"What's wrong with your eyes? It's really ******** compassionate! As soon as I entered the big tent, Ikeda Hengxing couldn't help but ask again, looking at the way I looked, I was really curious.

"I was blinded by the sand in the car just now, and it hasn't come out!" I sat down in my chair and raised my head high, took a warm hand towel from Umechiyo, and gently wiped it little by little.

On the pretext that I needed a short rest from the journey, I sent away most of the people who were going to listen to the lecture, and only let him come in alone. Things have reached this point where they are already one part military and nine points political, so it has become a less anxious thing to explain the military deployment to the Takenaka half-guards.

"I said it!" Ikeda found a place to sit down, relieved to grab the Mibenmaru that passed by, and picked a snack from the tray and ate it. "I don't think you can be so soft-hearted, but I'm a little vague when I hear you say that. I thought you were starting to get depressed at a certain age, but if that's the case, why would I bother to ask you so much? Well, you're pretending to be more and more like these things! ”

"Look at what you said, it looks like I'm going to be evil if I lose a few years old!" I finally wiped the fine sand out of my eyes, but my eyes still couldn't adapt at once, and tears flowed out one by one. "You should know that I was a merchant for a period when I was young!" I simply leaned back on the supple back of my chair and covered my eyes with a hand towel.

"Of course...... Of course I do......" This time Ikeda Choked and began to look around for water, but fortunately Omenmaru passed him again with tea.

"I heard the saying a long time ago that business is business!" The hand towel covering my face was warm and damp, and I felt the soreness in my eyes go a little better. "I'm also a mortal, so I can't completely rule out the interference of personal likes and dislikes. But after all, today is doing such a big thing, because of the impulse of someone or something, if you do things 'left', then I'm afraid not only you, but myself will be disappointed in myself! ”

"Merchant...... Businessmen are really a real bunch! Ikeda widened his eyes and craned his neck, and finally swallowed the food in his throat with his tea.

"Huh, hum!" I just laughed meaninglessly, not agreeing with his contempt for the merchants. I also didn't tell him that this sentence actually came from an American movie I watched a long time ago, before a mafia godfather named Meyer Lansky sent someone to kill the "little bugs". But there is no need to explain this, it is estimated that he will not know what the mafia is.

"That's right!" Ikeda Hengxing suddenly said again: "Are those bigwigs in Beijing sober now, and do you know how to be obedient in the future?" ”

"After such a deep touch, I am afraid that they will reflect deeply!" I wiped my face all over again, then took off the towel and threw it to Umechiyo. "Now that Konoe has been thinking about it behind closed doors at home for a long time, many real positions are also vacant, even the most radical people will be touched, not to mention that most of the people left behind are relatively solid people. Two days ago, when Nijo Harura and Kikutei Haruji came to invite me, they also expressed this meaning! ”

Actually, I think Ikeda Tsuneko had already guessed that there would be my shadow behind the fluctuations in Kyoto, but he carefully avoided this "reef" when he asked questions. This is also a place where I appreciate him more, and he is not old-fashioned when he talks about friendship.

"Your brother is about to take the throne, don't forget our brother when the time comes!" He said excitedly after a long whistle.

"Are you interested in this? How about giving you a positive three-person acceptance! "I was also feeling a little hungry, so I picked it up in the tray on the desk.

"No kidding, I'm telling the truth!" He didn't believe it.

"Whoever is joking with you, I am telling the truth!" I said it in all seriousness, and got up from my chair. "Before I came, I had already told Hararashi Nijo what he meant, and he patted his chest and made a promise. Since the imperial court has designated the 'monkey' as the enemy of the court, then as a great hero to destroy him, you should naturally enter Beijing and be crowned. I think in five or six days I will be out of Beijing, and the rhythm should be basically in sync! ”

"How could it be me and not you?" He didn't understand.

"I am here to stabilize the western kingdom on behalf of the imperial court, and it is naturally you who quell the rebellion!" I accidentally hiccuped as I took a sip from my teacup as I paced. "You and I have a relationship between the front and back office, in fact, everyone knows that this time to kill the 'monkey' is the result of the two of us joining forces, but even so, there are some things that I am still easy to talk about in my current capacity. The main purpose of the reason why I came here in person this time is to clearly distinguish the interests of the western country, which is probably the most important thing at the moment! ”

"I can't imagine that I, Ikeda Hengxing, will also become the secretary of state one day!" He laughed, and for a moment he was satisfied. "And where are you going to be after that?" He asked again.

"From the two of you, but it's a little later in time!" In his narcissistic mouth, I had finished eating. "But I still have to remind you that it matters whether we are martial artists, or whether we have an army and territory in our hands. In the future, our enemies will deal with us, and in the end, they will still decide the victory on the battlefield. Don't take some things too seriously, otherwise the original Spo family will be a lesson from the past! ”

"I know, I know......" Ikeda Hengxing smiled embarrassedly and nodded his head a few times, and then suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are here for this, and this is indeed the most important thing." Do you have any plans? Let's hear it first! ”

"I can't say it completely for a while, so let's talk about yours first!" I picked up a brush from my desk and wrote and drew on a piece of paper. "The whole territory of Anyun...... The whole territory of Bigo...... The three counties of Jeta, Kawagami, and Houyue in Bichu ...... The four counties of Jiuke, Tono, Kumamao, and Oshima of Zhou Fang! After doing this, I raised my head and said to Ikeda Hengxing: "The general territory is close to 600,000 stones, you should be satisfied!" ”

"Just these are the Ouchi clan that has almost caught up with the Ouchi clan back then, and my personal appetite is enough!" He nodded in approval.

"But this is almost the end, even if you make any more achievements in the war, I won't add much to you!" I took out the spirit of "brothers settle accounts" and said it sternly.

I was secretly relieved to see his look of satisfaction and excitement, as long as he was content, I really didn't want to tear my face with him in the future. Actually, I still have a record here, but I just want to talk about it later, which can be regarded as the icing on the cake!

"So you're planning to attack Maori immediately after you get rid of the 'monkey'?" After some excitement, Ikeda was a little worried, and reminded: "The western country is mountainous, and the Maori family is used to buying people's hearts. Even if we have enough advantages, it will not be so easy to take him down soon! ”

"Naturally, I know this, so I plan to let the Maori family go this time!" I felt that I had almost rested, and motioned for Umechiyo to go out and find someone. "My plan is that as long as the Maori family gives up most of their territory and retreats to Nagato, and hands over a sufficient amount of hostages, then I will not be guilty of the past and admit his guardianship in front of all the daimyos!"

"Will he be able to say yes?" He was a little skeptical.

"The situation is stronger than people, what can he do if he doesn't agree!" I don't have any doubts about the military victory, but I am worried about something else. "I can do it for the Maori family to be destroyed all at once, but the question is what to do after that? Although the Maori family was only a middle-class wealthy family before the Maori Yuan, they were influential among the lower class samurai for hundreds of years, which is an important reason why they have been able to revive again and again. Just like the Ashikaga clan eliminated Nitta Yoshisada and Kusunoki Masanari, but the Southern Dynasty forces still repeatedly raised the flag of rebellion in the following decades, I don't want this to happen, Nobukiyoshi and his son may not have the two shots of General Yoshimitsu! And my regime is going to have a lot of reforms, and it's not destabilizing to have too many hostile ronin moving around. Speaking of Maori Huiyuan, he should also be a person who understands current affairs and lacks great ambitions, and he should be content with Nagato's territory of nearly 300,000 stones! ”

"In that case, we're about to go back to Kyoto, so it's time to enjoy two days!" Ikeda straightened his legs and leaned back in his chair, stretching out his hands and stretching his waist wide.

"There's not much time for you to enjoy, and the day when you can see those guys in the East is not far off!" I reminded with a smile on my lips.

"So fast! Got an excuse? His hand snapped into mid-air and looked at me with wide eyes.

"It's coming soon, after we've set up our formation!" I leaned forward and said, "I'm going to send troops to Maori to conquer the eastern country, but I still can't help but prevent them from making trouble behind my back." So this time, you only sent 5,000 troops to the eastern country, leaving enough manpower to monitor the movements of Maori, plus the greatly strengthened Nizi brothers this time, I think it should be foolproof! ”

"After this battle, the world will really be calm, right?"

"There will be no more big battles, but it will take a long time to fully master it!" I sat up straight and said in a normal tone: "It's not that the world will be peaceful without fighting, and there are still many things to do if you want to truly control the world." I don't need to be polite to you two of us, after the East Kingdom comes back, you will be the West Country Exploration Topic, and I will stabilize the West Country and watch the Maori for me! ”

"It's a pity...... I still like the laid-back life in Kyoto! He sighed not without regret.

"That's not entirely impossible!" Seeing him like this, I laughed and said that. "I will arrange for your second son, Terumasa, to inherit the Tsutsui family, which is the territory of Yamato 250,000 stones!"

"Really?!" He jumped to his feet, and then said a little shyly, "Yes...... There's a little thing...... Can you arrange it for me! ”

"You say!" I didn't pay much attention to it.

"See the lord!" At this time, Takenaka Hanbei, Shima Katsuaki, Nagano Yosmori, Fujido Takatora and Yoshikiyo walked in one after another.

"Or ...... Let's talk about it later! Ikeda hesitated and closed his mouth.