Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 157 I hope that at least he is not a bad person!

It is difficult to have both in this world, and Yuanye cannot have both.

Aman repeatedly confirmed that Aqing had no intention of marrying Yuanye as his principal wife, nor would she marry him as his principal wife, which would be a burden to her. Yuanye secretly observed Aqing's face several times after getting up the next day, and found that she was as usual, without any signs of sadness, so he gave up worrying about it - this era was quite friendly to a "superior" like him, and everyone tacitly agreed that he should marry several girls, a principal wife plus several concubines, and even a dozen maids, and it would be best if they had babies every day in the house.

Now that there are no emotional factors, if we only consider it from a utilitarian perspective or from the perspective of strength development, quickly recovering strength and continuing to grow should of course be the top priority.

After all, when Hara had been studying and reading notes at Takeuchi-sho, he had also imagined changing history and avoiding many tragedies. He even tried to harm Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the monkey, at that time. However, his mentality was different at that time, and he had no power, so he could only do small things and dig some traps for the monkey. But now he has a territory that completely belongs to him, and he also has many loyal subordinates. He began to feel that some of his previous ideas could be realized, and he was willing to make some efforts for this.

Compared with avoiding the tragedy of tens of thousands or even millions of deaths, personal feelings and the "status" that Aqing doesn't care much about are completely unimportant.

And this shouldn't be considered as harming the strange little girl who is the Dog Princess.

Before he fell into this era, except for Aichi, no one had heard that Oda Nobunaga had a sister. It is very likely that in history, Princess Inu was also married to a certain Owari noble family as a marriage partner in the early stage of Oda Nobunaga's development, and then her whole family died early. Otherwise, her original husband, as a member of Oda Nobunaga's family, should have had some status in Oda Danmasatada's family and should have left a name in history.

By marrying him, perhaps the Dog Princess could live longer.

As for offspring, that will be a long time in the future and it is hard to predict. We can wait a few years and see what happens. Anyway, the dog princess is only eleven years old, younger than Aqing. If we marry her, we can only watch. Then, as Aman said, if we can get along well, we can get along well. If not, we can worship her and spend a little more money on her.

Yuanye's thoughts came to light, and he felt that he could fool his own sense of morality. When he met Niwa Nagahide and Maeda Toshiie again that day, he did not evade the issue and readily agreed to the proposal of the two families to form an in-law relationship. The two sides began formal "negotiations."

While taking them to visit the battlefield of the "Battle of Shinwanzu", Harano stated that he had sworn an alliance with the Imagawa family before and was now in the Imagawa family's sphere of influence. Before the Imagawa family completely withdrew from Chita County, he could not assist Oda Danmasatada's family in attacking the Imagawa family, but he was willing to promise that he would never assist the Imagawa family in attacking Owari.

This is a question of stance, and I must be frank in advance: he is not a vassal of Oda Danjotada's family.

Niwa Nagahide was somewhat disappointed, but he could accept the promise that Harano would not become the "vanguard officer" of the Imagawa family. Harano then hoped to restore his free passage in Owari, so that he could purchase raw materials everywhere and sell goods through Atsuta, Shimazu, Nakono Castle and other places, and share the convenience and wealth brought by the trade route.

Niwa Nagahide also actively bargained with him, believing that Harano's demands could be met, but priority must be given to supplying some goods including gunpowder and cannons to the Oda Danjotada family, and the specific price should be at least 50% lower than the market price. At the same time, the two families would be united and not attack each other, and when one side was attacked or a rebellion broke out in the territory, the other side had an obligation to provide assistance - except for wars related to the Imagawa family and its affiliated forces due to Harano's oath.

Oda Nobunaga and his father-in-law Saito Dosan probably have this kind of "alliance relationship" at the moment. When the Yamaguchi family rebelled against Oda Danjotada's family, which led to a massive attack from the Imagawa family, Saito Dosan sent reinforcements to Owari to intimidate the Imagawa family from making any further advances. Niwa Nagahide was also following suit.

After discussing with Aman, Aqing, Endo Chiyo, Maejima Juichiro and others, Yuanye bargained with Niwa Nagahide again, determined the number of low-priced goods and raised the price to 70%. At the same time, he demanded the return of the property seized in Wanjin, and the two sides reached an agreement.

Niwa Nagahide immediately sent Maeda Toshiie to go back and report to Oda Nobunaga. After obtaining Oda Nobunaga's approval, the alliance was officially established.

At this point, the two sides have become allies, and they need to help each other in the future. They don't need to be too wary of each other. It is a two-way effort, and everyone is happy - Harano wants to rejoin the trade route to restore development speed and avoid fiscal deficits, and Oda Nobunaga wants a long-term stable supply of gunpowder and to prevent him from attacking the Shirakawaguchi line. Both sides have achieved their goals.

As for the Inu Princess, she was not mentioned much during the negotiations. After all, as long as both parties were willing to become relatives, the timing of the marriage could be discussed slowly, and it would not have any impact if she died during the preparation period. Oda Nobunaga had more than one sister, but she was the oldest among those who had no engagement, so if she died, he could just change to another one.

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Kiyosu Castle is an ancient castle with a history of more than 1405 years. It was built in 1476 by the lord of Owari and Echizen, Yoshishige Sasaki. It was originally built as a sub-castle of Shimotsu Castle, the guardian of Owari. In 1478, Shimotsu Castle was burned down due to the internal strife of the guardian Oda family. In , the guardian was moved to Kiyosu, and Kiyosu Castle has since become the administrative center of the four counties of Owari Province.

Therefore, the castle was originally very small, and the Kiyosu Oda clan subsequently expanded it several times, resulting in the overall shape of Kiyosu Castle being somewhat strange. In addition to the normal four-sided city walls, there is also a city wall in the middle, dividing the entire castle into two turrets of different sizes, north and south. The former guardian Kiyosu Oda clan lived in the larger north turret, and the escaped guardian Sasaki clan lived in the south turret. Both had palace-style houses - Kiyosu Castle, like Nagoya Castle, did not have a castle tower at that time. It was not until Oda Nobunaga died in Honnoji Temple and his son Oda Nobuo took over and expanded Kiyosu Castle again that the double-hore large and small castle towers and academy-style houses were built.

Now that the Kiyosu Oda clan has been destroyed, and the Sasaki clan is basically dead as well, both the north and south turrets belong to Oda Nobunaga. He lives in the north turret with his close attendants and retainers, and locks up his mother Lady Tsuchida and his wife Nohime in the south turret.

It's really closed. Nohime still has some freedom, but her mother doesn't even allow her to leave the palace.

As a concubine's daughter whose biological mother died early, Princess Inu naturally lived with her mistress and eldest sister-in-law, and was also imprisoned in Nanlu. After all, Oda Nobunaga's personality did not allow him to be a good brother. He basically ignored these half-sisters and just left them there. He would only remember them when he needed a marriage alliance.

She was eleven years old this year. She was hiding in her side hall, pretending to be invisible, and carefully sewing a footshoe to please her mother, Lady Tsuchida. At this time, her maids, Ah Zhong and Ah Xia, ran in and said in panic, "Your Highness, something big has happened. I heard... I heard that His Highness Kamisosuke has already arranged a marriage for you. You are going to be married!"

Ah Quan was about to persuade the maid to be low-key and not run around when she got a needle stuck in her finger. She felt dizzy and didn't even feel the pain. When Ah Tun, who was one year older than her, got engaged, she felt that something was not good, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. It was her turn in less than two months - her teeth dyeing ceremony hadn't been held yet, so theoretically she was not an adult and shouldn't get married so early.

She was in a daze for a long time before she came to her senses. She bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth and asked carefully, "Really? Who is it?"

"I heard it was the family that sells cloth." Ah Zhong couldn't leave the house either, so he could only listen to rumors. He got the eighth piece of information, but he didn't understand it very well, so he hurried back to report. "I think it's the Nohara family?"

As she spoke, she looked at Axia, who nodded quickly: "It's that family, it should be the head of that family, Lord Nohara Saburo."

Speaking of selling cloth, A Quan immediately remembered who it was.

About a year ago, when I was still in Gunye City, a kind of cloth with extremely bright and rare colors began to become popular in Gunye City. There were many varieties with unique colors and patterns that were rare treasures. My family also purchased a batch of them. The various clothes made of them were indeed very beautiful, and they looked much more luxurious than ordinary cloth. However, a little-known person like her didn't get to use them at all. I secretly envied her at that time. I didn't expect that she would marry a cloth seller now...

She thought about it for a while, then asked, "Nohara family? Where is Nohara family? In the Gunye city?"

Ah Zhong and Ah Xia looked at each other and said hesitantly, "It seems to be in a place called Wanjin..."

"Where is Wanjin?"

Ah Zhong and Ah Xia looked at each other again and shook their heads. They also didn't have access to much outside information. They grew up beside the dog princess and were only responsible for taking care of her. It was also difficult for them to know the places that the dog princess didn't know.

Ah Quan bit his lower lip again, hesitated for a moment and asked carefully: "So...how is he?"

Ah Zhong and Ah Xia hesitated for a moment and said nothing. From the gossip they heard, Nohara Saburo had a very bad reputation. He was said to be very greedy and lustful. He was a despicable person who wandered to Owari and specialized in taking advantage of others. Anyway, from the discussions of samurai overheard by many servants, Nohara Saburo was indeed such a person. He was probably only slightly better than the vagrant gang, but still very limited.

A Quan didn't wait for the answer, but the master and servant grew up together, and she could guess the answer by looking at the expressions of the two girls. Suddenly, a look of sadness appeared on her delicate little face, and she felt that her life was really bad - her mother died early, and her wet nurse, Madam A Shang, also died of illness the year before last. She was left alone in this awful house, barely surviving. As a result, she had to marry into an even worse family. She could only say that her life was miserable.

I hope that at least he is not a bad person!

She lowered her head, her eyes slightly red, and that was all she could think of.

(End of this chapter)