Chapter 25 Master’s Mission

As mentioned above, commerce at that time was more based on barter. You couldn't buy everything with a bag of gold and silver. In fact, due to transportation and production issues, you often couldn't buy things with money, such as weapons and food during wartime, at least you couldn't buy things of corresponding value.

Fortunately, the Moroboshi family likes gold and silver, which makes Nomura somewhat relieved because he will not return empty-handed.

This is also in line with the customs of the Central Plains countries, because there is a water transportation and official road transportation system that has taken thousands of years to build, which is enough to support a developed commercial society, and the prosperous business has a higher demand for gold and silver.

But it was really not cheap. Yan Xu paid a total of thirty taels of gold from the Shimazu family for these weapons, which was a significant premium.

However, Nomura disagreed, because now it was difficult for both the Shimazu family and the Sagara family to purchase large quantities of weapons, and some samurai even picked up bamboo spears, so once the Shimazu family obtained these weapons and equipment, they would definitely have a considerable advantage.

Nomura left with his weapons contentedly, while Karaomaru stayed and would become a female warrior of the Moroboshi family.

A female warrior is a female warrior who usually serves as a bodyguard for the female members of the noble families. Sometimes, they also accompany the army into battle and serve as hot-weapon fighters.

Although Yan Xu was thinking good things, he would not be so simple and crude. The habits he developed in his previous life made him more restrained.

It’s right for men to be lustful, and it’s even more right for them to like young, beautiful women with good figures, but if they don’t know how to restrain themselves, aren’t they just like wild beasts?

So Yan Xu was just admiring her, not really wanting anything to happen. Moreover, with the ability of his golden finger, what he needs to consider in the future is not how to force himself on a woman, but how to nourish his kidneys.

Based on this idea, Yan Xu's eyes would not make the sensitive Hui Ruomaru feel disgusted, so he successfully became a female warrior of the Moroboshi family.

After both parties sat down, Hui Ruomaru took the tea set sent by Nomura and began to demonstrate her half-baked tea art. After all, she went out to kill people at the age of eight, so it was good enough that she remembered the process of tea art, but don't expect it to be pleasing to the eye.

Compared to the so-called tea art in Japan, Yan Xu was more curious about Hui Ruomaru's eight years of travel, so he spoke to break the silence.

Hui Ruomaru, who was trying hard to recall the process of the tea ceremony, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She ignored the etiquette of the tea ceremony and talked about the places she had traveled to and the forces she had seen over the years.

Yan Xu was not very interested in the power and military of the local daimyo. He was more interested in demons and monsters.

Hui Ruomaru is idealistic but not rigid. He readily starts talking about the rumors he has heard and his own personal experiences.

Hui Ruomaru admitted that she had encountered life-and-death crises many times in the past eight years. If her teacher had not been a swordsman and she had not been lucky, she would have died long ago.

Yan Xu frowned. He didn't expect the situation in Japan to be so bad.

Demons and monsters have existed in Japan since ancient times, but there weren't as many of them as there are now, and they would hide in remote places to avoid humans.

But it is different now. There are more and more demons created by human resentment, and the harm is getting worse and worse. Because only humans hate humans the most, the casualties are getting bigger and bigger.

If monsters are wild beasts with their own territorial awareness that will not easily provoke humans, then the monsters born from human resentment are going straight for human lives; they are the real enemies of humans.

Hui Rukamaru's teacher had killed monsters before, and the sword he carried with him had begun to develop magical powers, but he was still helpless against monsters and most of the time he just scared them away or avoided them.

To deal with demons, we have to rely on priests and monks, they are professionals.

After listening, Yan Xu seemed to be thinking about something, and then arranged for Huiruomaru's treatment and accommodation.

Although he had not witnessed the other party's strength, Yan Xu was willing to give him the status of a lower-ranked warrior and the treatment of a mid-level warrior just based on his appearance. Of course, this came at a price, but the price was not to make Hui Ruomaru bow his head or bend his waist and raise his hips, but to use his own advantages.

Simply treating Hui Ruomaru as a bodyguard, let alone whether Yan Xu would feel at ease when they just met, letting him sit next to her while she slept would be a waste of her talent, so she simply gave him an important task, which not only consumed his energy but also entrusted him with an important task, and everyone was happy.

"Recruiting ronin?" Hui Ruomaru was stunned, and then seemed to be hesitant to speak.

There is always a shortage of ronin in wars, but they have never played the leading role, and it is even difficult for them to be rated as supporting roles. There is a reason for this.

Originally, ronin referred to samurai who had lost their allegiance. Later, some deserters and bandits also mixed into this group. As long as they had a samurai sword and acted like arrogant samurai, ordinary civilians would not dare to question them. As a result, more and more people mixed in, completely ruining the reputation of ronin.

Nowadays, daimyo would hire ronin during wars, firstly to increase their power, and secondly to prevent them from disrupting public order and causing trouble when they were short of manpower. It was considered as spending money to avoid disaster.

That's why Karaomaru didn't agree immediately, because ronin are not trustworthy.

However, since it was a task from his master, Hui Ruomaru would not refuse, so he immediately accepted the order.

Yan Xu didn't know about Hui Ruomaru's worries, and he wouldn't care even if he knew, because he didn't trust anyone except the people recruited by the system, who he could trust 90%.

So when facing the natives of Japan, Yan Xu put himself in the position of a capitalist. He gives money and you work hard for him. It's fair and just.

As for whether it is reasonable to ask others to risk their lives for you by providing them with brown rice balls and radishes and cabbages, Yan Xu means that the people who are willing to risk their lives don't care, so why are you meddling in their business? Aren't you afraid of being stabbed 18 times in the back and committing suicide?

So it doesn't matter whether the ronin is loyal or not. He believes that the treatment he gives is the best, because with the modern world behind him, he has the advantage of low costs. Who can compare with him in terms of consumption and treatment? Therefore, even if the other party wants to betray him, he has to consider whether the next home can provide better conditions than him. If not, why would he betray him? Are they thinking that their current life is too good or something?

In Yan Xu's opinion, 100% loyalty itself is a joke. Any loyalty is because the chips for betrayal are not enough, which is why he maintains a certain distance from everyone.

However, this makes people more certain of his identity as a noble, because being polite to others is a matter of upbringing, and the feeling of alienation is because the two parties are simply not from the same world, and a noble who is high and mighty will not talk about feelings with people of lower status.

The next morning, the group went to Komizu Town to recruit ronin. However, Karakumaru was not the only one who went there to recruit ronin. Taro and Tengye, who were familiar with the ronin's business, also went there.

When they arrived at Komizu Town, Taro first provided some information about the ronin, and then Teng Ye, who was good at observing details, took a look and made some inquiries. After all, it was normal to be one way in front of people and another way behind their backs.

The Mori Shinobi had some people stationed in Omizu Town. They concealed their identities and made a living by doing odd jobs. As a result, they were familiar with the local area and quickly collected a lot of information.

After all these are summarized, they will be handed over to Karakamaru, the main person in charge of recruiting ronin, to make the final decision.

Although the process is somewhat cumbersome, it can ensure that better talents are recruited.

However, martial arts is not the first condition that Hui Ruomaru considers, but the execution of orders and other reasons such as personality.

After eight years of traveling and having a swordsman teacher, Hui Ruomaru is not a naive and innocent vase. In fact, she has seen the cruelty of demons and realized the wickedness of human hearts. So for the first task given to her by her master, she mainly focuses on safety and must not let her master think that she does not know how to judge people.

Although they were picky, there was no shortage of ronin nearby, so Karakumaru and his crew quickly recruited ten young and strong ronin.

(End of this chapter)