Warring States Eagle

In the 17th year of Tianwen ([-]), winter entered.

The warm sunshine sprinkled the tombstones and vegetation on the top of the mountain, and the chirping of birds in the mountains was near and far away.

Zheng Liang was dressed extraordinarily neatly, and sat upright on a Ming chair that had been prepared long ago.On the opposite side was Takeshi Sagara, who was sitting in an odd posture.He was obviously not used to this kind of magical and weird chair from the Ming Dynasty, and the place where the two sides met was still in a hill full of tombstones.It's really hard to describe how this feels for Taketo Sagara.

"How? If you like it, you can take two back with you this time." Zheng Liang said gently: "As for Li Ji and mother-in-law, they are very happy here and won't leave for the time being."

Sagara Takeshi couldn't help but froze when he heard the words.Zhengliang's words serve two purposes.

One is to directly block him from refusing Zheng Liang's gift, so he has to go back with the gift.If this is the case, then it will naturally be criticized by other retainers of the Ouchi family. "Look, they are really good in-laws! Going on a mission once is like visiting relatives, and bringing back gifts, I really don't know what kind of deal the two of them have secretly."

Thinking of all the rumors going on in Ouchi's family at that time, Taketo Sagara had a headache.Family governor Ouchi Yoshitaka will also suspect that he has a connection with the Luo family.At least during this mission, if the initial purpose is not achieved, once they return home, they will naturally be punished.

Another meaning of Zhengliang's words is to imply that his wife and daughter are not happy to be with him, and at the same time, it also means that Sagara Takeren took the opportunity to propose the idea of ​​taking his wife and daughter away.For all his previous arrangements and decisions, Sagara Taketoshi thought he did nothing wrong.He felt guilty towards his daughter and son-in-law.

The arrangements for putting her daughter under house arrest and becoming a monk are only for the benefit of the family.By arranging her daughter to go to Chikuzen, she will be able to stay away from Zhou Fang, the political center of the Ouchi family, so as to avoid being noticed.After all, Taketo Sagara has been reused by Ouchi Yoshitaka at this time, and the family has also prospered as a result.Just last year, his family got a new territory near the territory of Zhoufang Tao's family. Although the main wife and eldest daughter are here with Luo's family, his other clan members are all in the new territory.And the main wife was also angry with his arrangements for his daughter, so he moved to live near the place where his daughter became a monk.to take care of my daughter. [

He didn't want his future and the prosperity of the family to be affected because of his daughter.As for the main room, he didn't care about her feelings even more. (Historically. After Tao Longfang rebelled and started chasing him, he directly abandoned his wife, children and family and fled, resulting in the massacre of these relatives by Tao Longfang. From here it can be seen that he is essentially I am still a person who puts interests first, first my own interests, then the interests of the family, as for relatives, they are just tools.)

As for his son-in-law Zheng Liang, he felt no guilt at all.After all, the Weng-Xu relationship between the two is nothing more than a political relationship.He appreciates Zhengliang.But this has nothing to do with his duty.And his job is to be a retainer of the Ouchi family.After all, he is first and foremost a retainer of the Ouchi family. If he supports the Luo family, the interests of him and his family will be directly affected.At this time, he naturally abandoned Zhengliang.

The same is true for Tao Longfang.Although he has a good relationship with Zhengliang, as a retainer of the Ouchi family, when his own interests are threatened, he naturally chooses to protect his own interests.So when Ouchi Yoshitaka decided to tear up the covenant with the Luo family, neither Sagara Taketo nor Tao Longfang disagreed.But they did not object, so they resolutely abstained, neither supporting the Luo family nor taking the initiative to confront the Luo family (in fact, if Tao Longfang participated in this battle, the Luo family would encounter more trouble).

In Zhengliang's view, Sagara Taketoshi is not a qualified husband, father and father-in-law.But it is a qualified retainer.

After capturing the meaning of Masara's words in an instant, Sagara Taketo couldn't help but feel distressed secretly.Can negotiating with a son-in-law with such strong words and thoughts really achieve the goal of peace between the two?

The current situation is indeed a little unfavorable for the Ouchi family.The first is the threat from the Nizi family in the east to the Ouchi family.Since the last time Ouchi Yoshitaka went to the Nizi family and returned in a disastrous defeat, the Nizi family's actions have become more and more frequent. The two have fought several times in Iwami country for the control of the silver mine.Right now there is a growing trend.In fact, Zhengliang also knew something about the struggle between the two families. Not long ago, he also sent envoys to Yinyang Dao, preparing to conclude an equal alliance with the Nizi family to jointly deal with the Ouchi family.And this time the Ouchi family took the initiative to negotiate peace with the Luo family to avoid being attacked on both sides.

In addition, this time Naito Xingsheng burned Hakata in order to retreat safely, which also caused many sequelae.The most direct impact was that it triggered protests from many powerful merchants and even demanded compensation for supplies. At the same time, it also caused dissatisfaction among retainers who had supplies and interests in Hakata.From Sagara Taketo's point of view, these retainers are just looking for trouble. Once Hakata falls into the Luo family, can the supplies of the retainers who are hostile families be preserved?But no matter what, the burning of Hakata has already affected the prestige and prestige of the Ouchi family among the tyrants, and even more affected the commercial prosperity in the territory.

Naito Xingsheng also knew that he had caused a catastrophe this time, so as soon as he returned to Zhoufang, he took the initiative to plead guilty to Ouchi Yoshitaka, and took the illness to recuperate at home, and even ended up really sick in bed (the real reason was that he received After arriving at Zhengliang's letter, after learning that the intended daughter-in-law Aso Nozomi was forced to stay in the Luo family, coupled with the accumulated resentment towards the Luo family, she finally became ill with anger).

In addition, as the Luo family defeated the nearly [-] coalition forces of the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family, and then took over the western part of the Chikuzen country that originally belonged to the Ouchi family, some wealthy families close to the Luo family's territory have shown signs of instability.For example, the Munakata family, although the Munakata family sent the strongest navy along the Chikuzen coast to assist Naito Xingsheng in retreating this time, the actions of the Munakata family seemed a bit slow throughout the process.Even after receiving a request for help from Takatorii Castle of the Sugi family, he stood still and only wanted to protect himself.

Another example is Qiuyue's house.Originally, Qiuyue's family, which was supposed to deal with the Luo family together with the Ouchi family after half of the territory was occupied by the Luo family, now instead placed its heavy troops on the territory directly under the Ouchi family.It is obviously to guard against the big family.All of the above show signs of instability in the rule of the Ouchi family in the Chikuzen Kingdom.The Ouchi family naturally bought time to re-stabilize the situation.

"Let's talk, what is the purpose of the Ouchi family sending Your Excellency here this time?" Just as Takeru Sagara was thinking about how to persuade Zheng Liang to agree to the reconciliation of the two families.However, Zheng Liang changed his voice and asked Sagara Takeshi why he came here.

"Master Dazai, the conflict between the two families this time is completely caused by a misunderstanding between the two families. Dazai Daer-sama thinks that at this time, it is best for the two families to turn their hostility into friendship." Seeing that Masara officially called him "Your Excellency", Sagara Takeshi had no choice but to Put aside the identity of the father-in-law.Speak as an emissary.Of course, he also secretly reminded Zheng Liang through the comparison of official titles in his words. At this time, Ouchi Yoshitaka not only has a higher official position than Masara, but even the Ouchi family is still stronger than the Luo family. It is not good for both sides to keep fighting.

Regarding the words of Sagara Taketoshi.Zhengliang didn't respond directly. After all, diplomacy is not a blind quarrel, but an exchange of interests, so Zhengliang waited for Takeshi Sagara to continue talking.

Seeing that Zhengliang did not continue to express his position.Sagara Taketo could only bite the bullet and continue: "I think that in the battle outside Bamboo Castle, my family did not embarrass the remains of your samurai who died in the battle, so in order to show the sincerity of the peace negotiation between the two parties, my family hopes that you can build the cedar in front of it. The head of Lord Takashi Harada, who guarded Dai Xingyun, and Sugi Shigeki, the son-in-law who protected Dai Xingyun before Sugizuki, and his clan returned to the main family."

Sagara Taketo did not propose conditions that the Ouchi family could agree to.Instead, he directly proposed the conditions requested by the big family.Because he was really not sure that Zheng Liang would agree to the original terms offered by the Ouchi family.Just wait for Zheng Liang himself to propose conditions. [

As for the conditions proposed by the Ouchi family, Zheng Liang understood what Ouchi Yoshitaka meant after hearing it.It's not just to guarantee their own reputation, to put on an image of never giving up on their own family, to boost morale and appease people's hearts.At the same time, it is also good to ensure the existence of the Sugi family as the guardian generation family in Chikuzen.So that the Ouchi family can continue to guarantee their rule in Chikuqian.The so-called peace talks, to the two parties at this time, are just a cover-up that can be torn off again at any time, and the exchange terms proposed now are the fundamental interests of the big family's peace talks.

And what about the Roche family?What benefits can you get from the other party this time?

So Zhengliang quickly thought of the problem of captured soldiers that was still unresolved at this time.This time they fought against the two armies of Otomo and Ouchi, and the Luo family captured a total of nearly 3 captive soldiers.After the end of this war, most of them have been allowed to settle in the territory of the Luo family according to the original agreement, but they are not allowed to leave the territory of the Luo family and return to their original homes, so as not to follow the local wealthy family again in the future. Against the Roche family.The Luo family will never do things that restore the enemy's strength in a disguised form.

It’s just because nearly 3000 of them live in the territory of the Ouchi family outside the territory of the Luo family (at the beginning, because the rich families in the Chikugo and Chikuzen territories were mobilized as the main force to attack the Luo family, most of the captured soldiers were The locals in Chikuzen and Chikugo, these people have gone home happily), even if they are forced to stay and settle in the Luo family's territory at this time, it is difficult for them to find a way to return to their home in the future.

In addition, nearly 1000 of the captive soldiers who were sent to the slave squad of the Luo family lived in the territory of the Ouchi family outside the territory of the Luo family.After these people have worked for free in the Luo family for a period of time, they will also be rewarded with accumulating credits and becoming the leaders of the Luo family and being able to settle there.They will also find a way to return to their original home.

Before that, Zhengliang was also having a headache, how to make these two people stay at Luo's house with peace of mind?Now there is a way.That is to ask the Ouchi family to send the family members of these people to the territory of the Luo family.

In doing so, first of all, these captive soldiers can return to their hearts.Secondly, it is also possible to increase the population of the territory by the way. On the basis that one captive can drive three family members on average, this time the population can be increased by at least 1 people.In the end, it solved the Shan family's problem by the way.Although the Sugi family had surrendered before, and the territory of the Sugi family had been sealed off by Masaragi, Masara had never made a decision on how to deal with Sugi Shigeki and his people (after all, if they were killed, it would cause others to surrender as well. The worries of the rich family, if they don’t kill them, they can’t stay in Luo’s family to take up positions, and putting them under house arrest would be a waste of manpower and material resources to guard them).Now it's time to solve this problem by the way.After returning to the camp of Ouchi's family, Isugi Shigeki, who was so incompetent in writing and incapable of martial arts, returned to the camp.Even if he inherited everything from his father, Shan Xingyun, it was nothing more than a piece of rat shit in the Ouchi family's camp, just for him to continue to harm the Ouchi family.

also.Zhengliang still thought about it.In this battle, all the teams participating in the battle suffered varying degrees of damage.It is time to replenish soldiers, and Zhengliang is also planning to increase the standing quota of each standing ashigaru team from the original 500 to 600 (of which each team has 350 ashigaru and bows and arrows). Light 250 people. In this way, plus the other standing numbers of the Luo family, the Luo family will have 700 people).It happened to select soldiers from these returned captive soldiers.

Think here.Zhengliang has decided to negotiate a peace with the Ouchi family.So he immediately put forward a condition: "If you plan to negotiate peace with my family and hand over the captives and heads you mentioned, then you must hand over Duanmu Qingzheng, a retainer of your family who was imprisoned in your hands." When the Ouchi family broke the covenant with the Luo family, Duanmu Qingzheng, who was the hostage of the alliance between the two parties, was immediately imprisoned.Now Zhengliang naturally took the opportunity to exchange it back.

After a short pause, Zheng Liang continued to speak: "In addition, some of your soldiers were captured by my family, and they voluntarily stayed in my family to settle down, so you must move their families to the border of my family's territory and hand them over to my family. At that time, our family will provide you with a detailed roster. You can provide personnel to our family according to the roster. Please be sure to ensure the food, clothing and health of these personnel, otherwise, during the process of moving to the border of our family, every one of these personnel will die , the family will hack and kill a member of the Shan family, and directly destroy the Shan family."

After all, these relocated personnel no longer belong to Ouchi's family.They will inevitably be blamed during the relocation, so Zhengliang must ensure their safety.Otherwise, if they deliberately reduce the population to be relocated or send a bunch of dying people to the Luo family, it will increase the burden on the Luo family in disguise.But now, threatening the lives of the Shan family members can force the Ouchi family to spend a lot of food to ensure that these people can reach the Luo family's territory smoothly.

Taketo Sagara did not expect that Masara would propose such a condition, and this condition also has many disadvantages for the Ouchi family (for example, the Luo family deliberately increased the list that needs to be exchanged in order to obtain more population from the Ouchi family, etc.), So Taketo Sagara thought for a while, and immediately bargained with Masara.

An hour later, after some discussions, and on the basis of the conditions mentioned by both parties, the Ouchi family and the Luo family finally reached a peace agreement.Of course, both parties understand that the so-called peace agreement can be torn up at any time after the conditions of the two parties' peace talks are fulfilled.

After agreeing on everything, Taketo Sagara resolutely rejected Zheng Liang's persuasion, and then took the initiative to leave as if fleeing.The bargaining with Zheng Liang was simply torture for him, and this son-in-law was really difficult to deal with.He didn't want to stay in front of Zhengliang at all, lest he get angry.

When he was about to leave the hill full of stone monuments, Taketoshi Sagara suddenly saw a group of "boy scouts" lined up in a neat formation, practicing neat steps, appearing at the foot of the mountain.These boy scouts are here today to sweep the grave.According to the laws of the Luo family, each village in the territory will set up a Boy Scout Troop, regardless of gender, aged over eight and under 15 years old (just like the Boy Scout Army established when Zheng Liang started his family), and they will be divided into several teams. Then, in addition to learning cultural knowledge, they are regularly assigned to be responsible for patrolling the village, and they will also receive drills from the head of the village who is responsible for the security of the village.

Regular visits to the Heroes Cemetery to sweep the graves are also part of their training. Even the boy scouts in the furthest area in the Luo family's territory will organize to come here once a year to sweep the graves. All are arranged by the territory along the way.Of course, the routes for these boy scouts have basically been planned in advance by the cabinet, and the territory responsible for receiving these scouts along the way will also receive material compensation from the cabinet.In short, this has formed a safe and stable system in the Luo family.What Taketo Sagara saw just now was a group of boy scouts who had just arrived to sweep the grave.

Sagara Taketo originally planned to ask Xiao Xing, who was leading the way ahead, about this group of boy scouts.But as soon as he opened his mouth, he decisively closed it again.Because he realized instantly that it was useless to ask.When he came to meet Zheng Liang earlier, he tried to get more information about Luo's family from this little surname, but he was turned away.

He has been with Zheng Liang since he was six years old, and now nine-year-old Shenwu Zongzhan is so easy to deceive under Zheng Liang's subtle teaching.What's more, ever since he followed Masara, Kamiya Zongzhan had to guard against the tricks of Naoshima Naoshige and Honda Masanobu almost every day. Even a wooden person will now become a smart person (so, this time Naoshima Naoshima Shigeru and Honda Masanobu were sent out to work, and it was liberating for the two remaining Kamiya Sochan and Shimadzu Yoshihiro).So it is strange that Sagara Taketo's questioning is not rejected.

After making fun of himself again, Taketo Sagara looked back and saw that he had gone farther and farther, but still maintained a neat formation, even in the shape of a boy scout with neat steps, Taketo Sagara suddenly thought:

"Is it right or wrong to be an enemy of a famous family like the Luo family?"

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