"This..." Yu Qiuping's over-the-top remarks made Nonomura Yukinari and the others difficult to deal with.
"But in the past many years..." Nonomura Yukinari said tentatively: "There has never been such a thing in Japan..."
"Now we have it." Yu Qiuping waved his hand unceremoniously, "The right way is true, and you can travel all over the world with reason, but you can't move even without reason. Just say it directly, I want you to compensate me for my losses, is that reasonable?"
"Yes..." Nonomura Yukinari admitted reluctantly.
"That's alright, we'll give you 1,000 guan for the whole family. We'll send it to Kuroda City before tonight." Yu Qiuping waved his hand, and the lion opened his mouth to swallow 4,000 guan.
"Momiji is a god!" Sena Uji yelled excitedly in his heart! This is what he's going to do!
"This is too much!" Maeno Nagayasu almost couldn't help but curse out loud, "1,000 kan! This is a clear robbery!"
"Your Highness, your Majesty!" Nonomura Yukinari stubbornly resisted: "It doesn't cost so much money! If a family has 1,000 guan, it's 4,000 guan in total! It's not just a dozen acres of farmland, a few houses, and some walled cities.
The door stuff and the watchtower! How can you use so much money for those things?"
"Why can't we use it?" Yu Qiuping tilted his head and said, "Do you know where the things we used to block the city gate come from? We broke all the fine marble tiles to use them to block the city gate!
Don’t you have an idea of how much this is worth? Those houses are not simple houses! Inside are hung priceless calligraphy and paintings bought from Kyoto! Don’t you have an idea of how much this is worth!”
Yoshioka Shengzheng couldn't help it again and burst out laughing. Yu Qiuping glared at him angrily, and the latter hurriedly covered his mouth.
"And there's more! Those two watchtowers!" Yu Qiuping once again carried forward the spirit of "one picture at the beginning, and the story is all made up". "Although they look ordinary, they are actually made of our hard work."
They were built with century-old cedar tree trunks brought from the Suruga Mountains! You burned them all! Our losses are simply immeasurable!"
"Even if all these are added up, it won't cost 1,000 guan!" Maeno Nagayasu said with a sad face, "Even if those compensations are based on the most expensive compensation on the market, the four of us can only give a total of 2,000 guan at most."
"There is also a mental loss fee!" Yu Qiuping waved his hand and used the magic weapon in his previous lawsuit: "The labor of those hard-working farmers has been ruined by you! You must compensate for the mental damage! Those who originally lived and worked in the castle town.
The villagers were suddenly affected by the war and were forced to evacuate temporarily. They were frightened and had to compensate for their mental losses!"
Yu Qiuping made it clear that "I have no shame", which made Nonomura Yukinari and Maeno Nagayasu completely lose their temper. Before Yu Qiuping could signal the bad guys to come out to put pressure, Kato Mitsuhide and Haronaga Yori
The young man had already given in, fearing that Yu Qiuping would regret it.
"Anyway, 10,000 shi of grain have been given..." Yuan Chang Lai thought in his heart, "Why don't we just give 4,000 shi of money? Just give it! What if you offend Yuqiu Hongye and regret not letting us go! Wouldn't that be wrong?
You’ve lost 10,000 shi of food in vain!”
After Nonomura Yukinari reluctantly agreed, he still couldn't help but protested to Yu Qiuping: "Your Highness! The reason why my family is willing to pay compensation is because there is a rumor in Owari that Your Highness has a reputation of making a lot of money. But His Highness refused to let him go because of his resistance.
,It’s really...it’s really..."
"Don't worry, I, Yu Qiuping, always do what I say," Yu Qiuping patted his chest confidently, "After the compensation is delivered, we will start discussing the issue of releasing him."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
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After sending the four people away again, the flatterers of Yu Qiuping's subordinates immediately swarmed him.
"Wow! Your Highness!" Yoshioka Katsumasa shouted excitedly: "After living for so many years! This is the first time I have heard that this is how wars are fought between samurai! This is another 4,000 kongs! It's been another two years for us.
What a harvest!”
"Yes, Your Highness! It's really wonderful!" Nakahide Omaezaki laughed loudly, "Just hang them like this! Extort all their property and just won't let them go!"
"That's not true. After they pay the compensation, I will really discuss the issue of releasing him." Yu Qiuping shook his head.
"What?" The subordinates were all stunned, "Your Highness, you really plan to let me go!"
"Yes," Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "Didn't I say it? I, Yu Qiuping, always do what I say."
"No, Your Highness," Nakahide Omaezaki said sarcastically in a sinister tone: "You really want to put back the enemy we worked so hard to capture!" After hearing this, everyone nodded in question.
"Oh, I'll explain it to you, otherwise you won't understand what I mean." Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly and shook his head, motioning for everyone to sit down and let him talk carefully.
"First of all, why have you never seen me do this?" Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "Actually, it's because this method of extortion through negotiation was something I learned from the people in Europa in the Ming Dynasty.
.The specific key point is that after winning the war, we put forward three requirements of 'ceding territory, paying compensation and opening up trade'."
"What is this?" Sanada Masayuki asked in confusion.
"It's okay, you don't need to understand these for now, I just need to understand." Yu Qiuping waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about Japan."
"In Japan, usually you defeat others, such as annihilating the enemy's main force like we are doing now." Yu Qiuping continued, "The usual approach is to take advantage of the enemy's weakness to attack their territory and capture the territory.
After that, their inventory will naturally be occupied by us, and there is no need to make money through extortion. Then, we will manage and develop their land, expand their army and become stronger, and then go to war."
"But, our current situation makes it impossible to act according to this routine," Yu Qiuping shook his head and said: "We only have more than 200 soldiers in total, and our strength is still very weak. We were able to win this battle so simply because of the enemy
Too careless. We crossed the river and engaged in an open and honest field battle with Tokiwa Bei on our territory, only to be completely defeated. If we were to cross the river and attack their rock stronghold in their familiar terrain, our limited number of troops would be very difficult.
It is possible that they will be exhausted in the day after day attack and endless harassment, and there will be no way to defeat them."
"But we have captured their main force now! If we fight there, we won't encounter any obstacles at all." Nobuyuki Anayama asked doubtfully.
"But we can't defend it!" Yu Qiuping immediately retorted, "How can we, more than 200 people, defend their territory of nearly 30,000 shi in total? When the Saito family's army attacks, we will have to take over the territory again.
Give it up?"
"So..." Naoe Tadayei seemed to understand Yu Qiupei's meaning, "Since we can't defeat them, it's better to maintain the status quo and just extort money and food from them. Then use these extorted things to develop ourselves until the army is large enough and strong enough.
And then swallow them in one gulp?”
"That's right, I'm very fond of Senbei." Yu Qiuping said with a satisfied smile.
"In this case, why should we put the people back?" Fukushima Yasunari still didn't understand. "It will be more convenient for us to keep these people detained here so that the opponent will always have insufficient manpower. Then we can attack again?"
"Ancheng, you are too naive," Yu Qiuping shook his head again, "We know that those four wealthy families are not strong enough, and the other wealthy families in Meinong will also know it! What if their territory is taken advantage of by the Saito family?
Take it as your own, or be annexed by the three Meinong people! If we attack then, we will encounter a more powerful enemy, which will only make it more troublesome."
"Oh!" Naoe Tadahei suddenly realized, "Your Highness feels that these families are very weak and have been broken by us, making it difficult for them to compete with us. Therefore, while weakening them, he deliberately protects their strength so that they will not be able to compete with us.
As for being annexed by other more powerful local forces, so as not to pose a threat to us."
"Haha, I still understand me!" Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "That's right! That's exactly what it is!"
"But Your Highness, you still have to be careful about raising tigers," Sanada Masayuki reminded: "I think that since we know very little about the intelligence on the Saito family, we still have to worry about them coming back for revenge after they have regained their strength!"
"You don't have to worry about this! I have my own way!" Yu Qiuping blinked, "People can go back, but they can't bring back their weapons and armor. I will force them to do many other things."
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At the same time, on the north bank of the Kiso River, inside the Hara family home.
"Your Highness, will this continue to end?" The few surviving elders in the family said with sad faces: "Yesterday, 2,500 stones were taken away! Today, another 1,000 stones are required! If this continues, our original family will be destroyed sooner or later.
Squeeze it dry! When Yuqiu Hongye comes, we won’t even have the ability to fight back!"
"Yeah, we can't do nothing like this." Hara Yorifang, who had been calm for a day, gradually had a clear understanding of the situation. He knew that in the troubled times of the Warring States Period, there were absolutely no good people who could do something like the 8,000 stone lord.
status. The reason why Yu Qiupei did not cross the river to attack when all their main forces were lost was either because of his own lack of strength, or because Oda Nobunaga did not allow his subordinates to attack privately. Therefore, the Yu Qiu family's confidence seems to be also
It's not that satisfying. It's just that with so many people in his family being held captive, the Yuan family has no room for bargaining. But he still doesn't want to be reconciled to being constantly extorted from the savings that he has worked hard for for many years without the ability to fight back.
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"This time, we will deliver 200 guan first to show our sincerity," Hara Norifu's voice was still trembling when he made the decision. "Tell Yuqiu Hongye that only after I release my son alone, the remaining 800 guan will be delivered."
Hand it over."
After Hara Yorifang made the decision, he immediately sent people to notify the other companies and reached a united front. They all demanded that the most important hostage be released first before agreeing to continue to pay - Yu Qiuping could not let Yu Qiuping continue to ask for high prices.