Harano fell silent. These days, hardly anyone really knew the value of "beneficial insects and birds." Even if people had a vague guess, they wouldn't dare be sure. Hell, even he, the one who started all this, couldn't truly confirm that the "empty ear disease" spreading across the entire Ise Peninsula had anything to do with him.
But so what? As they say, "The righteous don't manage money, the kind don't command troops." Whatever, let's just say he did it!
All he needed to do now was stay put. Just by staying here, he could tie up a huge portion of the Hokitate Family's forces, stop them from putting their full strength into suppressing the peasant uprising. And as more bellies went empty, more people would rebel, further draining Hokitate's power, making it impossible for them to gather their whole army and kick him out.
