Midon the fisherman is wounded and can't go fishing.  He borrows money from a samurai, but can't pay it back. A wife gets mad at her drunkard husband and returns to her parents.  But she misses her husband now that she's left him. A young servant named Sutekichi loves katanas.  He wants his own, so he pays a blacksmith with a thousand logs to make one for him.
As part of his duties, 
the samurai would transport
El samurai ganaba mucho 
dinero fuera de la oficina
Aparte de sus ingresos del gobierno, 
el samurái ganaba mucho dinero
Como uma de suas funções, 
o samurai transportaria