The time quickly arrived on the day of the New Year's celebration.

When Wang Tianxi, the violent overage pseudo-lori, Oda Nobuko, and the Konoe Maehisa and other ministers walked into the venue, the venue was already full of samurai above the rank of general of the Oda family.

The faces of everyone present were beaming, and the scene was very lively.

The Noh drama, which is exactly the same as in previous years, once again made Wang Tianyi drowsy, and once again made Oda Nobuko enjoy the fun of "princess pinching".

A group of future ministers led by Konoe Maehisa showed extreme interest in the dance of the Lori Witch Troupe, and watched it with relish.

Although the eldest sister of the Lori Witch Girl Troupe, Tou Ah Guo, married Wang Tianxie and successfully left the group, the witches of the Lori Witch Girl Group have perfectly inherited the various dance steps she created.

The banquet that began with the end of the dance of the Lori Witch Troupe once again made the eyes of the ministers who had been waiting for a long time before Konoe light up.

The honey wine that the Oda family drinks for the New Year's celebration is diluted by the finest honey brewed by Wang Tianxie's treasured mother. Its sweetness is more than twice as mellow than the honey wine that Wang Tianxie and Oda Nobuko drank when they were waiting for Konoe Maehisa and other ministers.

Of course, according to the old rules, the small pot friends who are not yet in the yuan (cheng) service (year) are not allowed to drink honey wine, and can only drink ice-cold juice without alcohol.

In this regard, a group of ministers who have not yet served the emperor Xiao Zhengtai expressed their incomprehension.

Even Nijo Nobubo, a nine-year-old Shota, already has a lady at home, and he usually uses wine as water to drink.

Of course, Wang Tianxicai doesn't care whether this group of Xiaozheng will drink in Heiankyo or not, and whether this group of Xiaozheng will play peek-a-boo and push-ups with the maids in Heiankyo during Heiianjing, in short, this is the Oda family, and everything must be done according to the rules of the Oda family.

Although this group of little Shota has some regrets about not being able to drink mead. However, the chilled juice brewed by the Phantom Demon Butterfly Lori Miko and the Snow Girl Lori Yukina is also a very attractive novelty for them, so they are not dissatisfied.

Wang Tianxi did not stay at the venue until the end of the dinner, he had already left the venue and returned to the castle tower halfway through.

"Sister Huamei, Happy New Year. I wish the Li family fleet a stronger and more prosperous! Tianxie raised the wine cup on the table and smiled and blessed Li Huamei, the big cat sister of the iceberg.

The reason why he left the venue halfway through the meeting was to return to the castle tower to prepare a rich dinner and celebrate the New Year with Li Huamei.

He was accompanied by Yukihime Takenaka, the uncrowned queen of Ise Bay, Sakai Port's daughter Saemon Shozaemon's daughter, Ranko, and Wang Tianxie's own sister Wang Tianling.

Yukihime Takenaka, who shares her body with the five princesses of the goddess of wealth and the goddess of wealth, has taken over various business dealings between Isewan and the Li family fleet since she was seven years old, and she has naturally been familiar with Li Huamei for a long time.

After Lanzi, who has rich business experience and brains, married Wang Tianxie, she began to assist Yukihime Takenaka in the development of Ise Bay and various cities of the Oda family, and naturally had many contacts with Li Huamei.

As for Wang Tianling...... All right. How long Wang Tianxi has known Li Huamei, how long has Wang Tianling known each other, and the relationship between the two is like sisters!

Everyone sat around a large round table, on which was placed this steaming copper hot pot, a plate of ingredients that filled the entire table, and a large plate of wild vegetables and wild boar stuffed dumplings.

Hawkers, according to the tradition of the Ming Kingdom, of course, you have to eat dumplings on the New Year.

As for hot pot...... For Yukihime Takenaka and Lanko, two people who were born and raised in this troubled era of the Warring States. The acceptance of dumplings is nowhere near as good as that of hot pot.

In contrast to the bustle of the Oda family's New Year's celebration, it is located in the Nijo Imperial Palace on Awaji Island. The atmosphere was noticeably deserted and much quieter.

The current shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the great fox of Yoshiaki, sat in the main hall of the castle tower of the Nijo Imperial Palace, and sighed again and again as he looked at the retainer Hosokawa Fujitaka sitting opposite him. There was not even a single maid around, only their master and servant looking at each other.

There were no candles lit in this hall, but the light of the moon shining through the windows made the hall very cold.

In front of each of them was a small wooden table, on which were placed a grilled mackerel, four slices of pickled radish, and a bowl of rice. and a bowl of miso soup.

"Alas...... Fujitaka, you said we were ...... back then. Isn't it...... Done wrong? Ashikaga Yoshiaki sighed and looked at Hosokawa Fujitaka.

"The Great Hall! We still have a chance to live. Maori Huiyuan still has ten countries in his hands; His Royal Highness Harumin, who was in the country of Kai, is estimated to have recovered from his injuries; That princess of Echigo Province has unified the Sixteen Kingdoms of Kanto......" Hosokawa Fujitaka replied after thinking about it.

"As long as spring arrives and the military formations of all parties join forces, then His Royal Highness Jiuxiu of Xinguishan will inevitably also come out. Although the Ishiyama Honganji Temple is finished, the Honganji Temple has successfully retreated to Kii Province. In this way, the Saga people will also come out of battle. Hosokawa Fujitaka continued his analysis.

"And all we need to do is ...... It's just waiting. The more Hosokawa Fujitaka spoke, the more excited he became, and finally "Smack!" The ground clapped his hands.

Hosokawa Fujitaka's words made Ashikaga Yoshiaki's eyes light up, and a touch of confidence was rekindled in his eyes.

Of course, he didn't know that Sister Esugugi of Echigo Province had long been in love with Wang Tianxiana's completely different style of behavior from the chaotic times of the Warring States period, which had always been "patriarchal, and regarded women as desires, marriages, and political tools".

In addition, the head of the Oda family is also a strong princess, and it is natural for her to secretly form an alliance with the Uesugi family.

Harunobu Takeda of Kai Province...... He would never have thought that this big cat of Kai Kingdom died tragically during the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima in the joint efforts of Wang Tianxie and Sister Uesugi. After all, the four tiger cubs Takeda Katsuyori made up his mind to "not mourn for three years".

The Takeda family, which lost the Kai country big cat, is no longer the behemoth it used to be.

In particular, the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima completely lost all the territory of the Takeda family in Shinano Province, leaving only Kai Province as the old capital, and Sagami Province and Suruga Province in Tokaido, and demoted to the position of Nakadaimyo with the Three Kingdoms.

The geographical location of these three countries was even more dominated by the Uesugi sister who had unified the Kanto region, the Tokugawa Ieyasu big turtle who owned the Mikawa Province and the Ene Province, and the Oda Nobuko and Wang Tianxie who owned the Ten Kingdoms.

The Honganji sect is indeed as Hosokawa Fujitaka said, and has fled to Kii Province.

However, the Saga people were originally divided into two factions, one of which was closer to the Oda family. In addition, Kii Province is not only the base of the Saga people, but also the hometown of the Nerai people, the Yukawa people, and the Okuki people.

Therefore, it is not an easy task for Honganji to make a difference.

It is true that Matsunaga Shu of Nobukiyama may be the last straw that crushes the Oda family, but only if the Oda family has fallen into a fatal crisis that is difficult to turn over.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult for this old fox to make a move.

The only one who is qualified to compete with the Oda family is the Maori family, who also owns ten countries.

Merely......

At this time, although An Yiguo was also carrying out a New Year's celebration, as the lord of the country, Mori Terumoto's mood was definitely not as high-spirited as in previous years.

He has a great headache, and the entanglements and contradictions that have plagued him since the Oda family captured Ishiyama Honganji Temple are still confused, and there is no good solution at all.

He was really frightened by the Oda Naval Army, but he was really unwilling to surrender like this.

The second week after the New Year's celebration ended, Nijo Nobubo, who had become an apprentice of Wang Tianxi, would remain outside Azuchi Castle, while Konoe Maehisa would lead a group of future ministers of three or more ministers back to Heiankyo in Yamashiro Province.

After Konoe said goodbye for a long time, the time slowly came to February and March, and it was the turn of the Li family fleet led by Li Huamei to leave.

Wang Tianxi, Oda Nobuko, Takenaka Hanbei, Takenaka Yukihime, Lanzi, and Wang Tianling accompanied Li Huamei, the iceberg cat, to the port under construction in Osaka Bay.

"Sister Huamei, in less than three years, this place will definitely be more prosperous than Ise Bay!" Wang Tianxie pointed to the port under construction in the distance, and confidently spread his hands wide and drew a big circle.

After the capture of Ishiyama Honganji, all areas of Osaka Bay were under the purview of the Oda family, except for the Sakai Port's sphere of influence.

How to make use of this wide bay has become the biggest development goal of Wang Tianxie and others this year.

Fortunately, after so many years of development, Ise Bay has become one of the best super harbors in the troubled times of the Warring States period, starting from scratch from scratch.

With this layer of experience, whether it is Wang Tianxi, or Takenaka Hanbei, Takenaka Yukihime, Tenki Ichimaihime, God of Wealth Reihime, or Lanko, they all have full confidence in building Osaka Bay into a more prosperous city than Ise Bay.

Sakai Port, the most prosperous port in Osaka Bay, occupies less than one-twentieth of Osaka Bay, but such a small port has already supported nearly 200,000 people and tens of thousands of families.

With the financial resources of the Oda family as the backing, even Li Huamei, a great navigator who had seen all the ports of Western countries during the Age of Discovery, agreed that the newly built port of Osaka Bay would definitely surpass Sakai Port in a short period of time, both in terms of scale and policy.

"Master, there is obviously no harbor in Shancheng Country, why do you want me to follow the half-guards all the way?" Nijo Nobufang looked curiously at Wang Tianxi, who was standing beside him.

Since Li Huamei's Li family fleet left, Wang Tianxie instructed Nijo Nobubo, a newly recruited apprentice, to follow behind the Takenaka Hanbei every day to learn how the Takenaka Hanbei handled the construction of Osaka Bay and the various problems encountered in it.

This is completely incomprehensible to the young Zhengtai.

In Komasata's eyes, Heiankyo does not have such a huge harbor, and instead of watching the construction of the harbor by the Takenaka Hanbei here, it is better to directly ask Wang Tianxie how to make a city more prosperous. (To be continued......)