Under the greeting of the Luo family's almost "delicacies from the mountains and seas", the guests and hosts naturally dispersed happily.

In the following days, the two sides had several conversations about the tribute of the imperial court and the shogunate, the "imperial material land" of the imperial court, the genealogy of the Luo family, and the official position of Masahiro.

At first, Yamashina Yanji still hoped to strive for more benefits for the imperial court as much as possible, but under the blow of reality and the sugar-coated shells of the Luo family, he finally compromised.

Regarding the family tree, he promised to bring back to Kyoto a family tree specially made by the Luo family, and he did his best to facilitate it. For such a result, Masahiro is already very satisfied. As long as he is willing to help, and under the operation of Kyoto's Ichijo Moritaka and others, there will naturally be no problem with genealogical recognition. As long as the genealogy is recognized, the Luo family and the shogun's family can be said to belong to the same lineage. There will be more fame and righteousness.

For the question of "Imperial Material". Both sides made concessions. Yamako Yanji no longer insisted on recovering these "imperial materials", and the Luo family also admitted that these territories nominally belonged to the imperial court, but the actual management and use rights belonged to the Luo family, and the imperial court was not allowed to send people to these places, but as a price for compromise, the Luo family was willing to pay a tribute of 1,000 copper coins every year as taxes for these territories. It can be regarded as a bribe in disguise and a good relationship with the court.

This result can be described as a great joy for all. Yamashina Yanji was able to earn an annual income of 1,000 yuan for the imperial court, and the Luo family obtained the actual management of these territories, and because of this, they became friendly with the imperial court. Although the power of the imperial court has been lost, the only thing that still has some value is righteousness and fame. These two invisible and intangible concepts are of no use at all to the little tycoons or the little daimyo. They just want to live in peace. The court can't control me. I don't have to deal with the court. But for the daimyo who aspire to the world, it is definitely very cost-effective. Long-term investment, the future harvest is to enter the world.

As for Yamashina Yanji's fundraising task, Masara decided to donate another 5,000 yuan to the imperial court and the shogunate, as for how to divide it, it was a matter between the imperial court and the shogunate. The money and grain that was sent to Kyoto last time was said to have been divided equally between the two families. While collecting donations, Masahiro also euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction with the failure to obtain an official promotion within the imperial court. For this. Yamashina Yanji also promised to try his best to find another official position for Zhengliang after he returned.

During the negotiations between Yamashina and the shogun, Kyogoku Takayoshi, who was the shogun's envoy, also approached Masayo and expressed his gratitude to Masayoshi on behalf of the shogunate. At the same time, it also explains the opinion of the shogunate in the dispute between the Otomo family and the Luo family. That is to hope that the two families will reconcile.

It seems that Kyogoku Takayoshi came to mediate for the Luo family and the Otomo family on behalf of the shogunate this time. For the shogunate's mediation, of course, Masaro directly agreed. Masara is also hoping for a stable period of time to digest the newly acquired territory of Chikugo and Hizen.

After the Luo family got the desired result, Yamashina Yanji and Kyogoku Takayoshi were very happy, and in the next few days, after Masara's best efforts, the two stayed in Hizen for a few more days, just as Yamashina Yanji was preparing to return to Kyoto. While Kyogoku Takayoshi continued to go to Bungo to mediate the dispute between the Roshi family and the Otomo family, shocking news came from Kyoto. Due to a discord with the Hosokawa family, the shogun was forced to flee Kyoto again.

Yamashina Yanji and Kyogoku Takayoshi, who got the news, immediately asked to return to Kyoto immediately.

For such a result, Masarashi had long expected it, anyway, history records that the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu was indeed driven out of Kyoto again in this year, but he didn't expect it to happen when he sent an envoy to Hizen. For the request of Yamashina Yanji and Kyogoku Takayoshi, Masayoshi naturally agreed, and even sent some personnel to escort them back from the waterway.

After Yamashina Yanji and Kyogoku Takayoshi left, two months passed in a blink of an eye, and it entered November. The autumn harvest is over. A total of 400,000 stone of grain was harvested in the Luo family's territory in this autumn harvest, plus the income from other businesses, after converting into grain, this year's territory income is about 500,000 stones. Due to the impact of last year's war and this year's war, agricultural production and commerce in some war areas have been hit, so the income of 500,000 yuan is already good.

According to the current average tax rate of five gongs and five peasants in the territory, and then one percent of the tax is divided into the income of the feudal retainers in various places, and the actual tax income directly under the government is about forty percent, that is, about 200,000 yuan. Combined with the grain reserves of about 100,000 koku that are currently stored in the territory warehouse, the income that Masashi can allocate at present is about 300,000 koku.

Therefore, Zhengliang Youhao did not hesitate to allocate 100,000 stone of income as the expenditure of the first half of the first year of the territory, mainly for civil, agricultural, technical research and development, and daily consumption of armaments. As for the remaining 200,000 stone income, 100,000 yuan was used as a civil agricultural reserve, and the last 100,000 yuan was used as armament. In addition, Masahiro also asked the Cabinet to continue to purchase a large amount of grain from other powerful territories.

In this way, another month passed, and it entered the end of December, and it seemed that the New Year was approaching. On this day, Masara received a report from the Higo Amakusa County Detective, and it turned out that it was an envoy from the Satsuma Shimazu family who wanted to be received.

Winter is indeed a season for diplomacy. Due to the weather, unless there is an emergency or a great opportunity, it is rare for a daimyo to go out in winter. The envoys of the Shimazu family came on this trip to seek an alliance.

On the tenth day of the first month of the new year, in the council hall of Kishigaku City, all the retainers of the Luo family gathered together, and almost all the retainers, regardless of distance or near, rushed back to Anyue City in the New Year. Today is the third day after the New Year's banquet held by the Luo family, and it is also the last day for the retainers of the Luo family to gather. After today, all the retainers will return to their posts according to their duties. However, on this day, in addition to discussing state affairs, there was another important event, and that was to meet with Shimazu's allied envoys.

On the left side are the military advisor Yamamoto Kansuke, the old Togo Heiji, the military general Onishi Kuniji, the shogun Konosuke, the agricultural and Ming immigrants civil minister Liu Le, the agricultural minister Arima Harumi, the commercial director Kamiya Shosea, the civil and legal affairs of Aoyama Nobumoto, the civil and legal affairs of the Egawa clan, the agricultural affairs and ore of the Kou Hongfei, the agricultural affairs of Oda Masamitsu, the civil affairs of Nabeshima Kiyobo, the civil affairs of Nafu Shinkei, the agricultural affairs of Kogawa Shinyasu, the agricultural affairs of Akaki Morikiyo, Tajiri Masashi of the agricultural department, Hidemasa Akimine, physician Akimine Hidemasa, weapons of Liu Ye, iron weapons of Tadajiro, and logistics ashigaru general Toshimasa Honda. This side is mainly the retainers of the Internal Affairs Cabinet, the Intelligence Pavilion and the Logistics Pavilion.

On the right are the military advisor Kakukuma Ishimune, the military advisor Shinnosuke Akabane, the subordinate general Isono Yuanmasa, the general Kinoshita Masanao, the general Yoshida Shigemasa, the general Enjoji Nobuyin, the ashigaru general Kato Danzo, the ashigaru general Akuta, the ashigaru general Tomohisa Oishi, the ashigaru general Esankane, the iron cannon general Andel, the naval army general Murakami Junori, the naval army general Guna Tsutsu, the naval army general Tao Masatora, the ashigaru general Ueda Shinji, the ashigaru general Uemura Hontsuna, the ashigaru general Watanabe Tsuri, the ashigaru general Kamiyo Kamihiro, the ashigaru general Kamihiro, the ashigaru general Kamachi Kenhiro, Ashigaru Admiral Tetsunosuke, Ashigaru Admiral Asakura Muneta, Ashigaru Admiral Komon Shigetada, Cavalry General Mitsukiyo Akagu, Cavalry General Tao Nakamoto, Ashigaru Admiral Hidan, Ashigaru Admiral Ahri, Navy Admiral Sun Goro, Gunmu Fu Roshi Masamune, Gunmu Fu Roshi Masahide, Gunmu Fu Roshi Shigoro, Gunmu Toki Roshi Sasuke, Navy Commander Toki Murakami Takeyoshi. This side is dominated by the retainers of the Military Cabinet.

In addition, Ashigaru Kumitoshikazu Shimahara Junshige, Owaya Gunbei, Kuroki Minori; The head of the navy Oyano Tanemitsu, Kamitsuura Tanekyū, Fukuda Kaneji, Kamitsuura Shigesada, Oyano Tanego, Sumoto Zhendori, and Shiki Zhenjing also attended the evaluation meeting on the left and right sides.

The small surnames Naoshige Nabeshima and Masanobu Honda sat behind Masayo. However, Ichijo Shengtaka of the Gongkata Pavilion, Kiyomasa Duanmu and Kizo Shigetada of the Intelligence Pavilion did not return to the castle of the head of the family at the end of the year to attend the New Year's banquet and the New Year's evaluation meeting for several consecutive days due to reasons outside the territory.

"The envoy of the Shimazu family, Tadaro Ijiin, meet Lord Dazai!" The person in front of him bowed deeply, pressed his palms to the ground, and pressed his forehead tightly against it.

"Ijiin is polite, please get up." Masara said slowly in a tone that was enough to reflect his noble status and majestic momentum, and in order to match the momentum caused by Masara, the other people present also invariably stared at Ijiin Tadaro with tense faces.

At this time, the heart of Ijiin Tadaro was also turbulent. Originally, he thought that he had overestimated the strength of the Luo family. But when he saw the heyday lineup of the Luo family's retainers with his own eyes today, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened. At the same time, I couldn't help but be secretly anxious about the development of my family.

"Thank you, Dazai-sama." After hiding the surprise in his heart under a calm expression, Ijiin Tadaro immediately thanked him.

"I don't know what happened to the Ijiin Tadharo envoy to the family before?" Although he already knew the other party's intentions, this matter was limited to a few important ministers of the Luo family. Many people have only just gotten a little inside information.

"I came here for the alliance between the two families, and in order to express the sincerity of the alliance of my family, I specially presented the famous sword and ghost cut for Lord Dazai Shaoji." Ijiin Tadaro immediately said. As he spoke, the entourage of Tadaro Ijiin sent a long knife with a pitch-black body to the hand of Naoshige Nabeshima. The latter respectfully delivered the famous sword to Masayo's hands.

It is rumored that this famous knife is one of the two famous knives that Yuan Manzhong defended the world, originally known as Mustache Cut, and another famous knife knee cut is matched into a pair. It is said that when you attack with two knives, one strikes the door and the other attacks the knee, hence the name. Later, the two knives passed into Minamoto Yorimitsu's hands, and he handed over the mustache cut to Tsunade Watanabe. Legend has it that Tsunade Watanabe used a mustache to cut off the wrist of the oni god Ibaraki at the Gojo Ferry, so the mustache was called "Ghost Cut", and later Kiso Yoshinaka used Ghost Cut to kill ghosts in Togakushi Mountain. Later, this sword was passed on to Minamoto Yoritomo and became a treasure sword that could only be used by those in power in Japan. It's just that Masarashi wonders why this famous knife has fallen into the hands of the Shimazu family now.

"Since you've come to ask for a covenant, there's always a good reason to do it, right?" Just when Masara was admiring this famous knife and ghost cut, Shinnosuke Akabane on the side was the first to speak.

(Today's third update.) (To be continued......)