"Exactly! That's what I mean!"
Hai Xing nodded emphatically:
"If we want to become a great nation, high-quality bloodlines are essential. Now that we've finally managed to bring in an Uchiha, of course we need to spread that bloodline as widely as possible!"
"But... will the lord daimyo agree?" Hai Shen turned his head and glanced at Uzumaki Honoka, who was embracing Xia Yu a short distance away:
"Don't forget, the lord daimyo is already taken."
Hai Xing waved a dismissive hand and replied confidently:
"What are you afraid of? It'll be fine. Isn't it perfectly normal for a daimyo to have several wives and concubines? Besides, that girl is very gentle and obedient. I don't think she'll mind. Most importantly, I met another of the lord daimyo's wives yesterday."
"Huh? Another one?"
Everyone's eyes widened in surprise, their faces full of curiosity as they waited for Hai Xing to continue.
"When I went to Demon Island with the lord daimyo yesterday, we ran into pirates. Not long after we dealt with them, a beautiful mature woman with waist-length hair suddenly appeared on the ship. Tsk, tsk... that woman crawled out of a snake's mouth. You wouldn't believe how bewitching she looked, just like a snake spirit..."
"I was there, and I heard the lord daimyo say himself that she was his wife, and that she was pregnant with his child!"
"..."
After hearing Hai Xing's explanation, the young women present were both surprised and delighted:
"So that red-haired woman is the lord daimyo's wife, and that mature snake spirit is his wife too. Heehee~ Looks like we really do have a chance~"
Hai Shen couldn't help remarking, "Tsk, tsk... I never expected the lord daimyo to be such a womanizer..."
Hai Xing said, "Ah, it's understandable, really. Wasn't the