Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 16 The Failed Seven Samurai Project
"I said, how many days has it been since the adults left?"

"Oh, you're annoying enough, why do you ask this question every day. Can't you figure it out by yourself?"

Inside the tent, Wan Zao, after daily martial arts training, sat on the mat with a sore back and aching legs, next to Li Ji, who was also very tired.

Li Ji shouted to his wife Shino outside the tent, and Shino ran in in small steps.

"How many days has it been since the master left?"

Shino thought for a while, then fiddled with her fingers a few times: "It's been seventeen days." After speaking, she turned around and left.

"If your lord doesn't come back, what will we do?" Wan Zuo whispered to Li Ji.

"What nonsense! The master promised everyone before he left, and he will definitely come back. And he left this time to find a boat, and you were there when he said this."

"Hey, I'm worried that the lord will come back too late, if this is the same as the last time..."

"Last time? Can the last time compare to now? Now we have this." Liji said, holding the samurai sword in front of him. "I see who dares to toss!"

As the two were talking, they heard the surprised shouts of everyone outside the tent.

"Master! Master Zhao! Master is back!"

When Li Ji and Wan Zao heard this, they hurriedly got up and ran outside the tent, ignoring their tired bodies.Following everyone's gaze, I saw Zhao Xin walking over from the depths of the jungle together with the strong man I saw last time.

Everyone in the camp went up to meet him. The fastest runner was Wan Zao's snotty son, and behind him were Katsuzaburo, Kuzang, Shigeru and others.

Li Ji didn't care about Wan Zao next to him, so he accelerated his pace and quickly rushed to Zhao Xin.

Everyone knelt on the ground together and greeted them in unison.

"Master, Master, you are back!" Li Ji knelt at Zhao Xin's feet and saluted respectfully.

Zhao Xin took out a tissue, moved Wan Zao's snotty son from his thigh, wiped the little guy's nose first, and then smiled and said to everyone, "Get up, get up."

Only then did everyone stand up, and Zhao Xin was still very excited when he looked at the familiar faces in front of him.

"Yeah, I'm back at last. How are you guys doing these days?"

At this time, Sheng Saburo and other people in the front noticed that Zhao Xin and the strong man he brought were wearing strange clothes and trousers mixed with gray and green, and the shoes on their feet were different from those worn by Zhao Xin before.

The pair also wore a bulging vest over their tops.On the vest were small pockets lined up one by one, three pockets on the chest had a box inserted, and there were several pockets on the left and right, all of which were stored with unknown things.On the left side of their chests was a strange iron tool, and both of them were carrying an iron tool that was slightly shorter than a katana sword, with a long tube and handle, and a very strange shape.

After all, Katsuzaburō was a samurai from Omi, and Omi was a famous production area of ​​"Kokuyou Iron Cannon" during the Warring States Period.He instinctively felt that the two iron weapons he had never seen before were also a kind of iron cannons, but he didn't know how powerful they were.

"Master, please rest in the tent." Li Ji leaned in front of him and said respectfully.

Zhao Xin nodded, turned around and patted Liu Sheng on the shoulder, and said to everyone, "After considering it last time, Mr. Liu decided to help everyone together."

Everyone listened and bowed together: "Thank you, Mr. Liu."

Liu Sheng couldn't understand what everyone said to him, but bowing to himself must be a sign of respect, which made him very embarrassed.So he raised his hand and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome."

Everyone hugged Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng to the tent, and Wan Zao's snotty son was pulling Zhao Xin's pants tightly.This made Zhao Xin very awkward to walk, so he bent down and picked up the kid and hugged him.

After entering the tent, except for Sheng Saburo and the others, everyone else was still around.Zhao Xin had to tell Zhi Nai to let everyone do their own work, and everyone outside the tent dispersed.

Zhao Xin put the child in his arms on the ground, and Liu Sheng and Liu Sheng took off the assault rifles they were carrying, pulled out the magazines, checked the chambers, and placed them beside each other.

None of the people in the tent dared to interject, watching the two of them operate.After waiting for Zhao Xin to sit on the mat after his busy schedule, he sat down one after another.

At this time, Shino used a wooden tray and walked back with two cups of hot water.

Only then did Zhao Xin say to Liu Sheng, "Yeah, I forgot to buy tea."

Liu Sheng took a glass of water from the tray, and said casually, "It's just a matter of attention. That's good."

Zhao Xin took two sips of water, and first said to Sheng Saburo and others: "This is the helper I invited and a friend I have known for many years. Your Excellency Liu Sheng."

When Sheng Saburo and the others heard this, they quickly bowed their heads to greet Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng knew that Zhao Xin was introducing himself, and when he saw everyone salute him, he also bowed and nodded.

"Tell me what happened during the time I left." Zhao Xin said calmly.

"Haha!" Katsu Saburo, like the samurai in the TV series, sat cross-legged with his legs pierced through armor, his hands beside him, bowed his head and bowed in salute.

Liu Sheng was startled by Sheng Saburo's voice, he had never seen this before.In Liu Sheng's impression, the island warriors were little devils during the Anti-Japanese War.

At this time, Zhao Xin pointed at Li Ji and introduced to Liu Sheng, "Let me introduce you formally. This is Li Ji, and the couple I met at the beginning were their husband and wife."

Liu Sheng then nodded slightly to Li Ji with a blank face, and Li Ji bowed and saluted.

"This is Katsu Saburo, and the only true samurai among us."

Sheng Saburo felt that Liu Sheng looked at him as if he was going to eat him, and he couldn't help but feel strange: "I have met this Lord Liu twice? Why does he look at me like an enemy?"

"This is all creation."

"This is Kuzang."

"This is Shigeru."

"This is Hu Ji."

"This is Ping Tai."

After the introduction of everyone present, Zhao Xin said to Sheng Saburo: "Okay, Sheng Saburo will talk about it first."

"Haha!" Katsu Saburo leaned over and saluted, then took out a stack of paper full of words from his arms, opened it and said, "My lord, it has been seventeen days since you left last time. Liggie is in charge of the affairs of the camp. The following is the description..."

When Zhao Xin saw that Sheng Saburo was using rice paper, and the handwriting on it was also ink, he asked, "Where did you get this paper and pen?"

Sheng Saburo said: "This is a pound of rice from the head of the village (village chief) to go to the fishing village."

"Oh. Then you go on."

Good guy, Katsuzaburō talked about this report for a full hour.Zhao Xin was concentrating and yawned at the end; while Liu Sheng was a newcomer and was embarrassed to leave the meeting, he was sleepy.

As for Liji, Wanzao, Kuzang, Shigeru and other six people, they were all focused throughout the whole process, sitting upright with their upper body upright and their eyes shining.In their view, it was an honor to participate in the deliberation convened by the lord for the first time.

The content of Katsuzaburo's report is generally as follows:

Right now, there are 170 men, women and children in the camp, of which 120 are women; 41 are adult men, and 10 are children and babies.Among the one hundred and seventy-one persons, 120 persons were newly added except the original 43 persons.

The second is the material consumption of the camp.Basically what Zhao Xin ordered before he left, according to the adult one pound of rice a day.Children's daily quota of half a catty of rice, how many catties of rice are left as of this morning, and even meat and pickles, even salt, soy sauce, yellow sauce.

The third is the use and balance figures of clothes, shoes and hats, tents, and the use and damage of various tools.What bothered Zhao Xin the most was that Katsu Saburo even had the number of nails he used and the remaining numbers.

Zhao Xin doesn't know how many nails he has, how can he think about this.

But what he didn't know was that the nails he purchased were all modern steel nails, and who would be willing to use steel as nails in this era, they were all iron nails!Katsu Saburo cherishes these steel nails very much, and dare not use them easily, and pays special attention to them every time they must be used, for fear of breaking them.

Finally, Katsuzaburo reported on the training content and training progress of the six people including Likichi during this period.

While listening, Zhao Xin showed his approval, expressing his recognition of the work of Sheng Saburo and the others.

At this time, Liu Sheng was bored because he couldn't understand.He looked at the "Seven Samurai" including Katsuzaburō in front of him, looked at this, then looked at that, trying to keep his face calm, but he was laughing in his heart.

"Look, look, the seven dwarfs of 'Master Zhao'."

"This fellow has a wicked smile, what are you thinking?" At this moment, Zhao Xin turned his head and glanced at Liu Sheng, and muttered in his heart.

After Katsu Saburo finished reporting, Zhao Xin nodded with satisfaction, and praised the other six.It was immediately announced that the meeting would continue after half an hour.

"Fuck, wait for me."

Zhao Xin walked quickly in front, and Liu Sheng quickly followed behind.After the two walked out of the camp several dozen meters away, they turned to a tree.

"But I'm so choked to death. I can't understand a word or say a word, and I don't even dare to yawn. I said, if I always hold meetings like this in the future, I have to hold back cystitis." In the sound of rushing water , Liu Sheng complained.

Zhao Xin, who had finished watering the tree, also smiled bitterly: "Who said it wasn't, I was suffocated enough. Let's wait until Bear Island to set new rules. Don't kill yourself before the enemy is eliminated."

Liu Sheng, who had also finished pouring water, took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhao Xin. After lighting it himself, he took a deep breath. The air was so fresh.

After Zhao Xin took two sips, he suddenly asked curiously, "What were you laughing at when Katsu Saburo reported just now?"

"Pfft~" After listening to Liu Sheng, he puffed out a cigarette without holding back, and couldn't help but laugh wickedly.

"What's so funny, let's say it and laugh together." Zhao Xin teased at Liu Sheng's smirk.

"Seven dwarfs. Hahahaha~" Liu Sheng finally couldn't hold back, pointing at Zhao Xin and laughing.

"Go to hell!" Zhao Xin reacted immediately, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he kicked Liu Sheng's ass.

Someone's self-proclaimed "Seven Samurai" plan was ridiculed like this, and it was so disappointing.

Back in the tent to continue the meeting, Zhao Xin asked, "How is the situation in the fishing village?"

The fishing village mentioned by Zhao Xin here is the fishing port of Aomori in later generations.In the late [-]th century, the island country implemented the policy of "abolishing domains and setting up prefectures". The five prefectures near Aomori were merged into Hirosaki Prefecture, and the prefectural government was established in Aomori, which was later renamed Aomori Prefecture.

Katsu Saburo said: "The fishing village has already arranged for someone to investigate, and I went there myself. Oh, it was the time I mentioned before changing the pen and paper. There are more than a dozen fishermen living in the fishing village. The Tsugaru family There is no management there, except for the collection of fishing tax in spring and autumn every year.

In addition, when the Tsugaru family paid tribute to Edo every year, the tribute boats they sent would also depart from the fishing village and head south.Since the famine, dozens of refugees have fled to the fishing village to live here.These people live in shacks built in the nearby forests, and they just pick up all kinds of seaweed and shellfish by the seaside for a living.That's what I've learned. "

Zhao Xin didn't say anything after listening to it, and after a while he asked, "Where are the Tsugaru family's tribute boats docked at this time?"

Heita, who was listening on the side, suddenly said: "These boats will sail to Sendai to dock every year before winter. The main reason is that the sea on Mutsu's side will be stormy in winter, and the waves will be too large."

Zhao Xin asked curiously, "Where did you learn about these things?"

Hei Taizhao followed the way of Katsuzaburō and bowed, and then said, "I used to be a shop assistant in Hirosaki Castle Town before. I heard this from the conversation between the shop owner and the guests."

Zhao Xin nodded with satisfaction.Ping Tai immediately felt very proud and grinned.

"The boat, we only have one." Zhao Xin looked at the crowd and said.

"One? How big is it?"

"You have to go no matter what." Zhao Xin said decisively. "Squeeze, and a boat can be pulled away."

A ship that can hold more than 100 people must be a big ship.

"Excuse me, sir, where is the boat now?" Katsu Saburo asked.

"Well~" Zhao Xin glanced at Liu Sheng, and then said, "You can see it the day you go to sea."

"Then when will I go to sea?"

"Three days later!"

(End of this chapter)