A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

"How are you doing Owari Danmasa?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu, who was sitting at the top, looked at Koheita who was reporting back.

"The Meinong strategy is now at a stalemate, and it seems there is no way to break the situation." Koheta replied respectfully.

Before, Saito Ryuuki was very powerful, but it seemed that one hand could not command five fingers. Oda Nobunaga caught the finger that listened to Saito Ryuuki and beat it, and the other fingers that did not obey the command naturally retracted.

But now all the fingers that did not obey the command were directed at Oda Nobunaga. Saito Ryuuki's hand was smaller, but shrunk into a fist. As long as you guard Inaba Mountain, it will be useless for you, Oda Nobunaga, to be a monster and sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"Is that so?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu did not express any opinion, and nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

"Owari Danmasa also seems to be interested in marrying me, so I've made some inquiries." Heita felt that he couldn't carry such a big responsibility by himself.

"I heard from Nomiya, let's discuss this later." Yamauchi Yoshiharu knew who he was leaning toward at a glance.

He hoped that Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was still in his prime, would have another daughter, which would be the most beautiful thing. The Yamauchi family can really return to the Ashikaga Clan and reach the pinnacle of the samurai family.

Of course, there is no conflict between his and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's ideas, and it would be good to marry the daughter of the Uesugi family. Everyone has their own merits, it just depends on where you are.

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After successfully maintaining the superficial peace with the Oda clan, Koheita's mission was officially completed. I hurried home to check on the progress of my new home. The house was basically completed, except for the exterior decoration and yard tidying up.

During the days when Xiao Pingtai was away, the house erection ceremony was over. Readers who live in rural areas where you can still build your own house may have some impression that this is called "Shangliang" in China. 【Note 1】

The ceremony of raising a beam in Japan is very similar to that in China. We will also put some drawings of gods on the beam. In Japan, people will go to nearby shrines or temples to buy an "imperial coin" with auspicious words such as peace on the home and the like written on it, and hang it on the beams of the house to worship.

Then there will be the most popular program. In order to share the joy of building a new house and to share the blessing of a safe home with others, the owner of the house will throw various gifts to the people who come to watch the building.

This point is similar between China and Japan, usually it is dumplings, rice cakes, fruits (dried fruits), candies, copper coins and the like.

Since Koheta was not at home, it was still organized by her aunt and Hosokawa Harugong. Five thousand portions of rice cakes were prepared on that day in the upper building, and the rice paper used to wrap the rice cakes was boiled for several times. I don’t know how many kilograms of fruit snacks were used, and the copper coins were scattered in wheel baskets.

At that time, the whole mountain was boiling. Who didn't know that Zixiao Lutan was a man who was rich and cared about the people. From the perspective of the feudal lord's reserve fund, the entire mountain family, large and small, had received favors from Xiaopingtai.

Then I heard that thousands of people came to watch the ceremony at Taiping Xiaoping's house. It was a huge crowd and a bustling atmosphere. Throwing away things worth hundreds of dollars consumed everyone's enthusiasm, but the family members who were pounding rice cakes were exhausted.

And I also received hundreds of gifts before going up to the building, usually an odd number of five items, including wine, fruits, rice cakes, red beans, and seasonal fruits (preferably tangerines). After receiving these gifts, it is necessary to return gifts. According to the custom, an even number of six to eight items is returned. This is not very restrictive. Nowadays, some areas in Japan still adhere to the gift principle of Hajiri. In some places, it is enough to send back a box of rice cakes and something valuable and useful. Just make up an even number.

At first, Harugong Hosokawa and his daughter Aya calculated that they were well off. Xiaoping was too popular and could receive more than fifty gifts, so they prepared seventy returns. As a result, it was not enough just after morning, and gift-givers from the countryside of Yamauchi and other counties also delivered things in the afternoon.

Something almost went wrong that Koheta couldn't even afford a gift in return. Fortunately, Yamauchi Fuchu Castle is the leading Omachi town in Minami Shinano, so ordinary things can be arranged if you have money. I took the money to pay for the house, and finally collected fifty or so gifts in return to complete the matter.

Fortunately, my aunt and Harumiya Hosokawa's family came to help. If Heita was left alone at home, I don't know what would have happened. This kind of folk custom is really not something that people who have never experienced it can do. Mrs. Xiaoping couldn't help but feel happy secretly.

After thanking his aunt first, Heita hurried to Hosokawa Harumiya's house. His father-in-law and his family were busy in his absence, and his son-in-law was really unreliable.

"I'm really sorry for bothering you, sir." Koheta came to Hosokawa Harumiya's house and was already familiar with it.

Not only Hosokawa Harumiya has already acquiesced that Koheta is the new uncle, but all the family servants in the Hosokawa family also feel the same way.

Xiao Pingtai didn't even notice when she came in. The family had already prepared Xiao Pingtai's dishes, cushions, bedding, etc., and it was as if she was at her own home.

"These are all trivial matters, Heita-chan. I'm looking at the date. The sixteenth day of next month is an auspicious day. What do you think?" Hosokawa Harugong retired at home. Finishing her daughter's marriage was her biggest wish.

"Everything depends on the instructions of the boss." Marriage in Japan actually depends on the day. Xiaopingta can just marry. He has watched his wife grow up, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Weng and son-in-law were talking, and Aya brought tea. Now when I take a closer look, sixteen-year-old A-Ling is indeed good-looking. There is the quietness of a lady, but also the agility of a girl from the Wu family.

Mrs. Xiaoping couldn't help but feel happy in her heart. This original stock was indeed the right investment.

Seeing Aya quietly exiting the house, Xiaopingta stood up and followed him. He probably had to deal with her at Hosokawa's house for dinner tonight, so she asked first.

Leaving the old lightbulb father-in-law aside, he said, "A Ling, wait a minute, what are you going to eat tonight?"

"Ah? Cooking wild vegetables." A Ling said subconsciously.

Xiao Pingtai took advantage of A Ling's distraction and held her hand, "A Ling, let me ask you a question, what do you think is good about me?"

I thought that no girl would like my 1.42 meter tall, rotten teeth, bald head, hunchback, and dark appearance. Xiaoping Tai still had this self-awareness.

"Huh? Well, you should probably take a bath every day." A Ling took out her thin wrist and ran away in small steps.

"Is this okay?" Xiaoping was left alone and confused.

[Note 1]: One more thing, those who pay attention to the history of the Japanese War will definitely find that in addition to the most common annual land tribute, Japan’s taxation also has a kind of property tax called dongbieqian.

Baidu, Google, and even Feeding Chickens all talk about property tax in vague terms, written casually by people with little knowledge and no idea at all.

In Japanese, when it comes to houses, the words "dong" and "liang" are the same, and they both refer to the big beam in the middle of the house. And we know that the wood suitable for making roof beams needs to be of sufficient length and diameter, so there are only a few wood that can grow to such a large size.

The wood was too thin to bear weight, and the wood was too long and uneven. In the end, there was a similar consensus, and a section of wood about six meters long was set as a building, also called a beam.

The money for each building is the money for each beam. Real estate tax is not levied based on the area of ​​the house, but is calculated and levied based on the length of the beams.