"Is that really the end of it?"

In the castle tower of Kasugayama Castle, Nagao Haruki sat on the main seat with a dejected face, and several retainers around him also sat on the side with their heads downcast, only the two of them looked as usual, because these two were Tsugawa Morimune and Otaka Mitsutada.

Previously, Tsugawa Soji asked Tsugawa Morimune and others to inspect the territory now, and then arrange the positions of the three of them. Later, due to the delay in the affairs of Kamiraku, after returning to Tsugawa Soji, after listening to the opinions of the three of them, he arranged for Tsugawa Morimune to be assigned to the foreign affairs office, Tsugawa Hidemune went to Yoshino Yoshino's trading office, and Tsugawa Hiromune went to the castle management office.

This time he sent an envoy to the Nagao family, and Tsugawa Morimune followed Dataka Mitsutada to come to see for a long time, after all, Tsugawa Morimune was a retainer of the Jinshang family before, and the forces he came into contact with were some small wealthy families. But as a member of the Tsugawa family, the power he will face in the future will naturally not be too small, so Tsugawa Morijong still needs a long time to learn.

"Qingjing Palace, the lord of this family has been furious since he learned that Princess Tsubaki was attacked, and he already has the intention of conquering Echigo! At present, more than 4,000 troops have been assembled in Oura Castle, and once the troops of Yugo, Mutsu and other places begin to assemble, it will be tens of thousands of troops. If the Qingjing Hall doesn't give the family an explanation, I'm afraid it will be a great blow to the friendly relationship between you and me! Da Gao Guangzhong said loudly.

Nagao Harukei wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then cast a pleading look at the retainers on the side. However, when Nagao Haruki's gaze moved, almost all of them turned their heads to the side as if they didn't see them.

Just when Nagao Harujing was helpless, another retainer of the Nagao family spoke, "My lord, since the good relationship between this family and the Tsugawa family has always been, this matter must be properly handled!" ”

"No matter who attacked Princess Tsubaki, but after all, she was attacked on the way to marry into her family, and her family has a certain responsibility. Coupled with the arbitration of the guardian lord and the complaint of the people of Echigo, there is a suitable solution here! ”

"Iyo has something to say!" Nagao Harujing said excitedly.

Sanjo Castle Lord Yamayoshi Iyo Mamoru nodded, and then spoke, "Why don't you have the lord take the second hall of Kihei as his adopted son and then live in seclusion?" In this way, the head of the family is the son-in-law of the Tsugawa Right Konoe General's Palace, and the "grandson" of the guardian lord, plus the support of the Echigo country. In this way, the echigo will return to peace! ”

Yamayoshi Masahisa was an important minister of the Nagao family, and his father Yamayoshi Nomori was an important minister of the family during the Nagao period. At the same time, Yamayoshi Masahisa is also Naoe Keitsuna's father-in-law, so in a sense, Yamayoshi Masahisa is a very popular figure in the Nagao family, although the data of this product in Shinno is very average.....

Although I have the heart to call Yamayoshi Masahisa like Asai Hisasa, it is better not to be too watery for the New Year.

Yamayoshi Masahisa's words did open the door to a new world for Nagao Harui, and there were many reasons why Nagao Harui was unwilling to compromise before, and one of them was that he couldn't save face.

Nagao Harukei doesn't want to become a "waste" who is defeated by his younger brother in people's mouths, and now Yamayoshi Masahisa has proposed that Nagao Harukei take Nagao Jinghu as his adopted son, although it sounds ridiculous, but as long as he can retain a trace of decency, he can have many people like Lu Benwei to come to Zhuxiang when he leaves......

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Three years is not a long time, but it is not a short time. But in the hands of Kira Kamisuke, it passed so suddenly.

A lot has happened throughout RB over the course of three years.

First, let's talk about Mutsu and Dewa.

With the surrender of the Daihoji family, the Izuwa Ichigoku had no other power other than the Shiki Prefecture occupied by the Date family. On the Mutsu side, the surrender of the Kasai family and the surrender of the Osaki family allowed the Tsugawa family to expand their power to the Rikuzen region in one fell swoop. In addition to a small number of people who are still waiting, only a small number of people in the land front area, such as the country and the left-behind people, still belong to the Date family.

The relationship between the Date family and the Ashina family is still very tense, and even if there is no large-scale fighting between the two sides, there are still small frictions. The two sides engaged in a confrontation around the areas of Nobuo-gun and Date County.

In the Echigo region, Nagao Keitora inherited the family name of the Nagao family as the adopted son of Nagao Harukei, and at the same time, Nagao Harukei and Uesugi Dingshi announced that they would retire together in Kasuga Mountain Castle. Nagao Keihu successfully became the real owner of Echigo, and began to be active in Etsushu as the son-in-law of the Tsugawa family.

On the Ezo side, due to the strong friendship between the Tsugawa family and the Wakasa Takeda family, the Oysaki family was very interested in sending hostages to Ueno Castle and handing over the oath. The Hiyama Anto family, who retreated to Ezo, was also annexed by the Oyshizaki family after three years of survival, and of course, the Oysayaki family's ability to successfully defeat the Ando family was secretly due to the Tsukawa family.

The Tsugawa family's maritime trade continued to dominate the Tohoku region, and at the same time, it began to penetrate into the Kanto,, and Tokaido regions. In the near areas, a steady stream of goods from the Tsugawa family was transported to Kyoto and Kinai through the Takeda family in Wakasa.

On the Tokaido side, although the Oda family of Owari only drank soup behind the butt of the Tsugawa family, they also made a lot of money. Eventually, with Owari as a springboard, the Tsugawa family's trade spread to Mikawa, Mino, Ise, Shima and other places.

As for the Kanto region, since a large number of the Tsukawa family's fleet made a detour from the Tsugaru region to the south of the Mutsu coast, it was inevitable that they would have to replenish supplies in the Kanto region on the way to Owari, and forces such as Hitachi Satake, Boso Satomi, and Sagami Hojo handed olive branches to the Tsugawa family.

Soharu Tsugawa also took advantage of the situation to conclude trade agreements with these forces.

At the same time, the muskets produced by the Tsugawa family quickly became popular with RB under the secret promotion of the Tsugawa family. This is different from the fact that iron cannons have spread slowly in history, especially in the Kanto region after the Battle of Nagaga. Because of the Tsugawa family's caravans, which are active in various places, the Tsugawa family's muskets have appeared in various parts of RB, and the difference is only that the price of the musket varies with the distance traveled.

For example, the same musket can be purchased for only 100 pieces in places such as Mutsu and Echigo. When you get to the Kanto region, you need 150 koko, and when you get to Enoe, Shinano, and other places, it takes about 180 koku, and if you don't have two or three hundred kans in a place like Shikoku, no merchant wants to go. Even in Kyoto, it takes 200 times.

In fact, the Owari Oda family made a lot of money by reselling the muskets of the Tsugawa family (150 kan for a Oda family's musket and 180-200 kan for the neighboring areas). ）。

With the popularization of muskets, the demand for gunpowder and lead pellets increased, and the gunpowder and lead pellets of the entire RB were monopolized by the Tsugawa family. Instead of transporting muskets to the Tsugawa family, Sandillo now transports ammunition directly, and the size of the fleet is growing year by year.

If you count the part of the output on Sado Island that is distributed to Sardillo, Sardillo has earned at least nearly 200,000 yuan in the Tsugawa family in recent years! At the same time, it also attracted more and more Nanban merchants to RB, so the Nanban people often appeared in ports all over RB.

The Tsugawa family's monopoly on Nanban luxury goods and Ming porcelain and other in-demand goods also lost their advantage.