From Kitaomi to Ise, there are only two ways to go after avoiding the Rokkaku family's territory.
One is to go south from Sickle Blade City and cross Lingxian Mountain.
One route is to go east first into Mino Fuwa County, and then go south from Sekigahara.
The road to Lingxian Mountain is winding and rugged. If they walked from here, Kyogoku Takamasa and others would probably have to walk in the mountain for ten and a half days, even if they brought enough food.
Therefore, the route Kyogoku Takamasa chose was to go east to Mino, and then go south from Sekigahara.
In order to avoid exposing their whereabouts along the way, Kyogoku Takamasa and others chose small roads wherever they could, and chose to smear their way forward late at night when they couldn't avoid places.
Mino is not the territory of the Kyogoku family, and the Fuwa clan in Fupo County is not easy to mess with. If someone mistakenly thinks they are bandits or something, and they send troops to encircle and suppress them, it will be great fun!
"Lord, this is Sekigahara!"
Standing on this wasteland, Tsutsui Shunren couldn't figure out why Kyogoku Takamasa insisted on coming here to take a look.
Naturally, Kyogoku Takamasa would not tell Tsutsui Shunren that a battle that determined the ownership of the world broke out here in history. He just looked around at the surrounding environment with many thoughts.
"Shun Lian, are you familiar with the terrain here?"
"The poor monk traveled to surrounding countries when he ran away from Yamato, and he has some knowledge of the terrain of Ise, Owari, Mino and other places."
"Then you will be the guide for this operation!" Kyogoku Takamasa said simply.
Tsutsui Shunren nodded, then pointed forward and said, "Go south from here and walk for another day to enter Ise, which is the territory of the Umedo clan!"
"The Umedo clan is one of the forty-eight families in the Northern Ise. Its head, Umedo Takanomi, is the younger brother of Rokkaku Sadeyori, the head of the Rokkaku family. He adopted the Umedo clan in his early years and built Umedo Castle."
"Because of the Rokkaku family, the Umedo family still has some status in Kitai Ise!"
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, "I didn't expect that this Ise country is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the Rokkaku family's hands are really stretched far enough, and they even placed a chess piece in Ise country!"
"Since the Umehu family has a close relationship with the Rokkaku family, our first strike in this operation will be on the Umehu family!"
"Give the order, everyone speed up and move forward. The target is led by the Umedo clan!"
"ha!"
...
Haizuka Masatada was very confused.
Looking at his companions who were cleaning the battlefield around him, Masataka Haesuka touched the tachi in his hand and remained silent.
He didn't understand that this time the employer spent a lot of money to hire them just to come to Ise to "rob families and homes". In just three days, their group had robbed four caravans.
Although Haizuka Masatada also received ten pieces of money, this was not what he expected.
As a samurai from the Hoshisuga clan of Owari Kingdom, he would not have run away from home had it not been for his father, Hoshisuga Masato, who favored his second son, Tsurumatsu.
He originally planned to go to Mikawa, but because a friend invited him, he said that someone in Omi was hiring people with a lot of money recently. Haizuka Masatada followed his friends to Omi. He thought it was a task like escorting a caravan, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be a mountain bandit.
To be honest, Haizuka Masatada, who was born as a samurai, was quite disgusted with such things.
He offered to leave but was rebuffed.
He was even given a severe lesson by the leaders.
If you can't beat him, then you have to give in!
"Hey, Hikoemon, what are you doing standing here? Why don't you go pick things up quickly? This batch of goods is full of fine leather and is worth a lot of money!"
Just as Haizuka Masataka stood there in a daze, a man walked up to him and said with a smile.
Looking at his friend who was walking next to him, Masatada Hazusuka forced out a smile, "Gobei, won't your conscience hurt if you do these things?"
"pain?"
Yasui Shigetsugu licked his lips, then pointed to the pile of leather facing him on the ground and said, "In troubled times, the strong should be respected, and besides, it is the duty of loyalty to those entrusted by others! Since we have received the money, we have to do things, right?" "
"Besides, we can't defeat those people, what can we do?" As he spoke, Yasui Shigetsugi pointed to Kyogoku Takamasa and others on the other side.
"Why don't we leave quietly tonight? I heard that your father has arranged a marriage for you, and the other party is the daughter of Asano Mataemon?"
Yasui Shigetsugi nodded, "It is true!"
"But we are still very young, so we should go out and have some adventures. We can not only increase our knowledge, but also accumulate practical experience!"
"Besides, if you still have money, wouldn't it be a good thing to exchange it for a good knife when the time comes?"
Yasui Shigetsugi was the son of Owari Niwa Commandery Yasui Shigeyuki. Historically, he married the daughter of Asano Nagasaki (Asano Nagasatsu's sister, Asano Nagasatsu's adopted daughter was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife Ning Ning). Later, his brother-in-law, Asano Nagakatsu, had no heirs, so he adopted his son to Asano Nagakatsu as his adopted son, who became Asano Nagamasa.
"What are you two mumbling over there? Why don't you come to work quickly?"
While Yasui Shigetsugu and Hachisuka Masatada were talking, Yamaoka Inuhachiro suddenly came over and scolded them.
Shigetsugi Yasui and Masatada Haesuka quickly followed behind Inuhachiro Yamaoka and continued to return to the battlefield to look for loot.
At the same time, Kyogoku Takamasa on the other side called Kuchiki Takazuna to his side.
"Genzaemon, have you calculated the harvest in the past few days?"
Kuchiki nodded solemnly, and then replied: "If I remember correctly, the total is 720 dan of grain, 1140 guan of money, 260 pieces of cloth, plus today's 113 pieces of leather, the total value is about 3000 guan! "
"Sure enough, business without capital is the most profitable!" After hearing Kuchiki Takatsuna's report, Kyogoku Takamasa couldn't help but sigh.
In just three days, Kyogoku Takamasa and others harvested 3,000 kan, which is equivalent to the Kyogoku family's income for nearly half a year (excluding food output).
If we stay like this for ten days and a half, the Kyogoku family will be well off!
"But yesterday my lord took a thousand guan and gave it to these hired wild samurai and ronin, and now I still have about two thousand guan!"
"The most important thing is, how should we dispose of the food, cloth, and leather we looted?"
"These things are not easy to carry!"
Kyogoku Takamasa waved his hand and replied preparedly, "Bury the body on the spot, then take off the clothes and put them on. Our next task is to pretend to be businessmen and sell these goods!"
"So in the next few days, the operation will be suspended first, and the operation will be continued after the goods are processed!"
"ha!"
...
Umedo Castle.
The head of the Umeto family, Umeto Takami, was very angry, very angry!
Although the Umedo family is not a very powerful force among the Ise people, even if they cannot bully others, they are not people who can be manipulated by others!
Since two days ago, Umedo Takami has been receiving reports one after another, saying that a group of bandits are causing trouble in the territory of the Umedo clan and have robbed several caravans. This has made people in the territory panic and many merchants no longer dare to Let’s do business in the Umedo clan again.
Today, a batch of leather purchased by the Umehu family was actually robbed. I can't bear this!
"Xuan Fanshu! Immediately lead people to inspect the territory, and be sure to find traces of this bandit for my family! He actually dares to sit on my head and shit, he is simply reckless!"
"There are just over a hundred thieves, and I must let them know the consequences of offending me, Umedo Takami!"
Tiannou Murashige on the side nodded quickly and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have already sent out the detective squad. At the same time, I also ordered people to inform the heads and names of the villages in the territory. The temples and shrines also sent people to notify them. The news of the bandits will be reported immediately!"
"Well..." After hearing this, Umedo Takami's anger subsided a little.
"Lord!"
At this time, another retainer sitting on one side suddenly said: "The batch of leather that was robbed this time was used to make furniture for the Rokkaku family! Now that the leather has been robbed, I'm afraid it won't be possible to recover it for a while." This will inevitably affect the delivery of this batch of goods."
"Just be afraid, the Hexagonal Hall will be unhappy!"
Hearing the retainer's words, Umedo Takami panicked.
Although he and Rokkaku Sadeyori are biological brothers, he was adopted into the Umeto family since he was a child, and his relationship with Rokkaku Sadeyori is quite ordinary.
Moreover, he is now the head of the Umedo clan. Strictly speaking, he and Rokkaku Sadayori are no longer "brothers"!
"You are right. The production of furniture is a big deal. Immediately send people to nearby areas to purchase leather. We must ensure that this batch of furniture is completed on time!"
"Otherwise, I will have no choice but to take your head to the Hexagonal Hall to apologize!"
