It is said that ninjas are divided into three classes, namely lower ninja, middle ninja, and upper ninja, and these ninjas should only be lower ninjas, good at hiding their bodies and using various props, such as disguise, poisoning, shuriken, firecrackers, and so on.

When Qi Xuansu entered the dense forest, there were also many hidden mines buried in it, which also belonged to the category of the so-called "forbearance".

It is said that in addition to the physical skills of melee combat, the middle ninja and the upper ninja above the lower ninja are also good at ninjutsu, which is somewhat similar to the Taoist technique, but in essence they all belong to the category of supernatural spells.

Ninjas are somewhat similar to Sanren in nature, knowing a little bit of everything and not being proficient in anything. If you talk about hand-to-hand combat, you are not as good as a samurai, and if you talk about long-range spells, you are not as good as an onmyoji, and the only strength is a variety of stealth and hiding methods, and you are a natural scout and secret agent.

Naturally, there can be no middle forbearance and upper forbearance in this kind of place, just like there can be no celestial haunts in Fengtai County. Celestial beings either live in seclusion and leisure in the land of beautiful mountains and rivers, or live in peace and enjoy themselves in the land of beautiful flowers. After the accident, it took time for the celestials in charge of the party to get the news and rush over, and Qi Xuansu and his party were fighting the time difference, and they left this place before the celestials arrived.

???????????????? After crossing this river, you officially enter the territory of Jiuzhu County, where there is a formation house called Sen, which means that there is a flag book here.

Before the Toyotomi clan, it was the shogunate who held the real power, and the flag was the cornerstone of the shogunate.

The so-called banner is originally intended to be the guard samurai under the main general, somewhat similar to the knight class in the West, between the great nobles and commoners, with a territory of less than 10,000 koku, and those with more than 3,000 koku set up a camp house and managed it by themselves. Those below 3,000 stone are mostly entrusted to the management of the officials and receive annual tribute. You can serve as a shogun, or you can have a courtier. A small number of flags are given special preferential treatment, and they can be used as Daimyo to carry out the Hajj and confess, which is called confession. Today's Fenglinzhou has more than 4,000 Qiben, plus Qiben's courtiers and royal family, known as "Qiben 80,000 horsemen".

From this point of view, the Jinya is somewhat of a military camp or a guard station, and it is also an important cornerstone of the shogunate system, just like the flag book.

Shogun is the highest official position of the samurai, and Sekihaku is the highest official position of the public family, and there are two main reasons why the Toyotomi clan chose to become Sekihaku instead of a shogun.

The first point is that the shoguns of the shogunate relied on a large and powerful lineage of retainers and relatives to rule, and the Toyotomi clan was a commoner, so there was no such condition, and without a family lineage, it was difficult to establish effective rule with the empty title of shogun alone. Without a prominent family background, it is impossible to confirm the hereditary leader of the samurai family based on the family background alone, and he can only improve his family character through the public family, so he must not completely abandon the public family.

The second point is that serving as Guan Bai with a martial arts background, as the emperor's first assistant, is the apex of the public family and the martial family, which is indeed a good idea to bring the public and military forces into his own control. Moreover, the authority of the imperial court was declining, and the Toyotomi clan, in the name of the emperor's assistant, had the righteous name of revitalizing the imperial court and crusading against the unservants, which was a way to restore its authority from the perspective of the imperial court.

For these two reasons, in the end, the Toyotomi clan chose to become the regent Sekihaku, and followed the prime minister's system in the Central Plains to establish the prime minister's office, intending to achieve the unity of public and military affairs.

However, because he was born in a samurai family, the so-called prime minister's house was essentially similar to the shogunate, and there were also a large number of banners.

The flag of Kusu-gun did not belong to the Prime Minister's Office, but to the Matsue Domain of Izumo Province.

When Qi Xuansu and his party came to the not far from the forest array house, they saw a village entrenched on a hill, mainly wooden structure, supplemented by a brick and stone structure, this village was very large, with sharpened wooden stakes as the wall, almost with the prototype of the city, there was billowing smoke rising, and it could be seen from a long distance.

"Is it on fire?" Lu Yuting looked at the stockade with the pocket clairvoyant mirror she carried with her.

Tang Yongshui, who was born in Tianji Hall, could distinguish the general situation with just his naked eyes, shook his head and said, "It's not a fire, it's the smoke from the iron-making furnace." ”

The rest of the people were stunned: "Isn't it a formation house?" How did it become an ironmaking workshop? ”

Qi Xuansu said: "It's not strange, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water." In our Central Plains, there are also many squires who sold their ancestral fields to build large workshops, it seems that this banner is quite knowledgeable about the way of management, rather than farming and not having enough to eat, it is better to mine and make iron. However, an ironmaking workshop of this scale should not be supported by a banner, nor can it be monopolized by a banner, and in the end, he can get a share of thirty percent of the benefits, which is good. ”

"Why is it only 30%?" Han Yongfeng was puzzled.

Lu Yuting replied on her behalf: "Can you keep all the annual income of your Liaodong Provincial Government?" Isn't it???????????????? Do you want to hand over the big head to Yujing? ”

Han Yongfeng immediately understood: "Seventy percent are top." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "It is reasonable, if Yujing has no money, it can't afford to raise so many flying boats and spiritual officials, and it is impossible to give financial and personnel power to the locality. ”

"Deputy Hall Master, do you want to bypass this place?" Li Mingshan didn't care about this, he was more concerned about whether the group could get out of danger as soon as possible.

Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment and asked, "Master Tang, did you say that the fire guns used by those ninjas came from this place?" ”

Tang Yongshui was not surprised, and immediately replied: "Don't hide it from the deputy hall master, I also have such suspicions, but whether it is or not, I still need to see it on the spot to determine." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Daomen has ruled Fenglin Continent for nearly a hundred years through the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion, which can be regarded as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, after all, it was only a hundred years before the Golden Horde won the country. You say, if we came to visit, what would be the attitude of this bannerman? ”

Li Mingshan didn't agree, but he couldn't directly oppose his boss's opinion, so he could only say euphemistically: "It's a pity that because of those Iga ninjas, we couldn't find out the relevant information of Morijinya in advance, otherwise we would have been able to know it in our hearts." ”

Qi Xuansu did not speak, not to express his dissatisfaction, but to fall into deep thought.

If it weren't for these wounded, he wouldn't have asked for advice at all, he would have chosen to find out directly, and he was sure enough to get out. But with these wounded, he had to ask for advice and consider the consequences that might result.

"What about you? What is your opinion? Qi Xuansu looked at the others.

"I think it's okay, whether it's the smelting technology that our Daomen gave to the Fenglinzhou Imperial Court, or the smelting technology that came from the Western Holy Court, there is still a difference in the details, you can see it at a glance." Tang Yongshui was the first to express his support.

Han Yongfeng said: "Lao Han's life was saved by the deputy hall master, whatever the deputy hall master says, I will do what Lao Han does." ”

Lu Yuting hesitated for a moment and said, "As far as I know, the Songjiang Domain is good at business, and in order to increase income, it implements a monopoly system, including wood wax, ginseng, cotton and iron. By the time of the reign of the fifth-generation feudal lord Xuanwei, Tabe, Sakurai, and Itohara were in charge of steelmaking. Its position is also relatively neutral, according to our analysis of the Daomen, the Matsue Domain is essentially biased towards the imperial forces, but after all, the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion has been accumulating prestige for a long time, and there is the support behind the Daomen, and he is afraid that the Prime Minister's Mansion will be liquidated in the future, so he has been riding the wall, and on the surface he does not support both sides, and is still in the wait-and-see stage. If we just go to see the flag book of the Matsue Domain, and there is no fundamental stake involved, then there should not be much of a problem. ”

Han Yongfeng asked, "Lu Daoyou, since the Songjiang Domain is neutral, who sent the ronin, monks, and ninjas who attacked us before?" ”

Lu Yuting said: "Since he is a monk soldier, he is naturally under the command of the Buddhist sect of Fenglinzhou." In our Central Plains, although the Dao Gate is the largest, but there are also Buddhism and Confucianism under the Dao Gate, Fenglinzhou here, in addition to the Shinto Heavenly Gate, the Buddha Gate is also not to be underestimated, but also above the Yin and Yang Dao. Therefore, there are Buddhist forces in various places, and their status is transcendent, and the idle daimyo dare not interfere with these Buddhist forces, and even many daimyo are Buddhist believers, with Dharma names and precept names. The last 'enemy of the Buddha' who dared to use force against Buddhism was still the head of the Oda clan who was expected to dominate Fenglin Continent. ”

"As for why we took the backroads in the first place, to avoid this ???????????????? Some ostensibly neutral feudal lords are still secondary, the key is to avoid the ubiquitous Shinto Tianmen forces and Fenglin Continent Buddhist forces, now it seems that our luck is not bad, but we encountered the Fenglin Continent Buddhist forces, attacked by monks and ninjas, and did not encounter the forces of Shinto Tianmen. ”

Qian Daren couldn't help sighing: "It's Buddhism again, it's really ghostly, in the Western Regions, it's to fight with Buddhism, and when you arrive in Fenglinzhou, you have to fight with Buddhism." ”

Lu Yuting said with a smile: "You just went to Borneo or Posa Island, where there are also Buddhist forces." ”

"There is not a single foot of pure land under the sky." Qian Daren shook his head and said.

Qi Xuansu synthesized the opinions of several people, and finally said: "This place is already very close to Hita City, even if there is support from the middle ninja or the upper ninja, we can evacuate quickly, so let's take a look." ”

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After confirming their opinion, the group headed in the direction of the Jinya, and happened to meet a convoy of animal powerhouses that were also going to the Jinya, about dozens of vehicles, all pulling full of iron ore.

The person in charge of driving the car saw that the Daomen group who were dressed completely different from the people of Fenglinzhou, and they did not have too much hostility, but were a little in awe.

As Qi Xuansu said, the Dao Sect has indirectly ruled Fenglin Continent for nearly a hundred years, and it has a deep foundation.

Daomen is hidden behind the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion Emperor Taishang, pursuing a consistent purpose, and does not directly participate in the management of people's livelihood, nor does it interfere too much in government affairs, only Fenglinzhou's commerce and trade are firmly in the hands of Daomen, so there are many people who are dissatisfied with the Prime Minister's Mansion, but there are not many people who really hate Daomen. For many people in Fenglinzhou, Daomen is actually the God of Wealth, many daimyo benefit from the trade of Daomen, so they support Daomen, and many daimyo can't get a piece of the pie, so they oppose Daomen. This is also the main reason why the king's road broke out but was not complete, all because of the wealth that moved people's hearts.

Before the outbreak of the Venerable King's Dao, the iron-making workshop also had a lot of dealings with the Fenglinzhou Daofu and the Shibotang, but after the Venerable Wang's Dao swept Fenglinzhou this time, it didn't come and go much. Therefore, these people are no strangers to the people in the Daomen who appeared, and they are only here to discuss business.

The person at the head stepped forward, and even understood some Central Plains official dialect, and flattered: "What are the few mages doing?" ”

Li Mingshan immediately introduced: "This is Qi Gaogong. ”