"Come on!"

"Stand up!"

"Put it hard!"

...

On the wide pier of Hakata Port, thousands of leaders were shouting loudly. Amid the shouts of the leaders, a "yamaka" decorated with puppets imitating samurai (the puppets were made by local craftsmen) began to move slowly.

This is the most popular "Yamaka" ritual activity in the local summer festival in Hakata. Yakaka is divided into two types: "Decorative Mountain" with bright colors for decoration and "Raising Mountain" to carry. "Decorative Mountain" has been displayed on the street since early July for the people to visit. "Raising Mountain" is the "mountain" that everyone sees now. Such a large and heavy "Yamaka" is to be carried around by the people.

The summer festival is the longest-lasting and most diverse ritual that Masayoshi saw when he came here. From July to August when the autumn harvest ended, all over the country is the period of summer festivals. During this period, various types, variety and colorful ritual activities will be held in various parts of Japan.

In the territory of the Luo family, Masara had seen bonfire dances (which was a bit like the Ullamban Festival, where the leaders kept singing and dancing around the bonfire), and collectively visited shrines and other activities. The "butt festival" that made Masara feel most speechless. Every summer, I heard shouts from the streets and alleys (Oeshi-Oeshi) and saw a group of men wearing national costumes carrying a "mountain hat" (a decoration like a mountain) on their shoulders)

Running wildly on the streets, and from time to time, people on the roadside prepared buckets to splash water on the men who were running over. The shouting would be louder and louder when they were splashed into water (it is said that in some areas outside of Kyushu, there will be similar festivals in winter. In the weather when water drips into ice, men only hang a white cloth on important parts and then parade the streets, while women surround the white cloth on important parts and sit in the water. Pay attention, it is sitting in meditation, not winter swimming).

Of course, the main purpose of the leaders holding such a ritual is to pray for a bumper grain, a prosperous business and a prosperous family. Just as the port of Hakata was very lively, in the mansion of Hakata Castle Lord on the other side of the newly rebuilt Hakata Port, it was also very lively at this time. Noriya Heihara, Tsuda Soda, Hibiya Okei, Naya Imai Soda, Uriya Nobuya Nobuya and other merchants were invited here.

"It took only a few months for the repair doctor to make Hakata, who was burned into ruins, angry. The means should not be underestimated!" After seeing the flat and spacious avenues, neat bricks and tiles in Hakata Town at this time, the people invited to Hakata had this feeling in their hearts.

"Can you all be ready? Don't lose your etiquette when you go in to see each other later." As the oldest and oldest among the crowd, Heiju, who is the oldest, can enter the house and speak at this time.

"Please rest assured Lord Pingjiu." The rest of the people promised.

They could not be more cautious. Not long ago, Hosokawa Harutomoto in the Kinki region was mainly in charge of the Miyoshi Masahiro at the intersection of Yodogawa and Kanzaki Kawai near Kyoto, confronting the coalition forces of Miyoshi Nagaki, Yusaki Nagako, and Tokawa Ichiku. Since Hosokawa Harutomoto had formed an alliance with the Hexaki family (this news surprised the emperor and the shogun in Kyoto. The Hexaki family, which had always had good relations with the imperial shogunate, actually colluded with the Hosokawa family), and Hosokawa Harutomoto was preparing to wait for the reinforcements of Rokaka Yoshiken, son of Hexaki Tetsura, to arrive before fighting with Miyoshi Nagaki, and so he temporarily adopted the defensive.

However, the alliance between Hosokawa Harutomoto and the Hexao family was learned in advance by Miyoshi Nagao and others, so Miyoshi Nagao, Yousa, and Tokawa coalition decided to launch an attack before the arrival of the Hexao family reinforcements. In late June, Changqing defeated the Hosokawa army. Most of the important officials in Miyoshi Nagao and Hosokawa Harutomoto were killed in total.

After the defeat, Hosokawa Harumo fled from Kyoto to Miyake Castle, and Hosokawa Harumo's regime collapsed. His territory in Shikoku and Kinki were gradually accepted by the Miyo family. The Miyo family replaced the Hosokawa family in one fell swoop and became the famous name in the Kinki region. From then on, he entered the historical stage of Japan and wrote a strong mark.

After learning that the Miyo family was about to enter Kyoto, former shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who had always had a bad relationship with the Miyo family, took Ashikaga Yoshito, who had just inherited the position of shogun (later renamed Ashikaga Yoshihiro, and his position as a shogunate, had not been recognized by the Hosokawa family, so it had not been announced to the world) and hurriedly fled to Higasakamoto for refuge, while the emperor still locked himself in the palace as usual and became a turtle.

A long time ago, when Kotomi was traveling in the Luo family's territory, Nakamori Jungun Nobuhide was shocked to hear the news, he immediately said goodbye to Masaru and rushed back to Kyoto. Thinking about it, these envoys from the imperial shogunate seemed to be in trouble every time they went to the Luo family. Kyoko Takaki, who was the last time, came to mediate the conflict between the Luo family and the Oto family. As a result, a rebellion occurred in Kyoto shortly after arriving in the taiqian Kingdom. Kyoko Takaki hurried back to Kyoto without having time to mediate. This time the same is true. Masaru has already estimated that the imperial shogunate will send people to Kyushu again next time, because every time I send people, Kyoto will not encounter good things.

The drastic changes in Kyoto not only affected Konoe, Nakamori Jungami and others, but also affected the merchants in Sakaicho. The Miyo family has not yet completely controlled the Kinki area, and the Hosokawa family has not been completely destroyed. Who knows how long the Kinki area will go through? Besides, no one knows how the Miyo family will be prepared to deal with the merchants in Sakaicho after taking power, so they were all panicked for a while.

At this moment, Masara sent them an invitation to visit Hakata.

What kind of powerful people is the Luo family? He is a powerful daimyo who controls the three kingdoms of Kyushu and has a powerful force in the central and northern regions of Kyushu. Moreover, the goods of Hirado Island of the Luo family are even more enviable by many merchants. In addition, they are attracted by Hakata, which is the economic center of Kitakyushu and connects Japan and North Korea's trade hub. So after receiving the invitation, these merchants rushed to Hakata, intending to get a share of the fat meat thrown by the Luo family.

At this time, the Luo family's naval army had completely controlled the waterways along the coast of Toyogo and Hinaga, breaking the sea blockade line composed of the Ouchi family, Otoga and Ito family. If the Ouchi family intends to continue to block the waterways in the Seto Inland Sea, then the Luo family can trade through the waterways in Shikotosa Bay, and then abandon the sea ban strategy of Toyogogo and change it to Toyogo as the entrance to the trade route. In this way, the Ouchi family's blockade strategy will not only be invalid, but will even further offend merchants from all over the country, causing losses to the Ouchi family.

As for whether the Ouchi family naval army would rush to launch a war against the Luo Family Fenghou naval army, Masara was not worried at all. Not to mention whether Yoshitaka Ouchi had the courage to transfer the naval army responsible for guarding Zhou Fang, so that the Kono family naval army and the Luo Family naval army, who were eyeing each other on the east and west sides, would have the opportunity to raid Zhou Fang. It would only lead to a long-term water battle with the Luo Family or even a full-scale war. It would be unacceptable to Yoshitaka Ouchi. Previously, after the war with the Luo Family and the Chushang War, although the Ouchi family had had some small conflicts with the Luo Family, these conflicts were within an acceptable range between both sides, so that the Dauchi family could concentrate more energy on the competition with the Nizi family in the western region in the east. The Luo Family could take the opportunity to take a good rest.

Beware of each other, be hostile to each other, but keep the conflict to a small range, this is almost a tacit understanding between Masara and Yoshitaka Ouchi naturally formed. No one wanted to break this tacit understanding because of this. This is why Yoshitaka Ouchi did not agree to Ouchi's request for help from the request of the Navy Army from the Luo family when the Otomo family was attacked by the Navy Army from the Luo family on the coast of Guodong County, Toyoko Country.

In Ouchi Yoshitaka's view, the Ouchi family is also a jackal, and no one knows whether the Ouchi family will turn around and bite the Ouchi family at the right time. This is very likely. After all, the Ouchi family's nest in Fenghou Kingdom has been occupied by the Luo family. The Ouchi family, who is urgently in need of more territory to accumulate counterattack strength, may not have thought about the Ouchi family's territory in Fenghou Kingdom. This is also why Ouchi Yoshitaka sent heavy troops to garrison at the junction of Fenghou Kingdom and Fenghou Kingdom. On the one hand, it is to support the Ouchi family at any time to avoid being destroyed by the Luo family. On the other hand, it is also to beware of the Ouchi family, which has reached the point of being anxious.

In the eyes of Yoshitaka Ouchi, the Otomo family is now a guardian dog of the Otomo family, responsible for guarding the northeastern region of Fenghou Kingdom and preventing the spread of the Luo family's forces to the border of Fengqian Kingdom. Otherwise, the Otomo family would face the dangerous situation of bordering the Luo family's territory in the west. In the eyes of Yoshitaka Ouchi, the Luo family is a mad dog. Last year, he and Yoshikan Otomo teased the mad dog. After the mad dog bit them a few bites, the mad dog is ready to tease him in reverse. He would never give the Luo family such a chance.

Yoshitaka Ouchi tried his best to avoid falling into a large-scale conflict with the Luo family. Although Masayoshi also had this idea, he did not intend to let the Da Nei family go. Previously, the Da Nei family colluded with the internal retainers of the Luo family to try to make the Hakata area of ​​the Luo family, and gave the Luo family a little insult. If the Luo family had not been prepared, it would have probably been the Hakata area of ​​the Chuanqian country that has now fallen into the hands of the Da Nei family again.

The so-called "recitation" is that Zheng Liang will invite these merchants to come here, and he is also preparing to return to the home.
Chapter completed!