Chapter 702: A Messenger from the Tokugawa Family
The Oda family's internal New Year's celebration will only be held for three days and two nights, but the castle and town within the Oda family's domain, ports such as Osaka Bay and Ise Bay, and Sakai Port, which is jointly celebrated with the Oda family this year, will be held for 10 consecutive days.
Especially on the night of the second day, the dazzling fireworks made by the Ming Dynasty exploded in the air of Sakai Port for the first time in various colors.
"Wow...... Qi Li Yi Na (so pretty) ......"
Bursts of admiration were accompanied by the loud sound of fireworks shooting into the sky in Sakai Port and Osaka Bay.
Colorful Mars blasts up a globular pattern of radioactive balls high in the sky. Although the shape is relatively monotonous, it is superior to the sound and color, and the people of Sakai Port who saw the fireworks for the first time were amazed.
"Good son-in-law, I don't know how much these beautiful pipes cost? If you can sell it to other regions, it will definitely be profitable! As one of the "Ten Leaders of Freedom and Self-Government" in Sakai Port, Sao Saemon smiled and asked Wang Tianxie, who was sitting not far from him.
Zhuang Zuoemon is the father of the little royal sister Lanzi, and the son-in-law will naturally not be disrespectful when he shouts Wang Tianxie.
Even because of this relationship, Shoezaemon is the only one who is fortunate enough to sit in the Azuchi Castle Tower lookout to watch the fireworks with Wang Tianxi, the violent overage pseudo-Lori Oda Nobuko, and even a group of Oda family members.
"Sjozaemon has some things that are not only of commercial value, but also a façade weapon used to show identity. I hope you don't get confused about this. After listening to Shozaemon's words, Oda Nobuko suddenly interjected.
Her tone was serious, as if she had heard something unhappy.
"Yes, yes...... I will definitely not do it again. Shozaemon suddenly felt a cold sweat running down his back, and his mouth hurriedly agreed.
These fireworks and artillery pieces are a gift from the iceberg big cat sister Li Huamei last summer to Wang Tianxie and violent overage pseudo-Lori Oda Nobuko from the Ming Kingdom.
Every year when Li Huamei comes to the Oda house as a guest, she will bring some specialties of the Ming Kingdom, fireworks and silk cloth are two of them.
After all, the Ming Kingdom on the other side of the sea is still under the policy of locking up the country. Therefore, in this troubled era of the Warring States, there is really no daimyo other than the Oda family who has such gorgeous and spectacular fireworks in their hands.
There is only Li Huamei, a semi-private and semi-official force. Only then can it be possible to transport the fireworks and artillery that have not yet been fully popularized by the people, as well as all kinds of silk produced by the weaving yamen in Suzhou and Hangzhou for the royal family of the Ming Kingdom, to the troubled times of the Warring States on the other side of the sea.
Of course, in order to obtain the high-quality silk produced by the weaving yamen in Suzhou and Hangzhou, Wang Tianxie spent a large amount of gold and asked Li Huamei to hand it over to the admiral weaving eunuch who was in charge of silk weaving.
As the saying goes, "scarcity is precious", Oda Nobuko wanted to sell these gifts from Li Huamei to Sao Saemon to the outside world. Naturally, he was very dissatisfied.
Even if the other party is the father of the little royal sister Lanzi, there is no adult.
Oda Nobuko, Wang Tianxie and others were enjoying the fireworks in the castle tower, but the little loli of the demon clan had already run to the carnival in the city.
The Oda family's New Year's celebration in Zaichi is not just organized by the residents of the castle.
The Oda family sent members of the Oda Oni Army, who had experience organizing a carnival once, to conduct large-scale amusement activities in the castle town and set up an amusement park in the city.
Although the most fundamental purpose of the last carnival was for the seven adopted daughters of Monkey Hashiba Hideyoshi, that is, the future Shigaku Seven Guns.
However, it is undeniable that the last carnival made the Oda family erect a good image of love for the people in the hearts of the townspeople.
Especially for example, opening a warehouse according to household registration and sending rice, sewing a set of winter clothes for free for little Lori and Xiao Zhengtai who have not yet been dressed...... And so on also rich in the people's projects. The prestige of the Oda family in the territory can be said to have reached a new peak.
Sakai Port's "Ten Freedoms and Self-Governments" was an eye-opener.
After all, they were a group of old fritters who had already made oil spirits in business, and after only two days of celebration, they had already discovered the horrors of the Oda family.
However, since some things have already begun, it is difficult to go back.
In particular, Wang Tianxie even took out eleven copies in black and white in black and white during the negotiation a while ago.
The treaty laid out a variety of terms that the Oda family and the Sakai Port were required to abide by.
This includes not only the 50 years that the Oda family has been in charge of Sakai Port. and the "one-country-two-system" policy mentioned by Wang Tianxi, and even includes how to distribute each other's tax revenues, various development directions in the next five years, and so on.
As for why eleven...... One copy for the Oda family and one for each of the Sakai Port "Ten Men of Freedom and Self-Government". No one will miss it.
Of course, each one has the seal of Nobuko Oda "Tianxia Bubu", as well as the handprints of each member of the "Ten Leaders of Freedom and Self-Government" in Sakai Port, if you want to deny it...... It seems impossible.
On the last day of the 10-day 1560 New Year's celebration, Wang and Oda Nobuko sat in a bedroom on the top floor of the castle tower, holding Chiyo Konobu and admiring the snowy scenery outside the window.
"The Great Hall. An envoy from the Tokugawa family came to the audience, saying that he had something important to say. "Mori Ranmaru, who is the head of Oda Nobuko Konoe's flag, knelt outside the sliding door of the dormitory and said.
"Oh? Tokugawa Ieyasu's retainers? Tell them to wait in the second-order reception room, and the Heavenly Evil and I will arrive shortly. Oda Nobuko instructed curiously.
After handing over Chiyo Koshin to Mitsuhide Lori, who was taking care of the pregnant members of the Crystal (Hou) Palace in the dormitory, the two walked into the reception room located on the second floor.
"Huh? Tadaji Sakai, Tadashi Okubo. So it's the two of you? What's wrong? Katsuyori Takeda is calling again? When Wang Taiye saw the Tokugawa family envoy sitting in the reception room, he hurriedly greeted him warmly.
"I've seen the Xinzi Hall and the Heavenly Evil Palace." Sakai Tadaji and Okubo Tadayo, two Tokugawa family elders, hurriedly bowed to Wang Tianxian and Oda Nobuko.
Looking at the two of them, they seemed to be preoccupied, and they didn't have the festive look of the New Year at all, which made Oda Nobuko and Wang Tianxie very curious.
You must know that the several female ninjas lurking around Takeda Katsuyori obviously didn't have any bad news.
Tadashi Okubo and Tadashi Sakai look at each other, you look at me, I look at you, and their faces are full of worry.
However, it is always necessary to face it. Eventually, Okubo gritted his teeth and knelt on the tatami floor and spoke out loud.
As for his little friend Sakai Tadaji, he also knelt on the floor, his head pressed to the ground, and he looked like he didn't have the face to see Wang Tianxie and Oda Nobuko.
"The main hall, the master of the lower family ordered the lower class to come to the main hall to plead guilty, and as for the next master, he will also come in person at a later time."
It was better for Okubo Tadashi not to speak, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he surprised Wang Tianxie and Oda Nobuko, and the two hurriedly asked.
"The main hall, in the next family master, found that his original wife Tsukuyama Hall has become the internal response of that Takeda Katsuyori." Okubo Tadashi continued to speak, and the eyebrows of Wang Tianxie and Oda Nobuko, who were listening, instantly furrowed.
"The young master of the next family, that is, your son-in-law Xinyasu, has also joined the Zhushan Palace. As for Princess Deki...... In desperation, he had to tearfully compromise and assist the young master of the next family to become an internal response. Okubo Tadayo's words made Oda Nobuko's face suddenly darken.
Tokuki is Nobuko Oda, who adopted Princess Medusa as her adopted daughter and married Tokugawa Nobuyasu's eldest son, Tokugawa Nobuyasu, after Honda Gundam's little Lori married Wang Tianxi.
At that time, Tokugawa Nobuyasu and Tokuhime were only six years old, so it can be said that they were a baby parent.
It is precisely because of these two marriages that Oda Nobuko has always been very relieved to hand over the rear of the Oda family to Tokugawa Ieyasu to be responsible for defending.
Tokugawa Ieyasu did not disappoint the two, and repeatedly blocked the Imagawa clan and the "Kai country big cat" Takeda Harunobu for the Oda family.
"According to the investigation of the head of the lower family, Mrs. Tsukiyama was instigated by Takeda Katsuyori because of a long-term discord with the head of the lower family, and made a big mistake." Okubo's voice became smaller and quieter, and his face became redder and redder.
As for Tadaji Sakai, who knelt beside him, ......he kept prostrating his head in remorse, and soon the wooden floor covered with tatami mats was stained red.
It is well known that Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original wife of the Tokugawa Great Tortoise, Tsukiyamaden, is the niece of the white-faced Great Urn Imagawa Yoshimotoko.
At that time, in order to get the Mikawa country without spending a single soldier and a clan, Imagawa Yoshimoto forced Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was still a small Shota, to marry Tsukiyamaden, who was 3,000 days older than him.
Under Okubo Tadayo's explanation, Wang Tianxian and Oda Nobuko learned that since the fall of the Imagawa family, this Tsukuyamaden has been on bad terms with the Tokugawa Great Tortoise.
Not only have the two stopped engaging in all kinds of loving activities such as sexting, peek-a-boo, and push-ups, but they also stopped talking to each other.
It is precisely for this reason that this Tsukuyama Hall has become increasingly resentful, and finally became the internal response of the Takeda family.
After learning of the incident, the head of the next family sent someone to investigate overnight, and said that he would never forgive the three people. He has summoned all the elders of the Tokugawa family to Hamamatsu Castle to discuss how to deal with Tsukiyamaden, Shinyasu, and Tokuhime. Okubo said tremblingly.
In fact, if this matter is not handled well, the Tokugawa family will definitely bear the bad reputation of ingratitude.
Although the Oda family and the Tokugawa family were very close, the Tokugawa family had long been the head of the Oda family. However, it is undeniable that the Tokugawa family was not a retainer of the Oda family, but only an ally of the in-laws.
There is a great difference between the words "ally" and "retainer".
There is no rule in the world that allies must rush to your rescue when you are in crisis. (To be continued......)