I am practicing in the Nianghua Warring States Period

"Oh, yes, and these cockroaches... Sigh."

The young man thought about this and suddenly chuckled twice. Then he sighed again, a mixture of emotions. "I never thought that one day I would enjoy this kind of plundering, even finding it quite satisfying. Well, I'll take care of this matter in the next few days—but before that, has anyone from Atsuta Port come to see me?"

"Nothing is unexpected for you. You're truly amazing." Sasa Narimasa quickly shared what he knew: "Several members of the Chiaki family from Atsuta Port have arrived, bearing gifts of apology and gifts to celebrate your marriage. They've been staying in Furuno Castle for a few days and have been hoping to see you..."

"Keep hanging there - I'll see you when I want to." Qianqiu, Qianqiu... "I'm going to meet the Qianqiu family now."

"? Didn't you say you wanted to leave them alone?"

"I want to see Chiaki 'Kikyo'."

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I look at my house and run to it with great joy! A servant boy greets me and a child waits at the door.

Beidou Xinwei returned home and saw the gate of his house. He walked over happily and saw servants and children welcoming him at the door.

"Master, you're back!" Jian Jiang was still mentally normal, but gradually, his rebellious nature began to show: "Are you happy about marrying a concubine? Are you feeling well? Can you still beat me?"

"......???" Beidou Xinwei saw his beautiful apprentice running over to greet him, and gave him a three-hit combo of love: "Ah, Kenshin-chan? You...you..."

Beidou Xinwei was horrified and looked at his beloved disciple.

"Are you itchy?"

"...Tsk." Considering the huge gap between herself and the other party, the girl snorted and made a lookout gesture: "But, where's the bride? Why can't I see her? Where's the sedan chair?"

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Chapter 87: Physiological and Hygiene Theory Lesson for Four People

"The sedan chair has been thrown away. It makes me upset to look at it." Beidou Xinwei said, lifting up his cloak.

Directly in front of him sat a young girl. After trying various sex positions, Saito Kichou had chosen her ultimate style: doggy style. She curled up in Beidou Xinwei's arms. She was petite to begin with, while the young man was imposing. So, with the cloak covering her, curling up felt like hugging a parcel.

"Here, let's meet each other. This is just a poor tool for a political marriage, but it's not the same with me—my new concubine, Saito Kicho. Well, Kicho, you're just like home now—"

Beidou Xinwei lifted Saito Kicho, who was less than 1.6 meters tall, from the horse by the armpits as if he was holding a baby, gently placed her on the ground, and then turned over and dismounted.

"This is my only beloved disciple and the successor of swordsmanship." Beidou Xinwei pointed at Kenshin in front of him and said, "The future is promising. You can call me Kenshin-chan like me. I'm three years younger than you."

"Hello...Kenshin-chan." The bride arrived home.

Kenshin stared at the young bride in front of him for about a second, then spent another second carefully observing Beidou Xinwei and the other party's expression.

My master is still the same character. There is nothing much to say about him except that he is a little more handsome, has a more elegant temperament, a taller stature, and a more handsome appearance.

As for the new bride—that's another story.

Completely, completely captivated! — That 15-year-old bride's sweet expression couldn't be deceiving! Wasn't Saito Dosan said to be a treacherous and cunning man? How could his daughter be so completely submissive to her master?

What happened in the middle?

"Hello, I'm Kenshin Himura. Nice to meet you. Please take care of me." The future Sword Saint bowed respectfully to the bride in front of her, saying, "Today is your wedding day, so I won't bother you any further."

"Oh, that's easy to say." Beidou Xinwei sneered and grabbed the other person's collar and walked towards home. "You live in my house, why don't you bother me? Where can you go? Well... you are not a child anymore, it's a good time for you to come and attend classes with me."

"Eh? Master... Master, I never thought you were this kind of... this kind of person!——" Kenshin was extremely ashamed and angry, but he couldn't beat the other party! He had no choice but to wait until the day he graduated as a master, and then find Beidou Xinwei to force himself...

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"That's it, you're too young and it's harmful to your health. It doesn't matter for men, but for women, it's like walking into the gates of hell - Kenshin, your parents are gone, and I'm your master. Once a teacher, always a father. Although I think I should avoid suspicion in many things, it's not good without someone to teach me." Beidou Xinwei took his beautiful swordsman to a physiology and hygiene class that he had to conduct himself.

Kenshin listened to the whole thing from beginning to end, kneeling on the tatami, clutching the hem of his skirt at his knees with both hands, his face as red as the first rays of the sun, not daring to look up - but he heard every word.

"What..." The young girl muttered, "Master, Master, he's one year younger than me..."

"You are one year younger than me!" Beidou Xinwei angrily scolded the other party helplessly, but he was not so justified: "In short, I am taking advantage of my marriage to make up for your physiological hygiene lessons. Guidie, you two should get along well in the future--"

"Okay, Master..." Guidie bowed happily and said, "Master, do you want me to help you rest?"

"Don't you say that if you're under the age limit, you can't have sex?" Jian Xin suddenly argued for some reason: "Let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later..."

"I'm just helping the master rest." Saito Kicho said matter-of-factly, "Isn't this what a wife should do? - You won't let the master take care of you all the time, will you?"

You know what, in a sense it is.

"Oh, right! Sister Kikyo is still in the clinic." Kenshin suddenly remembered something and slapped his thigh, saying, "I'll go call her back. There's a new baby in the family! How can I not ask Sister Kikyo to come and see us?"

Go to the West to invite Sister Platycodon!

"Swish!" Just then, the sliding door to the next door suddenly swung open. Kikyo, dressed in a shrine maiden's attire, suddenly opened the sliding door. In her red dress and white blouse, her long hair flowing freely, every frame was a scene of exquisite elegance. Her hair was meticulously combed, its long, straight black tresses cascading gently as she lowered her head. Her eyes were clear as water, as if she could see through people's hearts. The smile she wore was angelic, filled with kindness and gentleness.

——This is what a female pediatrician looks like.

Having just returned from the hospital, Kikyo washed her hands, changed her clothes, and hurried back. But after arriving, she overheard Beidou Xinwei giving a lively lecture on women's physiology and hygiene next door. He explained everything from the water of Tiankui to the inadvisability of premature intercourse, and the relationship between low-cut necklines and the pelvic floor. To sum it up: the younger the woman, the more tragic her death.

Kikyo was initially flustered. Even someone as indifferent as her felt uneasy and panicked. It was clear she was going to lose this round.

But after listening to the lecture, I thought about Saito Kicho's age and what Beidou Xinwei said with certainty - for no reason, my irritable mood these days has improved a lot.

I'm the oldest here, and I used to think it was a disadvantage in the Warring States period. If I'm still unmarried at 18, does that mean the same thing applies to future authors who still haven't married at 35? I never imagined I was actually a sneak peek, a sign of good eugenics.

"You must be Madam Guidie." As a village girl, Kikyo bowed her head and saluted respectfully to Saito Guidie: "My daughter Kikyo, I pay my respects to Madam Guidie."

"??? You are the miracle doctor from Guye City, right? I've heard about you over the past six months. One of my best friends came to you for medicine, and it cured her illness." The young bride quickly said politely.

Besides, what the hell is Kikyo? ——What about her last name? Everyone here has a last name. Not to mention the swordswoman's last name is Himura, even the maid next to her has the last name Ikoma. They all come from the ruling class. Even if they've fallen on hard times, they're still samurai families, right?

"Oh, let me introduce you." Beidou Xinwei pointed at Kikyo in front of him and said softly, "Kikyo is a low-key, humble, and noble person. She is the current female chief priest of Atsuta Jingu. According to the family tree, she is the godmother of the current chief priest, Chiaki Kikyo. Kikyo's full name is Chiaki Kikyo——"

"?!?!" Kikyo was stunned for a moment, asking how could I not know: "I... Grand Priest?"

Chapter 88 Lead the Horse with Me

If you want to get along, you have to follow some rules. Especially since Beidou Xinwei itself has become the maker of feudal rules, it's time to shift from praising the lower class to praising peace and stability.

"I want Kikyo to inherit the Chiaki family's headship."

Since there was no one over 20 years old among all the people present, Beidou Xinwei, as the oldest soul, had to be the pillar to plan this robbery and the seizure of property.

"First, kill all the people in Qianqiu's family—but I doubt we can kill them all. It won't be good for Kikyo's safety. It's also unsightly. I can't just kill everyone I want." Beidou Xinwei said something very scary indifferently: "That's too inefficient."

"..." The girls present suddenly had a strange thought when looking at Beidou Xinwei in front of them. This person seemed gentle and elegant, but what kind of terrifying existence was hidden in his heart?

"Secondly, I used coercion and bribery to get people from the Qianqiu family, mainly coercion. The heir of the Qianqiu family was trampled to death by me, and my reasons were very sufficient." Beidou Xinwei looked at the girls in front of him who were looking at him as if they had seen a ghost.

You will know that you have deceived the right person. After all, the opposite sex, why would they be so smart and capable?

"Next I'm going to Atsuta Port and turn the place upside down. I'm going to set up the Leza Leshi there." This is the most important thing, and it lays the foundation for everything in the future.

Oda Nobuhime, while not necessarily a genius at ruling, was at least a master at distributing power. In a period of Warring States Japan where "small families struggled to gather power, while large families struggled to delegate power," Oda Nobuhime consolidated the scattered power in her family's early stages.

The main reason is that she is usually careless and has a bad reputation. All her relatives are not optimistic about her rebellion. Since all her relatives are rebelling, they simply take all the power back to the country.

Later, as his family and wealth grew, his carefree personality allowed him to delegate power very smoothly, and his generals gained enough power to expand their influence. By distributing it level by level, the newly acquired territories could quickly become combat-ready.

Oda Nobuhime's actions were both her success and her failure. Due to her personality, she was calm in both taking and giving up power. In the end, the various legions became too powerful to be defeated—don't forget that even in historical dramatizations, this was a "low-probability event." Akechi Mitsuhide's betrayal was a Horus-like act of "an overpowered legion commander rebelling at the critical moment of victory."

The root of all the troubles was actually laid out from the very beginning - you gave away your power too smoothly, and in the end you lost control.

"The future of the Oda Clan isn't a simple transaction of power, but a bundled transaction of power." That's right, Beidou Xinwei decided to start with Atsuta Port. "A highly interconnected chain of interests will make everyone hesitant to act rashly when they rebel, and it's a one-sided binding! Kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and the monkey will learn to fear; kill the monkey to scare the chicken, and the chicken will learn to care! - So, Your Highness Chiaki Kikyo, the first step in my plan is to make you the head of the Chiaki Clan, the chief priest of Atsuta Shrine, and indirectly control the Chiaki Clan."

"......?" Kikyo listened to Beidou Xinwei's long explanation.

I didn't understand a single word. Japanese is so difficult.

"Well, okay, since Kikyo agrees." Beidou Xinwei looked at Kikyo's confused expression and knelt down to move closer to her. In front of all the women present, he patted Kikyo's hand and said, "Then I won't be polite."

"What?" Miss Kikyo's face flushed instantly, but she just slowly pulled her hand away from Beidou Xinwei's. The blush that spread all the way to her neck made her delicate face look like the most gentle and elegant beauty - in the face of such words, she did not explicitly refuse. For such a serious woman, it meant consent. Kikyo lowered her voice and said, "Don't talk nonsense. What do you mean, you're welcome?"

Taking a deep breath, a princess from Mino exclaimed: This woman is so terrifying!

The young bride Guidie realized a problem: Platycodon seemed to have bad intentions!

In fact, she herself was the one who came.

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Beidou Xinwei didn't bring many people with him. As of now, a small port like Atsuta should not be a big deal.

Only after arriving here did I realize that Atsuta Port is quite big.

There were Chihaya ships, Sengoku ships, and other small sampans whose names could not be told, and ships of all sizes were endless. Beidou Xinwei was surprised that there were so many ships in the entire port.

—So many ships, and only pay this little tax?! Give me this port, and I can support a thousand professional armed forces with just one port! No, there are too many Mr. Huangs here, and Mr. Huangs are making too much money!

"Your Highness Beidou is here to be welcomed."

It was December 25, 1550, and every prominent figure in Atsuta Port had come to greet Nobuyoshi Hokuto. Unlike the stingy Japanese dramas, the real-life welcoming party was just as stingy, even more so. Nobuyoshi Hokuto wanted to curse at the broken national road. If he hadn't ridden an epic mount and the land hadn't been frozen in winter, he'd have been killed.

"Hmm." Beidou Xinwei looked at the local gentlemen kneeling on the side of the road. They were either from Qianqiu's family or from other families.

It seemed like everyone had already reached an agreement. How could it be possible that such a big thing as the adoption of the family heir was so easy for everyone to understand so quickly? Money and profit were things that even with a knife at their neck, some people couldn't understand.

But the time is long enough, the notoriety is big enough, and everyone looks at Beidou Xinwei with fear.

Beidou Xinwei looked at the people in front of him and did not dismount from his war mount. Instead, he sat on his tall horse and looked down at the big men kneeling on the ground.

About three seconds later, he snorted "Hmm" and whispered, "Is Master Qianqiu Jichang here?"

Chiaki Echigo-no-kami Tsugumasa, the current head of the Chiaki clan and the authority over Atsuta Port, was a man in his forties, with a hint of gray at the temples. He didn't look like a businessman, but he was a rare insect within the Owari business system of the Oda clan. It wasn't that he was a bug, but that few businesses in this era were free from insects.

The real wealthy merchants in ancient Japan were still the wealthy merchants in Osaka, who could make the shogunate tremble with just a stomp of Osaka Castle.

"Yes, I'm here!" The middle-aged man raised his head, while the others' heads were pressed firmly against the frozen ground.

"Come." Beidou Xinwei's appearance was rather terrifying. He came in full battlefield gear, ready to plant a flag and fight at any time. At this moment, he gently returned the whip in his hand and said, "Lead the horse with me."

Chapter 89: Lezuo Leshi

"Yes." In a sense, this was humiliating, but in a sense, this humiliation wasn't a big deal. Qianqiu Jichang respectfully led the horse, which seemed to find its way without much effort. At 1.45 meters tall, he had to raise his hand to grab the reins.

This horse stood 1.65 meters at the shoulder—a system-given gift, after all—easily surpassing the height of an adult Japanese male of the era. It was a mid-level between an Arabian and a Percheron, boasting a massive build. Such a remarkable horse was rarely seen in East Asia, let alone Japan, without imported breeds. Perhaps it was PTSD, but Chiaki Jichang felt incredibly proud.

Passing through the grimy, narrow streets of the ancient port, the stench of fish overwhelmed the sea. A group of high-ranking officials, followed by Beidou Xinwei's entourage, gradually arrived at the welcoming banquet prepared for the young killer. A small courtyard, clearly meticulously crafted, featured the Three Friends of Winter, a winter scene. A music stage had been set up in the courtyard, apparently for a special performance specially prepared for Beidou Xinwei.

"Beidou Palace." Everyone and the wealthy merchants had changed into formal attire appropriate to their status, with Beidou Xinwei standing out in his distinctive Mingguang armor. Qianqiu Jichang knelt on the ground and, as the humble host, said respectfully, "It is a true honor to welcome Your Highness. The food and wine are ready. Could you please sing and dance to liven up the atmosphere? I've heard that Beidou Palace is a place of refinement, so I've prepared Noh, Fengliu, and Gagaku. Which one would you like to see?"

With that, the humble host waved his hand gently. A young and beautiful maid and an even younger and more beautiful young lady also bowed to the side, each holding a bottle of wine. It was now time for Beidou Xinwei to choose whether his host for this banquet would be a man or a woman.

"There's no rush for any of this." Beidou Xinwei waved his hand gently, signaling Xiao Xing to get lost. It wasn't like he wasn't interested in women; he just didn't like women without a good appearance. A good-looking boy? Go to hell.

The handsome young man didn't ask the maid to pour him a glass of wine. Instead, he picked up a glass of wine, looked at it, and put it down again. "Everyone here today should be a well-known figure in Atsuta Port. I'm here for three things, and I hope you can cooperate. I'm really sorry for causing you all trouble."

When you come to Japan, you have to adapt to the local ecology and iterate your existing playing style - once you say this, there is basically no turning back.

"How dare I..."

"First, regarding my wife Kikyo's adoption into the Qianqiu family." Beidou Xinwei glanced at the other party and said, "I won't push too hard. You will naturally come to me for help in the future. I don't bother to explain it to you. When you have figured it out, come to me in Kuno Castle. When the adoption comes, Kikyo will be the chief priest."

I didn't mention the matter of inheriting the family lineage, because you will ask me for help in the future anyway.

"Uh..." Is this a delaying tactic? I don't understand. Becoming the Grand Priest is not a big deal, because the Chiaki family of Atsuta Port and the Chiaki family of Atsuta Jingu have always been in a mutually beneficial relationship.

One is after money, the other for fame. One is secular power, the other divine. Their mutual support is the only way to maintain Atsuta Port's dominant position. Atsuta Port isn't just about the Chiaki family; there are also many merchants and troublemakers. The Chiaki family of Atsuta Port simply relies on the reputation of the Chiaki family of Atsuta Jingu. As for who is the chief priest, it doesn't matter to him, the head of the family.

"Your Highness, what about the second one?" Oh, since you won't let me hand over power now.

That's great! Then I'll pretend I didn't hear it.

"The second thing is to issue the order for the music seat and music market of our family." Xing, you didn't hear it, right?

Beidou Xinwei picked up the wine glass and took a sip. It tasted good - no taste! It didn't have the strong taste of later generations of white wine, just millet wine.

The "Le Za Le Market" was actually launched in the Rokkaku clan, in 1550. However, it was aborted shortly after its launch due to a severe backlash within the territories. The objective reason was the abolition of the privileges of the "Za" clan, which led to currency circulation problems. Keynes intervened, and the plan was aborted without further ado.

"Le Zuo Le Shi?" The merchants looked at each other, not quite understanding what it meant.

Judging from the meaning of the name, it should be a privilege for the more affluent class like [Sita]? —Is there such a good thing?

"In every sense, you are merely tools for the lord to amass wealth. You must understand your place." Beidou Xinwei spoke bluntly, shocking the Japanese present. "During the 'Heian' era, imperial laws remained unchanged, and the seat was merely a tool for collecting taxes. Later, rituals and music collapsed, and the seat became private property. Seat labor and seat fees were levied."

A seat is a guild - an inappropriate yet appropriate example is the Japan Agricultural Cooperative Association.

It is a large legal organization with a criminal nature, which takes advantage of both ends, suppresses the local economy, swallows up the country's tax revenue, and enriches itself.

"Ordinary merchants have suffered greatly from the Za people for a long time." Beidou Xinwei glared at everyone present from the Qianqiu family. This was the largest Za people force in Atsuta Port. "Rakuza, abolish the privileges of the Za people and no longer collect any Za service or Za taxes. Rakushi will provide financial support to ordinary merchants coming to Owari. Let me announce that from now on, Atsuta Port will serve as a pilot. No customs duties will be levied--"

“…?! Your Highness…” Everyone initially looked at Beidou Xinwei like Godzilla, but now they looked at him like a stupid (beep~) Godzilla.