In the mountain shrine, Shiraimon quietly listened to Tokugawa Iehiko's account of the recent situation, and although Tokugawa Iehiko spoke very slowly, Hakumon never interrupted his narration.

It wasn't until Tokugawa Iehiko told Bai Meng all the information that the Tokugawa family had that Bai Meng frowned slightly and muttered: "You mean, the Takeda family did not set up roadblocks to stop the influx of refugees? Instead, they sent some officials to guide the refugees? Distribute the refugees and guide them into various parts of Chiba?"

Tokugawa Iehiko hurriedly nodded and replied, "Yes, the people I sent to lurk among the refugees have always been lurking among the refugees, and these are their personal experiences. ”

"Hmm, it's really a little strange, the Takeda family didn't set up a roadblock, but instead let a large number of refugees pour in, and even sent people to guide them? Could it be that the Takeda family has stored so many supplies in Chiba that they can't be used up?"

Apparently Bai Meng was a little surprised by the sudden change, according to his original plan, the Takeda family would also start to set up roadblocks to stop the influx of a large number of refugees, and also wanted to select some available talents from the refugees, so that some samurai of the Tokugawa family could mix in and enter the Takeda family's army.

However, now the Takeda family has not set up a roadblock, not only allowing a large number of refugees to pour in, but also specially dividing places to guide them and distribute some supplies to those refugees.

The Takeda family's doing so directly led more refugees to begin to flock to Chiba, and the refugees who originally wanted to enter Edo for refuge would naturally choose to go to Chiba under the obstruction of Edo Luka, that is, those who were mixed in the middle of the refugees, and some low-level samurai would also choose to go to Chiba for their families.

Invisibly, the strength of the Chiba Takeda family will be improved, as long as the Takeda family can survive the current chaos and successfully channel the refugees, the Takeda family will be able to get many times more in return than they have paid.

It's just that Bai Meng is puzzled, where can the Takeda family get so many supplies? It's a big burden, and it may even drag down the originally powerful martial arts of one side.

Tokugawa Isahiko lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "Chiba is not rich, even if Chiba is close to the sea and has some seafood as food, it is impossible to have a lot more materials than my Tokugawa family to use." ”

Hearing this, Bai Meng groaned and said, "In this way, I'm afraid that the materials owned by the Takeda family themselves are not enough to support them to accept all the refugees, so they will definitely think of other ways?"

Suddenly, Bai Meng thought of a possibility: "Could it be that they want to borrow materials from the surrounding daimyo forces, and use the borrowed materials to appease those refugees?"

"Seconded from the surrounding daimyo forces?" Tokugawa Ihiko was taken aback when he heard this, but instead he vetoed Hakumon's speculation. "My lord, I'm afraid this is unlikely, right? Although it is rumored that Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamome and the Takeda family are allies, but now that those two families are fighting in all directions, I'm afraid they don't have the spare strength to provide supplies, right?"

"Moreover, even if they had the spare strength to provide supplies, now that they were all lords of the dominant side, how could they casually obey the orders of the Takeda family? ”

Although Tokugawa Iehiko insisted that it was impossible, Shirameng did not think so, as a descendant of the Hearts family. Experienced the great battle and battle in the Sanctuary.

Bai Meng still knows a little about Lucius, knows that Lucius often does things that others can't do, and he believes that Lucius definitely has an extraordinary personal charm, those Fusang daimyo who seem to have a strong army. In the eyes of Lucius, it was actually nothing.

Thinking of this, Bai Meng stared at Tokugawa Ihiko and said, "There are no absolutes in everything, and you had better send some people to pay close attention to the movements of the Oda family and the Soga family recently." ”

Tokugawa Iehiko was visibly unhappy. I can't help muttering, "Is it so necessary? I don't believe that Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamome are now the lords of the same place, and they will obey the orders of His Highness from the West?"

Muttering a few words, Tokugawa Iehiko suddenly felt a chill. When he raised his head to look at Bai Meng, he happened to see Bai Meng's cold eyes, Tokugawa Ihiko was suddenly startled, and then quickly changed his words: "My lord, please rest assured, I, I will go back and make arrangements, and I will definitely investigate the matter clearly." ”

Bai Meng's eyes gradually softened, and he smiled and said: "Tokugawa family governor, you'd better do what I say, if something goes wrong in the end, it's your Tokugawa family who will suffer." ”

Tokugawa Ihiko thought about it carefully when he heard this, and immediately understood the meaning of Bai Meng's words, and hurriedly admitted: "Yes, yes, what the adults taught is that it was Ihiko who was careless, and Ihiko will go back and arrange for someone to guard the Chiba border, and I will report to you as soon as I find any situation." ”

Seeing that Tokugawa Iehiko's attitude had become extremely humble, Bai Meng nodded and said, "Well, it's good that you can figure it out, I hope you don't let me down." ”

Tokugawa Ihiko didn't dare to stay any longer, so he got up and said goodbye, and when Tokugawa Ihiko walked out of the door of the main house of the shrine, Bai Meng spoke again: "Tokugawa Ihiko, if you really find out that Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamome are transporting grain to Chiba, you should be decisive, and immediately send someone to do it first, don't wait for me to report back before you do it." ”

Tokugawa Isahiko was stunned when he heard this, and looked back at Bai Meng with some puzzlement, and Bai Meng then explained: "If you come to report to me, I'm afraid it will be difficult to rob the grain again." ”

Listening to Bai Meng's words, Tokugawa Ihiko suddenly suddenly agreed, and quickly agreed to turn around and leave, and now after Bai Meng's enlightenment, Tokugawa Ihiko also realized the urgency of the matter.

Bai Meng, who was sitting alone in the room, recalled some of the information that Tokugawa Iehiko had said before, and became more and more sure that Lucius would ask Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamo to transport grain and grass to rescue the refugees, and vaguely felt that things seemed to have become a little beyond his original calculations, and after thinking for a while, Bai Meng finally got up.

For Bai Meng, he has no available sources of troops in his hands now, and he has not brought those demon gods of the Red Heart Royal Clan, and those samurai under the command of Tokugawa Iehiko are obviously impossible to be the opponents of Lucius's group of mechanical warriors, and it is almost impossible to steal food from Lucius.

And at the moment, I am afraid that the only person who can fight against Lecius is the mysterious Oriental Mechanic, so Bai Meng decided to go to Pei Yan, tell Pei Yan about the matter, and let Pei Yan pass the word to the Mechanic.

Quietly walked out of the back door of the shrine, looking at the thorny hillside, Bai Meng did not stop, and walked quickly through the hillside, directly over the hill where the shrine is located, and walked towards the other side of the mountain.

On the other side of the hill where the shrine is located, there is a more prosperous city at the foot of the mountain, different from the desertion in the mountain, the city seems to be unusually lively, giving people a feeling of being separated from the world, when he first stepped into the city, Bai Meng was even a little unaccustomed, but with the stroll in the city, Bai Meng gradually got used to it.

Coming to a small wine shop with Fuso characteristics, Bai Meng stopped and walked into the wine shop, glanced at the layout of the small wine shop, and the few people drinking in the wine shop.

Bai Meng didn't stop long, and walked straight to the second floor of the wine store, climbed to the second floor, and entered a separate cabin in the middle of the second floor.

As soon as he stepped into the room, a pervasive aroma of wine came to his face, and then he heard Pei Yan's voice sound: "Bai Meng, I didn't expect you, a guy who sits and watches all year round, to come to my wine shop?"

Bai Meng glanced at the room filled with the smell of wine, and saw that in addition to Pei Yan and his scholar, there was also a guy wearing a fat black cloak in the room.

Just as he was about to step into the house, he suddenly saw a wooden arm stretched out from the black cloak, and every finger on the wooden arm was made extremely straight, and the most incredible thing was that the wooden arm moved without even a little hindrance, as if it was an intact arm.

Stunned for a moment, Bai Meng suddenly understood in his mind that the person sitting and drinking in a black cloak in front of him was probably the so-called Oriental Mechanic.

Sure enough, seeing Bai Meng standing at the door in a daze, Pei Yan immediately smiled and introduced: "Hehe, Bai Meng, you are lucky today, this is the mechanic I mentioned to you, Master Mo." ”

Saying that, Pei Yanbian had already stood up, pointed at Pei Yan and said to Master Mo under the black cloak: "Master Mo, this is my deputy general this time, Bai Meng, who is now a popular person in front of the Holy Emperor. ”

Master Mo tasted the wine in the cup by himself, and did not look back at Bai Meng, but after tasting the wine in the cup, he said with a smile: "Hehe, I know, that little guy from the Western Regions, it seems that the Holy Emperor trusts you very much now, but Pei Yan, I heard that the two saints are not in harmony now, I don't know what the two of you are?"

Listening to the other party's words, Bai Meng was suddenly shocked in his heart, and then he understood that the status of the organ master in Middle-earth seemed to be extraordinary, you must know that this kind of nonsense about the discord between the two saints of the empire would probably not dare to say it at all if it were replaced by others, but in front of him, Master Mo actually said it so calmly.

Pei Yan first came to his senses, and poured a glass of wine into Master Mo with a smiling face: "Hehe, Master, you are joking, in fact, the contradictions between the two saints are all trivial matters, and now that the country and the people are peaceful in the world, how can there be discord between the two saints? ”

After another sip of wine, Master Mo put down his glass and finally turned to look at Bai Meng.

Under the black cloak, Bai Meng saw a slightly pale face, but it didn't seem that the other party's age was too old, if he hadn't heard the other party's voice, just looking at the other party's face, Bai Meng would even think that the other party was still a child, and deliberately pretended to be deep to deceive himself.

While Bai Meng looked at the other party, Master Mo was actually looking at him, and Master Mo first said with a smile: "Hehe, he is a good young man, and he can get the favor of the Holy Emperor through difficulties, but it's a pity that you are a little too calculating, and many things may not be satisfactory after all." (To be continued......)