In the second half of April of the third year of Yonglu (1559 AD). It is a castle town in Takayama Castle in Osumi Province, the southernmost tip of Kyushu.

Since the implementation of the sea ban by the Roche family, the Goto Islands of Hizen Province have been used as one of the foreign trade locations, and it is the only free trade zone where goods such as the Ming Kingdom, the Southern Barbarians, and the Korean Dynasty are sold to the outside world (that is, merchants from all over the country can trade with merchants from the Southern Barbarians, the Ming Kingdom, the Joseon Dynasty, and the Roche House). This was mainly due to the trade measures taken by Masarashi to prevent merchants from all over the country from boycotting the Luo family by disproportionately seizing goods from the above-mentioned areas, which would then affect the trade between the Luo family and merchants from all over the country, and the free trade places set up by the Luo family to expand to various parts of the Warring States period.

Osumi Province was one of the places where these merchants stopped to rest on their way to the Goshima area of Hizen Province of the Roshi family, and with the increase in the flow of people, it naturally led to the prosperity of the coastal areas of Osumi Province, especially the castle town of Takayama Castle, which was also located on the coast and served as the home town of the liver.

It was already noon, and business was doing very well at a small lodge in Takayama Castle's castle town. At this time, the lobby of the sojourn was now full, and there were ronin, merchants, ordinary travelers, and local lords.

At this time, while resting, people were chatting about the rumors they had seen, and the most discussed among them was naturally the matter of the powerful Shimazu family and the Ito family in southern Kyushu uniting against the overlord of Kyushu, the Luo family. In particular, the recent increase in news that is unfavorable to the Ito and Shimazu families has aroused people's enthusiasm for discussion.

Of course, there are also some people who sit silently at the wine table, quietly holding the wine jug. Just a plate of dried radish. Drink in small sips. These people are almost all ronin. is unemployed. In fact, they very much hope that the Luo family can come directly to the southern Kyushu area, after all, the very good treatment of some of the Luo family's leaders has been spread for a long time, and the Luo family often recruits soldiers, and the treatment of soldiers is also very good. It is even possible to become a samurai of the Luo family.

Therefore, these ronins very much hope that the Luo family can come, so that they will have a chance to work. As for why they didn't go to the border of the Luo family's territory to join the Luo family? But the reason is simple, because they are poor. In this era, it is not easy to find food on the roadside (if there is, it will have been found by many displaced people and refugees), so there is not enough entanglement, and these people dare not travel long distances.

And just when everyone in the sojourn had their own thoughts, the curtain at the door was pulled open again, and two guys walked in, and the first guy was of average stature. But he is relatively young and seems to be very energetic. He also had a sword hanging from his waist. As he entered, the guy glanced a little warily at the inside of the sojourn. The other guy looked much older, and he looked very depressed.

"Two bowls of hot rice soup, please."

After sitting down, the older middle-aged man spoke to the sojourn boss, and his voice sounded a little hoarse. When the sojourn boss heard this, he nodded and complied.

"Hey! Still failed! ”

The depressed middle-aged man finally spoke out in frustration at this time. The young man next to him seemed to be a middle-aged man's subordinate, and was obviously very familiar with the habits of middle-aged people, so he just sat there and glanced around, keeping his eyes on guard, and did not respond.

These two people, the middle-aged man among them is Gui Yuancheng, a retainer of the Maori family. At the beginning, he and other Maori retainers were instructed by the governor of the Maori family to go to various places to contact allies. As for Katsura Motosumi, his destination is the Minami-Kyushu region.

After arriving in Minami Kyushu, he did make great progress, and reached an agreement with the Saeki family, the Ito family, and the Shimazu family, so that the two families joined the Roshi family siege network initiated by the Mori family.

It's just that when he came to the Osumi Country Liver Fu house with confidence, he hit a nail. Because here he not only met the envoy of the Luo family who also came to persuade the Liver Fu family, but also the Liver Fu family did not make it clear which side they would stand on after meeting him. What was even more depressing was that not long after, under the mediation of the shogunate, the Maori family actually negotiated peace with the Luo family.

Of course, even if a peace is negotiated with the Luo family, the Maori family is ready to retaliate against the Luo family at any time. After all, in the peace agreement between the two parties, the gold and silver mines and other minerals produced by the Maori family could only be sold to the Luo family, and the third son of the family governor Maori Motosa, Kobayakawa Takazao, was still eating fasting and chanting scriptures every day in the Zhongxiao Temple of the Luo family and became a monk (under house arrest).

In such a situation, if it weren't for the Luo family's beating, where would the Maori family be willing to take the initiative to sue for peace? Therefore, the Maori family will inevitably take revenge on the Luo family. Now, even after making peace with the Luo family, Gui Yuancheng still remains in the southern Kyushu area, and while analyzing the matter of peace between the Maori family and the Luo family to the Shimazu family and the Ito family, he still insists on coming to Osumi Province in an attempt to persuade the Liver Fu family to join their camp.

In fact, the people of the Liver Fu family were indeed a little moved by Gui Yuancheng's persuasion. Since the tenth year of Astronomy (1541), the Liver Fu family has been in conflict with the Shimazu family, when the fief was in the northern part of Osumi Province, and the territory and the Shimazu family were adjacent to the liver Fu family, and the Shimazu family had friction from time to time, and the situation was getting worse day by day, and even in the 18th year of Astronomy (1549), Shimazu Takahisa ordered Ijiin Tadaro to lead a large army to attack the Liver Fuge Kanein in Kajiki Castle in Osumi Province, and the Hesuke Kanein was finally defeated and surrendered. In the 23rd year of Tenmon (1554), the Shimazu army invaded the territory of the Liver Fu family on a large scale, and seized Kajigi Castle and other castles and territories.

After almost unifying Satsuma Province and forming an alliance with the Ito family of Hyuga Province, the Shimazu family became even more arrogant and quickly accelerated their invasion of Osumi Province. So in the second year of Koji (1556), the battle of Osaki broke out between the Shimazu family, which could no longer be avoided, led by the governor of the Liver Fu family, and the Shimazu family, but the Liver Fu family was finally defeated, and the Shimazu family took the opportunity to seize most of the Osumi Province, at this time the Liver Fu family was left with only the territory of the southern region of Osumi Province, and it was still suffering from the threat of the Shimazu family.

It was precisely because of the continuous invasion of the Shimazu family that the Liverpay family had the idea of joining the camp of the Mori family, hoping to mediate with the Shimazu family through the mediation of the Mori family. After all, since everyone is an ally of the same camp, naturally they can't attack each other.

At this time, however, the Luo family's invasion of the Saeki family in Bungo Province broke out, and the Shimazu family, which was an ally, sent troops to support. This gave the liver family a chance to breathe. Immediately, under the persuasion of the envoys of the Luo family and Gui Yuancheng, the people of the Liver Fu family decided to temporarily act as bystanders to see who would win this conflict before making a decision.

Soon after, the news came that the Shimazu family and the Ito family's army supporting the Saeki family were besieged by the army of the Luo family. At this time, the liver Fu family still hasn't made a decision, after all, this is just a rumor, and it can't be confirmed for the time being.

Soon, however, the capital of the Ito family was conquered in the county town; Ito's home and northern areas were invaded and occupied by the Luo family; The news of the Luo family's various armies entering the Hyuga Kingdom and the Satsuma Kingdom broke out. After sending people to Hyuga and Satsuma to confirm these news, the Liver Fu family naturally knew that they should join that camp at this time, so they sent people to "gift" Gui Yuancheng and others out of the city, and at the same time entertained the envoy of the Luo family, and agreed to the request of the envoy of the Luo family, and immediately gathered troops to attack the territory of the Shimazu family in Osumi Province. After being bullied by the Shimazu family for so long, it's time for revenge.

And the master and servant of Hanging Yuancheng, who was "gifted" out of Gaoshan City, had to leave in disgrace. This is also the reason why Gui Yuancheng is so depressed. At this time, his retainers were more worried about the plot from the Luo family's envoy, so they kept vigilant.

After sitting in the sojourn for a while, the sojourn boss served two bowls of rice soup, and although there were only a few grains of rice flowers, the two of them still gulped it down.

"Well, there aren't many entanglements left, so I can only save money in order to be able to go to Shikoku by boat, and then return to Honshu Island through the Shikoku region. Damn the Luo family, if it weren't for the fact that many sea areas were accused by them, and they also imposed a sea ban, why would they be so wolfy. While drinking the rice soup, Gui Yuancheng thought to himself.

(Today's fourth update.) Tomorrow is Women's Day, and I want to accompany my mother to go out, so the update will be late, please forgive me. (To be continued......)