Civilization Guardian Front

"I am Chios, and I will temporarily lead you for the next three months."

Everyone nodded silently and their faces were serious, which really made Chios feel relieved.

"You four merchants are divided into oil, salt, cloth merchants and the leader of the Kabuki troupe. Each caravan has two ronin guards and four servants. The Kabuki troupe has two ronin guards and five servants. Now divide one point Bar. "

After assigning roles, the 40 people briefly discussed and divided into four teams according to Chios' arrangement.

"The task I give you is very simple. Go along the official road to Minami Wakuri. When someone asks you, you will say that you are going to Inabayama Castle for business or performance, and make some repairs in Minami Wakuri Town. For details, I will write On these notes, read it by heart on the way, the businessmen and the leaders of the kabuki troupe are all literate, right?"

The disguised businessman and the ashigaru of Kabuki nodded one after another, and Chios gave the note to a few of them.

"Okay, the salt merchants will set off first, the oil merchants will leave in half an hour, and the kabuki troupe and cloth merchants will leave at the same time in half an hour."

"yes! "

The merchant dressed as a salt merchant replied, got on a mule cart and set off with his entourage.

His eyes turned to Inu Chiyo who was quietly standing aside. This young girl has a maturity different from her peers, and she has outstanding marksmanship, which Shinna highly values.Such an excellent combat power, after thinking about it, Chios couldn't bear to let it go, and arranged a task for her:

"Inuchiyo, you are with the Kabuki troupe, so your outfit is suitable for this team."

Inuchiyo, who was wearing a tiger hat, nodded without objection, and looked at Chios with concern when he saw Chios's light suit.

"...Where's Chios?"

"I'll go last, as long as the five ashigaru follow me." Chios replied simply, without further explanation.

"…I see. "

Inuchiyo lowered his eyes and seemed a little disappointed.It took some time to get along with the girl, and now Chios can accurately interpret the emotional changes of the other party from the details, and reached out to stroke Inuchiyo's head to comfort him.

"I'll treat you to cake after this incident is successfully concluded."

"...CA...KE...what's that?" Inuchiyo asked, tilting his head.

"It's the fruit of Europe, you must have never tasted it."

Hearing "Fruit", the girl's puppy-like eyes suddenly lit up.

"... want cake."

"Then Inuchiyo must behave well." Chios smiled, who successfully diverted the girl's attention and stimulated the other party's motivation.

"...Okay." Inuchiyo nodded very imposingly,

After comforting Inuchiyo, Chios walked into the grass pavilion and sat down on the stone chair. Changxiu got two cups and a wine gourd from somewhere, opened the plug, and a faint smell of wine wafted out.

"You don't even wear armor, it seems that you are confident, eighty percent."

Changxiu said as he filled the glass with wine and pushed it in front of Chios.

"I'm here to claim territory, not to fight."

Chios took a sip from his cup.

"Cough! Cough cough..." Chios suddenly coughed violently.

"Manchiyo...you actually added wasabi to your wine?"

"Huh? Is this going to happen?" Chang Xiusu covered her mouth with her hands, and blinked her wide emerald blue eyes, looking shocked and innocent.

It's a pity that Chios, who had experienced Niwa Chosu's acting skills, would not believe her performance at all.

"Is there... You will understand after drinking this half glass of wine."

"I'm not thirsty yet..." Changxiu giggled, folding and fanning her fan, feeling like the fox's tail was about to grow out.

"You will..." Chios stared at Changxiu's smiling face, and suddenly shouted:

"Singer, catch Man Chidai!"

"Oh... good!" Singer didn't think about it at all, and his body moved first.

"Huh?"

Changxiu, who was caught, was also overwhelmed by the sudden turn of events.

Chios, who had been prepared for a long time, had already left his seat, and two steps came to Changxiu who was held by Sheng Jia, pinched his chin with his left hand, and poured the remaining wine in the glass into the slightly opened mouth.

"Woo...cough! Cough cough cough..."

Even if a beauty like Changxiu is coughing, she will try her best not to lose her composure.But even though she covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, tears still flowed down.

"Q...Os...cough...my lord...became...very...cough cough...bad...but...feels...not bad...95...points" Changxiu said intermittently.

"Chios, you use me!"

Singer shouted angrily.

"Hahaha..."

"..." Inuchiyo watched quietly, a little envious in his heart.

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Minami Wakuri Town...

Located in a valley near the official road, it was originally a village of ten farm families. In order to guard against robbers and bandits, the houses of the townspeople are next to each other, and they can ask each other for help when necessary.

After nearly a hundred years of development, the number of residents in Nanruoli has gradually increased to 200, which is considered a relatively large settlement in this area.A branch of the official road extends through the town, and occasionally merchants rest here, and the townspeople sell their homemade turbid wine to passers-by to make some money. In the end, they simply set up two simple wine shops at the entrance of the town.

The wine shop on the left side of the road was very lucky today. A group of salt merchants passed by for a rest and ordered several jugs of wine, which made the restaurant owner smile very happily.The restaurant on the right side of the road was still empty without any customers, and he could only sigh at the bustling and noisy scene opposite.

But after about half an hour, another group of businessmen came to Nanruoli. The businessmen looked at the restaurant with many people and the restaurant with no customers, and their faces were a little hesitant.

The owner of the restaurant on the right saw that the businessman was about to go to a crowded place, so he hurried out and said to the businessman:

"Guest, the wine here is only 120 Wen for a bucket. The wine in the opposite room is no better than ours, but it costs [-] Wen!"

"Oh? If that's the case, why are there so many people over there?" The businessman was indeed a businessman, and he was not easily fooled by the other party, with suspicious eyes.

"It's just their luck. They came to the salt merchant earlier, and the owner of that restaurant ran faster than me to grab these customers. Alas, if they come to me, they will make money..."

The businessman listened to the boss bragging for a while, and finally decided to enter the You Wine Shop.

The Kuroki family does not have as much money as the daimyo to train and keep ashigaru, so the security in the town depends on the family members.

Kuroki Zongsi, the eldest son of the head of the Kuroki family, was patrolling the town with a sword like a samurai at this time, and soon noticed that the two wine shops at the entrance were different from the usual bustling, and proudly moved towards the two wine shops beside him. Guard said:

"Look, under the management of my Kuroki family, there have been more businessmen coming and going, and there will be more businessmen in the future, making Minamiwakari more prosperous. This is the credit of the Kuroki family, not the idiot daimyo Here comes the shit lord."

"Young master is right, that fool daimyo still wants to use an order to make the Kuroki family hand over Minamiwakaguri town, she is dreaming!"

"Yes, yes, the Kuroki family is the real master of Nan Ruoli!"

The guards are obedient, but what they say comes from the heart...Among the 66 countries in Japan, there are not many people like the Kuroki family who are only superficially submissive but actually independent.

Usually, the daimyo is worried that the people of the country will form a group against him and shake the foundation of the rule, and it is rare to lead a large army to fight against the people of the country.It can only acquiesce in the rule of the people of the country over the various places, and let the people of the country pay some rice grains every year to express their submission.

"Humph! "

With a sneer, Zongsi Kuroki recalled yesterday, when he was having lunch, a civil servant from Qingzhou City suddenly came to his door and asked the Kuroki family to cooperate with the new lord to manage Nan Ruoli...

It's a joke, the only lord here is the Kuroki family.

"Haha! That bullshit lord is still sleeping somewhere now, let's go, let's talk to the merchant and see if there is any news from other places. This town is good, but it's too boring."

Chapter 33? Chios' Calculation

Walking into a restaurant at random, Kuroki Zongsi found a businessman who seemed to be the leader according to his clothes, and tried his best to put on a friendly smile.

"Hello. "

The businessman who was casually chatting with the ronin turned his head in surprise, saw the guards and sabers beside him, and asked with a vigilant expression:

"May I ask who you are?"

"I'm the Kuroki clan. The Kuroki family knows that this Minami Wakaguri town belongs to our family."

Kuroki Zongsi said proudly, and at the same time patted the knife on his waist, as if he was afraid that others would not believe that he was a samurai.

Not paying attention to the arrogance revealed in Kuroki Zongsi's words, the businessman naturally put on a smiling face, rubbed his hands and introduced himself:

"Oh? So it's Sotsu-sama, I'm Shingoro Yoshidaya Bantou..." Shingoro said, it seemed that he suddenly remembered something, and his tone turned into emotion:

"Looks like I got lucky today to meet two samurai lords."

"Two samurai?" Sotsuki Kuroki made Shingoro's words arouse interest, and immediately asked.

"That's right, when we set off from the town of Qingzhou in the morning, we saw a samurai leading five entourages walking slowly on the official road. I originally wanted to go with the samurai, but the samurai walked too slowly Well, I have been resting halfway, so I have to forget about it."

From the answer of the businessman Shingoro, the samurai should also be heading towards Minami Wakuri, Kuroki Zongsi couldn't help but be more concerned, what does a samurai with his entourage think of Minami Wakuri?

"Mr. Shingoro, have you found out the name of that samurai?"

"I'm very sorry, Lord Samurai, I didn't have a word with that Lord Samurai."

The businessman Shingoro shook his head and replied apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay, this news is good." Kuroki Zongsi patted the merchant's shoulder, and shouted to the owner of the restaurant:

"Invite these guests for two buckets of wine, and record it in the account of Heimu's house."

"Yes!" The boss smiled wryly. If he was really generous, Zongsi Kuroki should have just thrown him the money for the wine instead of keeping the account in a seemingly bold manner.

He didn't dare to come to the door to ask for the account of the Heimu family, he had to swallow the account himself.

"How can I ask Mr. Samurai to invite you! I should be the one who invites you to drink!" The businessman hurriedly got up and said with a look of panic.

"It's okay, it's okay, you guys have come from far away, just rest here and let me represent the Heimu family as a landlord."

"Since you insist, then I would like to thank you for your enthusiasm, and I will definitely visit Nanruoli more often in the future."

"Okay! When you come to visit another day, I'll buy you a drink again."

Kuroki Zongsi walked out of the wine shop very satisfied, and a guard immediately complimented him:

"The young lord is really good at tricks. He won over merchants with a little wine. Maybe Nan Ruoli will become Qianshi Zhixing under the young lord's management."

"Hahahaha! It's not as powerful as you said, but it's okay to add two hundred stones."

Kuroki Zongsi laughed heartily, and after a while, the laughter slowed down, and he thought of the warrior the businessman had mentioned again, and looked slightly pensive.

"Tell me, is it possible that the samurai they are talking about is the lord sent by the fool daimyo?"

"Young Master's conjecture is not impossible."

"So, it's really suspicious..."

The guard's answer made Heimu Zongsi's doubts deepen. He noticed that there were also a group of people sitting in the opposite wine shop, so he decided to go over to inquire and verify his thoughts.

After another round of greetings, Kuroki Zongsi got to the point:

"Did you meet any warriors on the way here?"

The oil dealer was a little surprised by the other party's question, but he still replied:

"Speaking of it, it is true. About two hours ago, I ran into a tall samurai on the official road."

(Sure enough...) At this moment, Kuroki Zongsi further affirmed his guess.

"Do you know his name?"

"Hmm..." The oil merchant thought for a moment before answering Kuroki Zongshi's question:

"It seems to be called Chios. It's very famous in Cheongju Castle Town recently. It seems to be from the Southern Barbarians."

"Boss, Chios is amazing, a ghost with hundreds of heads in one battle!" The ronin beside him interjected, his face full of longing.

"Cut, that kind of rumor must be a lie!" Kuroki Zongsi didn't believe it at all.

"That's right, do you still ask for a hundred people, thinking he is Yuan Yijing?"

The guards of Heimu Zongsi also disagreed.

"Believe it or not, I'm not lying. It's not just rumors. The soldiers who participated in that battle said that Chios is as brave as Oni Shibata, the number one general of the Oda family!"

Ronin spat after speaking, shook his head and continued drinking.

"My younger brother also participated in the joint battle, and he also said about it." A servant said.

"That's what my father said..."

"My brother..."

Hearing these people's affirmation of the veracity of the rumors one by one, Kuroki Zongsi's face became more and more ugly. Seeing that something was wrong, the oil merchant quickly interrupted everyone's chattering discussion.