At the beginning of October, Okubo, who had been stranded in Edo for a long time, finally returned to the white master, and Naohide saw him on the dock with a gloomy face, and felt that it shouldn't be, I asked you to send money to people, and this can still be wronged?

In early May, Okubo left Hakujo via Matsumae for Edo, loaded with a full 1,000 seal skins and 20 treasures.

What is a treasure? Otter skin. The black otter skin, which is two meters long and one meter wide, is a famous specialty of the northern land, and was praised by the Matsumae family when it was presented to the first shogun Ieyasu.

During the hunt on Seal Island last year, the Ainu tribe was grateful for the meat they had allocated, and they presented 20 sheets, which was a surprise.

Therefore, when Okubo presented otter skins in June, it caused quite a stir in Edo.

A year ago, when Naoyoshi Hori reported to the Kandai on behalf of the White Lord, only one Kandai called Inoue Uemon to come forward to perfunctory him, and he was often amused by a group of samurai who couldn't beat him. However, Okubo's treatment was quite good this time, and after handing over the documents and details of the offerings, he was received by the head of the survey group, Lord Ogura Toshiie, the head of the survey group, the next day.

The duties of the Kandai are in order of size for the Kanding Commission, the Kanding Ginmi Service, the Kanding Group Head, the Domination Commissioner, and the Kanding, Okubo is only a retainer of the Hori family, and Naohide Hori is only a flag book of 200 stones, so the head of the group, the Ogura Toshiya himself, went out in person, which is considered an exceptional treatment.

Okubo respectfully reported to the Ogura Toshiie at the survey office the current situation of the White Lord's office:

There were 510 Dingkou, 211 strong men, 299 women and children, not counting the 51 remnants of the money house in Maoka, and although the settlement was still confined to the White Lord, the range of activities had begun to radiate from the White Lord to the entire North Ezo Land, but it was still confined to the south of 50 degrees north latitude.

As soon as he said this, the Ogura Toshiya cried out "oops" - he didn't know anything about latitude and longitude, and he had a headache when he heard it.

Seeing this, Okubo hurriedly took out the map and prepared to explain it carefully to Shangguan.

"It's a little thing, and you don't need to report it in detail." Ogura hurriedly waved his hand, in the land of projectiles, there is nothing to hear, it is nothing more than complaining about being tired, and then asking the survey institute for this and that.

"Is there any harassment from the Lucians?" This sentence Ogura asked with his nose pinched, he was afraid of hearing any trouble, but the big guy spoke, and he had to ask.

"Not yet, but in the summer, Western whaling ships appear from time to time. According to the "Fuel and Fresh Water Supply Order", if you dock at the white master, follow the order to supply, and then order him to leave quickly. This matter is documented in detail. "This rice boat is in and out of the white master, and you can't hide it if you want to, so after discussing it with Naoxiu and others, they set up an ambush in advance in the documents over the years, hoping that the big thing will be turned into a small one, so as not to be caught by someone and have no chance to resist at all.

"Ahem~", The head of the Kanding group suddenly coughed twice, and the ruling commissioner and Kanding, who were accompanying him, immediately stood up and bowed out.

Seeing this, Okubo was inexplicably wonderful, but he was not nervous, because if the white master's secret trade incident happened, it should be a group of wolf-like ashigaru breaking in, and this entourage withdrew, obviously there was a secret matter to talk about.

But before leaving, Naohide clearly told him that only Mr. Egawa Tanan could rely on among the Edo officials, and even the people of the Oguri family could not be trusted if they did not show Oguri Tadashun's handwriting, and this Ogura-sama was also specifically mentioned as the official in charge, "neither friend nor foe", what is this for?

"The amount of fur sent by the white lord this time is wrong, and there are quite inconsistencies with the official documents."

Okubo was stunned when he heard it, I just mentioned the document yesterday, and today I came to survey the reply I heard, the fur has not yet been put off the ship and put into storage, how did you find out that this amount is wrong? Could it be that your old man has a legend

Clairvoyance?

Ignoring etiquette, he suddenly looked up and saw that Ogura Toshiya was squinting at him with a smile, and immediately realized that this was a blatant bribery, I didn't expect the samurai at the survey center to be so bold!

Actually, the head of the group, the Ogura Toshiya is very complaining in his heart, this white lord is not easy to be a maverick, although it is not even comparable to the number of stone taka managed by the county commission, but the treatment is very special, not only is there Egawa Taro Saemon in the survey office, but I heard that the chief Abe attendant of the old middle school is also very concerned.

Mr. Tan'an, who is a Kanji ginmi, cares because of the friendship between teachers and students.

And the old middle Abe cares, but he is forced to be helpless.

Since Naohide returned from overseas, several other old middle schools thought that this was his secret hand, causing Naohide to become "his own person" inexplicably, but for the sake of the many treasures and books that Naohide brought back, he also pinched his nose and recognized it.

Later, Jiangchuan Tanan tried to take the lead in the success of ironmaking, and the Confucian school, in order to suppress the momentum of Jiang Chuan, the leader of Lanxue, engaged in a split of flowers and leaves, and the rise and fall of the light, and sent his student Naohide to the north. But as his own person, the boss must not care, and it is not okay to send him to death, otherwise others will think that he has lost power, so as long as there is news of the White Lord's acting office, he will inevitably let his subordinates ask, and the result is that "Naohide Hori is Abe's own person" said.

Therefore, the head of the survey group, Ogura Toshiie, was also forced to openly ask for a bribe from Okubo Riji at the survey office - yesterday I don't know which bastard leaked the black otter treasure skin, and today several adults "casually" mentioned the praise of the first public pattern for this fur, so he must make a few to make a few to pay homage to the adults.

As for why he talked about it in the survey institute regardless of decency, this was not forced - there were people above the white lord's office, maybe he wouldn't even be able to catch a single hair if he started late. And according to his subordinate Inoue Uemon, this white lord is extremely stingy, and he didn't even find an Oiran when he invited him to Yoshiwara last time, and maybe he couldn't find a chance to hook up in private.

In fact, this is really wronged.

In order to raise his own value, Yoshiwara's Oiran often selects guests, and Naoyoshi Hori is a courtier, eager where to find a way to invite Oiran. Besides, Inoue Uemon is just a small survey of the institute, and Naoyoshi Hori was stupid to ask Oiran to accompany him.

Inoue Uemon reported Yoshiwara's "troubles" to the Ogura Toshiie, and originally just deliberately curry favor with his boss, adding oil and vinegar to make Ogura smile, but Okura, as the head of the survey team, sent people to Edo on weekdays, and treated him respectfully and responsively, so he really felt that it was an abnormal thing to go to Yoshiwara without an Oiran to accompany him, and he actually believed that "the white lord is stingy and abnormal".

The white lord is not unreasonable, and has been prepared for this for a long time - he brought a thousand seal skins, but only eight hundred were written in the paperwork, and the remaining two hundred, if anyone wanted it, they would send it, and no one wanted it and was not prepared to take it back, and directly entered the library of the survey institute in the name of loss, believing that the adults had their own arrangements.

Okubo mentioned the matter of two hundred pieces of damage, but Ogura-sama was noncommittal about it, Edo Jinshan Yinhai, this bit of fur is just a fur, and the lord doesn't care - in fact, it's not bad to give it to himself, but the key to the question is seal skin? Is it worth 100 gold otter skins!

But there is really no otter treasure skin, and the white master also got it by chance, and in order to prevent it from being squinted by any adult, he deliberately noted in the document that "it is a treasure of the long class, one is three feet long and three feet wide". This is also the reason why the information spreads so quickly - it is clearly written, and there are many masters in the survey office, and it is not yet spreading.

Okubo finally figured out what Ogura-sama wanted, but he really made up a superfluous way, so he tentatively asked, "Why don't I come back and change the number?" ”

Ogura Toshiya brushed his sleeves away, "One word."

When you enter the yamen, Jiuniu can't go back", I think your town is also fake, I don't know what to do, this white lord pursues the jujube pills he eats!

Okubo was left on the spot, and immediately after that, someone came in and drove him away, and said in a weird way, "The most important thing in doing things is to follow the rules, rules, understand?" ”

Speaking of which, this is also the lack of experience of the white master, everyone thought that this otter treasure skin was sent, and the document did not say who to give it to, so the capable adult could naturally get it, but what he didn't expect at all was that some of the adult's subordinates added drama to themselves, and they had to squeeze extra oil out of the sand, resulting in "I can't beat the fox, but I got into trouble".

After that, Okubo's treatment at the survey institute took a sharp turn for the worse, and last time Naoyoshi Hori could still have the small official Inoue Uemon come out perfunctory, but Okubo could only sit every day this time, and no one paid attention to it at all - the goods were immediately put into storage, but the handler scolded and scolded, and he didn't accept the money, but fortunately, the white master was down-to-earth, and the fur was well maintained, and he didn't jump out of any big mistakes.

Okubo went to the survey office every morning to report and went home at noon, just spending time day by day. But he didn't feel troublesome, because Zhixiu had told him in advance, "The white master is raised by a stepmother, and Zhixiu is incompetent, please bear with Brother Liji." Everything has been wronged, and when he returns to the white master, Naoxiu will definitely make amends in person. "The head of the family has said so, what else can Okubo do?

Besides, Okubo is very satisfied with the current situation - not satisfied with the anger he has received in Kanding, but with the fact that he is only twenty-three years old this year and is in a "high position".

Well, the White Lord's Town is nothing, and the chief retainer of the Hori family is nothing - Murata Agatoshi went to sea Okubo is naturally the first of the civil ministers, but the internal affairs of the White Lord are indeed in the hands of Okubo, especially after the restructuring in October last year, in addition to the inconvenience of the Fan Group, Okubo is in the White Lord's word, although the White Lord is a lot of young heroes, seeing the "group of males and females" tied up and obeying orders, the White Lord is getting bigger and better little by little, and the sense of achievement is really overwhelming.

Moreover, Naohide is not a lord who only talks about feelings, and Okubo alone has as much as 1,000 taels of gold in the past year! This does not include the original Yulu - Naoxiu is a flag book of 200 stones, so there are not many nominal Yulu for the retainers, most of them are 30 stones, 20 stones, etc., but the daily hand pawn gold subsidy is very high, like Okubo's level, the monthly hand pawn gold is as much as 20 taels, and various other benefits are also numerous.

Although the hair is all white master - because of the lack of gold and silver to make their own paper money, but it can be cashed, everyone to send money home can be through the two for the merchant Kii Kuniya, the white master book to Kii Kuniya in the Northland head Yuzaburo, Yuzaburo issued the corresponding number of gold tickets, the family can go to Edo, Osaka, Nagasaki and other places to exchange, if it is too troublesome, such as in Tosa Kochi, you can also find the Kii Kuniya exchange, the Yaya recognizes the Kii Kuniya gold ticket, no problem at all.

Now Okubo's annual cash income is 1258 taels of gold, which is completely comparable to the samurai of 2,000 stone Jialu, so what's wrong with being wronged, I don't care at all.

It's just that some cats, dogs, and four people suddenly came out to be more annoying, saying that it was this flag retainer who guarded that Jie, in short, to get some otter skins. In this regard, Okubo greeted him with a smile and said, "This is also accidental, I really don't have it now, and I can't guarantee it in the future", but everyone is welcome to visit the white lord, except for otter skins, other furs are really not a thing in the Northland.

Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, Okubo is respectful and polite, except for a few people who scold and turn their faces, most people say "I will send someone to the white master in the future, Okubo, don't forget what you said", Okubo of course patted his chest and promised, "It's just someone else, my lord, you must take it to heart in the future, how can you forget it."

More than ten days passed like this, but suddenly one day, Okubo received two famous thorns from a servant, and two adults asked him to visit him immediately.