I formed the strongest swordsman group

Edo, a remote alley——

"Hey! Brothers! Look! Here's our chance to get ahead!"

A strong but ragged ronin had an excited expression on his face while holding up the tile tabloid in his hand.

In the tile tabloid, concise text and exquisite illustrations complement each other.

The content in the accompanying picture is quite simple: a young warrior wearing a mighty battle armor and three swords on his waist, sitting on a horse with a golden sword... The person painted in the painting is naturally Qingdeng.

In front of the strong man, in the depths of this remote alley, lay several ronin who were also dressed in rags.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

"A chance to get ahead?"

"What's the meaning?"

The ronin with doubtful expressions on his face asked questions in various directions.

"Brothers! The shogunate is making big moves!"

As he spoke, the strong man handed the tile tabloid he held above his head back to his eyes, and then quickly summarized the content written on it.

The governor of Gyeonggi...formed a new army...raised troops to Luo...After hearing these words, the prodigal people were surprised at first and then overjoyed at the end.

"The governor of Gyeonggi Town...that Ju Qingden is only 20 years old this year, right? He achieved great fame with just one sword and one spear at the age of 20. Now he is not only a feudal official in charge of one side, but also with that Chiba Sana We have an extremely close relationship with him... Tsk! He is such a guy that one cannot even be jealous of his courage...!"

"The combat force personally commanded by the governor of Gyeonggi Province, Ju Qingden...Does this new force have an official name?"

"Not yet. It's just that everyone calls this new army that is about to be formed the 'Suppressing and Fu Army'."

"Regardless of origin or age, everyone can sign up... Is this true?! Even masterless ronin like us can sign up to join Tachibana Aoden's command?"

"Yes! That's right! It was clearly written in the tabloids. Let alone ronin, even peasants who are not even samurai have a chance to serve Nioh!"

"Farmer? Humph! How can a farmer who only knows how to dig into the soil know how to fight!"

"However, it was also written in the Waban tabloid: It does not mean that everything will be fine just by signing up for the recruitment office. There is selection. Only by passing strict selection can you become a member of the Zhenfu Army."

"Ah, there is still selection..."

"Hahaha! What? Yamada-kun, are you not confident in your abilities?"

"How, how is it possible! I am the catalog holder of Jingxin Akechi-ryu! How could I be afraid of a mere selection!"

While the rogues were talking about each other, the strong man took a deep breath and said loudly:

"Brothers! Please listen to me!"

As soon as he said this, the noisy alley suddenly became quiet.

The gazes of the wanderers fell uniformly on the strong man.

"Brothers, we are not only fellow villagers, but also like-minded comrades-in-arms."

The strong man slowly turned his eyes, and while scanning the faces in front of him, he continued with a contagious tone:

"A year ago, we abandoned our family and resolutely broke away from the feudal clan and went to Edo."

"What for?"

“It’s all about serving the country with all your loyalty!”

"For the sake of killing oneself and becoming a benevolent person!"

"But after arriving in Edo, the cruel reality hit us hard."

"Those high-ranking ministers have no time to pay attention to lowly ronin like us."

"We are full of enthusiasm, but we have no way to serve the country and can only live in confusion."

"And now... our opportunity has come to make a difference!"

Having said this, the strong man once again raised the tile tabloid in his hand.

The majesty of his expression and the solemnity of his behavior... seemed to be holding some precious sacred vessel.

"I have decided! I will participate in the military recruitment selection on January 3 next year! I will go to Luo with Niou! I will take this opportunity to show my ambition!"

"Will you go with me?"

As soon as the strong man finished speaking, the wanderers rushed to say:

"Boss, what are you talking about?"

"How could we miss this golden opportunity?"

"I've long had enough of living like a beggar!"

"It's a life-threatening situation anyway! If we don't fight now, we'll wait until later!"

Seeing that all the robbers were so impassioned, the strong man couldn't help but grin with joy.

bass!

He suddenly pulled out the knife from his waist and pointed the tip straight at the sky.

"Okay! Then let's join the Zhenfu Army together! We can only get fame from horses!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!!"

The rogues drew their swords like strong men and pointed them at the sky.

There are many blades, and the cold light shines.

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Edo, Hatamoto settlement, a certain luxurious mansion——

A young man with fine features and fine features, dressed in fine clothes, walked quickly along the verandah with an excited expression, making a "thump" sound on the floor.

After a moment, he stopped in front of an exquisite door.

"Father!"

The young man pushed open the door and entered.

"Um?"

In the room, a wealthy middle-aged man was leaning on his elbow and puffing away leisurely.

Seeing the young man's sudden attack, he immediately put down the pipe in his hand and asked calmly:

"Sanlang, what's wrong?"

The young man sat in front of the middle-aged man and took out a still-warm tile tabloid from his arms.

"Father, I want to join the Zhenfu Army, please allow me!"

After saying that, the young man pushed the tabloid to the middle-aged man's knees.

"Suppress...the army...?"

The middle-aged man picked up the tabloid and read it line by line.

Within a few moments, his entire face turned black and blue.

"Nonsense!"

Hiss—the middle-aged man tore the tabloid in half, crumpled it into a ball of paper, and threw it to the ground.

"Sanlang, this is not to participate in a festival! This is to join the army! This is to fight!"

"Don't you understand the current situation in Kyoto?"

"There is already a tense situation between Choshu, Satsuma and Aizu, and the entire Gyeonggi region may become a bloody battlefield at any time!"

"In war, people die!"

"I don't allow you to join the Suppressing Army!"

The young man seemed to have expected such a reaction from the middle-aged man. He lowered his head without changing his expression and said loudly:

"Father, I understand everything you said."

"I know that Kyoto is currently filled with clouds of war."

"I also know that people will die in war."

"However... no matter what, I still want to go to Kyoto! I want to join the Zhenfu Army!"

"I am the third son in the family and I have no chance to inherit the family business."

"There are only two paths for me in the future. Either I will work in a certain sword hall and make a living by swordsmanship; or I will stay at home and be a rice bug who is now supported by your father and later by my brother."

"I don't want to be an ordinary swordsmanship teacher, nor do I want to be a rice insect!"

Having said this, the young man raised his head and met the middle-aged man's eyes with bright eyes.

"Father! I want to make great achievements!"

"This is a great opportunity to reach the sky in one step after nearly three hundred years!"

"The last time such an opportunity occurred, it dates back to the Oda family during the Warring States Period!"

"I will use my sword to achieve achievements far beyond those of my ancestors!"

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Edo, suburbs, a certain village——

Several farmers carrying hoes walked side by side to the fields, talking in high spirits.

"If you can achieve great achievements, it is not impossible to become the master of a city and a place, or even become the next Toyotomi Hideyoshi!"

"Hmph! Come on! Do you know martial arts? Do you know how to swing a sword? You are just a farmer who knows how to swing a hoe, and you still want to be the master of a city and a place? You still want to be the next Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"

"Wasn't Toyotomi Hideyoshi a farmer before he became famous? Didn't he also step by step from a peasant to the throne of the "people of the world"? If they can do it, why can't I do it?"

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Edo, somewhere——

A samurai in simple clothes bent down to pick up a tile tabloid that fell on the ground.

Although the tabloid was somewhat stained by footprints and dirty water, the words on it could still be vaguely legible.

"The envoy of Gyeonggi Town..."

The samurai held the tabloid in one hand, stroked the knife at his waist with the other, and muttered softly.

His whole body, mind, and attention were firmly attracted by the words "Gyeonggi Town Governor" and "Conscription" in the tabloids.

At this time, a businessman covered in fine clothes came behind him.

"Hey! Shojiro! Shojiro! Oishi Shojiro!"

The warrior's body shook a few times, then he came to his senses and followed the sound to the merchant.

"Huh? Boss, what's wrong?"

"You actually asked me 'what's wrong'... It's time to go!"

"Oh, sorry, I just got distracted."

Oishi Kazujiro folded the tile tabloid in his hand and stuffed it into his arms.

"Really... Shojiro, although your skills are indeed very powerful, you have to be more careful! I spent a lot of money to hire you as a bodyguard. You have to let me have a good time." It’s good to have a feeling of ‘value for money’, or even ‘value for money’!”

"Hehehe, I'm sorry, I will pay attention to it later."

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Edo, Ito Dojo——

"Suppress the capital...the capital..."

Ito Ozo stared blankly at the tile tabloid in his hand, thoughtfully.

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Edo, a certain hotel——

"Serizawa! Serizawa! Serizawa!"

A thin samurai took three steps at a time into a bedroom that smelled of alcohol.

In the room, a muscular man with a strong build and a height of more than six feet (1.8 meters) lay on his back on the tatami, with his arms behind his head and an open book of "Big Book" covering his face. "History of Japan".

"Uh...! New meeting, it's so noisy...!"

Serizawa scolded impatiently in a voice as lazy as if he had just woken up.

Niimi ignored Serizawa's complaints, sat cross-legged next to him, handed out the tabloid in his hand, and said quickly:

"Serizawa, don't sleep, get up quickly! The shogunate ordered Tachibana Aoden to form a new combat force and select a day to send troops to Luo!"

"Um?"

Serizawa sat up in a hurry.

The "History of Japan" covering his face naturally slipped to the ground.

I saw that he had the head of a leopard, eyes like a leopard, and a tiger's beard. Just by looking at his face, you could instinctively feel that this person was not easy to deal with.

Serizawa snatched the tabloid from Niimi's hand and read it quickly.

After a while, he grinned.

Immediately afterwards, uncontrollable laughter escaped from his mouth.

"hahahahahahahaha!"

After he had laughed to his heart's content, he grabbed the knife beside him and pulled out half of the blade with a "pop" sound.

The bright blade reflected his crushed eyes, which were shining fiercely.

"After being dormant for so long... we can finally show off our talents!"

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Edo, somewhere——

Qinghe Hachiro read the tabloid in his hand with a gloomy expression.

Every time he reads a word or a sentence, the clouds gathering in his cheeks become a little thicker.

Finally, before he had read all the contents of the tabloid, he crumpled the tabloid into a ball with an impatient expression and threw it away.

"Hmph! The road to realizing righteousness is indeed full of thorns...!"

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Edo, trial defense hall, dojo——

Kondo Isamu held a bamboo sword in hand and inspected, guided and corrected the apprentices' swordsmanship movements as usual.

Gradually, he noticed a sense of dissonance - the apprentices were acting strange today.

There were quite a few people who were very inattentive, always whispering, and the content of their conversations made him very concerned.

"Hey, do you know?"

"Well, I heard about it on the way to the Trial Guard Hall."

"Are you interested in signing up?"

"I really want to go, but... my wife is seven months pregnant, and I really can't abandon her."

"Me too. Not only do I have a pregnant wife, but I also have a son who is just over 4 years old. If I die in a foreign country, they, orphans and widowers, will not be able to survive in such a troubled world."

Listening to the conversation of these people, Isamu Kondo finally couldn't restrain his overwhelming curiosity. He stopped one person and asked:

"Fujii-kun, what are you all whispering to each other?"

"Ah, little master, don't you know?"

Although Kondo Isamu has officially inherited the position of the fourth generation head of the Tenurishin-ryu clan, older apprentices still habitually call him "young master" and Kondo Shusuke "master" or "senior master".

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Oh, hasn't Mr. Tachibana told you yet?"

"Qingdeng has not returned home since he went to serve his duties yesterday. He only asked someone to tell us, 'He will not come back to eat or sleep tonight.'"

"That's it... little master, there's big news! Mr. Tachibana has been promoted to the governor of Gyeonggi Province! The shogunate will recruit talents with ambitions to serve the country and form a new army, led by Mr. Tachibana himself. By February next year, Mr. Tachibana will lead this brand-new army to help Gyeonggi!"

In an instant, Kondo Isamu's thick eyebrows shrugged at the raised corners of his eyes.

"Extensive recruitment of talented people who have the ambition to serve the country...tell me in detail!"

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Edo, Chishiya——

The account books, pen holders, inkstones and other items on the counter were all pushed aside to make room for the latest tile tabloid that Boss Kiryu had just bought.

Boss Kiryu sat cross-legged and crossed his arms.

Kinoshita Mai lay on his back, her little head sticking out of his shoulder.

The two read the tabloid together intently.

"Tachibana-kun, are you going to Kyoto..."

Boss Kiryu murmured softly, with a look of reminiscence on his cheeks, as if he was recalling someone.

Compared with the complicated expression of Boss Kiryu, Kinoshita Mai's expression changes are much simpler - her face is full of worry.

"Qingdeng..."

The big orange cat Duoduo noticed something strange about his owner.

It walked slowly under Mai Kinoshita's body, nuzzled the white ankle with faint tooth marks with its big round head, and called out "meow meow".

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Edo, Okemachi, Little Chiba Sword Hall——

Sanako, who had just finished practicing martial arts, looked like he had just been fished out of the water. He was covered in sweat and a few strands of hair were stuck to his slightly pink face.

The jet-black hair and the fair and pink skin that just came from a strenuous exercise...these two are obviously different but perfectly matched, making them look extremely attractive.

The beads of sweat dripped down her chin, fingertips, etc., forming pools of crystal water around her feet.

On normal days, Sanako, who loves cleanliness, would have wiped her body clean with a sweat towel, and then went to the bathroom to take a comfortable bath.

However, she didn't bother to wipe her sweat, or even put down the wooden naginata used for martial arts in her hand.

At this time, her whole body and mind were focused on Chiba Jutaro in front of her.

To be more precise, it is based on what Chiba Jutaro said.

"...Anyway, that's it. Aoto will leave Edo by February next year."

Coincidentally, after learning about this, Sanako showed a shocked expression very similar to Kinoshita Mai.

She stared blankly into the void in front of her, and did not speak for a long time.

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That night--

Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, Test Guard Hall——

Qingdeng finally returned to the trial defense hall near the evening today.

As soon as he returned, he didn't even have time to say hello to the chief executive and others. He immediately locked himself in the room, bowed his head in front of the case, and wrote something furiously.

Soldiers are a major event for the country.

Whether it is recruiting soldiers or going on an expedition, it is a complex activity that requires the coordination of several, dozens, or even hundreds of departments to successfully complete.

What's more, the Edo shogunate, which has been in peace for a long time, has not conducted military operations similar to this for a long time.

In short, in one sentence - it is absolutely impossible for Qingdeng alone to send troops to Luo before next spring.

Therefore, Tokugawa Iemo appointed Matsudaira Shusuke, Yamaoka Tetsutaro, Uden Hideo, Sugiura Shoichiro, and Matsuoka Juzaburo as "Roshi Directors", who were responsible for assisting Aonto in managing the establishment of the Zhenfu Army.

Since accepting Tokugawa Iemo's appointment yesterday afternoon, Qingnobo has been staying in Edo City to negotiate with Matsudaira Tax Agency and others on various matters such as recruiting talents and purchasing equipment.

Matsudaira Shosuke is a rare outstanding swordsman in the Tokugawa family. His ancestor is the sixth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tadaki. He is very knowledgeable in swordsmanship and is currently serving as a swordsman in the kenbu.

This expedition involves whether the Fa Zun Party can be eliminated - in other words, whether Qingdeng can successfully deal with the major threat of the Fa Zun Party.

Therefore, Qingdeng exerted 120,000 points of energy for the first time in a long time.

With the abundant energy given by talents such as "Yuan Yang + 1", "Shen Nao + 9", "Strengthening Essence + 2" and other talents, Qingden just exerted his strong subjective initiative, and the donkeys in the production team were all excited to see him. Ashamed.

He worked continuously for 28 hours. The tax agent Matsudaira and others who worked with him almost fell to the ground from exhaustion, but he still worked energetically.

Even after returning to the training hall, he picked up the important work that had not been completed and continued to work late into the night.

With the blessing of "Ju Shen", the world in Qingdeng's eyes is only the pen in his hand and the scroll in front of him.

"Gathering the Gods" is truly a god-level talent for both fighting and working.

"Shen Brain + 9" combined with "Gathering God"... Qingdeng's work efficiency is several times that of ordinary people.

Just as he was burning the ointment and keeping the sundial, a sudden knock on the door interrupted his thoughts——

Boom, boom, boom.

The knock on the door was followed by Souji's voice.

"Tangerine-kun, it's me."

Qingdeng stopped the brush in his hand.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh, um... Sanako and Miss Kinoshita are here. They... and I all want to see you. Tachibana-kun, are you free now?"

Qingden was stunned for a moment, then showed a complex expression of surprise and helplessness.

Although he had long expected that the three women would come to question Shang Luo about the cause and effect, he did not expect that they would move so quickly.

It's something we have to face sooner or later anyway, it doesn't matter whether it's sooner or later... Qingdeng thought to himself.

He put the brush in his hand back on the brush mountain and said softly:

"come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of the door being pushed open immediately sounded.

Immediately afterwards, three beautiful figures of blue, red and purple came in one after another.

After entering the room, the three women were stunned at the same time.

I saw that the tatami in the room was piled with papers and scrolls with various words written on them, and there was almost no place to stay.

"Sorry, it was a bit confusing."

As he spoke, Qingden pushed away the papers and scrolls in front of him, making a clear space.

"Qingdeng, we shouldn't have disturbed your work, right?"

Kinoshita Mai asked timidly.

To say whether he was disturbed or not, he must have been disturbed... Qingdeng said in his heart.

If the truth is told, the three women will definitely feel lost and guilty.

Therefore, Qingdeng told a little white lie:

"No, I'm just getting ready to take a rest."

Kinoshita Mai nodded lightly:

"That's good……"

"Please sit down, don't stand all the time."

Hearing what Qingdeng said, the three women knelt down and lined up in front of Qingdeng.

Sanako is sitting in seat C, with Mai Kinoshita and Souji on her left and right.

Due to the obvious height difference, from Qingdeng's perspective, the three women formed a "mountain" character with a high middle and low sides.

No one spoke.

The three women all looked like they were looking at each other with twinkling eyes and hesitated to speak, as if they were thinking of words.

Suddenly, the weird atmosphere in the room became stronger.

In order to lift the atmosphere that was starting to get heavy, Qingdeng took the initiative and said:

"Sanako, Awu, did you come here together?"

Sanako replied:

"After I learned that you had returned to the Trial Guard Hall, I rushed over immediately, and then I met Miss Kinoshita on the way, who was also rushing to the Trial Guard Hall in a hurry."

Kinoshita Mai nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Sanako and Kinoshita Mai were able to work together so well, Qingto couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, with an expression on his face that said, "I've seen something rare."

As long as there are no outsiders present, Sanako and Kinoshita Mai will always quarrel and say weird things to each other to spite each other.

Not only did the two of them not quarrel, but they even answered Qingdeng's questions calmly together... Such a scene was really rare.

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If nothing else happens, I will be able to write about the selection of soldiers for the Zhenfu Army tomorrow. Then the essential link comes.

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