I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The second year of Kuanzheng, December 4—

　　 Kinnocho, inside a house—

　　 As soon as Ogata entered this room, he saw Jiro Nishino.

　　 Nishino Jiro was sitting cross-legged on the ground, watching the rehearsal of the members of Treasure Island House in front of him seriously.

　　 When the members of Jiro Nishino and Takashimaya saw Ogata entering the house, they immediately stopped what they were doing and saluted Ogata.

　　 With the concerted efforts of Ogata and Jiro Nishino, the script was finally successfully completed the day before yesterday-I have to say that Jiro Nishino is still very talented in writing.

　　 In such a short period of time, I completed a script that Ogata found quite satisfied.

　　 Ogata doesn’t actually know Kabuki, and doesn’t know what kind of Kabuki script is considered a good script.

　　 He only knows that under his guidance, this Kabuki script by Nishino Jiro is basically in line with historical facts and can be read as a history book.

　　 In the eyes of Ogata, as long as the script based on his deeds fits the real situation, it is a good script.

　　 After completing various scripts at around 9 a.m. the day before yesterday, Jiro Nishino happily carried the scripts and took Ogata to find their only Kabuki troupe in Kinno Town, Takashimaya.

　　 According to Jiro Nishino, although Takashimaya is a Kabuki troupe, all the members in it treat Kabuki as a full-time troupe, and there is no such kind of people who rely solely on Kabuki for their meals.

　　All members of Treasure Island House usually have their main business, and only regard Kabuki as a hobby and part-time job. I usually do my main business, and only when there is a festival, do I get together to play a play to satisfy my hobbies and at the same time to make some extra money.

Because it does not rely on Kabuki to eat, but purely relies on passion to perform Kabuki, the quality of each drama performed by Takashimaya is very high. It is well-known in Kinno Town and is quite popular among the people of Kinno Town. Welcome.

　　 When Treasure Island is going to perform Kabuki, the tickets will be sold out quickly, and every play is basically packed.

　　 Every New Year, Takashimaya will perform Kabuki in Kinnocho.

　　Because of the high popularity of Treasure Island House, watching the performance of Treasure Island House has become one of the things that many people in Kinnocho do during the New Year every year.

　　 Aspiring to become a "Kabuki dramatist", Jiro Nishino has a very good relationship with Takashimaya.

　　 Earlier, Nishino Jiro had made an agreement with Takashimaya-this year’s New Year, Takashimaya will perform a new play written by Nishino Jiro.

　　 Therefore, the members of Takashimaya have been waiting for this script by Nishino Jiro for a long time.

The day before yesterday, when Jiro Nishino gave the finished script to the members of Treasure Island House for reading, all members of Treasure Island House praised the script written by Jiro Nishino, saying that it might be a big hit. Good show welcome.

　　 There are 15 members in Treasure Island House, of which 8 are responsible for playing music and 7 are responsible for acting-all of them are eager to try. They just received the script the day before and immediately began rehearsals in full swing.

　　 Chinese opera and Japanese Kabuki are very similar in many ways. For example, these two types of performing arts have someone responsible for performing background music on site.

　　 In Chinese opera, there will be someone responsible for pulling the erhu behind the scenes, playing castanets, and adding background music to the performance in front of the scene.

　　 Japanese Kabuki is also similar-someone is responsible for playing shamisen, playing shakuhachi, and various musical instruments behind the scenes to provide background music for the performance in front of the scene.

　　Professional Kabuki theater troupe. In addition to performing music and performing exercises, the members of the troupe are also responsible for makeup, setting up the stage background, and doing miscellaneous...

　　 And Takashimaya is just an amateur theater troupe where all members only use Kabuki as a side job, so it is barely enough to have two types of people who are responsible for music and performance.

　　 This play written by Jiro Nishino requires at least 7 people to star in—just the right number.

　　 Through the time spent writing scripts with Jiro Nishino the other day, Ogata also became curious about the art of Kabuki.

　　 Since the script was compiled the day before yesterday and the rehearsal has begun, Ogata’s activities every morning changed from "writing the script with Jiro Nishino" to "coming to see their rehearsal."

　　 The room Ogata is walking into is a place dedicated to Kabuki rehearsal by members of Takashimaya.

　　 "Good morning! Majima-kun!" As always, Jiro Nishino greeted Ogata with an enthusiastic tone.

　　 "Good morning." Ogata nodded in response, and sat cross-legged next to Jiro Nishino, "How is everyone rehearsing?"

　　 "It's been going well so far!" Nishino's tone was full of concealed excitement, "Everyone is very enthusiastic! I can't wait to stage this "Ichitosai" soon in the New Year."

　　 "Ichitosai"—The name Ogata and the others gave to this drama.

　　 A good name determines the life and death of a drama to some extent.

　　 If it can have a name that is loud, catchy, and remembered even by illiterate people, it will greatly promote the spread of the show.

　　 After finishing writing the script, Okinawa and Nishino racked their brains to think about what name should be given to the drama.

　　 was finally decided by Ogata-the show was named "Ichitosai".

　　 Although Ogata now has a bunch of titles, "Executioner Ichitosai", "Ogata Itosai", "Renzhan Yishi", "Sura"...

　　 But the most widely spread is undoubtedly the "Executioner Yidaozai".

Since Ogata's departure from the domain, almost all people who have met him by his title have chosen "Ichitosai" or "Ogata Isosasai" to call him. Very few people use his other titles to call him. he.

　　 The three words "Yidao Zhai" have only three syllables, they are catchy, and they are widely spread.

　　 This script is based on his deeds, so the title "Ichitosai" is just the right name for this drama.

　　 After Ogata proposed the name "Ichitosai," Jiro Nishino immediately nodded in agreement with beaming eyes.

　　 So the name of the show was finalized.

　　 "That's good." Ogata smiled and nodded, and then silently followed Jiro Nishino to watch the members of Takashimaya who were rehearsing "Ichitosai" in front of him.

　　While writing the script with Jiro Nishino, Ogata also learned a lot about Kabuki from Jiro Nishino.

　　Early Kabuki was not something that could be on the stage, it was a bit like a modern gray industry.

When 　　 Kabuki was first born, it mainly relied on selling hue to attract attention.

　　 Many female Kabuki are attracted by their beauty to attract people to watch the performance.

　　 Very few female Kabuki perform some physical transactions while performing Kabuki performances.

　　 When the Edo Shogunate noticed this chaos, he felt that it was vulgar. So in the sixth year of Kanei, the Edo Shogunate issued a ban on "female Kabuki", and women were forbidden to perform Kabuki.

　　 Without a woman to perform, what about the female characters in the play?

　　 Then let cute boys come to play.

　　 After the Edo Shogunate promulgated the "female kabuki" ban, "wakabuki kabuki" was born.

　　 "Ruozhong" is an underage man.

　　 The people who banned the performance of "Female Kabuki" turned their attention to the cute "Wakabuki".

　　The important task of acting as female characters and betraying the eyeballs has shifted from "female kabuki" to "wakabuki kabuki".

　　 In the first year of Cheng Ying, the Edo Shogunate also banned Wakabuki Kabuki on the grounds of violating morals.

　　 At this point, neither women nor underage men can play Kabuki, and only adult men can play Kabuki.

　　 But the rough history of Kabuki is not over yet.

　　 As the saying goes, "there are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom." After the Edo Shogunate banned underage men from performing in Kabuki, many underage men still pretended to be adult men and continued to perform in Kabuki.

　　 Besides, it is not just under-age men who have cute-looking people. Among adult men, there are also a lot of cute-looking people.

　　 So even though the shogunate issued the ban on "female kabuki" and "wakabuki", the situation in which Kabuki relies on the betrayal of colors to attract attention, and a large number of Kabuki actors doing some unconventional things has not changed.

　　 The Edo Shogunate was furious and felt that the Kabuki actors were not saved.

　　 So in the second year of the Ming calendar, the shogunate ordered the demolition of the theater in Kyoto, the center of Kabuki, on the grounds of the Kabuki siege.

　　 When Kabuki was about to be swept into the trash can of history, with the efforts of many Kabuki defenders, the shogunate agreed to release Kabuki on the condition of "removing the betrayal of hues and acting in orthodox drama."

　　 Since then, Kabuki has officially embarked on the right path of "serious" drama.

try{mad1('gad2');}catch(ex){}　　 Thanks to the efforts of many Kabuki playwrights and actors, Kabuki has gradually changed from a “gray industry” that didn’t take much time to the stage. It is very popular and is a performing art loved by all classes.

　　 However, the shogunate has not lifted the ban on "female kabuki" and "wakabuki".

　　 So all the members of Treasure Island House who are currently rehearsing in front of the thread, without exception-all are adult men.

　　On the Kabuki stage, whether the characters are male or female, they are all performed by adult males.

　　 So you don’t need any doubts—every female character you see on the Kabuki stage, no matter how beautiful "she" looks, is a lady's magnate.

　　 Ogata and Nishino compiled this "Ichitosai" with female characters—two female characters modeled after Asaki and Afu of the izakaya where Ogata used to work.

　　Ogata felt very complicated when he learned that the two characters based on Asaki and Afu had to be played by men.

　　 Fortunately, the two female characters based on Asaki and Afu are the two handsome men from Takashimaya.

　　According to Jiro Nishino, these two are actors in Takashimaya who are responsible for playing women.

　　 After neither women nor minors can play Kabuki, the female characters in the play are all taken care of by the kind of youths who are handsome, preferably male and female.

　　 After watching the rehearsal at Takashimaya with Jiro Nishino for a while, Okinawa retired first and left.

　　 Although Ogata comes to watch the rehearsal almost every morning, it is impossible to spend the whole morning watching the rehearsal. It would be boring.

　　 Therefore, Ogata simply looks at it, then leaves, and then rushes to Hosei Sword Museum to learn experience...Ah, no. It is to teach the apprentices of the Baosheng Sword Museum while gaining some experience.

　　 Anyway, the rehearsal place at Treasure Island House is quite close to the Hosei Sword Hall, so it doesn't get in the way.

　　...

　　...

　　 Approaching the evening—

　　 "It's okay to hold the place near the knife with your right hand, but don't use too much force with your left hand. Release the little finger of your left hand, and only gently hold it with your ring finger, **** and index finger."

　　 Holding a wooden sword, Ogata in the middle posture pointed to a young man standing in front of him with a sword facing him.

　　 The young man's name is Xiao Lin, and he is also one of the "Ten Swords of Precious Life".

　　 Can be crowned "Treasure Life Ten Swords", Kobayashi still has a little talent for swordsmanship.

　　 After receiving Ogata's guidance, Kobayashi released his left hand holding the lower end of the knife handle slightly according to Ogata's instructions.

　　 glanced at Kobayashi's left hand, Ogata nodded:

　　 "Yes, that's it. You attacked me in this position."

"Yes!"

　　 Kobayashi yelled, and slashed at Ogata with his sword.

Snapped!

　　 When Kobayashi's wooden sword was about to slash Naka Ogata's head, Ogata suddenly swung the wooden sword in his hand horizontally, hitting the blade of Kobayashi's wooden sword directly, and knocking Kobayashi's wooden sword flying with one blow.

【Ding! Defeat the enemy with Sakihara Ichisaku Style·Dragon Tail]

　　 [Get 35 points of personal experience, 30 points of experience for ninjutsu "Shiranui Ninjutsu"]

　　【Current personal level: LV34】

　　【Sakihara One Sword Style Level: 12 Steps】

　　 "How?" Ogata asked Kobayashi in front of him, "Do you feel that the speed of the sword has become a lot faster."

　　 "Although it is indeed faster..." Kobayashi smiled bitterly, "But you still can't lively Island-sama, you get a second shot..."

　　Since Ogata added the nickname "One Sword Samurai", many people in Hosei Sword Museum have silently set themselves a goal-to force Ogata to make a second sword.

　　 It’s just that no one has reached this goal until now.

　　 "How? Do you want to continue practicing?"

　　 "No." Xiaolin shook his head, "It's getting dark, and I'm almost going home."

　　 Ogata turned his head and looked at the sky outside the window—the sky is now dark, and in a moment, the sky should be completely black.

　　 "If you don't pay attention, it turns out that it's so dark..." Ogata whispered, "Then I should go now."

　　 Baosheng Sword Museum will be closed as soon as it gets dark, so now the disciples in the museum are already walking around at odds and ends.

　　 Seeing that it is dark now, Ogata also put the wooden knife in his hand back on the knife holder, preparing to leave the sword hall, and return to the hotel to start the evening activities: learning Ezo language and having negative distance contact with Amachi.

　　 However, as soon as Ogata put the wooden knife in his hand back on the knife holder, he saw an apprentice rushing into the dojo, carrying the hakama of his lower body.

　　 Because Ogata happened to be the nearest to the entrance of the dojo, the apprentice asked Ogata along the way:

　　 "Mashima-sama, have you seen the master?"

　　 "The owner of Baosheng Pavilion? He seemed to have gone to the toilet just now."

　　 Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as Ogata's voice fell, Takao, who had just used the toilet, followed the other small door of the dojo and returned to the dojo.

　　 Seeing that Baosheng had returned, the apprentice rushed towards Baosheng and said to Baosheng:

　　 "Master! Two farmers came outside the pavilion and said I hope you can save them!"

　　 "Farmers? Save them?" Baosheng frowned slightly.

　　 The apprentice did not curb his voice, so Ogata not far away also heard his words.

　　 When he heard the words "help them", Ogata's brows wrinkled slightly like Hoyu.

　　...

　　...

　　 The farmer came to the door and asked for help—this is a rare thing.

　　 Out of curiosity, Baosheng allowed the two farmers to come in.

There is a reception room in the sword hall that is not very commonly used, so Baosheng brought the two farmers to this reception room.

　　 "Then-you two should sign up first." Baosheng put his hands into his sleeves and looked at the two farmers in front of him.

　　 There are only 4 people in this small reception room.

　　Treasure, these two farmers, and Ogata.

　　 Ogata was a little curious about the words "save them" in the mouth of the two farmers, so Xiang Baosheng expressed that he wanted to sit and listen.

　　 Ogata is now a distinguished visitor at Hosei Sword Museum, and Hosu naturally has no reason to refuse such a small request.

　　 After these two farmers had settled down in the hospitality room, Xu Jian began to look at them.

　　 The appearances of these two people are very distinctive.

　　 There are many spots and wrinkles on one face, and it looks quite vicissitudes of life.

　　 The other is Xie Ding, there is no hair on the top of the head.

　　 The two of them were very restrained and nervous. Since entering the sword hall, their faces have been white, and their entire bodies seem to shrink together.

　　 His eyes looked around involuntarily, and he seemed extremely uncomfortable with everything around him.

　　 After hearing Baosheng asking their names, the two farmers hurriedly responded.

　　 "My name is Zhu San." said the vicissitudes of life farmer.

　　 Bald farmer: "My name is Yushiro."

　　 "Suke San and Yushiro, right?" Baosheng nodded, "Tell me what happened to you. What do you mean by "help you"?"

　　 "It's like this..." The vicissitudes of life farmer...that is, Zhusan swallowed and moistened his throat, and then said, "Our village... was taken by the ronin..."

　　 "At the end of last month, when one of our villagers was going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, he ran into a dozen or so people lurking on the hillside and secretly observing our village."

　　 "Our companion was hiding not far behind the gang of Ronin, so he overheard their conversation."

　　 "The ronins are planning to rob our village, saying they want to grab something good for a good year..."

　　 At this point, whether it was the bald farmer named Suzo or the vicissitudes of life named Yushiro, his already pale face became whiter.

　　 "Our village has finally survived the ‘day starvation’, and it’s not until this year that life is finally better..."

　　 "If that gang of ronin **** our food and property, then we don't know how to live..." Yu Shiro answered, a bit of crying in his voice.

　　 "Just waiting for the gang of ronin to rob the door is dead, it's better to resist, maybe there is still life..." The speaker turned to help three.

　　 "So we want to ask the samurai to help! Help us fight back the ronin!"

　　As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his pleading gaze to the treasure in front of him.

　　 Yushiro also turned his pleading gaze to Treasure.

　　 When Suke Sanzheng wanted to say something more, Baosheng raised his hand to signal that they didn't need to say more.

　　 "I understand what you mean."

try{mad1('gad2');}catch(ex){}　　 Baosheng said blankly.

　　 "So that's it... this is what you mean by'help you'..."

　　 "You want to hire us to help you fight off the bandits, right?"

　　 "Instead of spending so much effort to ask the samurai for help, why don't you ask the government for help?"

　　As soon as Baosheng finished speaking, Shuzo gritted his teeth and said.

　　 "It's useless to ask the government for help!"

　　 "Our village was plundered by another wave of people three years ago! We asked the government for help at that time!"

"The results of it?"

　　 "Until the gang of ronin looted our village and left swaggeringly, the officials from the government are long overdue!"

　　 "What's more, it's still the end of the year, and the Chinese New Year is about to go."

　　 "At this time, it is the laziest time for the government in a year!"

　　 "Wait for us to report to the government, and then the officials from the government will report it layer by layer, and then approve it layer by layer, dispatching officials to assist us, I am afraid it will be the end of the year!"

　　 Baosheng was silent-although he didn't deal with the government very much, the government's organization was bloated and slow, and he still heard a little.

　　 "...Since you want to ask a samurai for help, how much do you plan to use to invite us?"

　　Treasure's question directly made Suke San and Yushiro embarrassed.

　　 After looking at each other for a while, Zhu San gritted his teeth, bowed his head and said:

　　 "Our villagers...nearly all starved to death in the'Twilight Famine'..."

　　 "I have finally recovered some vitality now... so we... don't have much money..."

　　 "The reward we can give... is to ask every samurai who is willing to assist us to eat white rice for a meal before repelling the bandits..."

　　 "White rice?" Baosheng frowned, "Do you want to hire a samurai just by eating white rice?"

　　 "This is us..." Yushiro lowered his head, "I can take out everything..."

　　 "For such a low salary, I want to hire a samurai to do your job... You surely haven't hired many samurai right now? Tell me—how many samurai do you hire now?"

　　 Suke San and Yushiro glanced at each other in the same place, the embarrassment on their faces became more intense.

　　 "Quick answer." Baosheng's tone became harsher.

　　 "We are divided into three groups to go to different villages to invite the samurai..." Sukezo whispered, "As of now, Yushiro and I have invited only one samurai..."

　　 "A samurai..." Baosheng shook his head helplessly, "Unexpectedly, the remuneration you gave is too low, not even the money, only white rice."

　　 "Such a low salary, I will promise to help you, maybe it's too low to eat, or a very enthusiastic warrior."

　　 "I'm sorry. I can't help you. At the same time, I won't let my disciples help you."

　　As soon as Treasure said this, Suke Mi and Yushiro appeared anxious.

　　 Just when the two of them wanted to say something more, Baosheng said first:

　　 "Even if you walk around all the towns and cities around you, probably no more than 10 samurai can be invited."

　　 "And the gang of ronin who intends to rob you, there are more than ten people who came to scout."

　　 "The total number of them is probably no fewer than dozens."

　　 "Even if you invite a few samurai to help, it is impossible to fight dozens of Ronin."

　　 "Such a battle that has no chance of winning will only die in vain."

　　 "So I'm sorry-no matter how much you pay, I won't fight this kind of battle for nothing, and I won't let my disciples fight this kind of battle."

　　 "Please come back, please."

　　 Sukezo: "Samurai-sama..."

　　 "Please go back!" Baosheng interrupted Shuzo's words with a much harsher and louder drink.

　　 while interrupting Shusanhuatou, cut his sharp eyes to Shusan and Yushiro.

　　 Suke Miwa Yushiro was shocked by the loud voice and sharp sight of Hosou, and they shrank their necks.

　　 Finally—Suke San and Yushiro left the hospitality room with a frustrated face.

　　 After the two left the hospitality room, Baosheng asked a disciple who was still in the sword hall to send the two out of the sword hall.

　　 After the two farmers left, Ogata finally uttered the first sentence since the two farmers began to talk about their experiences.

　　 "Master Takara." Ogata turned his head and said to Takara next to him, "It's not too early now. It's almost time to leave first."

　　 "Hmm." Takao said with a smile to Ogata, "Mashima-sama, thank you for your hard work today!"

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　　...

　　 After leaving the Hosei Sword Museum, Sukezo and Yushiro walked down the street with a frustrated face.

　　 "Sure enough, the pay is too low..." Yushiro lowered his head and sobbed.

　　 Shuzo was also silent on the side.

　　The compensation they gave was too low—for this, everyone in their village knew.

　　 If their village is wealthy enough to throw large sums of gold on the faces of the samurai, they believe they will definitely be able to invite many samurai to help out.

　　 But they just dared to think about things like "getting a big sentence and throwing people on the face"...

"What should we do now..." Yushiro looked at Sukezo beside him blankly, "The gang of Ronin will be coming at some point... and the two of us have only hired a samurai until now... "

　　 "People who go to other cities and towns shouldn't have invited many samurai."

　　 "Can this kind of samurai stop those ronin?"

　　Sukezo was silent again.

　　 Although they don't know how to fight or how to fight, they still know how to do simple arithmetic.

　　The number of ronin who beat their village idea is unknown, and there are most likely dozens of them.

　　 And these villagers basically have no combat effectiveness. Only the samurai they invited can contend against the gang of ronin.

　　 And if they can finally bring in 10 samurai, it would be thank God...

　　 No matter how you look at it, their village will definitely be defeated now...

　　 "It would be great if there was a samurai who could be a thousand riders and would like to save us..." Sukemi smiled and said this almost delusional sentence.

　　 Just as his voice fell, a young voice suddenly sounded behind them:

　　 "Hey! You two!"

　　 Suke Miwa Yushiro was taken aback, then turned back.

　　 is a familiar figure that has just been seen.

　　 was the young samurai who had been sitting next to the master of the sword hall just now. He just didn't know what his name was.

　　 The young samurai walked slowly in front of Sukezo and Yushiro, and then continued:

　　 "My name is Goro Mashima."

　　 "Tell me more about the things you missed by the tramp in your village."

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　　PS: The plot of the previous chapter is actually a historical event. U U Reading www.uukanshu.com

　　In history, Hasegawa really used the public funds for the Huo Pai Thief to scramble coins for the sake of the people's football field.

　　 I have also shared science with you before. In the Edo period, Japan had three types of currencies: gold, silver, and copper.

　　 is similar to the three currencies circulating in the market at the same time, the US dollar, the euro, and the Japanese yen. Then the exchange rates of these three currencies keep changing.

　　 Hasegawa took advantage of the fact that the exchange rate between currencies was constantly fluctuating, and he continued to buy and sell coins, earning enough money to operate the people's home delivery market by speculating coins.

　　 Then he was arrested by Songping Dingxin.

　　 In real history, Matsudaira did not deal with Hasegawa very much. One important reason is that Hasegawa was brought up by the old Nakuma Yoji of the previous generation with one hand, so Hasegawa is a close minister of Yoji Tanuma. In Japan, where interpersonal relations are important, this is a very terrible thing.

However, in the real history, although Matsuhira Dashinobu discovered this secret of Hasegawa, he did not do anything to Hasegawa. Matsuhira Dashinobu released Hasegawa and let Hasegawa continue to lead the firefighter reform, and continue to operate the Renzuo Yard. .

　　 By the way: The old Nakata Numa Yoji is also a legendary figure. I will introduce to you later. In today's small class, I will share with you the content that all **** critics must be interested in: the medicine of the Edo period that can help in that kind of thing. And how people in the Edo period bought this medicine by express delivery.

　　 Yes, there was express delivery in the Edo period.

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