Kira Yoshishi carefully looked at Daxiong Chaoxiu and Cheng Zhengzi, although these two people tried to maintain a standard kneeling posture, they would definitely not be able to support them when they had just been released from prison, so they could only hold on to the tatami mat to maintain their posture and not fall, and their antics made the passing maids cover their mouths and chuckle.

"The two of you don't look very good!"

"......" The two lowered their heads and were silent, and couldn't help but curse a hypocrisy, of course, they didn't dare to say it.

Kira Yoshitoki was not angry, and continued to ask, "Why did you betray Echigo?" Gold, face, or something else? ”

"......" The two still didn't speak, this time they really had nothing to say, no matter how they explained, they couldn't explain it, and a thousand words were better than a silence.

Kira Yoshitoki also knew what they were worried about, so he said simply: "Your family relatives are also locked up in the house in Kasugayama Castle, but you can rest assured that the family has not embarrassed them, and they will support the three people every month according to the population, and they will do some work in the city to earn some extra money, and their lives will be good." ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Martial Guard Palace!" Daxiong Chaoxiu and Cheng Zhengzi were not only moved, but the two of them were most concerned about the relatives of the clan, if it weren't for this concern, the two of them would have been able to cut their stomachs, but in this way, the relatives of the clan would have to suffer, and without the permission of the lord of Echigo, the future life would be extremely difficult.

"Although this family does not intend to touch your relatives, as the initiator of the rebellion and the culprit of the two invasions of Echigo, it is not possible for this family not to deal with you." Speaking of this, he paused, looked carefully at the expressions of the two of them, and seemed to be prepared, and then continued: "Do you think this family will forgive you?" ”

"Wuwei Hall shouldn't embarrass us!" Da Xiong Chaoxiu felt that since he could survive, he would definitely not dispose of the two of them again. Otherwise, why bother torturing the two of them. After hot water and washing and scalding for an hour. Blowing in the cold wind again, he was now sober-minded, not even thinking about the question clearly.

"Then what do you think the family will do with you?"

"This ......" The two hesitated, the two of them were locked up for three months and did not see the light of day, naturally they would not know what happened to Honjo Fanchang, Hojo Takahiro, and Kurokawa Kiyomi, but this did not affect their thinking, and they thought about it and felt that there was still a chance, so they tentatively said: "Is the Wuwei Palace going to pardon us?" Or what are the requirements? ”

Kira Yoshitoki smiled. Shaking his head, he asked, "Do you think the family will forgive you?" ”

"This ......" his question was equivalent to saying that there was no such possibility at all, and the two of them panicked, and their already sluggish brains were even more painful and dizzy: "What should I do if I don't forgive, if I don't pardon, it's not beheading, what does it mean?" ”

Kira Yoshitoki said with a smile: "If the family lets you go and leaves Echigo Province, where will you go?" ”

"What do you mean by this?" Cheng Zhengzi's state was not very good, and he shook his drowsy head to look at Daxiong Chaoxiu, and the latter's face suddenly turned iron-blue: "The meaning of the Wuwei Palace's words is that it will neither execute nor pardon, but to exile me?" ”

"Wouldn't it? Exile? Why? "Cheng Zhengzi is still a little sluggish. After a while, he came to his senses, and his face was also pale. Defection or expulsion and punishment and exile are two concepts, the former is to pack up the family and run away, most of them will be accepted by other martial artists, and the latter is to be punished and expelled from the country, both the reputation and the price paid are huge.

Kira Yoshishi smiled but did not speak, and Daxiong Chaoxiu was silent for a long time before replying: "In Shimohara, the plan is to defect to the Takeda family, and it should be the only way to defect to the Takeda family!" ”

"Good! Let's just say Kai Takeda clan, now that the family lets you two leave Echigo, will the Kai Takeda clan take you in? ”

“…… I don't know. ”

"Do you not know, or do you dare not say?"

"I guess I'll take it in!" Okuma Asahide couldn't be silent, he had already figured out the cause and effect, he was instigated by the Takeda family twice to attack Echigo, and it can be said that his reputation was completely ruined in his life.

These three months were imprisoned in the Kasuga Mountain Castle and did not see the light of day, but the outside world did not know their orientation, once they saw the two of them come out alive, it was easy to think that it was either Nagao Jinghu, or Kira Yoshitoki pardoned the sins of the two, and then exiled the two of them lightly, and the two went to the Takeda family according to the original plan, what would Takeda Harunobu think? What would the retainers of the Takeda family think?

Kira Yoshishi smiled and was not in a hurry at all: "Whether to take it in or not is still between the two, and even if it is taken in, it will be wary of you, it shouldn't be strange, right?" The faces of the two were ugly, but they still had to nod their heads.

Seeing that the two of them were very cooperative with the treatment, Kira Yoshitoki nodded with satisfaction, and continued to induce: "Then the family will forgive your sins now, demote the two of you to low-level samurai, and allow you to make meritorious contributions for your crimes, and after three months, you who are disgruntled rebelled again and failed, and finally escaped from Echigo and joined the Kai Takeda clan, what should you do?" ”

"What!" Not only did Da Xiong Chaoxiu's eyes widen angrily, but even Cheng Zhengzi couldn't sit still, no one could have imagined that this Wuwei Hall was so terrifying, Da Xiong Chaoxiu couldn't help but tremble all over, and said in a cold voice: "What does Wuwei Hall mean...... Let me use the room for the two? ”

"If you think so, there is nothing the family can do!" Yoshitoki Kira had a faint smile on his face, shrugging his shoulders casually as if something unimportant, this action was so understated, but it directly determined the future of the two.

"Why......" Halfway through the words, Daxiong Chaoxiu shook his head and smiled bitterly, with his wisdom, he naturally would not mistake Ji Liangyi's expression, that kind of calm and calm expression would only be revealed when Zhizhu was in his hand, he used to be so confident, but compared to the young nobleman in front of him, it was still ......

"It's still too bad!" Putting aside the cranky thoughts in his head, he said, "What will happen to our family in the future?" It means that we are waiting to take refuge alone, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy. ”

Daxiong Chaoxiu was very smart, he knew that he was powerless to resist, so he simply threw out his conditions, which was also expected, Kira Yoshishi smiled lightly: "Hmm! Bizen Shou is right, it's definitely not okay to be alone, so let Ling's younger brother Daxiong Shengxiu go to Kai with Bizen Shouden, and as for the Weaving Hall, let's also accompany it! As for the families of the two, don't worry. They will live comfortably in Kasuga Mountain Town. You'll see them later. ”

The official name of Castle Weaving Cloth Yu Masashi is Castle Sadashige. Zhengzi is just his alias, he has no brothers and sisters, even if he is the mainstream of the Echigo Daimi family, several families in Xiayue have nothing to do with the Cheng clan, and the main room of Cheng Zhengzi is the sister of Daxiong Chaoxiu.

He has a very good relationship with the main room, and the two have a total of three sons and a daughter, his son Jingmao Gang Yuanfu is only thirteen years old, and the second son Matsujiro is ten years old. Six-year-old Matsuzaburo and a little daughter who is just over two years old, I can imagine what his expression would be when he knew that he would go to Kai alone.

Cheng Zhengzi was in a hurry, and stammered to emphasize that this was unreasonable: "The Takeda family must doubt us, right?" Isn't it strange that there are no relatives in the following meaning? ”

Ji Liang Yishi smiled, gently clapped his hands and summoned the two surnames, and instructed the two: "At the end of the month, take your cronies and subordinates back to the grange near Keiguan City to wait, when the action will be contacted, someone will take you to reunite with your family, and the two of you can leave now." ”

"Farewell!" Da Xiong Chaoxiu bowed, then pulled up Cheng Zhengzi and got up to leave.

This year's Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting. On behalf of the Kira family, Tokihide Nakajo presented 2,000 kanbun of Yongraku money to the shogunate and 500 kanbun to the imperial court. After more than a year, there were also some changes in official positions in the imperial court, first of all, Kira Yoshito's cousin Zhongyuan Tongmi, who was promoted to the rank of official, was promoted to the fourth rank on January 4, and was transferred to the position of Lieutenant General Left Guard on January 18.

Konoe's former heir wrote a letter thanking Kira Yoshitoki for the 1,000 Kan Eiraku money, saying that in the past few months, the Konoe family, with the support of the Biwa House, has opened a trading house in Kyoto that deals in various luxury goods, and the main items in this business house are the fine brocade and porcelain of the Ming Kingdom, as well as Nanban mirrors, Nanban paintings, woolen fabrics, ivory, tortoiseshell, rhino horn, ambergris, and so on.

The Kira family occupies 40% of the shares with land and funds, the Konoe family gets 30% of the shares by introducing personal connections, Ashikaga Yoshiki also takes 10% of the shares without doing anything, and there are also several famous families such as Sanjo, Kuga, Saionji, Kikutei, Zhongyuan, and Sanjonishi who hold a little bit of shares.

The opening of this merchant house gave Kyoto many new changes, first of all, the imperial court and the shogunate began to advocate that the Ming Dynasty from all over the country to shop in this merchant house, whether it was to buy things to give to the imperial court and the shogunate were very popular, because the imperial court and the shogunate could get gifts with their left hand, and then sell them to the merchant house at a low price with their right hand, these luxury goods waited for the next buyer to do another cycle, the name of the merchant house was called Kamo House, and it is unknown whether it refers to Kamo River or Kamo Upper and Lower Shrine.

As Yamashiro Province returned to its former peaceful atmosphere, the number of rebuilding projects in Kyoto continued to attract craftsmen from the neighborhood to move to Kyoto, and the increasingly affluent people of Kyoto began to study various entertainment activities, so the entertainment chess and card games run by the Konoe family also sold well.

Along with Konoe's letter to the heir, there was also Katsuhime's letter, which was originally full of childish words and gradually became graceful, and a beautiful European character jumped on the paper, which was much stronger than a few years ago.

The letter briefly talked about the life in the past few months, in addition to reading books and practicing calligraphy, he is also learning to paint, and he is quite comfortable living in the landscape, flowers and birds all day long, and at the same time looking forward to the wedding of Kira Yoshitoki and Nagao Toraki, and hopes that the two will have the opportunity to come to Kyoto after marriage.

The letter mentioned that the smooth career in recent years is also a blessing to him, and at the same time, he is also grateful for the 1,000 Yongle money he sent, and the middle court family is directly involved in the business of the Konoe family, and in recent years, with the support of Kira Yoshitoki, he has made a lot of money in Kyoto, Sakai Town, and Sakamoto Purchase, and he expressed his gratitude here.

Winter goes to spring, and soon it is the season of spring sowing, this winter Echigo farmers are not very idle, all winter is busy building dikes and dredging rivers and other public labor, fortunately, although Echigo has a lot of snow, the temperature itself is not low, the coldest is only minus three or four degrees.

The members of the Kira family were not very idle, in addition to keeping an eye on their own mess of things, there were various projects to be tracked in real time, and the land improvement task assigned by Kira Yoshitomi had been done, and after a winter of statistics, the preliminary plan for land improvement in Echigo was drawn up.

It includes statistics on Echigo's lakes, rivers, swamps, wetlands, and dry lagoon saline-alkali lands, as well as an overview of wastelands, mountains, and hills suitable for immediate reclamation.

There is also an internal statistical table, listing the area of cultivated land held by each countryman, the area of arable wasteland, mountains, forests, lakes, swamps, wetlands, different from the land inspection needs to calculate the stone height, the calculation of the cultivated land area is relatively simple, a simple measurement of each samurai has a few steps and a few anti-farmland can be, usually will also ask farmers around the land fertility, take some soil back to do research.

The original intention of statistics is to serve as an important reference for agricultural development and economic planning, and it is also the bottom account for future disputes. (To be continued......)