In the recent winter, there had just been a snowfall in Okayama Castle, and the snow was not heavy, and it melted into water when it landed. The weather has always been unpredictable in these two years, with winter coming early and spring arriving very late, which means that winter days are getting longer and longer.

Zheng Heng lifted the thick cotton curtain and paced out of the warm room. Tsuda Zong was waiting outside with a big woolen coat early on, and when he saw Zhengheng coming out, he hurriedly came over to put it on for his master. A waiter placed the cotton shoe in front of Zheng Heng.

Zhengheng felt still hot when he put on the cotton shoes, and deliberately glanced at the waiter and said, "What's your name?" ”

The little attendant prostrate on the ground, not daring to raise his head, trembling and said, "Little Xiaozhu." ”

Hattori Masari replied in a low voice, "My lord, he is the nephew of Ise Wakasa-sama. ”

Zheng Heng smiled and said, "Good job, I will be responsible for carrying shoes in the future." He suddenly remembered that Toyotomi Hideyoshi in history seemed to be a little boy who carried shoes for Oda Nobunaga at the beginning, and then slowly stepped on the peak.

The waiter immediately kowtowed and said, "Yes, thank you, thank you, thank you." ”

Zheng Heng rubbed his hands, looked at the sky, gloomy, and muttered in a low voice: "It's cold enough, this is the beginning of the Xiaoice River period!" As he spoke, he put on his furry clothes, and his exposed skin was smeared with animal oil, but it was not frozen.

Zhengheng was an otaku in his previous life, the two signs of otaku ** good national actress and online novels, he did not miss it, and the historical novels in online novels naturally knew the arrival of the Xiaoice River period, and now there are signs.

The worst time should have been fifteen or sixteen years later, and it lasted for about seventy years. The weather continues to drop. Not good news for anyone living in this era. Again, not good news for political balances.

As a ruler, he still ruled over a population of nearly 1 million, about 25,000 square kilometers of land, and produced about 2.3 million koku of grain, which is the data that the Date family spent nearly three years registering and compiling.

Standing above Okayama Castle and looking down on the Okayama Plain, which is the essence of Bizen and Bichu, looking at the wilderness, he said to himself, "We must increase food production as much as possible before the Xiaoice period intensifies." Otherwise, I'm afraid I will still follow the old path of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ”

To increase production, it is nothing more than to reclaim more land and develop agricultural technology. In Zhengheng's previous life, his hometown was still a small town, and he could still see some farmland around, and he had seen a lot, but the time when he really went to the ground was no longer the time.

After arriving in this world, although he was born in a local tyrant, he was the lowest ruling class. I don't have much experience with land, and I only know some general conditions. Obviously, I really want to be like some of the time-traveler predecessors to produce enough technology to change agriculture. It's a dream.

Zhengheng fell into deep thought. Strength is supreme, if you want to realize your dreams in this time and space and save thousands of innocent lives, you first need strong strength, the faster your strength develops, the closer you are to your dreams, so you must not miss any possible development opportunities.

He provoked the Great War in Kinai in order to destroy the traditional forces in Kinai, the ruling class of the public family, the samurai, and the temple family, and if the Honganji Temple launched this battle did not disappear in an instant, it eventually turned into a protracted war.

However, how to seize this opportunity and not let other forces pick peaches is also a question that he will have to think about in the next few years. Today, Oda Nobunaga is still nested in Owari Province, and he has just killed his good brother and worked hard to integrate the disintegrated Oda family. Considering Oda Nobunaga, it is better to consider Tokaido's first strong bow Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Zhengheng silently recited four names in his heart, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Oda Nobunaga, Saito Yoshiryu, and Asakura Yoshikei, these are the powerful figures who are likely to snatch the fruits of his victory in the future, and as for Miyoshi Chokei, if he can get out of danger in the joint strangulation between Honganji and himself, then he won't have to pick peaches.

The four names will eventually compete with the Date family for the odds of Kinai from high to low.

Asakura Yoshikage is the most unlikely to go to Luo, it's not that he doesn't want to go to Luo, but his situation is the most embarrassing, first of all, he and Honganji are like brothers-in-law, of course, for the Warring States people It is an era of collapse of etiquette and music, so naturally they will not pay attention to this relationship. Ignoring this relationship, then the threat of the two or three hundred thousand disciples of the Kaga Kingdom is a factor that Asakura Yoshikyo has to consider, and there are also factors in this aspect of the relationship with Honganji Xianruo.

When Saito Yoshiryu died, Masahiro is not very clear, but he knows that when Oda Nobunaga finally seized Mino Province, it was Saito Yoshiryu's son Saito Ryuko who defended the country. That is to say, when it is time to pick peaches, Saito Yoshiryu is also seriously ill if he does not die, and what Saito Yoshiryu needs to consider at that time is not to expand the territory, but how to make a safe and stable transition of national politics to his son, and not let national politics be corrupted in the hands of his son.

Masahiro doesn't know when the chaos in Kinai will take a turn, and once Oda Nobunaga is lucky enough to kill Imagawa Yoshimoto with a knife, and then Sato Ryuko takes Mino Province in the hands of him, then Oda Nobunaga will be his biggest opponent in the world.

Of course, Imagawa Yoshimoto did not become a stepping stone to Oda Nobunaga as he did in history, and if Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu had achieved great things, they would also have become the primary enemies of Masei. Yoshimoto Imagawa and Nobunaga Oda were equally threatening.

Of course, Masahiro attaches more importance to Oda Nobunaga, history is always changing, Oda Nobunaga is a hero at all times, and he suddenly has some thoughts about wanting to understand Oda Nobunaga, if it was really eight years ago, it was really an impossible task.

But now? Zhengheng instructed Hattori Masanacho, who was not far behind him: "Hattori, I want to know more about Oda Nobunaga, who has been making a lot of fanfare in Owari Province recently, you sent some people into Owari Province, I want to know his recent resume." Meantime. You asked people to erect a stone monument in Tian Lewa. It reads, 'Imagawa is dead.' Dechuan should stand; The year is in Gengshen, and the world is auspicious'. ”

Hattori Masanari obviously didn't know why his lord knew about Tian Lewa in such a rural place, and he didn't know why he erected such a stone tablet in Tian Lewa that knew rumors at a glance, but he still saluted Zhengheng and said: "Yes, my subordinates will go and order Hattori to go to Owari Province." ”

Rumors? Zhengheng understands that Imagawa Yoshimoto is not a puppet in his own hands, they will do it whatever he says, they have their own judgment and choice. But he knows just as well. His deployment was not untargeted, and it planted a seed in his heart like a demon. When Imagawa Yoshimoto wants to go to Luo, he will think about the stone tablet, and the seeds planted will take root and sprout, and the blossoming and fruiting may not be now, but there will always be a day when they will thrive. Zhengheng's small actions can allow Imagawa Yoshimoto to investigate who is in Sichuan, and at the same time, the place where the stone tablet appears will naturally become a place that Imagawa Yoshimoto is afraid of, once there is no geographical advantage, I don't know if Oda Nobunaga can create a miracle in history.

This is just a small seed that Zhengheng threw into the land on a whim, and I don't know when it will be able to wait until it blossoms and bears fruit. Even in the end, it was like history, and Imagawa Yoshimoto died at the hands of Oda Nobunaga. It doesn't matter much either.

He believed that the ultimate winner would be him.

Just when he had forgotten his little calculations, his diplomatic adviser Miyahara Masashige hurriedly came, saw Masahiro, and saw Hattori Masanari standing on the side, but he didn't care, he took out a letter, gave it to Masahiro with both hands, and said: "Lord, this is a letter sent by Miyoshi Yoshiko, saying that Miyoshi Changqing wants to come to Okayama Castle in person to propose marriage for Miyoshi Yoshiko." ”

Zheng Heng was stunned for a moment, and said: "Sanhao Changqing came to Okayama City in person, what do you mean?" He didn't expect that Miyoshi Changqing would personally come to Okayama City to propose marriage for his sister-in-law, isn't this a tiger in a cage and a way to kill himself, will he let the tiger return to the mountain when he comes.

Miyahara Masashi showed a little joy and said: "Miyoshi Yixing is just the beginning, and there is someone else who really makes the decision, so let's take a look at what is written in the letter?" The first time he heard the words of the messenger of the Miyoshi family, he also didn't believe it, if it weren't for the envoy's solemn appearance, he would have beaten the other party out as a liar.

Zheng Heng took the letter, with a puzzled look on his face, he opened Miyoshi Yixing's letter and read it, and said: "I must have heard about what my father did, and I have had many physical illnesses in recent years, which really hurts us. We feared that if we left it alone, the consequences would be unpredictable, so we consulted with Miyoshi Yoshigen, Anzhai Dongyasu, Tokawa Ichiku, and other elders that in view of the turmoil in Kinai and the inability to recuperate in peace, it was best to send my father to a calm and elegant place for recuperation. For the above reasons, I kindly ask you to take in my father for the time being, and attach 1,000 gold coins for my father's recuperation expenses.

At the same time, I am an adult, and I have not yet had a wife, and I have heard that there are several women under my lord's knees, and when my father arrives, he will propose marriage to my lord, and use a country as a dowry.

Pleading for help, all the Miyoshi family worshipped. ”

Zhengheng didn't expect Miyoshi Yoshixing to send his father to his house on the grounds of illness, but his letters were orderly and concise. The content is that he is going to exile Miyoshi Changqing in the name of Miyoshi Changqing's illness.

Regarding this, he has already obtained the understanding of the three good brothers of Miyoshi Changqing and other elders, and is even willing to pay a thousand gold coins in order to thank Zhengheng for taking in this burden. Whatever he wanted to know, Miyoshi Yixing wrote clearly in the letter.

Zhengheng held the letter and handed it to Miyahara Masashige, his eyes flashed, his face seemed to be smiling, and he said: "Miyoshi Changqing probably didn't expect that his three younger brothers, who were single-handedly pulled, would do such a betrayal of him, when people are forced to do anything." ”

He thought to himself that Miyoshi Changqing was probably scolding the three white-eyed wolves he was pulling with one hand now, his father died early, and the ten-year-old Miyoshi Changqing took care of his three younger brothers like a father and brother, and now the three younger brothers actually wanted to exile the eldest brother.

Miyahara asked in a deep voice, "My lord, do you agree to their request and let Miyoshi Changqing come to propose marriage in person." ”

Zheng Heng sneered: "Propose, firstly, I will use Sanhao Changqing to dispel my concerns, and secondly, I will use the way of proposing to protect myself, but it is a good calculation, and the three good brothers of Sanhao Changqing can come up with such a method, the character is not good, and the resourcefulness is good." ”

After a pause for a while, Zhengheng said slowly: "Promise them, but where my daughter wants to marry so much, she can marry, I don't want his disagreement with the country, just transfer the Awaji country to me, and at the same time promise not to attack the Yiyu country among the four countries." ”

Miyahara replied and stepped back.

Zheng Heng looked down at the field and whispered, "Things are getting more and more interesting. The Miyoshi family withdrew from Kinai, Gaga, and the Honganji family was the only one, and once the masters of Mt. Hiei and Nara learned about it, they didn't know how they would react, so I look forward to it. ”

Today's Kinai region is full of forces from all sides, and it is indeed complicated. The power of the Gongjia, the samurai, and the temple family each developed in Kinai, and the Gongjia naturally needless to say, the source of almost all the samurai that developed in various places was in Kinai, especially in Yamashiro Province, not to mention the power of the temple family. More than 10 years ago, the Astronomical Hokke Rebellion is still vivid, nearly 50,000 disciples of the Nichiren sect were killed, and many other sects and factions were killed and wounded, and a total of nearly 60,000 or 70,000 people died.

Today, Honganji provoked a war, and the monks of the five major temples of the Tendai sect, Enryaku-ji Temple, Todai-ji Temple, Sonojo-ji Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple, and Horyu-ji Temple, which were opposed to the Nichiren sect in those days, joined forces one after another, and at the same time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the new shogunate shogun who stayed in Kyoto, actively contacted the righteous people to fight the enemy together.

Unexpectedly, the battle between Miyoshi Shixiu and Shiheichi in Gaoya Castle played the prestige of the Miyoshi family, and also temporarily dispelled the full involvement of the Tiantai sect and other forces, and it became the mainstream idea of many public and temple forces.

The new general Ashikaga Yoshiaki has been in a very depressed mood recently, very depressed, originally he had received a positive reply from the five major temples of the Tiantai sect, but he did not expect that the victory of Takaya Castle in the first battle made everything change, which made Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who wanted to fish in troubled waters, realize that the crisis in Kinai was not only not alleviated, but became more and more serious.

Miyoshi Nagakei made him the new general of the Seiyi, and naturally wanted to stabilize the situation and eliminate the moral losses in Kinai in recent years, so as to ensure the stability of the Miyoshi family's regime. Ashikaga Yoshiaki's purpose is nothing more than to sit in the position of the general of the expedition, and now that he is seated, he will encounter a great opportunity as soon as he sits on it, a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

When Ashikaga Yoshiaki sighed and frowned, his retainer Hosokawa Akima hurried to report bad news to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and the believers in Kaga, Ise, Mikawa and other places came to Rakura, and now they have gathered an army of 200,000 in Izumi Province.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was overjoyed when he heard the bad news. (To be continued......)