Chapter 16 Plan ahead
After the Ainu left, Naohide still had a hand to deal with.
The battle was a complete victory, and everyone was unscathed, but the brave dogs were all wounded, and two died. In winter, the land was frozen and the land was hard, and You Rong had to light a fire to send the two dogs away, and Naoxiu designated a wooden house as the Loyal Ancestral Hall, so that You Rong could stand a plaque to worship.
Holding a ceremony as soon as possible after the war can greatly eliminate the soldiers' aversion to killing, and it is also a relatively gentle review process, and sure enough, after everyone spontaneously helped Yurong, the expression on his face is no longer so solemn.
The Fan Group of the White Lord Worship Office is different from the shogunate and the princes at this time, in terms of personnel quality, all the people of the White Lord, including the members of the Fan Group, have some knowledge, and they don't have to advance through conquest, so they think more about the world and life, and the corresponding battlefield syndrome is also more responsive.
Naohide announced that he would count the merits and the lessons of the general battle the next day, so that everyone could rest and recover first, and at the same time, he called people over one by one to talk.
If it is not handled well, the thoughts of the fighters will develop to two extremes, some fighters will be war-weary and even hate others, and there will be years of escapism, and social barriers will occur when translated into human language; The other extreme is to despise life and life, and fall into the path of emptiness - the stimulation is too great, and from then on despise one's own life and the lives of others, forming a tendency to self-destruct.
Naoxiu talked about the past one by one, unexpectedly, maybe because of the mild attitude and one-on-one, everyone was very relaxed, and the most talked about was not the bloody battle, but the rambling about his childhood experiences, family education, and expectations for the future. It took an unexpectedly long time, and even required Naohide to postpone the battle summary until the third day.
This has also formed the tradition of the White Lord's Practice, after the battle, everyone must find a person they trust as soon as possible for psychological treatment, in fact, the battlefield syndrome tortures the individual's heart, as long as someone listens patiently, it will basically be alleviated - of course, participating in ordinary social life is a more effective way, but now it is not without that condition.
Eventually, Naohide also talked to Mr. Miyama, even though the old man did not participate in the battle because Naohide did not issue him a weapon. Mr. Miyama said that he has experienced a lot of turmoil, and the bloodshed will not affect him, Your Highness, you think too much.
On the third day, the summary meeting of the joint battle finally began, and after everyone's summary, there were still a lot of lessons and experiences:
1. Unfavorable vigilance - the attackers were not discovered until they touched the shack.
2. Too nervous - the fan group kept putting the gun down, but they themselves admitted that they were shooting indiscriminately.
3. There is a problem with the art of war - everyone has also read a lot of books on the seven major schools of war, but the raid warfare of the small group of people is completely different from what is described in the book, especially the use of iron cannons, which is too conservative. Toranosuke didn't say anything during the whole process, and everyone didn't know that he and Naohide had stayed in the ocean, but he knew it himself, he had deliberately studied the Western art of war, and this time his command was a big problem.
Okubo also suggested building a fortress, he didn't dare to build a castle beyond the system, but he thought that next year no matter what, build a museum first, and if there is a fortress, he will not be afraid of a surprise attack - Naohide said that Okubo has never seen a Western cylinder, and after seeing it, will he start building Goryokaku 17 years in advance?
As for the experience, there is also a lot, first of all, both times it is the dog that discovers the enemy first - raising a dog is the right one; Secondly, this Western iron cannon is very sharp, fast and accurate; In addition, the three-layer defense needs to be maintained, and the depth of the battlefield of cold weapons is still effective into the age of firearms.
Naoxiu didn't expect to be able to cultivate a military god so easily, anyway, as long as he kept summarizing and learning, he would always be able to fight an iron army.
If you lose, someone will take the black cauldron, but if you win this time, you always have to share the credit, in the past, the shogunate and the princes were based on the merits, and Naohide proposed to judge the merits this time.
The joint battle of dozens of people did not have the face to mention anything about "strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away", but Naohide at least wanted everyone to know the three elements of military elements, strategic elements, tactical elements and military reform, especially the difference between strategy and tactics
This kind of joke.
These Zhixiu are still learning, but he probably mentioned it, so that everyone has a broad horizon, and the next thing is to discuss the specific merits.
The armament is sharp, this is the credit of Zhixiu, Zhixiu added drama to himself, and rewarded himself with ten gold.
Military systems such as three-stage defense and dog raising, the credit falls on the head of Tiger Nosuke, and the reward is ten gold, but the on-site command is sparse, considering that the initial battle was won again, two gold will be deducted, and a total of eight gold will be rewarded.
Those who are brave in battle and have a record of killing the enemy will be rewarded with three gold medals each, and one gold medal will be awarded for each enemy killed. As a result, Yurong didn't do it, he was the one who specialized in shooting dogs, and he killed a total of five enemy dogs before and after, thinking that he should be rewarded with more hardware, but everyone didn't do it, but the dog won and won, and if the Ainu hunting dog got close, it was really troublesome, so Naoxiu passed Yuei's proposal.
Those who participated in the war were each rewarded with a gold medal, and the medical officer, Mr. Miyama, also had a share.
In addition, considering that the white lord is indeed quite dangerous, everyone also agreed to equip Mr. Miyama with an iron cannon. Since the weapon was issued, Mr. Miyama was completely included in the scope of his own people, and he also had a share in the public discussion from then on.
In the future, there were many people like Mr. Miyama who joined later, and secrecy was very important, so Naohide took the opportunity to propose an intelligence grading system, and in the future, all kinds of information should be classified and kept secret, and violators would be punished at least and dealt with by military law.
Naoxiu asked Mr. Miyama to be notified to also receive the merit money, and then the money was distributed on the spot, and everyone had a share, and the scene was very happy.
After experiencing a raid, the atmosphere of the white lord has naturally changed, and the previous practice was still a relatively illusory concept, but now everyone has a lot less illusions, a serious attitude, and much more down-to-earth.
The eldest family also drove back to the white lord in a sleigh a few days later, accompanied by two strong men and two young girls.
The strong man is the newly elected leader and guard of the tribe, and he specially came to pay his respects; The two girls are the escorts of this year's New Year. The Ainu also brought some furs to offer to the acting lord.
Naohide invited Okubo and Toranosuke to accept the chief's worship together, and recognized that in the future, this tribe would be under the jurisdiction of the white lord, and the commission would not collect offerings, but only the commercial tax and field tax.
The business tax is good to say, and the furs and mountain things of the tribe can only be exchanged with the white lord and people, but for the field tax, the leader said that the tribe has planted some grains, but the harvest is not good, I am afraid that the lords will not look down on it.
Naoxiu laughed, saying that the government will send people to distribute seeds and farm tools next year, and the yield of farmland will increase. The chief was skeptical.
As for the share of commercial tax and field tax, Naohide said that it will be one out of ten within three years, and it is okay to pay in kind and money. This is what Naohide and everyone have discussed for a long time, and now is the time to gather popularity, so it is necessary to have a lower tax rate.
Naohide also told the Ainu leader that next year there will be a school for the white lord, where both adults and children can come to read and write.
The big head talked to the leader excitedly for a long time, and the leader kept beating the big head's head and shoulders with his hands. Naoxiu hurriedly stopped it, and it can be said that it would be too arrogant to do it in person.
Big heads explain that it is their custom to beat their heads and shoulders to show closeness.
In addition, the big head also said that he had previously announced that the white lord was under the jurisdiction of the shogunate again, but the people in the tribe did not believe it. The big head heard from the elders that a few decades ago, the white lord was also the royal lord, and at that time, the privileges of merchants were abolished, and it was the best time for the tribe. But then the royal family withdrew, and the brutal Matsumae family sent merchants back to oppress them.
This Naohide also heard that during the cultural years, Fuso and Rucia fought in the northern Ezo land, so the shogunate took back most of the Ezo land and the southern part of the birch area as direct territories, and in addition to the shogunate personally sending troops, it also mobilized 6,000 soldiers from the two feudal domains of Aizu and Sendai to help.
At that time, the shogunate was focusing on the northern lands, and although there were few immigrants, they were more friendly to the Ainu – at least more amicable than the Matsumae domain, and the Ainu were free to fish and hunt. In contrast, the merchants entrusted by the Matsumae family have always occupied both good land and good fishing grounds, and desperately looted, only giving the Ainu a little helper.
In 1814, the shogunate withdrew its troops from Kita-Ezo, 36 years ago, and there are still a small number of living Ainu who remember the situation.
This is also a legacy from the shogunate to Naohide, and it looks quite useful. But Naohide is a little weak-hearted, he wants to vigorously develop this place, and if he doesn't get this reputation of the shogunate, it will be ruined in Naohide's hands.
Three generations of the Hori family are related to the white lord: the grandfather of the Obangumi, Naobu Hori, died in battle in the seventh year (1810), and the next year, his father, Naoto Hori, came to work here. In 1814, when the shogunate was evacuated, my father was attacked by Lucia's ships, and he was seriously injured to protect the nobles, and died after many years. Now Naoxiu has become the acting official of the white lord again, and it can be regarded as the third generation of the Hori family who are brave here.
Thinking of this, Naoxiu carefully looked at the appearance of the big head, but the beard and hair of the big head were tangled, and it was not easy to distinguish, so Naoxiu hurriedly asked the age of the big head, this is not the sin done by the father, the brother who fell from the sky.
"The villain has gone through thirty springs and autumns".
It's okay, the time gap is a bit big, but Naoxiu remembered his grandfather again, hmm~ Don't be careful.
"How do your parents look?" This is a very awkward question, the big head is mixed-race, Zhixiu can't reveal the scar in person, saying that you and the human blood are passed down from which generation, let me calculate, I can't figure out whether we are still relatives.
The big head was ostracized by his companions because of his appearance, and he was very sensitive, he didn't know that Naoxiu was thinking about his grandfather's experience, thinking that Naoxiu was interrogating his heels.
"The villain has no father, and his mother is a pure Utari." Utari means Ainu partner, because the Japanese people are very discriminatory against the Ainu, so the indigenous people don't like the term "Ainu".
Naoxiu let out a sigh of relief, this person was not his grandfather's pot, and then he felt a little embarrassed. This is the first local defector, and although it has attracted attacks, sooner or later the enshrinement will have to fight with the Ainu, and it is nothing to fight early and late. Count yourself lucky, and take him to a profit market today.
"Big head, would you like to be the white lord's leader?"
"What?" The big head didn't understand what Naohide meant - the Matsumae family was forbidden to intermarry with the Ainu, and mixed races could not become Japanese.
"I don't thank you for the name." Okubo gave an assist on the side.
Hearing "Thank you, adult", the big head understood that this was a good thing, and he kowtowed to Naohide in a panic.
"From this day forward, your name is Suketaro. Do things well in the future. ”
"Thank you, sir, thank you for your kindness." This time, the big head understood, and he kowtowed to Naoxiu in a row - this time the tribe suffered heavy casualties because of him, and he was forced to drag his family to Naoxiu, but the identity of the Ainu people was his heart knot, in fact, he was very worried in his heart, and he didn't know what would happen if he was out of the protection of the tribe, that is, the grass without roots and the leaves from the trees.
The tribal leader on the side basically didn't understand the language, he saw that the big head and Naoxiu talked for a long time and was in a hurry, he pulled down the big head, and the big head explained to him, "From now on, I will be the master's person." ”
The tribal leader couldn't help it, so he changed his smile to congratulate Datou, and then asked Datou to continue translating.
This time, the Ainu brought some furs as gifts, and also gave two young girls to accompany the wine, hoping that Master Naoxiu would accept it.
Fur can be collected, but the girl cannot be collected - it is easy to summon the sky to thunder. Naohide accepted the gift and gave some bread baked by Yuei and a little taro roast and grain.
In this regard, Okubo nodded secretly, the wolf has more meat and less meat, and the head of the family is very far-sighted.
The four Ainu left with a thousand thanks, and Naohide arranged for the eldest family to be the cook, and privately told Yuei to be careful and not to have any strange things in the food - it shouldn't be, but what if.
The eldest family of five, the son is 13 years old, the two daughters are 10 years old, and the other is 7 years old.