After Li Xiao led the army back to Chengsheng City, he ordered the army to be disbanded on the spot, and the two reserves rested, while he returned to the castle tower first.

When Li Xiao entered the castle tower, the first thing he did was to plunge into the quilt and not wake up.

This time, as soon as he helped Takeda Katsuyori put down the Takeda Yoshinobu rebellion, Li Xiao rushed from Kai to Hida non-stop, gathered troops to face the Jimbo family under the castle, and then went to Masuyama Castle to fight with Uesugi Kenshin.

After the battle, Uesugi Kenshin intrigued with the monks of Honganji Temple for a while, although the harvest was huge, but now he is really tired of Li Xiao.

Although this life of intrigue is an inevitable law for survival in the troubled times of the Warring States, Li Xiao doesn't like it at all.

Right now, he really hopes that Yumi Kohata is by his side, and he can calm his mood at the moment with her warm embrace.

Li Xiao ordered Shigang Yiyu to guard outside the door, and if there was nothing important, he must not let any retainers in.

Li Xiao slept for a day and two nights this time before he stopped.

After getting up, Li Xiao looked refreshed, feeling that the fatigue he had been tired for many days had been swept away, and he was very comfortable.

Li Xiao put on a piece of clothing and summoned Shigang Yiyu to ask who had come to see him.

Shigang Kazuyu said truthfully, saying that yesterday it was said that Chang'an, Yokoya was lucky, and Shioya Qiuzhen had something to see.

However, when he heard that Li Xiao was tired, he didn't dare to disturb him, so he just wrote down notes on important matters, and when Li Xiao woke up, he browsed them one by one.

Finally, there is a special guest, Li Xiao's wife's sister Yuzhen Kohata, who also lives in Honmaru now.

When Li Xiao heard that Xiaohata Yuzhen was coming, he was a little surprised, and then became angry.

At the moment, the current situation has just ended, and the boundary of Hida in Yuezhong is not very peaceful, she is a girl but the mountain road is difficult, and she dares to come to Chengsheng City to find herself from such a distance as Jiafei, isn't this nonsense?

If something happens to her, how will Li Xiao explain to Yumi Kohata.

Li Xiao is also quite strange in his heart at the moment, Yumi Kohata is too, she has always been very safe and proper in handling things, how could she let her sister go all the way to find herself in Yuezhong this time.

Li Xiao temporarily suppressed this doubt, and ordered Shigang Kazuha to call Xiaoba Yuzhen, ready to reprimand her, and then send someone to escort her back to Kai immediately.

Yuzhen Kohata came to the castle tower not long after, and Li Xiao looked at the other party, and saw that although her face was dusty, after seeing herself, she conveyed a very happy smile from her heart.

Seeing this smile, the trace of annoyance in Li Xiao's heart suddenly disappeared, but he still felt that he couldn't give her a color, so she could take her surname casually.

Li Xiao still said a word or two about Xiaohata Yuzhen with a straight face, but Xiaohata Yuzhen stuck out her tongue and smiled slightly, which made Li Xiao still soften her heart, and finally asked her to immediately return to Jiafei's words, and swallowed it back into her stomach when she said it.

Since she is here, let her play here for a few more days and then go back. Li Xiao thought so.

So Li Xiao ordered someone to call Xiaoba Xiaoxian to the castle tower and reunite their sisters and brothers, and while talking to Xiaohata Yuzhen, he presented the Tibetan Chang'an and their words to Li Xiao and read it.

Kohata Yuzhen was happy to say a few words, wanting to tell Li Xiao about the other things one by one, but Li Xiao had already turned his attention to government affairs, but there was no idle sentence.

After seeing Yuzhen Kohata, the original joy of seeing Li Xiao slowly receded, stopped talking, and then slowly lowered his head, twisting the corners of his clothes in his hands.

Li Xiao carefully looked at the letters from the three of Chang'an, Yokoya Yuishige, and Shioya Qiuzhen, most of these affairs were left by themselves in Yuezhong for half a year, and they passed through but could not decide, so they were all left for Li Xiao to dispose of.

There are priorities for these matters, and some are urgent but cannot be resolved immediately.

Li Xiao picked up these things in the same way, and selected a few of the most important and urgent things and put them on his desk.

Li Xiao pondered for a while, and immediately ordered someone to summon Yanya Qiuzhen.

Shioya Akisa lived in the samurai yashiki under the castle, so he arrived at the castle tower with Kohata and Xiaoken.

Xiaoxian Xiaoxian and Yuzhen Xiaohata reunited after a long absence, and they had some joy, Li Xiao asked Xiaoxian to stay in the room and continue to accompany Yuzhen Xiaohata.

And he went to another room with Shioya Qiuzhen to talk in detail alone.

After discussing with Shioya Qiuzhen for a long time, Li Xiao immediately ordered Shigang Yiyu to gather the mother's clothes and travel with Shioya Qiuzhen.

Hearing that Li Xiao was going to travel, Xiaohata Xiaoxian immediately said that he wanted to follow and go with the lord, and Xiaohata Yuzhen actually joined in the excitement and wanted to go together.

Li Xiao thought about it, this trip was not to fight, so there was no danger along the way, so he agreed to the request of the sisters and brothers, and by the way, they could also see the scenery of Yuezhong.

After making some preparations, Li Xiao and his entourage all changed into ordinary civilian clothes and traveled.

Li Xiao set out from Chengsheng City, which was located on the west bank of the Shentong River, and the destination of his trip was to cross the Shentong River and reach the east bank.

The Jintsu River is a famous river in Echichu, originating from Mt. Kawakami in Hida Province, flowing from south to north, and converging with the Kogen River, another large river in Hida Province, at the location of Jintsu Gorge, before flowing through the Tono Plain and finally flowing into the famous Toyama Bay.

At present, the west bank of the Jintsu River, where Jobu Castle is located, is the town of Yao that is called today, and the town of Osawano is separated by a river on the east bank. The town of Yao and the town of Osawano are now both part of Toyama City.

After leaving the city, Li Xiao, the Kohata sisters and brothers, Shioka Kazuha, Shioya Akizhen, and Usami Minami all rode their horses all the way up the river.

Since Etsuchu is a mountainous terrain, the flow speed of both the Jintong River and the Plateau River is particularly turbulent.

The group walked slowly along the difficult mountain road, listening to the sound of rushing water along the way, and looking down from the cliff, you can see the rolling river scouring the reef, and the turbulent river surface swirls one whirlpool after another.

If an ordinary person wants to swim and cross, he does not think about it at all.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a suitable crossing point to cross the river.

The closer to the place where the river crosses, the scenery is more beautiful, the emerald color is blocked, the green mountains are verdant, it is a good scenery in the spring, and the cliffs on both sides of the river are all kinds of strange stones, can also provoke people to stop and take a look.

Therefore, Li Xiao and his party were in a very good mood, and being able to enjoy such a view after the war also made Li Xiao's whole person integrate into this natural color.

Li Xiao's crossing point is close to Shentong Gorge.

Shentong Gorge is a scenic spot, and Toyama Prefecture is a prefectural park, attracting many tourists because of the sight of wild bears from time to time.

The Shentong Gorge is also the place where the Shentong River and the Plateau River meet, and if you follow the road at the foot of Li Xiao and continue to follow the Plateau River upstream, you can reach the base of Hida, Kanoka Castle.

This route is roughly similar to the current National Highway 41.

Li Xiao and the others walked for several miles, and finally arrived at the crossing point.

When the local boatman heard that it was the lord who was on patrol, he immediately redoubled his efforts.

After crossing the river, Li Xiao and the others came to the destination of this trip, and several famous masters of Yuezhong led people to greet Li Xiao here.

Li Xiao's purpose here is to win people's hearts and annex territories.

It turned out that in this battle of Zengshan Castle, several wealthy forces on the east bank of the Shentong River were also involved in the conflict between the Ichizong and the Jimbo family.

There were internal contradictions between these hao forces, and in this great battle involving the Vietnamese and Chinese hao clans.

Some wealthy clans joined the side of the Shenbao family, and some wealthy clans joined the side of the Yixiang clan, and it was not enough for the two sides to fight under Zengshan Castle, and after they went back, they fought with each other and fought a battle.

In the midst of the war, two or three wealthy forces were wiped out, while the rest continued to fight, so the order was very chaotic.

Due to the impact of the war, there were not chaotic conflicts and defeated wealthy clans, but also entered the villages to loot and harass.

Therefore, some of the local small wealthy families, the famous owners are united, ready to resist this chaotic army, but there are also small wealthy families, and the famous owners feel that in the troubled times, they are still attached to the big forces, and it is safer, so they look around for a few big backers to rely on.

Shioya Akizhen happened to hear about this and realized that this was an opportunity, just as this place was originally inclined to support the Jimbo family, a local wealthy family, had just been wiped out.

So Shioya Qiuzhen immediately made a decision to report to Li Xiao and let the Takeda family's power extend here and take over this area.

When Li Xiao heard Shioya Qiuzhen's request, he began to hesitate slightly, because he had suffered some losses in the battle of Zengshan City, and it was the time to recuperate and try to forge ahead.

At this time, it is difficult to digest the territory for a while.

However, Yanwu Qiuzhen said very urgently, claiming that as long as Li Xiao issued security documents to the local wealthy clans, and built a new city to guard here, it would be enough to stabilize the local situation.

In the face of Shioya Qiuzhen's request, Li Xiao was embarrassed, it was no problem to put the documents in place, seal it himself, and finally report to Takeda Shinxuan, anyway, Takeda Shingen gave him the right to freely cut off the country.

In the land of Yuezhong, Li Xiao can take as much as he can fight.

But building a new city made it difficult for Li Xiao to do, this manpower, funds, and after building the city, he was equipped with troops to defend it, and he didn't have the strength to complete it now.

But at this time, Shioya Qiuzhen volunteered, saying that all this was done by him, and in the end, he only needed Li Xiao to appoint him as the lord of this newly built city.

Okay, Li Xiao suddenly understood that it turned out that Shioya Qiuzhen had been talking for a long time that he wanted to change jobs, from businessmen to samurai.

However, Shioya Akizhen was originally born as a samurai.,It's the head of a small wealthy family in Hida.,There's also an official position in Chikuzen.,If he becomes the lord of the castle.,There's also a field.,It's not an exaggeration to say that this behavior is a rehash of the old business.。

In the end, Li Xiao still agreed to Shioya Qiuzhen's request very simply.

There are two reasons for this.

First, he is now preparing to enter the Viet Cong, and he must reuse the local people, otherwise a foreign force will not be able to stand firm if it cannot be combined with the local force. Therefore, Shioya Qiuzhen is the local person that Li Xiao wants to reuse.

The second is that time is running out, at the moment, the two major forces in Vietnam and China, the Shiina family, like Li Xiao, everyone is relieving this breath.

At present, if Li Xiao does not take this place, after this good opportunity, the local forces are likely to fall to the Shenbao family again, so Li Xiao wants to seize the opportunity.

After all, this is a territory six thousand stone high, if he is allowed to be taken by others, Li Xiao will not be able to sleep at night.

(To be continued)