Chapter 169: The Ancient River (I)
The hunting could not be carried out because in the middle of the night, the villagers of Guhezha in the south came to deliver a letter, and something happened to Guhezha.
Guhezha is located in the south of the New Tang Dynasty 30 miles, one of the three major rivers in the east of the north bank of the Tone River, there is a huge lake, the land is extremely fertile, the fishery is extremely developed, it is really a land of fish and rice, on the Kanto Plain, it is one of the most livable settlements, yes, a huge village has been formed in the ancient river, with a population of thousands of households.
According to the division of the administrative region of Dongying, in fact, the New Tang City is located in the southernmost part of the Shimono Kingdom, and further south, there is the Xia Zongguo, Guhezha, which also belongs to the land of the Xia Zongguo.
However, Fujiwara Hidego has been working hard here for many years, and the villages in the large fertile plains in the south of New Tang City have paid rice and grain to New Tang City, and basically, the north of the Tone River is under his control.
The villagers who came to report the news were extremely anxious.
It turned out that although they heard that Tangze Mountain City had been captured by foreign Qi people, the villagers were still reluctant to leave such a land of fish and rice as Guhezha, and could only hope that the new ruler would treat them well.
In particular, soon there will be a Tangze mountain city of Ashigaru as a messenger to proclaim that this gate will belong to the New Tang City in the future, and the villagers will be the citizens of Daqi from then on, pay rent, and the same tax as the people of Qi, based on the acres of land and fish, and take two out of ten harvests.
The villagers of Guhezha were a little reluctant to believe it for a while, you must know that in the past, these lands and rivers belonged to Xiuxiang in Tangze Mountain City, and almost half of the harvest had to be rented.
Many villagers thought that Ashigaru couldn't understand the words of Qi people and passed on the wrong words, and they discussed the matter for several days.
And just when the villagers were panicking and faintly looking forward to it, an uninvited guest suddenly came to the village.
It was Taro Tochigi, who used to come to the village often to collect rent and check for fish, that is, the eldest grandson of Fujiwara Hidego.
He brought dozens of warriors and asked the villagers to move away and not work for the Qi people.
Where are the villagers? Then, Taro Tochigi was furious, and began to lead the warriors to kill people and set fires, and hacked to death Furukawa An, an elderly man in the village who was arguing with him.
The villagers rebelled, and under the leadership of Furukawa's son, Furukawa Sixteen, they drove away Taro Tochigi and others, and killed a warrior.
As soon as he got into a big disaster, he was afraid that Lord Xiuxiang would send more warriors to retaliate; Second, more than a dozen people died in the village, and there was always an official family or the main family to conduct an autopsy to close the case, and according to the usual practice, they had to come to Tangze Mountain City.
When Lu Ning heard the news, he immediately called Wang Shengzhong, one of the two kings, selected twenty samurai, and hurried to Guhezha with the villagers.
Originally, I was going to go to Guhezha, which has a population of thousands, after all, it was not the village gate in the center of the county, and it was the first time Lu Ning had seen such a large village in Dongying, but now, it has become urgent.
Leaving nine heavily armored pawns and most of the servant army, it was also to prevent the base camp from being attacked by Fujiwara Hidego, and now it seems that its hiding place is not far from New Tang City.
Wang Shengzhong and the twenty samurai were all brand-new shiny katanas, and they looked extremely sharp.
This is the Qi craftsmen of the New Qi City, this batch of craftsmen has just been from the Central Plains not long ago, and under the rush of work, they have only created more than 30 katanas, and they have all been sent to the New Tang City, and a month later, the second batch of more knives will also be sent.
Speaking of which, the forging technology of Dongying iron smelting is very backward today, and it is still the forging technology introduced from Goryeo hundreds of years ago, and the status of craftsmen is very low, concentrated near Kyoto, and it is necessary to wait for the Warring States Period, because of the needs of war preparation, the status of craftsmen has been greatly improved, and many forging schools have also been produced.
The sharpness of these knives is also due to the excellence of the iron sand of Mutsu Province, but historically, Mutsu Province has always been far away from the political and economic center of Dongying, and none of the various forging schools originated in Mutsu Province.
The Hanmori samurai sword, straddling the waist, is very efficient in dealing with the sudden outbreak of close combat, which is also a style specially created by the craftsmen of the Central Plains according to the characteristics of the Dongying War.
Whether it was the two kings and generals, or the first batch of samurai who were able to equip this Hansen long sword, they were all very excited and couldn't put it down, and they all felt that they were not given any weapons, but were rewarded with artifacts that could be passed down as family heirlooms.
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Furukawazha, the burned wooden house is being rebuilt, some of the ruins are still curling black smoke, the traces of the atrocities of Tochigi Taro and other warriors are still there, and some of the houses hang hemp flags, and there is a faint cry, naturally the relatives of the villagers who were killed by the warriors.
The house of the Furukawa family is very large, and those who call themselves Furukawa plus their names, let's call them the Furukawa family, are the first batch of immigrants from Furukawazha, accounting for more than half of the population of Furukawa, this Furukawa An was originally the oldest Furukawa family in existence, he has many heirs, and the eldest son even died of illness last year.
It was Furukawa Yasu's second son Jiro who came forward to receive Lu Ning and others, he was wearing sackcloth and wearing a hemp belt on his head, but his courage seemed very small, and he couldn't say anything.
Lu Ning did not enter the mourning hall to worship, after all, the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains, no one knows about his identity, but God knows, for no reason, worship a Dongying person who has no merit in the Central Plains, if there is really a god, he is afraid that his luck will be affected.
Lu Ning may not believe this kind of thing, but he will avoid it.
Subsequently, Lu Ning ordered someone to call Guhe Sixteen, Guhe An has so many sons, but this younger son led the villagers to expel the warriors who killed people and set fires, and he was obviously the most responsible among these sons.
It's that he didn't have much appeal before, but after this incident, he also had appeal.
Furukawa Sixteen, a young man in his twenties with clear eyebrows, seems to have not gone with grief and indignation, and when he mentions the events of that day, he gritted his teeth.
He asked with some doubts: "Lord Ban, I'm worried that Lord Xiuxiang will attack in a big way, Lord Ban only brought twenty samurai, I'm worried that Lord Ban will lose to him, this time Lord Xiuxiang comes, if he wins you, he will definitely kill many of us." ”
He also called the mastermind behind the murder of his father's enemy "Adult".
Obviously, Japan is humble and inferior, it is simply deep in the bone marrow, after all, there is still a imperial examination system in the Central Plains, even if the family period, the poor children are outstanding, and there are channels to be promoted.
But Dongying is now speaking, the Kyoto Gongqing, the four major clans, are all the bloodline of the ancient emperor, even if the only one in history who dares to call himself the "new emperor" Heishomen, the Taira clan among the four major clans is naturally the bloodline of the ancient emperor, but it is not the current inheritance of the Murakami Emperor.
Bloodline is the most important thing in today's Dongying society, and the common people are convinced of their inferiority.
Before Lu Ning could speak, Wang Shengzhong, who was kneeling beside him, had already reprimanded: "Talking nonsense, Lord Ban alone defeated thousands of rebels in Xiuxiang, and scared Xiuxiang into fleeing. ”
Furukawa Sixteen hurriedly lowered his head, "Yes!" But in his eyes, he clearly didn't believe it.
Wang Sheng turned his head and wanted to translate the language of Guhe Sixteen to Lu Ning, but he also knew some simple Chinese words, and it was difficult to communicate in daily life, and it was difficult to translate the language at length, but it was difficult for him to relay what Guhe Sixteen said, it was simply a word by word, and if Lu Ning did not understand the Dongying language, he would not know what he was translating.
Waving his hand, Lu Ning said to Guhe Sixteen: "Xiuxiang, come again, don't worry, I'm waiting for him." It is also a single word jump, so as to show that he is also a new learner after coming to Dongying.
Furukawa 16 and Wang Shengzhong were stunned. Guhe Sixteen is okay, but Wang Shengzhong is dumbfounded, and his heart is secretly frightened, this group of adults is simply a god, righteous and invincible, not to speak, learn the local dialect, and so fast? It's too smart, this is the real wise man.
Qi people, it's really amazing, such a great person is just a famous class.
For a time, Wang Shengzhong was in awe of the distant prosperous paradise in the west.