I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Usually, I occasionally fantasize about how I will spend my money when I have money."

"But when I got a windfall, I don't know how to spend it."

"How about building a sword gym?" Kondo suggested, "100 taels of gold is enough to build a sword gym."

"Qianye, your swordsmanship is so strong, once you build a sword gym, you won't have to worry about having no students."

"I don't intend to become a master of the sword gym." Qianye said softly, "In short, let's save the money now. I will use it later when I figure out how to use the money."

"I advise you not to save money." Kondo shrugged, "Haven't you heard a saying? Edo people don't spend overnight money."

"The recent world is not so peaceful. The Tianming famine that starved to death of so many people has only passed three years."

"Once the world is not peaceful, the value of money can easily fluctuate."

"Now the value of money fluctuates a lot."

"If you keep saving and don't spend it, maybe after a few months, your money will become a piece of waste rock."

"I don't know what you said." Qianye smiled bitterly, "But I can't think of any other better way to deal with the money other than saving it temporarily."

"In short, let's save it for the time being, and then take one step at a time."

As soon as Chiba's voice fell, footsteps from far to near suddenly sounded outside the shop door.

Hearing the footsteps, Kondo immediately muttered:

“There are guests coming”

As soon as he uttered this grunt, Kondo immediately sat up straight and upright.

Chiba, who was sitting next to Kondo, did the same. While sitting up straight and upright, she put away the book in her hand.

wow.

The shop door was opened.

"Welcome Light"

Before Kondo could say the last syllable of "Welcome", his eyes widened in astonishment.

The person who opened the store door was a man and a woman.

Kondo is very familiar with this pair of men and women, whether it is the man or the woman.

"Mashima!" Kondo exclaimed excitedly, standing up abruptly.

This pair of men and women are exactly A-Machi and Ogata who is wearing a human skin mask.

Ogata looked at Kondo who was exclaiming in front of him, and smiled slightly:

"It's been a while, Kondo."

Although Ogata had just moved into that remote little house to recuperate from his injuries, he immediately asked Ah-machi to go to the North Wind House to help him report Kondo's safety.

But just like Kondo never felt at ease when he didn't see Ogata was really safe with his own eyes, he also always felt uneasy if Ogata didn't show his face in front of Kondo himself.

However, Ogata has always been powerless about "going to the North Wind House to find Kondo".

Because the North Wind House is too far away from where he lives now, and the injuries on Ogata's body do not allow him to move such a long distance.

So we can only wait slowly.

Waiting for the injury on his body to recover enough to allow his body to go back and forth between Beifeng House and the place where he currently lives.

And now the vitality as high as 36 points is really impressive.

The injuries on Ogata's body changed almost every day.

When he went to the Kitamachi Magistrate's office to receive his bonus three days ago, Ogata was still limping when he walked.

When he woke up this morning, Xu Bian found that he could walk normally now.

Not only can I walk normally, but I don't have any injuries on my body and I still have a dull pain.

After discovering that his body had recovered to the point where he could go back and forth between the North Kaze House and the house he lived in, Ogata immediately led A-Ming to the Kita Kaze House without any hesitation, and reported to Kondo in person. All in peace, let Kondo see with his own eyes that he is still alive and kicking.

As soon as Ogata said "I haven't seen you for a while", Kondo quickly walked out from behind the counter, and then quickly rushed to Ogata.

"Mashima, you finally appeared!"

"I've been worried that something happened to you after you suddenly missed the martial arts test!"

"I've looked around for you. But I can't find you at all."

"If Ms. Machi hadn't come to me and told me that you are safe now, I would have gone to the execution office and entrusted the officials of the execution office to find a samurai named Goro Mashima!"

"Sorry." Apologetic expression appeared on Ogata's face, "I made you worry, I have dealt with some things these days."

"Mashima, are you injured?" Kondo realized at this moment that some exposed skin on Ogata's body was wrapped in thick sackcloth.

"Well, but it's just a minor injury that doesn't matter."

"It's good that you're fine." Kondo let out a long breath, "As long as you're fine, I'm at ease."

Looking at Kondo who looked relieved in front of him, a special smile involuntarily appeared on Ogata's face.

Even if he is wanted by the shogunate all over the country, even if his head is watched by so many people, there will still be people who express concern when they encounter any danger. smile.

He raised his hand and patted Kondo's shoulder, and after greeting Kondo for a while, Ogata looked over Kondo's shoulder and looked at Chiba who was still sitting behind the counter.

"Qianye-kun." Ogata smiled and said, "I've heard about it. You have successfully won the first place in the martial arts test. Congratulations."

"It's just that I was lucky for a while." Qianye smiled slightly, "Mashima-kun, your body smells very strong. What did you do? You have so many injuries"

"Well, I encountered some things and accidentally made these injuries, but they are only minor injuries, and they will heal after a period of rest."

After briefly exchanging pleasantries with Chiba for a while, Ogata turned his gaze back to Kondo in front of him.

"Kondo, is the owner of your North Wind House here now?"

"Huh? Yes. What's the matter?"

"That's it." Ogata put on a slightly serious tone, "I'm going to visit Ezo later, so I plan to ask the owner of your Hokazeya about things related to Ezo."

Ogata led A-machi to Hokazeya this time, not only to personally report Kondo's safety, but also to ask the owner of Hokazeya about Ezo for another matter.

"Ezo Land?" Kondo's face was filled with astonishment, "Master, what are you doing in a wild place like Ezo Land?"

"Look for someone." Ogata said, "I'm going to Ezo to find two people who are very important to me."

Although Kondo behaves carelessly, he is actually the kind of person who is rough and fine.

Seeing that Ogata didn't seem to want to say more about his purpose of going to Ezo, Kondo didn't ask too much.

"Master, you really came at the right time."

"My boss, he happens to be in the shop right now."

"But he's on the bathroom right now."

Speaking of this, Kondo couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"If it wasn't because my boss went to the bathroom, I wouldn't be sitting at the counter helping to look after the store."

"My boss has always been in the bathroom for a long time, but he has been there for a long time, so he should be back soon."

Before Kondo finished speaking, footsteps came from the corridor behind the counter.

"Ah, my boss is back." Kondo said happily, "It's really timely. He came back as soon as he was mentioned."

The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer to Ogata and the others, and the last short middle-aged man with half-white hair appeared from the corridor.

When the middle-aged man saw Ogata and Atachi, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said loudly like a conditioned reflex:

"Welcome! What do you need?"

"Mashima." Kondo Assistant Ogata introduced, "This is the owner of our Hokaze House."

After briefly introducing the middle-aged man to Ogata, Kondo turned his attention to the middle-aged man and introduced Ogata to him.

"Boss! This guest is my friend. He plans to go to Ezodi in the future, so I want to ask about Ezodi."

"Ezodi?"

The middle-aged man, the owner of Beifeng House, looked up and down Ogata several times with suspicious eyes.

"Master Samurai, although I don't know why you plan to go to Ezo. But I advise you not to go to Ezo if you can. Ezo is not very peaceful now, maybe there will be a war. "

"If you must go to Ezo, then I also suggest that you wait for a while and wait for Ezo to be a little calmer before going."

As soon as the boss finished speaking, Xu Fang said in a firm tone without thinking:

"I know Ezodi is messy and dangerous right now. But I can't wait too long because I have important things to do."

"If you insist on going to Ezo now, Mr. Samurai, then I won't say anything more."

Dongjia shrugged.

"You said that you are here to inquire about things related to Ezo, right?"

"What do you want to ask?"

"We want to know where we can take the boat to Ezo," said Ogata, "and I want to know if you have a map of Ezo for sale here."

"The best way to go to Ezo is to find a merchant ship going to Ezo." The owner said, "Let the owner of that merchant ship give you a ride."

"This method is the safest and least expensive."

"If you don't want to take a merchant ship, you have to find a way to find a ship yourself. But this method is expensive and unsafe."

"I recommend that you go to the Dewa area or the Mutsu area."

"There are many businesses in those two areas that specialize in doing business with the Ainu people."

"The Ezo goods here are all imported from the merchants in the Dewa and Mutsu areas."

"Go to Dewa or Mutsuna to see if there is any merchant who is willing to take you to Ezo."

"As for the map of Ezo, we don't sell it here."

"Those big businessmen in the Dewa and Mutsu areas who do business with the Ezo may have a map of the Ezo."

"After arriving in the Dewa or Mutsu area, you can ask if there is any merchant who is willing to sell you a map."

"No map?" Ogata's face showed a bit of disappointment.

However, as soon as the look of disappointment appeared on Ogata's face, the words that Dong Jia said immediately made Ogata's brows rise, and the look of disappointment on his face disappeared a little.

"Although I don't have a map of Ezodi here, I have another good thing here."

"wait a second."

After finishing speaking, the host turned around and walked towards the stairs not far away.

The host came back not long after climbing up to the second floor of Beifeng House.

When I came back, my boss had an extra book in his hand.

"This book should be useful to you."

Walking slowly back and forth between Ogata and Atachi, the owner handed the book in his hand to Ogata.

"This book was written by an old friend of mine and given to me."

"It records some commonly used words in Ainu language."

"The old friend who gave me this book told me that as long as you learn all the common words recorded in this book, you can communicate with the Ezos simply."

Ogata's pupils narrowed slightly in surprise.

Ogata was slightly disappointed when he learned that there was no map of Ezodi for sale at Beifengya, but he didn't expect to be pleasantly surprised so soon.

After receiving the book from the master, Ogata asked:

"Can I take a look?"

"Of course." The owner smiled, "One of the principles of my business with others is to warmly welcome customers to inspect the goods."

After obtaining permission from his employer, Ogata turned to the first page.

The first line of the first page starts with a string of pseudonyms.

After transliterating this string of pseudonyms, it means "Pinna".

This string of pseudonyms is followed by a line of text: "There is no specific meaning. Ezo will keep saying the word Pinna when eating to express his gratitude for the food."

"Ezo has no written language." The owner explained, "so we can only use pseudonyms to transliterate their words."