After several emigrations, if you don't count the merchants, the number of people has now reached 366, including 274 adults, and the ratio of men to women is about 2 to 1.

At this time, there are about 400 people in a village, and if you want to, Naohide can finally call herself the village head.

In fact, the White Lord is only a village, and it is a strange village—there are 11 groups and 110 samurai in less than 400 people, not to mention that all of them rely on the work provided by the commissioner.

This is the result of the previous worries - everyone is afraid of the sudden appearance of the Lusia, the attack of the Ainu, and the provocation of the Matsumae family, so they have been piling up manpower on armaments.

According to the "Keiyasu Military Service Order" issued by the shogunate in 1649, when the shogunate convened the army, 21 people were sent out of the 1,000-goku banner, 235 were sent by the feudal lord of Mangoku, and 2,155 troops were sent by the daimyo of 100,000 koku.

But from another point of view, the current annual income of the commission is about 100,000 taels of gold - mainly relying on the fur of Seal Island, plus Gakujiro's overseas support, although the construction cost of modern armed organizations is very high, but there is no problem for the white lord to build a thousand-person group - of course, in view of the current shortage of materials, the armament of a thousand people is the limit.

If you do this, you will undoubtedly be killing yourself.

When the scale of the organization is large, if the structure is not reasonable, normal activities alone can crush itself - there are many people and many ideas, there is no stable economic structure and social order, the group of people in the white master is a group of rabble, and if they rely on force alone, they will eventually become a monster that devours flesh and blood, and in the end they will definitely play with fire**, and the speed of collapse is absolutely unimaginable.

In fact, there are already signs now, the national elementary school is easy to produce a king who is close to the people, and Zhixiu walks around every day, but the phenomenon of not contributing to the work also occurs from time to time - although immigrants cherish the identity of the samurai, but "smart people" are everywhere, after all, there are natural defects in the reward and punishment system, and the heads of each group are also people, and they are naturally treated preferentially if they have a good relationship and are pleasing to the eye.

Moreover, if the root of the problem is not obtained, then any "wise and martial" method is nonsense, and can only be barely fooled, for example, the current gender ratio of the white lord is unbalanced, and the law enforcement can only turn a blind eye to this, as long as it is not forced, isn't it normal for you to be willing to do it.

The current point in time is a good time to solve the hidden dangers, one is to pursue all the initial scale and strength, the other is that the total number of people is still small, the adjustment is relatively easy, the current backbone are all direct protégés and old ones, internal coordination is easier to reach an agreement.

Since I want to adjust, I naturally have to hold an assessment meeting.

After arriving in the Northland, the white lord gradually formed a decision-making system of public discussion and joint discussion.

The public meeting was an open-air meeting that everyone could participate in, and all the important things were gathered to solicit opinions, and now that it was cold, the venue was changed to the temple of the great monk Xiu Nian, which was actually a wooden hut with a large wooden shed.

After the great monk Xiunian arrived in the north, because he was a famous monk from Kanei Temple, he was very popular because he looked good. Everyone proposed to build a dojo for him, and Naoxiu also felt that it was good to be an auditorium in normal times, so he strongly supported it - although Xiu Nian has gone to sea, he has left the two apprentices he brought with him in the white master, and he usually maintains it well.

The joint discussion is to collect the opinions of the public opinion, Naohide and the heads of each group weigh it again, and finally make a decision.

Interestingly, the white housewives were constantly strained, so the women of each family had to come out to work, and after they had the same income as the men, their status in the family rose dramatically, and the imbalance in the ratio of men and women in the institute made the life of the white housewives very different from other places.

Especially after Yingzi arrived, she forced Naohide to pass the decree that his wife could also initiate and leave, inspired by this matter, the women actively participated in the governance, and rallied closely around the lord's wife, quite passed some decrees prohibiting domestic violence and the like, and the men complained a lot about it, but the lord is a wife ghost, plus there are quite a few strong people among the homeless women, and it is difficult to say the result of the real fight at home, and in the end it can only be like this.

Nearly 300 people gathered together, including more than 100 women with explosive combat effectiveness, and the situation at the scene can be imagined. But at this time, it was already the end of November in the Western calendar, and the white main pier had been frozen, and all the preparations that should have been made before had come to an end.

At the top of the agenda is the inconvenience of life.

In October, the commission issued a large amount of benefits, in addition to the house, materials and a sum of money, but the money can't be spent - now the white lord's materials are very abundant under the preparation of many parties, but these are all for the government's own use, overall planning

There are only two shops that can buy additional items that can be purchased, the money house and the Kinokuniya, and the money house is not closed yet, so who can reason with it.

The women complained about the lack of groceries, and could not even buy a fresh style of hairpin, let alone clothes, except for their own Wu clothes, if they wanted to wear new clothes, they had to buy cloth and make their own.

The men also complained that there was no place for the white lord to play outside of work, except for fishing and hunting, and there was no place to drink - the white lord implemented a five-day rest system, and he could have six days off a month.

"Do you want to drink the Flower Bar? Even your fox friends and dog party, the old lady accompanies you. The man who gave the advice was immediately chased and beaten by a stout woman, and the scene was very cheerful.

These things are small but very important, and everyone feels the same way, and has come up with a lot of solutions, such as finding a few more merchants to come to the White Master, or directly allowing the Ainu to open shops here.

The White Lord's current military force is relatively strong, so this winter did not drive the Ainu back to the tribe according to the Northland tradition, and the Ainu who had a lot of helpers still stayed in the White Lord, and some even took over their wives and children - this year, the government has been building houses, and there are many wooden houses built, and the houses are not inhabited and deteriorated quickly, so Okubo rented them at a low price, and saved them from sending people to clean and maintain.

But it's okay to live, but it's not okay to open a store. In order to prevent the local tribes from growing and unexpectedly struggling, the Ainu people were forbidden to own storefronts, that is, it was okay to set up stalls in the open air, but not to open shops officially.

"The Ainu can set up shop locally, and new merchants are looking for them. But why can't we open our own store?" After Naohide and the group leaders discussed, a new decision was announced.

Hearing the latter sentence, there was a buzz, and the scene was chaotic.

Although there are no merchants among the immigrants, there are also many people who do small business among the people who are not human, and the shogunate decree prohibits these people from farming, in addition to doing some "unclean" work, these people are engaged in street art, scavenging, slaughtering and other affairs, especially a group of immigrants brought by Kaneiji Hideen, relying on the protection of the monks in the temple, before openly engaged in small business in the temple town, many people are very good at craftsmanship.

"I'm a samurai, can I open a shop?" Originally, the atmosphere of the white lord was relatively open, and there were many people, so a woman boldly stood up and asked.

"Yes. Even if you are willing to open a store, you can always retain the character of the ashigaru family. ”

There are many disadvantages of all the people being soldiers, just to name one, not everyone is a good soldier, and the usual management of the group is rough and strict, and some people can't adapt to it. The institute has long wanted to remove some people, but the situation did not allow it before - there are so few people, it is a radish and a big root has to be used as a dish, and how to arrange it when the other people are cleared, do you eat and drink for nothing?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, turning some people into businessmen can be regarded as solving the hidden danger, but the white lord can't be too wasteful now, and the condition for retaining the samurai family character is that the merchant must also be a reserve, and he must take three days a month to participate in training, and in addition, he will train for fifteen days every quarter - but the institute is not a prostitute in vain, and there is money to participate in training, and there is money to participate in the military, and there is also a pension in case of an accident.

After listening to the explanation of the commission, the scene was chaotic, and some people were really moved when they heard that they could retain the samurai family style, but the business was not so easy to do, and the capital, manpower, goods, and space were all indispensable.

At this time, Okubo promised that if the business started, each store could entrust the goods purchased by the commissioner, and if they were willing to go to other places to buy them themselves, the commissioner could also provide ships to help transport them. As for the capital, if it is not enough, you can borrow money from the head of the family - Naohide and the heads of each group want to use the cover of the merchant to turn the office into an empty shell, so that even if the shogunate sends a new acting official, it will not be able to take away the accumulation that everyone has worked hard to gain, so the object of the loan cannot be the office anyway.

Originally, Kondo Chojiro had already established the Ezo family in Tosa, which was the best trust, but in order to contract the land of the Matsumae family next year, it was inconvenient for him to show up recently, so Okubo stepped forward to ensure the transportation of goods.

The reputation of Naohide and the office has always been good, not to mention that all the lords are retainers of the Hori family, and they can't escape this relationship as a businessman, so the response on the spot was enthusiastic, and some people immediately wanted to register - this is a small matter, Okubo asked everyone to go to the office after the meeting to handle it, and then we have to hurry up and continue the meeting.

What everyone doesn't know is that the government is going to take out more than half of this year's income as the principal, and the future income will also be put under the name of Ezo Clan, and all the people in the office will benefit from the dividends - especially Naohide and the group heads, who have a large number of shares in the chamber of commerce.

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The next important issue is the revision of the system.

Speaking of which, the usual management of the white lord is very simple and rude, looking for the head of the group for small things, looking for the straight show for big things, and going to the evaluation meeting on the 9th, 19th, and 29th when encountering important disputes, and the entire office is basically a grass platform team. However, if the government continues to grow, this will definitely not work, and there will be a war between the white lord and the Ainu after June next year, and there may be no care about anything at that time, so it is better to take this opportunity to make the organization more tight.

First of all, it officially became a five-member group of the town.

During the Edo period, the townspeople, known as "machito", consisted of merchants, craftsmen, and hired laborers, and lived in a neighborhood called "machi", which was usually led by a "machi-nenyo" and formed a "group of five" to help each other. Among them, the town year is generally elected by the people, but it must be approved by the town commission, and there are many mysteries during the period.

Originally, the white lord and the whole people were soldiers, and most of the families would ask the head of the group for help if there was any difficulty, but it really didn't work, wasn't there still the head of the family Zhixiu - Zhixiu was easy to talk to, and the people were also willing to have a good relationship with the head of the family, so it was very common for the white master to complain about something, men looking for Zhixiu, women looking for Yingzi, it was quite common in the white master.

It was okay when there were more than 200 people, but now there are nearly 400 people, and what will happen to 1,000 people in the future? Naoxiu and Yingzi can't see each other at all, so it's better to take precautions and establish non-governmental organizations in advance.

Okubo raised his hands in agreement, he was the town, and as a result, many things were not looked for by him and directly found Naohide, and he was very appreciative of this - Okubo has a strong sense of power, and he has mentioned it to Naohide a few times, and "each performing his own duties" is the right way.

In addition to Okubo, the heads of each group are also deeply worried about this - the territory is just such a little people, Naohide is diligent, and he can see him all over in two days, although Naohide warned himself to delegate power, but he has nothing to do except teach, and people often take the initiative to ask for instructions, and Naohide is not good to care, so basically the group leaders often spit out in private, "Naohide is ghostly everywhere".

Because the heads of each group are all Naoxiu's protégés, there has been no contradiction for the time being, but Yingzi has also advised Naoxiu, "It's not easy for the husband to collect talents, or let these people show their strengths and make the most of their ambitions", the implication is that Naoxiu's hands are too long and unprofessional, Yingzi thinks it makes sense to say that Naoxiu thinks, but these words do remind Naoxiu that the shogunate is not like this, and he can't manage anything well, so don't go down the old path of the shogunate.

Therefore, Naoxiu officially decentralizes power this time.

The establishment of the general affairs team in Okubo was no longer limited to the duties of the town, but was largely organized according to the 16 departments of the cabinet and one independent agency in the future—of course, some of the responsibilities did not appear at this time, so they were just similar, and the number of people was also small, and there were many cases where there were many concurrent positions.

Genzaburo Inoue is officially assigned to Okubo, but Genzaburo, like Okubo, knows that he has no deep roots in Naohide's group, and finds that his authority has not changed, and he can still participate in the evaluation meeting of the head of the group, so he accepts it calmly.

The fan group has also made changes: under the two major fan heads, above each group head, a military command group, a training group, a strategic and tactical group, and an armament group have been established.

In addition, following the shogunate's supreme law office, Naohide established a separate "law assessment office" to separate the management of litigation from the duties of the town, and the first head of the office was Eiko. Everyone said that there was no objection to this, firstly, because Naohide usually talked about Western government organizations, and secondly, everyone also felt that it was good to have a place where they could reason independently.

The only controversial part is the Eyepay Group.

According to the original opinions of the group leaders, it should have been set up as the eyes and ears of the eye, but it was vetoed by Naoxiu, he felt that this thing was a double-edged sword, people are not weapons, they must have their own ideas, and then the sword has an idea, and then the fun will be great.

But there is still to be information analysis - in the end, outside the general affairs group, the fan group, and the law assessment office, a wind talk group was established, which was led by Naoxiu himself, with two people, who did not go out to work, but just collected information from each group, and then did an analysis.

At this time, the people were very simple, and the decisions of the common meeting were not shocked in the guild council, and everyone had no opinions-the things decided by the old men were just a matter of knowing it, and who would dare to blow it up.

After this general assessment meeting, the economic strength of the institute will be hidden under the chamber of commerce, and the rights will be distributed to the people, and these people who follow the straight show to the white lord have their own rights, have security and development space, plus the dividends of the chamber of commerce in the future, everyone's interests are closely bundled, which constitutes the centripetal force of the system.

Because of Naohide's authority, the structure of the office was overhauled in a silent manner, but at the time, only a limited number of people, including Okubo, could vaguely feel the importance of this matter, and most people thought that it had nothing to do with them and did not really care.