[Since you've said this, there's no reason why I shouldn't help, after all, it's all for the shogunate...... Eh, you don't have to bow to me! 】……

Wise Kogoro, who hurriedly blocked the kowtow of Shibata Katsuya and felt that he would die sooner or later, asked:

[Well, I can still understand the work of Lord Kanamori, but why do you still use me? 】

Kanamori is a diplomatic military general in history, and he really has a good idea of interacting with people or something. If you want to promote the tea party in a well-connected way, then he is the right person.

But what about Wise Kogoro?

[First, as I said before, I'm not in good health, so many things, the arrangement of the work of the expansion and the work disputes between the retainers, must be resolved by you, you are the same shogunate as me, I believe they will listen to you. 】

Instead, Wise Kogoro believed that with his own prestige, he could suppress the Shibata retainers.

[In other words, at a normal tea party, I actually act as a [Shadow Warrior] to do something that Shibata-sama wants to do, but can't do?] 】

[Hahaha, wise adults are spiritual, and the future is limitless. 】……

Wise Kogoro walks on foot in the castle town of Maebashi Castle.

Maebashi Castle was rebuilt from the original Stable Bridge Castle, so the style of the castle town is not much different from a few decades ago.

After chatting with Shibata Katsuya yesterday, the general secretary of this tea party, that is, the person in charge, Kanamori Naga, approached Akechi Kogoro, who was about to rest, and they chatted in the corridor for a while.

[Since the lord has entrusted everything to you, then wise lord. From now until the end of the tea party, we will follow your orders]

As he spoke, Kanamori bowed ninety degrees to Akechi Kogoro.

[Where is it, Kogoro is not good, thank you adults for your wrong love, what do you have to say. Just advise. 】

[Then I'll tell you, the lord told you a lot of details of the tea party before, but ......]

He hesitated for a moment and said:

[There's one more thing I haven't mentioned to you.] 】

Kanamori's tone suddenly became heavy.

[Those of us who are retainers...... Smell the smell of disputes. There may be a conflict. 】

[Why?] 】

[Originally, this work was undertaken by other daimyos.] It was a few tea ceremony masters and a group of merchants who wanted to hold a tea party, and in order to establish a good relationship with the daimyo, they originally planned to do it in Odawara Castle. 】

【Hojo family? 】

This matter has something to do with the Hojo family!

[For this reason, they paid a large sum of money to the people of the Hojo family, and wanted to borrow their light, and the Hojo clan was very happy. So the tea party was naturally contracted by the Hojo family, but the people of the Hojo family were really irresponsible, and they didn't take things seriously at all, and the tea party was supposed to be held in May, but it was delayed until the end of the summer, and the Hojo family was procrastinating, passing the buck to each other, and there was not much progress. I didn't even help choose the venue for the tea party......]

[Well, I understand. After all, if you want to collect some more money, bureaucratic style is always annoying. 】

[Yes, as a result, the people who want to drink tea are not happy, how can there be any people who don't do anything after receiving the money, it is really angry, and they simply break the contract. Then bring us the proposal for the tea party. 】

[Just let us do it?] 】

[That's right.] 】

Hehe, wise Kogoro realized that things were not as simple as he thought, this was not just the breath of disputes, and the smoke of war had already come out.

[We've been running around for the tea party, but ...... The tea man of Kanhachi. But few people wanted to come to this event...... We all knew in our hearts that this was a deliberate attempt by the Hojo family. 】

[Of course, what they didn't do, wouldn't it be too embarrassing if we let us do it]

Now, Akechi Kogoro really understands why Shibata Katsuya attaches so much importance to this tea party, and even does not hesitate to invite himself over.

Because of the relationship between the body, it is impossible for Shibata Katsuya to devote himself to the tea party, and at this time, the role of the wise Kogoro, who is still in good health, is highlighted.

[Is it really okay?] and the Hojo family have already ignited the flames of war. 】

[Although it wasn't the Hojo family who came out in person, the situation was still not good. That's why I'm going to ask you, my lord. 】

[Haha, understood, it seems that I am a big deal. 】……

As the saying goes: the lower one labors, the middle one works wisely, and the upper one works hard.

This sentence was proposed by Mencius, who was called the "Yasheng" (Mencius? Teng Wen Gongshang": or labor, or labor; Those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people; Mencius is right, a team work, the lowest level of people must be responsible for physical strength, the middle team leader and the foreman and the like, must be responsible for dispatching wisdom, and the top person does not need to think too much about the project to be done, only need to constantly deploy people to coordinate the operation of the team.

The specific matter of the tea party, let Kanamori Nagajin and Sakuma Morimasa operate it, they only need to coordinate their working relationship, if they fight to the front line, it is not appropriate.

But now, it's really easy.

Because there was nothing to do, Wise Kogoro chose to go to the castle town the next day, and he had made an appointment with Shibata Katsuya to take him on a trip to the Tanidake River, but the latter fell ill again the next day, so all the previous agreements were nullified.

But it's good to be alone, feel more comfortable|!

However, this freedom did not last long.

Wise Kogoro walked into a tavern, or izakaya.

[Boss, is there [Maebashi yaki]? Give me some more wine and side dishes......]

It was at this time that I heard a crisp female voice.

[You people are really boring, you've been chasing me here, you're not annoying, I'm annoying. 】

Wise Kogoro immediately turned around.

The man's hairstyle was the most common ponytail of the era, but her ponytail was long, tied up to her waist, and matched her small figure, which could be clearly seen even in the darkness of the tavern.

Wearing a pair of ten hands, with a white smile on the corner of her mouth, she is a very eye-catching woman. You're about thirteen or fourteen years old, right?

In our time, this woman should still be a middle school student.

[Do you owe any money?] Or did you make an appointment to go out and have fun, but you missed the appointment? 】

[Aya, let's catch you!] 】

[Yes, we remember all the things you did! 】

[There are still people who have broken the bridge of their nose by you, and they haven't recovered yet! 】

Invective erupted. Surround this ...... Ponytail middle school girl, okay, just give her this name for the time being.

The people who surround this ponytail middle school girl called [Aya] are a group of fierce gods who [maintain] their hair to the point that their hair is extremely frizzy, and they know at a glance that they often don't take a bath and smell a lot all over their bodies.

[Ahh At that time, it was still called Stablebridge City, and you can't remember who was in charge of it half a year ago, right? In short, it should be some kind of fate to meet here again, so let's rebuild the old one, okay? This meal is what I have invited you to. 】

For some reason, the impressive Kanto dialect, which seems to have been heard somewhere, is not the same as the local Ueno dialect. Then the middle girl of the Ponytail Country passed through the siege and came closer. Wise Kogoro hurriedly made room.

[Give us five bottles of turbid bar, and remember to have some pickled radish.] 】

A few miscellaneous guys brought out a few bottles of turbid wine with a look of disgust, in their opinion, the middle school girl of the Mawei country and a few other people are all gangsters who have nothing to do, these people, let them finish drinking early and get out early!

Although the smile on the face of the middle school girl in the ponytail country was very kind, at least it looked like that, but the group of people did not intend to buy her account.

By the way, these people are about the same age as the middle school girls in the Ponytail Country, and in the next generation, this is a typical [Campus Baoli Incident], a little sister, fighting a group of ponies.

I don't seem to have seen too much of this kind of drama in this era.

[Hey, you don't have more garlic!] 】

[Run away! 】

Whoever wants to drink your wine, come out with us! 】

The few people who were looking for trouble were still stalking and chased after them through the crowd.

Why don't you have a glass of wine and make friends? 】

Is there something wrong with this person's head? Now isn't the time to say that, is it? In order not to be implicated in the vulgar plot of the web novel [seeing a beautiful woman being entangled, making a righteous move, defeating the enemy, and then being liked by a beautiful woman], Wise Kogoro decided to do nothing.

So he left the counter and prepared to drink in a different place.

The dialogue between the middle girls of the horsetail country mixed with the Kanto dialect was almost engulfed by the darkness of the fight.

[Don't be arrogant, this is the boundary of Shibata, and we dare to do it, behind us, but there is the Hojo family as a support. 】

At this time, the word "Hojo" came to the ears of Wise Kogoro.

Huh? What's going on?

Wise Kogoro looked back and did hear it.

At the other end of the crowd, the middle girls of the Ponytail Country and the group of young evildoers were still frothing at each other, to put it bluntly, they were arguing, but no one did anything.

Which side is it?

Which side said that? What does the Hojo family mean? Is there still someone from Hojo in this?

Since the time of the Spring Festival, I have been in contact with the Hojo family for a while, and among those people, although there are also heroes like the Hojo clan or Hojo Tsunari, there are still more reckless people or ignorant people like the Hojo clan.

After the end of the spring festival, almost all of the Hojo family had left Gyeonggi, and because of this event, the relationship between Hojo and the shogunate was eased, and the friction that had been in place was also gone. (To be continued.) )