On August 23, Murakami Nanobu stood behind a group of Vietnamese natives, holding the hilt of his samurai sword.
Theoretically, this group of Vietnamese natives in the mountainous area will be Murakami's "subjects" from now on, or at least one-third of them will be Murakami's subjects. And Murakami will become the "subjects" of these farmers in the future.
leader.
This made Murakami a little nervous. Although he was born in a samurai family, he was only twenty-three years old after all, and he had never managed so many people.
Moreover, these Vietnamese mountain people are obviously difficult to manage, and they hate Japanese samurai very much.
In fact, not all of these Vietnamese mountain people are from the mountains. In fact, half of them moved into the mountains from the Red River Plain in Vietnam under the force of the Tiger Army. The fertile Red River Plain will be farmed by Han immigrants from Jianghuai Province in the future. The Vietnamese who were subjugated slaves
People had to leave the land they had cultivated for generations.
Murakami Mingnobu felt that King Qi's policy towards the indigenous people of Indochina was very rough. Compared with these Vietnamese, Japanese farmers were very lucky. At least Japanese farmers were still cultivating the land of their ancestors.
Murakami Mingnobu believes that the reason why the King of Qi treated him so differently may be because the Japanese look the same as the Han people, while the residents of Indochina look different from the Han people. Moreover, the Japanese characters are also the same as the Han people. Thinking of this, Murakami Mingnobu
Xin suddenly felt some affinity with the Han people who destroyed Japan.
Everything must be compared before you know whether it is good or bad.
For the Japanese samurai, the Han people also gave them a way to survive, allowing the samurai to go into the mountains and manage the Vietnamese natives.
Although this is a dangerous and low-paying job, compared to completely losing your livelihood and earning food by doing odd jobs in Japan, this job seems okay. At least in this mountainous area, samurai can hold their heads high and hold their swords.
Live a "high-class" life that they are proud of.
But in order to live such a life, we must first subdue these rebellious Vietnamese farmers.
Murakami Nanobu was assigned to the village of Shun Valley by the civil servant Ning Lanhe, and was divided into a group with Kobayakawa and another samurai who "left behind for the sake of the Qing Dynasty". Three samurai from Mutsu will divide the Shun Valley of more than 300 people.
village.
The civil servant Ning Lan did not give any documents or certificates to the three warriors. In this somewhat chaotic military-controlled area of Indochina, especially in the more chaotic mountainous areas of Vietnam, there is actually no institution that controls the Vietnamese people. The three warriors do not need
When talking to anyone, they just went into the mountain with a big bag of luggage and two samurai swords.
As long as large-scale riots do not break out among the Vietnamese in the mountainous area, the Tiger Army will not enter the mountain to assist the warriors. The only thing the three of them can rely on are three fighting knives and three ribs.
And now, Murakami Nanobu believes that he will draw his sword soon.
Kobayakawa stood at the front of the mountain people, dancing and gesticulating, trying to make the Vietnamese mountain people understand what he wanted to express. But Kobayakawa spoke in Japanese, and the Vietnamese could only understand Vietnamese, so communication was difficult.
It took Kobayakawa half an hour to make the Vietnamese understand that 30% of their future harvest would be handed over as tax.
After the Vietnamese mountain people understood this, they made all kinds of strange sounds and roars, obviously very dissatisfied.
They quickly refused to listen to Kobayakawa's lecture anymore, and instead turned around and walked back into the village, heading in the direction of Murakami Nanobu, who had been adjourned.
Kobayakawa saw the Vietnamese's actions and understood that his tax policy was rejected by the Vietnamese. He yelled "bastard", strode to Murakami's side, pointed at the Vietnamese who wanted to leave and yelled at them.
"Idiot! Failure to pay taxes is a capital offense!"
Liushou Weiqing also stepped on clogs and rushed over.
There were more than a hundred men in this group of Vietnamese. Relying on their large number, they did not take seriously the three samurai warriors. They tried to cross the line of defense of Murakami Minobu and Kobayakawa and return to the village to work.
Murakami Mingnobu frowned, pulled out his sword, and pointed the blade at these Vietnamese mountain people who despised him.
"go back!"
Liushou Weiqing and Kobayakawa also drew their samurai swords.
"Death to those who disobey!"
Murakami Mingnobu and Kobayakawa looked at each other, no longer entangled in the conflict between them for the time being, and prepared to join forces to deal with these Vietnamese mountain people.
Obviously, the three samurai would not be able to control this village of more than 300 people without killing a few people.
After the Vietnamese men looked at each other for a while, they also pulled out sickles and machetes from their waists and pointed them at the three warriors.
Excluding the elderly and children, there are still more than seventy Vietnamese men. With more than seventy people fighting three men, the Vietnamese mountain people are unwilling to admit defeat under any circumstances.
Thirty percent of land rent means food rations for more than 100 people, which means that Vietnamese mountain villages have to feed more than 100 children. In the Vietnamese understanding, this is more than 100 lives.
The samurai held up their sharp samurai swords and pressed down little by little on the heavily outnumbered Vietnamese mountain people.
Shocked by the murderous intent of the three warriors, the Vietnamese mountain people were a little frightened and actually took a few steps back.
But they soon came to their senses.
"Kill the Japanese!"
More than seventy mountain men rushed towards the samurai with sickles and machetes.
Murakami took a step forward and slashed a thin Vietnamese mountain man with a knife. He used the simplest chopping method. After finishing the chop, he quickly retreated and slashed the knife.
Take it back and prepare to cut down the next target.
Blood spattered suddenly, and the chest of the Vietnamese mountain man wearing a cotton short jacket was severely cut open by a samurai sword, and the intestines under the skin burst out.
The three samurai began to kill the Vietnamese who did not know how to use weapons.
In the blink of an eye, the three warriors had killed eight people.
If they continue to kill, all the Vietnamese will be killed. Murakami Minganobu shouted "Hold the knife!", jumped back a few steps and jumped out of the battle.
Kobayakawa and Rugu Weiqing subconsciously obeyed Murakami's command and jumped out of the battle line.
Only then did the Vietnamese realize that in just ten seconds, there were already eight corpses of mountain people on the ground.
The warriors' superiority in combat skills cannot be offset by the Vietnamese's numerical superiority.
The faces of the Vietnamese who were still alive turned pale, and their legs began to tremble. They were farmers, and they had never seen so many people hacked to death. Fear had completely enveloped their consciousness.
Murakami Nanobu pulled out his sword, demonstratively threw the short sword to the ground, and shouted loudly: "Abandon the sword!"
The Vietnamese had completely lost their fighting spirit. They obviously understood what Murakami meant, and one by one they threw all their sickles and machetes on the ground.
Murakami Nanobu kneeled on the ground again in a demonstrative manner and shouted loudly: "Kneel down!"
More than three hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children did not dare to neglect, and they all knelt on the ground.
Murakami Nanobu stood up, took out a piece of broken cloth from his pocket, wiped the blood on the knife, and put the knife into the scabbard.
"Kobayakawa! Ryugo-kun! The three of us should not separate for now, let's manage this village together."
Kobayakawa suddenly felt that Murakami Nobubu was far more powerful than him, and nodded subconsciously.
