Pillars of the Wu family

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the time has come to the 23rd year of Tianwen, which is January 1554 in the Western calendar. The aftertaste of winter has not yet dissipated. There is already a strong atmosphere of spring in the castle town of Haruyama and the new town of Naoetsu, which is different from the past. The r is that this year, whether it is the pedestrians walking in the town, or the nearby farmers carrying their own agricultural products to sell everywhere, there is a trace of joy on their faces.

Life is getting better and better. This is a sentence that everyone can think of. It is no secret that more than 28 stones of grain are produced on the land of [-] town steps in Joetsu. The legend is amazing. Although there is not even a grain of grain circulating in the market, many commercial houses have already started to operate businesses related to new grain.

For example, flour and potatoes can be used to make delicious soup cakes, made into noodles and served with delicious kelp and crucian carp soup, sprinkled with chili oil for only five yuan a bowl, and many townspeople with a lot of money quickly fell in love with this kind of food. Especially in the lack of food in this winter, every evening after finishing work, I come to the store to order a bowl of potato noodles. There is red chili oil floating on the hot soup. After drinking it, I feel warm all over my body. How refreshing.

Since Naoejin Port has fully used Yongle money for taxation half a year ago, the bulk goods coming and going to the port have brought a lot of Yongle money, and the nearby townspeople have gradually come into contact with this kind of currency that is hardly used in the past, except for taxation. It is also used to buy all kinds of daily necessities at the Pipa House. There is also the newly opened Echigo House, which deals in all kinds of clothes made of linen, silk, and wool, as well as cloth shoes that fit the feet, and the high-end ones are also warm in winter. Leather boots, leather hat.

If you have some spare money, you can save it in the money house. You can get 10 Wen more when you save the regular money for half a year, 25 Wen for one year, 100 Wen for three years, and 200 years. Expect to get [-] Wen more. [

This is not of great significance to the ordinary people. The townspeople and farmers who have just lived a good life don’t have so much spare money to save money, but the rich businessmen don’t think so. There are some merchants with average strength occupying the site.

These merchants also have a bit of a gangster nature, colluding with monks from local national temples to do things like buying high and selling low or even bullying the market. I have encountered the Kira family in Omi earlier. It's too powerful, and it's not easy to provoke him if he doesn't follow the routine. He has already made a fuss in Sakamoto Port ten times and eight times.

Echigo’s merchants are also unrepentant types. Overtly and secretly resisting the implementation of the Kira family’s decree, rejecting the establishment of the new town, and spreading some yin and yang rumors, they were later cleaned up by the Kira family’s executives, and they speculated on food and hoarded it In the end, the big merchants were ruined and even their fields and houses were confiscated. This group of merchants was completely honest.

It is said that the deposit business of Qianwu started in Kyoto. Many merchants also found out that there is also a deposit and withdrawal business in other places. If you deposit and withdraw in different places in Jinai, you can withdraw cash as long as you have a money order and pay a [-]% handling fee. Echigo also You can do this, but the handling fee for withdrawing cash in other places is as high as [-]%.

Even so, there are still many businessmen who are willing to do this, because they no longer need to hire a bunch of ronin to escort a large amount of copper money back and forth between the two places. For goods, the price for hiring a reputable ronin is too high.

Therefore, the cost saved by this item alone may exceed [-]-[-]% of unnecessary expenses, and at the same time, it can reduce the risk in the transportation process, and Echigo Piwa House also accepts bulk cargo clearance from merchants, which can also reduce The danger in the process of cargo transportation, after all, there is a Sado navy on the sea route from Naoetsu to Dewa Sakata Port, which often robs merchants, and the land route is even more difficult to pass through mountains and mountains. Just a local tyrant digging three feet of land can bankrupt a merchant suicide.

In the blink of an eye, the first month came, and the spring mountain city of Echigo became full of joy. There was a festive atmosphere everywhere. People from all over Echigo came to congratulate. Saito Chaoxin and others led the Nagao Guardian Daipai to the city in person.

The Echigo guardian faction led by Keichi Chisaka, Fumasa Hirako, and Sadamit Usami, Masakei Nagao and his Ueda people who had been staying in Haruyama Castle, and the Yangbei people who had just suffered a major blow also went to the city to present gifts, saying yes Giving gifts is actually the meaning of presenting local products, everyone eats and drinks to strengthen the relationship, and the family governor will give some testimonials or something.

Zhengdan celebrations in rural and distant countries are held relatively late, usually after the [-]th of January. The first half of the month is reserved for family reunions of the warriors, and the second half of the month is dedicated to deepening relationships and visiting relatives and friends.

Including Saito Asanobu, Yoshie Keisuke, and Yasuda Keimoto who were far away in Shinano also came to Haruyama Castle one after another, and Takanashi Masahiro, Murakami Yoshiki, Suda Mitsuki, Shimadzu Tadanao, and Inoue Kiyomasa also passed by. When the people of Northern Shinano also offered congratulatory gifts one after another, Ogasawara Changshi, who had been hiding in Northern Shinano and waiting for an opportunity to regain the old collar, sent a group of people to offer a congratulatory gift.

In the noisy big room, a large group of warriors gathered together to reminisce about the old days. At this time, a strong man strode up, bowed down and said without saying a word: "I have seen the lord, Wuwei Palace, Princess Huji!"

This person is the No. 1 Kakizaki Jingjia in Echigo Seven Counties. He also had a relationship with Yoshito Kira at the Zhengdan Festival last year. He is a tall and burly man with a height of 1.7 meters. Judging from his appearance He is about 35 or six years old, but in fact he is already in his early forties. His mustache and tiger eyes are his biggest feature, but his speech is not as rough as his face. He can be regarded as a proficient general.

"I've met my lord, Wuwei Palace, Princess Huji!" Jijiang Jingzi and Yasuda Jingyuan leaned over one after another, and a retainer behind them also stood on the ground and saluted.

Changwei Jinghu, who was sitting on a four-wheeled cart, praised the hard-working retainers, and then said: "Excuse me, gentlemen!"

The Kakizaki Jing family got up and said with concern: "My lord's identity is already in serious trouble, right? As long as you can recover, it will be the greatest blessing for me Echigo!" Most of the samurai in the hall showed their approval.

The attitude of the Kakizaki Kei family represents the aspirations of most Echigo people. Nagao Kagetora has fought in the South and North for nearly ten years, and has become quite famous in Echigo and even in several nearby countries, especially when he was forced to retreat in the Battle of Kawanakajima two years ago. The menacing Takeda family brought hope to those Shinano people who suffered from the invasion.

Masahiro Takanashi echoed his words: "My lord, as Echigo's guardian, has been lying on the sick bed for a long time, which really worries me. Today, it seems that my lord's temperament is very good. I think I can recover after coming here!"

"My lord's health is very important to us!" Yoshiki Murakami, who was not good at words, also expressed his position immediately.

Their group of Northern Shinano people are no longer the powerful samurai group that has been in Shinano for hundreds of years. Since Sanada Yutaka's strategy of splitting and disintegrating has worked, this group of powerful samurai groups has split into two factions. One faction that resolutely resisted the strategy, such as Takanashi Masahiro, Murakami Yoshikiyo, and others, while the other faction became the Shinano Senfang of the Takeda family, including the Shinano people including Sanada Yutaka. [

Before the first battle of Kawanakajima, this group of resistance samurai had already been defeated. Even if they defeated Takeda Harunobu's attacks several times, they could not change the absolute gap in strength between the two sides. With the help of the inner jn of the Shinano Leading Party, they can only turn to the Nagao family in the neighboring country, and get his asylum after submitting an oath.

"I know my body well, maybe it will recover or it won't, these will not have a greater impact on Echigo." Nagao Jinghu shook his head, stretched out his hands and patted the two young people sitting cross-legged around him On the shoulders, he said slowly: "Because of the two of them, the new king of Echigo will be the two of them."

"My lord! You are..." Takanashi Masahiro and others turned pale in shock, and looked around in a panic to ask for help from the Echigo samurai family, but they were all silent, including Honjo Shino and Nagao Jingxin No response.

"Why? As the leader of the Echigo samurai family, why did you give up as the lord of heaven! What is the reason for you to say such frustrating words!" Murakami Yoshiki stood up and shouted emotionally: " I, Yiqing, still remember the advice that my lord r gave me, as long as you have righteous faith in your heart, even the most difficult road can lead to victory! I, Yiqing, will always remember the kindness of the lord, so please cheer up Be a samurai who cannot be defeated by illness!"

Nagao Jinghu also took a few deep breaths with some excitement, knelt down beside him, and Nagata Tokumoto hurriedly walked over to whisper a few words and shook his head. In the end, the dragon of Echigo sighed and said: "Habayashiden and everyone! Good intentions, my family appreciates it! This is my doctor, Mr. Shiliuwen Jiafei, and he told me that even if he fully recovers, he needs long-term recuperation to get rid of the sequelae. During this period, he should think less, worry less and take more care. The empress cannot be the master, and the war in Kita-Shinano is even more difficult, if the ruler is in charge, how can he stabilize Echigo and rescue Shinano?"

"..." Faced with such a difficult situation, the samurai could only remain silent, Takanashi Masahiro opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, Murakami Yoshiki looked disappointed and lost, and the confidence of the people of Shinano generally declined. Disappointment and confusion can be seen in their eyes.

"You are all warriors who are good at fighting, and now I, Echihou, welcomes the martial arts family with outstanding military exploits. A few months ago, I took the place of my family to put down the rebellion. In terms of ability and wrist, they are all the best choices. It should be the best choice for him to act as the lord of the country."

Nagao Jinghu chose to give Kira Yoshitou at this time. Being a foreigner as the lord of the country somewhat means stealing the country and princes. It is completely unqualified, at least in the hearts of the warriors, the princess of the Wu family should not show her face, and it is even more unacceptable to be the lord of the country.

It's just that the current form can only have this choice, and choosing other Nagao people will not convince the crowd, and Honjo Shino and the others will not be willing to let Nagao give up the king for Jing Yimai, and in the end they can only reluctantly accept this choice. In the temporary system, Nagao Torahime serves as the titular lord, but does not apply to the shogunate for the post of guardian. At the same time, the famous shogunate general from the time of Kira Yoshitoshi, the sister-in-law of the Nagao family, acts as the lord of the country in order to block all violators. The mouth of the back countryman.

"The family is exhausted, so I will leave the rest to Yoshitoki!" Nagao Jinghu nodded, and then gradually left in a four-wheeled cart led by Biwashima Yashichiro. (to be continued...)