Chapter 86
My expectation that Abe Shinding's convoy plunged into Hachikaka in Tanba. As for going to Kanto, it was probably the smoke released from the Western Kingdom.
Abe Shinde took the stator into Honmaru's Tenmogo. I told Shiga Kishi to see a friend, but there was no trace of it. In fact, after I entered Tanba, Hachimoto and Ninjun recognized me, but I was among a group of strangers. These people dared not reveal my identity first, but as Tanba's hostess Ashi still got the news of me going home in advance.
‘Mr. Husband, I’m back.’ Ashi said with tears in his eyes.
Seeing that Ashi had some clearance. I was spending money outside for half a month, Ashi and the others were worried. I felt distressed when I saw it, "Yes, I'm back. Change my clothes quickly. I went to see Abe Shinding who came in just now. I didn't get rid of it."
‘How is that possible? After all, he is the benefactor who sent his husband back. He can’t even give him a gift. I told them that his husband is in a meeting and will meet him later.’
‘Okay, then let them take a shower for a while. There is no trouble these days.’ Changing clothes and bathing, the procedures are all set.
‘How could it not be?’ When Sakurako took off her clothes, she said in the air, ‘The sky collapsed and the earth broke. Emperor Masato went to the Western Court and moved to the Maori family.’
I sighed, 'I may be the first one of the Oda family to know about this. I just got into trouble and met the emperor to give gifts, and caught up with this wave. I would tell me who was the inner thief. I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't do it without the inner thief.'
Tamako said hatefully, "Who else can Isino Tomokazumaki and some of the remnants of the Asai family, His Highness Nobunaga spared their lives. They didn't know how to do it, but they colluded with the Mori family to get rid of the entire court. The two days after the court moved, the Maori family's naval army suddenly landed in Echizen, and caused quite a lot of trouble in Echizen. As a result, when His Highness Nobunaga sent people to order troops to Echizen, the Mori family retreated again."
I thought to myself, that was because the court wanted to leave, otherwise the Maori family would still be able to hijack the Emperor.
‘Is there any movement in the Honanji family?’
Tamako thought for a while and said, ‘How to say it. The territory of the Oda family has recently been active by Yixiangsong, but the thunder and rain are very loud, so the local troops stationed in the area wiped out all these Yixiangsong. Tanba also had a group of Yixiangsong mobs who wanted to attack Kameyama Castle, but more than 3,000 mobs were dealt with by His Highness Yanagi Sonyan in a few seconds, and they failed to cause any storm.’
'This is because we were prepared for a long time. Of course, it was also the chaos deliberately created by the Honman family in cooperation with the conspiracy of the Mori family. In fact, as long as I was given enough time, it would not be a problem for those monks to recruit tens of thousands of mobs in Kinki.' I walked into the bathtub and said to Tamako who was about to scrub me inside.
‘What my husband said is.’
‘Comfortable.’ I moaned and slowly closed my eyes in the bathtub, ‘I’m not at home recently, nothing happened at home, right?’
Ashiki, "Nothing big is going on. After Lord Husband disappeared this time, Naiko immediately blocked the news and pretended to be a Shadow Warrior. Except for a few close ministers and Hachimoto, no one outsiders knew about Lord Husband's disappearance. However, His Highness Ishikawa Goemon has personally brought the ninja army to the West Kingdom to find Lord Husband, and now he should be allowed to come back."
‘Miaozi, Shadow Warrior. The little girl still has a chance. As the city, how about I know how to increase Miaozi?’ Although Miaozi is my servant, she only receives a salary from a flag book. Speaking of which, if someone does two jobs, he should have paid double wages for me day and night.
Ashi said resentfully, "Why are you confused by Husband? Miaozi is the husband's woman. Even if it is broken to pieces for Husband, it's not a big deal. What is the use of a woman for the land? If Husband wants to give me rewards, it's better to love Miaozi more and let Miaozi have a child, so that she won't be lonely even when she is old."
‘That’s right, but in order to become a Shinnin, Miaozi has carried out a lot of hard training and used a lot of medicines. It is more difficult for her to want children than you. She gave the Yagyu family two thousand stones of land. This time, the Tanba Kingdom did not suffer any losses under the impact of the Yixianzong, thanks to the Yagyu family.’
‘Okay. After all, Miaozi is from the Yagyu family, so Miaozi will be happy.’ Ashi said, ‘I’ll ask Miaozi to come and thank you. My husband, Hatsune has done a lot this time. Shouldn’t he also give Lord Mori Kecheng a generous gift?’
‘Hain.’ I immediately remembered the little beauty who likes to be shy but has a very penetrating voice. ‘Hain also became my shadow warrior?’
‘Did the samurai arrive? But Hachikami, and even Tamba, don’t know the news that the adults are missing. Hachikami is also very hard-working. Even the people in the town can hear her penetrating moans every night. Who would have thought that the adults are not in Hachikami?’
I couldn't help but laugh, "That's it, Lord Mori's gift is just for the New Year. It's the first year of wedding, so no one can talk about it."
After simply handling the housework in the bathtub, I met Abe Shinding in the small living room of Honmaru. After I opened the door and came in, this old man knelt on the tatami with the stator. Through the kimono of the stator, even the well-developed Yufeng could be vaguely seen at the right angle. "Ahem, Abe Shinding, is there anything wrong?"
Abe Shanding did not look up and replied, 'Yes, the merchant Abe Shanding met His Highness Cainu Zheng.'
‘Businessman, do you want to do business with me?’
‘Yes, not.” Abe Shinding explained, ‘First of all, on behalf of the Ukita family, I am very grateful to His Highness Cainu Zheng for his support to the Ukita family over the years.’
‘It’s nothing. I didn’t have any kind intentions to support Yizicheng back then. I just wanted the names of Western countries to attack each other.’
Abe Shinding knelt on the tatami and continued, 'Although this is the case, if the iron cannons and food supported by His Highness Cainu Zheng were supported by the enemy of the Ukita family, the Ukita family would be doomed. Moreover, at that time, the city lord Ukita Nao family had to take his retainers four or five times a month to save food and prepare military rations for the troops. The weapons and food supported by His Highness Cainu Zhengnu Zheng were considered a great help.'
‘That’s how, isn’t the Ukita family short of food again? To be honest, I really have a lot of food here.’
'Your Highness Cainu was joking. Now the Ukita family has expelled the sect leader Urashao family, occupying two-thirds of the country's territory, and it is also a daimyo with nearly 200,000 shi of territory. There is still no shortage of military rations. However, the fifty iron cannons given by Younai that year were almost damaged due to years of war. This time, Abe Shinding came here for this matter. My granddaughter Tachiko, who is gentle and virtuous, well-educated and well-mannered, has been a famous beauty in Kansai since childhood. The Ukita family wants to marry Your Highness Cainu to get support from the iron cannon and gunpowder.'
When Abe Shinde said this, Stator looked up and peeked at me, but looked shocked. The man who picked her last night actually sat upright in front of her.
It turned out that he was a granddaughter, not a granddaughter. I gave a wink to the stator, and the stator immediately lowered his head to pretend to be a lady. I turned my body slightly, so even if Abe Shinde looked up, I couldn't see my true face clearly. 'I think this is okay, but there are two things. First, I am still a member of the Oda family now, and the Maori family has blatantly done the right thing with the Oda family. If the Ukita family joins the Maori family in the future, I will be very troubled. Lord Abe Shinde understands this.'
‘I understand that the Ukita family is to build military weapons this time to deal with the allies of the Mori family, Mimura and Yamaki. His Highness, the Ukita family, is ready to send his son to the hostage. As long as His Highness Cainu Masao says, the Ukita family is a subordinate of the Oda family.’
‘Second, the Nizi family has formed an alliance with the Kudo family. After the Ukita family and the Kudo family marry, they are not allowed to attack the Nizi family.’
‘This is no problem. In the long run, the Maori family is the biggest enemy of the Ukita family. And the Niko family, as the old enemy of the Maori family, is naturally an ally of the Ukita family.’
‘Then I won’t have much trouble. I don’t know if there are 300 iron cannons and 500 pounds of gunpowder as a betrothal gift for Miss Stator.’
‘I am really grateful.’ Abe Shindae knew that the Kudo family’s in-laws only received the betrothal gift of 200 iron cannons for the first time, 300 iron cannons and 500 kilograms of gunpowder, which was equivalent to the market price of more than 20,000 jin.
Chapter completed!