Pillars of the Wu family

() "This day is really like a punishment! I finally got through it!" Silently watching his teacher exit the Ohiro room, Kira Wansongmaru let out a deep breath, sat on the spot and waited for a while I guessed that Okochi Nobuzhen had already gone far, so I walked out with brisk steps.

Seeing that it happened to be lunch time at the beginning of the day, how could he bear the custom of eating only two meals a day with his personality, so a few years ago he quietly advocated the new habit of small people to take the lead in starting the new habit of eating three meals a day, and the effect was the same as It was not as good as he thought. The small surnames of the Kira family still stubbornly insisted on the tradition of two meals a day, which gave him a headache. For this reason, he spent a lot of brainpower persuading, such as eating more to grow taller, More powerful, he will become a better warrior in the future, even so, some people choose to refuse.

Two meals a day was not created by the samurai. In a country as poor as Japan, very few people can eat enough food all year round. It is a thousand-year-old custom to save food as much as possible with two meals a day. Except for a few areas with developed agriculture such as Kinai, such as Sanhe Country Most of the distant countries still retain the traditions of hundreds of years ago. In addition, the annual tribute collected by the three publics and the two people is very strict. There are so many types of exorbitant taxes that are unheard of. The tyranny of taxes is almost several times that of the Ming Dynasty. describe.

But even so, the samurai of the ruling class are not very happy. Both samurai and peasants are facing the problem of eating hard. The powerful samurai can still rely on the annual payment to maintain two meals a day. With the good days of rice, pickled radish and small fish soup, the small wealthy and land servants are much more miserable. In order to survive, they have to put down their bodies and go to the fields to participate in labor with the farmers.

They can't eat white rice a few times a year, so they are particularly envious of the masters who eat white rice every time. In order to ensure their own right to eat white rice, they will not hesitate to fight against the lord and even the lord. This is funny but One exists, but it is even worse for the farmers. After paying the annual payment, they sell the rice in exchange for miscellaneous grains. Most farmers have never eaten the rice they grew in their entire lives.

In ancient times, Japan had an almost perverted obsession with planting rice. He didn't quite understand why they insisted on planting rice desperately. Although the rice produced in Japan is very sweet and delicious, it is not right to force farmers to grow rice no matter what land It is in line with the laws of nature, and through his observations, he found that Japan in this era not only lacks planting technology, but also lacks the application of cattle and fertilizers, so the production of grain has always been low, and some areas with poor land are difficult to harvest even if the land is reversed. Put a stone of grain on it.

What is even more surprising is that this is a country that has banned eating meat for nearly a thousand years. Ever since Emperor Tenmu promulgated the prohibition of eating five animals such as cattle, horses, dogs, monkeys, and chickens, and established a fishing moratorium every summer, Buddhism has flourished. According to Buddhism, eating meat means falling into the animal state. In order not to fall into the animal state after death, no one will eat four-legged animals. The spokesman of the gods and Buddhas in the world further prohibits eating meat.

Originally, the samurai didn't care about this decree. At first, the samurai were just the family soldiers of the Fujiwara family. They guarded the manor of the country for the master's family who was a public minister. After the Minamoto Peace War broke out, Minamoto Yoshinaka made an embarrassing appearance in Kyoto. , Only then did the samurai realize how rough they were in the past, so in order to follow the tide, they also began to ban meat. Of course, fish and seafood were not included, and it was really unrealistic for them not to eat any meat.

The food eaten by Jiliang Wansongwan is definitely against tradition and martial arts rules in this era. A small piece of roasted wild pork topped with soy sauce, a palm-length silver carp carefully simmered with chopped green onion and ginger vinegar, Paired with a bowl of miso soup and fragrant white rice, he finally got rid of the troubles of salted fish and pickled radish-style ground turtle dishes. Of course, his doing so is also considered by the common people as greedy for enjoyment and will be punished by gods and Buddhas.

Even the most extravagant samurai of this era would not eat this kind of food, not to mention that they would not eat it, even if they wanted to eat it, the cook would not know how to make it. He forced the cook of the Kira family to learn how to cook these dishes. All the chefs had their heads smashed and did not restore the determination of Kira Wansongwan. In order to be loyal, these cooks could only cry, recite the names of gods and Buddhas aloud, and cook one after another for the master. clean food".

Fortunately, Kira Manmatsumaru's actions are very secretive. Except for the confidant's surname and the cook, only some Mahui people know about it, and even Kansuke Yamamoto is not very clear. He may suspect it, but Kira Manmatsumaru definitely does not. Will admit that in the era when the whole people eat pickled radish with miscellaneous grains and rice, eating this kind of food is absolutely shocking to the world. If this matter gets out, the reputation of him and the Kira family will be ruined.

Therefore, the loyal little surnames strictly enforced the obligation to keep secrets, gathered all the insiders in private, signed a secret oath, and swore to the gods and Buddhas that they would never reveal this secret for eternity, and they would not be told in any form in the future The descendants... Without the knowledge of Kira Wansongmaru, they have already completed the work of burying a dark history.

After eating a hearty lunch, he would have half an hour to rest as usual. He was woken up by Kansuke Yamamoto early in the morning, and he was able to recover after taking a nap for half an hour, and then he had to go to Honmaru to practice the art of war non-stop , This is the result of negotiations between Kansuke Yamamoto and Nobusada Okochi. They study culture in the morning and military strategy in the afternoon. If there are special circumstances, other arrangements will be made.

The so-called art of war in Japan, as the name suggests, is naturally not the art of marching and fighting. The art of war is the art of fighting bravely, attacking and killing. It is... In short, it actually means swordsmanship. There is another name for art of war called sword Hao, all outstanding strategists are great swordsmen, and the most powerful strategist is Juggernaut. The most powerful strategist in the contemporary era is Kashima Juggernaut Tsukahara Buden, who has been invincible for more than 40 years. , is also a superior senior admired by countless warriors.

The art of war practiced by Kira Manmatsumaru comes from Yamamoto Kansuke. It is a new type of swordsmanship based on the Jingliu of the Middle Ages, and also intercepts some kendo skills of the Xindangliu and the traditional Katori Shinto. It is leaning towards the new trendy style, paying attention to the swordsmanship that rushes forward and kills the enemy with one blow, completely overwhelming the enemy in terms of momentum and power.

Kira Wansongmaru has always been skeptical about this kind of new swordsmanship that is completely different, holding a heavy wooden sword and chopping thick tree trunks again and again, thinking in his heart: "What school is this called? It must not be Jingba It's not the Katori Shinto style, and why did he become the new style? Isn't this the style of Tsukahara Buden?"