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It turned out that the girl was an apprentice in a grocery store.
She got a task from her boss today: to sell the unsold batch of tooth powder in the store along the street.
The so-called tooth powder can be understood as the toothpaste of this era. Using tooth powder to wash teeth can not only clean teeth, but also freshen breath.But because in this era, the importance of tooth brushing and dental health has not yet been popularized, so not many people like to brush their teeth, so tooth powder is not a best-selling product.
The little girl held the dozens of packs of tooth powder that the boss gave her, and started to sell them along the street since early morning, but it was already afternoon, but only 3 packs were sold.
The delay in selling the tooth powder made the little girl very anxious that if she failed to complete the task, she would be scolded by the boss.
Extremely anxious, her psychological defense line collapsed, and she couldn't help crying loudly.
"...I can understand this kind of feeling." After knowing the whole story, Azhu cast a sympathetic look at the little girl, "When I used to practice under the guidance of my grandfather, I often failed to complete the orders given by my grandfather. I was so anxious to cry because of the task.”
Atachi, who was still patting the little girl's back, had a sympathetic light in her eyes. As a "Hara Ninja", she also understood the anxiety of not being able to complete the task.
Ogata does not have obvious mood swings like A-Machi and Azuki, and has always looked expressionless.
However, after the little girl finished explaining why she was crying, Ogata said something to the little girl that both Acho and Azuki couldn't help being surprised: "Don't cry. I'll help you." You sell these tooth powders so that you can deal with your boss? Anyway, I'm free now."
Acho, Azuki, and the little girl: "Huh?" 3
The three of them uttered a "huh?" very tacitly at the same time.
"Master Mashima." Azuki's eyes lit up, "Are you still selling things?"
Master Yidaosai is indeed a superman!
From time to time, Ogata can let Azuku see his powerful side besides swordsmanship, which also makes Ogata's image in Azhu's heart gradually become strange.
"No." Ogata replied honestly, "I've never sold anything. The only business-related skill I know is planning."
The skill point of abacus was given to him by "Ogata Hara". When he was the treasury officer of Hirose Clan, he spent more time with abacus than with swords.
"You don't have to shout loudly along the street to sell things." After adding this sentence, Ogata smiled and raised his hand to touch the handle of Da Shitian's waist, "Someone once taught me how to sell things. secret."
"If all goes well, I will probably be able to sell all these tooth powders in just 2 or 3 sticks of incense."
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"Miss Isshiki. Thank you for accompanying me to buy knives." A very handsome young man with a very neat crochet hair showed a handsome smile while looking at a woman walking beside him. The beautiful woman in light yellow kimono bowed to thank her.
"You're welcome." Yishihua said coldly, "The medicine you gave my grandma before is very effective, so I'm just giving you a favor."
"Miss Yishi, I recently bought a new batch of good tea from Tangtu West Lake, let's taste it together some other day."
"Well, good." Isshiki replied without thinking, and then added, "When I have time."
During the conversation, the two had come to an intersection.
"You can just send it here." Yishihua said in a very polite tone, "Beiyuan-kun, see you later."
"Miss Yishi, let me take you to the entrance of your sword gym." The handsome young man called Beiyuan said quickly, "The law and order in Osaka is quite bad recently, and there are many small thieves of all kinds."
"No need." Yishihua responded without thinking again, "There is no need to send each other off."
Seeing that Yishihua's attitude is so firm, Beiyuan is too embarrassed to say anything more.
Just when Beiyuan planned to leave here according to Yishihua's intention, Beiyuan suddenly caught a glimpse of many people running towards a nearby intersection, and heard these people say in an excited tone:
"It seems that there is going to be a very powerful performance over there."
"What show?"
"I don't know. Go and see."
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Listening to these conversations of the people around him, Bei Yuan's eyes lit up.
"Miss Isshiki." Kitahara hurriedly said to Isshiki, "There seems to be some very interesting performance going on over there. Before going home, let's go and see it together?"
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The foreign debt of 500 million taels of Satsuma mentioned in this chapter is not the author's nonsense, but the real history. For details, see the "Author's Words" below.
Chapter 622 Ogata·Business Ghost·Yishi【7400】
The Kyoto Imperial Palace in Kyoto is synonymous with "mystery" even for locals in Kyoto, not to mention outsiders.
Because the Kyoto Imperial Palace is the emperor's bedroom.
It is the first forbidden place in Kyoto.
There is almost no real power in the hands of the emperor, and the daily routine can basically be described by the word "doing nothing".
If the shogunate in Edo followed the system of seniority and wealth, then the imperial court in Kyoto was even more so.
Almost all the official positions in the imperial court were hereditary and replaced by families such as the She family, the Tsinghua family, the minister's family, the Habayashi family, and the famous family.The official positions that can be held or promoted are determined by family background.
This group of people who can be officials in the imperial court for generations is called "gongjia".The samurai who have been officials in the shogunate for generations are called "Samurai".
Although their privilege of being officials in the imperial court for generations seems powerful, they are actually just a bunch of mascots.
To be precise, there is only one mascot for the entire Kyoto court.Even the emperor who is in charge of the court has no real power, so what power do these officials have in the court?
They just have resounding official titles for nothing, and the only thing they can do every day is to recite poems and compose Fu, and to cling to elegance.
From the emperor to the court, ordinary officials can only do nothing every day, so as the emperor's bedroom, the Kyoto Imperial Palace has always been very quiet.
However, what is rare is that the Kyoto Imperial Palace is quite lively today.
The reason is because there are distinguished guests visiting today.
Kyoto, Kyoto Imperial Palace
"Your Majesty." Dai Nayan, who was sitting in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu, said to Matsudaira Sadanobu in extremely standard elegant words, "Your gaffe this time really made His Majesty the Emperor extremely dissatisfied."
Dana Yan: The three official positions of the imperial court are the close servants of the emperor. They are responsible for reporting government affairs to the emperor, and are also responsible for promulgating the emperor's edict.This official position has been held by the Habayashi family, famous families, and half families for generations.
The so-called Yayan is a special speech tone used by the court ministers to show their status.
At this time, Matsudaira Sadanobu was wearing a black hat and an official uniform of the imperial court that he did not know when he wore it last time. He knelt down on the ground and said in a very standard elegant voice:
"This gaffe, I can hardly shirk my responsibility, and I will bear all the responsibilities."
For Matsudaira Sadanobu, who is a veteran of the shogunate, "speaking elegant words" is one of the skills that must be mastered.
There is a considerable difference between the official uniforms of the imperial court and those of the shogunate.
The official government of the shogunate is quite simple, compared with the official uniforms of the imperial court, which are much more gorgeous.
Almost a thousand years ago, when Japan initiated the "Dahua Reform" and comprehensively studied the advanced system and culture of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, they designed their official uniforms for the Japanese court using the official uniforms of the Sui and Tang Dynasties as a template.
Since the millennium, the style of official uniforms of the imperial court has not changed much, so until now, some shadows of Sui and Tang official uniforms from thousands of years ago can still be seen on the official uniforms of the imperial court.
"My lord." Da Nayan, with white makeup, lipstick, and black teeth on his face, continued persistently, "Your Majesty, he is extremely puzzled by this defeat. Why did the 1-strong army Will he lose to a mere Ogata Yishi?"
"And why hasn't the villain Ogata Itsze been caught until now?"
In addition to speaking elegant words, court ministers often do one thing in order to show their status, and that is makeup.
The face is painted white, the lips are painted red, and the teeth are dyed black. This is the standard appearance of court ministers.
In ancient Japan, whitening the face, red lips, and black teeth was a symbol of elegance and nobility.
"The defeat this time was not only due to the surprise attack by Ogata Itsuki." Matsudaira Sadanobu said slowly, "It is also because we underestimated the tenacity of the Eizo in the Red Moon Fortress."
Matsudaira Sadanobu slowly told the whole story of the fiasco a few months ago to the person in front of him.
In front of Matsudaira Sadanobu, there is a curtain mat.
And behind the mat, sat a man wearing a ridiculously tall black hat.
Because this person has a curtain covering his face, people can't see his appearance clearly.
According to the regulations of the Japanese imperial court, the taller the black hat, the more prestigious the status.
Throughout the court, there is only one emperor who can wear such a tall black hat.
The person sitting across the thin curtain mat from Matsudaira Sadanobu is the current emperor of Japan: Emperor Kanenhito.
In order to maintain the mystery of the emperor, when the emperor summoned others, he would sit behind a curtain so that outsiders could not see his face.
At the same time, the emperor basically couldn't speak, and when he wanted to speak to the people he was interviewing, he would let Dai Nayan, who was the emperor's close attendant, pass the message on his behalf.
While explaining the whole story of the defeat, Matsudaira Sadanobu has been quietly looking at the emperor behind the curtain.
Although there was a curtain covering the face of the emperor, Matsudaira Sadanobu could roughly guess that the emperor was probably smiling smugly at this time.
Sadanobu Matsudaira showed a smug smile for being able to successfully disgust him.
In fact, Matsudaira Sadanobu guessed right.
The emperor sitting behind the curtain did have a somewhat smug smile on his face.
He was gloating at Matsudaira Sadanobu outside the curtain.
Matsudaira Sadanobu entered the Kyoto Imperial Palace this morning to meet with the Emperor.
As a result, it was not until the afternoon that I dragged my tired body back to the temporary residence in the execution house.
As soon as he returned to the temporary living room, Matsudaira Sadanobu saw his nickname: Tachibana walked up to him in three steps at a time.
Tachibana is not qualified to meet the emperor, and at the same time, he does not need other people's attendants to meet the emperor this time, so Matsudaira Sadanobu kept Tachibana in the enforcing office and did not let him go with him.
"Tachibana." Matsudaira Sadanobu took off his high hat, "Is there any tea?"
"Yes!" Tachibana nodded vigorously, and then quickly brought a cup of hot tea to Matsudaira Sadanobu.
Matsudaira Sadanobu sat cross-legged on the ground in a more casual posture, and took small sips of tea.
Tachibana, who was kneeling beside him, quietly looked at Matsudaira Sadanobu's obviously tired face, and then couldn't help complaining softly:
"Whether it's His Majesty the Emperor or the ministers of the court, how can they understand your hard work, my lord?"
"His Majesty the Emperor must want to take revenge for the Zunhao incident two years ago!"
Songping Dingxin smiled at what his surname said, and then said slowly: "Just bear with their noise."
Although the emperor has no real power, he is the nominal head of state after all.
From a legal point of view, the Edo shogunate only borrowed the power to manage the whole country from the emperor.
Logically speaking, everything belonging to the Edo Shogunate and the vassal states, be it money or the army, belonged to the Emperor. The Emperor could take back the power of the country from the Edo Shogunate at any time. Of course, it was only logically speaking.
Therefore, facing the emperor, some necessary face must be given to him.
For example, this time, the Edo Shogunate suffered a major defeat that had never been seen since its establishment. Although it was not hurt, it was completely embarrassing.
He was actually defeated by an Ogata Yishi.
The emperor personally questioned the shogunate about this humiliating defeat.
In order to save face for the emperor, Matsudaira Sadanobu had to go to Kyoto in person to explain to the emperor the whole story and the reasons for the fiasco.
Matsudaira Sadanobu knew that a considerable part of the reason why the emperor would personally question this matter must be to retaliate against him.
The previous emperor: Emperor Hou Taoyuan died young, had no children, and the immediate royal family became extinct, so Prince Kanenhito took over as the current emperor.
Two years ago, Emperor Kanenhito wanted to grant his father the title of "Emperor Taishang", but Matsudaira Sadanobu tried his best to block it on the grounds of "violating ethics".
Because he could not reach the power of Matsudaira Sadanobu, the emperor had no choice but to give up in the end.
This incident is now known as the "Zunhao incident". Since this incident, the relationship between Matsudaira Sadanobu and the emperor has been extremely poor.
Now that he has finally come across something that can disgust Matsudaira Sadanobu, how could the Emperor just let it go?
He couldn't do anything about Matsudaira Sadanobu, but Matsudaira Sadanobu was disgusting, and he could still do it.
Even though he knew that the emperor's questioning this time must have bad intentions, Matsudaira Sadanobu could only bite the bullet and rush to Kyoto.
Today's meeting with the emperor, which lasted for half a day, was nothing more than the emperor's constant censure of Matsudaira, while Matsudaira kept bowing his head, saying that he would take full responsibility.
When there was only half of the tea in the cup, Matsudaira Sadanobu drank the remaining tea in one breath, and then handed back the empty teacup to Tachibana.
"His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers of the court don't need to pay too much attention."
Matsudaira Sadanobu said slowly.
"They can only open their mouths and say some noisy words."
"What they say, just go in one ear and out the other."
"Compared to them, the guys who are really troublesome are all in Edo."
Having said that, Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression became serious.