In the meantime, we will simply maintain as many trade partners as we can. The best way to business is to be friendly to everyone. So we will try to avoid any kind of alliance, so we do not have to pick sides. No matter who is at war with whom, they buy Chosokabe products.



Interestingly, weaker clans such as Hatakeyama are now especially eager to pay to trade with us. They would pay so much. They probably think that the trading relationship will eventually lead to our "Terrifying" army's protection. But they never explicitedly ask for it. It is to our best interest that they are kept alive, as each trading partner brings in at least 1000 koku per season.