In the afternoon, the drizzle outside the house was still falling. I looked up at the distance, and the mountains and forests in the distance were like smoke and fog, and I couldn't tell it.

It was already mid-October. According to previous years, it should have been the beginning of autumn, but the weather was very abnormal. Occasionally, there were a few days like summer, which made people unable to feel the breath of autumn.

This abnormal weather was like various forces in the Warring States Period, and for the sake of interests, it could be changed day by day. In the past, when the Danei family was in power in the western part of the Chuanqian Kingdom, these temple forces were all firm supporters of the Danei family. Now, with the Danei family defeating the Luo family at the foot of Gaoliang Mountain, and the governor of the Shan family, who was the management family of the Chuanqian Kingdom, was also killed by the Luo family. These temple forces were unwilling to fight against the Luo family, who was about to enter the western part of the Chuanqian Kingdom, which affected their own interests. So they immediately abandoned the Danei family and decisively contacted the Luo family to jointly divide the interests of the western part of the Chuanqian Kingdom.

After the tea party, under the organization of Master Chanrong, the Luo family had an interview with the temple forces. After more than two hours of negotiation, the two parties finally reached a cooperation agreement.

The temple forces in the Hakata area (mainly Saeliang, Naka, Xitian, Yuka and Isaki) will publicly recognize and support the rule of the Luo family against Yitu, Shima, Saeliang, Naka, Xitian, Yuka, Yasu, and Yuka, and the ten counties of the Isaki (there are a total of fifteen counties in the Chuchi country. In addition to these ten counties, there are also five counties in the eastern region, Toraki, Anshou, Kama, and Suilang), and summon believers from these areas to cooperate with the rule of the Luo family.

Secondly, these temples will abide by the Luo family's quotation system and will register the information of monks in each temple under the management of the Luo family. In addition, the temple forces recognize the ownership of the Luo family's family over the Dazaifu and agree to hand over the Dazaifu and its nearby areas to the Luo family. At this point, the Luo family will completely control the Dazaifu, and Masayoro has also become the veritable Dazai Shaoer.

What the Luo family has to pay is to recognize the ownership of the territories that these temples have already occupied, and the income taxes of these territories do not need to be handed over to the Luo family (in fact, this was the system in the past during the reign of the Da Nei family). Moreover, they can also maintain all the current monk soldiers, but the scale of the monk soldiers is not allowed to increase the scale (compared to the Da Nei family period, the scale of the monk soldiers has been restricted).

At the same time, they must abide by the laws of the Luo family. If the monks commit crimes, they will be judged together by both parties. This not only limits the continued occupation of more territory by these temples, but also limits the possibility that these monks will wantonly violate the laws of the Luo family. This is a great concession for the temple side. In the past, the local wealthy families had no way to punish them.

Of course, with Zhengliang's previous style of dealing with things, it was very unhappy for such an agreement. Zhengliang emphasized absolute control. With such an agreement, one party not only retained its original strength, but also became a potential "detailed work" in the Luo family territory. Other powerful people can fully understand the situation within the Luo family through these temples.

Of course, Masayoshi no longer cares about the leakage of system and other information. In fact, with the continuous expansion of the Luo family's territory and the continuous infiltration of the Luo family by surrounding powerful people, the Luo family can no longer completely block the border line as before. This has long led to the outflow of many Luo family's systems and even technologies. The most obvious example is that the Luo family's fire ash composting method has been spread to Kyoto and even Ohachi.

The benefit that the Luo family gained from this talk was that they received public support from these temple forces. Never underestimate these temple forces. According to the results obtained by the Intelligence Pavilion, if the temple forces in these areas unite to fight against the Luo family, the harm is even more serious than the Da Nei family's direct attack on the Luo family. This is also the reason why the Da Nei family still treats these temples with courtesy even though the Da Nei family controls the Chuqian Kingdom. Therefore, these temple forces take the initiative to contact the Luo family. It is not because they are afraid of the Luo family, but because they are unwilling to harm their own interests because of no reason. Of course, if the Luo family deliberately damages their interests, they do not mind going to war with the Luo family directly.

Now after mutual compromise and the support of these temple forces, the Luo family can quickly accept the newly occupied territory and begin orderly management, and at the same time avoid being obstructed by these temple forces when the western part of the Chuanqian Kingdom continues to expand its results. If necessary, they can even seek the support of these temple monks. Of course, this requires a certain amount of reward.

As for the future, Zhengliang had already thought about it. When the Luo family completely controlled the western part of the Zhuqian Kingdom and gained the support of the people, Zhengliang would slowly eradicate these temple forces. Now the Luo family has sought these forces, Zhengliang had to endure it for the time being.

After agreeing on everything, Zhengliang immediately rode on his horse and prepared to say goodbye. Before leaving, Zhengliang accidentally saw Aning and several maids. So he casually asked Master Chanrong to take these maids over.

Zhengliang did not do this in one fell swoop. This time, although the agreement was signed, it was not safe. Zhengliang's move was a reminder to Chan Rong and others not to tear the agreement at will. And these maids, who were witnesses of the meeting between the two sides, naturally would stay. In fact, if Zhengliang did not take the initiative to take these maids away, the fate of being killed for the sake of keeping them confidentiality is likely to be awaiting them. An Ning and others, who were frightened because they suddenly became Zhengliang's maids, did not know that they had escaped.

Just as Zhengliang was about to leave, Black Hawk suddenly came quickly to report:

"Lord, I found a large number of troops coming one mile to the east."

"Huh?" Mr. Zhengliang was shocked, and then looked at Master Chanrong who came out to see him off. The latter was also very surprised. Today, the two sides held a close meeting here. Now they suddenly heard that the army was approaching, and it was obvious that the news was leaking.

"Immediately send an order for the army halfway to come to guard." At this time, Zhengliang had no choice but to think about why the army suddenly approached, and immediately ordered. After experiencing the last ambush, Zhengliang had already become much more careful. In addition to bringing 200 people to guard the temple, there was also a large army of 3,000 people waiting for the order. Moreover, Zhengliang also realized one thing, that is, the integrity of the military force must be ensured and must not be separated. The last time he encountered a hiding, the most deadly part was that the enemy completely separated Zhengliang from the beginning, causing Zhengliang to fight alone. Otherwise, with the military force led by Zhengliang at that time, he would be fully capable of rushing out of the encirclement.

"Master." Just as Masayoshi was about to order an emergency convergence to the army halfway, another black eagle ran to report: "Master, we have captured an envoy who claimed to be the Takahashi family. This person claimed to be the governor of his family and asked the lord to stay for a while. In addition, the other party's army suddenly paused when half a mile away."

"Takahashi family?" Masarara recalled in an instant. This place was actually not far from Takahashi family's Baomanshan City, and it was probably less than three miles away. It was strange that the Takahashi family came too suddenly this time, and they were very aware of the agreement during the talks between the Luo family and the temple forces in the Hakata area. They actually automatically restrained the army under their command to stop at the agreed distance.

"Master Dazai Shao Er, I'll go there to confirm this matter in person." Chan Rong immediately said that the Takahashi family was the governor of the Takahashi family. He was also very angry about the sudden arrival of the Takahashi family. He didn't want to be misunderstood by Masayoshi for conspiring with the Takahashi family to deal with the Luo family, otherwise the agreement reached between the two parties today would be ruined, and Chuanqian would be in trouble.

"It's so good!" After feeling the other party's calm gaze, Masayoshi agreed. Then he signaled several retainers to "accompany" Master Chanrong to rush forward to see what the Takahashi family was for this time. At the same time, he did not forget to order the army half inside and outside to rush here to meet immediately. Masayoshi was very distrustful of this unexpected visitor.
Chapter completed!