Nobusada Kohata has a good habit of asking questions if he doesn't understand, and when he sees something new, he always breaks the casserole and asks to the end, and beckons to the boy who puts the duck in the distance: "The child over there come here!" ”

"Oh!" The child timidly leaned over for fear that the two strange samurai who had crossed over would do evil, Nagano Yegu looked amused, and comforted the little boy: "Don't worry, we are not bad people, we just want to ask what the ditch is for digging next to this rice field?" Why are there fry in it? ”

The little boy was about seven or eight years old, with a healthy flush on his small face, full bangs on his forehead, and he was wearing the clothes he had made during the New Year, and the most amazing thing was that he was wearing small cloth shoes on his feet, which made Nagano Yegu sigh at the wealth of Echigo, and even the wealthy farmers had the money to buy linen to make the soles of their shoes, which was something that had never been done in the past.

"That's the fish raised in our rice fields, last year the old men taught us to raise fish in the rice fields, this method is good, the field can be both farming and fish, the fresh fish raised are fat, the merchants in the town ordered my family's fresh fish early, because my family raised the best fish last year, and raised half stone grass carp in the field, this year the village removed the implementation of crop rotation, grandpa let him look at the seedlings and fish fry in his own field by the way to raise ducks."

"Raising a half-stone grass carp in the ground? It's not a lie, is it? Half-grass carp has to sell three times Yongle money, right? ”

"I'm not going to lie! Our Zhuang Xinchuan master said that the big man from Kyoto asked us to tell the truth, and also told the story of the demon coming, and the child will be punished by the gods and Buddhas if he doesn't tell the truth! The little boy retorted unconvinced: "If you don't believe me, ask me if the Katsuyoshi family in Shinkawazhuang is a master of fish farming, although our family's rice is not the best in the whole village, but it is not as good as our family in the villages near its fish farming!" ”

"I've heard that allusion, you said. A child, who was idle and had nothing to do, went to the village and shouted that the demon was coming. The people of the whole village were frightened and picked up their hoes to fight the demons. It turned out that the child was deceiving people, and the kind villagers forgave him for his young ignorance, but the child would not change and deceived everyone again, and the angry villagers still decided to forgive him, but no longer believed his words, and the third time the demon really came, no one believed him and no one came out to help, and the child was eaten by the demon. ”

Nobutada Kohata was amazed, "This story tells us that we must be honest. Otherwise, you will be eaten by demons! The methods of the Wuwei Hall are really powerful! ”

"Persuading people to be good is the right way, this story is very good, Wu Weidian is an amazing person." Nagano Yegu casually complimented, and then turned to ask the little boy, "How do you all feed the fish fry?" ”

"The small fish love to eat small earthworms and duckweed, and when the small fish grow up and some seedlings grow taller, the small fish don't like to eat the seedlings, so they go to eat the aquatic plants, snails, small insects and so on in the paddy field, and when the small fish grow up, they only eat the aquatic plants in the paddy field, so we also sprinkle some loaches in the ditch, they like to eat the small insects in the river water. Earthworms, locust pupa, snails and the like are very fond of eating. The boy turned his head and counted his ducklings. I counted it several times and was not right, and I was sweating profusely.

"There are forty-three ducklings in total, and one of them is very mischievous hiding over there, you don't see it! The waterwheel over there is also your family? Nagano pointed to a tall waterwheel next to the embankment, and a mill next to the embankment, and if you listened closely, you could hear the humming sound inside.

"Thank you for helping me count the ducklings, if I lose them, I won't have anything to eat at night!" The little boy grimaced at Nobusada Kohata, who touched his bangs, before replying: "That mill is not our family's, but the common property of the village, and there are now more than 800 households in our village, and there are many lands that need to be irrigated by waterwheels, and there are five such waterwheels, which bring water from the river into the dug pond and then transport it to our fields through ditches and water gates." ”

Seeing the child grimacing at him, Nobusada Kohata didn't think he was angry, but was surprised: "How do you know so much? You're not going to be a child of the landlords, are you? ”

"My ancestors are said to have been born as samurai! Because of the defeat and the death of many people, fled to Echigo incognito as a farmer, there is a knife passed down for more than ten generations, the old man in the village is also very polite to my family, my eldest brother is farming at home, sister-in-law has added a little niece to my family, the second brother and the third brother were all called into the reserve team by the lord of Kyoto to eat the grain and rice of the official family! Especially my third brother also passed the selection of the Ma Hui samurai! They were in the big hall at the foot of Kasuga Mountain, where there was a Keju game to watch every afternoon. The little boy was eccentric and clever, and when he laughed, he showed a few teeth and was endearing.

"You want to be a samurai in the future, right?" Nagano Yegu said with a smile: "With you being so smart at such a young age, there must be no problem being a samurai." ”

"Yes! Last time, the old man said the same, and said that he would recommend me to participate in the selection of the people in May this year! In the future, I will also do a dedication and contribute to my hometown! The little boy looked determined.

Two big and one small stood in the field and chatted endlessly, and before I knew it, an afternoon passed, until the little boy's brother came to him, and this pleasant chat trip ended, and on the way back, Nagano Yegu was still reminiscing about today's experience, and after a long time he said to Kohata Nobutada: "Have you noticed that Echigo has a unique temperament?" ”

"You mean that the people of Echigo are happier and prouder, right? I've already found out, right? Don't take me for a fool, I'm smart! Nobutada Kohata seemed dissatisfied with his companion's questioning, and tapped his forehead a few times to indicate that he had something in his head.

"How much does it take to make these farmers so happy? You see that the pedestrians on the street have smiling faces far more than sad faces, and ruddy faces far exceed those with yellow and thin faces, how does this happen? Why can they do it? How much of this is something we don't know? "Nagano has a habit of throwing out a lot of questions to think about.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't know why, probably only if you become a retainer of the Kira family will know why, right?"

"That's right! Be Kira's retainer! How I didn't think of this! Nagano Yegu's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Nobusada Kohata's arm and shouted, "I want to be a retainer of the Kira family!" ”

Nobusada Kohata broke free from his pull and said sharply, "You can't be crazy, right? Let the Nagano Eagle stay in the castle lord and don't do it. To be a retainer of the Kira family? Do you want to your brother off to death? Let's not forget that the crisis facing our country in Nagano is not resolved. We're going back after all! ”

“…… It was me who was reckless! "Nagano's fiery brain seems to have been poured down by a basin of cold water. From the inside to the outside, he shivered coldly: "The burden of family business and survival is still on our heads, and the foundation of our father and brother cannot be destroyed in our hands, we should find a way to meet the Wuwei Palace, for the peasants who are waiting to be fed for the sake of Ueno Country, and that incident." ”

"I'll talk about that later."

……

In the Myokakuji Temple in Naoetsu Town, the aroma wafts and the Sanskrit singing is bursting, and after today's evening class, the abbot of the temple, Toriya Soi, returns to his meditation room and takes out a simple bound diary. Recording what I have seen and heard in the past few days.

This habit is not created by him alone, since ancient times the monks have the habit of taking notes, just like the princess loves to write notes, the monks hope to use their notes to leave a valuable cultural wealth to future generations, and it is of course good to leave a name in history.

In addition to his understanding of Buddhism and daily records over the past 20 years of practice, he has also recorded various experiences in Kyoto and Echigo, including the changes that began in the Kira family's passage through Mino.

Since coming to Echigo, his work has become more arduous, from writing a little bit every day to summarizing and retouching every few days, and his notes have become longer and more detailed. It's a process of getting to know more about the innovations that come in the future. The more he had more ideas to write down.

"Zen Master Zongyi is here? Recently, I have been traveling around Echigo, and I have gained something! Before the voice fell, Chaoshan Hisaka pushed the door open, and the little novice who followed behind him had a painful expression, as if the great monk had committed some great sin.

"Zong An should step back first."

"Yes!" The little novice named Zong An honestly closed the door, and before leaving, he didn't forget to glare at the flower monk who was full of fat.

"Hiccup! The craftsmanship of the newly opened noodle house is really speechless, and the spicy chicken shredded noodles are really a must, which makes the poor monk's stomach round! Asahyama patted his bulging belly, and his expression didn't know how comfortable it was.

Compared with the appearance of a year ago, Chaoshan Richeng has gained a lot of weight, quite a bit of a horizontal development trend, Hu Zai Zongyi is still lean, smelling a smell of meat, frowning and saying: "Eating meat has violated the precepts!" ”

"As long as you have a Buddha in your heart, why stick to the precepts and rules? But I've been saying that there is a Buddha in my heart, the six roots are impure, and there are good karma, but I don't have the heart to the Buddha, and I have clear rules and precepts, but it's in vain. ”

"The Japanese multiplication mage still likes sophistry!" Hu Zai Zongyi gave up the plan to continue questioning, this monk who can only be regarded as a pending order in the mountain day, and he has never occupied the rations of the temple on weekdays, and when the sun comes out, he walks around with a Zen stick and bowl, and does not come back until it gets dark.

"Did Zen Master Zongyi think that the poor monk was just wandering around? The poor monks have been preaching the Dharma in the new settlement for the past few days, and have just finished the first interpretation of the Diamond Sutra...... Of course that's not the point, the point is that I found one interesting place. ”

Asahama Hisaka thought that he would definitely ask a question, but after waiting for a long time, he found that Huzai Zongyi was bowing his head to make a record, and only a short time he wrote a large piece of black pressure, seeing that he had been ignoring himself, he could only cough: "Actually, I found that several resettlement sites are peasants in Yuezhong, they seem to be extraordinarily united, no matter how the followers ask for it, they are not willing to separate from each other, and even want to make trouble for a while, and finally have to choose to retreat from the followers." ”

"......" Tiger Zai Zongyi still bowed his head and took notes.

"The most important thing is that the poor monk went there to explain the "Myoho-renge-kyo" and "Diamond Sutra" and was bombed out, but fortunately, the poor monk had a bit of a doorway, and soon found that they were all believers of the Sect, and they changed their clothes and claimed to be the monks of the Sect."

"Oh?" Hu Zai Zongyi stopped the brush, looked up and asked, "How are you...... Entered? ”

"Isn't it the Buddha Says the Sutra of Amitayus? Poor monks too! You can't pretend to be a monk, but it's still very simple to recite a few words and always concentrate on Amitayus Buddha! On the day of the mountain, he straightened his body and posed for the Buddha with one hand: "There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south!" (To be continued......)