Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was five years since I had enjoyed my life.
According to local custom, on the occasion of the New Year, Kyogoku Takamasa and his family gathered in Kyogokukan outside Joheiji Castle to spend the last New Year in Joheiji Castle.
After the New Year, Kyogoku Takamasa is also preparing to leave Sakata County and return to Takashima County.
Since the Rokkaku and Asai families stopped fighting, Kitaomi has finally become more stable. The Kyogoku family took the opportunity to send agents to various parts of Sakata County, seizing the time to digest this hard-won territory.
Now that Sakata County has become increasingly stable, there is no need for Kyogoku Takamasa to stay here. After all, Takashima County also needs Kyogoku Takamasa to take charge.
Sometimes Kyogoku Takamasa feels that he is really tired, and none of the "second generation" people his own age are worrying about this and that all day long like him.
For example, Garfield must still be spending his "happy" childhood in Kai at this moment.
Another example is Kawakawa Yoshimoto, who is still working as a monk in Suruga and feels uncomfortable chanting sutras and chanting Buddha's name every day.
Although Hojo Uyasu of the Kanto Tojo family has begun to participate in the first battle like him, at least others still have a father to fight with.
Takeda Harunobu's father, Takeda Nobutora, Imagawa Yoshimoto's father, Imagawa Uishikata, Hojo Ujiyasu's father, Hojo Uzuna Tsuna... Kyogoku Takamasa's father, Kyogoku Takahiro. Does it feel like there's something wrong with the style of painting, like a piece of shit suddenly popping out of a pile of gold?
When thinking about his cheating father, Kyogoku Takamasa could only burst into tears and couldn't speak.
"Father, we have a lot of discussions with Asami-sama and my uncle on family affairs. If there is any unresolved matter, please send someone to Takashima County to inform me."
Before leaving, he was still worried after all, so Kyogoku Takamasa specially took Kyogoku Takahiro's hand and gave instructions.
Kyogoku Takahiro naturally agreed wholeheartedly, but once Kyogoku Takahiro left, he started planning the next "trip to Kyoto".
In fact, the heads of the Kyogoku family in the past dynasties rarely stayed in the territory, and spent most of their time living in Kyoto. This was a habit passed down for hundreds of years, and Kyogoku Takahiro cannot be blamed alone.
It is precisely because of this that the Kyogoku family's control over the territory has become less and less, so that the guardians in various places took the opportunity to cause trouble, and successively lost Izumo, Hi? and other places. The situation in Kitaomi is similar. Otherwise, why would the Kyogoku family be in such a state now?
After walking out of Kyogokukan, Asanobu Yamayama and others had been waiting at the door for a long time.
After seeing Kyogoku Takamasa come out, Yamato nobu quickly brought Kyogoku Takamasa's mount over. Before Kyogoku Takamasa mounted his horse, a voice sounded from behind.
"Sakyo, please stay when you enter the palace!"
Kyogoku Takamasa turned around and saw that it was Uesaka Munanobu.
"What's going on, Daisuke of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"
"I heard that Sakyo-shin is going to Takashima County today, so I'm here to see him off!" Uesaka Munanobu is a little fatter compared to two years ago, or at least his face is a bit bigger. A little less domineering, a little more kind.
"How is the renovation of Imahama City going? I originally planned to stop by Imahama Castle to check it out. Since the Ministry of Civil Affairs is here, there is no need to make an extra trip!" Uesaka Munanobu was previously the head of Imahama City. In the past, although Kyogoku Takamasa was in charge of the renovation, it was still Uesaka Munanobu who was stationed at Imahama Castle every day. Kyogoku Takamasa just took the time to go over and check on the progress of the renovation.
"Except for the racecourse and palace outside the city, all the facilities in the city have been completed. According to the current progress, the Lord will be able to move to Imahama City by the end of the month at the latest."
"I feel relieved that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is taking care of everything. How about I go to a wine shop and have a few drinks?" Kyogoku Gaomasa suddenly became interested.
As soon as he heard about drinking, Uesaka Munanobu's eyes suddenly lit up, "That's exactly what I meant. Sakyo knew it when he entered the palace. Apart from fighting, this is the only thing I can do in my life."
"Naizangsuke, put your luggage here first, and I'll go have a drink first before talking!" Kyogoku Takamasa said to Uesaka Munanobu, who was beside him, then he put his arms around Uesaka Munanobu's shoulders and headed not far away. Walk to the wine shop.
Although Kyogoku Takamasa is only 14 years old this year, his development is extremely good. By the standards of later generations, Kyogoku Takamasa is at least about 1.65 meters tall at this time.
To be fair, this is already considered very high. The average height of men in this era is between 1.4 and 1.5 meters, and the few who are taller than 1.6 meters can be described as "strong men".
Moreover, Kyogoku Takamasa is only fourteen years old, so he still has time to continue to grow.
After arriving at the wine shop and sitting down, before Kyogoku Takamasa asked for a drink, the owner of the wine shop had already walked over with two bottles of sake.
"Sir Uesaka, this is the new wine that arrived today. The price is the same as before. Please try it." Apparently Uesaka Munanobu is a frequent customer of this wine house and is already very familiar with the boss.
Although Kyogoku Takamasa rarely drinks alcohol, with the brewing technology of this era and the degree of sake, it can be said that he will not get drunk after a thousand cups, at least it can be said to be a huge amount.
Uesaka Munanobu kept urging him to drink, and it seemed that he wanted to get the high-ranking official in Kyoji drunk, and the high-ranking official in Kyoji would not refuse anyone who came.
Less than half an hour later, Kyogoku Takamasa had just started to drink vigorously, while Uesaka Munanobu on the side had already started to get drunk.
"Sakyo enter, hiccup!"
"I have something to ask of you, and I hope Sakyo Jin will help me! Hiccup!"
Uesaka Munanobu's face was red at this time, and he looked at Kyogoku Takamasa with blurred eyes, a little drunk.
"If you have any issues with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, please speak up!"
"I made a woman's belly bigger... It's not Hikaru!" Uesaka Munanobu half-lying on the wine table, supporting his head with his right hand, said vaguely.
"Pfft!" Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly spit out a sip of sake and looked at Uesaka Munanobu with a strange expression, "If it's not Sister Aguang, who else could it be?"
Aguang is Kyogoku Hidetsuna's adopted daughter.
Previously, the Uesaka family had always supported Kyogoku Takayoshi, and in order to win over the Uesaka clan to Kyogoku Takahiro's side, Kyogoku Takamasa also racked his brains. In the end, Kyogoku Hidetsuna proposed a marriage, but because there was no princess of the right age in the family, Kyogoku Hidetsuna stepped in to adopt an adopted daughter and marry her to Uesaka Munanobu.
"I was drunk that night, and I was so confused that I didn't know whose room I entered. The moment I entered my body, I noticed something strange. After all, each woman's tightness is different."
"But I drank too much and didn't think much about it. Besides, I went in already, so naturally I finished it first."
"I never thought that just one night, I would..." As he spoke, Uesaka Munanobu showed a look of annoyance.
Kyogoku Takamasa simply didn't expect that Uesaka Munanobu seemed to be loyal and honest, but turned out to be a veteran driver. 】
"Do sister Aguang and uncle know about this?"
"It was precisely because I didn't dare to tell him that I came to ask Sakyo for help."
"Everyone in the family knows that Sakyou Jinden is very resourceful, so I would like to ask Sakyou Jinden to give me some advice on this matter." Uesaka Munanobu filled up the wine for Kyogoku Takamasa and looked at Kyogoku Takamasa expectantly.
"If she is an ordinary maid, she can be taken as a side chamber. Is this still used for teaching?" Kyogoku Takamasa replied without thinking.
Uesaka Munanobu shook his head, "How could I not know this? It's just that this woman's identity is somewhat special... so..."
"Special?" Kyogoku Takamasa was a little puzzled at first, then suddenly his eyes widened, pointing at Uesaka Munanobu, "You are not..."
