I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Before and after bringing Matsudaira Sadanobu to this "sea of ​​wooden boxes", the middle-aged official immediately winked at the two young officials who had been following closely just now.

These two young officials who were still eye-catching quickly understood, and then stepped forward and worked together to open a wooden box in this "wooden box sea", revealing the scene inside the wooden box.

"My lord." The middle-aged official bowed and made a gesture of "please" to Matsudaira Sadanobu, "This is Yu Guobeng who just arrived. Please take a look."

Matsudaira Sadanobu stepped forward and looked into the wooden box.

A large amount of dry straw is stuffed inside the wooden box.

In the middle of this pile of dry straw, lay a huge cannon barrel quietly.

The pitch-black gun body reflects a unique metallic luster.

Matsudaira Sadanobu raised his hand to caress the cannon body.

Feeling the cold touch of his fingertips, Matsudaira Sadanobu showed a faint smile:

"I've been waiting for you for a long time"

Guobeng is actually artillery.

In the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago, the Portuguese passed artillery to the home of the prince Oyou who was located in the south of the country at that time.

The master of the Otomo family at that time: Otomo Zonglin, after witnessing the power of the artillery, was very pleased to name it "Guobeng".

Since then, the Japanese have been used to referring to artillery as the national collapse.

Of course, some people used to call the artillery "big tube".Because there are quite a lot of models of large cylinders, and the style and firepower of some large cylinders are no different from cannons.

Matsudaira Sadanobu is used to referring to artillery as the "National Beng Party"

This time, sending troops to the north, pointing the sword at the Red Moon Fortress, Matsudaira Sadanobu is bound to win.

This time the war actually contained many political elements.

Through this war, let the Ezo who are dissatisfied with them and people witness their strength and let them recognize the gap between their two nations.

Therefore, in order to let the Ezo people feel the strength of them and the people as deeply as possible, after persuading the shogun to send troops to the north, Matsudaira Sadanobu then persuaded the shogun to mobilize as many iron cannons, large cylinders, and Kunobeng as possible.

The shogun, who was almost obedient to Matsudaira Sadanobu, agreed to Matsudaira Sadanobu's proposal almost without hesitation.

Now is an era of peace, and there has been no large-scale war befalling this country for a long time.Whether it is the shogunate or the vassal state, the armaments have long since been abolished.

Therefore, after a lot of mobilization, a total of 400 iron cannons, 9 Guobeng, and 52 large barrels of various types were mobilized.

These firearms have been delivered to Matsumae Castle one after another in these days.

Just now, Matsudaira Sadanobu finally received the news that the Nine Gates Guobeng has finally arrived here and has been stored in the warehouse.

As for the iron cannon and the big tube, it will take some time to arrive.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who had been waiting for these big killers for a long time, couldn't wait to ask his subordinates to take him to the warehouse to see the newly delivered Guobeng.

That's why the scene where Matsudaira Sadanobu was brought into this warehouse by the middle-aged official.

After moving his finger away from the barrel of Kunobeng in front of him, Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his head and asked the middle-aged official beside him:

"Have the nine gates arrived safely?"

"It's all delivered."

"Open them all for me to see."

"Yes."

The middle-aged official winked at the two young officials beside him.

Then the two young officials stepped forward one after another and opened the other 8 wooden boxes next to them without exception, all of which had huge gun barrels lying there.

After installing wheels and other various parts to these barrels, they can be put into combat.

After confirming that the quantity was correct, Matsudaira Sadanobu then said:

"What about the shells? Are all the shells delivered?"

"So far, 60 shells have been sent." The middle-aged official replied, "There are more than [-] shells that will be delivered later."

"Where are the shells stored? I want to see."

"Yes!"

The middle-aged officials led Matsudaira Sadanobu to another warehouse.

For safety, gunpowder, shells and other items are stored in another warehouse.

Arriving at the warehouse where the shells are stored, seeing the brand-new shells one after another, a satisfied smile covered Matsudaira Sadanobu's entire face.

"Okay, okay." Standing in front of the boxes of shells, Matsudaira Sadanobu said two words "Okay" with a smile on his face.

Standing behind him, Tachibana showed a bit of surprise on his face. Sadanobu Matsudaira usually has a straight face, and it is really rare to say the word "good" with a smile like this now.

In fact, Matsudaira Sadanobu is indeed very happy now.

He can't wait to see the scene where their artillery blows away all the Ezo who are entrenched in the Red Moon Fortress.

The taste of "crab pot" is indeed quite good.

The crabs here were bigger and tastier than any crab Ogata had ever seen before.

After enjoying a sumptuous dinner of crab pot and hot wine, Ogata and Atachi left the restaurant contentedly.

Because the crab pot is very suitable for the taste of Ah-Machi, even after leaving the restaurant, Ah-Machi still misses the taste of the crab pot.

"It tastes really good." A-Ming licked his lips, touching his belly that was still very flat even after a full meal, "Let's eat it later."

"Wait to eat in two days." Ogata said, "If you eat too often, you will get tired of it soon."

After finishing speaking, Ogata turned his head, and looked seriously at A-Machi's somewhat ruddy face.

"You seem to be more energetic. Do you still feel dizzy now?"

Previously, the sequelae of seasickness still remained in Ah-Ming's body, and he still felt a little weak and dizzy until before eating.

"Yeah." Ah-cho nodded, "I feel much better after eating, and my head is no longer dizzy."

"That's good."

The end of the direction of Ogata and A-machi is the inn they are renting.

Just when the hotel they rented appeared in front of their field of vision, two passers-by who passed by A-Machi caught A-Machi's sight.

The two passers-by were a woman and a little girl.

The woman's two eyebrows have been shaved off, and her teeth are dyed black. One can tell that she is a married woman.

It was one of the trends in the Edo period for women to shave their eyebrows and stain their teeth black after they married.

But until today, this trend has declined, and many women have stopped doing it. For example, Ah Ding didn't do it.

Today, there are more women like A-Ming who don't shave their eyebrows and stain their teeth black. It's rare for this kind of people to shave their eyebrows and stain their teeth black after they get married.

The little girl looked about 6 or 7 years old and was being held in the arms of the woman.

The facial features of the woman and the little girl are somewhat similar, it should be a mother and daughter.

The mother and daughter who passed by Ogata and A-Machi were talking and laughing, chatting happily about something.

Even though the mother and daughter had passed by A-Ming, A-Ming still turned his head and stared at the mother and daughter with a thoughtful look on his face.

"A-Machi, what's the matter?" Ogata noticed A-Machi's strangeness, turned his head, and cast doubtful eyes on A-Machi.

"Ah, it's nothing." Ah-Ming quickly looked away from the mother and daughter, "Let's go, let's go back to the hotel."

After returning to the hotel, the two sat and rested for a while, then turned off the lights, and prepared to go to bed and rest directly.

The two still spent most of the day at sea today. Although A-Ming has become more energetic after dinner, and the sequelae of seasickness have been alleviated a lot, there must still be a lot of fatigue accumulated in A-Ming. in the body.

It was with this in mind that Ogata decided to have an early meal and rest today, to investigate the whereabouts of Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi, and leave it to tomorrow after a good rest.

In order for A-Ming to have a good rest today, the Great Harmony of Life, which I used to do every night before, will not be done tonight.

But after getting into the bed with A-Machi, Ogata found that A-Machi's eyes were wide open, looking at the ceiling, thinking about something.

"A-cho, what's wrong?" Ogata asked, "Why are you so serious?"

"It's nothing." Ah-Ming said softly, "I just saw a mother and daughter when I was returning to the hotel."

"Then it suddenly occurred to me that one day I would be like that woman, holding and playing with my own child."

"When I think about it, I feel a little complicated."

"It's hard to imagine the picture of me holding my own child in the future."

Hearing this, Ogata was stunned.

Then muttered:

"Children? It's hard for me to imagine the scene of me holding my own child after hearing you say that."

The picture of holding the child with A-Machi seems far away at first glance, but it is not so far away when you think about it carefully. This picture that is still in Ogata's imagination may become a reality in a year or two. up.

Although at the beginning when he was honest with A-Machi, Ogata still took protective measures consciously.

But the protection measures in this era are too backward. All Ogata can do is to make the asteroid deviate from its orbit and not hit the earth directly.

But this method cannot perfectly protect Ogata in his previous life, and he also took corresponding courses in school.

And Ogata can't count how many times he was too involved, which caused his speed to be a little bit slower or a little bit slower, causing the asteroid to pass by the earth or directly hit the earth.

Due to too many times, Ogata would not be surprised if A-Machi told Ogata that she was pregnant after a few months.

"The picture of us hugging our child will really appear in the future." Ogata turned his head and smiled at A-Machi, "Let's work hard together."

"Raising children together."

"I don't know whether our first child will be a boy or a girl." A-Ming murmured.

"I don't care if it's a boy or a girl. I don't care about this kind of thing. I don't give preference to anyone because of the gender of the child."

"Will you teach our children swordsmanship?" A-Ming continued to ask, "If they are our children, they should be very talented in swordsmanship."

"Teaching will definitely be taught. In such a world, it is still necessary to learn some swordsmanship for self-defense. But I don't force them to become some kind of great swordsman, and open a sword hall in the future."

"Compared to the sword hall, I prefer our children to study more and open a private school in the future."

"Ah, by the way, we can try to let our children and grandchildren learn Lanxue."

After that, Ogata showed a meaningful smile.

"Lanxue? Why?" Ah Ding looked puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just feel that learning Lan Xue is more promising."

Of course, it is impossible for Ogata to tell A-cho: He is a time traveler, knowing that 70 years later, there will be ships from the United States blasting the gate of Japan.

Although he didn't know much about Japanese history in his previous life, Ogata still knew about the founding of Japan in the 19th century.

It is also because of this that Ogata knows about swordsmanship, and after 70 years, it will become useless, so I don't really hope that he and the children and grandchildren of Acho will open some sword halls in the future, because there is no future.

By the generation of the great-grandchildren of the two, Lan Xue has become a very popular knowledge. As long as you understand Lan Xue, you will not worry about being reused.

Ogata, who knows what will happen in the future, finds this kind of thing very interesting.

next day

Last night, Ogata and A-Machi discussed for a long time about the future, basically, it was all things that are and are not.

Before he knew it, A-Ming, who was tired from chatting, fell into a deep sleep.

After A-Machi fell asleep, Ogata also closed his eyes.

Not long after dawn, Ogata and A-Machi both got up and changed their clothes.

They plan to officially start looking for clues related to the whereabouts of Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi, the two masters and apprentices today.

They are ready for a protracted war.

Although the scale of Matsumae Castle is small, finding two people in such a town who don't even know when they arrived in Ezo is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

And maybe I searched Matsumae Castle all over, but couldn't find any clues.

The two who had prepared for a protracted war a long time ago, when they sailed to Ezo by boat, they counted the money they had left now in order to meet the ensuing protracted war.

When A-cho left Shiranui-sato, he didn't have much money with him, so after the reunion with Ogata in Kyoto, A-cho basically used Ogata's money.

The money Kuranaga gave him when he left the feudal domain, the money obtained from the imperial trial, and the money obtained from killing the bandits more than a month ago. The money Ogata is holding on the guy is now the total deposit.

If silver coins and copper coins are not included, Ogata and Atachi now have a total of 186 taels of money.