Suddenly, he had previously received the refuge of the two brothers, Takigawa Kazuki and Takigawa Mashige, and Tsugawa Soji was in a very good mood. This feeling is like a civilian player who has never been krypton gold, and suddenly draws a big gift package, which is simply refreshing.

There are two ways to get from Omi to Owari.

The first is to head north from Koga-gun, take the famous "Sekigahara" to the east to Mino, and then enter the Owari territory. The second way is to cross Mount Suzuka directly into Ise and head north to Owari.

If you go to Sekigahara, the road is flat, but the distance is farther, and if you go to Suzukayama, the road is closer, but the road is not very easy. However, Tsugawa Soji didn't have a choice, because Tsugawa Soji and his party were all on horseback, and it was obviously not suitable for crossing mountains and mountains, so they went north from Koga County to Sekigahara.

Soon, the Tsugawa family and his party arrived at the territory of the Kita-Omi Asai family.

The Asai family is still a subordinate of the Rokkaku family, and the Asai Nagamasa, who "went to the market", was only a two-year-old child at this time, and the Asai family was still humiliated under the crotch of the Rokkaku family.

The current head of the Asai family is Hisamasa Asai, who is known as the "weakest in history".

The mother of Asai Hisamasa is the side room of Asai Ryomasa, who was born in the "Xinan" of the Niko clan. The Niko clan from Shin'an is not the famous Izumo Niko, but the Omi Niko clan, in fact, the Izumo Niko clan is a branch of the family, and the descendant is the Omi Niko clan. As for Asai Hisasa's wife, she is the daughter of the Omi wealthy clan Iguchi Nobuyoto (Agu Imperial Material).

In fact, the reason why Asai Hisamasa feels like garbage is mainly due to the foil of his predecessor Ryomasa Asai and his son Nagamasa Asai. Sandwiched between two masters with outstanding martial arts, Hisamasa Asai, who didn't perform very well in the war, naturally gave people a very rubbish feeling.

Even in a certain Rong's past games, Asai Hisasa's data is pitifully low, but this is just a misunderstanding of it.

In fact, Hisamasa Asai still had a lot to do during his reign, but of course this was only in terms of domestic affairs.

Hisamasa Asai succeeded to the throne after the death of his father, Ryomasa Asai, at a time when Omi was in turmoil. There is the covetousness of the Rokkaku family outside, the rebellion of the wealthy family inside, and the "restoration" of the former guardian of the Kyogoku family, Asai Hisamasa can be said to be a doppelganger.

Although the Asai family had a close relationship with their allies, the Asakura family, the focus of the Asakura family was to fight against the Ichijo clan of Koga. Even the reason for the alliance with the Asai family in the first place was only to have a stable rear or to obtain a military buffer zone in case the Rokkaku family invaded, so the Asakura family was only for their own interests.

The Asai family did not receive decent military support from the Asakura family at all, and under internal and external troubles, Asai Hisamasa was defeated by the Rokkaku family in the Battle of Takamiya, and finally had to surrender to the Rokkaku family.

Implementing the policy of settling the outside world first, Asai Hisamasa felt like a good baby while clinging to the Rokkaku family, while vigorously developing internal affairs and purging the unstable retainers.

In terms of internal affairs, Asai Hisashi first solved the two problems of water control and irrigation, which had plagued the Asai family for many years.

At that time, the village at the foot of Mt. Kotani was short of water. And the one who controls the nearby water source, Gao Shichuan, is the Hao clan Iguchi clan. Asai Hisamasa puts pressure on the Iguchi clan because of the request of the nearby villagers, but the Iguchi clan asks for a lot of benefits to make Asai Hisasa's retreat.

Asai Hisamasa then changed his strategy and persuaded several other wealthy clans, so the Iguchi clan reluctantly agreed to hand over control of the water source.

Hisamasa Asai, who secured the water supply, immediately solved the irrigation problem, but at this time, the farmers were arguing over the issue of water before and after. In order to mediate, Asai Hisamasa settled the matter by establishing a unified order of water outlets, designated water volumes, and village priorities. In addition, this rule established by Hisamasa Asai is still observed by the local people to the present day.

Asai Hisamasa also built Rokubo (temple shrine gathering) on Mt. Kotani to strengthen the security and tax policies for the monks, so that the temple and community forces in the territory could get close to the Asai family. At the same time, the Asai family quickly prospered by continuously improving the laws established during the period of the previous generation of Asai Ryomasa and introducing the advanced business policies of the Rokkaku family next door.

The Roxagonal family had very advanced policies at the time in terms of domestic affairs (such as Rakushi Rakuza, etc.). It was by absorbing these things, even the Rokkaku family, who was a cottage of the Kaoshido Clan, and at the same time carried out political rule in the domain with the goal of breaking away from the old guardian forces such as the Kyogoku family, thus laying the foundation for the Asai family to later become the Sengoku daimyo.

And to be able to achieve such success, in fact, it is also due to the fact that Hisamasa Asai is more friendly and hexagonal in diplomacy.

The strength of the Rokkaku family was undoubted at the time, and even his father, Ryomasa Asai, was beaten by the Rokkaku family several times and escaped from Omi. The allies of the Asakura family were also unreliable, and coupled with the death of the head of the Asakura family, Asakura Takakei and Asakura Sodri and others, it was impossible to get favorable support from the Asakura family.

Under such circumstances, Asai Hisamasa had no choice but to fall to the Rokkaku family, thus leaving an opportunity for the Asai family to develop. However, it is precisely because of this that it has left the world with the impression of "cowardice" and "mediocrity".

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I don't know if it was the prior notice of the Rokkaku family or what, Tsugawa Soji and his entourage were welcomed by the head of the Asai family, Hisashi Asai and the retainers of the Asai family. Under the arrangement of the Asai family, Tsugawa Soji and his entourage stayed in Sawa Mountain Castle for a day.

At this time, Sawa Mountain Castle was still a small mountain castle, and it was not until Ishida Mitsunari that it was renovated on a large scale.

Tsugawa Soji was very satisfied with the attitude of the Asai family, and asked Yajima Tadabei to send Asai Hisasato a gift of 5 gold judgments, and the Asai family also gave a sword in return. Overall, the two sides get along very well.

However, Soharu Tsugawa was not ready to stay at the Asai house for long, so he asked Asai Hisamasa to resign early the next morning. Hisamasa Asai personally took 150 horsemen to send Tsugawa Soji and his party to the vicinity of Kamagawa Castle before returning to Kotani Castle.

At this time, Tsugawa Soji and his party had already arrived at the junction of Omi and Mino, and if they walked northeast for half a day, Tsugawa Soji could even see the Takenaka Hanbei who was still a child.

However, Tsugawa Soji did not know this, so he followed the advice of Takagi Yoshitoki and went directly south from Sekigahara to Togi-gun, southwest of Mino. The reason why I went here is because the clan of the Iyo Takagi clan is the Komano Castle Takagi clan located here.

However, it is clear that Takagi has not been in contact with the Takagi family in Komano Castle for a long time. Tsugawa Soji and his entourage were even hostile outside Komano Castle, but fortunately, there were more than 100 people in Tsugawa Soji and his party, and all of them were riding war horses, otherwise maybe Takagi Sadamasa, the lord of Komano Castle, would have rushed out with hundreds of peasant soldiers.

And a few years later, Takagi Sadaji, the son of Takagi Sadamasa, sat in the castle tower of Mino Inabayama Castle with palpitations, glad that his father didn't have a hot brain to rush over, otherwise it would be the head of the Takagi family that was placed in the castle tower of Inabayama Castle at this time....