Samurai of the Takeda Family

The period after being promoted to the General of the Servant was considered to be a relatively comfortable time for Li Xiao to travel to Japan after coming to the Warring States Period.

　　 During the three months when I had agreed to a duel with Shioka Kazuha, due to the pressure of having to survive, Li Xiao was honing his martial arts in early morning and early morning almost all the time every day, and did not dare to be negligent. Now there are still two months before the West Ueno Raiders, and Li Xiao can easily pass this time.

　　 It is a pity that as an ambitious traverser, Li Xiao still has many big plans yet to be completed, so there is still no way to relax.

Li Xiao’s daily schedule is as follows. He wakes up at five o’clock every morning, and then either exercises his strength by himself and does some physical strength training, or he does combat training with Shima Katsumi and Shioka Kazuha with a wooden knife and wooden spear. In order to improve martial arts.

　　 And Li Xiao’s other samurai naturally had this opportunity to exercise martial arts. Sometimes Li Xiao and Shima Katsumou would also lead them to ride horses outside Takato Town to exercise equestrianism, as well as riding and shooting.

　　 After two hours of exercise, Li Xiao will return to her house. At this time, Yuzhen Oba, who is the cook of Li Xiao’s family, will bring out a pot of steaming rice porridge that has been cooked to welcome Li Xiao back for dinner.

　　 At this time, Li Xiao would usually invite the two bachelors Dao Shengmeng and Shioka Kazuha to come to their own home to have a meal. In addition to these four people, Yumi Ohata and Fortunately Wakamaru will also join. Everyone drank hot porridge, and then a plate of dried radishes. After this breakfast, the warm atmosphere felt like a family.

After breakfast, the samurai continue their training, and Li Xiao must ride to Gaoyuan Castle. As the third retainer of Takeda Katsuyuki's subordinates, Li Xiao is not busy. Many military affairs are required. He came to assist Takeda Katsuyuki to finish.

　　If it’s okay in your free time, Li Xiao takes the time to teach Takeda Katsuyuki and Bao Ke brothers and their marksmanship. How can you say that he still bears the name of the city lord's spear skill teacher, and the Bao Ke brothers are still their own apprentices.

　　 After working so hard all morning, Li Xiao officially came home from get off work for lunch and started his spare life. In the following free time, Li Xiao began to study and plan his own money-making plan.

　　 There is no other way. There are so many rice bugs in the house and the cost of repairing the house. Li Xiao originally saved a little, but it has almost been spent. What's more, Li Xiao will raise soldiers, warriors and horses in the future, expand his power, and grab food, money, land, and women. This will require a lot of money to maintain his military expenses.

　　 If Li Xiao is still counting on the dead wages in the hands of Takeda Katsuyuki, then his Sengokuren master’s goal would not be expected at all.

　　 Fortunately, Li Xiao listened to a half-toned marketing class when he was taking an elective course in university. At least he didn't get a black eye. He at least knew that he had to understand the local market before deciding to invest in that industry.

　　 So Li Xiao started to pull the two sisters Xiaohata in the past few days, and fortunately, Wakamaru went shopping in Takato Town to learn about the local customs.

　　 Takato Town, in terms of scale, commercial circulation, and population, it is second only to Suwa Town and Komoro Town in central Shinano. There is no other way. These two towns are located on the main road of Zhongshan Road, and are connected to Koshu Street and Beikoku Street. There are daily passenger and business flows passing by, so the commercial prosperity will not be bad.

Takato Town is a relatively large town, and it has a certain history of being built. Its main commercial flow is from the direction of Sanhe. Every few days there will be caravans, kelp (kelp), and seaweed coming to Sanhe. , Oysters, sardines, bonito, salt, and even seafood such as salami, are sold at the seat of Gaoyuancheng in the mountainous region.

　　 Then the caravan bought a little wood, charcoal, buckwheat, radish, peach, chestnut and other mountain specialties from the local area, and then transported it back to the coastal areas for commercial circulation in this way. The Takeda family also collected some tolls on the road based on the caravan's round trip, as part of the income of Gaoyuan City.

　　 After stepping out of the gate, Li Xiao and sisters Obata wandered outside along the dirt road in the town.

　　 Li Xiao and the others came in turn are the house of the retainers, the house of the samurai, and the house of Ashikari. These are the lodging places for the samurai of Takatojo Castle. They are arranged from the inside to the outside according to their status.

　　 After walking out of the Samurai Ashikaru residential area, the townsman residential area and temple are located. The temple will hold some ceremonies from time to time. At that time, people who believe in Buddhism will gather here in nearby villages and towns, just like the Chinese temple fair, it is very lively.

　　The outermost layer of Takatocho is the residential area of ​​merchants. In the residential areas of merchants and clerks, there were established commercial and industrial trades that were monopolistic and franchised. Similar to the salt seat, the oil seat, the rice seat, the fish seat, the wood seat, the cyan seat, and even the gold seat, the silver seat, these industries closely related to the daily needs of people's lives are monopolized by the seat, and the exclusive purchase is implemented.

　　 This kind of organization is generally closely related to the local daimyo. If the relationship with the daimyo is not good, the organization can even increase the price of daily necessities such as rice and salt to combat the daimyo's rule in this area.

　　 Therefore, it is basically impossible for Li Xiao to intervene in this type of business. Even if Takeda Katsuyuki takes advantage of these local Japanese trust organizations, there is not much that he can do.

　　 Now Li Xiao is located in the most prosperous place in Takato Town’s Mid-Business District, which is equivalent to the CBD Central Business District in Takato Town. Loud noises can be heard everywhere along the street, and there is a light and heavy tinkling of iron from the forge house. When passing by the gambling shop, you can also hear the swish of the dice and the screaming of the gambler. .

　　The houses on the street here are all double-layered structures, with shops below and the kind of accommodation above. But the sisters Xiaoban couldn't help it for a long time, and rushed into Wu Fu's house on one side, with their eyes shining brightly, provoking Wu Fu to come.

　　 Li Xiao gave a wry smile. He has no time to buy clothes with a woman now~www.wuxiamtl.com~ He is here to find out if there is a business opportunity that suits him. So Li Xiao and Xingruowan went to the street stall to buy two sticks of glutinous rice dumplings, and they continued to wander along the street while eating the tempting glutinous rice dumplings.

Along the way, there are passers-by who have katana with waist hips, ronin walking barefoot, walking with a big box on their backs, and a woman carrying a basket of buckwheat, holding tofu in a tub of water. The people in the towns going home have a fairly good flow of people, and today is not a day like a temple fair or a market.

　　 It is concluded from the above that Takato Town does not lack people with certain purchasing power, and it is completely suitable for commercial activities.

　　 Li Xiao remembered what he said in the half-hearted marketing class that the businesses that are closely related to making money are nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation.

　　 eating is undoubtedly the first place. Li Xiao inspected the level of Japanese eating in Takato Town at that time and found that the Japanese snack culture at that time was far less sophisticated than that developed later. At this time, sugar is still a luxury for the Japanese in this era. Only some merchants in Kiecho and wealthy famous people in Japan have seen a little bit of Nanban sugar brought by the Portuguese and Dutch. Piece.

　　Because sugar was not popularized, the famous Japanese snacks such as stir-fried chestnuts and bean buns were later popularized in Japan, but they did not develop at this time. So the most popular snacks in Japan right now are fried rice cakes and glutinous rice dumplings, or only these two snack bars.

　　Well, then let me, Li Xiao, come and become the new cook who leads the Japanese food industry.

　　 With this determination, Li Xiao confidently and Xing Wakamaru together called on the sisters who are still addicted to Wu Fu's house, returned to their homes, and prepared to sell them their financial plans.