Bidding farewell to the Heavenly Courtyard of Non-Hua, Tsugawa Soji returned home alone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xue Ji and Xiaolan and others went to play outside the city together, and looking at the huge home, Tsugawa Soji suddenly felt a little lonely. Speaking of which, I have already started a family in this era, but Soji Tsugawa still thinks of the world before I traveled from time to time.

There are many of his friends, TVs, computers, mobile phones, WIFI, and countless art film mentors who are deeply in love.

"Ten Guards!" Suddenly, Soji Tsugawa yelled out the door.

Hearing the voice, the wise Shibei hurriedly came to Tsugawa Soji's side and said, "My lord, what do you command?" ”

Soji Tsugawa pondered for a moment, and then said, "How long have the ladies been out of the city?" ”

"Hmm...."The wise Ten Guards thought for a moment and replied, "It's been almost half an hour." ”

"Half an hour?" Soji Tsugawa said helplessly, "I'm afraid that the ladies won't come back in a short time, let's go, let's go to the city for a walk." ”

"Speaking of which, Ueno Castle has been built for so long, and I haven't taken a good look at it." Soji Tsugawa said slowly.

After saying that, Soji Tsugawa and Akechi Shibei walked out of the yashiki and began to walk down the mountain.

Since the castle tower was built on Mt. Ueno, and the main part of Tsugawa Castle was at the bottom of the mountain, Soji Tsugawa and Akechi Jubei had to go down the mountain before entering Ueno Castle.

A quarter of an hour later, Soji Tsugawa and Akechi Shibei finally descended the mountain and entered the city. As soon as he saw the figure of Tsugawa Soji, several patrolling teams of ashigaru stopped to salute along the way, and looked at Tsugawa Soji with admiration.

For the time being, Tsugawa's prestige has risen to a high level. Even in the entire Ou region, the daimyo of Tsugawa Soji is prestigious, comparable to that of the southern Harimasa. As for Anton Shunji and others, they have been reduced to a laughing stock since the last battle of Akita Tsuka.

Due to the special structure of Ueno Castle, after Tsugawa Soji and Akechi Ten Bei came down from Ueno Mountain, the first thing they arrived at was Shinomaru in Ueno Castle. This is where Ueno Castle's garrison Ashigaru trains and lives on a daily basis, and it is also the outermost line of defense of Ueno Castle.

Immediately after, bypassing the Shinomaru, Soji Tsugawa and Akechi Jubei came to the Otemon Gate of Ueno Castle.

"Jubei, the castle town outside the castle sounds very lively, let's go and see it first." Tsugawa Soji, who was about to enter Sannomaru, suddenly heard various voices coming from the castle town outside the castle, and as soon as his brain was hot, he walked towards the castle town with the wise ten soldiers.

The castle town of Ueno Castle was built outside the castle according to the format of Tsugawa Castle, and since Ueno Castle is backed by Mt. Ueno and surrounded by water on the left and right, there is only one gate, the north gate, so the castle town is naturally at the north gate.

"The castle town in Ueno Castle is very lively, and it seems that Ogasawara Nobutoki has put a lot of effort into it." When he arrived at the castle town of Ueno Castle, Tsugawa Soji looked at the prosperous castle town and nodded from time to time with a look of appreciation.

Akechi Shibei also hurriedly replied, "My lord, Ogasawara-sama, but I often patrol the area around the castle town. At present, the size of the castle town of Ueno Castle is more than twice the size of the former Tsugawa Castle, and not only merchants from the Hago area, but also merchants from the Hazen area and even the country of Mutsu often come to our Ueno Castle to trade. ”

"Hmm." Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "As the strength and prestige of the family continue to increase, and the relevant policies of the corresponding family are also spreading, it would be strange if no one had come to the family's territory." ”

Tsugawa Soji's words are true, at present, the entire Northern Ou region, but wherever the news is a little more accessible, they are more or less aware of some of the "New Books of Law" implemented in the Tsugawa family, such as the six princes and four people, the resident population of five citizens and five people, the standing ashigaru, commercial policies, etc., are already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

At present, the Tsugawa family has to accept thousands of displaced people from all over the country every month, and these people are all coming for the various preferential policies of the Tsugawa family. Even some people who had land in their original place of residence would give up their land and settle down in the Tsugawa family.

First, the various policies within the Tsugawa family's domain were very attractive, but the current Tsugawa family's territory was very stable compared to other regions, and there would be no fighting, which ensured the farmers' profits. Let me ask, who wouldn't want to come to such a place?

After a cursory look at the castle town, Tsugawa Soji didn't plan to take a closer look, he just walked around casually today, and he was distracted. Subsequently, Tsugawa Soji and the two entered Sannomaru.

Sannomaru was used as a residence for the retainers of the Tsugawa family, and in the past, Tsugawa Castle was small enough to be located outside the castle, but this could not guarantee the safety of the retainers' families in the event of war. Nowadays, Ueno Castle is large enough, so the residence area of the retainers is naturally divided into Sannomaru.

Just entered Sannomaru, and the figure of Tsugawa Soji was discovered by the families of many retainers. For example, Takahashi Koki's wife Ame (sister of Shinji Hanada), Junmiko (sister of Ichiro Yamamoto), wife of Rokuro Umino (sister of Ichiro Yamamoto), Akiko Takahashi Koko's wife and others.

After all, they are all female relatives who have participated in the family banquet of the Tsugawa family, so they naturally know Tsugawa Soji, although everyone was very surprised by the sudden appearance of Tsugawa Soji, but everyone still saluted.

Soji Tsugawa helped them up one by one, and said with a smile, "Ladies, are you still used to it in Ueno Castle?" ”

Takahashi Xing's wife, Amei, was the first to reply, "The main hall, although the concubine and the others have just moved to Ueno Castle, this Ueno Castle is indeed excellent. ”

As the wife of Takahashi Xingjia, the head of Tsugawa Soji's banner, Ame often accompanies several wives of Tsugawa Soji, and also participated in the production of kimchi before, so he often meets with Tsugawa Soji, and the two are quite familiar.

"Oh? What's so good? Soji Tsugawa asked with a smile.

Ame smiled and said, "Ueno Castle is much bigger than Tsugawa Castle, and the castle town is also very lively. The scenery outside the castle was also very beautiful, but the only regret was that we could only go out of the castle twice a month, so we couldn't walk around Ueno Castle. ”

To put it bluntly, the families of these retainers lived in Ueno Castle as "hostages", and although their personal freedom was not greatly restricted, they were also not allowed to leave the castle at will. The Tsugawa family's rule was that the retainers' families could only go out of the castle three times a month, and they had to be accompanied by the Tsugawa family's ashigaru. This is both for surveillance and protection.

Hearing the grievances in Ame's words, Tsugawa Soji was embarrassed and said, "Since you live comfortably, if you have any needs or unsatisfactory places, you can go to Ogasawara Nobutoki and Kiuchi Nagaruto." As for going out of the city, it will be a long time in the future, and you will always get tired of shopping. Ha ha! After saying that, Soji Tsugawa couldn't help but laugh.

Ah Mei and the others also laughed.

"Okay, you guys go and get busy, I'm just going to hang around today." Soji Tsugawa continued.

Ah Mei and the others hurriedly saluted again, and replied respectfully, "Ha! ”

Bidding farewell to Ame and the others, Tsugawa Soji continued to walk forward with the wise Shibei. Sannomaru in Ueno Castle is still quite large, and there are not only the houses of the retainers, but also several small courtyards where the families of the wealthy families who belong to the Tsugawa family live.

Just as he was about to enter Ninomaru from Sannomaru, Soji Tsugawa's eyes were attracted by a beautiful figure............