In the afternoon, the drizzle outside the house was still falling. Looking into the distance, the mountains and forests in the distance are like smoke and fog, and I can't tell them apart.

At this time, it is already the middle of October, according to the situation in previous years, it should be autumn season, but the weather is very abnormal, and occasionally there are a few days like summer, so that people do not feel the breath of autumn.

And this abnormal weather, just like the various forces of the Warring States, can be changed day and night for the sake of interests. In the past, when the Ouchi family gained power in the western part of Chikuzen Province, these temples were staunch supporters of the Ouchi family. Now, with the defeat of the Ouchi family alliance at the foot of Mt. Takara at the foot of Mt. Takara, and the killing of the governor of the Sugi family, who was the management family of Chikuzen Province, these temples were unwilling to confront the Luo family who were about to enter the western Chikuzen region and thus affected their own interests, so they immediately abandoned the Ouchi family and decisively contacted the Luo family to jointly divide the interests of the western part of Chikuzen Province.

After the tea party, under the organization of Master Chan Rong, the Luo family had an interview with the temples. After more than two hours of negotiations, the two parties finally reached an agreement on cooperation.

The temples in the Hakata region (mainly the five prefectures of Sara, Naka, Xida, Kuyaya, and Okasa) will soon openly recognize and support the rule of the Rashi clan over the ten counties of Eschi, Shima, Sara, Naka, Nishida, Kamiya, Yasu, Shimoza, Kamiza, and Okasa (there are fifteen prefectures in Chikuzen Province, and in addition to these ten prefectures, there are also the five prefectures of Munakata, Enga, Kurade, Kama, and Honan in the eastern region), and the followers of these regions will be called upon to cooperate with the rule of the Luo clan.

Secondly, these temples will adhere to the Luo family's degree system. The information of the monks of each temple will be registered under the management of the Roche family. Furthermore. The temple is a powerful acknowledgment of the Ra's family's ownership of Dazaifu. It was agreed that Dazaifu and its vicinity would be handed over to the Roche family. At this point, the Luo family will completely control Dazaifu, and Masarashi has become a veritable Dazai Shaoji.

What the Luo family had to pay was to recognize the ownership of the territories that these temples already occupied, and the taxes on the income from these territories did not have to be handed over to the Luo family (in fact, this was the system during the reign of the Ouchi family in the past). They can also keep all of their current ranks, but they are not allowed to increase the size of their ranks (compared to the Ouchi period, the size of which has been limited).

Meantime. They must obey the laws of the Luo family, and if the monks commit crimes, they will be judged by both parties. This not only restricts these temples from continuing to occupy more territory, but also restricts the possibility of these monks wantonly violating the laws of the Luo family. This is already a great concession on the part of the temple, in the past, the temple's power was wrong, and the local wealthy clan had no way to punish them at all.

Of course, with Zhengliang's previous style of doing things, he is very unhappy with such an agreement. Zhengliang is about absolute control. With such an agreement, the temple not only retained its original strength, but also became a potential "fine work" in the Luo family's territory. Other Haoqiang can completely understand the situation inside the Luo family in more detail through these temples.

Of course. Masahiro doesn't care about the leakage of information such as the system anymore. In fact, with the continuous expansion of the Luo family's territory. and the continuous infiltration of the surrounding Haoqiang into the Luo family, the Luo family is no longer able to completely block the border as it has just begun. This has already led to the outflow of many Luo family's systems and even skills. The most obvious example of this is that the Roche family's method of composting ashes has spread to Kyoto and even the Owari area.

The benefit that the Luo family got from this meeting was the public support of these temples. Don't underestimate the power of these temples. According to the results of the Intelligence Pavilion, if the temple forces in these areas were united to fight against the Luo family, the harm would be even more serious than the Ouchi family's direct attack on the Luo family. This is also the reason why even though the Ouchi family took control of Chikuzen Province, they still treated these temples with courtesy. Therefore, these temples took the initiative to contact the Luo family, not because they were afraid of the Luo family, but because they were unwilling to damage their own interests because they confronted the Luo family for no reason. Of course, if the Luo family deliberately harmed their interests, they would not mind going to war directly with the Luo family.

Now, after compromising with each other and gaining the support of these temples, the Luo family can quickly take over the newly occupied territory and start orderly management, while also avoiding being hindered by the power of these temples when the western part of Chikuzen Province continues to expand its successes. If necessary, you can even seek the support of the monks and soldiers of these temples. Of course, there is a certain amount of remuneration to be paid.

As for the future, Masahiro has already thought about it. When the Luo family completely controls the western part of Chikuzen Province and gains the support of the people, cutting off the source of the support of these temples, Masayo will slowly uproot these temples. Now that the Luo family is looking for these forces, Zhengliang has to endure it for the time being.

After agreeing on everything, Masara immediately mounted his horse and prepared to leave. Before leaving, Zhengliang inadvertently saw A Ning and several other maids. So he casually asked Master Chan Rong for these maids.

Masahiro did not do this many times. This time, although the agreement has been signed, it is not safe. Zhengliang's move is to remind Chan Rong and others not to tear up the agreement at will. And these maids, who were witnesses to this meeting between the two sides, naturally wanted to stay. In fact, if Masahiro didn't take the initiative to take these maids, what awaited them would probably be the fate of being killed for the sake of secrecy. A-Ning and the others, who were frightened because they suddenly became Zhengliang's maids, didn't know what to do, so they escaped.

Just as Zhengliang was about to leave, Black Eagle suddenly came to report quickly:

"My lord, a mile to the east, I found a large number of troops coming."

"Huh?" Mr. Masashi was startled, and then looked at Master Chan Rong who came out to see him off. The latter was also surprised. Today's talks between the two sides were held in strict secrecy, and now they suddenly heard that a military force was approaching, and it was obvious that the news had leaked out.

"Immediately order the army halfway through the road to come and protect it." At this time, Masato couldn't think about why the army suddenly approached, and immediately ordered. After experiencing the last time he was ambushed, Masarashi is much more careful. This time, in addition to bringing 200 people from outside the temple, there was also an army of 3,000 people waiting for him. Moreover, Masahiro also realized that it was necessary to ensure the integrity of the military situation and not to be separated. The last time he was ambushed, the most fatal part was that the enemy completely separated the connection between Masayo and the army under his command from the very beginning, causing Masato to fight alone, otherwise with the army led by Masahiro at that time, he was fully capable of rushing out of the encirclement.

"My lord." Just as Masarashi was about to give the order to urgently join the army halfway away, another black eagle ran forward and reported: "My lord, we have captured an envoy who claims to be from the Takahashi family, and this person claims to have asked the lord to leave a presence on behalf of his family governor. In addition, the opposing army, which was half a mile away, suddenly stopped. ”

"Takahashi?" Masato instantly recalled. This place is actually not far from the Takahashi family's Takahashi Treasure Mountain Castle, and it is probably less than three miles away. It's just strange that this time the Takahashi family came too suddenly, and they knew very well that this time the agreement between the Luo family and the temple in the Hakata area was actually automatically restraining the army under his command to stagnate at the agreed distance.

"Lord Dazai, this matter should be confirmed by the poor monk himself." Hearing that it was the governor of the Takahashi family who came, Chan Rong immediately spoke. He was also very angry about the sudden arrival of the Takahashi family, he didn't want to be misunderstood by Masato as conspiring with the Takahashi family to deal with the Luo family, otherwise the agreement reached by the two parties today would be in vain, and Chikuzen would fall into misery.

"That's great!" After feeling the other party's calm gaze, Masara also agreed. Then he motioned for a few retainers to "accompany" Master Chan Rong to the front to see what the purpose of the Takahashi family's visit was this time, and at the same time he did not forget to continue to order the army half a mile away to rush to this place to join at once. For this unexpected visitor, Zhengliang is very distrustful.

(Please note that the next chapter is quite interesting, so don't miss it.) (To be continued......)