When he arrived near the hut, he suddenly found the white horse tied under the tree in front of the door. Yuqiu was overjoyed, quietly approaching the wooden house, and looked into the house through the crack in the door that was not closed.

The girl wore a sky blue short-sleeved feather weave, white breeches on the bottom, and her waist-length hair hung down like a waterfall. Yu Qiuping's angle, you can only see her back. She seemed to be opening the card over and over again, looking at the few little people who suddenly stood on the card. Then move the two sliders to let Yu Qiuhei and Kaede Imagawa slowly move towards the middle. Then close it again, open it again, and look at it over and over again. Yu Qiuping was overjoyed, and an indescribable emotion brewed in her heart, but it was a pity that she couldn't see the expression on her face.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from outside the house, and the door was blown open at once, making a "crunch" sound. Imagawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, turned around and was about to close the door, but met Yu Qiuping's eyes.

The two sides looked at each other and looked away. He looked out the window, and she hung her head to twist the edge of her dress.

If it had been before, they would have hugged each other intimately, right? And now, there is only incomparable embarrassment.

The two were silent for a while, and Yu Qiuping suddenly said, "Do you like the gift?" ”

"Thank you." Kaede Imagawa said briefly, not looking at him.

This is the first conversation between the two since they broke up.

The two of them fell silent again, no one spoke, but no one left.

After a long time, Kaede Imagawa spoke again: "I heard that you went on a very dangerous investigation mission this time. ”

Yu Qiuping was slightly moved in his heart and nodded.

"Why did Jia Yan let you perform such a task?" Kaede Imagawa asked with a frown.

"It's... I asked for it. Yu Qiuping lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

"Why do you want to go on such a dangerous mission?" There was a hint of anger in Imagawa Kaede's tone, and after a moment, he suddenly said, "It's to get promoted, and..."

Yu Qiuping didn't dare to meet Imagawa Kaede's gaze, and nodded silently.

"Let me stay in the castle tower and live a pampered life, and you will risk your life outside and bear all the danger and pain?" Imagawa Kaede laughed angrily, "Thank you so much for the general Yuqiu, no, the kindness of the general Yuqiu." ”

"Your Highness the Princess... It's okay under it. Yu Qiuping didn't know what to say for a while.

"Are you alright?" Kaede Imagawa took a deep breath, but it was difficult to calm down, "You'll always be fine." ”

"The paper red leaves in the maple forest block the light, and the leaves can't grow big." Imagawa Kaede said in a hurry, "Go and pick off all those paper red leaves." Forget about the old maple and let the new leaves grow. ”

All of a sudden, the room became smaller.

Didn't you say that those were the dowry I gave you...

Yu Qiuping only felt an indescribable pain in his heart, and his nose was counted, and he was almost about to cry.

When Imagawa Kaede saw Yu Qiuping's sad expression, his heart was also uncomfortable. "Why did I say such heavy words, how sad he must have been to hear it!" She regretted it in her heart, but the words were out and she couldn't take them back. She is so strong, and she can't pull her face to apologize. Just dodged his eyes and looked at Yu Qiuping, hoping that he would refuse this request.

"I see."

Yu Qiuping didn't remember how he said goodbye to Imagawa Kaede that day, and all that kept echoing in his mind was the sentence "The old Kaede should be forgotten", which was so buzzing that he couldn't calm down at all.

The next day, he gathered all his subordinates and took down all the paper leaves in the maple forest. Although Naoe Tadahei didn't know what was going on, he didn't dare to say much when he saw Yu Qiuping's gloomy face. The paper leaves that were taken down were thrown to the ground at random, and the entire maple forest was immediately dyed red.

After returning to the territory, everyone didn't dare to touch the mold of Yuqiuping, and they trained honestly. Only Naoe Tadahei, after dinner in the evening, came to Yu Qiuping's room.

"My lord," Naoe Tadahei closed the door as he entered, "I wonder if there's anything I can do to help?" ”

"It's okay, it's my private matter." Yu Qiuping raised his head, "In the past few days, you and Shiyi are tired enough, so take a good rest." ”

"Your Excellency." Naoe Tadahei didn't leave, but asked in a low voice, "But because of Her Royal Highness the Princess?" ”

"It's all said, let's go and rest!" Yu Qiuping was extremely irritable and angry.

"Yes, my lord." Naoe Tadahei hurriedly retreated. Yu Qiuping felt a little uncomfortable, and when Naoe Zhongping went out, he apologized loudly: "I'm sorry, Qin Bingwei, I'm in a bad mood, don't take it to heart." ”

"Don't dare." Naoe Tadahei shook his head, "Please cheer up, sir, too." ”

After Naoe Tadahei left, Yu Qiuping sighed and folded paper red leaves under the oil lamp again.

Why was she so angry all of a sudden?

Early the next morning, Sena Shiyi took a thick pile of plans and found Yu Qiuping.

"Shiyi, what are you doing here?" Yu Qiuping asked suspiciously.

"This is a plan for building a city, I did it for two or three days, and I provided you with three." Sena Yoshishi said as he spread out all the documents on Yu Qiuping's desk, "This is the first plan, build a mountain castle, build it by the mountain, and the cost is... Timber needs to... Stone needs to... Labor needs..."

"This is the second plan," Sena said.

"This is the third option..."

"This year, Sagami wood is particularly cheap, and if we borrow the Itami family's fleet, the cost of transportation can be further reduced." Sena didn't notice Yu Qiuping's stunned expression, "As for the stones, there are a lot of stones left over from the reinforcement of the east gate of Junfu Castle before and they are being sold for disposal. Originally, Ejiri Port had planned to build a castle to the west a few years ago, but it was estimated that it would be cheaper because of the lack of funds and the stone leftovers..."Sena continued, "The autumn harvest is coming soon, and it is estimated that the castle will not be built until winter. It takes manpower..."

"Wait a minute!" Yu Qiuping finally took advantage of the opportunity of Sena Yoshi's breath to interrupt, "Why should I build a castle!" ”

After hearing Yu Qiuping's words, Sena Shiyi understood what Yu Qiuping meant, "I understand Momiji's worries, and I actually think that building a castle is really expensive, and the money that I usually saved for so long is spent all at once." But don't worry, this time I will be careful and will definitely be able to control the cost to less than 70% of the original cost! And it's just going to build a small city, which won't cost too much! ”

"No, no, no, I'm not worried about money!" Yu Qiuping found that Sena would go crazy as long as he mentioned money, and said with a smile, "Why should I build a castle?" Isn't it quite nourishing now? ”

"Momiji is already the name of the Seven Thousand Stone Territory, and you must have your own residence city, this is the rule of the Imagawa family." Sena explained, "Generally speaking, if the territory exceeds 3,000 koku, you will be required to build a castle, otherwise you will be deducted a part of the tax at the end of the year, so it is better to use the money to build the castle." ”

"Is that so?" This is the first time Yu Qiuping has heard of it, "Then choose that mountain city, it looks good." ”

"That mountain castle's plan has many flaws..."Sena Shiyoshi immediately came to his senses, crackling and talking a long list.

"And what about this one by the sea?" Yu Qiuping asked again.

"There's a lot wrong with this, too...", Sena began to attack the plan in all directions.

"Then let's build a flat castle in the West Village..."Yu Qiuping hesitated.

"Momiji Mingjian." Sena nodded immediately, "Then I'll start preparing later." ”

"Huh? How did you promise so much! Yu Qiuping laughed, "The difference between before and after is a bit big!" How did you say so much about the other two plans. Yu Qiuping then went to look at the total amount behind the plans - sure enough, this Pingcheng was the cheapest.

No wonder. This door-picking kid.

"Then since you've decided to choose this one a long time ago, why do you want to do the other two?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"If you don't make a plan, how do you know which one is more economical?" Sena replied as he should.

"Then since you've found out which one is the most cost-effective, just present the plan to me." Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, "Why do you want to explain it in detail one by one." ”

"Because each method has a different way to save money." Sena replied, "I'll feel good about these ways to save money." ”

Yu Qiuping looked at the iron rooster in front of him with a black line on his face, and he really didn't want to waste a penny.

"By the way, I went to see what kind of personal income tax the pro-soldier guard was getting yesterday." Sena said, "I heard that it was proposed by an adult?" ”

"Ahh That's right! Yu Qiuping patted his head, he was so busy lately that he almost forgot about it, as if he had already left it to Naoe Tadahei to be responsible for - Yu Qiuping found that he would hand over any troublesome matter to Naoe Tadahei.

"I feel that according to the current progress, it will be too late, or I will go and help." Sena said, "The autumn harvest is coming soon. ”

"That's really unwanted!" Yu Qiuping said excitedly, "With your help, it must be okay!" ”

On June 1, Yu Qiuping has been in full swing to deal with various matters in this territory for the past few days, and the training of recruits has also been carried out in an orderly manner. These new ashigaru people who joined Yuqiuping were very curious about everything about Yuqiu's family. Strange training methods, and shouting passwords in Chinese instead of Japanese. Those who join the army only need to raise their hands to salute their superiors, and they do not need to kowtow. All kinds of military laws cover almost every aspect of life, and the slightest carelessness is push-ups. However, the military was treated well. Not only did he have enough to eat, but he also brought a lot of subsidies to his family, but the training ground was as strict as hell. Every evening, it is also mandatory to attend Chinese language training.

Yu Qiuping also took advantage of the slack to organize manpower to dig several canals in the newly acquired 2,000-stone territory to divert water from Bachuan to the downstream to facilitate irrigation in Xicun.

That afternoon, Akihei received an order from Imagawa Yoshimoto to go to Sunfu, saying that he was going to greet guests. Yu Qiuping thought about what kind of guest he was, and he actually needed to be greeted by a newcomer. When he hurried back to Sunfu, Imagawa Yoshimoto sent someone to invite him to the small parlor on the third floor of the castle tower.

As soon as he entered the door, Yu Qiuping saw Imagawa Yoshimoto and Sena Shitoshi, and across from them, a pair of young men and women were sitting.

It's him, so it's no wonder he called me.