Win the Ding 1617

Kiyohei Iguchi was carrying a basket full of cages for grasshoppers that he had worked all night yesterday. It was already autumn, and the townspeople at the market began to sell some songbirds for the children of rich families to play with. This katydid cage is just in time for the season.

If it weren't for the Chiba-style bun on his head and the poor ribs around his waist, just judging from the worn clothes on his body and the clogs that were almost rotten under his feet, how could he look like a famous gunman in the Western Army back then?

As soon as he walked into the densely populated market, Kiyobei ​​felt that the atmosphere was a bit abnormal.In the past, the shopkeepers who had been urging him to pay off the arrears quickly asked him with a smile on his face if he wanted to buy some more clothes.If you don't need it, do you want to add some to the wife and children at home?

Qing Bingwei's wife had died a long time ago, but there was still an old lady above, two sons and three daughters below, and a family of six mouths were waiting for him.Where is the spare money thinking about buying new clothes for winter?I don't know where the charcoal for the winter is!

Along the way, the colleagues kept being humble and courteous. Qing Bingwei was very clear about his current status. He was no longer the banner warrior in the Western Army, the former four-hundred-stone sharp warrior master, but just a man with no land, no salary, and no land. The master's ronin.Oh, compared to his former comrades, he seems to be stronger. At least, his childhood hobby, weaving baskets and baskets, barely allowed his family to have a mouthful of rice with whole grains and radish.And those colleagues, after the defeat of the Western Army and the turmoil in Kyushu, they could only wander around, running around like wild dogs.Steal and rob.

After turning two alleys, the busiest stone bridge was in front of us. Just after turning the corner, Qingbingwei couldn't help twitching his nose a few times, greedily breathing the long-lost aroma of rice in the air.

"Hey! I don't know which town master held a wedding today. It's so expensive."

Although the shogunate implemented two systems of Kanko and Shigao to entrust the daimyo after the turmoil in Kyushu, and the rice from the Ming Dynasty was several times more than that in Japan, but such a strong rice aroma can only be enjoyed by local people and people. It can only be heard when there are happy events in the families of the big names or important ministers of the shogunate.

With a bit of envy and curiosity, Qing Bingwei walked across the stone bridge carrying the burden under the strange eyes of everyone.

"Ok?"

on the bridge.Impressively set up a makeshift cooker.The tongue of fire happily licked the bottom of the pot, hot air continued to emerge from the pot, and bursts of white smoke diffused the aroma of cooked rice.Not far in front of the pot stove, a flag was tied on the willow tree at the bridge head.What is written on it.Qing Bingwei couldn't see clearly.But his intuition told him that this incident seemed to have something to do with him!

"Iguchi-kun!"

Someone greeted him humbly and affectionately.

"Mr. Saburo, over there. What happened?"

"The lords from the Ming Dynasty and the southern barbarians are recruiting soldiers there! All they want are ex-samurai lords like you! The salary is very good! Anyone who passes the preliminary examination can have a full meal there immediately!"

Saburo from Matsushita's house at the entrance of the hawker village who set up a stall together, pointed enviously at the dozens of ronin who were squatting on the ground and buried their heads in hard work not far away, and looked eagerly at the big sea bowl. Seaweed stew with rice and salted fish.

"Help me look after it!"

Maybe it was lured by the smell of the food, or maybe it was eager to change his fate, Qingbei put down the pick on his shoulder and rushed over immediately.

Under the banner, there was a long table, and several Ming masters and Nanman people gathered around the table to drink tea and talk.Seeing Kiyobei ​​approaching, he immediately cast his eyes on this guy who looked a little hunchbacked.

"Hey! Back off! This is the Nanyue Army and the Nanman Dutch under the command of Uncle Ning Yuan of the Ming Dynasty recruiting volunteers for the Kingdom of Portugal. You guys, look more clearly! As long as there are former warriors here who are skilled in martial arts and understand the art of war!"

A Fusang official reprimanded Qingbingwei a little arrogantly.

"Jiro! Let him come here!" A Ming military officer in armor yelled at Tongji Jiro. From the running posture of Kiyobei, he keenly discovered that this wrinkled guy must be a veteran. Oil seeds.

Qing Bingwei looked at the armor on the officer's body. This breastplate, coupled with the helmet and the battle robe inside, at least can only be owned by the banner next to the daimyo. He once participated in the volunteer team to quell the turmoil in Kyushu One of my colleagues has such a piece. I don’t know if it was picked up from the dead body of the officer in the Shimadzu family. He regards it as a treasure. After oiling it, wipe it carefully, and then wrap it tightly with cotton cloth and tissue paper.

"Stretch out your hand!"

The officer's voice was low and decisive, and it could be seen that he usually leads troops.

Qing Bingwei stretched out his hands in a panic and spread them out, allowing these Ming officials to observe carefully.

The calluses on the palm and the tiger's mouth silently explained the experience and identity of the owner of these hands.

"A former samurai?"

"Young Er's family has four hundred stone attendants." Qing Bingwei answered Tong Shi's question with a little pride.

The several officers nodded to each other, watching Qing Bingwei write down his name and the names of the original vassals and patriarchs on the registration list, they were able to confirm his identity as a former samurai.

"We are under the command of Uncle Ning Yuan, entrusted by the Dutch East India Company to recruit volunteers for the restoration of Portugal. Anyone who passes the inspection will have a salary of [-] shiba rice per year. If you don't want rice, you can also pay according to Nanzhong's price." Exchange it into cotton cloth or Tongbao, etc., and immediately send [-] shi of white rice as settlement expenses after signing the contract. There are four seasons of military uniforms every year, including three meals a day, and if you beheaded on the battlefield, you will be rewarded! Give six hundred shi of pension rice!"

The officer probably said it many times, and he spoke this set of vocabulary very fluently.

Four hundred shi salary, six hundred shi settling allowance, six hundred shi pension?This series of numbers caused exclamations from the idlers nearby.According to the standard of living in Fusang at this time, even after Qing Bingwei left, his old mother and several children could have enough food and clothing.

If it weren't for the non-stop endorsement by the neighbors who were doing business with Nanzhong merchants, and the delicious food next to it.Qing Bingwei was only afraid that he had encountered a liar.But after thinking about it carefully, I was relieved immediately!I am a small vendor who is so poor that I can only sell baskets, what can others lie to me?

whatever!Let's have a good meal first!

Taking the pair of chopsticks handed over by the cook, he picked up a huge sea bowl, not caring about the rice burning his mouth, Qingbei greedily picked up the rice into his mouth!

Although the Shaoer family is relatively poor among the big names in Kyushu, since Qing Bingwei can get the rank and salary of four hundred stone servants, they naturally have a lot of money in their hands.After the meal, when the officers recruiting volunteers began to conduct the second round of inspections on these ronin, no matter how fast they completed three laps around the main city within the stipulated time.He still lifted a 150-jin stone load over his chest and over his head.The soldiers and guards of the Qing Dynasty passed the level easily.At the final juncture of the art of war show, it was Qing Bingwei's specialty show. His marksmanship was comparable to that of Jian Yueshan's seven guns.but.Qing Bingwei despised those seven guys who betrayed Lord Taige.

"Okay! You've passed! Come sign the contract!"

Signed the contract with the seal of Ningyuan Bofu's Guanfang and the Tokugawa Shogunate, and pressed his bucket.Qing Bingwei was suddenly at a loss.What are you doing?

"This is the rice ticket for you to receive the resettlement fee. You can get it at any rice shop in Kyushu. Five days after receiving the resettlement fee, you will gather in the main city of your daimyo and board the boat! But, tell you, don't make any wrong ideas. , If you plan to abduct and flee privately, see if anyone here can report you as a deserter from our Southern Guangdong Army, do you know that there is a reward for reporting!?"

"Also, do you have a weapon yourself? If you have a weapon, you can take it with you after five days! Those who have a weapon can get an extra 150 shi!"

Qing Bingwei couldn't figure out what Zhegan was in his drowsy mind, he just wanted to go home and tell his mother and five children the news.By the way, make them a few meals of white rice.

This scene is constantly being staged in several cities in Japan with many wanderers.

In Kyushu, the area that had just been snatched back from the Shimadzu family, the Nanyue Army, at the request of the shogunate, recruited thousands of ronin in Kagoshima City as volunteers.

In Edo Castle, thousands of people were also recruited.For a while, the public security problem that troubled the shogunate's ronin everywhere was greatly alleviated.

"It's a pity that Shangguo needs too few posts!"

On the castle tower in Edo Castle, General Iemitsu of the Tokugawa family led the old Nakamatsuhira Nobutsuna to respectfully welcome Li Huaxuan, the third young marshal of the Southern Guangdong Army, and Zuo Tianpeng, the commander of the right-wing navy, who came to the banquet.

The two uncles and nephews were ordered to go to Fusang a month ago to recruit volunteers for the Portuguese under the banner of the Dutch.In fact, everyone knows that the so-called Fusang soldiers are just a group of cannon fodder, but they don't know why they are recruited in the name of the Dutch.

At first, Huaxuan was worried about whether there would be Fusang people who would be willing to serve as this soldier. It must be known that this soldier would have to travel thousands of miles across the ocean to fight.Even if there is a generous military salary, I am afraid that some people may not be willing to go.

Unexpectedly, after contacting the shogunate, the effect of recruiting these dead soldiers was amazing.The recruitment of [-] posts was completed in Edo, Kyushu, etc. in less than half a month. In addition to the areas directly under the shogunate, various daimyos also complained that the number of posts assigned to them was too small.

This is related to the national conditions of Japan.Since Yuan and Yanwu, especially after the turmoil in Kyushu was quelled, the devil's ronin has always been the heart disease of the Tokugawa shogunate.When the Shimadzu family was completely extinguished, a rough count showed that the number of ronin in Fusang once exceeded 30!How can this allow Takechiyo to sleep peacefully in Edo Castle?

Although these guys don't have the salaries issued by their masters, they can still carry knives around the market and become a hidden danger to public security.

Now that the Southern Cantonese Army has come forward to recruit soldiers for the Dutch, the shogunate doesn't care what will happen to these guys after they leave, they just wish they could all be buried in fish belly!

What's more, this time I came to recruit Fusang cannon fodder, oh, dead soldiers, the Southern Cantonese Army gave the shogunate another benefit, that is, the exchange of military salaries, food and rice for these dead soldiers was handled by the shogunate uniformly, and gave the shogunate a hand. chance of leakage.

Although the current shogunate can be said to be the dominant force in Japan, and its strength is enough to overwhelm all foreign daimyos, but who would let go of any opportunity to control others to strengthen themselves?

In this way, for Li Huaxuan's diet and daily life.General Tokugawa Iemitsu was more attentive to serving him than his father's second-generation Tokugawa General Hidetada.

This cannot be blamed on him, his eyes and ears vaguely heard that His Majesty the Emperor gave birth to a son, and the estimated date seems to be related to the young master of the Li family that day.The Tokugawa family don't believe in the saying that Amaterasu descended from Takamagahara, they are just fooling others. If they really believed that the Emperor's family was descended from gods, they wouldn't play with the public so much.

However, if there is any private relationship between the public and the Li family, this is what the Tokugawa family fears the most.

What's more, Takechiyo-san's position as a general was not easy to come by, and the Tokugawa family almost took over the heir apparent back then.After all, he was born by Kasuga Bureau, the nurse of the Tokugawa family.He was also born to Esai Asai as recorded in the family tree.He couldn't explain it himself, but after Jiaguang was born, he was raised by his wet nurse Kasuga Bureau.So gradually alienated from his biological mother Asai Jiang.So there are legends in the market.Iemitsu is actually the son of Hidetada and Kasuga Bureau.However, in order to deceive people, the banner of Asai Jiang was used.

And his younger brother Tokugawa Tadacho (whose baby name is Kunichiyo) who was also born in Asai E was deeply liked by his mother, and the more he looked at Takechiyo, the son, the more he disliked him.Moreover, he kept blowing the pillow in front of Xiuzhong, so that Xiuzhong wanted to make Kunichiyo, who was two years younger than Iemitsu, his heir.

This is the case among brothers.What's more, what's more, facing the public who has been calling for the return of the great government to the emperor, sometimes loud and sometimes small?

Therefore, Takechiyo was almost as filial to Li Huaxuan as a filial son, fearing that the third young master would be unhappy or dissatisfied with something, so he would do some small tricks below to make trouble for himself.

Several masters and servants wore socks made of snow-white Nanzhong cotton thread, and on the tatami mats made of rushes that can be seen to be wiped, they respectfully greeted Li Huaxuan, Zuo Tianpeng, Shi Lang and others. The party entered the castle tower, which symbolizes the power center of the Tokugawa shogunate.

With the highest standard banquet of the Tokugawa family, of course, the human body Sheng did not dare to serve it again, but sent someone to Chinatown and spent 20 taels of gold to invite a few masters of Chinese cuisine, preparing to use ingredients produced in Japan Entertain the third young master and his party.

Huge lobsters, waving crab claws, unfolded their bodies almost as tall as a child's crab, and were carefully cooked by skillful chefs. With the mellow hot rice wine, both the host and the guest were in a good mood.

"Your Majesty General, don't worry. Since ancient times, soldiers have been in fierce battles. If you kill 5000 enemies, you will lose [-]. On the battlefield, casualties are inevitable. These [-] people are only used by the Portuguese to capture Bangla. That Bangge It is said that the people have always been tough, and I am afraid that after the first battle, there will be very few left. At that time, we still have to ask the general to help!"

Zuo Tianpeng spent most of his life with the Shou Han, and saw many storms in the southeast and northwest. He didn't dare to say what these Japanese people were thinking.

Hearing Zuo Tianpeng's promise, the important ministers of the shogunate breathed a sigh of relief, as long as you are still fighting and recruiting dead soldiers in our country, then sooner or later, these ronin will be completely exhausted.

"Alas! However, the country is small and barren, the domestic fields produce very little, and the population of the living people is increasing, making it difficult to make a living. If there are too many idlers waiting, this generation will inevitably cause trouble."

Raising a wine glass that was not much bigger than a thumb, Songping Lao Zhongxin Gang raised his forehead high to Huaxuan, and toasted the third young master with noble etiquette.Others may have dealt with the Nanyue Army in vain, but he, Songping, thanked the Nanyue Army from the bottom of his heart.If there was no support from the Nanyue Army to the shogunate in terms of materials, commerce, financial resources, and military strength, then there would be no such veteran Huang Tengda who was in charge of trade and diplomacy with the Nanyue Army. old middle school.

The meaning in his words is very clear. Our country is poor, with a small land area, but a large population. There are few people who can be employed or cultivated. In this way, there will be more idle labor.If there are too many of these people, trouble will arise.For this matter, I still need the help of the masters of Shangguo.

Zuo Tianpeng and Li Huaxuan exchanged glances. Li Huaxuan, who is only sixteen years old next year, naturally has no opinion on such a major matter involving the national economy and people's livelihood, and just looks at Zuo Tianpeng with his eyes.

"Lord Matsudaira, although we are entrusted by others, we can only recruit 5000 troops. However, in general, in addition to soldiers, we also need countless civilians and auxiliary soldiers. If the general agrees, we can fight in Japan. Recruit some laborers and civilians from various places. Go to conquer Bang Gela from the army, and carry food, grass, gunpowder and equipment for the army."

Shi Lang, the sentry officer in command of a [-]-gun boat, was tearing at a lobster with great interest, and mumbled his own opinions in his mouth.

Recruiting wealthy Japanese laborers and bankrupt farmers to Nanzhong is nothing new, but it was the first time that they went to the battlefield as civilians.

However, both General Iemitsu and Lord Nobuzuna ignored the danger intentionally or unintentionally, and they only saw the beneficial side.

"I don't know how this generation is treated?"

Naturally, the salaries for moving grain and grass were not as high as those of the cannon fodder who went to battle.but.The good thing is that.The contract of these mercenaries in Qingbingwei is only five years, and the employer is Portuguese.The contracts of these civilian husbands are ten years old, and the employer indicated in the contract is the Ningyuanbo Mansion of the Ming Dynasty.

Five days later, more than a dozen lucky boats carried [-] fuso ronin volunteers for the Portuguese Restoration.The expedition across the sea began.

And everywhere in Fuso Castle Town.In the bustling place, the banner of the shogunate recruiting civilian husbands on behalf of Daming Ningyuanbo Mansion was erected.

but.At the banquet, Li Huaxuan once again threw an olive branch to the Tokugawa shogunate on behalf of Ningyuan Bofu.

That is to ask the shogunate to send people who understand finance and accounting and who are familiar with Duzhi to accompany the army to Banggela.Specially handle the matter of receiving food, wages and wages for these civilian husbands.

To be honest, tens of thousands of people's wages and salaries have been handed over. This is a fat job that cannot be fatter.Countless people in the shogunate, anyone who thinks they can keep accounts covet this job very much.However, when Zuo Tianpeng opened the sea chart and pointed out the location of Bangge La for everyone, he immediately made everyone lose their idea of ​​going to this place to make a fortune.

"Originally, I thought that Manlajia, Lijiapo, Java, Shizhou and other places under Ning Yuanbo's rule were already thousands of miles away from the absolute territory, but I didn't expect that Banggela was even beyond the absolute domain!"

The golden pie, which was originally very attractive, immediately became a poisonous apple in the hands of Snow White's stepmother.All the members of the Wu family who had previously asked their connections to dig their door, and even planned to wash their daughters and give them to the third young master to warm their beds, immediately shunned this matter.

"General Iemitsu, how about I recommend someone to you?"

Shi Lang, the naval sentinel, was full of sincerity.

He said that on the streets of Edo a few days ago, he saw a shogunate arguing with the townspeople about the price of goods. He reported dozens of purchased items casually, and at the same time clearly stated the discounts given by the stores for each type of goods.In an instant, he clearly stated the amount of Tongbao that needs to be paid to the shop, and the shopkeeper who was trying to fish in troubled waters was speechless.

"I think this person is fine!" Li Huaxuan finally gave his decision.

The obedience that Shi Lang mentioned was called Uchiyama Yongming. Although it was an obedience in the shogunate, it was a very unwelcome figure.The reason? He is similar to Wei Zheng of my Tang Dynasty. Although his master and the current general Jiaguang are brothers born to the same mother, they are like fire and water!That’s right, he originally worked at Dainagon Suruga Tadashi. A few years ago, Dainagon was imprisoned in Takasaki, Ueno country, and he followed him to live in seclusion in Fujioka, Ueno country. Although he was called to serve in Edo a few months ago , the whole family also moved from Ueno to Edo, but in the shogunate, he was still regarded as an alternative and alien.

Sending this annoying guy thousands of miles away to work for the shogunate is a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Then let Uchiyama follow the Eternal Ming Dynasty and serve in the shogunate of the great general who conquered Yi and went to Nanzhong Ningyuanbo's mansion!" General Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately agreed to Li Huaxuan's suggestion.A mere member of the shogunate, who is also the remnant lackey of his younger brother Tadaga, is the time for him to contribute to the shogunate. Who will he not go to?

Not to mention that Li Huaxuan asked Neishan Yongming to go by name, even if Li Huaxuan asked Jiaguang's daughter to sleep with him, Jiaguang would not hesitate to wash and dress up the princesses and send them to the third young master's abode without hesitation. For the third young master to choose!

"In order to let him do things with peace of mind, his family members should go together." Zuo Tianpeng took away Uchiyama Yongming's family without any hesitation.

"It's up to you, my lord!"

The host and guest toasted together, each with their own concerns and burst into laughter.

Bringing Uchiyama Yongming's family back to Nanzhong is the only task Shouhan entrusts to Huaxuan, Zuo Tianpeng, Shi Lang and others.

Although Shi Lang and the others didn't know why, they still carried out the secret order to the letter.

If he knew the other name of the three-year-old son Shinsuke in Uchiyama Yongming's family, he would understand Shouhan's intentions. (To be continued..)

ps: Guess the new assistant’s name and its meaning to the pig’s feet, and the one who guesses correctly will be rewarded with a shogunate princess!