Chapter 232 The Merchant of Kyoto
The two largest towns in the world of Taiko are Kyono-cho and Sakai-no-cho.
The town of Kyoto is Heian-kyo. It has been the capital of Japan for seven to eight hundred years since Emperor Hengmu moved his capital, and even after the shogunate period fell into the hands of the samurai family, it was still the political and economic center of all of Japan.
In this warring warring period of warring states, military power was mainly concentrated in castles established by the samurai family, and Heiankyo could only exist in the form of a town in the world of Taiko, but the importance of this place is undeniable, and it has always been a place of contention for powerful daimyo from all over the world.
There is the imperial residence of the Japanese emperor, and the "Kamiro", which is popular with powerful daimyo in various places, is actually to enter Beijing by force in the name of King Qin, control the shogun and even the emperor, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to seize their own political interests.
Because of its important position, the town of Kyoto has always been prosperous, and various forces and people of all colors will meet there.
Sakai's prosperity is due to its location. Since ancient times, because it is located on the border of the three kingdoms of Settsu, Hanoi, and Izumi, merchants from the three countries gathered here, and it has gradually become a commercial city.
Because of its location near the sea, it became the port of departure for the Japanese ship, and by the end of the Muromachi shogunate, it became a large port for foreign trade, and a large number of so-called Nanban merchants and missionaries from the Netherlands and Portugal entered Japan.
Due to the strong commercial strength of the area, several large merchant houses exercised autonomy here, making it a free and open prosperous place, and the Nanban culture and tea ceremony were particularly prosperous.
Ryutao's initial plan to make money was to trade in Kei-Sakai, a dye called akane that could be sold at a high price in Sakai-no-Machi, and sulfur in Sakai-no-machi, which could be sold at a high price in Keino-cho.
The trio left Odawara and headed south along the Tokaido.
The Tokai area is under the control of the Imagawa family at the moment, and as the one with the most chance of Kamiraku in the Triple Alliance, it is rumored that the head of the family, Imagawa Yoshimoto, known as the "first bow in the Tokai", has been preparing to move west to annex the Owari Province of the Oda family and open up the road to Kamiraku.
At this time, Oda Nobunaga, who had just taken over the position of family governor, was still known as "Owari Big Fool", and was busy realizing the true unification of Owari, and there was a younger brother who had always wanted to usurp his position as family governor waiting for him to clean up.
No one can see that this bohemian and grotesque fool will defeat the Shangluo army of "the first bow in the East China Sea" in the surprise attack of the barrel narrow eight years later, and become famous all over the world.
Along the way, Long Tao did not relax his training for Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei, and after five days, the three finally arrived at Narumi Castle and entered the Owari Province of the Oda family.
After another day's journey, when he arrived in the town of Cheongju, Long Tao decided to stay here for a day.
First, this is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's hometown, and although it is very likely that the monkey has already left home, it is okay to stop by his house to recognize the way.
Second, and the main reason, Long Tao needs to take a batch of goods here to sell in Kyonocho.
In the game, the town of Qingzhou produces ceramics, the price is cheap, and this thing can be sold at a high price in the town of Kyo, Long Tao decided to piggyback on some of the past, after all, his current capital is only more than three hundred yuan, and he can make more money along the way.
He first inquired about the location of Kinoshita's house in the town, and with the guidance of passers-by, he finally found the monkey's home when a poor people gathered.
Sure enough, as he expected, Kinoshita Toyoshiro was no longer at home, and Long Tao only saw the monkey's mother, Azhong, and his half-brother - Kinoshita Koichiro, this person was the future Toyotomi Hidecho, and was the right and left hand of assisting Toyotomi Hideyoshi to unify Japan.
The historical Xiuchang is a civil and military all-rounder, at this moment the little ichiro in front of Long Tao is only fifteen years old, but the five measurements have reached 75, 60, 85, 80, 86 This kind of good value, all skills are also good, especially good at construction, reclamation, mining, arithmetic, debate and other government affairs.
Long Tao pretended to be a friend of Kinoshita Tojiro, and after getting to know the mother and son, he said goodbye and left, and came to the seat in the town to prepare for the stock.
Because he did not have the identity of a businessman and could not enjoy the price concessions, the shopkeeper sold it to Long Tao at the original price of 17 yuan and 200 wen a piece, and then the two entered a state of bargaining.
While haggling, the two enter the secret room and play a small game of lottery.
Long Tao found that this small game is really the same as in the "Taige" game, there are three turntables, which are drawn in a certain order with various identifiers such as iron cannons, sailboats, tea bowls, leaves, horse heads, etc., and the identification order of each turntable is different.
If the higher your arithmetic and argumentative skills, the more sailboat logos will be on each turntable, and the easier it will be to draw, of course, for people like Long Tao, even if the arithmetic and argumentative skills are 0, it is easy to win the jackpot by playing this game.
In the end, under the stunned expression of the shopkeeper present, Long Tao, who was only two levels of arithmetic and argumentation, easily won the jackpot and bought 21 ceramics for 300 yuan.
After purchasing the goods, Long Tao realized how wise it was to accept the two followers of Liuji and Sun Bingwei.
In the game, the character buys the trade items directly with them, but in this plot world, there is obviously no such magical carry-on space, and the transportation of goods alone is enough for people to brainstorm.
Fortunately, Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei were there, and the three of them went straight to Kyono-cho with twenty-one pieces of ceramics.
Because they carried the goods with them, they naturally provoked robbers on the road, but in the end, they all became tools for Long Tao to train the martial arts of Liuji and Sun Bingwei.
After arriving at Kyoto-no-Machi, the three of them didn't care about admiring the prosperity of Kyoto, so they went straight to Zari and sold their goods first.
The ceramics in Kyonomachi are really in demand, and the purchase price of the seat is 25 kan 100 wen, and the difference in the price of each piece alone is nearly 8 kan yuan.
After some perfect bargaining, the twenty-one ceramics were finally sold by Long Tao for more than 620 yuan, more than double the profit.
"Your Excellency, you are amazing! Doubled! It's doubled so easily! ”
When they came out of the seat, Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei were holding the money bag with a smirk, and the corners of their mouths were about to crack to the root of their ears, after all, they had grown so big and had never seen so much money.
"That's a little bit of money." Long Tao smiled faintly: "Let's go, go to eat first, and then come back after eating and spend all of this!" ”
The three of them came to the tavern and had a beautiful meal, and after the meal, Long Tao really returned to the seat and bought sixty-two catties of Qian with more than six hundred and twenty pounds.
It was much easier to carry these sixty-two catties of dye, and Long Tao asked Ruyoshi and the two to take turns to carry them, and rushed to Sakai Town non-stop.
The distance between the two towns is not very far, and it takes less than a day to reach the town of Sakai.
Akane's purchase price is 12 guan 100 wen, and the purchase price of Sakai no Machiza is as high as 26 guan 200 wen, and the profit in the middle is much higher than that of ceramics, of course, if you can sell some rare luxury goods in large quantities, the profit will be even more terrifying.
In the end, under Long Tao's magical bargaining technique, sixty-two catties of Qian were sold for 1,924 and 400 Wen.
Holding those heavy money bags, Liuji and Sun Bingwei were directly stunned.
The 300 yuan, after these five or six days of turnover, turned out to be nearly 2,000 yuan!
"Your Excellency, you are indeed the chosen one from heaven! It's amazing! Ruyoshi exclaimed.
Sun Bingwei said: "I just said, as long as you follow the adults, no matter what you do, you will achieve something!" ”
"It's nothing." Long Tao shook his head, he knew that he could make money so quickly mainly because of his familiarity with the game, and this was indeed nothing, when he became a businessman and could sell luxury goods in large quantities, it would be called real money.
"It's getting late, let's find a room to rest for the night, and we'll spend the money tomorrow!"
"Huh? Still want to spend? ”
Ruyoshi and his mouth opened wide in shock.
"Of course, how can this money be enough for me, it's still far away!"
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the street.
"Let's go, the dance show is about to begin!"
"Hurry up, there's no place to look if it's late!"
"I heard that this time it was Izumo Akuni himself on stage!"
……
Dancing in the Wonders?
Long Tao's eyes lit up.
The first beauty of the Warring States, Izumo Akuni is here?