Chapter 1317: A Large Number of People, Goods, and Mountains of Gold!

"Ancestor, my brother Shantao. Mr. Kudo expresses his sincere respect for your previous hospitality. You are like a lantern in front of the Buddha, illuminating the smile on the corner of the Buddha's mouth. You also have the same compassion! ... Can you follow the agreement? , and release the three captured dynasty cavalrymen as well..."

"Yi, my brother Kazuto. The reindeer need sleds and hounds to guide the direction. The horses also need ropes and good horse breeders. The tribe intends to retain three cavalrymen to raise horses for the tribe. Unless... there are new ones Manpower can take over from them..."

As the sun sets, the transaction between the kingdom and the Oyizaki clan suddenly accelerates. In this barbaric and barren wilderness of Ezo, trust is a very precious thing, just like a newly sprouted vegetable seedling. Therefore, neither party wanted to spend the night here as it was too unsafe.

The kingdom detained three Oyezaki cavalrymen and demanded horse and cattle breeders. Mitsuhiro Uyizaki was only slightly surprised and didn't say much. He gave a few instructions to his confidant Kinichiro, who then said "Hey" and walked straight towards Kazuto's group of young and strong men and women.

Afterwards, the samurai yelled a few loud words, and the five trembling Matsumae farmers were pushed out by the fearful crowd. After the warriors questioned them sternly for a while, they brought the five people to the "Chief Shantao". Kinoshichiro leaned into Mitsuhiro Uizaki's ear and whispered something in a low voice. Mitsuhiro Uyizaki's eyes lit up immediately and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Foreboding the unfortunate fate, the farmers in Matsumae wept and pulled each other, but no one dared to speak out to resist the Oyizaki clan's samurai. The hierarchy of superiority and inferiority in the country was strengthened and established from generation to generation by warriors using their cruel swords and by monks using the disciplines of gods and Buddhas. Even if they are forced to a dead end, there are not many Kazuto farmers who dare to resist, unless...there is a religious organization involved.

"Ancestor, my Shantao brothers! These three are the horse breeders in Matsumasa. The old man with a hunchback is called Ema Qingcao. The two younger ones are his sons, named Ema Qingcao and Ema Qingcao. Horse hay. They are new horse breeders from Ou in the south a few years ago...This time, their family of three was recruited by the army and they are also responsible for taking care of the horses. They are all competent horse breeders!"

"At first, this old man painted horses and made horses and wooden horses for the temple, so he was called 'Ema'. Later, it seemed that the temple had horses, so they made him a horse breeder, and even got married. In the end, it seemed that the temple had horses. The temple was burned down by bandits, and the monks either died or fled, and naturally they could no longer survive. Therefore, the family was sold directly to Songqian by the monks as the property of the temple, and they continued to raise horses..."

Mitsuhiro Uyizaki smiled and patiently talked a lot. Naturally, there is only one reason why he can be so patient.

"My brother Shantao, this horse-raising Lao Doucao, is actually a painter in the temple! He can both raise horses and paint, and he is really a powerful craftsman. But I don't know if he is suitable for you. What’s your intention?…”

"The temple's horse breeder and painter? What's his name? Beangrass who can paint horses?..."

Hearing that it was "the craftsman of the temple", Zuvalo was a little curious and looked at the old man Kazuto in front of him. The old man was so scared that he was trembling and didn't dare to raise his head, let alone show any skills. However, his two sons, who were fifteen or sixteen years old, dared to raise their heads and take a look, then quickly lowered their heads.

The three names of this family are also very interesting. Bean feed, grass, and hay, which means the work of feeding horses. If they get to the Kingdom in the Lake and can really continue, they may have a few more names, such as "Potato Sprouts", "Sweet Potato Sprouts", "Corn Grass", and "Pumpkin Leaves". I don’t know, which of these large cattle and horses that have never existed before will they prefer to eat?

"Yi, these three horse breeders, plus the two cattle breeders at the back, together I will give you a golden talisman!"

Seeing Mitsuhiro Oyezaki's smiling face, Zuwaro waved his hand boldly, and Tamiso threw another golden talisman to Kinichiro. Kinichiro picked it up on his knees, patted the dust, and carefully put it into his backpack with a smile on his face. This is another pound of gold and ninety shi of rice in cash!

"God bless you! By the way, what are the names of these two cattle breeders?..."

"How can cattle breeders have names... Oh! The older ones are called Yanggyu Ichiro, and the younger ones are called Yanggyu Erlang!..."

Mitsuhiro Uyizaki's smile remained unchanged, and he casually named the two cattle farmers and turned them into brothers.

In the Japanese nation of this era, except for the "craftsmen" with higher status, ordinary civilians almost did not have surnames. Everyone calls them "the second person who farms" and "the third person who chops down trees". Just like the craftsmen who appeared before, "Kuzaku", "Takeuchi", "Chubai", "Urushi", "Ushio", "Weaver", "Shallow Tile", "Potter", those are all their work For a living job, just put a ranking or reference at the end.

"Yi, does anyone raise those two-legged poultry?..."

"Oh! Zu, there are about a hundred farmers over there. They are all used to farm work, and most of them have raised poultry. When the time comes, you can pick any of them and they will be able to take care of the poultry well!..."

"Huh? These hundred are all for my farmers?..."

"That's right! More than a hundred, more than sixty men, and more than forty women, all good hands in the field. This time so many young and strong craftsmen are recruited to serve, Matsumae Guardian is not happy. Now they are all handed over to You all have to die in battle when you go back... The pressure on my family is indeed not small! ... Zu, my Shantao brothers, you see, we made an appointment before..."

Mitsuhiro Oyezaki smiled respectfully, leaning forward slightly, his posture almost as low as the dust. Seeing the other party's appearance, Zuvalo touched his nose, smiled and shook his head.

"Yi! It turns out that the horse breeder was going to get together with the farmers to sell it to me?... You! It's really... Tamicao, according to the previous agreement, give him four more gold talismans!..."

The warrior leader Tamicao took a look and found that the golden talisman on his body was also empty. He turned around and gave some instructions to Unanga warrior Xiong Da. Xiong Da picked up a heavy deerskin bag with one hand and pinched out four golden talismans from it with his big, strong hands.

"Hiss! This mountain bear man is so tall! As tall as the Buddha statue in the temple!..."

Kinichiro held the four kilograms of gold charms in his hands and raised his head in shock. He looked at this "mountain warrior" who was more than 1.9 meters tall and wearing triple armor, and he truly felt what it was like to be under bear-like pressure. The three Kazuto leaders looked at each other and saw the fear in each other's eyes.

"Buddha! Such a brave Shantao warrior, wearing three layers of armor, can still move freely... If he really charges into battle, he is Shantao's 'Bear of the North'! How can we resist it? ?…”

Feeling the obvious "beating" from Shantaru, Mitsuhiro Uyizaki bowed his body and once again tightened the greed in his heart. Zuvaro released three of the Oyezaki clan's Yabusame cavalry. Of course, we went back on two legs, not including horses.

"Zu, my brother! The donkey you are asking for is very rare in this country. It only appears in the tributes received by the general. It is difficult to get it for the time being. As for the breeding animals of sheep and domestic pigs, they have to come from the wealthy Kyoto area. If a big businessman brings it, the price may be slightly higher, similar to that of a horse..."

"Yi, don't worry! As long as you bring the animals, I won't treat you badly in terms of price! Xiong Da, give him another gold talisman as a deposit! Regardless of donkeys, sheep, pigs, or more females Horses and buffalo... bring as many as possible to the next trade next year..."

"Hi! Buddha has witnessed that I will do my best!"

Mitsuhiro Oyezaki bowed his head again and saluted, and even the elders of the Kudo family and the Atsutani family also bowed in unison. The flexible and pragmatic attitude of the Kazuto clan is just like the nomads in the far north snowfield, which makes Zuvalo very satisfied, even more satisfied!

After all, recognizing gold with others is like worshiping him. Just a little bit of the kingdom's specialty gold can drive Kazuto's clan like hunting dogs to fulfill His Majesty's instructions! Then, bring the products of the West Sea Continent back to the kingdom in a steady stream.

And with the running of the Kazuto clan, the exploration team does not have to continue to risk capsizing and risk being attacked by large tribes heading south. They only need to wait here for the goods to arrive... This is really a great deal!

"Ancestor! The last of these is the list of supplies I brought this time. Just like the agreement, there are twenty large baskets of ironware, half of which are the iron pots favored by the Shantao tribe, and half of which are tools and spearheads for daily use. Twenty of the rice wine The big boxes are all good things produced by our family. Twenty stones of rice are also good rice that we have in stock... In addition, we also brought five stones of salt, which has always been a favorite product of the Shantao tribe! ...If your tribe! If you need it, we can give it to you!…"

"Hmm...iron pots, tools, spearheads, rice wine, rice...etc! Hundreds of kilograms of salt? So much salt?! Do you and the Ren clan produce salt?..."

Zuvalo was calm until he heard a huge amount of "salt", and then his eyes suddenly opened wide. You know, if this "salt" is transported to the snowy fields of the far north and delivered to the hands of the mountains and deer, it only costs a few dozen kilograms, and strong men can be recruited from tribes large and small to work hard! This is the real hard currency among the various ethnic groups in the north, from the far north peninsula to the far north coast, thousands of miles east to west!

"Producing salt? Oh, yes! Zu, my brother. All the clans along the coast produce salt. And our Ezo kans occupy such a vast coast, and we can't even sell all the salt we produce...cough! Quality! Excellent, demand exceeds supply! These five stone salts are my gift to your Shantao tribe!

Mitsuhiro Uyizaki almost spilled the beans. He also didn't expect that Chief Shantao would pay so much attention to "salt".

Japan is an island country, and its handicraft industry is very developed. Salt is indeed produced everywhere, and the output is very high. However, there are many clans in Heguo, and the degree of centralization is low. There is no strong central government like the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, which can use salt to tax the whole country. Therefore, the Japanese shogunate did not have a salt and iron franchise and could not collect salt taxes. Salt was just an ordinary product, so the price of salt was naturally horribly low.

In fact, in the current salt-producing Ezo land, one can buy more than one stone of rice, but nearly two stones of salt. In other words, the price of salt is even cheaper than the price of rice! …

"Lord God! This Chongshan tribe is actually a Wagong clan that is rich in salt?... Well, we still need to store a lot of materials that are urgently needed by the tribes in the far north. This way, during the fishing season in summer and autumn, we can salt a lot of them. Make food, support more tribes, and absorb more people!…"

Zuvalo blinked, his thoughts far away. But when he came back to his senses and saw Mitsuhiro Uyizaki looking at him eagerly, he couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, God bless you! Xiong Da, take out five more gold talismans and give them to our Kazuto friends! Tamicao, transport all the ironware, rice wine, rice, and salt on the boat! ... and then bring the rest Let all the prisoners be released..."

"Yes! Chief Priest!... Come here and transport all the goods on board! So much goods can fill the cabin of the flagship, but only five gold charms are needed... What a blessing from the Lord God!..."