"This year's winter seems to have come a little earlier than usual......

Pingshou Fan Xiu subconsciously shrank back and whispered a heartfelt emotion. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Who's to say it isn't! It's just September, and it's already snowing, and the cold winter has been getting more and more difficult in the past few years! This remark immediately resonated with Shibata Katsuya beside him, "Now that the businessmen in Omi are constantly driving up the price of firewood, I don't know if the reserves in the city of Changguang Temple are enough to survive the winter, these damn profiteers!" ”

This made Kazuyi Takikawa, who was further away, wonder: "Oh? According to Shibata-sama, Omi merchants are really bold! In the face of our Oda family, do you dare to raise prices? The merchants of Ise delivered the goods to me, and they all took the initiative to give me discounts! ”

"Ahem......" Shibata Katsuya was a little embarrassed, speechless, and only responded after a long time: "The situation in different places is different after all!" ”

In fact, the real reason is that the Chokoji Castle in Omi is very close to Kyoto and is on the edge of the national highway, so for the sake of political influence, Nobunaga strictly ordered that merchants should not be harassed and forced to buy and sell. And no one cares about the countryside like Ise Country, and Kazuki Takikawa, who is heavily armed, is completely a soil overlord.

After a while, Niwa Nagahide also took two steps closer with a wry smile and said softly, "Compared to your station, my Danma is really cold!" None of the retainers who moved from Owari were not homesick. Although it is said that there is a mountain of silver, sometimes gold and silver are not as good as a bowl of hot miso soup in your hand! ”

The speaker may not have the intention, but the listener has the intention. Hite-ho immediately thought that Niwa Nagahide did prefer to stay in the center rather than out.

"If Brother Kwon (Shibata Katsuie) is short of firewood, he may be able to help a little." Sakuma Nobumori, who had been closing his eyes just now, opened his eyes at this time, and proudly offered to help, "The woods in Koga County are very dense, and you can have as much firewood as you want. ”

This guy is afraid that some people don't know that he just took on the identity of Koga Jundai, and when he spoke, he even glanced at Hirade, Niwa, Takigawa and others - Hirate Tsunohide expressed his disdain in his heart, but he didn't bother to bother with him on face.

Shibata Katsuie's face was a little embarrassed, and he seemed to be hesitating. However, Mori Kecheng didn't care about his status and status, and immediately stood up and bowed to Sakuma Nobumori and said, "Lord Sakuma! To tell you the truth, there is still a lot of firewood in Usayama Castle below, and there is also a shortage of military funds, if you can help the poor and send charcoal in the snow, I am really grateful! ”

"Ahh......h ”

With the person who played the front station, Shibata Katsuya also felt that his face could be passed, so he also vaguely said at the same time: "Then thank you to the right emon brother (Sakuma Nobumori)......"

After saying this, everyone was silent for a while, and the snowflakes in the sky seemed to be getting denser and heavier, and the temperature seemed to be dropping. Suddenly, Pingshou Fan Xiu seemed to have an idea, thought of something, and said: "By the way, I recently saw a good kind of cold protection equipment, and I just brought a batch over, which was originally intended to be dedicated to the lord and then sent to the prince's mansion, but now that it is the right time, I will take it out and try it first!" ”

After speaking, he took a few steps and gave a few words to Konishi Yukinaga and Horio Yoshiharu, who were accompanying him outside the porch.

In a few moments, there were three subordinates, each holding a large box, and sent it to the hall.

"Is it a generous gift from the left (Tie Hunshu)? Then you must see and know, after all, there is a world of flowers over there! Shibata Katsuie was immediately unkind, opened the box, and took out a ceramic vessel with a handle from it.

The vessel was only slightly larger than a fist, in the shape of an oval cylinder with a bulge in the middle and narrow ends at both ends, with a copper lid on top, but with many small holes in the lid to let out a pleasant heat.

"Some kitsch gadgets aren't a big gift, but they're useful." Pingshou Fanxiu smiled slightly, and also carried a ceramic utensil of the same style, and held it in his arms to keep warm.

The so-called things to keep out the cold are nothing more than hand stoves. This thing was not very rare in the Ming Kingdom at the same time, and the landlords and wealthy merchants could afford it, not to mention the big and small officials. It's just that Fuso is now in a war-torn world, and all productive forces are tilted towards the military aspect, and it is difficult to see this kind of luxury made purely for enjoyment.

Pingshou Fanxiu has long wanted to get something "arrogant and lascivious", but he was shy and powerless before. Now he is also a rich man with an annual income of tens of thousands, and he finally has time to improve his life. This hand stove is the latest achievement of "Springfield".

Of course, iron cannon forging is still the main business of Springfield, and this is just a temporary special supply. In addition to being used for gifts, that is, wealthy businessmen can buy some, the annual sales are only a few hundred at most, which is not helpful.

A total of ten hand stoves were sent over, and several important ministers present had a share, and they all said that they were good when they used it. A certain person who was a little disobedient to Fan Xiu started to twist a little, but when he saw that everyone else was calm, he took one in a low-key manner.

can only say that in terms of the ability to be in the limelight, he Sakuma Nobumori is a complete failure every time......

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This is the outer periphery of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, and everyone gathers to accompany Nobunaga to visit the Imperial Family and the Ministers.

However, Nobunaga learned from the ministers that His Majesty's beloved daughter had died a few days ago, so he decided to go to offer condolences (send money).

He went to the old man's house, but the retainers had no official position, and were not qualified to meet the "great and noble" Majesty, so they could only stay outside in the assembly room.

It didn't take long for Ashikaga Yoshiaki to get the news and ran over to a "face saint", so this ritual process was further prolonged, and everyone could only wait outside.

There was nothing to do left and right, everyone chatted casually, and the atmosphere was not very cold, but it was not eager.

Since the garrisons were stationed separately to protect the various places, the important ministers took on important positions, and they could meet once or twice a year, so naturally they were not eager. Even the most bold and uninhibited Shibata Katsuya is gradually becoming more of a politician than a military general, not to mention the rest.

For most of the past six months, Hirate Tsunohide has been campaigning, conquering the country of Awaji, plus the three counties of Sanuki, totaling about 100,000 stone land, and his achievements are outstanding. But others were not idle.

Nobunaga was originally preparing to take action against Asakura Yoshikei and force Asai Nagamasa to take sides, but Hirate Honhide's strategy of suggesting that the Asai family's western expedition was adopted, which delayed the plan to turn around.

Therefore, most of the forces of the Oda family were devoted to the pursuit of the remnants of the enemy in.

The father and son of Rokkaku Yoshiken and Yoshiji, who were fighting guerrillas in Koga and Iga and other places, encountered unprecedented pressure. Nobunaga easily concentrated an army of forty or fifty thousand, completely negating the terrain and connections on which they depended.

After a brutal purge of the fortified walls, the remnants of the Hexagonal Party suffered heavy losses, the remaining thousands of troops were lost by more than sixty percent, and dozens of the most loyal retainers were pulled out and beheaded, and the situation reached the point where it could not be maintained.

In the end, Yoshiken and Yoshiji, father and son, stood up and laid down their weapons and surrendered to Oda. Because of this obedient attitude, they can continue to live a life of fine clothes and food, but they will be placed under house arrest. Koga-gun, on the other hand, was handed over to Sakuma Nobumori, who had performed well in the process.

Sakuma Nobumori is a person who does not have a high level of governance of the new territory, but he is very good at persecuting the small wealthy families of the country, which may be in line with Nobunaga's expectations.

There are still a handful of diehards who have fled to Iga and continue to resist. The terrain of Iga is more complex than that of Koga, and the real estate is much more barren, so Nobunaga is not interested in it for the time being.

This is the reason why Sakuma Nobumori is so complacent - look, it took so much effort to win 100,000 koku, and I followed the pace of the lord and easily won more than 100,000 koku!

At the same time, Mori Kecheng and Takikawa Kazuyi supported Matsunaga Shu's attack on the Yamato Tsutsui family as reinforcements, and repeatedly won small victories, but the other side was like a spark of fire, extinguishing one place and appearing in another, and it could never be finished.

It is also very interesting to say that Tsutsui Shunkei of Yamato, he has a deep relationship with the Buddhist forces in Nara, and he is a well-deserved super head snake force, and if there is no external force to intervene, he will not lose to Matsunaga Hide.

However, at that time, Oda Nobunaga supported the Yoshisho Kamira, and the four large and small forces expressed their support, but Tsutsui did not send a messenger to show his attitude, so Matsunaga Hidefirst stood firm in the name of righteousness, and also invited reinforcements from the Oda family.

As a result, Shunkei Tsutsui explained that the reason was actually - the news was too closed and I didn't know about it?

For such a reason, whether others believe it or not, Oda Nobunaga doesn't believe it anyway.

Therefore, he could only continue to be beaten, and then continue to rely on the protection of Buddhist forces to survive.

This historical detail is a blind spot in later games and novels, so I don't know what's going on. But anyway, it wasn't a big deal, and he didn't take it to heart.

On the other hand, Nobunaga secretly sent people to encroach on a lot of land in Omi on the condition of "supporting Asai Nagamasa to obtain Harima". The Asai family may have been aware of this and did not protest.

And on the Ise front, the open guns have been collected, but the dark arrows are still continuing. Oda Nobutaka, who was sent to inherit the Kobe family, had some internal struggles, and Nobunaga took the opportunity to execute more than 400 former retainers of the Kobe family, clearing the way for Nobutaka to succeed to the throne, but it also caused the Kobe family's combat effectiveness to drop sharply.

But Equestria's Niwa Nagahide is having a headache for Kasuke Yamanaka and Nasa Nisuke of the Nizi Renaissance Army. Those guys are just a rabble, and they have not been beaten, but their resilience is really amazing, they can be called repeated defeats, repeated defeats, no tears, no tears when they see the coffin, and no death until the Yellow River.

I don't know how long I chatted about it, and finally someone reported that Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga came out of the imperial palace one after the other.

Everyone hurriedly put down the stove in their hands, tidied up their clothes and appearances, and prepared to welcome the lord and the princess.

Niwa Nagahide seemed to be a little reluctant, and sighed: "It is worthy of the prison hall, it is really good at keeping out the cold!" ”

For some reason, Hisei always felt that he had something to say.