Honzhuang Fanchang thought for a long time and said.
"It's weird. Winter is coming, and it's snowing heavily and roads will be closed soon. If you don't stay at home for the winter, what are you going to do with transportation?
The sea route to Naoetsu has stopped because of the freezing port, and there are no goods passing through Shimotsu.
Besides, even if there is a caravan exchange, they are all transporting each other, so there is no reason for Aizu to keep delivering goods."
The Hokuriku Road trade route reached Echigo Naoetsu and continued to sell to Kanto. There were three main routes.
The first is to take the Myoko Plateau to Shinano Province. This road has just finished the Battle of Kawanakajima and has not yet been opened.
The second is that China and Vietnam went to the wild country and went straight into the Kantung Plain. Most of the Kantung samurai families were not rich, but the Kantong Plain was considered rich, and most of the goods went there.
The third one is from Shimotsu to Aizu, directly entering Ou Ryogoku in the north.
This road is the longest and the least profitable. There are very few caravans moving around on weekdays, let alone now that heavy snow may block the road at any time.
A large amount of supplies are being imported into central Haetsu, which is the territory of the Sanura Party and the Sasaki Party of Yangbei Zhongzhong. Who is hoarding supplies?
Honjo Shigenaga noticed something strange and said.
"Order the family to temporarily abandon other affairs and concentrate on investigating this matter and find out where these materials have been transported.
It’s best to find out the types of supplies, I want to know what is being shipped in.”
"Hi!"
The confidant hurriedly went out to do errands. Benzhuang Fanchang's expression was uncertain, and he had an ominous premonition.
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As late autumn turns to winter, the sea breeze turns colder.
The cold current blowing from the ocean roared through the Echigo Plain, was blocked by the Echigo Mountains, and turned around on the plain.
At this pass where they were getting ready to survive the winter, a group of seven or eight horseback samurai warriors rode all the way to Naoetsuko Town.
Naoe Kanetsugu, who had already received the news, waited outside the town for a long time. When he saw Naoe Keetsuna arriving on horseback, he stepped forward to help rein in the reins.
"Mother-in-law, you came so quickly."
Naoe Keizuna dismounted with a cold face, and without being polite to his bride-in-law, he asked straight away.
"What's the situation now? Ishida Mitsunari still refuses to give in? How much azabu business is left on the market? What about the acquisition of Aomabu?"
Naoe Kanetsugu said with a wry smile.
"I negotiated with her three times, but she refused to let go.
The linen business in the market has been cleared by 70%, and I estimate that it will drop by 95% in the next two days.
The trade in green linen cloth has completely come to a standstill.
Since the Shiba family's shipping convenience, no one in Echigo organized caravans to go to Kyoto to sell green hemp cloth.
Everyone is waiting and watching, and the practitioners are so anxious that they look for me three times a day. I no longer dare to go back to the customs office to work, and it gives me a headache."
Naoe Keizuna threw the reins and the horse to Hakashi Hatamoto behind him, and walked inside with Naoe Kanetsuna, gritted his teeth and said.
"Do they know they are afraid now?
I am also a fool, guarding the rear, and let these bastards cause chaos!
Yang Beizhong has fifty guans, Daxiong Chaoxiu has 100 guan, do they have any brains?
Now that the other party's revenge is coming, are you afraid? Why did you go there earlier!"
Naoe Kanetsugu nodded and had nothing to say.
Naoe Keizuna and Ohuma Asahide are both big bosses, so they can't always keep an eye on Naoejin.
The specific matters regarding the connection of the Uesugi and Shiba families on the Hokkaido trade route were supervised and coordinated by the adjutants of both parties, namely Naoe Kanetsugu and Ishida Mitsunari.
Since the two families are interested in cooperating to develop the Guandong Plain, they will naturally not try to deceive others about business interests. Their errands are nothing more than daily reconciliations.
The allocation of the share of goods arriving at the port, the specific finalization of the 30% higher receiving price and the lower 30% selling price are just trivial matters.
Naojiangjin's business is on the rise, and money is being made every day. Anyway, the money is getting more and more, so people sit in rows to share the fruits, and everyone has a share without fighting or grabbing.
But just a few days ago, Ishida Mitsunari suddenly changed his face and stopped all operations related to the linen market.
The port locked up its warehouse and stopped purchasing green linen cloth, and the selling price of Shiba's linen cloth unilaterally returned to the original price. This combination caught Naoe Kanetsugu off guard.
Not to mention the cold winter, many people are waiting to buy linen cloth to make clothes and keep warm. Just the fact that the purchase of linen cloth has stopped is enough for everyone to cry for help.
Because Hokkaido shipping is more convenient and more profitable for the Shiba family, Echigo's original logistics method for exporting to Kyoto has been abandoned.
The Shiba family suddenly made such a move, which immediately frightened all the Uesugi families.
The land produces enough food to eat, but there are no cash crops to make money. Do families use the food in exchange for salt, ironware, and military supplies?
What a loss!
Although the Wu family does not have the economic concept of budgeting, they still have the simple value of living within their means.
The green linen cloth has been included in the income of the family, and suddenly the outlet is cut off. If there is no money in exchange, how can we not get into trouble?
Naoe Keizuna accompanied Uesugi Teruhora in the expedition to Kawanaka Island, and Joetsu's base was guarded and guarded by Honjo Sano.
When Naoe Keitsuna returned to Echigo and checked the tax situation, he had secretly revealed that something was wrong.
I don’t know if it’s because the Uesugi followers haven’t changed their minds, or because the big bosses of the retainers behind them are too greedy. They are still as before, squeezing the peripheral samurai families.
The Etakada Plain in Fuchu and above the Nagao family suppressed the whole country of Echigo, and military expenditures have always been very high.
The direct ministers such as Kakizaki Keiie and Saito Nobubu were close to Hatamoto, Naoe Keizuna, Mori Kehiro and other generation retainers, all maintained a huge military force.
These military forces cannot be supported by relying solely on the income from the Takata Plain. The Uesugi family has always used the income from the master's family to subsidize each family. This is the master's strategy for raising the army.
Now Uesugi Teruhora's strategy has changed from suppressing the inside to conquering the Kanto Plain, and buying off the samurai families on the outskirts of Central and Lower Etsu with a large amount of profits.
But the Uesugi followers don't know whether it's because they're not smart enough, or whether the big guys behind them do it intentionally. They are still using their tax burdens to oppress the peripheral samurai families in Nakagoshitsu.
Kawanakajima Plain was in a hurry, and Uesugi Teruatora and Yoshihiro Saba were eager to fight and had no time to monitor the flow of tax burdens at home.
As a result, by the time the two masters came back, the Uesugi followers had already finished their work. When the military forces of each family returned to their territory, the peripheral samurai families found that they had been tricked, and the matter turned into a bad debt.
Naoe Keizuna realized something was wrong and was about to reorganize, but who knew that Big Bear Chaohide's revenge would come even faster.
Daxiong Chaohide has always been cautious and cautious, and will not take action without permission. Ishida Mitsunari is a retainer of Shiba in recent years, and he will not follow her around.
The Spo family's attitude is so resolute and the attacks are so brutal, there must be Spo Yiyin behind them.
Naoe Keizuna's scalp went numb when he thought of this.
Who is Shiba Yiyin? A strange man in the world, a hero of the martial arts who has resurrected the Shiba family with his own efforts.
When this big shot got angry, Naoe Keetsuna could no longer keep a low profile and calm the situation down.
Now, she could only endure her nausea and help Uesugi Shizhi rub her buttocks, not to let things get worse.
