My personal opinion on Gensokyo

The box given to Gintoki was filled with a full box of strawberry milk.

"Hey, Xiaoyin, even though this is your favorite strawberry milk, you must remember not to drink too much every day."

Seeing Gintoki carrying the box of strawberry milk back to his bedroom as if it were a treasure, Kagura, who had already picked up her own box of vinegared kelp and was about to put it under the closet where she slept, reminded him with concern.

"Don't forget, Xiaoyin, your blood sugar is already too high and you're on the verge of diabetes."

"...Shut up! Gin, of course I know my physical condition."

After hearing Kagura's words, a big crossroads suddenly appeared on Gintoki's forehead, and he turned around and said angrily.

"Gin, I'm an adult, so of course I know how to control my sugar intake!"

"Xiaoyin has no self-control in front of sweets, just like a little kid asking for candy!"

After the three members of the Yorozuya team carefully placed the gifts from Shang Yang and Shana in the places they thought were most appropriate, Gintoki and Kagura sat back on the sofa, while Shinpachi immediately went to the kitchen to make tea for Shang Yang and Shana, and took out a plate of snacks, appearing very attentive.

Seeing the polite look of the three people from the Yorozuya team, Shang Yang shrugged and asked casually.

"...By the way, have you cashed the checks we sent you at the Oedo Bank?"

When they heard Shang Yang's question, the smiles on the faces of the three people from the Wanshiwu disappeared instantly, and they all showed expressions of helplessness and anger.

Seeing the trio like this, Shana was very curious and asked curiously.

"Hey, what's wrong, everyone? Is there something wrong with that check?"

“Ahahaha… this…”

After laughing dryly twice, Gintoki forced a smile, trying to get away with it.

"No problem, no problem. We've already cashed the check, and the money we got back was spent yesterday. It's our custom at the Yorozuya to never leave money overnight, don't you agree, Kagura, Shinpachi?"

"We don't have that kind of rule in our family, Xiaoyin."

Hearing IX Ball (Six)'s words, Kagura immediately retorted in confusion.

"It was clearly us two who accidentally damaged someone else's house when we were demolishing it yesterday. Most of the commission money that Shang Yangjun and Xiao Shana entrusted to us was used to compensate for other people's losses. The last 5,000 yuan was taken away by the old lady downstairs as money for food and drinks!"

After hearing Kagura tell the truth in full, a huge crossroads appeared in Gintoki and Shinpachi's heads, and they roared in their hearts at the same time.

Hey! Who told you to tell the whole truth? You idiot!

Kagura-chan! How can you tell the whole truth?!

"Uh……"

After hearing Kagura blurt out the truth without any ulterior motive, Shang Yang and Shana looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

Then, Shang Yang ruffled his gray hair and, unnoticeably, touched Shana's left pinky finger with his slender right index finger (Note: As long as Shang Yang and Shana were in contact, they could sense each other's thoughts). He said in his heart.

"Shana, we originally proposed this high-value commission in the hope of building good relations with Gintoki and the others while improving the daily life of the Yorozuya... However, the Yorozuya trio's luck is truly terrible... Forget it, Shana, let's help them to the end and entrust them with the Yorozuya one more time."

"Well, no problem. Then let's entrust the Yorozuya again. We originally planned to use the Yorozuya's help to thoroughly establish roots in Edo and Kabukicho."

Sensing Shang Yang's thoughts, Shana nodded imperceptibly and said in her heart.

"This time, let's officially entrust the Yorozuya once again."

After learning that Shana agreed to his proposal, Shang Yang also unnoticeably withdrew his index finger, raised his right hand, coughed, and spoke slowly.

"...Ahem, Mr. Sakata, everyone at Yorozuya, we at the "Shoya" would like to formally entrust you with a task once again. Would you be willing?"

"Eh! Really?!"

Hearing Shang Yang's words, Gintoki immediately turned around and asked in surprise.

"You two, do you have any commissioned work you'd like to entrust to our Yorozuya?!"

"Of course."

Hearing this, Shang Yang replied with a smile.

"Of course we're willing to entrust the Yorozuya, but this time, the commission is a bit troublesome. Before we entrust this work to you, could you please come with us to our shop across from your Yorozuya?"

Volume 4, Edo Chronicles: Chapter 176, "Merchant Houses"

Hearing Shang Yang say that he was going to entrust the work to Wanshiwu again, the Wanshiwu trio immediately agreed, and then immediately went out with Shang Yang and Shana, went downstairs, and walked towards the house opposite Wanshiwu, which had the words "Shangwu" written on the big sign.

"Oh~ It looks ordinary on the outside, but it's actually quite big on the inside!"

After entering the store, seeing the interior of this house which was arranged according to the space and rationally utilized the visual principles and appeared extremely spacious, Shinpachi Shimura pushed his glasses and exclaimed with envy.

"Mr. Shang Yang, Ms. Shana, what exactly does your store do?"

"This is a bit trivial to explain."

After hearing Shimura Shinpachi's question, Shang Yang thought for a moment and answered slowly.

"This 'business house' mainly deals in 'exchange' business."

"To put it simply, guests bring their own goods to our 'trade house' and we exchange them for other goods they want."

"Of course, since Edo is a large, economically developed space port city, bartering is rare. Most of the time, we'll likely use money to purchase goods brought by our customers, so it can be roughly understood as a 'pawnshop' business."

"Or, customers can pay us a deposit, and our 'business house' will find the goods they need on other planets in the universe. This business can also be roughly understood as a 'purchasing agent' or 'ordering' business."

Having said that, Shang Yang paused for a moment and concluded seriously.

"This is the main business scope of our 'commercial house'."

"...What, pawn business?"

After hearing the explanation of the young man with gray hair, Gintoki looked at the various goods he had seen and had not seen before on the shelves around him in surprise. He half-opened his eyes and asked casually without any enthusiasm.

"Hey, are these all collaterals pledged to your family by others?"

"Of course not. After all, we just arrived in Edo. How could someone ask us to pawn something right at the beginning?"

Hearing this, Shang Yang explained with a smile.

"These are some of the special products we collected from various planets in the universe, and they are for sale."

"...Xiaoyin."

Kagura leaned close to Gintoki's ear and whispered in confusion.

"What kind of business is the pawn business?"

"If you're short of money, you can bring your belongings here as collateral, and they'll lend you money."

Hearing Kagura's question, Gintoki scratched his curly hair and answered quietly.

"But if you don't pay back the money on time, they'll sell your mortgaged items to repay the debt. It's a pretty shady business..."

"Oh... so that's how it is. Then Shang Yangjun and Xiao Shana are what people usually call black-hearted profiteers, right?"

"...We heard it!" ×2

When Shang Yang and Shana heard what Gintoki whispered to Kagura, they were immediately filled with dismay.

After looking at each other, the young man and the girl sighed helplessly.

Raising her hand, Shana coughed and said expressionlessly.

"Let's put our business aside for now. Everyone at the Yorozuya, if you'd like, please let me tell you about the commissioned work..."

"Oh, please, please."

Hearing Shana's words, Shimura Shinpachi pushed up his glasses and asked happily.

"What kind of work do you want to entrust our Yorozuya with?"

"It's nothing, just asking you to help spread the word for us."

Hearing this, Shang Yang answered sincerely.

"We have just arrived in Edo, a space port city. If we want to run a good business, early store promotion will be very important."

"Therefore, we at the 'Business House' need the help of everyone at the 'Wanshiwu'."

"Yeah...it's just publicity though."

After hearing Shang Yang's explanation, Shimura Shinpachi scratched his head embarrassedly and asked in confusion.

"But what exactly do we, the Yorozuya, need to do?"

"It's very simple, that's it."

Hearing this, Shana coughed again and took out a thick stack of flyers from somewhere.

"Please send it to everyone you know at Yorozuya. We at 'Business House' hope to begin early operations as soon as possible."

"Ah, handing out flyers..."

Seeing the thick stack of flyers in Shana's hand, Shimura Shinpachi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"That's easy. All we have to do is distribute these flyers, right? Mr. Shang Yang, Ms. Shana."

"That's right. We're hoping that your familiarity with Kabukicho, and even Edo, will help us quickly expand our business opportunities. That's why we're asking those of you who are very familiar with Kabukicho and Edo to help promote it. Please do us this favor."

Shang Yang smiled and nodded, then continued.

"Here are 5,000 flyers. For every flyer we distribute, we'll pay you at Yorozuya a commission of 40 yen."

"In other words, if you can distribute all the flyers, we at the Trading House will pay you a commission of 200,000 yen."

A few minutes later, on the streets of Kabukicho.

"Hey, hey... This is a flyer for a newly opened 'business shop' in Kabukicho. It says you can buy whatever you need here, and you can even pawn your belongings here to get some much-needed cash."

Standing on the street, Gintoki held a stack of flyers in his left hand, gently shook the orange flyer in his right hand, half-opened his eyes, and shouted without any enthusiasm.

"Please don't miss it..."

"Wait a minute, Yin, no one will take the flyer from you if you keep shouting like that without any enthusiasm."

Pushing up his glasses, Shinpachi Shimura, who was also holding a stack of flyers, looked at Gintoki helplessly and complained.

"Besides, if you advertise like this, you're only causing trouble for Mr. Shang Yang and Ms. Shana..."

"I can't help it, Lao Ba."

Hearing Shinpachi's words, Gintoki spread his hands, half-opened his eyes, and still spoke in a lazy tone.

"Handing out flyers is such a hassle and so boring. Seriously, we've been here for half an hour, and few people are willing to take a flyer as we pass by. How can I, Yin, really get excited?"

Having said that, Gintoki couldn't help but raise his hand and scratch his natural silver curly hair.

"Besides, Gin, I drank a little too much at the old woman's yesterday, and I still have a headache now... Ah, no, no, my head is about to split. Gin, I'm going to go back and take a nap for a while... Oh, right, Shinpachi, remember when people pay you the commission, Shinpachi, you have to count a little bit of the money, right? Okay, I'll leave the rest to you, come on..."

As he spoke, Gintoki turned and staggered towards the other side of the road, heading up the stairs next to the Tavern.

However, before Gintoki could take a step, his shoulders were held down by Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura, who both had a big cross on their foreheads.

"Ayin, you just want to avoid work, right?"

Shinpachi, with a crossroads on his forehead, complained with an unpleasant expression.

"They just want to exploit the two of us, right?"

PS1: Understand it as "孤②①衤々三儛". ⑺:9溜删`鸸独美食家, Uncle Song's grocery store will be fine. Also, Uncle Song and Midnight Diner will also appear in the modern Japan chapter of this book.

PS2: I really like the detective Natsuki Izumi from Midnight Diner, so I will add more scenes for the detective team in the modern Japan chapter. These two are so loving.

Volume 4 Edo Chronicles: Chapter 177 Princess Kaguya Wants to Go to Akihabara

"Shinpachi is right, Gin is really cunning!"

Hearing Shinpachi's words, Kagura also complained indignantly.

"You don't want to work but want to get paid. If that's the case, then all the compensation given by Shang Yangjun and Xiao Shana will belong to me!"

"Besides, Xiaoyin, cheer up, this job is actually very simple."

After a slight pause, Kagura counseled Gintoki optimistically.

"Just follow my method and you'll be able to distribute the flyers quickly and get paid."

After making this statement, Kagura grabbed the shoulder of a passerby, her face gloomy, and threatened in a sinister tone.

"Sir, please accept this flyer. If you don't, you will be cursed with a terrible curse..."

"Hey!!! Kagura, you're the one causing trouble for Mr. Shang Yang and Ms. Shana! Look, that guy just now was pale and trembling as he took the flyer from your hand, then ran away! It would be strange if he dared to go to Mr. Shang Yang's store like that!"