Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 530 Flirting and Chores

Even though the wedding was very exciting, the Xiu family didn't drink much, and after hastily handing over the work of the entertainment to the elders, they signaled Ogasawara Xiuzhen to leave with him.

The two came to a side hall, where Harusuke Isshiki, Naomi Isshiki, Clan Narita, Narita Nagaki and others had been waiting here for a long time.

Kaiji’s so-called concubine, although she joined the Toyotomi family on the same day as Ashikaga Jiji, she was not allowed to go to the main hall, and had to be accompanied by a few members of the Narita family to open another seat in the side hall.

Since Harusuke Kota and Naoto Isshiki couldn't be the chairman either, they were simply arranged here so that they could meet Hidetada Ogasawara together.

After Harusuke Kota and Naoto Isshiki were changed by Hideyoshi, I heard that the Hideo family recruited many old Kanto clans to become their retainers. Although Zhixing is only in the early years of Sengoku, it has given them a lot of hope.

It's just that they didn't have their names on the final recruitment list, which inevitably made them feel disappointed.

Later, I heard that even the Satomi family, who was reformed by Hideyoshi, and the family governor and his relatives killed themselves, have returned to the country, but the Hide family still has no intention of recruiting them.

But just when they gave up and planned to leave Yanfu City, they were suddenly found by Akashi Jingqin, saying that the Xiu family invited them to participate in the upcoming wedding.

They knew that the Hide family was going to marry Ashikaga Jihime, and they regarded this meeting as a settlement between the Hide family and them, but they did not expect that they would be arranged in the side hall. .

Hideka deliberately finds Narita's chief, Narita's eldest relative, Yoshida Harusuke, and Isshiki Naoto, and stays aside to meet with Ogasawara Hidetada.

It is impossible to tell outsiders about the internal affairs of Ogasawara's family, at least it is impossible to tell outsiders before they are confirmed to be retainers. How to persuade the three of them depends on Xiuzhen's own ability.

Fortunately, the Xiu family was there to help, and the three of them knew that the Xiu family might not easily recruit them.

Xiuzhen also very sincerely offered 3200 shi to Narita's eldest relative, 5000 shi to Yoshida Qingsuke and 4200 shi to Isshiki Zhichao's Zhixing.

After the three of them confirmed that they were Xiuzhen's retainers, the Xiu family greeted Mrs. Narita with one "father-in-law" one by one, and only four of Ogasawara's retainers were allowed in the hall to discuss.

The four chatted a lot inside, and when the four came out, they all had a dignified expression.

Xiujia looked at Ogasawara Xiuzhen, and felt relieved when he saw that he confirmed and nodded with himself.

In fact, the Hide family’s worries are superfluous. If the three of Narita Changkin, Harusuke Isshiki and Naoto Isshiki hadn’t been taken in by Hideyoshi Ogasawara, they would just go to another big famous family. It would be impossible for them to get along with their knowledge and practice for less than 3/5 years. of.

Besides, if they didn't hear the secrets of Ogasawara's family, it would be fine if they chose to directly reject Ogasawara Hideyoshi's offer, but now that they have heard what they shouldn't listen to, it is no longer possible to refuse.

After they were bound to the Ogasawara family, all their rights came from Ogasawara Xiuzhen's bestowal.

As outsiders, they are naturally opposed to the Tokugawa faction headed by Honda many times. Even if they want to surrender, they will never be trusted. Are they willing to be marginalized?
So judging from the dignified expressions of the three of them, it should be just because they are afraid to face a million-stone daimyo.

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That night, Xiu's family stayed in the house with Ashikaga Jihime. I have to say that the Ashikaga family is worthy of a century-old family, and the bloodline gene passed down to Ujihime is an out-and-out beauty embryo.

Shiji, who was born in the 2nd year of Tianzheng (1574), is 2 years younger than Xiu's family. Now it is the time when Huating is graceful in [-]. Even wearing clothes still can't cover her bumpy figure.

Although Ashikaga Family Governor Ashikaga Jihime is much more precocious than someone else, but now it is a bit awkward to be honest with a man who is almost unfamiliar.

Xiujia came to Shihime and took off her clothes with the help of the maids. Both of them sat in white obscene clothes, and Ashikaga buried her head in her mountain shyly, waiting for Xiujia lucky.

I don't know what the Hideka is doing, but at such a critical moment, they choose to have a relationship with Ashikaga Ji.

He held Ashikaga Ujihime's hand and said, "Ujihime, I'm making things difficult for you. Such a young grade has to support the whole family, but don't worry, please leave this burden to me from now on."

When Ashikaga heard Hideo's words, she raised her head to look at Hideo affectionately, and whispered softly, "Please give me more advice from now on, Your Highness."

Not long after, the shouts of "good brother" sounded in Shiji's house.
In the early morning of the next day, Hideiya stayed with Ashikaga Jihime for a while, dressed neatly under the service of the maids, exchanged a few words with Ujihime, and then hurried to Kaiji's courtyard.

The gesture of looking for someone else after pulling out the carrot, looks like a big scumbag!

Before reaching Jia Fei Ji's side, he heard the sound of "chop chop chop" coming from the courtyard, and when Xiu's family walked into the yard, he saw Jia Fei Ji showing half of her shoulders and shooting a bow.

The Xiu family stepped into the yard, only to hear another "chop", and a flying arrow hit the target.

After shooting the arrow, Jiafei Ji put away the bow and handed it to the maid beside her. She put away her arm that was exposed for shooting, and bowed to the Xiu family, "I have seen Your Highness."

"Oh ~ Jiafei Ji." Xiujia turned his head to look at the target on one side, and unexpectedly hit all of them, and several shots hit the target. This is considered the best skill even for warriors who have practiced bowing for many years.

After seeing it, Xiujia sincerely praised, "You are really good at shooting bows."

Facing Xiujia's praise, Jia Feiji just responded indifferently, "Thank you for your praise."

Xiujia took the initiative to get close to Jia Feiji, sniffing the scent of sweat from Jia Feiji's body greedily. Seeing Xiujia approaching, Jia Feiji retreated like a conditioned reflex.

Seeing Jia Feiji avoiding her side in fear, Xiujia realized that she was too close.

Xiujia took the initiative to take a step back, took out from his arms the hairpin that Kagawa Kageza had given to him a few days ago, handed it to Kai Ji and said, "This should be your hairpin, when you fell off the horse outside Shinobi Castle that day. He fell to the ground.

Although I don't know the story of this hairpin, I know that Noh hairpin must be a very precious item in Japan.So I sent for it to be restored, and now it's back to its original owner. "

Jia Feiji looked at the hairpin that had changed from before, and took it from Xiujia in a daze, and thanked Xiujia softly.

Xiujia handed the hairpin back to Jia Feiji, and was about to turn around and leave, but heard Jia Feiji ask Xiujia from behind, "Aren't you going to ask me about the origin of this hairpin?"

When Xiujia heard the call, she turned to look at her, and returned a warm smile to him, "I'm not interested in digging into other people's secrets. If you want to tell them, you'll naturally tell me."

Kaihime held the hairpin in her hand and said to Hideo, "This is... This is my mother's hairpin. She was sent back to Yura's house when I was 2 years old, and died shortly after. This is her The only gift left to me."

Jia Feiji's hand holding the hairpin became tighter while talking, Xiujia gave full play to the potential of Neptune, and accompanied her sister when she needed it most.

Hideo stepped forward, held Kaiji's hand with both hands and said to her, "It doesn't matter Kai, I will always protect you for your mother from now on."

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The Xiu family is not the second-generation ancestor who only knows how to flirt with others all day long. Since he became the number one feudal clan in the world, he has become the target of public criticism.

In the world of great struggle, if you do not advance, you will retreat.The Xiu family just slightly applied the seductive techniques common to the sea kings of later generations to the women of this era, and made the backyard safe and sound.

What Xiujia enjoyed was the thrill of swimming in the fish pond that he had never enjoyed in his previous life.

After making an agreement with Jia Feiji, after staying overnight at her place tonight, I will bid farewell to her and return to the front hall to deal with the affairs of the house.

Hideka took advantage of the time after breakfast to meet the three brothers Hojo Ujikatsu, Hojo Shigehiro and Hojo Ushino who gave him a lot of face at the wedding yesterday.

The Xiu family needs to make arrangements for their wife and mother's family affairs before meeting with important ministers.

Ashikaga's parents died early, and Qiqudian presided over her wedding ceremony as his aunt, so Qiqudian has a close relationship with the Xiu family in terms of law, and the three people in front of him naturally became the brothers-in-law of the Xiu family. .

The three of them were very excited to be interviewed by the Xiu family. After all, the Xiu family will be the ruler of Kanto in the future. As the natives of the Kanto, the three of them can have a relationship with him, and the prosperity and wealth of the next few generations will be fine.

After Hideka and the three of them had some courtesy, they immediately told the three of them about their arrangements. The three of them will be placed in Sagami, respectively Hojo Clan Katsukoza County 3000 shi, Hojo Clan Cheng Kamakura 2300 shi, and the third brother Hojo Shigeko received 1800 shi from Miura County, and the three brothers received a total of 7100 shi.

Hideka didn’t give much knowledge and practice, but as a samurai who was converted into a ronin by Hideyoshi after the Hojo family, the total knowledge and practice that can recover 7100 stone is already much higher than many other Kanto samurai.

But when they heard the enfeoffment arrangement given by the Xiu family, the three of them raised their heads silently, and after looking at each other for a while, as the elder brother, Hojo Shikatsu asked the Xiu family, "General You wants to separate our brothers?" Sealed?"

Xiujia nodded and said, "This is exactly my arrangement. The three of you were indeed in the same family before, but now that the three of you have already entered Yuanfu, there is nothing wrong with having an independent family.

Besides, none of the counties in Sagami have contiguous lands for you, so today you will be split up and divided.

Don't worry, you, as relatives of Shiji, I have other intentions to split you up and place you in Sagami. In the future, I will seal the son of Shiji and I in Sagami. At that time, you three uncles will be needed to help manage the territory up. "

After Xiujia finished speaking, he looked at his two younger brothers and said, "And you can also ask, what do your two brothers think of such an arrangement?"

Hearing the arrangement given by Hideka, the three of them looked at each other for a while, and Hideka at least saw the longing in Hojo Ushinagi's eyes.

If there were no Hideka's last words, Hojo Ushisei might not have such an idea. After all, a samurai is like a fist, and only when they are held together can they exert their strength.

Japan is not without the situation where the lords forcibly divided the family. For example, Tokugawa Ieyasu divided the Ikeda family into three in history.

Apart from other things, the Xiu family said that the Yusheng Hojo clan was his relative, and it would be fine if they didn't give a high amount of knowledge and safety, but the operation of splitting up the three families made the three of them a little uncomfortable.

However, after hearing that the Hide family will enshrine Ashikaga Ujihime's sons in Sagami, and they will become his earliest retainers, the dissatisfaction of the second brother Ujinari Hojo calmed down a little, and he even became more active.

After all, if he could become the elder of the Xiu family's son, who would be willing to condescend to his elder brother?

However, Hideka’s operations were not over yet, he looked at Shigehiro Hojo and said, “Captain Shinzaemon, I remember you were born in the 4th year of Tensho (1576), you were the opponent of Yuanfu before the Odawara War Right? Are you not interested in coming to my side and becoming my personal attendant?"

The Xiu family has always liked to take in the young heirs of their retainers to serve as their servants. It is not only for the purpose of training, but also another operation of taking hostages.

But there is still a difference between an ordinary squire and a valet.

"Your Highness?" Hearing that the Xiu family wanted to take him as a personal servant, Hojo Shigeko widened his eyes and looked at the Xiu family in surprise, "Do you really want to keep me as a servant?".

If it is said that the fame of the Hide family's servants Jin Guangjiaqing, Shimizu Nobuya, and Zhuang Zhiqing was not obvious in the world before, then Sanada Nobushige and Takeda Hidenobu have done their best in this Hojo crusade. It is known all over the world.

Besides, even if they were the first three who were relatively unknown, which one of Zhuang Zhiqing and Qing Shuixin is not Wanshi now?
Now that the Hide family is going to accept Shigeko Hojo as a personal attendant, there is a gleam in Shigeko Hojo's eyes.

Looking at the unbelievable Hojo Shigehiro, Hideyoshi replied with a warm and kind smile, "There is no fake here, don't you want to?"

"Ah! No!" Hojo Shigeko only felt that he was too happy, that such good luck fell on his head, and he saluted Hideo almost without thinking, and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Seeing that his third younger brother had agreed, Hojo Ujisei, who was already thoughtful, immediately saluted Hideka to express his gratitude.

Seeing that the two younger brothers have already agreed to the Hide family's arrangement, Hojo Ujikatsu, no matter how reluctant he is, can only accept the current arrangement, "All according to the arrangement of the right general."

"Are you still calling me General You?"

The three of them were taken aback when they heard this, and responded at the same time, "I thank you, my lord."

The Xiu family was very satisfied with the three people's answers, and then encouraged, "Since this is the case, from now on, you will serve the Toyotomi family with all your heart, and don't lose the glory of your grandfather Dihuang Hachiman!"

The three said in unison, "Yes! My lord."

After the three left, the Xiu family went to another side hall.At this moment, the four members of Akashi Keiki, Osafune Sadakin, Todo Takatora, Nagatsu Masaka, as well as the new senators Narita Chief, Ota Sukomasa, and others are already waiting here.

Because of the banquet last night, the main evaluation hall is now in a mess.The side hall is not big enough to accommodate so many people, so many low-level retainers could only sit on the wall corridor, and some even sat on the horses in the courtyard.

It is worth noting that for the first time, Sanada Nobushige, the lord of Tatebayashi, attended as a daimyo of the Hide family rather than as an attendant of the Hide family. This time he sat behind Fujido Takatora, and was already ranked above the Kanto Toyotomi family Gao Jiage.

The Xiu family sat on the temporarily raised imperial steps, looking at the servants who were sitting a little crowded but full of energy, the Xiu family could not help but feel a sense of pride in their hearts.

This is the retainer of my Yuxi family, and it is my capital to rule the world!
(End of this chapter)