"I don't know if Mr. Shikang came to Xiaonu today, is there something going on? Recently, the autumn rain has been continuous, and the little girl has not been out for a long time, I wonder what Mr. Shikang has been busy with recently? "Nana Hashimoto didn't understand why Hojo Shiyasu suddenly visited today, after all, he had always created a chance encounter when he left the room, instead of coming directly to his room like this.

Seeing that Nana Hashimoto did not ask, Hojo Shiyasu hurriedly explained, "Because of the continuous rain recently, even the merchant ships coming to Odawara Castle by sea have been affected. Therefore, my father sent me to the port to appease the merchants who had suffered losses due to the wind, waves, and rainfall, and to reduce a portion of their business taxes according to the losses they had suffered. So I was busy at the port during this time, and I didn't come to visit Mrs. Chiba. ”

"I see, it's hard for Mr. Kang." Nana Hashimoto did not put down the scroll in his hand, looked at the Hojo Shiyasu who could not hide the tired look on his face, and suddenly remembered that he had just mentioned the merchants, and thought that the most well-informed people in this era belonged to the merchants, so he sat up straight and asked Hojo Shiyasu: "I heard Mr. Shiyasu say just now that there are many businessmen who have suffered losses due to the wind and rain, and the Hojo family is willing to reduce their business taxes, which is really benevolent." ”

"Everywhere, this is all the credit of my father, Mrs. Chiba praised it." In the face of Nanami Hashimoto's praise, Hojo Shiyasu was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained to Nanami Hashimoto with what his father had said: "My father often said that it is the people in the territory who support a territory, and only by gaining the hearts of the people will the foundation of the Hojo family be stable." If it loses the hearts of the people, even a fortified castle like Odawara Castle will be easily breached. However, only the people's hearts and territories will be poor, and they must rely on merchants to circulate goods in order to bring prosperity to the territory, so the Hojo family has always attached great importance to the people's hearts and merchants. Just like this time, my father not only reduced the business tax, but also planned to reduce the taxes of the lords who had suffered from the poor harvest due to the weather, so that they could get through the year. ”

"Is the grain harvest bad because of this torrential rain? I don't know what the situation is, if there is no food, it will cause a famine, right? Nana Hashimoto didn't hear the Hojo clan say that the grain was poor, although she didn't know much about it, but she still asked the Hojo clan with great concern, and the kind-hearted Hashimoto Nana didn't have a sympathy for these Hojo family leaders who had never met before.

"This matter is already being dealt with by my uncle, and my father has allocated a sum of money from the treasury of Odawara Castle for my uncle to buy grain. However, due to the recent heavy rains, the caravan has also been affected, and the price of food has skyrocketed, and it may be difficult for even my uncle to buy enough food. Hojo Shiyasu couldn't help but shake his head when he mentioned this, his face worried, obviously worried about this matter.

Looking at the hojo Shiyasu with a worried face, Nana Hashimoto didn't know if he should ask him about the news about Kyoto at this time, but after hesitating for a while, Nanami Hashimoto was still eager to know the news about Qianya, so he opened his mouth and asked: "Mr. Shiyasu, I don't know if there are any businessmen from Kyoto among the merchants you just mentioned, can you please help me inquire about my husband?" If it doesn't work, Mr. Shi Kang, you can make it convenient for me to go to those businessmen and inquire about it, the little girl is really grateful. ”

"Mrs. Chiba is serious, Odawara Castle has never forbidden Madame from entering and leaving, if Madame wants to go out, just talk to the attendants outside the door and let them arrange it. It's just that the rainstorm has not stopped recently, and my wife is pregnant, so I still try not to go out. Hojo Shiyasu explained, suddenly patted his forehead as if he remembered something, and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "Look at my memory, earlier today, I heard from the attendant that there was a woman from Kyoto, claiming to be named Wakadie, who wanted to ask to see Madame, and was arranged by the attendant in the reception room, I don't know if Madame knows her?" ”

"Ruo Die? Is that person really from Kyoto, calling himself Wakadie? Nanami Hashimoto had a look of surprise on her face, although she had always maintained her steady appearance, and had been telling herself not to worry in her heart, but in fact, since she woke up from this Warring States era, her heart has never really been at ease, and at this time, she suddenly heard a familiar name, and she couldn't help but let a big stone in her heart fall to the ground, and it also made her happy from the bottom of her heart.

Looking at Nana Hashimoto who laughed from the bottom of his heart, Hojo Shiyasu couldn't help but be touched by her smile, and a gentle look appeared at the corner of his mouth, just looking at Nana Hashimoto's gradually bulging lower abdomen, Hojo Shiyasu's heart was full of bitterness, and there was a kind of sadness that was out of time. But after all, Hojo Shiyasu is a generation of heroes who will be called Sagami lions in the future, and he quickly reined in his thoughts and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "Since Mrs. Chiba knows this Wakadie girl, then I will order someone to bring her to meet Madame, and ask Madame to stay for a while." ”

After Hojo finished speaking, without waiting for Nana Hashimoto to express his gratitude, he walked out of the door and gave an order to the attendant outside the door, asking him to lead Wakadie here.

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In the castle town of Odawara Castle, a dilapidated looking sailboat is docking, and the sailors on the dock look at the ruined merchant ship, even though they have seen too many merchant ships destroyed by the wind and waves these days, but they are not so miserable compared to this merchant ship with its mast broken and half of its side like it has been torn apart by a beast.

"Did they meet that yellow dragon? It's a good fortune to be able to make it to Hong Kong alive! Looking at the merchant ship, which was almost scrapped, an old sailor on the dock couldn't help but sigh. These days, the rumors of the Yellow Dragon being a disaster outside Sagami Bay have been spreading, and the old sailor looked at the miserable appearance of the merchant ship and naturally thought of this rumor.

"Uncle Shitai, do you really think there are monsters?" A younger sailor looked at the miserable merchant ship in front of him and asked the old sailor, but there seemed to be some strange anticipation in his eyes.

The old sailor stood up, looked up at the weather, spat to the side with a complaining look on his face, and then said to the young sailor: "Think less about what you don't have, and work hard!" This damn weather, my knees are hurting again. With that, he patted the young sailor beside him on the shoulder, stepped out of the shelter from the rain, and ran towards the merchant ship that had docked on the dock.

The young sailor watched the movements of the old sailor, followed the example of the old sailor, took a sip, and rushed into the rain.

"Boss Dale, what's wrong with you, how did this boat break like this?" The Hojo family, who was in charge of registering the ships in the port, looked at the merchant ship, which can only be described as dilapidated, and asked the owner of the merchant ship, "You must have been pirates, right?" But pirates wouldn't make the ship look like this, would they? ”

The owner of this merchant ship was a wealthy merchant, he looked at his merchant ship with distress, and said with some chagrin: "Don't mention it, on the way here, we met an evil dragon, and that evil dragon not only attacked us, but also sank the other two merchant ships together. My ship is fast, so I escaped and ascended to heaven, and the others don't know what to do! Hey, if I had known this, I would have followed the advice when I was in Sunfu, and I wouldn't have had so many things to do when I went to Shikoku. Now that I've come down this trip, I'm afraid the money I made is not enough to repair the ship. ”

"Did you really meet that Yellow Dragon? Boss Dale, you are really fateful, in the past half a month, that evil dragon has probably sunk no less than twenty merchant ships. He looked at Boss Da Le, shook his head and admired his good luck, and then said to him: "Boss Da Le, you don't have to worry too much, a few days ago, the Lord issued an edict that if our Hojo family suffered losses due to rain and wind and waves in the past, a part of the business tax can be reduced or exempted according to the severity of the loss." I see that you have suffered such a heavy loss, Boss Dale, I will give you a full exemption from business taxes, I believe that in this case, it should help you recover some of your losses. ”

"Really? The Hojo family is willing to reduce business taxes! The clan is really benevolent! When the boss heard that the Hojo family was willing to reduce or reduce business taxes, a happy expression suddenly appeared on his face, and it was already a very happy thing for a businessman to be able to recover some of his losses.

"But can the boss of Dale tell me in detail about the encounter with the evil dragon, this matter is no longer a rumor, I need to report the existence of the evil dragon to the lord, and then there may be boss Lao Dale to go to Odawara City to help explain it to the lord." He explained to the boss of Dairaku that as a retainer of the Hojo family, he felt obligated to report this matter to the Hojo clan.

"If you can meet the clan Ganggong, what is the trivial matter." The boss of Dale happily agreed, but out of the merchant's calculating character, he opened his mouth and asked again: "I don't know which lord of the Hojo family is in charge of port affairs, before I meet with the clan Tsunako, can I meet this lord first, so that I can understand the etiquette and the habits of the clan Tsuna, so as not to be rude when I meet him." ”

"That's really unfortunate, originally the lord sent the young lord to take charge of the affairs of the port, but today the young lord is too tired and has returned to Odawara City to rest." Seeing that Boss Da Le was disappointed, after thinking for a while, he said to him: "But if Boss Da Le wants to see the young master, it is not without a chance. Tomorrow, the young master should come to the port again, and if the boss of Dale wants to see the young master, he just needs to come earlier. And the young master has been inquiring about Kyoto recently, and if the boss of Dale has news about this, the young master will be very happy. ”

"That's great, I'll come over early tomorrow morning and wait for the young master." At this time, the boss of Dale had no sorrow on his face at all, but had a happy expression and smiled happily.

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At this time, in Odawara Castle, the young lord of the Hojo family, Hojo Shiyasu, who was talked about with the boss of Daraku, did not have half the appearance of the young master of the Hojo family at this time, and after opening the maid and attendant at the door of Hashimoto Nanawei's room, he lay on the door carefully like a thief, wanting to eavesdrop on the conversation between Hashimoto Nanami and Wakadie.

"Little girl Ruodie, I've seen Madame." At this time, Ruodie didn't know Nanami Hashimoto, and after bowing to her, she raised her head and looked at Nanami Hashimoto. It's just that Ruodie looked at Nanami Hashimoto and her slightly bulging lower abdomen, but her face couldn't help frowning.

Seeing Ruodie frowning and looking at herself, Nana Hashimoto asked Ruodie a little strangely: "Ruodie, what are you looking at me like this, is there anything wrong with me?" ”

Seeing Ruodie's eyes focused on her lower abdomen, Nanami Hashimoto's face showed a maternal brilliance, stroking her lower abdomen with a smile, and said to Ruodie: "This is the child of a thousand nights, I didn't expect me to be a mother so early." ”

When Ruodie heard Nanami Hashimoto's words, the look on her face was a little strange, she raised her finger and pointed to the door, and after saying "silently", she said to Nanami Hashimoto: "Madam, forgive me, someone eavesdropped outside the door just now, and I had to use a spell to block it." After speaking, he bowed to Nanami Hashimoto again.

"Ruodie, you don't have to be so polite, although you don't know me yet, but five hundred years later, we know each other very well." With a smile on her face, Nanami Hashimoto explained her origin to Ruodie: "Ruodie, you must be very strange about who I am, right?" I'm actually from 500 years later, my name is Nanami Hashimoto, and I'm one of the three wives 500 years later. When I was clearing a cult, I was struck by the light that shot from the statue of Susanoo enshrined in this cult, and I traveled back in time and space to this era. ”

"Five hundred years from now? I see! It is no wonder that after the master's divination, the result is that the number of lives of you and your children exists in this era and in five hundred years. After listening to Nanami Hashimoto's explanation, Ruodie showed a clear expression on her face, and suddenly said. However, Ruodie asked Nanami Hashimoto with a strange face: "It's just that the little girl doesn't feel wrong, madam, are you...... Monster? ”

It is not surprising that Nana Hashimoto can recognize his identity, after all, he is a big monster who has followed Qianye for hundreds of years, and it is not strange to recognize his identity, so he said with a wry smile: "This matter is a long story, I was originally just an ordinary person, and it was because I met Qianye that I became a monster by fate." If you don't need to be surprised, among the three wives five hundred years later, in addition to me, the other is a new generation of nine-tailed fox. ”

"Nine-tailed fox? And the master's curse is lifted? A look of surprise appeared on Ruodie's face, but she frowned again and said, "Then the monster who summoned the wind and rain here and brought disaster to Sagami Bay is not you, Madame?" It's really strange, I originally sensed that you were a big monster, and I thought it was caused by you, Madame. ”

"What? Ruodie: You said that the rain that lasted for half a month was caused by youkai? Nana Hashimoto's face changed suddenly, and he asked Ruodie with a serious expression.