Sulfur is a sought-after commodity in Kyono-cho, which Long Tao had already found out before coming to Sakai, and they transported 600 catties of sulfur back to Kyo-no-cho, and after some bargaining, sold more than 2,100 kan.

Coupled with the remaining more than 900 guan before, so far, Long Tao's 300 guan capital has become ten times that of the original!

But the money is still far from enough.

After selling the sulfur, Long Tao bought another 120 catties of tea, spending more than 1,000 catties, and 120 catties is the highest limit for private traders to wholesale tea.

Long Tao also thought about letting Liuji and Sun Bingwei also buy with him as private businessmen, so that their sales volume would increase a lot each time, but unfortunately, for people who don't have famous brands, they only retail and not wholesale!

This made Long Tao realize the importance of identity and status again, without a famous brand, many things are directly not qualified to participate!

Although this is an era of lower and higher, the "lower" here must at least be the samurai class to have the opportunity to "conquer", and the common people have always been in a position of being oppressed and exploited.

With 120 catties of tea, the three of them returned to Sakai in an ox cart.

The distance between the two towns is not too far, and it is in the Gyeonggi area, which is densely packed with cities and has good security, and although they carry a lot of goods back and forth, they have been safe and sound.

Because of the popularity of the tea ceremony, tea has always been popular in Sakai no Machi, and after selling 120 catties of tea, Long Tao's money has become more than 4,500 yuan.

Sakai, which was in a state of autonomy at this time, was actually under the joint control of three people: Imai Munehisa, Tsuda Muneki, and Sen no Rikyu.

Imai Munehisa and Tsuda Munekazu are both giant merchants in Sakai no Town, and their roles in the game are the big bosses of Naya and Tennoji House, respectively, and Sen no Rikyu is a famous tea man who was born as a seafood wholesaler.

All three of them loved the tea ceremony, and later became famous for serving Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and were collectively known as the "Three Great Craftsmen of the World".

Because there was no unified power in the vicinity at this time, and the daimyo were able to check each other down, Sakai no Town was able to exercise self-government under the strong management of the three of them, and develop into a free, open, and prosperous trading city.

It was not until Oda Nobunaga unified the Gyeonggi region and began to levy heavy taxes on Sakai merchants that this self-government gradually collapsed.

Imai Munehisa controlled Sakai's iron cannon and gunpowder business, and also had a large amount of overseas trade in his hands, and was a well-known wealthy businessman.

This person has two tea utensils worth level 7: the Chidori incense burner and the pot of Matsushima, as well as a level 7 book "Kojiki", as well as a number of level 5 and 6 props.

Tea utensils are used to learn the tea ceremony and invite people to eat tea, and Kojiki is a Japanese book that can be used to learn etiquette.

The purpose of Long Tao's trip was to buy these high-end props from this big boss.

At the beginning, you can only buy up to level 4 worth of props from the big boss of the merchant, these props are mass-produced, you can buy a lot at the same time, and the props worth more than level 5 are unique, which can be called treasures.

If you want to buy treasure-level items, you must have enough intimacy with the big boss, that is, you must spend enough money with him first.

To buy those treasures from Imai Munehisa, four thousand five hundred kan is not enough.

However, there are only a few high-profit goods between Beijing and Sakai, Long Tao has already sold, and all kinds of goods in the seat have a certain stock, the price rises if the quantity is small, and the price drops if the quantity is more, so that the sale of those goods will not be able to receive such a high profit before, it is better to keep the capital, and wait for the seat to dispose of the goods, and when the market reopens next month, it will be sold again.

Long Tao decided to stay in Sakai until next month, and then return to Kyonomachi, when it was estimated that he would have more than 8,000 yuan in his hands, enough to buy all kinds of treasures.

Of course, in the past twenty or so days, he will naturally not waste his idle time.

The Naya Main Store is located in the northern part of Sakai Town, not far from the coastal pier.

Long Tao took Liuji and Sun Bingwei to wait quietly in the store, while looking at the antique lobby decorated with decoration.

Footsteps sounded, and a middle-aged man walked in under the leadership of the little servant.

Long Tao and the three of them got up to greet each other.

The man's square face is quite majestic, his eyes are slender and bright, and he reveals the shrewdness and wisdom of a businessman.

"Below is Ashikaga Yoshishi from Odawara Town, and I have met the big boss."

Imai Munehisa glanced at the three of them, and finally fixed his gaze on Long Tao, and sighed: "It's really surprising that the Furukawa Gongfang can have such a descendant!" Ashikaga-sama doesn't have to be polite, in Sakai, whether you are a samurai, a daimyo, a merchant, or a craftsman, everyone gets along with each other equally. ”

"The big boss is really extraordinary, no wonder it can contribute to such an interesting place in Sakai."

"I wonder what Ashikaga-sama is looking for?"

"I want to ask the big boss to teach arithmetic, this is the tuition." Long Tao smiled and took out a small money bag.

Ashikaga Yoshiji's arithmetic is two-tiered, and reaching the third level requires forty days of practice, and each time it costs twenty kan.

Although he doesn't like to enter the secret room, Long Tao doesn't want to wait until next month with nothing to do, anyway, these skills have to be learned sooner or later, not to mention that learning skills from Imai Sojiu can also increase some intimacy, after all, it was also a matter of spending twenty times on him, killing two birds with one stone, Long Tao decided to endure it.

The small games of learning arithmetic are just simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division operations, which may be more complicated in the eyes of people in this era, after all, there are not many ordinary people who have the opportunity to learn mathematics and physics, but in Long Tao's eyes, it is only the level of primary school students.

Twenty days later, Long Tao and Imai Munehisa withdrew from the secret room, and their arithmetic experience increased, and they learned the skill: losing money.

The effect of the skill of "Losing Money" is to use the usual money to attract the attention of the enemy, and it is used for the low-armed merchant to escape for his life in battle, which is a useless skill for Long Tao.

Liuji and Sun Bingwei counted the days, and they were already waiting outside the door of the house, and when Long Tao came out, he saw that the two of them were in good spirits, and they had a little more sharpness on their bodies, so they nodded and smiled: "It seems that you haven't left your kung fu behind these days, and you still have some training results." ”

Ruyoshi smiled: "Thank you for the compliment!" How dare we forget the orders of our lords? These days I train on time every day. ”

"You didn't wander around and get into trouble, did you?"

Sun Bingwei waved his hand again and again: "No, no, how dare the little one, at most go to the dock by the sea to have a look." ”

Long Tao asked, "Oh? What's there to see over there at the pier? ”

Ruyoshi replied: "My lord, there are often Nanban people on the other side of the dock, Sun Bingwei and I went to see the Nanban, those people have red hair and brown hair, blue eyes and gray eyes, but interesting!" ”

It turned out to be to see those Westerners who came to do trade, Long Tao's heart moved, there is a Nanban merchant hall in Sakai no Town, if you have the opportunity, you can go shopping, there are also a lot of treasure-level props there.

"Where's the girl from Aguo?" Long Tao asked again.

"We keep an eye on the movements of the Dumpling Dance Company every day, as instructed by our adults, and they left Sakai no Machi five days ago, and I heard that they seem to have gone to Nara no Machi."

"In that case, let's go to Kyonomachi first and continue to do business!"