Kira Yoshitoki thought for a moment and then dispelled the boring thoughts: "But that's fine! The marriage between the elder brother and the Imagawa family, the stability of the Kira family can have an extra layer of protection, and the resistance to transferring manpower from Mikawa to Kinai will be much smaller, after all, the fewer samurai in Mikawa native, the easier it will be for the Imagawa family to meddle in the affairs of Mikawa, these families from the public are really short-sighted, forty families take out three hundred samurai at a time, and if they come twice, I am afraid that even one of their own and one of the genealogy will be exhausted! ”

"Hey, each of the two Jiliang families has drawn out a hundred elites to accompany Shangluo, adding up to more than five hundred, and the direct armed forces of this family have exceeded two thousand? Not! It is still the real elite of everyone who prepares horses and brings their own armor and weapons, so that the logistical pressure on the family will be even greater! I can't make ends meet with the little money I can make from selling horse-drawn carriages! No way! The family has to think of a way to make money! ”

Although the establishment of Sakamoto Castle combined the castle town with the Sakamoto port town, Kira Yoshitoki was able to maintain a regular income by collecting various taxes, and the newly built castle town attracted the townspeople to fill the new town for a short time at the cost of exempting part of the current year's taxes, so only some regular commercial taxes and business taxes could be collected.

Sakamoto Port is a cash cow, the original choice of Sakamoto to build the city is also to value Sakamoto Port's huge share of trade, but this cash cow has not been tamed for the time being, those hateful businessmen have snatched more than half of the tax share, Sakamoto Castle has just established the right to dominate Sakamoto Port, and it is not completely controlled at all, but with the current financial situation of the Kira family, it is a heavy financial burden for military training and recruitment, as well as the expenditure of Lulu, even if he has a rich asset in his hand, he can't afford to sit back and eat.

"It looks like this war really has to be won! If the shogunate loses, it will be difficult for the family's finances to keep the army running, and if the shogunate loses even pants, what will the family play? It's better to be a puppet in Suruga! Kira Yoshitoki narrowed his eyes, and the folding fan in his hand shook slowly, not knowing what he was thinking.

At the beginning of May, Ashikaga Yoshito and Konoe Harusu got another gift to Kira Yoshitoki, because of the merits of the rebel Takashima Yoritaka, he was pardoned by the imperial court and named the five lower left soldiers of the Guarda, this position is the Kira family from the Northern and Southern Dynasties era inherited for hundreds of years, Kira Yoshitoki personally rushed to Nakao Castle to thank him.

When I returned to Sakamoto, I remembered that I hadn't seen Katsuhime for many days, so I took Aju to the Sakamoto Imperial Palace to visit Keijuin and Katsuhime, and experienced the blow of the death of the Great Imperial Palace.

When I came to the backyard, I heard a burst of laughter, Katsuhime was playing happily in the yard with the bamboo dragonfly that Kira Yoshitoshi gave her, and Ah Ju, who was sitting not far away, was dragging a middle-aged woman to prevent her from passing, this woman seemed to be in a hurry, and from time to time shouted a few words with a sad expression.

"Who is Aju talking to? Who is this? ”

"The old body is the female official of the Konoe family, Awan, and the favor of Mengqingshou Yuan was transferred to the palace to control Her Royal Highness the princess!" The old maid had a straight face, and she looked very unapproachable.

"Oh, I see." Kira Yoshitoki nodded lightly, and directly ignored this arrogant old maid, and shouted to Katsuhime: "Katsuhime, come and rest!" ”

"Oni-chan! Katsuhime is not tired! Katsuhime is going to play a little longer, I haven't been so happy in a long time! It's so stuffy in the palace! Katsuhime chased the bamboo dragonflies all over the yard, and after a while, she was sweating profusely, and the clothes on her face were soaked in sweat, and finally she was pulled back when she was unlucky.

"Your Royal Highness! You are now the sister of Her Royal Highness Gongkata, the princess of the shogunate, and the daughter of a samurai family in the countryside, so you must always remember your identity! Don't accept strange things from outsiders. The old maid Awan snatched the bamboo dragonfly from Katsuhime's hand, broke it and threw it away, Katsuhime was scared stupid at that time, and cried when she saw her beloved toy being violently torn apart.

Seeing that Ah Ju's frightened face was pale and hugged the crying Katsuhime and whispered comfort, Kira Yoshitoki was angry at that time, and threw out a folding fan and smashed it on the forehead of the mean old woman, and scolded angrily: "Maid Awan! Who gave you the power to destroy the toys made by your own hands? Who gave you the guts to divide the family relationship between the family and Katsuhime? Who allowed you to sit in front of your house as a servant and speak? Who instructed you to maliciously smear the dignity of my Shogunate family? ”

"You...... You ......" The old maid Awan was shocked by him, where had she seen such a scene, and it was even more shameful to be hit in the head by a folding fan, this old maid believed that she was a member of the Konoe family, and was not afraid of Kira Yoshi, "You dare to beat me!" Did you know that I'm a member of the Konoe family! I'm the one who was invited by Keijuin to teach and discipline Her Royal Highness! ”

"Someone!" Kira Yoshishi didn't give her a chance to defend herself at all, and immediately called the public who were guarding outside the courtyard: "The maid Awan attacked Her Royal Highness the princess, and the family suspects that the maid Awan is connected to Sanhao Changqing and plots to harm Qingshouyuan!" In the name of the public leader of the shogunate, this family orders you to interrogate and verify as soon as possible and report to His Royal Highness the Princess! ”

"Yes!" Several big-shouldered and round-waisted servants served the public, and they hugged the struggling old maid, and dragged them out of the palace directly regardless of her defense.

"Katsuhime, don't be sad anymore! That old woman has been chased away by me! No one will dare to bully you in the future. Kira Yoshitoki patted Katsuhime's head and comforted: "Although it's a pity that the bamboo dragonfly is broken, it can still be repaired, and when my brother takes it back and repairs it, I'll give it to you to play with, okay?" ”

"Hmmm! Katsuhime will be looking forward to this gift, Katsuhime is tired and going to rest! Looking at the back of Shenghime, Aju said worriedly: "Shengji will be fine, right?" ”

"It seems that I was still frightened by what I just did...... Abominable maid Awan! It's all this old woman's fault! When the family returned, he wrote a letter to his brother-in-law, asking him to send a well-informed maid to teach Katsuhime. ”

Kira Yoshitoki's righteous brother was Konoe Haruko, and he personally combed his hair at the Motofu ceremony, and his father, Konoe Minoru and Kira Yoshitoki, formed a black hat kinship, and the word "time" came from his hand, so Kira Yoshitoki had a natural close relationship with the Konoe family, and this relationship was further strengthened by Katsuhime's engagement with Konoe Haruki.

Katsuhime's education is related to Konoe Haruki's future life, and he must be cautious about it, compared to Keishouin's appointment of old and stubborn old maids, Konoe Haruhi will only choose better female officials instead of worse ones.

On May 20, the Kamirako team, which had been dragging for more than half a month, finally entered Sakamoto Castle, and there were more than 500 people in this team who were the main force of the Kamirako this time, 300 people from Mikawa Bong public, and the other 200 elites belonged to the Kira family's own armament, and the 500 people were immediately divided into two parts, Saijo Bei absorbed 200 people, and Akabei absorbed 300 people, so that the gap between the two sides changed from 800 to 500 to 1,000 to 800, and Akabei's waist pole seemed to stand up overnight.

This time, the leader of the Shangluo team is the Okochi Kigao of the Okochi clan, and his task is to send these five hundred and dozens of people safely to the place, and also escort 1,500 stone of refined sea salt as the output of the salt pond belonging to the Kira family in the past few months.

"But Ma Shou is really smart! Seeing the location of the main house in Kinai, do you plan to use the sea salt of the main house to open up the sea salt sales in the Sakamoto area? That's it! If I don't give you some benefits, how can I be at ease in Sanhe? "Kira Yoshitoki saw through the little ninety-nine that Okochi Nobutaha sent to the salt at a glance.

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