Governor Shimada has come to Kazusa, where there is no water and the harvest is dependant on the rain. Two men tie a pipe between their houses so they can talk even when they're snowed in. Even though they were alone, they could cheer each other up by talking, but then they stop getting answers... (repeat from episode 46). The priest tries to raise a fava bean tree to help the starving villagers, but the kids at the temple eat it.
1)代官・島田が赴任した上総国東金領は、水に恵まれず、収穫は天候次第という不安定な土地だった。村人の暮らしを守るため、島田は大きな事業を興す。2)雪に閉じ込められても話ができるように、互いの屋根の下を竹の筒でつなぐ二人の男。家に一人きりでも、様子を話すことで元気に過していたが、そのうち返事が来なくなり…。3)和尚は、不作に苦しむ村人のためにそら豆の木を育てようとするが、寺の小僧たちは大事な種を食べてしまう。和尚が嘆くのを見た小僧たちは、一粒だけ残った種で・・・
