"Lord, you should rest here!" Gobenmaru came to my side and took a look at my face and reminded me carefully.

"Whew...... Then ...... Thank you for the break! I struggled to adjust my breath and nodded.

"Quick!" Gobenmaru waved to the back, and immediately an attendant with a chair on his back ran over and propped the chair behind me.

I sat down and took a towel to wipe the sweat from my face. Don't be surprised, after walking for nearly two hours in the morning sun, most people will be red-faced and angry.

The attendants around them got busy, erected the shogunate, put up the canopy, and set up a small table on the side, on which delicate refreshments were placed in turn. This is the style that a big person should have when traveling, considerate, thoughtful but also cumbersome.

My breath slowly evened out, and I became more and more absorbed in the scenery in front of me. It was a small hill that was not too high, and the stone mountain Ozumi Castle stood majestically not far in front of me, and my gaze gradually became a little intoxicated.

After some deliberations between Sakai Town, Takenaka Hanbei, Gamo Township, and Murai Sadakatsu, the three of them began to implement it separately, and Takenaka Hanbei established a bureaucratic management system; The Gamo clan monitored the movements of the daimyo of various countries; Sadakatsu Murai set out to further integrate the economic system. Each of the three performs its own duties, and the operation of the organization is basically normal.

In fact, among the three, I am most concerned about Murai Sadakatsu, because although the other work is important and complicated, there are rules to follow, and there are many new things that have never been done before.

However, I also know that these things cannot be done in three days and two mornings, and some things still need to cross the river by feeling the stones, and if they succeed, they will move on to the next step, and if they fail, they will quickly change their ways. That's why I came to Ishiyama Town at the beginning of June to choose a site for my future "superstructure".

After much deliberation, I decided to establish the center of government in Settsu, and I continued to follow the path of rebuilding Ishiyama Imperial Castle. I don't want to go to such a desolate and backward place in Kanto, where the powerful samurai group will soon decline in the new economic situation.

Ishiyama Gosumi Castle is not the largest among the major fortified castles in the world, at least the area of Odawara Castle is wider than here, but the walls here are no worse than anywhere else, and the most rare thing is that it is scattered in the magnificence, and has a special sense of art.

"My lord, the merchant has come to see you!" Mei Chiyo interrupted my thoughts at this time and stepped forward to report for duty.

"Let him come over!" I was excited and immediately urged, like a child about to get a long-awaited toy.

"The villain Kamechimaru meets His Royal Highness Zuofu, may your martial arts be long and long-lived!" Soon several people were brought over, and the person who was extremely short immediately bowed down on the ground. He had a pile of paper rolls under his right armpit, making his movements even more unavoidable.

"Boss Kameyoshimaru, we're old acquaintances!" I leaned forward slightly and said to him with a smile. "The work of building a new city this time is still up to you, so please leave everything to you!"

"This is my supreme light, and my family will always be grateful for your great kindness for generations!" The big round head was raised with a smile of humility and joy, and I saw again the bright mung bean eyes, garlic nose, catfish mouth, and beckoning ears......

Many people may remember this name and his master, he was the contractor of the Komaki Mountain Castle project twenty years ago, and the twenty years have changed dramatically in me, and the same is true for him.

In addition to the construction of castles that every lord and daimyo would do, I also worked on many special projects, such as the construction of military ports and commercial towns.

As an old relationship, Kameyoshimaru did get a lot of this business, and gradually developed from a small role in the countryside of Owari to a large civil construction merchant in that can be ranked in the top 10. Not only did he have the name of the famous house, but he even had to get the two most powerful seals of the Zhuxing family and the royal family, and with the identity of a samurai, he became a member of the ruling class. Oh...... His current name should be Kasaya Kameyoshimaru!

People's desires are always expanding, and such a glory that he never dreamed of in his lifetime is now difficult to satisfy his appetite. Although it was impossible to actually own a large area of territory, large merchants such as Imai Munehisa, Tsuda Muneki, and Kakukura Ryori were able to obtain the status of daimyo as the trustee of the imperial property. The current owner of Kameyoshimaru is also fanatically pursuing this goal, and it is said that a considerable amount of money has been invested in this purpose.

"Do you already know what I'm asking for?" Looking at his pile of drawings, I couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, His Highness Murai already informed the villain a month ago!" Seeing me nod at him, Kameyoshimaru immediately ran over happily and unfolded his large pile of drawings. "Here's the main floor plan; This is the structure of the main castle tower; This is the supporting structure diagram of the functional area; It's ......" he showed me the drawings one by one, with an irrepressible sense of pride, and only when he talked about it did he seem less funny.

I listened to him as I looked at the drawings, nodding my head from time to time, but honestly, I didn't understand most of the other things other than the intuitive feeling was spectacular. Although my name as a competent official is widely spread all over the world, in fact, I know almost nothing about civil engineering and development.

"To help you know better, I have a gift for you!" Seeing my expression, Kameyoshimaru seemed to understand the reason, and waved back to the two people who came with him.

The two well-dressed men carried a tabletop-like thing, covered with a piece of silk held high. Umechiyo went over and looked at it and said yes, and Kameyoshimaru went to uncover the covered silk himself.

A majestic castle appeared in front of me, and even I had to admit that it was a masterpiece, and every window on the magnificent castle tower was a beautiful reminder of the authenticity of what it could achieve. At first glance, I imagined the shocking feeling, but it was supposed to be after it was actually presented in front of people, and now it is just a magnificent fantasy!

"Based on the instructions of His Highness Murai and my investigation of this area, I propose to divide the entire castle into nine areas and build eighteen castle towers of various sizes!" Kamechimaru pointed to the various parts of the model and explained to me, "The most important thing is, of course, the main castle tower, which has seven floors on the outside and 12 floors on the inside, and except for the first, second, and third floors at the bottom, the rest are divided into changeable private rooms, and each floor is designed in a different style by a famous artist. All the castle towers are topped with gold leaf, and this alone costs about 50,000 taels of gold......"

With his introduction, the wooden model seemed to gradually swell, and I seemed to have been in the period, and I really had a feeling of blood boiling at this moment. "Hmm...... It seems that there is a big gap with the current pattern of Ishiyama Imperial Castle! I asked lightly, restraining myself.

"Yes, His Royal Highness Zuofu is as wise as a torch!" Kamechimaru twitched his big head again and again. "Stone Mountain City was originally a mid-mountain city, but even that is not suitable for your momentum. For this reason, I propose to tear down all the buildings above, keep only the walls, and then build a four-story wall down the hill. In this way, the area of the renovation has become eight times the original size, and the castle built will definitely shock the world! ”

"Well, I didn't expect you to be so bold!" I stood up, walked closer, looked at the model more closely, and then bent down to pat him on the shoulder. "You just have to do it, and Zhensheng will fully support you in terms of manpower and material resources. As long as I am satisfied with this matter, everything else can be said! ”

"The villain must do his best to die!" Kamechimaru thanked him for a thousand moments and then retreated.

"Lord Kaiyu, His Highness Nayan Ikedanaka has come to pay a visit!" The sound of the announcement interrupted my one-man appreciation of the model.

"Please!" Seeing a leaf fall "on the roof", I bent down and picked it up.

"You're so interested!" Ikeda walked up from the hillside and saw the model for the first time. "I thought you were thinking about something big in the world, but I didn't expect you to just make such a toy!"

"This is a major event in the world, and in three years I will meet the world daimyo in such a castle!" I pouted smugly.

"Okay, it's a big thing!" Ikeda also walked over and pressed against one of the walls, as if to check the strength of the material. "But such a magnificent city naturally has to have a resounding name. Have you figured it out? Is it called Lutai or Zhanghua Palace? ”

"You have to take care of it!" I shot back angrily at his joke: "I spend my own money to do my own business, and no one in the world is qualified to talk about me!" ”

"It's true, it's enviable!" Ikeda sighed, with unconcealed jealousy. The model was carved from the finest nannan wood, and he failed to achieve the purpose of destruction. "I've always wondered, how much money do you have?"

"As long as I want, all the money in the world can become mine!" I smug and boasted. "What are you doing here? It's not a trip to disgust me! ”

"I want to ask you a favor, for the sake of our many years of friendship!" He continued to fiddle with the model.

"Say it!" Although he didn't seem to care, I sensed his nervousness and was careful when I asked.

"It's not a big deal, it's just to seal a territory for each of the two people!" Then he immediately added: "It doesn't take a lot, just one or two thousand stones!" ”

"With your current status, you can do it both yourself and Hui Zheng!" I wasn't fooled by him and continued to stare at him as I asked.

“…… Yours...... It's not like mine! After a long time, he finally said it.

"Restore the identity of the Daimyo of the Asai family?" Watching him squirm and nod, I couldn't help but feel a fire coming out of my heart. "Do you know what the world will say about you when this matter is announced?"

"I'm ...... too," he said, trying to make up a last resort for himself.

"I now suspect you've been kicked in the head by a donkey, and more than once!" I said helplessly.