"Damn Settsu, what are they trying to do? Or Heiankyo, are they all crazy? How can the twelve prohibitions of these two hundred years be abolished at will! Muto said with itchy teeth.

You know, on weekdays, these so-called merchant ships are all food in his mouth, but now they are going to Settsu, how can the benefits lost in this be counted?

"My lord! I think there is a traitor in the court, and this traitor is not by the side of Lord Regent, but by His Majesty's side, otherwise how could these resolutions be passed! A widow dressed as an aristocrat said.

"That's right, I think we must take action, otherwise we will be misled by these traitors, and I am afraid that the fate of the country will be worried." Another widow said.

"What do you say to do? Is it on the book or how? Muto asked, looking at the crowd.

Everyone looked at an old man, or should I say an old monk, don't underestimate the monk, in the Wa country, the monk is an important political force.

This monk is the presiding officer of Guanyin Temple, and the Dharma name is Garden.

Just like most of the onmyoji are also strategists, monks often make guest appearances as strategists to give advice to the powerful people in various places.

"According to the old man, it will not be useful to write a book, after all, once this resolution is implemented, it will be the court that will benefit." A bright light flashed in the garden's eyes, and he said, "With the book... As.... Break it with force! “

Everyone looked at each other and nodded their heads.

Sometimes, people have inertia when they think about problems, and when some people are used to using force to solve problems, they will feel that force can solve all problems, and never think about whether there is a gap between the two sides.

- Settsu

"This is Settsu, it's so big, much bigger than our Shimono country." A woman from the Japanese country said in surprise as she looked at the prosperous streets of Settsu.

"This is still in the city, I heard the sergeant at the city gate say that the most prosperous place now is in the concession, I don't know how many merchants are rushing to buy the houses in the concession, you see, it's the front." One of the warriors lifted the things on his back with both hands, this time there were four people in the group, but he took the most things, and the other onmyoji had some books in the basket on his back, which didn't weigh much at all.

"Look, there's a concession ahead." A young girl wearing a hat said, her voice was very cheerful, pointing forward, everyone looked, only to see a gate erected in the middle of the street, on this side of the gate stood a sergeant of the Wa Kingdom, and on that side stood a sergeant wearing a strange military uniform, but as long as you look at it, you know that these people are not Wa people, if nothing else, just that head, it is definitely not a Wa sergeant can have.

As a professional consciousness, the samurai carefully observed these foreign sergeants, and found that these foreign sergeants stood straight, and although they did nothing, they also had an aura of slaughter, and they didn't have to fight, and the samurai also knew that these sergeants were elite.

This trip is from Shimono Province is a group of people from Sakabe and Takenaka.

The gate is not so much a gate as a torii, and the road is full of eight carriages, divided into two parts, left and right, but in an orderly manner.

"Do you have any credentials?" Sakabe came to the door, and the guard guarding the door asked.

"Credentials? No, we are from Shimono Province and have just arrived. Sakabe shook his head and said.

"New here? Go over there and register, next. The guard waved his hand, and Sakabe looked to the side, where several tables were set up, and several people dressed as scribes were constantly asking and writing.

Sakabe, who had just arrived, did not dare to be presumptuous, and came to a table with everyone, and the scribe looked up and asked, "How many people?" What do you do in the concession? ”

Sakabe said, "Four people, I heard that the Marquis of Pingyin is seeking talent, and I came to answer the call. ”

"Oh? You, too, are here to answer the call? The scribe looked at Sakabe and the others and said with a smile, "Drag the family with the mouth, it seems to be very sincere, wait a moment." ”

As he spoke, the scribe wrote on a strange blue board and asked, "Tell me your name." ”

"Heita Sakabe! These two are my wife and daughter, Yasuko Sakabe and Tamamo Sakabe. ”

"Takenaka door!"

"Oh? All have names? It seems that you are not simple, look over there, there are two flags hanging high, it is the Zhaoxian Pavilion, you are also lucky, this pavilion has just been built today, this is built day and night. After the scribe finished speaking, he pointed to Tamamo and said, "This one has taken off the hat, and I will write about your appearance." ”

"It's... Isn't it a little inconvenient? Sakabe said with some hesitation.

"What's inconvenient about this, hurry up, the people behind are still waiting."

"Well... Tamamo, you pick it. ”

"Yes, Father." Sakabe Tamamo slowly took off the hat, and the scribe gave him a casual glance at first, but then his eyes straightened, and his mouth grew bigger and bigger.

Tamamo glanced around, then asked, "My lord, is this okay?" ”

The scribe swallowed his saliva, only then did he realize that he was Meng Lang, he hurriedly lowered his head, and then said, "It's okay, you have these good brands, and then go in." ”

Tamamo puts her hat back on, and she knows that her beauty can sometimes be a sin.

Sakabe Heita took the sign, handed it to the three of them, and looked at it himself, and found that some of his own characteristics were written on it, and the relationship between the four people was also written, and there was a number, and the most peculiar thing was that this brand was not wood or iron, and I didn't know what it was made of.

Anyway, Jiang De used later generations of plastics as brand anti-counterfeiting, and it should be possible to manage it for at least a hundred years, and there will be no danger.

Entering the concession, Sakabe Heita and others found that the concession was full of construction sites, which gave people a sense of prosperity.

"Let's go, let's go to the Qiuxian Building first." Takenaka came to the door and said.

The four of them came to the Qiuxian Building, which was not so much a building as a building complex, which consisted of three two-story attics and a three-story attic, and it was also possible to see that there was a large courtyard at the back, because it was surrounded by a wall, and it was not known what was inside.

The four of them walked in, only to see that there were a few counters inside, and a Japanese man wearing Song people's clothes saw the four of them, walked over and looked at them first, and then said, "Are you here to apply or?" ”

Takenaka said, "We're here to apply, but I don't know? ”

The man smiled and said, "If you apply for the job, go to the counter over there to register first, you see the type is written on it, you can apply according to the field you are good at." ”

Only then did Sakabe and the others notice that there were words written on these counters, which were eight types: martial arts, literature, strategy, generals, industry, agriculture, medicine, and miscellaneous.

Sakabe said strangely, "Isn't this martial arts soldier the same thing?" Isn't this Mou and Wen a family? ”

It was probably not the first time that the Japanese had answered such a question, and said with a smile, "Some people may be good at fighting alone, but they can't command troops, and some people may be powerless, but they have the ability of Han Xin, do you know who Han Xin is?" ”

Takenaka replied, "Han Xin is a master of the Central Plains Art of War, known as a soldier immortal. ”

The Japanese people nodded and said, "The same is true for other texts and schemes, some people are good at writing articles, and some people are good at giving advice, these are all different, what are you good at, you can go to register first, and then go to the specified place, when the time comes, someone will naturally assess you, and only those who pass the assessment can be stayed."

You can rest assured, as long as you are stayed, there will be a position given by the Hou Ye, look at me, I passed the military examination two days ago, and now I am the squad leader, responsible for the escort work here, two stones per month, and three hundred copper coins, by the way, our ordnance is issued, and there is no need to prepare it yourself, which can save a lot of expenses. ”

As he spoke, the Japanese sergeant puffed up his chest proudly.

Yasuko Sakabe couldn't help but nod and said, "This is really good." ”

It's really good, you know, the Wa Kingdom is different from the Central Plains, it is a real feudal system, that is, the big feudal lord divides the land to the small feudal lord, layer by layer, and the lowest level is the samurai.

And how much did these samurai earn? As far as that Sakabe Heita is concerned, although he is not an old man in Shimono Country, he is also a flag and has a fief of nearly 100 stones.

But it doesn't mean that he can get 100 stone of grain, but according to the annual payment rate of Gong 4 Min 6, he can only get 40 stone of grain.

Looks pretty good, right? But he also has to be responsible for the military service of this hundred stones, according to the different daimyo in different places, there are more than a dozen to twenty people, and I am afraid that the only one who can really get it in his hands is more than twenty stones. This has to be a good year, and the other family can't live only on agricultural products, whether it's the armament or clothes that the samurai must have, they have to exchange these rice, so the Sakabe family is obviously a samurai family but still suffers.

Of course, although this is hard, after all, the family can still eat and drink without worrying, and it is much better than the farmer.

And now, this Japanese squad leader can get more than 20 stone a year, and there are also three or four pieces of money, and he doesn't need to prepare his own ordnance, which is already higher than Sakabe's original income in Shimono Country.

Sakabe took a closer look at the hand of the Japanese squad leader and saw that it was not a pair of samurai hands, so he asked, "You shouldn't be a samurai, right?" ”

The Japanese squad leader nodded and said, "I wasn't a samurai, just a fisherman, just because I knew some Chinese, I wanted to try it, but I didn't expect the adults to see that I had some strength and was obedient, so they let me be the squad leader, and said that I would have a chance to be promoted in the future." ”

Sakabe clenched his fists when he heard this, and he believed that with his strength, he would definitely get a better position.

Sakabe came to the counter, looked at several counters and thought about it, and finally came to the counter of the general, and the Japanese who was sitting there looked up and said, "Fill out this form and go to the building on the left to get tested." ”

Sakabe looked at the table, picked up the brush, only felt like a daughter, as a low-level samurai, he didn't have much culture, and the words he knew were very limited, he looked at the Japanese people in the counter, and the Japanese people smiled and said, "If you want to go the way, you can't write." ”

Sakabe was a little unconvinced and said, "I turned out to be a samurai!" ”

"Oh? Is it a samurai? When the Japanese man heard that it was a samurai, he couldn't help but nod and said, "Then you must be able to read and write, otherwise there will be a written order in the future, and you can't understand it, isn't it a mistake?" That's it, I'll write it for you. ”

"Father, let me write it for you." At this time, Tamamo came out and said, Sakabe heard it, and said with a smile, "I forgot that Tamamo and Takenaka-kun learned a good hand, come, you can help me write." ”

Tamamo nodded, filled out the form, and then Sakabe said hello to Takenaka and walked to the attic on the side.

After a while, Takenaka also left, and the mother and daughter of Tamamo waited in the hall, but fortunately, there were still a lot of seats in the hall to sit and rest.

At this time, a group of people came outside, Yuzao looked, only to see a group of people in Song clothes walking in, a few people dressed as widows were crowded outside, Yuzao thought about it and understood that these people must be officials under the command of the Marquis of Pingyin who occupied this land.

"Yes, how many are there now? But what's the big deal? A young man in the middle asked.

"Most of them are some key personnel, and they haven't found out what can be used." A widow bowed his head and said.

"Hideyoshi, most of the people who come here are from the same poor family as you, you have to take care of me, and you can't let the talent go." The young man said.

No need to ask, this young man is Jiang De, this is the first time Jiang De has come to this Zhaoxian Building to see, Huang Da's fleet has arrived, and he has been busy sorting out new trade methods with the Japanese State in the past few days.

"Let's go, go to the place where we are assessed." Jiang De waved his hand and said, a group of people walked to the assessment place, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was walking behind, suddenly felt something, looked back, Tamamo and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had just opened the curtain on the hat, looked at each other, Toyotomi Hideyoshi looked at it, and was stunned there, Tamamo hurriedly put the hat on, lowered his head, and did not dare to look at it again.

"Monkey, still not keeping up?"

"It's coming!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi screamed and hurriedly followed.

After a long while, Tamamo watched the group leave, and then, Sakabe and Takenaka walked out.

"Husband... How is it? Yasuko Sakabe asked a little apprehensively.

Sakabe looked at Takenaka with a smile and asked, "How is Takenaka-kun?" ”

Takenaka said with a smile, "I just happened to meet the cronies of the Marquis of Pingyin, answered a few questions, and gave me the position of staff officer of the Concession Guard Regiment on the spot, with the deputy battalion commander, five stones of rice per month, two copper coins, and another reward for the New Year's holidays." ”

Sakabe also said, "It seems that we have all met, I fought with a Song warrior, although I lost, but I was also given a position as the commander of the guard battalion, six stones of rice per month, and two and a half copper coins." ”

Takenaka shook his head and said, "In this way, I am still your subordinate." ”

Sakabe laughed and said, "Don't say that, I just asked clearly, this guard army has only one regiment for the time being, and you, the staff officer, are at the regiment headquarters, and you are the superior." ”

While the two were talking, Yasuko Sakabe said happily, "This is really blessed by the Buddha, then let's find a place to settle down first." ”

Sakabe said, "Those of us who are chosen will have a place to live, let's go, take you there!" We're going to report tomorrow. We're all going to rest early tonight. ”