A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The grand banquet ended in peace and harmony. Everyone was happy. The townspeople and the countrymen all got the answers they wanted. They felt relieved and left one after another.

At night, Koheita lives directly in the residence hall in Ejiri Castle. There was a strong wind at night on the castle keep, and it was still cold now, so I really didn’t want to go to the wind. Moreover, in the summer, we live high up without any shelter, and the sun gets even hotter. This castle is really not a good home environment.

After settling down, the few accompanying warriors also made their own arrangements. Chen San and Aji slept in Xiaopingtai's outer room as usual, preparing to boil hot water for Xiaopingtai to take a bath, and boil a pot of boiling water to keep it warm at all times in case Xiaopingtai was thirsty and wanted to drink water in the middle of the night.

Uncle Tsunaliang lives in another room and is not with Xiaoheita. Now the master and auxiliary are different, so he needs to be more clear-cut when working. After all, the feudal order needs to be maintained by themselves. How can they destroy the feudal order if they belong to the feudal rulers?

After Xiaopingtai finished washing, she realized that there were still some sugar-coated bombs. Several of the maids arranged in the residence were obviously young and beautiful, but that was all. Yuanjiang Country was just a small rural place. What kind of beautiful women could be produced? Xiaoping is too uninterested, why can't you people find some innovative ways to corrupt me, an advanced GM cadre? This set of female sex acts is too common.

I was just thinking wildly, and because I drank too much wine, I quickly fell asleep.

The next day, the second wave of sugar-coated bombs came exactly as expected. A prominent figure in the Ejiri area packed a beautifully decorated wooden box with a thousand taels of gold and quietly handed it into the residence. (Half of the Ejiri Kingdom’s acting official, Koheita, is only worth a thousand gu in bribes. How miserable!)

"Oh, one thousand taels." Xiao Pingtai felt that these people were too short-sighted (or maybe they didn't have that much property). His income was more than 2,500 yuan a year, and his family wealth was several times that of this bribe. , can you care about this little money? (So ​​Koheita is able to be honest and honest, because Koheta is rich and belongs to the richest group of samurai. This kind of money is not in Koheita's eyes at all. In addition, his conduct is not bad, so he is considered feudal. A model of bureaucracy.)

Koheita asked an envoy, Pegasus, to send one thousand taels of gold back to Yamauchi, and gave it to the miser Yamauchi Yoshi for healing. One side collected the money and made them think they were ordinary bureaucrats who followed the rules, while the other side handed over the money to show their loyalty. You must sit upright. Koheita is the acting official sent by Yamauchi Yoshiharu to manage Ejiri. He must always follow the baton of Yamauchi Yoshiharu and cannot join in with the Ejiri people.

Now that Xiaopingtai's reputation is rising, he has many things to do. First, Heiroku, who had made great achievements, was promoted to be a samurai. First, he was named Kawabe Heiroku's family letter using the name of Tsunaro's uncle, Kawabe Miao. (The word "family" is a taboo, and the word "xin" is requested by the reader.) Then he was appointed as the annual official of Ejiri Town. As a samurai with a salary of 30 years, he was placed in the town office of Ejiri and watched the townspeople and business transactions as well as the annual tax.

Then I asked Uncle Tsuna to recruit ashigaru and recruit 30 iron cannon ashigaru. Just spend money. Xiaoping Tai really wanted to raise dozens of serious warriors who were skilled in martial arts, but such people were not carrots and cabbage, and the price was also expensive. At least fifty guanwen a year, as well as swords, guns, armor, and equipment when necessary. workhorse. well! Money is a bastard, just spend it and earn it.

The next step is to sort out the roster of all the registered military service members of Ejiri. This is the first task. You can ignore everything else. As long as there are no problems with the military service and you ignore complicated secular affairs, it will be fine. Moreover, Ejiri was not the territory of the Yamauchi clan before. In addition to the territory directly belonging to Yamauchi Yoshiharu, a large part belonged to the public. The number of military service members on the territory of the people is all made up by the words of these people. It is a completely confusing account.

Koheita couldn't verify the real numbers through the inspection, so he had to go along the street with Aji, Tatsuzo, and a few escorting ashigaru to check the status of the soldiers on the military service account according to the military service roster that was full of loopholes. By the way, you can also check out the land, geography, and natural resources of Ejiri along the way.

Ejiri's military affairs were originally focused on the defense of Mikawa Kingdom, but now Mikawa is also under the command of the Imagawa clan, so there is no special defense focus. But during the Warring States Period, people's hearts were unpredictable. At least Koheita didn't believe in the character of the heroic Imagawa Yoshimoto. As long as the Yamauchi family showed any flaws, he would definitely come and take a bite.

So Kodaira first came to Futamata Castle on the other side of the Tenryu River, and arranged to enter the city with Riki Iwase and his son to garrison. At the same time, with the help of Yamamoto Kansuke's wisdom, he recruited cheap low-alcohol rice wine to be stored in Futamata. In this way, even if the waterwheel is destroyed, it can hold on for more than a month, ensuring that the troops from Yamauchi and Ejiri can be mobilized.

In this way, there is no need to worry about cutting off the water and attacking the city. With the disgusting city gate that has been on the way up the mountain since ancient times and the level of city defense with a cliff with an inclination of 70 or 80 degrees, it will definitely take more than a month for you to attack 30,000 people. Moreover, the Iwase father and son family have been favored by the Yamauchi family for generations, and they have inherited the flag for generations. They are loyal and worthy of trust.

As for the embankment on the Tenryu River, this is also a key point that needs attention. Fortunately, both the Imagawa clan on the opposite side and the Yamauchi clan on this side have been reinforcing and renovating the embankment in successive years. Without the slightest bit of laziness, Imagawa Yoshimoto's acting officer in Enjie, Matsui Sonobu, was still a very capable general who could lead the group. He guarded Kakegawa Castle and controlled the entire Toyoji clan for Imagawa Yoshimoto.

It took Xiaopingtai half a month to finish shopping. Even the territories of those citizens were monitored to some extent. As long as there is an ashigaru who can wear it and go into battle, Koheita will not care about anything else and continue to maintain this military service status.

However, judging from Xiaoheita's memory, the road conditions in Ejiri were indeed bad again. I don’t know whether it’s because the trade route is prosperous and there are too many people walking on it, or because the renovation is incomplete. Koheita thought that after the autumn harvest, he should discuss with the people of the country (yes, the common people in their territory must discuss with them if they want to mobilize. Their people are not the people of Yamauchi Yoshiharu, so the people of the country have been weakened by the daimyo again and again. .) A general campaign was launched to prepare the roads, widen the streets, and repair the bridge over the Tianlong River. After all, the wooden bridge was three or four years old.

Just walking along the Tenryu River to the coast of Enshu Beach, the Pacific sea breeze blew in our face, and the weather was very good.

Xiaopingtai was tired from running around day and night recently, so she ordered her followers to stay where they were. I walked down to the beach by myself, walking and walking alone, and the sand under my feet (actually it should be called a mudflat) was full of water.

Scattered shells, shrimps and crabs flashing by. Looking at the distant sea is very beautiful.