The Rise of the European Emperor

Since Japan is going to be blamed, it is natural not to be unprepared. So, Marin called Gan Fushuizi over, intending to officially start the implementation of the puppet plan, and planned to let Gan Fushuizi take their son Gan Fushuizi to Japan to participate in the vassal hegemony.

But Gan Fu Shuizi refused straight away:

"Husband, I am very grateful for your willingness to make my son Nobunaga a great general (the leader of the Japanese shogunate is called a great general). However, Nobunaga is too young and has not yet turned one year old. There are thousands of mountains and rivers to go back to Japan from here. , if the child is too young, it is easy to die halfway. After all, children are not as able to endure a boat ride as adults! Therefore, the slave family decided to wait for Xin to reach the age of 5 before taking him back to the country to participate in the hegemony!"

But Marin was unwilling to wait five years, so he asked:

"Then what about these five years? We can't just do nothing, right? We can do a lot of things in five years. It's a pity to waste it!"

After thinking for a while, Gan Fushuizi suggested:

"Husband, among the four wuji qinzi, chess pieces, books and paintings that are close to the slave family, the chess pieces have studied various chess records and battle formations since childhood, and have a little understanding of the art of war. Shuzi is more proficient in handling government affairs. Before suffering at home, the slave family Shuzi also handles many of the official affairs. Let’s say, I and Nobunaga will go back in a few years. However, I can send chess pieces and Shuzi back first, pull the team in advance, and publicize the name, showing that Nobunaga participated in the national war ambition!"

Let two maidservants do this? Marin was very worried. But Gan Fushuizi has repeatedly assured that the loyalty of the Four Great Wu Ji is absolutely reliable. Even if they suffered disasters and almost died, they never gave up. Moreover, in ancient Japan, Wu Ji basically had no self, it was the owner's private property, and could not produce the consciousness of being the master. And the four Wu Ji received the education that they would not hesitate to die for the family since they were young, so they are absolutely reliable.

"Then how do we recruit this manpower? Although I can send troops to help them gain ground. However, if they are all foreigners, they may be strongly rejected by Japan. Therefore, chess pieces and book pieces must have a team from their own country. An army of warriors. Otherwise, people will be regarded as invaders."

Gan Fushuizi is obviously very familiar with the situation in his country, so he suggested:

"It's not difficult. In Japan, the life of the common people is worthless. Those samurai may be more difficult to recruit, but farmers are extremely easy to recruit. No, it can't be recruited. As long as the husband is willing to spend money, you can buy one for one tael of silver." Very strong farmers. Those big names are short of money in order to fight for hegemony. It is common to buy and sell people. Among them, the best business is women's business. The second is the strong farmers."

"Originally, I thought that only warriors who practiced martial arts from childhood could participate in the war for hegemony. However, after staying in Beihai for so long, I discovered that farmers in Beihai had the best self-made firearms (wind-up muskets) in Beihai. After that, he can easily kill people with high martial arts skills. Therefore, the concubine thinks that the husband can spend money to buy a group of tall and strong farmers from Japan, and hand them over to chess pieces who know how to fight. Under the guidance of the officers under the husband, Train to become a strong army. In this way, you can participate in the battle for the hegemony of Japan..."

Marin looked at Gan Fushuizi unexpectedly - this woman is not simple...

If the control is not good, this woman may become Japan's Empress Lu or something. Therefore, Marin began to be careful secretly, so as not to get out of his control in the future. Of course, Marin is not interested in anything else. What he values ​​most, of course, is the control of Japan's Iwami Ginzan. As for where Gan Fu Shuizi will take his son Gan Fu Nobunaga, he will not suppress it. After all, Nobunaga is also his son. As long as they don't hinder their development of Ishijian Yinshan, they can do whatever they want.

Afterwards, Marin and Gan Fushuizi had a heated discussion about the standard of "tall and strong" Japanese farmers. But the conclusion made Marin dumbfounded - in the eyes of Gan Fushuizi, a height of more than 1.6 meters is considered tall in Japan...

Yes, you read that right, in ancient times, the Japanese were always short. Today, in Japan, the average man is generally no taller than 1.6 meters.

Only when you live in a noble family and have sufficient nutrition can you grow to more than 1.6 meters. It is difficult for ordinary folks to exceed 1.6 meters. Only children of nobles, children of warriors who exercise regularly, and children of wealthy merchants are normal if they are taller than 1.6 meters.

To put it bluntly, it is caused by insufficient nutrition. In ancient Japan, the standard of living of common people was very low, and eating a seaweed rice ball every day was considered a very high-end life.

In addition, there is another important reason for the short stature of the Japanese in ancient times-the Japanese do not eat meat!

Yes, the ancient Japanese did not eat meat! Beginning in the 8th century AD, the Japanese imperial court promulgated the "Meat Ban", prohibiting citizens from eating meat. It is said that it is because of learning monk vegetarianism. Even nobles do not eat animal meat. For example, the famous Kobe beef was eaten only after the Meiji Restoration and Westernization of Japan. Before that, Japan hadn't eaten animal meat for thousands of years, and at most they ate some sashimi or something.

Therefore, the ancient Japanese were so short in stature. Mainly, if you are a vegetarian every day, how can you get enough nutrition to grow taller? Even though Japan has a tradition of eating fish, not everyone can afford fish.

But after the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese resumed eating meat, and their height began to gradually increase. During World War II, because it was not long before the return to eating meat, the effect was not obvious, so it was called "little devil". It is very suitable for Pan Changjiang to play the devil... And those tall devils are mostly North Korean devils...

After World War II, Japan not only ate meat in an all-round way, but also encouraged drinking milk. Then, the devil's height gradually caught up. After all, they and we are considered branches of the same language and species. As long as the nutritional supplements are restored, they can still grow taller.

But in this era, devils and nobles basically do not eat meat (the nobles eat more fish, and the common people have no conditions), so Gan Fushuizi said that Japanese farmers who are more than 1.6 meters tall are considered "tall"...

Letting a group of short men with a height of less than 1.6 meters form an army, it feels like an army of elementary school students... I feel very happy when I think about it...

In this way, the wars in the Warring States Period in Japan were no longer as simple as village chiefs fighting, but village chiefs leading a group of "primary school students" to fight in groups...Of course, these "primary school students" were relatively dark and killed people...

Such a picture suddenly appeared in Marin's mind - a group of short "primary school students" with red scarves tied on their chests, all of them carrying Japanese swords, led by the monitor... oh not the village chief, and the next door Class... a group of "primary school students" from Ling Zhiguo next door are filming on the playground...on the battlefield...

Suddenly... the class bell rang, and a group of "primary school students" were so frightened that they dropped their Japanese swords and rushed to the class, for fear of being punished by the teacher for being late...