As an envoy to the family of the nun, you must be wise and courageous. Neither can the family be disadvantaged in the alliance negotiations with the Niko family later because they appear weak, nor can they let the alliance fall through because they are too tough.

The original candidate in the political conscience was Yoshioka Nagasu, a former retainer of the Otomo family who had just joined the family, but this proposal was opposed by Kansuke Yamamoto and others. The reason for their opposition is also very simple, although Yoshioka Nagazen played a great role in the Luo family's attack on the Bungo Kingdom, but after all, he is a former minister of the Otomo family, and this envoy is related to the overall situation of the Luo family, and Yoshioka Nagazen is not suitable for such a heavy responsibility. Obviously, the retainers of the Luo family did not trust these new retainers very much.

At this time, Duanmu Qingzheng, who had been silent since returning to Luo's house, suddenly offered to take on this important responsibility. Previously, as a hostage of the alliance between the Luo family and the Ouchi family, Duanmu Qing stayed in the Ouchi family as a guest general. But when the Ouchi family decided to tear up the alliance with the Luo family, Duanmu Kiyomasa, who had gradually been drunk by the Ouchi family's wine, did not react, not only failed to send a warning to the family in time, but even couldn't escape himself, and was directly placed under house arrest.

His mistake this time almost caused the family governor Zhengliang to be killed in the ambush. He has always been very self-reproachful for this, even when he returned home after the peace between the Luo family and the Ouchi family, he almost locked himself in his home for reflection. If it weren't for his family's diplomatic issues with the outside world, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to come this time. Now he has decided to take the initiative to take on the responsibility of sending envoys to the Nizi family to make up for his mistakes.

Regarding Duanmu Qingzheng's request, everyone agreed after a little deliberation. Meantime. Masashi will also be familiar with the Nanban language. A Ming man who is good at interacting with the Southern Barbarians. It was also the official minister of the family who was specifically responsible for diplomacy with the Southern Barbarians, and Chen Tianjie accompanied Duanmu Qingzheng to the Nizi family.

The main reason why Chen Tianjie sent envoys at the same time was that at this time, the fleet of Zhu Qinfeng, a southern barbarian who had always been friendly with the Luo family, and Samo Yang, a merchant of the Ming Kingdom, also happened to be visiting the Miho port in Izumo, where the Niko family was located. Although the Niko family is a powerful Izumo, it must lack the means to deal with the Southern Barbarians and Ming merchants.

Sending Chen Tianjie over, on the one hand, can help the Nizi family deal with the Nanban and Ming merchants, so as to gain the favor of the Nizi family, and on the other hand, it shows the strength of the Luo family from the side (there are even retainers who deal with the Nanban and Ming merchants full-time, and they are still Ming people. It will definitely shock the entire Nizi family). After the end, Zhengliang returned a letter and asked Chen Tianjie to hand it to Zhu Qinfeng on his behalf, asking him to take advantage of the situation to help the Luo family support the local area and increase the prestige of the Luo family in negotiations. And in return, the Luo family will naturally help it make a lot of money locally.

After discussing the external strategy, Masahiro turned his attention to the domestic market. The so-called outside the soil must first be safe. Masara's target for this "Annai" is a temple shrine in Bungo's country. With Chikusaki's lessons, Masarashi feared that these local temples and shrines would collude with the Otomo family outside to create unrest in Bungo Province. Therefore, Masashi simply cut through the mess with a quick knife and let the two cavalry of Isono Yuanchang and Takasaka Masanobu be the main force, with the assistance of the Cabinet of Internal Affairs. Forcibly enforce the law on the management of temples and shrines of the Luo family, and those who resist will be slashed and killed.

For Masara's decision about the temple shrine. Although the retainers were a little worried, they also knew that no matter how much they tried to persuade them, they were just bored with themselves, so they did not directly raise objections, but instead proposed that Masarashi marry Otomo Yoshikan's daughter.

In fact, it is normal for the retainers to make such a suggestion, and Masahiro also feels that it is normal. During the Warring States period, it was normal to use marriage to strengthen the rule and protect the interests between the lord and his retainers (for example, Yoshitaka Ouchi recently married his adopted daughter Shoukata, the third daughter of the Ochi family's important minister Naitoshino Mamoru Fujiwara, to the eldest son of Mori Motomoto).

At this time, if Masarashi marries the daughter of Otomo Yoshikan, the ruler of Bungohara, there are two benefits. First, it can be achieved to appease the local people, so that they can feel that the Luo family will ban the Otomo family and start ruling Fenghou, and the Luo family's move to marry the previous lord is to express to them that they will continue to rule them as before, and then let the Luo family's rule in Fenghou get a righteous name. The second is to let the former retainers of the Otomo family transfer their loyalty to the previous suzerain to Masahiro through the daughter of Otomo Yoshikan, and at the same time, it will also make them feel that loyalty to Masato is also the son-in-law of loyalty to the previous suzerain, and their hearts will become at ease.

For such a suggestion from the retainers, Masahiro did not object. When he first came to this world, due to the influence of his previous life, he thought in his heart that he only needed to marry a wife. But as a family governor, it is obviously impossible in such times.

With the continuous growth of the Luo family, and the fact that Masato was only twenty-five years old at this time, he would always get a lot of women either actively or passively because of interests and the need to rule (compared to Oda Nobuhide, a total of seventeen women, a total of twenty-four children; Imagawa Yoshimoto, who has only inherited the Imagawa family for several years, also has more than a dozen women). For such a situation, Masahiro has completely adapted to it, not to mention, for a man, having more women is a good thing in itself.

Of course, under normal circumstances, if conditions permit, Zhengliang will still ask the woman's opinion first. Otomo Yoshikan remained in Otomo's family before his death, leaving only three daughters (the others were all married). The eldest daughter was only fourteen years old at this time, the second daughter was thirteen years old, and the younger daughter was less than a year old, the younger daughter was the biological daughter of Shioichimaru's mother, and the other two daughters were born to Otomo Yoshijin's mother, and they were all living in Shioichimaru's mother's house in Hizen Kishidake Castle Castle Town. After getting the meaning conveyed by Togo Heiji on her behalf, the eldest daughter Otomomatsu took the initiative to marry Masayo, and would assist Masato to inspect various places in Toyogo, so as to help the Luo family pacify the Bungo territory as soon as possible, but she also put forward a condition, that is, she hoped not to disturb her sister Otomo's life, so that her sister could settle in Kishitake Mountain Castle with peace of mind. It seems that she has taken the initiative to sacrifice herself to protect her sister.

For Otomomatsu's request, Masashi naturally agreed, and even told the other party that this marriage, if the other party is unwilling, can be regarded as a superficial marriage, and the other party can keep living alone after marrying Masatsu.

Although he has adapted to this era, he still adheres to some basic principles. (To be continued......)