naruto ninja handbook

The town in front of you is located on a relatively flat plain, surrounded by a cement wall about two meters high. There is a long and wide road leading to the front of the town, which is paved with various fine stones and The pressure is quite smooth, without the bumps and potholes of the muddy trail.

Two straight chimneys towered into the sky, and black smoke spewed out from the chimney mouth, just like the poisonous mist exhaled by a black snake, hovering over the entire town.

Bai Ming's steps stopped, and he looked at this scene with some confusion and confusion.

In previous contacts, he believed that this was a cold-weapon feudal era where industrial civilization had not yet sprouted. However, the black smoke emitted by the tall chimneys, even standing here, could hear the faint roar of machines, and the buildings in the entire town also Mainly made of stones mixed with cement, it has at least begun the first revolution of industrial civilization.

But what happened to those backward scenes that I saw before?

This place is currently a semi-colonial?Also, did you travel to Japan during the colonial period after the Black Ship Incident?

After getting in close contact with the humans in this world, he vaguely felt that he had traveled to the ancient Japanese period due to the conversational sounds of some people around him and their preference for clothing and hairstyles from the ancient Japanese period.

After seeing this small town and seeing some of the products of the industrial revolution in front of him, he realized that his previous concept of the feudal cold weapon era should change.

With a gentle breath, Bai Ming temporarily suppressed the tangled emotions in his heart and continued to walk forward along with the flow of people.

For now, let’s think about how to solve our own food problem first and then think about other things.

According to the size of the town and the influx of people it has attracted, generally speaking, there will be a stable order in the town. As long as you are careful, you don't need to be too careful about sudden dangers.

He hesitated for a moment and decided to go inside. After all, he couldn't hide in the wild and be a savage all the time.

As the flow of people continued to move forward, the road became a bit crowded. Bai Ming was not in a hurry to enter the town, but walked slowly while quietly and carefully observing the town in front of him.

Judging from the scale of the town just observed from a distance, it should not be too big and can probably accommodate a population of several thousand. The buildings in the town and what we just saw have revealed that this country should have started its first industry. Revolutionary change.

According to Bai Ming's thinking, industrial changes will definitely promote the economic development and overall expansion of the town. This is an inevitable trend. However, a two-meter-high wall was built around the town as if it were superfluous.

From the perspective of the establishment of the wall, its purpose of existence is to protect. From this, combined with the vicious bandits Bai Ming met before, the world he lives in, no, maybe the country he lives in is not peaceful.

And if Japan really fell into a semi-colonial state after the Kurofune era, it would not be surprising that the country would be in turmoil, and building a cement wall would not really be meaningless.

But on both sides of the town intersection, those who looked like they were obviously guarding the town were wearing samurai-like half-armor and holding cold weapons such as samurai swords and bows and arrows in their hands. This confused Bai Ming.

In Bai Ming's view, the development of human industrial civilization is accompanied by the end of cold weapon wars and the emergence of the era of hot weapons. In remote villages, it is still possible to continue to use cold weapons, but in this scale, it is no longer small and should be The officially organized town guards still give people the feeling of being in the era of cold weapons, both in their dress and weapons. There is no sign of the existence of hot weapons, which is very unreasonable.

But after thinking about it, Bai Ming felt a little more relaxed.

Although both cold weapons and hot weapons are dangerous to him, if he only faces cold weapons, at least he won't have to worry about facing the bad things that have changed in the adult era after he has mastered martial arts.

Approaching the entrance of the town, Bai Ming stopped looking around and walked in line like an ordinary person.

The soldiers guarding the entrance did not carefully check the people entering and exiting, nor did they ask anyone to pay the town tax or road guide. This undoubtedly made Bai Ming breathe a sigh of relief. He did not have those things.

When it was Bai Ming's turn to enter the town, he followed a convoy at the end, trying to disguise himself as a member of the convoy, but his heart was in his throat. He lowered his head and glanced slightly in both directions, as long as there was a slight disturbance. He decided to flee, and he had already found an escape route.

One step, two steps...

After about ten steps, Bai Ming successfully walked into the town. He continued to lower his head and did not look around. After following the convoy for dozens of steps, he left the rear of the convoy and blended into the crowd of people in the town.

Following the flow of people coming and going, Bai Ming finally calmed down and looked at the interior of the largest human gathering place he had encountered since traveling through this world.

It can't be said to be prosperous. After all, he has seen too many more prosperous places.

Maybe it was market time today. Most of the people who entered the town with him turned to the left after entering the town. After walking for three or four minutes, a relatively flat camp appeared in front of them.

The camp was bustling with people, and there were many people walking around. There were various stalls on the ground, and there were various goods on the stalls, which were roughly herbs, living utensils, vegetables and ingredients.

The people around him spoke a language he didn't understand. After listening for a long time, Bai Ming became more and more convinced that he had traveled to Japan.

Although I don't understand Japanese, as a Chinese, it is very easy to distinguish Korean from Japanese, and sounds such as 'Baga' and 'Ya Zhudie' are very familiar.

But what's a little strange is that although most people here have black hair color, Bai Ming also sees many alternative hair colors other than black.

Gold, linen, silver, brown, pink...

It is understandable that some white hair colors may be a mixture of European and American ancestry, but some hair colors simply don’t know how to evaluate them.

Bai Ming could also see clearly that the hair colors of these people were all natural and did not look like they were dyed, but except for their hair color, their other physiques and faces were in line with the East Asian race in the world before Bai Ming.

"Maybe I traveled to ancient Japan in a parallel world."

Putting aside this boring confusion and questions for the time being, Bai Ming walked around the camp and then left and walked towards the streets of the town.

The streets in the town were much more orderly than the chaos in the camp. Most of the shops on both sides dealt with daily life, including firewood, rice, oil and salt. Bai Ming also saw a flower shop.

Obviously, compared to the chaos and unrest that Bai Ming felt outside the town, the environment inside the town is undoubtedly more stable, and the clothing of the residents living here is also more polished and complete than the humans outside the town.

As the time went deeper into the town, Bai Ming's inner vigilance gradually relaxed. Unknowingly, he walked to the middle of the town and saw many people gathered in front of him, seemingly looking at something.

Human beings are curious about following the crowd, and looking around seemed to be a normal thing in the eyes of others. He thought for a moment and stood over.

He was half a head taller than most people here, and after squeezing in closer, he could see clearly that these people were actually looking at a wide and long wooden sign erected there.

There were some sticky notes on the wooden sign, and the words on the sticky notes were typical Japanese characters simplified from Chinese characters. It was obvious that they were talking about the content on the sticky notes. Bai Ming read it carefully, except for a few Chinese characters that may not be simplified. He recognized it, but the other one didn't, and it was as if he was illiterate.

The crowd gathered here seemed to be discussing what was on the notice board, but after Bai Ming stood here for a little longer, he found that most of the people, like himself, did not understand the words written on the note.

So what is their purpose here?

Obviously not out of curiosity, Bai Ming noticed that the people around here were basically adult men. Judging from their rough clothes and faces, they were not the kind of rich or scoundrels who had enough to eat and have nothing to do. However, they had to support their families. It is a waste of time to gather here, the purpose of which is considered from the simplest ideas.

That means there are benefits, or there are benefits that can be obtained from here.

So he probably guessed what was written on the note, so he stood there silently and waited quietly.

After about ten minutes, more and more people gathered around. Suddenly, with a burst of noise, the crowded crowd separated into a road, and a middle-aged man in his 40s wearing brown clothes walked in.

As the man came in, the chatter around him suddenly died down. The middle-aged man walked to the wooden sign, coughed a few times, slowly took off a note from it, and then read it slowly.

While he was reciting, the voices around him became even quieter. Immediately after he finished reciting, several men rushed in front of him, patting their chests and saying something.

The middle-aged man nodded and gave them the note. After taking the note, the few people left with happy faces.

Then the middle-aged man took off the second note and started reading it. After reading it, several people rushed to him and said something similar to the situation just now.

After repeating this process, after a while the notes on the wooden sign started to recite, and the originally crowded crowd around them became much thinner.Standing among the remaining people, Bai Ming frowned deeply. He understood that this was probably similar to a notice board recruiting workers.

If you can find a stable job, you will undoubtedly be able to integrate into the world faster and solve the problem of eating.

However, since I don't know the written language and the language, I am currently in an embarrassing predicament.

As the notes became fewer and fewer, he couldn't help but feel anxious. Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly felt someone tapping his shoulder.