Warring States Eagle

At the beginning of September in Tianwen 18, after going back and forth for more than a year and discussing with many parties, and after learning that the Luo family almost occupied the Bungo country, the old nest of the Daimyo Otomo family in Kyushu, the Niko family of the Izumo country in Honshu The house governor, Nizi Qingjiu, finally made up his mind to form an alliance with the Luo family. While signing the alliance agreement with the Luo family, he also sent the hostages of the alliance at the same time.

At the end of October, a group of the Nizi family finally arrived at Hizen Guoxuefu castle castle town accompanied by the envoy of the Luo family, just in time for the Luo family's military parade, and witnessed the huge grand occasion of the Luo family's military parade.

As the chief general of this mission, Mikawa Moriyuki Yamanaka, after seeing the mighty military power, couldn't help but feel lucky that his family was able to form an alliance with the Luo family.But when he saw the second son who was looking around curiously at this time, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.Although there is already a son in the family who inherits the family business, but the son is always sick, which makes people feel that he seems to live soon. If the son dies, he still has to rely on the second son to inherit the family business.But it was unexpected that at this time, the Luo family directly pointed out that they were hostages exchanged for the alliance between the Nizi family and the Luo family.

This request from the Luo family made Sanhe Shouman in the mountains both happy and painful.Happily, the Kyushu Eagle, who is famous in Kyushu, and even the country of Wa, specifically named his second son as a hostage for the alliance between the Luo family and the Nizi family, and even promised to take his second son as a small surname.Such a thing, even the important minister of the Nizi family, Mikawa Mori Mitsuko, felt honored.

The painful thing is that for the great cause of Nizi's family, he had to send his second son, who was less than six years old, to Kyushu Hizen, far away from his hometown in Izumo, which made him feel unbearable.Especially his wife, who had cried countless times before leaving.

Actually.in history.Mikawa Shoumanxing in the mountains should have been a few years ago (around [-]) when he represented the Niko family in the battle against the Maori family who invaded the Bingo country.He died at the hands of the Maori family.But it just so happened that year, under the stimulation of Zheng Liang, Mo Liyuan started to build his Liangchuan system ahead of schedule, focusing on how to obtain the family business of the Yoshikawa family and the Kobayakawa family, but postponed the plan to deal with the Beihou country. The speed of the invasion, and then let the Yamanaka Mikawa Shouman, who should have been conscripted, not have to go out, and finally escaped the catastrophe.

In history, when he died.It was the time when his second son was born.Due to his early death, his two sons were raised by his wife alone.And because the first son was sick and weak since childhood, the second son inherited the position of family governor later.

If history still proceeded according to the original process, then at this time, if Zhengliang asked Nizi's family to take Yamanaka Miyuki's second son as a hostage for the alliance, he might not be able to get the other party's consent. The family may not be willing to send the second son of Miyuki Yamanaka as a candidate for the family governor, and the Nizi family as the main family will also consider this request of the Yamanaka family.Now that Yamanaka Mitsuko is still alive, Nizi's family saw that Luo's family only wanted an unknown child as a hostage in exchange, so they naturally agreed.And Yamanaka Miyuki couldn't refuse the request of the Zong family.

Out of reluctance to give up on the second son, but also out of the desire to personally visit the place where the second son will live for a long time in the future.This time, Mitsuko Yamanaka applied for the task of escorting the allied hostages to the Luo family from Nizi Haruhisa.

Since arriving at Tangjin Port by boat, and then rushing all the way to the Luo family's new residence city, the Luo family has given him a lot of shocks. The legendary Kyushu Eagle is already full of interest.What kind of a person can build such a powerful country?

Soon, shortly after the Luo family's military parade ended, their group was finally received by Zheng Liang.

Standing under the huge Xuefu City, looking up at the majestic city wall of Xuefu City and the seven-story castle tower standing like a pagoda in Xuefu City, everyone was led by the envoys of the Luo family through the gate in front of the city gate. The bridge passed through the city gate, and then passed through the city gate of Sanwan, and finally came to a courtyard in Xuefu City.

This is the tea pavilion built by Zhengliang in the mountains of Xuefu City.The weather is fine today, and there are tea plums falling all over the yard. Against the red sky in the east, the yard looks solemn and solemn.The hall of the tea pavilion in the mountain is the size of three stacks, and there are various tea utensils confiscated by the Luo family from hostile forces or purchased by their own business houses over the years.

These tea party utensils are all otherworldly treasures (but in Zhengliang's opinion, they are not enough to be displayed at the tea party).Zeng Luli's vase, Shaoou's tea kettle, white tea bowl, several sets, lotus-foot teapot, zygote water vessel... To put it bluntly, even though these are all fakes, Zheng Liang would not be able to identify them.However, it cannot be inferred from this that Zhengliang is a vulgar person who lacks taste.Since coming to this world, Zheng Liang has spent most of his time on the battlefield, how can he have time to enjoy it?

But Zheng Liang believes that when meeting guests in such an environment, the first thing to do is to let people see the towering seven-story castle tower to the east of the tea pavilion, fully show their dignity to the guests, and then bring the guests to this extremely elegant tea pavilion. Show his style to the guests.

In the tea pavilion, when Zhengliang cooked a pot of mountain tea that only Luo's family could produce, and the fragrance of tea was emitting from the teapot, the guests were finally brought here.

"Greetings to Mr. Repairman." In the end, only Miyuki Yamanaka and his second son Jinjiro were able to meet Masara.The other attendants were invited to wait in another yard outside the tea pavilion.

Zheng Liang, who was sitting on the main seat, said with a faint smile: "Sanhe Shou does not need to be strict with etiquette. There was a rule in the tea ceremony that tea masters are not allowed to discuss world affairs in the tea room. But for me, it's a different matter, this is a It's a good place for me to have a heart-to-heart talk with Sanhe Shou."

Miyuki Yamanaka was really flattered that Zhengliang was so enthusiastic as soon as they met.Besides, he really didn't have much research on the tea ceremony, so he didn't know how to respond to Zheng Liang's words for a while.But after seeing Zheng Liang for the first time, he was really surprised.

Why are you surprised?Mainly because he was intimidated by Zhengliang's age.Although his family is located in the Izumo region far from Kyushu, there are merchants and wandering monks who came from various places.He more or less heard a lot of stories about the big name in front of him.

This is such a family governor who looks to be in his 20s.Leading a small and weak family in ten years has grown to be able to compete with the Ouchi family in Kitakyushu.At the same time, the overlord and powerful family whose tentacles have extended to southern Kyushu?If this is the case, then the suzerain of one's own family seems a little insufficient.

At this time, Nizi Qingjiu was 35 years old, and the family business was also left by Nizi Qingjiu's grandfather, who was known as the Wolf of Yunzhou and the "Yin and Yang One Prefect" in the Warring States Period.Previously, Nizi Qingjiu, after inheriting the family governor, did not listen to Nizi Jiujiu's dissuasion, and rashly attacked the Maori family, resulting in a big defeat. Not only did Nizi Qingjiu lose a lot of powerful retainers, but also made Nizi Jiujiu, who was respected by many retainers, angry to death.Even later, the coalition forces of the Ouchi family and the Maori family attacked the territory, although they finally defended the territory.However, Nizi Haruhisa's prestige among the retainers has dropped greatly, which is why Nizi Haruhisa has been actively trying to occupy Iwami Ginzan in the past few years.

"Mikawa Mamoru, I wonder who this young man is?" Seemingly seeing the embarrassment of the other party, Zheng Liang immediately changed his voice and asked the child who had been quietly following behind Mitsuko Yamanaka.

Hearing that Zheng Liang asked about his son, Yamanaka Miyuki immediately introduced with a little pride in his tone: "Master Repair Doctor, this is my second son, Kanjiro."

"Kanjiro Yamanaka pays homage to your lord." The child hurriedly saluted Masara under the signal of his father, Miyuki Yamanaka.

Kanjiro Yamanaka?This is Yamanaka Kasuke Yukimori (real name) who later became famous as the "Deer in the Mountain" because he wore a three-day moon helmet with antlers and killed Iwami no Wolf to support Shinagawa Dazen in the battle against the Maori family. Yukimori Yamanaka)?

Judging from the appearance of this Izumo deer at this time.Thin and dark, his appearance is not very handsome (his appearance in later games is very good).And now it looks a little scary.The only thing that satisfies Zhengliang is the curiosity in his big eyes from time to time.He was clearly fascinated by what he had seen along the way.

But on the whole, this is very different from the Izumo deer in Zhengliang's mind.Is this still the Deer of Izumo in history?It is said that it was recorded in historical documents that Shika Izumo was not only a handsome man when he was very young (later, in the competition with his rival, he successfully defeated Kiyomatsu Yajuro and married Kamei Hidezuna’s daughter Kamei Chiaki) , even more bloody (because his elder brother was insulted by others because of his weak health, he actually picked up the sword and beheaded the guy who insulted his elder brother).Now it looks like it can't be seen at all.

You must know that in order to bring this famous general under his command, Zheng Liang had some small troubles during the negotiation process with Nizi's family.At that time, it seemed that the two alliances were about to succeed, and the only thing to be discussed was the issue of the respective hostages when they exchanged hostages for the alliance.

At this time, the envoy of the Luo family not only offered to take the deer of Izumo as a hostage, but Duanmu Kiyomasa, the representative of the envoy of the Luo family, also asked to take himself as a hostage.

From the bright side, this plan of hostage exchange is obviously a disadvantage for the Luo family.After all, Izumo Zhilu was just a child at this time, and everyone in Nizi's family didn't know his future achievements.On the contrary, Duanmu Qingzheng has been practiced by the Luo family's official side.In comparison, Duanmu Qingzheng's identity and value are naturally higher.

But at this time, some retainers of the Nizi family deliberately found fault, even saying that Duanmu Qingzheng had been a hostage in the Ouchi family, and he might be suspected of secretly taking refuge in the Ouchi family.As soon as these retainers questioned, Duanmu Qingzheng almost exploded in anger. This time he took the initiative to ask Zhengliang to stay at Nizi's house as a hostage, in order to make up for the failure of the hostage trip at Ouchi's house. Now look at He was naturally angry when someone singled out his pain, so he immediately swore to the sky in public that he would never die with the Ouchi family.

In ancient times, most people valued their own oaths very much. As soon as Duanmu Qingzheng's oath came out, the doubts about Duanmu Qingzheng disappeared immediately.In the end, the alliance between the two companies was successful this time.

This time, Zhengliang met the father and son of Izumo Kaka, mainly to meet the historical Yamanaka Kasuke Yukimori in person.At the same time, I further discussed with Yamanaka Mikawa Shoumanyuki who came here on behalf of the Nizi family to discuss how to jointly deal with the Ouchi family in the next step. After all, when we formed the alliance, we simply reached the goal of jointly dealing with the common enemy of both sides, the Ouchi family. That's all, and the specific strategy has not yet been determined.

In the ensuing conversation, Yamanaka Mikawa Shou Miyuki made a request to buy iron cannons from the Roche family.It seems that he saw the situation of the iron cannon squadrons of the Luo family during the military parade, so he became envious.Of course, his request was purchased in his own name.Regarding his request, Zheng Liang also seemed very generous, and immediately presented an iron cannon to the other party. As for more iron cannons, it was impossible, after all, the Luo family did not have many iron cannons.Of course, the iron cannon that was presented as a gift is actually the same iron cannon that the Nanman people sold to the Luo family (Anyway, the Nanman Zhu Qinfeng was selling this kind of iron cannon everywhere at this time, and there is no need to worry about technology leaks if you give it to Yamanaka Mitsuki. ), as for the iron cannon that the Luo family researched and improved by themselves, they would definitely not sell it.

In the end, the two parties agreed that after the spring plowing next year, they would go out together to deal with the Da Nei family. (To be continued..)