"Build me a shrine?" Dylan repeated in surprise.

Ashiya Michiman lay on the ground and explained in a very pleading tone, Dylan: "It is the duty of our believers to let the gods live in the shrine, and I was just discussing with a few retainers the location and scale of the shrine. If the gods have oracles, please let me know. ”

The shrine is a shrine house where various Shinto gods are worshipped and worshipped, and it is the oldest type of religious architecture in the island country. Due to the close connection between Shinto and the lives of the people of the island nation, shrines are widespread.

Dylan hesitated for a moment before replying, "Don't be in a hurry about the shrine, you can tell me about the current form of the island country first." ”

Hail!

Michiman Ashiya replied without thinking, "Since Emperor Kanmu established Heiankyo (present-day Kyoto), the situation has been stable for several decades, but just over a hundred years ago, Emperor Renheng's reign was a gradual decline of the Ritsuryo system. Since then, the emperor's decrees have been amended by the daimyo of various countries, and the nobility and some powerful temple abbots have owned large tracts of land and estates. The peasants who cultivated the emperor's land were overwhelmed by the heavy taxes and fled their territories. The lords began to gather political and military power in various places. ”

"Because of the local situation, it was ignored by the imperial court. For a time, bandits were rampant and demons were rampant, but the officials were busy amassing wealth and had no time to settle the country. The growing military power of the daimyo eventually led to a hundred years of continuous warfare. The Heian period came to an end in this battle. ”

Dylan nodded, then continued to ask, "Who rules the area we are in now?"

Ashiya Michimitsu pondered for a moment before replying, "The current Ise region is jointly managed by the Ashiya family and the Saida family, a branch of the Kitada clan. But... Because he has served Shinto for generations in the lower family, and he has been working in Heiankyo on weekdays, the current military strength of Ise has been developed by the Saida family. ”

Knock knock·······

There was silence in the hall, except for the constant sound of Dylan tapping his fingers on the floor. After a long time, Dylan's fingers stopped: "I want to grasp the military power in this area first, do you have any ideas?"

Ashiya Michiman and several retainers glanced at each other, then gritted their teeth and said, "I beg your pardon for saying that developing the military requires a lot of finance, food and grass, and the Qi Tian family will probably not sit idly by and watch our military strength grow." If we have a conflict with Saida, if we lose, we will have to pay compensation for the land, and if we win the battle, the Kitada clan, the clan of Saida, will also intervene, then I am afraid that Ise will face the end of being crushed by a large army. ”

Dylan grabbed the water cup on the flat table and took a sip, and said leisurely: "Of course, we don't use strong means, we just want to form close allies with the Qi Tian family." As allies, of course, we will share military power. ”

"But will the Qi Tian family agree?" Ashiya Michiman hurriedly asked.

A mysterious glint flashed in Dylan's eyes: "Of course he would agree." No one can disobey the will of the gods, you are right. ”

············

Ise Yama Castle, the tallest building in Yama Castle, is the Ashiya family house built on a hillside.

If you look down from the hillside where Ashiya's house is located, you can see an overlook of the mountain castle.

Dylan was holding a piece of silk cloth and drawing something on it as he looked at the layout of the city. Half an hour later, a drawing of the mountain castle defense based on the foundation of Ise Yamashiro appeared on the silk cloth.

Dylan looked at the silk cloth in his hand and muttered, "There are more than 400 households in Ise, and in this era, business is not accessible, and the people can only rely on a lot of manual labor to eat····· Iseno does not have many fields, and only 3,000 quintals of grain is produced each year, and after the taxes collected by the Saida and Ashiya families, it is difficult for the residents to even eat. ”

"It is unrealistic for me to want to build an army when the people are not enough to eat. First there is the question of money and food, and then there is ····· The Qi Tian family, who collected most of the tax revenue in the city. ”

After Dylan came to his conclusion, he put away the silk cloth and walked towards the Ashiya house.

It was getting late, and most of the ordinary people in Ise Castle had already fallen asleep. In a wooden house in the city, it was full of people.

"Bet big and small, buy and leave!"

The owner (dealer) of the teller (dealer) shook the log-colored dice cup vigorously, allowing the three dice inside to make a regular impact sound, shaking it more than a dozen times in a row, and then slamming it on the table.

He majestically glanced at the gamblers in the room, and shouted again: "Bet big or bet small?"

The dice cup settled, and the surrounding gamblers took their coins out of their pockets and slapped them on the table:

"Bet big... Great"

"Bet small! I bet small... Me too."

"Big! I must be big. ”

One by one, coins with classical characteristics quickly piled up on the table. The owner scanned the room again, made sure everyone's hands were off the table, and then opened the dice cup under everyone's watchful eyes.

"Five, five, six, big!"

After seeing the number of dice, some gamblers were overjoyed, while others were dejected and cursed.

Casinos are like this, the winner kills, and the loser has no regrets.

At this time, Kenjiro looked at the money bet on the small print on the gambling table, and his face was full of cold sweat. On the gambling table is all the property of Kenjiro's family, and this time he lost it, and he has no money to eat tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or this month. There is also a 7-year-old child Ichiro at home, and a frail wife, what should they do if they don't have money.

Kenjiro muttered to himself with blank eyes: "Money... Without. It's over!Ayu, Ichiro, what should I do?

He knelt on the ground and grabbed his hair one by one, and wanted to kill himself with remorse. Holding the handle of the knife in his clothes, he suddenly thought, "I can't die yet." I'm dead, how will Ayu and Ichiro live. I can't die····· I can't die, I want money····· I want money. ”

The second one was about to start, and the owner of the cabinet put the dice cup on the table again, and shouted loudly: "Bet big and bet small!

Everyone bets again:

"Big, it must be big this time. ”

"I'm also betting on ····· All-in. ”

"I'm betting small!"

"Boom!"

A large thick black hand slapped the big one, and the gamblers looked at the owner of the hand. The owner of the cabinet shouted with a dark face, "Kenjiro, do you want to bet big or small?" Put your hand on the table, don't you want this hand?"

Kenjiro opened a pair of bloodshot eyes, gritted his teeth and said in a hissing voice: "Sixteen colors-sama, I, Kenjiro, want to bet big, and the bet is my right hand." ”

"What did you say·····?"