It is located in the area where Murayama-gun and Zhishi-gun intersect.

As a strategic buffer zone between the Mogami family and the Date family, the Kamiyama family located here has always been in a situation of survival in the cracks.

The existence of the Kamiyama family until now has always been by relying on the Date family and the Mogami family to make wall grass! Of course, there is another reason that neither the Date family nor the Mogami family thought of destroying the Kamiyama family.

It's not that the influence of the Kamiyama family is great, but it's a good thing for both families to have such a territory that doesn't belong to the Date family or the Mogami family sandwiched between the two families as a strategic buffer zone!

The Kamiyama family has a long history in Dewa, and has existed for hundreds of years! The Shangshan family is a branch of the Tiantong family, which can be traced back to the great-grandson of Spo and Rai, the lord of Shangshan City.

Later, when Date Minoru attacked Izuwa and defeated Mogami Yoshita, the Kamiyama family was wiped out for a time. Later, with the support of the Tiantong family, the Hanhejiang family and other people, the head of the Shangshan family, launched a rebellion, although it ended in failure, but it also allowed Date Minoru to see the power of the people of Yuzhou. So Date Minoru had no choice but to give up his plan to inherit the Mogami family with his adopted son, and instead let the second son of Nakano Iyoshikiyoshi succeed to the Mogami family.

Speaking of which, the person who should be thanked the most is the mountain family!

It wasn't until the son of Shangshan Yifang that the Shangshan family gradually restored its old territory, although it did not reach the territory of its heyday, but now the stone height is about 4,000 stones. A few years ago, Yoshitada Ueyama was killed by his nephew Yoshiaki Ueyama, and after Yoshiaki Ueyama succeeded to the throne, he took advantage of the civil strife in the Date family and the confrontation between the Mogami family and the Tendo family, and included the area of Kotaki Castle and Hahataya Castle into the Ueyama family, so that the territory of the Ueyama family was finally restored to its original state.

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Outside the castle, in Oda Village, Yoshiaki Kamiyama yawned and sat at his home at the head of the village, with three or four peasant-looking men arguing in front of him.

A thin peasant in his forties and fifties knelt on the ground and said cautiously, "Lord of the city, this land is really cultivated by the villain's family, and a few days ago, because the villain was seriously ill, he entrusted Forty Lang to cultivate it on his behalf." Now that the villain is cured, Shishiro says that the land will not be returned to the villain. ”

"The seven members of the villain's family can all rely on this land, and the city lord is in charge!" As he spoke, the thin peasant kowtowed to Yoshiaki Kamiyama.

At this time, the peasant who was called Forty Lang also spoke, "City lord, the villain didn't say that he would not return this land!" But this land has been cultivated by villains since last year, and the seeds of planting are also produced by villains. This spring ploughing has just ended, the seedlings have been planted, and now the land is returned to Kitaro, won't the villain die at a loss? ”

"Is that so?" Yoshiaki Kamiyama stood up from the ground, pulled out a folding fan from his body and fanned the wind slightly, "It's true that the ground is Kitaro's, but now the seeds of the Forty Lang family have been planted by Forty Lang, and this family is right, right?" ”

"Hah!" Shishiro and Kitaro hurriedly replied.

"In that case, then this geography should be returned to Kitaro." After Yoshiaki Kamiyama finished speaking, Kitaro's face suddenly filled with a smile, but before Kitaro could thank him, Yoshiaki Kamiyama said again, "But! Your land was cultivated by Shishiro, who not only consumed a lot of seeds, but also paid hard work! ”

"So, in order to make up for Forty Lang, Kitaro you need to give Forty Lang three transactions after the harvest of this autumn, after deducting the agricultural tax payable, after the harvest of this year, do you have any sense for this?" Yoshiaki Kamiyama continued.

"Sancheng?" Hearing Yoshiaki Kamiyama's words, Kitaro suddenly said with a look of embarrassment, "Is Sancheng too much?" ”

Seeing that Kitaro didn't agree, Yoshiaki Kamiyama didn't say anything, so he turned to Shishiro and said, "Then let's change the method!" The grain produced by this land this year belongs to Shishiro, but Shishiro needs to pay 70% of the grain after Kitaro excludes agricultural taxes as the rent of this land, so are you satisfied with Kitaro? ”

"Give me seventy percent?" When Kitaro heard this, he was overjoyed, and secretly thought to himself, "Just now I was going to give thirty percent to Forty Lang, but now I have to give Forty Lang seventy, it's really a good deal!" ”

"Thank you, lord of the city, the villain is very satisfied! Thank you, Lord Castle! For a moment, Kitaro was overjoyed with excitement.

And the forty lang on the side pursed his lips and secretly scolded a fool!

.......

After lunch at the head of the village, Yoshiaki Kamiyama returned to Kamiyama Castle, accompanied by several flags.

As soon as he entered the castle tower, Yoriichi Kurosaki, a retainer of the Kamiyama family, said loudly to Yoshiaki Kamiyama, "My lord! Hosokawa-sama from Oguni Castle is visiting! ”

"Hosokawa-sama? But Naoshige Hosokawa? Yoshiaki Kamiyama sat down on the throne unappreciatively.

Kurosaki Yoiichi shook his head, "It's Hosokawa Naomoto, the head of the Hosokawa family!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing that it was Hosokawa Naomoto, Yoshiaki Kamiyama was also a little uneasy, "Hosokawa Naoto actually came to the family's Kamiyama Castle in person?" ”

"What happened in Murayama-gun and Mogami recently?" Yoshiaki Kamiyama then asked.

Kurosaki Yoiichi hurriedly replied, "There is no major incident for the time being!" It has been nearly a month since the Tsugawa family sent troops, and it is said that the Mogami family and the Tendo family could not hold out in Sakagaoka Castle, and the Tsugawa family's troops were firmly blocked from Murayama County. ”

"Huh! I didn't expect that the Tsugawa family of Megatron Okuba would also have a time to be deflated! Yoshiaki Kamiyama suddenly said with a smile on his face, "Where is Hosokawa Naoto now?" ”

"Resting in the apse!" Kurosaki Yoiichi hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, I'll go and bring him here." ”

"Wait!" Yoshiaki Kamiyama put his right hand on the accessories of the sword on his waist for a while, and said slowly, "Let Hosokawa Naogen sit in the apse for a while, since you are here to be a lobbyist, then the family has to take the initiative first!" ”

"How did the lord know that Hosokawa Naoto was here to be a lobbyist?" Kurosaki replied with a puzzled expression.

Yoshiaki Kamiyama smiled and said, "It's not obvious? If the Tsugawa family is like a bamboo, and the Mogami Yoshimori and Tiantong Yoshicho and others are defeated, then Hosokawa Naogen really doesn't know what happened to the family this time! ”

"But the Tsukawa family is blocked out of Murayama County, so what will Hosokawa Naogen be when he comes to find his family at this time, not as a lobbyist?" Yoshiaki Kamiyama continued.

"In that case, then His Majesty sent Hosokawa Naomoto?" Kurosaki Yoiichi hurriedly spoke.

Yoshiaki Kamiyama shook his head, "Let's listen to what Hosokawa Naogen has to say, if the conditions given by the Takashi Tsugawa-sama of the Dewa are good, it is not impossible for the family to send troops!" ”

"The family will go back to sleep first, and as for Hosokawa Naomoto, let's talk about it when the family wakes up! If he asks, you say that your family hasn't come back yet! After saying that, Yoshiaki Kamiyama left the castle tower of Kamiyama Castle without looking back.

At the same time, Hosokawa Naomoto also learned from Kurosaki Yoshiaki that Yoshiaki Kamiyama had not returned, so Hosokawa Naoto had no choice but to continue waiting in the apse of Kamiyama Castle!