Dozens of scattered wooden houses are located on the seashore, near the docks, fishing boats come and go, and seabirds hover in the sky, and this is Akita Port Town.

Ichiro Ohno stepped barefoot on the cold wooden planks of the dock, looking at the fish caught by the fishing boats on both sides, and sometimes when he saw that the fish was not to his liking, he would kick the bamboo basket into the sea and curse a few times and the like, and the fishermen dared not speak out.

Next to him was a beautiful young woman in a linen kimono, the style of the cloth skirt was somewhat similar to the twelve orders of the legendary Heiankyo aristocratic women, but both the fabric and the style were extremely simple, and if you were in Daqi, this kind of clothing would look like a peasant woman from a slightly wealthy peasant family. She was also barefoot, stepping on the cold dock planks.

She is the wife of Ichiro Ohno, who originally had no surname as a commoner, but after marrying Icichiro Ohno, she was called "Ohno Sake Department" by fishermen because she ran a brewery in Minato Town.

Although alcohol is now a luxury item for the aristocracy, and people are not allowed to enjoy it except for grand festivals, but in the distant Tohoku region, no one pays attention to it, and the alcohol sold at the izakaya of Ono Sake Lady only has a hint of the taste of wine, which is not much different from drinking water.

Behind Ichiro Ono and his wife, there were four or five rickety ronin, all of whom had short blades stuck in their waists, after all, long knives were not owned by ordinary martial artists, and in Minato Town, Ichiro Ohno had a long knife.

Ichiro Ohno claims to be a descendant of the illegitimate son of the famous general Ono Toto who conquered Mutsu and Dewa Ezo, and the long knife hanging from his waist is also handed down from his ancestors.

Moreover, he was physically strong, and soon established his dominance in the port town by force and coercion, and Akita Josuke of Akita Castle soon granted him the post of port town hunt man.

The pursuit of this position began more than 30 years ago, belonging to the order of foreign officials, that is, not belonging to the original study of the original law of the original set up of the civil and military system, but awarded to the local powerful official position, the pursuit of the envoy was originally set up temporarily for the pursuit of pirates, and now it has gradually become a fixed official position outside the order, many local powerful samurai are responsible for hunting down rebellious and vicious thieves and pirates.

Ichiro Ono Mori thus became the true master of the Minato Town, and the fishermen around the Minato-town, including some familiar Ezo fishermen, were under his control.

The fishermen on both sides, when they saw their group, dodged as if they were avoiding the plague.

Ono Sake Lady's eyes have been staring at a large ship on the other side of the dock, compared to the fishing boat, this sudden merchant ship is really a behemoth.

After whispering a few words, he asked Ichiro Ohno to stop paying attention to those fishermen, and quickened his pace and headed in the direction of the merchant ship.

……

Lu Ning slowly got off the ship from the gangway, and nodded secretly in his heart, this Akita Port is a natural harbor, and it is no problem for the Jinghai-class warship to berth again.

Looking at the several Japanese ronins in front of him, Lu Ning's heart sank, its realization is now the samurai group is forming, according to the conventional definition, there is no ronin class, obviously the first few samurai are the head snakes of this Akita Port Town, and they are supported by the residents of the port town, naturally they are not ronins who have lost their employers and no territory, but in Lu Ning's opinion, these guys who have nothing to do and rely on their courage to fight and scare people are ronins.

Monk Rong Zhen stepped on the wooden plank and stepped off the boat, and was about to go over to talk to those Japanese ronins, Lu Ning smiled and said, "Great monk, if you play tricks, all the people in this port town will be executed." "It's Dongying.

Rong Zhen's body trembled, and he looked at Lu Ning in shock, it turned out that this Qi people could speak their own language?

At this time, Ichiro Ohno and his entourage had already reached more than a dozen steps away, and Ichiro Ohno's bare feet kicked a stone on the board, and he asked with a sigh, naturally asking who are you? What to do in Akita?

Rong Zhen stabilized his mind, walked two steps, performed Zen rituals, and said quietly: "The little monk is from Nara Zhaoti Temple, called Rong Zhen, he went to Middle Earth to study, and now he travels with Qi Shang, and has a lot of experience. ”

Hearing that it was a mage from Zhaoti Temple, Moriichiro Ohno was in awe and bowed slightly, "Moriichiro is polite, I am pursuing Moriichiro in Hong Kong." Looking at Lu Ning behind Rong Zhen, his gaze became extremely eager.

This Akita Port, once the landing point of the envoys of the Bohai Kingdom, and also used to be one of the ports of trade between the two sides, but since the Bohai Kingdom was destroyed, there have been no large caravans for decades, but there will be small merchants in Honshu passing by, going to the northern Ezo to adventure, only in the past few years, there were merchants from the Qi Kingdom, but then there was no trace, I think it is because this Deyu Country is too little oil and water, there is nothing to trade.

"Mage, what goods did the merchants of Qi bring with you?" Ichiro Ohno asked the real monk in anticipation.

Rong Zhen sighed, but he could only turn around and say to Lu Ning: "He is chasing Lang Mori Ichiro in Hong Kong." ”

Lu Ning bowed slightly, "It can be regarded as a small name today, and there is a big name of a village port." ”

Rong Zhen already knew that this Wen Zongyuan liked to call the local heroes of his country a big name, regardless of whether these heroes had a large field or not, but then, pondering, this group of heroes and powers that made foreign officials really lacked a unified title.

Lu Ning took two steps and smiled at Ichiro Ohno: "Let's find a place to talk?" ”

A medium-sized ship came first to investigate the information, and according to the agreement, the fleet temporarily lowered the sails and came slowly, but this evening, it also arrived at the port of Akita.

There was no cargo in the cabin of the ship, but there were thirty heavily armored foot soldiers hidden.

Listening to Rong Zhen's translation, Ichiro Ohno agreed with a smile on his face, and when he led Lu Ning towards the port town, he couldn't help but look back greedily at the "merchant ship" moored.

……

Izakaya, a few and tasteless drinks, Lu Ning took a shallow sip and put down the glass.

Ichiro Ohno was a little impatient, and asked with a smile: "Wenjun, what kind of goods are loaded on the ship, and where are you going to trade?" This Akita Port, if there is silk porcelain, Wenjun can unload some, Moriichiro will help you sell it all, the road from Akita to Taga has been repaired, along the way, we can sell it to private Tianzha, Numayama, Xiongkatsu Castle, Kanazawa Gate, Shiratori Gate, Bird Sea Gate and other places, Moriichiro promises, all of Wenjun's goods will be sold! As he spoke, he patted his chest vigorously.

Ono Moriichiro felt like a cat scratching in his heart, Qi Shang's goods, unloading it would be up to him, but this guy seems to be a little shrewd, if he doesn't agree, don't blame Lao Tzu for being strong.

Thinking about it, I gritted my teeth as if I was ruthless.

Ono Wine Lady who was pouring wine next to her, breathing was a little short, as if, seeing Huang Chengcheng's gold floating towards her again, and there was a rumored Middle-earth silk that was smoother than the skin of the most beautiful beauty, Ohno Wine Lady, I really want to be able to wear it now

Listening to Monk Rong Zhen's translation, Lu Ning smiled, but he knew that the "gate" mentioned by Ichiro Ohno was actually a wooden village, that is, the settlements where the He people migrated to Dewa today.

Akita Castle is also from the fence, originally called out of the feather fence, and later built bigger and bigger, built a three-layer fence inside and outside the big village, this is considered to be upgraded to a city.

"Akita Castle, how many people are there, and how much porcelain can be sold?" Lu Ning asked with a smile, just to find out the information.

After listening to Monk Rongzhen's translation, Moriichiro Ohno, who had been looking forward to it, was overjoyed, and immediately saw hope, and said it with a grunt.

Lu Ning asked quietly, he would answer all questions, and Lu Ning gradually had a clearer understanding of this Akita City.

Since the Wazu clan built a hazard here more than 200 years ago, they have migrated from the southern region to produce feathers, and there have been several large-scale migrations, and now, the population of Akita Castle and its surrounding areas is about 30,000 or 40,000.

Qi Shang also inquired about the overall situation of Toei when they were trading in Kyushu and the eastern ports of Honshu, but the two most remote countries in the northeast, Dewa and Mutsu, the people in the south, did not know it themselves, but they knew that although there were still many barren Ezo in the north, the grain production of these two countries was getting higher and higher.

After all, the regions of Dewa and Mutsu are so large that the two countries together are almost one-fifth the area of the entire Toei.

If it comes to the Warring States period, the stone of Mutsu Province is the first, and the stone of Dewa Province is the second, and the so-called stone height is the grain production.

In some countries, the stone height is not even as good as a fraction of the Izuwa country, and it is not as good as a fraction of the size of the Michinoku country, because the stone height of the Mutsu country is a three-digit number in 10,000 stones, and in many countries, the stone height is only a single digit.

Even now, the potential of Dewa and Mutsu has gradually emerged, but for the nobles who have been drunk and dreamed of death in recent years, the Northeast Ezo is too remote and cold, and sending them here as officials is like a distribution.

If the country of Dewa is like the Haruka of the Central Plains, the nobles of Heiankyo are named, but no one comes at all, and Dewa is in charge of state affairs.

As for the population of Dewa and Mutsu, the population of both countries should be more than 100,000, not counting the untrained Arase, but only counting the Japanese clan and the trained cooked Ezo.

What Ichiro Ohno said proves from the side that the intelligence of Qi Shang's investigation is generally reliable.

Lu Ning nodded secretly in his heart, it seems that he didn't have a bad start when he attacked Deyu and Mutsu first.

With a population of more than 200,000 and a famine of Ezo, at the very least, it is enough to maintain military supplies for a short time.

Speaking of which, if these 200,000 people are grassland tribes or Jurchen tribes, their combat effectiveness is naturally high, and if they are tribes, they are about the same as those in the Central Plains.

Thinking about it, Lu Ning sighed lightly in his heart, all the way east, he didn't encounter big storms, and the situation of Dewa and Mutsu was similar to what he expected, and it was very smooth.

I must personally come to find out the information, because I am worried that if the basic information on the strategy of the Eastern Crusade is seriously inaccurate, the withdrawal of troops now is only a matter of face, and it is much better than the army being trapped in a barren land and running out of military food and defeating miserably.

"Wenjun, unload the goods, right? Ichiro Mori helps you hire people, and you don't have to spend a penny on Wenjun. Ichiro Ohno said with a dry mouth, and he couldn't help but persuade.

Monk Rong Zhen was on the side to translate.

Lu Ning smiled: "No hurry. It was delayed until the evening, and Ichiro Ohno Mori was ordered to take the Minato townsman to "unload", and then the armor hidden in the ship came out and controlled the Minato Town, so as to avoid leaking the news; Second, these men on the shore help the warships to pull and fix the fiber, carry ordnance, etc., which can be more efficient.

Ichiro Ohno's gaze gradually cooled.

Seeing this, Ono Liquor Lady poured a full bottle of wine for Ono Moriichiro and whispered: "Don't be rough now, the sailors on the merchant ship have not disembarked, and it will scare them away." ”

Nowadays, when encountering danger, it is common for sailors to abandon their owners and owners to flee for their lives.

Monk Rong Zhen faintly heard it, and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Lu Ning looked at the couple and suddenly smiled: "Mori Ichiro, from now on, how about you be my retainer?" "It's in Dongying's language.

Lu Ning continued: "Count yourself lucky, you are the first Dongying warrior I have seen, so even if you are a little worse, I will reluctantly accept you." ”

However, speaking of which, this Ono Moriichiro, who was not born in a family at all, relied on his tall stature and strength, claiming to be a descendant of a famous family, but occupied this Akita Port Town, and it cannot be said that he has some brains.

And when he came to Dongying, Lu Ning was not ready to design a system for the long-term stability and prosperity of Dongying, and the lord sub-feudal system was good, this Ono Moriichiro, as the first Japanese samurai to appear in front of him, was fated to himself, and he was probably a more famous Japanese traitor in Japanese history in the future.

On the other side, I heard Lu Ning suddenly speak fluent Dongying, although the tone was a little weird, I don't know where the accent is, and the current customs of words and sentences are also very different, such as retainers, I can probably understand what it means, but now I don't have this phrase.

Ichiro Ohno was shocked for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and suddenly got up to get the long knife next to the curtain of the sake house, but his throat suddenly hurt, and there was already a bright sword in front of him.

I saw this Qi man carrying a sword, but I had heard that the Central Plains people liked the long sword on the waist and crotch as an ornament, but they didn't want to, and they didn't see how he drew the sword at all, and the throat was already held against the sharp blade of Han Sensen.

Dayo's wine lady lost her face and staggered up, Lu Ning frowned and said, "Don't move." He nodded to Rong Zhen, "Tell them who I am." ”