Imahama City, Honmaru.
The table in front of Kyogoku Takamasa is piled with documents from various places. Although he has been sitting here for two hours, looking at the documents piled up like a hill in front of him, Kyogoku Takamasa also feels dizzy. .
The Kyogoku family had just unified Kitanomi, and it could be said that everything was waiting to be done. Moreover, they had recently captured two counties in Ise, so they had an unusually large amount of government affairs to deal with.
Originally, many documents needed to be handled by Kyogoku Takahiro, but since Kyogoku Takahiro came into contact with mahjong, he was out of control. He hid in the backyard playing mahjong with Mrs. Kotogawa and the others all day long, completely giving up. .
Kyogoku Takamasa had no choice but to take over Kyogoku Takahiro's job and spend all day in the Honmaru handling government affairs.
"Sakyo enters the palace. The repair work of water canals in various parts of Bantian County has been basically completed. Several rivers have also been cleaned. The water problem for spring farming in the coming year has been solved."
"However, in Ika County and Asai County, the issue of the distribution of irrigation water from the Takanoki River has still not been resolved. The wealthy families of Isono and Aguan, as well as the Umori family, have sent people to ask the lord to rule on the matter."
While Kyogoku Gaomasa was concentrating on handling government affairs, the family elder Asami Kokusuke entered the palace.
After listening to Asami Kokusuke's words, Kyogoku Takamasa quickly put down the pen in his hand and began to think about what Asami Kokusuke said.
The Takatoki River is the largest river in Ika-gun and Asai-gun. It flows into the Anegawa from north to south and is the largest tributary of the Anegawa.
As the river with the largest amount of spring plowing and irrigation every year, the importance of Takasaki River is self-evident.
In the past, wealthy families in neighboring areas often fought over the irrigation water of the Takanoki River.
Previously, Gao Shichuan was controlled by the Iguchi family and the Asai family, and other wealthy families could only share the leftovers from the two families. But now that the entire Kitaomi River belongs to the Kyogoku family, the wealthy families below naturally dare not make any mistakes again and can only let the Kyogoku family make the decision.
But obviously this is not a simple and easy problem to deal with, so Kyogoku Takamasa had to consider it carefully.
If there is any bias in this matter, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people in the territory, thus causing instability at home.
"How was the irrigation of Takashimaki River arranged in the past?"
"According to the past situation, the Iguchi family and the Asai family will cut off the water flow of the Takatoki River, and then give priority to their own water supply, and then ensure the water supply of other wealthy families. This will make the spring plowing of the two families end smoothly, but it will also hinder the spring plowing of other wealthy families. It was greatly affected." Asami Kuniyuki quickly explained.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded: "Since Kitaomi is our territory now, we should naturally treat all the people within our territory equally."
"Go ahead and order this year's spring plowing. The people of Ixiang and Asai counties are not allowed to interfere with the water volume and flow direction of the Takashi River. Everything can be allowed to take its course."
Asami Kunikune frowned, and then continued: "Although it is indeed very fair for Sakyo to enter the palace, I feel it is inappropriate."
"Oh?" Kyogoku Takamasa looked at Asami Kokusuke seriously, preparing to hear what Asami Kokusuke wanted to say.
Asami Kunsuke paused, and then continued: "Although the Takatoki River is the largest river in our territory after the Anegawa, there hasn't been much rain this year, and the amount of water in the river is not large."
"Although Sakyo Susumu's move will allow all the people in the territory to enjoy the benefits of Takahikawa, if the water is shared, I am afraid that this year's spring plowing in the entire Kitaomi territory will be affected."
"As a result, our autumn harvest this year will probably see a large reduction in production. Once the grain harvest fails, the price of food in Kitaomi and nearby areas will inevitably rise, making it difficult to sell the food."
"Not only is it difficult to sell, but if it is serious, even my family may want to buy food from other places."
Asami Kunikune said worriedly.
There is only so much water in the Takatoki River, and the flow has decreased a lot this year. If it is divided into the hands of various wealthy families, then all territories will be short of irrigation water.
As a result, the Kyogoku family's overall spring plowing situation will be affected, and the grain income from the autumn harvest will be greatly reduced.
"So what Shinemon-den means is to give priority to ensuring water supply in some areas?" Kyogoku Takamasa said hesitantly.
Asami Kunikune shook his head, "If this is the case, wouldn't it violate Sakyo's original intention of entering the palace?"
"Then I wonder if Shin'emon-den has any good suggestions?"
Asami Kunsuke replied without hesitation: "The water from the Takatoki River gives priority to the people on the left bank of the Takatoki River, such as Amomori and Asai. As for the people on the right bank, such as Isono, Akan, Akao, and Iguchi, water from Lake Biwa is used for irrigation."
"Lake Biwa?" Kyogoku Takamasa was a little confused. There was a lot of water in Lake Biwa, but it was really not easy to use it.
Asami Kunsuke was obviously well prepared and immediately replied: "Before this, I was responsible for the inspection work of Ixiang County and Asai County. During the inspection process, I discovered that there are many small rivers in the territories of Aguan, Akao and other people. But it’s in disarray and there’s no effective management.”
"If we can connect these small canals, we can then choose the canal closest to Lake Biwa and continue digging until it is connected to Lake Biwa."
"In this way, the water from Lake Biwa can be poured back into Ika County, so that Akan, Isono and other countries on the right bank of the Takatoki River will also have water for irrigation."
"This move will not only solve this year's irrigation problem, but also eliminate once and for all the hidden dangers of Jiangbei people's infighting due to Gao Shichuan. It will have a great effect on the stability of the territory."
Kyogoku Takamasa greatly agreed with Asami Kokusuke's proposal, but he also had a question: "Is it still too late to dig the canal?"
"In fact, the nearest canal to Lake Biwa is outside the old town of the Asami clan, and the straight-line distance is only three miles. As for other canals, they are mostly adjacent and are found in almost every village, and they do not need to be dug deep or wide. , it can barely be enough to supply each village.”
"If we can get the people to work together and mobilize the people, it can be completed in two months, and we should be able to catch up with the spring plowing!"
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, "Since Shin'emon-den has said so, then as you said, it's just that this matter is very important. I don't know who should be responsible?"
"This matter is indeed not a trivial matter. Not only do we need to dispatch a retainer with outstanding abilities, but more importantly, we need someone who can convince everyone from all over the world. I believe that this matter cannot be such an important task unless Sakyo enters the palace!"
In fact, Asami Kokusuke had been thinking about this candidate for a long time.
The people of Kitaomi had a lot of grievances and grievances in the past. If a retainer was randomly sent there, it would be inevitable that these people would not violate the law. Therefore, it is necessary to send someone who can control the situation, and looking at the retainers of the Kyogoku family, it seems that only Kyogoku Takamasa is the most suitable candidate.
In terms of ability and reputation, Kyogoku Gaomasa has both.
However, Kyogoku Takamasa did not agree immediately, but fell silent.
After a long time, Kyogoku Gao Zhengcai said helplessly: "I'm afraid I can only find someone else to deal with this matter. I'm afraid I will be away from home for a while and will not come back in the short term..."
