These unfamiliar supply stations not only provide rice balls and drinking water, but also provide hot soup, dried meat and other sumptuous meals.

At first, Qingto was puzzled. After asking around, he learned that this was a supply station set up by Sanako.

Qingdeng was greatly surprised by this, and immediately started to inquire, and soon learned the details.

After the fall of Nagoya Castle, a large number of Owari clan's people fled in all directions.

If you go east, you have to pass through most of Tokai Street to reach the prosperous Kanto Plain.

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

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

As a result, most of the refugees came to Gyeonggi.

With the influx of large numbers of refugees, various vassals in Gyeonggi, including Qinjin, learned the shocking news that "the Choshu Army unexpectedly attacked Nomi and Nagoya Castle fell"!

Suddenly, everyone in Dajin was in panic, and rumors spread everywhere.

What "Changzhou Army is coming soon!"

What "The strength of the Changzhou Army exceeds 40,000!"

What is "His Royal Highness Ren 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. Did Owari really fall? Did the Choshu Army really attack? Is Qinjin really in danger?

There are also some people who have evil intentions and plan to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of this opportunity to steal property through empty houses.

Uneasy emotions spread rapidly... The originally peaceful and prosperous city was dominated by panic in the blink of an eye.

At this critical juncture, Sanako took action.

In the absence of the lord Tachibana Aoden, she showed the courage that a mistress should have and personally took charge of the overall situation!

It is reported that after learning about Owari's change, Sanako was briefly stunned, but quickly regained her composure.

"Why are you panicking? 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 step forward played an important role like a needle in the sea!

Before this, what situation were faced by the ministers of Qin and Jin?

The lord Ju Qingdeng led his army to attack Changzhou in the west.

Two family elders—Hijikata Toshizo and Shannan Keisuke—accompanied the expedition.

The newly born young master (Tachibana General) is an infant and cannot even speak.

In a word, the group is leaderless and cannot find anyone who can take charge...

I don’t know who to go to if I want to ask for instructions from my superiors.

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

The authority of the mistress cannot be overemphasized.

In the absence of Qingto and others and the young master's young age, she and A Wu had the highest status in the domain and were the most qualified to order the ministers.

Even putting aside her status as "mistress", Sanako's own prestige was enough to make all the officials in the domain grovel.

"Chiba's Onimachi", the daughter of the Chiba family, the veteran of the Shinsengumi, the talented swordswoman with great achievements in battle... With such a long list of titles, who can match them?

In this way, relying on his own status and prestige, Sanako easily integrated people's hearts and became the "temporary leader" recognized by the ministers.

She immediately summoned her ministers at Judi, and then issued various orders calmly.

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

Sanako is a very orthodox woman from the martial arts family. She has always scorned and was ashamed to associate with those who did not follow the right path...especially those evil villains who fell in the eyes of money and would ignore ethics and morals in order to make money.

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

Sure enough, as soon as the turmoil broke out in Ojin, a large number of profiteers took notice of the situation and tried to enrich the country.

Their tactics are nothing more than the same old tricks: hoarding goods, maliciously driving up prices, and grabbing huge profits.

After learning that a group of profiteers were disrupting Otsu's market environment, Sanako... bluntly said that she was furious.

She didn't have a good impression of these sneaky profiteers.

But now, Sanako's aversion to these things has reached its peak.

"The country is suffering but they don't want to serve the country. Instead, they add insult to injury... Since these guys are so unjust, there is no need to show mercy to them!"

After saying this to the ministers, Sanako unceremoniously ordered the market to be rectified!

She sent a large number of manpower to patrol the various markets in the town. Once she found a profiteer who was taking advantage of the situation, she didn't even need to interrogate him, but just captured him!

She even personally signed an order to chop off the heads of three profiteers who had committed serious crimes, and put their heads on the execution ground to shock Xiao Xiao.

Catch what should be caught, kill what should be killed... In this way, with Sanako's thunderous methods, the market environment in Otsu was restored to normal in just one day.

Those speculators who were lucky enough to escape the disaster all remained silent and did not dare to come forward again.

Then, she ordered people to post articles and posters in the Zha making field to appease the people.

[Note: A place where shogunate officials or lords wrote precepts, items, and prohibitions on boards or paper notices in the Edo period, requiring residents to thoroughly understand the laws. They were often set up in places where people frequently travel, such as passes, ports, and bridges.

Next to it, or even in conspicuous places such as towns, village entrances, and city centers.】

She did not hide the fact of "the fall of Owari". With so many refugees coming in, she couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.

She adopts an open and honest strategy, focusing on clarifying misunderstandings and clarifying the truth.

First, he openly admitted that Owari had indeed fallen, and then pointed out that the Choshu Army had not marched westward, and Qin and Jin were still safe inside and outside.

Under Sanako's instruction, the last part of the list clearly stated: Don't worry, gentlemen! His Highness Nioh is leading his troops to return for reinforcements! He will be back in Otsu soon!

In fact, at the time of writing this article, Ayotomo said that he had returned to the army, and he did not even know that something happened to Owari.

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

Maybe it's the tacit understanding between husband and wife, or maybe it's Sanako's absolute trust in Qingden. She firmly believes that her husband will come back as quickly as possible to rescue Qin Jin!

With this trust in mind, she organized a group of people to set up supply depots on the way back to Qinjin to meet Qingdeng.

The person responsible for taking over this task is A Wu.

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

In order to survive this crisis safely, A Wu's responsibility and determination are no less than Sanako's.

She does not have the same high personal prestige as Sanako, nor can she talk or give orders in front of a lot of strangers.

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

A Wu Lai was responsible for supervising various important tasks such as "setting up a supply depot to meet Qingdeng" and "posting a list to calm the people."

When Sanako was in meetings, she would often sit next to him and help him.

"A mistress sitting alone" and "two mistresses sitting side by side", the latter must be more imposing and more able to intimidate the ministers.

Even if A Wu said nothing and just sat quietly next to Sanako, it was enough to bring pressure to the ministers.

The relationship between Sanako and Awu is very delicate - this matter is not a secret in Qinjin Fan.

When Zuo and Wu sit shoulder to shoulder in front of the ministers, it is equivalent to sending a signal to the outside world: No matter what kind of relationship or conflicts we have in private, when it comes to official matters or major matters, we will never be confused! We will never be sisters.

The wall of evil!

The mistresses worked together to fight against the enemy... Regarding this scene, all the ministers felt the unity of the two women and their firm determination to protect Qin Jin.

It is worth mentioning that Sanako learned the lesson from Chacha's good intentions but did bad things back then, and did not show her face without authorization in order to boost public sentiment.

In the 20th year of Keicho (1615), the Tokugawa family launched the second Battle of Osaka, the famous Osaka Summer Formation, in order to completely eliminate the Toyotomi family.

This battle is related to the survival of the Toyotomi family.

In order to boost morale, Yodohime Chacha - Toyotomi Hideyoshi's side chamber and the "Queen Mother" of the Toyotomi family - took a rare stand and wore a military uniform and went to the front line in person to boost morale.

She thought that her appearance would boost military morale.

Unexpectedly, her good deed not only failed to work, but also had a counterproductive effect, causing the morale of the soldiers defending the city to fall to the bottom...

The reason was that the soldiers thought that the battle had already resulted in so many casualties that even "Queen Mother" Chacha went to the battlefield in person, so they couldn't help but feel desperate.

Japan has always been a patriarchal society, and women rarely practice martial arts.

In the world's perception, going to war is only a man's business, so why do women come to join in the fun?

Therefore, to study piano, chess, calligraphy and painting honestly, to marry a good husband in the future, and to care for your husband and raise children peacefully is the way out for most women in ancient Japan.

Female warriors like Sanako and Souji who can not only go to the battlefield, but also achieve great military exploits are completely different.

Today, Sanako and Amu have become the mistress of the Qinjin clan, and are no longer just female warriors and female ninjas.

Their current words, deeds, and actions represent Qin Jinfan, and are watched and paid attention to by countless people.

Although they are female samurai (female ninjas), it is normal for them to wear military uniforms, but they are not allowed to be used by malicious people to spread malicious messages such as "Look, even the mistresses have gone into battle themselves, Qinjin is indeed at the end of its rope."

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To be continued...