A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

To be honest, it is not unreasonable for copper coins to be replaced. They always weigh more than four kilograms. Putting aside gold, Xiaoping Tai's five hundred guan coins can weigh two thousand kilograms, which is equivalent to more than one ton. Thinking about it this way, it is no wonder that in the Tang Dynasty, cloth and colorful silk ribbons were still used as general equivalents. Even the Uighur Turks who blackmailed the Tang government did not want copper coins, gold and silver, but all kinds of silk cloth.

Some people think that this is because there is not enough money to use, but in fact, during the Kaitian period, the annual casting volume of Kaiyuan Tongbao has reached an astonishing one million coins. Even though the Anshi Rebellion destroyed the money supervision system in the north on a large scale, it had recovered to more than 360,000 money by the time Emperor Daizong Liu Yan took charge of the finance department.

Referring to the Tang government's early taxation system or the two-tax system under Dezong, grain, rice and silk still accounted for the majority of the in-kind taxes. It is often seen in history books that a large surplus of 50,000 pieces of silk was given to the army to feed the army, and 100,000 yuan of colorful silk was given to the army to support the army.

The crux is that the value of copper coins is not high enough to meet the large payment needs of market exchanges. Of course, his status as a auxiliary currency has not wavered even in the 21st century.

After all, with the increasingly active commodity economy, money transactions of hundreds or thousands of dollars have become increasingly common. Although ordinary people in Shengdou are still struggling with an income of dozens or even ten dollars a day. But it still cannot stop the trend of precious metals gradually becoming the mainstream currency in the market.

Anyway, I spent most of my money and gold on silk, bundled it up and put it on two small carts, and that was it. I said goodbye to Uncle Tsuna and the mother-in-law and mother-in-law at home, and took Aji with me to escort Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to Luo.

Relying on the escort of fifty brave and brave warriors, they arrived at Ejiri without any hindrance, changed into a sailboat, and headed to Minami Isezumato.

Nowadays, the power of the Kitahata clan in Ise Province has become even more powerful. They actually completely defeated the Kobe clan, sent a son over, and almost became a subordinate of the Kobe clan. The environment of Minami Ise has greatly improved. Even the Nagano clan of Kitahisa began to slowly lower itself than the Kitahata clan. With the death of Nagano Daigai Ueto, his power declined even more.

Others may not be so sensitive. During the Warring States Period, no famous master was beaten to death. But Xiaoheita knew that the dawn of reunification had appeared in the Ise Kingdom, known as Japan's Little Warring States, and the fierce annexation war had begun. The unification of the world would be achieved within one or two generations.

In this way, we arrived in Kyoto smoothly without any danger. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu immediately sent someone to report to the Imperial Palace (I'm here to send money again! Brother, hurry up and arrange for me to jump in line to meet), and also inquired about the whereabouts of Nagao Kagetora.

The remaining people all settled in their own places, and Xiao Pingtai also had to deal with the silk. First, Aji was asked to contact a large shopping mall in Beijing, and the other party sent two experienced users (I'm not sure whether the terms "fantou", "shoudai" and "trainee" are common, but it is absolutely correct to call them users) to check. The quality of Koshu silk and silk cloth.

Xiaopingtai thought to himself, these are the best things that I spent a long time buying and robbing myself. How could it be bad? The businessmen of Yamauchi Fuchu Town are probably still bleeding because Koheita paid the purchase price for the goods, which is like cutting their flesh.

As expected, the two users were experienced buyers, and one of them checked the color, quality, and weight of the Koshu silk. Another person rolled up his sleeve, used half of his arm as a ruler, and measured whether the length of the silk cloth met the standard length by piece. Then look closely at the warp and weft of the silk cloth to see how many horizontal and vertical directions it has to determine the density of the silk threads.

It didn't take long for the two of them to move quickly. As a businessman, time is money. The two expressed that they were very satisfied with Xiao Pingtai's goods. They took out the abacus and clicked out a price. Xiao Pingtai looked at the numbers on the abacus and dialed two more beads. The two users expressed their acceptance. Xiao Pingtai calculated in her mind that after deducting the carriage and horse freight of 1,000 guan, the goods could make a profit of more than 200 guan, so the cooperation was happy.

Soon a man came over with two horses and took all the silk away, and brought some gold and silver. And Xiao Pingtai was weighed on the spot to show that he was a good boy.

Xiao Ping was too upset with the box containing the money. It was indeed a burden. People would not be short on such things when they opened their doors for business.

I opened the box and took a look. I saw that the silver from the Western countries was also struck in the style of silver. It was mainly Tajima Ikuno silver from the Yamana family and Iwami silver from the Mori family. The silver content was guaranteed and could be used universally in the Western countries. It's all standard hard currency, no problem at all. Koheita wanted to see if there was Mouri Motonari's monogram on the silver between the stones, but unfortunately, there wasn't.

Before the money was counted, I heard Aji running to say that the samurai who had gone to the Imperial Palace was back.

Xiaopingtai quickly asked Aji to collect all the money here, then took a good look and ran to hear the news. Sure enough, Nagao Kagetora was still in the capital, living in the annex of the Konoe family, with more than 2,000 followers, and was encouraging the general to quickly attack the traitor Miyoshi clan.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu immediately posted a message inviting Nagao Kagetora to meet at the Imperial Palace, and they quickly agreed to make an appointment.

After two restless days, Xiaopingta put on Wu clothes under Aji's clothes, asked someone to trim and comb his hair, and slightly grew his beard. Muramasa also wiped it meticulously. Wearing a black hat and buckskin military boots, he went to the imperial palace with Yamauchi Yoshikatsu in high spirits.

The Yamauchi family's team was quite large, with more than fifty warriors serving as both guards and ceremonial guards, as well as dozens of servants carrying hand-carried and shoulder-carrying horses, carrying gifts. After all, the reason was to congratulate the General's family on May Day. , a large number of congratulatory gifts, local products and copper coins are to be sent.

This was the second time Xiao Pingtai met the general. This time he was able to observe him closely because his status was greatly improved. Although the current situation in Gongfang is not very good, and it is very likely that Miyoshi Changqing will be driven out of Kyoto again soon, there is no trace of sadness on His Highness's eyebrows. After all, he successively mediated the fight between the Maori Nizi, the conflict between temple forces, and accepted the dedication of Kyushu's powerful daimyo Otomo. The prestige of the shogunate is rising, and now the Nagao clan, the guardian of Echigo, is also coming to worship. It is a time of high spirits.

I guess according to Gong Fang's opinion, I am a bit thin-faced now. Miyoshi Changkei would not come to slap him in the face directly. Although the majesty of this shogunate and general has been pressed to the ground and rubbed many times, it is not yet the end of the road, so let's take a gamble.

After Odaita glanced at Kakata, he didn't dare to look directly at him. He still waited for the arrival of Nagao Kagetora with Yamauchi Yoshikatsu outside Ohiroma.

After a while, there was a ringing of bells, Herod neighed several times, and a pure white horse with a body as white as snow leaped into view. Under the sunlight, it exuded a strange look, like a divine horse in the sky. It's like stepping on the clouds and descending to earth.

Then I heard, "Echigo protects the Dai, the long-tailed bomb, Master Shaobi, has arrived."

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