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Celebrating 11 years (1606) March 30th -

Since this afternoon, I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, have been scheduled to come to a meeting with Tadashi Okubo and his loyal father and son, close to Hideyoshi Tokugawa.

It was also a ploy to cut the Tokugawa family from within, but I was more than thrilled to meet the great men of history.

But...

That's when I didn't know...

These are the characters that are typical of those they call the "Three Rivers samurai," and that the Three Rivers samurai were made to be so for generations to come...

- Oh, my God, you're such a tough samurai.

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He was loyal to Okubo, who had only been late for a few moments to pick me up, but still he couldn't say "scold" to me. I only reprimanded him in form after hesitation, but I should have realized it at this time...

- Oh... these people are normal...

and…

But I don't even think of that as dew.

- Tadashi Okubo is a serious man.

That's all I thought.

More and more cloudy skies today.

Still, until earlier, the thin sun had swept between the clouds, but now it was not even gone, so much so that it was covered in thick clouds that it was not strange whenever it rained...

Now, I finally asked myself what I doubted about the loyalty that I had begun to guide to my mansion.

That's why he's late.

It is hard to imagine that he, so serious, would be late, albeit for a few moments, and there must have been some reason.

With such a mild feeling, he asked why.

Then, to the question, Faithfulness turned to me and blued my face.

"I'm sorry about this.

Don't even tell us why you're late, let's start showing off and so on and so on!

Minister Toyotomi, right! That's what scolds me!

And suddenly I was shouted, but when I turned my eyes around the content,

"Yay!? This is bullshit!

I'm not blaming you for anything! I was simply interested... "

And, for some reason, I desperately began to elucidate.

If I didn't feel particularly disrespectful and scolded you for such details, I'd rather not have this one...

But the more desperate I became, the more loyal I became.

"The Right Minister of Toyotomi! Scold me!

I don't know if it's his own temperament, or the temperament of the Mikawa samurai themselves.

Anyway, if you've ever bent at all, you seem to feel sorry for not being reprimanded, and you're stopping your loyalty and keeping your head down.

And even I realized at this point.

- This is going to be a tough conversation...

and…

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Once again, after just a brief reprimand of form, Loyalty began to talk pompously about the reasons for the late ginseng as she walked in line beside me.

Apparently, the reason was simple, and before he left for his mansion, two of his fathers, Tadashi Okubo, and someone who was a loyal great-uncle, had a big fight. It was a loyalty that made that arbitration, but it seemed to be the end of bringing up spears with each other at last, without either side walking by.

To talk so noisy, I asked, blushing my face.

"That was a big deal... and Lord Loyalty put it away...?

Faithful to the question, he answered with embarrassment on his cheek.

"No... what an embarrassing talk, but in the end we can't subside, rather we can't poke each other with a spear in our hands, the beginning and end of each other..."

"Oh my God! So you're still staring at each other with spears!? Is this going to be a big deal if we don't hurry!?

This is important.

In the unlikely event that your neighbor is injured, you can't possibly deepen your friendship with him.

I hurried and accidentally turned up and stuffed up faithfully.

But the loyalty of the day, with a bitter laugh, answered in a gentle tone, not to mention the everyday tea meal.

"Ha... I appreciate you saying that, but don't worry"

"Mmmm!? What's that supposed to mean?

Loyalty replied to me with an unexpected frown to cloud the words that followed.

"If you come to the Mansion, you will understand..."

"Well... well..."

I am faithfully in no hurry at all for what I consider to be an emergency.

I walked in line with him, holding a glimmer in my heart, just like the cloudy skies of today.

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About half an hour (about 30 minutes) after leaving Edo Castle, he came out to a lively spot.

The shops lined up and the samurai with the townspeople knives on their hips gathered at those shops to shop with the shopkeepers laughing.

Only then can the bustling of commerce be felt, as we have seen in the city of Sakami.

Wonders and minds pop out, maybe because I like to see these vibrant cities and people smile more than they do originally.

I was walking around feeling bright and just looking around, like the clouds of my heart cleared earlier.

But...

After watching a few things, I noticed something.

It's...

"Hey, Loyal Hall. This one looks like it's all just a 'fishmonger', but isn't there an 800 or a garment store or something?

Yes, by the time it's stunning, all the seafood in the store is fish and shellfish.

It is true that there is an ocean nearby, and we can see that many ships are connected.

Some of them will surely be fishing boats.

But there are so many fishmongers on either side of the road that I doubt my eyes that I need a fishmonger lined up so far...

Again, loyalty said something to me that surprised me.

"No... I'm ashamed to talk to you, but this one was the result of a fight between your father and your great-uncle..."

"Holy shit! Another fight?!?

"Yes..."

The loyalists who replied that, in fact, all the fishmongers lined up here are fishmongers brought by Tadashi Okubo and his uncle from around their castle, Odawara Castle.

From me, all the roads on my left were loyal, and all the roads on my right were taken by my uncle...

"Why... you should just take me to one fishmonger..."

"That's true, 'Living magpies are limited to round houses!' If Father says, 'What will you say! Speaking of magpies, let's make it one of a kind!' Don't ask...

Finally, he said, 'Well, let's call both of them to Edo, and we'll do it which way the armament goes up'...

If it gets popular with one, it's how you think one of them will go back to Odawara with a shitty one.

And the fishmonger said, "If you say that, you can't back off! Until we settle down, I'll do it! And we set up a shop so that we could face each other."

"What... does that mean you're doing business with the same thing across the street!?

"That's not all…" If it's a sea bream, "" If it's a shellfish, "" If it's a shrimp, "it's something that sticks to each other by type, so it depends on more and more fish stores only"

"Is it true..."

"Yes..."

Totally incredible talk, but if you do take a closer look, it seems like each fishmonger has the same kind of fish and shellfish lined up.

and against each other's customers in the other's store. From their backs,

- We're cheaper and fresher!

- We'll put this weasel aside!

and other loud voices to try to draw attention.

Every store says, "You can't back off with a fight you took once! All I'm saying is," You're selling good stuff cheaply, so people will gather every second.

That's what makes the town so vibrant.

My uncle and nephew had no other love fights, and I had to round my eyes to make a town of one fishmonger.

I heard from Chongchang Itakura later that they are called "Odawaramachi" around here because they have brought many fish shops.

And in future generations it will be called "Tsukiji" by changing its town name, and it will be busy as a fish market, but that's another story.

At this point, I have a feeling that I'm going to get caught up in something troublesome...

But it's a great opportunity for me to have a good relationship with this Okubo parent and child.

There will be no reason to pull it off in the future.

It was in that sense that he made up his mind to be sad and to go on looking at the bustling town.

Now, as I walked through such a fishmonger district, I could see the streets lined with splendid martial arts mansions.

It seems that many martial arts mansions were assigned yesterday due to the low risk of water damage on buried land, as guided by Chongchang Itakura.

One of them caught my eye, the big mansion...

That was Okubo Mansion, near Hideyoshi Tokugawa and living next door to Tadashi Okubo.

"Oh! Is this Okubo's mansion! Big!"

I glanced up at the mansion. Loyalty makes me look like I've been praised.

And I was concerned before I got here, was the big fight between loyal neighbor and his uncle apparently converging?

In front of the gate of the mansion stood a gatekeeper with a serious-looking face, unable to find out about the inside, but the exterior was wrapped in a harsh and quiet atmosphere.

… and it was then.

"Huh? What's that mansion?

Looking next to Okubo Mansion, he saw a blurry, tiny mansion that was not suitable for the new town of Edo.

Of course, all the other mansions at Okubo Mansion were built with new building materials, and from the looks of it, they are all beautiful mansions, but thank goodness this mansion alone never seemed like decades after it was obviously built.

Then Loyalty answered with a serious face.

That's my great-uncle's mansion.

"That's..."

Among the warlords of Tokugawa Spectrum, the Okubo family weighs in particular. It's in that Okubo clan, and I wonder why they have a mansion that's going to break if there's any strong wind like that...

Besides, if it's the same clan, I'd rather live in the splendid mansion next door...

With all sorts of questions on his mind, Loyalty started talking before it came out about his mouth.

"When the late Lord Hideyoshi Tai ordered me to move to Edo, and the great lord became the great name of two and a half million stones, he said, the great lords also increased their businessmansion according to their previous work and made the ministers build a new mansion in Edo.

In the meantime, only my great-uncle, after turning down his businessman, demolished his old mansion in Mitsugawa and set up a mansion in Edo with all its timber. "

"Why not...?

"If you get more busy without even spear work, and on top of that, the mansion is new, you must be chronic.

Thus it is Hideyoshi's strategy to bone our Three Rivers samurai.

Nonetheless, isn't it equal to a dog fed, such as being danced to and delighted by it?

I am not a dog, I am a samurai, so I say no to the busy and new mansion!

But I had to obey the life of my lord to move from Mitsugawa to Edo, so I demolished Mitsugawa's mansion!

... and you said "

"I see..."

What a stubborn and painful word...

If other Tokugawa ministers hear this, they will not be able to complain if they are angry as a result of the fiery fire.

I had nothing better to do than laugh bitterly.

And I was convinced by these two conversations about "Odawara-cho" and "Boro Mansion" …

- If we get into this mansion, we'll definitely get into trouble!

and…

And before his own feet crept through the gate, he finally inquired against loyalty.

"By the way, can you tell me your great-uncle's name?"

What's its name...

"It's Hirohiko Okubo Left Gate!

He was dubbed "Heavenly Opinion Number" in future generations, and even against Hideyoshi Tokugawa and Jiakuo, he allegedly repeated his remarks with words that were not dressed in his teeth.

At the same time, he is the author of the "Three Rivers Story," a man who penetrated the Three Rivers samurai throughout his life...

It was Hirohiko Okubo, the man.

And meeting this person will have a huge impact on my life later...

At this time, he could not have noticed, and went inside Okubo Mansion, frightened by the name.