Immediately, Mr. Long looked at the scene in front of him and felt chills in his heart. It was so terrible. If in China, seeing his son go to the army to fight, the whole family would probably cry to death. As long as there was a chance of survival, they would fight to keep the child.
"Once their son dies, who will provide for them until they die?" Lord Long said in a low voice.
Sister Wu shook her head indifferently, "No, that is the way of life of your Central Plains civilization, not the way of life of us Japanese. A foal must be able to run immediately after it is born, and a wolf cub must learn to bite immediately after birth. Humans cannot If there is even the slightest bit of dependence, parents must be ruthless, otherwise they won’t be able to raise a man!”
Then Sister Wu sighed and said, "Boys are pretty good. At least their parents will find a way for him to learn something. Those from poor families can learn some crafts, and those from middle-class families can learn arithmetic and literacy. In the future, they will learn something." It’s no problem for you guys… and those with better conditions will let their children learn martial arts…”
"Girls from poor families have only one fate, and that is to be sold, either as maids, prostitutes, or sold to others as wives..."
It turns out they are all poor! At this moment, Long Ye truly understood the source of this nation's madness. Extreme poverty like poverty will make people become more extreme. They fight so desperately for so-called opportunities. Sometimes the purpose is very simple, just to Just a full meal.
Although the Qing Dynasty was also very poor, China's huge land area gave people more opportunities and choices. The mountain people in the deep mountains and old forests may be as poor as the Japanese, but China also has huge plains, rich Granary, in general there is some mobility between the rich and the poor.
As long as China's politics are a little clearer, the government can effectively circulate wealth. Food in plain areas can be exchanged for minerals and forest resources in barren areas, and taxes in wealthy areas can be turned into water conservancy projects in bitter cold areas.
But Japan is different. This country with many mountains and few fields can’t solve everyone’s food problem by relying on its primitive agriculture. When hunger envelopes a person’s life, they will naturally choose to get close to animal nature. This It is the instinct in human blood that is at work.
"Poverty has reached the point of despair. No wonder you are so crazy... Forget it, let's go!" Mr. Long shook his head and threw away these troublesome thoughts. He is not Xiao Letian and does not have the brain and heart that can hold the whole world. , thinking about this kind of thing too much will really shorten your life.
After leaving Kanazawa Castle, Mr. Long displayed the flag of the King of Ryukyu and the flag of recognition of Prime Minister Xiao with great fanfare. The cavalry team of No. 70 and 80 people rolled up smoke and dust on the post road. The surrounding prides were waiting to greet them on the roadside. Mr. Long would not do anything for them. They stayed for a while, just to let the soldiers of the Maeda family notify the daimyo with more than 100,000 koku along the way to prepare for the reception. The samurai of the small powerful families in these places would gather at their place to wait for screening.
There were many lords who were one hundred thousand stone high all the way north from Kanze. Lord Long did not give them too many places. There were never more than ten. He implemented the strategy of elite soldiers to the extreme.
Heading all the way north, when Ryuye and the others came to the famous spot where Echigo and Echigo meet, the 'parents don't know and the children don't know', the team had expanded to 130 people, and it was here that Ryuye and the others encountered a group of troublesome candies.
The so-called "parents don't know the child but the child doesn't know" refers to a section of more than ten kilometers of an important road facing the Sea of Japan. Because it is a fault landform formed by the collapse of mountains, cliffs and sandy beaches alternate. Along the way, there are cliffs, rocks, caves, and rough waves. , there have been many tragedies in which travelers fell off the cliff or were swept into the sea by big waves. Because when walking on this road, parents will miss the children beside them, and the children will not even have time to look back at their parents. Even parents and children cannot take care of each other, so it is called "the parent does not know the child does not know".
On the outskirts of Kanazawa, Inoyama Achio vowed to seize the opportunity in life, and five or six equally determined wild warriors knelt on the cliff mountain road that only allowed one person to pass, blocking the way of the army.
"The Fuso wild warrior Zhu Shanchi is proficient in arithmetic and swordsmanship... Please accept it, the Imperial Envoy... Please give me another chance!" The wild warriors kneeling on the ground shouted in confusion.
The mountain road is narrow and dangerous. On the left is a cliff. The waves of the Sea of Japan are rolling. On the right is a steep rock wall that only the warriors with the best light skills can climb. Master Long leads the horse forward and retreat without thinking of beating these warriors. But look at it. They were so emaciated and hungry that we couldn't do anything.
"I have sent orders to various local lords along the way. I will only recruit troops in the cities where lords have more than 100,000 stones. I will never recruit people in the wild. You should retreat to the cities and wait for our test!"
Zhu Shanchio kowtowed suddenly, his forehead hit the stone and blood spurted out, "Sir! Please give me another chance. There is a saying in China that princes and generals should rather have their own kind! Do you also want to choose people based on their bloodline, sir?"
"When we wild warriors arrived at the daimyo's home city, we couldn't even see your face. Those family warriors had ten thousand ways to make us disappear... Sir, do you know that wild warriors have died in those places all the way from Kanazawa? It’s in the hands of the family warriors!”
"Do you think this is a simple selection of soldiers? In fact, it has changed a long time ago. The people below have begun a bloody fight for this opportunity. In order to get one more spot, those big names don't care about killing at all..."
Mr. Long was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the situation to become so serious. He looked back at Mouri Yigen, Shimazu Asuka and Maeda Yujiro, but he saw three extremely embarrassed expressions.
"So... is it all true?" Mr. Long asked, biting his back molars, "Have you ever been stained with this blood?"
"No!" The three of them shook their heads quickly. "Not only have we not, but the warriors behind us have also never done such a thing... To be honest, this kind of situation mostly happens to those powerful men who are in urgent need of military exploits. They only have a few thousand or even a few thousand." With a territory of 10,000 to 20,000 shi, the desire for military glory is much higher than ours..."
"They are all a group of gamblers. In order to find a way out for the family, they don't care at all about killing a few wild warriors..."
"That's right, they are not high-ranking daimyo. After all, the high-ranking daimyo's family background has been accumulated, and their ability to resist risks is also improved. They still pay attention to face when doing things... Needless to say, the untouchables and wild warriors have humble origins. It's enough to struggle to earn a few rice balls, their desire is just that big..."
"Only these small and medium-sized families who are neither high nor low are the craziest. They are not ordinary people who have swords in their hands and have certain ambitions. At the same time, they are not famous families with deep foundations. Therefore, these people have been the craziest for the past two hundred years. The ambition accumulated in the heart is the greatest..."
"Sir! You must be careful of these small and medium-sized tycoons. In order to climb up the ladder, they can really sell their souls to the devils of hell... In their eyes, loyalty has a price!"
