The Japanese shogunate era was an era that belonged to the samurai class, and no matter how power flowed, it was never out of the scope of the shogunate.

Becoming a samurai became the best way for the common people of that era to get ahead.

However, to become a samurai, it is not easy for ordinary people who have no birth status, not only must they have certain talents, but most importantly, they must have the opportunity to be appreciated by those in power and samurai families.

Like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, whose real name is Kinoshita Toyoshiro, was born poor, he has been wandering the rivers and lakes when he was a teenager, seeking the opportunity to become a samurai, and after many years, he finally returned to Owari Province and entered Oda Nobunaga's mansion to do chores.

Legend has it that his main task at the beginning was to get shoes for Nobunaga, but because he was appreciated by Nobunaga for his cleverness, he was promoted to become a samurai, and he began a legendary rise.

If you can't become a samurai, you can only work as a family farmer, a merchant, or become a ninja, a pirate, etc., all of which belong to the lower class, and you can't even have a surname in front of your name.

Ruyoshi, Sunbei, and Injiro all belong to this kind of lower class that cannot be named, and Ruyoshi and Sunbei have been wandering around the town, wielding guns and arrows, nothing more than seeking opportunities to become samurai, and they do not want to continue to be a lower class in agriculture.

During the Warring States period in Japan, there were many ronins like them everywhere.

After seeing Long Tao's sudden burst of strong strength, the two realized that Long Tao was very likely to revitalize the Ashikaga family in the future, and they would follow him when he was now powerless, and when Long Tao let the Ashikaga family prosper again in the future, they would naturally become the samurai of the Ashikaga family.

This is the biggest reason why the two of them quickly surrendered to him in addition to being intimidated by Long Tao's force.

Even Injiro, who is the Teshiro of Toraya, has the idea of following Long Tao, after all, the status of samurai is higher than that of ordinary merchants.

After Long Tao established a master-servant relationship with them, the two quickly entered the role and began to serve Long Tao.

Ruyoshi talked about what happened, it turned out that when Long Tao was in the sake house to pick up the task, the leader was drinking inside, but this person was not a local, just passing through the town of Kono-Den, but he didn't expect that after inquiring about some Ashikaga Yoshi, he suddenly saw that he was rich, and immediately decided to come and rob the two.

Because he didn't know the road, he found Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei in the town, and they also felt that it was profitable, so they agreed to join the gang temporarily.

The two of them only knew that the leader was called Yamata, and the others knew nothing, and the mysterious one might have been a bandit, and the other four people were all his companions.

"Ashikaga-sama, this time you killed two bandits, do you want to go back to Odawara Castle to report this matter?" Injiro asked, pointing to the two corpses.

"There's no need to be that troublesome." Long Tao waved his hand and instructed Liuji and the others: "You two go and bury the body on the spot." ”

"After all, this is also a homicide, if someone finds the body, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome." Injiro was still a little worried.

Long Tao flicked his finger on the blade of Murayu's knife and laughed, "What's so strange about a husband in such a troubled world, killing someone?" You don't have to worry! ”

Sun Bingwei said loudly: "That's right! Ashikaga-sama will make contributions in the future, dominate the world, and kill more than 10 million people! ”

The two were infected by Long Tao, buried the body with great energy, and took turns to stand guard and serve Long Tao to rest.

After a night of silence, after dawn, the four of them continued on their way.

Not long after, Long Tao saw a white mountain tip in the distance, pointing to the sky, and finally entered the southern foot of Mount Fuji.

Mt. Fuji is also known as "Mount Fuji", "Mt. Seigaku", and "Mt. Hibiscus", and the scenery is magnificent and beautiful due to the perennial snow on the summit.

"Injiro, you're a frequent businessman, do you know what the southern foothills of Mt. Fuji are?"

Long Tao looked at the white mountain top, thinking that since he had passed this famous mountain, he might as well go in and take a tour, he remembered that in some famous places in the game, you can comprehend martial arts on your own, and Mount Fuji is one of them.

Injiro replied respectfully, "Ashikaga-sama, the most famous of the southern foothills of Mount Fuji are the two waterfalls, the Shirachi Waterfall and the Otoji Waterfall, but that can only be seen after passing the Kokokuji Castle in front. ”

Kokokuji Castle was built at the foot of Mt. Fuji and was under the jurisdiction of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

At this time, the Takeda family, the Imagawa family, and the Hojo family had formed an alliance, because the territories of the three families were Kai Province, Suruga Province, and Sagami Province, which was historically known as the Triple Alliance.

Although Kokokuji Castle is located at the junction of the Imagawa family and the Hojo family, and is very close to Odawara Castle, the residence of the Hojo clan, it has been safe and sound because of the existence of the alliance of the three families.

Not long after the four of them left, a city appeared in front of them, the gates were closed, and there were soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city walls.

In this era, the castle was mainly used for military purposes, occupying the main transportation routes, and the castle was defended by troops, and the slightly larger castle would be used as the residence of the daimyo and his military commanders, and it might be built more prosperously.

After paying the toll and explaining the identities of several people to the guards guarding the gate, the guards opened the gate, and the four of them entered the gate and walked straight along an avenue, and after a while they walked through the city.

Many castles in the Warring States period were like this, and they did not occupy a large area, so it was better to call them fortresses than castles.

After crossing the city, the four of them continued on their way, the terrain became higher and higher, and at noon, there was the sound of water rushing ahead, and Injiro shouted, "Ashikaga-sama, you should be able to see the Shiraku Waterfall up the mountain ahead!" ”

The four of them quickened their pace, and after turning a few big trees, their eyes suddenly lit up, and a wide "rain curtain" appeared in front of them.

Long Tao looked at it, the rain curtain is twenty or thirty meters high, but the width is more than 100 meters, take a closer look, it turns out that the waterfall is divided into more than ten thin streams on the rock wall, falling vertically, like countless white exercises falling from the sky.

"The white waterfall, although magnificent, but not imposing enough." After looking at it for a while, Long Tao shook his head and sighed.

Injiro said, "Then I'll take the adults to see Otozhi Falls." ”

Long Tao followed him around the mountain for half a day, when a low roar suddenly sounded in his ears.

Injiro looked back and smiled slightly, and continued on his way, the louder he went, until at last it filled people's ears and barely heard any other sound.

Finally, the four of them stopped at a waterhole, and the waterfall rushed down from a high place like a huge column of water, making a huge thunderous sound that shook the heavens and the earth.

"Okay here, you can rest here for a while."

Long Tao commanded, carried the village rain, and walked towards the huge water column.

He silently transported the infinite technique of the Star Sea, and the xenomorph energy around his body quickly gathered and was inhaled into his body, and in this famous place with beautiful mountains and rivers, the xenomorph energy seemed to be even stronger.

Long Tao stood by the waterfall with his eyes closed, stimulating the energy hidden in his body and transforming it into three powers: essence, qi and spirit.

"What is he going to do, sir?" Sun Bingwei asked.

Ruyoshi shook his head, "I don't know, looking at his appearance, could it be that he is going to practice his sword under that waterfall?" ”

At this moment, Long Tao suddenly shouted and rushed under the waterfall with his knife.

The eyes of the three of them widened suddenly, Liuji didn't expect that his casual guess turned out to be true, and he had no confidence in asking that sentence, after all, how could anyone in this world stand under such a huge water column?

But Long Tao was right in front of them, and he really stood under the huge column of water!

Not only did he stand upright, but he even waved the famous sword village rain under the impact of the water column!

The three of them only felt that their legs were weak, and they almost fell to their knees, at this moment, in their hearts, Long Tao was the god of heaven.

Long Tao was unaware of the reaction of the three of them, he went to the waterfall to practice the knife, mainly to follow the feeling when he ran his strength last night, hoping to force the "knife qi" out under great pressure.

He gathered his strength into his hands again, and as he swung the knife again and again, the feeling of being ready to burst out became more and more obvious.

The frequency of the swing of the knife became faster and faster, and the water splashed everywhere, as if the huge water pressure had not affected him in the slightest.

Suddenly, Long Tao shouted violently, kicked his feet hard, and his body rushed out obliquely from the bottom of the waterfall like a cannonball.

The moment he stayed in the air, Long Tao turned around and swung a knife at the Yinzhi Waterfall, and a half-moon-shaped energy shot out with the knife and slashed at the huge water column.

For a moment, the heavens and the earth seemed to be silent, because the huge roar disappeared for a while, although it was very short, but the imposing sound stop waterfall did stop flowing for a moment.

Seeing this scene, the three of Ruyoshi finally knelt down.