The head family of the Kiyomizu clan - because this name is too long and difficult to pronounce, when the people in Edo mentioned it, they often referred to it as "Shimizu House".

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

Therefore, after arriving at Dounan Town, Qingto unconsciously raised his head and looked at the extremely eye-catching Qingshui Tower.

In the eyes of the "aboriginals" of this era, the Qingshui Tower may be spectacular, but for Qingdeng who has traveled through the 21st century, a building less than 20 meters high is different from the modern super-high buildings that are often hundreds of meters high.

Compared with landmarks, there is indeed a small gap.

It has to be said that the architect responsible for the design of Shimizu Residence still had some skills, and he was actually able to create a complex of Azuchi-Momoyama style buildings in the mid-19th century.

The Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603), the upper Seishurocho period (1336-1573), and the lower Edo period.

Although some scholars in the field of history classify the middle and late Muromachi period and the entire Azuchi-Momoyama period into the "Warring States Period", it is undeniable that the physical integration with the various princes turned the human brain into a dog brain.

Compared with that period, the Azuchi-Momoyama period 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-repressed hearts were finally released, and they felt that "I

I feel like I’m finally prosperous and I want to spend as much as I can.”

Therefore, the characteristics of the buildings of the Azuchi-Momoyama period were luxurious style, with gold and silver as the main decoration, rich changes in composition and design, unrestrained and gorgeous.

This is also closely related to 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 65-meter-high city: 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 succeeded Oda Nobunaga after his murder and completed his unfinished hegemony of unifying the world, the buildings he vacated are even more exaggerated.

Perhaps due to the psychology of the nouveau riche, or perhaps due to his nature, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who considered himself Nobunaga's successor, took Azuchi Castle as a model and aimed to build a city superior to Azuchi Castle in every aspect.

Therefore, he united the power of the world and built Osaka Castle, which was so magnificent that even Western missionaries were amazed when they saw it.

In addition, he also built a gold teahouse made entirely of gold.

Throughout the Azuchi Momoyama period, there were countless exaggerated buildings similar to this.

With the rise of the Tokugawa family and Japan entering the Edo period, architectural styles suddenly underwent earth-shaking changes.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo shogunate, was a low-key person who did not like luxury or extravagance - this was actually an important reason why he was able to conquer the world.

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

Even the side dishes served by his maid must be the same as his—that is, she can only eat pickled radish.

And when he accidentally heard the maids complaining about the poor food, he directly said, "If you don't like it, don't eat it." Then he canceled the only side dish the maids had. From then on, the maids

Only white rice can be eaten dry.

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

Even Edo Castle, the residence of the shogun, is basically only black, white, and gray.

Looking at it, the whole Edo looks like an uncolored hand model, all black and gray.

In this way, surrounded by clusters of black tiles and rhombus-patterned walls, the Shimizu Residence, which is a relic of the Azuchi-Momoyama era, becomes even more eye-catching.

Even Qingdeng, who has been influenced by modern culture and has seen many strange and strange sights on the Internet, cannot help but be amazed by the splendid luxury of Qingshui Residence.

Take the Qingshui Tower as an example. The eaves of the Qingshui Tower are made of black-painted boards as the base, and then use gray dark tones, and then covered with gold foil, which is extremely luxurious. The reason for choosing black and gray as the base is to make the metal fittings more attractive.

Gold foil tiles, etc. look more eye-catching.

The whole tower is decorated with carved railings, jade inlays, and embroidered doors and windows. Everything is extremely exquisite, each with its own name and characteristics.

According to legend, Qingshui Tower is not the most magnificent place in Qingshui Residence.

Deep in the Qingshui Residence, there is a garden dedicated to Qingshui Eiichi for relaxation and entertainment.

The garden is not only grand and deep, full of green plants such as arrow bamboo, wisteria, and vines, and is sparse and beautiful, but it also has several high-level pavilions that show its grandeur.

If we really want to look into it carefully, let alone the jinya daimyo, even the castle-dwelling daimyo would look at Qingshui Residence twice.

In order to facilitate the control of the daimyo, the Edo shogunate explicitly stipulated the architectural styles that daimyo of each level could live in.

Except for shoguns and feudal lords, only daimyos with more than 100,000 koku are qualified to build castle tower-level castles.

Those with less than 100,000 koku and more than 30,000 koku can build a residence in the castle town.

Daimyos with less than 30,000 koku can only build and live in jinya.

These three are commonly referred to as "Castle Lord", "Residence Daimyo" and "Jinya Daimyo" respectively.

The so-called residence hall is a building with a walled yard.

The formation house originally referred to a temporary building built inside a temple without walls. It was generally used as a residence for the commander during temporary operations.

Poor feudal lords like the Kuroshiki Clan, Shichinohe Clan, and Aso Clan, whose total territory was only a little over 10,000 koku, would probably drool with envy if they met the head of the Shimizu clan.

Logically speaking, there should not be a large number of people gathering near Qingshui Residence - who would stay near a jackal's lair for a long time?

However, the scene that appeared before Qingdeng at this moment went against this common sense.

I saw people standing outside the gate of Qingshui Residence on the three floors inside and outside.

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

Seeing so many people around him, Qingto subconsciously lowered the low-rimmed bamboo hat on his head, and then followed Souji and Sanako without knowing what was going on, finding every opportunity to squeeze his way deeper into the crowd.

On the way, Qingdeng heard conversations coming from all around from time to time, which made him feel more concerned.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on? Why are so many people gathering here?"

"Don't you know?"

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

"I don't know the specifics. I only heard that the Qingshui clan is making some big move."

"Big move?"

…

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

"It seems true."

…

"Look, there are so many weapons!"

"My dear... what an exaggerated formation... the armed strength of the Qingshui clan is probably better than that of some small vassal states."

…

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

The human wall in front of us has been compressed to the limit, with almost no gaps between people.

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

Qingto and Sanako, who had the advantage of height, just stood still, and every scene and scene in front of them could be seen in front of them at a glance.

As for the petite Souji, he could only stand on tiptoe as hard as he could.

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

The main entrance of Qingshui Residence is a solemn and wide double door.

Normally, it is closed tightly, and people basically enter and exit through the small door on the side.

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

It was very lively with people coming and going.

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

People who go in are basically carrying large and small boxes of items.

As if deliberately letting everyone around see the contents of the box, each box was left uncovered.

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

Shining martial arts protective gear, brand new bows and arrows, countless swords and wakizashi...

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

But collecting armor privately can easily attract special attention from 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 wearing it is worse than nothing, and maybe you can really save your life by doing so.

Looking at the long queues weaving in and out of Qingshui Residence, as well as the massive weapons they were carrying, Qingdeng involuntarily raised his eyebrows, his face darkening slightly.

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

"Look, it's the 'Blood Tiger' Shitaro Sakurai..."

Qingden raised his eyes and saw a tall warrior with a ferocious face and scars on his face, walking arrogantly out of Qingshui Residence.

All the Yakuza inside and outside Qingshui Residence showed awe after seeing this warrior.
To be continued...