Chapter 220 Bustling Sakai Town
In fact, it was not just the two sisters. We were also very interested in watching and pointed at the people opposite each other and discussed something.
The people of Daliao have the worst temper. When you point at them, they will still shout loudly. According to the Khitan language I learned, they are talking nonsense like "boy is rude".
The people of the Song Dynasty are the most particular. When they see us teenagers and little girls, they almost all smile. In terms of their demeanor, it is also a very elegant feeling, which is a feeling when I see my master on weekdays.
As soon as we entered Osaka Bay, a small boat from the Japanese court ran over. An official wearing typical short-sleeved, tight-mouthed clothes and tied with hemp ropes on his legs asked us what we were going to do. After we chose where to dock, we took us there. After stopping at the large and huge port dock, we collected a total of twenty taels of gold and wrote a note for us.
Of course, twenty taels of gold are just a day's fee, and it's really not cheap.
I have seen the port marina in Otaru Castle. At that time, I felt that it was already very prosperous and huge. But now, when I compare the port marina in Sakaicho, Otaru Harbour is simply a countryside, and it is impossible to compare.
There are more than 30 docks in Sakaimachi Port, which spread to the Seto Inland Sea 500 meters. There are no less than a thousand ships docked. This is just our side. Whether in front or left or right, there is also a small docking pier, which also accommodates hundreds of ships. There may be two thousand ships.
No wonder it is called Japan's largest trading port, with such a large scale. Everyone is willing to buy and sell something!
As soon as the boat was parked, our group couldn't wait to jump to the dock.
Uncle Hongdu, Uncle Dorao, and Kazuka Haneda followed me, Xiaoxun and Daier, and the twelve friends were one behind. There were also one hundred of the most elite Rakshasa Guard Banners. They were carrying bamboo baskets or large cloth bags on their bodies, looking tall and mighty. They also revealed the aura of some merchants.
Previously, Haneda Katsutashi relied on his Japanese identity and had already asked about the situation. It was near the port. There were hundreds of restaurants, inns, casinos, and kilns. They could play anyway.
The rest of the people want to move freely, but half of the people must always be left on the ship, because more than half of our cargo is on the ship.
When the port came out, there were more than a dozen streets that were obviously low-end, with noisy shouts and laughter everywhere, and many women wearing rouge stood at the door to solicit business, which made friends who had never seen this thing blush, but couldn't help but want to take a look.
Xiaoxun and Daier were very interested in all kinds of small things and the delicacies placed at the door. They often stared at them with big curious eyes and were reluctant to move them away.
In contrast, the three uncles and the Rakshasa Guards are much better. They care more about the safety issues around them, and they are looking at the people around them.
Little did we know that we were actually the most eye-catching team here. We only had to look at the fierce and vicious Rakshasa strong men who were absolutely outstanding in height. Everyone felt a little scared, especially when they saw the refined swords on their waists, they didn't realize that they could dodge a little and gave way to the road to walk.
There were so many people that our pace slowed down, and as a result, a boy who was only about one meter thirty in height came to us like a loach.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!" The young man in a rag dress bowed repeatedly with a smile on his face: "Is this your first time in Sakaimachi?"
“Get out of here!”
Haneda Kataki frowned and walked out from behind me and said.
Xiao Xun was startled by him, "Uncle Haneda, why are you so fierce?"
Haneda Kataki naturally looked gentle and kind to Xiaokun: "Miss Three, you don't know. These guys are like hamsters, staring at your money until you cheat you up. It's very hateful! Don't sympathize with them!"
When the boy heard this, his face changed, but his voice became even more humble: "Your Highness, I am only responsible for taking you to where you want to go, and I don't say any other words... You have such a fierce samurai. Even if I lied to you, you can still catch me out of pieces."
Dai'er felt soft when she saw him so pitiful, and she secretly pulled my clothes.
"Okay, follow us." I nodded, took out a bag of Jin Xiaojue from my arms and threw it to him.
The boy hurriedly took the bag and couldn't help but open it and took a look. His face suddenly turned into a slight laugh: "Your Highness, you are so generous! The little one is Mintaro, waiting for your order."
"Don't be rushing to talk about it for now." I said lightly, "Now we want to find a place where we can sell things, please arrange it for me."
"Saitacho has eight major markets, each selling various things. It is very convenient to buy and sell them in different categories." Akataro said skillfully, "I wonder what you want to sell, Your Highness?"
"Mountain goods. Ginseng, Polygonatum Polygonatum, Polygonatum, animal skin, and fine wine." Before I could speak, Goro next to me said proudly.
He is basically the only one of the friends around him who likes to show off the spotlight the most. This time we brought such good goods, he was of course proud.
When Mintaro heard this, he said, "Mountain goods are one place, animal skins are in another place, and fine wines have to go to the third place. Each place needs to pay a fee of varying amounts to Lord Yuki Higashi in order to choose the quality of the stall you want."
Yuki Higashi is an official in charge of Sakaimachi Market. Although his official position is not very large, his power and oil are amazing. I heard from Haneda Katsutashi that all those who can hold this position are the emperor's confidants.
After thinking about it, I ordered, "Take us to the place where you sell wine first."
"Okay, come here."
Mintaro, who was holding at least twenty or thirty Jin Xiaoshou, was full of motivation and took us through the streets, then squeezed out the crowd, and walked towards an extremely large shed.
The shed area adopts an open building, with a temple-shaped shed made of wood and tiles above it, but it is much larger than the temple. The beams are supported by thousands of wood at least one meter thick, with at least five thousand meters in length and width.
In addition to serving as pillars, small stalls are also divided between the two pieces of wood. In an open environment, people can see what the merchant wants to sell at a glance.
Although the shed is large, it is not messy. The roads between the stalls divided in a cross shape are at least ten meters wide, which greatly reduces the degree of crowding people. It looks crowded but not messy.
Sakaimachi is indeed the most prosperous place. Among the four cross-shaped areas, only one wine occupies. At least three hundred stalls, there are jars of wine, and the fragrance of wine evaporates everywhere.
On our Hokkien Island, there is only a wine shop in Sapporo City, and it sells wine that is so mixed with water that it cannot be mixed with water.
However, there are many stalls in the wine area, but there are also many stalls that are empty and there are densely crowded places, which makes me feel very strange.
As soon as he asked Mintaro, he smiled: "Your Highness, it's not that these locations are not good, but that the prices are too expensive! For example, the four in the middle of the Cross area are large and spacious, and they belong to the best stalls in the four areas. Each price is 100 taels of gold per day, and Sakaimachi Market is only open for eight hours a day. If you don't do it well, you can't even get the cost back... Look at the stalls ten meters away. Although the location is a little different, the price is only 10 taels of gold, which is ten times different! Why do you think others can rent such a expensive stall because of this difference in location?"
"Well, that's it... Mintaro, rent this one hundred taels of gold for me." I pondered.
"Okay, I promise to do it for you...uh!?"
As Akaro said this, he was shocked and looked at me in disbelief: "Your Highness, is this obviously a scam? Don't be fooled! If you can't sell well, you will lose a lot!"
He was right. Although the location is good and the traffic is the most, the stalls selling wine are everywhere. If there is no high-quality wine, one hundred taels of gold is not a small amount.
Xiaoxun frowned and said, "Little guy, just ask you to go, what are you talking about? My little baby has a way, don't worry about it!"
As she spoke, I had signaled Femisky to take out a big skin and hand it over to Mintaro.
When Mintaro opened it, he saw that it was indeed one by one, and his saliva almost flowed out. He turned around and walked out.
The boy was thinking while walking, and I reminded you, if you don’t pay attention, then don’t blame me for not alerting you, and it’s not my business if you lose.
There is a big house outside the shed, where people coming and going are constantly coming in and out. This is a charge office of Dongshiyou. Only by paying the fees inside can you get the qualification to set up a stall in a certain stall.
Of course, Mintaro didn't go alone. Tang Benji Hide and Zhang Zhuoqiang followed him. We didn't care about a hundred taels of gold, but being deceived was not a big deal.
But Mintaro didn't do anything. He got the certificate in a few seconds and handed it over to several minor officials guarding the market. Then they all looked at us with the look of the idiots and madmen.
If the Rakshasa giant man behind me was not too scary, I'm afraid they would have wanted to laugh at him a little.
Not only them, when we put a jar of black clay pots on the stall, the surrounding group of merchants chuckled and pointed, obviously thinking that they had met a fool who dreamed of making a fortune.
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