In order to be able to continue that hard-won little life, Yu Qiuping can be said to have exhausted all his strength.

Yu Qiuyan is not only missing a right arm, but his body is also very weak. Yu Qiuping was afraid that he would be infected with a disease as soon as he was born - which can be described as fatal in this era, when a large number of newborns could not survive his first month, so even without good contraception, the population has remained low.

Yu Qiuping did not hesitate to borrow money from his friends around him, and invited almost all of the best Langzhong in Owari. He himself struggles to recall what he has learned about neonatal care in the past.

He specially prepared two rooms for Yu Qiuyan and asked him to take turns to live there. Because Yu Qiuping is trying hard to control the indoor temperature at 21 to 24 degrees in the harsh winter - this has to burn charcoal fire, or use charcoal braziers, charcoal fire and the smoke produced by charcoal braziers are not good for the baby. So Yu Qiuping asked people to take Yu Qiuyan to take turns switching between the two houses, this house burned charcoal to heat up, and Yu Qiuyan stayed in the other house. When the temperature rises, remove the brazier, use a few buckets of boiling water to maintain the temperature and humidity, remove the charcoal, and bring in the rain and autumn - at the same time, clean and do the same heating operation in the other room, and open the windows for ventilation. The temperature in the room is also strictly controlled, neither too dark nor too bright. All the work is supervised by Yu Qiuping himself, and he can't delay it in the middle of the night, and he may only be able to secretly squint for two or three hours a day.

And now Chuan Feng can't rest assured that the nurse outside, and personally feeds Yu Qiu. At the same time, Yu Qiuping also has requirements for Yu Qiu's sleeping position. He remembers that newborns have soft skulls and cannot use hard pillows. He specially used towels and cotton wool to help him make a small pillow with a slight sink in the middle and a slight rise at the end. Then, when sleeping, it is also required to lie on your back and side to avoid compression of your chest and lungs, and to sleep on your side after feeding to avoid choking. When lying on your back and side, you must also change positions frequently. At the same time, the baby who is not yet one month old should not sleep for a long time, every 2-3 hours, Yu Qiuping will wake up Yu Qiuping once. He also did his best to ensure that the environment was quiet, and the servants and maids in charge of cleaning had to be careful. Honda Tadakatsu and his guards were sent out into the street by him, instructing passers-by to be as quiet as possible.

Unlike Yu Qiuyu, although Yu Qiuyou is not particularly strong, his body is good, and he doesn't have to worry about Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede. If you really have to take care of two children, Yu Qiuping is really too busy. Yu Qiuyou was handed over to Ah Ling to take care of by Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede, and found a nurse outside to help him breastfeed.

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While Yu Qiuping was busy in the mansion, rumors of Kaede Imagawa giving birth to twin sons also spread. Amano Keitoku wanted to block the news, but Yu Qiuping didn't seem to mean it, and confirmed it to Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing, and even generously admitted the fact that the eldest son was born with only a left arm. For a time, Owari went up to the old retainers of the family and down to the peddlers' pawns, and they all began to discuss Imagawa Kaede's twin sons—and Yuakihei's stubborn refusal to abandon one of them.

There are several versions of this. Some people say that this is the resentful spirit of Imagawa Yoshimoto, aiming to take revenge on Yu Qiuping who betrayed him, so the punishment is on his daughter, and the Yuqiu family will definitely not die well; Some people also say that these two children were originally being chased and killed by demons, and in order to save Yu Qiuyou, Yu Qiuyan's right hand was also bitten off by the devil, and the two were reincarnated in the world; It is even rumored that this is Amaterasu's punishment for Yu Qiuping, a Ming countryman, for disturbing Japan, and if the Oda family cannot get rid of the scourge of Yu Qiuping, the Oda family will also be implicated.

However, in order to take care of Yu Qiuping, he has not shown his face in public for a long time. Several of his close friends tried to persuade him to abandon the child, but they didn't have a chance. Naoe Tadahei, as Yu Qiuping's mouthpiece, explained to everyone the reason why Yu Qiuping refused to abandon his children - in the Ming Kingdom, twins are a symbol of joy and will bring endless wealth to the family, and those who abandon one of the twins will be punished by God - this was of course improvised by Yu Qiuping at that time. However, Owari and these "countrymen" had never been to the Ming Kingdom, which was so large that the customs of different places were different, so no one could question Yu Qiuping's claim. The statement that Yu Qiupei used superstition to deal with superstition has achieved some success, and public opinion in Owari is no longer one-sided, but inclined to the fact that this time the twins may be a fusion of Ming and Japan, blessings and curses.

However, although everyone said so, they actually had quite a lot of opinions about Yu Qiuping's choice. After all, the ingrained idea that twins are unlucky is still hard to discard easily. And letting a child who was born weak and had no right hand as the eldest son made many samurai wonder if Yu Qiuping was crazy, why did he make such a move? At that time, it is not necessary to make efforts to pass on the position of family governor to the second son, which will bring unnecessary trouble.

Eventually, surging public opinion poured into Oda Nobunaga, and everyone was counting on Oda Nobunaga to make a final decision on the matter. Sasa Narimasa and others believed that Yu Qiuping's twin sons would bring about the curse of the gods, and advocated exile of Yu Qiuping to avoid disaster. But Mori Kecheng and Niwa Nagahide and others confirmed that they shouldn't be so mean, and it seems that Yu Qiuping chose to keep the child or not. Maeda Toshiya and Ikeda Hengxing even strongly supported Yu Qiuhei, and even threatened to arrest anyone who said that it was unlucky to have twins.

At a not-so-important evaluation meeting, Oda Nobunaga, a new human who had not expressed his opinion on this matter, smiled indifferently when talking about it, "What about the twins?" What about curses? What if the gods and Buddhas are angry? ”

"What can I do?"

So, the limelight of the twins passed like this. Some people have the mentality of watching the excitement, waiting for the retribution of Yuqiu's family. Some people hope that the bloodline and blessings of the people of Yuqiu Ping Ming can offset the curse of the twins.

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During the period when Yu Qiuping stayed at home, all the entertainment and participation in the evaluation meeting were handled by Naoe Tadahei. On the one hand, he is one of the first few people to follow Yu Qiuping, and he has the deepest relationship with Yu Qiuping and is most trusted by Yu Qiuping. On the other hand, he is peaceful, reliable, and careful. If Yoshioka Katsumasa and Mimaezaki Nakahide were asked to do it for them, they might poke out some kind of basket; If you let Cave Mountain go to Faithfulness, you will definitely spend the whole day in the whale house; As for Amano, although he is also very reliable and trustworthy, he will definitely be able to dig out the conspiracy against Yu Qiuping from every trivial matter; Fukushima Yasunari is indeed a good candidate, but his mother is sick, and Yu Qiuping is not good to trouble him.

Naoe Tadahei reported the focus of the year-end evaluation meeting to Yu Qiuping, who took a little time out of his busy schedule. First, there is a new report on the situation in that the Oda family is focused on: the Miyoshi family had previously helped Hatakeyama Takamasa, who had been exiled by the retainer Yasumi Naomasa, to return to Takaya Castle. However, dissatisfied with the Miyoshi family's encroachment on the Hatakeyama family's sovereignty in Hanoi, Hatakeyama Takamasa was angry and went to war against the Miyoshi family, and was exiled again because of the defeat, and the Miyoshi family pacified Hanoi. And Matsunaga Shu, who was granted the power of the Yamato Kingdom to attack on its own, also defeated the Kofukuji Tsutsui family and unified the Yamato Kingdom.

However, the next move of the Miyoshi family is puzzling. Miyoshi Chokei did not move the castle to Iimoriyama Castle as he did in the history of his previous life, but moved the castle to Awa Kunishei Castle under the command of his younger brother Miyoshi Yoshiken. Iimori Mountain Castle and Akutagawa Mountain Castle were handed over to his sons Miyoshi Yoshiko and Miyoshi Nagaitsu to garrison, and the main forces of the Miyoshi family also retreated to Settsu and Shikoku respectively, and did not strengthen the suppression of. The shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was active in regaining power with the help of the Rokkaku family.

Yu Qiuping vaguely felt that it might be because he leaked the heavenly secret in a year ago, and a few people in the gambling hall may have a lot of background, and they are estimated to be important members of the Miyoshi family, which caused the Miyoshi family not to make the same move as in history. However, he didn't have time to think about it for the time being.

Another piece of news is from Mino. According to the return of the Takigawa Ichiyoshi ninja, the talented Saito Yoshiryu, the governor of the Saito family in Minokoku Province, seems to be seriously ill, and the battle against Owari that was originally planned has been put on hold. This undoubtedly made Oda Nobunaga, who was quite jealous of his talents, excited, and also provided him with an opportunity to attack Mino.

So, he ordered the various territories on the front lines of Owari and Mino to begin preparing grain and grass for the needs of the army. And the fiefdom of Akihei, Hamuri-gun, is the border between Owari Province and Mino Province. Therefore, Oda Nobunaga also urged Akihei to lead his subordinates to take up a post in Oguri Prefecture a year ago and begin to complete the reorganization of the territory.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to pull away," Yu Qiuping glanced at his son's sleeping room and shook his head in embarrassment, "I'm not worried about my son." ”

"Qinbei," Yu Qiuping said hesitantly, "If I give you the task of leading my subordinates and family members to distribute territory, settle the whole army, straighten out defense, and arrange spring ploughing... Won't you be embarrassed? ”

Naoe Zhongping was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and shook his head after a while, "Your Highness just orders, if there is any problem, you will definitely be able to find a way to solve it." ”

"Does it really matter?" Yu Qiuping asked worriedly.

"As long as it is something ordered by His Highness, I will work hard to do it well." Naoe nodded firmly.

"Okay, but don't be too embarrassed. Shiyi can help you take care of the spring ploughing, the arrangement of defense, or you can hand over the responsibility of the Ashigaru generals. If there are signs of instability in the territory, just let Gonbei and Kibei deal with it. However, it's up to you to take care of everything. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Naoe Tadahei replied as always.