Chapter 104 28. The Warring States Period Currency Yongle Coin
The next day, Xiao Pingtai slept until he woke up naturally (he said he woke up naturally, but it was actually 7 o'clock). He turned over several times on the soft blanket and scratched at the pillow for no reason, trying to grab a mobile phone to watch the ghost videos on B station and wake up.
Xiao Pingtai's hands were aimlessly grabbing and grabbing a bunch of things, and suddenly he woke up. It has been several years since I traveled through time, so where can I find a mobile phone?
As soon as he sat up, Chen San knocked on the barrier door and asked if he wanted to come in and serve. Xiao Pingtai was not used to this. Although Aji would help Xiao Pingtai get up and wash before, he just got up earlier than Xiao Pingtai, and then waited for Xiao Pingtai to call while eating rice balls at the door.
He had the consciousness of serving people, but he did not have the skills to serve people. He changed his career and was sold to be an attendant. Aji's level of serving people was actually very low, and he could only be said to be an incompetent little follower.
Chen San had been in a wealthy family in Kyoto for several years. He sat quietly at the door every morning and took the initiative to ask when he heard the sound of getting up. This service consciousness is really different. It is indeed practiced.
Xiao Pingtai has been used to the days of being served in the evil feudal society, so he asked Aji and Chen San to enter the house. He watched them fold the quilt for him, help him change clothes, and then bring water for him to wash his face and brush his teeth. After everything was done, he left the house refreshed. At this time, Hei Liu brought a bowl of cold rice and a pot of hot tea. Xiao Pingtai poured tea on the rice, and Hei Liu immediately held the radish plate with his hands, and Xiao Pingtai picked up a piece of radish.
"Why is the radish sweet today?" "The third lady saw that the persimmon frost was very good, so she mashed the persimmon and pickled the radish slices with persimmon mud."
Hey, this is a good idea. The persimmon frost softens the spiciness of the radish, which is interesting.
"Have you three eaten?"
"Yes." Several people responded.
"Aji, go get the bamboo hat, let's get ready and go out." Xiao Pingtai gulped down a bowl of tea rice in no time.
At this time, Xiao Nai came over with a small basket, "Mrs. Hosokawa sent some freshly picked peaches. Madam asked me to send a few over."
"Which Mrs. Hosokawa?" Xiao Pingtai asked casually, "Mrs. Hosokawa Harumiya." Xiao Pingtai said, "Oh," and called a few people to come and eat. Then I clearly saw Xiao Nai hiding the biggest one for his brother Aji. Wow, so cunning.
Xiao Pingtai washed the peaches with water from the water tank and ate them while walking. They were not the kind of peaches that could be peeled, but the kind of hard peaches that were crisp. This kind of peach is very suitable for making dried fruits. Shinano's dried fruits are also a relatively famous product, but now only wealthy families can afford them, and the output is also small.
Several people carried Xiao Pingtai's stool, straw hat, bamboo stick and kettle and ate peaches and walked behind Xiao Pingtai.
The townspeople and ordinary samurai who met along the way saw the chestnut-red hair of Tatsuzo and knew that this was the samurai general, the iron cannon magistrate, Zixiaoji Tsuna, and stood on the side of the road and bowed their heads to salute. After Koyata walked past, they continued their actions. At first, Koyata told them that it was not necessary, but now they were used to it. It was normal to be respected in their territory.
Koyata looked at the sun, "Heiroku, is it Sishi?" "It has just passed." Koyata estimated that it was about the same.
When they arrived at the training ground, they could see more than a dozen foot soldiers standing or sitting there from a distance. When Koyata walked a little closer, the group saw Koyata and ran over to salute Koyata, kneeling down.
Koyata asked them to stand up. They didn't need to kneel down to salute in the future. Just a slight bow would be enough.
Koyata actually thought of a group of people when he went home last night. These foot soldiers need to be armed by themselves. The worst one is a domaru with a military hat and then rushing to the battlefield with a plain spear.
Those who are a little more serious will equip the foot soldiers with a slightly better foot soldier's armor, and then make a bag, let them practice bows and arrows, and serve as their important firepower supplement. To ensure that the recruited peasant soldiers would not even have firepower preparation before departure, and the bow foot soldiers also met their professional soldier status.
Xiao Pingtai thought that if he traveled through time, the world trend was muskets, and facts proved that cold weapons would definitely be eliminated. (However, even in Europe, many countries and regions in Eastern Europe still had a large number of regular cold weapon troops in the 18th century, and muskets were insufficient after all.) So he planned to equip all these people with iron cannon foot soldiers, and he happened to be in charge of iron cannon production.
However, one iron cannon cost twelve taels of gold, and fifteen iron cannons would cost one hundred and eighty taels of gold. Then each person had to be equipped with a plain gun or a katana, and a wakizashi. There were also gunpowder, lead bullets, armor, and two meals a day when they were serving the government.
It is estimated that the initial investment would be five hundred guan, and a few pack horses would be needed to carry the equipment of these people and various other materials and equipment. This expense was too large and felt very uneconomical. Five hundred guan could be taken to the capital, and I don't know how many nobles would call me daddy. War is indeed a gold-eating monster. There are only a dozen people here. What will happen when there are more soldiers in the future?
Kobayata had no choice but to look through his own property. He earned about 500 kan of counterfeit money, 1,500 kan of candles, 250 kan of land, and 120 kan of salary. In total, he earned 2,300 to 4,000 kan of Wen Yongle money a year. To put it bluntly, Kobayata's income was much more than that of a 20,000-koku daimyo, and it was standard currency income.
Here we talk about why almost all regions in the East implemented the Kanko system. The biggest reason is the difference in economic levels.
Japan's hard currency is gold, silver and copper coins. Ordinary people may not see gold and silver in their lifetime, so they are not the most commonly used currencies. The circulation of wealth in the whole society still mainly relies on copper coins. The copper coins here refer to Ming coins, that is, Ming coins that are called Yongle coins even if they are written as Jiajing Tongbao.
The reason why the Eastern Daimyo, including Oda Nobunaga of Owari, whose economy is not too developed, implemented the Kanko system is to have enough Yongle coins in the annual tribute collected every year to buy iron cannons, war horses, gunpowder and swords in other regions. Because bad money is not accepted by foreign merchants, only Yongle coins are circulated throughout the country. They must extort Yongle coins from the people to purchase materials that cannot be produced and obtained in their own territory.
Therefore, in the current Japan, except for some areas in Kinki where local agriculture and commerce are very developed and economic exchanges are extremely frequent (Yongle coins can be obtained conveniently and quickly through rural markets or township trade), the entire vast Japan, from the Date clan in Mutsu in the north to the Shimazu clan in Satsuma in the south, all implement the Kanko system. He forced his people to pay the Yongle coins that were circulated throughout the country.
So this is why Kobayata was greatly appreciated for minting counterfeit coins. Yamanouchi Yoshiharu could not necessarily get 10,000 strings of Yongle coins every year (the rest could be converted into physical goods for payment). However, the counterfeit coin manufacturing industry that Kobayata opened enabled him to produce 15,000 strings of counterfeit Yongle coins every year, greatly expanding his strength.
After talking nonsense, Kobayata checked his savings and decided to get a cannon foot soldier. Money is dead if it is saved. Use it to equip soldiers. After winning the battle, there is no need to worry about not getting money.