Chapter 42
In the carriage, under Shen Yu's polite refusal, Glass finally gave up the idea of giving the sword as a gift.
"Miss Glass, I have a question.
Glass quickly said:"Miyamoto-kun, it's okay to just say it.""
"Um……"Shen Yu pondered for a moment and said,"Is there something wrong with your 'Forging Sword Studio'?"
As soon as he said this, Glass' originally bright face suddenly dimmed.
Her eyes drifted to the warm stove aside, where the warm rice wine was placed. Shen Yu understood it, took the wine bottle with a smile, and handed it to her.
Jiazi was stunned for a moment. He looked up and saw Shen Yu's warm pupils. He was unambiguous. He grabbed the wine bottle and took a sip, and then let out a long sigh of relief.
"Our Chamber of Commerce... is about to change owners.……"she whispered.
In her eloquent talk, Shen Yu also slowly understood.
Why can such a large chamber of commerce only hire two samurai to escort it? Why did the middle-aged man keep sighing? And why did Sugawara Glass use wine to drown his sorrows?
The legendary chamber of commerce in the Iron Country,"Forging Sword House", is about to change hands.
Three months ago, the Oikawa family in"The Three Legends of Iron" was held accountable by the daimyo for failing to forge a sword. The head of the Oikawa family and Teru Kawahara fled in fear of guilt.
He vacated the mansion overnight, took away most of the Chamber of Commerce's funds, defected to the Kingdom of Water, and the Oikawa family dispersed.
The daimyo was furious and ordered the heads of the Niwa and Sugawara families to hunt down and bring Teru Kawamoto to justice, and appointed the shogunate army to assist them. However, they were unexpectedly attacked by powerful enemies during the pursuit!
The shogunate army suffered heavy losses, and the head of the Sugawara family died of serious injuries, leaving only the head of the"Isshinden" family. Niwa Zhen managed to survive, but was also seriously injured.
On his deathbed, the head of the Sugawara family asked an orphan to pass the"Original Book of the Ryū-ryu Forged Sword" to his only daughter, Sugawara Glass, and entrusted her daughter to the care of Maya Niwa, before she passed away suddenly.
The Sugawara family was already weak, and was instigated by traitors and refused to pass on their true skills. When the head of the family died, the trees fell and the hozens scattered. When the disaster came, the family members went their separate ways. Those who should remain anonymous should remain anonymous, and those who should seek refuge could quickly be divided among the powerful. Eat all the food.
Only the Niwa family, which insists on the true inheritance, does not have to worry about inheritance. Although Niwa Maya has no children, he has three apprentices who have received the true inheritance from their master. However, it is inevitable that they will be weak and the building will collapse.
In just a few months, most of the three inheritances were lost, and the"Forging Sword Studio" was unable to recover. The turbulent undercurrent implicated countless powerful people, and the families involved were all punished and demoted.
Niwa Maya's second apprentice, Ryuunosuke, could not bear the decline of the"Forged Tote School", so he gave Maya advice to marry Sugawara's only daughter to a powerful person, in order to build a relationship and use the power of the powerful to stabilize the overall situation.
But he was immediately opposed by Maya, and he became furious:
"My friend left him alone before his death because he couldn't bear to have his daughter alone. Now if you ask me to sell his daughter for glory, isn't it unfair to me? What should the world think of me!"
"Master, the building is about to collapse. Only by relying on the powerful can we have a chance of survival! As long as you get through the current difficulties, why fear the crowd?"
"Shut up, you evil beast, how is this any different from treachery? Don't mention this again!"
Ryuunosuke had no choice but to give up.
After his apprentice left, Niwa Maya also calmed down. After his anger dissipated, the idea of "depending on the powerful" also lingered in his mind.
Finally, he made a move that shocked everyone. Decide
"‘It is said that Niwa Maya, the head of the family and the helmsman of the Forged Tongue Studio, wants to marry his only daughter. He is a hero in the world and a warrior who can persevere in the ring to the end. Regardless of age or origin, he can become the son-in-law of the Niwa family.!"
After the news was announced, the entire Iron Kingdom was in a state of excitement. Ordinary people were extremely excited, and the powerful were eager to sign up.
One of the reasons was that Niwa Maya had no children, and if he married into a son-in-law, then in the future, not to mention"Isshin Chuan", the entire The"Forging Sword House" can be included in the bag!
Secondly, Niwa Yukino was born with a beautiful and extraordinary beauty. Although she is only 17 years old, she is still slim and has voluptuous curves. Such a look is more than enough to match the rich and powerful. For ordinary people
, this is a good opportunity to rise to the top and become famous all over the world, but the powerful people sneer at this, because it is impossible for these ordinary people to train samurai who can match the clan members. The position must fall into the hands of the powerful.
Sugawara Glass was so smart that she immediately smelled a conspiracy from this matter.
The competition was about to come, but she was transferred away for a temporary mission.
The Niwa family did not want her to ruin the plan.
She sold her daughter for glory, but Yukino was not only her best friend, but also her sister who had grown up together.
She guessed that the victim of this conspiracy should be herself, but because of the righteousness of the Niwa family, her good sister was killed.
She became a scapegoat.
The reason why she was in such a hurry was because she wanted to go back as soon as possible and wanted to marry instead of Yukino and couldn't bear to let her fall into the tiger's mouth.
"Originally, the person who was going to be the victim was me.……"Glass's eyes were red as he held the bottomed wine bottle.
Shen Yu stared at her, and a bold idea grew in his heart.
After the Hashirama war, the entire structure of the ninja world is about to be rewritten, because Hashirama will die in a few years, and Madara will be unable to escape because of the Eye of the Moon plan.
Without the suppression of the two great gods here, war is imminent.
The next ninja world will inevitably fall into a long period of turmoil. At that time, the economies of all participating countries will be affected. Only the Iron Kingdom, which is independent of the ninja village system, can survive alone.
The Kingdom of Iron has sufficient warriors and outstanding sword forging skills. It just so happens that the"Knife Forging Studio" has suffered such changes. If we can help them tide over the difficulties, take the opportunity to become a shareholder of the Chamber of Commerce, start a cross-border business, and sell weapons, wouldn't it be possible to make a lot of money?
If you can control the capital chain of the Iron Kingdom, you may not be unable to conquer the Iron Kingdom in the future. If someone has the land, money, and capital in hand, it is not impossible to train your own team!
This thought took root crazily in Shen Yu's heart and could no longer go away.
The conditions are generous and you can do it!
He took a deep breath and looked at Glass with burning eyes:
"Miss Glass, I have a plan to revive the Chamber of Commerce."
"What?"Jiazi was slightly stunned. Looking at Shen Yu's sincere eyes and the confident smile at the corner of his mouth, he couldn't help but think of his powerful figure just now.
If it were him……
"What are your suggestions?
Shenyu picked up a piece of fruit and threw it into his mouth,"This matter can be very complicated or very simple. Let me ask you, what is the biggest crisis your chamber of commerce is facing now?""
"Sovereignty is about to change hands and become a tool in the hands of the powerful. Glass blurted out,"Xueno... will also lose her freedom and sacrifice her own happiness.""
"Is it? Do we have to rely on powerful people? Shen Yu smiled and said,"What if we don't do this?""
"don't do this……"Glass was speechless for a moment, thought for a while, and said:"The Chamber of Commerce was originally run by three family heads, so that it could be independent from the powerful. Now it has fallen apart, and most of its resources have been lost. Uncle Niwa is the only one left... He will definitely not be able to sustain it.……"
Shen Yu chewed the fruit,"If I can't hold on, what can I do?"
"meeting……"Glass seems to have grasped some key point,"It will be calculated by people with ulterior motives...divided up and cannibalized"……"
"so."Shenyu knocked on the table,"In the final analysis, this matter is the powerful people of the Iron Country. Their greed has caused your crisis."