Looking at the familiar faces around him who had just met a month ago, Ito Yukei (Hinata Obi 50,000 stones), who was in the back row, couldn't help but sigh: "How many times has this been?" ”

"I can't count, I was recruited again not long after I went back to Kyushu last time, and now I simply live here." Takahashi Motoko (Hyuga Prefecture 50,000 stones) shrugged.

"Who's to say it's not, it's going to take me more than half a month to come from Mutsu, and I can't afford the travel expenses alone." Soma Yinshin (Mutsu Nakamura 60,000 stones) on the side also vomited bitterness.

"Be quiet," Yamaguchi Munega, who had just obtained the 60,000 stone knowledge of the Great Sage Temple, quietly reminded, "Taige's ears are very bright, and if he hears it, I'm afraid he won't be able to save his head." ”

As soon as Zong Yong said this, these little daimyos suddenly lost their temper, lowered their heads and obediently waited to go up and sign.

"Your Highness, it seems that this oath is a little different." After pressing the blood seal, Date Masamune passed by Ieyasu and whispered.

"Oh, really?" Ieyasu seemed to be nonchalant.

"Why not, the last 'cut off children and grandchildren' and 'the world's great names cut it down', it doesn't seem to have happened before, right?" Masamune reminded.

"Well, if it weren't for Her Highness Date reminding me, I really wouldn't have found out, but so what?" Ieyasu was still careless.

"Do you think this is aimed at a particular daimyō?" Masamune frowned and leaned over to Ieyasu.

"Probably not, right?" Seeing this, Ieyasu deliberately moved to the side and smiled, "Even if it is, it won't be you and me." ”

"You have a group of children under your knees, so you don't have to worry... Forget it, just think it's cranky. Seeing that Ieyasu was silent, Masamune had no choice but to return to his seat in a huff.

"His Royal Highness the Inner Mansion is really deeply hidden." In the face of Ieyasu's intentional embankment, Masamune said to Katakura Keixuna without loss.

Jing Gang nodded and said with relief: "This is also normal, the past and the present are different from the past, no matter who you are, you will be a little more careful, especially a character like Neifu who is on the cusp." ”

"What you said also has some truth, in retrospect, our Date family didn't have a chance to seize the world, when Taiko went east to conquer Odawara, the Hojo clan took the initiative to invite the family and the Tokugawa family to form an alliance to fight against Taiko, but the result... Alas, in retrospect, I still feel unwilling. Masamune sighed regretfully.

"Back then, both the family and the Tokugawa family betrayed the Hojo family, and although people were not killed for themselves, it was because of this incident that His Royal Highness didn't dare to have too deep a relationship with the lord, right?" Jing Gang asked.

Masamune didn't deny it, but was a little indignant: "At least the family didn't turn around and attack the Hojo clan, what qualifications does he have to ignore me?" ”

"Just because he is the number one name in the world with two million stones, and the first of the five elders, isn't it enough to have these two points?" Jing Gang replied unabashedly.

"It's hard to accept, but it's true." Masamune nodded and said with a wry smile: "Is my Masamune so unpleasant?" ”

"That's not it, His Royal Highness the Inner Mansion doesn't want to have a deep friendship with you, you can go find someone else." As he spoke, Jing Gang pointed at Xiubao, who was sitting in the front row: "What do you think of His Royal Highness Youfu?" ”

Masamune glanced at it a few times, then pursed his lips and said, "It's hard to say, after all, it's still so small." ”

"But the family is the hindsight of His Royal Highness Xiulai," Jing Gang reminded: "There is still a long way to go, don't stick to the present." ”

"Maybe it's okay," Masamune was ambiguous, thought for a while and then muttered, "In my opinion, it's safer for His Highness the Inner Palace." ”

It stands to reason that as a courtier, Gao Hu and Qingxing and others do not need to come to sign the blood seal, but their knowledge and deeds have exceeded 50,000, more than some daimyos, especially Fujido Gaohu, who followed Naoe Kansue (Yonezawa 300,000 stones) with a score of 120,000 stones, and became the "second courtier in the world".

"Near the left, the lord of Fang Cai led all the big names to ask for peace to Taige, which can't help but remind me of the show chief prince back then." Looking at Xiubao's young and slightly thin figure, Gao Hu couldn't help but sigh.

Dao Qingxing nodded, and echoed with satisfaction: "Twelve years ago, when Taige took office as Guan Bai, it was the Emperor Xiu Changgong who led all the daimyo to congratulate him, and even His Royal Highness the Inner Mansion had to be in the second seat at that time. ”

"Yes, more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, to be honest, when the young man died of illness, I really thought that the Yamato Toyotomi family would collapse, but I didn't expect that it only took three years for the family to stand up again, all thanks to the efforts of the lord." Gao Hu said excitedly.

But Qingxing glanced at Ieyasu, who was chatting with the Maeda Toshika, and frowned slightly: "But it's still a little inferior to the Tokugawa family." ”

"You're wrong," Gao Hu smiled back: "How many 10,000 stones does the Tokugawa family know?" ”

"About two million, right?" Qingxing blurted out.

Gao Hu nodded: "The table height is two million and thirty thousand, and if it is really high, it was less than seventy percent when I first took over Odawara, and now, it is about two hundred and thirty." Do you know how much your family knows how much you do? ”

"Yamato 449,000 koku, Kii 244,000 koku, Ise 567,000 koku, plus Omi Goto 110,000 koku, Owari Nakajima and Haeguri 80,000 koku, a total of 1,450,000 koku." Qingxing's answers were like a flurry, like a few treasures, and even Gao Hu nodded approvingly.

"Yes, it's the height of the table, but do you know the real height?" Gao Hu asked.

Qingxing shook his head: "The internal affairs of this family are all in charge of Horio Yoshiharu and Master Yixin Chongchuan, how can I know about it." ”

"You don't know, let me tell you." Gao Hu saw that there was no one beside him, so he asked Qingxing to get closer, and whispered: "At the beginning of last year, did you know that Lord Horio secretly conducted a land inspection? ”

"We were all in North Korea at the time, how could we know, besides, since it was done secretly, I'm afraid only the lord knows, right?"

Gao Hu nodded: "To tell you the truth, after several years of rectification, as well as the cleaning of the temple territory and manor, the stone height of Yamato Kii has risen by one percent, and the Ise has risen by two percent. ”

In addition, the 100,000 koku of Owari Inuyama (Hideho's biological father's pension material), the Kaisai Kaito 50,000 koku (the birthday material of Makiyo), the 50,000 koku of Mino Unuma (Ajiang's makeup), the 40,000 koku of Mino Northern that Taiko rewarded me, and the 100,000 koku of the annexation of Iga, these territories are not a small amount, right? ”

"Three hundred and forty thousand stones!" Qingxing gasped and sighed: "According to what you say, the real height of this family can reach two million stones, so wouldn't it be able to compete with the Tokugawa family?!" ”

"There is also the huge wealth left by Xiu Changgong and the former Guan Bai to the lord, although this is not a real territory, it can be converted into Zhixing, I am afraid that there are also millions of stones (in fact, three million and two million stones, see Chapter 60 for specific analysis)."

Hearing Gao Hu say this, Qingxing suddenly realized: "No wonder His Royal Highness the Inner Mansion always wants to win over the lord, but he is actually afraid of the strength of his family." ”

"Ieyasu Gong is not so superficial," Gao Hu shook his head: "Although I can't say it now, I always feel that things are not as simple as you say, and now that the lord is about to become the future of His Royal Highness Xiulai, the road ahead will be even more difficult." ”