Chapter 4: A Strange Age!
In fact.
This battlefield plane was even more chaotic than Zhao Futu thought, because when he walked out for dozens of miles, he actually encountered a group of robbers again. But this time it was not them who were robbed, Zhao Futu and the others were just passing by. The looters were a bunch of down-and-out bandits, some of whom had sticks in their hands, but there were also a bit of ronin samurai mixed in, and the entire group of robbers numbered about twenty people.
The robbery was a caravan with a well-dressed young merchant in the middle, accompanied by a few men, as well as the samurai and ronin he had employed, but there were significantly fewer of them, and the total number of guards was only seven or eight.
By the time Zhao Futu found out about the movement here, it was already a fight here!
The bandits had clearly gained the upper hand, relying on the advantage of numbers to completely suppress the caravan's guards, and if it weren't for the fact that the other party was a little better equipped, they would have taken it down long ago. However, there are a lot of ronins mixed with the bandits, and many of them are still waiting, obviously taking those bandits who can't get on the stage to take the lead and consume the physical strength of the other party's guards.
If this continues, the battle will be over in a few minutes at most.
"Huh! It's Chaya Kiyonobu! The down-and-out ronin who was captured by Zhao Futu and can now barely be counted as his subordinate, said in surprise.
Ri is originally a place to revere the strong, and the way these ronins elect their leaders is basically a competition, as long as the force value is high enough and the strength is strong enough, then you can be the leader of a group of ronins. In this chaotic Warring States plane, there are many such ronin, but the kind of samurai ronin class who really have names and surnames in history will not be as easy to buy as them.
For example, Zhao Futu's subordinate has never heard of his name, so let's call him a bartender.
Zhao Futu was overjoyed when he saw the battle here, this was equivalent to sending him the head to complete the task of the swordsman! He had planned to kill the robbers and merchant guards along with them, and then collect a little money for his own use. But after hearing the voice of the bartender, he remembered something else, that is, the guy who can be recognized and called by name should not be an ordinary passer-by A or something, right?
Zhao Futu glanced at the battlefield, turned around and said, "Do you know him?" ”
The bartender nodded cautiously and said respectfully, "Yes." His name is Chaya Kiyoyan, and he is a famous businessman in Kyojin! At the age of sixteen, he had already earned thousands of yuan in family assets and opened his own commercial house. ”
Oh?
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Is this guy still a rich man?
When Zhao Futu heard this, his mind suddenly moved, he seemed to remember, there is indeed a quite famous businessman in the capital town, and his name happens to be called a tea house or something, could it be the one in front of him?
Zhao Futu thought so in his heart, he didn't have the idea of killing the caravan together, but pulled out the katana at his waist, and said in a deep voice to the wine Taibao beside him: "These people are all wine bags and rice bags, I'll kill those ronins, you go and help them block those bandits." ”
No matter how weak the strength of the Taibao is, he is also a ronin, although he is afraid of Zhao Futu's strength, but he is not afraid to deal with those inferior poor people who take up arms and robber.
He was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then showed a bloodthirsty smile and rushed forward excitedly.
Now he finally doesn't have to worry about his life, it seems that the powerful adult in front of him is ready to make himself his subordinate.
The two samurai who suddenly appeared here suddenly made those robbers a little confused, and the young merchant named Chaya Kiyonobu who was surrounded also showed a smile of surprise on his face, and said loudly: "Lord samurai over there, please help us deal with these robbers!" I'm willing to pay you a hundred! …… No! 300 kan payout! ”
No matter how much money you have, if you don't have a small life to spend it, it's in vain.
Originally, that teahouse Qingyan was only going to give a reward of 100 guan, but after comparing the number of people on both sides, he immediately gritted his teeth and raised the number of rewards to 300 guan! The difference in numbers between the two sides is very large, and if they don't come up with a high price, the two samurai over there may not come to their aid. At this time, the Warring States was rich in gold and silver, and the depreciation of gold and silver prices was very small, and about 5 Ming copper coins could be exchanged for one or two gold. Therefore, the remuneration of 300 guan is already equivalent to 60 taels of gold.
That's a very tempting asset!
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[Note: Daming copper coins are hard currency in Japan, and the local copper coins in Japan are worthless, and the ratio of the two is 1:4!] 】
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As soon as Zhao Futu's sword came out of the sheath, his head flew up, and with his current strength of up to 48 points and agility of 41 points, dealing with these ordinary ronins was like killing chickens and slaughtering sheep. I saw his figure pounce like a fierce tiger, and the cold sword light appeared, and it was a ronin who was cut in half, and there was no enemy of him among those robbers, and he was killed by him in less than a cup of tea.
Zhao Futu put his sword back into the sheath, there was not a drop of blood on his body, the Fusang people were generally short in stature, and at this time, he was tall and mighty in the eyes of those merchants and ronin guards, and he was already like a god of war!
As soon as the seven or eight ronins who were the leaders died, the remaining bandits were immediately terrified, some turned and fled, and some threw down their weapons and surrendered.
The guards in the caravan had already been held back to fight a burst of fire, and there were some casualties on their side, and the enemy had lost the courage to fight at this time.
Soon, several heads hit the ground, and the battle was over.
The merchant teahouse Qingyan looked at the headless corpses on the ground, and suddenly his eyelids couldn't help jumping, and he walked to Zhao Futu's side with a little fear, and said with a respectful expression: "Thank you for the samurai's sale!" A mere remuneration is not a tribute! ”
After speaking, he took out a bulging money bag from his body, and handed it to Zhao Futu with awe in his eyes.
Zhao Futu was not polite, he directly reached out and took the money bag, opened it and took a look, and suddenly found that there was a piece of golden light flashing inside, which was all gold, all of them were the size of gold beans, and there were some small gold nuggets that had been cast and dissolved, which seemed to be about a kilogram. Fuso was relatively prosperous in gold and silver, but there was a shortage of copper coins, and most of the time large transactions here were done in gold and silver.
Zhao Futu showed a smile on his face, looked at the wine Taibao who walked back to him cautiously, took out a small piece of gold casually, threw it over, and said slowly: "Do it casually, it's not enough to worry about it!" ”
The wine Taibao caught a small piece of gold thrown by Zhao Futu, and immediately smiled, and immediately boasted: "What is this bit of a robber, even if the number is doubled, adults can easily deal with it." ”
Chaya Qingyan had just seen the scene where Zhao Futu easily crushed those robbers, and immediately nodded with palpitations.
"Are you going to Jingzhen?" Zhao Futu looked at the sky and looked down at the teahouse in front of him, which was only as tall as his shoulder.
Chaya Qingyan nodded suddenly and said in surprise: "Yes." The merchant is in Kyojin, and the samurai is also going to Kyojin? We're just in the right place! ”
During this time, there was chaos everywhere to death, bandits were rampant, and they were not peaceful all the way.
Zhao Futu did not hesitate, and immediately agreed to go to Jingzhen together.
He still doesn't know much about the Japanese and Warring States periods of this plane, and it is also very useful to be able to get some news from the mouth of this plot character.
So, the group hit the road again.
On the way to Jingzhen, from the mouth of this merchant named Chaya Qingyan, Zhao Futu did get some additional news. For example, Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen have been in a fight recently, and the goods he sold this time were sold to the two of them. These two famous county magistrates in the Warring States period were rich in gold and silver, so he received a lot of remuneration at this time.
However, the guards he brought with him were attacked by bandits several times, and there were only so many people left at this time.
In addition, Zhao Futu also learned some further information from him, such as the assassination of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen by mysterious people, which caused both of them to become suspicious of the 'strangers' who suddenly appeared to join them, and some of the 'strangers' were even executed by these two daimyos. As a result, many 'Inhumans' rebelled, and they fought with the samurai ninjas, and many of them mysteriously disappeared.
Because of these reasons, the remaining 'aliens' who are active on the battlefield have also been rejected by those famous generals, and are now in an embarrassing situation where their uncles don't love their grandmothers.
No doubt!
The 'aliens' in this Chaya Kiyoyan's mouth are those contractors who have joined the main battlefield plot.
While saying these words, Chaya Qingyan also carefully observed Zhao Futu's expression, obviously he had never heard of Zhao Futu's name, and he also had some doubts about whether he was a 'stranger'. However, compared to other contractors, Zhao Futu is undoubtedly better disguised, whether it is most of the appearance after being corrected by the nightmare space, or the katana he uses, except for being taller, it looks like the plot is no different from the aborigines.
Another piece of news is that Oda Nobunaga is preparing to go to Beijing!
At this time, Oda Nobunaga, who controlled the territory of two and a half prefectures, had become a powerful daimyo in the Warring States Period, and he fought with the Rokkaku family not long ago, and the two sides were inseparable!
It is precisely because the army has concentrated on the front line that many robbers hiding in the mountains have emerged, and many down-and-out ronin have also come over to fish in troubled waters.
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Of the robbers killed by Zhao Futu, only three met the conditions for the swordsman title quest to kill.
He now has 8/20 completion for the Swordsman title, and in addition to getting a few more weapons, he also gets two other special light blue cards.
These two cards are Kenjutsu lv1 and ninjutsu lv1.
Ninjutsu lv1 attributes are as follows:
"Ninjutsu lv1."
"Origin: Taige Ambition."
"Item Rarity: Light Blue."
"Material: The power of the law, the power of the soul."
"Weight: 10 grams."
"Effect: After use, the contractor automatically masters the ninjutsu lv1 ability, increases the base attack power by 10, increases the basic stamina by 10, and improves the mastery ability of the Fuso Katana Ninja Sword and other Japanese swords!"
"Comment: This special card, which is condensed by the power of law and the power of the soul, can only be found in certain extended planes! This item cannot be taken out of the battlefield space, and the contractor can sell it to the Nightmare Space for 800 survival points, an F-rank soul crystal! ”
[Note: Three ninjutsu lv1 cards can be synthesized into ninjutsu lv2 cards, and three ninjutsu lv2 cards can be combined into ninjutsu lv3 cards!] 】
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The requirements for ninjutsu improvement are the same as those for swordsmanship, and the effect is similar, both increase attack power by 10, but ninjutsu also increases the extra stamina by 10.
Even if Zhao Futu used it, he had already obtained the additional strength bonus of swordsmanship lv1 and ninjutsu lv1, and the additional effects of the two skills could be stacked, and the basic attack power he now played has been increased by 20. If he continues at this pace, if he can increase these skills to the maximum level, then he can get a lot of lethality bonuses.
However, this battlefield plane extended by the game obviously still rejects the existence of contractors.
Because the skill bonus obtained by the natives of the original plane plot is an attribute increase, while the bonus obtained by the contractor only increases the secondary effect, and the effect increase after the additional attributes of the equipment are not calculated. In other words, these bonuses are calculated according to the naked attribute, and cannot be counted into the effects of power difference crushing and so on when fighting.
And it only works when you hit an enemy!
In battle, if the ability is similar, then the probability of parrying and blocking is very high, and if there is no power suppression, then it is completely impossible to cause damage.
But if there is a force suppression, then even if the opponent parries and parries, it will be damaged!
In the evening.
The group finally arrived at Jingzhen, which is not too big and looks very visually striking!
Not because it's spectacular, but because it's so devastated.
As the most densely populated town in the entire Warring States period, it has a population of about 20,000 or 30,000, which may be larger than the historical Kyojin town. But the road here is still the most primitive dirt road, dusty when the wind blows, and the houses on both sides of the road are those dilapidated thatched houses, with mud bricks on all four walls, and a layer of mud on the outside, the yellow one, with thatched roofs on top.
On both sides of the road are cultivated farmland, there are small and low-class poor people working, and from time to time there are some down-and-out ronin passing by, and if you want to boo or something, you can find a random house behind the house to solve it.
Many of the people here are full of vegetables and look like they have been malnourished for a long time!
Many people around Zhao Futu seemed to be accustomed to it, but as they gradually entered the center of Jingzhen, the houses on both sides of the road looked much better. At the very least, there is no mud on the walls, and the roof is no longer thatched. A little further inside, the road has been lightly repaired, the ground is much smoother, and there are shops along the street, but business is very light.
With groups of down-and-out ronins roaming around, and some of the larger shops almost all hired guards, it seems that security is also a problem.
In this capital town, the most luxurious place is not the Imperial Palace, but the Business Association!
There are more shops around the business association, taverns have also appeared, the ground is also paved with stones, there is a temple in the distance, Zhao Futu actually saw a small church, but there are very few Fusang people who enter it. Teahouse Qingyan was going to go to the business association, and Zhao Futu was separated from him here. The other party invited him to visit his merchant house tomorrow, and Zhao Futu also nodded and agreed.
The merchants of the Warring States period were still relatively influential, the Jiezhen people, the Beijing Zhenzhong, etc., the merchants united together to control the economy of the Japanese capital, these merchants also had their own escort regiments, and in the town, the business association also funded the recruitment of soldiers responsible for protecting the town, for example, the Beijing Zhenzhong, the armed forces of thousands of people were gathered.
With a hint of curiosity, Zhao Futu went to look at the Ri Ben Palace in this plane.
At this glance, he immediately sympathized with the miserable plight of Emperor Hichimoto! The other party should be the most miserable emperor on the whole earth, and he has fallen to the point where he has to make a living by selling calligraphy and paintings, and there is an unfortunate thing that the emperor has no money to bury after his death, and he has no money to ascend the throne. In the end, there was really no way, and I had to rely on pooling money and playing the sympathy card to be buried and enthroned, this day was simply bleak and outrageous!
The palace can still see a little bit of the grandeur of the past, but now it is very dilapidated.
The emperor is a poor bastard, it is not easy to support himself, where is there any money to repair the palace, so when Zhao Futu saw the palace at this time, an absurd idea actually popped up in his mind!
"This fucking is so mixed up that it's not even as good as the village chief of the Celestial Empire! I really don't know what this emperor means! ”
Not only did the emperor live a miserable life, but the entire Japanese and ministerial class was also extremely pitiful, and some of them didn't even have enough clothes to wear.
It's a strange era!
Zhao Futu looked at it and his interest was greatly reduced, and he was not interested in continuing to visit this plane's Ri Yan Benjing Town, but went directly towards the business association trade area. It should be the most economically developed and prosperous place in Japan, and Zhao Futu is going to stay there for one night, and tomorrow he is thinking about his next plan. His first target, the sword master Yanagi Zongyan, was near Jingzhen, and from here there was a Yanagi Village to the south, and Yanagi Zongyan was the owner there.
It is also the first kill target for Zhao Futu to complete the main quest!