The caravan has to wait for the attitude of the Japanese royal family.
I don't know how much time it will take. There are more than a hundred people in the caravan, and living in Japan is a big expense.
The Bai Song Dynasty was preparing to fight a protracted war. Once they had a place to live, they would start to be self-sufficient.
This is a condition that forces the Japanese royal family to focus on investigating pirates. Bai Song didn't want to tell the truth, and he didn't want to be said to be an excuse to investigate, but in fact he was living and eating in Japan.
There are a lot of goods brought this time, but all of them are done in the name of cooperation with the Japanese royal family, and they cannot be sold privately and exchanged for property.
Because the purpose of Bai Song's coming here was to change the Japanese people's acceptance of Datang commodities and to increase the prices of Datang commodities.
To raise prices, support from the Japanese royal family was necessary. Just as the price of Japanese goods could be increased without limit in the Tang Dynasty, it was also because of the tacit approval of the Tang Dynasty court.
The previous batch of Datang products have entered the market without any publicity or momentum. The acceptance rate is not very high and the prices are very low. To break this pattern, it is very inefficient for Bai Song to conduct some market operations on his own. .
To put it simply, judging from the current situation, goods brought from Datang cannot flow into the market in large quantities. A small number of goods can be sold at low prices in the current market in exchange for some necessary daily necessities.
Now the more Tang Dynasty goods are sold, the more losses the imperial merchant team will suffer. The encounter with pirates has cast a shadow over the team. If the losses continue, the supplies the caravan returns to Datang will greatly dampen the enthusiasm of Datang merchants.
After all, businessmen in the Tang Dynasty could not care about what happened to the imperial merchant team. They only valued the results, which would be very detrimental to the future development of relations between the two countries.
What Bai Song had to do was to lead a group of people to find another way out in Kyoto, Japan.
At the same time, you can also gain a deeper understanding of the daily life of Japanese people.
If you want to enter the daily life of Japanese people, you can't stay in a villa. Ordinary Japanese people don't understand Chinese, and Miss Yoshiko disappeared after arriving in Kyoto. Bai Song needs a portable translator.
After much searching, Bai Song decided to give the position of translator to his good son, the Third Prince.
The third prince, Yamada Narimitsu, became very cautious after returning to Kyoto. He was not as arrogant as before in the Tang Dynasty. He seemed to be afraid that someone would do something bad to him. He even preferred to stay in the villa of the Tang caravan. Nor is he willing to return to the place that belongs to him.
Bai Song took Bai Rou to get acquainted with the garden. When he saw the third prince wandering around the courtyard, Bai Song thought of letting her act as a translator.
But apart from translation, Bai Song had something more curious.
"Good son, what are you doing?" Bai Song shouted from a distance.
Prince Cheng Guang was slightly startled when he heard the words "good son". When he saw Bai Song waving at him, he dejectedly wanted to pretend not to see him and leave quietly.
Bai Song didn't give him a chance. He walked over with a smile and grabbed his sleeve: "What's wrong? You didn't know how to say hello when you saw your father? You were serious before, but why did you change in the blink of an eye?"
Prince Chengguang's skinny face was filled with worry, and he reluctantly held up his hands and said, "I have met my father."
Bai Song pointed at Bai Rou again: "Where's this one?"
"aunt……"
Bai Rou didn't feel awkward after hearing this. Instead, she narrowed her eyes with a smile, finding the other person's identity very interesting.
"What are you doing here, kid? What are you afraid of? Does your second brother still want to eat people?"
Prince Chengguang turned his face to the side, with an expression that he didn't want to say anything.
Bai Song patted his shoulder: "In this case, I won't force you. I originally wanted to know the inside story and protect you when necessary in the future. Seeing that you don't want to say anything, I won't care anymore. .”
"No, no, no...I said...I said..."
"Then just tell me, what are you afraid of?"
"I... I don't dare to go out to meet people at all now. If I recognize Tang Zhu... I recognize Tang Ren as my adoptive father, people will laugh at me if word spreads. It will also bring shame to the family, whether it is the eldest brother, the second brother, or Even my father will not forgive me. If I go back, I might die if I do anything wrong. It is the safest place here. They don’t dare to attack the Tang Dynasty’s envoys yet, so I have to stay.”
"Since you all know that accepting me as your adoptive father will cause so much trouble, why didn't you refuse at that time?"
"Because it's Miss Yoshiko's request, I...I can't refuse."
"Why?"
"Because she is the only person in the world who treats me best."
Bai Song was slightly stunned after hearing this, feeling a little psychedelic: "What is your relationship with Miss Jizi? Why do you trust her? Why does she want to help you?"
"You can't say this!"
"You can't say it again? Have you forgotten what you just said?"
"Even if it means death, I can't say it."
Seeing how determined the prince was, Bai Song knew that nothing could be asked, and at the same time he became even more curious about the relationship between the two.
"Where is Miss Yoshiko now?"
"Back to Donghuang Pavilion."
"She said she wanted to help me, but now it's time to ask for her help. How can I explain this?"
"Donghuang Pavilion has its own restrictions and cannot interfere in worldly affairs openly, so even if it wants to help, it will not tell us. Maybe the current situation is the result of Miss Yoshiko's influence through Donghuang Pavilion's power ”
"Okay, let me believe you for once. Now I want to go out for a walk, follow my father and translate for him. Is there any problem?"
"What? I am a great prince, acting as a translator for others?"
"To whom? To whom?" Bai Song suddenly asked with a straight face.
The third prince's expression twitched for a while, and finally he lowered his head depressedly: "To Father."
"Isn't it over then? Come with me quickly."
Bai Song took the third prince out of the garden together, and Bai Rou followed behind.
Bai Rou originally thought that going to Japan would be very depressing, but she found that it was actually quite good. It seemed that her brother had given all the love he gave to his sister-in-law to himself, and let her follow him no matter what he did, even though he knew it was a step. It taught her how to deal with everything in the future, but Bai Rou was still happy in her heart.
On the streets of Kyoto, Japan, the first place to visit became the first choice.
"What best represents Japan?" Bai Song asked his son.
The third prince thought seriously that no one had ever asked such a question. As a Japanese, the third prince seemed not to have thought of the answer.
However, Bai Rou responded later: "Of course we are going to the art museum!"
"Yiguan?" Bai Song's eyelids twitched.
"Yes, my brother has long said that Japanese okiyas are different from our flower houses. My brother also said that Japanese women are very special. Now of course I want to go to okiyas. I also want to see them."
