Danzaemon lay on the ground, not daring to move, and said: "The people are lowly people, and it is only natural for the Dakang samurai master to try the sword, but I just ask His Highness Dachuhai to accept the donations of the filthy people no matter what." ”

Chongwen shook his head and said, "No, no, no, our ancient Chinese sages said that Tianxingjian is a gentleman who strives for self-improvement. What does it mean, that is, the way of heaven is strong and strong, everyone should follow this principle, be resolute and strong, be angry and strong, and never stop, this is human beings. Those who are obedient and willing to be inferior are not in line with the way of heaven and are not worthy of being called human beings.

Face, power, and wealth in the world are all precious, so how can there be any reason to sit back and wait for others to give alms? What we Chinese pay attention to is integrity, and those who are determined do not drink the water of stolen springs, and those who are inexpensive do not drink food that comes from them. Only if you yourself have the backbone and self-improvement like a human being, will others respect you, believe in you, and be willing to wait for you. Only then can you be like a human being, and take on the responsibilities that people should bear.

But you, others despise you, you yourself despise yourself, who dares to give your back to someone like you. You give me your blood and sweat, expecting me to give you the right to be a human being, and to be honest, I can't give it, so I can't take your things, I'm going to kill you, it's like killing a chicken, do you understand?"

Danzaemon was still lying on the ground silent, shrugging his shoulders and backs, as if he was crying, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

Chongwen didn't look at him and continued: "If you want to live like a human, the shogunate can't give it to you, and the East China Sea merchant group can't give it to you, and the only one who can save you is yourself." Even if the merchant group won the battle of the shogunate and gave you justice, it was still on paper, and as long as you were soft-boned, others would always despise you.

Until now, you still don't understand a truth, from the nobility of no one else's charity, all rights are bought in exchange for your own life. If you don't want to be a pariah and want to live like a human being, there is only one way, pick up a knife and a gun, and kill those who despise you, trample on you, and bully you, then you are naturally not a pariah.

Rather than dedicate your blood and sweat to the Tokai Merchants, you should join us and fight the shogunate to the death. At that time, you will know, they did not cut off a broken bone and tendon with a single knife, and blood splattered 4 feet. If you are unfortunate enough to be killed by the enemy, it is nothing, it is not terrible to die, it is terrible to live like you. ”

After finishing speaking, Chongwen didn't look at Danzaemon anymore, picked up the wine cup and drank a sip of Fangjin Yaki, and Hanako picked up a piece of matsutake venison with a wooden chopstick and stuffed it into Chongwen's mouth. He pressed down on the wooden chopstick with his injured hand, pulled out the net knife with his left hand, forked a mouthful of meat with the tip of the knife, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and was extremely happy for a while.

Birch Mountain Yoshimasa shouted: "Happy!" learned from Chongwen to pull out the ribs, forked a piece of meat and ate it, and dried up a glass of wine. This young man is not good at words, but he feels that the words of the great sea are free and vivid, and he speaks his heart... He can't help but imitate the big sea, from eating and dressing to walking, he is experiencing the feeling that a young man has: worship.

Hanako said to Chongwen with a smile: "Your Highness Da Chuhai, let me tell you a secret, catfish babies like to eat venison the most, and they often touch the kitchen in the middle of the night to steal it, and the kitchen doesn't dare to scold him, you have to take care of him." ”

Chongwen smiled: "What kind of sin is this, he is the time when he grows his body, venison is hot, and it is good to eat it." But you, too, are growing your body, so you have to eat more meat. ”

Hanako covered her mouth in disgust and said: "I really can't eat that meat, it's terrible, killing and eating meat, a place of blood, that's mutilating living beings, the Buddha will blame." ”

Chongwen sighed: "You maids are frail and rarely live past the age of 40, just because you don't eat meat, vegetarians are naturally weak." In addition, your lead ** is poisonous, which is something that kills people with guns, how can you smear it on your face. No one around me is allowed to use that thing, and neither are you, do you hear that?"

Hanako said aggrievedly: "No, how to go out and meet people." ”

Chongwen said: "That** is scared to death, and the walking ** is falling down, is it beautiful?"

Kayama Yoshimasa also said: "The princess is a talented woman with ** black teeth, and the samurai Ji is still not enough." ”

Hanako yelled at Kayama Yoshimasa: "Shut up, you're a big fool, you don't know anything but killing." ”

The filthy head lay on the ground, motionless, and the three of them laughed and laughed noisily, and regarded the Zaemon as nothing.

After a while, Hanako's eyes suddenly widened, staring at the front. Chongwen turned his head to look, only to see that Danzaemon actually slowly straightened up and sat up, turned to the food table with both hands, took a sip of the wine cup, wiped the wine stains on his lips with the sleeves of his robe, and said slowly: "Then, can the filthy Duozhong also join the East China Sea Merchant Group?"

Chongwen said coldly: "As long as you are a human being, sincere, and willing to abide by the rules of the regiment, you can join the regiment, and the slaves will forget it." ”

Danzaemon said: "I know that the group is a brother with the dead and dead, and the filthy duozhong is also a brother of the merchant group?"

Chongwen said: "No, only if you go with us to cut down the shogunate, you are brothers." ”

Danzaemon said, "But we don't have the money to pay. ”

Chongwen said: "Your armor and leather belt is silver. What's more, the payment is not a condition for joining the club, but only the deed share capital of the merchant group's cabinet, not to be the owner of the cabinet, not to participate in the dividend of the cabinet, the same is the merchant group. If you enter the mother, whether it is the cabinet fang Qidong or not, as long as you have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, you will be given the same share of the Aokou commercial port, and of course, the spoils of war.

However, the brothers of the merchant group are not easy to get along with, and if you dare not compete with them, you may be excluded by others if you make meritorious contributions. There is no mischief in the merchant group, and all fairness must be fought for by yourself, but no fraud is allowed, and no sword is allowed. ”

Danzaemon took a deep breath and said slowly: "The words of His Highness Da Izumi have awakened a hundred thousand dreams. Here today, I dare to say that I can speak on behalf of all the filthy people in Kanto and Kansai, we want to join the group, we are willing to go to the soup for the East China Sea merchant group, and all the people who died in the war will have no complaints. ”

Chongwen laughed and said: "The East China Sea Merchant Group doesn't need anyone to die, we are only for ourselves, not for others, the East China Sea Merchant Group has no humility, only a proper competition." If you don't understand that, you still won't be fair ... Okay, now can you eat with us?"

Danzaemon raised the wine cup with both hands and said to Chongwen, "I am not grateful that His Highness Da Izumi saved my life, because I didn't want to live in the first place. However, His Royal Highness Da Chuhai's bitter teachings are like more than 100,000 reborn parents, if I despise myself again, it will be heinous. If His Highness takes me as a human being, please drink with me. ”

Chongwen raised the wine cup, looked at Hanako and Kayama Yoshimasa, and said with a smile: "What about you?"

The two also raised the wine cup, and Chongwen laughed and said: "Okay, let's drink a cup together today, all the past is equal to yesterday's death, and from now on is equal to tomorrow's birth." Let's work together to kill the enemy, kill those who eat people by identity, burn their houses, rob them of their gold and women, them!"

The four of them shouted: "it!" raised the wine cup and drank it all, there was no restraint in their hearts, everyone felt extremely happy, and laughed together.

Putting down the wine cup, he was no longer restrained by playing Saemon, and spoke openly: "The world despises us, but we have 100,000 people in the whole city, even in Kuroi Village, there are at least 800 young people, plus more than 3,000 old and weak women and children, and our women can also go into battle to kill the enemy." ”

Chongwen waved his hand again and again and said, "No need, although the shogunate is outnumbered and the army is ten times that of us, they are divided and are by no means our opponents, and there is no need for women to go into battle." I will send a boat to Kuroi Village and send your young men to Fukue Island for training, and form a separate outpost.

But ... The merchant boat masters are also sea thieves, not to mention fierce, they inevitably want to bully you, what should you do?"

Danzaemon said firmly: "We will fight with reason and resist to the end!"

Chongwen praised: "That's right, it's still the same sentence, the face is fought for by yourself, not by anyone." But they are also your comrades, brothers on the battlefield, do not use swords and guns, the result of killing brothers is to get rid of the group, and you will be swallowed by the merchant group There are no bones left. ”

Danzaemon nodded and said, "I know... But not only can we kill the enemy on the battlefield, our people are all over the world, we are the most well-informed people in the whole country, we can find out the news for the merchant group, is this considered meritorious?"

Chongwen said with a smile: "Of course it's a merit, if it's important news, it's still a great merit, and the profit after the war is no less than cutting the flag." In short, everything is to win, and if you lose, everything will be stopped, and the Qidong will lose their fortunes, and you will do the same. ”

Hanako pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "I don't believe you, you are all untouchables, living in the wilderness far from the city, where do you know any news." ”

Danzaemon was accustomed to seeing the cheap, and he didn't care, he said quietly: "Actually, there are a lot of filth in the city, and there are quite a few of them, but everyone doesn't pay much attention to them, such as the filthy people who are in charge of the streets, temples, shrines, and lords' palaces, so they know a lot of secrets."

The eagle dog of each city lord and guardian is also raised, and the eagle slave and the dog slave are sometimes the closest people to the powerful, even if we don't want to hear it, a lot of words will get into our ears, and no one will be wary of the filthy more. ”

Chongwen's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered something, and he asked in a deep voice: "Since you raise birds for the powerful, have you ever seen a bird, white, the size of a magpie, with a crown, a hooked beak, and a short tail, very beautiful." ”

Danzaemon thought for a while, and suddenly said: "I haven't seen this kind of bird, but I've heard that this is a macaw, from the Tianzhu country, and there is only one in the whole of it." ”

Hanako covered her mouth in surprise and stopped talking, but Chongwen became excited, and unconsciously leaned over and asked, "Then do you know what is special about this bird?"

Danzaemon said: "This macaw can learn human language, it is more aura than starling, and this bird recognizes its owner, it is very rare, and there is only one of them." ”

Chongwen asked, "Who does this bird belong to?"

Danzaemon said, "It's a tenzhu monk named Batuo. ”

Chongwen asked, "Where is this monk?"

Danzaemon said: "In Kasuga Yamajo in Echigo Province, he is a monk of the Hatakeyama clan... and his advisers. ”