different warring states of japan

In the middle reaches of the Tone River, there are powerful samurai in Yuliangjia and other places, because Yoshiyin's paintings and letters have caused commotion.

In the lower reaches of the Tone River, the Musashi Kingdom and the Shimosou Kingdom belong to the east and west sides. At this moment, in the territory of the Musashi Kingdom, Yoshihiro's letter of painting and deeds also caused waves.

There are 21 counties under the Musashi Kingdom, which is second only to the 44 counties of the Mutsu Kingdom and the second most counties in the world.

From west to east in Musashi, the three main rivers form a geographical shape similar to the word Chuan, namely Tamagawa, Arakawa, and Edogawa.

Among them, the Edo River is the lower reaches of the Tone River.

Musashi country has a lot of water, three main streams plus tributaries, the water network is dense, wanton cross flow in the vast plains, causing many floods.

The island country is no better than the celestial dynasty, and it does not have the spirit of concentrating power to accomplish great things like Dayu's flood control.

For thousands of years, the Musashi Kingdom has been guarding the fertile plains and suffered from poverty. Because the problem of flooding cannot be solved, it is impossible to develop the fertile land for thousands of miles and become the granary of the Kanto.

And this problem, now finally has signs of a solution.

Under the guidance of the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, funds from Kanto soil warehouses entered water conservancy management in the form of loans.

In particular, the huge Tone River diversion plan will make a once and for all diversion plan for the flooded Edo River Basin.

As long as the floods are solved and the fertile soil for thousands of miles is obtained, the stone height of the Musashi Kingdom can be increased from five to six million stones to more than one million stones. What an exciting and great cause.

Therefore, Shiba Yoshiin, who went to the countryside to inspect more than [-] villages in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, established the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, and provided loans to the locals for water conservancy, is the true god in the hearts of the locals.

The Hojo family occupied the territory of Musashi country, but they couldn't win the hearts of Musashi people, especially the counties east of Arakawa. Because of the Tone River water conservancy project in the past three years, the hearts of the people have completely belonged to Shiba.

Because Hojo Shiyasu used letters to persuade Dong Muzang to surrender, the Hojo family could not collect taxes locally.

In addition, the heart of the local area is Shiba, if one day there is a conflict between the Hojo family and the Shiba family, the Tobuzang counties may rebel immediately.

Therefore, the land of Dong Muzang has become a piece of chicken ribs for the Hojo family, and this is why the Hojo retainer group supports the Hojo clan's government, and the land of Dong Muzang is exchanged for a bed ticket.

According to the nature of the samurai who value land the most, if it weren't for the fact that the land of Higashi Musashi was completely indigestible, the Hojo family would not have given Shiba Yoshiyin for nothing.

But this gift is also particular.

The land of East Musashi sent by the Hojo family is not divided equally with the land of West Musashi, but the east of Arakawa, which the Hojo family cannot control.

That is, Adachi, Saitama, Katsushika and other counties to the east of Kawagoe Castle, and the lower reaches of the Tone River, which is dominated by the Edo River Basin.

And Yoshihiko Shiba's letter requesting to send troops was sent to this area.

Although there are only a few counties here, they are all plains and densely populated. For example, Osato County, a small county in the north of Saitama County, also has a town of 63 villages with a population of about [-].

According to the wartime mobilization of one out of ten, these sixty villages can mobilize 70 farmers and soldiers, and each village can produce six No. [-] strong women.

At this moment, in Jiuxia Village in Dali County, a group of village servants are holding a meeting.

The cold spring has just passed, and the weather has not yet warmed up. Under the big iron pot in the middle of the village house, there are still charcoal left, one black and the other wood.

The heads of several villages crossed their legs around the big iron pot, and the servants sent by the villages behind them sat outside one after another, crowding the huts to the brim.

There are also some people who are poking their heads outside the doors and windows, because they can't squeeze in, so they can only listen outside.

The few people in the innermost circle looked at the shriveled old woman who was still rubbing the straw sandals. This old fellow never forgot to work during the meeting. They saw that she had quick hands and feet, and she had already rubbed two shoe uppers in a short while.

An old woman with wrinkled skin couldn't bear it anymore and said.

"After a while, don't rub it anymore. Damn it, it annoys me. You called us over, what's the matter?"

Jiuxia put down the half-finished straw sandals, glanced at her, and cursed.

"You, Ji Jian, have always been very clever, don't you know why?
A few days ago, the members of the Shibo family rode across my yard on horseback, and every village in Dali County was not left behind. Why are you pretending to be stupid! "

Jiuxia took out a letter from his pocket, put it in front of him, and said.

"Don't pretend to be dumb, everyone, talk about it."

Everyone knows exactly why they came here today, and many people still have a letter similar to this letter in their arms.

After a long time, he snorted coldly.

"Da Ban, you speak first."

Ohata, who was named, was a thick and honest woman, with a troubled expression on her face, she just turned her eyes to Ji Jian.

Jiuxia sneered.

"It turns out that before the conference, the few of you had already had a small meeting and connected in private."

Seeing the attention of all the concubines, Ji was flustered, and secretly scolded Da Banan, an idiot who doesn't know how to hide, but his mouth is stubborn.

"What nonsense! I'm on the same road with Da Banan, what's the matter with chatting on the road!"

After a long time, he snorted.

"Okay, then what did you talk about, let me tell you about it, and refer to it."

Ji Jian, who was pushed into the corner, gritted his teeth, and said.

"With the beginning of the new year, everything is recovering, and every household is busy with spring plowing. How much you can harvest in a year's exhaustion depends on the hard work of the past few days.

According to the rules handed down from the ancestors, there is no rush to plow the spring, no rush to harvest the autumn harvest.After finishing the spring plowing, whatever can be said can be done, but they cannot be mobilized for these few days. "

Seeing that the words hadn't finished yet, Ji began to curse while pointing at her nose.

"See you! Fuck you, Dad!

On weekdays, the Samurai Giri Promotion Association sends people down to inquire about difficulties and dispatch water conservancy projects. Every time you cry miserably and poorly, you have to take advantage of it.

My old lady saw that you, Jijian Village, were indeed poor, so she didn't care too much about you.

But you have the advantage of rushing to the front, and shrinking back when you have something to do, what is it! "

Seeing that the words had already been spoken, Ji could only bite the bullet and hold his neck tight at the moment.

"You, the deep valley, have not taken less! Why are you rushing in front of me!"

Fukaya laughed.

"My old lady ate the sage's food and took the sage's benefits, so she couldn't do the thing of eating bowl noodles and picking up the bottom of the bowl!

You all feel your conscience, which famous family has taken us seriously?Apart from foraging for food, they didn't even bother to go to the countryside, lest they get stained with the mud in our fields!

Only the sage, remembering our sufferings, went down to look around, and when he returned, he sent us food and money, and sent people to plan water conservancy and lead us to do it.

You feel your conscience and say, in the past few years, the floods have weakened, and the grain harvest of each village has increased by a few percent?Is there always one or two percent?
And you, Jijian, since the reed marshes at the gate of the village have been less flooded, the scope has been reduced, and dozens of acres of land have been increased by burning wasteland to open up fields. Have you forgotten all the f---ing things?
What did you tell me now that spring plowing should not be delayed, and you still want to take advantage of me!

I'll tell you right now, my old lady has drawn half of the people back from the field, and she's going to go down to help the saint fight!

Isn't it just a [-]% reduction in autumn harvest? Before the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, there was a [-]% reduction in Laozi's village!This year, it's like going back to the past and starving for a year! "

Ji Jian's face was red, and his stiff neck rattled.

"Okay! You are so proud! Your family is not afraid of starving to death! But why do you let us all starve together!

It has been a rule since ancient times that it is not a crime to refuse to send troops when spring plowing and autumn harvest are busy! "

Jiushang grumbled grimly.

"Since ancient times, I have never seen noble people go to the countryside to visit us, send us money and food, and help us with water conservancy."

Da Banner on the side couldn't help lowering his head, with a look of shame on his face.Ji Jian glared at Da Banan and asked in a deep voice.

"Jiu Shang, tell me clearly, what do you think of us?"

Jiushang said coldly.

"What can I say? What can I do to you?

I'm 57 this year, and I haven't seen peace since I was born.

Ashikaga and Uesugi fight, Hojo and Ashikaga Uesugi fight, Hojo and Ota fight.

Fighting back and forth is the hegemony of the nobles, and we lowly people who are digging in the soil are responsible for delivering food and people, and dying for the nobles.

No one cares about us, we can only care about ourselves.

Over the years, the villages have united as one, vowed to their ancestors, to share the blessings and share the difficulties, and finally survived.

To be honest, I have never seen the blessings and sharing, and the sufferings and hardships are shared every year.

It has been more than 50 years, and since I can remember, the past three years have been a little better.

My wife doesn't fight in peace, so I don't have to worry about my daughter going out to kill people and being slaughtered, and I don't have to worry about my son-in-law crying miserably in the inner courtyard at night, and I don't have to worry about my granddaughter crying heartbreakingly, grandma, I'm hungry.

I have suffered and suffered all my life, and I never thought that I would see such a day when I am old, when the whole family happily eats a full meal and does not have to worry about tomorrow.

How long this good life can last, I don't know.But I know that if the sage has something good or bad in Xiazong, our good days will come to an end tomorrow!
Those noble people are high above us, will they care about our life and death?And only saints!The saint will bow his head and look at us with pity!
If the crops in the fields are reduced by 57%, we will be hungry for a year, but if the saint is gone. .I promise you with my [-] years of life, you will starve and suffer for the rest of your life!

Cherish it!Cherish the good days in front of you!Being able to live a year is earning a year!I wish the saint's youth will stay forever, immortal, onboard! "

Jiushang spoke faster and faster, his voice became higher and higher, and finally he was almost roaring, and even coughed out of breath.

The concubines in the house were silent and lonely, only the old woman's violent cough could be heard echoing in the village house.

I don't know who yelled first.

"Sage onboard!"

This seemed to have ignited everyone's hearts, and in an instant, the voices of the crowd broke through the roof.

"Sage onboard!"

The voices of all the concubines made Ji Jian's face turn livid, but he was powerless to refute.

Jiushang kept looking at her until the voices of all the concubines gradually faded away, and then said.

"You don't want to send troops, and I won't force you.

At the beginning, the villages swore together and became sisters to advance and retreat together.Today, if you can't do it, you have to quit.

From then on, everyone is safe and well, each goes his own way, and owes nothing to each other. "

Ji Jian gritted his teeth.

"Let's back!"

Jiushang said indifferently.

"Okay, who else but you?"

Ji Jian stood up, several people got up one after another in the room, Ohata hesitated for a moment, then stood up after him.

Jiu Shang nodded.

"Let's go, I will send back the affidavit you left in the monastery, and take out the one you kept at home and burn it."

Ji Jian nodded stiffly, turned around and left, and several people followed, only Da Banan looked at Jiu Shang and swallowed.

"I'm sorry, it's not that I want to do this, it's just that the village has finally had a few mouthfuls of food, so we really can't delay the spring plowing.

In fact, everyone just needs to wait for the end of spring plowing. .When it's over, we can send troops together, so why make such a fuss? "

Jiu Shang looked at her silently, feeling ridiculous for her stupidity and innocence.

When you are all ready for spring plowing and the daylily is cold, no matter whether the saint wins or loses, we are all ungrateful sinners.

No one paid any attention to Da Banan's words, she was so embarrassed that she died, Ji Jian, who had already walked outside the door, turned around and yelled.

"Ohata! Are you going or not! Don't be ashamed of yourself here!"

Da Banan was shocked all over, sighed helplessly, turned around and followed Ji Jian out.

As soon as she left the house, she saw her little daughter standing outside the door, looking at herself with a gloomy face.

Ohata stretched out his hand, patted his daughter's shoulder and said.

"Come on, let's go back."

The two got close, and Da Banan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

All the strength in her body seemed to be taken away. When she looked down, she could only see the handle of the knife under her ribs. The whole knife had been pierced under her ribs, directly into her heart.

Ohata raised his head with all his strength, and looked at the little girl in front of him. The little girl who had been doted on by her had a grim face at this moment, and pushed her down.

He wanted to say something, but Da Banan couldn't say anything, his body was limp and slumped on the ground, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't close them anyway, so he died in despair.

In her last consciousness, she only heard the righteous shout of her little daughter coming from her ear.

"Honorable saints beg for traitors, Heaven will punish the country's thieves!"

Ji Jian, who was walking in front, turned his head and found the unexpected situation, his eyes were red.

Dafan was stabbed in the heart by his own daughter, and his life and death were uncertain. Her daughter pulled out her waist and ribs and was cutting off her mother's head.

"Mother killer! Don't stop!"

Ji Jian wanted to rush forward, but a group of Ji warriors stood in front of her and threw half of their blades at her.

"Get out! Traitor! Get out of here!"

Ji Jian and the few people who left with her were so horrified to see the daughter of Da Banan cut off Da Banan's head, and just walked into the village house bloody, and retreated helplessly.

Da Banan's daughter mercilessly throws Da Banan's dead head in front of Jiu Shang.

"Daban village will participate in the mobilization and fight for the saint!"

I looked at this little girl for a long time.

"You are the master?"

Ohata's daughter cut her palm with a knife and wiped her forehead with blood.

"My mother was unfaithful and unrighteous, and I have already beheaded her for public display.

My eldest sister and I are studying in Siboling together, and we are both members of the Samurai Revival Society. We only have one leader and one voice in our hearts, and we are saints!

I swear by the glory of the blue-clothed people, the eldest sister must agree with my beliefs, Daban Village will definitely mobilize, please believe us, please! "

Jiu Shang looked at the daughter of Da Banan who kowtowed to the ground, and nodded.

"He's a sensible and good boy, and he's not a little bit better than the idiot Ohata.

Well, the affidavit of Daban Village will not be returned, and your family is still a member of our village alliance. "

Jiushang scanned the audience and shouted loudly.

"Since everyone is of the same mind, then I won't talk nonsense, and go back to mobilize each other, the saint is still waiting for us!"

"Hi!"

All the Ji warriors dispersed, leaving only Jiu Shang and Shen Gu sitting still.

Fukaya looked at Ohata's staring eyes and shook his head.

Asked for a long time.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Fukani replied.

"Ohata, an honest guy, was moved by Ji Jian's sweet words, but his own daughter cut off his head, which is pitiful.

I hate that Na Ji Jianzhen had the cheek to leave, I really couldn't swallow this breath. "

Looking at the concubines who had left the village house, Jiushang said calmly.

"Is there anything you can't hold your breath? After helping the saints, we will clean up slowly when we come back and see them."

Fukaya said in astonishment.

"Fuck them? According to the rules passed down from our ancestors, there is no war between our villages."

Jiushang sneered.

"I don't have bad rules, the affidavits are sent back and burned, and they don't apply the old rules.

Besides, the mobilization of the villages in advance has delayed the spring plowing, and the autumn harvest will be reduced by [-]%, what should be done about this gap?Let the villages starve this winter and watch those treacherous bastards eat and drink?

If they are unfaithful and unrighteous, don't blame us for being cruel and ruthless. If we turn around and flatten their villages and share their food, we will live a better life. "

Fukaya nodded.

"That's the truth."

She picked up Ohata's head and stood up.

"I'll find a place to bury Dafan. After all, they are sisters who have been around for decades, so they have a beginning and an end."

Jiushang nodded.

"Go ahead."