"The wild samurai don't understand anything at all, they think that this time the prime minister is going to recruit warriors like the sword drawing team, but unfortunately they will never have access to the core information......

"Ito-kun vaguely reminded me that the samurai recruited this time are all going north!"

Shimazu Asuka was stunned at the time: "Going north, is there anything in the north that deserves the Prime Minister's attention?" Obviously, the Shimazu family is not very well-informed this time.

Mori Ichigen enjoyed the feeling of the stars holding the moon, and let Shimazu Asuka pour wine three times in a row before he opened his mouth and whispered, "Far East...... This time the Prime Minister's target is the Russians in the Far East!"

Hiss...... There was a gasp of air all around: "Russians, is the prime minister a natural Western killer, and is he fighting hard with Europeans?"

The Japanese elite are not blind, and there have been more and more Russian warships cruising in the Sea of Japan to the west in recent years, and even fishermen in the Hokuriku region of Japan can see the Russian warships approaching the coast and do not know what they are busy with.

In the past, the Japanese shogunate did not understand the Russians' intentions, and said that they were going to invade, right? But they never went ashore, and there was no robbery of fishermen. Later, it was the Shimazu family who shared information with the CIA to understand the secrets of the Russians.

It turns out that the Russians have been surveying the hydrology of the Sea of Japan, where there are reefs, where there are undercurrents, where there are deep-water ports, where there are freezes in winter...... The Russians managed to have a good deep-water port like Vladivostok in the Far East, and for the first few years their core work was surveying and mapping.

The mountains and rivers of the Far East should be surveyed, and the hydrological conditions of the sea should also be surveyed and mapped, all of which are preparations for future military operations.

Japan is a country that is very sensitive to crises, and although the Russian bear did not directly bark on Japan, the smell of danger has gradually drifted over.

Shimazu Asuka rubbed his hands and drank a glass of wine, "No wonder, no wonder! Lord Xiang went all the way north, so many daimyo invited him without stopping the ship, if it was against the Russians, then it would all be explained......"

"Lord Xiang, this is to choose people in northern Japan! Our samurai from the south have been excluded...... What should I do? I should indeed find the samurai of North Japan in the cold zone, but I am not reconciled!"

Maori Yiyuan threw the wine cup on the low table, "Our samurai in the south can't admit defeat, Lord Xiang doesn't want to see us, so take the initiative to chase him...... I guess Master Xiang must be preparing to go to Kanazawa!"

"Maeda's family, Lord Xiang is really going to attack the Daimyo of the Outer Style, so we still have a chance!" said Shimazu Asuka excitedly.

"That's right, but the premise must be that we can catch up, don't drink now, and secretly leave Osaka tonight and we'll go to Lake Biwa!"

The samurai of the Mori and Shimazu families looked at each other, dropped a handful of copper plates, and ran downstairs with their bags on their backs that night.

On the north shore of Lake Biwa, the town of Tsuruga no Machi. The early morning sun shines on the window lattices of the broken shrine, and the bonfires are filled with salt-soaked tuna, or tuna as Westerners call it.

The heat scorched the fish, forcing out the fat and strong flavor, and the food box had been opened, and Long Ye and Sister Wu were eating the rice balls inside.

The shrine is located on the eastern slope of Tsuruga Town, and the surrounding Furuki Morimori mountain wind blows with a hint of cold, and the climate in the deep mountains is like this, even in the middle of summer, the temperature difference between morning and evening and noon is very large.

"Those stupid people outside, kneeling all night?" Long Ye asked without raising his head as he took a bite of the tuna meat.

Sister Wu didn't look at him either, and swallowed the rice ball in her mouth, "Well, I've seen the pocket watch, these idiots rushed here at ten o'clock last night, and knelt down without saying a word, until now!"

"Grandma drips...... What the hell is wrong? I'm so different from Fuso? I think I'm wearing pretty good makeup, and I haven't opened my mouth all the way!"

Sister Wu shrugged her shoulders, "This is going to ask those people, this is not the scope of my accusation......" After speaking, she turned her head and left.

Long Ye bit the tuna meat to vent his anger, "Don't forget, you are my deputy! you have the duty to help me complete the task!"

"I'm sorry, I don't think you pretended to be us Japanese, and you didn't think anything important to help this mission, besides, you are a noble Chinese, and you don't pretend to be like us pariahs......"

The foggy imp spoke more and more harshly, and every time the two chief officers quarreled, the surrounding guards would shrink their necks and turn their heads to run, and the city gate caught fire and affected the pond fish.

Outside the shrine, Long Ye quietly looked at Maori Ichigen and Shimazu Asuka who were kneeling on the ground covered in dew, and it took a long time before he spoke, "How did you find out who I am? And who are you, why are you following me?"

"Hai ......" both knelt on their waists, kowtowed, and when they heard the text from Long Ye, they hurriedly took out the identity certificate and recommendation letter issued by the governor from the package, which introduced the basic situation of these warriors, and also asked Lord Xiang to accept these loyal warriors.

"In the lower Maori one yuan, the Choshu feudal people, this is Shimazu Asuka, the Satsuma feudal people...... Please forgive us, Lord Xiang really shouldn't pretend to be a businessman, you don't have the temperament of a businessman at all!"

"First of all, businessmen should be profit-seeking, and when you go to every town, you should inquire about the local prices, especially the price of rice, and you never ask ...... adults."

"Secondly, merchants are frugal, and even the richest merchants in Edo Castle will not show off their wealth when they go out, so where can you eat expensive tuna meat and plum rice balls?"

"Finally, and most importantly, we have never seen a merchant with your stature, you stand tall among the samurai, how can such a person be a merchant?"

After hearing this, Long Ye threw the robe on his body directly to the ground, "Fog Hidden Ghost...... Didn't you already know...... You're deliberately looking at my jokes!"

The little ghost of the fog came out of the shrine and gave him a blank look, "Yaga...... Who's to blame for your idiocy?"

Early in the morning, the two of them quarreled again, and the samurai kneeling outside the shrine looked at each other, watching the guards around them look at them with pitiful eyes, and these silly boys also knew that danger was approaching.

Long Ye grabbed Maori Yuan and threw it out of the gate of the shrine, rolling down the mountain like a ball. The foggy imp didn't show weakness, and kicked the Shimazu flying bird, this guy really flew out of the mountain gate like a birdman.

"If you want to join our Far Eastern Volunteers, then let go of the courage to attack this shrine, as long as you have the courage to attack three times, I will kill you whether you win or lose!"