Among the many ministers that Tsuda Sotatsu made friends with, the most famous one was the famous singing master and the minister of Xiaoyaoin, Sanjo Nishi Mintaka. Sanjo Nishi Mintaka was a famous cultural figure, not only in Muromachi, but also in the Warring States Period.
Tianxia is an important figure that cannot be bypassed even in the study of cultural history of later generations.
Many businesses of the Sanjo Nishi family are managed by Tennoji House, including Tennoji Aojizao and other important income. This has always been the basis for maintaining the Sanjo Nishi family's frequent waka gatherings to increase their influence.
When it comes to business cooperation, the Tsuda family seems to have received an edict, and its expansion rate has increased exponentially in the past thirty years.
After the death of Sanjo Nishi, Mirataka still maintained a close relationship with the Sanjo Nishi family, and also quietly extended the relationship network to the Nakain family. In addition to improving the status and influence of Tennoji, Tsuda Sotatsu was also keenly aware of the bottomless depth of the Kinai pond.
Due to the small turbulence in the lake, he successively made friends with Ishiyama Honganji Temple and Awa Miyoshi family and established business cooperation relationships with them.
There were people at the court to help speak, and there were Miyoshi in the area, and Honganji Temple was the backstage. With the help of these two tiger skins, the Tsuda family's development in Sakai Town could be said to be rapid. It soon overtook many big business houses and became one of the top names in Sakai Town and even Kinki.
A big businessman, during the nearly thirty years he has been in charge of the Tsuda family business, he not only developed relationships with the samurai family and the temple community.
"Is this here? It's such a big commercial building!" Kira Mansomaru couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It's not easy to see familiar Ming Dynasty-style buildings in a foreign country. Kyoto is like a hodgepodge of buildings, from the Tang Dynasty style to
There are buildings from the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and the styles are complete and full of personality, ensuring that you will not recognize the buildings from which dynasty they belong to at first glance.
As soon as he entered the hall, the disciples of Tennojiya came to give him a warm welcome. Chaotong Zhongyuan seemed to recognize them and said a few words to them. Then he turned to Kira Manshomaru and said: "Your Highness Kira, please sit down for a moment. I will be here next."
Contact Sotatsu Tsuda."
After waiting for a while, no one came. Yamaoka Zenjiro winked at Isshiki Shiro. The latter spread his hands indifferently, making him angrily complain: "Why haven't you come here yet? It's so abominable to neglect the owner like this!"
"Shh! Remember the rules before going out." Kira Manshomaru made a gesture of silence, and took out a book from the small pocket he carried with him. When he looked carefully, it was "The Rough Copy of Ode" re-edited by Mirataka Sanjo Nishi.
"Looking at it with relish, it is also interesting to talk about the fixed format of Waka singing the Song of the Four Seasons. Sixty-four of the one hundred and three Waka are from the Song of the Four Seasons, and 25 of the remaining works are from the Song of the Four Seasons.
It's really interesting to describe the love between men and women.
After a while, Nakain Chomichi led a young man in his early twenties over. Nakain Chomichi said to him with an apologetic expression: "Your Highness Kira, I'm sorry! The two heads of the Tsuda family are not here.
, so I can only ask this Tsuda Soki to receive you."
"Oh? Are you Tsuda Muneki?" Kira Manshomaru waved his hand and drove Yamaoka Zenjiro and others outside for a walk. He looked at this future Sakai Town wealthy businessman with great interest. He may have been a historical celebrity he has met recently.
There were so many that it made him feel a little numb, so he was not too surprised to meet Tsuda Muneki as expected.
"Yes! Your Highness Kira! This is Tennoji Ya Soji." The young man also followed suit and called him His Highness. It was not a mistake for him to call him this way. There are many ways to call Kira Manshomaru, depending on the identity. People of different status use it differently, not to mention that he doesn't care much about the change in title.
Businessmen all like to use the character Miao for their house numbers. This is the same as the samurai using the name of a village as the character Miao, and the ministers using the name of a road, a small road, a pavilion, a temple, or other strange names as a character for Miao. It is a current habit.
"What did your father and uncle do?" It seemed that he was quite disappointed, but actually that was not the case. Tsuda Soki, Sen no Rikyu, and Imai Munehisa were collectively known as the three master craftsmen in the world, and they were also the main talkers in the future of the Naiya people. In terms of influence alone, his father, uncle, and grandfather combined are not as famous as him alone.
"Today is the meeting day of the Nawu clan that happens once every ten days. The Nawu clan in Sakai Town all go to the Sakai Nanzhuo gathering to discuss things. As a member of the Nawu clan, my father has to go. My uncle, Tsuda Michiko, is a teacher. Takeno Shoou will hold a big tea party in the near future. As a direct disciple of the Normal School, my uncle is responsible for the courtyard decoration and cannot come back for the time being." Tsuda Muneki looks very ordinary. If he takes off his precious silk and walks around in shabby linen clothes, No one would notice him on the street. His appearance is really below the level of a master craftsman.
Kira Manshomaru said mysteriously: "I see, this time I want to negotiate a new business with your business house. It is a new business that will benefit transportation within the Kinai."
"Oh! New business? Your Majesty Kira, please continue." Tsuda Muneji seemed to smile very easily, without any unnecessary reaction, and seemed extremely calm.
"Humph, I don't believe you won't take the bait." It seems that there was a slight mistake in the plan. Tsuda Muneki didn't take the bait. Kira Manshomaru decisively gave up the trick of playing hard to get and pointed out the advantages of the carriage in detail. In fact, the carriage It is not much different from an oxcart, except that the oxcart has two wheels and a single shaft, and is tied to an ox and walks slowly and slowly. That is to say, the nobles and nobles like this rhythm. It is meaningless for trade and freight. Besides, the court does not allow the ministers to do so. Take a ride on an ox cart.
But the carriage is different. The carriage he made has the simplest suspension device and comes from Europe in the fourteenth century. Horse carriages have been widely used in Europe since the Roman era. The development of carriage-related technology is also the most comprehensive, because the body of the carriage directly When it is placed on the axle, the unevenness of the road becomes vibrations and is transmitted to the carriage. Therefore, riding a carriage for a long time becomes quite painful. In order to eliminate this shortcoming, some people came up with the idea of using chains to lift the body, so that the vibrations from the ground cannot be directly Passed on to the body, this is also the original suspension device.
He could never make a leaf spring, and he would not dare to use it even if he made it. It would be useless to make a leaf spring without enough steel craftsmanship. The body would still vibrate badly, and turning too fast would even cause the carriage to disintegrate. The carriage he made was in Some improvements have been made on the basis of European technology two hundred years ago. For example, the lifted car body is reinforced with insurance, and a rope net is installed around the fixed carriage, which can effectively prevent severe vibrations and accidents caused by the car body hitting the carriage when turning. Necessary harm.
Passenger carriages are troublesome to make and use, but freight carriages are much simpler. The structure of a two-horse carriage and a flatbed carriage can carry more goods. As long as one horse can pull three stones of goods without walking on the mountain road, he does not believe that Tsuda Munetsu does not Know the goods.
"What a wonderful idea. I have an unkind request. Your Majesty Kira, can you tell me where the master who created this skill is? I, Tennoji, would like to offer him an annual salary of a hundred gold! Please!
"Tsuda Soji's decisive body fell into submission.
"...What's going on? Even if you look at me so sincerely, I won't tell you that the master is Kira Manshomaru!" Kira Manshomaru was looked down upon again, so he was very embarrassed.
A shrug means you don't know anything.
Note: It took a lot of effort to collect information about the Tsuda family. This family is also a very interesting family in the development history of Sakai Town. In addition, there is indeed such a car.