With such a strong monarch as the letter side, the retainers who were already in a weak position bowed to him.

When the retainers brought the hostages, the messenger told them to go back and defend the city.

As for the Xiangmu Changchao, he has to give a few more instructions, after all, Anyun County has just been taken, and many ministers are still cautious, but the letter has also sealed a lot of samurai to serve in Anyun County, which can be regarded as some help to the Xiangmu Changchao.

I was in no hurry to attend the banquet of Uesugi Keitor, but now it was October, the weather was already cold, and it was already snowing on the Kita-Shinano side.

I'm afraid that the mountain road will be difficult to walk, and I am afraid that I will have to go into the wild and enter Echigo through the territory of Nagano Yesamasa.

Prior to this, in September, the first batch of paper had been produced and delivered to Tsuda Munekazu, who was excited when he got the paper.

He took a large amount of paper to bid farewell to the Shinkata and returned to Sakai Port, where he also asked Tsuda Mune and the Nanban merchants to buy Champong rice.

The Shinano region is blessed with two large rivers and several small rivers, and the land is fertile, and the summer is hot and humid, and there is enough sunlight to grow rice.

In addition, there are hot springs in Shinano, such as Nozawa Onsen in Kita-Shinano, and it is also possible to grow rice near the hot springs.

The people's livelihood depends on food, and the rice produced by rice is not only food but also a strategic material, which is equivalent to money.

Food is more expensive than gold and more expensive than human life in war-prone areas.

Although there are not many hot springs in Shinano in the country, the rice that grows three seasons a year is also considerable.

In addition, there are many specialties in the places controlled by the Shinkata, such as wasabi in Anyun County, which is made of wasabi.

Wasabi is also a highly profitable cash crop in modern times.

In Anun-gun, buckwheat can also be produced, which can be made into soba noodles, of course, buckwheat itself is inelastic, and wheat flour and yam must be added to increase the elasticity.

However, this soba is very popular with the Japanese, who have an unusual meaning for the Japanese, who eat soba on Chinese New Year's Eve and call it "Nian Yue しそば" (年越 soba noodles).

There was an article in a middle school Chinese textbook called "A Bowl of Soba in Clear Soup", which read: "On the last day of the year at the end of each year, the local people of Hokkaido go to a noodle restaurant to eat a bowl of soba noodles before they can celebrate the festival." ”

In "Crayon Xiaoxin", Xiaoxin's family also spends the old and new by eating soba noodles and watching NHK's red and white song party, and eating dumplings and watching the Spring Festival Gala in some parts of China in the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Shinshu locals have been making soba noodles since the end of the 16th century, during the Edo period.

Soba then spread to Edo, and at that time, Edo Castle (present-day Tokyo) was a city of craftsmen with a large number of middle-class craftsmen, so "yadai", which resembled roadside stalls, was popular.

The most popular are soba, nigiri sushi and tempura, also known as the "three flavors of Edo", and the soba vendors boil the prepared soba noodles in boiling water and pour the soup made with fish and soy sauce in just two or three minutes.

Today, there are many soba restaurants that can only be eaten standing on the streets of Tokyo.

In Nozawa Onsen, not only can you grow rice, but you can also grow Nozawa vegetables, which were brought from Osaka, and on the contrary, Tsuda Sokazu paid attention to it and helped bring some of it.

Nozawa is a pickle of turnips, which is verdant and green, which is both beautiful and delicious.

At the same time, the specialty of Minami Shinano, which was occupied by Harunobu Takeda, is the Ichida persimmon, which is plucked and dried into dried persimmons to make a variety of desserts, which are very popular with the locals.

And in the Kiso Valley, their lacquerware is famous all over the world, plus Kiso horses, two specialties, so that the Kiso family guarded a Kiso Valley and survived in this troubled era.

Nobukata was now able to carry out his own cash crop program in Yasuun-gun and Suiuchi-gun, so many samurai were sent to the town.

Even the Iwashita family and Yazaki Heizou were sent to Anyun County, and the fief was transferred to the past, and the compensation was increased by 500 koku.

Relying on paper income alone is not enough to support the Xinfang's continuous campaign, after all, the production process is too long.

After arranging the affairs of the family, he handed over the usual things to Sanada Yukitaka, Osuka Masanobu (Osuka Kubei), Youzu Motonao and others.

He led a team of horses through Ueno to Echigo.

When passing by Ueno, Nobukata went to visit Nagano Yoshimasa, after all, Nagano Yoshimasa sent Musashi Hidetsuna to support him, and he should have said something.

Nagano Yemasa is an elder with wisdom, and when he was guarding Minowa Castle, Takeda Harunobu couldn't take it at all, and even Sanada Yutaka, who was known as the attacker, could only look at the castle and sigh.

When the letter party looked at him, although he had gray hair, his posture was high, his face was resolute, his eyes were bright, and his steps were steady.

Behind him was Musashi Hidetsuna.

Nobukata smiled, "I was grateful for Nagano's help last time. ”

Nagano Yemasa said with a smile: "Takeda Harunobu also has a disagreement with my lord, helping Ogasawara is to help my lord, no need to thank you."

Ogasawara is passing by Kamishu this time, is it going to Echigo? ”

Ogasawara Nobukata nodded and said, "I received an invitation from Uesugi Hika, and I happened to go to witness the dignity of the Kanto Governor's Palace." ”

Nagano Yemasa heard the Kanto governor, and his face showed a worried face, and now most of Ueno is gone, and it is all the territory of the Hojo family.

Seeing Nagano's sad face, the letter said: "Don't worry, Nagano, Jinghu Gong has a great heart and righteousness, and he will definitely help the leader of the palace to crusade against the ministers." ”

Nagano Ye was thinking of Echigo, and there was a strange brilliance in his eyes, and he asked, "Is what Ogasawara said true?" ”

The letter nodded affirmatively and said: "Of course, when I asked Jinghu Gong for help, Jinghu Gong didn't say a word and let the important ministers lead a thousand cavalry gangs, which shows that Jinghu Gong is anxious and righteous!" ”

Nagano Yemasa also nodded approvingly: "What Ogasawara said is very true, and it just so happens that Jinghu Gong has also invited Zaixia, so I will go with Ogasawara Kiki in Xia." ”

Ogasawara Nobukata is also very happy, and he happens to get closer to Nagano Yemasa, after all, Nagano Ye is a confidant of Uesugi Kenmasa.

It's just that Uesugi Kenmasa has a problem with his own brain, and he didn't listen to Nagano Yoshimasa several times, which caused his good situation to collapse.

After a day's rest, they set out from Minowa Castle to Echigo.

At this time, many people came to Kasuga Mountain Castle, most of them were Echigo's countrymen, and there were also some retainers who followed Uesugi Kenmasa, and at the same time, the Echigo Shiina family sent Shiina Yasuin to congratulate.