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After exiting the entrance hall, Aoto and Mai Kinoshita walked side by side on the avenue, gradually moving away from Toshi who was standing in the open space outside Terada's house watching them.

Behind them...beside a window on the second floor of Terada House, a pair of beautiful eyes flickered.

The beautiful maid... the woman who was called "Along" by Denshi, stood by the window like a ghost, with most of her body hidden in the shadows, only half of her head exposed, which was pressed against the window frame.

Under the soft and long eyelashes, there is a calm gaze.

She silently stared at Qingdeng's back, her delicate and pretty face showed no sadness or joy, and her expression was deep, as if she was thinking about something...

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"...Qingdeng."

"What's wrong?"

"Do we really have to do business to earn the Shinsengumi's military expenses?"

"Huh? Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt..."

Kinoshita Mai looked hesitant.

Suddenly, she sighed silently:

"Qingdeng, let me put it bluntly - doing business is not an easy task."

"What Miss Denshi said just now reminded me."

"Those businesses that can make a lot of money have long been divided up by various giant businessmen, without leaving any residue."

"If we want to make a lot of money by doing business, there are only two ways."

"Or take food from other people's mouths."

"Either we need to find another way to develop brand-new products that are unique to us and not available to others."

"Grandma always told me: Killing someone's job is like killing their parents, so the former offends people very much, and if you don't do it right, tragic bloodshed will break out."

"As for the latter... the only people who can do this are those extraordinary business wizards."

"If it were really so easy to develop unique best-selling products, there wouldn't be so many people who have lost their lives due to business failure."

"To be honest... the more I think about it, the more I feel that your plan to 'promote the military through business'... seems a bit... unreliable..."

After speaking, Kinoshita Mai quietly raised her gaze and carefully looked at Qingdeng's expression, fearing that her truthful telling would offend him.

Obviously, she was worrying too much.

After her words fell, Qingdeng just smiled helplessly.

"Ah Wu, I understand everything you said."

"But...under the limitations of the powers and responsibilities of the governor of Gyeonggi Town, running a business is the most suitable way to make money that I can think of."

Under the special care of Tokugawa Iemo, the post of governor of Gyeonggi Town has many privileges, just like half a military governor - but no matter how praised and exaggerated, it is always a half military governor, not a complete military governor.

Jiedushi.

The Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty integrated military, civilian and financial administration into one body.

On the other hand, Qingdeng had no civil affairs and no finance. Except for its independent military power, there was no place that could compete with the Tang Dynasty's Jiedushi.

Qingdeo could not rely on administrative means such as taxation and mobilization of government funds to subsidize the Shinsengumi's military expenses.

At the same time, before going to Luo, Tokugawa Iemo made it clear that after the "start-up capital" of 3,000 taels of gold was delivered, the shogunate would no longer inject capital into the Shinsengumi.

This can't be blamed on Tokugawa Iemo's callousness.

After all, although the current financial situation of the shogunate cannot be said to be at the end of its rope, it can also be said to be extremely pessimistic. There is really no spare capacity to raise a new army.

Winning the privileges he currently has for Seito is the limit of what Tokugawa Iemo can do.

Since the shogunate could no longer count on help, he had to rely on himself.

The only way to make a lot of money while not relying on administrative power or doing anything harmful to the law... After thinking about it, the only way was to pull up a caravan of my own and go around doing business.

Although Kinoshita Mai raised doubts, Qingnobo's determination remains unchanged - at this stage, the policy of "promoting the military through business" must always be implemented!

At this thought, Qingdeng recalled the market conditions that Dengshi had just mentioned:

——Women’s money is best earned...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile.

Dengshi’s views coincide with Qingdeng’s ideas.

As early as when he decided to rely on business to solve the Shinsengumi's funding problem, Qingteng had already begun to think about the feasibility of "making money from women."

Women are very willing to spend money - this statement is true throughout the ages, and I am afraid it will not change in the future.

If you are beguiled by consumerist remarks such as "Your youth is short", "Only buy the best within your ability", "Cheaper things are useless except for being cheap, and expensive things are perfect except for being expensive", you will not hesitate.

Spread out lots and lots of money.

Starting with “women’s products”…this is indeed a direction that can be studied in depth!

Don't even think about salt, steel and other important materials related to the national destiny, as well as bulk commodities such as rice and wine. Qingdeng at this stage has no ability to get involved in these things.

In the Edo period, RB had an organization similar to a chamber of commerce, namely "Zhu Nakama".

The original intention of the establishment of "Zhuzhongjian" was to prevent the increase of foreign businessmen from monopolizing management rights.

At first, the Edo shogunate saw the grouping behavior of merchants and was worried that the merchant organization would dominate the market price and cause the shogunate's rule to be shaken, so it banned the Zhunakama organization several times.

However, Zhuzhongjian has made a great contribution to stabilizing the market.

Therefore, when the Eighth Dynasty Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune carried out the Kyoho reform, he adopted the organizational structure of the Zhu-Nakama as a guideline and recognized the establishment of the Zhu-Nakama.

However, the Eighth Generation General Tokugawa Yoshimune made two preparations for Zhu Zhongma.

First-hand, reward organizations between Zhuzhou and Zhongshan to confirm their contribution to stabilizing the market.

On the other hand, it is explicitly required to pay the shogunate's Mingga gold and Yunshang gold.

The so-called Minggajin refers to the gift of gratitude paid by wholesalers to the shogunate for exclusive use of trade routes, which is equivalent to taking the initiative to bear the obligation to pay taxes.

As for transporting gold, it can be understood as a modern corporate tax.

After Tokugawa Yoshimune's reforms, the exclusive sales rights of Zhu Zhongma were determined.

It happened that the shogunate was short of money and the merchants had money. Through the decree, the shogunate managed Zhuzhongjian, and the merchants were recognized, and everyone got what they needed.

However, this also caused serious consequences: collusion between privileged businessmen and the shogunate, and the spread of bribery of officials.

Government and businessmen protect each other and form a huge vested interest group.

But any industry that can make a lot of money, such as wine, cloth, and cosmetics, is like an iron bucket, and outsiders cannot get a share of it. It can be said that "a needle cannot penetrate, and water cannot pour in."

It's not like there aren't brave men to challenge them.

In order to weaken the strength of these maggots attached to the shogunate, Tadakuni Mizuno, the veteran leader who carried out the Tenpo Reform (1830-1843), ordered the suspension of the Minggajin campaign and the dissolution of Zhunakama.

However, the dissolution of Zhuzhongjian caused market chaos and made the price rise even more serious.

The huge realistic pressure, coupled with the opponent's crazy counterattack, accelerated Mizuno Tadakuni's loss of power.

When Mizuno Chungbō fell from power, Zhu Zhongjian rose again.

Mizuno Tadakuni, who once had all the power in the world, had no way to deal with these interest groups, let alone Seito, who is still very weak at the moment?

Therefore, there is no need to think about these red-eye "red ocean industries".

There is definitely no way for him to fight his way in to grab food. Even if he forcefully fights his way in, it will take an immeasurable amount of energy, and in the end he may not even make much money...

——We have to start with those "blue ocean industries" that no one has yet entered...

Qingden frowned, thinking hard, and accidentally lost track of time.

At this moment, a pleasant female voice suddenly sounded from not far away, bringing Qingdeng's consciousness back to reality.

"Oh? Isn't this Nioh-sama?"

Qingdeng was stunned for a moment, then looked away.

"Miss Ziyang?"

I saw the most beautiful woman in Kyoto, who I had met once at the reception banquet hosted by Matsudaira Yongho, sitting leisurely on a bench in a certain teahouse, looking at him curiously.

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