There were only two people left in the bar, and there was no atmosphere for celebration. After discussing www.biquge.info the pen, the two of them simply went to have a beer with the Iron City for the night, threw the bamboo branches into the water and went with the flow, and set off the fireworks that the Flame Man bought with the ones bought by the Iron City - thankfully fireworks can also be set off in the Fifth Ring Road here - and the good life celebrated the Tanabata Festival.

In the early morning of the next day, Kecheng entered the city, and everyone went to greet him.

The owner of Kecheng is the biggest villain in the plot, Mima Tentori, and the hunters under his command. Lin Yuedong's long-awaited transit point finally came to him according to the plot.

Speaking of the beautiful horses of the birds, there is a very interesting story.

He is the eldest son of the current shogun, Tentori Kokuang, and was originally destined to inherit the position of Hinatamoto ruler and shogun. However, when Kabane invaded, he and his father had political differences: Tentori Xingkuang believed that the only way to deal with Kabane was to defend with high walls, but Tentori Mima thought that he should take the initiative and drive all Kabane into the sea.

In the end, Tianniao Xingkuang's solution to the disagreement between the two is: you can do it, you go up. So ten years ago, when Mima Amami was twelve years old, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief, commanding an army of 400,000 to conquer Kabane on the island of Kyushu.

However, while the fierce battle between humans and Kabanai was raging on the island of Kyushu, the shogunate cut off all support and logistics, resulting in the defeat of the 400,000-strong army. After the defeat of Kyushu, the shogunate, under the leadership of Tentori Kokuang, built walled castles called "post posts" in various places, and the castle was defended by itself, forming the current situation.

And Mima, who was lucky enough to pick up a life, was detained with all the black cauldrons of the failure of the army, and the general also severed the father-son relationship with him. In the ten years since, Mima Tentori has been looking for the culprit who cheated on her back then, and is trying to take revenge until today.

The reason why Hayashi finds this story interesting is that it is likely to allude to Japan's recent history. From being a general when a child was a general, to the place of Kyushu, to the shogunate, and since then to building a wall since then, you can find a prototype in history.

In reality, this of course means that there are some details that are not written in the plot and need to be clarified first. Otherwise, it is inevitable that you will make mistakes.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of the person Tentori Mima?" While waiting for Kecheng, Ikoma asked Lin Yuedong, "I've heard Nameless say before that this person thinks that the weak have only one way to die, so they must become stronger...... I always felt that something was wrong. ”

"I know a little bit about him, and his thoughts as a person ......," Lin Yuedong took a moment to choose a word to describe it, "It's interesting." ”

"Interesting?" Ikoma didn't understand.

"More accurately, if I am as expected, his mind must be very, very interesting." Lin Yuedong looked at Kecheng, which was slowly opening with the support of the hunters, and said playfully.

Soon, Kecheng stopped at the depot to carry out maintenance and other work. There was no inspection box attached and no one checked their bodies, which was a rare occurrence in this day and age, but it was a common occurrence for the hunters. Just as no one dared to propose to check the Exorcist Alliance, a powerful organization like the Hunters could enjoy privileges.

As the representatives of the Exorcist Alliance, Lin Yuedong and Guns Rose were invited to talk in detail with the representatives of the Iron City, Calamus Laiqi and Kabaneri Ikoma.

In fact, the calamus itself has no value of being invited, after all, his personal strength is not outstanding, and he is only leading a few hundred people in a Tiecheng. But her relatives are very valuable, and her uncle is the old middle Makino Michimoto.

Based on this, Mima Tentori invited her to Kecheng as well.

As for Nameless, he was sent to the medical room by Ama Bird Mima, saying that he was doing a physical examination.

"I really dare not take it. Let the son of the general's family personally lead the way for us......" In Kecheng, Sifang Chuan Iris said a little crampedly.

"I have long been cut off from parent-child relationship, and I am no longer a father and son." Mima Tentori, who was at the forefront, said calmly, as if he was introducing a fact that had nothing to do with him.

"There is such a thing...... Calamus said with some surprise.

Lin Yuedong took this opportunity to observe the internal structure of Kecheng.

I have to say that it is worthy of Juncheng, where the organization that has been fighting against Kabane for many years is located, and the structure of Kecheng is obviously different from that of Jiatiecheng. Many key parts have special reinforcements, and some places have very special designs, so that the combat power and defense of Kecheng are more than a step higher than that of the Iron City.

Perhaps it is true that human beings only strive to be strong in the face of danger, and once they are safe, they will be lazy and useless.

So it's not the war that promotes the development of science and technology, but the sense of crisis that promotes the development of science and technology.

Lin Yuedong was lamenting the solidity of Kecheng and trying to extend it to the sublime realm of human nature and values, when a "hiss--" sound suddenly came from the steam engine in front of him.

"Wait a minute!" Mima stretched out her hand to stop the people behind her, her face was a little serious, "What's wrong?" ”

"Mima-sama." A skilled worker next to the steam engine turned his head and said with some embarrassment, "Oops, the steam is leaking out, and the air pressure can't go up." ”

…… Don't drop the chain just after boasting!

Although this is indeed the plot of the original work.

"After all, I've been fighting, because the battle has become relaxed." Mima said and walked towards the steam engine, "Yutang, do you have a wrench?" ”

"No, (your hands/clothes) will get dirty......" the technician tried to dissuade.

"It's going to get dirty when you fight Kabane, too." Mima took out her gloves and began to overhaul the steam engine, "Put out the fire, you can lead the way for Calamus and Guncannon Rose." ”

"Yes," replied a blonde woman who had been with them from the beginning, "and please come this way." ”

Lin Yuedong, Guns Rose, Calamus and Laiqi followed the fire extinguisher and walked to the side, but Ikoma stayed: "I'll help." Maybe I'll have to use a filler, I've got it. ”

Tentori Mima looked at him with some surprise: "Okay, then please." ”

Lin Yuedong remembered that this was the first confrontation between the idea of Mima Tentori and Ikoma in the plot, and the result was that Mima Tentori won completely. This is a side plot in a side story, and you don't need to care.

The important thing is that Mima Amatori stayed here at the moment to repair the boiler - well, the steam engine - and left the fire extinguisher alone with himself and the others. It's a great opportunity to get some information.

After leaving the steam engine car, Lin Yuedong walked to the side of the fire extinguisher and accosted: "Just now, Lord Tianniao called you a fire extinguisher?" Where did you come from? What's going on at home? ”

The firefighter replied: "Born in Saba County, just an ordinary civilian. ”

Lin Yuedong asked, "Where is Zuobo County?" ”

Jiuzhi Laiqi replied: "It's in Zhou Fangguo, the westernmost part of the day." ”

Fire extinguisher looked at him a little surprised: "That's right, that's it." ”

Lin Yuedong's expression moved. Zhou Fangguo, the seat of the Choshu Domain in Japanese history, was the only way to Kyushu. Back then, Jiuzhi Laiqi's father was one of the 400,000 troops who conquered Kyushu, would he know the location of Saba County because he paid attention to his father's marching route?

He pretended to sigh and said, "Well, that's quite far." Are all of you from there? Also all civilians? ”

Extinguishing the fire denied: "Not really. There are a few people like me, and there are more low-ranking samurai, ronin, and machiren (city commoners, such as merchants and craftsmen...... What does this do, you ask? ”

Lin Yuedong snorted: "It's nothing, just a little curious." ”

The fire extinguisher stopped talking, led everyone into the aisle outside the carriage, and stopped: "Please wait here." ”

After saying that, he walked away without looking back.

"Kecheng's hospitality is really wonderful, put the guests in this place and leave?" Gunshot Rose complained, "Lin Yuedong, it can't be that you just inquired about the east and west and made people angry, right?" ”

"Of course not." Lin Yuedong thought to himself that in the original plot, this product was to bring the iris and Laiqi to this place and leave, but at that time, the iris and Laiqi didn't ask anything, what does this have to do with him?

"I can't see it." Gunshot Rose said disapprerovingly, "She is from a civilian background, but she can be regarded as lowly, if you have to ask, she will definitely provoke others." ”

Hinomoto has always attached great importance to the hierarchy, and even clearly divided the people into different classes, stipulating the highest status they can reach. The first class is for samurai, the second is for farmers, the third is for craftsmen, and the fourth is for merchants.

Among the samurai in the first rank, they are divided into several different grades according to factors such as their positions, high-level banners, medium-level royals, and so on. The low-level samurai that the fire extinguisher refers to are ordinary samurai who don't even have a position, such as Ashigaru and the like, such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was Ashigaru at the earliest, and his legend lies in this: he became a member of the world from a low-level background.

But Toyotomi Hideyoshi is still a low-level samurai, at least he belongs to the ruling class of samurai. The other three grades don't even have the qualifications to rule at all, they are all ruled, and their backgrounds are even lower than His Royal Highness Taige.

Fire extinguishing said that he was born in a commoner, that is, he was not a samurai class, but he was able to follow Mima's side, according to the rules of the shogunate, it was a proper transgression, unless it was Mima's wife and concubine. But as everyone knows, Meima is not married.

Therefore, Guns Rose felt that Lin Yuedong chattered endlessly, and he had to ask about some private relationship, which caused the fire to be angry, and he left a few people here.

Lin Yuedong didn't know that Gun Rose's thinking had leaped so far, he was just thinking, the facts were not different from what he guessed.

Originally, he felt that Tentori Mima had severed ties with his father, and the genealogy of the Tentori family, high-ranking samurai such as Qimoto could no longer serve him, and the high-ranking samurai under other daimyo had their own effective loyalty, and Tentori Mima could only rely on these low-level people, such as Nameless, who was also born as a commoner, and now it seems that this is the case.

In fact, this can be seen from their names: in the plot, Mima Tentori's subordinates, whether it is melon life, whether it is extinguishing fires, including the technician Yutang he just shouted, they all have names and no surnames, which means that they are all from civilian backgrounds. Because before the Meiji Restoration, only the samurai and the aristocracy had surnames, and ordinary commoners were not allowed to have surnames.

Suddenly, the door of the carriage opened, and a hedgehog-headed boy wearing a samurai uniform turned out. Lin Yuedong recognized it at a glance, this was probably the number one general under Tianniao Meima in the plot, Gua Sheng.

- Okay, there's another source of information.

"Oh, there's a princess who shouldn't be here." Gua Sheng said in a flirtatious tone and walked over to the four of them.

"Oh, there's a Mima who happens to be here." Lin Yuedong imitated his tone and said, taking a step forward, blocking Gua Sheng's way forward, "You came just in time, I have a few questions I want to ask." ”

Gua Sheng was obviously stunned: "What's the problem?" ”

Lin Yuedong asked, "I heard just now that most of Tentori Mima's subordinates are ronins or low-level samurai, as well as townspeople and farmers, is it true?" ”

Guabu replied, "Yes, for example, I was the son of the townspeople before. ”

Lin Yuedong pretended to sigh and said: "The liberator has to enjoy great fame, I thought that Lord Tianniao's command must be all elite warriors, but I didn't expect that among these low-level people, there are heroes like you." ”

Hearing this, Gua Sheng said disdainfully: "You are wrong. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they are all regarded as peers, so what is the significance of high or low class? Now the liberators are famous, and the hopes of the sun are pinned on us and other lower strata, and the upper strata are trembling and powerless, and this is the time of reckless rise! ”

Lin Yuedong smiled: "I see, no wonder you even have women and children in your team, is this all regarded as peers?" ”

Gua Sheng said proudly: "That's right, as Mima said, all citizens are soldiers, and everyone should stand up and fight, not hide in a safe place." ”

Lin Yuedong bowed slightly, and got out of the way: "Good idea, then please continue to fight with this idea." Take care of you, Machito-kun. ”

This title was undoubtedly a bit contemptuous, and Gua Sheng glared at him and walked past the four of them.

After he walked away, Calamus asked worriedly, "Mr. Lin, why are you asking this?" ”

Guns Rose also complained: "That's it, it's okay to ask about anything, take a look, and run away angrily." If you continue like this, sooner or later, the heavenly bird and the beautiful horse will make you angry. ”

Lin Yuedong smiled slightly: "I asked these just to understand the thoughts of Tianniao Meima. Now it seems that some of my previous conjectures have been verified. ”