On April 12, 1554, when the cherry blossoms of Tsurushou Castle began to bloom, a ship from the Saki Province entered Kurashiki Port.

Due to the hostile relationship between the Date family and the Mishima Murakami naval forces, there were very few ships entering Kurashiki Port from the direction of Kyushu, and most of the boats anchored at Kurashiki Port were fishing boats, but there were soldiers who were in charge of monitoring the docks.

Since the Murakami naval army landed in Kurashiki with Kobayakawa Takakei last year, there have been twice as many soldiers monitoring the docks, and there is also a medium-sized water village near the Kurashiki salt works four or five miles from Kurashiki Port, with a standing army of two or three hundred people.

The empty wharf proved that the once-thriving shipping economy of Kurashiki Port had been dealt a heavy blow, and Shimokasai's emissary, Uematsu Shimasa, was the first to step off the ship, glancing at the pale sky and seeing the soldiers of the Date family standing guard on the sentry in the distance.

Uematsu shrank slightly, although the Kurashiki Port was empty, but judging from the military appearance of the soldiers standing guard, there was obviously no slackness, and he still looked around with his eyes on the six roads, and he sighed slightly and said: "Take a peek and know the whole leopard." ”

Behind him, a young samurai, Aono Shigeyuki, the righteous brother of Saisan's guardian Daikagawa Motokei, saw the empty Kurashiki Port, sneered, and said with a sarcastic face: "It seems that the Date family is also in vain? They were followed by seven or eight other vassals.

Uematsu Zimasa frowned, he didn't expect Kagawa Motokyo to send such a frivolous young man as an envoy, but he didn't refute it. Although both of them are distorted Chinese. Stand in the same camp when dealing with the three good brothers. However, the two families also have a conflict of interest, but they are happy to see Aono regain his position.

A group of samurai in kimonos stepped down from the merchant ship flying the flag of the Salt Saturation Army and looked around, immediately attracting the attention of the soldiers. Twelve soldiers armed with swords pulled out the swords hanging from their waists, and a samurai-looking man with a shaved head came up and said, "Get off the ship and go this way!" ”

Seeing that the ordinary soldiers were all wearing bright foot gear and holding swords, Uematsu Zizheng shrank his eyes again, and couldn't help but say: "I am Uematsu Zizheng, the envoy of the Xiangxi family. This is Shigeki Aono, the guardian of the Kagawa family in Saisan, and wants to see the head of your family, Lord Date Masatada. ”

The samurai's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and he said, "Please come with me!" The soldiers on the dock did not follow, but they did not immediately lift their alerts, but kept an eye on Shimasa Uematsu and Shigeki Aono, as well as their subordinates.

The samurai took Shimasa Uematsu and Shigeki Aono to a house with high walls, and a sign was hung at the door, and when they arrived, the samurai muttered a few words to the doorman and left alone, and the doorman led everyone into the house after a while.

They were entertained by a young man dressed in a kimono. The young man introduced himself, "In Shimoshigedo Nobuaki, it is the security department of the Kurashiki Port Commissioner's Office. Please stay in the local area for a day and then go to Heshou Castle early tomorrow morning. ”

As soon as Aono Shigeki wanted to attack, he was pulled by Uematsu Zimasa's sleeve, and Uematsu Zimasa took the lead in saying, "Thank you!" With that, Shigedo Nobuaki ordered someone to lead Uematsu Shimasa, Aono Shigeki and others to a nearby longhouse to rest and eat.

Seeing that there was no one around, Uematsu said, "It seems that the other party wants to inform Lord Date Masatda before deciding whether to meet you and me?" This is also true. Ignoring Aono Shigeki, he sent his subordinates to the neighborhood to inquire about the situation.

Shigeki Aono sat on the sidelines sulking.

Later, the subordinates who had been sent out to inquire about the situation returned, and told Uematsu Zimasa about what he had heard, and when he heard it, Uematsu Zimasa frowned and said to himself: "Sword hunting order, I didn't expect the Date family to think of confiscating the weapons in the hands of the peasants. ”

Aono Shigeki seemed to have heard something ridiculous, laughed out loud, and sneered: "The Date family is afraid of happening all the time, swinging a knife to castrate, cutting off his heel, once he encounters a foreign invasion, what do I think he will do to resist?" ”

The sword hunting order would not be enforced until twenty years later by Shibata Katsuie in Echizen Province, and now it is a novelty, and Aono Shigeki thinks that confiscating the peasants' weapons is like wielding a sword from the palace.

Uematsu Shimasa glanced at Aono Shigeki, but he didn't defend himself, in fact, he didn't know what specific measures were after the sword hunting order, but he vaguely felt that there was a heavy dà measure after the sword hunting order, and this kind of action would make the Date family even stronger.

Masahiro received a report from Shigeto Nobuaki that on the evening of the 12th, the gallop from Tsurushou Castle to Kurashiki Port had been completed, and he could go back and forth in an hour if he hurried up, and he could reach it in one day if he walked slowly. He read the report conveyed by Shigedo Nobuaki, and Masahiro received Shigedo Nobuaki's report on the evening of the 12th, and the gallop from Tsurushou Castle to Kurashiki Port had been completed, and he could go back and forth in an hour if he hurried, and he could reach it in one day if he walked slowly. He looked at the report conveyed by Shigeto Nobuaki, and his face showed a slightly happy expression, and he muttered in a low voice, "It's finally here!" ”

Masahiro ordered Miyahara Masashige, Ishikawa Hisataka, and Hosokawa Tsumasa to be responsible for receiving Shimasa Uematsu and Shigemi Aono. Miyahara Masashige's granddaughter Satomi, Ishikawa Hisataka's daughter Tomohime, and Hosokawa Tsumasa's sister Nana are all Masahiro's side room wives.

Since Zhengheng returned to Heshou City, there has been an increase in the harem, the sister of Mrs. Miyoshi, Miyoshi Asahi Hime, who is also happy, and he is sitting behind the desk at this moment enjoying the tenderness of Mrs. Tsuchihashi.

There was a slight expression of pleasure on his face, under the desk, between his crotch, a soft and tender feeling came, Mrs. Tsuchihashi's lips were very tender, gently sliding up and down along the trend, and the ruddy tongue was turning rapidly, bringing Zhengheng a burst of stimulation that he had never had before.

Zhengheng looked down at Mrs. Tsuchihashi in enjoyment, and she looked back at Zhengheng half-raised and half-bent eyes, her black and white eyes showed a slight smile, which seemed to have a wisp of charm and tenderness.

Mrs. Tsuchihashi knew that she was not as beautiful as those young and beautiful women, and Masahiro had not been to her for several months, so she had to find another way to regain Masahiro's favor, and Masahiro obviously enjoyed the new excitement that Mrs. Tsuchihashi brought him.

The new stimulation obviously could not satisfy Zhengheng, he actually waved his hand to the side of the recital on the desk in the study, put Mrs. Tsuchihashi on the desk, and pressed his body against her, and after a long time, a long time, the night quickly darkened.

Zheng Heng squinted his eyes slightly with satisfaction, feeling quietly, feeling the moment of pleasure brought by the body. Masahiro leaned back in his chair, Mrs. Tsuchihashi had already left, he sat quietly, thinking about the future direction of the Date family, thinking about how to survive when he was in Karamatsu, and when he was preparing for China, he didn't have time to think about anything when he encountered the provocation of Mori Motoyo and Niko Harumu, and now, sitting in Kibi Shikoku, he has a kind of confusion and unpredictability about the future.

When he is confused, only satisfying his body's desires can make him forget for a while.

The expansion of the Date family can be described as rapid, from the ruins of a burned Koro Castle in the countryside of Karamatsu, in a few years it has become a huge force with Kibi Shikoku and expanding its power to Aki, Harima, and other places, from more than a dozen people under his command to more than 30,000 troops at present.

Outsiders are praising the strength of the Date family and the greatness of Date Masahiro, and when Masahiro is alone, he often asks himself, is he really as praised by others?! No, in his previous life, he was just an otaku that no one paid attention to, and now all his achievements often have an element of coincidence and luck, and luck that cannot be replicated at a different time or place. Could it be that luck would always be with him? He couldn't imagine what he would be left with once luck left him.

He looked at the map on the wall with various forces, took a light breath, and said to himself, "It's difficult! He took out a copy from the bookcase behind him, and the cover read "Sanzhou Collection", opened the home page, and it read: Sanzhou, belonging to Nanhai Province, faces Sanbei across the sea in the north, Azhou in the south, and Yuzhou in the west, divided into 11 counties, with a population of more than 100,000, the vast plain of Sanqi, developed agriculture, and is located in the Seto Inland Sea.

Opening the title page, Masahiro drew a map of the four dissimilarities on the white paper with charcoal while looking at it, with a wavy one on the north side representing the ocean, a mountain-shaped one on the south side representing the Saki Mountains, the Kankawa clan written on the east near the Awa country, the Yasutomi clan on top of the Kankawa clan, the Tokawa Ichikuen on the left side of the Yasutomi clan, the Kagawa Motokei written on the west near Iyo Province, the Kasai Motonari written on the Seto Inland Sea, and the Nara, Nagao, Ohira, and Hatami written on the middle part.

The name of the country is the traditional sphere of influence of the Hosokawa clan, and it collects a certain amount of money on an annual basis, but in fact, it has always been ruled by various wealthy families. After the Tokawa clan, the Awa Miyoshi clan suppressed the Kankawa clan and the Yasutomi clan in response, forcing the latter to surrender completely.

Ten rivers and Ichiku, who replaced Tozan's guardian Daiyasutomi clan, obviously won't let go of Kagawa Motokei, the guardian of Nishisan, and Kagawa Motokei is the one who can be used by the Date clan. Xiangxi Yuancheng is the head of the family of the Shimokashi clan, and the main city of the Shimokashi clan's Juchengzhou was attacked and attacked by Anzhai Dongkang, and Xiangxi Motocheng is the one who can form an alliance. Nara, Nagao, Ohira, and Haga, these forces can be allies, that is, those who may rebel against each other and take refuge in us.

Zheng Heng looked at the map, then folded it into thin strips, placing the front end of the paper on top of the candle flame. Zheng Heng looked at the paper glowing a red light that was more vivid than the candle flame, and pondered how to deal with the strategy of the four brothers of Miyoshi Changqing. Soon the flames burned his fingers, and he hurried to extinguish them. (To be continued......)