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The main family of the Qingshui family - because this name is too long and difficult to pronounce, when the common people in Edo mentioned it, they often referred to it as "Qingshui Mansion".

In the Edo period, 6-story buildings were rare.

Therefore, after arriving in Dounan Town, Qingdeng raised his head unconsciously, looking at the extremely eye-catching Qingshui Tower.

In the eyes of the "natives" of this era, the Qingshui Tower may be spectacular, but for Qingdeng who traveled from the 21st century, a building less than 20 meters high is nothing compared to the modern super towers that are hundreds of meters high. Compared with the landmarks, there is indeed a small gap.

It has to be said that the architect responsible for designing the Shimizu Mansion still had a few brushes, and was able to complete the Azuchi-Momoyama-style building complex in the middle of the 19th century.

The Azuchi Momoyama Period (1573-1603), the Muromachi Period (1336-1573) and the Edo Period.

Although some scholars in the field of history classify the middle and late periods of the Muromachi period and the entire Azuchi-Momoyama period into the category of the "Warring States Period", it is undeniable that they physically become one with the princes of all walks of life, and their brains become like dogs. Compared with that period in the past, the Azuchi Momoyama era was indeed much more peaceful.

After the conquest and management of the two heroes, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, people from all walks of life finally ushered in a rare peaceful life, and their long-suppressed hearts were finally released. I have finally developed, and I want to squander it vigorously."

Therefore, the buildings of the Azuchi-Momoyama period are characterized by luxury and grandeur, with gold and silver as the main tone in decoration, rich in composition and design, unrestrained and gorgeous.

This also had a lot to do with the rise of the emerging feudal lord class at that time.

The emerging feudal lords rejected the old culture and system, and their expectations and desires for new things also prompted the birth of new architectural forms.

Oda Nobunaga, who was only one step away from unifying the world, built a famous city with a height of 65 meters: Azuchi Castle on the top of a mountain more than 100 meters above sea level in order to show off his martial arts.

As for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who inherited his career after Oda Nobunaga was murdered, and completed his unfinished hegemony of unifying the world, the buildings he vacated are even more exaggerated.

Perhaps it was caused by the psychology of the nouveau riche, or it may be due to nature. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who considers himself the heir of Nobunaga, took Azuchi Castle as a sample, aiming to build a city that surpasses Azuchi Castle in all aspects.

Therefore, he combined the power of the world to build the magnificent and magical Osaka Castle, which even Western missionaries were amazed by.

In addition, he also built a golden tea room made entirely of gold.

Throughout the Azuchi Momoyama era, exaggerated buildings similar to this are too numerous to enumerate.

With the rise of the Tokugawa family, after Japan entered the Edo period, the architectural style suddenly changed drastically.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo shogunate, was a low-key person who didn't like extravagance and extravagance-this is actually an important reason why he was able to win the world.

He is already a member of the people of the world, but he still lives a shabby life that is not much better than the local tyrants. He rarely even eats fish, and only eats pickled radishes every day.

Even the side dishes of his maids have to be on par with him - that is, only pickled radishes can be eaten.

And when he accidentally heard the maids complaining about the poor food, he even directly said "don't eat it if you don't like it", and then canceled the only side dish that the maids had. Can only eat white rice.

Influenced by Tokugawa Ieyasu's frugal character, the simple colors of black, white and gray became the main tone of the architectural style of the Edo period.

Even Edo Castle, which was the residence of generals, was basically only black, white, and gray.

Looking around, the whole Edo looks like a hand-made model without coloring, it is dark and gray.

In this way, under the "surrounding" of groups of black tiles and diamond-patterned walls, the Qingshui Mansion, which is full of the remnants of the Azuchi-Momoyama era, is even more eye-catching.

Even Qingdeng, who has experienced the influence of modern culture and seen many strange wonders on the Internet, can't help but be amazed by the splendor and luxury of Qingshui Mansion.

Take Qingshui Tower as an example. The eaves of Qingshui Tower are based on black-painted panels, then use dark gray tones, and then covered with gold leaf, which is extremely luxurious. The reason for choosing black and gray as the base is to make the goldware, gold foil tiles, etc. look more conspicuous.

Up and down the whole tower, carved railings and jade bricks, embroidered doors and windows, everything is extremely exquisite, each with its own name and characteristics.

According to legend, Qingshui Pagoda is not the most magnificent place in Qingshui Mansion.

In the depths of Shimizu Mansion, there is a garden dedicated to Shimizu Eiichi's relaxation and entertainment.

The garden is not only grand and deep, but also full of green plants such as vines, bamboos, vines, etc., which are sparse and suitable, and there are also several high-level pavilions that are full of style.

If you really want to study carefully, let alone the daimyo of Jinwu, even if it is the daimyo from the city, you should pay attention to Qingshui mansion.

In order to facilitate the control of daimyo, the Edo shogunate clearly stipulated the building styles that daimyo of all levels could live in.

Except for generals and pro-vassal daimyos, only daimyos with more than 100,000 stones are eligible to build castle tower-level castles.

People with less than 100,000 shi and more than 30,000 shi can build residences in the city.

The daimyo under 30,000 shi can only build and live in Jinya.

These three are commonly referred to as "castle lord", "jukan daimyo" and "jinya daimyo" respectively.

The so-called Juguan is a building with a walled yard.

The Zhen House originally refers to a temporary building built in the ridge without walls, and is generally used as a residence for the commander during a temporary battle.

Poor feudal lords like the Black Stone Fan, Shichinohe Fan, and Aso Fan, whose total stone height is less than 10,000 shi, would drool with envy if they saw the head of the Qingshui clan.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a large number of people gathered near Qingshui Mansion—who would stay near the jackal's lair for a long time?

However, at this moment, the scene before Qing Deng's eyes violated this common sense.

I saw that outside the gate of Qingshui Mansion, there were people standing on the inner, third and outer floors.

At the same time, there are still men, women and children who continue to come here from all directions to thicken the human wall.

Seeing so many people around, Qingdeng subconsciously lowered the low-brimmed bamboo hat on his head, and followed behind the chief executive and Zuo Nazi without knowing what to do, squeezing into the depths of the crowd little by little.

On the way, from time to time, Qing Deng heard conversations from all around that made him feel very concerned.

"Hey, hey, what's the matter? Why are there so many people gathered here?"

"do not you know?"

"I just saw that there are many people here, so I ran over to join in the fun."

"Specifically, I don't know too much. I only heard that it seems that the Qingshui clan is doing something big."

"Big move?"

...

"I heard that the Qingshui clan is preparing for the battle with all their strength in order to deal with the 'King Ni'. Is this true?"

"It seems to be true."

...

"Look, so many weapons!"

"My dear... What an exaggerated formation... The armed forces of the Qingshui clan may have surpassed some small feudal states."

...

When Qingdeng and others were about 10 steps away from the gate of Qingshui Mansion, they could no longer move forward.

The human wall in front of him has been compressed to the limit, and there is almost no gap between people.

Fortunately, the current position is enough for Qingdeng to see the scene ahead.

Sitting on the advantage of height, Qingdeng and Sanako just stood normally, and every scene and every scene in front of them could be presented in front of their eyes at a glance.

As for the petite chief, he could only stand on tiptoe desperately.

The little head with the ponytail jumped up and down in front of Qingdeng's eyes, and the ponytail swayed accordingly, very cute.

The gate of Qingshui Mansion is a solemn and solemn wide door.

Normally, it is closed tightly, and people basically come in and out through the small door next to it.

But right now, the two leaves of this door are completely open.

People come and go, it is very lively.

Most of the people who went out were empty-handed and sweating profusely.

People who go in basically carry large and small boxes.

Each box was left uncovered, as if on purpose so that everyone around could see what was inside.

Everyone can clearly see: the box is full of all kinds of weapons!

Shiny martial arts protective gear, brand new bows and arrows, countless knives and wakizashis...

In the Edo period, collecting samurai swords and bows was not a big deal.

But collecting armor privately is likely to attract the special attention of the government.

However, martial arts protective gear is not on the government's "blacklist".

Although in terms of protection, martial arts protective gear is definitely not as good as armor, but if you wear it, it is worse than nothing, and maybe you can really save your life by relying on it.

Looking at the long queues shuttling inside and outside Qingshui Mansion, and the huge amount of weapons they were carrying, Qingdeng raised his eyebrows involuntarily, his face darkening slightly.

At this time, he suddenly heard an exclamation from beside him.

"Look, it's 'Blood Tiger' Sakurai Shintaro..."

Qingdeng raised his gaze, and saw a tall, ferocious warrior with scars on his face, walking out of Qingshui mansion with arrogant square steps.

All Yakuza inside and outside Qingshui Mansion showed awe after seeing this warrior.

Qingdeng recognized this person... This person was one of the famous thugs under the Qingshui Clan, named Shigetaro Sakurai, nicknamed "Blood Tiger".

He's dumb - physically dumb.

It is said that he accidentally fell from a height when he was young and broke his head. Since then, he has lost a piece of his frontal bone.

Probably because of this, he broke his brain. He lost the normal emotions that humans should have, and became a bloodless and tearless killing machine. .

Not long after, another well-known figure in the Tao came out.

Tall and tall, with two short guns on his back...it is "Two Gunsman" Mantaro Kishijima.

As the name suggests, he is a "two guns", able to use two short spears to attack the enemy at the same time, and he is also one of the famous fighters under the Qingshui clan.

As if stabbing a hornet's nest, famous people who are rarely seen on weekdays stepped out of Qingshui Mansion one by one, appearing in front of the public one by one like walking on a catwalk.

"Ghost Nagano" Nagano Binjiro, "Spearman Eisuke" Nan Eisuke, "Sendai Bull" Oseki Rosaburo...they are all ruthless characters who kill without batting an eyelid.

The group of top thugs hired by the Qingshui clan usually stay at home, and they are only called when they come to work.

These killer-like characters gathered together... Such a scene is both rare and shocking. The atmosphere at the scene changed suddenly, and even the air smelled bloody.

Suddenly, the last person walked out of Qingshui Mansion.

This person was wearing plain clothes, with his hands behind his back, walking at a leisurely pace.

At first glance, he is just an ordinary middle-aged uncle.

However, the moment this person appeared, all the Yakuza on the scene...including the group of murderous demons who appeared first, stopped what they were doing and hurriedly bowed down to salute him.

This person is even Qingdeng's old acquaintance - the commander-in-chief of the Shimizu Clan, Shimizu Eiichi!

Qingdeng has never dealt with Eiichi Shimizu since he had a quick meeting at the fireworks display half a year ago.

The ruthless people headed by "Blood Tiger" Shigetaro Sakurai consciously stood behind Ei Shimizu and his party after paying their respects.

Surrounded by so many murderous "beasts"... Shimizu Eiichi's aura was not affected in any way.

Rather, when those ruthless people stood behind Shimizu Eiichi, the onlookers, including Qingdeng, suddenly had a weird feeling that "these people are all a bit shorter".

The reason for this is quite simple.

In addition to "the commander-in-chief of the Shimizu Clan", Eiichi Shimizu has another identity - the number one combat power of the Shimizu Clan!

Eiichi Shimizu, who was born at the bottom, had never learned martial arts, but he insisted on relying on his superior talent to explore a set of fighting methods full of wild style in one after another bloody death fights where he risked his life. .

Although Rong Shimizu retreated to the background early in the morning and no longer came to the front line in person, no one would doubt that this legendary hero who made his fortune by daring to fight and kill, and being able to fight and kill, still has a frightening and powerful combat power. !

As soon as Shimizu Rong walked out of Qingshui mansion, he stood three steps away from the door.

He glanced at all the people gathered nearby with a disdainful gaze.

After being swept by his sight, many people unconsciously took a step or even more steps back because they felt that they were being stabbed by the arrow.

"A lot of people came... Well, it's just what I want."

After mumbling to himself, Eiichi Shimizu cleared his throat.

Then, with a loud voice, he shouted loudly:

"Juqingdeng! Are you here?!"

Following Shimizu Eiichi's questioning, the surrounding crowd started to commotion quietly.

Qingdeng's eyes were slightly condensed, unmoved, he continued to stare at Shimizu Eiichi not far away with an attitude like watching a play.

"If you're here, just listen to me!"

"If you are not here, please help everyone present to spread the words I said next!"

Shimizu Rong paused and took a deep breath.

"Juqingdeng! If you have the guts, come and attack here! We will teach you anytime!"

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In reality, it is impossible for the Yakuza to hoard weapons so blatantly. Do not regard the plot of this book as historical facts, and hereby inform you.

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