And today's Taiyuan City can be regarded as a carnival of warriors.
It is not a very good place for these businessmen.
Of course, not all merchants are afraid of or avoid martial artists.
It mainly depends on what kind of business you are doing.
If you were doing ordinary things like firewood, rice, oil, and salt, you probably wouldn't choose to come to Taiyuan City at this time.
After all, this place is too messy, and it's not a good idea to come here without fear.
And those businessmen who are engaged in weapons and weapon refining shops, or sell some elixirs, medicinal materials for cultivation, etc. and are closely related to warriors will come to Taiyuan City in an endless stream at this time.
But even if they come, their profits will not be that high.
In the world, the eight major families are the most powerful family forces besides the major sects.
At the same time, the eight families also have their own businesses.
In addition to being the most powerful Jianghu sect, Luoshen Villa is also engaged in the forging business of weapons and armor.
Of course, most of this is cooperation with the imperial court, so most of the weapons and armor produced by Luoshen Villa are for use by the army.
But there will occasionally be a small number of weapons left out, and the quality is relatively high.
The lowest level is also the level of standard equipment.
Among the eight great families there was also the Shangguan family, which was the predecessor of Emperor Wu City.
The Shangguan family once opened martial arts schools, and their martial arts schools were opened in every governor's place in the world.
It's just that now the Shangguan family has successfully become a member of the noble family, and all the martial arts schools in the past have been closed.
In fact, it did not really disappear, but was promoted and evolved into the current stronghold of Emperor Wu City in various states and counties.
Among the eight families, there is also the Baoding Zhai family, which is the family of Zhai Xuanjing, the patriarch of the Holy Sect.
The Zhai family has always been engaged in the iron ore business.
The Zhai family also cooperated with the imperial court, but this cooperation involved a part of Luoshen Villa.
It's not like Luoshen Villa is completely tied to the imperial court.
The Zhai family seemed to want to protect themselves, so they allowed the court to take a certain proportion of their business.
But even so, the wealth and strength of the Zhai family cannot be underestimated.
In addition, there are the Wen family in Nanhai, the Wu family in Henan, the Mei family in Shaanxi, the Jiao family in Huguang, and the Linghu family in Sichuan.
What they do is closely related to warriors, such as refining and polishing herbs, elixirs, weapons, etc.
It can be said that most of the warrior-related industries in the world are among these eight major families.
Even the Yuanwei Escort Bureau is actually an alternative family force.
After all, the most important thing between the two escort agencies is the single family.
Because there was not much traffic near the inn where Omura Onijiro lived, when Liu Xin, Xiao Qi and Fang Zihang came here, they started working directly.
At this time, Omura Onijiro was wiping a sword from their Japanese country. Such a sword could already be ranked on the list of 100 soldiers in their Tokugawa shogunate.
But after arriving in Zhengyang, Omura Onijiro was shocked to find that the sword he had always cherished was actually a shabby thing.
According to Zhengyang's weapon classification, his sword is at the very top among standard weapons.
Not even Huang Yu.
According to his estimate, only those at the top of the Tokugawa Shogunate's Hundred Soldiers Ranking could be considered to be at the imperial level of Zhengyang.
The legendary weapons of the four shogunates throughout Japan may be able to compete with the exquisite weapons of Zhengyang.
But for them, those are no longer simple weapons, but artifacts.
Along with these artifacts are often some magical legends.
In Zhengyang, exquisite weapons are also extremely precious among warriors.
But it definitely won't reach the level of an artifact, so it's not that unreachable.
It is said that there are several exquisite weapons in the palace.
The high-ranking officials in the Zhengyang court and the big forces in the world all have more or less exquisite weapons.
There is even a master craftsman in the current imperial court who has the ability to create exquisite weapons.
These insights were enough to shock all the members of their mission to Zhengyang.
They have always been competing with North Korea.
There has been no contact with Zhengyang for a hundred years.
It is recorded in the history books of our ancestors that Japan can still compete with Zhengyang on an equal footing.
But just a hundred years have passed, is the gap between the two already so big?
It means that the ancestors used some beautifying means to package the history books in the history books.
Of course Omura Kijiro has no way of knowing all this, he is just speculating.
This time, four people were separated from their mission, and Omura Kijiro was one of them.
The four of them set out from the imperial capital and went to various places with their own purposes.
Omura Onijiro came to Taiyuan City just to make friends with Luoshen Villa.
Of course, making friends with these Jianghu forces is only one of them, they also have another purpose.
They were able to come to the imperial capital because of the recommendation of the Zhengyang Nanhai clan.
At this time in Japan, the four shogunates were fighting against each other.
North Korea, which has always had friction with them, suddenly withdrew a large number of troops from the front line for some unknown reason.
They retreated hundreds of miles and gave up a lot of land.
After some testing, the four Japanese shogunates discovered that North Korea had really retreated directly.
Originally, according to the idea of the owner of the Tokugawa Shogunate, where Omura Onijiro was, he should take this opportunity to attack North Korea with all his strength, and it would be best to annex North Korea.
But what I didn't expect was that the Tokugawa shogunate and the other three shogunates all said so, but they stabbed them in the back.
And the most amazing thing is that the four shogunates all played this game at the same time.
As a result, the four shogunates were now beaten into a paste on the entire Dongying Island.
Because the Tokugawa shogunate was close to the South China Sea, they established contact with the Nanhai nobles.
The Nanhai nobles agreed to help the Tokugawa shogunate.
But correspondingly, there are also their conditions.
So the Tokugawa shogunate sent an envoy to Zhengyang.
And what Omura Onijiro is doing now is something agreed between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Nankai nobles.
While Omura Onijiro was wiping his sword, he turned his attention to the scabbard on the table next to him.
Although he was not very used to Zhengyang's sword, he still used the money he earned from auctioning off the armor to buy himself an imperial-level sword.
Although Onijiro Omura is constantly wiping his sword, in fact, his heart has long been focused on the newly purchased sword.
It's just like most people who spend a lot of money to buy a new baby.
Omura Onijiro actually didn't dare to use that more powerful sword.
When he thought that if he used that knife and caused some scratches, he would definitely feel pain for a long time.
Although his money was deducted from public funds.
It's like he got it through corruption without spending a penny of his own money.
But usually the person who gets corrupted is his own.
So he was still in pain.
Therefore, what he was wiping was his own Japanese sword.
After wiping it for a long time, Omura Onijiro's eyes seemed to be welded to the knife he just bought.
Finally, he couldn't help but put down the sword in his hand, and reached out to grab the scabbard of the sword.
“Baby! Baby!
With you and me, we will be able to surpass Morita-kun, and perhaps even Tanaka-kun, and the structure of the entire mission may change because of this.
Zhengyang, Zhengyang, is really a treasure place.
What a wonderful thing it would be if the Tokugawa Shogunate could enter Zhengyang and obtain a piece of land in the future! "
Just as Omura Onijiro was stroking the scabbard of his beloved sword intoxicatedly, a warrior's early warning suddenly appeared, giving him a thick layer of goosebumps all over his body.
When he was in Japan, he also participated in two wars between the four shogunates. He was recruited back from the battlefield, so he could be considered to have experienced some life-and-death battles.
The sudden warning made him jump forward without hesitation, rolling around on the ground in an extremely inelegant posture.
Although the action was not good-looking, it allowed him to avoid a fatal blow.
The window of the room where he was sitting burst open, and a cold light instantly hit the spot where he was sitting.
Kakaka
A big hole was drilled directly into the floor of the room where he was.
Omura Onijiro's reaction was not slow, and he was considered a famous master among the Tokugawa shogunate.
The head of the Tokugawa family also treated him with courtesy.
Although some of his sense of superiority was shattered a lot after coming to Zhengyang.
However, he still maintained the pride of a master.
Seeing that the visitor was covered in black robes, Omura Onijiro was still able to ask:
"Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"
"Why do you think we let you Japanese people set foot on the land of Zhengyang?"
Xiaoqi lowered his voice, said that, and then raised his gun and stabbed forward without waiting for Omura Onijiro to react.
Omura Onijiro was slightly startled.
Originally because of the language barrier, although I had learned Zhengyang Mandarin for a long time and had no problem with normal communication, I was still a little slow in understanding.
Coupled with the fact that Xiao Qi was as fast as a ghost and thrust out a spear, Omura Onijiro felt the cold wind hit his face and once again used an extremely inelegant gesture to dodge this move.
As a result, his thoughts were interrupted again, and he still hasn't realized the meaning of the other party's words.
In fact, at Xiaoqi's speed, it was impossible for Omura Kijiro to dodge this shot.
However, before coming here, Liu Xin had already told Xiao Qi that he must finish what should be said and perform what should be done before he could be seriously injured in the end.
And note that it can only seriously injure Omura Kijiro, but not kill him.
In fact, this made it more difficult for Xiao Qi.
With Xiao Qi's speed, if it was an assassination, he could kill Omura Onijiro with one blow.
But now that the senior brother has made so many unreasonable demands, the difficulty of his mission has suddenly increased.
However, Xiao Qi regarded all of this as Liu Xin's test for him, so he had no complaints.
One shot misses, another shot.
Omura Kijiro dodged in the room in embarrassment.
In just two breaths, he felt like he had brushed against death five or six times.
At this time, his brain finally digested what Xiaoqi said before.
"Aren't you here to help our Tokugawa Shogunate?"
Omura Onijiro's answer fell on Liu Xin's ears outside the room.
Sure enough, there was another reason behind this group of Japanese people's sudden mission to Zhengyang.
I just don’t know who is planning all this.
He was somewhat glad that he allowed Xiao Qi to spare the Japanese man's life.
Otherwise, if you kill him directly, he may not be able to figure out many things.
Xiao Qi is still chasing Omura Kijiro in the room.
Omura Onijiro also gradually adapted to Xiaoqi's speed.
Of course, this is just the 60% or 70% speed that Xiao Qi deliberately showed, but even so, Omura Onijiro can't keep up.
The Japanese people's martial arts skills focus on speed and ruthlessness.
Therefore, Onijiro Omura is considered to be relatively fast among warriors of the same level.
But facing Xiaoqi is still a bit unsatisfactory.
Finally, Omura Onijiro found an opportunity during a dodge, and directly reached out to hold the handle of the knife.
A cold light suddenly appeared.
"Draw your sword and kill!"
This is what the Japanese are best at, and it is also an extremely powerful killing move.
The moment he drew the sword was very fast.
How fast was it? At that moment, the speed generated by Omura Onijiro's sword was already comparable to Xiao Qi's speed at his peak.
Xiao Qi was also startled by this move and immediately put away his gun to prepare for defense.
Fang Zihang, who was outside the house, had already taken a step forward and was about to break in.
Liu Xin's eyes also shrank.
He did not expect such an opponent whose strength was fully demonstrated in front of him and who knew everything about him.
It was actually able to explode with strength that surprised him.
However, he believed that Xiao Qi's ability was enough to cope with such a situation.
Sure enough, although Xiao Qi was quick to retract his gun, he was definitely not as fast as he was to draw it out. Therefore, he did not choose to retract his gun at the last moment, but chose to continue the attack.
Because he knew that Fang Zihang and Liu Xin were outside the room, but it was too late to come over to resolve this attack for him.
Therefore, he could only think of ways to minimize the damage caused by this knife.
The tip of the spear stabbed Omura Kijiro in the chest.
Even at this critical moment, Xiao Qi kept in mind his senior brother's instructions, so the shot was aimed at Omura Kijiro's right chest.
Even if it is stabbed, it can save the opponent's life and prevent him from dying on the spot.
puff!
Everything happens in an instant.
The sword flashed away, and at the same time, the door to the room was slammed open. Fang Zihang rushed in carrying a cloud of darkness, and in an instant, Omura Kijiro was enveloped.
Liu Xin followed Fang Zihang into the room, and his Dao Breaking Sword was already unsheathed.
The sound of thunder appeared in this small room, and there was a heavy feeling as dull as if it was directly hitting the heart.
It was as if a bolt of lightning appeared and disappeared directly into Fang Zihang's darkness.
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The sound of a sharp blade cutting the body came out.
With a plop, a hand holding the handle of the knife, or to be precise, an arm fell to the floor.
Liu Xin turned around, his eyes suddenly condensed.
I saw the arm holding the handle of the knife on the ground, with half of the blade above the handle.
Liu Xin immediately turned to look at Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi also looked dull at this time.
His spear also penetrated the shady curtain and pierced Omura Kijiro's body.
The tail of the spear in Xiao Qi's hand was raised high, blocking the attack path of Omura Onijiro's sword.
According to Xiao Qi's expectation, this time he could at least avoid the opponent's killing move.
The worst he could do was to get stabbed to the left and right of his shoulder. If he could trade his injuries for his life, it would be a good deal.
But Xiao Qi never expected that when the other party's sword struck the end of his gun with a speed as fast as a stream of light, the blade would break directly.
At this moment, the broken blade was stuck on the beam in the distance, and the blade was still trembling.
At this time, Fang Zihang also realized that Xiao Qi had nothing to do, so he withdrew the technique.
The dark curtain dissipated, revealing a pale-faced Omura Onijiro.
He never imagined that the sword he just bought would be so vulnerable, and it would break immediately when it touched the opponent's gun tail.
And he originally thought that the one who killed him was just the gun master in front of him.
Unexpectedly, he only made a small counterattack, and two masters who made him scared rushed in from outside the room.
First of all, Fang Zihang, the skills he used had strange effects, and the sense of oppression coming from him clearly told Omura Onijiro that the other party's cultivation was a level higher than his.
And the lightning-like slash that appeared later was something he couldn't understand.
Only the top few priests in the Tokugawa Shogunate had such strength in such techniques and moves!
How could He De, Omura Kijiro, attract these three top masters to surround him?
He was already on the verge of tears.
"This knife..."
Fang Zihang lowered his head and looked at the handle of the knife held on the arm on the ground.
"This guy actually used the knife so many times."
Xiaoqi reacted, retracted his gun and directly brought a ball of blood on Omura Onijiro's body, and the words he said directly penetrated into the depths of Omura Onijiro's soul.
"This...this is an imperial...level sword!"
Until Omura Onijiro fell to the ground, all he could think about was the sword.
It can be seen that the damage caused by this knife to him has exceeded the shot that Xiao Qi stabbed him and the sword that Liu Xin used to kill him.
"Is this Huang Yu?"
Liu Xin knelt down and looked at the broken sword carefully, then turned his head and stared at death with a grimace. Oh no, it must be Omura Onijiro who was seriously injured and refused to close his eyes and said:
"You weren't cheated, were you?
This knife is not even a standard weapon! "
Omura Onijiro heard Liu Xin's words, and his whole body felt as if he was struck by lightning.
His mind was filled with rumbling sounds.
The senior who blocked him seemed to appear in front of him.
"Hey, middle-aged man, I see that you are a prodigy in martial arts with your exquisite bones.
I have a destiny with you. It just so happens that I am short of money right now and want to save my poor son who is critically ill.
I have an ancestral sword here, and I want to sell it to you. I wonder if you are willing? "
Omura Onijiro remembers that at first he didn't believe the person who suddenly appeared in front of him...
