The Shiba family cannot hide the incident at Nanao Port on the Hokuriku Road. Tokaido merchants will also use this to launch a new business war, making the caravans who have been stunned by the copper coins in the earth store hesitate again.
Tokaido is an old road that has been traveled for many years and is very stable. Although Hokurikudo has a lot of subsidies, is it safe? No one has any confidence in their heart.
Imai Munehisa tried his best, but he still couldn't stop various companies from changing their ways, and Hokuriku's share of Kaishun will definitely decrease.
In this regard, Takada Harano had no choice but to hope that the lord of Echigo would find a way to re-integrate Nanao Port into the Hokuriku Road trade route as soon as possible.
Many merchants who managed the Tokaido trade route celebrated and sneered at the nouveau riche of the Shiba family.
God's way is reincarnation. Takada Harano of the Shiba family has been so high-profile for so long. Isn't he exhausted?
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In the eyes of the Wu family, the commercial war in Sakai Port was like a group of fattened pigs grunting. I have time to read a joke, but I have no time to ignore it.
At this time, in Owari Komaki Mountain Castle at the western end of Tokaido, Oda Nobunaga also received a surprising news.
"Matsudaira Motoyasu captured Higashi Mikawa? When did it happen?"
It was Niwa Nagahide who came to report the news, she said with a wry smile.
"It must have been in the summer and autumn. We were busy with the Meinong strategy and didn't pay attention to the direction of Sanhe.
A while ago, I sent someone to go to Mikawa to buy horses, but it turned out that His Highness Matsudaira was not in Okazaki Castle, and even several important ministers could not find anyone, so I felt something was wrong.
After many investigations, it was discovered that they had all gone to Dongsanhe.
It turns out that the Ichikiko outbreak broke out in spring, and His Highness Matsudaira then internally purged the retainers who believed in the Ichikai sect, and Higashi Mikawa relaxed their guard.
Who would have known that while His Majesty Matsudaira was cleaning up the house, he was wooing the Toda family and the Saigo family in Higashi Mikawa.
After the summer harvest, they quickly sent out troops and caught the Higashi Mikawa families who were following the Imagawa family by surprise.
After the autumn harvest, His Highness Matsudaira used troops against the disobedient wealthy families in Dongsanhe, without giving them a chance to breathe. Now the entire Dongsanhe has been pacified. "
Oda Nobunaga sighed.
Matsudaira Motoyasu's movements were so fast that Oda Nobunaga had no time to pull her back. She must have been wary of Oda Nobunaga, so she hid the news so as not to affect the unification of Mikawa Kingdom.
Previously, Oda Nobunaga led the Owari Kingdom. If Matsudaira Motoyasu wins the Mikawa Kingdom, both sides will be the masters of the same country.
In the Qingzhou Alliance, the situation where Oda is strong and Song is weak will change, and Kansai, an ally of both sides, will become equal.
Now Matsudaira Motoyasu succeeded and hid Oda Nobunaga, who put his whole heart and soul into Mino country.
Fortunately, Oda Nobunaga was also very fast and quickly captured most of Mino. The Oda family still maintained a strong position in the alliance.
Oda Nobunaga sneered.
"Since our people have seen through the arrangement, sister Matsudaira should have something to say, right?"
Niwa Nagahide smiled.
"Lord Honda has been on an envoy to Owari several times and has almost arrived at Komakiyama Castle.
On behalf of His Highness Matsudaira, she came to congratulate the Oda family on their victory over Mino, and informed the Matsudaira family of the good news of unifying Mikawa.
The two alliances are back-to-back and their power is expanding together. It is really gratifying. "
Oda Nobunaga laughed loudly, clapped his hands and said.
"Congratulations to both families for their prosperous military fortune!"
Her heart felt cold, and she must trap Mikawa's Matsudaira Motoyasu to prevent her from continuing to grow.
If the Oda family wants to seize the world in Konkoku, they must not let Mikawa Country, the flesh pad behind them, turn into a sharp knife and stab them in the back.
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Oda Nobunaga wanted to restrain Matsudaira Motoyasu, who was low-key and forbearing but also decisive.
At the other end of the Tokaido, Takeda Harunobu, who was peeking at the Suruga Kingdom, was defeated by the Hojo family.
The Takeda family is conducting a winter military meeting to discuss the Suruga strategy after the beginning of spring.
After Uesugi Takeda signed the Kawanaka Island Peace, the Takeda family's eyes turned south again.
This change cannot escape the attention of the two southern families who are paying attention to the battle of Kawanakajima, the Imagawa family and the Hojo family.
Takeda Harunobu sent someone to the Hojo family to contact Ujiyasu, the governor of the Hojo family, to discuss sharing the Suruga Kingdom. This was a test. Sure enough, he was rejected without hesitation.
At the council meeting, Nobumo Oyamada hesitated a little and said.
"Your Highness, His Highness Hojo has given my family a serious warning. Any attempt to capture the land of Suruga Country is a betrayal of our allies, and the Hojo family will never sit idly by."
Nobumo Oyamada was really frustrated.
Her family's territory is at the forefront of the Takeda family facing the Hojo family. When the two sides were at peace, she received a lot of benefits from the Hojo family, and was even included in the Hojo family's foreign policy.
In other words, she took the Hojo family's money and food and became the Hojo family's dog.
But she was also the most uncomfortable with the Takeda family's falling out with the Hojo family. The Oyamada family has such a deep relationship with the Kai family that they would never dare to betray the Takeda family.
In this way, she became a rat in the bellows, being driven around and blocked at both ends.
Before Takeda Harunobu spoke, Nobu-kun Anayama who was sitting down had already snorted and cursed.
"The Hojo family is truly a family of giri, loyal to their covenants, and convincing."
As soon as he said this, the whole audience couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Oyamada Nobumo glanced at Nobu-kun Anayama with resentment. The relationship between the two parties has deteriorated greatly recently.
The Anayama family and the Imagawa family were separated from each other by the Fuji River, and they had been coveting the land on the opposite side for more than a day or two.
Contrary to the Oyamada family, the Anayama family most wanted the Takeda family to go south, and were even willing to be the vanguard.
Anayayama Nobu-kun was afraid that Takeda Harunobu would be deterred by Hojo Ujiyasu's moral words, so he made rude remarks that pointed directly at the shamelessness of the Hojo family. Speaking of betrayal of the alliance, the Hojo family was the initiator.
The alliance between Imagawa, Takeda, and Hojo was the result of a compromise between the three parties after a tortuous running-in period.
When the Kanto shoguns rebelled, the shogunate was troubled by the capriciousness of the Kamakura Ashikaga family in Kanto, so it sent the Ise daughter of the Ise family, the deacon of the political office, to Kanto to deal with the Kamakura Ashikaga family.
The Ise women had neither food nor soldiers, so they were able to take over the Izu Kingdom as a starting point, relying on the support of the Imagawa family to start a business in Higashi Suruga.
The Imagawa family has always been close to the shogunate, and when the Kanto generals rebelled, the first thing they had to do was open up the Tokaido, so that they could go to Luo and conquer the world.
In other words, if there is rebellion in Kanto, the first person to be beaten will be the Imagawa family of Tokaido. Her family was very concerned about bringing down the Kamakura Ashikaga family and contributed money and effort.
The Imagawa family supported the Ise women to capture Izu, which was where the Taira clan exiled the first shogun Minamoto Yoritomo.
It was also the place where the Hojo family gave their son to Minamoto no Yoritomo to sleep with, got pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, and called on the Bando Hachihei clan to join her in rebellion.
In order to build momentum, the Ise woman pretended to be the leader of the Kamakura shogunate, where Izu had made a fortune. The Hojo family was named Miao, and the world later called it the Hojo family.
After three generations of heroes from the Hojo family, they defeated the Kamakura Ashikaga family, the Kanto generals, occupied the two countries of Izu and Sagami, and penetrated into the Kanto Plain.
The Suruga Imagawa family also changed from a supporter to a hidden danger. The focus of the dispute between the two parties lies in Suruga Country, Fuji County, and Omiya Castle.
In the north, Takeda Harunobu's mother, Takeda Nobutora, unified Kai Country and was faced with the choice of going north or south.
In the end, she chose to go north to fight against Shinano Country, but the result was that the country's power was withered. Takeda Harunobu united with the retainers to drive away Takeda Nobutora, and she went to seek refuge with the Imagawa family, causing a dispute between the two families.
The main point of the confrontation between the two sides is also Omiya Castle, which involves the unique terrain of Suruga Kingdom.
