Chapter 550

After the black ship incident, the Edo shogunate and the United States concluded the Kanagawa treaty, and were forced to open the two trading ports of Xiatian and Hakodate. In the fifth year of emperor Xiaoming's an Zheng, the two sides signed the Treaty of friendly trade between Japan and the United States on the "Powhatan", increasing the ports of Kanagawa, Nagasaki, Niigata and Hyogo. At the same time, foreigners were allowed to stay and do business in Edo and Osaka.

Although Kyoto is not one of them, it is only one day away from Osaka. Now, nearly ten years have passed since the Treaty of friendship and trade between Japan and the United States. After the change of the ban on trade, the school of honoring the king and fighting against the foreigners reconsidered its strategy. Now it only mentions honoring the king, sets its goal as the curtain down, and no longer mentions the matter of fighting against the foreigners. It also starts to actively cooperate with the West. Therefore, the life of westerners is very important The range of motion is larger.

As the most important river in Kansai area, Dianchuan originates from Lake Biwa and connects the Kyoto basin with the Osaka plain. In the Edo era, it was an important transportation channel in Kyoto. Most of Osaka's foreign businessmen also came to Kyoto along this river. Zhang Heng inquired about the nearest wharf and arrived there before sunset.

The bustle here is no less than that of Fangshi. Along the two banks of the river, there are machinates all over the place. The tiles are neatly arranged on the roof. The signboards and warm curtains move with the wind. On the first floor, there are fine convex lattice, and on the second floor, there are insect cage windows. This is a kind of building with Japanese traditional style. It adopts wooden structure. The entrance is narrow but the depth is very long Side rooms are used to live, the advantage is that the shops are more intensive, one by one.

There are boatmen unloading goods on the wharf, ladies and ladies who are going to take a boat to swim in the river, and there is a shrine not far away. Many believers gather outside to pray for blessings or to pray for the Royal Guard.

Zhang Heng did not spend too much time to find a Western businessman who was interested in hiring an interpreter. The latter, Gabriel, was a Frenchman. He came to Kyoto with the business group to talk about the sale of cotton yarn with local businessmen. However, he was obviously not satisfied with the cotton yarn business. He seemed to have some other plans, but what he wanted to do was inconvenient Tell others in the business group, so you can't use the translation of the business group.

When he was worried about where to find a Japanese who could understand French, Zhang Heng sent him to the door. Gabriel was very happy. With a wave of his hand, he directly offered a daily salary of one small award. The so-called small award was a kind of gold coin commonly used in Edo period. A small award was about one or two gold, and one or two gold was about sixty taels of silver or four hundred taels of money. At this time, a craftsman in Kyoto His daily income is about 70 Wen. In other words, Zhang Heng's daily income can almost catch up with that of a craftsman for two months.

Zhang Heng didn't know nothing about the translation market either. He consulted the people at the wharf before he came here. Now there is a big shortage of professional translators in Japan, but there are not as few people who can communicate with foreign businessmen as before the black boat incident. In fact, even when the shogunate was closed, Samo, Changzhou and other vassals had secretly made contacts with other countries Some business.

The Japanese iron gun (in fact, the torch gun) originated in Samoan. At that time, a Portuguese merchant ship was blown to the seed island south of Samoan by typhoon. Therefore, the Japanese iron gun is also called the seed Island iron gun.

Now that the shogunate has been open to trade for more than ten years, many Japanese have traveled to Europe to study, and translators are not so valuable.

Gabriel's price has exceeded twice the market price, which is still under the situation that both sides are not familiar with, and Zhang Heng also asked to advance a small judgment in advance. However, even so, Gabriel did not hesitate for long to agree, so Zhang Heng also knew that what French businessmen were going to do in Kyoto might not be easy.

However, with Zhang Heng's skill and experience accumulated in previous copies, he was not too worried about the danger he would encounter. Moreover, now that the sun has set, he may not be able to find another employer, so the two sides finally reached an employment agreement.

Gabriel asked Zhang Heng to meet him in the tea house next to the wharf tomorrow morning after paying him a small verdict. When Zhang Heng left the wharf, it was already dark.

Zhang Heng was not very hungry because he had a meal before the copy, but now he must find a place to stay.

In the Edo era, the shogunate set up a system of participation and accountability in order to control the daimyo lords in different places, requiring the vassal lords to go to Edo every once in a while to carry out government affairs for the shogunate generals. Of course, this is the reason. The main purpose is to make it convenient for the shogunate to take daimyo people for a walk, reduce their time in the territory, and at the same time make them dare not be blind when they are in the territory Otherwise, the next time you go on duty, you may be taken directly.

However, Tokugawa is still kind-hearted. Along the way, many dormitories have been built. Later, a cage house was developed, which is a bit similar to later hotels. It not only manages one night and two meals, but also many cage houses have special maids to take care of the daily life of tourists. However, at the end of the curtain, more and more people travel, and cage houses begin to become mixed. There are not only scoundrels who provide gambling equipment, help with tricks, but also scoundrels Lvlongwu simply let the maid sell the color directly.

After that, Osaka businessmen were the first to organize the "spray" to say that it was probably equivalent to a chain hotel, which unified the service standards, so that tourists could stay at hotels with guild signs hanging outside the door.

However, whether it's a cage house or a spray house, it's just an excessive choice for Zhang Heng. Considering that the copy time is not short, Zhang Heng still prefers to rent his own house. As there is still a little time, he doesn't rush to the hotel. Instead, he finds a dentist nearby and asks the latter to show him the house.Ya Ren is a 14-5-year-old boy. He looks very smart. He is also a town man in this area. He is well-informed and knows everything about every family. Zhang Heng paid him 100 Wen in advance and promised to give him another 100 Wen when it was finished. He immediately came to the spirit and took Zhang Heng through the streets.

However, he strongly recommended several houses in prime locations. The ronin customer around him didn't seem very satisfied. They walked farther and farther and had to play lanterns. Zhang Heng had planned to give up and wanted to wait for tomorrow to see them again. However, the last place of the two people was a bright spot for Zhang Heng.

The entrance is a small courtyard. There is a cherry tree in the center of the courtyard. The water well under the tree is clear and sweet. The whole courtyard is square, simple and beautiful. The door seat is very spacious. There is also a tea room with complete furniture. In the words of later generations, it belongs to the standard of carrying bags.

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