A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Sure enough, within a few days after the village chief finished speaking, Fuzhong City became busy. Dozens of local specialties including tangerines, paper, rice, horses, lacquerware, silk cloth, etc. were packed up.

It brings together the famous products of many Kokubun-guns of the Eastern Kingdom, especially Kai’s citrus, which has always been a tribute in ancient times.

Didn’t you see that Lu Ji was pregnant with tangerines and left behind his mother in Twenty-Four Filial Piety? Top nobles like Yuan Shu used tangerines to entertain their guests. It can be seen that this thing is both time-sensitive and valuable. (The exception is lychees. After Shimadzu succeeded in cultivating lychees, when the lychees were about to ripen, they were broken off, sealed, and sent to Kyoto and Edo on Pegasus. The emperor and the general were full of praise.)

So when you think about it, people in ancient times were quite pitiful. Eating an orange or a lychee was like a treasure. Shake your head to get rid of those random thoughts in your mind. We continued to return to the Shangluo team at Yamauchi’s house.

In addition to the special products, there are also one thousand five hundred taels of chess gold, which is carried by a strong warrior (I am not bragging, the Japanese taels are only a quarter of the Chinese taels, so they can be carried). The team was transported by more than a dozen horses and twenty bearers, and the remaining guards were Xiao Ping Tai and about thirty people.

Xiao Ping was thinking about the way for a poor family to become rich, and also thought that maybe he could make some money by traveling along the way, buying and selling, and then he would go on the road with his family property of 30 thousand yuan.

First, go south along the Lianchuan River to Ejiri. This road was traveled not long ago and there was no risk. Moreover, the bandits along the road had changed their appearance in the last battle and were now all high-ranking samurai.

The whole Ejiri is extremely peaceful now. Even if there are a few restless people, they will definitely want to go to the temple to save the young master Shirakawa, so don't be too peaceful.

When they arrived at Ejiri Castle, several more people were added to the queue at the Jodai Isshiki Palace, carrying candles, seafood, porcelain and salt, indicating that these were his New Year's gifts for the young master, a small token of his gratitude.

As expected, he has reached a high position and will not miss any opportunity to curry favor with the next big boss. Soon the ship was arranged, and it was a pretty good Sengoku ship (an Ise-type ship that transports goods). Take a boat to Tsuminato in Ise Province, and then hit the road through Yamato Province to reach Kyoto. The control of Ise Province's Kitahata clan is acceptable, and Minami Ise's situation is not bad.

Along the way, Koheita observed the output and demand of local cities and towns, and found that the merchant guilds controlled by temples and other old forces often controlled the local bulk goods trade, and the Sekishoban stations set up by daimyo in various places collected taxes at various levels.

Trying to get rich by buying and selling bulk goods is quite difficult. No wonder that even in the Edo period, the lord of the Yonezawa domain, Uesugi Harunori (that is, Uesugi Takayama), made money by revitalizing industry. This was after the country was nominally unified, and the local gates were evacuated and there were complete Ichirizuka and Sekijuku streets. in the case of.

In short, we arrived in Kyoto safely all the way. The former capital is now dilapidated but quite huge. Since the Onin Civilization Chaos, daimyo from all over the country have come to Luo with force, and there has been a burst of burning, killing and looting. Today, Kyoto only has that kind of stormy atmosphere.

But this has nothing to do with Heita Xiao, he is just a little guard warrior. Arriving safely at the Yamauchi residence in Kyoto, we also met the young master Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. He was only seventeen years old this year, but he was already serving as the fifth servant's assistant.

Coming from a samurai family, he is surprisingly tall and tall at nearly 1.7 meters. He is strong and walks like a wind, but he also reveals the elegance of Kyoto. When he receives these feudal officials, it makes people feel like a spring breeze. It is probably the kind of thing where he takes off his clothes and pushes them to eat. I have done it frequently and am very skilled.

Soon he checked the various local products sent from home, and then when he saw the gifts in Isshiki's palace, he also slightly saluted the samurai of Isshiki to express his gratitude.

However, the samurai also presented two hundred taels of gold to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, which surprised Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and told the samurai that he felt Isshiki Miyauchi's respect. After the inspection, he ordered people to take out money and buy fresh fish, tea, Japanese confectionery, steamed buns, sake, etc.

Then he ordered all the warriors to bathe and bathe, and ordered the servants to buy new straw sandals for everyone to put on. Xiaopingtai was confused now. He was poor. He had always been a small farmer and didn't even have a decent Wufu!

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu saw the panic on Heita's face and the poor appearance of Heta, and knew that he was a newly promoted samurai, so he turned around and ordered his entourage. Xiao Pingtai asked the servants in the mansion if there was a second-hand clothes reselling shop. Fortunately, he brought some money and was able to make up for it.

After everyone dispersed, a servant quietly found Xiao Pingtai and took a half-worn Wu uniform and gave it to Xiao Pingtai, saying that the young master gave it to you.

Koheta tried it and it was slightly larger. It should be the leftover ones worn by Yoshikatsu Yamauchi, but it is better than nothing. He also thought about Yamauchi Yoshinori and his son, who were indeed both human beings. They had true love for their samurai and ashigaru. Such people were indeed the stuff to dominate in troubled times.

Tomorrow we will meet with His Highness the Shogun Ashikaga Kōkata. What is the situation among the so-called people of the world?

The amount of deposited manuscripts is still 150,000, which is very stable. Please rest assured!