During the Ukita turmoil, Fujido Takatora did not stay at Hideomote to give advice, but took advantage of the fact that the world's attention was focused on Bizen and went to Zhenxi and Hokuriku respectively to win the support of local forces for Hideho, and the first stop of Fujido Takatora in Kyushu was the black sky like water with 180,000 koku in Chikuzen

I haven't seen him for many days, Hidebo is very concerned about Fujido Gaohu, especially the last time Tokugawa Ieyasu secretly tried to win him over, and promised to copy Tahara's 200,000 stone Zhixing, this old minister who has changed hands many times resolutely refused, in the face of Honda Masanobu's hard persuasion, Fujido Gaohu said: "200,000 is indeed a fortune that may not be reached in a lifetime, but compared with his own selfish interests, Gaohu is more likely to stay by the lord's side, assist the lord to achieve hegemony, and when the world submits to the Toyotomi clan again, let alone 200,000 stones." , Even if there are only 10,000 stones left for Gao Hu to retreat, Gao Hu has no complaints, after all, not any samurai can meet such an outstanding lord, rather than embracing a rich Yu Lu to follow the lord of one side, it is better to wholeheartedly follow the lord to unify the world Others say that Gao Hu is a retainer with three surnames, Gao Hu does not object, but now Gao Hu is tired and can't walk, Sagami's 200,000 stones will be left to the loyal ministers of the Tokugawa family, and only my lord dares to use such a second minister."

These words were clearly recorded by the ninja who despised Xiu, and they were relayed to Xiubao word for word, every time he recalled the words of Fujido Gaohu, Xiu Shun couldn't help but cry secretly, thinking that it had been nearly five years since he had crossed over, and only Fujido Gaohu and Dao Qingxing insisted on assisting him despite gossip, but fortunately, he was not willing to fall, otherwise how could he be worthy of these two old ministers? Thinking of this, Xiubao moved the idea of sealing them, but this idea was quickly suppressed, he felt that it was not time to stay until the world was settled, the world was peaceful, and then reward them for their meritorious deeds, and make up for the hard work of these loyal ministers

"The lord, the minister and Zuo are back" Just when the god was shaking, Fujido Takatora and the island of Kiyoko, who accompanied him to Kyushu, walked into the imperial room

Looking at the tired expressions of the two old ministers, Xiuhail immediately ordered someone to give the best Korean ginseng from the previous tribute to the two of them, in the face of the sudden gift, the two hands were shocked, and Fujitang Gao Hu even refused politely: "The lord still doesn't know if we are going to succeed in giving such a valuable gift, Gao Hu really dare not accept it"

"No matter what he does, if he fails, I still have to beat and scold and punish you? You guys are running around these days, your body must be very tired, these Korean ginseng should be regarded as a little compensation", said that, Hideho seemed to think of something again: "A few days ago, the leader of the Ezo side presented a few good deer antlers, you said that these barbarians are really brainless, they only set off at the beginning of this year, and it was summer when they arrived in Osaka, but now I don't need it, but the quality is excellent, in addition to sending two to Mrs. Yodo and the young master, it is to leave two for Zhiyunyuan and Ju Yuqian and only two left for Gao Hu." , I heard that Bai Yunzhai has been very weak recently, let's see if I can make up for it."

"My lord, you are..."Fujitang Gaohu's eyes flashed with tears, and he snorted: "My father is eighty or three years old, and it is inevitable that his body is almost in good shape, so you should keep these deer antlers and take them for yourself."

Xiubao frowned when he heard this, and blamed: "What is this, the older you get, the more you should take care of Ai, let you accept it, this is all off-topic, now tell me the results of this trip to Zhenxi"

"Then the minister will thank the lord for his father" After saying that, Fujido Takatora kowtowed heavily to Hideho, calmed down a little, and told him what happened at Kuroda's house

"Because I don't want the Kuroda family to notice that the family has been wary of the actions of the inner government, this conversation is based on the premise of 'if Uesugi is disobedient, the family is forced to send troops'" Fujido Takatora said, "Rushui is really not a waste of fame, and after talking about it for a long time, he guessed the whole thing, and he said that if the lord insists on crusading against the Uesugi family, it will not only be as simple as a duel between the two families, it will inevitably involve the contest of forces from all sides, and the most decisive force is the Tokugawa Inner House, if the family cannot stabilize the Tokugawa family, Then it is very likely to fall into the situation of being attacked on the back of the belly, and his Kuroda family can only be regarded as a small butterfly in Kyushu at most, and he can't make any big waves."

"Heh, stabilize the Tokugawa family, it's not that he doesn't know the relationship between the family and the inner house, does he think it's possible, compare himself to a little butterfly, I don't think it's right, even if it's not a dragon that overturns the clouds and rain, it should be an eagle soaring in the sky, he said this just to let the family ignore him" Xiubao sighed long

"Ignore him?" Fujido Takatora was a little puzzled: "Why is this, I don't want to join the ranks of my family, but I am also ambiguous about the Tokugawa family's invitation."

"Oh, the Tokugawa family sent someone too?" Hideho asked

Fujido Takatora nodded: "It was said that he sent Okubo to his neighbor, and he opened a lot of money."

"Tell me about it?"

"600,000 stone in the two countries before and after the construction"

"This price is really not low" Xiubao nodded: "Rushui is not satisfied with this?" ”

"Yes, the minister thinks he deliberately said it to the minister, intending to test what kind of price the family can offer."

"Oh, what do you say?"

"As the lord commands, let him bid"

"The result?"

"The lion opened his mouth widely, and the five countries of the first and second parts of the building were 1.4 million stones"

"You're right, it's indeed the lion's mouth"

"That's just an old lion"

"Old lions can bite too, and their roars are even more terrifying"

"I can't understand it, but according to your instructions, I agreed to his request" Fujido Takatora sighed: "But even so, he didn't want to write an oath, just verbally agreed"

"It's impossible to leave evidence of an affidavit or something for Kanshou, but a verbal promise doesn't reassure me."

"It's the incompetence of your subordinates, please forgive your sins," Fujitang Gaohu kowtowed

Xiubao comforted disappreciably: "He probably also knows that what the family says now is just to stabilize him, and if he really counts his military exploits in the future, he will not honor this 1.4 million Zhixing."

"What should I do, I'm afraid I can't feel at ease when I put this old lion in Kyushu."

"Now is the time when he is the most careless, and he will send a message to Ogasawara Tadakiyo for me, and hurry up to recruit soldiers, but he must keep absolutely secret from the Maori and Shimazu side in Renna's country."

"Please rest assured that the lord of this point, the two families have a total of more than 1,000 people, and all of them are distributed on the outlying islands, it is difficult for them to know the movements of the family in the six counties, and now the six county chiefs have 20,000 troops, if they recruit peasant soldiers, they should be able to reach 40,000 within a month, so that Kyushu can be protected if the lord is still not at ease, the minister feels that he can borrow troops from the Ming Kingdom, after all, their military department is still very close to you."

"This is absolutely unacceptable," Hideho resolutely refused: "Japan's affairs will be solved by the Japanese themselves, if you use other countries, it will inevitably fall into the mouth, and it may backfire, with Ren's 40,000 troops, Kyushu should be no problem, Zhongqing is a military general after all, I need to match him with a military division, Komiyayama Harukatsu has followed you to learn the art of war for so long, he should be able to leave the division, so send him to Sacheon, right, I heard that Otomo Yoshitong is in Osaka, you can take some time to come and meet" (to be continued.)