Pillars of the Wu family

Time passed quickly, and it was mid-September in the blink of an eye. The huge benefits of the autumn harvest were then calculated. Because of the initial use of fertilizers for planting, and the fact that the Kira family rented oxen to plow the land to improve production efficiency, the annual tribute of the Kira family reached [-]. Five thousand stones, leading Shigao to break through the [-] stone mark for the first time, reaching [-] stones. Compared with the original statistics of [-] stones, the production increased by [-] stones. This has to be said to be a miracle.

Farmers in Shiga and Takashima counties are also singing and dancing to celebrate this. Now no one doubts what Kira Yoshishi said at the time. Whoever dares to say "no" to Kira's family in the two counties may not be able to walk out safely. The land of two counties.

The bumper harvest of the Kira family also heralds the bumper harvests of Shiga and Takashima counties. Because Omi joined the army, Takashima Qitou officially became an official of the Kira family. Takashima County also tried the new agricultural laws of the Kira family, but local Chinese The level is still somewhat hesitant, so there are deviations in the implementation of the law, and the total income is not as high as imagined.

But even so, the overall grain income of Takashima County has increased by nearly [-]%, which makes those wealthy families who are obsessed with yin and yin and do not cooperate with the implementation of the Kira family's decree. The civil lawsuit took this opportunity to further consolidate the influence of the Kira family on Takashima County.

The townships in Shiga County that are not under the direct control of Kira's family have made huge profits because they followed the pace of Kira Yoshitoshi. On average, the stone height has increased by about [-]%, and some areas that were originally barren have increased even more, even more than doubled. , The news of the bumper harvest in the Kira family's territory also spread wildly in Kinki, and the staggering food growth rate also made Kira Yoshitoki an outstanding civil administrator.

Although very proud, Kira Yoshitoki was not satisfied.Because farmers in this era still use the simplest farming mode.Very unfamiliar with intensive farming.Yifan's land is about 991 square meters, and the average grain output is only about one stone. One stone of grain is equal to more than 300 catties. The grain output is really pitifully low.

This is his first year of agricultural reform. First, he will carry out preliminary reforms in fertilizers and farming techniques. In the future, he will gradually promote agricultural planting techniques. On the contrary, the grain output has changed from an average of more than 300 catties to 330 catties. What kind of growth is this? ?It’s not enough to watch at all. Don’t forget that the grain yield per mu of the Ming Dynasty had already exceeded 300 catties in the same period.On the contrary, the land is half as much as one mu of land, and the grain output is not as much as one mu of land, which is so embarrassing.

What's more, the Lake Biwa area is one of the main grain-producing areas and high-yielding areas. The grain production here is still the same, let alone those small places. The Tosa country is only [-] koku. There is no large-scale castle town, so there is only so much mass production. In addition to the fact that the lord concealed Shigao's evasion of military service, it is also related to poor farming skills and farmers who do not understand farming skills.

At the same time, there is another piece of good news.The crops planted in the trial have achieved amazing harvests, and the two crops of potatoes and pumpkins have reached or exceeded the harvest of 8 stones on the same land.Although the corn is slightly lower, it is not bad. On the contrary, 7 shi is quite high. Although it did not meet his prediction, it is not bad. What surprised him is that the beet reached 12 shi, the pepper 8 shi, and even the alfalfa. The yield of 10 stones, the grapes just started fruiting less yield is excluded.

This astonishing news was blocked immediately. All the grain was harvested and kept as seeds. The grapes and peppers were sent directly to the samurai of Kira’s family to share. Finally, they were asked to keep the grains and recycle them. It's a trick, but it doesn't affect his popularity for this sweet and sour fruit. On the contrary, peppers are not used much in cooking, because they don't know how to cook this kind of food.

At present, there is a lack of white sugar and wine cannot be made. It can only be grown as a seasonal fruit, but it is unexpected that peppers are neglected. Since others don’t like it, he keeps it for himself. Not too stretchy, after drying, it can completely replace mustard as an ingredient in cooking.

In order to promote the new planting technology, the shogunate invited Kira Yoshitoki to Kyoto to give lectures, but Kira Yoshitoki felt that the effect of the lectures might not be good. Together with the ministers of the imperial court, they invited them to visit Sakamoto Castle. Seiji Konoe and Yoshito Ashikaga saw that the rice fields were harvested and the straw was being distributed and cleared. So the shogunate's Fenggong Ishitani Mitsumasa asked what they were doing.

Yoshitoshi Kira told them that this is harvesting straw, which can be used as a raw material for fertilizer. Green manure is fermented with various straws, branches, and leaves as raw materials for the fertilizer needed in the soil. Of course, the raw material for fertilizer is only one kind, and it can also be used as Farmers' kindling fuel, always popular.

After visiting the rice fields, I went to Sakamoto’s granary and saw a large pile of extra-large granaries. Shimonoseki Bai Konoe Haruji and Gongfang Ashikaga Yoshito were moved. Every one of these granaries can tell At least tens of thousands of catties of grain can be stored, converted to a stone height of 100 shi for a barn. The Kira family has built more than [-] of these barns, which means that there are at least [-] shi of grain. one sight.

In the evening at the newly built Katada Imperial Palace, during the dinner party, during the banquet, Kira Yoshinori was also taken to accompany him to perform a performance of saru music and calligraphy. It turned out that they were holding a song water poetry meeting. First, Konoe Haruji sang: The words are connected in a row, and the autumn is sealed by the sunset, and the shadow of Luhan reflects the hibiscus brocade, just like a poem in the same text."

"Wonderful! I'll do a song too!" Jiuwo Qingtong exclaimed, clapping his palms together: "The leaves are gradually turning yellow and the trees are shaded in autumn, and the horses can't bear to sing when they stand still. The dawn comes and dews like frost, and the setting sun outside the crows is red all over the forest!"

"Then it's time to spare!" Ashikaga Yoshito thought for a while, and said together: "All the sages gather at the head of the river for a feast, and the Qushui flows to pick chrysanthemums for a tour, and the flowers are made into Zhuang Zhou's big chrysanthemums, and eight thousand autumns are placed on one branch!"

Then one after another poems were written, and everyone's eyes turned to him. Yoshihiro Kira had been thinking since he entered the arena. When the rain chants, the beeping sound awakens the dream of a passenger ship, what a chime in the middle of the night in Hanshan Mountain!"

"What a poetic talent!" A group of ministers praised Ji Liangyi for being both civil and military, and his youth and wealth could not be avoided in what he said, and the envy in his words was very clear.Obviously because of the wealth and fame of this little guy.

Seeing the time is too late.Hosokawa Fujitaka said: "Then I will write a poem as the end of the poetry meeting... The sound of white cranes can be heard clearly for nine days. Xia Ling is just wishing safety, ten states and three islands are in the hands of the emperor, and a thousand-year-old fairy bird is in front of the emperor!"

There are also singing and dancing performances invited from the imperial court. Of course, there are also anecdotes and strange events interspersed. The ministers are a group of very interesting people. go.

Ashikaga Yoshito took Kira Yoshitoshi to sit down in Tongma in the imperial palace and invited him to sleep on the same couch.Although he knew that this was a way to show the close relationship between the two, he still felt goosebumps came out, and he had no choice but to accept the public's kindness, but fortunately he was not a gay, so he spent the night safely with such anxiety Pass.

The next day, Yoshitoshi Kira, who had dark circles under his eyes, had to face Ashikaga Yoshito's inquiries again, such as whether the shogunate's imperial office can be implemented, how to implement it, how it is managed, and how to appease the local people and farmers. As soon as he explained, Ashikaga Yoshito was very envious of his strong control over his retainers.It's a pity that both the Fenggong people and the Gao family members of the shogunate have their own territories.The Imperial Materials Office below only collects food and taxes, and cannot enjoy other things, so he can only look at the more than 100 barns in Kirayoshi and drool.

While he was busy, he heard the news that Nagao Jinghu’s Shangluo team had arrived in Wakasa Bay. It was said that the last contact was more than half a year ago. At that time, Nagao Jinghu wrote to tell him that he planned to go to Luo. Going to Luo once seems to be a matter of next year. How can he go to Luo if he doesn't finish the first Chuanzhongjima?

But this year he really finished fighting Kawanakajima for the first time, but at that time he was busy fighting with Miyoshi's family in Katsurakawa, and he didn't have time to care about a non-intense battle in Shinano country, and then he was busy. He has been busy so far and has not been idle. In contrast, Kansuke Yamamoto is busy all day without touching the ground, just to deal with the pensions of the soldiers who died in the war, and to recruit soldiers again after recovering from injuries.

However, it is so easy to find soldiers. The total population of the entire Omi country is only about 50. Shiga and Takashima counties are relatively densely populated because they are adjacent to Gyeonggi. The reconstruction of the city and the expansion of the castle town attracted many floating population to settle down, and only then did the population of the two armies reach 8, one-fifth of which were town residents. This level of urbanization is already exaggerated.

The population of newborns is quite large, and it has grown rapidly in the past two years. Hundreds of newborns are born almost every month. Especially in the first half of this year, the widows who died in the Omi Ashgaru battle gave birth to many children. The population of newborns in the two counties has increased by more than 5000, but this is not enough.

High-quality soldiers need men of the right age to serve. In this era, only men between the ages of 15 and 45 are eligible to join the army. The military service requirements of the Kira family are more stringent. Those who are over 40 years old are not required to undertake military service for any reason, and they are disabled. Those who have no siblings and no wives or children are not allowed to undertake military service.

Coupled with the number of men of the right age who died in these several joint battles, the number of people who can be recruited is very small, and with the reform of agricultural technology, the demand for population in rural areas is gradually increasing, so although the Kira family has given a good job treatment, but there is still a gap in local recruitment.

Although the loss of Sanhe Bei is not large, it is more difficult to replenish, because the population of Sanhe country is smaller, and it is more difficult to supply. Fortunately, the Kira family and the Imagawa family have reached a marriage alliance offer, and the recruitment of the Kira family to Mihe country. It also opened the door to convenience. All the people of Mikawa Kingdom went to Kyoto to serve the public, and the resistance of Mikawa's native land was weaker, so Imakawa Yoshimoto was very happy for him to recruit soldiers.

Fortunately, the Kira family did not only recruit soldiers from the two counties, including Asai County and Ika County in North Omi, Lita County in South Omi, and Yezhou County. The treatment is very satisfactory, and I also admire the prestige of the Kira family, so the gap in Omi Sibei was quickly filled, but the quality of these recruits is worrying, and it is difficult to form effective combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Most of these newly added people are bankrupt or landless refugees, and some criminals or wandering samurai who have made mistakes in the master's house are mixed in, and the quality of soldiers is even worse. According to Yamamoto Tokiyuki's suggestion, simply Throw them into the concentric group for training, as long as they can maintain law and order and guard the city.

His wanton recruitment of soldiers naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Liujiao and Asai clans, but they couldn't stop them. The Kira family offered such a good treatment, but the low-level samurai of these two families were already a little tempted, and the two families could only condemn them. Kira's behavior, while busy extinguishing the little sparks in the house.

Kira Yoshishi, of course, did not care about their condemnation. He had just won a great victory for the shogunate, and now his will represents the shogunate to a certain extent. It was these people who took the initiative to join the Kira family when they came to their prefectures and counties. Even if the lawsuit was brought to the shogunate, it cannot be said that the Kira family was at fault. (To be continued..)