A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

To be honest, it was always painful to go to work and go to school on time. Xiaoping was tired of it after only a few days of work. If you don't use the word "tired" to describe it, it would be tired. In a word, Xiaoping doesn't want to go to work on time.

Besides, this job is almost non-technical. I used to do it for myself, but it felt different. I felt silly and happy every day. Now that I am working for my boss, I don’t need to describe the change in my mood. I believe all of you can understand it.

And Xiaopingta, who was so closely watched by the craftsmen, didn't know how to do the gray blowing method. He was secretive, for fear of being looked at. (As a novice, I won’t copy and paste things from Baidu Encyclopedia to count the words)

There were so many lead ingots in their warehouse and Xiaoping Tai was not blind. He could see clearly early in the morning.

At this time, spring plowing was basically over, and Xiaoping Tai estimated that it would be the season of bad wars again. On the surface, he is tired of work, but in fact he is running away from work. Xiaoping Tai secretly prepared to run away. And now that several furnaces are being cast at the same time, the number of skilled craftsmen and output have steadily increased, and there is no need for him to continue to keep an eye on it.

So Xiaopingtai went to the city to ask for an audience with Yamauchi Yoshiharu, and after a while of deception, he extorted a huge sum of five hundred guan. Then he blackmailed two more pack horses in the name of going on an inspection trip, and it was fun to poach the government's corners.

When I got home, they were all women, none of whom were my own. There were only three men in the big house.

Uncle Tsuna Liang went to Kyoto, and Heita Xiaoping was about to go on a business trip. Only one old family member was left to do some menial work, and the other seven or eight members of the family were all women.

This is probably a true portrayal of the martial arts family in the Warring States Period. Young and strong men fought in different directions, serving the public first and foremost. From fifteen to sixty, men faced endless invitations and military service. When the war lasted, they were homeless for half a year or even a year. And women have to farm and weave at home, take care of the children, and maintain the family, which can only be said to be extremely difficult.

Xiaopingtai also thought about how one day he would find a wife and have two children. This family would probably be even more lively, with all the old, weak, women and children. A vivid picture of a community housewife activity center.

When the three aunts saw Xiao Pingtai come home, they invited him to dinner. The main seat was naturally empty, and the four of them sat at the bottom one after another, and after eating, they were full. Koheita told his three aunts that he was about to go to Kanto. The three aunts took it for granted and asked him to prepare new straw sandals and some dry food for him to bring.

The next day, Xiaopingtai led two pack horses and started his wonderful adventure in Kanto again.

Koheita also deliberately brought some salt, sugar, seafood and candles along the way. After all, the Ueno country he went to was an inland area, and these goods had to be imported from outside. I can earn back my travel expenses to some extent.

Wearing an old bamboo hat on his head, wearing short clothes and trousers, with his legs tied with coarse cloth, he walked through the small counties and counties like a businessman, jumped over the Jubingdao, and entered the Ueno Kingdom.

In the short journey of a few days, Xiao Pingtai felt visually and other senses the increasing collapse of the steward's family's national power after the night battle in Heyue.

Ueno, which was originally as stable as a mountain due to the leadership of the governor, has become quite unstable. Local checkpoints collect taxes layer by layer, and the streets are not repaired. Exhausting the people's power and wealth, recruiting people everywhere, and building layers of cities, in order to comfort the lords' greed for life and fear of death.

In addition, there are many villages that have been abandoned due to frequent military service or incursions by bandits. The miserable conditions of some villages are unbearable and difficult to describe. No one came to dispose of or bury it, leaving this large area to be desolate and dilapidated.

As for the lords, they separated themselves from the hills, completely ignoring the situation outside the city, as if those shabby walls in Xiao Pingtai's eyes could protect them. It's really a fool's errand, living in your own world.

Nishi Ueno is still like this under the protection of the Minawa Nagano clan, and the situation in Higashi Ueno and Hirai is even more unclear.

Xiaoheitai followed the large group of merchants or traveled day and night to the Covered Bridge area, which was just a small town with a thousand people. Fortunately, the local Covered Bridge Nagano clan had the Minawa Nagano clan as an aid and still maintained its rule.

After settling down in the dormitory, I quietly listened to all kinds of people chatting. Xiaopingta also asked the boss to inquire. Ueno was originally hilly, not suitable for rice cultivation, and its governors had been defeated in successive battles. The local nobles and kingdoms changed their banners on the city walls and fought each other. The situation was chaotic. Even the covered bridge town had experienced burning, and everywhere They all look lonely.

Originally, various agricultural products such as wheat, plums, konjac, and radish grown locally were very good, and even the pickles were quite famous. However, in today's current situation, many farmers have left their homes and been forced to flee. Large tracts of fields have become barren. Years of famine have caused more people to flee. The entire Ueno Kingdom is in a state of "hungry".

The owner of the dormitory shook his head as he spoke. Xiaopingta lamented in his heart that human life is worthless in troubled times. How could a superior warrior care about the feelings of ordinary people? The subjects are just numbers on the grain payment book and the military service account. The life and death of the subjects are only related to the changes in a few small numbers on the account books. Maybe a samurai's random stroke decided the fate of an entire village, and it was just a drop of worthless ink.

Shaking his head and changing his thoughts, Koheita also learned that there are only a few woodcarving artists in Ueno who are still making handicrafts. Koheita knew that those were probably the famous Gunma Prefecture puppets for future generations, but for now, goodbye, my dear. ! Sooner or later you will starve to death!

Seeing that it was getting dark, there was suddenly a knock on the door of the dormitory. The boss hurriedly opened the door, and an unarmored warrior came in with a few ashigaru, shouting to everyone: "Everyone, please gather together regardless of the reason!"

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