After leaving the territory of the Murakami naval army and sailing for three days, the passenger ship finally arrived in Sakai no Town.

There were a few unknown small groups of pirates on the road who came on board to harass them, but they were easily sent away by Liuji and Sun Bingwei.

If you want to sell Hagi-yaki among tea people in the Gyeonggi area, you can't just limit yourself to Sakai-no-cho.

Therefore, at the dock in Sakai, Ryutao divided one hundred pieces of Hagiyaki into four parts: thirty pieces for Sakai no Machi, thirty pieces for Kyonomachi, twenty pieces for Ishiyama Town, and twenty pieces for Nara Town, and prepared for the four people to act separately and bring them to the four towns to sell in the seats.

Originally used by the ruling class such as the imperial court and temples to exploit craftsmen and merchants, and to manage industry and commerce, the za was gradually turned into a private and for-profit system due to the decline of the Ritsuryo system at the end of the Heian period.

By the Warring States period, as the feudal lords were divided, the local daimyo developed industry and commerce in their own domains and encouraged free trade, and Zaiza lost its original role of collecting wealth for the privileged and became a place similar to a distribution center for various commodities.

Basically, each large commercial house has its own stall or even a branch store, and there is a rough price agreement between the commercial houses for various trading items.

The shopkeeper was no longer an intermediary used by the ruling class to exploit the merchants, but a new position in the service of the merchants, such as a shopping guide or agent.

Even if he doesn't have the status of a house apprentice, Long Tao can buy and sell freely in the seat, but with the identity of a businessman, it will naturally be much more convenient.

He went through all four towns, and under the name of Naya, he was given a temporary booth in the area frequented by the tea people in each of the seats, and he himself stayed in Kyonomachi, while Injiro, Ruyoshi, and Sunbei were stationed in the other three places, and began to sell Hagiyaki.

The purpose of this sales pitch is not to sell sales, but to let as many tea people as possible know about Hagiyaki.

Ryutao instructed the trio that their daily sales should be aimed at demonstrating the wonders of Hagi-yaki as a tea vessel, not just selling them.

He also limited his sales to a maximum of five pieces a day, and spent the rest of the time brewing tea soup to introduce tea people to the brand-new tea ware.

There is always a process of acceptance of new things, and for the first few days, people are just curious to observe the new pottery from the side of the stall.

Two or three days later, some people began to try to cook tea with Hagi-yaki, and then someone bought it back, and with word of mouth, five or six days later, there was a scene where demand exceeded supply, after all, there were only five pieces a day, and the number was too small.

However, Long Tao has always adhered to this strategy of limited sales, and only in this way can we achieve the maximum promotion effect and lay a market foundation for the introduction of Hagi ware in large quantities later.

Thirty pieces of Hagiyaki in Kyoto Town, he sold them for half a month, and in the end there was a rush to buy, and the highest price reached 150 pieces at a time.

Most of the tea ceremony lovers were wealthy and powerful, and Kyoto was home to a large number of aristocrats, so it is not surprising that they were sold at such prices.

Injiro, Ruyoshi, and Sun Bingwei also came to Kyono-cho to meet Ryutao, and seeing the elated appearance of the three of them, they knew that they had gained a lot.

Everyone counted the money, and a hundred Hagi-yaki sold for a total of more than 12,000 pieces.

"Ashikaga-sama, is this what you call a big deal to make money? It's amazing! Injiro's eyes widened, and his face turned red with excitement, "My lord, you really ...... Do you really want to leave this business to the small ones? ”

"Injiro, go and quit Toraya's hand and follow me to Akama Pass! I'm going to build a commercial house that belongs to the Ashikaga family, and you're the big boss! ”

Yin Jiro opened his mouth wide, and after being stunned for a while, he swallowed: "The little one has no merit, how can he be, how can he do it, how can he do it, big boss?" It's—it's up to you. ”

Sun Bingwei shouted: "Injiro! Adults are determined to be the world, how can he be a commercial house owner! ”

Ruyoshi smiled: "He must have gone crazy with joy and started talking nonsense!" ”

In the game, the merchant must start from the apprenticeship, accumulate merits, rise to the top step by step, and then become the branch manager, and finally go out independently to become a big boss.

In the world of the plot, it will definitely not be so rigid.

"Injiro, nothing is impossible." Long Tao said with a smile: "Those self-made big bosses, what merits have they accumulated, can't they still build commercial houses?" ”

Yin Jiro nodded heavily, knelt down in front of Long Tao, and said solemnly: "Yes!" Adult, the little one will go back to Odawara, quit the tiger house hand, and come to follow the adult! ”

"Okay, you take two thousand guan back, stay at the house of Ji and Sun Bingwei, each family sends five hundred guan, you lose the goods of the tiger house, I am afraid that there will be some trouble when you resign, you can take some money to compensate them, and you can use the rest freely, whether it is for the family to be small, or take them to Chijian Pass, in short, after a month, I must see you in Chijian Pass!"

"Thank you, sir! The little one must follow Ashikaga-sama to the death! ”

Seeing that he was so generous and considerate of his subordinates, the three of them bowed to the ground together.

Not long after Injiro left, Long Tao received news from the Naya Kyonomachi branch: Imai Munehisa summoned him back to Sakai no Town to discuss important matters.

Long Tao knew that it must be because of Hagiyaki, this kind of pottery has become the new favorite of tea people in the Gyeonggi area, Imai Munehisa is fond of tea ceremony, it is impossible not to know, and he also has a rough guess about Imai Sohisa's intentions in his heart.

In the main store of Naya, Imai Munehisa sat on the main seat, and Naya's heads, hands, and apprentices sat on either side of him in turn.

Long Tao took Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei into the lobby, sat down cross-legged, and leaned over slightly in front of Imai Sojiu: "I've seen the big boss." ”

Before Imai Munehisa could speak, Hand Daikotaro shouted: "Yoshi, you are too presumptuous! Didn't I tell you not to show those two boys to the Naya main store? ”

"Forget it, don't worry about these little things." Imai Munehisa glared at Hatotaro and smiled at Long Tao and Yan, "Yoshi, I heard that Hagiyaki was brought here by you?" ”

"Yes, I brought all the Hagiyaki in the Gyeonggi area." Long Tao nodded.

"Haha...... Good! Yishi, you have discovered a new product and made a great contribution to Nawu, and you can be promoted to the top of the list! ”

As soon as these words came out, exclamations and whispers suddenly sounded on both sides, especially a group of hand representatives such as Hatotaro, who looked at Long Tao with angry faces.

Imai Munehisa continued, "Hehe, Yoshi, this is the first case that has ever been seen in Naya! If you tell us all the details about the origin and cost of Hagi-yaki's pottery, since we found out first, we naturally want to seize the supply of Hagi-yaki as soon as possible and make enough money for this first pot of gold! ”

"I'm sorry, Big Boss." Long Tao smiled slightly, "I came here today to resign from you, and I am going to leave Nawu next." ”