The Japanese tea ceremony is said to have originated in Nara, where the famous Zen master Murata Zhuguang worshipped "kamono" from Middle-earth, and samurai, daimyos, and tea people were all proud of owning kamamono and disdained domestically produced things.

Zhuguang advocates the unity of "Tang things" and "and things", and strives to create a local tea style.

In his interaction with the singer, he felt the beauty of the "cold and dry" of the singer and introduced it into the tea ceremony.

On this basis, Takeno Shoou, a disciple of Zhuguang, developed a more simple "Tu tea", and as a result, "Tu" became the core spirit of the Japanese tea ceremony.

Since then, Sen no Rikyu has become the master of the Japanese tea ceremony.

In Shaoou's era, the artistic conception of "tuo tea" was set as "dry and cold" for the first time.

Sen no Rikyu explained in the Nanbu Lu: "The original meaning of Tsu is to express the pure and unsullied Buddhist world. From the open field to the hermitage, the dust is brushed away, and the guest and the host are honest with each other, and there is no need to negotiate the rules and sizes of the other ways and means. Starting a fire, boiling water, and even ordering tea, etc., are just for their own business. ”

For Japanese tea people, "Tuo" is ubiquitous and has different interpretations, which is where "Tuo" is subtle and generous. Shoou regarded the late autumn period as "Tuo", while Sen no Rikyu thought that the snow grass in early spring was more suitable for "Tuo".

In the quiet situation, the simple tea wind, moving the scenery of mountains and rivers in a room, feeling the changes of the four seasons, listening to the sound of the cauldron pine wind, melting the world's thoughts, pouring the water in the water to remove the dust in the heart, the host and the guest respect each other.

Generally speaking, the Japanese tea ceremony advocates a kind of dull, peaceful, and graceful taste.

"Wild point" is a first-class tea ceremony skill, compared to the tea ceremony fashion at this time, it is a little too interesting, and there is also a skill of "elegant and lonely heart", which is believed to be more suitable for the core of the Japanese tea ceremony.

However, for the average tea person, the "wild spot" is enough to make them happy.

"Ahh Could these two be the pot of Matsushima and the incense burner of Chidori? After Shiro Jiro of the tea house sat down, he looked at the tea utensils on the desk and exclaimed: "I heard that these two seventh-grade tea utensils are the treasures of Imai Munehisa, and I easily refused to show them, but I didn't expect them to be obtained by Mr. Ashikaga!" ”

Long Tao then sat down and said lightly: "Imai is a tea man, but he is also a businessman. ”

Chaya Shiro Jiro laughed and said, "Sir, what a wonderful person!" I heard that there was some unpleasantness between you and Naya, but is Ashikaga-san interested in joining my tea house? ”

There was competition between the merchant houses, and each family would always keep an eye on each other's movements, and with Kyoto and Sakai not far apart, it was not surprising that the owner of the teahouse knew about Long Tao.

Long Tao smiled: "It's because I don't want to be a businessman that I will leave Nawu." ”

"Ah, I see, what is the Hagiyaki deal with?"

Long Tao stared at Chaya Shiro Jiro, his eyes were sharp and sincere, "Don't hide it from the big boss, the supply of Hagiyaki is completely under the control of the subordinates, the output, pricing, delivery time, etc., are all up to the subordinates, if I don't agree, there will never be another Hagiyaki on the market in the future!" However, of course, I would not do such a stupid thing, how could I give up such a lucrative business so easily? If the big boss is interested, we can cooperate. ”

Although he broke with Imai Sohisa, it was impossible for Long Tao to confront the entire Japanese business community, after all, his power was still too weak at this time, and the problem of manpower alone greatly limited him, and if he wanted to sell Hagiyaki in large quantities, he had to rely on the existing and mature sales channels of these commercial houses.

It is impossible for him to waste his time running boats to do business, and the merchant house that Injiro built in the plan can only develop slowly in Akama Seki as a Hagi wholesaler at the beginning, so in the initial stage, he must also cooperate with these merchant houses, otherwise no one will go to Akama Seki to buy his goods, and it will be useless for him to have more Hagiyaki.

This is also one of the reasons why Long Tao wants to invite this big boss to drink tea and make friends.

"Mr. Ashikaga." Chaya Shiro Jiro looked back at him with clear eyes, "Hagiyaki's huge profits, every merchant sees it, and it is false to say that it is not tempting, but everyone also knows about the matter between you and Naya, so they are still waiting." ”

"Wait-and-see?" Long Tao frowned, "What are you looking for?" How influential is Sohisa Imai so great? All the other merchants are afraid of him? ”

"Huh...... Imai's strength is indeed good, but it's not so bad that we are all afraid of him, but everyone knows that Imai must have paid a great price to prevent the next batch of Hagiyaki from entering the market to punish you, Mr. Ashikaga, so no one wants to be this up-and-coming bird, to be the first to transport Hagiyaki, are waiting and waiting. ”

"What does the big boss mean is that Imai has spent a lot of money to hire pirates or ninjas, and whether it is a merchant house that wants to be shipped over Hagi, it will be destroyed by him? How dare Imai be so arrogant? ”

Chaya Shiro Jiro nodded and said: "That's right, first, Imai has this arrogant strength, and secondly, because Mr. is against the cashier's house, Imai once let go and won't let you do business, which is related to the face of his big boss, so the next batch of Hagiyaki has become very important." Mr. Ashikaga, the production area of Hagiyaki must be far away from here, right? If it was in the area, it would have been discovered by tea people a long time ago. ”

"It's a long way indeed." Long Tao nodded, "I can clearly tell the big boss that it's in Akama Seki no Town." ”

"Ahh So far! Chaya Shiro Jiro was taken aback, and then said solemnly: "Mr. Ashikaga, I can tell you clearly, as long as you can send the next batch of Hagiyaki safely, the various merchants should no longer wait and see, and I can guarantee that even if others don't act, Chaya will definitely cooperate with Mr." ”

"In this case, the next batch of Hagiyaki will be delivered in person, and by the way, let the world see, Imai and Naya are not worth mentioning at all in the eyes of my Ashikaga Yoshiji!"

"Good!" Chaya Shiro Jiro was overjoyed and said: "If Mr. can really prove himself in front of the world, he can break the blockade of Imai, I believe that most merchants will be willing to pave sales channels for Hagiyaki, at least in the next tea house, and I will definitely cooperate with Mr. at that time!" ”

"Thank you, big boss! If this is the case, I guarantee that we will give the best price to the tea house in the future. ”

A day later, in the inner hall of the teahouse main store, Long Tao and the big owner of the teahouse appeared in the house out of thin air.

"Hehe, Mr. Ashikaga's tea ceremony is really enjoyable!" Shiro Jiro Chaya bowed.

"Whereever, I still need to learn a lot in the tea ceremony." Long Tao returned the salute and asked, "Big boss, do you have gunpowder for sale?" ”

The big boss of the teahouse shook his head: "The gunpowder in the area is in the hands of Imai Munehisa, which is also the reason why he is strong, and in order to purchase gunpowder, even many daimyo have to make concessions to him." ”

"I see." Long Tao nodded.

The iron cannon of this era was quite rudimentary, and it was all about igniting the gunpowder in the barrel to fire bullets, and the bullets could be used as lead bullets, iron pellets, etc., and even small stones could be filled into the barrel for bullets, so the bullets were not important, and the gunpowder was the key thing.

Imai Munehisa controlled the gunpowder, so he naturally had a different status.

"In this way, when I buy the barrel of the Friend of the Country and the barrel of the horse, I have some gunpowder that comes with the iron cannon, and I can give some to the gentleman." Chaya Shiro Jiro muttered.

"Thank you so much!"

In the end, Long Tao bought another ten Kunitomo tubes and ten horse tubes from the tea house, and left Kyonomachi with the gunpowder given by Shiro Jiro of the tea house.

The three of them arrived at Ishiyama Town, where they hired a passenger ship, loaded forty iron cannons and three barrels of gunpowder, and set out on the road back to Hagimura.