Chapter 598 4. The North Hui Trade Is Getting Dirty

Kenshin Uesugi became the father of Nagano Yoshimori, that's interesting. Nagano Yoshimori is the brother-in-law of half of the Ueno generals, which means that Kenshin Uesugi has won over almost all the samurai in Western Ueno at once.

Everyone may not be convinced by the young boy Nagano Yoshimori, but Kenshin Uesugi is still convinced. Although Kenshin Uesugi has also lost battles and many people have died. But in this day and age, who hasn't lost battles and who hasn't died.

Not only did Nagano Yoshimori's position become stable, but Kenshin Uesugi's influence in Western Ueno also expanded greatly. The Nagano family, which was originally just a vassal of the daimyo, also began to show a tendency to become a vassal.

The moment Nagano Yoshimori relied on Kenshin Uesugi to help him stabilize his territory, he lost a considerable part of his autonomy.

When the news came, the Yamauchi family naturally congratulated him. It was unexpected that Afune married Nagano Yoshimori. Looking at Higuchi Yoroku who was grinding ink for him next to him, Kohei Tai really wanted to say something to him.

Your wife is gone!

What about Naoe Kagetsuna? His eldest daughter married Shidano Yoshishi and his youngest daughter married Nagano Yoshimori. He didn't know how to deal with the huge family business of Itaki Naoe.

But on second thought, Nagano Kenyoshi and Nagano Yoshimasa are both in good health! Even Satomi Yoshiyasu is Nagano Yoshimasa's brother-in-law, and Narita Nagatsuda is Nagano Yoshimasa's son-in-law. Their fertility should be guaranteed.

Who knows, Nagano Yoshimori will be better than his teacher. If he keeps working hard, the twelve sons-in-law in Nishi Ueno can be expanded to eighteen or even twenty-four sons-in-law.

As for Nagano Yoshimori, he became the son-in-law of Uesugi Kenshin. I wonder if he will have some strange thoughts after Uesugi Kenshin has an accident.

This is not that Xiaoping thinks too much, but just has some doubts.

After the Taira destroyed Takeda, he thought he could take a breath, but the world was heading towards a more chaotic situation. There are more and more complicated things, and they can't be dealt with at all.

Uncle Tsunayoshi in Kyoto also wrote back to Yamanouchi on time, first saying that he was officially appointed as the 3rd rank of Chu-nagon according to his seniority, and also served as the Left Guard Lieutenant General, which was a perfect life. He dared not think of a higher position.

Secondly, there were several changes in the court. The son of Emperor Masamune-machi, Prince Masahito (Emperor Yokoin), announced the good news that his wife, Haruko Kanshuji (Shinjo Tomonin), the daughter of Haruu Kanshuji, was pregnant.

The one still in her mother's belly was the future Emperor Go-Yōzei, and of course no one except Koheita realized this. Everyone was just happy that Prince Masahito, the heir to the throne, might give birth to an heir, and the succession to the throne was safe.

The famous chapter of "Eiroku's treason" was over. Under the promotion of the court and the shogunate, the era name was changed to the first year of Genki that year and announced to the world.

As a congratulation, Oda Nobunaga pinched his nose and presented Shigaraki Manor (formerly the domain of the Sekkan family) in Omi Province to the Imperial Court, and Tsuruzono Manor in Izumi Province to the shogunate.

Although the manor in Minami Ise was silent, these two large manors established since the Heian period were also quite profitable for the court and the shogunate.

The last thing was a small matter. The price of northern goods in Kyoto rose by about 5%.

The so-called northern goods are the goods brought back from the distant Oshu, Yushu, Echichu, Echigo, and even Ezo by the return ship departing from Wakasa Obama and Echizen Tsuruga.

This aroused Kobayata's doubts, because this trade route is a relatively mature route. Each link is well coordinated, and the hands stretched out at each joint have formed rules.

Similar to the blue hemp exported by Uesugi Kenshin from Kashiwazaki, how to collect taxes. When northern goods enter Kyoto, what kind of profit sharing will the shogunate and the court grant the monopoly of the zasho.

Everything had been running smoothly for a long time. How could the price of northern goods suddenly rise when there was no large-scale war in Kyoto?

Kobayata only needed to do a quick check to understand the reason for the price increase of northern goods.

Echizen governor Asakura Yoshikage attacked Wakasa in the name of "protecting" Takeda Motoaki, the son of Takeda Yoshitsugu, the guardian of Wakasa, and was very successful.

As Takeda Motoaki was unable to unite his retainers to fight the enemy together, the Asakura army easily approached Takeda Motoaki's residence. For this reason, Takeda Motoaki sought reinforcements from the Tango Isshiki family and fought with the Shiganji area as a defense line. However, this useless resistance was quickly destroyed by the massive attack of the Asakura family, and the residence was captured in a blink of an eye.

Helpless Takeda Motoaki turned to Gosezama Castle and organized a defense battle again, but it was still unsuccessful and he was captured alive by the Asakura army. At the same time, the retainer Kuriya Katsuhisa relied on Kuniyoshi Castle to resist the Asakura army, and Itsumi Masatsune also combined the navy of western Wakasa.

After conquering Wakasa, Takeda Motoaki and his wife and one son and one daughter were also well protected and sent to Ichijodani Castle, the main castle of the Asakura family, and became the "guests of honor" of Asakura Yoshikage.

Obama Port, an important town for the Hokuriku ship trade, fell into the hands of Asakura Yoshikage!

There is no doubt that Asakura Yoshikage established a new bansho here, increasing the ship mark and customs fees that each Hokuriku ship should pay. This is also the most important reason for the overall price increase of northern goods.

The lives of Kyoto people were naturally affected to a certain extent, but in fact, Oda Nobunaga was more affected!

Because Obama entered Lake Biwa through the canal and sailed directly to Otsu, the most important port on the south bank of the lake!

So he served as the Otsu magistrate, controlled Otsu, and used the money that Otsu continuously transported. Oda Nobunaga, who was fighting all over the world, found that the commercial tax income of Otsu Town, which was originally relatively stable, had fluctuated considerably.

This naturally had a huge impact on Oda Nobunaga, who was in constant war and wanted to split every penny into two.

After learning that it was Asakura Yoshikage who controlled Obama and affected the trade on the entire trade route, what do you think was Oda Nobunaga's attitude towards Asakura Yoshikage?

Cutting off someone's financial resources and killing their parents!

Previously, Oda Nobunaga invited Asakura Yoshikage to go to Kyoto, but this person did not come. After Oda Nobunaga successfully went to Kyoto, he wanted Asakura Yoshikage to come to Kyoto to pay homage to Ashikaga Yoshiaki (actually to pay homage to Oda Nobunaga), but this person still did not come.

Really shameless!

Although both families started out as deputies to the Sōba family, and they kicked the Sōba family away one after another, they had a relationship. But at this time, Asakura Yoshikage was a stumbling block for Oda Nobunaga to unify Kinai.

Especially since this stumbling block also damaged Oda Nobunaga's wallet, it made Oda Nobunaga even more uncomfortable.

For a behemoth like the Asakura family, the Wakasa clan led by Kuriya Katsuhisa and Itsumi Masatsune naturally cannot fight alone. They need to find a strong ally to help them.

Is there anyone stronger than Oda Nobunaga as the strongest person in Kinai?