Pillars of the Wu family

Huzai Zongyi continued to write his diary. The best way to deal with Asayama Nichijo is to ignore him and let him play as he pleases, and he will always explain clearly what should be said. This is also gradually explored and summarized after several years of practice. The way to deal with it.

Hijo Chaoshan suddenly stood up and opened the doors and windows to check around, confirming that the courtyard outside the window was quiet, the cold night wind took away the heat in the bedroom, closed the doors and windows and walked back, Hijo Chaoshan showed an unprecedented serious expression: "Poor monk After entering, I found that these Yuezhong peasants were secretly organizing Yixiangyi. Several huts were crowded with dark crowds who seemed to be discussing about Yixiangyi. The poor monk did not know how many of them there were, because the past There are too many believers in the Zongzong, and the poor monk is afraid of showing his feet, and then he hurried around and came out."

"I have always been there?" Huzai Zongyi opened his eyes wide, carefully placed the brush on the inkstone, turned around and asked, "Why is there always? Has no one noticed their abnormality?"

Chaoshan Richeng shook his head and said: "This poor monk is not very clear. The poor monk just happened to bump into him when the followers were leaving, so he didn't have time to strike up a conversation."

"Tomorrow, the poor monk will go to Chunri Mountain City to report this matter."

Three days later, several temporary resettlement sites were suddenly surrounded by large armies. The Vietnamese peasants who were caught off guard were strictly guarded. The ban was executed on the spot. Although all the Vietnamese and Chinese farmers were scattered to several villages in the Guanchuan River Basin, a plot that had not yet started came to an abrupt end.

In the Whale House in a certain town in Naoetsu Port, two monkey musicians are performing the kyogen drama "Two Daimyo", each wearing an exaggerated mask.Accompanied by the side playing the taiko drum and flute, the witty and witty stories are told in detail.The wonderful repertoire and lifelike performance drew bursts of cheers.

It was evening when the song of monkey music ended.The ape musicians also packed their things and came to a dormitory near the Whale House. The two ape musicians who took off their clothes showed two similar but plain faces. Man, the one who played the taiko drum became the little granddaughter, and the one who played the flute was her mother.

When the four of them approached the room, it became very quiet. After a long time, a strong man wearing a bamboo hat walked into the room and sat down. If Xiaoban Xinzhen saw him, he would be able to reveal his identity. He was the one who followed that day. The leader of the Vietnam Travelers.

"Why did you leak the news? Can you bear the big thing if it breaks?" The old man's expression remained unchanged.The sound was weird like the sharp sound of cutting foam, and a pair of cloudy eyes erupted with a strong killing intent.

"It was the people below who made a big mistake. They thought that a group rebellion would achieve the best results. They refused to follow my command and even threatened the army brought by that person's executive officer. But please don't worry, we are fully prepared , other believers have long been broken up into pieces and integrated into various villages, even if something happens at one point in Yuezhong, it will not affect the great cause."

The old man stared at him blankly, and after a long time he snorted: "Don't underestimate the power of the Hattori ninja! Last time you were followed and almost ruined the big thing. Fortunately, my people reacted quickly and found that there was movement outside, so that Do something to scare the Hattori ninja away."

"Yes! We have learned our lesson! We were very careful when we came here this time. I used five substitutes to drive here from the castle town, and no one will follow me." The strong man sat down for half an hour and was already full. Head sweating profusely: "We will adjust as soon as possible. It is more convenient for farmers in Vietnam and China to spread out and connect together. Please trust us."

"Our time is very tight, we can't wait for you to adjust calmly, if you can't do the necessary cooperation, you know the consequences!"

"Please don't worry! We will definitely not disappoint that person's expectations! As for the fee payment..." The strong man deliberately emphasized the word "fee" in his tone, which attracted a stabbing glance from the expressionless middle-aged man.

"Give them!" As soon as the old man opened his mouth, the middle-aged woman took out two huge boxes from behind and pushed them in front of the strong man.

"500 taels of gold is exactly the same, please click!"

"No, no, no! We believe that you and that person will not lie to us, please rest assured that we will definitely make preparations before the date! If so, I will leave first!" The strong man picked up the burden and left slowly.

……

The busy spring sowing has ended one after another. This year, the first trial of diversified planting was successful. Grapes, tea, fruit trees, and a small amount of peppers and beets were planted on the mountains, and rice, potatoes, corn, pumpkins, and a small amount of wheat and soybeans were planted on the plains. The agricultural combination has formed a large scale to plant.

Grapes, tea leaves and all kinds of fruits are all purchased by Pipa House, and it is still in the pre-order mode. When the fruit trees start to bear fruit, they start to order these fruits. There are various trading methods. With the logistics channels of Pipa House, they can Yongle money, rice, cloth and other trading methods.

The introduction of new planting techniques and the great success in planting new grains greatly encouraged the farmers of Echigo. Inspired local agriculturalists began to study rice planting techniques day and night. Under the hands-on guidance of Omi farmers, they quickly Master the intensive farming methods from the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, due to the maturity of irrigation technology and the widespread use of fertilizers, the rice yield per unit area of ​​cultivated land has increased from one stone to two stones. This alone is enough to double the rice production of Echigo, although it is not as good as the new grain. The dazzling results also meet the domestic demand for rice.

After the settlement of grain production last autumn alone, in addition to deducting the reserved rice, there was also a surplus of nearly 27 shi of rice, which was enough to make Echigo, which was originally short of grain, become a major grain-producing country. The distribution channel of the house was sold to Kinai, which caused a huge sensation, and the deeds of Kira Yoshito as a first-rate civil servant in Echigo were also widely circulated.

The reputation of Koshihikari rice also resounded throughout Kinai. This kind of sweet and soft glutinous rice is very popular. It was donated to the shogunate, the imperial court, Kyoto Gozan, and Myounji each with five thousand stones, which received great response afterwards. The cultural people in Kyoto are full of praise for such delicious rice, and some cultural people once wrote several waka songs about Koshihikari rice.

Originally unknown rice in Hokuriku, because of its special growing environment, long winter, cold and snow.As a result, Echigo's rice can only be planted once a year.And not the favorite of Echigo farmers.The local wealthy family servants have eaten this kind of rice for generations, but they can't taste how delicious it is, so Koshihikari rice has never been famous.

Now all this is different, the brand effect is rapidly fermenting, and soon the orders for Koshihikari rice are in short supply, and some old people personally set several grades for Koshihikari rice. Medium on light rice.Joetsu's Koshihikari rice and so on.

The price trend of Koshihikari rice has also been soaring all the way, from the base price of 20 Wenyongle per stone to the high price of 18 Wenyongle per stone. Among them, some Koshihikari rice in Zhongyue Uonuma County even cost two. At the sky-high price above, more than [-] shikoshihikari rice was sold out in just two months, and the income alone was as high as [-] guanyong.

As a personal participant, every Echigo citizen shared the corresponding rewards. Among them, Kira and Nagao, which planted the least rice and the most land, shared 13 guan and [-] guan respectively, and the remaining [-] guan. Afterwards, the people of the country will share according to the proportion of income.Masaki Nagao ranked third with an income of [-] guan, which surprised many people.

The locust plague the year before last had a great impact on Echigo.This is not just a locust plague caused by a drought. In the eyes of the Kira family, it is the lack of water conservancy facilities, the prevention and control of the plague, the disaster response is not decisive, and the local people are not willing to cooperate. Caused by many reasons.

The seemingly nonsensical appearance supported their efforts to hold meetings and discuss for a whole year. Soon, some officials found that chickens and ducks eating locusts can effectively reduce the flood rate of locust plagues, so they consciously increased chickens and ducks breeding last year, and put Adding a large amount of locust eggs and locust eggs, it really has a good effect.

Since the autumn of last year, chicken and duck breeding has gradually become a new requirement. The manure produced by chickens and ducks has been warmly welcomed as a raw material for compost.

On the other hand, the new fertilizer planting method greatly increases food production and ensures that the soil fertility of the cultivated land will not be reduced. However, planting pumpkins and corn requires a lot of fertilizer, and alfalfa grass also requires a lot of fertilizer. Rice does not need much fertilizer. A lot, even if it is not much, it cannot withstand the consumption of large-scale planting.

The lack of effective animal manure has brought the development of agriculture into a bottleneck period. In the past few years, many agronomy experts have gone to the countryside to do investigations. I don’t know how many times. Yoshitomi Kira is often pulled over to act as an audience, but he really doesn’t know much about agriculture. If you are proficient, it is good to know nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and you can only grasp the blindness of more advanced agricultural theories.

Today happens to be the once-a-month spring sowing meeting. The place of the meeting is randomly chosen in front of the grain drying field in a new village near Kashiwazaki Port. The participating officials come from Mikawa, Omi, Echigo, Shinano and other areas. Fuck everyone It is a joy to come and go with various dialects.

Tadaka Ina, as the initiator of the topic, the project leader and the host of today’s meeting, is responsible for the important part of the speech: “Every year there will be some pests, and pest control becomes the biggest problem. According to the introduction of agronomy expert Li Ding, we found that some plants It has a universal insecticidal effect. For example, the poisonous and harmful castor has been ignored. The castor leaves can be smashed into juice and doubled in water spray to effectively kill insects..."

"I have a question!" Lord Kashiwazaki raised his hand and asked, "What is a spray?"

"I just have a few spray bottles here, you can take a look! The lid is a bayonet that can be opened, the bottle can hold water, the bottle cap controls the water spray, and the wooden handle is connected to a bamboo tube that leads to the bottom of the bottle. Press the wooden handle to push and pull the lever, do the action of inhaling air, and spray the water mist.”

"What does that mean?" Dozens of people were dumbfounded, completely unable to understand what he was talking about.

Ina Tadashi's family was not good at talking at first, and they were honed through years of government affairs, and the embarrassed expression flashed across their faces: "Actually... I don't really understand, this is a small fry I wrote down, according to the gram Mr. Lunberg explained that this spray bottle is also a product invented by Mr. Cronenberg, and we are authorized to produce it, but we must pay him twenty Yongle coins for each bottle."

"Can it really kill insects? Is it useful to spray it?" Many people expressed doubts.

"So this year's trial will require everyone's cooperation. Please rest assured that once the losses caused by pesticides in the rice fields are damaged by the villages participating in the trial, we will fully compensate you, so please cooperate with us!" Ina Tadaka tried his best to bow.

Kira Yoshishi has been wandering in the sky for a long time.Somehow, a sentence popped up: "Can locusts be used? For example, they can be ground into powder for chickens and ducks. There are also loaches and small fish in rice fields to eat? Let the children catch locusts, and give some compensation for every catty of locusts, such as three points. Those with food rewards..."

Ina Tadashi thought about it for a while, and felt that it was feasible: "Is it encouraged to catch locusts when locusts are flooding? It is a good idea to raise chickens, ducks, and fish. I don't know how much they can increase production. It is a good idea, and the compensation standard needs to be further confirmed. "

"By the way, there is also the cage farming concept mentioned by the owner last time. We can also try it, isn't it just laying down four wooden stakes and surrounding it with two layers of fishing nets? It's not that difficult!" Ben Duo suddenly Reminds me of a concept mentioned at a review meeting a few months ago.

A large number of freshwater fish are cultivated in rivers, lakes and other living water areas. The grown fry can be transferred from relatively quiet fish ponds to cages, relying on the rich plankton in the living water and regular feeding to ensure the growth of fish.

A not-so-long pilgrimage ended after Ina Tadakaya’s concluding speech, and Yoshitoki Kira made his final conclusion: “In ancient times, people lived in hardships without enough food to eat and sleep in the open, so the gods and Buddhas forbade us to eat meat and fish, because they worried that we would fall into Insatiable greed eventually destroyed this land, and now Echigo has abundant products, and the farming of chickens, ducks and fishes has been gradually accepted by local farmers. All of these are created by your hard work! On behalf of the Kira family Thank you for your hard work!"

With the current civilization situation, the breeding and eating of chickens, ducks and fish can be gradually opened up.Swimming in the water flying in the sky is not a big problem, the most sad threshold is the game running on the ground, no matter whether it is wild boar, rabbit, bear or wild deer, you can't touch it at all, even if you touch it, it will be covered with a strange name.

For example, the semicolon noodle house wholly owned by Kira's Pipa House sells mountain whale meat, mountain carp meat, mountain crucian carp meat and other series that are substitutes for pork, beef, and mutton. They all start with the standard "mountain" character, and they will not admit it even if they are coerced or lured.

The supply channel of the noodle house comes from the Pipa house, which comes directly to the thinly sliced ​​meat. It has been open for so long and has not been caught. Customers of cooked food such as Chaoshan Richeng know the way without mentioning it. .

At the beginning of March, Kira Yoshishi went to the horse farm to inspect the breeds of horses. It happened to be the estrus season for the horses. Several majestic horses were mixed with a few fixed mares to prepare for breeding. The male horses were two and a half years old. Breeding is possible, mares mature and settle in size at the age of five, while males do not stop growing and become fully grown until the age of six.

Stubborn John has the same temperament as Karl, insisting on letting these steeds be familiar with Echigo for three years. By this year, this batch of male horses will enter the breeding period at the age of six, but he is right to do so. The mares mature first and the males Not too young, premature offspring will consume the lifespan of a stallion.

"It's too slow to be able to give birth to the next generation after a year! Fortunately, I can breed again every six months... No! It's still too slow. I have to find some female Kiso horses to try to reproduce." In the remote horse breeding base in Kariwa County, Yoshitoshi Kira was determined to cultivate more war horses as soon as possible. At the current speed, he did not know how many years it would take to form a large scale. He called Xiao Xing to make a memorandum so that he could mention it at the next evaluation meeting.

This short trip to the countryside on the ship Antaka came to an end. As a summary of the work, Yoshitoki Kira sighed with emotion: "The mission of human beings is to reproduce, but reproduction is not the most important thing. Survival and dignity Equally important! Premature marriage and childbirth will make people age prematurely, so young couples should not start a married life too early. Health preservation lies in keeping one’s heart clear, eating more and eating less. For a beautiful life, I also need to take care of my body!”

"Unique insights, incisive expositions! You are worthy of being a learned and talented curator!" Hosokawa Fujitaka clapped his hands and laughed.

Leaning at the handsome Hosokawa Fujitaka, Yoshiki Kira asked calmly, "By the way, there are already three members in my family, is there anything wrong with you?"

Facing the inquiries from the lord and relatives, Hosokawa Fujitaka wiped the cold sweat off his brow and replied, "This...the wedding date will be delayed a little bit, maybe a few years."

“还要在等？你都23了？你那那位也十三了，再等下去可就26了！26了哟！”故意提醒26是来自农民只有26岁才准许结婚的梗。

The Gongqing Wu family did not have this kind of late marriage problem, but because of the influence of the Yingren Rebellion, the Gongqing Wu family was generally poor.There are many people who can't afford to marry a wife and can't support a family.It's not surprising that people like Kujo Tetsutsuru lived in bankruptcy and lived in seclusion all their lives without a real wife.

Hosokawa Fujitaka has extraordinary talent, both talent and appearance.Moreover, he is young and rich, and his status is stable. Other families have already urged his daughter to hold a disclosure banquet, but Numata Hikari uncharacteristically insisted on his own opinion, saying that it was agreed at the beginning, and he would not be able to do so until his daughter turned 15 years old. Get married.

"I really don't understand what Uenosuke is thinking." Although he has such a relationship with the Numata family, Kira Yoshitoki would not call Numata Hikaru and his father-in-law. His father-in-law is only the late Nagao Mikage. Counting Tiger Hime's adoptive father, Konoe Keke's honorary adoptive father, there are only two.

Seeing this, Fujitaka Hosokawa hurriedly changed the subject: "I don't know how Kasuga Yamashiro's preparations are. Honjo Echizenmori's wedding must be extraordinarily grand! It's really enviable!"

"Don't be envious, sooner or later it will be your turn!"

"Then I will borrow a good word from the Master Master!"

……

On March [-]th, Kasuga Mountain City was decorated with lanterns and festoons. The one who got married today was Nagao Ohime, the daughter-in-law of the Sanjo Nagao family, and the groom was a former important minister of the Nagao family. Later, they came from big families with famous names and surnames, and they all had their own relatives and connections. On the contrary, it was more lively than the three scenes of Kira's family.

As the instigator who personally destroyed the three Nagao clans, Nagao Jinghu felt somewhat guilty towards Nagao Ohime.The lineage of Nagao Jinghu is called Funai Nagao, because Nagao Takakage has served as the guardian of Echigo for generations.Therefore, the residence was moved from Sanjo Castle to Echigo Prefecture and the name was changed.

After that, Sanjo Castle was handed over to the branch family of the same clan, and they became the new Sanjo Nagao family. 12 years ago, in 1544, when Nagao died of illness, Kasugayama Castle was once captured by Kuroda Hidetada. At that time, Nagao Jinghu, who was only 14 years old, returned to play for his elder brother Nagao Haruki.

The first battle he came out of the mountain was a tough battle. Nagao Junjing of the Sanjo Nagao family raised the flag to rebel, and the young Nagao Jinghu was ordered by Nagao Haruki to attack the Sanjo Nagao family. He only had more than 100 cavalry warriors , and on the opposite side, there are more than 200 riders and [-] ashigaru in Sanjo.

Moreover, many people in China and Vietnam clearly want to respond to Nagao Junjing’s rebel army. Once this force is assembled, Nagao’s family will be unable to resist. Therefore, in an extremely dangerous situation, Nagao Jinghu calmly judges the gap between the two sides, Decided to take advantage of the time when the enemy was out of the city to meet them, and decisively decided to make a frontal assault, breaking Nagao Junjing's cavalry team in one fell swoop, and beheading Nagao Junjing with his own hands.

During this war, his ankle was injured, and after the war, he dealt with the rebels in the city non-stop. He had no time or conditions for medical treatment, so the root cause of the disease fell.

Haruki Nagao gave him the order to completely destroy the Sanjo Nagao Clan and regain the Sanjo Castle. During the execution, he found Nagao Oo who was just under one year old, so there was the idiot Xiao of the Nagao family. The legend that maids never go unpunished.

Out of remorse for the tragedy of catching up with the cannibalism in the first battle, Nagao Jinghu was extraordinarily generous to this "adopted daughter", and gave a specification slightly inferior to Nagao Huji, and several women from the Nagao family personally made it His female companion, Aya Nagao, who just gave birth to her second son, Usong, also attended the disclosure banquet with the careful support of the maid.

Masaki Nagao loves his wife very much, especially when he just gave birth to a new baby son at the Nagao family for him, so he hurriedly asked Jinghu Nagao for amnesty to let her go back to rest. As the important female guest of the wife, Hu Ji could not accompany her, so at the initial reveal banquet ceremony After it was over, I hid in the back quiet room to talk with the bride Nagao Ohime.

Honjo Shigecho doesn't have the special treatment he had when Kirayoshi was back then. He has to stay here to accompany the banquet guests. As the current lord of Honjo Shigecho and also has the special relationship between Axu and Tiger Princess, he must give a qualified wedding gift. OK.

"Last time I received dozens of knives, a dozen horses, gold, silver, jade plates, tea utensils, iron cannons, books, etc. A lot of messy things... The gifts from relatives and friends are not easy to transfer, so I'd better give them to him." Take the knife!"

Called Iwazurumaru to tell him to send him away, only to notice two people who attracted attention. These two people attracted attention not because of their special appearance or disheveled clothes, but because of their sad and unhappy faces. The expression of forcing a smile on his face is extremely inconsistent with today's festive and lively atmosphere.

These two are Kanto governor Uesugi Kensei, and when Shinano Hara guarded Ogasawara, both of them came from famous samurai families and they are also downcast here. They are not welcome here. When I met them today, I felt a little sympathetic. You drink a cup and sigh, I drink a cup and sigh.

"It's almost time for these two people to close the net after hanging out for so long. I'm afraid my brother will be dissatisfied if they hang out any longer." Ji Liangyishi caught a glimpse of Nagao Jinghu's eyes.Knowing that he probably sees all this in his eyes.

If we put the current situation three years ago.It is likely to be the rhythm of throwing cups as a sign and ordering troops to fight against rebellion. Now, after a serious illness, he has been cultivating his body and mind for two and a half years. He has devoted his body and mind to landscapes, poetry, and Buddhism. To be able to say that Kira Yoshitoshi was stunned, his spiritual cultivation was much higher than that of a few years ago, and he had already washed away all the impatience in his body.

The banquet lasted from noon to evening.Changwei Jinghu can't drink alcohol, and he has cultivated himself for many years, but he can't help this smoky liquor store. He just shows up at noon and evening and then gets up and leaves. Hu Ji, Axu and many female guests also leave at the same time. It is more interesting to drink and fight with the old men, and hide behind to play new military chess and checkers.

As soon as Echigo's dragon left the venue, the imprisoned banquet was alive, and there were a lot of people who were drinking and playing games, and even gesticulating and drinking. After drinking for half an hour, some people drank and fell unconscious.

The moon is rising higher and higher, and the sky is very beautiful today.The bright moonlight sprinkled the spring mountain city, and at this time the banquet also entered the real climax.Most of them are still priestesses from shrines. They wear white sleeves and gowns, scarlet hakamas and white socks on their feet. They dance with beautiful gilt pendants on their heads. The drunken Echigo warriors shake their heads and beat the time.

Just after the shrine music and dance ended, a group of ape musicians came onto the stage playing taiko drums and flutes. This time, they did not perform the face-slapping "Night Run" to spoil the bridegroom's interest, but replaced it with the more orthodox ape music "" "Fun Benkei" tells the story of Minamoto Yoshitsune leading an army out to sea from Setzu Amagasaki Omonoura to pursue the Heike family.

This monkey music is divided into three parts: the first, the middle and the last. At the beginning, Jing Yuqian bids farewell to Yuan Yoshitsune. The girl who plays Jing Yuqian is a [-] or [-]-year-old girl. The beauty of the banquet made the eyes of the samurai attending the banquet straighten unconsciously.

The nearest Echigo samurai, Hitachi, praised: "Such a dance is really superb!"

The little girl who played Jing Yuqian seemed to hear the praise of the samurai, and she smiled shyly and sweetly at the audience. In the middle is the part of Kyogen, and there are many characters on the stage. Sutra and the other three of the Four Heavenly Kings of Yoshitsune.

In the second half, the Omoura fisherman was replaced by Hirachimori. In one of the fierce performances of drawing swords and dancing, the samurai playing Minamoto Yoshitsune first took out a wooden bow and made an archery movement, and then Hirachimori fled backwards.

At this moment, Wudou entered the most intense moment, Minamoto Yoshitsune drew out his sword to fight Hiratomoori, many people only felt a flash of white light in front of them, and only then did some people notice that the ape musician playing Minamoto Yoshitsune was actually holding an open sword too knife.

And the ape musician playing Minamoto Yoshitsune seemed to have stumbled, and rushed towards Kira Yoshitoki. The audience in the hall was so drunk that they didn't realize it. The Taidao slashed down fiercely.

"Beware of assassins!" Several voices came out at the same time, and the bright white light was like lightning flashing across his eyes. Yoshihiro Kira almost jumped up in shock, subconsciously raised his foot and kicked the case away, and retreated while rolling and crawling.

"Come and capture the assassin for me!" A loud roar woke up all the drunken warriors, and even the groom, Honjo Shigenaga, also jumped up, and threw them at the assassin several times.

"Kacha!" The assassin's swordsmanship was outstanding, he deftly turned around and swung his knife to break all the projectiles that were thrown over him. He rolled and dodged, leaving only a strand of hair and half a piece of clothing on the sharp sword.

From the beginning of the banquet to the present, only a few sips of sake is symbolic and the advantage of staying awake is shown. The instinct of survival keeps discovering his potential. Every time the knife light fell, it cut a gap in the tatami, and when it was about to roll to the end, Kira Yoshishi yelled frantically: "I can't die! Someone escort me!"

"I'm here too!" Ben Zhuang Fanchang swooped and knocked the assassin away, holding his arms tightly and shouted: "Master! Get rid of this person!"

"Okay!" Yoshiki Kira stood up in embarrassment, not caring about the black hat rolling off and letting his long hair fall, just in time to see Iwazuru Maru standing in a corner holding a Taidao in a daze, and grabbed the sword Stab it hard.

"Pfft!" A knife was inserted into the neck and then twisted violently, a fresh head on the neck was cut off, blood spurting everywhere splashed all over his body, dyeing the pure white hunting clothes red.

"Be careful!" An urgent voice came from behind, followed by a loud "Bang!" from behind, and Yoshiki Kira was shocked and stood still. (To be continued..)