Although Komahime's wound had not yet healed completely, in order to prevent Ieyasu from seeing the flaw due to the long night's dreams, Hideho and the others only stayed in Edo for three days before setting off for Shimono Utsunomiya. Before leaving, Ieyasu led a cadre of important ministers to see him off in person.

Although Hideho set off in a hurry on the grounds that Komahime was "homesick", Ieyasu felt that he was worried that he might encounter accidents if he stayed any longer, so he bowed down and apologized: "The events of that day were all due to the poor precautions of your subordinates, so Your Highness is in danger, I am really ashamed of your trust in your subordinates, and I ask for forgiveness." ”

Hideho can't remember how many times Ieyasu apologized to himself, since that night, this old fox has to come to Ninomaru every day to greet him for a while, although there is a formal apology to get close, but the main reason is that he is not at ease with himself, and wants to continue to test himself.

Hideho hurriedly shook his head after hearing this, signaling Ieyasu not to care, but the old man seemed to be moved by his true feelings, and refused to forgive himself, and ordered the little surname to bring out a thousand taels of gold, two jade Buddhas, three famous swords, and a Tang lion screen of Kano Yongde to give to Hideho, and he had to let him accept it.

Xiubao was immediately excited when he saw such a generous gift, and he held Ieyasu's hand and thanked him: "Since His Royal Highness the Inner Mansion insists on giving it away, it is disrespectful to go to Aizu this time, and it is inconvenient to carry such a large amount of gold, so I want to exchange these gold for a treasure from His Highness, I wonder if you can bear to cut your love?" ”

"Treasures?" Ieyasu asked puzzledly: "Forgive me for being stupid, I don't know what His Highness is referring to, and he is willing to exchange a thousand taels of gold?" Hideho replied with a smile, "I heard that Your Highness is very good at eagle hunting, I wonder if you can reward the next one?" ”

Ieyasu was a little surprised, although he said that he loved raising eagles, but it was just an amateur pastime, and he couldn't get on the stage, but Xiubao actually valued it so much, and was even willing to exchange it for a thousand taels of gold. But Ieyasu thought about it, this is not a bad thing, the more arrogant Hideho**, the more comfortable he can be to let him work for himself.

Thinking of this, Jia Kang happily agreed: "It is an honor to be like-minded with His Royal Highness, and now there are a few new goshawks in the Eagle House, I wonder if His Highness is willing to go to the selection?" ”

"Goshawk," Hideho said thoughtfully, and only replied to Ieyasu after a while: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of going down, there are already more than a dozen goshawks in the next house, and I really don't want to add more." Seeing Hideho's resignation, Ieyasu asked, "In that case, dare to ask His Highness what kind of falcon he prefers, as long as there are some in the Lower Eagle House, please choose at will without any scruples." ”

Hideho didn't say anything, but asked Ieyasu quite respectfully: "I wonder if His Royal Highness has heard of 'Jade Claw'?" ”

"Jade Claw?" Ieyasu repeated with some surprise.

Such an expression is not unreasonable, "jade claw" is a kind of "Haidongqing", and "Haidongqing" is a very precious falcon native to Heilongjiang and other places, widely distributed in Northeast Asia and North America.

Haidongqing is small and healthy, its flight is extremely high, it is an important helper in hunting, can attack swans, fight chickens and rabbits. Because the swans feed on the pearl mussels, and after eating the mussels, they hide the pearls in the sac, so the Jurchens trained Haidongqing to catch swans and take pearls, and Jin Zhangzong once personally indulged in Haidongqing to capture geese, so the Jurchens valued this kind of falcon very much. At that time, Emperor Tianzuo, the lord of Liao, was good at hunting, and every winter he forced the Jurchens to send hundreds of armored horses to the city boundary of the Five Kingdoms to hunt, which caused the Jurchens to resist and finally died in the country; In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, there were foreign countries presenting Haidong green and rare birds, and Zhu Yuanzhang also specially ordered the ministers to present poems to celebrate.

Haidongqing can be divided into four types: "Autumn Yellow", "Bo Huang", "Three-Year Dragon" and "Jade Claw", among which the pure white "Jade Claw" is the most precious, even in the origin of China, let alone Japan.

But Hideho knew that Ieyasu was surprised not because of the preciousness of this bird, but because such a precious bird had one in his eagle house.

When Kato Kiyomasa went out to Korea, along Gyeongsang, Gangwon and Hamgyong Road all the way north, to the Sino-North Korean border of the Doman River (now the Tumen River), but Kiyomasa was not satisfied, but crossed the river to attack the Ming Dynasty in the territory of the Uliang Habu, after paying a slight price, Kiyomasa captured a Jurchen walled city, and this "jade claw" was one of his trophies. Although he later returned to Korea due to the counterattack of the Jurchens, the "Jade Claw" was brought back to Japan by him and rewarded to Nabeshima Naoshige, who provided him with logistical support. Since then, the "Jade Claw" has always accompanied Ieyasu as his favorite, and when Ieyasu died, he was also buried with his beloved beloved during his lifetime.

Ieyasu naturally didn't know where Xiubao got the news, but since he agreed in person, how could he not believe it, and if he could exchange this for Xiubao's favor, the chips in the future for the world would increase by a few points, which was also worth the money.

Thinking of this, Ieyasu pretended to be surprised and replied: "Oh, His Royal Highness is really of extraordinary taste, the 'Jade Claw' is the best among the eagles, and there may not be one in a thousand 'Haidongqing'." To tell you the truth, there happens to be one in the lower mansion, and since His Royal Highness likes it, then just take it. ”

"How can this be, it must be something in your heart in the inner house, how dare Xiubao win people's love, this matter should be ignored by Xiubao, please forget it too." Xiubao insisted on refusing.

Ieyasu sincerely persuaded Hideho in fear: "Your Highness is so despised by my Ieyasu, not to mention a mere 'jade claw', even if it is a hated fox in Huatai (now Sakhalin), as long as Your Highness is interested, you will send someone to capture it for Your Highness." ”

Seeing that Ieyasu was so "sincere", Xiubao had no choice but to accept: "I am already ecstatic to be able to obtain the 'Jade Claw' in Xia, Hua Taike is the land of the Jurchens, and I really dare not hope for the hated fox." ”

Ieyasu smiled with satisfaction: "Your Highness is happy, and I will order someone to bring it to you." Xiubao hurriedly excused himself: "'Jade Claw' is a sacred object, if you follow me all the way to the north, it is really unbearable, if you can, you still bother the Inner Mansion to send someone to escort it back to the county mountain, I am grateful." ”

Ieyasu hurriedly nodded in agreement, and said that he would immediately arrange for the fourth son Tadayoshi to escort "Jade Claw" on the road. After exchanging a few words with Ieyasu, Hideho and Ieyasu also led everyone to set off towards Utsunomiya.

Hideho later learned that just after he left Edo, Ieyasu immediately sent someone to Ezo and ordered Oysaki Keihiro of Fukuyama Castle to offer hated foxes, and Keihiro obtained three hated foxes through the trade between the Ezo people and the Jurchens (Hezhe tribe) and handed them to Ieyasu's messenger to bring back to Edo, and Ieyasu asked Tadayoshi to escort the three hated foxes to Koriyama Castle together with the previous "Jade Claw", which shows that Ieyasu was "sincere" to Hidebo.

Three days later, Hideho and the others arrived at Tatebayashi Castle. This was originally the residence of Sakakihara Yasumasa, and Bunroku had just been renovated in three years, but who knew that less than a year later, it was forced to be handed over to Ikeda Teruma because of the Nagayoshi Pass incident, saving him a sum of money in vain, and Yasumasa himself was also transferred to Musashi Hirai 60,000 stones, but Ikeda Terumasa was moved here, adding 30,000 stone of Zhixing for no reason, how can you not be grateful to Hideho? But considering that there was too much delay in the middle, Xiubao only stayed in the Guanlin for two days and hurriedly went on the road, which also made Hui Zheng a little unhappy in his heart, so he ordered his fourth brother Changzheng to lead 300 horses along the way to protect Xiubao.

After passing through the pavilion forest castle, we continued to march northeast and entered Shimono Province. Shimono Province has been divided since it entered the Warring States, and it was not possible to suppress the emergence of powerful daimyo throughout the country, until the Hojo family subjugated the wealthy clans such as Sano and Koyama that the situation gradually became clear. However, with the resealing of the Hojo family after the Odawara Expedition, the area once again entered the era of small feudal domains, and only the Utsunomiya clan of the Tomei Gate maintained the knowledge of 187,000 koku and became the only daimyo in Shimono Province with more than 100,000 koku.

In September of the second year of Keicho (1597 AD), Hideyoshi suddenly changed the Utsunomiya family due to the factional dispute between Mitsunari and Nagamasa. In the early years, Hideyoshi sent Ishida Mitsunari to convey the affairs of the Utsunomiya family, and after the second year of Bunroku, Asano Nagamasa took on this position. Nagamasa and Sancheng are not on good terms, when the lord Utsunomiya Guogang is good with San, Nagamasa proposes to be the adopted son and heir of Guogang with his beloved son, and the thing doesn't work out, and Nagamasa is angry. In the Taiko Inspection, Nagamasa sent the Utsunomiya family to conceal Ishigao, so Hideyoshi was furious and led to the removal of the country.

According to the development of history, Gamo Hideyuki's move to seal Utsunomiya occurred at the same time as the change of the national platform, but it may be the butterfly effect caused by Hidebo's crossing, and the Utsunomiya family still maintains the status of the largest domain in Shimono at this time, which can make Hidebo a little difficult, if you don't move the Utsunomiya, where else can you move the Gamo family?

Two days after leaving Tatebayashi Castle, Hideho came to Utsunomiya Castle, and when the lord Utsunomiya Kunisuna went to the castle to greet him. At the welcome dinner, Hideho couldn't help but ask, "I wonder if His Royal Highness knows how many daimyo and wealthy families there are in Shimono Province now, and how much are their knowledge and deeds?" ”

Kunitsuna thought for a moment and replied, "As far as I know, in addition to the 187,000 koku of the Utsunomiya family, Shimono now has 7,000 koku of Otawara Castle in Harumiyoshi, 13,000 koku of Kuroba Castle in Oseki Shigen, 20,000 koku of Toriyama Castle of the Narita clan, and 39,000 koku of Karasawa Yamajo Castle of Sano Nobuyoshi, which is probably these. ”

Xiubao calculated in his heart that the height of the Shimono Stone was about 376,000 stones, and there were about 110,000 stones left after deducting the above-mentioned Zhixing, so Xiubao asked: "Are all the territories outside the Shimono Country the hidden places of Taiko?" ”

Kunisuna nodded and said, "Yes, the rest is 80,000 koku from Koyama Castle and 30,000 koku from Mibu Castle, the heads of these two families were changed for supporting the Hojo family during Odawara's expedition, and the two places are currently Taiko's hiding place, which is managed by Major General Yuuki." ”

"That's right," Hideho nodded, and the Gamo family finally had a place to stay.

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