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In Tang Xiao's impression, ninjas were a very mysterious kind of people in Japan, belonging to the semi-superhuman series. Now, seeing nearly two thousand people in front of him, Tang Xiao knew that he had been fooled by those movies, TV shows and novels in his later years.
In fact, ninjas also need to eat, sleep, and have sex. Since they are a family, having children is a must, otherwise how can a family continue? In this era, ninjas are organized as families, or more precisely, it is just a job to make a living, in order to support their families. Only those ninjas trained by those in power themselves are real death warriors. However, in Japan, there are not many families that have the ability to train ninja death warriors, because not only do they need money to support these people, but they also need methods to train ninjas, and this training method is the key, so many lords of territories entrust a ninja family or sect to help them train some death warriors.
In the Yagyu clan, although the power of training ninjas was concentrated in the hands of the clan leader and elders, most of the clan still knew about the training methods for lower-level and mid-level ninjas. However, they were restricted by clan rules and could not pass them on to outsiders.
There are nearly two thousand people in the Yagyu family, and almost all of them, young and old, men and women, can be considered ninjas, but the vast majority of them are at the lower or middle level. There are not many upper-level jonin. If a family has a jonin, then the living standard of this family can generally be acceptable. After all, a jonin can get much more commission than a chuunin for a mission.
Although Tang Yu did not hate the Japanese, he did not hate the Japanese who were willing to work for him. In fact, there was another very important point, that is, people in this era did not have a clear concept of country and nation. Most people would work for whoever gave them food. Many of these people in the Yagyu family felt honored to be the subordinates of Lord Tang from the Celestial Empire. If they could become people of the Ming Dynasty, they would feel even more honored.
Tang Qi allocated a piece of land for these people and asked them to build their own houses. He also gave each person, regardless of gender, age or status, ten kilograms of rice. Seeing the rice being poured out, most of the people from poorer families were happy and relieved, determined to serve Lord Tang from the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly. Those from relatively good families were temporarily relieved when they saw Lord Tang was so generous. Only the women left behind by Yagyu Chihui and the elders' families gave Tang Qi a headache.
Killing people at this time would cause unnecessary panic, but not killing them would also leave behind a root of trouble. Later, after talking about this with Yagyu Saburo, I learned that at that time, Japanese women were no different from goods. Even the daughters and granddaughters of the clan leader Yagyu Chie were trained as ninjas since childhood. However, this was not to protect them, but to give them more ability to please men. When they grew up, they were usually given to some powerful person as playthings. The more beautiful they were, the more likely they were to be destined to be a plaything. These women were educated from childhood, and the object of their loyalty was often not their family, but the man who toyed with her. In this regard, it cannot be said that the Japanese education method is a bit perverted.
After Yagyu Saburo explained this, Tang Qi couldn't help but feel happy, because giving these women away in the future could bring him a lot of benefits, so Tang Qi imprisoned these women together, and also fed and drank them without abusing them.
Tang Qi selected a dozen young fighters from the Yagyu family and mixed them with three dozen of his own soldiers to form a special operations battalion. Each person was paid ten taels of silver a month and was trained using the same methods as special forces training. From then on, these people would be a sharp knife in Tang Qi's hands, specifically used to launch sneak attacks and assassinate the enemy.
Just as Tang Qi finished dealing with these matters, Zhang Yiheng and his men returned triumphantly, with Shimazu Matsudaira, Tengyuan Shizuka, Yamamoto Jiro and nearly 3,000 Satsuma soldiers on board.
When everyone met, Zhang Yiheng reported the battle to Tang Qi, and then handed over the prisoners. Tang Qi looked at Shimazu Matsudaira, the old devil who looked half dead. It seemed that this blow had made the once ambitious man feel hopeless. Tang Qi stepped forward to untie him and said with a smile: "Haha, look at my men, they are really ignorant. I asked them to invite Your Excellency Shimazu to come and have a talk, but they used this method. I really wronged Your Excellency."
"This... this is not their fault. I was rude to you before. I hope Lord Tang will forgive me." Shimazu Matsudaira moved his numb arms that were tied up. He was not a fool. At this time, he was in the military camp of Tang Yu. For the sake of his own life, how could he dare to say anything wrong about Zhang Yiheng and others? Otherwise, he would anger these people from the Ming Dynasty and lose his life.
"No, no, I'm very happy that Lord Shimazu thinks so. Our Ming Dynasty and your country have always been friendly with each other. I hope that this friendship between the two countries can be maintained forever. I don't want to say so much nonsense. This time, I invited Lord Shimazu to come down because I have something to discuss. Come, come, let's sit down here and talk." Tang Yu was very amiable, but his smiling face, coupled with his fierce expression, seemed to Shimazu Matsudaira to have no intention.
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