I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

There are only about a hundred villagers in Qina Village who are still alive.

Therefore, the team formed by the villagers of Qina Village was not long.

Soon, the figures of Ogata and Atachi, the head of the team, completely disappeared from the sight of Scruucci and others.

"Ha..." Skulucci yawned big, then waved his hands to Vahili and the others behind him, "Guys, go back. It's about time we got ready to leave."

"Skulucci, when do you plan to leave?" Aiyaka asked Skulucci at the side.

Skulucci intends to meet up with his boss for a period of time - Aiyaka, who has a fairly good personal relationship with Skulucci, knows about this kind of thing.

"Not sure yet." Skulucci scratched his red hair, "I will leave in a few days. How about you? When do you plan to return to Kuma Village?"

"When can I go back to Kuma Village." Aiyaka smiled wryly, "Qina Village has now become an empty village."

Aiyaka Niutou looked at China Village, where there were only empty houses left.

"What am I doing in this village where there are not even a single person?"

"I'm leaving for Cooma Village today."

"Let's go now, and we'll probably be back in the village by the evening."

"Is that so..." Scruucci grinned, "Say hello to the villagers of Kuma Village for me later."

After all, Skulucci led Vahili and the others behind them towards their camp.

When walking towards his camp with his back turned to Aiyaka, Skulucci didn't forget to wave his hand to Aiyaka behind him.

"Aiyaka, see you later if you are destined."

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...

As soon as Skulucci threw Aiyaka behind him, Vahili, who was walking behind him, let out a long sigh:

"Alas...Mashima Goro left so soon...I wish he could stay with us for a while..."

"Why?" asked Scruucci,

"Is your relationship with Mashima Goro so good?"

"It's not really a close relationship, I just hope that Mashima Goro can stay with us for a while because of...some reasons..."

If this topic continues to be discussed in depth, Skulucci and the others may learn that Vasili has been hiding a habit that he does not want people around him to know, so he took the initiative to change the topic:

"That's right, boss."

"Since we are going to join Boss Alexander later, then... Boss, have you prepared a gift for Boss Alexander?"

"Of course!" Scruucci said loudly, "I've already prepared a gift for Boss Alexander."

After finishing speaking, Scruucci put his hand into his bosom, and took out something from his bosom.

"Is this... a knife?" Vasili asked.

"Well. In the language of the Ainu people, this thing is called 'Tashiro', which can be understood as the machete of the Ainu people."

Skulucci drew his sword out of its sheath, revealing the sharp and cold blade under the sunlight.

"I bought it in exchange for good wine from a certain village we passed by."

"Boss Alexander should like it."

"Can I have a look?" Vasily asked.

"take it."

After all, Skulucci put the machete back into its sheath, and then threw it to Vasily behind him.

Vasily looked at the machete carefully.

Although the production level of the blade is far inferior to their Cossack Chashik saber, its handle and scabbard are very beautifully carved with patterns of flowers and birds.

"It's a very beautiful knife...it's something that Alexander Boss would really like." Vasili returned the machete to Skulucci.

"Boss Alexander's hobby of collecting weapons is really fucking troublesome." Scruucci put on a tired expression, "What's even more fucking troublesome is that if you don't give him gifts frequently, he will Who will wear small shoes."

Skulucci is a person who can "flexibly switch appearances".

Only in front of his subordinates will he show his "rude speech" side.

In front of other people, he will behave extraordinarily gentlemanly.

Scrooge's eldest, Alexander, had no other hobbies.

The only hobby is collecting weapons.

That kind of exotic weapon is Alexander's favorite.

It's fine if he likes to collect weapons. The difficult thing is that Alexander is a person who likes to use power for personal gain.

He likes to let the people below help him collect weapons for him.

He once told Skulucci and others under his command in a disguised form——remember to "confess" a lot in the future.

Any subordinate who "offers" weapons of sufficient quantity and quality will be particularly favored by Alexander.

As for those subordinates who did not "repent", they would be left out by Alexander.

Skulucci, who didn't want to be put on little shoes, could only "offer" some weapons to Alexander from time to time.

Skulucci has not been working under Alexander for a long time, and he has only worked under Alexander for more than a year.

Because he was extremely dissatisfied and bored with Alexander's behavior of using power for personal gain, Skulucci has recently begun to think about how to leave Alexander's command.

"Speaking of..." Vasili said, "I heard that Boss Alexander spent a lot of money to acquire a set of Japanese armor recently. Is this true?"

"Yeah. It's true." Skulucci raised his right tail finger and picked his ear, "Alexander bought a set of 10 horses from a merchant who has been secretly doing business with us Cossacks. Japanese armor."

"10 horses for one set of armor." Vasily twitched the corner of his mouth.

Although their Europa continent has now completely entered the "Age of Firearms", at present, cavalry still play a great role on the battlefield.

The status of the cavalry did not decrease, but increased.

The high status of cavalry in the army has also made horse resources a very important strategic resource.

10 horses—and 10 Don horses at that, was no small number.

"Could it be that this armor is made of gold..." Vasily muttered.

"I heard that it is a set of Nanban carcass with a very fine texture."

"Southern man?" Vasily asked back.

"It is a special kind of armor from Japan. Its characteristic is that it has absorbed our Europa's plate armor manufacturing technology. It is a special armor that has absorbed the characteristics of both plate armor and Japanese native armor."

"It is said that the protection is amazing."

"Boss Alexander exchanged 10 horses for this Southern barbarian carcass. I haven't seen it yet."

"Boss Alexander showed off his armor at a certain party before, but unfortunately I was not present at that party."

"I heard afterwards from people who were at the party that the armor was blue and gold."

"Heshang, who sold this set of armor to Alexander's boss, specially provided a Jinhaori that is also blue and gold."

"From the appearance, it is indeed a set of armor with both performance and beauty."

"It's a pity that Boss Alexander can't wear such armor at all."

Scruucci compared his stomach with exaggerated movements.

"With Alexander's big belly, there is no way to put his body into that suit of armor."

"Only a well-proportioned person like me can wear that suit of armor."

"Really, I really don't know why Boss Alexander is buying this kind of armor that he can't wear himself..."

Skulucci, whose values ​​are completely different from Alexander's, completely doesn't understand Alexander's behavior of spending a lot of money to buy a set of armor that he can't even wear.

Skulucci and the others were chatting all the way, and they had returned to their camp before they knew it.

"Okay, let's all disperse." Scruzzi waved his hands at the people behind him, "Let's all do our own things first."

"I'll go back to sleep in the tent first."

After all, Scruucci yawned big.

"It's a little too early today."

"After I wake up, I will slowly prepare for the demolition and movement of the camp."

Skulucci's order was issued, and the subordinates who followed Skulucci immediately dispersed.

But only Vasili stayed where he was and did not leave immediately.

Vasili looked around, then lowered the volume, and whispered to Skulucci:

"Boss Skulucci, after reuniting with Boss Alexander this time, don't let him know that you attacked Vladimir and Alexei."

After Vasili led a large army to join Skulucci, as the second in command of the army, he immediately knew from Skulucci what happened to Skulucci when he was not acting with Skulucci Do all kinds of things.

Including taking a shot to help the village of China that was attacked by Vladimir and Alexei.

The culture of the Cossacks has a strong nomadic color, so it has always had a "barbaric" and "brutal" cultural atmosphere.

This kind of "black eating black" is actually nothing new.

Just don't get caught by others.

Although Vladimir and Alexei were not under Alexander's command, they were both Cossacks and compatriots.

If Alexander had the evidence that Skulucci attacked his compatriots, then Skulucci would definitely be overwhelmed.

Hearing Vasily's reminder, Skulucci only smiled.

"Do not worry."

Scruucci, he said.

"I know it well."

Scruucci waved his hand.

"The situation in Europa is unstable now."

"The country of England, which is like a 'shit-stirring stick', has been fanning the flames in the Europa continent."

"France is now having a revolution too."

"His Majesty the Tsar has clearly focused his energy on dealing with the rapidly changing situation in the Europa continent. He doesn't pay much attention to matters in the Far East."

"It's been quite a long time since we have sent outstanding talents to the Far East."

"I am now the most capable subordinate under Boss Alexander's command."

"He won't be willing to give up on me."

"Even if Boss Alexander finds out what I've done, he'll probably just make big things into small things."

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...

Somewhere in Ezo-

"Grandfather Jiang! Tell us the story of when you were a bounty hunter."

Hearing these words, Grandfather Jiang smiled wryly:

"I don't have any stories left to tell..."

Grandfather Jiang - the "former bounty hunter" who used to make a living on bounties, but now came to Ezo to pursue his "gold rush dream" in order to make a fortune.

I met Ogata Ichi in the castle tower of Nijo Castle last summer.

Some time ago, after confessing to his companions that he had met the famous Ogata Itsue in Kyoto, his companions always asked him to tell more stories about his "encounter with Ogata Itsue" at that time.

He also only met Ogata Yishi, so he didn't have many stories about Ogata Yishi to tell.

After two days of talking about "Ogata Yishi", his companions finally got tired of listening to it, and asked him to tell other stories about him when he was a "bounty hunter".

Stories are limited. After telling stories for so many days, grandfather Jiang has finally told all the stories stored in his stomach.

Seeing Grandpa Jiang repeatedly stressing that he had no story to tell, the few people who had just asked Grandfather Jiang to tell the story saw that Grandfather Jiang really seemed to have no story to tell, so they curled their lips and stopped talking to Grandfather Jiang.

Grandfather Jiang and his companions who also hold the "gold rush dream" are now in a lush forest.

They are now following their leader to the next river that may hold gold.

At this moment, after trekking for more than an hour, they are taking a rest in this forest.

Grandfather Jiang leaned against a big tree behind him, relaxing his numb legs.

When he closed his eyes tightly and rested his mind, Grandfather Jiang patted a cloth bag placed in his arms.

This cloth bag contained all the gold dust he had panned since joining the team.

Although the number is not large, it is enough for him to not have to worry about food and drink for the next year—of course, the premise is that there is no natural or man-made disaster that would have a huge impact on the entire society such as "Famine at dawn".

Just as grandfather Jiang Zheng was resting silently, a thick male voice sounded from beside him:

"Grandfather Jiang, what's the matter? Why does he look very uncomfortable."

Hearing this voice, Grandfather Jiang suddenly opened his eyes.

"Ah, chief."

The owner of this thick male voice is none other than the leader of their gold panning team - Undead River.

Immortal River is not a nickname, but a serious surname.

It is a very rare and weird surname like "Grandfather Jiang".

"It's not uncomfortable." Grandfather Jiang said immediately, "I just feel a little tired, so I closed my eyes and took a rest."

"That's right...that's good." After finishing speaking, Undead Chuan sat cross-legged beside his grandfather Jiang.

"If you feel unwell, remember to tell me in time."

"Yes!" Grandfather Jiang nodded vigorously.

Grandfather Jiang respected their leader very much.

Whether it is ability or character, grandfather Jiang respects him very much.

As a leader, he has a gentle personality. All players in the team are treated equally and never discriminate.

His outstanding charisma made everyone in the team, including his grandfather Jiang, willingly follow him.

And his ability as the "leader of the gold digging team" is also very outstanding.

As a "gold digging veteran", he has led everyone in the team to a lot of gold so far.

It is difficult for everyone not to respect this kind of leader who is full of charisma and has the ability to lead everyone to make a fortune.

"We are quite close to the 'Red Moon Fortress' now." Sitting cross-legged next to Grandfather Jiang, Undead River, who was leaning against the same big tree as Grandfather Jiang, said slowly, "So remember not to be too careless. You were a little too careless just now. You just closed your eyes and recuperated in such a careless way."

"I'm very sorry!" After apologizing, grandfather Jiang asked cautiously, "That...'Red Moon Fortress' is the Ezo settlement with iron cannons, right?"

Grandfather Jiang Zeng heard the name "Red Moon Fortress" by chance when he first landed in Ezo.

"Well, that's right. It's the 'Red Moon Fortress'." Undead Chuan nodded, "It is said that many Ezo living in the 'Red Moon Fortress' are very repulsive and friendly."

"And pretty much hate gold diggers."

"Whenever they meet a gold digger, they all—"

Undead Chuan raised his hand and wiped it on his neck.

"The ezos of the 'Red Moon Fortress' like to wear bright red clothes very much."

"So once you meet Ezo wearing bright red clothes, be extra careful."

Undead Chuan's words made grandfather Jiang swallow heavily, with a look of fear on his face.

"Ezo in the 'Red Moon Fortress'...is it so scary...Kill people who are looking for gold..."

Seeing his grandfather Jiang's reaction, Undead Chuan laughed a few times.

"Hahahahahaha."

After laughing, Undead Chuan patted his grandfather Jiang on the shoulder.

"Don't worry. The Ezo in the 'Red Moon Fortress' are scary, but it's not that easy to meet them."

"I was just trying to scare you just now."

"I have been panning for gold for 6 years. During these 6 years, I have never encountered a single Ezo from the 'Red Moon Fortress' in the wild."

"Although there should be some vigilance, there is no need to be too scared."

"Boss, you've been panning for gold for so many years." Grandfather Jiang couldn't help but look at the boss's face that wasn't too vicissitudes.

"Yeah. I started panning for gold when I was 20 years old." Unshii Chuan's eyes showed nostalgia, "My hometown is Deba, and when I was 20 years old, it happened to be the time when the 'Tianming Famine' was still raging."

"At that time, I was so poor that I was starving to death."

"In order to have a good meal, I decided to take a smuggling boat and smuggle to Ezo to seek gold."

"Although I have been scouring for many years, I have not found any big gold mines. In the past six years, I have only found some gold sand. So I haven't made a lot of money."

Speaking of this, a faint soft color began to emerge in the depths of Undead Chuan's pupils.

"Fishing for gold is no easier than farming. And there are very few people in ten thousand who can make a fortune by panning for gold."

"And it's very dangerous. Whether you are caught panning for gold by the shogunate, or caught by the local people, you will die."

"I'm getting older now. For the sake of the future, it's time to find a stable livelihood."

"So after this gold panning is over, I plan to stop panning for gold."

Grandfather Jiang cast a surprised look at Undead Chuan: "Boss, don't you plan to come to pan for gold again?"

"Well. I don't plan to do it anymore." Bushichuan nodded with a smile, "I plan to rely on the money I have saved from gold panning for so many years to open a small shop in my hometown, and make a living by doing small business in the future."

"Boss, don't you plan to pan for gold again..." Grandfather Jiang showed frustration, "I was planning to follow you to pan for gold all the time..."

"Hahahaha." Undead Chuan let out a few more laughs, "Sorry, I disappointed you."

After all, Undead Chuan put his hand into his arms subconsciously, and took out a bong and a bag of tobacco leaves from his arms.

As soon as he put the mouth of the bong into his mouth, Undead Chuan quickly took the bong out of his mouth as if he remembered something.

"Not good, not good. Almost broke the precept."

"Boss, are you quitting smoking now?" Grandpa Jiang asked, "I've seen you do similar actions many times before. Just put the bong into your mouth, and then took it off immediately."

"Yes. That's right. I'm indeed quitting smoking now." Undead Chuan stuffed his bong and the cloth bag containing the tobacco leaves back into his arms, "Because my fiancee hates the smell of cigarettes."

"Fiancee?" Grandfather Jiang exclaimed in a low voice.

"Well. It's my childhood sweetheart who played with me since I was a child. With the help of a matchmaker half a year ago, I successfully got engaged to her."

"She absolutely hates the smell of cigarettes. So I've been trying to quit now."

The tenderness in Undead Chuan's eyes became more intense.

"After this gold panning is over, I will go back to my hometown and marry her."

"So we have to hurry up and quit smoking as soon as possible."

"Then I think you still have a long way to go, leader." Grandfather Jiang smiled helplessly, "I just saw you smoking heavily with a bong a few days ago."

A slight embarrassment appeared on Undead Chuan's face.

"The so-called 'quit smoking' does not necessarily mean 'never smoke again'."

"'Reducing the number of times you smoke' is also a type of 'quit smoking'."

"My current goal is to reduce the number of times I smoke."

"The number of times I smoke now has been reduced a lot compared to before."

"The reason why I smoked heavily with a bong a few days ago was because we successfully panned for some gold dust a few days ago, and I started smoking on a whim."

Undead Chuan patted the cigarette that had just been put back in his arms.

"I only start smoking now when something happy happens to me."

"Let's save this cigarette until some happy event happens later, and then smoke it to your heart's content."

"...Smoke...Speaking of which, I haven't smoked yet." Grandpa Jiang laughed.

"Oh? Then why don't you try smoking to see what it's like?"

"Well... If you are willing to ask me to smoke, leader, I would be more than happy to try the taste of cigarettes."

"Hahahaha! Let's smoke together after I encounter some happy event worthy of smoking!"

"If I let you smoke now, I might not be able to resist relapse if I smell the smoke."

After all, Undead Chuan glanced at the sky, then patted his buttocks and stood up.

"Okay! Have you had enough rest?"

Immortal Chuan shouted to the surrounding people.

"Get up! It's time to move on!"

"Let's get out of the woods before this evening."

Immediately after Undead Chuan said those words, there were sparse lamentations all around.

"Hey..." someone said, "Leave this forest before evening? Isn't it too late?"

"It's a bit rushed, but there's no way around it." Undead Chuan said, "The trees in this forest are too dense, and there is no water source, so it's not suitable for camping."

"And this kind of densely wooded forest is also very dangerous. These big trees can hide well. This kind of densely wooded place is the most suitable place to launch a surprise attack on people. So it is better to leave here quickly and go to an open place .”

Undead Chuan has the prestige of being one-sided in the team, and he has spoken in such a serious tone that no one dares to disobey.

"Boss, this is a wilderness with no villages or shops in front of you." A certain guy said in a frivolous tone as he stood up, "Except for animals such as bears and deer, there will be no animals other than us here. The rest."

Crash la la la la la——!

At this time, there was a sudden clattering sound all around.

It's the sound of people's feet stepping on the snow!

As soon as the sound of snow treading sounded, a group of figures appeared from behind the big tree some distance away from Undead River and the others.

After appearing, they quickly rushed towards Undead River and the others, while narrowing the distance between each other, they lifted up the things in their hands.

There are 2 kinds of things in their hands - bows and arrows and... muskets!

With a bow and arrow in hand, aim the arrow at Undead Chuan and others.

Those with muskets pointed their muzzles at Undead Chuan and the others.

bang bang bang bang...

The sound of gunfire and the sound of the bowstring being let go intertwined, breaking the silence of the forest.

These people who suddenly appeared, without exception, were all dressed in bright red Ainu costumes.

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Matsumae Domain, Matsumae Castle——

Matsudaira Sadanobu is now quickly flipping through a file in his hand.

This dossier records all the details of the "Naturalized Ezo Riot" incident the day before yesterday.

From the casualties of the civilians, to the casualties of the generals, to the current investigation results... this file contains everything.

Tachibana, who is almost inseparable from Matsudaira Sadanobu, is now kneeling respectfully not far behind Matsudaira Sadanobu.

After reading the last character on the dossier, Matsudaira Sadanobu closed the dossier, and then heaved a sigh of relief:

"It seems... whether it's Aizu or Sendai, we seem to have underestimated their strength."

"To be able to pay only such a small number of casualties and defeat the rioting thugs."

"Under the current environment where samurai are generally willing to degenerate, it is really rare that Aizu and Sendai can still have such brave generals."

"What's even more rare is that apart from being born with Tianmu, these generals from Aizu Sendai are all young..."

After all, Matsudaira Sadanobu let out a long and heavy sigh as if he had mentioned something sad.

"It's a pity, if such a young talent can be used by our shogunate."

The dossier that Matsudaira Sadanobu had just read had written in detail the performance of the two armies of Aizu and Sendai during the quelling of the riot.

Through the description of the dossier, it is not difficult to see that the reason why the two armies of Aizu and Sendai were able to defeat the thugs with such low casualties in such a short period of time was not only because Matsudaira Sadanobu sent iron gunners from the shogunate army to block the thugs' back route In addition, it also has something to do with the bravery of the generals of the two armies in Sendai and Aizu.

The generals of the two armies took the lead. While boosting the morale of the soldiers, they also tore the formation of the mobs to pieces by virtue of their martial arts skills.

This made Matsudaira Sadanobu feel a little envious.

There are many generals in their shogunate army who know how to arrange troops.

But there are not many fierce generals who are outstanding in martial arts and can take the lead.

In terms of bravery, the only one who can compare with Gamo Xianzhou Seven Guns and the others is Inamori, who is the general of the entire army.

Sadanobu Matsudaira felt the current talent...especially the withering of young talents, and couldn't help expressing a sigh of emotion.

There are too few young talents worth seeing-this is one of Matsudaira's biggest heart problems since he took office as a senior middle school.

"Now our shogunate has fewer and fewer young talents worthy of training."

Matsudaira Sadanobu then added another sentence of emotion.

At this moment, a figure suddenly flashed in Matsudaira Sadanobu's mind.

After this figure flashed through Matsudaira Sadanobu's mind, Matsudaira Sadanobu narrowed his eyes slightly, and slowly clenched his hands behind his back.

The master of this figure is the "talent worth cultivating" that he has been talking about all along.

It's a pity - this guy released his pigeons, and there has been no news so far.

When I think about being put down by this guy, I feel a little... angry.

Not just angry at being duped.

At the same time, he was also angry that a young talent worth cultivating had just disappeared from under his nose.

"My lord?" Tachibana asked cautiously after noticing Matsudaira Sadanobu's strangeness, "What's wrong with you?"

"...It's nothing." Matsudaira Sadanobu shook his head lightly, "It's just that I suddenly remembered someone who gave me bad memories."

"Tachibana, go yourself and call Inamori for me."

"The reason for setting up the army and going to war—these are all ready."

Songping Dingxin said quietly.

"It's time to plant the shamrock flag of our shogunate on the 'Red Moon Fortress'."

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