Three days later.
After leaving the yard, Kyogoku Takamasa stretched himself and felt refreshed for a moment.
To be honest, the current situation has been turbulent recently. Kyogoku Takamasa has been leading his troops out to fight, and he has not eaten meat for a long time. Although this meal was a bit tiring, at least it allowed me to vent my emotions.
Mrs. Kotokawa and Kyogoku Takahiro have been paying attention to Kyogoku Takamasa's actions. They are very satisfied with Kyogoku Takamasa's behavior of staying at home for the past two days and making babies. The two of them are already looking forward to having a grandson.
It's no wonder Kyogoku Takahiro is so eager. Kyogoku Hidetsuna's son Kyogoku Hidemasa is similar in age to Kyogoku Takamasa, but they already have two sons. Looking back at Kyogoku Takahiro, there is no harm without comparison. The comparison between the two makes Kyogoku Takahiro a little panicked.
But things are getting better now. Kyogoku Takamasa finally successfully held the Duke of Zhou ceremony with Mrs. Sanjo three years after his marriage to Mrs. Sanjo, which finally gave Kyogoku Takahiro and Mrs. Kotokawa hope.
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To be honest, after taking this step, Kyogoku Takamasa completely regarded Ajiu as his wife.
Although Ajiu was also the legitimate wife of Kyogoku Takamasa before, there were still some problems with Kyogoku Takamasa's mentality when facing Ajiu. But as we spent the past few days together, all this ceased to exist.
If possible, Kyogoku Takamasa would like to spend more time with Mrs. Sanjo, or his two concubines Nizi Xin'an and Xiao Xiangxiang.
However, the Wakasa situation is urgent, and Kyogoku's high politics can only focus on the overall situation. Anyway, the seeds have been planted, let’s just wait for them to bloom and bear fruit one day...
Jinbang City.
Since the Kyogoku family vigorously developed Imahama Castle, the scale of Imahama Castle has increased year by year.
The original Imahama Castle was just a small lakeside town. Although the scenery was beautiful, there was nothing special about it. After several years of development by the Kyogoku family, Imahama Castle now has the potential to be the largest city in Kitaomi.
Imahama Castle now has a commercial port, which is located on the south side of the city near Lake Biwa. After continuous renovation and expansion, the port can accommodate dozens of merchant ships at the same time, in addition to the dozens of warships of the Kyogoku family's newly built Lake Biwa navy. A port of this size is not small in the entire Omi.
In addition to the port, the south, north, and east sides of Imahama Castle are all covered by castle towns. The originally planned school grounds, pastures, etc. were all moved to the plain area north of Imahama Castle and adjacent to Anegawa, and the limited space was used for commercial development.
In addition to local Omi merchants who opened commercial houses in Imahama Castle, merchants from Kyoto, Mino, Wakasa, Tango and other areas around the Kinki area also gathered in Imahama Castle. Thanks to the "opposite" business policies of the Kyogoku family and the Rokkaku family, the more powerful wealthy merchants enjoy various privileges in the Kyogoku family, which attracts an extremely large number of wealthy merchants to the Kyogoku family.
Previously, there were many people in the North Omi country and there were endless wars. Even though such a place was rich, it could not be more attractive to wealthy businessmen. Because chaos means risk, wealthy businessmen do not need to take desperate risks to obtain profits.
But now Kitanomi is firmly controlled by the Kyogoku family, and there is an environment that provides long-term trade for wealthy merchants. Coupled with the Kyogoku family's "preferential treatment" of wealthy businessmen, many businessmen have experienced the pleasure of "being able to do whatever they want if they have money."
Although businessmen have money, they do not have the social status to match their financial resources. In other places, no matter how wealthy a businessman is, he can only slightly improve his status by becoming a daimyo's royal merchant, but this also requires paying a huge price, and there are only a few royal merchants, not all merchants. Everyone has a chance.
However, in the Kyogoku family, as long as you have money, you can come to Kitaomi to invest, open commercial houses, purchase properties, and build workshops. The Kyogoku family's economic pursuits, Mitsui Norotsuna's and the Imahama Castle's castle town's pursuit of Matsunagahide will make you experience the satisfaction of being an uncle if you have money.
Although Kyogoku Takamasa knows that the implementation of the "Happy City Leza" policy is a more complete business policy and can bring greater benefits, this has been verified by history.
But the Kyogoku family has its own national conditions.
The Kyogoku family had no business foundation before. If they copied the Rakuza's formula, although the Kyogoku family's business could be fully developed, it would be too slow. What the Kyogoku family needs now is not a steady move, what the Kyogoku family needs is time.
Only by allowing these powerful wealthy businessmen to develop in the Kyogoku family can the Kyogoku family's economy take off in a short period of time.
As for the Rakuchi Rakuza, it can only be implemented at least until the Kyogoku family has a certain financial strength.
Walking in the castle town, looking at the people coming and going and the businessmen in a hurry, Kyogoku Takamasa gradually calmed down.
This time going to Wakasa, the Kyogoku family is about to face the Echizen Asakura family, the overlord of Hokuriku Road. And Kyogoku Takamasa's next opponent is the famous Echizen Army God Asakura Sotechi!
Although Echigo's military god Uesugi Kenshin is more famous than Asakura Sotetsu in history, this is just because of the age difference between the two.
When the flower of Echigo bloomed, Asakura Soutei of Echizen had already fallen.
No matter what, Asakura Sotetsu is an absolute boss in this era. It is the strongest enemy Kyogoku Takamasa has faced since time travel, at least on a military level.
Although Rokkaku Sadayori is also a big boss, there is still some gap between Rokkaku Sadayori and Asakura Sotetsu in terms of politics, economy, and military.
As for Asai Ryomasa, Takeda Motomitsu and others, it is meaningless to say anything from dead people.
Precisely because the person he was about to face was Asakura Sotetsu, Kyogoku Takamasa was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.
The Kyogoku family is in its current situation because Kyogoku Takamasa has relied on his familiarity with history to seize opportunities one after another over the years. In this battle against the Asakura family, if one is not careful, the Kyogoku family may be knocked back to their original shape.
It's like a gambler who starts with only a ten-dollar chip. If you want to win in the end, you can only pass the "stud" again and again, and you can't lose even once.
Kyogoku is a high-ranking official, so his mood is naturally heavy.
"Sakyo enters the palace, it's time to set off!"
Just when Kyogoku Takamasa was enjoying walking around the castle town, several samurai finally found him in the sea of people.
Today is Aju’s wedding day.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, and then followed several samurai back to Kyogoku Hall.
At this time, the team to send off the bride was ready, with Kyogoku Takamasa as the messenger, Hatayama Chonobu and Higuchi Naofouso accompanying them, and Baba Nobuharu and Nizi Kanmasa leading the equestrian team to escort.
Before leaving, Kyogoku Takahiro held Kyogoku Takamasa's hand and repeatedly told him to protect Aju's safety.
Although she is only a concubine, she is also the daughter that Kyogoku Takahiro has watched since she was a child. Kyogoku Takahiro is still very reluctant to part with her. As for Mrs. Qinchuan, she also stepped forward to explain something to Aju in a low voice.
Aju's mother was a concubine and could not attend such an occasion, so she had to be replaced by Mrs. Kotokawa.
Looking up at the sky, Kyogoku Takamasa turned over and mounted his horse.
"Set off!"
