Ogata no longer struggles with whether he is now traveling back to ancient Japan or traveling to ancient Japan in a parallel world.

Anyway, no matter where you cross, it's the same, you have to eat, sleep, and live well every day.

So, Ogata began to think about the next question - how he would live his life after that.

Scold.

Ogata pulled the knife in his arms out of its sheath again.

Looking at the shiny blade, Ogata sighed.

"Knife ...... What's the use of this day and age......"

Although the Edo period was an era of reverence for samurai, samurai had the privilege of being called Sabre.

But - since the opening of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan has been at peace for more than 100 years, almost 200 years.

The whole country is at peace.

To put it mildly, katana is useless right now.

The system in Ogata's mind is obviously a plug-in that allows Ogata to quickly improve his martial arts skills in a very short period of time.

Defeat and kill opponents to gain experience points.

If you have experience points, you have skill points.

With skill points, you can make yourself have a powerful body and superb martial arts in an instant.

However, what is the use of having a strong body and superb martial arts?

In this era, there is no need for a katana, so what's the use of becoming a great swordsman?

In such a peaceful era, the best way out after becoming a great swordsman is to open a sword hall.

If you can successfully open a sword hall in the future and recruit a large number of disciples, then Xu Yi will be able to live a good life, and you will no longer have to rely on gruel every day to feed your stomach like now.

But......

When I thought of the best way out for myself in the future, it was easy to open a sword hall...... Somewhat lost.

He was not interested in opening a sword hall, he didn't want to open a sword hall.

But if you ask Ogata himself, what do you want to do? Ogata couldn't answer himself......

Ogata didn't know what he wanted to do or what he could do......

All sorts of thoughts tugged back and forth in Ogata's mind.

Time also passed bit by bit.

Gradually, Ogata felt sleepiness gradually welling up from his body.

"What time is it......"

There is no clock for Ogata to keep track of the time.

Although the approximate time can be deduced from the sky, Ogata is too lazy to go out.

Since he felt sleepy, he simply decided to go to sleep.

After all—he's still going to work tomorrow.

......

......

Ordinary samurai like Ogata who don't have fiefdoms can actually be regarded as civil servants if they are compared to figurative words.

Samurai who belonged to the shogunate helped the shogunate in various political matters.

The same is true of the samurai who belonged to the daimyo of Zhufan, helping their lords in various political matters.

With the exception of ronin, who have lost their lords or been expelled from their domains, the samurai are mostly employed.

Ogata's job is that of a treasury officer.

Its function is somewhat like that of the accounting of the modern earth.

It is responsible for the management and inventory of various materials of the feudal domain.

The official position of treasurer is also divided into a considerable number of ranks.

Ogata happens to be one of the lower levels of the treasury officer.

It is precisely because Ogata is a relatively low-ranking treasury official that his annual salary will only be a miserable 50 koku......

……

……

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Xu Yi woke up.

Today is the second day of Ogata's arrival in the Edo period.

It was also the first morning that Ogata experienced after coming to the Edo period.

After a brief wash and dressing, he put his two sabers back into his left waist and prepared to go to work.

During the day, he worked as a treasury officer, went to the Sakakihara Sword Hall after work to practice swords, and went to bed after dinner at night—this is the daily life of Ogata.

It's regular, but it's also a bit boring.

Ogata lives in a remote area, so he has to get up early every day to arrive at his place of work before he arrives late.

......

......

"Ogata-kun, good morning."

"Ogata-kun, you look good today."

"Good morning, Ogata."

......

Ogata responded to these greetings from his colleagues with a smile.

These people who greeted Ogata were all treasury officers—all of Ogata's colleagues.

Ogata is currently in a room that is neither too spacious nor too cramped.

This room is full of tables.

Ogata and his colleagues work in this room every day, in front of these cases.

Some of those who arrived earlier had already bowed their heads in front of the case and started today's work.

After smiling and responding to the greetings from his colleagues, Ogata knelt down at his desk.

Ogata's desk was exactly the same as that of his colleagues—it was all lined with pen and paper, an abacus, and a pile of ledgers.

Ogata didn't know much about the relationship with his colleagues who were also treasurers.

The main reason may be related to age.

Ogata was the only young man in the room.

The rest are middle-aged and elderly people who have grown gray hair.

Because of the large age gap, Ogata and these middle-aged and elderly people do not have anything in common to talk about, so the relationship with these colleagues is naturally not very good.

In addition, Ogata hardly participates in any social gatherings on weekdays.

These colleagues of his went to drink and listen to music together in three days.

Naturally, they invited Ogata to participate many times.

But Ogata has always refused their invitation.

The reason why I don't go to socialize and don't go drinking with them is because Ogata is poor and doesn't have much money.

On the other hand, it was because Ogata wanted to practice swords with his brothers and sisters in the Sakakibara Sword Hall more than drinking and socializing.

Those people, led by Makino, are Ogata's friends.

Rather than socializing with colleagues who weren't very familiar with him, Ogata wanted to practice his favorite sword with his friends in the kendo gym.

Ogata and his colleagues, who are also treasury officers, are just ordinary colleagues and nodding friends.

Without exchanging too many pleasantries with his colleagues, Ogata opened a ledger in front of the desk and got to work.

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......

Ogata inherited everything from "Hara Ogata" except for his character.

Memory, swordsmanship, and the ability to work.

Easily tapping the abacus, calculating the changes in the entry and exit of various materials for which he is responsible, the work is carried out in an orderly manner.

The room, which is not too small or small, is covered by the sound of the turning of the pages and the tapping of the abacus.

But no matter where you are or what your profession is, there are always people who paddle at work.

Just like now, some people have deserted, and they are chatting while working.

"Do you know what happened yesterday?"

"'That thing'? Which thing? ”

"Ah, I know. I've heard about it from others. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

“...... Lord, he went hunting again yesterday. On the way back from hunting, a little girl accidentally collided with the driver's car while playing with a ball......"

“...... And then what? What happened to that little girl...... ”

"I don't know...... I heard that she was directly beheaded by the lord, and I heard that the little girl was not dead...... Anyway, the end of that little girl shouldn't be too good......"