Pillars of the Wu family

() Haruki Odate and Haruzuna Kuchiki welcomed the arrival of Kira Manmatsumaru very warmly and warmly received the relatives of the Kira family, but when they knew that Kira Manmatsumaru was leading such a huge Shangluo team, their smiling faces immediately disappeared.

"Isn't His Royal Highness Kira's Shangluo team a little too big?" Haruzuna Kuchiki laughed dryly, winking at Haruki Odate, who was 20 years older than him, but his movements were a little unnatural. It was easy to be spotted by Kira Wansongmaru.

"Well, His Highness Kira has so many Shangluo troops. It's really not easy to arrange. You must know that the current financial situation of the shogunate is very bad. The Great Imperial Palace and His Highness Gongfang are building Nakao Castle. They really can't afford such a huge army." In fact, there is no need for Kuchiki Haruna to give him a wink. Odate Qingguang also has something to say, everyone knows that the shogunate is poor, and you, Kiraden, are expensive as a member of the shogunate. Who will support so many people at this moment? Didn't come here to make trouble.

"My family went to Los Angeles this time to revitalize the shogunate! As long as it can revitalize the shogunate, what's the point of spending? The military rations and salary distribution of the Sanhe Bong public are left to the family to solve!" Kira Manmatsumaru said awe-inspiringly.

"...So that's the case, I was waiting too much!" Haruki Odate shook his head secretly, glanced at Haruzuna Kuchiki with a disdainful expression on his face, sighed secretly that Kuchiki's self-cultivation was still lacking, looked at Wan Jiliang With words like samurai righteousness hanging from Matsumaru's mouth, Odate Haruhiko could only sigh.

"His Highness Kira is well-behaved and looks extraordinary. I thought he was a suave talent, but I never thought that he would be so... childish. Could it be that the genealogy of the Kira family is a generation of vegetarians? No, Dakochi Tamaru Shouxinzhen I have seen it before, he is a loyal and reliable person, why do you let this young hall mess around?"

Not to mention the expressions on the faces of the two of them, anyway, the problem of Sanhe Fenggong's legal garrison in Sakamoto was finally solved. Kuchiki Haruna found an excuse and left soon. Odate Haruhiko found Kira Wansongmaru and wanted to be him As a result, the samurai righteousness, shogunate status and other things that he spewed out of his mouth were speechless, and he could only shake his head with a wry smile and leave.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's really inconvenient to say!" Kira Wansongmaru has the nerve to tell him what he thinks. He has long set his sights on Sakamoto, a treasure land of geomantic omen. The port of Sakamoto is far more developed than Tsushima. If people from these areas want to go to Los Angeles, they have to pass through Sakamoto Port. With such a large trade throughput and passenger and cargo turnover, he will definitely make money if he takes it big.

He is now responsible for the food and clothing of more than 2000 people. He has no decent income and can only rely on the savings in his hand to sit and eat. This result is impossible for him to accept. Now he still has money in his hand, more than 3000 yuan. Many things can be done, such as building a Sakamoto Castle next to Sakamoto Port, and classifying the commercial town of the port as a castle town are all good ideas.

In the hands of the general, Sakamoto is just a resort. The people coming and going have nothing to do with the shogunate. The shogunate is all staring at the fiscal and tax revenue of the one-acre land in Kyoto. It can be satisfied, and it is not impossible to give everything else, anyway, the shogunate has nothing to give.

After the Shangluo army was settled, Kira Wansongmaru took Yamamoto Kansuke and a group of Mikawa samurai from the shogunate to the Cizhao Temple to meet with the Imperial Palace and the general. Because there was Odate Haruki communicating in it, the Imperial Palace and the public already knew about Kira. The situation of Wansongmaru Shangluo, the huge team of more than 2000 people still scared many people, but knowing that he was willing to serve the public at his own expense, it deeply moved Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Ashikaga Yoshito and his son.

In the Changyu Palace of Cizhao Temple, because of the arrival of Kira Manmatsumaru, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who had no roads for some time, met him in person. Kira Manmatsumaru knelt respectfully and sat alone in the delicate flower room, facing him. The one on the main seat is the Ogosho Ashikaga Yoshiharu. He is a middle-aged man with more than half of the typical public official style. His face is powdered, his eyebrows are twisted into broad beans, his teeth are painted black and he is wearing a black safari. Push and fall.

Sitting next to him is Ashikaga Yoshito, this major general is not very old, except for wearing a safari suit and a black hat, and only a layer of powder makeup on his face, there are no other changes. It can be seen that the new general The general Ashikaga Yoshito has not yet grasped the real power, just sitting beside his father with a blank expression, but this major general does not seem to be a conservative person, and the eager light that bursts out from time to time can easily be caught by Kira Manmatsumaru catch.

The Great Imperial Palace Ashikaga Yoshiharu did not put up the airs of the public, but said in the tone of an elder to a younger generation: "Wansongmaru is a very good name. Your father Yoshiyao once assisted my father and is a very talented person. When Yu was young, he also used it as a name. It's a pity that those things happened later... The loyalty of the Kira family to the shogunate has always been in my heart... Cough cough cough!"

It is very difficult for Dayu to speak, but he can’t stop talking. Although his face is covered with thick powder, it must be very painful to see his uncomfortable appearance. Ashikaga Yoshito can’t see it right He helped his father up, and then called the maid to send him away. This strange change was beyond his expectation.

"The body of His Royal Highness..."

"It's okay...fufu...cough cough!" Ashikaga Yoshiharu dripped bead-sized beads of sweat on his face, as if he was really suffering, but it's a pity that the father and son kept saying it was okay, and the other student made him silent helpless.

It didn't take long before a woman in Chinese clothes with her hair covered in powder, her eyebrows raised and her lips reddened so that her age could not be discerned, came over surrounded by a group of maids. Seeing Ashikaga Yoshiharu panting heavily, she hurried over to support him, The maid was recruited to take out a pill from a small box and give Ashikaga Yoshiharu to take it. After a while, Ashikaga Yoshiharu finally stopped coughing, but he was still a little wheezing.

The woman in Chinese clothes whispered a few words to Ashikaga Yoshito, then turned around and nodded to Kira Wansongmaru, and then, surrounded by the maids, helped the Daigosho Ashikaga Yoshiharu to leave the flower room.

"That's my mother, Kei Godai, the daughter of the Konoe family." Ashikaga Yoshito, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said after the Godaisho supported the Ogosho and left, "You are the governor of the Mikawa Kira family? Such a small Shouldn't you stay in Saijo Castle to enjoy your life at your age?"

"The shogunate is in danger. My Kira family is a member of His Royal Highness, and the shogunate serves as the chief of the public, so we should be loyal to His Royal Highness!" Kira Wansongmaru threw out the prepared rhetoric without even raising his eyebrows.

"Well said! The Yu Shogunate needs a loyal minister like you!" The young Ashikaga Yoshito suddenly burst into a loud voice. He seemed to be dressed in the same way as his father, but he was hiding a heart unwilling to fail. ambition.

Kira Wansongwan said more and more respectfully: "This is what I Wansongwan should do!"

"You don't have Yuanfu yet? When Zhongwei City is completed, Yu Zi will ask Father to preside over the Yuanfu ceremony for you!"

"I, Wansongwan, thanked His Royal Highness!" Kira Wansongwan hurriedly thanked the ground gratefully. The etiquette teachings he had received since childhood only showed its effect at this time, when to be respectful, when to be happy, and when to be grateful. For specialized training, it doesn't matter if ordinary samurai make some mistakes during the interview, but for a general like the Kira family, even informal interviews cannot tolerate the slightest mistake.

In fact, he doubts whether Ashikaga Yoshiharu can live to the day when the city is successfully built, but it is not easy to slap the new general's face at this time, and cooperate with him to say a few more nice words without losing a piece of meat. Just do what you want, so Kira Wansongmaru said again: "It is really not suitable for the two thousand troops below to be stationed in the wild for a long time, so His Royal Highness must allow me, Wansongmaru, to build a new city near Sakamoto to station troops. It can also be used during wartime." As the command post of His Royal Highness."

"Well! Yu has also considered it. Although the shogunate cannot support you, it is still no problem to build a new city. Yu agrees!" Ashikaga Yoshito waved his long sleeves in a big way, and transferred the best part of Sakamoto to Kira Wan Songwan, in fact, the shogunate is also at a loss. It was originally from the Bai family of the Liujiao family. It is quite a good deal to exchange a piece of land from the Bai family for the support of two thousand troops.

Note: Ashikaga Yoshiteng is Ashikaga Yoshiki.