74. Get back on track

Because of the impact of happy events, I really started to let go of my arms. To be honest, some time ago, I was somewhat pretentious, and I am also a mortal, and it is impossible not to feel the pain of being excluded. In the past few days, I have been methodically busy with the two happy events of myself and Shinhachiro, and before I knew it, it faded, and there was good news from Tango, and a troubled heart gradually calmed down. If you think about it carefully, Chairman Mao's sentence is indeed good! "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, let him go!"

The wedding was quite lively, and many ministers and big businessmen came to attend. Although there are many gifts from the merchants, the beautiful words of the ministers are also enough to make people intoxicated. Harutoyo introduced me to his brother Haruto, and Masahimachi Jihide also hinted that he could further contact the prince's own people, anyway, Oda Nobunaga was also very proud of this prince, so why should I be a villain in vain.

The merchants just offered gifts, took a picture and left, and most of them had no official positions except for Imai Munehisa and two others, so such an occasion was not suitable for a long stay. They said that they would not doubt me because of certain "factors", and that it was very necessary to maintain relations and strengthen cooperation.

None of the Niwa, Hashiba, and Akechi leaders came, not even Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Tsuneko, but the gifts and congratulatory letters arrived, and I fully understood the "inconvenience" of each of them.

What is strange is that there is no news at all from Gibu, not only Oda Nobunaga did not express his position, but even Hori Hidemasa, Kanamori Nagakon, and Nakamura Kazushi also have no information at all. My invitation was sent out a long time ago, and it stands to reason that they couldn't have received it. Since there was no explicit objection, I agreed and went ahead with the schedule.

Now I know one thing, that is, I made this "deal" with Ji Xiu in Masakincho, and I really didn't suffer a loss. Not to mention the quality of the "goods", at least there are a lot of "giveaways"! In order to make up for the lack of dowry, he sent two maids as concubines, they were both daughters of the original provincial officials, and they were barely considered to be from the nobility of Kyoto, but they belonged to the "unentered stream".

Perhaps out of the need for balance in the inner house, Xianzhi also selected three beautiful concubines for me from among the original maids, and her henchman Fluttershy was among them. I raised the issue of Axue's identity in a very tactful way, but the virtuous Xianzhi didn't seem to understand it at all this time, in fact, I knew that she understood, but she didn't say anything because of some concern. Ay! Things in the world are not perfect, let's talk about it later!

After I asked Ah Xue to be Hong's teacher, she really practiced like that, according to Ah Xue, she actually had a bit of talent! However, I am especially concerned about Ah Xue's strict control of the "progress", and there is no need to train so many samurai now. Speaking of which, Hong is really a girl with personality, and the reason why she hasn't married until she is 15 years old is because she broke the nose of a door-to-door minister. And her strength can be said to be reflected in all aspects!

Wine and women can move people's temperament, especially women, which are no less effective than drugs! Just as I was getting better, this life suddenly and unexpectedly ended, one day after I got married.

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"Why don't you go back to Tango! What do you want to do in Kyoto?! At the Nijo Castle Imperial Palace, Oda Nobunaga received me "warmly" in this way. He stared at two murderous eyes, as if ready to pounce on me at any moment.

"I'm sick...... I said weakly with my eyes slightly closed, brushing my forehead with my right hand to wipe away the sweat that wasn't there, while covering my chest with my left hand. You also know that I have had old injuries here, and I have been in poor health. Over the years, I have worked for you in the Eastern and Western Wars, but I have never been completely treated! Now that I'm a few years older, my physical strength is not as good as before, and many old diseases have been found. The doctor told me that Tango's salty air was extremely harmful to my illness, and that the morning and evening mountain winds would continue to erode my joints. So it must be ...... in Kyoto."

"Fart!" Oda Nobunaga angrily interrupted me. "When you're sick, you still have the heart to please your little wife, and I'm not afraid to toss you to death!"

"The sick need to be taken care of!" My face was filled with a "painful" expression. “…… My doctor said that I needed special care, and that I was not considerate and meticulous because of my humble background and many maids. I listened to the doctor's advice, and I ......."

"Then you're going to ask for five or six?!" Oda Nobunaga scoffed at my explanation.

"The concubine was born in the family of the minister, and since she was a child, she can't shoulder it and can't lift it!" I explained with peace of mind: "...... Now that I have to take care of my patient, it is only natural that I need a few helpers! Thank you for your understanding. It's also ...... follow the doctor's instructions."

"Bastard!" Oda Nobunaga's face was blue, and he had already begun to slap the table. "What kind of bullshit doctor is this! What kind of bullshit doctor's order is prescribed to you! ”

"You're not right to say that!" I defended aggrievedly: "The inner person's medical Tao can be called a holy hand, and you also personally praised it back then......"

"It seems that you are sincerely playing tricks on me, look at what you have made San'in become?!" Oda Nobunaga laughed angrily and slapped the table again.

"Although my health has always been bad, I never dare to waste my official business because of my personal deeds!" I can't agree with his accusation.

"Humph! Is it? He snorted a thick wave of turbid air through his nose. On the 10th of last month, the first two days of your Na side! Hatano Sotaka led 7,000 troops to attack Shengguan Mountain Castle, do you want to make and explain? ”

"The minister knows about this!" I nodded earnestly. The defenders held out without a fight, and then the ninjas continued to attack and harass with fire, forcing them to retreat from the mountains and turn to the plains. Our cavalry 2,000 raided in one fell swoop, killing many generals such as the Fangchuan Xuan Domain and the Komachi Tibetan, and the enemy has retreated! ”

"At the beginning of this month, due to the alliance between Hayama and Toyokuni, Urakami Munekei wanted to offend Tajima ......"

"The acting official of the minister, Keiji Maeda, lured the enemy deeper, and Yu Rakukawazaka broke the name of the mountain with a small victory and a large number of Urakami coalition troops! After the arrival of Tango reinforcements, they counterattacked into the territory of Inaba and captured the second Kamiyama Castle......"

“……”

“……”

"You rotten samurai scum is even more depraved than the ministers!" Oda Nobunaga, who was poor in words, had no choice but to start oppressing people with power. "A few days ago, I sent someone to San'in to check on the people, do you know what your soldiers are doing? They're all hunting! In one of the important towns of my Oda family, all the officers and soldiers are chasing pheasants, rabbits, wild bears, and wild deer all over the mountains! What kind of commander brings out what kind of soldiers......"

"That's so outrageous!" I was "filled with righteous indignation" when I heard the news. "I have long commanded: only small beasts and birds can be hunted, at most a few wild boars can be hunted, and bears and deer can only be hunted when I gather the rich clansmen! They all agreed to it in person, but when they turned their faces, it wasn't them! Don't worry, I'll write to ...... right away."

"Shut up!" Oda Nobunaga picked up a teacup and threw it at me, but I dodged it. "Can't you be a little self-motivated?"

"Lord!" I screamed. "I have worked hard for so many years, in order to achieve your great cause! Even if a knife is used for a long time, it has to be sharpened with some oil, can I only work and have no right to rest?! ”

"You're in good spirits right now!" Oda Nobunaga asked as he stared at me coldly.

"Oh......" I closed my eyes again in "pain" and put my hand on my chest again.

"Don't play dead, I have something to ask you!" Oda Nobunaga had apparently never believed that I was sick, and now he was thinking about how to squeeze oil out of me.

"What do you command, but I'm just a little learned......" I behaved very modestly.

"You sent a force to help the 'monkeys', have this thing!" Oda Nobunaga seemed to have calmed down.

"Yes!" I nodded honestly. "It's the 2,000 spears led by Keer Caizang!"

"Why was it only given to him?"

"First, I am closest to him; Second, only he made a request to me! My answer to him was simple and simple.

"Hmm...... That makes sense! He nodded. They didn't carry any baggage, and they didn't have much rations, did they? ”

"Yes!" I nodded again and again: "For the sake of working together and having a good relationship, I didn't ask him to pay the military salary!" But if you don't even care about food......"

"Two months ago, Iwaki Yutsu broke into Settsu, and the Nojima Navy cut off the waterway of Himeji Castle again!" Oda Nobunaga was not in the mood to listen to my reasoning, and said to himself: "At that time, the whole city ran out of military rations, and Ko'er Caizo found a merchant and showed him a piece of paper, and then he got a large sum of money. Soon after, 5,000 koku of grain were brought from the sea, and the crisis of Himeji Castle was solved. What's going on? ”

"I was about to tell you about it!" I said indignantly: "It turned out that Yuchai borrowed me, but when I asked him recently, he always shirked!" This matter is going to turn yellow, can you ignore ......"

"You take care of your own money!" Oda Nobunaga quickly interrupted my complaints. "I'm talking about how you managed to raise money so easily, and how did you get food through the blockade?"

"That's what you said!" It was as if I had just understood what he meant. "That merchant owes me 3,000 pieces of timber, and Ke'er went to ask for it! The grain was bought in Matsuyama Town, and a navy was hired to transport it......"

"Trolls?" Oda Nobunaga paid great attention to this information. "Didn't the navy in the western section of Sanyo all the way to the Seto Inland Sea fall to Mori and Miyoshi?"

"Not really...... "I could tell that Oda Nobunaga was already planning about it in his heart, so I stopped joking about it." Although Mishima and Awaji are strong, after all, one hand can't cover the sky! There are also fishermen and water thieves, who are nominally subordinate to these families, but in fact whoever gives money will work for whomever they want. There are San'in and Sanyang, and I went to ...... "I talked about the transactions I had with these little pirates in the past.

"It seems that you have really used some brains in the past two years in the Western Kingdom!" Oda Nobunaga thoughtfully picked up a piece of paper from the table and threw it to me. "Hideji Hatano is capricious, I'm impatient, and now I dare to use troops to threaten! Appoint you as Tamba's guardian and destroy him! ”

I flipped through the pages and looked at the appointment, as if it were authentic to outsiders. "I can...... Make a request? "I asked Oda Nobunaga for a while.

"What is it?"

"I want to go again in two months, it's too hot on the road right now......"

"Roll !!" Oda Nobunaga picked up a large pile of books and letterheads on the table and threw them at me.

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