Team!【6000】

Aomori turned his head and glanced at Ebina next to him.

The nimble posture of leaning down but not affecting the movement, the light steps that make no sound when walking... It seems that he is not bragging. With such performance, he can still bear the title of "veteran".

Ebina is much more reliable than he expected... Thinking of this, Aomori felt relieved.

The two of them cautiously advanced deeper into the factory.

The smell of herbs floating in the air became stronger and stronger.

Abruptly, Qingto, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and raised his hand to signal Ebina behind him to stop.

It turned out that someone was patrolling.

In the corridor in front of the two of them, three warriors with swords at their waists were patrolling back and forth with lanterns.

When it comes to "infiltrating", Aoto, who once worked as a chivalrous Phantom Thief with Mai Kinoshita, and later received rigorous training from the Shin-Oiwaban, is professional and experienced in this area.

After a while, Qingden spotted the opening, led Ebina around the guards, and continued to move forward.

The further forward and closer to the depths of the workshop, the more guards the two of them encountered.

The security is so tight that the mansion of a rich man is nothing more than that.

It was unusual for a mere medicinal herb workshop to have such strict security measures... No matter how you thought about it, it was abnormal - they both frowned when they thought of Ayoto and Ebina who were going together.

Finally... after many near misses along the way, the two of them finally reached the deepest part of the workshop.

"arrive……"

Ebina muttered.

"This should be the place where medicine is made..."

What caught their eyes was a spacious place that looked like a modern assembly line factory.

The huge space of more than 300 square meters is divided by square tables, each square table is covered with a heavy canvas.

With the development of commodity economy and social productivity, in some handicraft factories, factory owners with funds and raw materials hired free workers to produce for the needs of the market. This is how the germination of capitalism in Japan emerged.

Although the commercial level of Edo is not as good as Osaka, the "commercial capital" with unparalleled geographical convenience, it is the ruling center of the Tokugawa family and its economic strength cannot be underestimated.

Handicraft workshops of considerable scale, with hundreds of employees, abounded in Edo.

If we don't find out what's hidden under those canvases, then this place is just an ordinary workshop with many guards, and there's no way to prove that it is the production site of Phantom Lake.

After confirming that no one was around, Aomori and Ebina looked at each other, then quietly walked to the square table closest to them.

Qingdeng casually opened the canvas in front of him - the moment the canvas fell to the ground, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Ebina leaned his head forward - in an instant, his expression suddenly changed: "This is...?!"

Under the canvas, there were dried flowers.

The main root is nearly conical and vertical. The stem is upright, unbranched, hairless, and white powdery. The leaves are alternate, ovate or long ovate, the apex is acuminate to blunt, the base is heart-shaped, and the edges are irregular wavy serrations on both sides.

Hairless, white powdery, with obvious veins and slightly raised leaves; the lower leaves have short stalks, and the upper leaves are stalkless and hold the stem.

These flowers are so beautiful and gorgeous - anyone would think so, before knowing the names of these flowers... before knowing the functions of these flowers...

At this moment, both Qingto and Ebina felt a chill all over their bodies, and every cell in their bodies was knocked awake in turn...

Ebina was about to speak, but Qingden took the lead and said the names of these flowers word by word:

"poppy……!"

These extremely gorgeous flowers are exactly the raw material for making Huancui Lake - poppy!

Ebina walked away from Qingnobo in three steps and quickly lifted up the canvases of the other square tables with his quick eyes and hands.

Except for a few tables with unknown common herbs, most of the tables were covered with poppies that were either still fresh or dried.

Tens of thousands of poppies! Such a sight made Qingden feel a little dizzy.

"Finally found it...!"

Qingdeng took a deep breath and tried to calm the emotional waves in his heart.

"As long as we report this place to the shogunate, we will cause the Fanzhu Party to suffer a lot."

Ebina walked back to Aoto and said softly.

Qingdeng nodded:

"Well, yes."

Although most of the meat eaters of the Edo shogunate were a despicable bunch, they were not fools either.

After all, Japan has been a country for so many years.

They have basically seen and heard about the trendy new gadgets and the most advanced knowledge nowadays.

They must know what poppy is, and they must also know how terrible it is for private forces to hoard such a large amount of poppy.

Otherwise, Tianzhang Academy would not have shown such a terrifying expression when it learned that the raw material for making Huanfu Lake was poppy.

Next, all you need to do is convey the address and details of this medicinal material workshop to Tianzhang Hospital.

There is no need for Qingnobo to worry about the following matters - the shogunate... no, it should be said that Tokugawa Iesada and Tenjoin will take action on their own.

The reason why Tokugawa Iedada and Tenhoin remained as calm as possible even though they knew that there was a problem with the Hosuke Party and that the Shimizu clan and the Hosuke Party were colluding with each other was because they had no evidence at hand.

To act rashly without any evidence is to violate the taboo of military strategists - to act without a name.

Being unknown will only cause people's hearts to wander, and will give a hand to those crazy dogs...that is, to the "Ichitsubashi Sect".

Tokugawa Iedada and Tenjoin stepped out with their left foot first when leaving the house, and were criticized as "immovable etiquette" by the mad dogs of the "Ichitsubashi School".

If these two mother and son, without giving a suitable reason, arbitrarily use the already extremely scarce human and material resources... God knows how crazy they will be criticized in the future.

However, on the other hand, as long as the teacher is famous, all the above problems can be solved.

A legal and compliant, well-founded "anti-terrorism operation" personally led by General Zhengyi and Oitai... Even if the "Ichitsubashi Faction" intends to obstruct it, there is no way to comment on it.

In any case, the Edo Shogunate is still the most powerful force in Japan, bar none.

If the Hōzū Party and the Great Salt Party had the strength to confront the Edo shogunate head-on, then why would they need to live a secretive and secretive life?

Although the actions of Tokugawa Iedada and Tenshouin will not bring about the annihilation of the Hoshu Party, it will definitely bring them huge troubles, at least it will make it difficult for them to spread the illusion again.

Thinking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Since the fire in the Kodenma Town prison house, we have spent countless time and experience, witnessed countless cruelties and deaths, and finally found the most powerful evidence that can prove that the Punishment Party produces and sells dangerous drugs!

This humble medicinal materials workshop will become a turning point in this protracted confrontation that fundamentally changes!

"Your Majesty Niou, let's go."

Ebi Mingdao.

"Gotta hurry up..."

At this time, Qingdeng seemed to sense something and was startled.

Ebina, who noticed the strangeness, quickly stopped talking and asked instead:

"His Majesty Nioh, what's wrong?"

Qingdeng raised his head in silence, glanced around him, and after a while he said calmly:

"They're coming."

Whoa whoosh whoosh!

Dong Dong Dong Dong!

Boom boom boom!

Suddenly, noisy sounds from all directions poured into the ears of Aomori and Ebina like a torrential rain!

The sound of legs moving, the sound of stepping on the wooden corridor, the sound of swords and guns clashing...

In the blink of an eye, the inside and outside of the factory became extremely noisy, much like the Kanda vegetable market in the early morning.

Within a moment, figures one after another broke into Aoto and Ebina's field of vision.

This group of "uninvited guests" quickly spread out their formation, surrounded Ayoto and Ebina, and were ready.

Ebina frowned, turned his body sideways, and stood back to back with Aoto.

Qingdeng didn't have any extreme reaction. He moved his eyes as usual to observe the situation.

The number of incoming enemies was not large, about a hundred people.

However, Qingdeng found many familiar faces among them.

"Blood Tiger" Shitaro Sakurai, "Two Gunslinger" Kishijima Mantaro, "Ghost Nagano" Nagano Binjiro, "Gun Eishuke" Kusu Eisuke, "Sendai's Bull" Ozeki Rozaburo...

All the elite soldiers and generals of the Qingshui clan are here!

"Ju Qingden, you are indeed here."

A middle-aged male voice without sadness or joy.
To be continued...