Shima Castle, a territory of Shima Ryo Territory, faces the sea and the mountains on one side, and the territory is rich in fishing and hunting, and the soil is fertile, producing 1.8 million koku of grain every year, far exceeding that of neighboring Ise Castle.

At the top of the Shima pyramid is the lord of Shima "Oda Keiji", and the Shima clan is connected to the Hachiman-Oda family, the Mishima-Oda family, and the Izumi-oda family, a family of three branches. Below that, there are subordinate lords such as Komiya, Iwazu, Oshima, and Okubo who have thousands of stones. and tens of thousands of samurai courtiers.

Lord Shima had three sons and one daughter, and the eldest son, "Ryuichiro", was talented and unusable. The second son "Chengzhou" is cruel, tyrannical, and unpopular. Only the third son, "Yaye", has been diligent in his studies since he was a child, both civil and military, and is deeply loved by everyone. And the youngest daughter "Chizuru" is only sixteen years old, and she often goes down to the place in person on weekdays to fight with some small samurai classes in the territory, and I don't know what is in my heart.

On this day, Oda Chizuru came to the dojo of the Onomiya family in Shimobo again to discuss the plague with the children of the Shimotoku family.

Present were Kotaro, the third son of the Komiya family, Yuya the head of the Okubo family, Kazuna, the second son, Yasuo, the only son of the Oshima family, Shiya the head of the Iwazao family, and Aoi the third son. They are all playmates who grew up with Chizuru Oda, and if something happens to Shima, they will all respond to Chizuru-sama's call to come together.

At this time, Oda Chizuru was dressed in white, and he was sitting upright and angry with everyone: "Father, this time it is too much! Shima has such a big incident, he didn't want to go to the Kitada family for help, but blocked the border. Did he think he could hide it? And the elders of the family, too, didn't they think about the people? They all ....... ”

Poof!cough-cough-cough...... Komiya Kotaro, who was drinking tea on the side, squirted out a mouthful of tea. He coughed and said, "Miss Chizuru, please be careful...... Ahem, cough, cough, if these words reach the ears of the lord and the elders of the family, I am afraid that the consequences will be ......"

Chizuru glanced at Komiya Kotaro sternly, and scolded, "Kotaro! As a child of a martial arts family, you should move forward bravely if you encounter injustice. How can you turn a blind eye and let yourself go freely because of the power and dignity? If so, what's the use of your years of martial arts? ”

Komiya Kotaro is notoriously timid, and at this time, he was scolded by Chizuru, and his face turned white with fright. He muttered, "In the next ...... I was also worried about Miss, so I reminded Xiao ...... that "the voice became smaller and quieter, and in the end I couldn't speak."

Seeing Komiya Kotaro's weak performance, Okubo Kazuna, who was present, sneered and said: "Konomiya-sama, your courage really has the reputation of honoring Komiya Kazumi, how will you lead the family in the future." ”

Hearing Okubo and Ming's insults and elders, Komiya Kotaro's face turned red again, his mouth opened and closed a few times, and he didn't know how to refute for a while.

Yasuo Oshima on the side couldn't look at it, and couldn't help but stand up for him: "Okubo Kazuna! Ichigo-sama is an elder, you are directly respected by the elders, it is really rude, you have to apologize to Ichigo-sama and Kotaro in person." ”

"What!" Okubo Kazuna's eyes widened, and he shouted with the katana at his waist in one hand, "Please forgive me for not hearing clearly, Your Excellency." ”

"That's it!"

Miss Chizuru interrupted everyone's infighting, she glanced at everyone present, and said slowly: "I, Shima, have been living and working in peace and contentment for more than 100 years. How do you know that heaven and earth are not kind, and all things are Zou dogs. In an instant, such a monstrous disaster fell. Under the glorious natural disaster, the father lost his son, and the wife lost his husband. The corpses of the people were scattered all over the field, crying and wailing. Three hundred miles from north to south, it is like a ghost domain. At this time, only the whole city is united and sincere. to survive this calamity. ”

Chizuru stood up and walked outside the circle surrounded by everyone, clasped his hands together and said, "Chizuru is the body of a woman, up, don't talk about political affairs, down, can't carry it on your shoulders." But all of you here are handsome for a while, and I hope that everyone will put the people first and the community first. Do everything you can to help the people of Shima through this difficult time. Chizuru is here to thank you. ”

As he spoke, Chizuru bowed down to the crowd.

Everyone present, seeing that Miss Chizuru is so righteous, can't help but feel a surge of blood in their hearts. He fell to the ground in unison and shouted, "I will die for Shima, for the Oda family, and for Miss Chizuru." ”

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Because of the system of island countries, once people leave their hometowns, without houses and money, they will be reduced to floating people (lower than refugee status). Therefore, there are still many people who would rather face the plague than leave the land where they have lived for generations.

Standing on the hillside, looking at the people of Shima below who were infected with the plague and had no one to manage or treat it, Dylan couldn't help but sigh. Shaking his head, he said: "No matter in any era, it is always the people who are affected, it can be said

There are hungry women on the road, holding their children and abandoning the grass. Gu heard the crying sound and waved his tears and refused to return it.

I don't know where I died, how can I finish the two phases? I drove the horse away, and I couldn't bear to listen to this.

Wars, diseases, and famines, these are indeed the greatest natural enemies of human existence, and the ancients did not deceive me. ”

Seeing Dylan chanting poetry, Ryoji Ogawa behind him lit up his eyes, and hurriedly stepped forward to applaud and said, "Your Highness, you are not only kind-hearted, but also outstanding in writing, and you can write poems casually." Your Highness really deserves to be ·······"

"I didn't write the poem! Dylan's casual words made Ryoji Ogawa choke suddenly, and he immediately retreated back again in frustration.

The seven of them are all members of the Qitian family, and as samurai, they have always looked down on this kind of behavior that only thinks about patting on the back every day, and when they see Ryoji Ogawa eating deflated, they all have a sneering expression. And the two female ninjas have never crossed paths with the others, so they just sit on the sidelines.

The Ogawa Ryoji family belonged to the low-status small surname (squire boy) in Ise, and although they were also courtiers in the same hall as many samurai, the difference between their low status and the rest of the people who traveled was very obvious.

In this procession, seven samurai volunteered to come to the plague-stricken land for the sake of their families and gods, but also for fear that the plague would affect Ise and cause suffering to the people. The two female ninja had difficulty returning to Iga because of the failure of the mission, so they could only choose to surrender to Dylan, so they followed Dylan wherever he went. Only Ryoji Ogawa wanted to show himself in front of the gods who guarded his city, so as to achieve the purpose of improving his family's status.

It's a pity that Dylan is different from the magnates of other island countries, and Ryoji Ogawa's sycophants are just in vain.