After boarding, Uesugi Soyuki, Sugai Tomoka and Mrs. Date sat in economy class, and for some safety reasons, Uesugi also arranged for two of her bodyguards to sit in economy class.

"Wow! the plane is taking off~" The eldest lady leaned on the window, staring at the sea of clouds outside, excited.

"Tomoka, is it the first time to take a plane?" Uesugi Soyuki asked, and the eldest lady shook her head: "No, Brother Uesugi, it's just that I don't fly much often, and it's the first time I've gone to Sendai." ”

"That's right. Uesugi Zongxue nodded, he was actually a little embarrassed in his heart, he called the eldest lady to come with him in fact, he used her as a shield, if there was no eldest lady, an unmarried girl from the core Chinese clan, to travel with him, God knows how many unmarried girls of the right age he would meet?

Now seeing that the eldest lady is so happy, he feels much better: "Youxiang, you will be a tourist this time, just tell me if you need anything." ”

"Okay!" said the eldest lady smiled sweetly at him.

The flight time from Tokyo to Sendai was only about an hour, and the group soon arrived at Sendai Airport, where there were already people waiting for them.

The fifty-four-year-old thirty-fourth generation head of the Date family, a historian, graduated from Miyagi University of Education, and is currently the director of the Zuihoden Archives and the director of the Tohoku Broadcasting Cultural Consortium - Date Taimune was waiting for them at the airport, this is a middle-aged man with a simple face, small eyes, big nose, long eyebrows, and a handful of goatees.

"Sister, I'm back. When Date Taizong saw that his sister was back, a smile appeared on his face, and then he glanced at it, and saw Uesugi Soyuki as he wished, and took a step forward: "Hello!

"Hello, uncle. Uesugi Muneyuki also enthusiastically took the initiative to reach out.

The group got into the car arranged by the Date family here and headed to Sendai City together.

"It's the first time for Zong Xuejun to come to Sendai, right?" Date Tai Zong personally drove the car and asked Uesugi Soyuki who was sitting in the front seat, this head of the Date family had a hearty expression and a heroic laugh, and on the surface he looked like a heroic figure.

"Well, it's true, it's my first time in Sendai. Uesugi Soyuki nodded, and the young man's face was a little curious about this place: "I heard that the food here is famous?"

Of course, the patriarch Zen Riko (Date Masamune) first built the castle here, laying the foundation for the city of Sendai today, and he began building the castle in 1600, and since then he has continued to implement new projects, such as the design and development of the castle. Sendai was very prosperous at that time, and the Spanish envoy described it as a time when people came and went, like Edo (present-day Tokyo). Date Taizong nodded and smiled.

"Zen Li Gongwen ruled martial arts, and finally became the lord of the Sendai Domain. Uesugi Soyuki echoed the praise, but her mother said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Cut, the ancestor is not wide now, and it seems that this is still the family." ”

"Ahahahaha~ You know how to bully my brother. Ita Taizong didn't care, but laughed and said, "Okay, it seems that Xiaoxue, you are doing well over there, and you are very energetic!hahahaha~"

Damn, my mother was a very docile lady at home, but I didn't expect to be so poisonous in private? Uesugi Soyuki complained in his heart, he could only smile and echo on the surface, this kind of thing is that as the mother of Date's family, he can say, just like the "ancestor" joke he made with Gackt, and if someone else says it, he will get into trouble.

What Uesugi Muneyuki learned was that after the Date clan became the lord of the Sendai Domain, the Sendai Domain's public income was 620,000 koku, but the actual income was as high as 1 million koku, plus the abundant mineral resources, the state incentives for smelting and animal husbandry, and the income from the fishing grounds of Sanriku Bay. In the middle of the Edo period, the actual financial scale of the Sendai domain was said to have exceeded 2 million koku, but the largest feudal clan in the world was repeatedly held accountable and suppressed miserably because it was the leader of the alliance against the emperor's army in the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration.

The Date family after the partition is not having a good time, because there are a large number of retainers and samurai who need to be placed and dismissed, the Date family has almost exhausted the family's savings, and for decades, even the Date Mansion in Chiyoda has not been kept, and the current Date family in Tokyo has been rebuilt in Setagaya District, and the descendants of the original world's strongest feudal lord are far from the current Uesugi family scenery (Uesugi Soyuki thought that if he hadn't invested more than three billion yuan to help, he would not have been able to keep Chiyoda's mansion in a few decades).

"If you come a little later or stay longer, you can participate in the Sendai Tanabata Festival, when the shops on the main street in the center of the city are decorated with colorful traditional bamboo ornaments made of washi paper, and the bamboo branches are hung with long notes full of wishes and paper flower colored balls, and two million people come to Sendai every year to see it!" Date Taimune continued as he drove the car.

"Then, if you like the food, the most famous thing in Sendai is the beef tongue grilled by charcoal, which is served with sake, but it is a great delicacy in the world, as well as Sendai beef hot pot and fried fish, delicious fresh fish and shellfish, delicious rice, etc., you can taste it at night... By the way, are you going to stay with me, or are you going to stay in a hotel?"

"I'm definitely going to live in the house, it depends on what Zongxue and Yuka plan to do~" Mrs. Date said, as the daughter of the Date family, she must go home to live.

"That... It's going to trouble my uncle. Uesugi thought to himself that it would be better to stay at Date's house, and if he and the eldest lady went to the hotel to open a room, he might have some moths again.

"Haha~ No trouble, no trouble, I've already arranged it. Date Taizong smiled heartily.

Looking out of the window of the car, a midsummer sunshine and forest sea, is swinging with the breeze, the scenery is beautiful, Sendai as a summer resort, even if the highest temperature is only twenty-seven or eight degrees, feeling the comfort of the summer wind blowing on the face, Uesugi Soyuki nodded slightly: "It's really a good place~"

"Hahahaha~ This trip, please Zong Xuejun enjoy it!" Ita Taizong continued to laugh and said: "I know you are coming, but there are many people who want to meet the seven billion men!"

"Uh... Uesugi rolled her eyes and stopped talking.

"Speaking of which, this little girl is... Date Taimune finally noticed Yuka Sugai, who was following Lady Date like a little daughter-in-law.

"She... Tomoka, introduce yourself!" said Lady Date with a smile.

"Hello uncle! I'm the daughter of the Sugai family, Yuka Sugai! Yuka Sugai smiled sweetly: "Now I work under Brother Uesugi." ”

Date Taizong paused for a moment, and his smile became a little embarrassed: "Ah, I see." ”

Uesugi Soyuki couldn't help but glance at his uncle, thinking that his uncle was also a person who reacted quickly, and he immediately understood the purpose of bringing Suga Tomoka, so the young man complained: "Uncle, this tone is not right." ”

"Yes, brother, should you ... Lady Date reacted.

"Hehehe, it's also good for Zong Xuejun to know a little more people!" Date Taizong changed the topic slightly, obviously not wanting to talk about this matter anymore, no matter how Mrs. Date said that she is also a member of the Date family, and she also wants to save face for her brother who is the head of the family, so this matter will not be mentioned again.

It is about a fifty-minute drive from Sendai Airport to the Date family residence in Sendai City, and after a tiring journey, the group just had a light meal at noon, and took a nap under the arrangement of Date Taimune, Mrs. Date's birthday party is tomorrow night, and after a short nap, in the afternoon, Uesugi Muneyuki and Sugai Tomoka will go to Mizukaden for a visit.

Zuihoden is located on a small hill called Keimine, and it is a temple dedicated to Date Masamune. The temple was built by the second feudal lord Tadamune, and it was built in a luxurious manner, earning it the reputation of Nikko in Tohoku. Date Masamune once visited this place to listen to the first cry of the bird, and before he died, he made a last wish to build a temple here and bury himself in the temple.

A few people walked through the Nagazan Hall with straight cedar trees, and they could reach the Zuihoden Hall where Date was laid to rest. In addition to Masamune, the bones of the second-generation Chungmune and the third-generation Tsunamune are also enshrined in the temple's Gansenden and Eisei Hall, respectively, making it a spiritual temple for the three feudal lords. The temple was once designated as a National Treasure in the style of the Momoyama period, but it burned down in 1945 in the midst of the war, and the main hall, Nirvana Gate, and the Imperial Offering House (Archive) were rebuilt in 1979 at a cost of 800 million yen.

That night, the group enjoyed Uesugi Muneyuki's unforgettable roast beef tongue dish and Sendai beef hot pot at Date House.

In the Ohiro room, Date Taimune's family sat on one side, and Lady Date, Uesugi Muneyuki, and Sugai Tomoka sat on the other side, with a table in front of them, which was filled with various Sendai specialties.

"What a nostalgic taste, Yukichiyo, this is where my mother lived when she was a child! How's that, does it taste good?" Mrs. Date said happily to her youngest son as she picked up her rice bowl and took a bite of the crispy fried fish.

"There's a lot of cooking in the back kitchen, you can add more if you want to eat, please let go of the food and enjoy it!" said Date Taimune's wife with a smile.

"Delicious, so delicious, thank you for the hospitality. Uesugi Muneyuki covered his head and ate it, and the delicious roasted beef tongue made him nod his head: "Mother doesn't cook much at home." ”

"Hey... It's not that I don't do less, it's that you have fewer opportunities to eat, and in those years, you have suffered. Mrs. Date looked at her son sadly.

"Hehe, it's fine. Uesugi shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't care.

"Oh, by the way, Tomoka, do you have any money with you?" Mrs. Date obviously didn't want to continue the topic, she suddenly turned to ask the eldest lady, and the eldest lady was stunned for a moment: "That... I brought two thousand out. ”

"Two thousand is enough, come out to play, you have to have a little money on you, come, here is 20,000, you take it first, if it's not enough, I'll give it to you." Without hesitation, Mrs. Date took out 20,000 yuan from her bag, stuffed it into Sugai Yuka's hand, and asked the eldest lady to quickly accept it with a sanctioned look.

Mother, which one is this playing?,Go back to your parents' house to give pocket money or something.。。。 Isn't this the treatment of a daughter-in-law!! Uesugi Zongxue complained wildly in his heart, but after seeing his mother's fierce eyes, he could only say: "Since my mother gave it, you can accept it." ”

The eldest lady had to accept it first.

After eating, it was raining outside, and the original night operation had to be canceled, Date Taimune said that you should treat this place as your own home, and you can move around freely without restraint, Uesugi Muneyuki went back to his room, changed out of his heavy suit, changed into a light short-sleeved shirt and trousers, and came to the courtyard of the corridor to sit, watching the raindrops that kept falling on the eaves, smelling the smell of grass and the fragrance of the earth brought by the rain, and faintly distracted.

After a while, a faint fragrance of the girl's body suddenly came from his snort, and when he turned his head, the eldest lady in a plain white dress was standing next to him.

"Brother Uesugi, are you here?"

"Tomoka, what's the matter?"

"Hmm~ It's nothing, I just want to talk to Brother Uesugi. ”