"Oh! What do you mean?" Narita-no-Nagama was very satisfied, extremely satisfied. Her daughter still cared about her father's life.
"We will use sufficient force to ensure the neutrality of Shinobi City and remain uninvolved in future major battles."
Kaihime's words made Takeda Uchinaga fall into deep thought again. He was no longer young, and having experienced many battles, he naturally knew the cruelty of war. Staying out of it was certainly a good choice. After a long while, he finally spoke and asked.
"With our current strength, the Narita family cannot remain aloof. If we can continue to receive Prince Heng's support, what do we need to give in return?"
"Population, a large population. Both men and women are eligible, but the age cannot exceed fifteen years old."
“Kai, you are intelligent, don’t you know that population is the foundation of a daimyo? If all the young people leave, where will our soldiers, farmers, and craftsmen come from in a few years?” Narita Ujō said anxiously. Money is just an external thing; population and territory are the foundation.
“Father, Japan is vast and populous. There are countless daimyo more foolish than you and me. Why don’t you go elsewhere to buy people?”
"Yoshi!" One of the biggest human traffickers in history, Narita Ujinaga, decided on the Narita family's development strategy on a winter night, bringing irreversible harm to countless Japanese daimyo lords.
"Hidetsugu, have you seen Narita's daughter?"
"Yes, Uncle. Narita Kai happened to be returning home when Hidetsuji ran into him."
"Judging from her appearance, has she entered the path of cultivation and become a nun?"
"...Shuji looked closely at her skin and found it to be as white as jade, but whether it was due to her cultivation or not, Shuji dared not speculate."
"Oh! I'll go take a look myself tomorrow. How about you come with me, brother?"
A short, elderly man asked a man in his thirties, who smiled gently and nodded.
Toyotomi Hidetsugu lowered his head and pondered in silence, wondering whether concealing Kaihime's last words was a blessing or a curse.
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