Kosaka Masanobu looked at Liu Shiba in confusion, then at Solanta, and said strangely:
"The family governor, he is a spy captured by the Takeda family not long ago. Because he is a foreigner, he joined the army and became a groom in the army. But it seems that the family governor knows him?"
Liu Shiba waved his hand and said:
"Yes! He is an old acquaintance of mine. His name is Solanta. From now on, he will stay with me as a personal follower. He can also be regarded as one of my retainers."
"Ha! Then your Majesty will register Solanta in the Takeda family's retainer list?"
Kosaka Masanobu asked doubtfully.
"Sigh! It's necessary."
Liu Shiba grinned and responded, then mysteriously pulled the old driver aside and said:
"There are thirty-two bags of flour and cornmeal over there. You have to make multigrain steamed buns for me as quickly as possible for three thousand people."
The old driver widened his eyes and said:
"I took a look at the condition of those soldiers, and it looked like they were starving to death! There seemed to be no rations in the army."
Liu Shiba smiled and said:
"They don't know how to eat it. They only eat dough made from rice. Wheat flour and cornmeal are probably imported products. Because they are cheap, they are just used as horse food to feed livestock."
"What a fool!"
The old driver pursed his lips and said:
"Actually, you can't make it even if you give me flour. Where can I get fermented koji?"
Liu Shiba was stunned for a moment. He touched his forehead and there were big beads of sweat. He gritted his teeth and said:
"That's your problem. Anyway, tonight, no! Before dawn tomorrow morning, labor and management must see the steaming white flour buns."
"You won't win even if you try to kill me! There is no fermented koji, and there is no steamer. Do you understand that it is hard for a clever woman to cook without rice?"
The old driver stared at Liu Shiba with contempt, gritting his teeth in the same way.
Liu Shiba was stunned, then angrily turned around and ran to the grain bag, walking around alone with his hands behind his back, anxious...
The rest of you look at me and I look at you, wondering what is going on...
Kosaka Masanobu was even more confused because he couldn't understand what the new governor and his new favorites were talking about.
Li Ergou winked at his daughter-in-law Cuihua. Cuihua walked over to the old driver and said softly:
"What did the young master tell you?"
The old driver looked around and whispered:
"Under the empty grain bag were more than 30 bags of flour and noodles. He asked me to knead the buns for 3,000 people.
How is this possible? There is no baking powder and there is no steamer basket. Isn’t this nonsense?”
Cuihua was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Who says there isn't? I have a way."
Before she finished speaking, Liu Shiba's sinister voice sounded next to Cuihua and the old driver:
"What can I do?"
Cuihua was startled, glanced at Liu Shiba with a stiff expression, and said with a sweet smile:
"I just saw some wild mushrooms all over the mountains and plains. After being ground, they become natural fermentation products.
Don’t the Japanese like sake? There must be some retainers and generals in the army. They mix it with the fermentation, stir and heat it, and after two hours it can be used as baking powder."
Liu Shiba and the old driver looked at Cuihua in a daze. They really didn't expect that she would be able to do this?
The veteran driver stubbornly argued:
"The fermentation alone is not enough, what about the steamer? Where can I get a steamer for three thousand people?"
Cuihua turned her head strangely, pointed at the bodyguard named Ni Zijiujiu who was following Liu Shiba, and said with a smile:
"Eighteen, ask him to go out and find an ashigaru wearing a bamboo hat. Take off his ashigaru and bamboo hat and bring them into the tent. We will understand after taking a look."
"Sufficient?"
When Liu Shiba heard this, his eyes lit up, he turned around and shouted:
"The wife lasts a long time."
"I'm here!"
The silent Nizi responded hurriedly for a long time.
"Go out of the big tent, find an ashigaru wearing a bamboo hat, and bring in his ashigaru and bamboo hat."
Liu Shiba ordered.
"ha!"
Although Nizi Jiujiu couldn't understand why the family governor ordered him to bully a lowly Ashigaru, he still obeyed the order, turned around and ran out.
……………………
A few minutes later, in front of Liu Shiba and his party in the grain depot, there stood an Ashigaru peasant soldier who had been captured by Nizi for a long time and was trembling with fear and out of his mind.
"Take off your clothes and hat."
Although Kosaka Masanobu could not understand the profound meaning of Liu Shiba, he still followed the order and conveyed the profound meaning of the family governor to the poor peasant soldier.
"Crack!"
The peasants and soldiers were so frightened that they lay on the ground, kowtowed and shouted sadly:
"Sir, spare your life, I just took a nap! But...but there are so many soldiers taking a nap, why do you want to kill me alone?"
"Who said I want to kill you?"
When Liu Shiba heard this, he couldn't help it anymore and walked over angrily and roared.
"Ah? You don't want to kill the villain? Then why do you have to take off the villain? The villain thinks he is brave in fighting and does not retreat without permission."
The peasant soldiers were obviously frightened, but they explained clearly.
However, Liu Shiba obviously didn’t have time to talk in vain, and said angrily:
"Take off your clothes, otherwise - behead!"
As soon as Ashigaru heard this, he hurriedly stood up and without saying a word, he tore himself completely naked. He was actually naked buttocks and didn't even have a pair of underwear...
Liu Shiba and his group looked at him dumbfounded and were speechless for a long time...
I have to say, that thing under the short Japanese crotch is really quite big...
"Hey, why don't you wear pants?"
Li Ergou immediately took a step forward, stood in front of his daughter-in-law Cuihua, blocked her sight, and asked sternly.
"The villain has only one pair of trousers that he can wear when going out...the trousers. When the villain goes out to answer calls, the trousers are left for the father and his wife to use in rotation when they go to the fields to farm."
"Ah? One pair of pants for the whole family?"
Liu Shiba and his group of civilized people from the future world were completely shocked by the truth told by the Japanese peasant soldiers in front of them...
There was actually only one word that appeared in front of Liu Shiba's eyes: poor!
Being so poor is not enough to describe this - very poor state!
Liu Shiba looked at the peasant soldiers who were scared to death. After looking left and right, his eyes lit up. He stared at Kosaka Masanobu and asked:
"Kousaka-sama, are you wearing any pants under your skirt?"
Kosaka Masanobu's face turned red, as if he had encountered something shameful, he gritted his teeth and said:
"My lord! I'm wearing it..."
Liu Shiba smiled and said:
"Very good! Take off your trousers and give them to this ashigaru. You are the only one in our circle who has trousers."
"I...I refuse. This is an insult to me."
Kosaka Masanobu shook his head and flatly refused.
Liu Shiba's face turned cold and he said with a ferocious smile:
"If Lord Kosaka feels humiliated, how about committing suicide by caesarean section?"
Kosaka Masanobu raised his head and looked at Liu Shiba in surprise, as if he was getting to know the new governor all over again.
"ha!"
Kosaka Masanobu turned around decisively and ran behind the pile of grain bags...
"Suosuo..."
Several more decisive sounds of undressing came, and after a few breaths, Kosaka Masanobu came out, holding a pair of steaming moon-white waist trousers in his hand, and handed it to the stunned ashigaru who was naked and sitting on the post.
