Chapter 11: Formation House and Workshop

It is said that ninjas are divided into three levels, namely Genin, Chunin, and Jonin. These ninjas who were ambushed should only be Genin, who are good at hiding their bodies and using various props, such as disguise, poisoning, shuriken, fire guns, etc.

When Qi Xuansu entered the dense forest, he buried many hidden mines in it, which also belong to the category of so-called "ninja tools".

It is said that Chunin and Jonin, who are above Genin, are good at ninjutsu in addition to close combat physical skills, which are somewhat similar to Taoism, but in essence they all belong to the category of magical spells.

In essence, ninjas are somewhat similar to scattered people, who know a little bit of everything but are not proficient in anything. In terms of close combat, they are not as good as samurai, and in terms of long-range spells, they are not as good as Onmyoji. The only advantage is various methods of stealth and hiding. They are natural scouts and spies.

There are naturally no Chunin and Jonin in such a place, just like there is no possibility of heavenly people appearing in Fengtai County. Heavenly people either live in seclusion in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, or live and enjoy in a place with flourishing flowers and splendid flowers. After the incident, it would take time for the heavenly being in charge to get the news and rush over. Qi Xuansu and his party took advantage of the time difference and left before the heavenly being arrived.

???????????????????After crossing this river, they officially entered the territory of Kuju County. There is a Jinya called Mori in Kuju County, which means there is a hatamoto here.

Before the Toyotomi clan, the real power was held by the shogunate, and the hatamoto was the cornerstone of the shogunate.

The so-called hatamoto originally meant the guards under the command of the general, somewhat similar to the knight class in the West, between the nobles and the common people. The territory was less than 10,000 stones, and those with more than 3,000 stones set up a Jinya and managed it by themselves. Those with less than 3,000 stones mostly entrusted the management of the deputy officials and collected annual tribute. They can serve as shoguns or have vassals. A few hatamoto receive special treatment and can be implemented like daimyo to visit the court, which is called "Kadai Jihe". Today, there are more than 4,000 hatamoto in Fenglin Island, plus hatamoto vassals and retainers, known as "80,000 hatamoto riders".

From this point of view, Jinya has a bit of the nature of military settlement or guard post, and like Hatamoto, it is also an important cornerstone of the shogunate system.

Shogun is the highest official position of the samurai family, and Kanpaku is the highest official position of the court. There are two main reasons why Toyotomi chose to become Kanpaku instead of Shogun.

First, the shoguns of the shogunate all rely on large and powerful hereditary retainers and relatives to rule, while Toyotomi is a commoner and does not have this condition. Without a family of hereditary, it is difficult to establish effective rule with the empty title of Shogun. Without a prominent family background, it is impossible to confirm the hereditary leader of the samurai family by family background alone. You can only improve your family status through the court, so you must not completely abandon the court.

Second, being a Kanpaku from a samurai family, as the emperor's first assistant, taking charge of the top of the court and samurai, is indeed a good idea to bring both the court and the samurai under your control. Moreover, the authority of the court is declining, and Toyotomi has the righteous reputation of revitalizing the court and fighting against the disloyal in the name of the emperor's assistant. From the perspective of the court, it is a way to restore authority.

For these two reasons, the Toyotomi clan eventually chose to become the regent, and established the Prime Minister's Office in imitation of the prime minister system in the Central Plains, intending to achieve the unity of the public and the military.

However, because he was born in a military family, the so-called Prime Minister's Office was essentially similar to the shogun's shogunate, and there were also a large number of hatamoto.

The hatamoto of Kuju County did not belong to the Prime Minister's Office, but to the Matsue Domain of Izumo Province.

When Qi Xuansu and his party came to a place not far from Morijinya, they saw a village perched on a hill, with a wooden structure as the main structure and a brick and stone structure as the auxiliary structure. The scale of this village was very large, with sharpened wooden piles as walls, almost in the shape of a city, with billowing smoke rising, which could be seen from a long distance.

"Is it on fire?" Lu Yuting looked at the village with a pocket telescope she carried with her.

Tang Yongshui, who was born in Tianji Hall, could tell the general situation with his naked eyes and shook his head and said, "It's not a fire, it's the smoke from the iron smelting furnace."

The others were stunned: "Isn't it a formation house? How did it become an iron smelting workshop?"

Qi Xuansu said, "This is not surprising. Live by the mountain and eat by the mountain. Live by the water and eat by the water. In our Central Plains, there are also many gentry who sold their ancestral land to build large workshops. It seems that this flag owner knows how to run a business. Instead of farming and not having enough food, it is better to mine and smelt iron. However, an iron smelting workshop of this scale should not be supported by a flag owner, nor can it be monopolized by a flag owner. In the end, he can get 30% of the profits, which is good enough."

"Why only 30%?" Han Yongfeng asked puzzled.

Lu Yuting answered on his behalf: "Can you keep all the annual income of Liaodong Daofu? Do you want to hand over the bulk of it to Yujing?"

Han Yongfeng immediately understood: "70% is from the higher-ups."

Qi Xuansu said: "It makes sense. If Yujing has no money, it can't afford so many flying boats and spiritual officials. The financial and personnel power cannot be given to the local areas. The separatist independence at the end of the previous dynasty is essentially that the local governors have financial and personnel power."

"Deputy hall master, do you want to bypass this place?" Li Mingshan didn't care about these. He was more concerned about whether the group could get out of danger as soon as possible.

Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment and asked: "Master Tang, do you think the fire guns used by those ninjas came from this place?"

Tang Yongshui was not surprised and immediately replied: "To be honest with the deputy hall master, I also have such doubts, but whether it is true or not, we need to see it in person to confirm it."

Qi Xuansu said: "The Dao Sect has ruled Fenglinzhou with the help of the Prime Minister Toyotomi for nearly a hundred years, and it can be said that it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. After all, the Golden Horde only gained the country for a hundred years. What do you think this flag master will be like if we visit him?"

Li Mingshan did not agree, but he could not directly oppose his superior's opinion, so he could only say tactfully: "It's a pity that because of those Iga ninjas, we were unable to find out the relevant information about Mori Jinya in advance, otherwise we would have known it."

Qi Xuansu did not speak, not to express his dissatisfaction, but to fall into deep thought.

If there were no wounded, he would not ask for opinions at all, and would choose to find out directly. He was confident enough to retreat unscathed. But with these wounded, he had to ask for opinions and consider the various consequences that might result.

"What about you? What do you think?" Qi Xuansu looked at the others.

"I think it's okay. Whether it is the smelting technology that our Dao Sect gave to the Fenglinzhou court or the smelting technology that came from the Western Holy Court, there are still differences in the details, and you can see it at a glance." Tang Yongshui was the first to express his support.

Han Yongfeng said: "Old Han's life was saved by the deputy hall master. I will do whatever the deputy hall master says." Lu Yuting hesitated for a moment and said: "As far as I know, Songjiang Domain is good at business and has implemented a monopoly system to increase income, including wood wax, ginseng, cotton and iron. When the fifth generation of the domain lord Xuanwei ruled, Tabe, Sakurai and Itohara were fully responsible for iron production. Their position is also relatively neutral. According to our analysis of the Taoist sect, Songjiang Domain is essentially biased towards the royal family, but the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion has accumulated power for a long time, and with the support of the Taoist sect, he is afraid of the Prime Minister's Mansion. We will settle accounts in the future, so we have been sitting on the fence, not supporting either side on the surface, and are still in the wait-and-see stage. If we just go to see the hatamoto of Songjiang Domain, and it does not involve fundamental interests, then there should be no big problem. "

Han Yongfeng asked: "Daoyou Lu, since Songjiang Domain is neutral, who sent the ronin, monk soldiers, and ninjas who attacked us before?"

Lu Yuting said: "Since they are monk soldiers, they are naturally under the command of Fenglinzhou Buddhism. In our Central Plains, although Taoism is the largest, there are also Buddhism and Confucianism under Taoism, Fenglin In this continent, in addition to Shinto Tianmen, Buddhism is also not to be underestimated, and it is even above Yin Yang Dao. Therefore, there are Buddhist forces everywhere, and their status is transcendent. Ordinary daimyo dare not interfere with these Buddhist forces. Even many daimyo are Buddhist believers, with Dharma names and precept names. The last "Buddhist enemy" who dared to use force against Buddhism was the head of the Oda family who hoped to unify Fenglinzhou. "

"As for why we took the remote path in the beginning, avoiding these seemingly neutral feudal lords and daimyo is secondary. The key is to avoid the invincible The Shinto Tianmen forces and Fenglinzhou Buddhist forces that were not there. Now it seems that our luck is pretty good. We just encountered the Fenglinzhou Buddhist forces and were attacked by monks and ninjas, but did not encounter the Shinto Tianmen forces. "

Qian Daren couldn't help but sigh: "It's Buddhism again. It's really haunting. In the Western Regions, we fought with Buddhism. When we arrived in Fenglinzhou, we had to fight with Buddhism again."

Lu Yuting smiled and said, "Even if you go to Borneo or Posa, there are still Buddhist forces there."

"There is not a single foot of pure land in the world." Qian Daren shook his head.

Qi Xuansu summarized the opinions of several people and finally said: "This place is very close to Hita City. Even if there are support from Chunin or Jonin, we can evacuate quickly. Let's go and take a look."

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After confirming the opinions, the group headed towards the Zhenwu direction and happened to meet a car team that was also going to the Zhenwu. There were about dozens of animal-powered vehicles, all carrying full iron ore.

The person in charge of driving the carriage saw the Taoist group, whose clothes were completely different from those of the people of Fenglinzhou. He did not have much hostility, but was rather in awe.

As Qi Xuansu said, the Taoist has indirectly ruled Fenglinzhou for nearly a hundred years, and has a solid foundation.

The Taoist is the emperor hidden behind the Prime Minister's Mansion. It adheres to the consistent purpose and does not directly participate in the management of people's livelihood, nor does it interfere too much in government affairs. Only the trade of Fenglinzhou is firmly controlled by the Taoist, so there are many people who are dissatisfied with the Prime Minister's Mansion, but not many people who really hate the Taoist. For many people in Fenglinzhou, the Taoist is actually the God of Wealth. Many daimyos benefit from the Taoist trade and support the Taoist. Many daimyos cannot get a share of the pie, and they are jealous of the Taoist, so they oppose the Taoist. This is also the main reason why the outbreak of the Zunwang Rangdao was not thorough, all because money moved people's hearts.

Before the outbreak of the Zunwang Rangdao, the iron smelting workshop also had many exchanges with the Fenglinzhou Daofu and Shibotang, but after the Zunwang Rangdao swept Fenglinzhou, they did not have much exchanges. Therefore, these people were not unfamiliar with the Taoists who appeared, and just thought they were here to discuss business.

The leader came forward and even knew some Central Plains Mandarin, and flattered: "What can I do for you, Masters?"

Li Mingshan immediately introduced: "This is Qi Gaogong."