In April of the 14th year of Astronomy, the entire Tsugawa family was busy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Soji Tsugawa was busy establishing the image of "Ko Wei Masa" in the collar, and Togo Yoshisuke took Hachikashi Naga and others to envoy the daimyo of Kitaji Province. Saigo Kizo and the others are running around for the affairs of the trade fleet, and the rest of the retainers are supervising this year's spring ploughing in various places.

Minezawa Castle, Akita County, was originally the domain of the wealthy family of Akita County. However, with the execution of Jiacheng Jiqing by Tsugawa Soji, the territory of the Jiacheng family was also confiscated by the Tsugawa family.

Minezawa Castle is strategically located in the middle of the road between the three counties of Yamamoto-gun, Akita-gun, and Senhoku-gun. In other words, the roads between the three counties pass through Minezawa Castle.

The castle of Minezawa Castle was the Ashgaru generals of the Tsugawa family, Shimazu and Saburo, who were appointed by Tsugawa Soji as the castle representatives of Minezawa Castle since the Muskets made a contribution to the last Battle of Mt. Suzuru. The transfer of Shimazu and Saburo to Minezawa City was also considered by Tsugawa Soji for a long time, after all, the musket team under the command of Shimazu and Saburo is very special, and it is not suitable for every place, which also involves secrecy.

To the south of Minezawa Castle is the majestic Ou Mountains, and Mt. Moriyoshi and Mt. Daihiro are home to mountain passes, so if the musketeers train at Minezawa Castle, they will be able to hide their eyes and ears.

"Whew! It's finally time to arrive at Minezawa Castle! Outside Minezawa City, a man dressed as a ronin wiped the beads of sweat that had already appeared on his forehead and said with relief.

"What people!" At this time, two Ashigaru names of the Tsugawa family suddenly came out next to the ronin, raising the spear in their hands and saying to the ronin with a vigilant expression.

"Huh!" The ronin was also dumbfounded by the scene in front of him, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he hurriedly said loudly, "In Shimogabu Kukiyo, there is a letter from Shimazu-sama that needs to be handed over to Shimazu-sama. "Oh my God, I'm just getting close to the gates, so I don't need to be so tight.

"Shimazu-sama's letter?" An ashigaru fox glanced at Kamo Hisashi suspiciously, and then said slowly, "Shimazu-sama is not in the city now, besides, your letter can be handed over to our garrison-sama first, and the garrison-sama will pass it on to Shimazu-sama for you!" After saying that, Ashigaru was silent. Although Minezawa Castle was appointed by Shimazu and Saburo as the castle representatives, on the surface, the security of Minezawa Castle was taken care of by the garrison of a newly recruited squadron.

Gamo Hisashi nodded, for some of the situation of the Tsugawa family, after this period of travel and understanding, Shimazu and Saburo also know a lot. So he handed a letter to the ashigaru, and then asked, "So I wonder when Shimazu-sama will be back?"

"We don't know about this, you can go around the neighborhood, Shimazu-sama stays in the city for several days every time he comes back, you can come and see it every other day." Ashigaru took the letter from Kamo Hisakiyo, and then replied.

"Okay. There are two Laos. Pu Sheng Jiuqing said gratefully.

Ever since he followed Sardillo's fleet to Dewa, he has been fascinated by everything in the Hago area. Freshness, strangeness and the unknown, everything is attracting Kamo Hisashi. The most important thing is that Gamo Jiuqing slowly discovered that here, he can also get ahead.

On Shadillo's ship, Gamo would learn how to shoot muskets with Shadilo when he had nothing to do. After two months of study and training, Gamo Hisashi was already very proficient in using muskets.

This time, the letter sent by Gamo Hisashi was actually a letter of recommendation written by Shadillo to Shimazu and Saburo.

Leaving Minezawa City, Kamo Jiuqing wandered around the neighborhood with nothing to do, although when he said goodbye to Shadillo, Shadillo also sent 10 yuan to Kamo Jiuqing, but Kamo Jiuqing's situation at this time was that there was money and no place to spend.

Minezawa Castle does not have a castle town, and the surrounding villages are also poor, so it was not easy for Gamo Jiuqing to find a house and spend 20 Wen for a night, and by the way, he used 10 Wen to get some bran + rice soup paste to eat, and with the wild vegetables in the mountains, Gamo Jiuqing suddenly felt that his trip was a wrong decision.

In fact, Shimazu and Saburo returned to Minezawa Castle that night.

"Shimazu-sama, aren't you coming back tomorrow?" Kasai Kiyoyasu, the garrison of Minezawa Castle, hurriedly greeted Shimazu and Saburo after seeing the figures. Kasai Qingkang was originally a retainer of the Jiacheng family, and he was a distant cousin of Jiacheng Kangqing in terms of seniority. The Kasei family was born in the Mutsu Kasai family, and later changed the Miao character to Kasei, and the Shuliu in the Kasai Qingyasu branch still uses the Miao character Kasai.

Shimazu and Saburo smiled and said, "Look at the weather, it will definitely rain tomorrow, so our training can only be terminated!" By the way, have you had any orders these two days?"

"There is no order." Kasai Kiyoyasu smiled and said, "But here's a letter from you, according to the ashigaru who guarded the castle, it was sent by a ronin. ”

"Letter?" Shimazu and Saburo took the letter in Kasai Kiyoyasu's hand in confusion and read it, and when they saw the "unsightly" words on the paper, Shimazu and Saburo couldn't help but smile on their faces. "It was actually written by Sandillo, is it Kamo Jiuqing? The Musketeers are in short supply of such talent. ”

"Where's the messenger?" Shimazu and Saburo put away the letter with a smile on their faces, and then said to Kasai Kiyoyasu beside him.

"According to Ashigaru, it seems to be a temporary departure, but it looks like I should come back in the near future!" Kasai Kiyoyasu said slowly.

"Hmm." Shimazu and Saburo nodded and said, "As soon as this person visits again, I will immediately have him sent to my house." ”

"Hah!"

...............

Early the next morning, a cargo convoy escorted by a squadron of Ashigaru slowly arrived at Minezawa Castle.

When Shimazu and Saburo, who were still asleep, were woken up by Kasai Kiyoyasu, Shimazu and Saburo, who were still reluctant, jumped up as soon as they heard that it was an escort team from Ueno Castle.

"Haha!" As soon as Shimazu and Saburo entered the castle tower, they excitedly said to one of the samurai sitting in the castle tower, "Asama-sama, hard work! “

Hearing the voices of Shimazu and Saburo, Asama Yoshitaka, who was sitting in the castle tower, quickly stood up, saluted Shimazu and Saburo, and said slowly, "I've seen Shimazu-sama!"

"Hurry up, how many muskets did Asama-sama bring this time?" As soon as they sat down, Shimazu and Saburo couldn't help but ask. As for Asama Yoshitaka's intention this time, Shimazu and Saburo knew it early.

Asama Yoshitaka came this time to send muskets to Shimazu and Saburo, but this time it was destined to disappoint Shimazu and Saburo.

"50 muskets, another 100 pounds of gunpowder and 2,000 lead pellets." Asama Yoshitaka replied truthfully.

"What!" Shimazu and Saburo's faces suddenly changed, "How can it be that there are only 50 sticks?" Could it be that when Sandillo came this time, the lord didn't buy muskets from Sandillo? After saying that, Shimazu and Saburo's faces suddenly showed a deep sense of disappointment.

Asama Yoshitaka shook his head, "It's not that the lord didn't buy it, it's that Sardillo didn't bring a musket this time." In fact, these 50 muskets were only given to the family by Sardillo. In the case of muskets, I am afraid it will take a few years for them to be delivered. ”

"Alas!" Shimazu and Saburo unwillingly patted the desk in front of them and let out a sigh.

"Forget it, 50 muskets is enough to add one more musket squadron." Shimazu and Saburo said helplessly.