"The first question is, why did I go to Kyushu - I don't think it would be difficult to understand if I was an elder brother. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xiuguang looked at the documents on the table and said.

"For, Toyotomi family?"

Hideyori sat in the same upright position as before, looking at the documents and letters related to trade and intelligence, his lips trembled slightly, and he muttered half-to himself.

"Yes. is worthy of being an elder brother. Everything I do, naturally, is for the Toyotomi family. Now we still have the wealth that my father has accumulated in the city. But this wealth will one day be squandered. ”

Xiuguang nodded, and then continued:

"Now, whether it is Sakai City or the Kanayama silver mines in various places, they are all in the hands of the Tokugawa family, and they are known as the 'later people' of your elder brother, and they exercise these powers on behalf of our Toyotomi family. As a result, a great deal of wealth has gone into the pockets of the Tokugawa family, and we have been unknowingly squandering the money that our father left us. ”

"Yes, yes. All we use now is the money left behind by our father. ”

Xiulai said word by word, without raising any objections, and slowly clenched his fists.

As Hidemitsu said, almost all of the money used by the Toyotomi family now is the wealth that the late Taiko Hideyoshi had accumulated from the beginning. And although this money is a lot, it will run out sooner or later.

The Battle of Osaka is still more than eight years away. In that war, the wealth that the Toyotomi family would consume was enormous. And even if the war is won, it will still need a lot of money to deal with the aftermath and make the next step.

If it goes on like this, the money will definitely not be enough.

So, it's not surprising to do these things now.

But why has no one in the Toyotomi family ever done these things?

Is there no realisation at all, or is someone obstructing it?

"Before, I also asked my mother in front of my retainers if we should also develop more trade."

Xiu Lai pursed his lips and remembered what happened before,

However, there was music at the time, and Yuan said that he didn't need it. It is said that the Toyotomi family still has a huge amount of wealth left by their father, and there is no need to do any unnecessary actions to accumulate wealth. And the meta is as if he is afraid of something, just to stop. So in the end, it was gone. ”

"Do you have fun......

Xiuguang narrowed his eyes, indicating that he had never heard of such a thing.

It's normal that Youle Zhai will come forward to stop it. And Katagiri and Yuan will stop it, doesn't that mean something else?

It could be that Kazumoto was also from the Tokugawa side, but of course it could be other reasons......

For example, there are other people buried by Tokugawa in the Toyotomi family......

In short, no matter what the reason, with the obstruction of this important minister and close relatives, Mrs. Yodo, who does not understand politics and economics, will naturally choose to obey the obstruction of the two retainers. And Hideyori couldn't refute anything. Moreover, he was still young at the time.

This is a new problem. But now is not the time to solve these problems.

So Xiuguang just kept this new news in his head, and then continued to return to the topic just now.

"Hmm. Then the reason why I went to Kyushu is known. Of course, it was to accumulate wealth for the Toyotomi family. ”

With the relief of explaining the initial question, Hidemitsu moved on to the next question.

"The next question is, why I was able to go to Kyushu. The elder brother must be very confused about this, right? ”

"Hmm. Show off your ...... How the hell did it go? ”

Naturally, Hideyori was very confused about this.

This younger brother is only a teenager, and then he was able to go so far to Kyushu, and then he also traveled all over the north and south of Kyushu, and finally returned safely, and also brought back a lot of papers.

How exactly is this done?

"First of all, I went to Kyushu this time, and I brought the following people with me,"

Xiuguang first listed the list of people on this trip to Kyushu,

"As the central figure in the negotiations, I am naturally on this list. And then there's Hyogoro, who, as my most trusted attendant, of course follows me. After that, it was the ninjas of the Wind Demon, the Wind Demon Tsuru no Suke and Irizawa Shinnai. Finally, there is the Hideya-sama. ”

"What......"

As if he had made up his mind, Xiuguang read everyone's names in one breath. Hideyori was caught off guard by this.

“…… Xiuguang, can you say that again? ”

He seemed somewhat suspicious of what his ears had just heard.

"Yes, sir. The people who went to Kyushu with me were Hyogoro, Tsuru no Suke and Irizawa Shinnai of the Wind Demon Ninja, and finally the Hideya-sama. ”

“…… Wait! ”

After being convinced that he had heard correctly, Xiu Lai, with trembling lips, asked with a little excitement:

"Wait, Xiuguang, you can tell me clearly. Wind Demon? Ninja? And what's going on with the Xiu family? Which Hide-sama is it? Could it be the Xiu family?! ”

Xiu Lai poked his head out, propped his hands on the table, and lost his usual calm.

"Yes, Brother Hui. It's a real Wind Demon Ninja. The Hideya-sama is the Hide-sama, the Bizen Prime Minister Ukita Hide-sama. ”

“……”

After Xiu Lai received Xiuguang's affirmative answer, the whole person was instantly stunned.

He opened his eyes wide, slowly sat back down in his original upright position, and then asked slowly and in a trembling tone:

“…… Xiuguang, my mind is a little messy right now. Can you explain to me what the hell is going on? ”

"I see. Xiuguang originally wanted to explain this to his brother, so he would naturally explain it clearly to his brother. ”

Xiuguang nodded, then sorted out the context of everything and decided to start with the beginning.

"I wonder if my brother still remembers what happened in September three years ago? At that time, my elder brother followed us and secretly ran from the castle to the castle town. ”

"Uh-huh, remember."

"Does the elder brother remember that there was an old man who was very good at swordsmanship?"

"Ah, remember. It's Hidemitsu, someone you know. ”

"It all started with this old man who was a sword hero."

Xiuguang thought about it, and then began to tell:

"The identity of this old man...... To be honest, we don't know who he really is. However, what is certain is that he is a swordsman. Three years ago, Hyogoro and I met him by chance, and after some persuasion, we let him live here. ”

"There is such a thing...... I don't know. I thought he was just an ordinary person passing by Osaka Castle by chance, but you or Hidemune met him when he ran out. ”

Of course, Xiulai had never heard of Xiuguang mentioning this old man before.

Xiuguang nodded, and opened the first page of his memory.

"And then, it all began."