I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Because it's not such a glorious thing." Grandfather Jiang raised his hand again and scratched his hair.

"There is no shame! The most important thing for a person is to live! No matter how great your ability is, if you die, you won't be able to sing!" The leader laughed a few times, "Tell us more about you You must have seen the details of Ogata Ichidousai in the castle tower at that time! I want to hear more!"

After hearing the simple words of comfort from the leader just now, Grandfather Jiang smiled with some relief and joy.

"Details? I've only seen Ogata Isai at a close distance. Ogata Isai is very similar to the portrait painted on the arrest warrant. The artist responsible for drawing Ogata Isai's arrest warrant is really very skilled."

Grandfather Jiang continued to tell the story of his encounter with Ogata in Kyoto.

And the others listened carefully.

Chapter 473 There was Wu Song fighting tigers in ancient times, but now there is Ogata fighting bears [8200 words]

Today's weather is fine without snow.

There were no accidents on the road.

So Ogata and the others arrived at the northern border of the Matsumae Domain very smoothly in the afternoon.

After successfully delivering Ogata and Atachi to their destination, Nakahara said goodbye to the two, and then drove the sled back to Matsumae Castle.

After watching Nakahara drive the sled back to the same spot, A-Machi turned his head, looked north, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Okay, now we can only walk."

"It's a good thing we're used to walking." Ogata joked as he took out a map from his pocket.

This map was given to them by Soichiro Nishino on the ship.

This is a simple map of Ezo.

But fairly brief.

Only the Matsumae Domain and part of the area to the north of the Matsumae Domain are drawn.

In this map, there are some red dots drawn in the north of Matsumae Domain. These red dots are the settlements of Ezo.

Ogata planned to rely on this map first, find these "red dots" one by one, and collect clues.

Maybe some of the Ezo settlements happened to run into Xuanzheng, Xuanzhen and the others.

And maybe Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen are in some Ezo settlement right now.

"We are about to enter the territory of Ezo." Ogata put away the map in his hand, and then said seriously to A-Machi beside him, "Be careful at all times."

Unnaturalized Ezos, Lucians, and gold diggers. The Ezos, where everyone has them, are not peaceful now, so be extra careful. Since he was still in Edo, Ogata has heard similar reminders a lot. all over.

"I'm a female ninja." A-Ming smiled and said in a half-joking tone, "Saving our lives is what we ninjas are best at."

2 days later

Today, Tang Shen sat behind his booth as usual, waiting for customers to come to his door.

The wooden cages holding all kinds of animals are neatly placed in front of Tangshen's body and on the left and right sides.

Tang Shen held his crutch half as thick as the mouth of a bowl, sat on the ground, lowered his head, closed his eyes and rested.

"Mr. Tang Shen, long time no see. I haven't seen you for more than 3 months. You are still as energetic as ever."

A familiar male voice sounded in front of Tangshen's booth.

After quickly opening his eyes, Tang Shen immediately looked towards the front of the stall.

Standing in front of the stall was a middle-aged man who was quite familiar to Tangshen.

The middle-aged man was looking at Tang Shen with a smile.

Looking at the middle-aged man, Tang Shen also smiled.

"Oh! It's Yamamoto-sama! It's been a long time! Have you come to stock up so early this year?"

"That's right." The middle-aged man who was called Mr. Yamamoto by Tang God shrugged, "The pets I bought from you last time were sold out very quickly, and our furs are also almost sold out, so this year we will sell them. We can only get out early to stock up."

Yamamoto is this middle-aged man, and he is Tangshen's old customer.

He is a wealthy businessman from Kyoto who specializes in fur business.We only sell fur from Ezo.

Due to various reasons such as the vastness of the land and the sparse population, the various wild animals in Ezo not only have a large number, but also have abundant and dense fur in order to keep out the cold.

Therefore, animal fur in Ezodi has always been a bestseller.

In addition to selling fur, Yamamoto also took part-time jobs in "pet sales".

As the ancient capital of thousands of years, Kyoto has no shortage of princes, nobles and samurai families who have both spare money and free time.

Cute pets have always been bestsellers among these "human beings".

The red foxes, pikas, and red squirrels in Ezo are only found in Ezo, and the cute animals that are not found in Kyoto are very popular.

So Yamamoto is Tangshen's most important and most frequent customer of Tangshen's business.

Every time Yamamoto came to Ezo to buy furs, he also bought these cute little animals that are unique to Ezo from the hands of God Tang, and then shipped them back to Kyoto for resale.

Yamamoto glanced at the wooden cages placed in front of Tang Shen.

"How many animals do you have in total this time?"

"32 in total." Tang Shen responded, "5 red foxes, 14 pikas"

Tang Shen reported the number of various animals one by one.

After Tang Shen's voice fell, Yamamoto said:

"The number of animals seems to be less this time."

"I'm getting older." Tang Shen smiled wryly, "The skills have become a little worse than before."

Yamamoto leaned down and carefully inspected the animals in the cage.

After selling pets for so long, Yamamoto has developed some eyesight.

Yamamoto can tell which animals are healthy and which are sick at a glance.

After briefly checking the status of all the animals in the cage, Yamamoto nodded:

"Although the number is smaller this time, every animal is healthy."

Yamamoto straightened up.

"All right. I want all of your animals. Make an offer."

Yamamoto is not only Tangshen's most important and frequent patron of his business, but also Tangshen's favorite guest.

Because Yamamoto is very proud, every time he comes to patronize his business, he will buy all his animals in one go except those that look unhealthy.

Afterwards, Tang Shen and Yamamoto launched a brief "business war".

Although Yamamoto is an old customer of Tangshen, the price to be negotiated and the price to be paid back must be negotiated and paid back.

After several rounds of bargaining, Tang Shen and Yamamoto finally negotiated a price acceptable to both parties.

After handing over the money that should be given to Tangshen, Yamamoto immediately called the guys under his command, and asked these guys under his command to immediately move all the pets from Tangshen's booth to the bed.

As one of the well-known wealthy businessmen in Kyoto, Yamamoto naturally has a lot of guys under his command.

Soon, the wooden cages that had been piled up as high as a hill in front of Tang Shen to keep various animals were emptied.

After all the animals were removed, Yamamoto had a brief chat with Tangshen before saying goodbye to Tangshen.

Selling fur is Yamamoto's main business, so he still needs to be busy negotiating with local fur traders about purchasing.

After Yamamoto left, Tang Shen looked at the empty booth with joy on his face.

As a merchant, there is nothing more satisfying than selling out of merchandise.

"Looks like I have to go hunting again."

While muttering, Tang Shen supported the ground with his cane, and slowly stood up from the ground.

Now that the animals have been sold out, there is no need for God Tang to stay here anymore.

There was a trolley parked behind Tang Shen.

The owner of this trolley is Tang Shen.

Tangshen used this trolley to push his animals to the street connected to the port for sale, and then pushed all the animals back in the afternoon.

Just when Tang Shen was about to turn around and push his trolley home

Bang.

"Hey! Don't you look at the road when you walk?!"

Because the animals were sold out and he was so happy, Tang Shen didn't notice that there happened to be a strong man walking very close to him.

Tang Shen, who was a little carried away with excitement, just accidentally bumped into this strong man, making a not-so-heavy ** collision sound.

The thick and long crutch in Tangshen's hand, which was half as thick as the mouth of a bowl, also accidentally dropped his hand during the collision and fell to the ground.

The strong man who was accidentally hit by Tang Shen was wearing ordinary rough clothes, without a knife on his waist, he was an ordinary civilian.

But he obviously has a bad temper. After being bumped by God Tang, he immediately cast an extremely displeased look at God Tang and yelled at God Tang angrily.

Shocked, Tang Shen hurriedly bowed and apologized to the strong man.

"No, I'm very sorry! Please forgive me!"

Looking at God Tang who bowed respectfully and apologized to him frequently, the strong man also felt a little less angry.

"Hmph!" The brawny man snorted heavily, "Next time you walk, show me the way!"

After leaving a vicious and cruel word, the strong man strode away.

As soon as the strong man left, a young man who just happened to witness the whole incident ran towards Tangshen not far away.

"Old man, are you okay?" The young man cast a caring look at Tang Shen.

"It's okay." A bitter look appeared on Tang Shen's face, "It's just that I accidentally bumped into his left shoulder just now, and now it's just a little painful."

As Tang Shen spoke, he rubbed his left shoulder.

"That guy is real." The young man raised his eyes and looked in the direction where the strong man left just now, "It's too shameful to be cruel to an old man for such a trivial matter."

While complaining about the rudeness of the strong man just now, the young man bent down to help Tang Shen pick up the crutch that was accidentally dropped after bumping into the strong man.

Holding the crutch with his right hand and lifting it up, the young man's expression changed suddenly.

"Old man, is your crutch filled with lead? Why is it so heavy?"

Tangshen's crutch is actually not unreasonably heavy, but it seems too heavy for a wooden crutch.

After taking the crutch back, Tang Shen smiled:

"Who would use a crutch filled with lead? My crutch is only a little heavier because it uses special wood."

"Thank you, boy."

After thanking the young man, Tang Shen walked quickly to his trolley next to him, pushed the trolley, and headed straight for his home.

Both Ogata and A-machi are people who are used to living a life of eating and sleeping in the open.

A-cho has received corresponding ninja training, and when performing those tasks before, he did not suffer from food and sleep.

Not to mention Ogata, in the more than a year since he left the Hirose Domain, he spent slightly more days sleeping in the wild than living in comfortable hotels.

Therefore, the two are not uncomfortable with the current "trip to Ezo".

During the day, follow the map and head straight for the Ezo settlement closest to the Matsumae Domain. At night, they take turns sleeping, and when one of them sleeps, the other is responsible for sleeping.

Before they knew it, it was five days ago that the two left Matsumae Domain and headed northward all the way.

Ah Ding looked at the sun in the distant sky, which was already hanging down badly, and whispered, "It's going to be dark soon."

As soon as A-Machi's voice fell, Ookai on the side answered in a helpless tone:

"That's the only bad thing in winter. It gets dark too fast."

According to Ogata's calculations, it was probably just past 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

But at this time, in Ezo, which is quite northward in latitude, it is almost dark.

"Speed ​​up a little bit." Ogata looked around, "It's not very suitable for camping here."

Ogata and the others are now in a forest.

Surrounded by dense trees, not suitable for camping.

"Yeah." After A-Machi nodded lightly, he followed Ogata to quicken his pace.