Tsuda Soda, who has not set foot on the land of Bei China for more than three years, has been on the thief ship of the Date family since he met Zhengheng four years ago, and he never imagined that the Date family would grow into a great hero in the world in a short period of time.

Since the twenty-first year of astronomy, the Date family unified China, with the development of the salt and copper industries, especially the Date family's successive battles and victories, resisting the enemy abroad, so that the Chinese live and work in peace and contentment, and unprecedented prosperity has appeared in Kurashiki Port.

Soda Tsuda bent down through the low hatch and walked out of the cabin, the cold wind blowing away the turbid air from the bilge around him, and the prosperity of Kurashiki Port did not make him feel moved by the more prosperous port city.

"It's cold!"

A young man dressed in purple came out of the hatch and rubbed his hands vigorously, his face red from the cold, and his ears were covered with chilblains. The young man who was supposed to hide by the fire drove hundreds of miles in the cabin for three days, and the oncoming wind whistled straight into his clothes, making him cold enough.

Tsuda Soda knew this arrogant but somewhat inferior young man who was sent by the imperial court to read the holy decree from the three senators Izukawa Qingji, although the two were in the same boat, but they didn't say a word along the way, and the eyes that looked at him were always full of inexplicable high spirits, which made him a little disdainful.

Tsuda Soda replied casually: "It's cold enough!" He wore a double-layered leather jacket with a placket underneath, and his exposed skin was oiled, but he didn't feel much cold on his body, but he stood in the bow of the boat with some distraction, and looked at the dock that was getting closer and closer.

Imadegawa Qingji glanced back at Tsuda Soda who was in the same way. He was just talking to himself. But he didn't expect to answer next to him. Seeing that Tsuda Soda, a merchant who was covered with the smell of copper, did not mean to continue the conversation, he also stood on the bow of the ship with the same old god.

"Dock!" One of the sailors shouted.

Flags were also waved on the shore to turn the ships to the berthed places, and since Date took over the Seto Inland Sea, Kurashiki Port suddenly prospered, and it also led to the berthing pressure in the port, and some places had to be squeezed out to moorth ships.

The Fukubune docked, and Tsuda Soda got off the board with the help of his deputy and stood quietly on the harbor. Suddenly, his eyes were stunned, his face showed joy, and he hurriedly walked over from the port, and a donkey cart appeared from outside the port. It was Tsuda Soda's son Sukegoro who was rushing to the car, if it weren't for the vague appearance of his youth, Tsuda Soda couldn't believe that the heroic young man in front of him would be the black, thin and thin Sukegoro back then.

Seeing Tsuda Soda appear, Sukegoro Tsuda jumped out of the donkey cart, threw the handle into the hands of one of his attendants, and ran towards Tsuda Soda, the snow splashed behind him like broken jade. In a blink of an eye, he ran closer, knelt on the snow and immediately kowtowed three times. Fang Cai said: "Father! ”

A thousand words turned into a father, and he heard Tsuda Zongda's old tears, and it would only be a few months to say goodbye, but it was like a lifetime. Looking at his son, whose look and outfit were very different, Tsuda Soda could be said to be in a complicated mood, but tears were already overflowing in his eyes.

Tsuda Sukegoro hurriedly instructed several attendants who followed: "It's windy outside, why don't you help the old man get into the car, there is a heater in the car." "The donkey cart is actually a mule-drawn cart, a cross between a horse and a donkey.

Imadegawa Qingji watched Tsuda Soda sit on the warm donkey cart, and there was a look of envy in his eyes, but not long after Tsuda Soda left, a group of more than ten people appeared in front of them, led by an old samurai.

The other party claimed that Miyahara Masashige was the general director of diplomacy of the Date family, and it was enough to foresee that the Date family valued this group of ministers who ate for nothing, and after the tense Imadegawa Qingji got on the warm donkey cart, he relaxed, and asked Miyahara Masashige, who was sitting on the opposite side, "This lord?" ”

Miyahara Masashige bowed slightly, and said: "My ancestor was once canonized as Tanba Shou, so the common name of my family is Tanba Shou, and it has been passed down for hundreds of years. "After all, Miyahara Masashige was born in a small place, and when he saw the legendary minister, he couldn't help but have some ups and downs.

Miyahara is in a rough mood, and the sunny season of Izugawa is also rough and uneasy, his envoy this time can be said to be the first time, if it weren't for his father's strength, the envoy of the imperial court this time would not be his stinky boy to bear.

Before leaving the door, his father spoke earnestly and taught him in his ear. If you want to not be bullied in the court and live a good life, you have to have the support of heroes outside, and once you become the agent of these rich and powerful heroes, you can become a pivotal figure in the court.

It is not uncommon for the public to work for the samurai, and the Suruga of the Imagawa family, the Ichijo Valley of the Asakura family, and the Yamaguchi of the Ouchi family, which was burned to the ground, are all places where the ministers gather, and they have made a paradise. In the poor and predicament of the troubled times, the ministers have long ceased to dream of power, and only being able to survive well is fundamental.

Imadegawa Sunny Season doesn't know the details of Date Mashiro, of course, he has investigated it before he came, but the false news is too absurd, so he can't get the right answer from it, the only thing he knows is that Date Masaki is only twenty years old this year.

The Imadegawa Sunny Season Department knows the details of Date Mashiro, but Date Mashiro's face has been put in front of the life of this Imadegawa Sunny Season, because Imadegawa Sunny Season is a little younger, there is nothing to dig deep into, but more than half of the content is written about the life of Imadegawa Sunny Season's father, Imadegawa Kimihiko.

When the Imadegawa family, also known as the Kikutei family, appeared in his life, Zhengheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration from the depths of his mind, knowing that this Imadegawa Qingji was the Kikutei Qingji who ran for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's relay in history, he laughed and laughed so much that all the retainers present were inexplicable.

Zhengheng smiled and said to everyone: "Let the public from Kyoto take a good look at the demeanor of our Westerners." ”

The mood in the sunny season of Imadegawa is getting worse and worse, and no one has come to greet them along the way, except for Miyahara Masashige, an old man who doesn't have a preface, and what is even more excessive is that there are more than 30 public families, but there are only five mule carts, and no one wants to blow the cold wind all the way.

When he entered Heshou City, this consternation turned into horror, he saw a group of infantry legions being drilled, if it was just a group of peasants, he didn't pay attention to it, Kyoto has repeatedly fought 10,000 people, he has also seen one or two, but in front of him, this group of infantry corps, the number of about seven or eight thousand people, all of them are wearing armor, in fact, plate armor, carrying spears on their shoulders, walking in unison, as if every step is trampled by the same person. When the conch sounded, the infantry regiment stopped.

When Zhengheng galloped past the front of the infantry corps, there was a burst of pride in his heart, and he suddenly felt why the country always liked to hold military parades in his previous life, and shouted loudly: "Welcome to the great victory, the distinguished guests are here, you really shouldn't be allowed to see such a simple exercise." ”

Izukawa Qingji has long been frightened, thinking that he really deserves to be a hero of the dominant side, just with nearly 10,000 elites in front of him, it is enough to fight with Miyoshi Changqing, and I can't help but be grateful for my father's foresight.

That night, Imadegawa accepted the hospitality of Mashiro. Since it was winter, the dishes were obviously not very rich, and of course the rice was full.

After being full of wine and food in the sunny season of Izugawa, Miyahara revisited the messy banquet hall, shook his head, and said softly: "I originally thought that the public family was elegant and noble, but I never thought that it would be a group of starving ghosts reincarnated, and I was not afraid of death." ”

Hisataka Ishikawa, who rushed to brush up on his fame, also felt a little disappointed, but it was not because of the problem of eating, but because he didn't get any fame, he just walked past Miyahara Masashige, and sneered casually: "Today's public house has long lost its usual prestige, and hunger is a common thing." ”

The people of the Date family were generally disappointed, and they thought that people from Kyoto should be elegant and noble, but they never thought that the life of the townspeople would be even more difficult than that of the townspeople, and they did not even solve the problem of eating. After the decree was announced, before leaving, Masahiro once again took out thirty pieces of silk and gave them to the imperial family, and Iwami's silver judgment was also transferred to the private pocket of the Imadegawa sunny season.

When the Date family ushered in the time when it was not lively, the chaos in Harima Country did not mean to stop because of a heavy snowfall, and more heavy snow blocked the road, which also made many people start to think about it at home, and several figures stood on the pavilion of Himeji Castle, pushed open the window, and let the snow wet their clothes, but anxiously cast their eyes to the snowy east.

A foot-walking monk suddenly appeared outside Himeji Castle, and the eyes of the important people in Himeji Castle lit up, and the head figure waved his hand: "Go, let the monk go into the city to rest, and don't let people know." A couple of young men ran downstairs with a puff of smoke.

The walking monk is indeed a monk, the ring scar on his head interprets a qiē, he first practiced an Amitabha Buddha, and said: "I think you all know the origin of the poor monk, and there is no need to hide it anymore, the poor monk is on the order of the Bizheng Shaobi Palace." ”

Although he knew that the person who came represented the Date family, it still made everyone present feel a little dignified inexplicably, and trembled, but the small temple Zhilong who was sitting in the first place quietly glanced at the retainers to see everyone's reaction, fortunately, everyone was normal.

The monk said: "The current situation in the East and West Harima Country, I think everyone is familiar with it, Miyoshi Chokei is stepping up his attack on the Bessho family, my family, is about to take Nishiharima, in order to resist the invasion of Miyoshi Chokei, and the reward given to the Kuroda family is Himeji, Gojo, and Eiga. (To be continued......)