"Your Highnesses! How can you ......" Seeing that the person who was going to be sent out was actually myself, Nine Ghost Jialong opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"His Highness the Nine Ghosts don't need to be surprised!" I smiled at him and said, "I've been a little bored lately, and I want to go out for a break!" ”

My resignation to Oda Nobunaga went very well, and after looking me up and down a few times, he said, "San'in's affairs are arranged, don't make any trouble!" "He sent me out. I even felt a little relieved that he seemed to be quite suspicious of me.

I said hello to a few people, but the general opinion was the same as Ikeda's initial feeling: I was a bit stupid. Almost everyone was preparing for war, and when they arrived at Maeda Toshi's house, they happened to see Okumura Yongfu buying a large number of weapons and returning. Toshiie Maeda is an honest man who repeatedly advised me to postpone my trip; Hideyoshi Hashiba was excited when he heard the news, but then he hid his emotions and said something "intimate"; Only Niwa Nagahide cast a look of understanding at me! I laughed at all the reactions, and even showed my frustration and loneliness. Go your own way and let others say go!

It's easier said than done, and there are still a lot of things to explain if you want to really hit the road! Ernst's two guns arrived, and the results were not bad after trying them, if it was a battle of thousands of men on the plain, then it was enough to play a decisive role, but the gun carriage was still very rudimentary, like a half-cut earthen box with four small wheels! How can such a configuration be adapted to combat in the mountains? I had to find Song Haitian from Sanyue House and ask him to redesign it. I still remember some of the exhibits in the military museum, so I drew a sketch of a towed gun mount, which was actually a beam with two large wheels, and a tow bar behind it. As for the details, I can't say clearly, let's rely on collective wisdom! Maeda Keiji finally has a somewhat down-to-earth appearance after marriage, and there should be no problems with stationing Tajima! Yamanaka Kanosuke has always been steady and careful, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to be stationed at Sonobe Castle to monitor the Hatano family. The rest is that Nagano is taking the assistance of the chief Takenaka Hanbei, and everything else is trivial!

A reunion with my family almost made me change my mind, and sometimes I wonder why I am always so "tired" to live! In the end, it was Xianzhi's encouragement that made me make up my mind, no matter what, I can't disappoint the people who trust me!

The only ones in charge of protecting me were Shinhachiro, Ayuki, and the four powerful guards, and the ninja made the first move to the destination. I pretended to be a big businessman, Ayuki was my maid, Shinhachiro and the guards didn't look like anything, they just changed their clothes and pretended to be wild samurai, anyway, long-distance merchants often hire some bodyguards! Unable to bring their signature weapons, Shinhachiro swapped out the "Wrath of Shura" for an eight-foot iron rod painted in wood color, while Ayuki hid a narrow-edged short sword in the cave flute he carried with him. If you look closely, it's not eye-catching!

When the news was delivered to Mitsutsuiya, Mitsui Takafuku was also about to hit the road, so he didn't even have to prepare for the boat! Among the dozen or so shopkeepers and men who blended into the Sanyue House, we were even more inconspicuous. In this way, our two teams met in Nara and escorted the goods all the way to Toba.

"You...... Is it really okay to travel like this? "Nine Ghost Jialong is still very worried, after all, it is unthinkable for a daimyo like me, who has hundreds of thousands of stones, to travel in this way. To be exact, no one has ever done this except Kenshin Uesugi.

"As long as your ship doesn't get into trouble, then there won't be any problems!" With a smile, I took out the warrant from my bosom that Oda Nobunaga wanted me to make sure that San'in was safe during my trip, leaned over and handed it over. It's not necessarily necessary, but I don't want people to see it as a hasty escape.*

"Our Shima Navy ships and sailors are the best, so you can rest assured!" Seeing that the formalities were complete, he also relaxed all of a sudden. "Besides...... Since it is your Highness the Stars traveling, the Sea Dragon King has no choice but to give way! ”

"You can't say that, you still have to have respect for the gods and Buddhas!" I know that the Kuki family was born in Kumano Sanzan Besto, and now they are still carrying a flag painted with "Hachiman Daisama". But he can not respect the Dragon King, I can't disrespect, let alone still take a boat for a long time in such a backward era. "I don't think I've seen Ise prosper on the way! How is this going on? "I remembered the withering sights I saw along the way.

"What else, the situation here is not much different from before!" Talking about this, the mood of the Nine Ghosts Jialong was not very good. “…… In the past, Ise was full of large and small forces, attacking each other and making life difficult for the people! After the right general pacified here, he didn't fight much, but the benefits were nothing more. ”

"How so?" I'm a little surprised, this land shouldn't be like this! Speaking of which, the 570,000 stone territory here is all plains, and the water network is vertical and horizontal for irrigation, as long as you take care of it, it seems that it is not difficult to make a difference.

"Although the right general has pacified Ise, he has never paid too much attention to this place!" Nine Ghost Jialong sighed and said with a sad face: "His Royal Highness the Right General's attention has always been in Kyoto and in the world, as long as the situation of Ise is stable, the rest is insignificant!" There are almost no less wealthy families in the past, so the various contradictions accumulated for a long time have also been retained in their original ways, but they have changed from 'open fighting' to 'secret fighting'! ”

"It's not...... Aren't there three more Highnesses? "I still don't understand this, because it stands to reason that Oda Nobunaga's son and younger brother are capable of saying something.

"The two sons are underage, and the status of the left-behind family elders in the Oda family is not ranked! As for the highness of the letter packet...... "It seems that the Nine Ghosts Jialong has a bitter stomach about this matter. "His Highness is an honest man and a cautious man! He is actually pretending to be confused about many things, Oda has the smallest territory among the three in Ise, and too much control will make people doubt his intentions! The idea of the right general was that as long as there was no rebellion here, it was fine, and he did not expect anything good. Now that there are things fighting for land boundaries and water sources, how can the people farm with peace of mind? What's more, each family has set up a card in its own territory, how can the merchants still do business? ”

"Oh......" I still really understand the situation he said, if it weren't for the fact that we were holding the "Oda Imperial Merchants" in our hands, we don't know how much unjust taxes we would have to pay along the way!

"Your Highness!" The Nine Ghosts Yoshitaka suddenly said with a look of anticipation: "Can you advise His Royal Highness the Right General for us to straighten out the problem in Ise!" Now that His Royal Highness the Right General is a wide territory, is it possible to adjust the position of the wealthy clans in various places, and compared to other feudal states, isn't there too little territory directly under the Oda family in Ise? ”

"When I see that the lord is happy, I will definitely speak, but I don't dare to say it if I don't listen to it!" I said to the Nine Ghosts with a smile. Actually, I know that it's just plain to say, Oda Nobunaga is also planning to seal off all the territories under the jurisdiction of Ise! If it weren't for the fact that Takigawa Kazuki had just shown a "big face" in Sankahara, maybe he would have already obtained the 30,000 stone territory of Annongtsu City at this moment! It seems that Oda Nobunaga is treating Ise as a big "garbage can", but there is no need to say these words to him at the moment.

"Actually...... I think it would be nice if you were the guardian of Ise! Just when I thought the topic had come to an end, for some reason he suddenly came up with such an emotion.

"Oh......" This view of his really surprised me, has my people's hope reached the point where all the people look up to it and eat the pot pulp to welcome the king?

It was indeed my habit that the output of the peasants in the territory was only a part of the rations for the samurai and the troops, and that the public expenditure for the expansion of the army, the construction of cities, the development, the paving of roads and bridges, etc., was never apportioned, and this earned me a pretty good reputation! I knew about it myself, but I didn't expect it to spread so far. Ise is a great place, but it's better not to be delusional when you think about it! This feudal kingdom is so big that Oda Nobunaga will not give it to me even if it is abandoned. If it takes a few years for Ise to have both the wealth of Owari and the prosperity of Izumi under my rectification, Oda Nobunaga will never tolerate such a situation!

"Repay the Lord!" Just as I didn't know how to answer him, a man with a big shoulder and a round waist walked in. "The ship has been loaded, I don't know when it will set sail?"

"Oh! This ......," Nine Ghost Jialong groaned and turned his gaze to me.

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day! It's still early today, I think it's now! I said and stood up.

"It's rare for you to come to Toba, why are you in such a ......hurry" Nine Ghost Jialong also stood up with me, but he still wanted to keep it from his look.

"It's a long time coming, so I won't bother today!" I'm already starting to yearn for face-to-face walking. "I will keep the worries of His Highness the Nine Ghosts in my heart, and I will definitely do my best once I get the opportunity!"

"Your Highness the Stars can have such a heart, I am very grateful!" He saw that I had made up my mind, so he stopped insisting and accompanied me to the docks.

A long, narrow double-decker ship on the dock is ready to go, and as far as I know, this is already the largest ship of the Nine Ghost Family! At this time, all kinds of Japanese ships were divided into sizes, and the boundaries of their use were not obvious, and marine artillery had not yet become widespread, so it was good to be able to install one in the bow, so there was no need for many special devices. Besides, the division of professions is not very obvious, pirates may play a cameo role as a ferryman, and even fishermen may take advantage of the unpreparedness to catch some "extra pieces"!

Mitsui Takafuku was standing on the deck and was ordering something, and the cargo seemed to have been loaded into the bottom compartment! At most, such ships could carry more than 200 people without affecting their speed, but this would not last because of the lack of provisions. At present, we are still in the best ratio of 20 passengers and 30 sailors.

"Good sailing for Your Highness the Stars!" The Nine Ghosts hugged me with a fist.

"There will be a period in the future for His Highness the Nine Ghosts!" I shook his hand in a way he was very unaccustomed to.