Chapter 19 21. The Lord Sows Wealth in His Heart

Sure enough, within a few days, Uncle Tsunayoshi was summoned alone. Yamauchi Yoshiharu asked him about some situations in a somewhat casual manner, and Tsunayoshi was also reserved and did not speak too much.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu did not know the price of copper, and secondly, he thought that it was like casting gold, with a long mining cycle and high casting costs. He promised to inspect and guide it in a few days for the sake of his concubine, and Tsunayoshi was not in a hurry and left.

After returning from the work, Tsunayoshi and Koheita discussed it again while waiting for dinner.

"Anyway, you should buy enough charcoal and other necessities first, turn on the stove first, and call Kinbei as well." Uncle Tsunayoshi ordered.

"I told the lord about this today, but he was not very positive and did not ask very detailed questions. He just agreed to come and see."

"This is not an urgent matter. The more careless and the less attention you pay to it, the more shocked you will be when you see the result in the end. Isn't it? Hehe~~."

"That's the truth. Anyway, you just need to be ready at any time. If I know the news of the lord's coming in advance, I will definitely come to inform you."

"Okay."

The two uncles and nephews smiled at each other cunningly and went to work.

Xiao Pingtai naturally plunged into the smelting house beside Jinshan and continued to make counterfeit coins.

Until one afternoon, the two furnaces of coins had been cast, and Xiao Pingtai was happily grinding copper coins. He didn't notice the two people standing in front of him.

When the copper coins that Jin Bingwei, who was sitting next to him, fell to the ground, he looked up at Jin Bingwei and found that Jin Bingwei had his butt sticking up. The whole person was arrogant and respectful, and his head was buried in the ground.

Then, when Koyata turned around, he saw a pair of feet wearing straw sandals. He didn't need to look up. Koyata immediately dropped the money and knelt on the ground. He said, "The presence of the Yakatō-den is a great honor to my humble home."

Yamauchi Yoshiharu then waved to let the people outside come in: "What are you talking about? You two have been talking for a long time, but you are not distracted. You are really focused."

Three or four people came in from outside, and Tsunayoshi also came in, winking at Koyata.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu bent down to pick up the money on the ground, looked it over, and handed it to Hosokawa Harumiya behind him.

"It is indeed very well cast, with a golden and shiny color. It is as different from the bad money as heaven and earth. There is no flaw at first glance." Hosokawa Harumiya took it with both hands.

"The weight is definitely enough, and there is no trace of private casting at all." Hosokawa Harumiya weighed it in his hand.

Both found that the money was very good, and there was no trace of the poor quality of the bad money. Then he asked Xiao Pingtai to stand up with a happy look on his face: "You can cast another furnace and see." Xiao Pingtai said that it was okay, anyway, there was nothing to hide.

This process was actually not difficult, and the joy of casting coins by yourself was incomparable. Moreover, there was no need to melt too much this time, just for demonstration, pull the bellows hard, and melt quickly with a high fire. Speed ​​up, the leader's time is also precious.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu stood there and watched without saying a word, and several followers were similar, all very serious.

After all the copper liquid was cast, Yamauchi Yoshiharu began to ask questions about the process and the prices of various metals.

He was comprehensive and all key to the point, and his observation ability should not be underestimated. Then Yoshiharu Yamauchi suddenly looked up and asked: "The bad coins on the market are small and thin, and use very little copper. Why don't you mint bad coins?"

Kobayata replied: "Although it is profitable, one cent of gold in Koshu still contains 80% gold. To show credit, minting coins should be like this."

Yamanouchi Yoshiharu clapped his hands and laughed: "That's right! It's a sign! It's a sign!"

As they talked, the copper liquid quickly cooled down, and then Kobayata took out a tree-shaped coin embryo and presented it to Yoshiharu Yamauchi.

Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, who witnessed the whole process, kept muttering: "If you promise a thousand kan per year, you will earn four thousand kan per year. If you promise ten thousand kan, you will earn forty thousand kan per year. After three years of accumulation, you can get 20,000 strong soldiers and half a year of food and fodder. Then you can mobilize all the people in the province to lead 10,000 people. With 30,000 brave and brave people, you can go to Kyoto to support the king (the Japanese king who is the king is the general Ashikaga, not the emperor), and revive our Kawachi Genji."

The people around him listened to him quietly, with excitement, confusion, doubt, and indifference.

Kobayata felt that he should not pour cold water on Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, but after thinking about it, he said: "Shinano is remote, and the main family does not produce copper."

As soon as this sentence came out, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu reacted after hearing it. It must be right. This thing has no roots, and the root lies in the copper mine.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu smiled awkwardly, and once again praised Kobayata: "You are very good, I will remember you." Then he turned around and greeted his attendants to go back to the city.

Koyata also left the forge and found that it was almost dark. His stomach started to growl. He pulled his uncle Tsunayoshi, who was still watching his son-in-law, home to eat. They had already entered the city, so what was there to watch?

The women in the house quickly brought out the still hot soup and rice, and the uncle and nephew ate and talked.

"Today, the master looked very approving, so it should be right." Uncle Tsunayoshi ate the soup and rice.

"I think so too. The family elder Hosokawa seems to be very interested." Koyata picked up a piece of pickled radish.

"This is basically a done deal. I wonder how big the family will expand the stall. How many more can we leave behind?" Uncle Tsunayoshi snatched the pickled radish from his mouth.

"If we leave a few melons and two dates, we can make hundreds of kan a year, which is an incredible sum of money." Koyata licked the pickled radish from both sides.

"It's not like we won't give it to you. Look at how poor you are!" Uncle Tsunayoshi put down the bowl angrily, "Bring in another dish of side dishes." "Hey." Someone outside the house responded.

Xiao Pingtai quickly finished the last few bites: "I'm done, thank you for the treat." He ran out of the house and disappeared into the night.

The seeds of wealth have been planted for Yamauchi Yoshiharu. He will probably have to think about it for a few days. The specific result depends on his own decision.

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