A cold light flashed in Oda Taibo's eyes:
"My lord, since your target is other great swordsmen, the younger one has a very suitable target!"
Chen Changan heard something in this man's words and said calmly:
"But it doesn't matter."
Oda Taibo immediately pointed to the mountains to the west:
"Lord, there is a valley 1,800 meters away from here. As long as there are enough troops to guard the entrance of the valley, it will be a situation where one man can control the situation and no one can get around it. However, the Oda family is unstoppable and their ability to govern the town is terrible. When he raised his voice, the people fled one after another, and the number of soldiers in his hands was less than a hundred, all supported by the strength of the family master himself as a great swordsman."
"Since your target is a robber daimyo, I am willing to guide you."
Chen Changan chuckled and said:
"Do you have any history with the Oda family?"
Oda Taibo gritted his teeth and told all his experiences.
For thousands of years, the ghosts and gods have abided by their covenant with humans, always only collecting taxes and not easily starting wars!
The daimyo recuperated and multiplied the population, and gradually reached the limit of the territory's ability to support the population. They had to use small-scale wars, slavery and other methods to reduce the disabled and sick population. In the later stages, they even invented all kinds of weird crimes and punishments. ——
It’s like cutting off a finger!
Those with broken fingers are unable to hold a sword, and are considered disabled by swordsmen. All of them must be made slaves and prohibited from reproducing.
Oda Taibo raised his hands, showing ten fingers, and said sadly:
"I was beaten into a slave because of a broken finger and had to flee the territory. However, the population of other daimyo's subordinates had reached their limit and were not willing to accept me at all. I had no choice but to wander in the mountains and forests with my brother Yamamoto. Live by plundering caravans."
Chen Changan continued: "Don't you have exactly ten fingers?"
Mr. Yamamoto couldn't help laughing and said:
"Brother Oda, it turns out he has six fingers~"
Oda Taibo nodded and said bitterly:
"People's sixth finger is inherently weak. Even though my family and I took good care of it, it was accidentally broken when I was sixteen years old, and it became the so-called cripple!"
Chen Changan is not surprised by these strange punishments——
Involution!
In the Dongsang plane, there has been no large-scale war for thousands of years, and social stability relies entirely on the suppression of the extraordinary class. There must be some non-mainstream methods to eliminate the "inferior" population.
Chen Changan asked:
"How strong is the head of the Oda family?"
Oda Taibo showed a cruel filial look, "He is my great-uncle from far away. He is already two hundred years old this year. If he does not break through to the title of swordsman, he will die in a few years."
Chen Changan also listened to Zeming and learned more about the current situation of the Oda family from the other bandits.
The ancestors of the Oda family were also rich.
More than two thousand years ago, the ancestor of the Oda clan was promoted to the 15th level title swordsman, seized a territory from the ghosts and gods, and established the town of Oda Valley. It developed extremely rapidly, with a surge in population and a cloud of warriors.
But when the daimyo became more powerful and took away 80% of the land of Dongsang World.
The Emperor takes action!
An unknown barrier spell sealed off the remaining 20% of the land in the Dongsang plane. It used its powerful strength to protect the remaining ghosts and gods, and also made the sword masters and ninjas lose the possibility of continuing to expand their territory. .
Losing the ability to expand externally, all that is left is infinite internal tolerance!
Soon, the Oda family, which had a relatively shallow foundation, fell into frequent civil strife. The family strength continued to weaken, and most of the land was even taken away by other daimyo, leaving only the original valley.
The scarce land is only enough to support hundreds of retired soldiers, and the entire Oda family has no spare capacity to train a new great swordsman.
Once the head of the family dies, other daimyo will probably take over the valley immediately and kill most of the members of the Oda surname!
Chen Changan smiled and said, "Your real purpose is to let me, a great swordsman of unknown origin, become the new master of Oda Valley, right?"
Oda Taibo immediately knelt down and said:
"My lord is wise, only you can save Oda Valley Town. Although the upper class people in Oda Valley are corrupt and don't look at it, the people are innocent."
Chen Changan laughed and lifted Oda Taibo's chin with a hatchet, "If you can find me a sword that is useful, I would be willing to kill the head of the Oda family for you!"
"At least, it has to be able to be hit dozens of times by the main soldiers of the Oda family without breaking."
Oda Taibo gritted his teeth, said hello, and disappeared into the shadows.
Mr. Yamamoto sighed and followed Oda Taibo's footsteps.
At night.
Chen Changan sat by the campfire roasting hare meat, while the rest of the poor and bandits drank rabbit meat soup mixed with some wild vegetables.
A poor man lamented:
"A few years ago, there were wild boars in the mountains, but now we can't even hunt hares."
Another poor bandit said disdainfully, "Just be content. If the daimyo hadn't been restrained by Lord Sword Master and Lord Iga in recent years, these mountains would probably have been reclaimed into farmland by the hungry territorial residents."
Some people were dissatisfied and said angrily:
"These mountains are inedible. Lord Sword Master insists that once there are no trees on the banks of the river or in the mountains, the river god will be angry and come to punish us. Oh, we have lived for decades, except for those who collect taxes. Of all the ghosts and gods, I have never seen a bullshit god."
Chen Changan felt moved and was surprised that Dongsang World also had an awareness of environmental protection.
Once water and soil erosion intensifies, the fertility of the soil will decrease, the ecological environment will inevitably become imbalanced, and droughts and floods will occur frequently. Overall, the harm will outweigh the benefits. Protecting the mountain and forest environment is indeed a far-sighted matter.
While the poor robbers were chatting, a man in black, covered in blood, slowly walked to the bonfire, holding a simple-looking saber in his hand.
When the light of the bonfire hit his face, many poor people recognized that this was the former leader, Mr. Yamamoto, and they all said in surprise:
"Master Yamamoto, how could you be in such a mess?"
"Where is Chief Oda?"
"There's a lot of blood on you!"
Mr. Yamamoto had no intention of paying attention to the poor robbers. He slowly walked up to Chen Changan, knelt down slowly, presented a simple long knife with both hands, and said respectfully:
"This is something Oda-sama took with his life. It is a famous sword made by the ancestors of the Oda family hired by the swordsmith Yasutuna. The Oda family once used this sword to kill Shuten Doji, a ghost living in the valley."
"This is also the most powerful famous sword of the Oda clan. Without this sword, the strength of the head of the Oda clan will inevitably be reduced by 20%."
"I agree to Taibo Oda's request!" Chen Changan looked solemn and took the simple long sword from the hands of ancestor Yamamoto.
The system sent a congratulatory message:
"Congratulations, you got Doji Kiri!"
Chen Changan used his insight ability to obtain the item information of this ancient sword.
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