The Itami family is one of the people of Settsu, and it is considered to be quite powerful in Settsu country.
However, although the Itami family is considered a powerful nation in Settsu, if it is compared to the whole world, it will naturally be a salty fish. Therefore, the Itami family has no sense of existence in the entire RB Warring States Period.
However, in the Imagawa family in Tokaido, which is far away from Settsu, there was a samurai from the Itami family. That was Yasunao Itami, the naval commander of the Imagawa family in history.
Itami Yasunao was the son of Itami Genfu, the lord of Itami Castle. His childhood name was Chiyomatsu. His original Yuanfu name was Itami Masakatsu. After the death of his father, Itami Gento, the position of governor of the family was inherited by his brother, Itami Kunifu. However, his father and brother successively joined Hosokawa Takakuni's side to fight against Hosokawa Harumoto, and died one after another.
In desperation, Itami Masakatsu wandered around Ise and Ueno countries under the protection of his grandfather Mano Tokiaki, and finally came to Suruga Imagawa's house.
In Suruga, Itami Masakatsu was favored by Imagawa Yoshimoto, the head of the Imagawa family, and he was promoted to a "fellow friend" of the Imagawa family. He even married the daughter of the Okabe clan, an important official of the Imagawa family.
However, Itami Masakatsu had not yet commanded the navy at this time.
After the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the successor of the Imagawa clan officially appointed Itami Masakatsu as the "Water Thief Advocate" and became the commander of the Imagawa family's navy.
However, the good times did not last long. The Kai cats took advantage of the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto and invaded Suruga and occupied the Imagawa family's territory in Suruga. Itami Masakatsu had no choice but to seek refuge with the Takeda family.
Suruga is close to the sea, so the Takeda family naturally wants to develop a navy.
However, the Takeda family lived in the mountains and valleys of Kai. Many people had never seen the sea in their lives, so they had no idea about the navy. Therefore, this matter still had to be done by professionals, so Masakatsu Itami was valued by Garfield again.
With the efforts of Itami Masakatsu, the Takeda Sui Army was completed very quickly and began to have combat effectiveness.
At that time, the Hojo family general Shimizu Yasuhide led the Izu navy to invade Suruga Bay, but was defeated by Itami Masakatsu.
Defeating the long-established and experienced Izu Navy with the newly built navy is enough to testify to Itami Masakatsu's ability.
However, before Masakatsu Itami could show his talents, Garfield died on the way to Los Angeles. Although the little tiger who succeeded to the throne followed his father's will and expanded the largest territory of the Takeda family, he was still unable to defeat the four enemies with two fists, and was defeated by the Oda family and the Tokugawa family, which were like bugs.
Later, Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Suruga, and Itami Masakatsu joined the Tokugawa family. His talents were quickly recognized by the old turtle, and he was appointed as the master of the ship.
At this time, Itami Masakatsu took over Tokugawa Ieyasu's name and changed his name to Itami Ohsumi Yasunao.
It was not until the first year of Qingchang (1596 AD) that Yasunao Itami passed away at the "old age" of 74 years. After his son Yasuo Itami succeeded to the throne, he successfully embraced the thighs of Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa Iemitsu, and successively held the positions of Sado Nobuhiro, Kaijo Ban and other positions. Later, he was given an additional gift of three thousand stone tomoyuki, and successfully entered the "rank of daimyo". .
Throughout the life of Itami Yasunao, it can be considered a magnificent event.
And Itami Yasunao's ability to be recognized by Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Shingen, and Tokugawa Ieyasu successively proves that his ability to command the navy is outstanding.
Although Itami Yasunao is still young now, there are some things called talent, which cannot be learned!
Moreover, Itami Yasunao's water fighting ability was also learned from his grandfather Mano Tokiaki. Now Mano Tokiaki is also in Kyogoku's family. So isn't that buy one get one free?
This wave is not a loss!
However, considering the Itami family's previous opposition to Hosokawa Harumoto, Kyogoku Takamasa still had to vaccinate Hosokawa Harumoto in advance, otherwise Hosokawa Harumoto would mistakenly think that the Kyogoku family was carrying him behind his back. To take in the "remnants of the high country", wouldn't the thigh that I finally hugged be lost like this?
"Mano-sama must also know that the relationship between my family and the Hosokawa family is an alliance. It is known that I have a good personal relationship with the Hosokawa family, and I also have a good relationship with Hosokawa Sankimori, Hosokawa Harimamori, Kizawa Sakyo Ryo, and Ibaraki He Shou and other important officials within the Hosokawa family are now very close to each other."
"I just need to write a letter of resignation and explain the situation of Chiyomatsuden to Hosokawa-den. I think for my sake, Hosokawa-den will not embarrass you and your grandson again." After saying that, Kyogoku Gao Zheng's face showed a look of confidence.
There was no way, the relationship was in place, Kyogoku Takamasa didn't believe that Hosokawa Harumoto wouldn't even give him this face.
The current head of the Settsu Itami family is Itami Okinaki, a commoner who was supported by Hosokawa Harumoto. He and Itami Yasunao are brothers.
Now that the overall situation in Settsu has been decided, itami Yasunao does not pose any threat to the Hosokawa family at all.
Perhaps, Hosokawa Harumoto had long forgotten Itami Yasunao, but that’s not necessarily the case.
"If Sakyo comes to the palace and is willing to intercede with Hosokawa-den on behalf of Chiyomatsu, it would be great. If so, I have met my lord in Shimoshichikaki Shimo!"
"Itami Chiyomatsu has met my lord." Itami Yasunao on the side was also a clever little guy. After seeing this, he quickly followed Mano Tokiaki and saluted the high-ranking minister in Kyoto.
Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly showed a satisfied smile, "With the help of Mamano Shichiro, the preparation of our navy will be more effective with half the effort!"
"Come on, let me introduce you. This is Matsunagahiko Rokuro, the official of Imahama Castle Castle. This is the businessman Simida Sonrokuro. This is Ashigaru General Kaihoku Zenemon. These three are now in charge of Imahama Castle. Day-to-day management and defense.”
"The collection of navy troops is starting in Imahama City. You can go ahead and give money and people to others. You must build up our navy army as soon as possible!"
Maano Tokiaki was silent for a while, and then said: "I wonder how many warships there are at home?"
Kyogoku Takamasa replied with some embarrassment: "There is not even one, everything has to start from scratch."
Mano Tokiaki
"I'm going on a long trip this time. I'm afraid I won't be able to return for a few months. During my absence, if you encounter any problems, you can contact Matsunagahiko Rokuro and others. They will definitely help you!" After that, Kyo said. Ji Gaozheng glanced at Matsu Nagahide and others aside.
Matsunaga Hide and the others quickly understood, then stepped forward to greet Mano Tokiaki and said, "Please give me your advice, Master Mano!"
"Don't dare, I'm new here, I need a few adults to take care of me in the future!"
The navy matter finally made Kyogoku Takamasa completely relieved, and it also delayed a lot of time. Kyogoku Takamasa looked at the sky and saw that it was approaching noon, so he quickly said: "Inuhachiro and the others should be here Don’t wait over there at Kunyou Village, I’ll go there quickly!”
Hatayama Chonobu and Hayashi Masanobu quickly responded: "Ha!"
Before leaving, Kyogoku Takamasa took Mano Tokiaki and asked him diligently several times, which also made Mano Tokiaki deeply feel the importance Kyogoku Takamasa attached to the navy.
When I first arrived, I was given such an important task by the high political commissar of Kyogoku. How much trust and respect this showed. When he thought of this, Maano Tokiaki had the urge to make a fool of himself for Kyogoku Takamasa.
In this way, under the watchful eyes of Matsunagahide and others, Kyogoku Takamasa officially embarked on his trip to Shinano and Kai...
