Speaking of this, Li Guanqi couldn't help but smile.

"Sounds like a wonderful story."

Sophia held her chin in her hands and looked at the blue sky outside the window, with a bit of longing in her eyes, "The second generation of heirs to inherit the master's last wish are also a man and a woman.

If we can have mutual feelings like the master's generation, or even go one step further than the master's generation, if true lovers finally get married, then this story will really be like the chivalrous story told by the storytellers of the shogunate."

"Love is not the only social emotion in the world."

Li Guanqi smiled and shook his head, "Friendship, family affection, and even casual acquaintances are also very good things. And you are overthinking it. Takeda Ryoko and I cannot be like my master and her master.

She and I are not even friends.

Should it be a chance encounter, a casual acquaintance?

Also, I already have my own love. In contrast, I hope to gain more friendship and make more good friends."

"But Master, your story with her is not over yet."

Suddenly, Sophia looked out the window at the gate of Takeda's house in the distance, half-smiling, "Maybe there will be a follow-up."

Li Guanqi also frowned at this time.

Because they both heard it.

The Takeda family's residence is only a thousand meters away from this tavern, and for different blood humans of their level, if they want, the hearing range can completely cover there.

While Li Guanqi and Sophia were chatting, they were also listening to the conversation between the hypnotized middle-aged samurai and the guard at the gate of Takeda's house, thousands of meters away.

Just now, the middle-aged samurai's conversation made progress.

The guard said to him:

"Miss Liangzi? Miss Liangzi did come back two months ago, but she left not long after she came back. She should be in Wenshui County in Nanhu District now. She was ordered by the Takeda family to go there to serve as the county head and conduct

The family task of governing the county.”

Gone?

Family mission?

Served as the county head of Wenshui County in Nanhu, the shogunate?

Li Guanqi frowned slightly.

The situation of the Sakura Shogunate was different from that of the Daluo Dynasty.

Even if the eight surnames of Daluo are ready to move, the Ying family is still a superior royal family. At least until the death of the contemporary Daluo Emperor Shenwu, the situation will not change.

In the past three thousand years of the country, the Ying family has maintained a strong centralized position for a long time.

The Eight Kingdoms surnames are very powerful, but they are still ministers after all.

But the Sakura Shogunate was different.

The nine Sakura Kyubu families are the top nine powerful families of the Sakura shogunate. Their brothers have long completely eclipsed the emperor, the royal family of the shogunate.

The current Sakura Shogunate is not so much the shogunate of the royal family as it is the shogunate of the nine major families.

Their nine major families used Heian Jing as the chessboard to divide up the rights and land of the entire country, and over the course of a thousand years, a delicate balance was reached between forces.

Because of this, almost all officials of the shogunate, especially high-level officials, were from Sakura Kyubu's family.

It is precisely because of this phenomenon that the children of the Sakura Jiuwu family usually have a [governance] indicator in the family assessment.

Indicator judgment is very simple.

I'll give it to you as an official to see how well you can manage the territory under your hands. It doesn't matter what the means are, what matters is the result.

So, things are very clear now.

Takeda Ryoko likes to go out and enjoy the secluded life in the countryside, but her family won't let her. How can a little girl under thirty years old enjoy the secluded life in the countryside...

And Takeda Ryoko’s talent is not bad.

Therefore, the Takeda family no longer tolerated her willfulness, and brought her back to the family. They also assigned her a family mission and gave her the official position of "Shogunate Nanhu, Wenshui County, County Head".

In the Sakura Shogunate, counties were one level larger than cities. A county would govern multiple cities and manage multiple city lords.

In these places, the county lord is a higher-level official position than the city lord.

The county head is a local official in the bureaucracy of the Sakura Shogunate. He has huge powers, almost equivalent to the local emperor of a county. In the county system, no official can restrict him.

But rights and obligations are corresponding.

The county head has the greatest authority in a county. Because of this, if there is any problem in this county, the blame will fall entirely on the county head alone, and there is no way to push it aside.

The nature of this official position is perfect for measuring the [governance] ability of family members.

In fact, with Five Elements level cultivation, it is more reasonable to be a city lord, but it is less qualified to be a county lord.

What's more, Takeda Ryoko is an official by parachute, which is even more unreasonable.

But considering the national conditions of the Sakura Shogunate and the identity and family background of Takeda Ryoko, one of the nine Sakura warriors, the Takeda family, the matter is very reasonable...

"Let's go."

Li Guanqi drank the remaining plum shochu in the flask, stood up and left.

Sophia stood up immediately.

There is no need to say much about the rest of the journey.

Go to Nanhu Wenshui County and find the county leader Takeda Ryoko!

…

…

The south of the Sakura Shogunate is a large area with a humid climate, lots of rain, water and lakes. Therefore, it has been nicknamed "Nanko", "South Lake Territory" and "Land of Water Swamp".

And at this time.

In the southern part of the Nanhu Territory, in a barren area where the overall economic level is the lowest among the shogunate, in a county called "Wenshui", a young female county head who has only been in office for two months has fallen into a deep trap.

confused.

"Why are more and more people dying of hunger...Is all this my fault?"

In the Wenshui County Governor's Mansion, Takeda Ryoko, who was wearing a black official robe, looked at the piles of county situation reports in front of him, gritting his teeth, holding the paper in his right hand, clenching it tightly, and his fingertips turned blue.

"how so!!"

She suddenly waved her right hand, throwing away countless papers, and then she lay on the table with her head down, her shoulders shaking slightly, and she burst into tears.

"My lord, there is someone outside asking to see you."

Suddenly, a guard's announcement came from outside the door.

"who?!"

Takeda Ryoko did not raise his head, but said in a low voice: "If it's nothing important, I won't see you!"

"The person coming is a tall man with white hair and blue eyes, and there is a tulip woman beside him. Even his subordinates can't tell their cultivation level."

The voice of the guard outside the door sounded again, "Also, that man asked me to bring a message to you, the Lord County Lord - the 'White' who 'Zhan Bai' wants to kill is here, don't you welcome him?"

"Um?"

Takeda Ryoko raised his head and was slightly startled.

Cut off white?

Senior Wang Xiu’s apprentice?

That white-haired man named Li Guanqi?

Why is he here...

"Well, let him come in."

Takeda Ryoko said towards the door, then stood up from his seat, looked at the messy papers scattered around, then walked to the corner of the room and looked in the mirror.

In the mirror, she was wearing a black county chief's robe embroidered with blue ripples. She had unkempt hair and a disheveled look. She hadn't washed herself in several days and her hair was messy. She couldn't be called beautiful at all, and she couldn't even be called decent.

On top, he was even a little embarrassed, looking like he had been beaten several times by life.

"never mind."

Takeda Ryoko thought for a while and put the idea of ​​dressing up behind her.

I'm too lazy to dress up, so just dress however you like.

"Squeak——"

The redwood door was slowly pushed open.

A tall figure with white hair and blue eyes, wearing a luxurious white robe, appeared in the bright sunshine. The cheerful smile on his face was even brighter than the sunshine.

"Forehead……"

But the next moment, this smile became a little stiff.

The person who came was naturally Li Guanqi.
To be continued...