Chapter 26 The Uninvited Visitor to the Sagara Family
After bringing the person back to Daogu Village, the first thing to do is to give him a bath, shave his head and change his clothes.

The khaki-colored smelly soap was cut into small pieces. This old-fashioned soap was highly alkaline and irritating to the skin, but it did clean well. The greasy hair that hid lice and the skin covered with thick dirt were all scrubbed clean. For a moment, the sewage became a river, making it impossible to step.

After washing and drying their hair, they had a shave by a specially hired barber, and then changed into new clothes. Their spirits suddenly changed, and they became less careless than before, because this series of actions made them begin to realize the change in their status.

Seeing that it was almost time, Taro brought ten foot soldiers to personally deliver the meal.

The big rice balls, hot vegetable soup, and greasy pickles made these ronin, who had not had a proper meal for a long time, start to get excited. However, when they saw Taro holding the hilt of the sword and the ten foot soldiers with their heads and chests puffed out, they looked at their new clothes.

Under Taro's scolding, these newcomers learned to line up for meals, which was the first step to integrate discipline and execution of orders into their bodies and wills.

After eating and drinking and a night's rest, rigorous training began.

These ronin were not here to be samurai, and they did not even meet the requirements to become hatamoto. In Yan Xu's opinion, they were just soldiers who were more elite than foot soldiers.

However, in addition to a set of foot soldiers' equipment, they were also specially issued katana, which would allow them to continue to maintain their samurai vanity and dare to charge forward when encountering difficulties. Otherwise, the looks from their companions alone would be enough to make them die of shame. After all, there is no samurai who is afraid of death.

Good treatment is not without price. Both Yan Xu and Hui Ruomaru are very clear about what kind of people these ronin are. If they want to truly subdue them, good treatment alone is not enough. So Hui Ruomaru, who has mastered martial arts, fights these ronin with small fights every day and big fights every three days to teach them rules and obedience.

Because the benefits are visible. Although the training is strict and the discipline is harsh, no ronin is willing to give up everything he has now.

Some of them knew the brothers Tarou and Jirou. When they learned that he had become the head of the ashigaru and was only one step away from becoming a real samurai, they were willing to risk their lives, let alone endure hardships.

In an era where people would rather risk their lives to gain a good reputation, if you back down because of a little training and physical torture, everyone will look down on you. Even civilians will dare to point fingers at you. At that time, it would be better to die than to be alive.

So even if those who are lazy by nature are forced to roll up, they have enough food and drink, as well as medicine for their injuries. Hui Ruomaru really trained these people to their limits, so the changes are visible to the naked eye.

Yan Xu also learned some sword skills from Huiruomaru. He didn't aim to become a master, but at least he could protect himself. He also used it to estimate the combat power level of this world.

In general, the upper limit of combat power in this world, at least the upper limit of human beings, is not as high as imagined. Even a swordsman picked from thousands of miles away can barely defeat a hundred people, and it also depends on the opponent and the environment.

If you are blocked in a narrow space by spearmen and archers, you will be strung together like a blood gourd if you can't kill a few people.

The swordsman is also a human being. He will bleed profusely if he is chopped with a knife, and his fighting power will be almost gone if he is stabbed in the stomach with a gun.

Otherwise, sword masters would not succumb to power and influence, because they are not truly invincible and will die if surrounded by elite soldiers.

However, the swordsman still represents the pinnacle of mortals. After it became difficult to improve his swordsmanship, he has begun to pursue the spiritual realm, so he can kill ghosts and monsters, and even his sword has a hint of spirituality.

Above the swordsman is the great swordsman and the legendary swordsman. Only when one reaches this level can one truly possess extraordinary power, but it is extremely rare. There are only a handful of great swordsmen in the entire East, and there is no one who is recognized as a swordsman. Yan Xu is quite interested in the swordsman, and it would be even better if he could recruit him to be a thug.

Unfortunately, there are too few of them. Not to mention swordsmen, even swordsmen with good skills are rare.

Hui Ruomaru's strength is not bad, but among swordsmen, he can only be said to be good, not yet at the top.

There was no way. Hui Ruomaru possessed a rare talent in kendo. If she were a man, she would have a chance to become a swordsman. Unfortunately, she was a woman and had no natural advantage in strength, so she ended her training after she fully developed. No matter how much she practiced, she could hardly break through the limit, so she could only continue to hone her swordsmanship.

This is not a question of whether one works hard or not. Her swordsman master also showed a strong talent for swordsmanship since childhood. However, what made him a swordsman was not the ten years of daily practice, but his natural supernatural power and the experience accumulated from many life-and-death battles.

This can be seen from the body shape, compared to Hui Ruomaru's height and long legs, her swordsman master appears to be broad and thick, covered with well-developed muscles, and his limbs are very strong, which gives him greater strength and survivability. At least he will not die if he is chopped a few times, while others who are chopped by him will most likely be cut in half with one blow.

Only by staying alive can one continue to break through, and only by staying alive can one become a swordsman. This is what Hui Ruomaru lacks.

It is too far-fetched to say this. The main force of Japan's war is still the foot soldiers and samurai. Civilians will not be counted at all. After all, Japanese civilians are thin and short, cowardly and timid. Their combat effectiveness is about that of a rabbit. If they can't run away, they will be slaughtered.

Ashigaru are better, at least they have seen some battle scenes. If their morale is high and their blood is boiling, they may even dare to charge towards the samurai, but it is rare.

Next are the hatamoto, who are elite soldiers and usually serve as the daimyo's bodyguards. They are quite powerful and can handle three to five foot soldiers.

However, the samurai are the cornerstone of the daimyo's rule, not only in terms of combat power, but also in terms of ability to do things and lead troops. Therefore, they are not as pure as swordsmen, so samurai generally cannot beat swordsmen.

But who knows who the samurai are, as they have the best cost-effectiveness. Compared to swordsmen who can only act as thugs, samurai are the talents valued by daimyo.

This time, Yan Xu asked Hui Ruomaru to recruit ronin with the intention of raising a banner to attract talents, but he did not expect that the person who came was the envoy of the Sagara family, Kiryu Tomohito.

Tomohito Kiryu considers himself the think tank of the Sagara family. He both admires and despises Nomura of the Shimazu family. He admires Nomura because he almost single-handedly raised the strength of the Shimazu family by three levels, but he despises him because Nomura was actually marginalized.

Anyway, as a former idol, Tomohito Kiryu always kept an eye on Nomura, and therefore noticed that his two outings were unusual, especially the second time when he brought back a batch of sophisticated weapons, which put the Sagara family under considerable pressure.

The Sagara family was already at a slight disadvantage, and with these sophisticated weapons, the situation was not good.

So Tomohito Kiryu volunteered to find a solution for the head of the family.

He happened to hear that someone was recruiting ronin in Omizu Town, which caught his attention. He eventually found Inaya Village and learned about what happened. So after reporting to the Daimyo Sagara, he came with a mission.

(End of this chapter)