Medium in stature, flexible eyes, a small goatee on his chin, and a small two-pinch mustache on his upper lip, Sato's Horitachi Nao was the richest merchant in the whole of An Yi Province, he settled in the Sato area a long time ago, and opened many branches in various parts of An Yi, specializing in local mountain goods wasabi, hemp, honey, salt, and cattle to be shipped to other countries in Setouchi, and then traded many livelihood goods through Guò Seto Inland Sea. His clientele, most of them local civilians, has a small business.

Due to the prosperity of business, the modest and reserved Horitachi Naomasa is highly regarded. He already had more than a dozen small merchant ships and more than 200 clerks who could help him quickly transport goods from one trading town to another. He had a wide range of contacts in various families, and was the royal merchant of the Mori clan in Aki Province, with whom Mori Motomo had a very good personal relationship with him during his lifetime, and played a huge role in forcing Yoshikawa Kokei to let Yoshikawa Motoharu live in the Yoshikawa family and killing the Inoue Motokane clan.

No one would have doubted that this loyal merchant had already secretly suspected that he accepted the employment of the Date family, and then investigated information through Guò Satoya's branches in Aki, Nagato, and Shubo, and even personally visited the Mori family's dignitaries to listen to it, and then collected it into a book, and passed it to the Date family through Guò Takayama Castle. The merchant was very profitable, and he couldn't be blamed entirely for this, but he rarely did such risky things now, especially when the atmosphere was suddenly tense now.

When Nomi Munekatsu appeared in front of the chief housekeeper of Horitachi Naomasa's luxurious residence, the servant of Satoya's wealthy merchant Horitachi Namasa looked a little embarrassed. He obviously didn't know who the rude man in front of him was, and judging from the way he was dressed, he thought he was a wandering samurai who wanted to extort money and food, since Maori Moto's death. It turned out that the samurai who belonged to the Maori family often came to disturb his master. He stopped Naomi Sokatsu's direct intrusion. "My master is busy right now. Can't disturb him. "More than a dozen hired heart sticks appeared around Nami Zongsheng, showing a surrounding state, once they found something abnormal, they looked like they had a lesson.

Naomi Zongsheng frowned, he was entrusted with the important task of Maori Longjing, and reminded in a low voice: "We have an appointment!" ”

The butler raised his voice and said, "I'm sorry. ”。” These wandering samurai would use this shoddy method to meet their good masters, and then use blackmail methods to rob them of money. The unmarked man in front of him had been introduced by him to the ranks of the wandering samurai.

Reluctantly, Naomi took out a tea bowl from his bosom and handed it to the butler, saying, "Please inform him that I am coming, please tell him, I want to introduce him to a special tea bowl, a unique work from an acquaintance of his." ”

The butler hesitated for a moment, but knowing that Horitachi Namasa had a penchant for collecting all kinds of tea utensils, he still risked disturbing his master to inform him. A few minutes later, as the butler came out, Nami saw a young woman with heavy makeup, loose hair, and half of her bare chest coming out of it.

Undoubtedly, it's the neighborhood wandering girl.

The butler said, "My master is waiting for you." ”。 Then he made a gesture of please, and his expression was a little more restrained. He didn't expect that his master would give up playing with the wandering girl for the sake of the down-and-out wandering warrior in front of him, and he also got angry.

Naomi Shotsu walked through a living room full of tea sets, and in the middle of the garden, under the cherry blossom trees, there was a small pond.

Horitachi Naomasaro sat on a chair with a tired face to enjoy the coolness, he saw the arrival of Naomi Munekatsu, but he didn't mean to get up to greet him, and smiled slightly: "A cute little girl, but very tired...... Drink some sake, this is sake that has just been shipped from Kitakyushu, Nami-kun? ”

Nami Zongsheng was slightly angry, but it was not easy to attack, drank a glass of wine, and said, "Okay, it's really good." ”

Horitachi didn't seem to see the change of color of Naomi Sokatsu, and said to himself: "There are many noble ladies in An Yiguo who want to marry me, but unfortunately this crazy idea does not attract me, and when I become the biggest wealthy businessman in the world, it is the time to find a suitable wife for myself, at present, I only like to enjoy all kinds of different pleasures, what about you, Naimei-kun, do you agree with my lifestyle?" ”

Nami Zongsheng handed over the tea bowl in his hand and said, "Do you remember this tea bowl?" ”

Horitachi Naoma was stroking the tea bowl handed over by Nami Munakatsu, looking a little nostalgic, and then made a movement that he didn't expect, "Goodong", the sound of the tea bowl falling into the water, and said to Naomi Munekatsu, who was a little caught off guard: "Do you know the origin of this tea bowl?" In that year, the first gentleman broke through Zuodong Yinshan City, and when he passed by my house near Zuodong, he felt thirsty and came in to ask for tea. I served a big bowl of herbal tea for the first time, a medium bowl of warm tea for the second time, and a small bowl of piping hot tea for the third time. ”

Naomi Munakatsu looked a little impatient, and Horitachi Naomasa fell into deep thought, and said to himself: "Xianjun must have been very thirsty when he went out sweating profusely, so I used the first bowl of tea to quench his thirst; After drinking a large bowl of herbal tea, he was no longer too thirsty, so the second bowl of tea should be a little more tea-tasting, so I chose a slightly smaller bowl to brew a small amount of tea, and turned the temperature up moderately; When I drank the third cup of tea, there was no intention of quenching my thirst, purely for the sake of tea, so I used a smaller bowl to brew hotter tea. Before leaving, Xianjun took the last tea bowl away, saying that it was a testimony that the two of us knew each other, and since Xianjun was gone, why should it remain in the world. ”

Naomi Sokatsu didn't expect that the origin of the tea bowl would be like this, he listened to Horitachi's memories, his face was also sad, grief is sad, the matter still has to be completed, he restrained his temper a little, and asked, "The lord wants to know if your promise is still valid?" ”

Horitachi nodded and said, "Since you brought a tea bowl, then say, what do you want me to do?" ”

Nami Sokatsu asked: "The lord is very worried about the movements of the Date family in recent months, and the Kibi Shiro has been frequently transferred, I wonder if there is accurate news from Satoya?" He obviously hasn't said what he wants to do, and he's just as worried about the fighting.

Horitachi Naomai glanced at Nomi Munekatsu without moving, and then said: "I really don't know what happened, but I know that they have been buying grain for the past few months, but due to the blockade of the Seto Inland Sea, I don't know exactly how much." It's just that the situation in Aki is worrying, especially because of the riots in the island Murakami, what do you say? ”

Naomi Munekatsu heard no more reliable news, and he also knew that the relationship between the Mishima Murakami and the Date family in the Seto Inland Sea was not good, which made the East and West Seto Inland Sea hostile to each other, and the news was very inaccurate, so he proposed his intention and said, "I want to borrow a boat!" ”

Horitachi Naomasa glanced up at Naomi Munekatsu and asked, "Borrow a boat?" ”

Naomi Munekatsu nodded, didn't speak, just waited for Horitachi Naomasa to answer. Horitachi pondered for a long time and said, "Understood. As he spoke, he looked at the pond water, as if he was caught in a memory, and Naomi Zongsheng saw that the mission had been accomplished, and he didn't want to leave any more nonsense, so he withdrew.

The first-class housekeeper reported that Nami Sokatsu had already left, and Horitachi Nao's eyes were shining, and he muttered: "If people don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed?!" He raised his head to the housekeeper and said, "Go and find the wandering girl of the Huafang Temple, tell the presiding officer of the Huafang Temple, and say that the money will be paid when the money is finished." ”

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Numata Plant, Takayama Castle, Horse Farm. The acting manager of Numata Estate, Heihachi Miyazawa, who is now in the prime of twenty-seven or eighteen years old, opened his eyes before dawn and was energetically wielding a two-room-long spear in the racecourse

At the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, the golden age of life, young people at this age are full of vitality, full confidence in themselves, and have unparalleled energy and courage. Full of confidence in the future, with the ambition to make a difference.

The large body of the gun, about three and a half meters long, such a length of the gun, in the hands of Miyazawa Heipachi Tak danced like a dragon and snake, the sound of the gun whistle, it can simply be integrated with the owner of the gun. After dancing a set, Miyazawa Heihachi just had fine beads of sweat oozing from the tip of his nose, and he didn't gasp when he spoke.

After some dancing, Miyazawa Heihachi handed the three spears in his hand to the hands of two attendants with reverent eyes, and the two young surnames on the side of the racecourse hurriedly came up with handkerchiefs to help Miyazawa Heihachi wipe his sweat. Miyazawa Heihachi ignored the small surname, and smiled at the general Iwane Kanbei who was waiting next to the racecourse: "Look at your eyes are red and swollen, you didn't sleep well last night, pay attention to your body, young people don't have no moderation." ”

Iwagen Kanbei heard Miyazawa Heihachi's laughter and scolding, and laughed embarrassedly, he had just married his childhood sweetheart's cousin, and he was young and vigorous, so it was inevitable to stay up late, but he did not forget his duties, and hurriedly changed the topic: "My lord, yesterday Tozaki Castle increased its troops, and a lot of food and gunpowder were transferred into Tozaki Castle, it seems that Maori Takakei is about to launch an attack again, but he has learned wisely, and compresses our defense system in a step-by-step way." ”

Miyazawa Heihachi sneered, twisted a handful of his beard, and sneered: "He didn't dare to fight with us in the field, and he had to send troops, so he relied on the fortified castle to confront us and wait for Ouchi Yoshicho to arrive." Robbing a woman with Yoshicho Ouchi, isn't it looking for death? "The rumor of Yoshicho Ouchi and Mori Takakei snatching each other's Ozaki Bureau has already spread throughout Aki Province, and after fermentation, it seems to have become a topic of conversation after dinner. Heihachi Miyazawa did not forget to ridicule Mori Takakei's incompetence. (To be continued......)