It may be that Kira Yoshitoki's proposal made him angry, and Nagao Jinghu continued to travel with his retainers, which was a second trip around, and in his words, listening to Jun's words was better than reading for ten years, so he wanted to go out for a walk to visit the beautiful mountains and rivers of, and raft on the shore of Loquat Lake to chant poems or something, and the right was to digest his suggestion.

Kira Yoshitoki didn't understand the connection between travel and poetry and digesting his advice, but he didn't dare to mess with this guy, this young man who seemed to be quite kind was still the dragon of Echigo who chose people to devour, and he was annoyed when he thought of his sick main room.

Just as he was distressed by this, the sudden visit of Konoe Harusu disrupted his rhythm, and the minister of Sekihakuzuo almost fainted as soon as he spoke.

"I'm sorry Yoshitoki!" Konoe Harusu said apologetically: "My sister's illness is difficult to recover, and she may not be able to complete her marriage contract with Yoshitoki!" ”

"What's going on?" Kira Yoshishi was stunned for a moment, and his head was dizzy for a quarter of an hour before he realized that he had encountered such a thing, and the taste in his heart didn't know whether he was happy or bitter: "I haven't figured out how to talk about the marriage contract, and you suddenly said that you are not in good health and can't fulfill the marriage contract?" Dozy to send pillows? Is her life too hard to overcome? Or should I say I was lucky? Or is it bad luck? ”

At this moment, he thought of several answers, and vaguely remembered that Ashikaga Yoshito had intentionally or unintentionally reminded this Konoe Jehome that he was in poor health, and then remembered that his Qu Naase Michizo had mentioned that there was a princess of the princess's family in Kyoto, and the body brought from the womb was weak and sick, and whether he could survive past the age of twenty depended on luck. Even if you get married, it is difficult to have children.

And a few days ago, Konoe Harusu suddenly left in a hurry. Then rumors spread about the princess's illness. This was revealed after the news of the deliberate lockdown, and it is really difficult to say how sick it is, and if the marriage ceremony is held in less than two years, it will be a huge blow to the reputation of the Konoe family and the Kira family.

Including Ashikaga Yoshito of the shogunate, they couldn't accept the result that his main room died of illness before he passed the door, and the woman who made the marriage contract died before she got married, and the husband was called a widow, and the man who made the marriage contract died before marrying, and what should the wife be called? How much damage will this cause to Kira Yoshitoki, and how much impact will it have on the Kira family and the shogunate?

The Konoe family will also be suspected of doing it on purpose. The Konoe family has so many relatives on the direct side, can't you pick out a princess with both good health and moral integrity when she marries Kira Yoshi? Why did you choose a sick seedling who is not fast to be the marriage engager? How much damage will it do to the Konoe family by then?

Don't forget that the Regent family of the Kujo Ichichi family is the sworn enemy of the Konoe family, although Kujo Shimitsu went bankrupt and lived in seclusion because he was forced by debts after falling out with his retainers, but the powerful family of the Konoe family is also extinct, and now in the most noble five regents, the Konoe family must face the possible attacks of the two political enemies of Nijo and Ichijo alone, especially the former minister of Seki Hakuzuo and the elder of the Fuji family, Nijo Harura, is his main political enemy, and he will definitely not let go of the opportunity to attack him.

"The sister is gifted and intelligent, and her appearance is outstanding, and she is a pair of good couples when she is righteous, but she is congenitally weak and her body is difficult to heal......" Konoe Haruhi was also embarrassed. My sister suddenly fell ill and was almost in danger of her life, although she was rescued by Qu Naase Daosan. But after this blow, everyone, including his father, objected to the continuation of the marriage contract, and he could only explain stubbornly: "A few days ago, she decided to cut her hair to pray for the blessing of my Konoe family, so I'm sorry!" ”

"I didn't expect it to be like this? I don't know if it's good luck or bad luck! Kira Yoshishi sighed, and he didn't have to think much to know what kind of pessimism and disappointment the innocent girl would face the bleak life with after learning the will of her father and brother, and finally decided to give up the glory and wealth of the world, and lived this life under the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha.

That is to say...... Did Princess Jeji ask to become a nun herself? ”

"I'm a little embarrassed, but I'm still going to say it...... Yes! Konoe Haruko's expression was sad, he also felt sorry for this precious sister, the daughter of the Konoe family is not a cabbage on the street, gentle, kind, and virtuous, plus outstanding beauty makes this sister very favored at home.

But God is jealous of talent, such a perfect woman is born weak, lingering on the sickbed all day long can only be accompanied by books, and now he has just set a top good fate, but he is almost separated by yin and yang, so he can't help but lament why the gods and Buddhas treat his sister like this, treat them the guard family? Isn't he religious enough?

After lamenting for a long time, he cheered himself up, showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said in a hoarse voice: "There is another sister who is eight years old this year, and it is also very suitable as the marriage partner of Yishi......"

"Wait! I have a word to say! He hurriedly blocked his words, jokingly and then asked him to talk about it again, and then stuffed it into a girl again, isn't it a pit? So he took a deep breath and said, "Since His Royal Highness Jue Ji can't fulfill the marriage contract, I think I still need to think about it carefully!" ”

"What do you mean when you are righteous?" Konoe Harusu instantly understood the rejection in his words, and said with a little displeasure: "Isn't the daughter of my Konoe family in line with your heart?" ”

"It's not! I just think it's very unfair to Princess Jue Ji to do this, and if she replaces her, it will definitely make her even more sad! ”

Konoe Haruhi was silent, Kira Yoshitoki was right, Jehome and Ashikaga Yoshito's main room Kikuhime are his mother's sisters, the three brothers and sisters have gotten along very well since childhood, Jehime's body has not been very good, he has not been out much since he was a child, and the only good thing he can get along with at home is his brother and sister.

And the eight-year-old sister he just said is just a concubine, both in terms of birth status and closeness, Konoe Haruhi also knows that doing this will be very unfair to Jehime, and even the news itself will make her unacceptable, but the marriage with the Kira family is a strategy set by his father, the Konoe family, so he can't make a decision for a while.

"Why don't you adopt an adopted daughter? The adopted daughter of the daughter of a samurai family? ”

"No! Adopted daughters are absolutely not allowed! It's not like my Konoe family doesn't have daughters......" Konoe Haruji hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It's okay for Yuko to arrive." ”

The word Judah originated in ancient China and originally meant the son of a brother. That is, the meaning of nephew. But when it came to Japan, the meaning changed. The earliest record of Yuko in Japanese history was in the Heian period, Gensada was designated by Emperor Junwa as Yuko, and the difference between Yuko and adopted son is that Yuko is only a contractual relationship, and Yuko does not have to change his original surname, which is more similar to the meaning of recognizing a godfather and godmother, but the difference is that Yuko can enjoy the right of inheritance.

The purpose of becoming a prince was to advance more smoothly in official positions, to take advantage of marriage, or to strengthen relations with other clans, after the Kamakura period. The line between the Judah and the adopted son was drawn, and by the Warring States Period, the custom of the Judah became more prevalent, such as a certain monkey being adopted as a Juzi by the one in front of him, thus successfully obtaining the position of Guan Bai.

"Judah?" Kira Yoshitoki thought for a while and said, "It's okay too!" Then that's it! The daughter of the samurai family will be contacted by me! ”

"Hmm!" Konoe Harusu got up and left.

After the problem of the Konoe family was solved, he immediately sent someone to contact Nagao Jinghu, and at the same time returned to Sakamoto to make some necessary preparations, first of all, to strengthen the defense force, the damaged reserve is still recuperating, and the Omi four reserves are still being rebuilt in an orderly manner. The strength of the 9,000 army was replenished without much effort, and there were 1,000 more men. Coupled with the wounded soldiers in the past few years, it is no problem to claim an army of 12,000, and if you squeeze out the water, there are 5,000 soldiers who can fight.

The training of the iron artillery team is good, but the tactical advantages of the iron artillery team itself have not been fully utilized, and after the war, Takigawa Mashige also put forward his own opinion, the iron artillery team is not suitable for playing a row of guns in front of the formation, it is better to be on the river that cannot be approached by the place, and the battle of Ketsurakawa is not forced by the bombardment of three hundred heavy iron guns to force the Miyoshi family not to charge, but I am afraid that the occupation will be worse.

After the introduction of the Kiso horse breed in Kira Yoshi, there are dozens of horses that can be ridden and trained in the past two years, and some of the other slightly worse Oshu horses are also enough to equip the side of the more than 100 people to ride horses, speaking of which Japanese horses belong to the Mongolian horse breed, characterized by a short head and short legs, short and stout, hardy and tolerant, eating poor dry grass and snow can also be satisfied, but not suitable for heavy cavalry horses, because the impact and speed are not good, to be very suitable for light cavalry, archers.

Of course, it doesn't matter in Japan, the Chibei cavalry of the Kira family is not a heavy cavalry, the body is less than twenty catties, and the horses are only a dozen catties of armor, but this miniature version of the Chibi cavalry gives the Miyoshi family a head-on blow, if he is not reluctant to lose a large proportion of the battle, he can completely penetrate the Miyoshi family's main formation, and maybe there is a chance to kill Miyoshi Changqing.

Of course, the consequences of doing this are also very serious, first of all, the exhausted red cavalry will definitely be torn apart by the Miyoshi family who rushed madly, and the unending Miyoshi family will definitely fight hard with the Kira family, and in the end it is difficult to say whether it will be a victory or a fiasco, after all, the commander in charge of the military of the Miyoshi family is Miyoshi Yoshixian, not Miyoshi Changkei, who is in charge of politics and diplomacy.

The meaning of Kira Yoshishi is to let the people on the side also be trained as a reserve soldier for the cavalry, and the loss of 80 people killed in the battle and 15 people killed in the battle of the horses makes him very sad, and it will take at least three years to retrain these 95 people, during which countless money and efforts will be invested, to make them loyal and fight for honor, this is not all armed with armor to weapons, but to make them loyal to the Kira family from the bottom of their hearts, brave combat and steel-like discipline, this invisible loss may exceed 20,000 kan.

At the end of October, the long-lost Dutch fleet finally came to Sakai Town again, Kira Yoshitomi received the news and immediately rushed over, in order to arrange this meeting, but also specially requisitioned the Nanban Merchant House of the Tsuda family, this year or so, the Nanban Merchant House has also received many Nanban merchants, and the interior decoration of the merchant hall is obviously a grade higher than before.

After a year and a half, I met Frank Argotte for the first time, at this time he was more than one meter five, and he was also a very handsome teenager, and Frank Argot who met again was richer than last year, and it was obvious that he had a good life this year.

"Oh! My dear friend Joseph, we meet again! Frank Argot seemed to notice that the young man in front of him was more calm than ever, so he took the initiative to walk over and make a bear hug, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a year, Joseph has become a handsome young man, and old Frank's hair is gray!" ”

"Uncle!" The blonde girl wore a beautiful floor-length dress, a gorgeous cloak, her blonde hair was combed into fine braids, and she wore a small hat on her head, and the only thing that stood out from the top of her body was the high collar adorned with a lace neck flower, which was a typical attire for European aristocratic girls.

"Oh! Beautiful Claudia! It's a fate to meet again in a foreign country! Kira Yoshitoki walked over and bowed lightly, and then said with a smile: "Claudia is really getting more and more beautiful, I can't imagine how radiant you will be in a few years!" ”

"Dear Joseph, please don't say such sensual things to a lady, I will be shy!" Claudia smiled and made a lady's salute.

Frank Argot shook his head and said, "Our gentleman and young lady should take a seat first!" After a few months on the boat, old Frank's waist was about to lose it! ”

"If you're not in a hurry to leave, I can take you to the Kek Lok Temple Hot Springs in Hanoi to take a dip, you must know that soaking in hot springs in the East is an aristocratic activity! It is the best way to relax and rejuvenate the body, and to treat Frank's physical problems! ”

"Hot springs? Do you have hot springs here, too? My God! It's amazing! Frank Argot showed a happy expression and said, "Then I must try it!" Would you like Tia to give it a try? ”

"Uncle!" Claudia looked helpless and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, Joseph! ”

"Well, no thanks, I thought you would refuse!" Kira Yoshitoki shrugged his shoulders and said, "I remember that the people on Europa don't like to take baths, right? ”

Frank Argot smiled and said: "It's true, but since the Crusades, bathing has also become a favorite thing for some nobles, such as the beautiful Empress Isabel who loves to bathe, and the great Charlemagne, who also likes to soak in the hot springs of Aachen, and I have also been to Aachen to find that hot spring, which is indeed a good place." ”

"We Protestants don't follow the rules of the Holy See, and if the Pope doesn't let us take a bath, we do." Claudia pouted.

"Uh...... It's complicated. Kira was a little dumbfounded, it was a bit complicated that this bath could involve history and religion, so he said, "What goods did Frank bring this time?" I've got a lot of precious porcelain and fine raw silk here, how about it? Are you satisfied with the goods last time? (To be continued......)

PS: Which country is higher than Echigo? According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Foot Basin, Niigata is currently the second largest grain base after Hokkaido, with an annual grain output of 4 million koku! 99% of it is rice, wheat and soybeans are planted in negligible amounts! Echigo was 1.15 million stone high in the late Edo period, ranking second only to Musashi Province! This is still the premise that the disadvantages of planting late rice are obvious.