"Mine can be taken!" I put down the dishes and chopsticks in my hand, wiped my mouth, and then said to the maid standing in front of me.

"Yes!" After a delicate response, she began to clean up with her hands and feet, and the dishes did not make a sound of collision from beginning to end. In the end, it is the "high-end" service staff of a first-class hotel, although it is in the remote northeast, but the professional quality is still reasonable.

"Big brother, are you going to eat so little?" Shinhachiro asked as he looked at me with some surprise as he held a black bowl of the largest porcelain bowl.

"That's enough......" I folded the towel to wipe my mouth and put it back on the table, and the maid immediately replaced it with a new one. I really didn't eat much at this meal, a small bowl of rice and half a grilled sea bream, which was a lot smaller than my usual meal. "How can you have such a good appetite if you stay here all the time and don't have any activities!"

"Although I have traveled many places in the world, it is really rare to find a person as squeamish as you!" He pouted disapprovingly, and then handed the bowl to the maid again. "Serve me another bowl of ramen noodles with more shrimp and chicken!"

"You've been sleeping and eating so much, aren't you afraid of accumulating food?" I couldn't help but laugh and scold when I saw him gobbling up so energetically, but all I answered was a more violent "snoring, purring" sound. Turning her head to look at Ah Xue on the side, she has always eaten quickly, and at the moment she is roasting my snow-soaked clothes on the charcoal brazier.

On the third day after that "pleasant" meeting with Yoshishige Satake, we set off on the way north, not because I was anxious, but because the weather was getting colder. My plan was to get to Hirosaki, the northernmost town on the island of Honshu, before the snow fell, or I could get stuck on the road at any time. But after all, people are not as good as the sky, and when they enter the territory of Mutsu, the sky will change! Goose-feathered snowflakes fluttered down from the cloudy clouds of the sky, and the snow didn't reach the surface of the feet in half the day. I hurried a few steps but couldn't dodge, and I had to stop at Shirakawa Town to see the sky.

According to the locals, such early snowfall is not common, and there have been at most two or three times in a dozen years! In this case, the first snow usually does not fall for a long time, followed by more than ten days of sunny days. In this unfamiliar environment, I had to hope for the "convention" in the mouths of the locals, and sat in front of the hotel window for several days and watched the snow!

There is also a branch of Mitsugatakeya in Shirakawa Town, but because it is not prosperous, it seems a little simple, and although the goods brought in are all tightly transported, it is just that if so many of us "load" them, it will not be comfortable! Because we didn't know that there would be a delay of a few days, our group stayed in the most luxurious hotel in Shirakawa Town, "Nanping House".

We spent three long days in boredom, and in addition to eating and sleeping every day, daze became the only entertainment activity. Now I really hope that this sudden heavy snow will stop sooner, and even I will be suffocating uncomfortable, and others can even imagine it!

"Big brother, let's go find something to do, shall we?" After being full of wine and food, Shinhachiro really began to be bored, and conjured up some "demon moths". "The snow fell so suddenly, and since the locals were caught off guard, so must the beasts! They are still scurrying around without being ready for the winter, maybe more than usual. Why don't we go hunting in the nearby mountains, and we will definitely have a 'good harvest'!" ”

"What can be in such a remote place? It's a shame that you came up with it! "I was talking with a match, but my eyes were still staring out the window at the sparse snowflakes in the sky. Shinhachiro has always been a little whimsical these days, so I didn't care much about it this time.

"That's not what I said!" Shinhachiro hurriedly argued, with an indescribable excitement in his expression. “…… Often the more desolate the place, the fatter the beasts and birds become! It's rare to let it go once, don't you think it's a pity? ”

"Oh......" That's when I turned my gaze back and looked him up and down. According to what I have always known about him, this situation should be what kind of "scheme" he has! Shinhachiro isn't a person who is good at hiding his heart, so it's not that hard to see that.

"Big brother...... You...... What's wrong? "He was a little hairy to me.

"Honestly, what the hell are you thinking?!" I "wrenched" my face and asked him: "Don't think that I can't see the 'little ninety-nine' in your heart, so it's better to be honest!" ”

"I just don't think it's interesting...... Want to play some ...... Rabbit...... Pheasant ......" Shinhachiro's face turned obviously red, and in this respect he obviously did not have the "sophistication" of Keiji Maeda and Keira Caizo. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you!" Unable to stand my "wordless judgment", he finally recruited. "Yesterday I was chatting with the guy here when I was bored and he told me that there were some big beasts in the mountains near here! At most, there are some wild boars and black bears in San'in, and the grizzly bears on the mountain here are twice as big as black bears! And the leopard that comes and goes like the wind, fierce and swift, which I have never seen before! There are also packs of gray wolves, not only yellow wolves that are larger than Shanyin, but also often hundreds of them when they come out! Especially in winters like this, because there is no food to be found......"

"Shinhachiro! You're not small anymore......" I really couldn't help but interrupt his YY, or I couldn't suppress his interest in time! Wolves? It's just kidding! The things that can't be avoided are still moving forward, and if I agree with his behavior, there is something wrong with my brain! Although I was angry at this "weird and evil taste", I still wanted to take the method of persuasion and education. "Anyway, now that I have a certain reputation, it won't be long before the imperial court will appoint officials! When you're fine, you should always think about serious things, otherwise you'll ......."

"Tell me what exactly is 'serious'?!" I didn't expect to be immediately refuted by him, and it was actually a righteous and strict expression. “…… Are you saying that the tea party in the Shin Chang Hall is serious, or is it a serious thing for the monks to sit and 'sleep'? As a military general, shouldn't you subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger? I think my ancestor Benkei Gong ......" Shinhachiro then intoxicated and put out the idols in his heart one by one.

In the past, I heard an old saying, called "Don't watch "Water Margin", don't watch "Three Kingdoms"!" "Now I realize that it is really a wise saying! This kind of book that promotes personal heroism is the most harmful, especially when teenagers are not mentally successful and do not know how many bowls of dry rice they have eaten! In our generation, the plot of martial arts novels is taken as a real thing, speaking of our parents...... Several "How Steel is Made" and "Young Guard" have confused them!

"Boss Da Le, are you resting well?" Just when I didn't know how to "set things right" to Shinhachiro, the companion Naganobu and Mitsui Takafuku walked in from outside, followed by the owner of the inn, Nanping Sanzaburo. "The small shop is not well entertained due to the limitation of ability, please forgive me!" Although this boss said to everyone, his eyes were always on me, and as an old businessman, he was certainly able to distinguish priorities.

"The boss of Nanping is polite, we are so disturbed!" I said a few polite words to him, and I just wanted to ask him about the situation on the road.

"Where can we talk about 'bothering', but it is rare for a small shop to receive a distinguished customer like you!" Nanping Sansaburo hurriedly said modestly: "It's not been a year or two since Sanyueya and the shop, but it's the first time that a distinguished guest like you has come!" Usually there will be no guests going north this season, I don't know if you ......"

"Sometimes it's involuntary to do business!" I shook my head and sighed helplessly. "Business in the north has been up and down a lot lately, so I have to go and see for myself! Don't know how easy it is to walk? ”

"If only you could have come half a month earlier...... "Nanping Sanzaburo didn't seem happy that we might increase our accommodation, but worried about us." This year's snow fell surprisingly early, and now the roads north are half a foot deep. It's mostly sunny and the temperature is rising, but it's getting wet and slippery because of that! Walking or riding horses will not be a problem, but the big cart is only afraid of ......"

"Then the goods will stop here first!" After listening to his rambling words, I thought for a while and then said to Mitsui Takafuku, "...... For the sake of safety, the things are stored in the local store first, and at this time, I am afraid that the positions of the customers will not be very handy! We might as well go over first, settle the deal, and start next spring with a hand of money and a handful of goods! ”

"Yes, it seems that this is the only way!" Mitsui Takafuku nodded approvingly. “…… In this way, we have more time to negotiate, and it would be better to say that we don't have a price! ”

"Nanping boss ......," I continued to ask, "except for the inconvenience of large vehicles, there won't be any other problems, right?" ”

"Not really!" Nanping Sansaburo immediately shook his head and said: "There are two roads in the north, one east and one west, although there is snow, you can still make it!" the one on the east side is on the plain, which is easier to walk; The road to the west is in the mountains, but you can also walk ......"

"Boss!" At this time, the companion Changxin, who disguised himself as a big man, suddenly spoke: "I was afraid that something would go wrong with the bridge in front of me yesterday, so I sent someone to look at it from the east road, but I didn't want to find traces of livestock being hunted by wild beasts!" It looks like a wolf pack is infested......"

"Wolves!" I exclaimed, only to notice that Shinhachiro's eyes lit up visibly.

"Oh...... Probably because of the snowfall, the wolves came to the plains to feed! Nanping Sansaburo said thoughtfully. It's just that this year is a little early, and it shouldn't be! ”

"This year's snowfall is earlier than usual!" I don't think there's anything strange about it, except that there is no "meeting" with them this time. "Is the mountain road to the west safe?"

"There shouldn't be any problem...... "Sansaburo replied immediately, "The mountains here are not very steep, usually big slopes!" Walking carefully shouldn't be a problem, just because the snow is soft to avoid crowding everyone together, and there is no danger of an avalanche at this level! ”

"Okay, let's go west!" I ignored Shinhachiro's displeasure and decided on my own.

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Bear in Winter: I saw the longbowmen's big suggestion today, and I thought it was very constructive. I actually wrote about the cultivation of human resources, and when I was in Yudangu, I sent a large number of people to Sakai Town, and it has not been interrupted ever since, and those who study development, taxation and finance, and land management are the local government, which is one of the foundations of local government in the future. Because I think it's too boring to write specifically, I only mention it in a few places, and some people may not remember it! As for those famous juniors, there will be some that will appear one after another as the protagonist's son grows up.

There is really nothing too "brilliant" in terms of strategy, I can explain that the protagonist's understanding of "The Art of War" cannot surpass the ancients, but the real reason is that my own knowledge of the art of war is really miserable, and even with Nagano Yesamasa and Takenaka Hanbei, they have lowered their grades! I thought that I could deal with alternate history with a few wild history books I had read, but when I wrote it, I realized that it was not the same thing at all! It seems that it was a big mistake to choose this type, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger. If you come up with any clever plan to surpass Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, you can send me a text message.

Since the strategy is not good, the only way to do this is to rely on powerful troops! The Armored Cavalry is by far the only more mature class, but the number is still smaller; Although the iron artillery is advanced, it is not enough to fight independently, and there will be a long stage of development in the future; The Ninja Army was originally designed as a support class, and I didn't want to over-inflate its role, and new types of this type will appear, possibly as a pro-soldier team. Another "Terror Force" is coming, and please forgive me for using the "Cheat Modifier" once again. Please help me and don't post something like "Why don't you fight back!" "It's already possible to sweep Japan!" The protagonist of this book is not a "demigod" type of character who destroys the world. Seriously! I hate those kinds of people, and wonder if they are stimulated by reality and are in a hurry to vent. In fact, my YY has a principle: that is, there was something in the world at that time, or it could be achieved according to the level of science and technology at that time! The only exception to this was the Ninja, which was to adapt to the "Japanese characteristics" of the time, and I deliberately lowered them or improved the abilities of the opponent Ninja in the process.

Some people say that they have seen a physical book, and if you can please tell me where it is in the book review, I would like to buy a collection.

Alternate history is too difficult to write, and if you encounter this type of subject again in the future, you readers will ...... Only...... Forget it, let's talk about it then!