47, Cooking Wine Hero (II)
"What a bold man!" I pretended to slam the table and shouted, "You two courtiers actually want to corrupt the lord's family business like this, where is your conscience?!" Where's the axiom?! "I made it quite realistic, and the feint of drawing the knife frightened the woman in my arms into screaming.
"Don't take this out of context here, you know what I said by referring to the previous half!" Hideyoshi Hashiba came between me and Ikeda Tsuneko and forced out a place.
Ikeda Hengxing muttered to the women who didn't have customers on the side to come over a few more, and Hideyoshi Hashiba pulled one to sit next to him very casually. I know that he has a great passion for women of noble birth, and that he is often not interested in such places. Yushiba Hidecho sat outside in an inconspicuous position by the door, and did not ask the woman to serve the wine. Asano Nagamasa was full of interest, and he kept judging around a few women.
"Brother Hengxing's previous words are very reasonable, the current hero is no longer satisfied with a city lord!" Hideyoshi Hashiba drank the first glass of wine in front of him and said with great feeling, "I aspired to be a great samurai at a very young age, and I have been striving for this goal. Although there have been repeated setbacks, they have also persevered, and finally have today's achievements! Maybe it was the greatest happiness to be a city lord back then, but now ......"
"Now that you are satisfied with being a guardian, do you want the world in the future?" I deliberately said it very ambiguously, and anyone who listened to that tone was joking.
"If I had ambition, you would have been called a traitor!" A gleam flashed in his eyes but quickly faded, but I caught it clearly. "Richer than the lord, more powerful than the lord's army, such a courtier is not ......" Although he was joking, I felt a real excitement.
"You are all important ministers of the Oda family, so always pay attention to your image! If you let the lord know...... "Maeda Toshiya put on an old qualification, and he is very worried about our indifference or seriousness.
"Maeda-sama, it's no big deal! Tsk......" Ikeda said disapprovingly, kissing the woman in his arms on the cheek. "How can the lord care about such bullshit for them, it is better than anything else to be able to take care of the door for the lord!" The monkey is also the guardian of Harima One Country, and it shows that he can hand over hundreds of thousands of stone of land to him......"
"Harima a country? That's the old calendar! Asano Nagamasa finally made a choice, and came over with a charming and bewitching woman in his arms. He approached us with a salivating face, and said mysteriously, "The lord just gave the order: my brother-in-law has already received both Misaku and Bizen ......."
"What?!" Everyone was speechless with the shock, and it was really big news.
Mine was just hearing about it, but it wasn't strange. Considering the overall balance within the family, Oda Nobunaga will inevitably increase the weight of the two weights of "Monkey" and Shibata, and he has indeed done a good job in the past two years, not only blocking the Maori family but also suppressing a group of small princes in the eastern part of Sanyo. However, Oda Nobunaga's cheapness is not so easy to take advantage of, and the "monkey" swallowed it in such a hurry, but it is a big pot of "sandwich rice"!
"What are you shouting about, you haven't released it yet!" On the surface, he scolded Asano Nagamasa, but the smugness on his face couldn't be concealed.
"People have to die more than people, and goods have to ......be thrown away," Ikeda Hengxing muttered to himself, his eyes were a little astigmatistic, and before he knew it, he increased the strength of his hands, and pinched the woman in his arms and screamed.
"I'm relieved that you're here to be the guardian of Misaku, I guess it won't be too difficult for me!" I reached out with a free hand and patted the skinny shoulder of the "monkey".
"I only own one-third of Misaku's land, and Bizen still has a large part in the hands of the Ukita Nao, what do you want me to do?" He immediately stared at me warily. "You also have to think for me, how many troops do the three countries need to suppress those wealthy clans? There are also the Mimura family in Bichu, which has also shown signs of instability recently. Before the soldiers and horses moved the grain and grass, all of them cost money......"
"Don't get cheap! I gave you the land of the two counties, have you ever moved a soldier? "I immediately took offense as defense, and I couldn't let him pull half of my body and turn around casually.
After some bargaining at the wine table, we agreed on a method of distribution: my two counties would not pay any of the domestic part of the annual tax, and the nobles in the territory would not be conscripted. However, in the event of a war, I will be responsible for all the food and grass supplies for the soldiers and horses of the other four counties. I finally managed to pull the tooth out of the "monkey" mouth!
"I'm going to get something out of your hands, but that's ...... It's not easy! At this point, the tongue of the "monkey" was already a little short.
"Don't you take advantage of me less?" I looked extremely dissatisfied.
"My own brother, don't talk about this!" He pinched the nose of the woman in his arms to avoid the question.
"That's not right!" I knocked on the table and everyone was startled. "Although I haven't been in Sanyo directly, I know that Mimura Motojin is not a bold person. At this time, he will take the initiative to change? Tell me what's going on inside! "Hearing me say that, the others all pricked up their ears.
"There are some problems, but they are not huge!" The "monkey" raised his hand and touched the mold with his index finger on his upper lip. In the past two years, he has thanked him very much, and there are still some "remnant forces" in the back of his head who are stubbornly resisting. In order to add some prestige, he also grew a beard, but it was not luxuriant, and it was straight to the sides. "After the last incident, the strength of the Maori family was greatly damaged, but they were not willing to be depressed. Recently, some people have been trying to play the trick of joint autonomy of the Western forces, and the lord means to get rid of a few people and deter the majority! ”
"It's not news anymore, we're not interested!" I grabbed him by the shoulder, and my hand was very hard. "Tell me, what other benefits did the lord promise you? I know the lord very well, and I know you very well, don't try to get past me! ”
"No, it won't! Just became the guardian of the three major powers, what else is there? Ikeda Hengxing's face was unbelievable, and Maeda Toshiya was also extremely surprised, looking at me and looking at the "monkey".
Hideyoshi Hashiba stared at me tightly, his large, round eyes slowly narrowing. There were two fire-like clusters of light flashing in there, and there were many extremely complex emotions intertwined, shock, suspicion, speculation, madness, and many other things that I couldn't see.
I didn't feel any discomfort with his watching to this extent, and now I feel that my psychological capacity is getting stronger and stronger! Among the people I know, in addition to Oda Nobunaga's gaze can also put pressure on me, I can have enough momentum in the face of other people, and this ability also comes from the subtle influence!
"There's really no way to take you!" After a long while, he finally left his gaze, and said lightly: "After completing the task of the lord, the guardian of Beizhong ......"
"Then I'm going to congratulate you in advance!" Before he finished speaking and everyone reacted, I quickly raised my glass to congratulate him, and since the goal had been achieved, it was the best choice.
"Congratulations, congratulations......" everyone said along with me.
"Seeing such a thriving atmosphere, I have nothing to worry about!" Maeda Toshiie, who has no jealous heart, said sincerely that he seems to have been aging rapidly recently, almost reaching the level of Niwa Nagahide. "Not only is the lord as imposing, but you have now become a hero who can deter one side, and now no one in the world can compete with our Oda family!"
"The lord is even luckier than Han Gaozu Liu Bang, there are so many warriors who are enough to defend the Quartet!" Hidemasa Hori said something that both congratulated the "monkey" and complimented me, and made the rest of the room feel comfortable as well. As a direct minister of the Oda family, it is my strength, and his identity with Nakamura Kazushi is also quite delicate.
"What is this, there is something more remarkable!" Asano Nagamasa's face had turned red, and it was obvious that he had not controlled his drinking measures because of his excitement. "The lord has already passed on the fourth son of Yu Jimaru to my brother-in-law's name, this is a great grace and glory!"
"Ahh Everyone exclaimed in unison again.
"You're truly 'blessed'!" Ikeda Hengxing patted Hideyoshi Hashiba on the shoulder, his eyes a little confused. "The current lord has nothing to do, except for Echigo Uesugi Kenshin, I'm afraid ......"
"Kenshin Uesugi? Hey, hey......" "Monkey" smirked twice with his glass. "The envoy of the Uesugi family's congratulations is about to arrive, and it seems that Echigo's 'dragon' is no more than ......" It seems that Oda Nobunaga is in a hurry to let everyone know the news.
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By the time the meeting ended, my steps were already a little vain, and the crowd babbled goodbye to each other and then dispersed. The cold wind cleared my mind a little, but it made my stomach even more uncomfortable.
Although I still only have four foreign countries and one Awaji, the situation is a little different after the capture of Shikoku and one island. It doesn't matter who guards them, it doesn't make much sense if I have the title of the South China Sea Exploration Question. The power of sea control is in my hands, can the four countries still jump out?
"Monkey" and Shibata Katsuie will definitely benefit from this, but I don't know if they will appreciate me. I don't think so, as long as I don't have a few plots. It's just that Kenshin Uesugi really just counts it like that? This is completely different from what I know and guess!
"Who?!" Shinhachiro suddenly pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife and bent forward slightly, his whole body was like a tense spring, and his eyes were firmly fixed on a street corner. The four guards also surrounded me, but I don't know why the ninja in the shadows didn't react at all.
"It's me!" Out of the dark shadow came a person, a handsome and elegant young samurai, who turned out to be wise and supple. "His Royal Highness Uncle asked me to greet His Highness Zhuxing, saying that I am afraid that it will be ......" He came to me and bowed, and Shinhachiro and they also relaxed.
"I really forgot!" I patted my head.