Winter is coming.

Ueno Castle was covered in snow, and Soharu Tsugawa was thinking a lot about it as he stood in the loft of Ueno Castle's castle tower.

The Tsugawa family assessed the rebellion of the nine households with lightning speed, forcing the three families and others to surrender to the Tsugawa family, and dominated most of the Mutsu area in one fell swoop. Immediately afterwards, the initiative of the Oura family in Tsugaru County took refuge in the Tsugawa family's Mutsu strategy.

If you don't count Ezo on the other side of the Tsugaru Strait, the Tsugawa family has no worries.

In this way, the question is in front of the Tsugawa family - where to develop next.

There are pros and cons to the unique location of the Tsugawa family.

On the positive side, the Tsugawa family is in a safe corner, and there are no particularly strong forces around, the most powerful southern family and the Hiyama Anto family have been destroyed by the Tsugawa family, and now the entire North Okuwa area Tsugawa family is dominant, and there are no worries.

The downside is that the location of the Tsugawa family is too remote, and it will take a lot of time to dominate the entire RB, after all, there are too many forces in front of the Tsugawa family.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Date family's civil strife is still about 2 years away, and there is not much time left for the family."

"Now Takeda Harunobu has started the Shinano Raiders, Nagao Keitora has also begun to emerge, the Hojo family has just won the Battle of Kawagoe, and Imagawa dominates Tokaido, these are the number one forces of the future family! However, the family is not bad now, and after dominating the North Olympic Feather, the strength of the family can at least enter the top 20 in the current situation of the entire RB! ”

"And the family will not be involved in the whirlpool with other forces, and there will always be only one or two forces in front of the family. It's much better than the likes of the Takeda family, who are surrounded by strong enemies. ”

"However, the family has just integrated the North Olympic Feather, and needs to recuperate for a period of time, develop their own strength, and then find the opportunity to go south in one fell swoop! As long as the two forces of Date and Mogami can be defeated, then after the family integrates the entire Ou, it will become one of the most powerful forces in the RB. "Soji Tsugawa secretly thinks about the future plans of the Tsugawa family.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Tsugawa family can really unify the two countries of Mutsu and Dewa, then the strength of the Tsugawa family will also be at the forefront of the entire RB region. The stone height of Dewa is about 500,000 stone, and the stone height of Mutsu is about 1 million stone, and the combined stone of the two countries is at least 1.5 million stone.

During the Astronomical period, the forces of the later incomparable NB such as Hojo, Nagao, Takeda, Oda, Mori, Shimazu, Otomo, and Nagamune Ibe were still in the development stage, and at the same time, only a few forces such as Miyoshi, Imagawa, Ouchi, and Niko could compete with the Tsukawa family.

And these four families will also decline one after another, and none of them will be enough to threaten the Tsugawa family in the future, so Tsugawa Soji has no need to worry at all. As long as the Tsugawa family can expand rapidly before the forces such as Takeda and Hojo, which are in the development stage, then they will have no worries about the future.

Soji Tsugawa looked into the distance, his thoughts still immersed in his mind. At this time, a pair of slender little hands suddenly put on Tsugawa Soji's stomach, and a warmth suddenly came from his back.

Soji Tsugawa looked back and suddenly showed a smile, "Lola, why don't you rest at home?" It's windy outside, so be careful if you catch a cold. After speaking, Soji Tsugawa looked at Lola Takizawa, who was half-holding him, with a look of pity, and stretched out his hand to gently caress Lola Takizawa's little belly.

Takizawa Lola smiled sweetly at Soji Tsugawa, "The concubine just misses His Highness a little. After saying that, Takizawa Lola seemed to be touched by Tsugawa Soji's hand a little unnaturally, so she said shyly, "Your Highness, it's so itchy......"

"Itchy?" Soji Tsugawa had a weird smile on his face, "Where is the itch?" ”

"Yikes!" Hearing Tsukawa Soji's teasing, Takizawa Lola suddenly didn't know what to say, and her pretty face suddenly turned red, like a red apple, so that Tsugawa Soji couldn't help but want to lean in and take a bite.

After getting tired of being crooked with Tsugawa Soji for a while, Takizawa Lola poked her little head out of Tsugawa Soji's arms, pointed to her stomach with a confused face and said, "Your Highness, did you say that the concubine's belly was a boy or a girl?" "About half a month ago, after the confirmation of the doctor, Takizawa Lola was pregnant with the flesh and blood of Soji Tsugawa.

Soji Tsugawa lovingly stroked his hand back and forth from Lola Takizawa's hair a few times, and then said with a smile, "Both boys and girls like it, so you don't have to worry about Lola." ”

"Really?" Lola Takizawa looked surprised. Takizawa Lola, who was pregnant for the first time, like other women, inevitably had a lot of worries and hesitations in her heart, coupled with the identity of Tsugawa Soji, Takizawa Lola's heart was even more bottomless. But now after hearing Soji Tsugawa's words, Lola Takizawa's mood has finally improved.

"Of course it's true!" As an old driver, Soji Tsukawa knows what to say at this time, not to mention that Soji Tsugawa knows that he doesn't know how many future heirs he has, so why care about boys and girls.

Hearing Tsugawa Soji's affirmative reply, Takizawa Lola hurriedly snuggled into Tsugawa Soji's arms with a happy face. If you ignore the groping pig hands that Tsugawa Soji is touching around, this picture is still very beautiful........

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Sending Lola back home, Tsugawa Soji didn't have time to rest for a while, and the appearance of a person wiped out Tsugawa Soji's good mood all at once.

"Yokuro, what you just said is true?" In the main hall of Tsukawa Yashiki, Tsugawa Soji sat on the main seat expressionlessly and said to Nozawa and Kuro, the presidents of the Blue Coat Society below, with no joy or anger on his face.

Nozawa and Kuro said with a solemn face, "After many days of investigation, it has been determined that this news is absolutely true, and there are many people involved!" ”

Hearing this, Tsugawa Soji slowly stood up from the ground, walked to Nozawa and Kuro's side, and said in a deep voice, "After verifying, you should know what to do, right?" ”

"Hah!" Returning to Soharu Tsugawa was the voice of Nozawa and Kuro.

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Minezawa City.

This castle, which was originally used as a trade transit station for Senhoku and Akita guns, became more and more lively. Rice from Akita County and cedar trees from Mt. Moriyoshi and Mt. Daihiro are transported from here to Senhoku-gun. Merchants from the farther Mitsu region also traveled to Tsugawa Castle via here.

Tsugawa Castle was the original base of the Tsugawa family, and the castle town has always been very prosperous. Although the castle town of Ueno Castle is larger and has a larger quantity of goods, it is presumably farther away from Tsugawa Castle, so merchants from the Mutsu and Rikuchu regions choose to go to Tsugawa Castle. It has invisibly led to the development of cities along the route, and Minezawa City is one of the best developed cities.

As the lord of Minezawa Castle, Shimazu and Saburo's life is naturally very comfortable.

Shimazu and Saburo, who were originally just born in the Kyushu Shimazu family, have always been very depressed at home, and now it can be said that they have achieved their ambitions, and it is time to show their ambitions. In addition, Shimazu and Saburo led the extremely important musket team of the Tsugawa family, which can be described as a spring breeze and full of energy!

However, a recent incident made Shimazu and Saburo's hearts rise to their throats.........