Chapter 169 12. Or Borrow the House to Fight Between Dragons and Snakes
Kawata watched the exchange between the two men and realized that the big boss was indeed the big boss, and Sukezaemon was indeed a tycoon who would build a huge business empire in the future.
At this time, he dared to bet his money and risk his life for a chance to get close to Yamanouchi Yoshiharu. He was bold and adventurous, but also cautious. Kobayata wanted to applaud him in his heart.
"Stay and have dinner together, but it's only rice with tea. Haha!" Yamanouchi Yoshiharu put down the Nanbando armor that he loved so much, stood up, left him and walked back to the earth room. The rice with tea was already ready.
When Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu saw that his father had left, he stared at Kobayata's Nanbando armor for a while, as if he could regard Nanbando as his own by looking at it. After looking enough, he turned around and looked at Sukezaemon with amusement, "You are a very interesting person, I will remember you." Then he followed his father and walked out quickly.
Only then did Koyata talk to Sukezaemon. Koyata was not a fake person, and he would not deliberately look down on others by relying on his status. Now facing Sukezaemon, he was still friendly as before, "Thank you, Sukezaemon, for delivering it to me personally. You can go with my entourage to get the balance later."
"Congratulations to Lord Dansho on his promotion to the governor of Ejiri Castle. May your military fortune flourish." If you insist that Sukezaemon is flattered, it's not the case. After all, he is also a man of temperament and ability. He just hasn't developed to his peak yet. However, he saw that Koyata was still kind to him, and understood that Koyata was not the kind of person who would forget his friends after becoming rich, so he sincerely wished Koyata well.
"Don't come up with these empty words, we are family." Koyata knew that Sukezaemon would be extraordinary in the future. Now seeing that he was so discerning and courageous, he became closer to him and admired him. He went forward and held Sukezaemon's hand and the two went out together.
"You have caught the eye of my prince now. If you do well, maybe in the near future, you will be given a great fortune. You will be promoted to the position of Bantou Daiyakucho in no time!" Kobayata was also happy that Zuoemon could seize the opportunity to please Yamanouchi Yoshiharu. In the future, there will be so many new products in Ejiri. With such a talent who is familiar with the current business rules to help him, it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort.
The few people did not have the rule of not talking while eating and not talking while sleeping. Yamanouchi Yoshiharu was discussing the construction of handicraft workshops and kilns with Kobayata while eating. After all, this is the serious business, and the Nanbando Gusoku is just an episode before the meal.
The mat weaving machine will be purchased immediately tomorrow by smart and capable people, and the workshop can be built first. The address is in the town under Ejiri Castle, which is easy to control and supervise. And who has built a handicraft workshop in the countryside! The establishment of a large-scale handicraft workshop is just to promote the increase of urban population and reduce land conflicts in rural areas.
Through hundreds of years of industrial revolution history, Xiao Ping Tai believed that the scale and level of production of handicraft workshops would eventually defeat the family-based individual production model. As long as it is organized, there will be no problem at all, and it will soon be able to seize the market.
Didn't the Russian Tsar Peter I also know that he should imitate Western Europe and establish large-scale handicraft workshops. He even allowed the serfdom that shook the foundation of the country to be directly broken and the restrictions on the flow of serfs to be "hired" (purchased) to enter the town. The wealth and value created by workers must be greater than the value created when they are engaged in agriculture. Everyone can see it clearly.
As for the establishment of kilns for burning shell ash, it happened that due to the growing trend of brewing and drinking tea, Totomi and Suruga began to plant tea trees to produce tea, becoming a major tea production base outside Yamashiro. Its tea was sold throughout the eastern country, covering almost the entire Kanto Plain and Kaido, bringing countless wealth to Imagawa Yoshimoto.
And other people are not stupid. You Imagawa Yoshimoto can grow tea, but I can't, so why don't I find another way? You always need a teacup to drink tea, right? You need a teapot, right? You need a tea can, right? So the famous Shigaraki porcelain industry appeared in Owari Mikawa Totomi (of course it is not so famous now, but the industry is already very prosperous). Kaido has no shortage of people who can build and control kilns. You can fire it at any temperature you want, it's stable!
Sukezaemon sat at the last seat, and he had no chance to speak here. He secretly listened to the conversation between Kobayata and Yamauchi Yoshiharu, and found that it seemed that the whole Ejiri was planning to develop some new industry. He may have really made the right bet, and the wealth is just around the corner.
A new specialty product/monopoly product means a new source of wealth in Japan, where materials are scarce. A source of wealth full of gold and copper coins. It is entirely possible that a famous Japanese business house can flourish because of this, and it is not impossible to even compete for the top spot in the Japanese business world.
The more Sukezaemon listened, the happier he became. The more he thought about it, the happier he became. Even the tea rice in the bowl tasted like a spoonful of honey. It tasted particularly sweet, and he wanted to eat his tongue with it.
After finishing his meal, Sukezaemon was about to leave. Yamauchi Yoshiharu seemed to think that this young man was a promising talent and was willing to help him, so he sent someone to let him wait outside the residence and let him take a handwritten letter to the big boss of the nagaya, Imai Munehisa, who was known as "the three great masters of the world".
When Sukezaemon returned, several users who came with the nagaya were surprised. Sukezaemon actually gained the friendship of Yamauchi Yoshiharu. How could merchants in the feudal era get rich without colluding with the powerful?
Didn't Lu Buwei say that farming brings ten benefits, doing business brings a hundred benefits, and being an official brings ten thousand benefits? And he also made the most successful investment in his life. In the end, he became the "Prime Minister" of the King of Qin. What he got was more than money, that was the power of a country.
Nawu has been operating in Kyushu in the western country for many years and still has some face. Even in the Kinki area, because of its good relationship with the overlord Miyoshi of Kinai, it also holds a lot of business power. But they can't intervene in the vast market of the eastern country. The evil feudal guild system of the old society and the local protectionism monopoly system do not allow foreign merchants to intervene at all.
Even if you are a strong dragon crossing the river, the local snakes dare to let you die in a fire, fall to death due to drunkenness, drown in a boat, and die in a fight after drinking wine. Let beggars squat in front of your store today, and let your store be full of "gold" tomorrow. What disgusting methods can't be used? Anyway, it is said that taking away someone's wealth is like killing their parents, and the local merchants in Ejiri are not easy to deal with.
But now that Yamanouchi Yoshiharu has intervened, maybe it will work?