Hearing this, Princess Asuka was stunned for a moment, then pouted and said, "You, don't think that if you treat me to two servings of mung bean soup, this matter will go away."
"Would four servings be okay?" Tetsuno asked timidly.
Princess Asuka's tone softened. "You...I..."
"Two servings a day for a week!"
Hearing this, Princess Asuka's eyes suddenly lit up "Deal!"
Shigeru "…"
This princess doesn't seem very smart, but she was easily subdued with a week of mung bean soup.
Although she admitted that the mung bean soup had a unique flavor, the princess must have been thrown off her game too easily.
Thus, the conflict between Princess Asuka and Tetsuno was resolved with a week of mung bean soup, and then they began to have breakfast.
The breakfast at this Daimyo's Mansion is definitely not as good as the Hagoromo Clan's breakfast in terms of nutrition and portions, but in terms of taste and fineness, it is better than the Hagoromo Clan's breakfast.
One can only say that daimyo are worthy of being the ruling class of the common people. In terms of enjoying life, they live much better than ninjas.
After breakfast, Princess Asuka originally wanted Tetsuno to take her to buy mung bean soup.
However, since the things they had to do next were very important, Tetsuno could only evade it and said he would take her there after things were done.
"Then hurry up." Princess Asuka looked at Tetsuno expectantly.
Tanaka Daimyo smiled and said, "Don't worry, we'll be there soon."
Shigeru watched from the sidelines, saying nothing. Now it seems Tetsuno will have an easy time winning over Princess Asuka in no time. If, when the time comes, he uses genjutsu to force Daimyo Tanaka to marry them, it will be a success.
Shortly after, Daimyo Tanaka led Tetsuno and Shigeru into a hallway. There was a desk at the top and two rows of cushions underneath.
Tanaka Daimyo sat behind the desk at the top and then arranged for Tetsuno to sit first, in the lower left corner. Shigeru, meanwhile, sat behind Tetsuno.
Time passed slowly, and little by little, all the seats in the hall were filled, with a total of ten ministers.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Tanaka Daimyo said, "Everyone, this is my distant nephew."
After Tanaka Daimyo's introduction, Tetsuno stood up, nodded to everyone, and then sat back down.
When everyone saw this, they responded with professional smiles.
Tanaka Daimyo said, "I'm getting older and have been feeling a little weak lately, so I decided to appoint Tetsuno as Minister of Finance to take charge of the Palace finances for me."
Tanaka Daimyo has been personally in charge of finance and the military, and now the sudden decision to relinquish financial power really left the ministers a little perplexed.
"This…"
However, just as someone was about to express doubt, a servant came running in.
"Lord Daimyo, very bad news! Something bad happened to Mr. Maku!"
Maku is the son of Tanaka Daimyo who went out to have fun last night.
Hearing that something had happened to his son, Tanaka Daimyo hurriedly asked, "What happened to Maku?"
"This…" The servant suddenly looked hesitant, hesitating and not knowing how to respond.
"Say it quickly!"
Seeing that his servant was taking a long time to speak, Tanaka Daimyo suddenly shouted loudly.
"Your Excellency Maku, suffered a cardiac arrest during your night of passion with some women from the red-light district…" The servant's voice lowered and the room immediately fell into an eerie calm.
After about three or four seconds of silence.
"Ha…"
Tanaka Daimyo gasped, suddenly bowed his head, and fainted on the table.
"Lord Daimyo!"
"Come quickly!"
"Where is the doctor?"
Seeing Daimyo Tanaka suddenly lying on the table and not moving, the ten ministers immediately became confused and rushed to surround Daimyo Tanaka.
"Get out of the way!"
Seeing this, Shigeru quickly dispersed the ministers and went to check on the daimyo's condition.
Their plan has just begun. If the Daimyo dies so easily, it will be troublesome.
"Uh…he's fine, he just fainted."
After a brief inspection, Shigeru couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Hearing that the daimyo had simply fainted, the ministers were relieved.
Immediately after, one of them came to his senses and looked at Shigeru "Who are you?"
Shigeru's expression remained unchanged: "I am the newly hired bodyguard of Lord Daimyo, Shino."
"Is that so…"
The ministers nodded.
Shortly after, the doctor arrived. After the diagnosis, Tanaka Daimyo fainted due to an anxiety attack and woke up a short while later.
After confirming that the Daimyo was fine, the servants carried the Daimyo back to his residence and the ministers dispersed.
However, the impact of what happened at the Daimyo's Mansion this morning is far from over.
The first is the sudden appearance of the daimyo's distant nephew, who was appointed finance minister by the daimyo.
Secondly, Tanaka Maku, the daimyo's only remaining son, died.
After being appointed Minister of Finance by Tanaka Daimyo, Tetsuno took charge of related matters.
Previously, Tetsuno ran the Hagoromo clan's goose feather business, and now he has Shigeru's help, so taking over the Daimyo's Mansion's finances is naturally not a problem.
Shigeru discovered that the Daimyo's finances came primarily from two sources.
One of them was taxation. The Tanzaku-gai army was in charge of the surrounding villages and towns. Anyone within its area of influence, whether engaged in agriculture, hunting, or trade, was required to pay taxes to the Daimyo's Mansion.
Another source of money for the daimyo, defender of the city of Tanzaku-gai, was the caravan controlled by Tanaka Daimyo.