Kyogokukan's backyard.
Master Kyogoku Saburo was sitting obediently on his knees in the courtyard at this time, holding a military strategy book in his hand and reading enthusiastically.
As a time traveler, although he is familiar with the history of Japan's Warring States Period, Master Saburo does not think that he is omnipotent! Naturally, he is not as good as the big guys of this era in some aspects, so while he is still young, Master Kyogoku Saburo decides to study hard and make progress every day!
After sitting in the courtyard and watching for almost an hour, Master Kyogoku Saburo arrived and felt sleepy. Just at this time, a maid walked by Master Kyogoku Saburo. Master Kyogoku Saburo couldn't help but said with a smile, "Sister Axiang, you have grown up a lot. Come over here and let me see how much you have grown." !”
Aka is the maid responsible for serving Master Kyogoku Saburo in his daily life. Her father was born in the Isono clan of Ixiang County, but she was just a concubine, so she was sent to the Kyogoku family to be a maid.
rbThe maids of the Warring States Period were not as statusless as the slaves of the ancient Celestial Dynasty. In this era, maids could find marriage partners, learn various etiquettes, and earn a small salary. It was a very ideal job for ordinary women at that time, and it was very glorious!
And maids also have levels.
The lowest maids have to do a lot of chores such as repairing clothes and boiling water for cooking. Including poison testing!
Senior maids, on the other hand, accompany their masters and are responsible for important tasks such as writing letters. If she is a maid of the princess, then the maid must also accompany the princess when she marries. After marrying into another force, he also worked as an espionage agent, gathering relevant information through conversations between maids. Then it is sorted out and sent back to the owner’s house.
As for Axiang, she is obviously such a "senior maid".
The Isono clan is a branch of the Uesaka clan, a retainer of the Kyogoku family.
When Uesaka Tosa was Mamoru Samasa, he left Uesaka Castle and came to the north shore of Lake Biwa to build Isonoyama Castle, which he called the Isono clan. The Isono clan has always been a vassal of the Kyogoku family and controlled Mount Isono on the north shore of Lake Biwa. However, due to the strong rise of Asai and Asami, the Isono clan was in a very bad situation.
Because the Isono clan was caught between Asami and Asai, and due to the decline of the Kyogoku family, the main family, the Isono family has always followed the Asami family, but still belongs to the Kyogoku family, but he can't help it.
In the fourteenth year of Yongsheng (AD 1517), a war broke out between the Asami family and the Asai family.
The head of the Asai family, Asai Bizen Moriyomasa, captured several castles such as Okayama Castle and opposed the Asami clan. The head of the Asami family, Asami Tsushima Morisata, built the castle at the end of the main castle and the castle of Yamamotoyama Castle, the residence of the Aguchi family, while the head of the Isono clan, Dr. Isonemon's Gate, echoed the castle at the castle of Isonoyama Castle.
Asai Ryomasa personally led 2,000 troops to besiege Isonoyama Castle. However, due to the fierce fighting of Isono, the son of Isonemon's doctor, the Asai family lost the opportunity to attack Yamamotoyama Castle, not to mention the loss of troops.
At this time, Asai Ryomasa also understood that it was impossible to capture Isono Mountain Castle by attacking alone, so he transferred Miyazawa Chuzaemon of the Isono clan. By winning over Miyazawa Chuzaemon, Asai Ryomasa was finally able to bypass Isonoyama Castle and attack Yamamotoyama Castle where Asami Sadatori was located.
After learning about it, member Isono in Isonoyama Castle immediately led troops to rescue Yamamotoyama Castle, but encountered an ambush by Miyazawa Chuzaemon and the Asai family's troops on the way.
Although Isono also fought hard, he was hit by several arrows and died.
Later, Miyazawa Chuzaemon took the opportunity to let his son Heihachiro succeed the Isono family, becoming the adopted son of Isono Kanaku and inheriting the Isono family name. Then he became the lord of Isonoyama Castle and changed his name to Isono Kanso.
Aka is the daughter of Isono Kanto, the adoptive father of Isono Kanto, and the sister of the current head of the Isono family, Isono Kanto.
Axiang is only ten years old this year. At an age when she should have been favored by her parents in future generations, she has become a servant here.
After hearing what Master Sanlang said, Axiang blushed. Although Master Sanlang was very approachable, Axiang still couldn't accept Master Sanlang's way of speaking.
"Master Saburo's Hall, the Lord is back, and he and his wife are heading towards the backyard." Originally Axiang was here to remind Master Saburo. After all, Master Saburo usually behaves very out of touch. Axiang was worried that Kyogoku Takahiro would see Master Saburo. The "unbehaved" side, so I came here to remind you.
However, after seeing Master Sanlang reading a book, Axiang felt relieved a little. However, he suddenly heard Master Sanlang's teasing, and a blush suddenly appeared on his face.
At this time, Kyogoku Takahiro and Mrs. Kotokawa entered the backyard.
"I've met Father and Mother!" After a few days, Master Sanlang has become accustomed to his identity. No matter from what aspect, the love for Kyogoku Takahiro and Mrs. Kotokawa really made Master Saburo feel the true love of his parents.
"Master Saburo, this is a gift brought back to you by your father. Do you like it?" As he said that, Kyogoku Takahiro took out a "rattle" from his back like a magic trick, and then kept rubbing his hands to make the rattle There was a sound of dong dong dong dong.
Seeing that this was the gift that Kyogoku Takahiro said, Master Saburo suddenly had a black line. If you let a person with a mental age of 20 or 30 years old play with this kind of rattle, you might as well kill him.
But after all, it was Kyogoku Takahiro's good intentions, and Master Saburo couldn't dampen Kyogoku Takahiro's enthusiasm.
"Thank you for the gift, Father. However, Master Saburo has grown up, so these things should be given to his younger brother." The younger brother Master Saburo mentioned was Gorobei, who was only over one year old, and was also the son of Mrs. Kotokawa and Kyogoku Takahiro. , just now learning to walk.
"Oh? Master Saburo said he has grown up, hahaha!" Kyogoku Takahiro said with a smile to Mrs. Kotokawa next to him.
Mrs. Qinchuan also covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Master Saburo is just like a kid. I went back to Akao City a few days ago and was not at home. I heard from Achun and Axiang that Master Saburo has been reading at home all day. It seems that He has grown up a lot!"
"Oh? Really!" Kyogoku Takahiro was obviously interested. He reached out and touched Master Saburo's head, and then asked with concern, "Master Saburo, tell me, what books have you read these days? "
"Back to my father, I read the "Military Strategy" annotated by the ancestor of my family and the "Sun Tzu" from the Ming Dynasty." Master Saburo quickly picked up a few books on the table beside and handed them to Kyogoku Takahiro.
Kyogoku Takahiro was also surprised and turned over the pages. After seeing that the books in his hands were indeed "Military Strategy" and "Sun Tzu", Kyogoku Takahiro exclaimed, "I didn't expect that Master Saburo would have the legacy of his ancestors when he was only five years old. Sooner or later, it will happen." What a great weapon!"
"Since Master Sanlang is willing to learn, you can read the books at home as you like. In addition, since you have begun to learn military strategy, as a son of the Wu family, you cannot leave behind the art of war."
"I will select a retainer at home today as your teacher to teach you the art of war. I will also select a few boys of the right age to be your nicknames to accompany you in your practice! In the future, my Master Saburo will definitely become the pillar of my Kyogoku family! "Speaking of excitement, Kyogoku Takahiro couldn't help but directly picked up Master Saburo from the ground.
At this time, Mrs. Qinchuan on the side also said, "What a coincidence, my father wants to send Son Sanlang to be His Highness's attendant. In my opinion, why not let Son Sanlang be the nickname of Master Sanlang?"
"Son Saburo, the son of Qingshiden?" Kyogoku Takahiro pondered for a while, then turned to Master Saburo and said, "Master Saburo, do you want Sun Saburo to be your nickname?"
"Everything is decided by the father!" Master Saburo knows who the Son Saburo is in his parents' mouth. Son Saburo's father, Akao Kiyoshi, is Mrs. Kotokawa's brother. Son Saburo is Master Saburo's "cousin". He is just 10 years old this year. .
However, what Master Saburo didn't know was that the name of Son Saburo's Yuanwei was Akao Kiyozuna!
