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August and Winter of 1531: The Siege of Aki
With enough men to prosecute the siege against the Aki Castle in only two seasons, we begin to look beyond our borders and to grow the peace with our newfound revenues streams. As planned, the winter season saw the final conquest of the Aki Castle and with that, 353 koku were added to our revenues which includes a port. Aki also has some iron deposits which like most of the other provinces, allows us to smelt the iron in an Armoury to improve the armour of any units build in that province. We could also build a Mine which adds to the revenues.
The harvest came in at average but with the addition of nearly 800 koku in revenues, our treasury increased to 1366 koku. Since we are not planning on building additional units in the near future and to let our men rest, we use most of the treasury to start a Mine in Aki and this will be done in two years.
After the successful siege, our Daimyo General goes to Harima to contemplate the next campaign and to watch the actions of the Oda clan across the border. He left behind some men behind in each of the three conquered provinces to increase their loyalties to the Mori clan and to prevent rebellion.
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