Just after noon, the envoy of the Luo family, Shinya Shaoce, officially invited the businessmen who were present to go to the courtyard where Masayo was located.

This courtyard was built under the guidance of Master Zenei, a senior monk of Shofukuji Temple in Hakata, and has an artistic conception that contains the changes of the four seasons in one courtyard and one courtyard, and it is perfect for drinking tea and enjoying the scenery. The courtyard in the annex is also called the tea garden, and there is a grass hut in the middle. Masayo, Togo Heiji and the others were already seated, just waiting for the merchants to arrive.

"I'll see the repairman." The merchants saluted and sat down in order. The most accessible position on the left side has been sitting, respectively, the representative of the Shenya, Shenwu Shaoce, the representative of the Luo family, Tai Jiuling, the representative of the Luo family (this is also the first time that a woman has appeared on such a formal occasion), the representative of the Ming cooperative merchant Wang Hai of the Luo family, the representative of the Ming businessman Zuo Moyang who stayed in the Luo family's territory to handle business, the representative left by the Southern Barbarian Zhu Qinfeng, and some of the heads of the Luo family's local merchant houses that have gradually flourished.

Everyone saw that the Shenwu Shaoce, who was once just a small businessman in Hakata Bay, had become an important minister of the Luo family, and his family's Shenwu was also running a prosperous business, which suddenly made many people's eyes show envy. Kamiya Shaoze ignored the eyes of these people. He took refuge in the Luo family very early, and his son (that is, Kamiya Zongzhan, one of the three major merchants of the future Warring States) was still Masahiro's surname. The status has long been different, and there is no need to pay attention to the grassroots in these eyes. The people in the tea party plus the people on the side of Zhengliang made a total of more than 30 people. It can be said that some powerful merchants from the area west of Kyoto were invited.

Seeing that everyone was sitting down, Zhengliang took the lead in speaking:

"It is a great honor for you to be invited."

"The repairer, Mr. Gratification. The Luo family has always taken care of our commercial houses. We should all be grateful to the adults for being able to be. Noto Ya Heijiu said immediately. His words are indeed not bad. Over the past few years, they have obtained a lot of rare local goods on the Roche family's Hirado Island, and then sold them to Kanto and other regions, making a lot of money on the difference.

"Our mood is also the same as that of Lord Pingjiu, and we are grateful to the Luo family." Naya's Imai Munehisa also chimed in. After that, everyone spoke one after another, and the courtyard suddenly sounded the voices of everyone taking turns praising Zhengliang.

"I really feel your intentions below. Holding a tea party here today is also to bring you closer. Please continue to support the rule of the Luo family. ”

"Nature, nature! It should be! The crowd immediately replied. Only the Luo family can bring us benefits, and we are definitely hardcore allies who support the Luo family, and everyone responded loudly. While thinking to himself.

"Bang!"

Bamboo tubes filled with water are loaded on the rocks and make a crisp sound. The view from the courtyard is impressive.

Because it is already summer, the trees and grass in the courtyard are covered with verdant leaves, and the warm sunlight and the sound of tinkling water show a sense of vitality. It's like the upward momentum of the Luo family, which has just begun. The guests present should appreciate the host's intention to decorate the tea garden. This is an important part of the tea ceremony.

After enjoying the scenery for a while, Masahiro invited everyone to sit down in the house, and the 'first seat' in the tea party began.

Sitting down, Master Zenei, a high monk from the Hakata region and a master of the tea ceremony, who was invited as a guest this time, said, "The first carbon, the poor monk will add it to you. Then he sat down by the hearth. Add the cherry tree charcoal and pluck twice with a fire hook. Sit back in your seat. As the first senior monk of Seongfukuji Temple to introduce the Chinese tea ceremony in the history of the Wa Kingdom, and Master Zenei, who was also a famous tea ceremony master at this time, it was most appropriate for him to take on the role of Hatsuku.

The purpose of the tea party was originally to talk about what was going on in the heart. Everyone has a deep understanding of religion, they are all human spirits, and they know that Zhengliang has something to say, so they all look at Zhengliang and wait for him to speak.

The time was brewing enough, and Masara finally entered the drama and said, "Everyone, I believe that you have all visited Hakata Port when you came here to participate in the tea party, I wonder what you think about this?" ”

"It's really a clever work, and the construction style is a bit similar to the building of the Ming Kingdom at this time!" Notoya Pingjiu is an old man, and he hopes that someone will come forward to praise the situation after the restoration of Hakata, and he is afraid that there will be guys who can't open their eyes and talk nonsense with their eyes open (after all, it is impossible to say that there are hostile businessmen who have come to oppose the Luo family in the crowd, in order to avoid being disturbed by these guys The opportunity to cooperate with the Luo family this time, of course he has to be extra careful), so he immediately opened his mouth to set the tone of the topic after that.

"The rows of buildings that are almost identical are truly exquisite."

"It's wonderful!"

"The streets are so neat and tidy with strange materials!"

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The others in the back, Tsuda Soda and the others also instantly understood the meaning of Notoya Hirahisa, so they rushed to praise the rebuilt Hakata.

Seeing everyone behaving like this, Masashi was also happy in his heart, so he immediately replied: "You have invited everyone to come this time to tell you the good news, that is, the Hakata Commercial Port has finally opened again, and in the future, it will become an open port for the Roshi family's foreign trade, just like Hirado Island." ”

Although when they received the invitation of the Luo family, everyone had a lot of speculation about the reopening of Hakata Port by the Luo family, but now that they heard the news from the head of the Luo family, they were all pleasantly surprised, and they all bowed down to Masayo with joy.

Why are they so happy? Because the reopening of Hakata Port means that they will have an additional foothold for their smuggling trade with North Korea and even to Daming in the future. Moreover, with the strength of the Luo family at this time, as well as the means of running Hirado Island, it is impossible for Hakata not to prosper in the future, which means that they have money to make, and they are naturally happy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you would like to buy a house in Hakata Port for commercial housing. However, as you all know, the impact of different locations on your purchase and sale is different, and for the sake of fairness, you will be buying the houses in various places by way of auction together with the various commercial houses on the side of the Roche family. In addition, grain is uniformly used for trading, and coins and other materials are not accepted for trading. The sooner you buy a commercial house, the more you will receive some discounts from your family, and you will be given a detailed explanation by your family's Togo Heiji-sama. Masato said again.

Long before sending invitations to commercial houses in various places, Masara had discussed some measures for Hakata's opening to the outside world with Togo Heiji and other important ministers. One of the most important is to sell the houses and warehouses in Hakata Port to these commercial houses from all over the world by auction bidding, and of course, in order to attract these people to buy as soon as possible, Masari also used some preferential means in later generations. In addition, in order to raise more food for the Luo family, this transaction unified grain as the transaction currency.

And in order to attract more interest in Hakata, when rebuilding Hakata Port, Masayo used some layout techniques of later commercial streets. Before the tea party, Masarashi also sent the merchants to visit Hakata, and even brought in the local people who were celebrating the festival to perform a summer festival in Hakata, so as to highlight the prosperity of Hakata Port. It seems that this series of arrangements has indeed played a significant role. After Masahiro released this news, many businessmen have secretly geared up, ready to take down the place they have long wanted as soon as possible.

After the merchants in the courtyard quieted down again, Masarashi once again broke out the second news that caused everyone to praise: "Ladies and gentlemen, in order to strengthen the management of the newly built Hakata Port, this family has specially formulated some regulations, and the purpose is also to protect your business interests in the Luo family's territory, please refer to them carefully after you go back." After saying that, Zhengliang ordered the people to send the trade regulations that had been printed long ago to the hands of everyone.

Touching the scroll of ordinances made of fine paper, everyone was already amazed before they even began to look at the ordinances. It is often said that the paper made by the Luo family is the best quality and lowest price paper in the local country, and now it seems that it really lives up to its reputation.

After rubbing the fine papers for a while, everyone eagerly opened the scrolls and carefully examined the relevant regulations. After all, these are all about their vital interests.

In fact, after a series of inspections of the territory before, Zhengliang specially convened the internal affairs ministers and some merchants in the territory to jointly formulate a relatively complete set of commercial laws. These laws are divided into two parts, one is a decree specific to the Luo family's territory, and the other part is a decree specifically to the Luo family's commercial port islands open to the outside world.

In the case of the internal decree of the territory, it mainly stipulates that the territory will resume commercial taxation, but in order to promote the development of commerce in the territory, the decree clearly stipulates that there is no need to pay taxes within two years of the initial establishment of commercial housing, and the tax does not begin to be paid until the third year. At the same time, it also gives detailed explanations and regulations on the management of some businesses, the detailed rules for transactions, the traffic regulations for the transportation of goods, and the punishment rules.

For the ports and islands that the Luo family opened to the outside world, it is mainly to make detailed provisions on some detailed rules for transactions in these areas, local management requirements, and punishment rules, so as to protect the interests of local merchants and strengthen the Luo family's control over these areas.

These laws and regulations formulated by the Luo family specifically for business management are directly written into the Luo family's national division law. It has a great historical significance in history. During the same period, Masato remembered that only Rokkaku Joyori in the Enoe area issued the "Rakushi Ordinance" to promote commercial prosperity, agreeing to establish Ishitera Shinshi in Kannonji Castle Town. Soon after, Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Tokai region also made special regulations for commerce within the domain. It can be said that the current Luo family is the first daimyo in the Warring States period to formulate a special law for business. (To be continued......)