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Chapter 140: The Card Pool is Alive! Let the Name of Onmyoji Spread Across the World (6k)

The bamboo curtain was lifted up.

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Tetsu saw a little girl with bangs and holding a wooden tray walk into the house.

"Excuse me, sir."

The girl said with her head slightly lowered, first kneeling down respectfully, then slowly moving her legs to the side of Uesugi Tetsu, and placing the wooden tray steadily on the small table.

Uesugi Che glanced at her lower body which was barely covered with cloth, wondering if it wasn't cold wearing this much in this weather?

Based on his previous observations, he inferred that the current time was probably late autumn and winter was approaching.

So the weather was naturally late autumn, and the temperature remained around ten degrees. Even a guy like Bai Shi, who could survive for ten days or half a month in the deep mountains and forests, had to wear warm clothes.

While Uesugi Tetsu was thinking, the yellowish tea had been poured out of the small ceramic teapot and then moved in front of the girl's relatively white and tender palm.

Hot white mist rose.

Uesugi Tetsu's nose twitched.

It tastes similar to barley tea, but feels a little different.

The girl moved two half-full cups of tea to Uesugi Tetsu and Shiraishi respectively, then she took back the wooden tray and said timidly,

"My lords, please have some tea."

"Oh, thank you."

Uesugi Tetsu subconsciously said thank you, and with a try-it attitude, he picked up the tea and drank it all in front of Shiraishi who was about to stretch out his hand to say wait a moment.

Hmm...how should I put it, this tea feels a bit sour and astringent, not like tea, but more like pot water.

Although it may be rude to say this, this is how Uesugi Tetsu really feels.

He smacked his lips, thinking that drinking this would be worse than drinking plain water.

However, after seeing the girl hugging the wooden tray tightly and trembling slightly, Uesugi Tetsu smiled and said to her gently,

"It's delicious. What's your name?"

"Reply, reply to Master Che! My daughter's name is Adao."

In fact, Adao was too nervous just now and forgot the name of the Lord Che that his father had told him, so he kept his head down, afraid that he would not be able to call out the name and ruin things.

It was only until just now that she finally remembered the word "Che".

Phew, fortunately.

Adao patted his chest in his heart, then raised his head and saw Uesugi Tetsu's smiling face through the gap in his bangs.

So lovely.

Adao was a little stunned. She had never seen such a good-looking person in her life.

This Lord Che was much more handsome than the nobles and officials who had passed by before. He was almost as handsome as the dolls sold in the nearby shop in Sunfu City.

"Adao... Yeah, I remember it."

Uesugi Tetsu nodded, thinking to himself that there really was a saying in ancient times that it was easier to live with a humble name.

He originally thought that the name Bai Shi was simple enough, but he didn't expect that there was a name that could be made using local materials. The character "A" could be followed by countless characters.

Only then did Bai Shi tiptoe over and whisper, "Boss, you really dare to drink the tea these farmers give you."

Uesugi Tetsu turned his head and met Shiraishi's eyes, meaning "what else?"

Bai Shi rolled his eyes and whispered, "Of course we should let them drink first! Even if it's food, we should let them take a few bites first!"

"If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. You always have to be careful when you are out there. Otherwise, if they poison or drug you, you won't even know how you died!"

Shiraishi made a trumpet shape with his hands to prevent the sound from leaking out, and passed on his experience of wandering alone to Uesugi Tetsu.

The truth seems to be this.

Unfortunately, it is of no use to Uesugi Tetsu.

Not to mention whether these remote areas can get poison strong enough to poison him.

Even if Fantasy gets it and poisons him to death within seconds, it’s okay.

He has resurrection coins!

What's more, because of the existence of the Key of History, Uesugi Tetsu no longer needs to run around the map after his death.

If someone really dares to do this and succeeds, then the next second you will see the lively Uesugi Tetsu reappear and then chop them all off.

"I understand." Uesugi Tetsu nodded without comment.

Bai Shi curled his lips, snorted, and sat back in his original seat. After seeing that Uesugi Tetsu showed no negative signs for a few minutes, he grabbed the tea bowl and started drinking.

Even finishing one cup wasn't enough, so he picked up the teapot and filled two or three more cups, guzzling them down like a cow before sighing with satisfaction, "Genmaicha, it tastes good."

At the same time, Adao, who was sitting next to Uesugi Tetsu, saw that the two had no intention of communicating, and then he said timidly,
"Master Che, let me massage your shoulders."

Although her voice was timid, she moved her body behind Uesugi Tetsu and began to knead him gently with her hands before she even finished her words, not giving him any chance to refuse.

Outside the curtain, the crackling sound of burning firewood could be heard, and footsteps kept passing by. It seemed that Tanaka Lang and his wife were cooking.

Uesugi Tetsu was just in a daze for a while, but suddenly felt that something was wrong with the feeling behind him - why was it a soft touch? Where was the shoulder massage and back patting that was promised?
He turned around and met the eyes of A-Dao, who was biting her lip, blushing, and almost pressing her whole body against him.

The latter immediately pulled away slightly, half-covered his face with his hands, and stammered, "Um... Master Che, I just accidentally..."

Uesugi Tetsu was silent.

He originally thought that the village girl from the Warring States Period would be very simple, but he didn't expect that she would come close to him without concealing her intentions just after they met!
But Adao doesn't look that old, so even if she had this idea, she wouldn't do such a bold thing... Bai Shi is still in the house.

Uesugi Che asked, "Adao, how old are you this year?"

"Your Excellency, I am already eleven years old this year." Upon hearing Uesugi Che's question, Adao immediately put down her hands and answered respectfully with a flushed face.

eleven?

If there was tea in his mouth, Uesugi Tetsu felt that he would have spat it out with a "puff".

The eleven-year-old village girl used this method to seduce herself when she first met him.

Is this possible? Is this reasonable?
So Uesugi Che immediately tapped the wooden table with his fingers and said softly, "Adao, can you call your father in for a moment? I have something to discuss with him."

"Forehead……"

The girl was stunned for a moment, but then she stood up and bowed to Uesugi Tetsu: "Sir, please wait a moment."

Ah Dao ran outside with a thud and stopped Tanaka Lang who was holding a big fish as long as his forearm and was just making the initial preparations to put it in the pot.

"Father, Master Che invites you in."

Tanaka Lang watched his daughter, whom he had specifically instructed to be sent in, being driven out, and when he heard these words, he couldn't even hold the fish in his hand.

It was Ah Dao who was quick enough to jump to the ground and catch the fish without letting it get dirty.

"Father..."

Tanaka Lang didn't care about his daughter and the fish. He staggered to the bamboo curtain, thinking that girls who looked like Adao were the favorites of the big shots!

Because he had seen many warriors playing with girls of this age.

Although I can't make the final decision, my own Adao looks good and is not that thin, so he should be qualified as a gift.

But why now...

As soon as Tanaka Lang walked in, he knelt down in fear and said, "Master Che! It's me—"

When Uesugi Che saw him like this, he immediately confirmed his guess.

It turned out to be the order of his father, Tanaka Lang.

Letting an eleven-year-old daughter do this kind of thing, she was born.

He waved his hand slightly in displeasure and said coldly, "If you know you're wrong, stop kneeling. Stand up and talk to me."

Tanaka Lang did not dare to hesitate and quickly stood up, thinking in his heart again that this Onmyoji was different from the big shots he had met before.

Uesugi Che said coldly, "If you have anything to say or think, just say it directly. Put everything you want and what you're willing to pay on the table. I don't like beating around the bush. Do you understand?"

"I understand! I understand!" Tanaka Lang nodded immediately, and the wrinkles on his face became a ball.

Seeing that he was not immediately driven away, Tian Zhonglang asked tentatively, "Master Che, could you stay at my house for a few days?"

"I will order the finest meals and have Madam and A-Dao entertain you two with the utmost care!"

——If Uesugi Tetsu left the next day, he would not have time to report to the Imagawa family, and naturally he would not have the opportunity to receive the possible extremely generous reward.

When Uesugi Che heard this, he blinked. The idea of staying in Youdu Village was exactly what he wanted.

That's just right.

Uesugi Che shook the tea bowl in his hand and said indifferently, "If you stay, you and the villagers of Youdu Village will have to do something for me."

Tanaka Lang held his breath and lowered his inner bottom line to an extremely low level. He knew that things were not that simple.

Uesugi Tetsu continued, "Because I am somewhat interested in the great names of the world, I would like to ask you to tell others about what happened today when you are out and about."

After hearing these unexpected words, Tanaka Lang was stunned at first, and then a hint of relief appeared in his eyes - he originally thought that this Onmyoji Che was unmoved.

Unexpectedly, he was not interested in "sex", but was very interested in "fame" and "power".

This is easy.

Tanakaro was indeed an old and experienced man, and he immediately understood the implication of Uesugi Tetsu's words - to let those world-famous daimyo send people to visit him.

This is exactly what he wants!

Even if the reputation of this Onmyoji Che spread, could the other daimyo's arrival be faster than that of the Imagawa family who happened to be in Sunpu Castle?
Then, Tanaka Lang showed a genuine smile: "I will follow your orders, sir."

Tanakaro: "Sir, the food will be ready soon. I'll ask my wife and Adao to bring it over later..."

"You can eat the food, but don't worry about anything else."

After Uesugi Tetsu finished speaking, he waved his hand, allowing Tanakarou to retreat with his back hunched. Shiraishi, who was sitting nearby and had nearly finished the brown rice in the teapot, asked, "Boss, are we really going to stay in this village for a while?"

He suggested, "Sumpu Castle is only about half an hour away. With your abilities, wouldn't it be easy for you to get a position in the Imagawa family?"

The Imagawa clan ruled the three major regions of Suruga, Totomi, and Mikawa. Its leader, Imagawa Yoshimoto, worked hard to govern the country, handled domestic affairs well, and commerce and agriculture flourished.

Nowadays, the "stone value" of the entire Imagawa clan has reached one million stones, or even one and a half million stones!
At present, Imagawa Yoshimoto is undoubtedly one of the most powerful daimyo in the entire eastern Japan, and it is not an exaggeration to even call him a "daimyo".

For example, even if Oda Nobunaga became the ruler of the world in the future, he only had a few hundred thousand stones at most, which is not comparable to the Imagawa clan.

The so-called "stone yield" can be simply put as "annual rice production" (other crops are also converted into rice), which is the standard for measuring how many soldiers a daimyo can recruit.

The larger the number of shigao, the more taxes that can be collected, and the stronger the military strength of a daimyo and his family.

Shiraishi used simpler language to explain the above knowledge about "Imagawa clan's strength and Ishigaka" to Uesugi Tetsu - he had already tacitly accepted that this boss was a "mountain savage" who knew nothing.

Then, Shiraishi looked at Uesugi Tetsu expectantly.

If Uesugi Toru entered the Imagawa family, he would at least be able to get a rich man. Then, as his follower, wouldn't he be able to eat well every day and enjoy a good life?
"hey-hey……"

Shiraishi was smirking as he fantasized, then saw Uesugi Tetsu shaking his head: "I'm not going to join the Imagawa family."

He said: "If I have to say, I am more interested in Oda Nobunaga."

"what?"

Bai Shi's movements suddenly froze, and he crawled in front of him with his mouth wide open in disbelief: "Boss... are you crazy? How did you become such a fool?"

Uesugi Tetsu was too lazy to say more to him - the wisdom and vision of a time traveler from the future was something that the locals could never catch up with.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Bai Shi could only run to the side and continue chewing the brown rice after grinding his teeth.

What else can he do!
He would follow Boss Che for the rest of his life. Even if Boss Che had a brain problem and wanted to run across 108,000 mountains to become Oda Nobunaga's retainer, he would have to follow him! Otherwise, he would be breaking the previous bet and promise!
Not long after, Adao and a slightly taller woman came in and brought the unexpectedly rich meal to the small wooden table.

Two large bowls of glistening white rice—the kind cooked with polished rice.

A grass carp that looked quite ordinary in Uesugi Tetsu's eyes, but was thicker than Shiraishi's arm and was something he had almost never seen in his life.

In addition, there were two bowls of brown miso, two bowls of radish that was stewed to a slightly mushy state and covered with kelp, and finally two bowls of sticky natto.

——This is the dinner that Tanakarou has been carefully preparing for a long time.

Because Yudu Village is located not far from Sunpu Castle, occasionally some samurai or nobles would pass by this small village famous for fishing.

Tanakaro would prepare refined rice and so much kelp for the important people who might pass by and whom he might make friends with.

Although this would result in a lot of extra expenses on weekdays, making life very tight for him as the village chief.

But Tanakaro's past experience as a foot soldier taught him that once an opportunity is missed, it will never come back!

Now, he has seized this opportunity to reach the sky!

As for this grass carp, it was indeed an unexpected surprise today. Tian Zhonglang had only seen a few fish of this size in his life.

"This……"

Bai Shi, who was chewing brown rice to fill his stomach, suddenly felt that the brown rice in his mouth was no longer fragrant.

"Bah bah bah."

He quickly spat out the brown rice and looked at this ridiculously rich "Manhan Banquet" in shock, his throat rolling with difficulty.

After Ah Dao and the woman set the table, they said, "Sir, please eat."

"Boss, is this something I can eat?"

As Bai Shi said this, his little hands were already trembling dishonestly as he picked up the bowl and chopsticks.

Uesugi Che's expression remained calm. He nodded and said, "Just eat it once it's cooked. Just don't waste it."

Picking up the bowl of rice, Uesugi Tetsu started eating with radish, kelp and fish - as for the miso and natto, he didn't touch them much.

After seeing Adao and his mother leave, Uesugi Tetsu pushed the bowl of natto directly to Shiraishi: "I'll give this to you too."

Miso is okay, but Uesugi Tetsu really can't get used to natto, a sticky food with an indescribable smell.

Bai Shi exclaimed, he didn't expect there would be such a surprise.

He picked up a handful of natto with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, unable to help but let out a sticky sound of gratitude.
"Boss, I love you so much!"

Uesugi Tetsu suppressed the urge to cough from the smoke and nodded calmly: "Don't talk, eat."

In just a few minutes, the two of them cleared the table of food.

Uesugi Tetsu felt that the kelp and radish had no flavor, and the miso tasted rather strange too.

Although it was obvious that the fish was cooked with care, perhaps due to technical limitations, Uesugi Tetsu could still smell a strong earthy smell when he ate it.

In short, the taste of this meal is really average, not even as good as the Tianjin fried rice in the convenience store.

However, Uesugi Tetsu finished the meal without changing his expression, and then sincerely thanked Adao and her daughter who came in to collect the dishes.

Because no matter how little Uesugi Tetsu knew about this era, he could tell that this meal was made by Tanakarou who had almost spent all his family's savings.

You can tell this by looking at Shiraishi, who was eating the food and crying tears of happiness, and kept saying it was delicious.

After the meal, Bai Shi collapsed on the ground with his bulging belly, mumbling, "Boss... If I could eat a few more meals like this, I'd definitely not hesitate to kill you if you asked me to... Leave the fighting to me, Bai Shi!"

After washing the dishes, Adao knelt down beside Uesugi Che again, lowered his head slightly, and blushed, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Seeing Uesugi Che tilt his head to glance at her, A Dao said, "The weather has been getting colder recently. I was worried that Master Che might not be used to sleeping here for the first time, so I wanted to warm you up."

This time it was probably not Tanakaro's instruction.

and so.

Uesugi Che raised his eyebrows. He was so attracted to me after just one meeting. If someone didn't know me, they would think I was a succubus.

But he never thought about how lethal this height and muscles combined with his face would be in the Warring States Period when most people were short and fat.

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "No need, Adao, you can go back. I will come to call you if I need anything."

Ah Dao hummed a little disappointedly, "Then Master Che, please feel free to tell me what you need."

After seeing Adao completely leave, Bai Shi, who was lying next to him, muttered, "To be honest, Boss, I was just about to go to sleep next door."

He looked at Shangshan Che with a strange expression: "This girl is good-looking and seems very well-behaved and sensible. Why is she so close to you, boss? You still don't want her..."

He dragged out the word and his eyes became meaningful.

"Mind your own business." Uesugi Tetsu flicked a streak of lightning with his fingertips onto Bai Shi's stomach, startling him and causing him to fall several times.

Bai Shi made a groaning sound: "Hey, Boss, what are you doing all of a sudden? I thought I was almost dead..."

Uesugi Tetsu thought that he really wasn't adapted to this era. How could anyone have the heart to harm an eleven-year-old child?

He glanced outside and saw that it was almost nightfall.

That's a good opportunity for me to test the speed of time flow between here and the real world - the incident at Ruyue Station before must not happen again.

So Uesugi Tetsu said, "I'm going out now and will be back soon. Shiraishi, please help me write down the approximate time."

Bai Shi, who was lying on the ground, suddenly sat up and asked with wide eyes, "Boss, what are you doing?! Are you going to secretly abandon me?"

He frowned and said, "Then Boss! I'll wait until you finish eating before I eat the leftovers!"

Uesugi Tetsu said speechlessly, "It's only a matter of a few hours at most. Don't think about those things. I won't let you eat leftovers."

"Okay, Bai Shi, from now on you will help me keep track of time."

He turned around and looked at Bai Shi seriously, then lifted the bamboo curtain, put on his shoes, and suddenly disappeared outside Tanakalang's house.

Shiraishi ran out of the room right after him, but was shocked to find that Uesugi Tetsu was nowhere to be found, and he couldn't even sense any trace of his presence.

He murmured with his mouth slightly open.

"This, how on earth is this done?"

……

In this world, in the pavilion of the Okehazama scenic spot.

Uesugi Che opened his eyes and found that the sky here had not changed much.

It was drizzling before we left, and it is still drizzling now. The shops in the scenic area not far away are still open, but they are still deserted.

"It seems that the difference in the speed of time between the two sides is still very large."

Uesugi Che took out his cell phone and checked the time. He planned to sit here for ten minutes and then go back.

Since there is a big difference in the speed of time flow, if you sit in the present world for too long, some unexpected situations may happen on the other side.

It’s a pity that if the time difference wasn’t too big, Uesugi Tetsu would have wanted to complete the promotion of the four-tailed fox in the present world before going back.

It seems that we need to wait a few more days - but these days should be quite quiet in the Warring States Period.

While waiting, Uesugi Che opened the two-star card pool where many good things were hidden, and found that the black-haired loli in the card pool was awake.

And she was just as bored as him, fiddling with the pile of treasures in front of her with her toes.

Uesugi Che stared at the background of the card pool where it was also drizzling, and suddenly had an idea.

Perhaps, the black-haired loli will only wake up when it is raining outside - not when the card pool is first opened.

I'm not sure about this idea, but you can open the card pool page a few more times on sunny and rainy days.

Just as Uesugi Tetsu was thinking this, the black-haired loli sitting on the throne made of skeletons and scarlet eyes seemed to suddenly sense something and glanced at him lightly.

Then she raised her snow-white toes and swung them violently.

pat.

A crystal clear bead fell out from the pile of treasures.

【——Would you like to purchase the "Five Thunder Pearls"?】

(End of this chapter)