Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 386 The Double Bond of Family Love and Benefits
As soon as the Hide family burned Mori Tadamasa's affidavit, they heard another noise coming from outside. The voice came from far to near, as if calling "Brother~Brother."

The Xiu family was wondering who in this Osaka city had the qualifications to call him, but he saw that person striding away from the attendant who was leading the way and came in.

The Xiu family took a closer look, was it Ogasawara Xiuzhen or who?
Ogasawara Hideyoshi is married to the younger sister of the Hide family, and is the brother-in-law of the Hide family by blood. In addition, the two of them were Hideyoshi's adopted sons in the past. Although they are now adopted by the Ogasawara family, it is not wrong to call him elder brother in private.

Seeing Ogasawara Xiuzhen's arrival, the Xiu family pretended to be surprised and said, "Why are you here?"

Ogasawara Hidetada sat in front of the Xiu family without any image, and told Nobushige Sanada who was behind the Xiu family, "Who, do you have something to eat, quickly prepare some food for me, this journey will kill me. "

Nobushige Sanada was surprised by Xiuzhen's faceless performance, and finally got up and left under the signal of Xiuzhen to prepare meals for Xiuzhen and Xiujia.

Xiujia also took the initiative to refill him with tea. Seeing him swallowing the tea without any image, Xiujia smiled and said, "Slow down, slow down, everyone will fight with you."

After drinking the bowl of tea, Xiuzhen wiped the water stains on the corners of her mouth, then handed the tea bowl to the Xiu family to signal the Xiu family to pour tea, and said, "The tea from my brother's side is still delicious, the tea from the Ming Dynasty you gave me last time I'm done drinking."

Xiujia refilled another bowl for him, and continued, "If you want it, you can tell me, and I'll ask someone to give it to you from Okayama."

"A little bit is not enough. I shared some of such good tea with An Fangshou, Major General Quan and others. They all praised His Highness's tea."

While talking, Nobushige Sanada came in from outside the house, brought in some snacks and put them between the two of them, Hideyoshi Ogasawara picked up a mung bean cake and looked at it for a while, put it in her mouth, chewed it for a while and exclaimed, "Oh Issei ~"

As soon as he swallowed the mung bean cake, he picked up another meat-filled green ball and took a bite, exclaiming again, "Brother, where did you buy these tea fruits? Is it a specialty of Osaka? It's really delicious Already."

The Xiu family was infected by his eating habits, so he took a bite of a green ball himself, it was indeed the taste of his hometown in his memory.

"You can't buy these things in Osaka. Only we in Okayama can sell them. I asked someone to find a master from the Ming Dynasty. He brought his skills to Okayama to make tea for me."

On this point, the Xiu family did not lie. After the trade with Ming merchants stabilized, the Xiu family entrusted people to find dim sum masters from Nanjing and Suzhou, and specially made these dim sum for the Xiu family, in order to alleviate their nostalgia for their hometown.

"It's really delicious, but by the way, have you eaten these snacks before? How do you know that there are so many delicious ones in Ming Dynasty?" Ogasawara Xiuzhen curiously smelled Xiangxiu's house with her mouth full of food.

The Xiu family was stunned for a moment when they heard this question, and found a random reason to prevaricate, "I didn't know the specific food at first, but I heard that Ming Dynasty had a lot of delicious food, so I asked someone to find a master to cook it for me." I'll just eat."

"Is that so?" Hideyoshi Ogasawara asked curiously.

Hearing Xiuzhen's questioning, Xiujia admitted without blushing, "Of course, your brother and I have no other hobbies, I just like eating. Of course, I want to collect delicious food from all over the world."

Ogasawara Hideyoshi obviously believed it. He raised his head to look at the Xiu family and said, "Brother, next time you come to Shinano, I will treat you to bear paw and carp dishes. These are unique foods in Shinano."

Xiujia expressed his good intentions that he got a new one, and said to him in a vicious manner, "Do you know that the bear's paw must be taken from a big black bear that has just hibernated, and only one of his two bear paws can be eaten, and the other is Can't you just eat it?"

Hideyoshi Ogasawara scratched her forehead curiously and asked, "Why can't the other one be eaten?"

Hideka smiled and didn't answer, and made a gesture of covering his eyes with one hand and his buttocks with the other, which instantly made Nobushige Sanada understand, and smiled while covering his mouth.

But Xiuzhen was still not very clear, and Xiujia was not going to explain further, so she asked her the initial question, "The Kyushu award does not seem to involve you. You are not guarding Shinano, what are you doing in Osaka?"

Ogasawara Hideyoshi took a sip of tea and said, "The Battle of Kyushu has won the Guanbai Palace, and we daimyos guarding the Eastern Kingdom should come to congratulate us as usual, right?

It's not just me, Tokugawa Nagon, Sanada Izumori, and Major General Uesugi will all be here.I even heard that Guan Baidian invited Dr. Sakyo Hojo to visit? "

"What, is my brother coming to Osaka too?" Nobushige Sanada exclaimed excitedly when he heard that his father would come to Osaka.

No wonder he is so happy. After all, it has been a year since the last time the brothers parted. Now that the father and son are under the three powers of Japan, they may not be able to meet each other again. Of course it is very special. Cherish it.

Ogasawara Hidetada nodded and responded, "Izumori and I came to Osaka together, so I should find a place to settle down with Anfangshou at the bottom of the city."

In fact, because Osaka Castle has not yet been completed, not all daimyos have mansions in Osaka. Even if Osaka became a concentration camp for hostages of daimyo's family members in later generations, not all daimyos settled down in Osaka Castle.

The matter of land speculation has been on the rise even in the Han Dynasty, and after Osaka became the center of Toyotomi's power and politics, coupled with the fact that it is adjacent to Sakaimachi, land prices continued to rise.

Some small daimyos are no better than the Xiu family, and the year-round land rent is only more than a thousand guan, which also needs to bear the expenses of the retainers and the corresponding military food reserves for the military service account, and there is no money to sell land in Osaka to build the vassal mansion.

So the Toyotomi family later set aside a special area to gather the hostage relatives of these small daimyos. After all, these daimyos themselves do not need to work in Osaka for a long time, and the Toyotomi family also designated temporary guest accommodation for them. House.

But all of this is gone now, Masayuki Sanada came from Shinano and had to find a lodging under Osaka Castle to rest by himself.

After you settle down, you will inform Osaka Town of your whereabouts. After all, you are considered Wanshi's name. You need to register when you come to Osaka, so that Hideyoshi can quickly find you when he is looking for you.

"Did your father come with you?" Nobushige Sanada heard that his father was coming, and asked the Xiu family full of expectations: "Your Highness."

Xiujia also understood what he meant, nodded and said, "You should spend more time with your father and brother in Osaka these few days."

"Hi" Sanada Nobushige withdrew, and the topic of Xiujia and Xiuzhen could continue.

Xiuzhen followed the topic just now and said to Xiujia, "Brother, the tea you bought from Daming Trading is really good. It's fine to give it to Uesugi and Sanada, but can you give me the trading rights in Shinano and Kanto regions?" ?”

Hearing that Xiuzhen was interested in acting as an agent for Minghuo's trade in the Eastern Kingdom, Xiujia glanced at him with great interest and asked, "Who gave you this opinion?"

"What, can't I come up with it myself? Am I so embarrassing in your eyes?" Hearing that Xiujia poked her little Jiujiu, Xiuzhen said with some reluctance, "Okay, I admit that I am the left guard." The door taught me, he saw the huge profits of tea, and wanted to fight for an income for my Ogasawara family."

Speaking of which, Xiuzhen said nervously, "Don't worry, brother, I don't need you to make a profit at all, you can just sell me at the original price, but how about letting me take care of the trade in Dongguo? You can also save a lot of shipping costs. "

The Xiu family heard Xiuzhen's request, and asked with some doubts, "There are indeed Ming merchants in my territory, and they transport the goods to Gangshan for transit, but who told you that my family directly trades with Ming merchants?" ? I'm just getting a tax out of it."

The trade with Ming Dynasty was indeed ended by Ukido himself, and for this reason, the official Okayama House was specially established to monopolize the trade with Ming Dynasty.

After so many years of development, Ming merchants gradually discovered that this big port located in Setouchi, adjacent to Kyoto, Kyushu, and Shikoku, was more conducive to the trade of goods than Hakata.

Most importantly, most of the valuable goods in Japan can be bought at relatively low prices in Okayama.

Over time, Okayama developed into the second largest port in the West after Sakai, even Hakata and Hirado.

However, the Xiu family would never admit that Yu Xi's family personally ended the trade. After all, it was about the face of the samurai family, and the Xiu family could only use the trade between merchants to cover it up.

It is not wrong to say that the Xiu family only draws taxes from it. Okayama House’s excess profits are like future state-owned enterprises that need to be paid in full. Isn’t it just another form of tax payment, nothing more than a higher tax burden.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it or not, the Xiu family really needs to establish another bond of interest with Xiuzhen besides the bond of family affection.

After all, the bond of family affection has a time limit, but the bond of interest can firmly tie it to one's chariot.

For the Xiu family, the location of the Ogasawara family is too important, and it is worthwhile for the Xiu family to win over.

So Xiujia said to Xiuzhen, "Although I even bought from Ming merchants, they are trading in Okayama after all, and their main trading partner is Okayama House.

As a local merchant in Bizen, if I want to do business in Okayama for a long time, I can say a few words.

Besides, as you said, they have nothing to lose, and you also helped them bear the cost of freight, I think they will agree.

Just, do you just want tea?Don't you want silk, silk cloth, ginseng, and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty?How about I simply hand them all over to your agent? "

"Hehehe, of course, the more the better." Hearing that Xiujia was willing to give him the agency rights of Dongguo, Xiuzhen smiled excitedly. As for whether to buy goods from Okayama House or from Xiujia There is no difference, nor does he care about such details.

"Then it's decided that the goods in the east of Mino, including Hida, Shinano, Echigo, Kanto, and Kai, will be handed over to you for sale. As for the business in the northeast, I have handed it over to Setoya. I can't give it to you."

Although Xiuzhen is not very old, she has been a big name for a while, and with the help of a capable minister, she can naturally understand that the trade in these areas is already a large sum, and she immediately said in satisfaction, "Enough, everything Enough is enough, thank you brother for your generosity."

After receiving a satisfactory answer from Xiujia, Xiuzhen joked to Xiujia again with a smirk on her face, "We're done chatting about business matters, let's talk about some private matters."

"What's a personal matter?" Xiujia frowned and asked curiously.

"What do you plan to get married, brother? I heard that His Highness Guan Bai intends to marry the princess of the Zhongnayan family to you. Is there such a thing?"

Seeing Xiuzhen's wretched expression, Xiujia joked, "There is indeed such a thing. This matter was settled last year. The marriage will only be done after Ju Ji comes out of the sunflower. Why do you care about this?"

"Don't you know, brother? Another reason why Guan Baidian called me back is to marry Xingzi to me!"

Hearing that her younger sister was about to get married, the Xiu family slapped her head and shouted, "Oh, I actually forgot about this."

After Hideyoshi Ogasawara's reminder, Hideyoshi remembered that when he was in Kyushu, Hideyoshi had talked with him about marrying 13-year-old Kyoko to Hideyoshi after the Kyushu War. Hideyoshi said at the time Support, but the specific time was not asked.

Now that the groom's official has come from Shinano, the eldest brother-in-law hasn't prepared a gift for the wedding yet, the Xiu family immediately asked eagerly, "When is the wedding scheduled?"

"It's tentatively scheduled for September 28," Xiuzhen replied excitedly, "Father also said in the letter that the wedding will be held for me in a very grand place."

"Fortunately, there is still one month to prepare." Hide's parents were relieved when they heard the wedding time, and called Nobushige Sanada's name "Genjiro" to the outside

But just as the words were out of his mouth, he remembered that Xin Fan had already been sent to visit relatives on vacation by himself, and it was the leave note he had just approved.

Anayama Nobutada was left in Okayama to take care of Ah Chu, and Kagawa Kei was ordered to go back to Okayama to investigate the information of the two doctors. All of a sudden, all three of his personal attendants were no longer by his side.

But as soon as the enthusiasm faded away, the Xiu family instantly woke up, thinking that present wedding gifts are nothing more than men's weapons, women's clothes and other things, which is really nothing new.

After all, Xingzi is one of the sisters of the Xiu family. As the younger sister of the strongest feudal clan in the world, how can she lose her grade like ordinary married daughters?

On the dress, after all, it was Hideyoshi who married his daughter, and Hideyoshi knew very well that this was the younger sister of the Hideyoshi family. The Twelve Folds and other wedding dresses did not need to worry about the Hideyoshi family. The Hideyoshi family had to prepare some other treasures.

After much deliberation, Xiu's family planned to give away a pair of screens depicting the scenery of Okayama in addition to the loosely fixed 12 sets of Chinese clothes and some gold, silver and precious stone jewelry.

At this moment, the most famous Japanese painting screen is Kano Yongtoku in Kyoto.

But because of his fame, he was asked by Hideyoshi to be responsible for the mural art work of Juledi. I don't know if it is over now.

As for Xiuzhen, as a samurai, there is really nothing to give away. The Xiu family intends to present him with a custom-made Nanman body with a collar, a set of longboat swords, a red spear and a wisteria bow as a show of respect.

(End of this chapter)