When they left Imahama Castle, Kyogoku Takamasa and his party were eight people.
When they returned to Omi, there was Nobuharu Baba and his family members in the team.
Baba Nobharu had a wife but no children. Plus one accompanying maid, Baba Nobharu had only three people in total.
Originally, Baba Nobuharu's wife was planning to go to Omi with many gifts. After all, everything at home was bought with money. But there are too many things, which is inconvenient to carry and will delay the progress of Kyogoku Takamasa and others.
So Kyogoku Takamasa gave the order to travel lightly, taking nothing else except a few clothes.
At first, Baba Nobharu's wife was a little unhappy, but when she learned that after arriving in Omi, she would buy things for her one by one in the castle town of Imahama Castle according to the things left in Kai's Baba house. This daughter of the samurai family who was born in the Odagiri clan Suddenly he was beaming with laughter.
Kyogoku Takamasa and his party set out from Juma County and returned to Omi along the same route they came from.
However, before returning to Imahama Castle, Kyogoku Takamasa and others had to go to Toki County first.
After all, Baba Nobharu still belongs to the Kageraishi family at the moment. Although he has obtained the document from Toki Yoritake, he still has to go to the Mino Baba family to go through the formalities and complete the succession and name change ceremony.
Toki County is located in the south of Mino and is the birthplace of the Mino Toki clan.
The residence of the Mino Baba clan is located in Baba Township in the eastern part of Toki County. Kyogoku Takamasa and others asked along the way and finally found this remote place.
After walking on the country road for a long time, I soon saw a dilapidated walled city.
According to confirmation from farmers doing farm work in Noma, this is the residence of the Baba clan.
The succession ceremony went smoothly without any setbacks.
When Kyogoku Takamasa and others appeared outside the Baba clan's house, the Baba family members seemed to know the identities of Kyogoku Takamasa and others, and received Kyogoku Takamasa and his entourage very warmly.
The next day, Nobuharu Baba held a name-changing ceremony at the Bodhi Temple of the Baba family, and then received the token that symbolized the Baba family's leadership - a family heirloom hood with a bronze plate on the hood that read "Hachiman Bodhisattva" and other words.
At night, Gao Zheng in Kyogoku was too hot to sleep, so he was sitting on the porch of his residence enjoying the cool air.
Hatayama Chonobu, Hayashi Masanobu and others were also arranged in the same courtyard. This was requested by Hatayama Chonobu and others. After all, this place was too unfamiliar and they had to protect Kyogoku Takamasa's safety at all times.
Of course, the Baba family has declined to its current state, and this residence is the only one left in the entire family. Moreover, many of the houses in the residence have long been decayed and dilapidated. The only one that can be barely inhabited is the courtyard where Kyogoku Takamasa currently lives.
The Mino Baba clan has not had an heir to the throne for ten years since the previous head, Mino Mamoru Omi, died in battle. First, the previous head had no heirs to succeed him, and second, the family had no money to pay for the funeral. To this day, the ashes of the previous head are still kept in the residence and have not been moved to the Bodhi Temple.
There are no monks left in the Bodhi Temple. If you want to move the ashes in, you must first ask the common people for help, and secondly, ask the monks to preside over it.
The Baba family is very poor, and there is no heir. The family can be said to be leaderless. Many people have run away from home to find their own way out.
Nowadays, there are only about a dozen old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the family, living on the meager land outside the residence.
So when they learned that Toki Yoritake had found an heir for the Baba clan, the Baba clan's family could not be overjoyed. In addition, knowing that the new leader will serve in the Omi Kyogoku family, and it is said that he is very popular in the Kyogoku family, the remaining members of the Baba clan are even happier.
Why do they stay here and are reluctant to leave?
In addition to being too old and unable to walk, don't you just think that one day there will be someone who can re-coordinate the overall situation and lead the Baba clan to achieve greater glory?
Now that Nobuharu is here, the daughter-in-law finally becomes a mother-in-law.
Therefore, the inheritance of the family name by Baba Nobuharu can be so smooth, because everyone in the Baba family is eagerly looking forward to this matter.
"Lord Kyogoku, are you still awake?"
Just when Kyogoku Takamasa was waving his folding fan and feeling upset, a somewhat old voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
Kyogoku Takamasa looked back and saw an elderly samurai who looked to be in his fifties or sixties standing in the corridor holding an oil lamp.
Kyogoku Takamasa recognized him. According to the seniority in the clan, Baba Nobuharu should now be this man's disciple... He is the nephew of the former head of the clan, Baba Mino Mamoru.
"It turns out to be Jiro Youbeiden. Are you here so late? Is there something wrong?"
Baba Jiro Uhei licked his face and came to sit next to Kyogoku Takamasa. Then he placed the oil lamp in front of him, bringing some light to the dark night.
"When Sakyo enters the palace, I have already seen half a hundred people. The Baba family has gone through ten years of hardships, and now they have finally come to an end."
"There are still eleven women and children in the family, none of whom are young. The land outside the residence has been rented out since no one took care of it three years ago."
"Those of us live on the meager rent, and our lives are really miserable."
"So I am going to take the remaining clan members to leave Toki County and move to Omi. I wonder if it would be convenient for Sakyo to enter the palace and choose a place in Omi for my clan to thrive?" Baba Jiro Uhei licked his dry lips and said, He looked at Kyogoku Masamichi with a hopeful look on his face.
Kyogoku Takamasa was not surprised when he heard what Baba Jiro Uhei said.
The Baba family is now in this field, so naturally they have to work with the new leader to find a way out. However, the migration of the Wu family these days is not simple.
At least you need to get permission from both the local daimyo and the destination daimyo.
If Toki Yoritake does not agree, Baba Jiro Uhei and others may not even be able to leave Toki County.
And if the Kyogoku family is not allowed to move in, Baba Jiro Uhei and others will not be able to enter Kitaomi's territory.
"Now that Mino Mamoru is a retainer of our family, his family and clan members should naturally go to Omi with Mino Mamoru."
"The north of Imahama City is a plain near the river, with bamboo forests all over and a pleasant scenery. The Baba clan can settle here. I wonder what your Majesty Jiro Uhei's wishes are?" Looking at the patched hunting clothes on Jiro Uhei's body, Baba said, Kyogoku Takamasa also felt a little sad.
However, these patches were cleverly sewn from the inside of the clothes, making it difficult to tell from the outside.
"Sakyo enters the palace and is so grateful to the Baba clan!"
"I'll tell my lord the good news right now!" After saying that, Baba Jiro Ubei ran excitedly to the other side of the residence hall.
Looking at Baba Jiro Uhei's swift movements, Kyogoku Takamasa found it hard to believe that this man was the old and dying man just now?
The next day, the team of Kyogoku Takamasa and others once again increased their manpower.
More than a dozen members of the Mino Baba clan also joined in. The happiest among them was probably Baba Nobharu, because he suddenly felt that he would not be alone in Omi.
