I had a hurry to part with Chiyo Tora in Sakamoto Castle, and I didn’t even see my appearance again, leaving a trace of regret for this trip to Kyoto. The only gain was to establish a women’s church school in Tanba, and my identity was the name principal of this school. If there was no accident in this church school, it would grow into a towering tree, and the fruits on the trees were my reserve wives and concubines.

It is conceivable that a long time later, I said to a wife, 'Let's play the game between a doctor and an ignorant girl.'

The answer I got was, ‘No, I want to play the game between principals and students who stayed in school.’

**

It was rare for everyone to keep some belly during lunch. Everyone knew that today's snacks were unusual. After the leftovers were removed, six maids brought each of them and brought a plate in. The four orange-young-cooked corn on the plate were very attractive.

After the autumn harvest, the Tampo Kingdom had another new specialty - corn. Due to limited production, this golden grain could only appear on the dining table of a few people as an appetizer like dim sum. The tender corn exuded an attractive fragrance. I started to take one and handed it to Ashi, and then followed it to Sakurazi, Yuko and other concubines in order.

‘It smells so good.’

‘Yes, it’s fragrant and sweet.’

Several wives and concubines praised the boiled corn, and I ate one symbolically. As a northerner, corn is not fresh to me. Put down the corn cobs that I had eaten up, and happened to see Xiaolan, the maid standing behind Ashi, secretly wiping her tears.

After using the snacks, the wives and concubines dispersed, and I left behind Ashi and Xiaolan alone. "Xiaolan, who was bullied by today?"

Xiaolan lowered her head, 'Sir, there is nothing to do.'

I looked at Ashi, and Ashi explained, "Today, Xiaolan's family asked someone to send a message, and the village in Xiaolan's hometown was looted by pirates. I'm afraid this year's tax payment will not be paid."

‘Where is Xiaolan’s home from? It’s Kinki.’ I don’t speak in the coastal areas of Kinki except for Ishiyama Honganji family. I think I can save the village from a year’s money, grain tax in other places just by saying hello.

Ashi smiled and said, "It's not just Kinki, but also in the husband's lord."

The only one who led the coast of my country was Wakasa, who had just been captured, 'You mean?'

Ashi smiled and said, 'That's right, Xiaolan's hometown is Qingxiang in Wakasa Country.'

During this period, I have seen the narrow and long map of Wakasa Country. I still have an impression of the place name Qingxiang, "Is it the one near Qingye Mountain?"

Xiaolan nodded, 'Yes, sir.'

‘Anyway, I will go there sooner or later, so I will solve it together this time.’ Wakasa Kingdom just won it, and now the territory is in a turbulent period from chaos to great rule. The bandits, the people of the Chinese, and the remnants of the Iso family have appeared in the market, making a mess in Wakasa territory. It was the centipede that died without being stiff. The Iso family has been operating in Wakasa Kingdom for hundreds of years, and there are still some potential forces, and the pirates who attacked Xiaolan's hometown villages may also be the pirates sent by the Mori family or Yamama masters to harass them. Now I am as strong as His Highness Oda Nobunaga Ryuchi Yoshido.

Regarding these harassments, Shimakashima, stationed in Miyazu Castle, made several attacks but only caught three or two kittens. The first reason was that the troops were insufficient and they could not be searched for and captured on a large scale. The second reason was that the enemy had many eyes and eyes. Miyazu Castle had just sent troops to suppress bandits, but he got news and retreated.

The only explanation for this phenomenon is that Yise Yoshidao himself shamelessly abandoned Miyazu Castle and ran away with his family's money. He also remotely controlled the local forces of Yise's family to carry out damage. If Yise Yoshidao Castle was arrested and imprisoned when it was broken, there would be much less of these ruins. It seems that it is time to clean up these ruins.

On November 15, I went to Wakasaka Kingdom to join the island of Maruka on November 15, 2000 in the year of Renping, and I went to the Maruhashima to suppress the bandits, including 1,500 iron artillery teams, 500 flag teams, 500 spear teams, and 500 peasant soldiers teams.

Miyazu Castle, the haggard face of Shimakazuma, saw reinforcements, as if he had seen his relatives, and excitedly held the reins of my horse and said, "Your Highness, we are looking forward to the stars and the moon, which is what we have hoped for you."

‘No, a few rioters stumped our Dao Shengmeng?’

I got off the horse and went to Tiansou in Miyazu Castle. Katsumashima told me about the hardships of Miyazu Castle. "I am incompetent, I deserve to die, I am guilty. Your Highness, you don't know that the area that our Kudo family can control is only about thirty miles outside Miyazu Castle. In other places, if you want to pay the annual payment and tax of the Kudo family, you will be looted by the rebels. We also attacked several times, and the enemy immediately went into the mountains and couldn't even see the roots. After several repeated incidents, fewer and fewer tyrants trusting the Kudo family, and more and more people are in a wait-and-see state. They do not recognize the Kudo family's rule over Wakasa.'

‘It seems that the enemy has achieved their desired goal. Tell me what you have thought of?’

‘A little assumption.’ Shimakashi took the map of Wakasa Kingdom and gestured with his hands, ‘First of all, it is to establish authority. Wakasa Kingdom is just a little bit. We sent large troops to suppress the bandits in two groups. This move is to encircle the iron wall. I have calculated that as long as there is enough troops, we can drive these riots out of the mountains.’

‘Then it’s the kindness. This year, Wakasa country has suffered such a big military disaster. Don’t think about annual taxes. I want to beg Your Highness to exempt Wakasa country from the annual taxes this year. Next year, we will only collect half of the taxes next year. In the third year, we will collect 80% of the taxes annually. In the fourth year, we will collect 100% of the taxes annually. In the past, the Yise family will provide 30% of the taxes annually. But our Kudo family will collect 100% of the taxes annually, and only 40% of the taxes annually. In this way, the people of Wakasa country will come to us.’

‘No problem. As long as the people in the corps can live and work in peace and contentment, a little loss is worth it. However, have you discovered the rampant phenomenon of Wakasa pirates recently? Is there a way to solve it?’

Katsumashima pointed three points on the map, 'My plan is to build cities in the three places of Shiwu, Takahama and Kohama, connect these three places to Miyazu Castle, and build several beacon towers along the way, so as to prevent the attacks of pirates. However, fundamentally speaking, as long as the Kudo family's own naval army is developed, they can deal with pirates. In this regard, there are many fishermen in Shiwu, who occasionally do some pirate business. If you build a naval army, you can start with them.'

'The navy must be established. You have also heard of Zheng He who brought 100,000 naval troops to Japan on a treasure ship. What a martial arts general Ashikaga Yoshiman was able to quell the rebellion of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. When he saw the 100,000 naval troops of the Ming Dynasty, he had to honestly pay tribute. We must follow the navy. In fact, you have also seen the ships of the Southern Barbarians, which are much smaller than Zheng He's treasure ships back then, but this is much larger than the Anzhai ships used by the navy today.'

‘What does Your Highness mean to build a big ship?’

‘That’s right.’

‘But we don’t. These Japanese craftsmen can only build yaku boats. This is the biggest one.’
Chapter completed!