"Then let's give it a total of 10,000 shi. You guys can discuss among yourselves how to divide it." Yu Qiuping said nonchalantly, as if it was as simple as saying "lend me two yuan to buy a ticket."
However, this time, not only Nonomura Yukinari and the four others, but Yu Qiuping's subordinates present were also stunned.
"My lord! Your Highness, you really dare to open your mouth like a lion!" Nakahide Omaezaki secretly slandered: "10,000 stones at a time! It's life-threatening!"
"Well done! Momiji!" Sena Ujinori roared in his heart: "That's it! Keep going!"
"I'm going to cheat money?" Nonomura Yukicheng had ten thousand grass-mud horses running past.
"Your Highness..." Seeing that several young people were silent, Nonomura Yukinari could only take the huge risk and say something negative: "This 10,000 stones is really a lot... We can't afford so much."
"Can't you get it out?" Yu Qiuping smiled evilly, "Can't a family get out even 2,500 shi?"
"Those who can't get out will not be released, so we have to send them back to Qingzhou City to ask for merit from His Highness Oda," Yu Qiuping sighed, "I hope that my master will subsidize me with some food."
"Humph, you want to defraud me?" Nonomura Yukinari and Maeno Nagayasu both sneered mentally, planning to say that they had no money.
Who would have thought that instead of being afraid of opponents who are like gods, you are afraid of teammates who are like pigs?
"No, no, no! That's the Nonomura family!" Kato Mitsushita shouted hurriedly, "My family can afford 2,500 koku! Don't worry, Your Highness! You must let us go!"
"Our original family can take it out too!" Yuan Chang Lai shouted anxiously, fearing that he would be at a disadvantage, so he gave up the privilege of putting it back first that he had finally won.
Yu Qiuping's heart suddenly burst into joy and he had to cover the smile at the corners of his mouth with his hands. These two young men, Hara Nagarayi and Kato Mitsutai, are simply money-giving boys! If only they were like Maeno Nagayasu and Nonomura Yukinari
Yu Qiuping can't do anything if he insists that he has no food.
"What about you two? Still can't get it out?" Yu Qiuping asked with a smile on his face.
When Maeno Nagayasu and Nonomura Yukinari looked at the two young men, their eyes could almost burst into flames. They wished they could tear these two scammers apart at this moment. As a last resort, they could only whisper with a dark face:
"Your Highness...if my family works hard, maybe we can barely reach..."
In fact, the combined territory of the four of them is almost 30,000 shi, and the harvest they receive each year is 12,000 shi. After saving for so many years, they can produce a total of 20,000 to 30,000 shi.
Yu Qiuping saw that Haronaga Yori and Kato Mitsushita agreed so readily, and it was estimated that there was still scope for blackmail, but he was not in a hurry. However, Nonomura Yukinari was not willing to be blackmailed away with 2,500 shi, so he carefully lowered his
He said: "Your Highness... It's just that the more than a thousand of us combined can't eat that much food, don't you think so..."
"What, why can't you eat it?" Yu Qiuping asked in pretending to be surprised, "Not all food must be eaten dry. We must have food but replace it with vegetables, fruits, meat, etc., to improve it for everyone.
Improve! My Ashigaru family’s food standard every day is three dishes, one soup and midnight snacks! Every meal must have pork, beef and mutton! What’s more, it’s impossible to let you go back immediately, you have to stay for a while, 10,000 shi
There isn’t much food at all!”
Three dishes and one soup?
Every one of Yu Qiuping's subordinates couldn't help but laugh. They couldn't stand Yu Qiuping's emotional performance. Yoshioka Katsumasa almost laughed. Nonomura Yukinari and several other people had dark faces. They were eating better than the daimyo.
Who believes it?
"This... Your Highness," Maeno Nagayasu said strugglingly: "My sons and daughters are used to living a hard life by the river, so there is no need to give them such good food."
"Yes!" "My family is the same!" "That's what Leader Maeno said!" The other three people quickly agreed.
"How can this be done!" Yu Qiuping said angrily, "Come to Kurotian City! I am the master! I only give these to the guests, how can I save my face!"
This miraculous logic completely impressed the audience present. Yoshioka Katsumasa was drinking water, but he spit out all the water at once. Nonomura Yukinari and the others were stunned and didn't know what to say.
"This..." Nonomura Yukinari wanted to say more, but Yu Qiuping became impatient and winked at the black-faced No. 2 Yoshioka Katsumasa. Yoshioka Katsumasa immediately stood up knowingly, intending to perform hard to make up for the spray he just made.
Shui's fault: "You guys!" Yoshioka Shengzheng shouted sternly: "Find out the situation! You were beaten to death by His Highness, and your life is all in the hands of my Highness! Now my Highness is asking you for some food.
, you are pushing back and forth because you don’t want to live anymore? If you really think that our Highness can’t kill you all, go and grab it yourself!”
Yoshioka Katsumasa's voice made Nonomura Yukinari and the others realize the current situation where people are fighting for their own good, and they understood that they had no bargaining chips or capital, so they had no choice but to agree to it. Because these more than 900 strong laborers were of great importance to them.
The four of them were so important that they couldn't bear the risk of losing more than 900 people, so they had no choice but to agree to Yu Qiuping's blackmail.
"Okay then, you hurry up and send people back to ask for food. Time is running out." Yu Qiuping waved his hand, "I will select one of the prisoners for each of your four families later and let them go back to report the news."
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That night, in the territory of the original family.
Hara Yorifusa was originally wondering why his son, who had crossed the river to rob him, did not send a messenger back until night to report the news. Finally, he waited until the pills on his body had been confiscated, and a confidant came back in a state of embarrassment with his bare hands. He brought him
After hearing the news that all the Hara family's troops were wiped out and most of the young master was captured, Hara Yorifu fainted and was given a lot of soup before he woke up. This time, the Hara family was interrupted.
The original family was already on the verge of destruction. However, the confidant said that the newly appointed lord Yu Qiuping seemed to be a good person and actually promised to bring back all these 900 people - but he had to pay for the food first.
Yuan Laifang has been around for many years, so he naturally understands that this is Yu Qiuping negotiating terms. Although he can't guarantee that his son and the hundreds of men can come back safely even if they give him the food. However, at this moment, he can't think too much about it.
Madam, all the left-behind women and old people in the village who heard the bad news rushed to him and asked him to pay the grain. Because time was so tight - Yu Qiuping specified that 2,500 shi of grain should be delivered before tomorrow morning. Due to internal and external troubles,
Next, Yorifu Hara had no choice but to ask the surviving men to transport the grain to the ferry overnight. Then he asked the leader of the Kawami clan, Haizuka Xiaoliu, who was also helpless, to transport 10,000 koku of grain from the four families in batches and give it to Yuqiu.
People at home check it.
According to reports from Fukushima Yasunari, who went to investigate, it seemed that Koroku Habisuka of the Kawabami clan had brought a large escort team with malicious intentions. Fukushima Yasunari was afraid of a surprise attack, so he asked the Kawabami clan to light a fire first.
The ship was not allowed to go ashore, and an archery team was temporarily deployed to provide support. After Charlie arrived, Haesuka Xiaoliu honestly began to deliver food.
"Your Highness! You are really amazing!" Naoe Tadayei was really in awe of Yu Qiupei now. "In one fell swoop, you have collected the harvest from our 8,000 stone territory that took three years to collect! This is the first time I know that this can be done."
Let’s fight!”
"His Highness's control over intelligence and psychology amazes me." Sanada Masayuki said with emotion, "It feels like His Highness knows everything the other person is thinking."
"What a huge profit!" Nobuyuki Anayama shouted excitedly: "We have earned back our salary! We Tokiwa no longer have to skip training because we don't have enough to eat! We also have money for visiting brothels! Hahahaha..."
"Are you satisfied with just this little money?" Sena Shiyi sneered disdainfully, "How hopeless! Have you forgotten how rich we were when we were at the Imagawa family?"
Nobuyuki Anesama was looked down upon in this way, and he was just about to retort and say that Sena Shiyi was too greedy, but unexpectedly Yu Qiuping also laughed and said: "What Shiyi said is exactly what I want!"
·
In the early morning of April 9, Yu Qiuping once again summoned four important prisoners in the castle tower.
Yu Qiuping deliberately separated the four important hostages last night. Because he found that the two naive young men Haranaga Rai and Kato Mitsui were the key to his money fraud, and they must not be allowed to interact with Nonomura Yukinari and Maeno Naga.
Kang and the two old Jianghu exchanges. If the four of them unite the front and use the same caliber to deal with him, Yu Qiuping will be in trouble.
"The food for the four families has been delivered before this morning." Yu Qiuping said straight to the point with a smile, "Everyone's breakfast is also available! Thank you for your cooperation!"
"This is what I should do!" Kato Mitsuhide took the lead this time, "Then, Your Highness, when will you let us go back? We have been away from home for too long, and I am afraid that my family will miss us."
"Of course that's no problem," Yu Qiuping said with a smile, while winking at Nobuyuki Anesama at the door. The latter immediately walked out the door and waved, and the actors who had been arranged for a long time immediately appeared on stage.
"Your Highness! You have to make the decision for the common people!" Just after Yu Qiu pretended that he was about to issue an order to release everyone, a farmer suddenly rushed in at the door. Nobuyoshi Anesama, who was standing at the door as a guard, was stunned.
I was able to catch him and let him in. Originally, Yu Qiuping wanted Honda Tadakatsu to participate in this performance and assume the role of the door guard. But Honda Tadakatsu had to refuse because "this is the shame of a warrior".
Similarly, Charlie also refused to participate because he was "unbecoming of a knight", and Amano Keitoku also did not come because he was busy guarding the prisoners - Yu Qiuping deeply regretted the absence of these three actors.
As soon as the farmer entered the door, he rushed to Yu Qiuping, pushed away Maeno Nagayasu and Nonomura Yukinari who were kneeling on the ground, knelt down and kowtowed violently to Yu Qiuping.
"Your Highness!" the farmer cried: "Yesterday, the Saito family's thieves invaded and destroyed crops in several fields in our village! Everyone has worked hard all spring, and now we can no longer count on the harvest! What should we do?
! How are we, the whole village, spending this year!"
Before Kato Mitsui and others could react, actor Mizu Atomic Sutra also walked in quickly: "Master Kai! Something bad happened!" Mizu Atomic Sutra said seriously: "This time, we are trying to block three cities.
Doors cost a lot of money. Now they have to remove the blockage, which also costs a lot of money. Many houses in the city were burned down by them, causing heavy losses! Those who were forced to evacuate to avoid the war
The people are also gathering outside the city to make trouble! They want us to compensate them! I don’t have any money at all, how should I deal with these things?"
"This..." Yu Qiuping immediately looked helpless, "I don't have any money on hand!"
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the four people kneeling on the ground with a look of sudden realization. Yu Qiuping was secretly amused in his heart, but said seriously: "My lords, it's not me.
I don’t want to let you go.”
"But do you also have to find a way to get money to compensate for these losses?" Yu Qiuping spread his hands and said, "otherwise, what should I do?"
"This..." Yukinari Nonomura argued: "Why should we pay compensation?"
"Because this unjust war of aggression was launched by your Saito family militarism for your own selfish interests!" Yu Qiuping changed into the righteous tone of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "This has caused all the losses to our Yu Qiu family.
Chapter completed!