On the 6th day of the seventh month of the 10th year of the Astronomical Universe, after putting on some makeup, Masarashi followed the army of the Ouchi family to the Takatori mountain castle of the Ouchi family in Chikuzen, accompanied by a few retinues.\\

Hearing that the eagle had arrived, the people in the territory were obviously amused and ran to the side of the road to watch. As an entourage, Kato Duanzo and the others were obviously worried that there were people in the crowd who were trying to sneak up on the head of the family, so they immediately surrounded Masara.

"Hehe, it doesn't have to be this way!" Masato persuaded a few of his retainers to leave, but instead held his head high and continued to walk forward with a smile on his face. To be honest, Masara wore a brand-new kimono today, coupled with a height of more than 1.7 meters, he looked handsome, and even made the girls around him shine.

"Well, this son is extraordinary!" Yoshitaka Ouchi, who was standing in front of the window of the Takatorikan and watching everything that was happening on the street, said secretly.

After Masarashi followed Sagara Takeren into the city, he soon came to the lobby of Takatorikan. At this time, a middle-aged man with extraordinary bearing walked in.

"I've seen Dazai Daiji-sama!" From the change in the expressions of Sagara Takeren and the others, Masarashi concluded that the person who came was Yoshitaka Ouchi, so he hurriedly saluted.

"Saemon-sama doesn't have to be polite." After Yoshitaka Ouchi sat upright on the main seat, he immediately replied, "I'm really sorry to keep Saemon-sama waiting, so tell me about your intentions." ”

Masarashi bowed again, and said solemnly: "This time I came to conclude an alliance with the Ouchi family. In the future, my Luo family will assist the Ouchi family in attacking the enemy in the south of Kyushu, and even defend the Ouchi family against the enemy from the south of Kyushu, so that Dazai Daiji can go to Luo with peace of mind. ”

"Oh?" Yoshitaka Ouchi's eyes lit up when he heard this. Ever since he was invited by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu in 1537, he had always wanted to go to Raku. It's just that every time it's blocked by the Nizi family, and here in Kyushu will often be held back. Now that Masara has offered to help him resist the trouble in the south of Kyushu, he is really tempted.

In fact, after fully analyzing the Luo family based on the information obtained during this time, Yoshitaka Ouchi also knew that with the current strength of the Luo family, the possibility of trying to control the Luo family was almost non-existent, but. Now the Luo family has offered to help him resist the trouble from the south of Kyushu, making him realize that he can use the Luo family to accomplish his great cause of Shangluo.

"Lord Zuo Wei is so determined, don't the ministers of the family have any objections?" Yoshitaka Ouchi said. In his understanding, the Luo family should also be the same as the Ouchi family, and there are other powerful people in the family who have a certain strength but are subordinate to the Ouchi family. That's why he asked.

"Please rest assured. The loyalty of the retainers can be assured. As for in the next ...... Since I came here alone. Even if you entrust your life to Lord Dazai, there is really no need for Lord Dazai to have any doubts. Masara replied.

"Well, I agreed. From now on, the family will rely on you in the north wing of Kitakyushu. As for the southern side of Kyushu, you can attack with confidence. Ouchi Yoshitaka finally agreed to the alliance between the two families, and even promised that the Luo family could use their own strength to conquer other parts of Kyushu. Maybe in Ouchi Yoshitaka's heart, the Luo family is not too threatening, so he didn't take this sentence to heart. However, it was in the future that Masashi took this sentence as the righteousness and constantly attacked other powerful people in Kyushu.

"By the way, I heard that you don't have a son-in-law yet, and Lord Sagara Takeren happens to have a daughter, who is beautiful and virtuous. Is it okay to be married to you as the main room? After agreeing to the alliance, Yoshitaka Ouchi immediately said.

"I can't ask for it." Masashi said immediately. In this era, it is normal for mutual marriages to be carried out in order to strengthen alliances or for various purposes. It's just that Sagara Takeren suddenly became his father-in-law. It makes Masarashi feel a little strange. And for Sagara Takeren's daughter, Masara is also very curious. According to historical records, a few years later, when Tao Takabo and Sagara Takeren were at odds, Ouchi Yoshitaka tried to reconcile their relationship. It was once an attempt to marry Sagara Takeren's daughter to Tao Takabo. Damn, the daughter who is going to marry herself now won't be the daughter in the future. In this way, wouldn't he be robbing Tao Longfang's wife (in fact, Tao Longfang rejected this marriage that he regarded as an insult to his martial artists). If your own inference is true. Then this daughter must still be very young. How small is it? Zhengliang couldn't help but feel uneasy.

As for the position of the main room, Masahiro is not worried at all. It's a big deal to get two main rooms. Anyway, whether it's the main room, the side room, or the concubine. All politicians and goodness are treated equally. After a year of indoctrination, the women in the family have gradually accepted this view. Anyway, they also know that their husbands always come up with all sorts of weird ideas, including embarrassing poses on tatami mats at night.

"Sagara-sama, please give me a lot of advice in the future." Thinking of this, Masarashi saluted Sagara Takeren.

Sagara Takeren also smiled and returned the salute to Masayo.

"In addition, your family's Duanmu Kiyomasa's talent is very good, I want to keep him in this house as a guest general, I wonder what Lord Saemon thinks?" Yoshitaka Ouchi continued.

Is that really the case? Zhengliang thought to himself after hearing this. On the way to Takatori Yamajo, Masarashi and Kiyomasa Dumiki, who was a member of his entourage, had already guessed the terms of the Ouchi family's alliance, and they speculated that the Ouchi family might ask the Luo family to keep their retainers as hostages. After all, Masahiro has no heirs now, so he can only leave the important ministers as hostages.

And in fact, Yoshitaka Ouchi also has his own calculations. First, it does intend to let the Luo family stay hostages; Second, he really valued Duanmu Qingzheng's talent, especially Duanmu Qingzheng's tea art, which made him praise. He was originally a person who liked Kyoto culture, and he was interested in various tea arts and other cultures, and this time he saw that Duanmu Kiyomasa was so proficient in this way, of course, he hoped to keep him. Therefore, although Duanmu Kiyomasa was named as a hostage and stayed in the Ouchi family, he was actually a retainer of the Ouchi family, who was a guest general of the Luo family who lived in the Ouchi family.

"In this case, I will ask Lord Dazai Daiji to take care of it on my behalf." Masahiro gritted his teeth and finally agreed. Duanmu Kiyomasa stayed in Ouchi's house as a guest, which was both advantageous and disadvantageous. The advantage is that Duanmu Qingzheng can be used as a secret stake for the Luo family to put in the Ouchi family, and transmit the information of the Ouchi family at any time, although those important information Duanmu Qingzheng cannot obtain, but some basic information can still be obtained. The downside is that as soon as Duanmu Qingzheng leaves, there is a lack of people in the territory to deal with those temples.

The so-called gains must be gained, and in such a situation, Zhengliang can only grit his teeth and endure it.

On the 6th day of the seventh month of the 10th year of the Astronomical Calendar, the Luo family concluded an alliance with the Ouchi family. As soon as this news came out, everyone was taken aback. originally thought that the Ouchi family would take the opportunity to completely get involved in Hizen, but it turned out to be such an ending. The heroes pondered the impact of the alliance between the two families on themselves.

Just when the surrounding heroes had their own thoughts, Masarashi returned to Nakamura Castle on the 8th day of the seventh month of the 10th year of Astronomical. On the way back, the results of the Ouchi family's disposition of the various heroes who surrendered came out. As the culprit of this conflict, Shaoji Dongshang, first the direct territory of Fukuji Castle was confiscated, and his retainer's Lingbu Castle also suffered the same fate, leaving only Mutian Castle as the territory of the Shaoji family, and Shaoji Dongshang was exiled, and it is said that he was exiled to the Kusano family of Chikugo, and the younger brother of Shaoji Dongsang, Masako, inherited the family governor. Poor little one, he is not even ten years old.

The Tsukushi family was also confiscated from Shibata Castle in Chikuzen and Asahiyama Castle in Hizen, leaving only Katsuo Castle. The only one who was barely punished was the Kamiyo family, who kept almost all of his territory except for being ordered to send hostages.

For the confiscated castles, the Ouchi family will send a large army to station. At this point, the Ouchi family almost controls Hizen's Kizu, adoptive father, and Sangen three counties, while Kanzaki County is a bit special, because it is controlled by the Luo family, the Ouchi family, the Shaoji family, and the Kamiyo family. Judging from the map, the castles occupied by the Ouchi family in Hizen are almost all connected, ensuring that in the event of a war, these castles can be connected to each other. Moreover, through such a deployment, the Ouchi family has achieved the purpose of infiltrating the potential force into Hizen, and also allowing each family to maintain a little check and balance between them. In particular, its arrangement in Kanzaki County not only separated the Shaoji family and the Kamiyo family, but also made these two families a barrier to the development of the Luo family to the north under the siege of the Ouchi family and the Luo family's territory. The whole arrangement can be described as brilliant.

Although they were a little dissatisfied with this result, the Luo family also took advantage of this time to wantonly plunder the population of Kanzaki County, and destroyed the farmland of the Shendai family and the Shao Er family, so that their autumn harvest was greatly reduced, which can be regarded as a bad breath.

In the council hall of the city in the village, all the retainers of the Luo family gathered together.

"Before the assessment begins, I would like to have good news for everyone." Sitting on the throne, Masarashi said, "The Ouchi family has recommended me to the imperial court as the new Hizen guardian, and the imperial court will send the security document in the near future." "There is an admission from the imperial court, and Masayo is already the lord of a country in Hizen Province, both in terms of strength and name.

"Congratulations, Your Highness!" "The Luo family's martial arts are prosperous!" All the retainers praised one after another.

"Thank you for your dedication in this walkthrough." Masara said.

"Enjoji Shinyin!" Masato began to reward.

"Your Majesty is here!" According to the agreement, Yuancheng Temple Xinyin has become a good politician at this moment. And the father of Yuancheng Temple Xinyin is also very good at being a person after seeing the general trend clearly, and after assisting the Luo family to conquer Xiaocheng County and Saga County, he took the initiative to give up the position of family governor, and then let Yuancheng Temple Xinyin inherit the position of family governor, and he went into seclusion after the last time. This old man can see that if he wants to revitalize the Yuancheng Temple family, he must follow the Luo family closely.

"The orthodoxy of the Thousand Families will be inherited by your clan in the future." Masara said. As the head of a nation, he has every name to determine such a thing.

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