Adopting girls is a common tactic used by the ministers of Kyoto.
For those who were taken advantage of and came to seek marriage at great expense, if the princes of Kyoto wanted the money but were reluctant to part with their daughters, they would adopt an adopted daughter to marry.
As for where to find an adopted daughter?
Aren’t the maids at home a very good and high-quality resource?
Moreover, in this way, the daughter who gets married is not his biological child, so there will be no possibility that his noble bloodline has been "tarnished", which is somewhat of a psychological comfort.
The Kyogoku family wants to win over the people within their territory through marriage, but if Kyogoku Takahiro has a daughter of the right age to marry, adopting a daughter would be a good idea.
Soon, the news that Kyogoku Takahiro was going to choose some maids at home to adopt as adopted daughters spread like wildfire in Kyogoku Hall. Although this information is kept secret from the outside world, it cannot be hidden from the inside at all.
For a time, all the maids at home were all dressed up and hanging around in front of Kyogoku Takahiro, making Kyogoku Takahiro stiff all day long.
Fortunately, Kyogoku Takahiro is not the kind of pervert who is hungry for sex. Otherwise, if his daughter had not been selected, she would have had several more side wives. If these maids get pregnant when they get married, wouldn't it be the same pattern as the one next door, Toki Yorii, who sent his concubine Fuka Yoshino to Saito Douzan?
And if these pregnant maids are adopted as adopted daughters and married off...
My daughter's daughter or my daughter?
Very strong!
...
In the side hall of Kyogoku Hall, Kyogoku Takamasa was reading various documents and picking up a pen to write and draw on the documents.
These documents were sent from cities and towns all over the country, mainly reporting on this year's autumn harvest.
In fact, the autumn harvest started last month, but it was not completed until the end of last month. Then agricultural taxes are collected from farmers, and then collected together for final statistics.
The direct leader of the above Kyogoku family.
As for the knowledge and territory of the retainers and the common people, the above work needs to be completed by themselves, and then the Kyogoku family will send special retainers to collect annual tribute and gold according to the stone height of the knowledge and practice of each retainer and the common people.
"Thirty-four thousand."
"Four thousand and nine."
"Five hundred and six."
"Mad, it would be great if you had a calculator!" He was writing and drawing on the paper while silently calculating the total amount of food in his mind. The ground aside was full of papers filled with mathematical formulas, and Kyogoku Takamasaquan had been busy with this matter all morning.
"Finally done!"
"Sixty-four thousand stones!"
Looking at the final result, Kyogoku Takamasa felt helpless. The Kyogoku family's official wealth was 190,000 koku, but the actual grain harvest put into storage was only 64,000 koku.
The agricultural tax implemented by the Jingji family is six public and four people. Jingji Gaoguang's direct income is 70,000 dan, and the agricultural tax collected is 42,000 dan.
The other 110,000 koku are the knowledge and practice areas of retainers and the public. The agricultural tax collected from these territories is 66,000 koku. However, this batch of grain belongs to the retainers and the public and has nothing to do with Kyogoku Takahiro. .
Then there are all kinds of "exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes", such as house money, annual tribute, etc. Together with the previous ones, Kyogoku Takahiro's grain storage this year is 64,000 koku.
From these 64,000 koku, after deducting the salaries of samurai, surnames, samurai, hatamoto, maids, etc., plus daily expenses, the food that can really be used by Kyogoku Takahiro is less than 30,000 koku.
Among these 30,000 stones, a batch of grain should be left as war reserves, and the rest can be sold for money to improve life.
It can be seen from this that the Kyogoku family is still far from being well-off.
"Your Highness, you have been busy for a long time, please take a rest." Just as Kyogoku Takamasa was rubbing his eyes and feeling overwhelmed, a gust of fragrant wind came, and then a lolita sound reached Kyogoku Takamasa's ears.
Without raising his head, Kyogoku Takamasa knew that his maid, Axiang, was here.
"Xiangxiang smells really good today. With so much makeup on her face, could it be that Xiaoxiangxiang also wants to compete for her father's adopted daughter?" Kyogoku Takamasa lowered his head and continued to look at the documents on the desk without turning his head. Li De joked.
A blush flashed across Axiang's face, but it was not noticed by Kyogoku Takamasa.
"Doesn't Your Highness still know Axiang's thoughts?"
Kyogoku Gao Zhengshou paused, then raised his head and looked at Axiang, "Does Axiang know the consequences of what you do?"
"From the moment I became His Highness's maid several years ago, Axiang's heart and person have belonged to Your Highness, and will only belong to His Highness alone." Kyogoku Takamasa's reply was an extremely firm one.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded. Regarding Axiang, the maid who had been with him for many years, it was impossible to say that Kyogoku Takamasa had no thoughts in his heart.
It's just that the other party is too familiar, so it's not easy to start. This is probably the secret of picking up girls in the legend, rabbits don't eat grass from the nest.
"Aka is from the Isono clan of Isonoyama Castle?" Kyogoku Takamasa asked.
Axiang nodded, "My father is Dr. Isonoemon. Because his brother wanted to die in a battle with the Asai family in his early years, he adopted Miyazawa Heihachiro as his adopted son and inherited the Isono family name. Miyazawa Heihachiro became the He is the father of Isono Tanba Mamoru, the current head of the Isono clan.”
"So, you are Isono Yuanma's aunt?"
"Exactly." Axiang nodded.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded thoughtfully.
The Isono family is one of the four Jiangbei families. Isono Umasa is also a famous fierce general in history. During the Battle of Anegawa, he single-handedly defeated 11 sections of the Oda family's military formation. His combat power was comparable to that of Mouri Toumae in the subsequent Osaka formation. The defenses are evenly matched.
Regardless of the purpose, the Isono family is an important target of the Kyogoku family.
If Axiang is accepted as a concubine, then the Kyogoku family will be equivalent to a marriage with the Isono family. Moreover, Kyogoku Takamasa himself also covets Aka's proud figure. Now that he has legitimate reasons and excuses, there is no reason to let him go!
"I am fully aware of Axiang's intentions, and I will never betray him in this life! I will send someone to Isono Mountain Castle in the near future to inform Isono Tanba Mamoru of this matter."
"Is your Highness serious about what he said?" Axiang asked in disbelief, covering her mouth.
She originally just wanted to "seduce" Kyogoku Takamasa with the intention of giving it a try, but she didn't expect that things would progress so smoothly.
"When have I ever deceived Axiang?"
Hearing Kyogoku Takamasa's confirmation again, Axiang was finally completely relieved. At this time, Axiang's eyes were already wet.
"I still remember that when I first arrived at Shangping Temple City, Axiang felt that she had no friends and was very lonely."
"Fortunately, His Highness always comforts Axiang."
"Axiang is afraid of the dark, so His Highness would come to Axiang's room every night and hold me to sleep. He would also tell me stories. Although I don't know the country and place His Highness mentioned, the stories were all very nice to me."
"Axiang is really happy to have His Highness by my side."
As he spoke, Axiang slowly fell into the arms of Kyogoku Takamasa.
However, listening to what Axiang said, Kyogoku Gaomasa was still a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, no one knew that there was an adult soul in the body of that little kid, otherwise I would really be regarded as a beast...
