I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

That is the current old middle school of the shogunate: Matsudaira Sadanobu finally visited Matsumae Castle, the capital of Matsumae Clan, today after spending nearly a month.

Kanjeong three years, January 1, night

Matsumae Domain, Matsumae Castle

In the spring of last year, General Inamori, who was entrusted by Matsudaira Jonobu with the important task of commanding the army stationed in the northern frontline, was wearing the most formal dress and sitting in a spacious room at this time.

There are currently 5000 shogunate troops stationed in the north.

The headquarters of General Inamori's regiment was established at Matsumae Castle.

As the general of the legion, Inamori naturally lived in Matsumae Castle for a long time.

When Matsudaira Jonobu arrived at Matsumae Castle this afternoon, Inamori led all the senior generals of the army currently staying in the city, and accompanied the lords and ministers of the Matsumae Domain out of the city to welcome Matsudaira Jonobu.

A few hours after welcoming Matsudaira Jonobu into the city, after dark, Inamori suddenly received a message just now: Matsudaira Jonobu wants to see him now.

After receiving this order, Inamori immediately put down all the affairs at hand, put on the most formal dress, and arrived at this room under the guidance of a special person.

At this moment, Matsudaira Sadanobu has not yet arrived.

Although there was no one else in the room except him, Inamori still straightened his waist, put his hands on his legs, and sat in the most standard kneeling posture.

Even though he was very tired like this, he didn't have the slightest thought of "changing the sitting position to relax before no one came".

Sitting upright like a rock, with eyes closed and meditating.

Finally, the door on the side in front of him was slowly opened.

At the same moment as the door was pulled, Inamori opened his eyes suddenly.

As the door was opened, two figures walked into the room from the opened door one after the other.

The two people who entered the room were Matsudaira Sadanobu and his surname Tachibana.

Sadanobu Matsudaira walked ahead, while Tachibana was holding the saber of Sadanobu Matsudaira, keeping a certain distance from Sadanobu Matsudaira, and followed closely behind Sadanobu Matsudaira.

After entering the room at a moderate pace, Matsudaira Sadanobu did not choose to sit on his knees, but crossed his legs and sat cross-legged in front of Inamori very casually.

Tachibana, on the other hand, held Matsudaira Sadanobu's saber respectfully, and knelt behind Matsudaira Sadanobu's side in an extremely standard posture.

As a personal servant, one of the jobs Xiao Xing often needs to do is to hold the sword for his lord.

When one's lord meets someone, he holds the lord's saber and sits behind the lord's side to increase the lord's prestige.

After Matsudaira Sadanobu entered the room, Inamori immediately put his hands on the tatami underneath, and then bowed his head to salute Matsudaira Sadanobu.

After Matsudaira Sadanobu sat down in front of Inamori, he said to Inamori who quickly put his forehead on the tatami:

"Inamori, look up."

"Yes!"

After Inamori raised his head, Matsudaira Sadanobu continued:

"Inamori, you don't need to be restrained, just sit casually like me."

After finishing speaking, Matsudaira Sadanobu lightly patted his legs which were crossed casually.

As soon as his words fell, Inamori shook his head immediately.

"How can I do such rude things in front of the old and middle-aged adults?"

Seeing that Inamori insisted on sitting upright, Matsudaira Sadanobu didn't say any more.

After seriously looking at Inamori's face several times, Matsudaira Sadanobu twitched the corner of his mouth and revealed a faint smile.

"Inamori, it's been a while since I saw you."

"You seem to have lost some weight since you left Ji Yi half a year ago."

"Eat well at ordinary times, pay attention to rest, don't work too hard."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhong, for your concern!" Inamori replied respectfully, then bowed his head that had just gotten up not long ago, and saluted Matsudaira Sadanobu again.

When raising his head again, Inamori continued.

"Compared to the hard work of the old, middle-aged and adults, this little hardship is not worth mentioning!"

There was no flattery in Inamori's words.

He said this with all his heart.

Inamori has always held a feeling of admiration for Matsudaira Sadanobu.

He admires Matsudaira Sadanobu quite a lot, whether it is Matsudaira Sadanobu's talent or his diligence, Inamori admires him with all his heart.

In order to inspect the land of Ezo with his own eyes, he did not hesitate to go north by himself.

In the New Year of the second year of Kanzheng, Matsudaira Sadanobu spent it on the road.

It took nearly a month, and successfully arrived at Matsumae Castle in Matsumae Domain on the afternoon of January 1 today.

Then this evening, he called Inamori over.

Inamori is still very clear about Matsudaira Sadanobu's character.

Sadanobu Matsudaira almost never does unnecessary and meaningless things.

Inamori dared to conclude that the reason why Matsudaira Sadanobu called him here on the first day of his arrival at Matsumae Castle was definitely not to simply greet him, but to talk to him about some serious matters.

Regarding Inamori's compliment just now, Matsudaira Sadanobu only smiled.

Then he exchanged pleasantries with Inamori.

Inamori responded to Matsudaira Sadanobu's greetings one by one.

While responding, Inamori's gaze drifted unconsciously to Tachibana who was sitting behind Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was holding Matsudaira Sadanobu's saber.

No.

To be precise, Inamori's eyes drifted to the saber of Matsudaira Sadanobu who was being held in Tachibana's arms.

Looking at the knife in Tachibana's arms, Inamori's eyes uncontrollably burst into fiery light.

As the most powerful person in the shogunate besides the general, Matsudaira Sadanobu's saber is naturally not ordinary.

The saber used by Matsudaira Sadanobu is the famous Chosone Toru.

Long Zene Hutoru is actually the name of a swordsmith.

Because of the superb skills and the extraordinary quality of the knives made, all knives made by Choso Ni Kotoru are called "Nagaso Ni Kotoru".

So "Chang Zeng Ni Tiger Toru" can be regarded as a brand name.There are quite a few Nagsone Toru in the world.

Nagasoni, the legendary swordsmith, has passed away, so there will no longer be a new Kotoru in the world.

Although Nagazene forged many swords when he was still alive, but because the swords he forged were already famous when he was still alive, there are many fakes circulating on the market.

Because Huche's reputation is so great and its quality is so good, even Huche's fakes are often sold at sky-high prices.

Even if you pay 100 taels of gold, you may not be able to buy a fake Huche.

Up to now, due to the prevalence of counterfeit products, there have been 100 tigers, 99 of which are all fake.

It may be quite difficult for ordinary people to find the real Nagazene Toru, but it is not impossible for the shogunate.

When Matsudaira Sadanobu took office as the new and old middle school, the current shogun Tokugawa Iezari gave Matsudaira Sadanobu a genuine long sone tiger toru.

Since then, this long Soni Kotoru has become Matsudaira Sadanobu's saber.

It's just that I have never used this long Zengni Tiger Toru.

After all, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who is under one person and above ten thousand people, never encounters a situation where he needs to draw his sword to fight by himself.

Although he had never used this long sone toru, after receiving the sword from the general, Matsudaira Sadanobu had someone come to try it.

And the real Nagzeni Tiger Toru is also worthy of its reputation. Six corpses were stacked together, and the six corpses were cut open with just one knife.

After cutting the 6 stacked corpses from top to bottom, the blade was still like being inserted into paper, and the blade easily cut into the soil below.

After testing the knife, I picked it up and saw that there was not even a gap on it.

As a samurai, Inamori is also one of the few generals in the country, these treasured swords have a strong temptation for him.

The saber that Inamori is currently using is just a "more powerful ordinary product", far from being called a treasured sword.

It has always been Inamori's dream to own a precious sword like Nagsone Kotoru.

Even if I can't own it, I want to try to wield such a treasured sword to fight at least once.

It is always rude to stare at other people's sabers all the time, so Inamori only glanced at Matsudaira Sadanobu's saber a few times, and Inamori took his gaze back.

After briefly chatting with Inamori about family matters, Matsudaira Sadanobu's tone suddenly became serious.

"Inamori, the reason why I called you here tonight is actually to ask you something."

The last sentence is still talking about family life, and the next sentence suddenly changes to serious things. This is one of the characteristics of Matsudaira Sadanobu's speech.

As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's words fell, Inamori straightened his waist immediately, putting on an appearance of listening attentively.

"You don't need to be so formal." Matsudaira Sadanobu waved his hand, "Relax and answer with a relaxed mind."

"What I want to ask is not a difficult question to answer."

"Inamori, between the time you sent a letter back to Edo and the time I arrived here, did the Lucians have any new changes?"

After hearing this question from Matsudaira Sadanobu, Inamori secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

He was summoned suddenly by Matsudaira Sadanobu tonight, so he didn't make any preparations.

Therefore, he was quite worried about being asked some difficult questions by Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Knowing that it was such an easy-to-answer question, Inamori's original hanging stone also dropped.

While feeling relieved, he also admired Matsudaira Sadanobu even more.

Inamori felt ashamed to be so serious that he only arrived at the front line a few hours ago and immediately put himself into work a few hours later.

After clearing his throat and organizing his words, Inamori said seriously:

"During the past two months, the people of Lucia have remained the same as usual, and there have been no new changes."

"Just running around in Ezo land."

"However, half a month ago, I successfully collected some new information about the Lucians."

"Oh?" Sadanobu Matsudaira raised his eyebrows, "New information? Let's hear it."

"Yes. According to my investigation, the Lucians who are currently haunting Ezo don't seem to have a unified commander."

"Each group of Lucia people act independently and do their own thing."

"Do things independently?" Matsudaira Sadanobu frowned a little deeper.

"Different Lucians have different things to do."

"Some didn't do any damage, they just ran around and investigated the terrain of Ezo."

"Some not only investigate the terrain of Ezo, but also take the initiative to provoke Ezo, and then conflict with Ezo."

"However, so far, no Lucian has taken the initiative to provoke us and others."

What Heren is to Japan is similar to what the Han people are to Tang soil.

"The Lucians seem to be avoiding us on purpose."

"After seeing us and people from a distance, they will leave immediately."

"Are they doing their own thing?" Matsudaira Sadanobu muttered, silently digesting the important news that Inamori just said.

"Although they are not affiliated with each other, the weapons they use are basically the same." Inamori continued, "No matter what kind of Lucia people they are, they all wear strange scimitars, use iron cannons without matchlocks, and ride on horseback. Tall horses."

"According to the generals who witnessed the Lucians, the horses the Lucians ride are much taller than our horses, and those Lucians are very good at riding, coming and going like the wind."

When the Lucians started their frequent operations in Ezo, people from the Matsumae Domain sent letters to Edo, reporting basic information about the appearance and equipment of the Lucians.

That's why people in Lucia use strange scimitars and iron cannons without matchlocks. Matsudaira Sadanobu has known it for a long time.

The shogunate has always required those merchants who do business with foreign countries to submit "wind talk posts" describing foreign affairs.

Matsudaira Sadanobu has read the "Feng Shuo Posts" submitted by these businessmen, although in the eyes of Matsudaira Sadanobu, except for a few countries such as Japan, Tangtu, and North Korea, other countries are barbarian countries.

Because I have read some Fengshuo posts that briefly introduced the country of Lucia, Sadanobu Matsudaira still has a little understanding of the country of Lucia.

Know that it, like the Netherlands, is one of the Western countries established by the Southern Barbarians.But the land area is very large.

It is not a secret in the shogunate that the Nanban are now using an iron cannon without a matchlock.