Chronicles of The Hardships of Komachi in The Sengoku Era

When Shizuko looked back in response to her voice, there was a boy around the age of ten.

I have a neat figure, but that feels better prepared by others than by my own will.

"What? Is there something on my face?

Shizuko considered him one of the warlord's sons because he was in the castle.

And to see that he had not lowered his knife to his waist, he decided that he was surely one or two years old or younger.

During the Edo period, the knife was the idea of a samurai soul, but before that, it was the idea of an adult testimony.

Even the people could carry the side differences to their hips if they were to serve, change their names, and change their hair to adult hairstyles.

In other words, a boy without a knife on his hips will be a child who has not yet completed the ritual of his former uniform.

I may speed up my uniform due to circumstances, but basically between the ages of twelve and sixteen, it can be done by the age of twenty at the latest.

That's why Shizuko saw him as less than twelve years old.

"No, nothing."

"Right. What are you writing on the ground? I've been watching it for a while now, but it just seems to write all the odd shapes."

"Oh... I was just writing a formula. Er... Nanban-style."

"Holy shit! Do you do arithmetic in such a way in Nanban? Hmmm...... the more strange it looks, the more it's shaped"

The boy, surprised by Shizuko's words, pushes her away and lowers his back before the formula.

Even though I think you're a strong kid for a long time, Shizuko, who is weak in position, just goes back a little bit.

The boy was impressed, surprised or nodded as convinced by the formula written on the ground for a while.

Perhaps I don't know most of what that means, but I'm full of curiosity about rare things.

Shizuko, who smiled unexpectedly as she watched, had a small grin unknowingly.

"What is Nanban? Do you do arithmetic in this way? Uhm... Woman, is there anything else"

"Ha? Ha... for once...?

"Anything is good. Yeah, well, if it's anything to do with the war, it's still good. You can be proud of your father!

That's what bothered Shizuko a little. Because I couldn't think of anything to do with the war.

But there was only one thing that met the boy's wishes.

"... not Nanban, but China... there is a certain military code that is passed down from time immemorial"

"The Book of War?

Shizuko nods and mouths her words. The name of a book of military laws with a universal strategy of culture and timelessness.

"The name of the book is Sun Tzu's Law of War."

Sun Tzu's military law book. It is a military law book considered to be the work of Sun Wu, a Chinese Spring and Autumn period thinker.

Thousands of years after it was made, it is still said to be the best book when it comes to strategy.

Of course there are similar books in the West.

Carl von Krausevitz's "Theory of War," Antoine Henri Jomini's "War Overview," and more.

Times go further, but there is also Basil Henry Riddellhart's "Strategic Theory," a famous twentieth century war science and strategic science book called alongside Krausevitz's "War Theory".

"There are seven excellent military codes in total in Ming, collectively referred to as Wu Jing Qi (Bukkeshi Jitsu). It's the most famous of them all."

"Ho ho."

"" Sun Tzu "," Sun Tzu "," Shi Tzu "," Lieutenant Tzu "," Liu Tzu "," Sanomi "," Shima Law "," Lord Li Wei Quo vs. ". They are each -"

"I don't care about that. Tell me about Sun Tzu."

"(CHUCK, didn't you delude me......) Now, about Sun Tzu, let me give you a famous word"

Shizuko said that, but I'm not really that familiar with it.

Originally, I wanted a sister, so I read what she asked me to buy. It's all in my smartphone as an ebook, but I didn't go ahead and read it first.

"(Life, I don't know what helps)..." If you know him and you know yourself, you can't fight a hundred fights, "" Soldier stations are the lifeline, "" winning without fighting is the best way to do it. "

"Mm, mmm... Medium hard, no, that's a good word in there!

The boy nods with a subtly drawn grin.

I don't care how you look at it. It's a face you don't understand, but actually Shizuko doesn't understand that much either, so I wanted to keep it that way.

But her wishes are brittle and crumbly.

"So, what does that mean?

"... 'If you know him and you know yourself, you will not be able to fight a hundred battles'. If you know the actual situation of your opponent, and you know the reality of your self, it means you won't be in danger if you fight a hundred times."

From the bottom of my memory I recall the text of the Explanatory Notes to "Sun Tzu's Military Law".

I didn't want you to go too far into it because it influenced the characters in history, so I'm static enough to read the book of military law.

So before the boy thinks and speaks his doubts, he mouths the next explanation.

"'Winning without fighting is the best way to do it'. Having a hundred wars and winning a hundred times is not the best measure. The best course of action is to frustrate the enemy's will without fighting."

"I don't know what that means."

"The point is that it's best to keep your soldiers whole and take the other country. I have 40,000 soldiers on me and 30,000 on my opponent. You'd rather have your own soldiers stay at 40,000 and take the other country in the future than wear this out and take the country? Meaning."

With that said, Shizuko writes Han numerals on the ground.

"For example, if you win without fighting and you can take in a whole army of your opponents, the number of soldiers is 70,000. The number of soldiers would be 35,000 if we won after fighting and halving each other. There are aspects such as martial arts, but shouldn't there be more soldiers after avoiding useless warfare?

"Nooo... yes, I do..."

"Of course there is a place to fight. So by then, it's easier to keep your troops as warm as possible and put all your troops in the best part of the place here, and consequently less damage. So the last word," Soldiers are the lifeline. "

Shizuko continues her explanation as she writes a huge mess of maps on the ground.

"Suppose you have 50,000 men's worth of food in your own country, and 40,000 in your enemy country. If you try to carry food from your own country, it costs a great deal. So wouldn't it be easier to cover the food on the ground? So the general means to try to procure as much food as possible in enemy land."

"... um, mmm... is Nanban or Ming putting so much thought into the war"

The boy, finally caught up with his head understanding, nods with a very impressive face.

It's an unfamiliar idea for him, but being a boy fortunately didn't show that much rejection.

Later, since the boy was not a warlord, Shizuko's words may have been heard somewhat too.

"It was an interesting story inside. It's time to go back, so I regret not being able to ask you any more."

"Is that so? Now, please continue with another opportunity."

Shizuko praying that there would be no next time in her heart, but she couldn't have made that clear.

I don't know who they are at all, but they're warlords' sons, so it's not a good idea to piss them off badly.

It's easier to use the truth and pre construction separately and say the words without difficulty.

"Whoa! What's your Lord's name at the place?

"... Shizuko, it is. Um, your name, if you don't mind..."

"Shizuko, I remember. Then I hope the next opportunity comes soon. Farewell!"

Shizuko tried to ask the boy's name, but before that, the boy ran straight away somewhere.

As when it appeared, when it left, it was abrupt and instantly disappeared from sight.

"... go home"

Shizuko shrugged like that after putting down her hand, which grabbed the sky for lack of location.

Meanwhile, the boy was in a good mood and sang his nose.

A certain person called out to him like this, a momentum that seemed to even skip as it was.

"What a strange pill, sounds like a lot of fun"

In mid-December, by the time the harsh cold stained him, the facilities at Shizuko's house were finally completed.

"Well, in the enclosure."

"Sounds like fun, Shizuko"

It is behind the furnace. It is a type of furnace permanently provided indoors, mainly for heating and cooking purposes.

Traditional Japanese houses, also known in ancient times as Hitachi and Jikaro, are bound to come with them.

The enclosure has a variety of functions including heating, cooking, lighting, drying of clothing and raw wood, improved durability of the house due to wood tar, and communication with the family.

It's such a handy feature, but the response of the colors that couldn't keep up with Shizuko's tension was dull.

"Boob, you're blunt. But now we're finally gonna get the winter cold up."

The house itself was quick to complete, but it took me a while to complete it without enough material just in the enclosure.

Nobunaga's reprimands have flown to construction personnel several times.

"Dear Shizuko than that. What is that?

Colour, who cared more about something else than the enclosure, asks Shizuko, pointing to where it is.

There was something like a horizontal seat made of wood.

The length is enough room for Shizuko to fall asleep, about half as much space once the color falls asleep.

But color is not familiar with the seats, so I couldn't think of a use in the first place.

"That's a seat. It's pretty comfortable with your back on."

"Seat...?

"Oh... is it close to the floor number (shigyu)? But this is a chair that sits on my back, so I was wondering if it's a little different."

A simple seat for travel used in shrines, wedding venues, etc., is referred to as a floor table.

Combine the two legs in an X-shaped fashion, placing leather or cloth on the top edge as a seat, and fold and carry when traveling.

Since it was only after Meiji that chairs became popular in Japan, they were widely used until recent times.

Even in modern times, we rarely see it.

It is also possible to attach a back or footrest plate, but basically only about a footrest plate.

That's because when you have a back, you need to move more when you raid from behind than when you don't have a back.

It's a slight difference in time, but since it can also be the boundary between life and death, it basically doesn't attach the back.

"What a simple bedroom when you fall asleep like this! Ah... comfort, comfort"

Shizuko, who has made the seat a simple bedroom, uses a precious cloth to put her head on a futon, something like a toto pillow.

The contents are not as comfortable as cotton because of the use of chicken hair, but it is still a luxury product given the warring age.

"Really... don't sleep in this place. If you're going to sleep properly...... oh, already! You're drooling!

The warm space by the enclosure, the bedroom by the seat and the comfort by the fluffy pillow made Shizuko fall into a light sleep.

Then Shizuko was in her dreams until Cai executed the ultimate rough business, kicking her off the seat.

After the enclosure was formed, Shizuko began to operate around the room.

Spend your days warming up in the enclosure if you don't have any special business.

Inevitably, Colour will also work around the room, and as a result, the two of them often pull into the room.

But it wasn't just the two of us pulling, it felt similar everywhere.

The time for villagers to operate is also usually between sunrise and sunset, but only in winter is a fairly short time before noon to an hour before sunset.

Women who do chores work a little faster, but the laundry used warm water from the hot springs, and the meal had more effortless and warm juices.

Men felt similar, keeping them out of contact with cold water as much as possible, or after farming, bathing and warming their bodies.

The villagers had quite a bit of cold control, but Shizuko wondered if there was anything more.

When the human body is left in a cold environment, temperature regulation reactions such as contraction of peripheral blood vessels and cold sieves occur to prevent the temperature from dropping.

It is accompanied by various physiological and psychological strains, such as poor muscle movement and difficulty in manual work, or physical and psychological visits due to the stress of the cold.

As a result of wanting to mitigate as much as possible, Shizuko came up with two things: "Stretch in the Hot Water" and "Radio Gymnastics".

Stretching after long water stretches the muscles and softens the body, and the parasympathetic nerves work to achieve a relaxing effect.

Especially by keeping the body soft, it does not make a tight, hard movement and prevents coldness due to back pain and poor blood circulation.

When the radio gymnastics first takes place in the morning, it can improve the circulation of blood in the brain, activate the nerves, and wake the sleeping head thoroughly.

In just three minutes and 10 seconds, it contains 13 more movements, which can stimulate more than 400 muscles.

Combine elements of aerobic exercise, muscle training, stretching and balancing exercises to effectively move muscles and joints.

In fact, every corner is conceived of the "skeletal muscle" muscle strengthening, which plays an important role in the production of body heat and posture retention, as well as the effects of blood circulation promotion and increased basal metabolism.

I tried to spread those two to the villagers, but every time, most of the villagers were half-hearted at first.

But within a week, two weeks and going on, it gradually began to work, and another villager who heard about it imitated it, and now all the villagers started doing radio gymnastics in the morning, bathing and stretching in the evening.

"... Oops. Huh, it's starting to bend a lot. It feels good to warm this twitch."

"I'll be more bent. Thanks to him, I can sleep better at night."

"Hey, I'm sorry. Somebody push my back."

The village of Shizuko, where pleasant voices could be heard from all over, was wrapped up in a time of tranquillity unlike the world of the warring nations.

Everyone in the village thought. No, it would be more right to wish.

I want this time to last forever.