The next day, Lu Ning went to the barracks for a circle, and almost all the future affairs were handed over to Wang Longhe and other samurai.

Of course, in front of the five hundred Dongying warriors who were neatly arranged, Lu Ning still demonstrated slightly, so that the ten soldiers who felt that they were the most powerful among them came out of the ranks, and they all used wooden sticks to defeat them with one enemy and ten.

Lu Ning still hopes that this "new army" can be trained impressively.

Because unlike the Kwantung Imperial Commander's Toyota family, Owari Province is close to each other, and there is not much room for maneuvering, and if it is conquered, it is not at all as easy as the Kanto Imperial Commander, and once the Kwantung Imperial Commander is unfavorable in battle, the Xuanfu Battalion or the Zhendong Army can more or less secretly support it to avoid a heavy defeat.

And Owari Province is beyond the reach of the Qi people.

Therefore, it is necessary to train a more elite armed force than the old-fashioned Toei soldiers, so that Owari has the power to protect itself, so as not to lose the original intention of coming to Owari.

Although he was too lazy to train this so-called new army, and Wang Longhe and them acted as his agent, he established his own authority to give Wang Longhe and them a show of their leaders, so that they could have enough prestige among the new soldiers, so that they could get twice the result with half the effort by training the new army in this way.

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The door of the grille hut is open, and outside the door is a lush evergreen bamboo forest, and the winter lake that looks like a mirror after the ice is frozen, and the world of ice and snow forms a strange contrast with the green bamboo and wood.

Lu Ning looked at the letterhead in his hand, and his face was a little unpleasant.

Kneeling opposite was Mayu Hime, a beautiful girl dressed in a red and white witch costume, biting her lip and not speaking.

Lu Ning was originally thinking about how to get in touch with the fine craftsmen who followed the white beat family into Kyoto, although although because Fujiwara Saitoshi, the lord of the Owari country, is the son of Fujiwara Minori, the left minister, and now the information from Kyoto is extremely comprehensive, but after all, the angle is different, the intelligence from Fujiwara Saitoshi will inevitably beautify Fujiwara Minori's situation, etc., and if you listen to it, it is clear that the intelligence still needs to come from multiple channels and corroborate each other.

I also pondered how to get Fujiwara Saitoshi to agree to set up an embassy in this Nagoya Port.

Unlike the Edo Port, which was being developed by the Qi people, even if an embassy could be set up in Nagoya, it would not be possible to acquire a land within a radius of 100 miles, so it would be enough to have a special area where the Qi people could stay.

Moreover, the embassy guards, about 100 people, are equivalent to obtaining the right to garrison a small number of soldiers.

If this happens, we will set up another embassy in Kyoto and Kyushu.

In this way, from the west to the east, the four imperial palaces of Kyushu, Kyoto, Owari, and Edo, under the slow operation, were enough to firmly control Toei in their hands, making it a vassal state that was not a vassal, plundering its minerals and various resources.

The surrounding islands of Dongying have all become the islands of Great Qi, so that after Dongying, they can only benefit from the development of the Central Plains Empire, and no longer have the right and ability to develop independently.

When Lu Ning was pondering these things, Zhen Dong Ji came and brought a letter.

It was written by his brother Michisada Toyoda.

That is, following the experience of the Western Expeditionary Corps, at the age of sixteen, the elder brother of the same mother of Madong Hime, a genius boy who has repeatedly corrected the leader of the Western Expeditionary Legion, the leader of the Western Expeditionary Legion, and in history, he married the talented girl and the figure of the Izumi Shibu.

This letter obviously came with the second batch of Qi Guohai ships that arrived yesterday to transport the Tianshan people.

In the letter, Michisada Toyoda asked his sister and the messenger to return to Edo together.

He also said that Commander Zheng of the Edo Qiren Camp liked the portrait of his sister very much, and his sister only had to go back to the rivers and lakes, and she didn't have to resign to Lu Bantou, so as not to have unnecessary twists and turns, and secretly got on the boat and came back, Commander Zheng has already explained everything, and after you return to Edo, Commander Zheng will repair a letter to Lu Bantou to put an end to the matter.

Daozhen even said in the letter that Commander Zheng is in the prime of life, much more upright and majestic than Lu Bantou, and Commander Zheng's wife is still in the Central Plains, and there is only a concubine from Gangna by his side.

As for his status and status, Lu Bantou can't be the same as Commander Zheng, and the difference is extremely huge.

Commander Zheng promised to help his father with all his might, but despite this, you need to mediate with all your might.

And so on, and so on.

Lu Ning knew who the "Commander Zheng" in Daozhen's letter was.

The commander of the 14th Battalion of the Zhendong Army stationed in Edo was Zheng Dahu.

Originally, he was a brave and honest man, otherwise, he would not have been selected as one of the twenty battalion commanders of the expedition to Dongying.

But a lot of things are really here and there.

Today, in Edo, the main person in charge of the construction of the port area is the envoy of the Edo Embassy who has just arrived from the Central Plains.

Of course, the "Shomi" is just a colloquial name, the official name, for the Edo Upper Embassy Xuanfu Envoy, or simply the Edo Shofu Envoy.

Gao Xi is a Jinshi of the Northern Han Dynasty, and later admitted to the Jinshi of Qi State, serving in the Honglu Temple similar to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has some talents, and in history, he seems to be a famous person.

Choosing him as the envoy of Edo, Lu Ning was also well thought out.

Empress Xiao and the soldiers of the Xuanfu battalion returned to the New Tang Dynasty after Gao Xi arrived.

It was Zheng Dahu's battalion that took over the defense.

But obviously, in a short period of time, Zheng Dahu was bought by the Toyota family, which is thousands of times stronger than what he can give to the Toyota family on the surface.

Looking at what was written in the letter, Zheng Dahu was afraid that he could secretly sell them all kinds of weapons, and he could add more to the loss of money.

When they arrive in this place far away from the Central Plains, some people's mentality will naturally be different.

And seeing that the army had no intention of going west, many people thought that the overall situation had been decided and began to enjoy the fruits of victory.

There is nothing wrong with that.

Speaking of which, Zhen Dongji is just a "concubine" by her side, indeed, she fled to Zheng Dahu, and Zheng Dahu came with a letter and officially asked for her, which is also very common.

The premise is that the status of himself and him is really as different as it seems.

What's more, Zhen Dong Ji is the daughter of a big warlord who has been selected and secretly supported by the Central Plains, and his own small team leader can't actually do anything to her.

Slowly putting down the letterhead, Lu Ning looked at Zhen Dongji and smiled: "Tomorrow the fleet will return, are you here to resign?" Although Daozhen doesn't want you to let me know, you still have some friendship between you and me, so you want to make it clear to me, start and finish? Speaking of which, you are only my concubine, and if you want to leave or stay, you don't have to worry about it. ”

In fact, from the time she decided to come to Owari, Mayuhime was a little depressed, after all, she should still be able to rely on herself to get some benefits for her father, and when she came to Owari, she had nothing to do with the Western Expeditionary Army and the Imperial Army.

Therefore, now that she has a better place to return and a better place to profit for her father, it is not surprising that she wants to come and leave.

It is not easy to explain it to himself in person, and I am afraid that it also violates his father's espionage-like education concept.

Zhen Dongji shook her head lightly, "Brother Ban, I decided not to leave, and I don't know if it will have a bad impact on you, so I came to listen to Brother Ban's idea, that is, I went to Command Zheng, and it was Brother Ban who gave me to him, not me who escaped." ”

Lu Ning was stunned, but he didn't expect this.

"It's just that if I don't go back, I'm afraid that my father will offend Commander Zheng, and in my heart, I ...... really guilty, and I'm even more worried that my father will encounter disaster......" said, Zhendong Ji lowered her head and wiped her tears gently, obviously, this beautiful girl with a very cheerful personality has indeed encountered a big problem.

Lu Ning thought for a while and said: "You also know, with the two palace ladies, how much I still have a little merit to say about the micro end, I will repair a book, ask the two palace ladies, don't make Zheng command the communiqué personal vendetta!" However, Zhendong, in fact, you don't have to worry, my Great Qi Army is strictly disciplined, and your father is recommended by the General Academy of Literature and Yang Commander, and the Holy Emperor knows the candidate for the Kwantung Imperial Leader, and Commander Zheng does not dare to do anything to your father, but if he promised your father some things about flies and dogs, I am afraid that it will be invalidated from now on. ”

True Winter Ji's eyes lit up immediately, and she raised her head and said, "Really? The Holy Emperor of the Central Plains, do you all know my father's name? ”

Lu Ning smiled: "Maybe, even yours knows." ”

Zhendong Ji Qiao blushed and shook her head slightly: "Big Brother Ban is laughing again." But it seemed that the mood was much brighter in an instant.

Lu Ning said with a smile: "So, since you came to ask me, of course I won't give you away, but when you have a lover and a crush, I will naturally return to Zhao." ”

As he spoke, Lu Ning laughed at himself, as if he had spoken similar words to several women, but these women, without exception, had become his own women.

What he said was sincere, and usually when he said this, the other party didn't know his identity, how could the king of a country give away his concubines?

It's just that when I can often say this kind of thing, I have a very close relationship with the woman who is the subject of the narrative, and they usually slowly become very dependent on themselves and can't do without themselves.

However, Dongying's thinking is very different from that of the Central Plains, and Madonghime has been educated like a spy since she was a child, so sometimes it is difficult to speculate on her with common sense.

Outside, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps, and Kyoko walked in, her pretty face full of gloom.

Kneeling aside, he took the fragrant tea handed by the Xiaoxin Bureau and drank it, waved his hand, and the Xiaoxin Bureau hurriedly retreated.

Lu Ning was helpless, she was really at her house, in and out, very free.

Zhen Dong Ji originally listened to Lu Ning's words and was about to say something, but when she saw Kyoko coming in with an angry face, she swallowed back her stomach, picked up the fragrant tea on the low table, and tasted it slowly.

Nowadays, the princess of Dongying has not yet tasted tea, and he has not studied the complicated tea ceremony, because there are not many good teas in Dongying now, and Lu Ning's tea is brought from the Central Plains.

glanced at Gongzi, and Lu Ning didn't bother to pay attention to her.

But I pondered, Zheng Dahu, it is definitely not an exception.

Speaking of which, there is nothing wrong with these expeditionary soldiers enjoying the fruits of victory here, as long as they don't destroy the prestige of the Qi people, there are some gray areas, and they don't need to pay attention to it.

He also encouraged the expeditionary soldiers to settle down here, and most of their family members also took it over, and when the tide was still calm, they began to transport immigrants to Dewa and Mutsu.

In general, in ten years, 200,000 immigrants will be sent to Dewa Mutsu, and these people will recruit more older singles and some women from northern tribes.

It's a big project, and slowly, it will change the crowd structure of Debu Mutsu.

Moreover, the waterway from the Central Plains to Donglai Port is becoming clearer and clearer, and the hydrological changes of the waterway are more and more well understood, and the probability of encountering shipwrecks is greatly reduced.

In this situation, the expeditionary soldiers settled here, and the generals took concubines, as long as they were not too excessive, there was nothing to blame.

But this Zheng Dahu, if he sells Qi-made ordnance to the Dongying people privately, it will be a different matter.

Thinking of Lu Ning, he sighed in his heart, although it is said that people will change with the change of the environment, but a brave and warlike backbone officer, a young general who has just been selected and promoted in the military academy because of his military exploits, has disregarded military discipline and amassed wealth in less than a year, which is really regrettable.

"Wentai, this old thing, I'm so angry!" Kyoko puffed up and finally opened her mouth.

Lu Ning knew who she was talking about, it must be Omiya Sito Fumiya Futasu of Atsuta Shrine.

Atsuta Shrine is one of the three major shrines in Toei and has a great influence in Owari.

And Owari Province was changed to Zhixing Province, and Fujiwara Saitoshi, the lord of the country, if he wanted to really get the power of the lord, the conflict with Fujihara Harahara Tai could not be avoided.

Looking at Fujiwara Qimin, he is actually the one who has no ambition among the nobles of Kyoto, who lives an elegant life, has cumbersome etiquette, and the ultimate purpose of life is to make himself live a very comfortable life every day.

I don't care about external affairs at all, and I won't fight with anyone, I just live drunk and dreamy.

His father, Fujiwara Minori, is ambitious, but Long gave birth to nine sons, each of whom is different, and there is nothing he can do about this third son.

Let him come to Owari, which will inevitably bring him a very strong staff.

But despite this, Fujiwara Qimin estimates that he will still try his best to downplay the disputes, and would rather suffer some losses himself, of course, the children of the ministers who are drunk and dreaming of death in Kyoto, when it comes to local affairs, where can they find out if they suffer or take advantage? Wouldn't care.

But Kyoko, who has a completely different personality from her husband, is a powerful figure with the same ambition as her father-in-law, who wants to restore the glory of her family.

I just don't know, Fujimon Harayasu, where did she provoke her.

In fact, Atsuta Shrine, as a temple power, is much worse than those Buddhist temples in later generations, especially the Jodo Shinshu, which advocates marriage and childbirth, and its Honganji Temple, which is the main mountain, really gathers a force that is extremely feared by the daimyo of the world, because the believers are armed all over the country, and they have become the public enemy of almost all the daimyos.

And Atsuta Shrine, by the time of Oda Nobunaga, had completely surrendered to the Oda family, and the Omiya Division at that time, followed Oda Nobunaga to the east and west, and died in a fierce battle.

"Wentai, today in front of Qi Min, I said that I want Qi Min to accept his daughter Qing Yuqian as a side room, Qi Min is really moved, he has not taken a concubine all these years, but I have been married to him for five years and have no heirs, so he is also eager to have a child." Kyoko bit her red lip with hatred.

"Five years?" Lu Ning said: "According to Central Plains medicine, if there is no heir, it may also be a problem of the father's family, but if you don't take a concubine, it will still be difficult to verify after all." ”

Kyoko nodded, "Yes, I see, it's also Qi Min's problem." ”

Zhen Dong Ji said lightly on the side: "What's so difficult about this? You ask Brother Ban to have one with you, if you can't, that's your problem. ”

Lu Ning was speechless, these two women have not been very good at dealing with each other, and as time goes by, after getting acquainted with him, he often sneers and even quarrels with each other.

"You are the servant of Brother Ban, as you should be." Madong Ji pursed her lips disdainfully, seeing that Kyoko had been rampant since she had returned to her own territory recently, her tail was cocked badly, and she was dissatisfied.

Gongzi's pretty face sank immediately, and she wanted to sneer at each other, but suddenly, she looked at Lu Ning.

Lu Ning rubbed his nose, coughed, and said, "Fujibunaya, there are a lot of fields, if you want Owari to survive surrounded by strong enemies, it is urgent to make these fields pay taxes to the national division." ”

According to Kyoto's law, no tax is payable on the fields of shrines and temples.

As a result, local landlords (landlords) nominally dedicate their land to temples and shrines, and pay about one-third of the land rent to temples and shrines, and the rest can be put into private deposits.

On the shrine land, tax collectors of the National Division are not allowed to enter the fields to "inspect the fields", that is, to measure the amount of land and review the harvest.

This is also the "no entry" privilege of the shrine land.

Lu Ning pondered and said: "Tomorrow, I will order the new army to go to various shrines to inspect the fields, and now I see that the world is in chaos and the country is in danger. ”

Kyoko's eyes lit up immediately, "Yes, if the lawsuit goes to Kyoto, Minister Zuo will rely on Lord Shilai and praise Qi Min." Then, he was a little hesitant, "However, Master Ban, the new army has only been in the army for more than ten days, and there are many supporters of Wentai!" ”

The appreciation of his husband's minister, Fujiwara Minori, is based on the success of "Kanda", if he can't enter the various estates of the shrine at all, but is taught a lesson by the shrine's armed "Atsuta people", then it must be the blame of Fujiwara Minori after his anger.

Lu Ning smiled: "Let's see tomorrow, I also want to take a look around, but if you can enter the shrine and inspect the field, and set up an embassy in this Ozhang country, I hope you will do your best to promote it." ”

Lu Ning and Gongzi mentioned the matter of setting up an embassy in Owari State, but obviously, it was undesirable to get the secret support of the Qi people, including the appointment of Qi people as the head of the new army.

However, it is another matter to set up an embassy, after all, the Owari Province and the Dewa Mutsu of the Qi people are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and now the blatant establishment of the official organization of the Qi people has not only not been strongly supported by the Qi people, but has also become the target of those hardliners in the Kannai who are clamoring for the use of troops by the Qi people, which is really worth the loss.

Even the left minister Fujiwara Minori, it is difficult to distinguish this, and from then on, he will be tied to the chariot of Qiren, at least in the eyes of the outside world, he is a hardcore pro-Qi faction, and maybe, he will be labeled as a "national thief" by political enemies and hardliners.

The various intricate relationships involved are too great.

Yes, Kyoko has been vain and wronged, and he didn't agree.

Now, Lu Ning brings up the old thing again.

Kyoko hesitated for a while, and finally, biting her red lip, "The concubine will work hard to achieve this." ”