C023 Dango Ball Becomes A Ninja Bomb
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"Hiko-sama, would be you be able to take control of the Treasury for the moment and return all the monies of the residents and merchants?"
"Destroy their records after you had returned their monies and the 4 Execom would be able to assist in counting the monies after returning to the rightful owners first."
"After doing so, compile our total sum amount and any extras to be deposited back into the castle's assets. Our sum amount should be tally with the amount stated in the accounts book."
"The Castle asset would be slightly more than the amount stated and report discrepancies so that His Majesty knows about it and to make a new account based on the amount after setting ours aside."
"Create savings accounts for all our employees and deposit their salary and bonuses using our main corporate account. Skip the interest rate. There's no interest rate since its just a place to store their money and we have no such of theirs at all."
"Most importantly keep close watch of our daily deposits and monthly withdrawals for the variable costs in purchases. Since we would be implementing their account books, have a ledger based on Merchants, Residents and Employees."
"So you would know which on to flip to when updating the records when you made alphabetic records per page. There are about 100 lines per page, right?" I will guide you in making the proper ledger since you would be overseeing the whole employees' savings account."
"I will get the Plant Managers to brief the Supervisors to inquire who have bank accounts so this we can start to base on that. Would you like to take this honour, Hiko Seiko?"
"Sure, kid... I'd help you straighten out the whole mess with you together. If you place me there in the Treasury, could I terminate everyone else and emplace 4 of our Execom members to find suitable members to understand how we work?"
"Sure, Sensei... Your decisions would also look good on Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha."
Tokugawa Iemochi was dumbfounded at the way I handled things. I was managed to foresee what's to take place first, return all savings accounts for the merchants and residents and then make a new account book. Gather back the over 50 million gold coins for Fasuto Japan and the balance to be updated for the Castle assets.
"There's no need to have assets for the Castle since everything would be run Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha corporate account. Please prepare to deploy all your men to their respective commanders, Your Majesty."
"You are being required to stay here for one solid month and watch us grow. Go live in your castle and assign some men to you. Come here and spend time as a commoner like me. I am sure you would like to know more about this town as it grows, right?"
Everyone was surprised again that I could even request... No... More like informing His Majesty to stay for one solid month and watch how Harune and his gang would turn this town upside down.
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The 3000 retainers were temporarily disbanded and were moved into the Imperialist and the Militia. I discussed with Tokugawa Iemochi that we don't need an army because we are right smacked in the middle of Japan and flanked with 4 Prefecture on all sides. I requested to have them moved to Niigata, Ibaraki, Gunma and Yamagata.
I explained that we should have more time to concentrate on incoming enemies if they were to invade Fukushima and I showed him the map which I had taken from the Messenger Guild before.
Tokugawa Iemochi nodded in apprehension and asked why it was not thought before. I simply said that it was overlooked since His Majesty came into power. These Generals and Commanders see little kids as ants to them. I'd prefer to have Samurai instead than these useless Imperialist and Militia since they would be the main source for depleting the income for doing nothing.
"Ask the General and see if he could run a simple 2 kilometre or not? Most of the Imperialist and Militia had larger waist size then chest size. Do you want to know what I did on being Yours Truly on the first day? I told them that if they don't have a bigger chest than their waist, it's time for them to retire. Hahahahaha"
"That's a damned good idea, Harune. The Imperialist and Militia had been doing nothing since I took office in 1658 and its gonna change because of you. Ok, your Decree for the land on the northern side is yours. 20 layers of District with a total of 800 plot of lands are under the New Kitakata Town."
"Also I would make a Decree for the General of the Imperialist and the Commander of the Militia to be separated into 4 sections equally and march towards the 4 prefectures mentioned within 24 hours. That Decree would mention about the slim waist and broad chest too. Hahahahahaha."
"Regard us like ants? Well, it's high time for New Kitakata Town to grow and as forth today, you would be permanently affixed as Mayor and Governor of Fukushima, and same goes to your predecessors too. With a mind like yours, your children all will grow up being like you."
"You would not only grow New Kitakata Town but also influences the whole of Fukushima right from this spot we are standing on. Fukushima will grow as you merge all the villages and settlements into New Kitakata Town."
"A new Decree? As a Mayor of Kitakata and a Governor of Fukushima? Wow... Let me take a look at the map and understand how big is Fukushima. Hmm... You're right Your Majesty, Kitakata is somewhere in the middle off the right of Fukushima near Mount Bandai and this border was drawn is the whole of Fukushima."
"Hmm....can I request something? Can I request for an 8x8 plot to build a marketplace? As you can see on the southern parts, we have already more than 40 layers before the pass by Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha and heads into the uptrend residential and reaches the marketplace and trading unit."
"How about adding another 20 layers on the northern side and build an 8x8 plot for a marketplace so that it would be able to service the residents at both sides and expand the income for the merchants and traders?"
"Then for every 40 layers after the marketplace, we build another marketplace. So in time, we would have 4 marketplaces and 160 layers of residential districts."
" Harune, if two minds didn't see things eye to eye, they would think you're greedy for land acquisition. But in the end, you only see the development of this land for the benefit of the residents."
"I am surprised that you never mention about the cost of the land since I mention it as New Kitakata Town and you charge the same amount for the house to residents if in cash and at a 20% rate at repayment for 50 months? So how much do you earn?"
"It's not we that earns, it's for the funding of the town. A 20% interest of 50 gold coins is a mere 10 coins profit. A resident only pays 1 gold and 2 silvers a month for 50 months to fully own that house."
"The resale value is also at 50. But if he takes a 2 bedroom house, the cost would be 100 gold coins and at 20% interest for a 50-month repayment, they would only pay 2 gold and 4 silvers each to the Treasury."
"The starting pay for our new employees were set at 2 gold per month, then after 3 months set at 3 gold 5 silvers and then another 6 months later it became 5 gold coins per month."
"Furthermore, in each household, at least 2 family members worked with Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha and by after 3 months, their median income had been increased to 7 gold coins per month."
"Their median income per month could be an estimated 5-12 gold coins per month and paying for these houses means they had reached a stage self-sustainable economy and a sense of ownership if they have their own house, no matter how small it is."
"Wwwaahhhhhh....!!! You think of everything from the ground up. Other authors would think of reincarnation back and become a multi-billionaire in the past to gain personal fame and wealth. But you... You're opposite. You don't give a hoot how much you make but gives back to society... "
*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*..." Hey you, all clap with me la... I'm not clapping to get peanuts you know. Clap for your new Governor of Fukushima... " Tokugawa Iemochi urged everyone to join in and suddenly the whole town was seen clapping and cheering for Harune and the clapping goes well on for some time. Even the animals especially the dogs were on their haunches and were raising their paws in the air and seemed to be dancing. Even the dragons were seen flying over the town like a flypast during parades. Hahahahahah.
"Bravado... Syabas... KongXiNi... Congrats... Hallelujah..." Tokugawa Iemochi congratulated me for being a compassionate and emphatic man and puts the people of Kitakata before me.
"Well, Your Majesty... Its always starts from a humble beginning and we never forget where we all come from."
Tokugawa Iemochi looked at me and wished he had the same as this 11 years old kid and he was just 3 years his senior and was the same age group of Enyo.
Tokugawa was also not directly from the Royal family as he was born by one of the concubines, was adopted before he went into power, he changed his name as well.
Some things can never change the 7 sins of man when the other siblings saw Tokugawa was being hailed as the 14th Shogun. Luckily his death in 1866 was due to an abundance of eating white rice...
And so, Harune got his 40 layers of districts in the Northern Side, two 8x8 plot of land after the southern and northern clusters to build a proposed marketplace.
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Because of the interruptions that we had earlier, everyone had a very late lunch and everyone sat in the meal areas of the employees and were served by the 'aunties'.
We had garlic fried rice, boiled egg, grilled fish, stir-fried mustard and deep-fried batter cakes filled with fresh anchovies, red and green chilli, onions and chives.
It was a simple yet wonderful lunch freshly prepared by our 6 'aunties'. For dessert, there was this so-called 'Dango' but were filled with palm sugar and was boiled and then rolled with grated coconut. It was called 'Ondeh Ondeh' in some Asian Countries but also spreads to the Netherlands and the 'aunties' were able to search the Internet for more new recipes to woo the employees as well as visitors... Hahahaha... Internet... How I wished!
So when Tokugawa first tasted it, he called it a Ninja Bomb because he took a bite and the Dango Ball simply explodes in his mouth with bursting sweet plan sugar and he can't help but cover his mouth to slowly chew while his eyes were as big as these Dango Balls. So far I haven't seen people eyes as big as saucers so please stop bullshitting the readers, ok? Saucers my ass...hahahahha
After late lunch, we skipped afternoon tea because we have the Ondeh Ondeh Dango Balls to munch for tea and decided to stop since it would kill our appetite for dinner soon.
"Kayu-san, could I have a moment with half of your sketch pad and sit here next to me. His Majesty would also want to take a look at the plan for the 40 layers of the new district."
I asked him to draw out a simple layout for 4 houses on the plot. One side has the 2 bedroom unit and the other a 1 bedroom unit. These 6 houses would have a bath and kitchenette much like Hiko-sama's house. I told him that the 1 bedroom unit would have a collapsible partition while the 2 bedrooms ould have a collapsible too for the first room.
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