I suddenly remembered a possibility, could it be that the Diocese of Macao has been officially established? Then, as one of the pioneers of the new bishopric, it makes sense to be promoted to priesthood.

"Father Calabul at once!" I commanded Janet's personal maid. As far as I know, she was influenced by Janet and also converted to Catholicism.

"Yes." The maid agreed, and went downstairs lightly.

I also went downstairs to the main hall on the ground floor to prepare for an audience with Calapur. Janet and I have been separated for a few months, and she seems very clingy, she saw me go downstairs, and also took Dongjin from the nurse's hand, hugged her and followed, kneeling beside her and chattering:

"Your Highness, the rose dew I brought last time, the concubine likes it very much, and it is better than the usual long-hidden lavender...... And that sunflower makeup is also good, I don't know if there is any? ”

(As a personal reward for the trade of the Ming court, except for the one that was given to Nobunaga's family, it was divided among me, Nagahide, and Yoshishu, and then also gave you a share, how could there be?) "You said to let the concubine and Miya get along more, and the concubine did it! Last month, the concubine went to visit her in Kuhara Castle and gave her a few bottles of fine lavender as gifts. ”

(That's what you don't want!) If you're really sincere, why don't you send Rose Dew? "Your Highness......" (Yi, Lu, Bo, Kana Sort Song) "Your Highness......" (Ahh You can inherit Awaji Province and this continent castle...... Well, what's the name? Best with daughter De? Luna can match ......"

"Let's call it a druid!" I was annoyed by her nagging, and replied angrily.

Really, with my current territory, except for Keitaro, the eldest son of Konatsu who inherited the Tosa Yoshira family, and Keisaburo, who inherited the Renmu family and served as the nominal guardian, how could the rest of the concubines be divided into one country? What should the clan do in that case? Awaji is the current base camp of the family's naval army, and it will also be a very important base in the future, and it has been scheduled to be given to the second son, Keishiro. In the future, he will marry the daughter of Iwamatsu Norantori as the main or side room, and jointly take charge of the naval army with Iwamatsu Norisadori and Iwamatsu Ryuomaru father and son...... At this time, Calablel just walked in and heard our last words.

"Virtue? Rui? My lord, that's a good name! Rui, in Portuguese, is the thunder and lightning in the hands of Zeus, the god of the heavens...... Looks like you know a lot about our culture! He exclaimed sincerely.

"Haha, Father Calapur, huh? It's a pleasure to be able to call you that! I smiled and nodded to him.

"This is also a blessing to you!" Calabul bowed politely, "Because of my lordship, I have been able to get in touch with the most powerful king of Kinai, and have received permission to preach...... Therefore, this time, when the Macao Theological Seminary was established, I was invited to serve as a guest lecturer at the seminary, and I was exceptionally promoted to a priest. ”

"A seminary was established in Macau...... So, is Macao a bishopric? I asked.

"Exactly!" Calabull nodded, then greeted Janet, "Greetings, noble lady! ”

"Greetings to you too, honorable priest!" Janet replied with a smile, "Thank you for your explanation." So, in the future, my child's teaching name will be De? Rui is ......."

"Janet, you go upstairs first! Now I have business to discuss. Kid or something, I'll talk about it later! "I had some orders that I couldn't laugh or cry about.

"Yes......" Janet seemed to misunderstand what I meant, glanced at me sideways, and went up to the second floor with a red face.

All right! I'll admit that there was some ambiguity in that sentence, but it doesn't seem bad...... I watched Janet's graceful body disappear down the stairs, and stretched out my hand to invite Calable: "Father, please sit down and speak." ”

"Yes, my lord," Calabul smiled and sat down, "I think I should apologize to you for what happened to Ling Qianjin...... Of course, not because there is anything bad. I believe that Luna will be blessed by God to become a beautiful and elegant aristocratic lady. However, because of Madame's insistence, I did not wait for the lord to return and ask for your permission, which is really rude. ”

"It's okay." I waved my hand. When I heard that the Diocese of Macao had been established, I was in a very good mood and I stopped thinking about it. If my expectations are correct, the planned "Poseidon-class" frigate is now presumably landed. If so, then let Dongjin become a virtue? Luna has no problem at all, and can even add the virtue that Janet longs for? Rui.

"My lord is really pampered with my wife!" Calabul complimented.

"Really?" I smiled disapprecitatively. This evaluation is not a good word in the Eastern concept.

The relationship with Janet is completely a political marriage. Even so, from a young age, I was still very gentle with her, sometimes conniving, so she liked to cling to me; And her beautiful appearance and delicate body also made me have some fascination. That's the relationship between the two of us.

But, again, that's not the point.

"I want to confirm that after the establishment of the Diocese of Macao, the Governor of Macao will be established soon, right?" I asked him.

"It is true that this matter has been put on the agenda," Calabler frowned slightly, "but, according to the estimation of Macau, things may have a lot of twists and turns...... The Ming court was not Western, nor was it like India, a super-powerful and extremely arrogant empire, and I am afraid that it would not easily agree to the establishment of a governor in Macau. (Historically, the autonomy of the Macao Council was established a few years later, and 500 taels of silver were paid to the Ming court every year, and the governor was formally established in 1616 thirty years later, when the 34th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty) "In other words, the current Macau Chamber of Commerce has been separated from the jurisdiction of the Governor of Goa and the Diocese of Goa, and has been guided by the Diocese of Macao? "I'm in a happier mood.

Without a governor, the church is in charge alone, which makes my plan more convenient.

"Almost, so to speak." Calabull thought for a moment and gave me an affirmative answer.

"That's great news! Whether it's for your church, or for us, who are close to the Chamber of Commerce," I smiled pleasantly, "then, I would like to get permission from the Church to get seventy-two shipborne guns from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce." ”

"What?" Calable's eyes widened, evidently surprised. Seventy-two guns, that's not a small number.

"This ...... Dare to ask the lord, why do you need so many naval guns? He asked, confused.

"Because I need to build three Poseidon-class frigates to deal with the Maori family's sailors," I said half-truthfully, trying to impress him with affection and compliments, "The Poseidon class is a masterpiece that you have spent a lot of time and effort creating, just like your children...... So, you'd love to see them born, wouldn't you? ”

"That being said, it's a lot too much," Calabul was a little puzzled, "can it be reduced?" One should be enough, right? As I recall, you've already defeated the Maori Navy once. ”

"How can it be so easy!" I began to describe to him the horror of the Maori family, "The Maori family is a daimyo who controls the eleven kingdoms of the Western Dynasty, and neither the army nor the navy is ordinarily powerful. The last time I defeated, I was just a vassal of the Maori navy! The naval army of the headquarters has not moved yet! ”

"Is that so?" Calabull hesitated.

As foreigners, they cannot have such a thorough understanding and such a deep understanding of the national conditions and current situation. For example, it is true that the Murakami Naval Army used to be a vassal or cooperative of the Maori Naval Army, but the Murakami Imperial Army, as a vassal, was much stronger than the Kobayakawa Imperial Army of the headquarters. This is certainly not possible in Europe.

Seeing that his attitude had softened, I continued to strike while the iron was hot: "As far as I know, the respected Father Xavier of your Church was the most powerful Ouchi family on Kyushu Island who visited and received support for the first time, right?" However, this Ouchi family was later destroyed by the Maori family; There is also the Otomo family, which has a close relationship with your religion, and is currently under great threat from the Maori family...... In this sense, when I attack the Maori family, I am actually helping the cause of your religion! ”

“…… The lord has a point," Calabul thought for a moment and agreed to my request, "I will do my best to mediate for you in the church, but I can't guarantee the outcome yet!" ”

"That's enough...... I will remember your kindness! I laughed, "Before you were promoted to priest, the little girl was the first to be baptized. So, how about you being the godfather of the little girl? ”

"It's my pleasure!" Calabul laughed too.

……，…… Hideyoshi of Yura in Sanyo, after several months of fighting, initially stabilized the situation in Harima Province, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Ukita family to defeat the Urakami family and occupy the entire Bizen country, and took the Higashi Harima region originally controlled by the Urakami family into his hands, and even sent troops to occupy Kamitsuki Castle at the junction of the three kingdoms of Bizen, Mimasaka, and Harima. After thinking about it, Nobunaga decided to use the influence of the Niko family to fight against the Maori family. He incorporated Niko Katsuhisa and Yamanaka Yukimori into the Sanyo side, and asked them to garrison Shangyue Castle, using them as a base to recruit former retainers of the Niko family, and to win over the nearby wealthy families.

At the same time, the Northern Army Regiment also made some progress. While attacking the Ishikawa and Hebei counties of Kita-Kaga, Shibata Katsuie and Takikawa Kazuki imposed a strict "sword hunting order" at the grass-roots level of Minami-Kaga, which had been pacified, to prevent Ichijo from inciting followers to revolt again. All lecture halls and villages that were unwilling to surrender their weapons were unceremoniously wiped out by Shibata and Takigawa, and a large number of diehards who resisted were exterminated. This was a brutal but effective practice, not only destroying the foundation of the Ichijo Sect uprising, but also deterring the major temples under the name of the Ichijo sect and calming the situation in Minami Kaga Province.

However, the Uesugi family's Noto strategy has also made great progress. This progress was made, and it is still said that the Hatakeyama family made their own mistakes. Before Nanao Castle was besieged, out of dependence on this fortified castle (one of the five major mountain castles of the Warring States), the important retainers of the Hatakeyama family withdrew all their families and their families into the castle, and brought many lords and townspeople with them, filling the entire Nanao Castle. After a long time, due to poor hygiene, a widespread plague broke out in the city, and the situation of defending the city suddenly became precarious.

In desperation, the chief patriarch of the Hatakeyama family made a decision again and again, and sent a messenger to Nobunaga asking for surrender and help.

As the envoy of the Naga family, the third son of the Naga-san family and the abbot of the Zen Rinzai sect's Koenji Temple, Sosen (later Nagrenlong), in addition to serving as an envoy, was also a hostage given by the Naga's family to Nobunaga. Knowing the sincerity of the Naga's family, and the request of the Echichu guardian Daijimi Honagami, who was living in Azuchi, Nobunaga decided to go to Hokuriku again.

At the end of May, Nobunaga dispatched 30,000 troops from Kinai to Hokuriku, and ordered Shibata Katsuie and Takigawa Kazuki of Hokuriku to lead the Northern Army as the front army, and ordered Takeda Nobutaka and Niwa Nagahide's Wakasa Naval Army to serve as the flank, and together they marched to the Noto Peninsula to relieve the siege of Nanao Castle. The total strength of the two sides reached 18,000 men, which was about the same as the 20,000 men that Uesugi Kenshin had sent out to Noto, and considering the urgency of the military situation, the four of them immediately gathered their troops and marched towards the Hokuriku after receiving the order.

However, at this time, something happened in Nanao Castle. The other two important ministers of the Hatakeyama family, Yusa Xuguang and Onkai Keitaka, who were also among the seven people, had always been dissatisfied with the monopoly of power by Nagasugi, and were afraid of Uesugi Kenshin's power, so they killed Nagasuri and Nagasuna's father and son, and Kaejo surrendered to Uesugi Kenshin.

When the news reached the Northern Army Regiment, Shibata Katsuie and Takigawa Kazuyoshi, who had only reached the border between Kaga and Noto, immediately decided to retreat and wait for Nobunaga's army to arrive before attacking together. However, the Uesugi family's movements were extremely fast, especially the Echigo cavalry, which was formed by various wealthy clans, and it could be said that they came and went like the wind. They succeeded in biting the Northern Army Regiment, and instigated Ichijo Zong of Hebei and Ishikawa Counties to harass along the way, greatly slowing down the withdrawal of the Northern Army Regiment, and also allowing the main force of the Uesugi family to successfully catch up, rushing to the Tetori River at the junction of Kita-Kaga Ishikawa-gun and Minami-Kaga Nomi County, and capturing the rear of the Kitaji Army that was crossing the river.

In the face of the attack of the Uesugi family, the rear army of the North Route Army was quickly defeated. They were already exhausted, and they returned to their hearts like arrows, and they saw that their front army and the Chinese army had crossed the river, and Shibata Katsuya and Takigawa Kazuyi had also passed, where could they organize any resistance? Whether it was a samurai or a soldier, whether they could swim or not, everyone scrambled to run for their lives, and then jumped down like dumplings to take the river. Some of them relied on this confluence to escape the attack of the Uesugi family, while others were mercilessly swallowed by the river. These unfortunate people in the river, combined with those who died in pursuit of the Uesugi army on the riverbank, the death toll reached as many as 1,000, which can be described as a complete rout.

(To be continued)