Chapter 59: Finding Another Way
I don't know why, but the alternative approach of Longyang has become a political means in Japan. I dare not say that it is true everywhere, but this phenomenon exists to a greater or lesser extent in most places in Japan.

The most common one is Xiaoxing, who is both a confidant and a partner, so he is deeply trusted. And Xiaoxing is worthy of this trust. On the battlefield, he will guard closely and even sacrifice his life.

However, not everyone can be a Xiaoxing. Unless you are a descendant of a trusted retainer or a young samurai with outstanding performance, you are not qualified at all.

Because after years of in-depth communication and building up deep feelings, the younger generation will take up important positions. While gaining power and status, they will also work hard to consolidate the rule of the superiors.

Due to the special relationship, retainers of small surnames often have feelings for samurai that go beyond the scope of loyalty, so betrayal rarely occurs, and they are therefore deeply loved by their superiors.

However, there were limited places for small families, so they developed the habit of staying overnight at the samurai's house. This represented the trust that the superiors had in the samurai. After all, if they didn't trust the samurai, they wouldn't stay at the samurai's house.

The warriors would feel deeply honored and would intend to deepen their ties, and would even personally join in the fun when necessary.

However, the ungrateful Ichiha Shizuka broke this unspoken rule, which caused a very bad impact. Not only did Otomo Kenji feel embarrassed, but the daimyo was also very angry, and the samurai retainers expressed their dissatisfaction one after another.

It’s not that they like this approach, but that it is the most direct and cost-effective. Often, fighting to the death on the battlefield is not as good as a night’s sleep.

What's more, for Japanese men, this is not considered an injury.

As for insults, individual occurrences are insults, but when everyone does it together it becomes a custom.

Under such circumstances, Yi Yujing had no choice but to leave, otherwise something bad would happen sooner or later.

What Yan Xu is considering now is not whether to accept the other party, but whether accepting the other party will trigger a chain reaction.

Now that he has established a powerful force and has a foundation, he has to consider these issues comprehensively.

At the beginning, he had no worries and could turn around and run away when he saw the situation was not good, but now that he has a stable foundation, he must consider more to avoid losing everything. You know, he invested a lot of gold in building Onimaruyama Castle. If he really lost it, he would be heartbroken.

Thanks to Mori Shinobu's efforts, Yan Xu is no longer completely in the dark about the surrounding situation. He even has a slightly simple hand-drawn map, so he knows that he is not the main island of Japan, but a secondary island.

However, although it is a sub-island, its area is not small. There are four forces in total, which are divided into the Otomo family, the Fukushima family, the Shimazu family, and the Sagara family according to their strength.

Among them, the Otomo family is the strongest, occupying half of the island. At the same time, the land development level is also higher, which means that there are more farmlands and population in the same area. Therefore, the remaining three forces combined are not enough to defeat the Otomo family.

The problem is that once the Otomo family occupies the entire island, not only will their strength increase dramatically, but they will also have a geographical advantage. At that time, they will be able to avoid the disputes on the main island and develop peacefully, and they can also land on the main island and fight anywhere.

The Mori family, who were across the sea from the island, would never tolerate the Otomo family unifying the entire island, because the distance between the two sides was too close, and a fishing boat could accidentally cross the border. Therefore, after the Otomo family unified the entire island, the Mori family, which was closest, would be the first to suffer.

For this reason, the Mori family occupied a corner of the island at all costs, just to contain the Otomo family, so that the other three families could continue to exist. The second largest force on the island, the Fukushima family, was the force second only to the Otomo family on the surface, but in fact it was an emerging force supported by the Mori family behind the scenes. It was strong, but it was slightly restricted, because the Mori family would not allow the Otomo family to destroy the Fukushima family, but it would not sit idly by and watch the Fukushima family expand, because whoever unified the entire island would be the enemy of the Mori family.

As for the Shimazu family and the Sagara family, the two families are relatively weak and have been fighting each other for many years. As long as there is no external intervention, the two families can fight until the end of time.

Originally, the four families had already formed a balance, but now with the addition of Yan Xu, it can be said that he can decide whether the island will be peaceful or chaotic with a single thought.

But no matter what, accepting Yu Jing was not enough to break the current balance, so Yan Xu nodded, let the other party stay, and gave Nomura a piece of silk and 100 kilograms of coarse salt as a thank you for the Shimazu family's recommendation of talents.

At that time, silk was still a specialty of the Central Plains. A piece of silk was very expensive in Japan and could be considered a valuable gift.

Although coarse salt is the same large salt grains used for pickling pickles in modern times, if you compare it with the bitter, yellow and black salt grains used in ancient times, you will know that it is a high-end product.

It can be said that any one of them is enough to offset this favor. Yan Xu gave two things, not only to show the outside world his intention to spend a fortune on a horse, but also to win over Yi Yujing's heart. After all, talents are rare.

Although the things were not given to Yiyu Shizuka, they represented his value. Therefore, when Yiyu Shizuka just joined the Moroboshi family, his loyalty level was as high as seventy.

Seeing this loyalty, Yan Xu was quite satisfied. After all, he had just arrived and this level of loyalty was good. Therefore, he smiled when talking to Nomura after he left, which made Yi Yujing, who was originally a little nervous, relax a little. However, she still observed his expression from time to time, especially his eyes, and at least she didn't feel like she was being watched.

According to Yi Yujing's self-introduction, he came from a family of high-ranking samurai, which means that his ancestors were retainers.

The status of retainers is higher than that of ordinary samurai. They share the same fate with their master and of course they also hold more important positions, so the education they receive is also extraordinary.

Unfortunately, Ichiha Shizuka was not the eldest son and therefore had no right of inheritance, so he came to the Otomo family to seek another way to make a living. Not only was he almost bullied, but someone also tried to do something to him in front of her husband. He was unwilling to go along with the crowd and was forced to leave.

Due to his good family background, Yi Yujing is proficient in arithmetic, management, purchasing and many other affairs of the territory. I can't say how capable he is, but at least he is more than capable of managing the territory of the Moroboshi family.

Moreover, Yiyu Jing was very smart. He decided to move his family here first. In the subsequent conversation, he did not make any suggestions about Onimaruyama Castle, but instead requested that Inaya Village be handed over to him for management.

Moving first is equivalent to handing over his own handle to the Moroboshi family, while at the same time proving his loyalty. It also means using the Moroboshi family to protect his family, because it is very likely that the samurai of the Otomo family will come and kill his whole family.

As for not talking about Onimaruyama Castle, it was because he had just arrived and not only had little experience, but he had also not proven himself in any way. Whether the proposal was right or wrong at this time, it would only prove his ignorance and arrogance, so he positioned the platform for demonstrating his abilities as the important but unimportant Inaya Village.

In fact, Daogu Village is not bad. Not only does it have convenient transportation, it also has good development potential, which is just right for Yi Yujing to show his talents.

(End of this chapter)