Part 2- Preparation and Distraction
Whilst my marketplace is still under construction i recruit my 2nd retinue, i also send my master of the guard Motochika to sow dissent in Koshi. I hope it will encourage Nagao to break free and distract Uesugi's attention away from us.
September 30th 1470- I was a little peckish during in the night, so i decided to see how alert my guards were. I snuck down to the food supply, i got in easily, but as i came out one of my courtiers catches me. Im to quick though, and i escape before he can see my face; i think he knows it was me though.
March 27th 1471- My marketplace is completed, i immediately start work on my castle, a man of my stature must have an imposing fortess. It also might help me in any wars so im told.....
April 15th 1471- my heir produces his 1st offspring, a shame its a female, i will jope he manges to produce something of more use from his wives in the near future.
August 19th 1471- Another fire, this one far more costly, i do not have the gold to bolster my workers this time, im told to expect a 180 day delay, its wholly unacceptable!!
July 12th 1473- My castle has finally been completed, i gamble on a few more years of peace and start work on my guild hall, its all about the money. On a side note, my master of the guard seems to have gotten lost in Koshi as he has done nothing to the relations between Nagao and Useugi!
October 28th 1473- My useless heir has spawned another woman, im starting to wonder if he was a good choice of heir....
February 8th 1474- another female from my heir, he is a curse to my plans!!
April 8th 1474- At last a breakthrough, Uesugi has declared war on Ogasawara, giving us some extra time. Though we seem to be making no actions to enlarge our domain.
September 14th 1474- No longer do fires trouble my builders, this time they complain its too wet, i pay 5 gold for wet weather gear to keep them working. we also Declare war on shirakawa, my leader starts a siege in Kikuta, i hope the siege lasts long enough for my men to reach Shirakawa province to start a siege and claim this province as my own!!
January 1st 1475- I arrive long before my clan leader has finished the siege in Kikuta, so i just bide my time, hopefully he will finish it quickly.
January 2nd 1477- My siege is in full swing, my clan leader having taken Kikuta, has come to support me. Yet back in Kashima it seems i have yet another delay in my guild house's construction. I pay 5 gold so that they whip the slaves and make them work whatever the weather.
May 14th 1477- My guild house is completed on time, thinking of future war hot spots, i decided to build an earthwork and palisade. This works well as we can see that in Shirakawa they are part way through building a guild house also. The siege is almost over and soon i will have my 2nd province!!
October 17th 1477- I win the siege of Shirakawa, and claim it as my own. Many see me as ambitious, and i am, i will be the greatest kokujin in the clan!! I immediately start work on the guild house, unfortunatly the other was destroyed in the siege.
Now i have the base for a major push on new territories, i hold a northern and southern province, i will claim more, it is my destiny!!