When he arrived near the wooden house, he suddenly found the white horse tied under the tree in front of the door. Yu Qiuping looked happy, quietly approached the wooden house, and looked into the house through the crack in the unclosed door.
The girl was wearing a sky blue short-sleeved Zhenhaori, her lower body was still white breeches, and her waist-length hair was hanging down like a waterfall. From Yu Qiu's flat angle, only her back could be seen. She seemed to be opening the book over and over again.
He opened a greeting card and looked at the few little people who suddenly stood up on the greeting card. Then he moved the two sliders to let Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede slowly approach the middle. Then he closed it, opened it again, and looked at it again and again. Yu Qiuping
I felt happy, and an indescribable emotion was brewing in my heart. It was a pity that I couldn't see the expression on her face.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from outside the house, and the door was suddenly blown open, making a "crunching" sound. Imagawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, turned around and was about to close the door, but met Yu Qiuping's eyes.
The two sides looked at each other and then looked away. He looked out the window, while she lowered her head in silence and went to twist her clothes.
If it were before, they would have hugged each other intimately, right? But now, there is only incomparable embarrassment.
The two were silent for a while, and Yu Qiuping suddenly said: "Do you like the gift?"
"Thank you." Imagawa Kaede said briefly without looking at him.
This is the first conversation between the two since they broke up.
The two of them suddenly became quiet again. No one spoke, but no one left.
After a long time, Imagawa Kaede spoke again: "I heard that you went on a very dangerous investigation mission this time."
Yu Qiuping felt slightly moved and nodded.
"Why did Jiayan ask you to perform such a task?" Imagawa Kaede asked with a frown.
"Yes... I requested it on my own initiative." Yu Qiuping lowered his head and replied in a low voice.
"Why do you want to carry out such a dangerous mission?" There was a hint of anger in Imagawa Kaede's tone. After a moment, she said with a sudden realization: "It's to get a promotion, and then..." Her words stopped suddenly, and she looked disappointed.
It rains and Qiu calms down.
Yu Qiuping did not dare to meet Imagawa Feng's eyes and nodded silently.
"Let me stay in the castle tower and live a pampered life. Are you going to risk your life outside and bear all the dangers and pains?" Imagawa Kaede laughed angrily, "Thank you so much, General Yuqiushi, no, Yuqiubu
The general’s kindness.”
"Your Highness Princess... I'm fine." Yu Qiuping didn't know what to say for a while.
"Is everything okay?" Imagawa Kaede took a deep breath, but couldn't calm down, "You're always okay."
"The paper red leaves in the maple forest block all the light, and the leaves can't grow big." Imagawa Kaede said hurriedly, "Go and pick off those paper red leaves. It's time to forget about the old maples and let the new ones grow."
Let the leaves grow."
The house suddenly became very small.
Didn't you say that those are the betrothal gifts I gave you...
Yu Qiuping felt an indescribable pain in his heart, and almost shed tears as soon as he counted his nose.
Seeing Yu Qiuping's sad expression, Imagawa Feng felt uncomfortable in her heart. "Why should I say such serious words? How sad it must be for him to hear it!" She regretted in her heart, but the words had been spoken and she could not take them back. She was so strong.
She couldn't help but apologize. She just avoided looking into Yu Qiuping's eyes, hoping that he would reject the request.
"I see."
Yu Qiuping couldn't remember how he said goodbye to Imagawa Kaede that day. The only thing that kept echoing in his mind was the phrase "the old Kaede should be forgotten." It was so buzzing that he couldn't calm down at all.
The next day, he summoned all his subordinates and took down all the paper red leaves in the maple forest. Although Naoe Tadayei and others didn't know what happened, they didn't dare to say anything when they saw Yu Qiuping's gloomy face.
The fallen paper red leaves were thrown on the ground casually, and the entire maple forest was immediately dyed red.
After returning to the territory, everyone did not dare to touch Yu Qiupei's bad luck and started training honestly. Only Naoe Tadayei came to Yu Qiupei's room after dinner in the evening.
"Sir," Naoe Tadayei closed the door after entering, "Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"It's okay, it's a private matter for me." Yu Qiuping raised his head, "You and Shiyi are both very tired from accepting the new territory these days. You should have a good rest."
"Sir." Naoe Tadahei did not leave, but asked in a low voice: "But because of the matter of Your Highness the Princess?"
"I told you, go and have a rest!" Yu Qiuping was feeling particularly irritable and said angrily.
"As you command, sir." Naoe Tadayei quickly retreated. However, Yu Qiuping felt a little guilty. When Naoe Tadayei went out, he apologized and said: "I'm sorry, Kinbei, I'm in a bad mood. Don't take it to heart."
.”
"I don't dare." Naoe Tadayei shook his head, "My lord, please cheer up quickly."
After Naoe Tadayei left, Yu Qiupei sighed and folded paper red leaves under the oil lamp again.
Why is she so angry all of a sudden?
Early the next morning, Sena Uji found Yu Qiuping with a thick stack of plans.
"Shiyi, what are you doing?" Yu Qiuping asked doubtfully.
"This is the city building plan. I worked on it for two or three days and provided you with three." Sena Shiyoshi said as he spread all the documents on Yu Qiuping's desk. "This is the first plan.
, to build a mountain city, built on the mountain, the cost is... wood is needed... stone is needed... labor is needed..."
"This is the second plan..." Sena said in a flurry of words.
"This is the third option..."
"The wood in Sagami is particularly cheap this year. If we borrow the Itami family's fleet to transport the cost, we can further reduce it." Sena Ujiyoshi did not notice Yu Qiupei's dumbfounded expression, "As for the stone, there will be too much leftover when the east gate of Sunpu Castle was reinforced before."
A lot of stones have been dumped and are being sold at a low price. Ejiri Port originally planned to build a city in the west a few years ago, but then the funds were insufficient, so the stones were left, and they are probably cheaper..." Ujiyoshi Sena continued, "The autumn harvest is coming soon.
It is estimated that we will have to wait until winter to build the city. It will require a total of manpower..."
"Wait a minute!" Yu Qiuping finally interrupted, taking advantage of Sena Shiyi's opportunity to breathe, "Why should I build a city?"
After Sena Shiyi heard Yu Qiupei's words, he thought for a moment and understood what Yu Qiupei meant, "I understand Hongye's worries. I actually think that building a city is really expensive. The money that I usually save for so long is spent all at once.
It’s over. But don’t worry, I will be careful with my budget this time, and I will definitely be able to control the cost to less than 70% of the original cost! And I only plan to build a small city, so it won’t cost too much!”
"No, no, no, I'm not worried about money!" Yu Qiuping found that Sena Shiyi would go crazy whenever he mentioned money, and said in a dumbfounded voice, "Why should I build a city? Aren't we living a comfortable life now?
"
"Momiji is already the daimyo of the Seven Thousand Stone Territory, and he must have his own castle. This is the rule of the Imagawa family." Ujiyoshi Sena then explained, "Generally speaking, if the territory exceeds 3,000 stone, it will be required
Build a city, otherwise part of the tax will be deducted during the year-end assessment, so it is better to use the money to build a city."
"Is that so?" Yu Qiuping heard this for the first time, "Then choose the one in the mountain city, it looks good."
"That mountain city plan has many flaws..." Sena Ujiyoshi immediately became energetic and spoke a long sentence.
"What about the one near the sea?" Yu Qiuping asked again.
"There are many things that are wrong with this..." Ushiyoshi Sena began to attack this plan in all aspects.
"Then let's build a flat city in the West Village..." Yu Qiuping hesitated.
"Red Leaf Mingjian." Sena Uji nodded immediately, "Then I will start preparations later."
"Ah? Why did you agree so readily!" Yu Qiuping laughed, "The difference between before and after is a bit big! Why did you talk so much about the other two plans?" Yu Qiuping then went to look at the pages behind those plans.
Total amount - Sure enough, this Pingcheng is the cheapest.
No wonder. This stingy boy.
"Then since you have already decided to choose this one, why do you want to do the other two?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"If you don't make a plan, how can you know which one is more economical?" Sena Shiyoshi replied matter-of-factly.
"Then since you have found out which one saves the most money, just submit the plan to me." Yu Qiuping said with a wry smile, "Why do you have to explain it in detail one by one?"
"Because each method saves money in a different way." Sena Shiyi replied, "I feel very happy when I talk about these ways to save money."
Yu Qiuping looked at the iron cock in front of him with a black line on his face, and he really didn't want to waste a penny.
"By the way, I went to see the personal income tax that Chibei was working on yesterday." Sena Shiyoshi said, "I heard that it was proposed by Your Excellency?"
"Ah! That's right!" Yu Qiuping slapped his head. He was so busy recently that he almost forgot about this matter. It seemed that he had left it to Naoe Tadayei and asked him to take charge. Yu Qiuping found out that he had something to do with it.
Everything will be left to Naoe Tadayei to handle.
"I feel that according to the current progress, it will be too late. How about I go and help." Sena Uji said, "The autumn harvest is coming soon after all."
"That's really what I want!" Yu Qiuping said excitedly, "With your help, it will definitely be done!"
On June 1st, Yu Qiuping had been busy handling various matters in the territory these days, and the training of new recruits was also carried out in an orderly manner. These new ashigaru who joined Yu Qiuping were very curious about everything about the Yu Qiuping family.
. Strange training methods, and commands must be shouted in Chinese instead of Japanese. People who join the army only need to raise their hands to salute their superiors, instead of kowtow. Various military laws cover almost every aspect of life, and a little
I accidentally did push-ups. However, the treatment in the army is very good. Not only are they fed and paid, but they also bring a lot of subsidies to their families, but the training ground is as strict as hell. Every night, you must also participate in Chinese language training.
Yu Qiuping also took advantage of the slack farming period to organize manpower to dig several canals in the newly acquired territory of 2,000 shi and divert the water from Bachuan downstream to facilitate irrigation in the West Village.
That afternoon, Yu Qiuping received an order from Imagawa Yoshimoto, asking him to go to Sunfu to greet guests. Yu Qiuping thought about what kind of guests he was, and he, a newcomer, was required to greet them. Waiting for him to rush back
After arriving at Sunfu, Imagawa Yoshimoto sent someone to invite him to the small parlor on the third floor of the castle tower.
As soon as he entered the door, Yu Qiuping saw Imagawa Yoshimoto and Sena Ujitoshi, and opposite them, a young man and woman sat.
Chapter completed!