Me and countless me.

Chapter 347: A Small Business
"Don't panic. In this world's underworld, even monsters like this can become gods, and they have management authority, and they even have authority to guard the gate to the underworld. It should be that they are not outsourced thoroughly, and have nothing to do with the Eastern pantheon."

Li Ke took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. After all, in this world, monsters and gods are basically one and the same thing. The Japanese don't actually make a very detailed distinction between monsters and gods.

Therefore, it is very likely that what he has to face is not the Heaven in Journey to the West, but other versions of the Heaven.

Yes, there are many versions of heaven.

Because China's social structure has evolved too quickly, the Chinese people's mythological era has been shattered very thoroughly and is far less complete and logically sound than India's Hinduism.

It can even be said to be too perfect, which has led to the development of Hinduism's philosophical concepts and religious logic to an astonishing level. The Celestial Empire's mythology system is actually very scattered and disordered compared to Hinduism because most people don't care much about it.

after all--

Whipping the gods is actually considered politically correct in China.

So many wonderful things happened. For example, even Taoism, a systematic sect in the Celestial Empire, was promoted by the spread of Buddhism to the East. The moment it was established, it began to compete with the Eastern Han court. And the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, the prototype of Taoism later, was a powerful sect that occupied a certain area and was tirelessly carrying out the rebellion, which directly led to a big problem about the origin of local gods.

A more familiar example is Li Jing and Guan Yu.

According to the myth, Guan Yu fought with a monkey around the time when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and lost. However, Guan Yu officially became a god a long time after the Three Kingdoms period, which is very abstract.

Li Jing was even more unlucky. The Tang Dynasty God of War was said to be the Dharma Protector of Buddhism by the Buddhist propagators, which directly led to the Four Heavenly Kings becoming five. Nezha had nothing to do with Li Jing, but was tied to the Buddhist Heavenly King. Then Li Jing was unlucky and began a lifelong journey of being hunted by Nezha.

Vaisravana is the incarnation of Li Jing in Buddhism, and is also one of the reasons why he was hunted by Nezha.

After all, Nezha is not actually Li Jing's son.

"So, what is the situation with the gods of this world... I hope it's not what I think it is..."

Taking a deep breath, he originally planned to teach Kikyo some spells from other worlds, but now it seems that he can give her the spells of dual cultivation of sex and life, but he should be more cautious about spells like talismans.

And if possible, it would be best to learn more about the situation in Takama-ga-hara in this world before attacking the current Kyoto.

After all, if he chopped off the emperor's head, something like Susanoo would come down to earth to seek justice. Although Li Ke was not afraid, he still had to be prepared.

"My lord?"

Fuma Kotaro looked at his lord in confusion, because his lord did not look happy enough.

At this moment, her tall figure seemed so hunched, even like a sturdy hunting dog. She squatted at Li Ke's feet, not caring at all about how amazed the canine guard who was maintaining order and protecting Li Ke was in his heart.

Because at this moment, Fuma Kotaro looks more like a dog than the dog guard!

When it comes to looking like a dog, Inu Guard loses to Fuma Kotaro!

"I am fine."

Li Ke subconsciously touched the other person's hair, and the soft feeling made Li Ke very happy.

"I'm just curious. Since these two are dead, will the Koga and Iga ninjas send ninjas to kill me? I heard that female ninjas are all very beautiful and have extraordinary skills. I'm very interested in selecting a group of them to be my guards."

His words made Fuma Kotaro's body tremble, and then Fuma Kotaro rubbed his head on his hand like a golden retriever, and spoke in a strange tone.

"Well, isn't it good enough for Master Li Ke to have me and the Fuma clan's ninjas? There are also many cute and beautiful female ninjas in the Fuma clan."

Li Ke just sneered.

"You want me to be the only one around you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Fuma Kotaro immediately broke out in a cold sweat and even began to tremble, but Li Ke didn't care and continued to speak.

"No, Master, I don't have that idea! As for the Koga Ninja and the Iga Ninja, they have already received the money, so no matter whether the master still exists or not, they must complete their tasks, otherwise no one will trust them anymore."

Li Ke nodded upon hearing this, and then stroked the trembling Fuma Kotaro's head again, comforting this beautiful woman who had volunteered to be his dog.

"That's good, but you don't have to worry. From today on, you will become my junior, just like the dog guards and the early stars. Even if the Koga ninjas and Iga ninjas come, they must obey your orders."

Fuma Kotaro became even more excited, because Li Ke was asking her to become the leader of all the ninjas under Li Ke!

And it’s a small surname!
Xiao Xing is usually a loyal servant, but because he is a personal servant, he often has to bear the responsibility of helping to vent his desires.

This matter was not considered an unusual thing in the Japanese Warring States Period at that time, because too many samurai and soldiers chose to become gay due to the high pressure on the battlefield. Some samurai even became jealous because their lords did not become gay with them, and complained in memorials.

But Li Ke's nickname was the Secretariat and the Guards, but he still felt a little awkward. He thought about it before continuing to speak.

"Forget it. Xiaoshang or something like that is too easy to be misunderstood. From today on, the original Xiaoshang will be changed to the Secretary Group. Zaoxing, you will be the Secretary General from now on."

Li Ke casually gave the job transfer, there was nothing he could do about it.

At this moment, his forces were originally led by samurai who were against him. In order to balance the power of the samurai, he incorporated the power of monsters. And he incorporated the power of ninjas in order to serve as a third party to balance the power of these two parties.

Although it looks like two human forces are besieging a monster force, it is actually a situation involving three parties: local landowners who are eager to expand their land, foreign immigrants who are eager for a rich and peaceful life, and grassroots elites who are eager to move up in class.

As a ruler, he can naturally gain enough benefits and time and resources to develop his own people from the conflict between the three parties.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, he had no relatives in this world. Kikyo grew up as an orphan and was even a shrine maiden.

There was no way to do anything else in this situation. "Yes! My Lord!"

Although I don’t know what secretary general means, but since Li Ke said that the secretary is a replacement for the surname Xiao, then the secretary general should be the head of the surname Xiao!
Tiandao Zaoxing, who was still chasing the soldiers, suddenly became excited and thought about some issues seriously.

"Should I wash my butt a little cleaner?"

He was thinking about this problem very seriously.

Li Ke looked towards the mountain city not far away with boredom, then checked the time.

"Your brother Saotome Hiuma should have launched the offensive. If the fight turns out to be too ugly, I will let Fuma Kotaro lead the army alone next time."

Li Ke's words made Tiandao Zaoxing suddenly nervous, but thinking of the character of his old friend, Tiandao Zaoxing nodded.

"Although Ri Ma is not a very serious person, he dares not be vague when it comes to serious matters. Moreover, he knows very well that if he messes up, he will definitely be beheaded."

Tiandao Zaoxing wiped the blood off his face, looked at the warriors who had already fled far away, and spoke with some regret.

Li Ke mounted his mount again and pointed in the direction they came from.

"Well then, stop chasing us, leave some people behind to escort the spoils, and the rest of you can come with me to attack the city!"

At the same time, a man named Saotome Hiba looked at the guarded city in front of him and roared without hesitation.

"Attack! Show our bravery for Master Li Ke!"

Following his command, the large army left behind by Li Ke quickly began to advance forward. The musketeers kept shooting at the archers on the city wall. The counterweight catapults made under Li Ke's command also began to throw kerosene and stones continuously, continuously attacking the city.

The daimyo who was in charge of guarding the city roared in horror.

"Go and ask the lord for help! Go!"

One after another, messengers rushed out from the rear of the city to ask for help. The Takeda and Uesugi families, who had already prepared for battle, did not yet know that their lords had died. The two sides, who were still allies for the time being, quickly withdrew their troops to provide support.

When Li Ke arrived at the nearest city, the city was already in a state of waterproofing!

Seeing Li Ke and the soldiers coming in, the soldiers on the city wall shouted in fear, but before they could say anything, the bow and arrow in Li Ke's hand suddenly fired.

The sound of a bowstring like thunder and lightning quickly penetrated the body of the soldier who wanted to raise the alarm and ask others to close the city gate, blowing his upper body to pieces and splashing countless blood around the surrounding soldiers.

Before they even had time to do more, Li Ke led his cavalry into the city, and at this time, Fuma Kotaro jumped directly onto the city wall. The sickle with a chain in his hand quickly pierced through the soldiers guarding the city gate. Together with other Fuma ninjas, he wiped out the soldiers who dared to resist!
There was no time or opportunity to recruit him, and Li Ke rushed into the residence of the local daimyo without mercy. He was so fast that the daimyo didn't even have time to enter the castle tower before Li Ke chopped off his head.

When taking over the city, Li Ke had no intention of stopping. Although this city would become his bridgehead for conquering a quarter of Japan, the Takeda family and the Uesugi family would inevitably react at this time.

If both families are useless, then they will be stuck in a situation of fighting each other, and if there are still masters in the two families who continue to unite against themselves, then this place must be defended.

"Tian Dao Zao Xing! Hold this place. I will give you twenty men. No matter what method you use, you must hold this place until I bring my men here. You will be the first hero of this battle!"

Li Ke pointed at Tiandao Zaoxing and gave the order. Tiandao Zaoxing's face turned serious because he knew that this was indeed a gamble. Twenty people could not defend a city no matter what. The only way now was to follow Lord Li Ke's approach, recruit local soldiers and civilians, and then use his own twenty warriors as a supervisory team to fight.

And the phrase 'whatever the method' also explains one thing.

At this time, Li Ke doesn't care about those mercies!

But Tiandao Zaoxing was a high-level warrior after all, and of course he knew that he could not hesitate at this time, so he knelt on one knee and agreed to Li Ke.

"Yes! Lord!"

He, Tiandao Zaoxing, has already prepared for death!

however--

"Damn, what a bunch of trash."

Looking at Tiandao Zaoxing who was grinning from ear to ear at the commendation ceremony, Li Ke's mouth twitched, because it was proved that during the period when Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen died, these two families were useless.

He led his men through three cities, broke through the city that Saotome Huma was still attacking from the rear, and captured four cities. After discovering that the people from the Takeda and Uesugi families had not arrived, he marched quickly, with the cavalry going first and the soldiers from the rear following to occupy the cities. However, no one from the Takeda and Uesugi families came to support or counterattack!
All the daimyo, big and small, were fighting each other, with no friendship among the local powerful families at all, which allowed Li Ke to take over most of the territory and wipe out all the people of the Takeda and Uesugi families from the ranks of history in one fell swoop!
Next, he only needs to defend these cities for a month or two, then hire enough local troops, recruit the participating samurai nobles, and reform them, and this place will be taken. As for the remaining part of the territory, he can even hand it over directly to Fuma Kotaro and Saotome Hiuma, and he will take Tendou Sosei and the dog guards to attack the western country.

The scene he imagined, where Tiandao Zaoxing fought bloody battles and defended the city until the last moment, was simply impossible!

So, Li Ke complained speechlessly to Tiandao Zaoxing's hearty laughter.

"This rookie actually got away with it."

At this time, Fuma Kotaro came in with a large group of women. They were the wives of the daimyo of these cities. They were much more beautiful than the princesses and daimyo wives I had seen before, and they finally had the style of a beautiful girl comic.

However, looking at those beautiful princesses, Li Ke couldn't help but think of the princess he had awarded to Tiandao Zaoxing before, and suddenly felt nauseous.

"It seems that I was just unlucky last time... Hmm, what was the name of the person whose power I seized?"

Li Ke tried hard to think of the name of that famous person, but he could not find anything. Because——

These princesses and daimyo’s wives are already taking off their clothes.

(End of this chapter)