"Lord Date, the lord doesn't know when he will be back, and I still have to be in charge of the port every day, so it's a lack of skills!" In the backyard of the castle tower, while Aoki Keiyasu and the others were resting after eating, the castle guard Takato Masanogin complained to Date Keimune with a helpless face. With-Dream- . lā ．

Listening to Gao Hu Zhengxin's complaints, Date Qingzong also said helplessly, "There is nothing to be done in the next place, these envoys stay in the castle tower all day long, and they don't go out to walk around, if you don't send someone to accompany it, it will seem that the family is rude!" But send someone, and all the things in the city are waiting for us to deal with! ”

"If you let other people accompany you, it will seem that your family doesn't pay enough attention to it, it's really a headache!" Date Keizong also held his forehead and said with a painful face.

After this period of development, the scale and the number of merchant ships have been several times that of the past. One of them is responsible for maintaining order in the port, and the other is responsible for the management of merchant ships and caravans, and they are so busy all day long that they have no time to chat with this group of envoys.

Gao Huzheng said angrily: "Lord Dongxiang, they brought these envoys back and left, which makes our brothers nerve-wracking!" ”

"You can't say that." Date Keimune said helplessly: "Lord Togo, they still want to continue to go to Ezo to carry out diplomatic goodwill with the Oysaki family and the next country, but they really don't have time!" ”

"Kiuchi-sama is far away in Hiyama Castle, and Ogasawara-sama is not here, and Saigo-sama is in charge of all the military supplies for the family's troops this time in Senhoku-gun! This errand really fell on our heads! Saying that, Date Keimune was also amused.

It stands to reason that although Date Keimune is the city generation of Minato, in terms of "rank", he is actually not qualified to be responsible for receiving the envoys of other forces, especially the big ones.

But now, Date Keimune and Gao Hu Zhengxin have also been driven to the shelves.

"Alright, Lord Gao Hu! We can't snub the messenger, so let's go to the front hall. With that, Date Keimune opened his legs and walked towards the front hall.

Gao Hu Zhengxin could only shake his head and followed helplessly.

"Haha!" Back in the front hall, Date Keimune hurriedly put on a smile and said to the envoys of the Asakura family and the Nagao family in the hall, "My lords, the head of this family is fighting outside, and I really have snubbed you these days, so please don't be surprised!" ”

"Where, where!" After listening to Date Keimune's words, Asakura Keiren of the Asakura family said with a smile, "These days, with Takato-sama and Date-sama accompanied, it doesn't mean that we have been snubbed. What's more, since coming to Dewa, the various novel affairs in the Tsugawa family have opened our eyes! ”

Asakura Keiren's words are true, as one of the four commissioners of the Ichijo Valley, Asakura Keiren, has always been in charge of the Asakura family's internal affairs, agriculture, etc., and his internal affairs ability and experience are very outstanding.

Since the tenth generation of the lord Asakura Takashi succeeded to the throne, the Ichijo Asakura family has always attached more importance to the development of the territory.

The enemies of the Asakura family are mainly from Kaga's Ichijo clan and the Ichijo clan that continues to break out in the domain (Ichichomune: We carry this pot. And to fight against enemies like Yi Yi and Yi Xiangzong, the development of the territory is crucial. Therefore, Asakura Takakei formulated the famous "Seventeen Articles of Asakura Takakei" (similar to the Tsugawa family's "New Book of Law"), which played a very important role in the development of the domain and the stability of the family. This also made the Asakura family develop to the point of great prosperity for a time.

One of them: "Do not be superstitious about famous knives." Even if there is a famous sword worth 10,000 (shu), it is not an ordinary ashigaru opponent of 100 armed with bamboo spears. Instead of buying a sword worth 10,000 yuan, it is better to buy a weapon that can equip 100 people, so as to improve your own military strength. "Let the military strength of the Asakura family leap for a while, repeatedly defeat Kaga's Ichijo sect, pacify the territory of the one, and stabilize the territory.

After arriving in Dewa, Asakura Keiren has been staying in Minato Castle for the rest of the day, but when he looks at the surrounding territory of Tsuchizaki Minato from the top of the castle tower, Asakura Keiren can't help but be amazed by the "prosperity" of the Tsugawa family's domain.

How long did it take for the Tsugawa family to rise? Three years or four years? Anyway, it is not as long as the Asakura family, and the Asakura family has developed for decades, and some places are not as good as the Tsugawa family. This made Asakura Keiren look forward to the healing of the head of the Tsugawa family, who had not yet met.

Date Keimune, Asakura Keiren, and the others kept talking polite words, and the young samurai who had followed Minoru Naoe slipped out of the castle tower without realizing it.

Minato Castle has now developed into the largest castle of the Tsugawa family.

Yes, even Ueno Castle, the original base of the Tsugawa family, and the original Tsugawa Castle, cannot be compared to Minato Castle.

With its unique geographical advantages and the port of Minato-Minato, the development of Minato Castle is a rapid development. In addition, the two rivers of the Yugo region, the Yyo River and the Omono River, both flow into the sea near Minato Castle, and the end point of the river transportation is also in Minato Castle. Merchant ships plying the Ou area would stop at Minato Castle and sell their specialties from various places in Minato Castle, then buy kimchi from the Tsugawa family and ship it to other regions.

Such a grand occasion was unexpected by Soharu Tsugawa. Take kimchi as an example, before Tsugawa Soji thought that maybe kimchi would be copied in other places after a while, thus reducing the income of the Tsugawa family.

But in fact, although kimchi was indeed copied on a large scale, it did not have much impact on the income of the Tsugawa family's kimchi.

Because the kimchi produced in the Tsugawa family collar is the first kimchi to open the "popularity", coupled with the exquisite "packaging" and better taste, it sells very well in the circle of the upper class of wealthy families, businessmen, and ministers. In fact, the Kimchi of the Tsugawa family, which takes the "high-end" route, also caters to the comparison of these ministers and giant businessmen who pursue material enjoyment.

"What? Is your kimchi more middle-class? 500 Wen? Haha, mine is a one-run kimchi from the Tsugawa family! Look at the Tsugawa family's bellflower pattern on it! "Conversations like this are very common.

Even, because of the kimchi produced in the Tsugawa family's collar, the name of the Tsugawa family has a certain popularity in the entire RB area.

Imagawa Yoshimoto, the head of the current Sichuan family, once said to his retainers, "Whether this Tsugawa family is as powerful as rumored is unknown, but this kimchi can be called a must!" ”

After the young samurai walked out of the castle tower, he walked to the flat house in Minato Castle, a sake brewery in Minato Castle.

At this time, the brewery was already overcrowded, and since it was noon, many merchants came and went here to take a break. And places like the sake house have always been the place where the news is most concentrated, because there are merchants from all over the world, news coming from all over the world.

"Hey! Did you hear that? Some time ago, at the Denbo Temple in Iwate County, the Tsugawa family attacked the main camp of the southern family, and Lord Yoshikawa Hiroshi begged for the head of the southern Harimasa! A voice suddenly rang out from the corner.

"Wow!"

"That's amazing!"

"It's worthy of the Tsugawa family!" An exclamation rang out in the brewhouse.

However, some people immediately came out to object, "When did you hear this!" After returning from Sannohe Castle, Nanbu Harumasa did not die, and I heard that it was a retainer of the Nanbu family who died. Now that the southern family has been in civil strife, Nanbu Harumasa is busy quelling the rebellion! ”

Hearing the words in his ears, the young samurai thought to himself, "Soji Tsugawa?" Truly an admirable guy. ”