A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The prosperous Sakai Town shows its image as the largest town in the world. In addition to being the largest trading town in Izumi, it is also a famous sleeping town. If travelers traveling between the East and West are looking for a place to stay, Sakai is definitely the first choice. It is safe and prosperous.

Aji and Chen San were both dumbfounded. The huge city with hundreds of thousands of people dazzled their eyes. Although Kyoto is also a large-scale city with a population of 100,000, its main population is still more than 2,000 ministers and senior officials of the shogunate, which accounts for half of Kyoto's population. The rest are various townsfolk and businessmen.

Sakai is very different. Almost all of them are craft practitioners who make a living here, and their professions are almost all-encompassing. Almost all handicrafts in Japan can be found in Sakai. Stable and prosperous, bustling but peaceful.

Koheita was also very interested in these large-scale commercial towns in the Middle Ages. A modern city with hundreds of thousands of people is considered a small city, but in ancient times a population of hundreds of thousands was an exaggeration. Everything from eating, drinking, and drinking to food required planning and handling by people with great wisdom and courage.

This Sakai town really has great people. At first, the gathering of Sakai town was composed of ten wealthy merchants. Later, the number expanded to thirty-six people, forming a kind of commercial republic representative system. Then the huge town was divided into several parts, and the town was managed by the town council.

At the same time, these wealthy businessmen each showed their power. Some of them made friends with Awa Miyoshi, some made friends with Honganji Zhengyoshi, and some made friends with the public minister Sanjo Nishishitaka. There are also previous Hosokawa Harumoto, Hosokawa Takakuni, Rokkaku Sadayori and others. The wisdom of businessmen is really evident, and there are so many protective umbrellas. Look at the people they have made friends with, ranging from the emperor and ministers to powerful people, they use money to clear the way without any taboos.

On the one hand, Xiao Pingtai despised their collusion between government and business, and even business and education, but on the other hand, he envied these big bosses who monopolized the market and goods and made a lot of money every day.

Anyway, after a loose investigation, we crossed the artificial river that was used as both a moat and a canal. The wide wooden bridge, which is well-maintained with varnish, makes no creaking sound when walking on it. Passers-by automatically leave the middle road and walk on both sides of the road.

After walking a few steps, Xiao Pingtai found several dormitories and settled in one at random. He was not afraid of dark shops or anything like that. If you dare to open a black shop in Sakai and invite people to eat flat noodles or wonton noodles, you probably don't know how good the crowd is. I can tie you up with rocks and sink you into the Seto Inland Sea that night, and you dare to seek wealth and murder. The big guys in Sakai Town are so shameless!

After settling in, Xiaoheita has no connections in Sakai. He probably can't get in touch with those big businessmen. After all, his status is still low. If Yamauchi Yoshikatsu comes, they may come out to receive him. After all, he is the young master of a powerful family with over 300,000 Shihao and a member of the Ashikaga Clan of the Seiwa Genji clan.

If Terutora Uesugi were to come, Xiaoheita could guarantee that at least 30,000 to 50,000 people would be organized to welcome him along the streets, holding small flags and beating gongs and drums to build momentum. Then we build a colorful shed, pave the road with loess, and have clear water and quiet streets, giving you the reputation of being the best in the Eastern Kingdom of Teru Uesugi.

Xiaoheita herself is still not quite qualified, so I think she might as well find a street maintenance person (a grassroots town citizen) tomorrow, look for a place with big merchants, buy an iron cannon, and go.

That night, Xiao Pingtai continued to use his good virtues of being able to mingle with the masses and chatted with the shopkeepers and businessmen from the ronin trade who were staying in various places. As for the two children, let each of them get a bunch of Ringo fruits, sit there and watch, and don't disturb the boss and seduce the crowd. Just learn how to pretend to be a coward. How to come from the masses and go to the masses. How can everything be rooted in the masses and serve the masses? (Okay, that’s off track)

The environment of this dormitory is relatively good. Look at his two younger brothers (the elder is not working, and the younger is eating fruit and watching the show, ignoring the red hair), and there are two iron cannons in the luggage (so long and so big) ), with a samurai sword hanging on his body and clothes made of silk. I guess Heita is also a local rich man who came to Sakai to see the world and buy iron cannons. Or some newly promoted ashigaru head, Hatamoto Hyo, was assigned to check the market.

The small businessmen who traveled all over the country saw a lot of small people like him, the small village chief, the little samurai, calling him brother and brother, and telling him stories about human relations and geographical scenery from all over the world. There was even a businessman from Minami Kyushu who said that Tadashi of the Shimazu family had been released and had fled to seek refuge in Otomo Uizhen. The various branches of the Shimadzu family in Minami Kyushu have gradually unified, and Shimazu, who is out of water, has not been dealt with for a long time.

Shimazu Tadayoshi, who was born into a commoner family, completely stabilized his son Shimazu Takahisa to inherit the name of Shimazu Tadayoshi, with the cooperation of the Ijuin clan. After fighting against the coalition forces of the Qidain clan, Dongxiang clan, Yingwa clan, and Irirain clan, the situation of competition among domestic heroes was wiped out, and the Satsuma Kingdom was about to be unified.

On the other hand, the Shimadzu family also married the Osumi Kuniganfu family and the Higo Kunisangra family to establish a good external environment for themselves. Laying the foundation for unifying the Shimazu branches of Sa, Susumi and Xiangzhou.

Koheita thought that the Shimazu family, which would dominate Kyushu in the future and compete with Hideyoshi, the world's leader, was still fighting for the unification of Satsuma, which now has more than 100,000 people. So the four Shimadzu brothers are still liquid or children. Tsk, tsk, tsk, time traveled too early. But I will have the opportunity to meet these big guys in the future, unlike the dead Saito Dosan, who never saw Mino Viper after wearing it.

Aji and Chensan watched Xiaopingtai holding a wine pot and blowing the cows in the middle of the night, asking about things about Sakai Town. They both nodded thoughtfully, indicating that they had learned.

The next day, Koheita took the two of them to Nawu and Tennojiya. Fortunately, the two places were not far apart. Of course, the main reason is to go to Tennojiya. This Tennojiya was originally a business center supported by Tennoji, a famous temple in Kinki, but it has basically been separated from it now. He even hooked up with Tennoji’s arch-enemy Jodo Sou Honganji.

But it is also because of this relationship that Tennoji House can buy Zaga iron cannons, so don't worry about buying them all along the way.

As for Nawu, it is mainly for the Nanbaran body. Nawu has a lot of contacts with the daimyo of Kyushu, and also has many contacts with merchants in Hirado and Hakata. It is convenient to buy one directly or order one.

I was thinking wildly when I arrived at a large shopping mall with a wide open door on the second floor. It must be the Tennojiya store.

Just as he was about to go in, he saw a few guys kicking and beating someone in the corner. Based on the principle that one thing is worse than one thing less, Xiao Pingtai quickly took the two children to the store.

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