Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 176 Try your best!
After leaving Yuanye's home, Aman searched for his old man for a long time in the wine shops and stalls in Xinwanjin but couldn't find him. However, he swallowed several times when he smelled the aroma of wine, and after a moment of hesitation, he decided not to look for anyone. He took out the "alimony" he had cheated from Aqing, spent it on his old man, and drank two bowls of wine to moisten his throat.

Of course, she didn't dare drink too much, mainly because she was now a person of status. As an important official of Wanjin and the patriarch of the Nohara family, she was embarrassed to fight drunkenly in the downtown area in broad daylight, so she just had her fill and then reluctantly went on to look for someone, and finally found her old man in the fields of Danan Village.

Da Nan Village is the village that was built after Wanjin received new immigrants from Meinong. Everything was new and full of vitality. Quan Heiji was wearing a bamboo hat and squatting beside a new field that was being reclaimed to check the soil.

Ah Qian and Ah Yu were sitting in the shade of a tree not far away, doing nothing. When they saw Ah Man riding a tall horse slowly approaching, they stood up and looked at her. Ah Qian, in particular, had a gleam of jealousy and dissatisfaction in his eyes. He wanted to rush over and kick Ah Man off the horse, but he didn't dare to, so he could only look at her with hatred.

Ah Man ignored the two little guys and dismounted beside Izumi Heiji. He started to complain, "You said you were having fun in the city, so why did you come here? It took me a while to find you!"

Izumi Heiji ignored her words, but just patted the dirt on his hands and sighed: "It's better than the soil in Koga. If I cultivate the land for two years, the harvest will definitely be good."

"The harvest from this land will be good this year." Ah Man knew that Yuan Ye had made a strange fertilizer. The initial test was quite successful and could greatly increase the yield. However, farming was not her business. She went straight to the point. "He asked me to ask you if you are still willing to go out and do something that pays you."

"Doing things?" Quan Pingci was not surprised. He turned around and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

Ah Man's eyes flashed with doubt, and he asked in surprise: "Are you agreeing?"

Quan Pingci looked down at the soil and sighed, "This is indeed a good place..."

During this period of time, he had been wandering around Xinwanjin. After a deeper understanding, he found that there was indeed a different kind of vitality here. The common people lived very well here and could maintain a minimum of dignity. As long as they worked hard, they could get enough food and clothing and even have savings. As long as they abided by the rules, the weak would not be abandoned and would not be trampled on by the strong...

There is not even a strict distinction between superiors and subordinates here. The local lords do not have retainers, or rather, no proper retainers. As a result, there are almost no samurai groups in Shinwanzu, let alone nobles and temple families. The boundaries between superiors and subordinates are almost erased, and the vast majority of people have no privileges and are equal.

The Somura of his dreams was actually like this, and Shinwanjin was even better than what he dreamed of. After all, even he couldn't guarantee that he could achieve the above points.

Xinwanjin was almost like heaven to him. Even though he had thought about it for so many days, he still couldn't figure out why Yuanye wanted to secretly change the customs and why he tried so hard to separate Xinwanjin from tradition. But it didn't matter anymore - Yuanye just wanted to be the emperor, and as long as he could govern the world like this, there would be nothing wrong with letting him be the emperor.

Quan Pingci has actually decided to move his fellow villagers to Xinwanjin to live. He will then build a small autonomous village near Danan Village and require them to pay annual tribute and provide certain military service as required. He has already chosen a place and is planning to copy the layout and water conservancy plan of Danan Village. He has been secretly studying and pondering the blueprints these days.

As for Wanjin having to go out to fight at any time and not being peaceful, it is still nothing. There is no place in the world where there is no war now. Koga and Iga can only become more chaotic. The new Wanjin is already considered pretty good.

Ah Man didn't understand what he was thinking at all. He also lowered his head to look at the ground, hesitated for a moment and said, "You don't have to be like this. He was just asking casually. It's not that he can't do without you. You just don't want to. With Ah Qing and I's face, he will definitely grant you a piece of wasteland..."

She thought for a moment before changing her words, "In fact, it's because of my and Ah Qing's face that you don't have. If you send him three to five hundred people, he will definitely open his door to welcome you, and even be willing to pay you a large sum of money. He has always been worried about the lack of population in Xinwanjin. Now that he has left Xinwanjin and seen people with two legs, he can hardly walk. His eyes keep glowing green, and he swallows subconsciously, so... you really don't have to go against your will for a piece of land."

Izumi Heiji was speechless for a moment, feeling that his granddaughter didn't give him any face. What did she mean by "It's not that I can't do without you"? But he was able to raise Aman, so his mental resistance was naturally very high. He didn't take it to heart in a blink of an eye, and asked her directly: "So, what exactly does Nohara-sama want me to do? Return to Mino?"

He still believes that there is no free lunch in the world. Since he is going to move all the people from his hometown here, it is natural for him to demonstrate his own value. It doesn't matter if he sells his life again, as long as it's worth it.

"I told you that it doesn't matter if we don't have you!" Ah Man waved his hands quickly, "You're already so useless, there's no point in going back to Meinong. He just wants you to be... uh, a consultant. The kind of person who can give some advice when encountering problems. It doesn't matter whether it's useful or not. You just need to do what you should do in normal times, or take care of your old age."

"Advisor?" Izumi Heiji thought that Yuan Ye was going to do something against Saito Yoshitatsu, and was ready to take another risk, but this is what happened? Just talking is enough?

He was silent for a while, feeling that he was being looked down upon, but he did not refuse. Trust was not something that could be achieved in a day or two, so he nodded slightly.

Take it slow. After getting to know Shinwanjin, he suddenly felt the long-lost motivation. After all, there were no samurai or oppressors here, and he didn't have to be anyone's retainer and become a new oppressor. He really wanted to do something for a better future.

Ah Qian and Ah Yu watched for a long time, and they were eager to do it. They had been wandering around Xinwanjin for a while, and they had found that Ah Man was very popular among the locals, and was very powerful - mainly because Ah Man was now in charge of the gendarmerie, and the gendarmerie was also a part-time police officer. She often personally led people to the streets to beat up people who dared to urinate, defecate, spit, and violated hygiene regulations. She would also personally kick thieves and drunkards in the buttocks and twist them to do hard labor. Almost everyone was afraid of her, and when they saw her, they would politely call her "Aman Lady".

What's more, Aman's monthly salary is the highest in Xinwanjin, and he can also spend Aqing's monthly salary, which is equivalent to receiving two high salaries. As long as he does not go on drinking and gambling, but just buys things, he will be very generous. He rides a tall horse every day, wears different styles of domaru, has gold and silver inlaid on the hilt of his sword, and the gold horns on his pocket are so showy that he is extremely showy.

The two of them were very envious of this. Seeing their old man being drafted, A Yu secretly pulled A Qian, who quickly stepped forward and asked, "What about us? What should we do? How much money can we get?"

Ah Man looked them up and down, curled his lips and said, "You two are useless now, you should continue to learn skills, you don't have any money!"

Anger flashed across Ah Qian's eyes, and she immediately shouted, "We have learned almost everything, and it is more useful than you! If you don't believe me, you can try it!" After that, she showed a malicious smile and provoked, "You definitely don't dare, right?"

She had long wanted to beat up that old beast Aman, and now that Aqing was not around, she was alone, so it was a perfect time to do it!
Ah Man looked down on her from the bottom of his heart. He glanced at her and said disdainfully, "Believe it or not, if I just shout now, twenty people will come and beat the shit out of you. Do you want to try it?"

Ah Qian immediately turned around and looked around. Sure enough, she saw a few people waiting in the distance. They were probably Ah Man's men. She immediately became timid. Ah Man looked at her and remembered something. He said to Quan Heiji, "Oh, that... old man, now that I have made a difference, shouldn't you pass the position of the leader of the Huo Ming Liu to me?"

“No!” Ah Qian was anxious and said quickly, “Old man… uh, grandpa isn’t dead yet, what right do you have to take the position? Even if grandpa is dead, you can’t just take the position just because you want to!”

"It's my turn to be the heir. I'm the legitimate heir. You two are just the trash I won from gambling! If it weren't for me, you would have died long ago!" Ah Man retorted to them, then turned to Quan Heiji and asked, "What do you think, old man? If we want to take root in Xinwanjin, I should be the one in charge. Only I can promote the Huoming Style!"

Quan Pingci was stunned for a moment, looked at Aman who looked serious, then looked around at the new and vibrant Xinwanjin. After a while, he slowly nodded and had no objection.

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The next morning, Yuanye met Izumi Heiji and Asahi Ayu in the office. He warmly welcomed Izumi Heiji for his willingness to contribute his remaining energy, held his hand and said polite words for a long time, showed him the utmost respect, and reiterated his willingness to support Izumi Heiji's plan to establish So Village in Shinwanjin, and would not interfere too much in the village's self-management and self-construction - the overall nature of the relationship is similar to the relationship between the US government and state governments in later generations. The village will solve small matters on its own, and only need to listen to him on big matters.

This could be considered an attempt, and Yuanye was very happy to have picked up a village's population for free. Taking in nearly two thousand Meinong immigrants only temporarily alleviated his manpower gap. With the development of the Da Nan Village area, he still lacked people.

Izumi Heiji joined the company, and then the two sides started chatting. Yuanye hoped that if Izumi Heiji had the time and energy, he could give some guidance to Shinwanjin's foreign intelligence agency and give occasional classes to the trainees. Then he invited Izumi Heiji to visit Meng Ziqi, hoping to use his experience to see if Meng Ziqi could still be saved.

This was what he suddenly thought of last night when he couldn't sleep. Although Aman was knowledgeable and experienced, he was young after all. He was far inferior to the old veteran Quan Heici. Maybe Quan Heici had seen a doctor who could cure "vegetative state".

Quan Pingci didn't expect that the first task of becoming this inexplicable "consultant" would be to see a doctor, but he still took it seriously. After repeatedly checking and asking about Meng Ziqi's condition, he felt that he should have died long ago. Finally, he hesitated for a long time before saying, "I have never seen anyone who was unconscious for so long and still alive..."

Yuan Ye was a little disappointed and sighed, "Is there really no other way?"

Quan Pingci thought about it again and again, and still shook his head and sighed: "I do know that there is a monk who is very good at medicine, but I have never heard that he can cure this kind of disease. I can only try it, and I can't guarantee anything."

After a pause, he shook his head again, "Even if we try, the hope is slim."

Yuanye looked at Meng Ziqi for a while and nodded slightly. He felt that brain damage was indeed a difficult and complicated disease and it was indeed difficult to solve. For now, he could only try his best.

Some hope is better than no hope at all.

(End of this chapter)