strength as soon as possible, unifying the twelve halls of human and land, unifying the upper country, lower country and Matsumae... will you be able to look across the strait, wait for the situation to change, and have the qualifications to drink tea with the daimyo
ah!…"
"And only when the Oyizaki clan becomes stronger will this northern trade route be able to expand even further and be able to absorb this overwhelming wealth! You know, from Ezo Oyizaki to Mutsu Namioka, from Ugo Anton
To Echigo Uesugi, from Noto Hatakeyama to Wakasa Takeda...Further along this trade route, I was acquainted with the head of the Nizi clan in Izumo...The Shaoer clan in Hizen, many retainers interacted with my clan...Finally, from Hizen
Across the strait, you’ll reach Korea’s Jeolla and Gyeongsang provinces!…”
