"Buddha! May my father's soul, on the other side of the Sanzu River, meet the ancestors of the Takeda Clan!… Ancestral Blessings! Bury him!…"
The April spring breeze blew across the Tsugaru Strait of the Northern Country and arrived at the verdant Ezo land. Although the vast northeastern part of Ezo land would experience a winter freeze under the influence of the Thousand Islands Cold Current, the Japanese regions at the southernmost point of this Great Island were not as severe.
Even in this mid-Ming period of great cold, the port outside Victory Mountain Manor only froze briefly during January and February before resuming navigation. At this moment, over a dozen customs ships, laden with various goods, and even carrying farmers with their families, arrived at the Kaozaki Family's territory.
