Pillars of the Wu family

Among the many ministers that Tsuda Sotatsu made friends with, Sanjo Nishimitaka, a well-known song master and minister of Xiaoyaoyuan, is the most famous. Sanjo Nishimitaka is a well-known cultural figure, not only in Muromachi and the Warring States period. The world is an important figure that cannot be avoided even in the study of cultural history of later generations.

Many businesses of the Sanjo-Nishi family are entrusted to Tennojiya to take care of them, including important income such as Tennoji’s Qingzhuza, which has always been the basis for maintaining the Sanjo-Nishi family’s frequent waka meetings to increase their influence. For business cooperation, the Tsuda family seems to have received a decree, and the expansion rate has increased geometrically in the past 30 years.

After Sanjo Nishi Mitaka passed away, he still maintained a close relationship with the Sanjo Nishi family, and quietly extended his relationship network to the Nakain family. In addition to improving the status and influence of Tennoji, Tsuda Sotatsu was also keenly aware that the bottomless pool in Kinai The small turbulence in the lake water, successively made friends with Ishiyama Honganji Temple and Awa Miyoshi House and established business cooperation with them.

There are people in the imperial court who help to speak, and there are three good places in the place. Honganji Temple is the backstage. With the help of these two tiger skins, the development of the Tsuda family in Sakaicho can be said to be rapid. During his nearly 30 years in charge of the Tsuda family business, he not only developed relationships with the samurai family and the temple community.

"Is this right here? It's such a big commercial house!" Kira Wansongmaru couldn't help but be filled 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. There are buildings from the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, and the styles are complete and full of personality. It is guaranteed that you will not recognize the buildings of that dynasty at first glance.

As soon as he entered the hall, the apprentices of the Tennoji House greeted him warmly. The middle court Chaotong seemed to know them and then said a few words to Kira Wansongmaru: "Your Highness Kira, please sit down for a while. Your Majesty Contact Tsuda Sotatsu."

After waiting for a while and no one came, Yamaoka Zenjiro winked at Isshiki Shiro, and the latter spread his hands indifferently, making him complain angrily: "Why haven't you come here yet, it's disgusting to neglect the owner of the museum like this!"

"Hush! Remember the rules before going out." Kira Manmatsumaru made a silent movement, and took out a book from the small pocket he was carrying, and took a closer look at it. "It looks interesting. Speaking of it, the format of singing the songs of the four seasons is also interesting. Of the 64 wakas, 25 are from the four seasons, and [-] of the remaining works describe the love between men and women. ,Really interesting.

After a while, Zhongyuan Chaotong led a young man in his early twenties over, and Zhongyuan Chaotong said to him with an apologetic expression: "Your Highness Kira, I'm sorry! The two persons in charge of the Tsuda family are not here. , so I can only invite this Tsuda Zongji to receive you."

"Oh? You are Tsuda Zongji?" Kira Manmatsumaru waved Yamaoka Zenjiro and others outside for a stroll, and looked at this future Sakai-machi wealthy businessman with great interest. He may be a famous historical figure whom he has seen recently. There were too many, so much that he felt a little numb, so he was not surprised to meet Tsuda Zongji as expected.

"Yes! Your Highness Kira! Next is Tennoji Usoji." The young man followed suit and called him His Highness. It is not wrong for him to call him this way. There are many ways of addressing Kira Wansongmaru similarly, with different identities People of different status use it differently, not to mention that he doesn't care much about the changes in titles.

Businessmen like to use their own house names as Miao characters, which is the same as the current habit of warriors using village names as Miao characters, and public officials using strange names such as roads, small roads, pavilions, temples, etc. as Miao characters.

"What did your father and uncle do?" He seemed quite disappointed, but in fact, Tsuda Zongji, together with Sen Rikyu and Imai Zonghisa, are known as the three masters of the world, and they are also the main talkers in the future of the Nawu 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 nayas, every ten days, the nayas of Sakai-machi have to go to Sakai Nanso to discuss things, and my father, as a member of the nayas, has to go, my uncle Tsuda Michichi's teacher Fan Takeno Shaoou is going to hold a big tea party in the near future. As a direct disciple of Shifan, my uncle is in charge of the garden layout and cannot come back for the time being." Tsuda Zongji's appearance is very ordinary, if he takes off the precious silk on his body and walks in the shabby sackcloth No one will notice him on the street, this kind of public appearance is really not up to the standard of a master craftsman.

Kira Wansongmaru said mysteriously: "So that's how it is. This time, my family wants to discuss a new business with your merchant house, which is a new business that will benefit the transportation in Kinai."

"Oh! New business? Your Highness Kira, please continue." Tsuda Zongkei seemed to be very easy-going with a smile, without any unnecessary reaction, appearing extraordinarily calm.

"Hmph, I don't believe you won't take the bait." It seems that there was a small mistake in the plan, and Tsuda Zongji didn't take the bait. It is not much different from the bullock cart, except that the bullock cart has two wheels and a single shaft, and a cow is tied to it and walks slowly. Only the nobles like this kind of rhythm, which is meaningless for commercial freight, and the court does not allow Gongqing Take a ride in a bullock cart.

But the carriage is different. The carriage he made has the simplest suspension device. It came from Europe in the [-]th century. Europe has widely used carriages since Roman times, and the development of related technologies for carriages is also the most comprehensive, because the body of the carriage directly Placed on the axle, the unevenness of the road will be transmitted to the carriage as vibration, so it becomes quite painful to ride a carriage for a long time. In order to eliminate this shortcoming, someone came up with the idea of ​​lifting the body with chains, so that the vibration transmitted from the ground cannot be directly Passing on to the bodywork, this is also the original suspension setup.

He would never be able to make leaf springs, and he would not dare to use them. Without enough steel technology, it would be useless to make leaf springs. The vibration of the body would still be severe, and turning too fast would even cause the carriage to disintegrate. The carriage he made was in the Some improvements have been made on the basis of the European technology 200 years ago. For example, the hoisted body has been reinforced with insurance, and a rope net distributed around the fixed carriage has been installed to 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. Cargo carriages are much simpler. The double-horse cart and flatbed cart can carry more goods. As long as one horse can pull three stones of goods without taking the mountain road, he doesn't believe in Tsuda Zong. know the goods.

"It's really a wonderful idea. I have a heartfelt request. Can His Highness Kira tell me where is the master who created this skill? I, Tianwang Temple House, would like to invite him with an annual salary of one hundred gold! Please! " Tsuda Zong and Juan Jian's body softened and bowed down.

"...What's the situation? Even if you look at me so sincerely, I won't tell you that the expert belongs to Kira Wansongmaru!" Once again, Kira Wansongmaru was underestimated, so he was very embarrassed She shrugged and said she didn'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 this ** car.

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