Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 81 What to do?
Throughout history, all heroes who have accomplished certain achievements have an excellent "personality".

A good personality can quickly establish a personal image, gain recognition and love from others, and demonstrate unique style and charm. The benefits can be said to be endless. The most typical example is Liu Bei Liu Xuande.

Lord Xuande was a kind and tolerant person. He was good at listening to others' opinions and respected talented people very much. Although he himself was not strong in martial arts and his wisdom was not outstanding, his ability could be said to be very average among the heroes of the time, but he won by the word "sincerity". When the lord was very successful, he only needed to hold someone's hand with red eyes and silently shed tears, sighing "What can I do", which would naturally arouse his subordinates' strong "desire to protect". As a result, the counselors made plans, the generals died, and the enemies died on the spot.

Even in the worst case scenario, there are people who go in and out seven times to save his wife and children; even in the worst case scenario, there are people who risk their lives to cover his retreat and ensure his priority evacuation.

Looking at it this way, Yuanye felt that he should follow Liu Bei's path.

First of all, he is kindhearted and has a high moral index. He will not harm the people and is willing to consider issues from the perspective of others. As long as it does not involve fundamental principles, he will generally not care about other people's minor offenses. He is very compatible with Liu Bei and his character is not likely to collapse.

Secondly, his own fighting power is average. At most, he can say that he is tall and strong. It is not impossible for him to wear armor and charge into the battle line himself. If he is really forced into a corner, he has the courage to fight to the death. However, this is definitely not his strong point. It is far easier than holding someone else's hand and sighing "What can I do?"

Secondly, "kindness" is an excellent amulet. Generally, no one likes to kill "kind" people, because it would bring bad reputation. "Relying on subordinates and willing to let them show their strengths", "sympathizing with the people", "weak but ambitious" is also a unique charm. When this charm spreads, maybe people will come from thousands of miles away to join him. He only needs to sit at home and wait, and he will have counselors like clouds and generals like rain.

Finally, he had modern science and technology to back him up, so making money was not difficult, and he had the capital to be "generous". Other families had a hard time eating rice every day, but for him, even if each person spent a few strings of silver a year on rice, he would not even blink an eye, and it did not matter at all.

Therefore, Yuanye felt that in order to survive in troubled times, it was necessary to plan ahead and create a good "personality" in advance, and Liu Bei was very suitable for him in all aspects, so he naturally wanted to emulate him and imitate a thing or two - from today on, he is Yuan Bei and Yuan Xuande!
He was a man who acted on his words. Since he was determined to emulate the sages, he naturally moved closer to them. He shook the rough hand of the excited Maejima Jiro and said sincerely, "Master Jiro, I am not very talented and I am not strong enough. In the future, the food, clothing and lives of my family will all be in your hands!"

Maejima Jiro was already very excited. Although Hara did not accept him as a retainer, he greatly improved his personal treatment. His appreciation was obvious to the naked eye. At this time, seeing Hara holding his hand and begging him earnestly, he felt deeply valued. It seemed that his life as a wandering samurai for many years was about to end. His voice choked up for a moment: "Don't worry, Lord Nohara, I will do my best and live up to your trust!"

Yuanye nodded slowly and shook his hand again, expressing his trust. But he thought carefully: Is this what it feels like to be in a higher position? He didn't say anything too much, but he got so excited?
It seems to be quite effective. Is this guy too young, or did the ancients really fall for this?
I'll find someone else to try again!
He thought about it in his mind, so he gathered the backbone members of the family, solemnly introduced Maejima Jiro to everyone, and hosted a banquet with a big feast to welcome him to the company. From now on, he will be able to work in the soy sauce workshop as the director of the production department, responsible for all miscellaneous tasks, taking care of everything except money and personnel.

Aman, Aqing and others were also very welcoming to Maejima Jiro joining the "Nohara family". After all, Maejima Jiro had been hanging out with them for some time, and everyone was quite familiar with him and knew what kind of person he was. No one had any objection to such a hard-working person coming to work.

So the next day, Maejima Jichiro, who felt the word "importance" for the first time in his life, threw himself into his new job with great enthusiasm. He began to manage the soy sauce workshop without complaint and directly freed Aman. Aman, under Yuanye's order, immediately packed his luggage, took some dry food, and started searching for monkeys for ten days.

Ten days later, she came back exhausted, her face dirty. As soon as she saw Yuanye, she started complaining, "I can't find him. You are just crazy. I have been to all the villages in Haidong County and Aichi County, but there is no such person as you said!"

"No?" Yuanye was also a little shaken. Could it be that the historical records were really wrong, and the monkeys were not of commoner origin?
"Really? I have checked carefully in every village, and there is no such guy as you said, who is about 15 or 16 years old, looks like a monkey, and has some knowledge!" Aman almost swore. This was such a bad job. If she didn't have a horse to ride, she would have been exhausted after running around.

Yuanye still believed in her professionalism. Since Zifan said there was no such person, then she was 99% correct. The only possibility was that the historical records were wrong, and Monkey was not a pure grassroots farmer at all.

If this is the case, it would explain why he was proficient in martial arts and could also read and do arithmetic.

But what is his origin?
Yuanye circled around the desk again, recalling carefully for a while, remembering that Monkey seemed to have been a follower of Oda Nobunaga. According to legend, he warmed up his straw sandals on his chest and gave them to Oda Nobunaga to wear. Oda Nobunaga praised him for his loyalty, and thus appreciated him and made him a samurai. This story sounds a bit plausible at first, and it tastes a bit like chicken soup for the soul, but Yuanye has been in Japan's Warring States period for a long time, and now he knows that this is impossible - no matter how many Lang Gangs have made meritorious deeds on the battlefield, it is impossible to get the status of a low-level samurai. They need to accumulate loyalty letters one by one, accumulate qualifications, and slowly accumulate merits until others can't question them before they have a chance to change their status. Those who can succeed can be said to be one in a thousand, but Monkey did it with a pair of straw sandals, and Oda Danmata's family should have been in chaos long ago.

No matter how eccentric or adventurous Oda Nobunaga was, he probably wouldn't do such a foolish thing. This was almost an insult to all the samurai around him, and his clique would also become disloyal!

But it is very possible that the monkey served as an assistant to Oda Nobunaga and performed extraordinary feats in Okehazama that no one could doubt, and then he became a samurai. Then could it be that he is now a member of the Oda Danmasatada family, but his achievements are too few and his status is too low, so he cannot get close to Oda Nobunaga, so Maeda Toshiie does not know him?

Or, he was the son of a Lang party member, and in the future he would take over his father's job and inherit his father's accumulated achievements, so that he could stay by Oda Nobunaga's side and work in Oda Nobunaga's house from the beginning?

Yuanye thought of this and immediately said to Aman, "Maybe he is a member of Oda Danmachu's family. You should go and ask around among Oda Danmachu's family members, especially those in Furuno Castle. Don't let go of the horse breeders, the floor sweepers, and the chamber pot empties. Especially ask around among the families of those members to see if there is such a person."

"Okay!" Aman had no idea what was wrong with Yuanye and why he had to find such a monkey-like person. But she couldn't refuse Yuanye's meal and could only accompany him. She picked up his teapot and drank his tea in gulps, then wiped her mouth and left again.

Three days later, she came back again, even more resentful than last time, and yelled at Yuanye: "There is no such person! Are you just playing a joke on me because you have nothing better to do?"

Yuanye was about to retort that he was not that boring, but suddenly remembered his new personality. He quickly calmed himself down and did not refute her. Instead, he sighed deeply with a worried look on his face.

Ah Man was stunned for a moment, then hesitated. He was no longer as resentful as before. He waited for a while and asked carefully, "What's wrong with you?"

Yuanye sighed again: "This person is very important to me, but now I can't find him. What can I do?"

Ah Man became curious again: "Why is this person so important?"

Yuanye was also stunned. The lord was so worried, shouldn't you actively offer suggestions? Shouldn't you loudly promise to find the person even if you die? Why did you ask so many questions? But he couldn't explain to Aman why the monkey was important - the monkey was a scourge. He accidentally traveled to the Warring States Period of Japan, so he wanted to find him quickly, take Aman and Aqing to beat him up with clubs while he was still weak, and beat him into a fool, or even kill him.

This matter should be dealt with as soon as possible. Who knows what changes will happen in the future? He might suddenly be able to return to the modern era, and then he would have done nothing. That would be a huge loss!

However, he could not tell A Manming all this, so he could only sigh deeply again: "Anyway, it is very important. No matter how much it costs, this person must be found as soon as possible!"

It was the first time that Aman saw Yuanye sigh twice in succession. Although Yuanye often got dizzy before, he seldom sighed. He always tried hard to think of ways to solve problems and faced difficulties positively. He was very resilient. But now he had a worried look on his face and kept sighing. It seemed that the matter was very serious.

She immediately took it seriously. After all, Yuanye was really good to her. He was never stingy with her food and drink, and never minded her rudeness. He always gave her first access to any good things. Now that he was so worried, there was nothing to say. She, Aman, was not an undemanding person. She had to get this done for him!

She no longer had any resentment at this moment, and tried her best to think seriously. She stroked her smooth little chin and thought for a while, imitating Yuanye's appearance. She felt that she had tried her best. In the villages of Kaito and Aichi counties, among the retainers and family members of Oda Danmasatada's family, there was no such person. So where should she start to find him?
(End of this chapter)