A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

On the third day of the Hamamatsu Festival, Uncle Tsunada rushed over. He also knew a little bit about the messy things in Fuzhong City.

We had a little chat and talked about some of our current views. Uncle Tsunaliang always seemed hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Finally, he sighed and began to ask Xiao Pingtai about his family's financial plans this year. Expenses are increasing year by year, and the rate of increase in income cannot keep up with the rate of increase in expenditures.

At that time, Yamauchi Yoshiharu seemed to be struggling to make ends meet. Later, several wars and years of mobilization took a huge toll on national power. The vitality is damaged, there are no strong men to plant the fields, and the harvest is much less than before.

Ina County was originally a large granary. Because Yamauchi Yoshikatsu died suddenly, Takeda sent troops to fight. Tens of thousands of people fled south, and it was time for the crops in the fields to be taken care of. Famine has been brought down, year after year, and the debts are getting bigger and bigger.

"The situation around Hamamatsu is slightly better. After all, it is close to Hamana Lake and has good paddy fields. As long as you are willing to put in fertilizers, it will not be too bad.

As for Futamata, the silt field near the Tenryu River, the rushes can be harvested soon, and they are growing well this year.

The dam must be repaired, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with danger in the future.

There are also paddy fields along the Tianlong River, which may have some problems this year. "

Uncle Tsunada was chattering about the news about Hamamatsu Sakon. When he heard that the paddy field harvest in Hamana Lake was good, but the paddy field harvest in Tenryu River was a little worse, Koheita waved his hand to interrupt Uncle Tsunira.

"what happened?"

"The heads of dozens of households by the river are from Shanuchi."

"Um?"

Koheita suddenly thought of the time when Yamauchi Yoshiji conquered the shores of the Tenryu River. In order to increase the dominance of the Yamauchi family over the local territory, thirty powerful households in the mountain were relocated to the riverside for public and military service.

On the one hand, it is most reassuring to give the newly occupied good paddy fields to these standard "own people" who serve as public military service members. On the other hand, due to the establishment of the rush industry at that time, the high-quality freshwater triangle rush could only be planted at intervals in the Tianryu River flood discharge area. Yamauchi Yoshiharu took care of his own Yamauchi people, so the relocated Yamauchi people were all by the river.

But at the beginning of spring, Xiaopingtai conquered Sanhe first, and then Musashi, throughout the spring plowing period. For more than a month and a half, the most important members of the Hamamatsu clan were fighting. On the contrary, the peasants and soldiers on the ground were recruited on a large scale during the Musashi campaign, and more than half of their spring plowing had been carried out.

"Is the impact big? Can it be remedied?"

"After all, it is paddy field. As long as the weather is better this summer, the impact will not be too great, but it will always be less than in previous years."

"When we wait, uncle, please pay attention and see how much the reduction has been."

If Xiao Pingtai sat in the government to collect taxes, the amount of annual tribute rice would be almost certain every year. As long as there was no large-scale disaster, it would not change. It doesn’t matter how much you produce, just collect the rice according to the amount stated in the Zhixing Andu Certificate or the name field document.

At that time, you couldn’t feel the actual grain production. You could only roughly understand it by seeing it with your own eyes.

"I know, I'm afraid Fuamata will lose 10% or 20% this year. Life will be difficult!"

"With your more than 3,000 pieces of knowledge and practice, you must still have some savings." Xiao Ping knew that the lives of the lower-level public servants and military service members were now very ordinary. But as uncle Tsunaliang, who was the most knowledgeable and practical among the family members of the generation, Xiaoheita also wanted to inquire about the specific situation.

"I still have some savings, but if I continue to supplement them every year, then even a gold mountain won't be enough for me."

Uncle Tsuna Liang thought about it and couldn't explain clearly, but it must have been difficult to cope with the situation in the past two years. Xiaopingta could hear a little tiredness from his words.

In Hamamatsu, we had a general understanding of the situation on the Nishiyuan River, and Xiao Pingtai was also going to personally investigate the situation on the Dongyuan River.

Not caring about letting Uncle Tsunade unsaddle and rest his horse, they had lunch in Hamamatsu. Before letting him take a rest, the two of them went to Higashionji Makino and Suruga Shita County to inspect the defenses along the Oigawa River and the summer harvest.

Due to historical reasons, most of this place was originally the direct territory of the Hara Imagawa clan. Later, it was captured by the Yamauchi family and handed over to Imagawa Yoshichichi. But although they are all the territory of Imagawa Yoshiuchi, Imagawa Yoshiuchi spends more than half of the year fighting outside or handling affairs in the mansion.

Imagawa Yoshiuchi did not have enough staff. In addition to the surrendered ministers of the old Imagawa, he only used one or two former Yamauchi retainers. Therefore, the trusted acting officials he appointed were not actually in the territory. Most of them followed him to deal with things in the mansion, and there were only two or three kittens in the territory.

The person who actually guides the two of them is Motomasa Dai Iwase of Gaotian Shencheng. Xiaoheita has other things to do this time. When I was in Kawanakajima, I saw Iwase Motomasa envious of Kanai Meigoro's southern barbarian body, so I thought of giving it to him.

There is always a lot of work going back and forth. This time when the Nanman ship arrived at the port, I simply bought a half-chest plate armor for sailors and a pair of iron gauntlets and gave them to Iwase Motomasa. Iwase Motomasa wanted to refuse at first, but he really couldn't put it down. After pushing it, I chose to accept it and happily let my family get the other parts.

"How is Zhitai doing this year?"

"Junzhou is doing fine this year. I need to ask His Highness Yuanjiang about the specific situation. However, there were two winds at the beginning of spring, which had some impact."

"Yuanjiang Palace, the mansion that I left one after another, will probably come back to collect the annual tribute." Xiao Pingtai nodded.

"Tojiro, please remember to pay attention to Gao Tianjin Sakon's harvest this year and write me a note."

"Okay, got it."

After traveling across the Yangtze River, Xiao Pingtai knew that as long as nothing unexpected happened this year, he probably wouldn't lose too much.

As long as there is enough food and a year's truce, Yamauchi's hematopoietic ability will be able to breathe again next year. If you can train for two more years and don't fight a single war, you can still save some money and food.

But after thinking about it, Takeda Harunobu is also cultivating. After a year of cultivation, he has digested the Eight Princes and will definitely come out and continue to expand. Although the gold mountain in Kai is good, there are too many places to spend gold, and there is not enough.

"Xiao Pingtai, are you going back now?"

"Yes, I'm going back to sort out the summer harvest."

"Then you send a message home and see your sister and brother on the way."

The younger sister is of course the real sister, and the younger brother is actually the eldest nephew who now lives in the mansion.

"Uncle, don't worry, everything is fine. When did you start acting like a mother-in-law? Hahahahaha..."

Seeing Uncle Tsuna's rambling, Xiaopingta felt that his uncle was really old. Although he was only forty-six, he felt that he had become more and more affectionate recently and had more time to take care of his family.

"Xiao Ping Tai, why don't you become a monk." Uncle Tsuna Liang was a little solemn.

(Today I sent the contract for the new book Li Chao. If you are confident that I can go to Sanjiang, you might as well invest. Maybe I can win. What is the rate of return if I win? After all, I am a member of the Silver Alliance, right? Hehe. )