A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

In this day and age, condiments are lacking, and food is even more lacking. It is a luxury to want food to be rich and flavorful.

There are very few naturally occurring sugars except honey, and artificial sugar cannot be bought with just three melons and two dates. Although salt is not an expensive thing, one tael of gold can buy more than three and a half stones, but after all, per capita income is low, and everyone's food is not very salty. As for spiciness, chili peppers were introduced not long ago, and wasabi has been around for a long time, but unfortunately, it is a specialty product with extremely rare production, and later even became a specialty product of the Tokugawa Shogunate. As for sourness, few people should pursue this taste, although there are many sour things.

It is conceivable that soy sauce, which requires fermentation of soybeans and salt, is naturally a precious thing. However, with the improvement of agricultural technology and the increase in agricultural scale, the output of soybeans is increasing day by day, and miso soup has also entered the homes of ordinary people. , so soy sauce is no longer so rare.

As the largest town in the entire Kinki (Kyoto cannot compare with Sakai in terms of commercial scale, but the size of the town is hard to say), it has a huge trading network that radiates throughout Kinki, Onmyo, and Shikoku, and Sakai itself has a huge population. The market for soy sauce is also very huge.

Through Sakai's countless trade routes that affect Japan's commercial lifeline, the soy sauce produced in Kinki is put into wooden barrels, pulled by carts, carried by oxen and horses, and carried by ships to strange distant countries one after another, entering thousands of households. dining table.

From a certain perspective, Heiroku being sent to sell soy sauce can be regarded as being valued and cultivated. If you were sent to sell kelp, kombu, or daily groceries, then you would basically just have to rely on seniority and experience, and then hang around until you can retire honorably. Only by being assigned to a good sales department can you have a chance to shine or get ahead. So Hei Liu has been dealing with soy sauce in the store for the past two years, and gradually learned everything about soy sauce and the entire process of business and sales.

After several years of traineeship, he had no contact with the accounts of soy sauce in and out, but he had been soaking in soy sauce for many years, which gave him a good feel for the quantity of soy sauce.

He roughly felt that there was a discrepancy between the sales volume of soy sauce and the actual shipment volume. At first, he didn't say anything, he just calculated the gap between the purchase volume and the actual shipment volume. Then he paid careful attention and finally discovered it. There's something fishy about it.

In general retail soy sauce, it is normal to add a little water to the soy sauce. Firstly, the puree of soy sauce is very thick, so it has to be mixed with water. Adding more or less depends on your conscience. Secondly, there is no businessman or traitor. As long as the taste is still there, there is no need to worry about no one buying it. This Heiroku didn't think there was anything strange. The Sanjiu pure gold sold in jewelry stores now is not pure, so you can still force ancient soy sauce to be pure puree. As a user, if this was all he needed to do, he would do the same thing if he was selling soy sauce himself. It's just an established habit.

However, because there are many wealthy people in Sakai itself and nearby, many people buy the whole barrel or even several barrels. These people often do not pay attention to the fact that a barrel of soy sauce is missing three or two kilograms.

Someone in the store worked together to pack the eight full barrels of soy sauce into ten barrels of soy sauce. Each barrel was only slightly less soy sauce, and then mixed it with some water. Almost no one ever found out.

This act of corruption was obviously done without the knowledge of the big boss of the store. Ju Pingliu observed that the deputy head and even the big head might be involved. This involves a lot, and it is a false case.

Heiroku arrived with a sense of justice and went to expose this matter. He hopes to use this as a way to get ahead and gain the recognition of the big boss, so that he can be promoted to a salesman and then be in charge of the store.

Of course, just like the plot of a bloody drama, he reported it with excitement, but he was alone and had no actual evidence, unlike now where he can take photos and record tapes. Instead, he was unanimously falsely accused by everyone else of having done this while making deliveries.

Then he was falsely accused and kicked out of the store. He, who had relied on Tennoji House to survive, soon became hungry, cold, and had no food or clothing. He refused to give up and tried to reason, but naturally he was beaten up and thrown into a dark alley by those who held a grudge.

Then because he was beaten, he was anxious and hungry, and finally passed out and died on the roadside, with no one paying attention.

If Xiaoping doesn't care about him, this person will probably end up wandering as a beggar or starving to death on the streets. After all, he is just a seventeen-year-old trainee, with no place to stay and no accumulation of gold or silver.

And he was a clerk who was kicked out of Tennojiya for corruption. No store in Sakai Town would dare to hire him again. In about half a month, this man would die in the troubled times of the Warring States Period.

After hearing what he said, Mrs. Xiaoping was ready to say goodbye. How could she save anyone if she wanted to? He was not a charity man. When Odawara saw 20,000 to 30,000 innocent people being driven to fill trenches, he couldn't stand it. Now, of course, a homeless person who met by chance would not save him to the end.

If you can manage Ping Liu and give him a full meal, it will be considered a great kindness. If you give him three guan of money and five guan of money, he can start a small business by himself.

When Koichiro left that year, Koheita gave him twenty kanmon. Firstly, he was on good terms with Koichiro. Secondly, he agreed to hire him to work temporarily for a few days. Thirdly, it was to give such an outstanding person Young people form a good relationship. Facts have also proved that the twenty kanwen given by Xiaoheita at the beginning was very worthwhile, and now he has met the future Taihe and Yamato Dainan.

As for Heiroku, he only had superficial communication, although he must have some talent to be able to stand out in a big store like Tennojiya. But Xiao Pingtai doesn't know what the specific level is. Could it be compared with the cliché novels and test you on a chicken and a rabbit in the same cage or the problem of draining water from a pool?

This is not a joke!

Although Xiao Pingtai knows that the trend of the times in the future will be an era where internal affairs experts are popular, there are many future bosses buried in the grass waiting for Xiao Pingtai to pick them up. You shouldn't be thinking of recruiting talented people here just for a shop apprenticeship. Masuda Nagamori, Kusunoki Nagasaki and the like have already been born, and they will be able to come here in a few years, so there is no rush. If it really doesn't work, isn't there another Honda Masanobu in Mikawa Country, who is very close.

So Xiaopingta was about to say goodbye, lunch was finished, and the wine was finished. Pat your butt and stand up. Instruct Aji and Chen San to bring their things and not to lose the iron cannon.

Xiao Heita said to Heiroku to take care and went back. Heiroku seemed to have something to say but was hesitant to say it. He actually followed Xiao Pingtai so unknowingly.

When Xiaopingtai and he found out, they had already reached the dormitory where Xiaopingtai was staying.

I want a subordinate with superior strength.