After several clouds and rains, the pretty and blushing Imagawa Kaede gasped slightly, nestled in Yu Qiuping's arms, and raised her lips somewhat unhappily.
"What's wrong, Feng'er, isn't today enough?" Yu Qiuping saw Imagawa Feng's thoughts, but deliberately joked, while his left hand gently stroked the graceful curves of her exquisite body.
"Hmph..." Imagawa Feng snorted, squeezed himself into Yu Qiuping's arms, lightly bit him on the shoulder, and said dissatisfiedly, "Usually you are not so enthusiastic... it must be because
I wore this outfit today...you are the one..."
"Okay, silly girl, don't guess what a man is thinking." Yu Qiuping suddenly tightened his hands, hugged Imagawa Kaede tightly in his arms, and interrupted her, "Tell me quickly, what happened between you and Suiko?
What's going on?"
"Didn't I tell you?" Imagawa Kaede whispered with some shame, "Hooko said she wanted to draw..."
"No, no, no, didn't you suspect that I had thoughts about Suizi before? Then why are you two so close?" Yu Qiuping shook his head and asked with some curiosity.
"Well... how should I put it, Suiko is a good child, very simple and kind, and has no worries. Who wouldn't like such a little girl." Imagawa Kaede turned over slightly in Yu Qiuping's arms and stretched out
She slouched over, and the skin contact and her charming expression once again made Yu Qiuping's heart feel hot. Time has not left many marks on her body, and her skin is still as soft as that of a girl more than ten years ago.
Her frown and smile add a touch of mature charm that only a young woman can have, and her figure is even more attractive.
Just when Yu Qiuping wanted to press down again and plunder the beauty in his arms, Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment by Imagawa Kaede's next words.
"And I don't know why...talking to her about past events always makes me very happy." Imagawa Kaede shook her head in confusion, "It's obviously someone else's story, and the people in the story are all strangers I've never met.
, but I always feel so familiar...ah, what a strange feeling."
Just when Imagawa Kaede wanted to continue reminiscing, Yu Qiuping's hands got into her clothes restlessly and took whatever he wanted from her plump body. Imagawa Kaede inadvertently let out a sweet gasp, but let her side
men are even more obsessed with it.
"Hey...it's been four times in the morning, what are you going to do today?" Imagawa Kaede felt her body getting slightly hot, and complained in a low voice.
"you."
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At the same time, Haoko, who ran away with the painting under her arm, had unknowingly arrived at the castle town of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
"Ah, madam, you are such a beauty. She is even more beautiful than the most beautiful woman I have ever imagined. No wonder she is called the most beautiful woman in the world." Yegu Suiko originally wanted to open her painting on the street and take a closer look.
But he found that there were many people around him, so he gave up in frustration.
"I originally planned to paint for Madam for a day, but now I've been kicked out, so what are I going to do today..." Yegu Suiko bit her finger hesitantly, tilted her head and thought, "Why don't you go sketching! Maple leaves?"
Yamashiro is the most prosperous city in Kinki besides Sakai Town, so there must be a lot of things to draw!"
Walking through the streets of Maple Mountain City and being in the busy and vibrant market, the enthusiasm of those ordinary people struggling for life also infected Yegu Suiko, and the same emotions as these ordinary people appeared on her face.
Smile. Now, the entire Maple Leaf Mountain Castle Town has a population of nearly 200,000, which can be regarded as one of the top big cities in Japan.
When Ye Gu Suizi was like an old man selling melons and fruits on the roadside, he asked why Maple Leaf Mountain City was so prosperous.
Bo Zhen was stunned for a while and said, as if he had recalled something he had forgotten.
"It's all thanks to His Highness Hongye." The old man shook his head, as if he wanted to put the painful memories of the past behind him, and looked at the towering castle tower in Maple Leaf Mountain City with pious eyes. "Girl, you are a foreigner.
Right? New here?"
"Yes, I just came here not long ago."
"Then you must be here because of the name of our Highness Hongye! I tell you, you are really right! Our Highness Hongye is the best in the world, and he is also the best to us common people! No matter what
What do you do, whether you are farming, doing crafts, singing, dancing, storytelling, doing business, or even painting, as long as you have a skill, you can live a good life in the country of our Highness Hongye.
"
"Why is this?" Yegu Suizi blinked, wondering where the easy-going, humorous, and sometimes silly His Highness in his eyes got such magic power.
"Our Highness is considerate of the people, and is not the same as those other samurai masters who impose excessive taxes, beat and scold the people at every turn, and rob people of their property." The old man said with sincerity, "In other places, there are four citizens and six citizens.
, a more ruthless lord would even have five public servants, five citizens, six public servants and four citizens. The common people worked hard all year round, but in the end they couldn’t even eat or buy clothes, and they were all taken away by those warrior masters.”
"But do you know how much our Highness collects taxes every year!" The old man suddenly stretched out two fingers and gestured exaggeratedly in front of Suizi, "Twenty percent! That leaves 80% for us people every year! Here, as long as you are willing
Work, have enough food, and buy a lot of things a year! So over the years, many people from Yamato, Settsu and Yamashiro have dragged their families here just for this reason! And our Highness has never
No money has been robbed, and no corvee has been imposed! Whenever there is something to be repaired, a price will be clearly stated and people will be hired to repair it! And the repairs are all canals and markets for us common people."
"Your Highness only charges such a small amount of money, how do you maintain the Yuqiu family's expenses?" Ye Gusuizi wrinkled his eyebrows curiously.
"Your Highness, please save it. It is said that His Highness also had a hard life before! He never spent too much money on food and fish, so naturally he doesn't need so much money!" the old man replied matter-of-factly.
Of course, civilians like them don't know that the financial expenditure of the Yuqiu family may be several times that of the Wu family of the same specifications. Because the maintenance cost of the Yuqiu family's large number of standing troops is unknown. However, Yu Qiuping has
There is the money tree of Sakai Town, the treasure trove of Mitsubishi Caravan, and the People's Bank of China. Compared with the huge trade taxes and tariffs paid by the big bosses every year, Yu Qiuping really doesn't care about the agricultural taxes of the common people, so he is happy to reduce taxes for the common people.
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"And our Highness also loves the people. Whenever the year is bad, he will send many people and large amounts of food to provide disaster relief. The samurai and Ashigaru of the Yuqiu family are usually very brave on the battlefield. Even Takeda Shingen is
Not an opponent! But he has always been kind to us common people. It is said that His Highness Hongye has repeatedly ordered! Even His Highness Hongye himself has no airs at all every time he comes to visit the people and greets us! All the world
Is there such a good samurai master?" The old man became more and more excited as he talked, and his eyes towards Maple Leaf Mountain Castle Castle were full of gratitude, "Our Highness has also recruited many security officers to work with the Hanoi police force to protect the territory.
Public security. Since our Highness came here, there have been fewer and fewer thieves and robbers every year. You may not be able to find 100 thieves even if you search all over Hanoi. I don’t need to lock the door when I go out, so I don’t have to worry about anything.
Just work hard."
"Is the whole Hanoi like this?" Yegu Suizi couldn't help but wonder after hearing this.
He was surprised.
"It's hard for me to talk about Hanoi as a whole, after all, I don't have much experience. But I have lived in Maple Leaf Mountain City all my life, and I can still be sure of things here." Recalling the past, the old man's face once again cleared the haze, "How many days ago?"
Ten years ago, this was not a good place. The samurai men from Kinki were fighting here. Every time the city changed hands, there was a random arrest, and many people died every time. Encounters
Don't expect the samurai masters to take care of you if there is a famine or something like that. They raise taxes at every turn to levy strong men, which makes people angry. If you don't obey at all, they will stab you in the neck. How can the common people dare to say anything?"
"About five or six years ago, the Matsunaga family conquered this city. At that time, it was still called Iimoriyama Castle. The beasts of the Miyoshi family didn't even think about the kindness of so many of us people who had paid taxes honestly for so many years. Before they left, they took us
They looted it all over again." Even now, the old man still shudders when thinking of the catastrophe that day, "Then the Matsunaga family entered the city, and there was another large-scale arrest throughout the city. They didn't stop after robbing things, and they had already been robbed twice.
The Iimoriyama Castle was burned to the ground. There were more than 50,000 people in our castle town at that time, and almost all of them could not survive. There was not even a morsel of food in the family, and the villagers would usually fight for a handful of wild vegetables..."
"Later, Your Highness Hongye came. Your Highness lent us money to buy food and build new homes for us people, allowing us to survive the cold winter. Without Your Highness Hongye, none of our more than 50,000 people could survive the cold winter."
After that winter, His Highness Hongye is the reborn parent of all men, women, and children in our city! Just like me, there were more than 50,000 people in those days, and every household had a memorial tablet of His Highness Hongye to bless His Highness Hongye for a long life.
ah!"
"Girl, come here, I'll show you what His Highness Hongye has done for our people." It seemed that his heart was touched. The old man couldn't even continue his business, so he took Haoko Haotani around the castle town of Maple Mountain Castle.
"This is the canal that His Highness Hongye built for us. All those farmlands depend on this canal."
"This house was built by His Highness Hongye when he loaned us money."
"This place is a security enforcement office. People can come here to guard anything they have lost in their homes. The security enforcement officers will work hard to find things for us. You see, those patrolling over there are
Enforce law and order!"
"It's just a market built by His Highness Hongye."
"This is a porridge restaurant run by His Highness Hongye. All hungry people who have no food to eat can come here to survive."
"That's the school opened by His Highness Hongye! When I save enough money, I will send my children to learn skills. It is said that after completing the school, not only can they understand Chinese, but they can also directly work for His Highness Hongye and become samurai!
"
"That's His Royal Highness Hongye's military camp. The soldiers there train hard every day and are very kind to us people!"
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Just like that, when night fell, Yegu Suiko, with tears in her eyes, had already visited countless corners in Maple Leaf Mountain City. Only then did she realize what a kind and kind person his highness was.
So, she picked up the brush and began to sketch on the paper. After a while, she seemed to feel that this small drawing paper was not enough to draw the people's gratitude to Yu Qiuping and Yu Qiuping's kindness, so she changed to a larger one.
She bought a piece of paper, but found it was still too small. She kept changing it to a larger one, until finally, she bought a five-meter-long scroll and wanted to draw every detail in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
Chapter completed!