I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 12 Make Money
Yagyu returned to the Shinsengumi camp with Onimaru Kiri, who was rewarded by Tokugawa Iemo. As soon as he came back, Kondo Isamu, Hijikata Toshizo and others immediately came up to ask.

He is now a royal family member, and he also has the power to directly meet with the general and report the situation. His status is higher than that of ordinary royal family members. This is also good news for the Shinsengumi.

Because he is a royal family member, the Shinsengumi has also become the general's direct guard. This is a height that Kondo Isamu reached only after the Ikedaya incident and the Forbidden Gate incident.

Yagyu looked around at the crowd, raised the Onimaru Kiri in his hand, and shouted: "Everyone, this is the Onimaru Kiri given by the Shogun!"

"Oh!"

Regardless of whether Kondo Isamu, Hijikata Toshizo, Shannan Keisuke or other ordinary team members, when they heard what Yagyu said, they all looked at the famous sword.

Kondo Isamu said excitedly: "It's actually a famous sword given by the shogun. I'm so envious!"

Yagyu smiled and said: "Not only that, the general promoted me to the rank of direct counselor with a salary of three hundred dan!"

"what!"

Now everyone is even more envious, the royal family, this is the goal that samurai strive for, especially Hijikata Toshizo, people are almost stupid, he joined the Shinsengumi just to become a samurai!

"I'm so envious, I'm really jealous to death!"

Hijikata Toshizo couldn't help but wailed.

Yagyu put down Onimaru Kiri, patted Hijikata Tobizo on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Everyone, the Shinsengumi has become the shogun's direct guard, protecting Kyoto. In other words, you are all samurai!"

"Really!"

Isamu Kondo and Toshizo Hijikata were the most excited. They were really obsessed with their identity as samurai. After all, they were both from rich peasant backgrounds.

"Are we samurai too?"

Kawai Kisaburo and other team members who came from merchant families also became excited.

Yagyu nodded and said: "Yes, everyone is, but there is one thing. Your salary will be responsible for your salary by the Shinsengumi itself. This is also the condition agreed by the shogunate."

Now that the shogunate has no money, it is difficult enough to support those banners. The seniors in the shogunate will definitely not agree with raising a group of samurai. However, the Shinsengumi handles the salary themselves, and the seniors are happy with it.

Kondo Isamu didn't care about salary. He said excitedly: "Even if there is no salary, I am willing to serve the public wholeheartedly!"

Many people didn't care about this. They excitedly showed off their handsome looks to their friends and asked how they could show off their looks as warriors.

However, Yagyu still said: "Don't worry, I will solve the salary problem when I return to Kyoto."

It's just that the happy team members didn't care about this. Kondo Isamu even wrote a letter. He wanted to tell his family the good news.

In fact, Yagyu did not go into details. The status of the samurai in the Shinsengumi was very different. Their status was one level lower than that of ordinary samurai in Edo.

However, Yagyu did not become as arrogant as Kondo Isamu who became the shogunate. The improvement of his status was just that Yagyu had more say and made suggestions to prevent the shogunate from being overthrown by the two powerful feudal lords of Choshu and Satsuma.

The name of the Shinsengumi has also spread in Osaka, especially the story of Yagyu, Hijikata Toshizo, Okita Souji and other six people fighting against fifty ronin.

Whenever members of the Shinsengumi patrol the streets of Osaka, people start talking about it.

Yagyu led his team members to patrol the streets and met Osaka Nishimachi and Rikichi Yamahikojiro.

Uchiyama Hikojiro also had to lower his head and say hello: "Sir Yagyu."

Yagyu glanced at him and retorted: "Sir Uchiyama, a few days ago, I was called a country bumpkin by Mr. Uchiyama. Today you and I are ministers of the same palace. From now on, you and I will put aside our grudges with a smile and serve the shogunate wholeheartedly." yes."

Uchiyama Hikojiro nodded repeatedly and said, "That's what Master Yagyu said, I will teach you."

Yagyu had no interest in slapping someone like Uchiyama Hikojiro in the face, so he just slapped him a little and left. However, others were shocked when they saw Feng Yu and Rikichi Yamahikojiro being so submissive in front of Yagyu, and privately discussed what was wrong with this. .

Among the crowd, Hisaka Genzui and his party saw Yagyu and said dissatisfiedly: "It is because of this kind of lackey that the shogunate has not yet determined the date of the war against the barbarians. It is a pity that Shutaro died at the hands of such a man."

Sakamoto Ryoma quickly grabbed Chiba Jutaro and whispered: "That's enough. Isn't it enough to kill Shutaro? I can see that Yagyu Jubei's swordsmanship is better than ours." Hisaka Gensui said: "Forget it. , there is no hope for the shogunate, anyway, as soon as the [-]th comes, we will fight against the barbarians!"

Sakamoto Ryoma secretly said something bad and quickly pulled Chiba Jutaro away.

Tokugawa Iemo did not stay in Osaka for long, so he returned to Kyoto and prepared to go back to Edo. The shogunate had to compensate the British for the unripe wheat incident.

Tokugawa Iemo received permission from the imperial court and will return to Edo at the end of June.

However, on May 200, the Koshu Temple Party headed by Hisaka Genzui of the Choshu Domain bombarded American merchant ships in Shimonoseki, and then bombarded French merchant ships, killing several French people. Later, even Dutch merchant ships, which had been friendly with Japan for more than [-] years, were unable to do so. He survived and was attacked by the Choshu clan.

Although the United States was in the Civil War, it also responded to the provocation of the Choshu Domain. Britain and the United States launched the Shimonoseki War against the Choshu Domain, and the Choshu Domain suffered a disastrous defeat.

But this is all from May to June.

Since Yagyu returned to Kyoto with Tokugawa Iemo, he has focused on his own jurisdiction. He also has to make money to support his more than 100 people.

The Osaka ronin that the Shinsengumi fought in Osaka had already spread in Kyoto, which made the ronin hiding in Higashiyama feel more at ease.

However, the Shinsengumi only suppressed Ronin conveniently. Yagyu wanted to destroy all the underground casinos in Higashiyama District.

In the small courtyard of Taifu Lingbo on Flower Street, Yagyu Sheng was hosting a banquet for several big businessmen.

These businessmen run kabuki, gambling houses and other entertainment venues in Dongshan District, and they also have public relations behind them.

Several businessmen were a little confused about Yagyu's banquet.

The gambling house owner asked: "I wonder what Mr. Yagyu wants from us? If the Shinsengumi is short of money, I am willing to donate 100 taels."

Yagyu looked at the gambling house owner's expression, as if the hundred gold was like a charity.

Looking at Yagyu's indifferent eyes, the gambling house owner felt his scalp go cold and goosebumps rose on the back of his neck.

He quickly bowed his head and toasted.

Yagyu picked up the wine glass and said: "100 taels can be regarded as your loyalty to the shogunate. But I am not looking for you today to ask you to donate money. What can you do with that little money?"

The gambling house owner quickly apologized and said, "What Mr. Yagyu said is that the villain was reckless."

The Kabuki boss asked: "Please give me some advice, Yagyu-sama."

Yagyu then said: "I plan to clean up the evil parties in Dongshan District. In the future, no one will trouble you and charge you protection fees. However, the Shinsengumi will have to pay [-]% of the management fees from each family.

In addition, I will also clean up those informal kabuki houses, izakayas, lodging houses, and gambling houses, so that customers who come to spend money can only go to your place. What do you think? "

Several people looked at each other. Those evil parties often fought in order to compete for territory, which indeed affected the business. If the evil parties disappeared and were managed by the Shinsengumi, without these disputes, their business would only get better and better.

The Kabuki boss was the first to make a toast and said: "Yagyu-sama has the final say in everything."

The others also toasted.

But Yagyu looked at the gambling house owner and said, "I want to open a gambling house. Do you have any objection?"

What else could the gambling house owner say? He nodded quickly, not even daring to say anything.

However, the owner of the gambling house thought that he still had connections behind the scenes, and he could ask the minister to come forward when the time came. No matter how arrogant Yagyu was, he would definitely not be able to get away with it.

Seeing that several big businessmen in Dongshan District had taken care of things, Liu Sheng showed a smile and enjoyed the song and dance of Taifu Lingbo with a few others. After half an hour, the big businessmen left.

Yagyu didn't go back to Yagi's house. He directly picked up Taifu Lingbo and went to the backyard of the mansion to have an in-depth communication with her.

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