"...Am I sleepwalking?"

Axue was stunned for a moment.

what's the situation?

I got up in the middle of the night and started to roll inward???

"Have you been too busy lately? Ah Xue, you are still a child. It's better not to work too hard, otherwise you won't grow taller..."

Torachiyo said worriedly from behind.

"Could it be that--"

The child in black had a flash of inspiration in his mind and instantly understood what was happening!

It’s the Buddha appearing!

In my previous life, I had been possessed by the Buddha during the fire at Linquan Temple and the Imperial Sword Competition!

But those two times happened when the situation was extremely dangerous. Why would the Buddha use such an urgent method to bestow a miracle on me now that there is no disaster or trouble...?

"Brother! What on earth is written on this piece of paper!?"

Axue quickly realized that it was the paper in her hand. There must be something mysterious in the paper in her hand!

"Isn't this something you wrote yourself..."

Although Torachiyo complained, she still looked at the contents written on the paper and read aloud -

"Corn and potatoes are just as important as sweet potatoes..."

After hearing this, Axue could no longer sit still and muttered to himself.

"The Buddha knew I was going to use sweet potatoes to save Echigo from famine! The Buddha has indeed been watching me all along! Corn is as important as sweet potatoes, but not only is corn unpalatable but its yield is also scarce. And aren't potatoes ornamental plants that contain toxins?"

Torachiyo didn't understand what Axue was saying to herself. She just continued to read out the last sentence on the paper -

"Build high walls, store up food, and slowly claim the throne..."

After saying this, Torachiyo was obviously stunned.

She is passionate about calligraphy and naturally has a good understanding of Chinese history.

These words are clearly the core strategic policy of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to unify the world.

It means building high city walls, storing up food widely, and delaying the time of becoming king.

Why did Axue write this sentence herself?

"As expected! I guessed correctly what the Buddha meant. The reason I was able to live a second life is to save this dark and chaotic world of the Warring States Period! This is the Buddha's will!"

The child in black held the piece of letter paper in his hand, looking serious and excited.

"Brother! Let's start by resolving the famine in Echigo. You and I must save the world, unify the Warring States, and bring eternal peace and happiness to this decadent Dharma-Ending Age!"

"Well, Senior Brother promises you!"

But compared to Axue, who received the Supreme Oracle, Hu Chiyo's ideological awareness is not that high.

This senior brother is not as great as Axue thought.

She just felt that in this way, she and Axue could live happily together.

As for what saving the world?

It's just the scenery along the way, something that happens naturally.

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[A few days later, the Oda family's caravan finally arrived in Echigo Province.]

The caravan lived up to your expectations, bringing along sweet potato seeds and farmers who knew how to cultivate them.

【But in exchange, you have to exchange dozens of matchlock guns for it. 】

"But where did Echigo get the matchlock gun? This is just a trick you used to deceive Oda Nobunaga."

"What?! You don't even have a matchlock?!"

The businessman suddenly looked embarrassed and scolded the child in black in front of him.

"You, you are deceiving my lord! You are deceiving Lord Nobunaga! How could you be so unfaithful!"

"How old is Lord Nobunaga now?"

But Axue did not give a direct answer, but instead asked this irrelevant question.

"...Lord Nobunaga has now inherited Furuno Castle and is now the same age as you, a seven-year-old boy."

The businessman hadn't anticipated this.

Oda Nobunaga was the biggest fool in Owari Province, and sending himself all the way to Echigo Province was already a very confusing thing.

But I didn't expect that the guy I met was actually a kid!

Lord Nobunaga, at such a young age, already has a so-called pen pal?!

But now this pen pal spread his hands, indicating that he didn't have a matchlock gun at all.

If I fail to retrieve the matchlock gun and deliver it, given Oda Nobunaga's stubborn personality, I'm afraid I'll be stripped naked and paraded through the streets...

Sensing the merchant's uneasiness, Axue wasn't the kind of shameless person who would try to get something for nothing. He simply said, "On behalf of Torachiyo, the second son of the Nagao family, I would like to establish a long-term business partnership with Lord Nobunaga of Furuno Castle."

"Business cooperation is bullshit! You don't even have a fucking matchlock—"

The businessman just cursed angrily, but the next moment he saw Ah Xue raise her hand and take out something, and he suddenly couldn't move.

The curse got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say anything anymore.

Because what Ah Xue took out at this moment was shining gold!

"Have you ever heard of the legendary Golden City and Treasure Island?"

Axue explained to the businessman.

"You've probably heard of the gold mine on Sado Island, right? It's the largest gold mine in all of Japan. If you agree to cooperate with us, you can choose any of this gold you want in the future."

"Although I don't have a matchlock gun, I do have gold."

Axue had already made preparations for this transaction.

Echigo Province owns the Sado Island gold mine. Although it has not undergone systematic development, the now famous Kurokawa gold mine is facing the end of depletion, and the current gold price is still high.

The grain-rich Owari Province did not have mountains of gold and silver like the Kanto region, and the demand for gold there was obviously more urgent.

"You, you little brat, how could you come up with so much gold...?"

The merchant snatched the gold from Axue's hand, bit it with his teeth and found that the tooth marks were clearly visible on it, which made him even more convinced of the authenticity of the gold.

He had indeed heard of the legendary Golden Land. As early as the Heian period, there were records saying that Sado Island had rich gold mines. However, Sado Island was an island far away from the mainland after all, and mining and transportation were extremely troublesome. Japan had never lacked gold mines, so no one paid attention to it.

However, with the depletion of major gold mines, the reputation of the Sado Island gold mine has gradually become famous again.

The fact that Echigo Province owns such a huge gold mine is truly enviable.

However, the businessman was very suspicious. Why could this seven-year-old child in front of him so arbitrarily arrange the fate of the gold?

Who is he? !

"Haha, what do you think?"

Axue smiled slightly and did not make any statement in the face of the businessman's suspicion.

After all, this merchant came from Owari Province and may not know something.

Now this seven-year-old child is the leader of the Torachiyo faction and can be regarded as the number one aide of his senior brother Torachiyo.

After the family meeting in the castle tower, Axue's courage and talent in confronting Nagao Tamekage were recognized by most of the Torachiyo faction, and these retainers offered their most loyal support to the seven-year-old child.

The thing that Echigo Province had the most was gold.

Although he couldn't buy a matchlock gun himself, if he gave the gold to Oda Nobunaga, that evil guy would definitely find a way to get his favorite toy.

So after a series of bargaining, Axue successfully exchanged five hundred taels of gold for the precious sweet potato seeds.

Anyone else would think that Axue was absolutely crazy if they saw that he had to spend an astronomical sum of five hundred taels of gold in exchange for a bag of sweet potato seeds!

After all, how much food can you buy with five hundred taels of gold?

If calculated according to the algorithm of one guan to one dan, one tael of gold is equal to four thousand copper coins, which means that five hundred taels of gold can be exchanged for two thousand dan of grain!

Based on the calculation that the average person consumes two to three stone of grain per year, these two thousand stone of grain can also support two thousand disaster victims for a whole year!

If it is diluted into porridge, there will be absolutely no problem getting through this winter!

But Axue didn't feel any loss.

After all, in his letter, he clearly stated that he wanted to exchange the sweet potato seeds for a musket.

You should know that it would take at least three months to imitate a matchlock gun according to today's technology. When the owner of Tanegashima bought the matchlock gun from the southern barbarians, he spent a full one thousand taels of gold to buy one!

If the matchlock gun was really used as a trading item, then my five hundred taels of gold would have been a huge bargain.

Of course, future long-term cooperation will depend on Oda Nobunaga's intention, but Axue is sure that she will agree.

It was because Nobunaga was extremely intelligent and forward-thinking since childhood that he was called the big fool of Owari Province by his ignorant retainers.

She soon realized the power of this gold. She only needed to exchange food and seeds for such precious gold from Oda Nobunaga. Only a real fool would refuse such a good deal.

Compared to expensive sweet potatoes, corn and potato seeds are cheaper because no one is interested in them, and the amount of gold you need to spend at that time is actually not much.

Everything is moving in the right direction.

"Now it all depends on whether this bag of sweet potato seeds can save Echigo Province from famine..."

Axue stared at the seeds in her hand, made up her mind, and immediately ordered her men to go to the farmland!

Chapter 5300: Farming Road, a grand series! ( words)

"Five hundred taels of gold... to buy a bag of seeds?"

After listening to the report from his ninja, Nagao Harukage burst into laughter.

"That brat is such an idiot! You could have used five hundred taels of gold to buy something else! But he actually bought a bag of seeds?!"

In a good mood, he immediately pressed down the head of the woman under his crotch, who was thrusting vigorously, and his tense nerves finally relaxed.

Sensing her master's good mood, the woman began moving her head back and forth at an increasingly faster pace.

With a low growl, the tuberculosis man's desire finally erupted in the woman's mouth.

Nagao Harukage has been under a lot of pressure these days, because the position of family head, which was originally in his pocket, turned out to be caused by the words of that little brat Axue beside Torachiyo, which made his father say such words to all the retainers!

As long as Axue can solve the famine in Echigo, the position of family head will be passed on to Torachiyo!

How could Nagao Harukage, the eldest son, save face?!

So he always ordered the ninjas to gather intelligence and follow up on the situation on Axue's side in real time.

Now that he knew that the funds sent by Tora Chiyo were used to buy a bag of seeds from Owari Province, Nagao Harutora's heart finally dropped.

However, compared to the relaxed look of his lord, Naoesuke Mitsugu beside him frowned even more as he looked at the letter reported by the ninja.

It was never the character of the Home Secretary to despise his opponents.

During the family meeting in the castle tower, the courage and knowledge displayed by Xue were definitely not something a seven-year-old child should possess.

Five hundred taels of gold to buy a bag of seeds is just the appearance. What is more important is the farmers brought by Owari Province.

People born inland will never learn to fish, and people born by the sea will never learn to farm.

The fields in Echigo Province were often flooded, so the farming techniques of the farmers there were far inferior to those in Owari Province.

The people sent from Owari Province are more like specialized technicians than farmers!

What made Naoesuna even more alert was the reason why this transaction took place!

"How did he manage to connect with Oda Nobunaga of Owari Province?"

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