Although all the construction work of this resort and health palace has been completed, since Yamamoto Tokiyuki came here for an on-site observation, he decided to build permanent fortifications in this valley 150 meters above sea level. That is to say
The wall must be raised to build arrows and oars to store soldiers, money and food. Together with the previously built housing complex that can accommodate 3,000 people, as well as various residence halls for vacation and leisure, this place has been built into a barracks and fortress.
"Why are we building such a complicated military fortress? We also need to build a three-story castle? Am I right?" He was dizzy as he stared at the complicated architectural map, with various complex structures connected by dots and lines.
This is a technique learned from the Nanman people. In layman's terms, this is Nanman architecture. However, it seems that he only learned how to use a ruler to draw more standardized and beautiful drawings. He is still far away from such things as Baroque architecture.
distance.
"It is estimated that the cost of building these military buildings is two thousand kanfu, Yongle money. They can station three thousand defenders and two thousand residents. The main purpose is here." Yamamoto Tokiyuki pointed to the Sankuni Pass, an important passage from Echigo to Ueno.
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"Huh? Sankuni Pass is actually on this passage. No wonder there are so many ships plying on the Uono River. It turns out it's because of this!" Kira Yoshi was a little stupid. In the past few months, his brain and reaction had been slow, but he didn't.
Noting such an important connection, the Mikuni Street connecting Kanto and Ueno Province passes through here.
Because of the Uonogawa River, most business travelers will choose to enter the Shinano River by boat, and then change transportation to go to their desired destination. However, due to the successive natural disasters in the Kanto region in recent years, travel to and from the Mikuni Pass has become more difficult.
There were 50 to 60% fewer travelers than in previous years, so he didn't realize the importance of this passage.
"Build a military fortress here overlooking the Uonogawa River? It will also serve as an important outpost for entering Ueno? Wait, are there plans for Uonuma County in advance?" Yoshitoki Kira struggled: "But it is only a short distance from Sakado Castle.
Shililu, it’s easy to be feared by the Nagao family, right?”
No wonder he was worried. Sakado Castle was the residence of the Ueda Nagao family. It was only twenty kilometers away from Mount Ishi northeast of Yuzawa Imperial Palace. It happened to be in the north-northeast direction. That mountain castle was located on Mount Sakado.
, overlooking the Uono River at the foot of the mountain, its military role far exceeds that of this valley.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki said confidently: "Master, please rest assured! The Nagao Echizen guarding the temple will definitely not mind."
"It's weird if you don't mind!" He didn't dare to say this, because he was afraid that the one-eyed old man would go crazy.
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it has stepped from early summer to midsummer. July Ryūho is not suitable for Echigo, because the cool sea breeze from the Sea of Japan blows through the Echigo Plains and whistles the high mountains, rustling summer.
The wind carries the moisture from the sea and blows it coolly on people's bodies. The highest temperature throughout the year is only 25-6 degrees Celsius. It is simply a summer resort.
After a joint consultation between Morishin Qunaose and several doctors, it was determined that Kira Yoshito had completely recovered and there were no sequelae. He was allowed to soak in the rotten egg hot spring for three and a half months, and his whole body was completely healed.
His bones were almost softened, so much so that he felt nauseated when he saw eggs.
"Your Highness finally recovered!" Hu Ji rushed over in surprise.
"Your Highness has finally recovered!" This is the idiot Loli who is following him as a repeater.
"Your Highness has finally recovered! Would you like to try Ah Ju's grilled chicken wings?"
This sentence made Kira Yoshi burst into tears. He secretly thought that Oku was so considerate. Before he could reach out his hand, two lolita pestered him, one by one, and stuffed it into his mouth. Chiyo Mochizuki said this while eating.
: “Sister Aju’s craftsmanship is really amazing! The grilled chicken wings are so delicious!”
"Yes! Not only can I bake all kinds of delicious cakes, but I can also bake chicken, duck and fish. It's really amazing! Hu Ji will also learn from it in the future!"
Seeing Kiragi's sad face, Hu Ji felt a little regretful and handed over the half-eaten chicken wings and asked: "Your Highness, would you like to take a bite?"
"Uh...I'm not hungry! You go ahead and eat!" Holding his withered stomach with determination, Kira Yoshiki decided to be a good man in front of the girl.
"Oh! Your Highness, aren't you hungry?" Aju said with some disappointment, "What about the roasted chicken and roasted chicken legs?"
"Can't eat? I'm here!" Saito Asanobu came out of nowhere, grabbed a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth at lightning speed, and ate the entire fat chicken leg in just two or three mouthfuls.
Kira Yoshi's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly grabbed the last one, but his reaction was still half a beat too slow, and the fat chicken leg was stuffed into his mouth by this shameless guy.
Kira Yoshi was so angry that he pointed at the shameless person who snatched his food and cursed: "Asshole! How dare you snatch food from me! Aju! Don't pay attention to him in the future!"
"No!" A shameless guy screamed.
After two months of construction, the infrastructure of this military fortress has been completed. The remaining repairs can be done slowly. After inspecting the newly built military facilities, Kira Yoshitoki moved to the training ground.
"The master of the museum has recovered!" Yamaoka Tokichō excitedly grabbed the samurai next to him and hugged him.
"Master, you've recovered!" Tokimasu Takigawa also pulled Shima Sakon into a hug.
"Stop it! Don't be so gay, okay?" It's really a headache to talk about. These guys with excess secretion of hormones like to use their fists to resolve personal grievances. Of course, these grievances may be because I don't like you or I don't like you.
Yes, another not-so-good tendency is that these strong young men cannot vent their energy every day, so they always want their companions to pick up soap.
"Soap is really a good thing! Animal fat and plant ash are mixed together to clean the body and remove dirt. Occasionally, some strange things will happen when it falls on the ground... Wait, what did I just say?" Yamaoka paused for a moment.
He quickly pushed his friend away and checked if there were any strange changes in his body.
"Your Excellency has finally recovered! Then please continue to accept my strict training!" Hans said congratulations with a half-baked English, and then said congratulations without giving this boss any face, and signaled him with his eyes.
Join the team and receive daily basic training.
"What a monster!" Facing the huge intimidation of this perverted Teutonic Knight, Kira Yoshiki, a famous shogunate general, had no advantage at all. He could only mutter a few words in a low voice and follow the group of guys to squeeze in and line up.
"Now we are going to do a new sport, which is rope skipping. You can jump with me. Remember that everyone must complete a thousand rope skipping times! From now on!" The rope made of beef tendons suddenly flew up. Fortunately, here
He has a basic knowledge of this sport. Compared to the clumsy guy who can never find the rhythm of flying, Kira Yoshitoki can always complete every jump easily and quickly, and even masters how to complete a leather rope rotation with a smaller flying movement.
skills.
When he was the first to jump rope a thousand times, the fastest Hans had only completed seven hundred jumps. Because of his outstanding performance, Hans was called to the front to lead everyone to learn rope skipping. In addition to skipping rope in one morning
Just skipping rope, it almost broke his legs from exhaustion before calling it a day.
"Your Excellency's skipping skills are superb. From now on, after jogging two miles every morning, you will lead everyone to practice skipping. Let's jump two thousand times first, and continue to increase in the future!"
"...can I say no?"
"Refuse?" With a raised eyebrow, Hans showed a devilish smile and said a few words: "I don't think you can!"
In early August, a piece of bad news broke the peaceful atmosphere in the Yuzawa Valley. A serious military conflict broke out between Okuma Bizen Mori Tohide and Shoda Sozaemon Seizu. Shoda Seizu defeated Okuma Asahiu under the instruction of Honjo Sano.
military strength, invaded its territory as a military deterrent, and made further attempts to attack Jiguan City.
Daxiong Zhaoxiu, who was like a frightened bird, saw that the situation was not good, so he simply abandoned Jiguan City, took his relatives and the main capital of Torizaka City, and led the army straight to the direction of Yuezhong to escape, preparing to take advantage of the fact that his relatives and children did not know.
The natural dangers of the enemy can intercept the pursuers, and at the same time, they can also seek refuge with the Nagao family's old enemy, the Echu Jinbo family.
However, before his army could escape, they were defeated by the Honzhuang army who came later on the narrow road of Xiao Zang Shi and Ju Ju. Even Da Xiong Chao Xiu's two younger brothers Sheng Xiu and Chong Lian were captured.
In the end, only Daxiong Chaoxiu and his family were spared, and he took Cheng Zhengzi all the way to Yuezhong to hide.
Then Nagao Kagetora called Honjo Mino over and became furious. He was extremely disgusted with his master's act of making decisions on his own. What made him even more disgusted was that this action turned out to be between the Nagao faction, the Echigo-Uesugi faction, and Ueda.
The plan concocted by everyone is to completely eliminate Daxiong Chaoxiu.
In other words, Usami Sadamitsu, Hirako Fumasa, Chisaka Keichika and others did not hesitate to sell their leaders. This kind of treacherous behavior was disgusted by Nagao Kagetora. Of course, he also hated these people who took the initiative to go to the Nagao family.
Retainers approaching.
But then Honjo Sano came up with another piece of strong evidence that completely broke Nagao Kagetora's good mentality, that is, the correspondence between the Takeda family's Komai Masatake and Ohkuma Asahide. In just a few months, the two exchanged letters.
There were actually more than a dozen letters from him. Masaru Komai even hinted in the letters that other people were also receiving funding from the Takeda family and would soon cooperate with him to raise a rebellion. This made Nagao Kagetora almost fainted.
There was irrefutable evidence that Okuma Asahide had betrayed the Nagao family. Therefore, under the operation of Honjo Sano, all of Okuma Asahide's territory was confiscated, and the lord of Minokan Castle was replaced by Nagao Kanshiro Kagechin.
Born in the Nagao family of Zoou Hall, Issei is quite capable. He is the kind of samurai who is not famous, but is low-key, pragmatic and loyal enough.
This choice is obviously enough to reassure the angry Nagao Kagetora. At the same time, it is also an effort by Honjo Minoru to resolve the gap between master and disciple. He uses actions to show that he has no intention of having any intention to land knowledge and practice, but is just an expedient measure to defeat his political opponents. Even if Nagao
No matter how unhappy Okagetora is, there is nothing he can do.
It seems that the rebellion has passed away, but people who are interested have clearly felt that a huge storm is quietly brewing in Echigo. No one can tell what changes will be brought about. Everything is uncertain.
Heading in an unknown direction. (To be continued.)