Mogami Yoshihime is like a happy bird, jumping up and down on the trail leading to Mt. Nakaoka Castle, which is far larger than Yoshitoki Kishitoki imagined, this is not a mountain but a group of peaks composed of Mt. Nishi, Mt. Naka, and Mt. Higashi, the main pill of Mt. Nakaoka Castle is built on Mt. Nishika, and the east-west curvature wheel stands on Mt. Naka.

It was very sunny in the afternoon, and standing on the east mountain you could clearly enjoy the scenery under the mountain, and Mogami Yoshihime looked at it for a while and said curiously: "Your Highness! It's really big! Wouldn't such a big city fall off a hill? ”

"Hmmm! Probably it won't fall off, unless it ......" Kira Yoshitoki carefully wiped the sweat from Mogami Yoshihime's forehead, and said with a smile: "Unless there is an earthquake, it may fall!" ”

"Is it true? So why did Yoshihime arrive at the earthquake so many times since she was a child, and she didn't fall? Mogami Yoshihime tilted her little head and looked at him suspiciously, two little ponytails fluttered gently with the cool mountain breeze, and her pink little face fluttered red with the movement of climbing the mountain, like a delicate porcelain doll, a little girl who couldn't help but feel pity.

"She's still an innocent and innocent child! How could such a cute little girl be a poisonous woman? It seems that Yu is still a little persistent, what is Yu's wrist afraid of? Kira Yoshitoki smiled and held him in a princess's arms, walked a few steps to his mount, turned over his horse, and galloped down the mountain with Mogami Yoshihime.

If you say how much he has gained this summer, it is also necessary to say that he has established a basic relationship with Mogami Yoshihime, so that he does not have to worry about the embarrassment of getting married first and then falling in love, and another big gain is that Mogami Yoshihime's size has risen by nearly half a head, and he is also trying to move towards one meter four. At her age, she shouldn't be shorter than Mochizuki Yoshino in the future. He vaguely remembered that the stupid Lori might not have been as tall as Yoshihime Mogami back then.

When passing through the mountain col between the East and Middle Mountains. Seeing a young man sitting on a big stone by the stream, a cool mountain breeze blew and brought up a few leaves floating in front of him, and suddenly the young man's right arm trembled slightly, bringing a snowy white light, and the next moment he heard a choking sound of the knife returning to the sheath, and a few leaves were broken into two pieces in the gentle wind and quietly drifted away.

The speed of the whole process was far beyond Kira Yoshitoki's expectations, from the knife to the scabbard was only a short second or so, and the real slash was only in the blink of an eye, and this skill and means were enough to make Kira Yoshitoki look sideways. The warriors who were also watching this action suddenly raised their vigilance, and when the letter whistled, more than twenty samurai on horseback instantly rushed over and surrounded the young man.

Mogami Yoshihime sat in his arms in a daze, and asked strangely, "Your Highness!" There's a guy chopping leaves, so beautiful! But why did everyone surround him? ”

Kira Yoshitoki saw that Isshiki Shiki seemed to be saying something to the young man, and after a while the young man stood up in a panic and bowed to the direction of the wind in Kira Yoshitoki, so he said, "That's because everyone cares about him!" Such a powerful leaf cutting technique must be cared for more...... Let's go! Let's go over and sneak that guy! ”

Isshiki Tokinobu came on a horse and said to Kira Yoshitoki: "Your Royal Highness, this person calls himself Hayashizaki Shisuke, and the name of the Miao character was originally Asano Minjimaru, and he was originally the son of Asano Shuma, a retainer of the Kazuoka family tree. When he was a child, his father was attacked and killed by his old enemy Saka Ichiyunzhai on the way home, and in order to avenge his father, he worshiped under the disciple of the martial arts of Wuyun Fan Donggen of the criminal department of Aogang Castle to practice Xindangliu swordsmanship. He claimed to have dreamed that he had been taught martial arts by the god of Rinzaki during the Hongji period, and obtained the method of drawing the sword with a long-handled sword, so he changed his name to Hayashizaki Shisuke. ”

"Hayashi Qi Shisuke, is still a master of swordsmanship who is proficient in long-handled sword drawing, where do you seem to have heard this name? But Yu's memory should not have this person. Kira Yoshishi looked at this young boy suspiciously, he looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was very simple in his clothes with a clean wash, and it could be seen that his living conditions were not very good.

Kira Yoshishi rode over and asked condescendingly, "Are you Hayashi Shisuke?" Raise your head to answer Yu's question, you ...... What is the name of this set of swordsmanship? ”

"Hah! Next...... In the next ......, "Hayashi Shisuke stammered for a long time and couldn't say a complete sentence.

Isshiki Shixin reminded: "Lin Qi Hall should call himself a subordinate. ”

"Hah! His Majesty's name is the Pure Drawing of the Divine Secret Technique. Hayashi Shisuke was worried that the name was not likable, and added: "This name has not been figured out yet, this name is only a preliminary use, and no one knows it, probably in the future, I will choose a name between the god dream Hayashi Ryu, Hayashi Saki Dream Ryu and Hayashi Saki Ryu!" Because this set of swordsmanship of His Majesty came from the gift of the god Hayashizaki Myojin, it ......"

Kira Yoshishi didn't hear the latter words clearly at all, but replayed the names in his mind repeatedly, and secretly thought: "God dreams of Hayashi Qi Flow, Hayashi Qi Dream Flow? Isn't this name Juheju? Hayashizaki Shisuke? Yu has met a good luck! ”、

Calling the trembling young man up and looking at this unassuming fellow, who did not seem to have any outstanding qualities but possessed extraordinary talent and perseverance, he ordered him to follow him but was unexpectedly refused, because he wanted to avenge his father, and he was about to leave for Kanto to pursue his father's killer.

Kira Yoshitoki admired this stubborn young man very much, and he was scared to death when he saw him, but he still insisted on the belief of avenging his father, this dedication was very valuable in the troubled times of the Warring States, and he knew his name and swordsmanship naturally remembered his life deeds, this person is a rare person who does not open a gym and does not serve the daimyo of the mountains, if you miss this opportunity, you may never find him. 、

So Kira Yoshitoki also gave birth to a little love for talent, and unprecedentedly sent him a reservation: "Shisuke's father was killed by Saka Kamiunzai!" This person Yu Zhi knows his whereabouts, and is currently staying in a certain gym in Kyoto, if Shisuke wants to kill this Saka Ichijo Yunzhai is actually very simple, Yu can take his life with just one sentence, wouldn't it be better to use Yu's skills and skills by Yu's side? ”

Hayashi Qi Shisuke replied unmoved: "Thank you for the kindness of His Royal Highness, although His Royal Highness can take the life of the enemy, but His Majesty still wants to know the enemy who killed his father with his own hands!" If the subordinates who were harmed by this person are ruined, if they can't avenge this with their own hands. Your Majesty really has no shame to see your father and mother under the Yellow Spring! ”

"That's it! It's really not good to force you to stay......" Kira nodded in understanding. Because his father and mother died of illness one after another. So he always had some sympathy for the orphans, and after thinking for a while, he said, "So be it! In a few days, Shisuke will go to Echigo Naoetsu with Yu's fleet, and someone will arrange a ship for you to go to Kinai, and then you will go to Sakamoto Castle in Shiga County with Yu's warrant, and naturally someone will have heard about it for you, and the whereabouts of Saka Ichiunsai will also be provided. ”

"Thank you for the grace of His Royal Highness, Your Majesty is really grateful and can't be repaid......" Hayashi Qi Shisuke knelt down and saluted excitedly, and was about to thank him for throwing himself on the ground. He is a helpless and hard-working baby who can survive until now, or his teacher Donggen, the wife of the criminal department, and his father Asano Shuma are close friends, and pity him for being lonely and helpless to rely on, so he is accepted into the door and has the opportunity to practice swordsmanship to take revenge.

In his short life of more than ten years, the only belief is to avenge his father's blood hatred, and just when he didn't know where his father's blood enemies were, a noble man suddenly appeared to guide him in the direction of progress, not only that, but also willing to provide him with repeated help from Dewa to Kyoto.

"So has Shisuke figured out what to do after revenge?"

"This ...... Your Majesty never thought about it. Hayashi Shisuke shook his head a little confused, his short and happy childhood ended with the murder of his father and the suicide of his mother. I have always insisted on practicing the new dangliu swordsmanship and my own sword drawing technique, in order to one day kill the great enemy Saka Ichiyunzhai. As for what to do in the future, I have never thought about it.

Kira Yoshishi said seductively: "Do you want to practice or become a monk?" ”

“…… Let's practice! His Majesty felt that his swordsmanship was not proficient, and he needed to visit famous teachers more often, practice more skilled swordsmanship, and then serve His Royal Highness. Hayashi replied hesitantly, seeing a group of horses and horses showing displeasure, their whole bodies curled up like grasshoppers with strength, but they didn't dare to move in the slightest.

Kira Yoshitoki didn't care about the knee-jerk movements he made, smiled and waved his hand at him and said, "Is this action of Shisuke a charging action of Hayashi Qiliu?" That sword just now is really wonderful! ”

“…… Yes, your subordinates have this trick every time they think about the actions of encountering the enemy. ”

"Since Shisuke plans to practice, he shouldn't waste time wandering the kingdoms, and the two people with the most powerful swordsmanship today are related to Yu, the first Kashima sword saint Tsukahara Bu Ling's sitting disciple, Nakajo Dewa Shitoki, who is a lineage of Nakajo-ryu swordsmanship, is Yu's retainer of the spectrum, and now sits in Sakamoto as a general, and you can meet him when you go to Kyoto.

The second is the new generation of sword saints in the Kanto region, the grandmaster of the Shinyin Ryu Kai faction, Kamiizumi Ise Moritsuna, who happened to be in Kamiquan Castle, Tahu County, Ueno Province, as Yu's retainer of the lineage, and his swordsmanship is not inferior to the Kashima sword saint Tsukahara Bu Ling, and if you can learn the new Yin Stream Extreme Intention under his disciple, it will be of unexpected benefit to you. ”

Hayashi Shisuke had never heard of the name of Hidetsuna Kamizumi at all, and he was embarrassed to make people feel lonely and unheard, so he could only say embarrassedly: "Your Majesty hopes to pay homage to the Kashima Sword Saint, and if you can get the guidance of the old man of the Sword Saint, Your Majesty will have no regrets!" ”

Kira Yoshishi was rejected and didn't get angry, this Hayashi Saki Shisuke is a martial idiot who doesn't understand the world, and it's boring to worry about this kind of detail with him, nodded and said: "Well, that's okay, you still have a long way to go when you're young, don't rush back after killing Sakami Izumo Sai, just stay in Sakamoto and follow Nakajo Dewa Mamoru and Shioka Kazuha to practice for two years and then return to Kasuga Mountain Castle, and then you will fulfill your wish to see the Kashima Sword Saint." ”

Then he talked to Hayashi Shisuke for a few words, and told him to pack his bags and go to Yamagata Castle to wait for the fleet to return to Kasuga Mountain Castle, and then he left in a hurry with Mogami Yoshihime, although he could not immediately tie the founder of the jutsu to his side, but with the kindness and kindness he gave and the great temptation in practice, he would not worry about this master who was willing to live in seclusion in the countryside to escape from the palm of his hand in the future.

On September 22nd, the first snowflakes fell in Dewa Province, and from this day onwards the entire Hakuen would usher in a long winter, and the main force of the Kira army returned to Sakata Port in batches after the Battle of Nakayama Castle was over, and before his departure, Kira Yoshitoki appointed Katsucho Sebe as the lord of Oura Castle. Appointed Masanari Naito as Yamagata Castle Castle Representative.

Katsucho of the colored department, a veteran, sits in Shonai. In addition, the loyal, calm and warlike Naito Masari is in charge of Yamagata Castle. This former country was basically safe, and Naito Masasari, a castle representative who lived in Ninomaru, was responsible for the day-to-day military affairs, and was also responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of Yamagata Castle during Mogami Yoshimitsu's service to Kasugayama Castle.

After arranging everything, Kira Yoshitoki took Mogami Yoshihime and his brother Mogami Yoshimitsu back to Naoetsu, and the return journey was quite hard in the wind and snow, and if it weren't for the first heavy snowfall, the ground had not cooled down, and the river had not been frozen, I am afraid it would have been even more difficult to return.

When I returned to Kasuga Yama Castle, it was already the eighth day of October, and I stopped on Sado Island for a few days due to a heavy snowstorm on the way. When he came back, Echigo was already a northern country covered in silver, so he arranged Mogami Yoshimitsu to live in the annex of Ninomaru, and then dragged Mogami Yoshihime back to the Kasuga Imperial Palace in a hurry.

The wind and snow outside are in a hurry, but the three layers of the door between the Chinese are warm like spring, Hu Ji held a crying baby carefully coaxed, and complained in a coquettish voice: "Your Highness is half a year of Chenguang when you leave, but you can make the concubine wait for a while!" Look at Zhenwang Maru, I don't even know your father anymore! ”

Kira Yoshishi smiled innocently and said, "Didn't Yu go to war?" I encountered some trouble in the country of Dewa and was delayed for a long time, and I didn't feel much about Chenguang, who had already passed half a year, and I accidentally came back late, hehe......"

"The affairs of the man's family, the concubine, such a little woman doesn't understand! However, the concubine heard early on that His Royal Highness brought a good sister to the concubine. Is your name Yoshihime? Come over to my sister! Tiger Ji handed the child over to the maid to rest, and reached out to take the timid Mogami Yoshihime to talk to her. actually left him, the husband, aside, and ignored it.

At this time, the paper door on one side was quietly opened, and three young women, two large and one small, walked in, and when they saw Kira Yoshi, their eyes lit up and bowed down in a regular manner: "The concubine is a straight tiger, sandalwood, and Yoshino have seen His Royal Highness." ”

"Hurry up, please get up, I haven't seen your body become more round and plump for half a year!" Kira Yoshishi was just about to start his hand to give a hug, when he heard a cough from Tiger Ji and reminded: "Your Highness should pay attention to your manners, it is absolutely not okay to prostitute yourself during the day!" If I am learned by the maids, I will lose the face of the Ashikaga family! ”

"Huh! Yu didn't say what to do, isn't it okay to have a warm hug? All right! Then it's the same if you don't hug during the day and hug at night. Kira Yoshitoki sat helplessly in front of several women and listened to them gather together, and Yingying Yanyan looked at the new sister Mogami Yoshihime.

After the initial restraint, Mogami Yoshihime quickly got along with three women and a girl, especially Mochizuki Yoshino was very excited like a happy kitten pulling Mogami Yoshihime to talk about the east and west, and almost pulled out her ninjutsu secret method and the secret of being trained by Kira Yoshitoki to swallow guns, this stupid Lori is almost sixteen years old and still looks like a red deer without a string.

After a while, the nurse brought two young babies to Kira Yoshishi, Kira Yoshitoki carefully distinguished, or can recognize the difference between Tiger Chiyo and Matsu Chiyo, Tiger Chiyo Tiger Head Tiger Brain Body is strong, full of small folds and small hands Sleeping Zhengxiang, Matsuchiyo is a little thinner and stares curiously at Kira Yoshitoki with a pair of big eyes.

"The two good boys are the same as Zhenwang Pill, and they are all good children of Yu." Ji Liang Yishi sighed, and solemnly said to several ladies: "It's really hard for you to take care of your children in the past six months!" ”

Numata Sandalwood looked at him with a touched face, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness...... A concubine is just what a woman should do, and a concubine ......"

Kira Yoshitoki took Sandalwood and Naotoha's warm little hands and said, "You all know your intentions, don't startle the children and let the children rest!" There is one more winter, so I will accompany you and not go anywhere. ”

In the evening, a celebratory banquet was held in the Ohiro room to celebrate the brilliant achievements of the Kira family in the Hokuriku and Dewa lines, especially the prestige of Uesugi Masatora was introduced to Kinai by the Echizen Asakura family and Ichijo Mune in a series of battles in Echichu and Kaga, and for a time the reputation of the dragon of Echigo was comparable to that of the Kanto Ming general Ota Michi, and the two battles against the Isaki sect became the hottest topic in Kyoto.

When Ashikaga Yoshiteru heard about Uesugi Masatora's reputation, he praised him as "the first samurai of the Kanto region" and personally gave his next character to Uesugi Masatora, thus changing his name to Uesugi Teruto. It is said that Ashikaga Yoshiteru also planned to apply for an official rank from the imperial court for Uesugi Terutora. But it is impossible to say exactly what the situation will be for the time being.

Kira Yoshitoki was very unimpressed with Ashikaga Yoshiteru's statement. He smiled indifferently and said, "His Royal Highness still doesn't change his nature of taking advantage!" I always want to use this little favor to win over the rest of the people, but I always don't understand that it is impossible for the daimyo lords of distant countries to be easily won over with their official reputation. ”

Uesugi Terutora, who changed his name, didn't care much about this, just like Kira Yoshishi said, the world is not so simple, Ashikaga Yoshiteru gave him a name that can't hide any problems, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu not only gave Ouchi Yoshihiro a word, but also gave him the guardian of Izumi and Kii, but Ouchi Yoshihiro still because of the confrontation with the Hosokawa clan, and went to the road of uniting the Kanto Principality against Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. In the end, he was defeated and killed, ending his illustrious life.

Don't say that a name and an official function move people's hearts, that is, to protect a country, if you can't discern people's hearts, you will still rebel, Uesugi Teruto's belief and morality can be called above board, but he himself is a pure Eastern samurai, with his own blood kinship, geographical genealogy, and the involvement of the land as the biggest medium, it is destined to be impossible to go to the same path with Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Both of them didn't pay attention to this little thing, and the deep geographical ties between the two of them were by no means something that Ashikaga Yoshiteru could reverse, just a few casual words aside, and after a while, Uesugi Terutora talked about Kaga's arrangement: "I have withdrawn 30,000 troops to Kasuga Mountain Castle, leaving only Numata Yukoden to guard Kanazawa Castle in Ishikawa County." Yoshie Tokiroku Jieden guards Wadayama Castle in Nomi County, and Kazaka Beizhong guards Kamiyama Castle in Hebei County. For the time being, the situation in Kaga Kunichu can be stabilized, but I don't know what His Royal Highness plans for Kaga? ”

The arrangement of these three people is very ingenious, Numata Yumitsu belongs to the new talent of the Kinai faction who followed the Kira family early, Yoshie Sonobu is the father of the Echigo countryman Yoshie Keizi, and he belongs to the middle and upper ranks of military strategy among the Echigo people, and the ability to hold on to the cage city is good.

And Kazaka Changgong belongs to the Vietnamese Chinese who have been pro-Vietnamese for a long time, and both military strategy and governance can be regarded as a handsome figure who surpasses his peers, and he was close to the Kira family very early, and in the first year of Hongji, he had already taken the initiative to serve under the Kira family, and made a lot of efforts to open the passage to Vietnam for the Kira army.

Almost instantly, Kira Yoshitoki had an insight into the checks and balances that Uesugi Terutora was doing in Kaga, and used three samurai from different factions, the old, middle, and young, to jointly control Kaga's military and political power, which was the most meticulous judgment that he, the commander-in-chief, could do, and it can be seen that the eldest brother's thinking is also gradually changing, and he is smarter and more ingenious than before.

"Well, the arrangement of these three is very good, as for Kaga's arrangement, the rest of the plan is to use the immigration method to fill the vacancy, the 30,000 people of Yuechu who emigrated this autumn are just the first wave, and the second and third batches will also follow before the New Year and before the start of spring ploughing, and strive to arrange 100,000 immigrants into the three counties of Kaga before the end of spring sowing."

Uesugi Teruhu frowned and thought for a while, still shaking his head and asking, "Is it just to transfer the people?" However, if 100,000 people are drawn from Vietnam, the population of Vietnam, will be seriously insufficient! ”

Kira Yoshitoki said with a smile: "100,000 residents who have migrated from Echigo have entered the Echichu Immigration Department to fill the gap, anyway, my Echigo's territory has been forced into 750,000, counting the more than 850,000 prisoners of criminals, the prisoners of criminals can let them go to mining, work in workshops, or let them farm in the farm, or raise livestock, and after they have worked for the rest of the generation or two generations, they will be given the opportunity to atone for their crimes and restore their reputations, and Echigo is not short of human resources." ”

If you think about it, Uesugi Terutora was stationed in Echichu and Kaga for nearly half a year, and then returned to Naoetsu to find that after half a year, there was a big change, the first towns built in Naoetsunai have all been demolished and replaced with a more sturdy and beautiful new kiya, and it is said that the newly built Shikiya was specially financed to ask the craftsmen of the Ming Kingdom to personally guide them, not only to maintain the excellent earthquake resistance of the wooden buildings, but also to improve the stability of the houses by reinforcing the triple soil and lime, and to reduce the probability of fire by using the effect of lime painting.

The castle town is also demolished while being built, the old town and the dilapidated roads are all demolished and leveled, and all roads and foundations must be laid with a thick layer of triple soil, usually the establishment of a new town needs to be paved with triple soil and then beaten thousands of times by manpower, and the stone roller is repeatedly rolled to make the soil sink tightly, and then after a winter of severe winter to solidify the land, to the spring when the snow and water freeze knock down the first wooden stake.

The refinement and aesthetics of the building meant that the more affluent Echigo townspeople had higher requirements for the comfort of the building, and it was no longer the wet and dirty straw fuki house that used to be wet and messy, but the clean and tidy itashiki house of Ichisui was said to be able to reach this level in the towns of Kyono, Sakai, Sakamoto, and Katata, and even some towns in Hakata Port and Nagasaki Port in Kyushu and Utatsu Port in Shikoku only had enough stabooshiki houses of a certain size.

This means that Naoetsu has gradually caught up with the economic level of Hakata Port and Nagasaki Port, and even continues to reach the level of several large towns in Kinai, which are already city-level buildings, and the townspeople who have money in their hands do not care about spending more money to enjoy a more comfortable life, even if the intermittent tax is quadrupled compared to before.

"In the past few years, no less than 100,000 captives have been captured from Kaga in Vietnam, and counting the prisoners captured in the wars in various places is a large amount, but it is not safe to transfer only the people! Kaga's official loyalty is not stable, and Tomigasuke's retainers are not capable, so they must be stationed in some profitable samurai to guard it! Uesugi Terutora was well aware that all of this had to do with the tight and complex organizational structure and high level of execution within the government, and he did not worry about Echigo's development, but expressed his concerns about Kaga.

"Yu has his own arrangements for this aspect, transfer the Shiina Hall to the upper reaches of the Hand River, and the territory starts from the end of the city in the east, the small city in the west, and the territory of the first line of the Xun Sheng in the north, and the city is located in Erqu City! This mountain castle is 300 meters above sea level, adjacent to the Tetori River, has convenient transportation, and is backed by mountains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the only direction of attack is the same 300-meter-high mountain castle Kodejo.

Shiina Hall only needs to hold this place without worrying about safety, and the mountains and rocks in this place cannot be compared with the territory of Shinkawa County, but Yu will give him the original stone high rice without deducting a point, and allow Shiina Hall to plant tree trees, mulberry trees, etc. on the mountain, Yu will give the necessary support, and allow him to operate a fishing farm along the Tetori River, and the fish and shrimp caught will be coordinated by the biwa house. ”

transferred Shiina Yasuyin to a territory lacking oil and water on the front line, and at the same time promised him a lot of his original stone height, encouraged him to go to the mountains to plant perennial cash crops such as alpina trees and mulberry trees, and gave him a sum of money to block his dissatisfaction, but he still felt that something was not appropriate, so he asked: "Is Shiina Hall the only one to be transferred?" ”

Kira Yoshitoki said: "There is also a transfer of the shrine to the Hebei County territory Shigao unchanged, the residence in Tsuhata Castle as a strong support for the garrison of the Kazakaka garrison, suppressing the surrender of the county has always been a remnant of the party. ”

"Your Majesty understands!" Uesugi Terutoshi raised his eyebrows and nodded thoughtfully. (To be continued......)

PS: Hayashizaki Shigenobu is the founder of the Juai Technique, and this gentleman is still a nobody in the mountains of Dewa Province.