I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

They started boarding the ship an hour ago.

After half an hour, two merchant ships left the port.On the Pacific Ocean, head north along the eastern coastline of Japan.

As soon as he sailed out of the port, Machi began to feel unwell.

Soon afterward, the scene of Ah-Ming limp on the railing, while Ogata stood behind Ah-Machi, patted her on the back, trying his best to make her feel better.

In this era, there are no motion sickness medicines or seasickness medicines.

In the face of seasickness, you can only resist it.

2 hours later

Ogata sat cross-legged by Machi's bed.

The quilt covering Machi's body was rising and falling evenly.

Looking at Ah-Ming's peaceful sleeping face, Ogata breathed a sigh of relief silently.

finally fell asleep

The ship that Ogata, Atachi and the others were on was the Sennomaru.

The Sennomaru is the largest of the two merchant ships of Minamoto Tachibana, as well as the one with the largest passenger and cargo capacity.

The two of them were in a certain room of Sennomaru's cabin at this time.

Soichiro Nishino was as kind as ever, and gave up a fairly spacious room to Ogata and the others to live in.

Ogata and A-machi will spend the rest of their life at sea in this room.

They sailed around 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, which is now, probably because I sailed to an area with a slow sea current, Machi gradually felt better and fell asleep peacefully.

Seeing that A-Machi was finally able to fall asleep, Ogata felt a little relieved.

Ah-Ming is no different from a patient now.

Taking care of patients has always been a very exhausting task.

Now that Machi fell asleep, Ogata, who had nothing else to do, planned to go to the deck to see the sea view, get some air, and relax his tense body and mind just now.

Ogata did not go to the bow, but to the stern.

On the narrower stern deck there was no one at present.

Ogata stood on the poop deck, put his hands on the railing, and looked at the Pacific Ocean to the east.

Now happens to be the time when the sun is about to sink below sea level.

The sun, as red as blood, dyed the eastern sky a brilliant red.

Under the sky that is about to turn into night, the endless sea is rippling with countless bright water waves like mercury.

Waves slapped continuously on Sennomaru's hull.

The wave collided with the hull, and then broke into a thousand sparkling silver spray.

Undoubtedly beautiful.

The last time I saw the sea was several months ago.

Ogata folded his arms, smiling, silently looking at the beautiful seascape in front of him.

Ogata really wanted to share such a beautiful scenery with A-Machi, but it is a pity that A-Machi now has no energy to see the sea view.

After looking at the ocean to the east for a while, Ogata turned his gaze to the north, which is the direction the ship was heading.

The scenery to the north is roughly the same as the scenery to the east.

The destination of Ogata's trip, Ezo, is now waiting for his arrival in the north.

According to Soichiro Nishino, they will have to sail for about 0 days to reach their destination.

Ogata felt mixed emotions when he thought that he would soon set foot on this completely unfamiliar land.

There is excitement, anticipation, and a touch of anxiety in the face of the "unknown".

Just as Ogata was staring at the northern sea horizon and was lost in thought, a middle-aged male voice full of magnetism suddenly came to his ears from the side of Ogata.

"Master Mashima, I found you, so you are at the stern of the boat."

Ogata Xunsheng looked at a very majestic face that he often saw these days.

"Ah, Mr. Nishino."

The owner and comer of the voice is none other than Soichiro Nishino.

Soichiro Nishino crossed his arms and walked out from the hatch beside the ship.

"I'm looking for you everywhere." Soichiro Nishino smiled.

Ogata: "Looking for me?"

"Well. But it's not for any important matter, I just want to ask you how Ling Zheng is doing."

"Thank you for your concern." Ogata thanked him, "Now the ship is sailing to a place where the sea current is stable, and the symptoms of seasickness of my wife have also improved a little, and I am sleeping in the room now."

"That's good."

After finishing speaking, Soichiro Nishino walked to Ogata's side, then closed his eyes, feeling the sea breeze blowing on his face.

"The sea is amazing."

Soichiro Nishino opened his eyes and smiled.

"As long as you look at the sea and blow the sea breeze, your mood will improve involuntarily."

"Mr. Nishino, do you like the sea very much?" Ogata asked casually.

"Yes. I like it very much." Soichiro Nishino nodded vigorously, "It is because I like the sea that I decided to become a businessman engaged in ocean-going trade."

"In the beginning, I wanted to trade with the Qing Dynasty in Tangtu and North Korea on the peninsula."

"But the difficulty is too great, so I can only take the next best thing and trade with the Ezos in the Ezo land instead."

Hearing what Soichiro Nishino said, Ogata seemed to think of something, and quickly turned to look at Soichiro Nishino, and then asked:

"Mr. Nishino, are you free now?"

"Huh? Let's have some free time, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, I just want to talk to you about Ezo in Ezo Land." Ogata said slowly, "My wife and I don't know anything about Ezo."

"So I want to learn as much as possible about the Ezo and the Ezos."

"Mr. Nishino, as a businessman who specializes in trading with Ezo, you should know a lot about Ezo, right?"

Ezo is a place where he might stay for a long time in the future. Ogata has always wanted to know as much as possible about Ezo and the Ezo who occupy this land.

But it was hard to find someone who knew enough information.

When he lived in Nishino Town and took a carriage to the port where the ship was moored, Ogata never had the opportunity to be alone with Soichiro Nishino and talk in detail.

It is rare to be alone with Nishino Soichiro now, so Ogata decided to take this opportunity to get as much information from Nishino Soichiro as possible.

Hearing this question from Ogata, Soichiro Nishino was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled wryly.

"Ezo and Ezo? Ezo is okay, but I don't know much about Ezo."

"Because I only do business with a few fixed settlements. I haven't come into contact with many Ezos."

"I only know some Ainu customs and some Ainu languages."

"The Ezo I have come into contact with are very gentle and very close to us and people."

"But there are also some Eizu who are very hostile to us and people. They think that we and people have invaded their homeland."

Speaking of this, Soichiro Nishino paused for a moment, and then changed into a half-joking tone.

"There is a rumor about the struggle in Ezo that is widely circulated in Ezo. Are you interested in hearing it?"

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Ogata nodded.

"There are a lot of gold mines hidden in the soil of Ezo, did you know?"

"Yeah. I know."

He had just learned about it from the "former hunter" Shimasuke.

"It is said that a long time ago, there was a group of Ezo who regarded us and others as enemies. In order to fight against our Yamato nation, they spent decades searching for a large amount of gold from all over the Ezo land."

"They plan to use the gold to purchase advanced weapons from the Southern Barbarians in the West to fight us."

"But for some reason, they ended up giving up using gold to buy weapons."

"Instead, I hid the gold somewhere in Ezo."

"It is said that this batch of gold that was originally intended to be used to buy weapons would not be able to be spent even if a family of three spent a hundred lifetimes."

"This legend has been widely spread in the Ezo land."

"There are also some people who specially searched for treasure places in order to verify the authenticity of this legend."

"It is said that even the shogunate secretly sent people to look for gold."

"But without exception, all got nothing."

"Until now, I don't know whether the legend is true or not."

"Many people now speculate that this legend is just a false story spread by those crazy gold diggers who want to make a fortune."

"Can a family of three spend more than a hundred lifetimes of gold?" Ogata smiled, and then said jokingly, "If someone got lucky and accidentally found the location of this batch of gold, wouldn't it be Instantly become the richest person in this country?"

"Of course." Soichiro Nishino responded in the same half-joking tone, "but you have to find this batch of gold."

"Also, regarding this batch of gold, there are other sayings that what the Ezos hid was not gold at all."

"The fact that Ezo searched for gold and hid it in order to fight against us and people is a non-existent thing."

"That group of Ezo did look for something to fight against us and people, and they did hide this thing in the end. But no one knows what they are hiding."

"So whether there is a large amount of gold hidden has not been determined until now."

Chapter 469 Ogata: Why do you always have experience delivered to your door? 【9000 words】

When Ogata was riding the merchant ship of Minamoto Tachibana, heading straight for Ezo

Edo, somewhere

"Please give me 8 steamed buns."

Hongzhi handily stuffed a handful of copper coins to the manager of the wagashi shop in front of him.

"Oh! Samurai-sama, good afternoon!"

After receiving the coins from Hongzhi, the store manager greeted Hongzhi warmly.

These days, Hongzhi often comes to him to buy wagashi, and he has become acquainted with each other after coming and going.

After counting the coins and confirming that the number of coins was correct, the store manager skillfully packed 8 steamed buns and handed them to Hongzhi.

With the steamed buns still warm in his arms, Hongzhi was on his way back to the hotel.

This wagashi shop is not far from the hotel where he and his master live.

After turning a corner, the slightly dilapidated hotel appeared within Hongzhi's field of vision.

Looking at the hotel in front of him where he and his master had lived for a while, a strange expression slowly appeared on Hongzhi's face.

Is that Mashima Goro so good?

As he said this secretly, he sighed heavily.

Just when he was about to enter the hotel along the door of the hotel, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Oh! Finally found it! Hey! Hongzhi!"

Hearing this familiar shout, Hong Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head following the sound.

"Mr. Hosaka! Mizuno-kun!"

The shout that was quite familiar to Hongzhi just now was the voice of Hosaka.

Hosaka strode towards Hongzhi while waving vigorously at Hongzhi.

And Mizuno, who is Huosaka's apprentice, followed closely behind Husaka.