I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chapter 374 Mamiya, do you know how to wear women's clothes? [Explode 8200 characters! 】

With the haori worn exclusively for the Shirobei Clubhouse, even wandering around on the street will not attract suspicion, just thinking that you are patrolling aimlessly.

Ogata followed closely behind Ji Taro, keeping a distance of more than ten steps from Ji Taro the whole time.

The dense crowd sandwiched between Ogata and Kyutaro gave Ogata good cover.

And Ogata's height above the average line also saved Ogata from the trouble of being obscured by the people in front of him.

Ji Taro walked through most of Nakanomachi, turned a corner, and finally walked straight into an izakaya called "Shikiya".

After Jitaro led his attendants into the "Four Seasons House", Ogata stopped not far from this Four Seasons House and looked up and down at this izakaya called "Four Seasons House".

After walking around Yoshiwara with Guasheng during the day today, Ogata knew that Yoshiwara was not just a girl's house, but also many ordinary shops and private houses.

Vegetable shops, ordinary tea houses, restaurants, izakayas...these ordinary shops can be found in Yoshiwara.

This izakaya called "Shijiya" is not very luxuriously decorated, and it belongs to the type of shop that ordinary people will not have the idea of ​​​​"I must not afford it" after seeing it.

After confirming that Kyutaro and his followers had entered, Ogata strode towards the Four Seasons House.

A young man stood in front of the gate of this Four Seasons House.

The young man yelled loudly there, as if he was soliciting customers.

Ogata made this young man his goal.

Decided to try to get something out of the young man's mouth.

Walking up to and behind the young man, Ogata showed a slight smile, and then said in an emotional tone:

"The customer who just entered your store is really amazing..."

"Huh?" The young man in charge of attracting customers showed a puzzled look, "Which customer?"

"It's the young man who entered your shop just now, with a follower who is about his own age behind him."

Ogata said.

"I heard from our seniors at the Shirobei Club that the guest who entered your store just now has been visiting Yoshiwara every night for nearly two consecutive months."

"I really envy such energetic people, why don't I have such energy."

Ogata's rhetoric just now is half-truth and half-false.

The part where I learned from the seniors in the clubhouse that Kyutaro would visit Yoshihara every night is true.

When I came to Yoshiwara for the first time last night, I learned from Gua Sheng that Ji Taro would come to play every night.

And the part that envies Jitaro for having such a lot of energy is fake.

Ogata didn't think that he would lose to Kyutaro in terms of energy in that area.

After hearing what Ogata said, the young man suddenly realized.

"Oh! You said that person, I also know that person."

"That person is really amazing. Although he is at the age when he is at his most energetic, he really has to admire his energy."

The young man smiled wretchedly as he spoke.

"Oh?" Ogata pretended to be a little surprised, "It seems that the man is indeed famous, even the people in the izakaya know his existence."

"Of course. That guest will come to us for a few drinks almost every night before going to the playgirl's house to have fun."

Hearing the young man's words, Ogata's eyes narrowed slightly, but the change in Ogata's expression was quite subtle, so subtle that he couldn't notice it unless he looked carefully.

"So that person is a regular customer of your izakaya."

Ogata crossed his hands and tucked them into his sleeves. He raised his head and looked up and down at the Four Seasons House in front of him, and then continued to induce the young man who was responsible for attracting customers to the Four Seasons House.

"Speaking of which—this izakaya of yours is really big...So Yoshiwara still has such a big izakaya..."

"Don't you know our Four Seasons House?" The young man glanced at the haori of the Shirobei Club on Ogata's body,

With a look of surprise on his face.

Ogata's induction was very smooth, and the topic successfully developed in the direction Ogata expected to see.

"I'm new here." Ogata showed an apologetic smile, "Isn't Yoshihara recruiting new recruits these days, I was just short of money, so I came here and passed the test."

"Today is my first day at work."

"There is still a lot I don't know about Yoshihara, and I am not familiar with it."

"So that's how it is." The doubts on the young man's face dissipated, and he showed a friendly smile again, "No wonder you look unfamiliar."

"Since you are new here, it is necessary for you to get to know our Four Seasons House well!"

"Our Four Seasons House is also one of the famous stores in Yoshihara."

"Oh?" Ogata asked back, "Does your store sell any special wine?"

"That's not true." There was a smug smile on the young man's face, "The reason why our Four Seasons House can become one of the famous stores in Yoshiwara is because our shop owner has adopted a brand-new management method."

"A new way of doing business... what kind of way of doing business?"

Ogata's curiosity was also aroused at this time.

"It's more difficult to explain with your mouth. Come in with me, and I'll show you a look. It's easier to explain to you after you have a look first."

"Alright." Ogata took off the big Shitian from his waist, and handed it to his right hand to carry it.

"Ah, before entering the store, can I ask you to take off the clubhouse feathers on your body? If the customers in the store see a servant from the clubhouse coming in, it may cause everyone's unreasonable speculation and panic."

"Well, no problem."

While taking off the haori on his body, Ogata asked the young man:

"You took me to your store to watch how your store operates. The people above you shouldn't blame you for leaving work without authorization, right?"

"No." The young man waved his hand, "Introduce the brand-new business model of our store to customers who don't know much about our Four Seasons House, and then attract them to our Four Seasons House—it's also one of my jobs,"

"Since I won't bother you, I'm relieved. My name is Goro Mashima. How about you?"

"My name is Youqi. Come, please follow me into the shop."

Ogata held his knife in one hand and his haori in the other, and followed Youqi into the Four Seasons House.

Under the guidance of Youqi, after passing through a short corridor and coming to a spacious place connected to the corridor, Ogata was shocked by the scene in front of him, his eyes slightly widened.

"This is...?" Ogata couldn't help murmuring.

From the outside of the store to the inside of the Four Seasons House, it seems to have come to another world.

What caught Ogata's eyes was the reception hall, which was so spacious that it was almost impossible to see to the bottom, with countless desks.

Well-dressed waiters shuttled through the aisles.

A large number of table cases converge on the central stage like stars.

On the stage, skilled musicians sang with shamisen.

Maiko dressed up in costumes dance to the music played by the maiko.

The current situation in Four Seasons House can be described as full of guests.

All kinds of guests have already occupied more than 80% of the seats in this hall.

Compared with the large stage set in the center of the hall, the people sitting at each table attracted Ogata's attention more.

After arriving in this hall, Xu Fangyi immediately noticed that every table where someone was sitting was occupied by a woman.

The ratio of men to women sitting at each table is at least 1:1.

That is to say, beside every man, there must be a woman sitting beside him, chatting with him or pouring wine for him.

There are 3 men sitting beside this table, then at least 1 woman is sitting beside each of these 3 men.

There are very few men sitting beside more than one woman.

"This is the brand-new business method created by our shop owner!" Youshi said to Ogata in a proud tone, "Every guest who comes to our Four Seasons House can order one girl or more girls to drink with him, Chat."

"Our shop owner spent a lot of money to find a lot of girls who are good-looking, eloquent, and willing to drink and chat with men."

"At the same time, we don't set up private rooms here. We all gather in a hall to drink and chat. This is also the idea of ​​our shop owner. As for why the shop owner doesn't set up private rooms, I'm not quite sure."

"The daily salary that the girls can receive is linked to the number of times they are ordered today, as well as the quantity and price of drinks and food that the guests drink."

"The more drinks and more expensive food the guests drink, the more money the girls get."

"Thanks to the shop owner's design, the girls in our shop are very active in their work. They all try to please their customers and let them spend more money on wine and food."

"Ah, I forgot to mention - the girls in our Four Seasons House don't do that kind of business, they are only responsible for drinking and chatting with the guests."

"Customers can't do too much to the girls in our shop."

"If there are customers who come and go, we will ruthlessly drive them out and no longer allow them to enter our store."

Ogata quietly listened to Youqi's explanation.

The more he listened, the weirder his face became.

Looking at the bustling and feasting hall of the Four Seasons House in front of him, Ogata thought to himself:

——Isn't this the PR club...

Public relations club, which can be regarded as one of the famous special industries in modern Japan.

Although he doesn't know much about PR clubs, Ogata also had some superficial knowledge of this industry in his previous life.

The PR club is divided into a male PR club and a female PR club.

The job of the female publicists who work in the female public relations club is to sit next to the guests, drink and chat with the guests after their names are called.

At the same time, he is only responsible for drinking and chatting with the guests, and the guests are not allowed to touch the female publicists.

To put it mildly, their job is "selling needs".

Let the guests enjoy the feeling that someone is listening to him carefully and that someone needs him.

The main income of female publicists is the share of drinks.

The more and more expensive drinks the guests order, the more income the female publicists get.

As for male publicists - the only difference between them and female publicists in their work is that female publicists mainly serve men, while male publicists mainly serve women.

Because it does not involve pornography, public relations clubs are a legal industry in modern Japan, and public relations are also quite legitimate professions.

Ogata did not expect that in Japan at the end of the 18th century, there would be such a store that already had the embryonic form of a public relations club.

Although according to Youqi's introduction, there are still some differences between this Four Seasons House and the public relations clubs of later generations, but they are almost the same.

"Do you have to order a girl to drink and chat with you when you drink in your store?" Ogata asked.

"That's right." You Qi nodded, "But our store also welcomes customers to bring girls to our store for drinks and chats."

"Can you bring the girl in by yourself?" Ogata couldn't help being surprised.

"That's right. It's our shopkeeper's idea too. According to the shopkeeper, it's to cater to those who have a lot of money and like to show off."

"Some wealthy customers will bring the top card to our store after they get an appointment with the top card of a certain house of prostitutes, and show off in front of everyone."

"We also welcome this type of clientele because they tend to spend a lot of money."

"Did you see that fat customer over there? That man is a wealthy businessman in the tea business, and he is also one of our regular customers. The one next to him is the top brand of the White Willow House—Miss Mei Yin."

Ogata looked in the direction pointed by Youqi's fingers.

I saw a big fat man sitting on a table in a conspicuous position in the hall.

Sitting at the same table as the big fat man, there were 4 other men of different ages.

Beside the fat man sat a charming beauty, who kept pouring wine for the fat man while chatting with the fat man.

The other 4 men at the same table as the big fat man also had a girl sitting next to each of them.

However, in terms of appearance, the beauty next to the big fat man has a crushing level of suppression on the other 4 girls at the same table.

Seeing this, Ogata couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I secretly feel that the owner of the Four Seasons House is also a talented person. In order to cater to and attract those vain customers, he even made a rule that "you can bring girls to the store for drinks".

It is conceivable—there must be many rich and vain guests who, after meeting a famous girl in a girl house, put their arms around the girl's shoulders and went to the Four Seasons House to enjoy everyone's envious eyes.

"I see..." Ogata nodded lightly, "It's indeed a very interesting way of doing business..."

This kind of public relations club-style management method was indeed quite new in the Edo period.

Adopting such a novel business method in this era, and knowing how to use the psychology of vain people-Ogata understands why the business of this Four Seasons House is so prosperous.

"In the days when you don't need to work, please come to our Four Seasons House more often." You Qi said in a half-joking tone.

"I will." After perfunctory another seven sentences with a smile, Ogata moved his eyes, looking for Kyutaro.

After a while, Oo conveniently found Ji Taro in the middle of the hall.

Ji Taro is now holding a girl in his arms, talking with the servant sitting in front of him.

Although it is not allowed to do any outrageous things to the girls in this store, it seems that it is within the acceptable range to just hug the shoulders.

His follower didn't seem to be interested in the girl next to him, he just looked straight at Ji Taro in front of him and listened to Ji Taro's speech.

"Thank you." Ogata smiled and thanked Matashichi, "This is a very interesting store. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely visit your store."

"Thank you very much." Matasaka Ogata bowed respectfully with joy on his face.

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Under the guidance of Youqi, Ogata left the Four Seasons House.

After stepping out of the gate of the Four Seasons House and walking to a position some distance away from the Four Seasons House in one breath, Ogata stopped and looked in the direction of the Four Seasons House.

Looking at the Four Seasons House, Ogata muttered in a volume that only he could hear clearly:

"So that guy likes to come to the public relations club to play..."

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In Edo, in the inn where Ogata and the others lived——

"Makimura, what's the next sentence of 'threesome'?"

"'There must be my wife'!" Mu Cun replied without hesitation in a very confident tone.

"...Well, very good, great answer. Mucun, thanks to your answer, I finally understand—your brain is really not suitable for studying."

"'Threesomes, there must be my wife'..." Mamiya, who was sitting beside him oiling his saber, spoke in a flat tone at this time, "It seems that we will have trouble with Mucun in the future. Let’s put some distance away from people who have thought about it.”

In the big room where Ogata and the others lived, Genichi was leaning against the corner and taking a nap.

Mamiya sat not far away, oiling his saber.

As for Makimura and Asai...

"I was just joking just now." Mucun waved his hand, "It's 'There must be my teacher', right? I was just teasing you on purpose."

"...Makimura, you should be really lucky now."

"Well, what are you lucky about?"

"It's a good thing that Confucius passed away two thousand years ago. Otherwise, if you let him know that you have recited his golden words like this, he will definitely beat you hard."

"It doesn't matter! Confucius will definitely not beat me!"

"That's not the same. According to historical records, Confucius is taller than you, and has infinite strength. Without using weapons, you really may not be able to defeat Confucius."

When they arrived in Edo the night before, Ogata and his party briefly discussed topics related to learning before going to bed.

After knowing that he is the least educated one among the crowd, this incident seems to have brought a little excitement to Mucun.

Early this morning, Mucun pestered Asai to teach him the Four Books and Five Classics.

Asai, who couldn't hold back Mucun, reluctantly agreed to Mucun's request.

Then there was this scene of Asai Professor Makimura's "The Analects of Confucius".

Asai is also a person who can recite the Four Books and Five Classics backwards, so even without books in hand, he can teach Mucun to recite and understand the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics line by line.

It is worth mentioning that Lin was also in the room where Ogata and his group of men lived at this time.

Rin is sitting next to Genichi now. What he is currently doing is the same as Mamiya - he is oiling his two sabers: the sword "Yan Mo" and the wakizasa "Zhen Guishen".

The reason why Lin didn't stay in her room, but in Ogata's room was also very simple - the knife oil was in Ogata's room.

Shimada, who had nothing to do, was sitting cross-legged not far away. To pass the time, he silently looked at the big black sword in Lin's hand——Yan Mo.

After rubbing the knife oil, Yan Mo's pitch-black blade exuded a unique dazzling luster.

"My lord." Maybe it's because I'm bored now, Shimada said to Lin, "I've always wondered why Yan Mo's blade is black?"

"I don't know either." Lin continued to oil Yan Mo's knife, while responding, "I don't know much about forging knives, but as far as I know, it seems to be because of some special metal , the blade turned black."

Speaking of which, Lin just happened to oil the knife in Yan Mo's hand.

After putting down the utensil specially used for applying knife oil, Lin Shu raised Yan Mo in his hand, and looked up and down Yan Mo's pitch-black blade.

The color of memory emerged in Lin's pupils.

"Yan Mo is a precious sword passed down from my family..."

"It took me a lot of effort to get Yan Mo back from those stinky monks..."

After expressing this small emotion, Lin slowly retracted Yan Mo into the scabbard.

At this moment, the sound of "dong dong dong" footsteps sounded outside the room.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Mucun, who was concentrating on studying "The Analects" with Asai, raised his eyebrows.

"Brother Ogata is back."

"You know?" Asai asked.

"My friendship with Brother Ogata has long been so good that you can tell whether Brother Ogata is coming just by the sound of footsteps."

Wow.

The paper sliding door of the room was pulled open.

As Mucun said, it was Ogata who came back.

Ogata held the sword in one hand and the haori of the Shirobei Club in the other.

"Hey, welcome back." Mucun took the initiative to greet Ogata.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded lightly, "Today can be regarded as quite rewarding."

"Oh!" Mucun crossed his arms, "Looks like lurking in Yoshihara is still useful."

Ogata moved his eyes and glanced at everyone in the room:

"Where's A-Machi?"

"Ms. Machi is in her room right now," Mamiya replied.

"I'll call Ah-ding over." Ogata said, "When everyone is here, I'll talk slowly about what I've gained today."

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In Machi's room——

Machi, who was wearing an ordinary kimono with her hair loose, was sitting casually cross-legged in the center of the room.

There is a small table in front of him, and on the table is A-cho's current strongest weapon - Su Ying.

At this moment, A-Ming is taking care of Su Ying.

It's just——A-Machi looked absent-minded at this time.

Two eyes stared straight at Su Ying on the table, her expressionless face made it hard to understand what she was thinking now...

Wow.

At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pulled open.

Amachi was startled by the sudden sound of pulling the door, and his consciousness was pulled back to the real space.

"Ah, Ayi, you're back?" Because he was startled by the sudden sound of the door being opened just now, Ah Ding still looks lingering in shock.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I just came back, Ah-cho, come to the big room where I live, I have a lot of new information I found today to tell you."

"Ah, good, good."

A-Machi hurriedly stuffed Su Ying, who was half-maintained, back into her arms, and then simply arranged her hair and clothes.

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Ogata also called A-Machi, who was taking care of Su Ying in his own room, into this big room, and then began to share the information he had collected today with everyone.

Today is the first day of Ogata's lurking in Yoshihara, but the amount of valuable information collected far exceeds Ogata's expectations.

Through today's lurking, Ogata obtained 2 pieces of very precious information about Ji Taro.

Article 1: Ji Taro really comes to Yoshiwara every night to find pleasure.

Rule 2: Kyutaro likes to go to that special izakaya called Shikiya.

Ogata explained to everyone the details of the "public relations club" of Four Seasons House in as simple a sentence as possible.

In the eyes of Lin and the others, the way Four Seasons House operates is extremely fresh.

After listening to Ogata's explanation, Mucun grinned directly:

"It feels like a very interesting store..."

Asai on the side also nodded in agreement:

"I'm also interested in this store."

After explaining to everyone what kind of shop Shijiya is, Ogata began to talk about his subsequent actions and his discovery of Ji Taro.

After staying in the Four Seasons House for half an hour, Ji Taro led his servants out of the Four Seasons House, and slipped to a certain "Nakamise" class playgirl's house not far away to have fun.

Ogata was thinking about whether to wait until Jitaro came out of the Younv's house, and follow him, trying to see if he could follow him all the way to their lair in Shiranui.

But as soon as this thought came to Ogata's mind, Ogata dismissed it.

Because this plan basically has no chance of success.

Yoshiwara had a dense crowd, and relying on the dense crowd and the status of a member of the Shirobei Club, Ogata was able to avoid being discovered by Kyutaro.

The Shiranui base will definitely not be located in a conspicuous downtown, but must be somewhere with few people.

In places other than Yoshihara, where there were few people and no cover, Ogata did not have the confidence to track ninjas of the "Four Heavenly Kings" level.

Around 10:00 p.m., the gates to Yoshiwara close.

People inside and outside Yoshihara can only enter and exit through the sleeve doors on both sides of the gate.

When the gate of Yoshihara is closed, the flow of people entering and leaving Yoshihara is already very small.

At this time, it is also the time when Ogata and the others who have been recruited temporarily can get off work.

After he was able to get off work, Xu went straight back to the hotel where they were staying and reported to everyone what he had achieved today.

After quietly listening to Ogata's report on the information he collected about Jitaro in Yoshihara today, Lin nodded:

"It's really hard work for you."

After finishing speaking, Lin leaned over and saluted Ogata.

"Is that Jitaro a frequent visitor of that Four Seasons House..." Mamiya muttered, "This information... is very useful!"

"Yeah." Lin nodded seriously, and said seriously, "I think so too."

"I think -- we can do a lot with this place."

"I have a plan now."

After Lin cleared her throat, she continued:

"Since that Jitaro is a frequent visitor of that Four Seasons House, and would go there for two drinks almost every day, then we can send someone to go to the Four Seasons House for drinks every night."

"I see." Mamiya, who understood Lin's plan, showed a slight smile, "Send someone to drink at the Four Seasons House every night, pretending to be having fun, but in essence trying to eavesdrop on the conversation between Ji Taro and others... "

"Yeah." Lin nodded, "Go and eavesdrop on the conversation between Jitaro and others, maybe you can hear something interesting."

"However... if this plan is to be implemented, at least one man and one woman must be sent." Asai frowned slightly at this time, raising his doubts, "According to Yidao Zhai, if you go to that Four Seasons House to drink, you can order A girl from their shop."

"Either bring a girl in by yourself."

"Ordering a girl from their shop is definitely not okay."

"Their remuneration is linked to the food and drinks ordered by the guests."

"In order to let the guests order more food and drink, they will definitely say a lot of nice words to induce you to buy food and drink."

"So order a girl from the store to accompany her, and she will definitely get in the way."

"So we'd better let a man and a woman go to the Four Seasons House."

"Two people cooperate with each other, so it is bound to be much more efficient."

As soon as Asai said this, the atmosphere in the whole room immediately became weird.

Asai's proposal of "sending a man and a woman" is indeed a good one.

But—there are only 2 women here.

Ah-machi definitely can't go to the Four Seasons House.

After all, A-cho is the rebellious ninja in Shiranui, so it is too dangerous to let A-cho go to the Shikiya where Kotaro often goes.

In order not to be discovered by Kyutaro, Ah-machi can only wear heavy makeup that is so scary that he did when he followed Ogata outside to collect information on the "Gozen Trial" yesterday.

But if you go to the Four Seasons House with too much makeup, it will be counterproductive.

The store is full of well-dressed girls. The girl next to you is wearing thick and deadly makeup, which will be quite eye-catching, and it will not be conducive to completing this "eavesdropping task".

So it is impossible for Ah-machi to go to the Four Seasons House.

Therefore, the only one who can choose is Lin.

only……

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Jiangong and Mucun looked at each other in blank dismay.

They look at me and I look at you, communicating silently with their eyes.

Mucun: (Hey, Mamiya, come and tell the lord that you have followed the lord the longest and the lord trusts you the most, so it is best for you to tell the lord.)

Gamiya: (I don’t want to.)

Asai: (Makimura, you go.)

Mucun: (Why don't you go?)

Shimada: (Master Minamoto...)

Yuan Yi: (Don't look at me...)

The above is the general content of the "spiritual friendship" of Jian Gong and the others.

They are all persuading others to speak up bravely: "My lord! I leave the task of lurking in the Four Seasons House to you!"

But after making eye contact for a long time, the brave man did not appear...

Ogata and A-Machi also instinctively felt that now was not a good time for the two of them to talk, so they both kept silent.

The room fell into an eerie silence for a while before someone finally broke the silence.

And the one who broke the silence was Lin.

"Actually..." Lin said softly with no expression on her face, "It is not necessary to send a man and a woman."

"It's okay to send two men..."

"As long as one of the men knows how to act like a woman."

Hearing Lin's words, Ogata raised his eyebrows.

The moment Lin's voice just fell, Ogata understood the meaning.

No.

It should be said - everyone present, after hearing Lin's words, instantly understood what Lin meant...

Everyone at the scene... except Jian Gong who was sweating on his forehead, all turned their heads and cast their strange eyes on Jian Gong.

"... Mamiya." Ogata said softly, "Have you ever learned how to wear women's clothing?"

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