Withdrawing from Janet's graceful body, I let out a breath, and the depression in my heart was much soothed.

Janet wrapped up again, muttering, "Your Highness......"

"What do you want?" For the sake of her trying her best to be happy, I took the initiative to ask.

"That...... Will you give me the third layer? Janet's voice was sweet.

"This can't work," I refused the request without any leeway, "The third layer is Xiao Xia's!" ”

"Isn't Xiao Xia going to move to Lotus Pond City!" Through the faint light of the night, I seemed to see her pursed mouth, "For her, His Highness specially expanded that city ......"

"How did you know about this?" I asked, confused. I only had the idea of this during the day, and I never told anyone about it.

"The concubine is seen from His Highness's study on the fourth floor!" Janet replied.

I was a little upset: "Didn't I tell you not to come into my study casually?" ”

"However, His Royal Highness was not there for a while, and as soon as he returned from Sanuki, he went directly to the dock, and Nowakamaru, who served as a close attendant, also went to the Yanggikan Dojo. Without a summons, the maids didn't dare to enter the study without permission, and some dust had accumulated in the room......" Janet's voice was full of grievances, "The concubine just wants to help clean it up!" ”

I'm slightly embarrassed. When I was concentrating on my work, I paid little attention to the environment, and in retrospect, it seemed that there was a real need to clean up.

And Janet said that she wanted to clean up, and it must be really for the sake of cleaning up. I don't know if it's because of being a Catholic or because of the conceit of her surname, Janet basically doesn't tell lies, which is quite cute...... Of course, she was very direct in her requests for money and things, and never beat around the bush, which is not at all like the Catholic who takes humility as her creed, and it is absolutely certain that it is because of her conceited surname.

It's rare that Janet has this kindness, so there is no need to be harsh.

I sighed, "Hasuike Castle was expanded as the main city of Tosa Province, and it has nothing to do with Konatsu...... Moreover, she would return to the city from time to time. When you see that your dwelling is occupied, and it is you, what will you think? ”

"Your Highness—" Janet druffled her voice and pressed her plump boobs over her.

All right! I miscalculated...... Empathy is a trick that she can't learn at all, or doesn't want to learn at all.

I had no choice but to change the subject: "The other day at the dockyard, I found out that the progress of shipbuilding was faster than expected. So, your Janet, it'll be done this month! ”

"Is this true?" Janet's voice was full of joy, "After it is completed, can the concubine take a boat back to the mansion?" ”

"I'm afraid it won't work for the time being," I shook my head, "Recently, the relationship between the lord and the Mori family has become more and more strained, and the Oda family's ships are no longer allowed to pass on the Oda Islands controlled by the Mori family's navy. ”

"This ...... How about saying it's the Otomo's ship? Janet asked innocently.

"That's just going to sink faster!" I slapped her on the buttocks.

Really, do you think it's still when you married Shikoku and left the Otomo family?

Now the influence of the Otomo family is gradually shrinking, and its power has lagged behind the Mori family, and in terms of the sea, the Seto Inland Sea between Kitakyushu and Honshu Island was originally the sphere of influence of the Ouchi and Otomo families, but now it has been taken over by the Mori family; On the west side, the Kanmon Strait, a key passage from the Seto Inland Sea to the Seto Inland Sea, is now in fierce contention between the two companies. All the Otomo family was able to control was the Bungo Waterway between Minami Kyushu and Shikoku, and they used this waterway to maintain their influence over Shikoku.

In view of the current tensions between the Mori family and the Oda family, the Mori family and I have divided the Seto Inland Sea by the narrow road along the Utazu-Kojima line (where the Setouchi Ohashi Bridge was later located). The well water of both sides does not interfere with the river water, and they are busy with their own affairs. The Mori family controls Kojima on the north coast through an alliance with Ukita, and the main force is busy fighting for the Kanmon Strait, and then getting involved in Hakata; I also divided the salt and water army of the Kosai family, strengthened the guard near the port of Utatsu, and ordered the navy and merchant ships not to rashly cross the line, while the main force was busy with the Shikoku strategy.

But that's not the main reason. If I really want to, I can enter the eastern Pacific Ocean through the Kii Suido and bypass Shikoku Island into the Kii Suido. In a sense, this is the most appropriate route, because the "Fengshen class" is an ocean-going galleon, which is more convenient and faster when sailing in the open sea.

And my original plan was to take this road, and then in the name of Janet's relatives, I sent Janet, who was full of goods, to participate in the private trade between the Otomo family and the Ming Dynasty...... However, it doesn't make sense anymore, and because of the last Jiangnan Yongraku money incident, I can't participate in this trade without permission until Nobunaga makes a further decision.

……，…… At the end of August, the 3,000-stone ocean-going galleon Janet, the lead ship of the "Fengshen-class" merchant ship, was officially completed, and after the water trial, I took this large ship to pick up Konatsu from Yogikan and escorted him to Tosa Province by the Shodoshima Navy Detachment of Hirosei Futami.

In the main castle tower of Honmaru in Kira Castle, I officially promulgated the law of the division of Tosa Province.

The first is the disposal of the old banner of the Ichijo family and the Ichijo Jingfang himself. Hata-gun is the most fertile county in Tosa Province, with a surface height of 25,000 koku and a real height of more than 50,000 koku, of which 35,000 koku are led by the Ichijo family manor and the manor land servants, and the rest belong to the local wealthy families under the Ichijo family. Although Kira did not participate in the battle of the Ichikawa River, which brought down the Ichijo family, I still handed over the old domain of the Ichijo family to him as promised, and made him the head of the Hata-gun Prefecture to preside over the defense of Iyo Province in the north. Except for a few land servants, the remaining 30,000 stones all became the territory of the relatives and the retainers. Among the ministers, Motoyama Khimoge, who personally broke through the Honmaru of Okatoyo Castle, made the greatest meritorious service, and was given a territory of 4,000 stone by me, and naturally became the head of the Hataji family.

As for Ichijo Keizuma, considering his age, I accepted Fujiko's offer and sent him to the Ichijo clan in Kyoto, where he became the adopted son of the head of the Ichijo family and the two powerful Nayan Ichijo Neiki, and received the favoritism of Ichijo Neiki and changed his name to Ichijo Neiji. This is a partial return to the right track, his father is the adopted son of a fangtong, and a brother (related to an uncle and nephew). Historically, it was this Neiji who presided over his Yuan service and bestowed favoritism.

Not only that, but because Ichijo Neki's sister-in-law will die young, he is likely to replace the ninth prince of Emperor Goyosei in history and inherit one of the five families...... I think he'll be grateful to me when that happens.

In Takaoka County, I added the Tsuno family's territory of 2,000 koku as a direct leader, and the total collar reached 8,000 koku; The territory of the Satake family also received an increase of 2,000 koku, and the main family and the branch family together received 7,000 koku. These two families, as a powerful local wealthy family, directly belong to the Kira clan, maintain a certain reading power surname for Zhou Jing, and go out with the main force of Zhou Jing during the war, and the rest of the old leaders of the Chi family and several small wealthy families, totaling about 10,000 stones, I am all assigned to the name of Kamikawa Keirokuro, and before he becomes an adult, Xiao Xia will dispose of it on his behalf - in fact, it is to find a name and give Xiao Xia the annual tribute of 10,000 stone territory as private money.

Since the Kamikawa family became a clan of the clan, a place was vacated for the four genealogical families of the Tosa Kira family in the past, and I asked Honda Masanobu to replace him and become the head of Keitaro's pen family, and he asked Awaji, governed Sanuki, and conquered Tosa, and gave him 5,000 stone territory, and completely tied him to the family. Together with the Katsugano family, the Hayama family, and the Akiyama family, he divided the 20,000 koku territory of Gogawa County, and the rest of the thousands of koku and the 20,000 koku of Tosa Prefecture in the north were at the disposal of Zhou Jing and the rest of the small wealthy clans.

Nagaoka County is the old domain of the Chozong Ibu family, and the actual stone height is about 30,000 koku, and according to my previous ideas, it was inherited by Chozong Ibu Yorijin (Chi Qin Yori). His father, Ike Yoriwa, was still the head of the Chi family, led the 8,000-stone territory, became the head of the Nagamune family, and used Urado Bay as a base to form a new Tosa water army.

Kami-gun is the old leader of the Xiangzong family, and although Xiujing has promised to give up the family name, I plan to let his last son, Fudaimaru (whose name comes from one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune), grow up to inherit it. Prior to this, Nakayama Hidemasa, the eldest son of his adopted son and sister Kira Wei, served as the acting official and ruled over the old family of the Xiangzong family of Tosei. Of course, the Nakayama Tian family's ranking in the genealogy naturally rose to the first place.

For the rest of the Aki Prefecture, I will use it as the domain of the Kira clan, and build a port castle at the mouth of the Nahan Richeon River as a sub-base for the main force of the clan navy in Tosa. Asano Nagamasa, who surveyed Shodoshima, was transferred by me and became the lord of Nabanri Castle and the acting official of the clan family in Azuki Ichi County.

In this way, the entire Tosa country was divided into four parts, namely 50,000 koku in Hata-gun, Kishira's kinship, 70,000 koku in the three counties of Takaoka, Gokawa, and Tosa in Shukei, 30,000 koku in Nagaoka-gun under Yorikin, and 50,000 koku in Yasui and Kaomi, which I and Hidekei directly led respectively.

Compared with the old ministers, Kira and Nagazong have much more territories, but this is all for a reason, mainly because I caught up with the opportunity to tidy up the Tosa Kira family. Moreover, Qinzhen originally ruled Wuchuan County, and it was impossible to reduce the territory after meritorious service, so Lai Qin inherited the family name of Changzong and my family, so he naturally inherited the family's territory. However, the area of their territory has basically been fixed, and the future thing is to fulfill the obligations of the vassals, just like the three Mino people who used to be blocked by Shin Chang'an (Shibata, Niwa, Mori Kosei, Naomasa and others were not as good as them at the beginning, and now they ...... Or the 10,000 koku I left for the Shihe family. On the contrary, it is the old ministers of Bee Suka, Iwamatsu, and Takechu who will follow me to fight for a long time, and have more and better opportunities for meritorious service, and when the territory of the clan continues to expand, they will also rise.

In addition to the above-mentioned distribution of territories, the division of the country also stipulates the deployment of troops when they are out of battle. Kira Shukei, as a branch of the clan and the guardian of a country, naturally led the important ministers of the family as the main force of the Tosa people's main camp; As a member of the clan of the clan, Keirokuro Kamikawa should be the deputy general, but he is not yet a year old, so it is impossible for him to perform any duties; The Hatagori clan served as the vanguard of the Tosa clan as a branch of the clan (the Hatayo clan of the Tosa Yoshira family) and the defense of the northern Iyo province; The Chosamune family and the Ikeke family were in charge of the naval army, and if necessary, they could serve as a partial division of the Tosa people. In addition, my deputy officer Asano Nagamasa served as the military supervisor, and Hidemasa Nakayamada, the deputy officer of Hidekei, served as the military commissioner.

Through this division of the country, I achieved complete control over Tosa Province and officially crossed the Tosa Kira clan and created a separate Kira clan. The original Tosa Yoshira family was basically inherited by Keitaro; And the Kira clan above is continued by Keijiro.

Therefore, when it comes to the family in the future, it only needs to be said that it is the Kira family, and there is no need to add any prefixes. The difference is just like the difference between the Hosokawa clan and the Awa Hosokawa family and the Beichu Hosokawa family. The characters in my home have also been marked with my personal imprint, from the word "Xuan" to the word "Jing".

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the genealogy of the clan was basically determined, which were the six families of Wasuka, Takenaka, Iwamatsu, Ishitani, Yamauchi, and Futami. Takenaka, Ishitani, and Yamauchi were in charge of internal affairs, and stayed by the heir's side to assist, and the three families of Wasuka, Iwamatsu, and Futami were in charge of the military and followed in the footsteps of the head of the family to fight. The Ii family was originally supposed to be one of the genealogies, but due to the relationship between Ii Nobunao's mother, Ii Naotora and Kira Kazutsu, they also became a branch of the clan of the clan, and they were also under the command of the clan along with Hidekeichi, Keitaro Kira, Keizaburo Nitogi, Keishiro Yoshira, and Keirokuro Kamikawa...... Well, if I keep controlling Shikoku, maybe there will be Keigoro who I deliberately vacated, that is, the current sister-in-law of the Awa Hosokawa family.

The original 12 branch castles of Mie Castle have also been re-divided, and they are the six families of the Wasuka, Takenaka, Iwamatsu, Ishitani, Yamauchi, and Futami of the clan genealogy, as well as the six members of my own close guards, Tsubouchi Toshita, Yamauchi Yasuto, Fujido Takatora, Miyata Mitsuji, Jodo Kazuki, and Satake Nowakamaru after Motofuki. Xiujing, Xiao Xia, and Jing Yi are no longer in the position of the branch city because they are one family. These families and retainers are the most trusted forces of the head of the family. Among them, the positions of the family have been passed down from generation to generation, and the sons-in-law of each genealogy family serve as the close attendants of the son-in-law of the clan, and the other six positions are filled by the son-in-law himself one by one. For example, the first captain of the guards after Keijiro Motofu must be Hirano Nagatai as a nursing brother.

……，…… Before leaving, I took time out of my way to go to a cabin deep in the mountains with Natsu and pay respects to her grandfather and mother.

There are six or seven kilometers of mountain roads from Lianchi City, which was classified as the exclusive mountain forest of the Chi family a few years ago, and now the Chi family has been transferred back to Changgang, which naturally belongs to Xiaoxia. Due to the remoteness and sparse population, there is still little change in the neighborhood, but because of the long-term lack of popularity, the cabins show some signs of abandonment.

(To be continued)