"The ancients said: Cultivate your moral character, harmonize your family, govern the country and bring peace to the world."

"Nowadays we are in a time of great strife."

"The Western barbarians invaded and bandits arose everywhere."

"Thousands of people are in dire straits."

"As warriors, we should lead the way! We regard it as our duty to help the world, and we have the ambition to save the common people!"

Qinghe Balang cleared his throat, and then recited word for word the famous poem "Four Sentences on Hengqu" by Zhang Zai, a great scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty:

"To establish a heart for the heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the living and the people, to carry on the unique knowledge of the past saints, and to create peace for all generations - this is the true warrior!"

"Harada-kun, you are an outstanding descendant of the Hohoin-style spear technique, and you are also the captain of the 10th Division of the Shinsengumi Battō Team. You shoulder important responsibilities that ordinary people cannot achieve."

"How can you just stare at a bowl of eel rice?"

Qinghe Hachiro's Qingyue powerful questioning voice resounded throughout the corridor.

Although it was just a whim, he really wanted Harada Sanosuke... to make this useless piece of mud become a little more reliable.

He thought that after hearing his righteous criticism, the other party would feel more or less ashamed.

However... Harada Sanosuke's expression remained the same, and there was no trace of shame on his face.

I saw him shrugging his shoulders, and the corners of his slightly raised mouth showed something like a smile.

"Qinghe-kun, don't you think it is both difficult and magnificent to be able to eat hot eel rice every day?"

"What?"

Before the stunned Qinghe Hachiro could respond, Harada Sanosuke went on to say:

"I'm an idiot with no brains."

He raised his right index finger and poked his forehead.

"Let alone those profound ancient books, I can't even read the most basic Four Books and Five Classics."

"As for the 'successor of Hohoin-ryu's spearmanship' you just mentioned... Hohoin-ryu is the number one spearsmanship school in Japan. Its descendants are all over the place, and my level of spearmanship and talent are just like that.

"

"I don't have the talents of Shinpachi and Saito, nor do I have the exaggerated physique of Okita."

"He is not as talented as Mr. Shannan in both civil and military affairs, nor is he as talented as Mr. Ju, who is a rare hero in a century."

"It's not that I don't understand the great principles you mentioned."

"But, common people, the world, true warriors... these words are really too far away for me."

When he said this, Harada Sanosuke rarely tightened his facial lines, showing a rare serious expression.

Hachiro Kiyokawa couldn't help but be stunned for the first time when he saw Sanosuke Harada showing such an expression.

"I know very well what I am capable of—that is, I have no ability at all."

"How can a mediocre person like me accomplish anything great?"

"Forcing yourself to climb a mountain you cannot climb is a futile effort."

“Not only is it very easy to end up with nothing, but it’s also very likely to leave chicken feathers all over the floor.”

"So, let's let talented people like Mr. Tachibana, Mr. Hijikata and Mr. Shannan complete the great cause of 'saving the common people and benefiting the world'!"

"Let the taller ones hold up the collapsing sky!"

"As for me, I will continue to eat and drink as I should, eat the delicacies I like, sleep with the woman I like, and then do my best to do my part!"

After that, he put the persimmon in his hand - he took out a new persimmon at some point - and stuffed it into his mouth with a "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa".

At this moment, the serious expression completely disappeared, and the happy look once again filled his cheeks.

It was obvious that he was educating the other party, but in the end he was turned against him, and he became the one being educated...

Qinghe Hachilang's eyes straightened at first, and then he frowned:

——Hmph! Full of nonsense!

——It is precisely because the mountains are so high that it is worthwhile to climb them!

——If you give up just because the mountain is too high and the peak is too dangerous, then the country will be doomed! Everywhere you look, you will see fearful rats!

——This wild monkey is really happy! As long as he can eat a mouthful of hot rice, he will be satisfied! Just like an animal!

——Forget it, there is nothing to say to such a fool!

With a thought so intense, Qinghe Hachiro turned his head, neither speaking nor looking at the other party.

Harada Sanosuke was also busy chewing persimmons and had no time to talk.

Until they arrived at the conference room, the two of them had no further conversation.

"Hello everyone!"

Harada Sanosuke opened the door and greeted everyone in the room with a cheerful tone.

In the conference room, the director-general, Hijikata Tobizo and others were all present, except for Hachiro Kiyokawa and Sanosuke Harada.

The two people who arrived late immediately took their places.

Coincidentally, just when they were about to sit down, they heard a "whoop" sound - the side door of the conference room suddenly opened - Qing Deng arrived.

Qingdeng sprinted to the main seat, sat down cross-legged, and directly extended his greetings:

"Good morning everyone!"

Before the greetings ended, he continued hurriedly:

“Because I still have a lot to do next, so I’ll keep the story short!”

"The reason why we suddenly convened an emergency meeting is to announce something to you!"

"In order to expand the Shinsengumi's military spending, I decided to establish a new organization dedicated to making money."

"Its name is——"

As he spoke, Qingdeng took out a scroll from his arms, held both ends of the scroll with both hands, and pulled it open.

The eyes of everyone present immediately fell on the scroll.

Qinghe Hachilang narrowed his eyes and recited the four characters written on the scroll word by word:

"Newly elected... Chamber of Commerce?"

Qingden nodded slightly.

"That's right! As its name suggests, this new organization will operate in the form of a chamber of commerce!"

"Have no responsibilities other than working hard to make money."

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng put down the scroll in his hand and clapped his hands twice.

Wow - the side door of the conference room opened again.

A young man who was very unfamiliar to most of the people present walked into the room with a nervous look on his face and came to Qingdeng's side.

"This is Yataro Iwasaki!"

Qingdeng introduced to everyone.

"From now on, he will be the first president of the newly elected Chamber of Commerce!"

As soon as this statement came out, an atmosphere of astonishment suddenly filled the entire audience.

First, he suddenly announced the establishment of a new organization, and then promoted a stranger with unknown origins... Qingteng's machine-gun-like operation confused everyone.

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Chapter completed!