"Yes, yes, yes, we have nothing to repay for Your Highness's great kindness, and we will do our best to pay tribute to everything! It's just ......" The village chief still looked embarrassed and said, "It's just that the production of our village is really meager, if there is anything that is not thorough, please ask Your Highness and your lords...... Well? He looked at Yohachiro behind him, who was pulling him hard, and didn't know that he had already walked through the ghost gate.

"I have already brought the military rations of my subordinates, you don't have to worry at all, just prepare meals for a dozen of us!" I smiled a little, and then added: "Actually, I'm just here to see how you live here, there's no need to be overly extravagant, it's just some of your products here, anything!" ”

"Thank you for Your Highness's generosity, it's really ......" For this sudden surprise, the village chief just smirked and thanked him vigorously, but before he could finish his sentence, he was pulled up by Hachiro.

"Thank you for Your Highness's magnanimity, let's go and prepare ......" Hachiro said as he pulled the village chief out, seemingly eager to communicate with him in private.

After the two men went out, I looked at the people who were with me, and their faces twitched unnaturally with strange expressions. Everyone else was staring at me, all the same, their faces were all weird, and their facial muscles twitched more than mine.

"Ha, ha, ha......" I finally couldn't help laughing, only laughed so hard that my hands and feet went limp, and finally I fell on the floor. The vocal cords were a little hoarse due to the strong airflow impact, and the muscles in the abdomen felt cramped. "Except for the lord, my Xingqing clan was actually counted down in front of people like this today, this is really a rare funny thing in the whole world. Back then, even Takeda Shingen was very courteous to me, and today he is an old man in the countryside...... An old country man...... I really laughed at it! ”

"Ha, ha, ha......"

"Heh, heh, heh......"

Everyone who was infected by me couldn't stop laughing, and they all leaned forward and fell back and shed tears. It's just that because I'm there, I'm still somewhat restrained, and I didn't fall to the ground crookedly, but it can be seen that they endured it very hard.

"Although I have long known that His Highness is as elegant as the sea, I didn't expect that he would be so inclusive of all things!" After laughing, Sorokuro Mizuki sincerely admired me.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's not necessarily that I'm on the same level as such a country fool!" Although I stopped laughing, I still couldn't help but think it was very funny, and my tone inevitably had a playful element. "By the way, I promised to reward your men with good wine, and now you can do it! You go and watch and don't make a fuss, and don't get drunk. I want to focus on your people in the second half of the night, and if you behave well, I will reward you further. ”

"Your Highness...... That's not good! "Although the two young men of the Zongji and Zongjia showed irrepressible excitement, Mizuki Sorokuro had a look of joy and worry." The war is imminent, is it not in accordance with military law? Again...... Again...... There are only more than fifty people under his command......"

"You don't have to worry about this at all, I naturally won't sit idly by!" I answered his concerns firmly. "I will lead the whole army to sweep for you, and there will be others who will fight according to the situation. I'm just using it for the sake of my abilities, so I won't lose much, and I won't hold you responsible for any consequences! ”

"Thank you for the love of His Royal Highness!" Sorokuro Mizuki bowed to the ground, and this time he was completely relieved.

"Okay, the family doesn't talk to each other! If you take care of this, it's not good if something happens. And you ......" I turned to the others and said, "go out with the soldiers, and use the food and drink you have brought!" I'm afraid that the things presented here are not much better, and I don't have to stay here to suffer with me! ”

"How can this be!" Everyone shirked one after another, and those who were born and died could not bear a single meal.

"Then you can go and see the placement of the troops, don't disturb the people!" Since that's the case, I stopped joking, and then added, "Oh, Hidemasa stays!" "When the people knew that I had something to explain to him alone, they saluted and withdrew.

"You may have heard of ......," I said to him calmly, as if casually recounting a very ordinary thing. Generally speaking, I don't direct tactical operations, no matter how big or small. It's not been a day or two since we've known each other, so I'll leave it to you for tonight's battle, you just have to do it! ”

"The last general will do his best to live up to His Highness's cultivation trust!" After Hidemasa Hori replied firmly, he thought about it for a while, and it seemed that there were still some questions. "The last general is stupid, I don't really understand His Highness's strategic intentions. If you take it rashly, you may ......"

"We are old friends, don't use these false courtesies, you just have to ask if there is anything!" I actually knew his confusion and let him speak out for better communication in the future.

"Yes! What the last general didn't quite understand was why His Highness would allow the Mizuki people to drink alcohol aggressively? Not only does this hinder the fight, but it also affects others......"

"You do have a point, and it is usually true!" I nodded, and to be honest, my logic did go a little off. "Then tell me first, what are our chances of winning this battle?"

"Ten percent!" Hori Hidemasa replied confidently without thinking about it. "I think Your Highness's cautious demeanor must have double-checked that the Awaji Pirates were only a small group of harassment and not prepared for this. Even if the number of enemy troops reported by the villagers is wrong, at most 500 people will come! Our army is well-equipped and well-trained, not only has a team of 200 horses, but also has a large number of iron cannons, no matter how you look at it, there is no possibility of defeat! ”

"You're right, under normal circumstances, even so, you still need to be cautious enough, and drinking alcohol before the battle is absolutely unacceptable...... "I thought about how to express the political and psychological factors in my heart, and finally decided to say something directly." For Mizuki, I not only want to give them the impression that they will soar and make a fortune with me, but also use their hands to accomplish some things that are inconvenient for us to do. After all, we are some regular troops, and we must pay attention to the impact when we do things. I don't want to wipe out these pirates, it's easy but not effective. I hope this battle will be brutal but not too many people will die, and the living can pass back what they have seen. From my experience, those country warriors once they drank to the point of excitement......"

"Your Highness, I understand!" Hori Hidemasa deserves to be an excellent general, and immediately understood my intentions.

"Of course, it shouldn't be too difficult for you!" I chatted with him a few more times, and the people who had gone out came back one after another. After a while, the village chief and Yohachiro also prepared the meal.

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry! This season you can only catch octopuses and blackened fish...... "The village chief looked extremely nervous because of the simplicity of the food, apparently he had just understood who I was and the "offense" of his own words.

"Nothing, that's good!" I nodded my head "satisfied", just to reassure him. "By the way, why haven't I seen the priest in this church?" That's when I remembered this question that should have been asked a long time ago.

"It's Xiaomin!" Unexpectedly, it was Yohachiro who answered me.

"You? Are you here to preach? "I was surprised to find that he was very different from what I thought of as the priests in black robes." It turns out that you are not an ordinary parishioner, so tell me how you did it? "I'm very interested in his upbringing.

"Your Highness, I joined the church in my hometown ten years ago! But the idea at that time was very simple, just to live a better life under the blessing of the Lord and to have a place in the heavenly kingdom of bliss in the future......" said and said Hachiro's face with a happy "radiance". "It was not until I came on the ship three years ago that I met the Priest Floyce, the Priest who guided me in the direction of my life, and from his teachings I realized my own humility and insignificance, and the kindness and love of the Father in Heaven. Since then, I have been determined to spread the gospel of my Lord in Japan, may the Holy Light dispel all darkness soon! ”

"So you built a church here and became a priest?" While I lamented that he was not lightly ill, I also had to admire his outstanding achievements, and I also saw that the faces of several samurai were very unsightly.

"The church was built by everyone, and I am not qualified to be a priest!" Yohachiro is very modest in this matter. "Of course, that's my highest ideal! Be a shepherd, the Lamb who leads my Lord astray! ”

"If I give you some help, will you be able to protect yourselves in the future?" I don't know how much of a region and how many people have been radiated around this church, and at the moment it can be developed into a useful addition to the orthodox administrative order. "You know, considering the area where civilians are distributed, I can't send a regular army to every such village, and many things will ultimately depend on you!"

"The Lord teaches us: Do not kill for the sake of your own desires!" When he heard my words, Hachiro's expression was genuinely terrified.

"Even the Pope will canonize and eradicate evil knights, and no religion can survive without the protection of powerful princes in Japan!" I put down the bowl in my hand and stretched, my back was a little sore after sitting for too long. "If I'm not mistaken, Jesus seems to have said in His resurrection, 'I bring not peace, but a sword!' ”

"Oh......" and Hachiro were speechless for a moment, unable to answer.

Looking at his expression, I suddenly had an inspiration: this person cannot be regarded as a competent "god stick" because of the lack of systematic theory and experience guidance, but his mind should have the potential in this area. It seems that it is also good to help a Christian force, even if it is simply to make trouble for the hard-line Buddhist forces, it is worth a lot of effort, just like North Korea is to China: as long as the United States plays the Taiwan card, China will poke the North Korean to make trouble. "The shepherd must have at least one wolf-beating stick in his hand, but I see nothing in your hand......" I continued.