Chapter 94 Princess of the Fukushima Family
Yan Xu sneered at the heroic actions of the Otomo family and the Shimazu family. Heroic? It was just fake heroic, they just wanted to make the Moroboshi family feel at ease to fight the Fukushima family.

Although Yan Xu considers himself not a smart man, he can see things clearly as long as he is not deceived by the immediate benefits.

Among the three forces, only the Shimazu family really wants to form an alliance with the Moroboshi family. After all, the Shimazu family is the weakest in the entire Fukushima Island. If nothing unexpected happens, the Fukushima family will be the next target of annexation.

Even if the Fukushima family did not take action, the Otomo family would not let the Shimazu family go, because weakness is the original sin, no matter when.

In comparison, the Otomo family was much simpler. They only wanted to see the Moroboshi family and the Fukushima family both suffer losses, and kill three birds with one stone. After taking advantage of the two families, they would swallow up the Shimazu family and eventually dominate the Soejima island.

He has a clear understanding of the situation in Fukushima, so even though Yan Xu is showing off, he actually has no intention of starting a war. Because once he chooses to go to war with the Fukushima family, whether he is willing or not, it will definitely not be over with a small fight.

In addition, even if he cheated, fighting to the death with a daimyo of the size of the Fukushima family would result in at least a thousand casualties, and a huge consumption of various materials. Because the two sides could not coexist at all, only one person could survive once the war broke out, so the war would inevitably be extremely cruel.

At the same time, don’t forget that the Fukushima family is still a dog raised by the Mori family on the secondary island. It’s okay to kick it, but if you really beat it to death, who knows if the other party will intervene.

And defeating the Fukushima family is just the beginning, because the Otomo family will become the Moroboshi family's biggest enemy next.

Under the temptation of becoming the overlord of the sub-island, all identities, families and concerns will be thrown out of the window. Both sides will fight to the death. This has nothing to do with reason, it is all about interests.

The problem is what Yan Xu, who had just defeated the Fukushima family, can use to compete with the other side in consumption. You have to know that the population of the system has increased, and there are also indigenous people who continue to flock in from all over the place. They all need him to provide food before the autumn harvest this year, and this is not a small number.

With less than 10,000 people, no matter how frugal they are, the consumption of several thousand kilograms of food every day is inevitable. In fact, because it is coarse grains with low nutritional value, this can only ensure that they will not starve to death. If they want to maintain the physical strength to work, the ration must be at least doubled.

It is true that Yan Xu is a cheat, but he also needs to convert resources between the two worlds and needs the support of the modern world.

With the current industrial scale of the modern world, Yan Xu can only maintain the existing balance, so he needs time and peace.

Therefore, Yan Xu's ultimate goal was to force the Fukushima family to give in, and the appearance of two good teammates helped the Fukushima family make a choice, an important choice.

Faced with the aggressive three forces, as well as the Moroboshi family's terrifying chariot team and the Eight Treasures Dahua ship, the Fukushima family could only retreat step by step, and finally built a wooden fort in a dangerous place to resist the Moroboshi family's steps.

What relieved the Fukushima family was that the Moroboshi family had no intention of going any further. Instead, they retreated to the construction site, with an attitude of "I won't go unless you come", which eased the situation that was on the verge of breaking out.

"It seems that the Moroboshi family is not going to go to war with the Fukushima family." The Daimyo Fukushima, who was wearing a veil for some reason, said in a hoarse voice, but one could still hear a sense of relief from it.

"The Moroboshi family is not a traditional Japanese daimyo. They don't have an urgent desire for land. In contrast, they like gold and silver more and like to do business. So this time the Moroboshi family's purpose is very clear. It just wants to connect Onimaruyama Castle with the newly occupied Komizu Town to facilitate going to the main island for business. Occupying some of the former Sagara family's land is probably just a byproduct." Fukushima Masaki was the first unlucky guy to have a head-on battle with the Moroboshi family, and it was also the first time he was defeated so badly. So even after being imprisoned after the defeat, he still did not forget to collect intelligence about the Moroboshi family. He can be said to be the one that the Fukushima family is most familiar with the Moroboshi family. Therefore, he was called to ask at this critical moment. "Not a traditional daimyo, very good!" Because of his excitement, Fukushima Daimyo's voice suddenly became too shrill and not like a human voice. Although he quickly suppressed his voice, it still made Fukushima Masaki, who was kneeling beside him, clench his fists and even had the urge to reach out and hold the katana placed beside him.

"It seems that you have noticed something." The Daimyo Fukushima turned a blind eye to Fukushima Masaki's little tricks, and even waved his hand to let Sarutobi, who appeared out of nowhere, step aside.

After a pause, Daimyo Fukushima took off his veil, revealing a snake face covered with fleshy snake scales and one of his eyes turned into a snake pupil.

"My lord!" Fukushima Masaki was so shocked that he ignored his manners and leaned forward with his hands on the ground just to see more clearly. However, he would rather believe that he was dazzled than to admit the fact before his eyes.

"Haha, I still underestimated the secret treasure of the Sagara family. Perhaps this is the price of greed." Daimyo Fukushima laughed at himself. Who made him covet this power?

"Is it the secret treasure of the Sagara family obtained from Sagara Kazuo? He actually dared to assassinate the lord!" Fukushima Masaki said angrily.

"No, to be precise, it was my own choice, but unfortunately I failed." Daimyo Fukushima still maintained basic rationality and did not blame others, because even if he failed, it was his own choice.

Fukushima Masaki didn't know what to say about his lord's words. The problem was that the current situation on the sub-island was very complicated, and there were countless crises hidden that could erupt at any time. If the fact that the lord had turned into a demon was exposed, the Fukushima family would be in danger!

"This is a curse, and it will spread through my bloodline. Snake scales have already appeared on the bodies of several children." Fukushima Daimyo then told an even crueler truth. Fukushima Masaki could no longer hold back and bowed his head and cried, because he knew that the Fukushima family was finished.

Fukushima Masaki was not an ordinary samurai. He was the adopted son of Fukushima Daimyo's father. He grew up with Fukushima Daimyo and they had a special relationship, which is why he was particularly sad.

"But there is still a glimmer of hope for the Fukushima family." Daimyo Fukushima looked aside, and Sarutobi immediately opened the paper door, from which walked out a beautiful and graceful woman. She was Daimyo Fukushima's most beloved daughter whom he gave the name Fukushima-hime.

At this moment, Fukushima Masaki stopped crying, knelt respectfully and saluted the princess of the Fukushima family. Since the lord said that Princess Fukushima is the last hope of the Fukushima family, let him protect this hope with his life.

"Father." Princess Fukushima, holding a wooden box and a jade box, came in front of Daimyo Fukushima. She was not afraid of his ferocious face at the moment, and his eyes flashing with greed and struggle. She spoke calmly.

Seeing her father in such a miserable state and knowing that the family was about to face destruction, Princess Fukushima remained calm, which made Daimyo Fukushima admire her even more. This was because crying and being sad could not solve any problems. On the contrary, what the Fukushima family needed most now was a calm and smart princess.

"Fukushima-hime, thank you for your hard work in the future." Fukushima Daimyo said with some emotion, because all the hopes of the family will be pinned on the other party, which is obviously unfair to Fukushima-hime, but even as a daimyo, he has no choice.

(End of this chapter)