Masakuma Oshima was a Japanese low-ranking samurai who joined the Catholic Church with his parents as a child, became a child of God, and participated in the Battle of Shimamoto as an adult, where his parents were killed by the Shogunate rebels.

Although many of them joined some pirate groups during the escape, and some even stayed in the towns they stopped along the way, Oshima Masakuma made it to Batavia with more than 100 men, because they had heard that they could get help from the Dutch, who were also Catholics.

It was only then that I learned that the reality was not consistent with the rumors, and that the Dutch did not warmly welcome them because they were also Catholics, but only comforted them amicably and asked them to find a job.

Of the more than 100 people who came to Batavia with Masaka Oshima, 64 of them were once low-ranking samurai, and all of them were veterans of the Battle of Shimamoto, and these people were led by Masakuma Oshima because of their highest martial arts.

The down-and-out samurai don't know anything but to fight, and even a simple shopkeeper can't do a good job, many people can only sell their labor and do the work of carrying at the dock, but the work at the dock is not easy to do, not only is the income extremely low, but they have to pay money like the dock gang every day, if you don't pay, then you don't want to do it.

Don't look at them with martial arts, maybe those dock gangs are not their opponents when they fight, but there are Dutch people behind them, and you can't match the many people in the family. It is said that the Dutch are not very friendly to them, and this is also to blame a small number of Japanese people for not being angry, always thinking that they are a samurai to do the dirtiest and most tiring work, and their hearts are unbalanced, and they are always drunk and crazy, which naturally causes the Dutch to be dissatisfied.

However, this changed two months ago, when the Australians arrived and hired a few samurai to guard the construction site, and the despondent samurai once again ignited a spark of hope for life.

"Zhengxiong, Zhengxiong, there are guests coming," a woman's voice shouted into the house outside a ruined thatched hut in a Japanese-inhabited area east of Batavia.

The person who came was none other than Chu Yun, Tang Wei, and Jiang Junbo, who decided to come over and have a look because they listened to Chu Yun's suggestion.

Originally, Oshima Masakum, the leader of the Japanese, had the opportunity to enter the construction site of the Australian Embassy as a guard, but out of righteousness, he gave this opportunity to his followers, and it was precisely because of Oshima Masakum's righteousness that he could be supported by ordinary Japanese.

"Miko, who's coming, please invite the guests into the house." A man's voice came from inside the room and replied.

The Japanese woman, Miko, stood on the side of the porter, bowed over and stretched out her left hand to make a gesture of please, meaning to let the three of them in. The thatched house is very simple, probably too poor, so Oshima Masakum's family does not need to change shoes when entering the door.

"General Chu, you are here, please accept Zhengxiong can't get out of bed and salute, you can sit casually," entered the room is a wooden frame bed, Oshima Zhengxiong is lying on the bed, and his attitude towards Chu Yun is very respectful, which may be related to a previous competition between him and Chu Yun, it is said that before recruiting the Japanese, the two fought against each other, and it was naturally Chu Yun who won later, and Chu Yun was originally a military attache stationed in Batavia, so it is not an exaggeration to call him a general.

However, to Tang Wei and Jiang Junbo's surprise, this Japanese can actually speak Chinese or Mandarin, although it is a little impure, but it is much better than those Ming immigrants in Manchester City, which makes them feel strange.

Chu Yun saw the two of them with expressions of surprise and surprise, and explained with a smile: "Oshima's mother is from Liaodong, so her words are more similar to Mandarin. Strictly speaking, he is also a Chinese-Japanese mixture. ”

"I see," Tang Wei looked suddenly enlightened.

"Zhengxiong, these two are my friends in China, they opened a mercenary company, simply put, they opened a company that specializes in helping people fight wars and protect tasks, a bit similar to the dart bureau, but it is different from the management of the dart bureau, they came to ask you for help."

After Chu Yun introduced Tang Wei, he told the purpose of their coming, so that he forgot that Oshima Masanga was sick at this time.

"Chu Yun, I look at Oshima as if he is sick, and I happen to have two cold medicines in my bag that I brought when I came out." Tang Wei said and took out two cracks from his pocket, which he specially asked Dr. Xu Xinyue from Manchester City Hospital to get before he came out.

"Well, that Zhengxiong, you look like you should be cold, this is a special medicine in our country, take the medicine to get rid of the disease, this medicine is expensive, ordinary people can't buy it at all, Master Tang is willing to take it out to you, but it shows that I value you very much."

After listening to Chu Yun's words, Oshima Masang's eyes when he looked at Tang Wei were also a little different, it was certain that he was infected with the wind cold, but because he didn't have money, he didn't let Meizi go to the doctor. Now that I heard that Tang Wei gave such a precious medicine to himself, how could he not pay attention to it.

"Master Tang, you want me to go to your dart game as a dart leader, I can introduce you to a few people, they are all good."

"Mr. Oshima, I think you better take this medicine first, and we'll talk about it later." Saying that, Tang Wei was about to hand it to Oshima Masang, and motioned to Miko, who was standing aside, to bring a glass of water.

"Thank you, thank you, Master Tang, if your dart board recruits a dart leader, our Japanese samurai must be the most loyal, please rest assured of this. Oshima leaned back on the head of the bed and thanked him, and began to recommend his men.

"Oshima, we don't want to recruit dart heads, we are a mercenary company, simply put, to form a private army, you only follow the orders within our company, and are not subject to the jurisdiction of the government."

"Mercenaries!" It's the first time I've heard this word Masaka Oshima, and I don't quite understand it.

"Actually, just like your samurai allegiance to the daimyo in the territory, you just need to follow our orders," Tang Wei saw that he was frowning and thinking, so he changed another word to explain.

"Hey, Master Tang, what you said is a little clear, then you must need a lot of people." Oshima Masaka didn't know if he really understood or faked what mercenaries meant, but when he heard that the samurai were loyal to the daimyo, he thought that it would take a lot of samurai.

"Yes, that's right, I'm going to recruit all of you, but only if you are resolutely loyal to the company and obey the company's orders, if you can't do it, then I won't recruit you."

"Hey, Master Tang, don't worry, I will use my head to guarantee obedience."

"That's good, Oshima, you have a good rest, a bright future is waiting for you, you can come directly to the embassy to find me when you get well." Seeing that Oshima, who had taken the medicine, was already a little sleepy-eyed, Tang Wei knew that this was the drug reacting, so he simply said that he was ready to leave.

"Hey."