In the depths of the Kii waterway, a sudden wave came from the sea, which shook the fleet of the Awaji Navy and shivered, as if the soldiers on the parade ground were raising their legs in unison. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The hull tilted at a large angle, and it recovered in an instant, and there were several muffled noises on the sea, as if several small boats had been damaged.

However, Nobuyasu Yasu, who grew up in the water since he was a child, still sat on the deck steadily, easily maintaining his balance in the rocking, not even a grain of rice was spilled in the lunch box held in his left palm, and he still had the strength to stretch out his other hand to help the retainers who almost fell next to him. At the same time, he even looked distracted, not knowing what he was thinking.

The flagship that Ataka Nobuyasu rides is, of course, the largest in the fleet and the best in performance, so it is the least affected. But he himself is indeed trained and water-based, and he is by no means incompetent.

The young guard, who had been helped by the lord, looked a little ashamed, and immediately fell on his knees on the deck, not knowing what to say.

But after a few moments, there was no room for the unknown man to speak, and another big man boarded the ship with the help of a gangplank.

"If the general! I estimate that a dozen ships have been damaged, and they will need to be repaired in situ for at least an hour! ”

Following this shrewd and capable voice, the leader of the navy who came up was a slender man with a short beard, and he looked a few years older than the weak crown of Antaku Nobuyasu. The sailors recognized him as Lord Jingzhi of the Funakoshi family, so they naturally did not stop him, but bent down one after another to salute.

Nobuyasu Ataka was pulled back into reality, showing a standard "diplomatic smile" and replied loudly, "Hard work brothers! According to the old rules, I will pay for this money. ”

The "old rule" he mentions refers to the agreement between the Yataku family and the wealthy clans who unified Awaji: when the navy goes out to fight, each person will take care of all supplies in the coastal area, and the part after leaving the coast will be "reimbursed".

Funakoshi Jingzhi snorted lightly and said indignantly: "You are just too used to those grandsons!" It is clearly because the military is unstable, and some people are negligent in war preparedness, so they can't even bear this bit of wind and waves, why do they want to pay this money? ”

An Zhai Nobuyasu maintained a stylized expression and was unmoved: "There are no rules, there is no circle." ”

Funakoshi stared at the young "General Ruo" for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, bowed down and said, "Obey!" Then he shook his head, muttered something silently, and paced away.

Looking at the shape of his mouth, what is contained but not uttered is nothing more than the words "women's benevolence".

Nobuyasu Ataka could see that the back of Funakoshi Jingzhi was full of hatred for iron and steel.

But there's no way to do it, it's not easy to get the unruly Awaji pirates to admit their status and reluctantly obey orders. If you really want to figure out the account, if you don't do it well, you will break up.

Not to mention the trivial matter of ship repair material costs, even if it is a decision to decide where the Awaji Navy goes, Ataka Nobuyasu can't make a decision, so he can only make a decision.

One-third of the wealthy families were determined to continue to support Miyoshi and oppose Oda, and a quarter of the wealthy families made a change of attitude, and the rest said that they could either side, as long as it did not affect the income of the brothers.

In the end, the choice of Anzhai Xinkang is not to make any choice. still called Miyoshi a minister, but he didn't take the initiative to provoke Oda. In short, it is to maintain the empty shelf of the current rabble.

It is precisely because the shelves are still in place that Ataka Nobuyasu is able to receive "ship mark money" (protection money) from merchant and passenger ships every month, and can occupy an important position in the power structure of the Miyoshi family.

At a deeper level, the identity of this "Awaji Water Army Banner Leader" will also make the envoy sent by Oda to persuade him to surrender and offer a higher price.

So, although Funakoshi Keizhi seems to have good intentions, what is said cannot be adopted.

Besides--in fact, Nobuyasu Yasuya doesn't look at this guy very well. Whether it is the way of the second person or the attitude of pointing fingers, the young sailor is very dissatisfied, but he doesn't show it.

This title of "General Ruo" reminds him all the time: in everyone's hearts, you are not a convincing leader, but just the son of a powerful person.

Every time he thought of this, Ataka Nobuyasu felt that his whole body, from head to toe, was pricked by 10,000 needles, and it hurt to the bone.

Thirty years ago, Awaji Province was still in the sphere of influence of the Hosokawa family, and the Asuku family was just an ordinary member of the "Awaji Ten", and there was no difference between them and other wealthy families. It wasn't until Miyoshi Chokei overthrew the Hosokawa family, and let the third brother enter the house as an adopted son, entrusting Awaji with the responsibility of a country, which led to the rise of the Awaji house.

The four brothers of the previous generation of the Miyoshi family are all called Junjie, and the old San'an Zhai Dongkang has the name of "benevolent general", and is most famous for being popular.

But this also leads to the fact that the power system of a country is all maintained on him alone. In the future, Miyoshi Chokei shocked the death of Anzhai Dongyasu, which made the people of Awaji panic and the law collapsed.

As the eldest son, Xinkang knows that his talent is far inferior to his father - this is actually nothing to be ashamed of, and there are not too many people in Fusang and Dongkang in the whole country. He can only follow the rules, operate dismally, and support the sign of "Awaji Residence" with difficulty to continue to hang.

Nobuyasu Ataka sighed alone for a while, and then picked up the lunch box that he had just put aside.

No matter what, the rice still has to be eaten.

He still remembers that when he was twelve years old, he was beaten into a pig's head by the little cousin of the Shihe family in a swordsmanship trial, and became the laughing stock of the family. Then my father walked in lightly with a lunch box and talked about the truth of "ten horses, and the merit is not reluctant".

Now in terms of kendo, Xinkang is still far from being the opponent of Shihe Depository, but there is only one word "diligence", which does not lose to anyone.

Inside the bento box is a lunch that is not much different from that of the sailors, a salted fish, two pickled cucumbers, a ball of miso sauce, and the most important staple food-

A plum rice ball.

The moment he saw this thing, Anzhai Xinkang suddenly lost his appetite.

Because the plum rice ball reminds him of a joke that he has only recently heard and is not very funny.

The joke is to say:

If the Fuso Sea is compared to a rice ball bento, then the Seto Inland Sea is the only plum in this rice ball, and Awaji Island is the core of this plum.

It is neither humorous, nor imagery, nor connotative, and is completely nonsensical jokes. But it can still be circulated, purely because of the identity of the creator.

Because these words seem to have been uttered during a banquet when Izumi Guardian Daihete Tsunohide entertained a group of merchants.

Tie Tsutsu Xiu, that's a big shot.

As the Oda family gained a foothold in, there were people who did good deeds, and compared it to the previous overlord as a personnel.

Oda Nobunaga naturally corresponds to Miyoshi Chokei, Niwa Nagahide corresponds to Miyoshi Yoshiken, Shibata Katsuie corresponds to Tokawa Ichiku, Mori Kenari corresponds to Naito Nagayoshi, and Sakuma Nobumori compares Miyoshi Nagayoshi...... And so on, and the tie is "hailed" as the next Matsunaga show.

Nobuyasu didn't quite understand the way this type of samurai lived, but that didn't stop him from seeing him as a formidable enemy.

Therefore, the phrase "Tie Shoxiu" seems to him to have the meaning of a demonstration.

Comparing the Fuso Sea to rice balls is just that. But to say that the Seto Inland Sea is a plum, do you want to eat it in one bite?

Is Awaji Island just a plum core? Meaning, at best, it will only make people swallow and cause no real harm?

That's irritating......

Nobuyasu knew that Hirata was forming his own naval army, and it seemed that he had learned the methods of the Southern Barbarians.

Originally, Awaji was confident enough in the profession of naval warfare. But the gap between the experience and prestige of the two main generals is too far, so Antaku Shinyasu himself, hearing this, also feels that the tie seems to be really sure to eat himself.

Shocked and frightened.

And that's not all.

It is said that after the lame joke told by the Tieshou Tsuno, the merchants shamelessly echoed the horse. One of them, who has a close relationship with the tie and is called "Yuyue", also adds:

"If Ataka Settsu (Ataka Dongyasu's official position) is still there, Awaji is at least an iron needle, not just a plum core. But now......"