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Chapter 907: Sa Gozen! Wu Gozen! Qing Deng's two wise wives! [5200]

These unfamiliar supply stations not only provided rice balls and drinking water, but also hearty meals such as hot soup and dried meat.

At first, Qing Deng was very puzzled. After he went forward to inquire, he learned that this was a supply station set up by Sanako.

Qing Deng was greatly surprised by this and immediately started to inquire about it and soon found out the details.

After the fall of Nagoya Castle, a large number of warriors and civilians from the Owari domain fled in all directions.

If you go east, you have to cross most of the Tokaido Avenue to reach the prosperous Kanto Plain.

But if you go west, you will immediately enter the Gyeonggi region.

For the refugees, it is clear at a glance which direction they should flee to.

As a result, most of the refugees rushed to the capital.

With the influx of large numbers of refugees, various feudal lords in the capital, including Qinjin, learned the shocking news that "Choshu army launched a surprise attack on Nobi and Nagoya Castle fell"!

In an instant, there was panic in Otsu and rumors spread.

What "Choshu troops are coming soon!"

What "Choshu Army has more than 4 troops!"

What "His Highness Niu Wang has no time to come back to help, Qin Jin is going to die!"

Some people packed up their belongings and prepared to flee to the countryside to avoid the disaster.

Some people were at a loss and rushed to the government, asking for confirmation: was Owari really lost? Was the Choshu army really coming? Was Qinjin really in danger?

Some people even had evil intentions and planned to take advantage of the situation to break in and steal property.

The feeling of unease spread rapidly... The town that was originally quiet, peaceful and prosperous was dominated by panic in the blink of an eye.

At this critical moment, Sanako took action.

In the absence of her lord Ju Qingdeng, she displayed the demeanor of a mistress and took charge of the situation personally!

It is reported that after learning about the changes in Owari, Sanako was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained her composure.

"Why are you panicking? It's just Changzhou. What's there to be afraid of? Let all the officials currently stationed in Tianjin come to see me!"

It is no exaggeration to say that Sanako's courage and bravery played an important role like a stabilizing force!

Before this, what situation did Qinjin's ministers face?
Lord Tachibana Aodō led his army westward to attack Choshu.

Two family elders, Hijikata Toshizo and Yamanami Keisuke, accompanied him on the expedition.

The newborn young master (Ju Jiangchen) was a swaddled baby who couldn't even speak.

In a nutshell, there is no leader, and no one can take charge...

I don’t know who to turn to when I want to ask for instructions from my superiors.

Sanako's timely appearance finally gave the ministers a backbone.

The authority of the mistress is self-evident.

In the absence of Qing Deng and others and the young master being young, she and Awu had the highest status in the fiefdom and were the most qualified to command the ministers.

Even if we put aside her identity as the "mistress", Sanako's own prestige is enough to make the ministers in the domain humble themselves.

"Chiba's Onikomachi", the daughter of the Chiba family, a veteran of the Shinsengumi, a talented female swordsman with outstanding military exploits... With such a long list of titles, who can match her?
In this way, relying on his own status and prestige, Sanako easily integrated the people's hearts and became the "temporary leader" recognized by all the ministers.

She immediately summoned all the ministers to the Orange Residence, and then issued various orders calmly.

The first thing she did was to stabilize the market and crack down on unscrupulous businessmen.

Sanako is a very orthodox samurai girl. She has always looked down upon and felt ashamed to associate with those who do not follow the right path... especially those evil villains who are obsessed with money and disregard ethics and morals in order to make money.

As we all know, whenever the situation is turbulent, there are always some conscienceless and short-sighted people who jump out to cause trouble.

As expected, as soon as the riot broke out in Otsu, a large number of unscrupulous businessmen heard the news and moved in, hoping to make a fortune from the national disaster.

Their tactics are nothing more than the same old ones: hoarding goods at high prices, maliciously driving up prices, and making huge profits.

After learning that a group of unscrupulous businessmen were disrupting the market environment in Otsu, Sanako... to be frank, she was furious.

She had never had a good impression of these sneaky and opportunistic people.

And now, Sanako's disgust towards all this has reached its peak.

"The country is in trouble but they don't think about serving the country, but instead add insult to injury... Since these guys are so disloyal, there is no need to show them mercy!"

After saying this to his ministers, Sanako unceremoniously ordered the market to be rectified!
She sent out a large number of people to patrol the various markets in the town. Once they found unscrupulous merchants taking advantage of the situation to rob, they would be arrested directly without even trying them!

She even signed an order personally to chop off the heads of three serious profiteers at once, and placed their heads on the execution ground for public display to deter other villains.

Those who should be arrested were arrested, and those who should be killed were killed... Just like that, under Sanako's thundering means, the market environment in Otsu returned to normal in just one day.

Those speculators who had managed to escape the disaster were all kept silent and dared not show their heads again.

Then, she ordered people to post notices at the memorial making site to appease the people.

【Jishizaba: A place where officials or lords of the Edo period wrote down rules, regulations, and prohibitions on boards or papers to require residents to thoroughly understand the laws. These places were often set up in places where people frequently traveled, such as checkpoints, ports, and bridges, or even in conspicuous places such as town and village entrances and city centers.】

She did not hide the fact that Owari had fallen. With so many refugees pouring in, it was impossible to hide it.

She adopted an open and honest strategy, aiming to clarify misunderstandings and reveal the truth.

He first openly admitted that Owari had indeed fallen, and then pointed out that the Choshu army had not advanced westward and that Qinjin was still safe both inside and outside.

Under Sanako's instruction, the end of the notice clearly stated: Don't worry, everyone! His Majesty the King is leading his troops to come back for help! They will be back in Otsu soon!
In fact, when Qing Dengmo wrote this notice, he had not returned to his army, and he didn't even know that something had happened in Owari.

However, this was not Sanako's "white lie".

Perhaps it was the tacit understanding between husband and wife, or perhaps it was Sanako's absolute trust in Qing Deng, she firmly believed that her husband would come back as quickly as possible to rescue Qin Jin!
With this trust in mind, she organized a group of people to set up a supply station on the way back to Qinjin to pick up Qingdeng.

The person who took over this task was Awu.

Sanako is the mistress of the Qinjin clan, and Awu is also the mistress of the Qinjin clan.

In order to safely get through this crisis, the responsibility and determination shown by Wu is no less than that of Sanako.

She didn't have the high personal prestige that Sanako had, nor could she speak freely and give orders in front of a large group of strangers.

Therefore, she could only provide support in her own way and work hard behind the scenes.

Awu was responsible for supervising various important tasks such as "setting up a supply station to support Qingdeng" and "posting notices to reassure the people".

When Sanako was in a meeting, she often sat beside him to support him.

"One mistress sitting alone" and "two mistresses sitting side by side", the latter is definitely more imposing and can intimidate the ministers more.

Even if Awu said nothing and just sat quietly beside Sanako, it was enough to bring pressure to the ministers.

The relationship between Sanako and Ama is very delicate - this is no secret in the Qinjin clan.

Zuo and Wu sat shoulder to shoulder in front of the ministers, which was equivalent to sending a signal to the outside world: no matter what kind of relationship or conflicts we have in private, we will never be confused in public affairs and major events! We will never quarrel with each other!
The mistresses worked together to fight the enemy...Seeing this scene, all the ministers felt the unity of the two women and their firm determination to protect Qinjin.

It is worth mentioning that Sanako learned the lesson from Chacha's good intentions but bad results, and did not show up in public without permission in order to boost public morale.

In 1615, the Tokugawa clan launched the Second Battle of Osaka, the famous Summer Campaign of Osaka, in order to completely destroy the Toyotomi clan.

This battle concerns the survival of the Toyotomi family.

In order to boost morale, Yodohime Chacha - Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine and the "Empress Dowager" of the Toyotomi family - showed rare courage, put on military uniform, and went to the front line to boost morale.

She originally thought that her appearance would greatly boost the morale of the army.

But she didn't expect that her good deed not only didn't work, but also had the opposite effect, causing the morale of the soldiers defending the city to plummet...

The reason for this was that the soldiers thought that the casualties in this battle were so heavy that even the "Queen Mother" Cha Cha had to go to the battlefield in person, so they couldn't help feeling despair.

Japan has always been a society that favors boys over girls, and very few women practice martial arts.

In people's perception, fighting in wars is a man's job, so why would women join in the fun?
Therefore, the way out for most women in ancient Japan was to study music, chess, calligraphy and painting honestly, marry a good husband, and take care of their husbands and children peacefully.

Female warriors like Sanako and Souji, who are not only able to go to the battlefield but also have made great military achievements, are completely different.

Today, Sanako and Ama have become the mistresses of the Qinjin clan and are no longer just female samurai and ninja.

Their current words and deeds represent the Qinjin clan, and are closely watched and followed by countless people. Although they are born as female warriors (female ninjas), it is normal for them to wear military uniforms, but they may be used by people with ulterior motives to spread malicious rumors such as "Look, even the mistresses have personally joined the battle, Qinjin is really at the end of its rope."

Therefore, Sanako and Awu have been staying in the Tachibana residence cautiously, waiting for Qingdeng to return.

Although the process was far from smooth, with the cooperation of the two women, order in Qinjin Domain gradually returned to stability.

The officials stuck to their posts according to the procedures.

The people were no longer in a panic.

All shops are open for business as usual and prices of goods remain the same.

As for the refugees who came to avoid the disaster, they were also properly resettled.

In fact, the energy and effort that the two daughters spent on "governing the country on behalf of their husbands" was far more than that.

In addition to the above, their work included but was not limited to: "sending spies to find out the current situation in Owari", "tracking the specific movements of the Choshu army", "warning Edo"...

All in all, what they did and what they achieved were completely worthy of their status as "Mistress Qinjin"!

Qin Jin's ministers never imagined that one day they would gain power from the two women!
I don't know who started it, but the ministers of Qinjin have recently often called Sanako "Sadogozen" and Ama "Maigozen" in private.

X Gozen... This nickname is obviously a tribute to Tomoe Gozen.

Tomoe Gozen was a famous female general in the late Heian period. She was not only a martial arts expert, but also possessed an unparalleled beauty. She loyally assisted her husband and was a very famous virtuous wife. There was a story about her breaking the neck of an enemy general with her bare hands to cover the retreat of her husband, Kiso Yoshinaka.

The ministers of Qinjin called Sanako and Awu "Sana Gozen" and "Mai Gozen" to express their respect - you are just like Tomoe Gozen, virtuous wives who are worthy of being named in history!
After hearing about the two women's recent efforts and deeds from the officials at the supply station, Qing Deng was speechless for a long time.

He was so moved that his heart was overwhelmed with indescribable emotion!

To be honest, if the two girls were in front of him right now, he would want to hug them immediately and kiss every corner of their bodies.

Even so, it is not enough to truly express Qingdeng's excitement.

At this moment, he deeply realized what it meant to "A husband with a virtuous wife will not suffer from unexpected misfortunes"!
Sanako and Mai were really a great help!
Thanks to them, Qin Jinfan's current situation is far better than Qing Deng expected.

After he returns to Otsu, he will no longer have to spend more time and energy on stabilizing the people's hearts in the domain - just for this reason, the two women have made absolute contributions!

"call……"

He took a deep breath and tried hard to suppress his excited and surging emotions.

At this moment, he felt that the fatigue that had been accumulated in his body was swept away! His whole body was filled with endless strength!

Sanako and Wu have done their best, how can I fall behind them?

With this thought in mind, he climbed onto Carrot's back again and shouted:
"let's go!"

The dust that was scattered by the horses' (cows') hooves stomping on the ground filled the surroundings again.

The cavalry galloped eastward along the avenue and soon disappeared at the intersection leading to Otsu.

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2 days later——

Qinjin Fan, Dajin, Judi——

"..."

Sanako sat behind the desk, carefully reading the letter in her hand.

Every time her eyes swept across a line of the letter, her brows furrowed a little more.

After reading the contents of the letter thoroughly, her beautiful face suddenly turned blue and her expression became extremely ugly.

As early as when she had just taken over the Qinjin domain government, she immediately mobilized the soldiers of the 9th Division stationed in Otsu and ordered them to sneak into Owari to collect relevant intelligence on the Choshu army, especially its specific movements, and make sure to find out thoroughly.

Gathering intelligence is never easy.

Since sending out this group of ninjas, Sanako has never received any reports from them.

Sanako had no choice but to wait silently.

Finally... today, the report she had been waiting for finally arrived - the letter in her hand.

The long-awaited information finally arrived. She couldn't wait to read the letter, and at the same time she made the corresponding mental preparations.

Although she had prepared for the worst, the content of the letter and the cruel facts before her still stunned her, and she could not calm down for a long time...

"Ugh……"

Sanako, who seldom sighed on weekdays, showed a rare weak side at this moment.

She put down the letter in her hand with a tired look on her face, turned her head unconsciously, and looked towards the west, with a vague feeling of missing someone on her cheeks...

"Woooaaaaaa! Woo ...!"

Suddenly, the sound of a baby crying was heard beside him.

The next moment, Sanako immediately turned sideways as if by reflex, half anxiously, half nervously checking the baby...that is, Kuro's condition.

Anyone who has raised a baby knows that babies often wake up suddenly while sleeping, and after waking up, they always cry for no reason.

Jiulang was in this situation right now. He was sleeping soundly one second, and woke up suddenly the next second, and burst into tears.

Sanako was no longer surprised by this.

Not only was she used to seeing it, she was also used to dealing with it.

"Don't cry~Don't cry~"

She patted Jiulang's belly with gentle movements and spoke gentle words.

After more than a month of repeated "training", Sanako now feels more and more like a mother.

She has now become extremely skilled at both soothing and coaxing babies.

Compared with the previous clumsy appearance that couldn't even wrap the baby in swaddling clothes, he is like a completely different person.

Her "patting the belly" action and "don't cry, don't cry" words seemed to contain some magical power.

After a while, Jiulang's crying gradually stopped and he soon calmed down.

After a while, he slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Looking at her son who had fallen asleep again, Sanako's smile grew wider, her pretty face filled with maternal kindness, and the tiredness that originally dominated her expression gradually faded away.

The Choshu army is wreaking havoc in the East Country; Qing Deng and his men have not yet returned; the thousands of people of Qinjin Fan are counting on her to take charge of the situation; except for Awu, there is no one else around to support her...

Only she and Ah Wu know how much pressure she has been under recently...

Even though Chiba Onikomachi is a man of steel and determination, facing the unprecedented pressure, he can't help but feel exhausted and exhausted...

I have to say, having children is indeed a very strange thing.

Before giving birth, Sanako thought that she was not a person who liked children.

Rather, she often even found children annoying.

Whenever she saw those naughty children making loud noises, she would feel disgusted and annoyed.

However, the magical thing is that after Jiulang was born, her view of children suddenly changed!
The children who were once very ugly and disgusting in her eyes have now become very cute - especially her own son!
Although it may sound a bit arbitrary, in Sanako's current opinion, there is no child or creature in the world cuter than her son!
The only person who can compare with him in cuteness is Awu's daughter Ningning.

To be honest, "accompanying her son" has become her new and effective way to relax.
Every time she looked at her son's sleeping face, she felt a new fire bursting out of her body - Jiulang's existence became one of the important pillars for her to get through the current difficult times.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

There were hurried footsteps coming closer and closer from the direction of the corridor.

Sanako immediately recognized the footsteps as those of Wu.

Ah Wu knew that Jiu Lang was sleeping, so she did not shout after opening the door. Instead, she moved to Sanako's side in two steps and said in a trembling voice, unable to hide her excitement:
"Sanako, Qing Deng is back!"

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