Early the next morning, Sanshiro brought food to Matsugami Yoshimitsu again, and it was still two brown rice balls and a glass of water like yesterday. Matsugami Yoshimitsu experienced the sensation of pulling his throat again, and then handed the remaining rice ball to Sanshiro, who was looking at him with a blank eye, and this time Sanshiro did not refuse. Matsugami Yoshimitsu said tentatively after seeing Sanshiro finish eating rice balls. "Sanshiro, can you do me a favor?"

That Sanshiro must have been taught by some adults in Tsuno Village, and he didn't seem to want to pay attention to Matsugami Yoshimitsu's request. But it may be because he ate Matsugami Yoshimitsu's two rice balls one after another, and Sanshiro said to him, "This fat sheep." "I still have a certain amount of affection." Although many people in the village have said that I should be careful of the deception of the fat sheep, I think you are not bad. What do you want me to help with? Tell me, I'll help you if I can. ”

"Sanshiro, thank you so much. I want you to inform His Highness Jiaping that I want to see him, and if you help me, I will definitely let you have endless rice balls in the future. Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that Sanshiro was relieved, and hurriedly thanked and promised. His movement is restricted now, and he can only meet Tsuno Yoshihei if he asks Sanshiro for help.

As soon as Sanshiro heard that Matsugami Yoshimitsu just wanted to see Tsuno Yoshihei, he felt that nothing would happen, so he agreed. "I can help you with this matter, but whether I see you or not depends on what His Royal Highness Jiaping means." At the end he added. "Is it true that you said that I have unfinished rice balls?"

"Haha, it must be." Matsugami Yoshimitsu assured with a smile. So Sanshiro left the place where Matsugami Yoshimitsu was being held and went to report to Tsuno Kahei.

Kaheirashiki Tsuno.

"Your Royal Highness Jiaping, the fat sheep you caught wants to see you?" Sanshiro rushed to Tsuno Kahei's house and respectfully reported to Tsuno Kahei.

"Want to see me? What am I seeing him doing? "Tsuno Kahei heard that Matsugami Yoshimitsu wanted to see him, and he was about to refuse, but he felt that Matsugami Yoshimitsu was not bad, so he stopped Sanshiro, who was leaving, and said. Forget it, I'll go see him with you. ”

"Great, Your Highness Jiaping." Sanshiro said happily. Then they went to the place where Matsugami Yoshimitsu was being held. After arriving at Matsugami Yoshimitsu's prison, Tsuno Yoshihei asked Sanshiro to stay outside, and he walked into the prison alone to meet with Matsugami Yoshimitsu.

"Your Highness Jiaping, you promised to see me." Matsugami Yoshimitsu said happily when he saw Kahei Tsuno.

"Don't rejoice too soon, the temple didn't promise you anything beforehand. Say, what are you going to see this temple for? Tsuno Yoshihei said coldly.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that Tsuno Yoshihei had a cold attitude and didn't care, and continued. "I see that the people of Jinye are living in hardship, and I especially want to point out a clear path for His Royal Highness Jiaping to help the people of Jinye."

"Minglu? Help me? Now that you can't protect yourself, how can you help the people of Jinye. Okay, if it's okay, don't delay the time of the main hall. Kahei Tsuno was very amused by Matsukami's words, and turned to leave.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that Kahei Tsuno was leaving, and hurriedly shouted. "Your Royal Highness Jiaping, now that I have heard that the land tax of the people of Tsuno has reached eight gongs and two people, the life of the villagers of Tsuno Village is unsustainable. Even if you occasionally rob people like Zaixia, I'm afraid the villagers won't last a few days. Do you really want to give up an opportunity to free the people of Tsuno? ”

"Opportunity?" Tsuno Kahei may have been stimulated by Matsugami Yoshimitsu's words, and he turned around sharply and said angrily to Matsugami Yoshimitsu. "Okay, I'll listen to your nonsense. If you can't convince the main hall, don't blame the main hall for being unkind. ”

Seeing this, Matsugami Yoshimitsu hurriedly said. "His Royal Highness Jiaping rest assured, if you say anything, you will be at the disposal of His Royal Highness Jiaping." Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that Tsuno Kahei had no opinion and continued.

"Don't hide it from His Royal Highness Jiaping, in fact, the Matsumoto Castle Lord Matsugami Yoshimitsu is also in the Shimono Matsukami family. In the next time, I came to Benye Mountain to recruit the people of Tsuno, but I was caught by Lord Tsuno as a fat sheep. His Royal Highness Jiaping doesn't believe it, and there is also a letter of recommendation from his retainer Saigo Guanjiu as evidence. After Matsugami Yoshimitsu finished speaking, he was handed a letter of recommendation from Saigo Kanhisa, who he had secretly hidden, to Tsuno Yoshihei.

Tsuno Jiaping didn't say much, and went directly to Xixiang Guanjiu's recommendation to open it and read it, and after a long time, he said with a slightly soothing but still cold face. "That's right, Lord Guanjiu's recommendation has already proved your identity in the Yiguang Temple. He also explained the purpose of your coming from the Yiguang Temple. However, the main hall and the lord of the temple are actually only a few sides of the relationship, and there is not much friendship. Although the Yiguang Hall has some prestige in Yuanmu County, your Yulu only adds up to 3,000 stones. Yoshikoden, why did you let the main hall take the Tsuno people to accept your recruitment? ”

Matsugami Yoshimitsu listened to Tsuno Kahei's words and was not in a hurry. Although Tsuno Kahei did not immediately agree to his recruitment, he could see from Tsuno Kahei's words that Tsuno Kahei was actually tempted by his proposal. What he lacks at the moment is just a condition to impress him. So Matsugami Yoshimitsu struck while the iron was hot. "Your Highness Jiaping, although the stone height below is a little meager. But as long as His Royal Highness Kahei is willing to take the Tsuno people to agree to recruit in the future. In the future, it is guaranteed that 500 stone fields will be distributed to the villagers of the entire Tsuno Village for cultivation, and the field tax will be based on the four gongs and six people. In addition, in the future, if you want to recruit the Tsuno people to fight, you will be given a fortune and will never let the Tsuno people contribute in vain. After Matsugami finished speaking his terms, he stopped talking and waited quietly for Tsuno to make a choice. If this is the case, Tsuno Kahei still refuses, and he will have to give up.

To tell the truth, Tsuno Kahei wanted to agree to his offer as soon as he heard Matsugami Yoshimitsu's conditions, after all, the farmland reclaimed by the entire Tsuno Village was only 550 koku. Not to mention that Matsugami Yoshimitsu's field tax is so low. For Yoshihei Tsuno. It was absolutely cost-effective to abandon the farmland cultivated in Tsuno Village and move to Matsugami Yoshimitsu's domain. The life of the villagers will be much better as a result. But Tsuno Kahei still stubbornly resisted the idea of agreeing to Matsugami Yoshimitsu immediately. After all, Matsugami Yoshimitsu is too weak at present, and Tsuno Kahei does not dare to rashly take Matsugami Yoshimitsu's boat with Tsuno Zhongjo, but it is a pity to refuse directly. So he procrastinated. "The stakes are high. The main hall is at stake in the safety of the entire Tsuno people, and it cannot be decided lightly. In the future, you have to think carefully before making a decision. ”

After saying that, he assured Matsugami Yoshimitsu again. "But rest assured, no matter what the main hall decides, the main hall will guarantee the safety of Yoshimitsu. I can only stay here for a few more days. Then Yoshihei Tsuno left the cell.

"Hey, I can only do my best to obey the fate of heaven." Matsugami Yoshimitsu looked at the back of Kahei Tsuno and thought secretly.