It was really ironic that she was asked by Takada Yono to join the Ichigo Sect because of the Tukura incident, but she was here to bring a message to Takada Yono for the Nanman Sect.
If the fanatical believers of Ishiyama Honganji Temple find out about this, she, a member of the Ichiki Sect who just came out of the oven, will be chopped into pieces.
"Sir, if you don't go to China to smuggle iron materials and only rely on the existing iron materials in the country, even if I collect them at a high price, I can only complete one-third of the share you entrusted."
Takada Yono frowned and thought in his mind. One third is less than a hundred sets, so it would be better not to do it.
She built the plate armor not because they were suitable for the Japanese battlefield, but just to use the plate armor to show off and show her strength to her lord.
If the number is not large enough, there will be no shocking effect and it will not be able to leave a deep impression on the master.
This is not an economic account, it is a political account. What is important is the moment of astonishment of Spo Yiyin when he saw these plate armors.
It doesn’t matter whether you spend 20,000 guan or 30,000 guan. Political needs are higher than economic needs. But if the amount is not enough and cannot impact the three views of the Bank of Italy, then it is a complete failure.
But the Nanman's demands were too excessive, and Takada Yono found it difficult to accept them.
"No, I cannot believe in the Nanman religion. This is harmful to my foothold in Sakai Port. These Nanman believers have bad intentions."
Takada Yono is a believer in the Shingon sect. This is because Shiba Yoshigan joined the Shingon sect, and most of the samurai under Shiba's command follow their master's belief.
She doesn't mind changing religions for profit, but the matter is too sensitive in Sakai Port.
Sakai Port and Kyoto are the focus of the penetration of Nanman religion. The faith brought by sea has touched the sensitive nerves of the original religions in recent times.
Since Ashikaga Yoshimitsu massacred the emperor's ministers, Shintoism has declined. Buddhism has become a dominant religion and has long been invincible in the world.
Even though various sects are constantly fighting each other, everyone is a disciple of the Buddhist sect and has some connection with each other, so the meat always rots in their own pot.
However, the Nanman religion is a completely different kind of faith, and it is also the most exclusive monotheistic religion. The doctrine is either one or the other, and there is no compromise.
As the most fanatical branch of Buddhism, the Yixiang Sect has always been in tit-for-tat confrontation with the Nanman Diocese in Sakai Port Kyoto.
The villages in the Settsu area fought bloody battles every year for their faith. The upper-class samurai families were constantly fighting among themselves and had no intention of intervening in disputes over faith, but this did not mean that they were not afraid of the terror of religious fanaticism.
Takada Harano will not cause this trouble. It is good to believe in the Koyasan Shingon Sect. Why is she getting involved in the deadly fight between the Ichiko Sect and the Nanman Sect?
The Nanman Diocese valued Takada Harano and wanted to recruit her to join the religion in order to expand its power in Sakai Port and even in recent times.
Takada Yono believed that as long as she was willing to nod, the iron materials smuggled by Tianchao would definitely be at a fair price, and he might even give it to her at half of his loss.
The Portuguese and Westerners are more interested in spreading their faith than making money through trade, so they can definitely do this kind of thing.
However, if Takada Yono joins the Nanban sect, Honganji Kenru will no longer worry about the investment in the 70,000-gu Tukura loan and will definitely kill her.
No matter how much Shishan's Master Xianru valued money, he would never be ambiguous about his fundamental stance on religious struggle.
Failure in the religious struggle is not as simple as killing the whole family, but a comprehensive eradication from body to spirit.
The teachings and believers handed down from Honganji Temple for eleven generations were all burned to the ground. After death, they would be splashed with sewage and stepped on by ten thousand feet, because the dead cannot refute.
Takada Yangno thought about it and shook his head.
"No, absolutely not. Is there any other way?"
Imai Munehisa said.
"There is another channel, but the cost is huge. Avoid the Portuguese and Westerners and go to the British and Dutch."
Takada Yono was stunned and nodded.
"There is indeed going to be heavy bleeding. Didn't Sen no Rikyu set up a line for Tsuchikura in Kyoto?
There is nowhere to use this money, so just use it here.”
Imai Munejiu smiled bitterly, she knew this would happen.
The current problem on the Hokuriku Road trade route is that the incident at Nanao Port has shaken the confidence of the caravan. This is no longer a problem that can be solved with money, so the soil warehouse loan in her hand is full of funds.
However, Takada Harano was determined to play a political deal and spent money to make Shiba Yiyin dizzy. She didn't care how much money she spent.
Imai Munehisa's suggestion is to spend more money, because there are more than one faction of Nanman merchants.
The Southern Barbarians, led by the Portuguese and Westerners, focused on missionary work. They could sacrifice trade interests as long as they could spread their Lord.
The British and the Dutch are heretics in the Southern Barbarian religion. They don't care much about their faith and pay more attention to trade interests, and their relations with the Portuguese and Westerners are not good.
Since Takada Yono rejected the request of the Nanman Diocese and still insisted on building these plate armors, there was only one way to go, which was to buy the goods from the British and Dutch at a high price.
Imai Munehisa sighed and said.
"Sir, if you do this, my estimate of 20,000 yuan may increase to 35,000 or even 40,000 yuan.
Is this okay?"
Takada Yono nodded firmly.
"No problem, I don't worry about what you do, just go ahead and do it. The copper coins borrowed from Kyoto Tukura this time are all at your disposal."
Imai Munehisa smiled helplessly, kowtowed to the ground and accepted the order.
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In recent times, waves are rising.
Far away in Shimogotsu Yasuda Castle in Echigo, Yoshigan Shiba just received the letter of apology sent earlier by Takada Yono, and also arrived with a letter from Uesugi Teruhora.
Takada Yono took the initiative to plead guilty, explaining that it was difficult for her to fulfill her previous promise that 70% of the goods from Sakai Port would be transported through the Hokuriku Road, and requested punishment from the Lord.
Even though she was among the five and six people in Sakai Port, she was unruly and unruly in front of Akechi Mitsuhide and others, and her business wisdom and political skills became increasingly mature.
But in front of Shiba Yoshigan, Takada Haruno always acted so humble, just like the poor maid she was when she was Owari.
Just as Nizi Katsuhisa complained behind his back, he is really a two-faced person who pretends to be powerful in front of his lord and even loses his face.
In recent years, the ladies at the top of Sibo Leader are either like her, showing one thing on the outside and another behind the scenes. Or they dare not expose them for fear of destroying unity.
Shiba Yoshiyin is still feeling proud, feeling that his arrangements have been taken care of, and that the concubines have lived up to his trust in recent times.
In a sense, he is the blinded fool and the scapegoat.
Takada Yono only wrote a letter saying that he was not capable enough to achieve the goal of 70% share. His previous promise was arrogant and ignorant, and he apologized to Yoshihiro Shiba.
However, Yoshihiro Shiba knew that it was difficult to widen the Hokurikudo trade route because of the civil strife in the Noto Hatakeyama family and the closure of Nanao Port, which dampened the confidence of merchants.
He sneered at this.
These merchants may seem shrewd, but in fact they are just pathetic people. Their self-righteous conservative route, that is, the Tokaido trade route is almost over.
Not to mention the ambitious Oda Nobunaga who was causing trouble at the western end of Tokaido, Mikawa's Matsudaira Motoyasu was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Takeda Harunobu was about to go south to attack the Imagawa family.
The stability of the Tokaido trade route over the years has given merchants the illusion of security. In fact, riots on the Tokaido road have begun to emerge since last year.
Based on the three countries of Suruga, Ene, and Mikawa, Imagawa Yoshimoto dominated the Tokaido, protected the Tokaido trade route, and turned the residential city of Sunfu Castle into a place of rare wealth in the world.
But who does the Imagawa clan really mean? The government decree has not left Sunfu Castle, and the Tokaido trade route is still open. This is just the inertial thinking of samurai families everywhere.
Once Takeda Harunobu takes action and all the martial arts families wake up, who wouldn't want to take a bite of the Imagawa family's fat meat?
As the war escalated, even Sputnik would not believe it if the caravans taking the East China Sea Road were not skinned and cramped.