Chapter 90 Ambition and Greed

"It's so interesting." Fu Ji, who had been wandering aimlessly, seemed to have found his goal in life again. His upturned mouth corners and narrowed eyes all showed his inner joy.

"Let me gauge the magnanimity of my lord." Fu Ji reached out and picked up the snow sword placed aside. She held it tightly and pulled out a piece. While admiring the sharp blade, she also made a certain decision.

While his subordinates were busy, Yan Xu continued to train and nourish himself step by step. He was completely obsessed with increasing his strength, trying to touch the limits of human existence, and then break the limits and step into the extraordinary.

This was not easy, but fortunately he did not choose the wrong person. Fu Ji quickly sent more than a dozen ginsengs, as well as thousands of taels of gold and tens of thousands of taels of silver looted from the two merchants who were killed, and described the whole process and handling methods in detail in the letter.

Fu Ji is a smart person, but her brain is not normal, so her letters need to be read several times.

But Yan Xu gave up soon, because he felt that trying to figure out what a smart person was thinking was both boring and dangerous, because you didn't know if this was what he wanted you to know, not to mention that this smart person might be a little crazy or abnormal.

Therefore, Yan Xu does not look at the process but the result. As long as the goal is achieved, he should not care about the small things in the middle and the other party's little thoughts.

Yan Xu's goal has always been simple, to obtain the necessary resources from the Japanese world for his own cultivation and real development, while also preparing for the next world.

Obviously, Fu Ji achieved this goal for him very well. There was no simple plundering, nor was there any strong pressure. Instead, he first killed the monkey and frightened the chicken, and then showed them huge profits. He successfully took control of Komizu Town in a very short time, allowing the business here to provide a steady stream of tax revenue for the Moroboshi family, and allowing these merchants to work for him.

This can be seen from the ginseng delivered, because it is almost the entire stock of the secondary island.

If Yan Xu wanted to collect these ginsengs alone, it would not only be time-consuming and laborious, but he might not be able to achieve his goal successfully.

Because ginseng is not very popular in Japan, if it were not small in size, easy to carry and give as a gift, I'm afraid even these wouldn't be available.

It was bad news that only a dozen ginsengs were found after searching the entire Xiaoshui Town. However, the good news was that, according to the merchants, ginseng in this world was not a rare commodity. There were plenty of them in the deep mountains and old forests. As long as you dared to go deep, you would reap rewards. However, there were even more poor people who did not care about their lives, so the only trouble was the purchase and transportation.

However, if you can contact the caravans well, it will not be a problem to have a hundred or even more caravans a year. After all, as long as the profit is high enough, difficulties are never a problem.

Unfortunately, it takes at least half a year for the products to travel from the place of production to the secondary island across the ocean. In order to prevent the other party from raising the price, Yan Xu cannot appear too anxious, so he has to use it sparingly now.

Fortunately, Fu Ji has already sent people to the main island to collect ginseng. With the help of the connections with the merchants in Xiaoshui Town, there will be some gains, so Yan Xu does not need to worry about it in the short term.

As for the cost increase caused by the acquisition, it doesn't matter to Yan Xu at all. Adding one more piece of glass tea set is enough. If he wants a complete set, one ginseng is not enough.

As the first snow fell, the weather became colder and all the wars stopped. Even if the samurai were howling, they could not stop the foot soldiers from shivering. It was rare for Fushima to become peaceful again, and the peace would last for a long time.

In ancient times, large-scale wars were chosen after autumn, when food was plentiful and the population was idle, so large-scale wars could be organized. They could not be started just when spring came. Not to mention that everyone was pale and thin after just going through the cold winter, the lack of food and the spring ploughing were a big problem. Anyone with a little bit of brains would not choose to start a war during this period, otherwise it would delay the entire year.

Of course, the battle must be fought, especially when the balance has been broken.

Now that the Fukushima family has annexed the Sagara family, they have already tasted the sweetness, and it is impossible for them to stop. The opportunity to overthrow the old overlord and become the master of their own house is right in front of them. How can they stop, even if a knife is placed on their necks?

The Otomo family, which had suffered a defeat, urgently needed a victory of sufficient significance to re-establish its prestige as the overlord of Fukushima, and they also longed for war.

In addition, the Mori family, who received the news, would also send troops to test the waters, and at the same time support the Fukushima family in causing trouble, completely disrupting the battle situation in Fuejima.

There is also the Shimazu family. After losing the Sagara family, with whom they had a love-hate relationship, they are now unable to stand on their own. In order to protect themselves, they will definitely take some action, otherwise they will be the next to be lost.

These were like bombs waiting to explode, not to mention Yan Xu was wandering around with a box of matches in his hand. Wherever it was cold, it would explode.

There was no other way. Everyone was ambitious and active. Yan Xu felt that if he did not participate, he would seem to be a loner, and being a loner in Japan meant being bullied and excluded. So he could only get busy, adding fuel to the fire and handing them the knife. If they wanted to kill, they had to kill quickly, and there shouldn't be more deaths than lives. Otherwise, how could he take advantage of the situation and dominate the secondary island?

Speaking of which, Yan Xu has changed a lot.

At the beginning, he was a bad fusion. His inner core was a tired and incompetent middle-aged man, and his body was a simple and ignorant college student. After losing his family and familiar environment, he was terrified and at a loss. So in order to protect himself, he was cautious again and again, giving people a scared feeling, just like a mouse that was forced to crawl out of a mouse hole and wanted to crawl back at the slightest sign of trouble.

Now, although he cannot be said to have been through a lot, his experience has surpassed that of 99% of people. In addition, exercise has strengthened his body, the battlefield has tempered his will, and power has forged his confidence. At this time, Yan Xu has begun to possess the characteristics of a protagonist, such as ambition and greed.

Actually, Yan Xu's ambitions were not big at the beginning. He just wanted to build a safe place to stay and use the trade difference between the two worlds to do some business. He was content with a small fortune. After all, with his experience in two lifetimes, he really couldn't think of a way to spend his few small goals without buying airplanes and yachts. Just earning the bank interest could make him live a carefree life.

But Yan Xu never expected that the Warring States daimyo boasted by Japan was so fragile, at least the daimyo on Fukushima was just like that. Even the Otomo family did not bring him real pressure. Instead, a battle fueled his ambitions.

The opportunity is right in front of you, it would be a shame not to take action.

What's more, it's not bad to continue developing like this. After he occupies the secondary island, he will have a safer and more stable base. Then he can sell weapons, armor, salt, sugar, iron tea, and luxury goods to the main island. While earning a lot of wealth, it will also be convenient for him to continue to provide warmth.

For example, whoever is at a disadvantage, Jishiyu Zhuxing Qingmen will come to sell all kinds of cheap arms, making sure the war becomes more prolonged and more intense. Don't stop. Don't be like Japanese men who rely on foreplay to hold on. Once the real guns and knives come, the knives will be weak and the guns will be useless. In the end, they can only vent their anger, which is too unsatisfactory.

However, to achieve this goal, we still need the support of the modern world.

(End of this chapter)