Chapter 2 Liangmu Village
In the blink of an eye, Matsugami Yoshimitsu has been in Liangmu Village for 3 days. Although I have been mentally prepared. But the poverty of Ryoki Village still frightened Matsugami Yoshimitsu. Not to mention the thatched hut that seems to fall when the wind blows, nor the unclothed clothing of the villagers. Just look at the unfocused eyes of the leaders, the standard figure of less than five feet. Matsugami Yoshimitsu felt the pressure. From this moment, he also deeply understood why ancient Japan paid so much attention to a gun and a horse. It's really that ordinary Japanese people are too weak. As long as there is an occasional one that is more than six feet tall, it is definitely a sweep of thousands of troops.
"Your Highness, it's time for lunch." The maid who delivered the dinner interrupted Matsugami Yoshimitsu's thoughts.
"Put it down." Matsugami Yoshimitsu quickly let the maid leave. Faced with the abundant food in the mouths of the villagers, Matsugami Yoshimitsu had a strong sense of unreality, which was an indescribable simplicity.
In the afternoon, after forcing myself to finish my lunch. Matsugami Yoshimitsu found the head of Ryoki Village, Mitaro, and asked him to take him on a tour of Ryoki Village. Ryoki Village is located at the intersection of the two schools of Matsugami and Shenki. Due to various reasons, there has been constant turmoil in this place, and the past two years have made it even worse. This is also the reason why Ryoki Village is only 200 stone meters high. A great deal of land has been barren because of strife. Of course, this also gave Matsugami a lot of room for development, and 200 stones were not enough after all.
"Santaro, gather all the leaders to assemble at the head of the village." After Matsugami Yoshimitsu spent 3 days figuring out the situation in Ryoki Village, Matsugami Yoshimitsu began to make some arrangements. As a member of the Ancient Travelers. Matsugami Yoshimitsu has always believed that the most important golden finger is not some superpower, permission, or a robot-like companion. Nor is it an understanding of history [history is not the only one]. As for being a copyist, it was a joke in ancient Japan. The golden finger with the most traversers is the vision that breaks through the limitations of history, which is the foundation of life.
The villagers were soon shut down by the village chief. So Matsugami Yoshimitsu began to issue his first decree. 'The main hall is your new lord, and the village of Liangmu is in trouble, and today the main hall has issued five decrees to govern the village. After giving a brief introduction to the villagers, Matsugami Yoshimitsu began to announce his five decrees. 'One, the main hall will recruit ten standing butgaru among you, with an annual salary of 2 koku. Second, the villagers of this village work together in a group of five households. Third, the family will issue a reclamation order, and those who reclaim new land will be exempted from the land tax for one year. Fourth, the recruitment order, the family will accept the displaced people to grant the right to open up the land for one year without land tax. Five Na Xian Order, the family will recruit two samurai, 5 stone a year. Proficiency in arithmetic is preferred. After the issuance of the Gojo Decree, Matsugami Yoshimitsu began to recruit samurai and ashigaru among the villagers. Because of the small number of people, he quickly recruited the talents he needed. The village head, Santaro, was accepted as a samurai because he knew a little arithmetic, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu gave him the name Yoshiki Ippei. Ten ashigaru was only a few barely fit among the villagers. The strongest man was selected from among them and appointed as the head of the Ashigaru group, and he was another samurai recruited by Matsugami Yoshimitsu. Like Yoshiki Kazuhei, he was given the name Yoshiki Nagamasa.
After recruiting the samurai Ashigaru, Matsugami Yoshimitsu let the others disperse. Only Yoshiki Ichihei was left to inquire about the situation in Ryoki Village. 'Yiping, how many supplies does the family have now. ’
"Back to the lord, my family has 80 stones of miscellaneous grains, a knife, and 10 bamboo guns." Yoshiki Ippei quickly settled into his new identity.
"You will hand over the sword to the main hall, and you will distribute the ten bamboo spears to the ashigaru, and let them gather at the entrance of the village tomorrow morning." After instructing Yoshiki Ichihei, Matsugami Yoshimitsu's political affairs for today are over. By this time, it was already dark. Everyday trivialities are not narrated.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, Matsugami Yoshimitsu had changed the samurai to a three-meal system. Matsugami Yoshimitsu rushed to the entrance of the village. At this time, the samurai ashigaru had already assembled. "Well, since yesterday, you are no longer civilians, you have to adapt to your new identity as soon as possible, and take it as your mission to protect Ryoki Village and be loyal to the main hall. Yesterday the main hall issued five decrees to admonish the villagers, and today the main hall also gives you a few admonitions. ”
Matsugami Yoshimitsu slowed down, and then continued, "The first rule is that every three of you form a group, and the three groups of people protect each other's backs. Liangmu Nagamasa commands in the center, which is the three-three formation created by the main hall. In addition, your family's supplies are limited, and you are soldiers in peacetime and civil war. The samurai ashigaru of this family has been changed to three meals, you train in the morning, and go down to the river to fish in the afternoon [Hunting this matter Matsugami Yoshimitsu does not dare to touch it at present, his prestige is not enough for Ashigaru to violate the belief of not eating meat. And there is a danger of being seen as a heresy, so it can only be suppressed. 】。 The second article is that Liangmu Village is located in a place of many battles, and the main hall will build two passes in front of the village and behind the village, and you must patrol day and night, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise the family will be severely punished by other laws. "Hi." The ashigaru retreated in fear.
Matsugami Yoshimitsu left Yoshimitsu alone with Yoshiki Nagamasa. He handed over the military trainers of the college students before the crossing to Yoshiki Nagamasa, so that he could train the ashigaru in this way in the future. Although it is impossible to train any elite soldiers with this hand, it is still possible to meet Matsugami Yoshimitsu's current needs. The next affairs were carried out in an orderly manner under the guidance of Matsugami Yoshimitsu.
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything is going smoothly and achieving some results in Ryoki Village. In front of the village and behind the village, a wooden fence has been set up to set up a pass, and Ashigaru patrols day and night. The villagers were relieved a lot, and with the assistance of Yoshimitsu Matsukami, he led the villagers to build a samurai longhouse. Villagers' houses have also been repaired, and more than a dozen displaced people have been recruited. Matsugami Yoshimitsu's prestige has risen considerably. Although he has only served as a village chief, Yoshiki Kazuhei is really a political talent. The development of Liangmu Village is really gratifying. But danger is also quietly coming at this time.
Twenty miles away from Ryoki Village, a gang of bandits was heading towards Ryoki Village. There were about a dozen of them, all of them menacing and well-armed, and the leader was dressed in light armor.
"Boss, there is no oil and water in this Liangmu Village, what are you doing there? Besides, it's the territory of the Matsugami family after all. As the gang of thieves was on their way, one of them, with a cunning face, asked Koji Kumano, the leader of the bandits, about him.
"Yoshino, you know what. I'm here to cooperate with the Matsugami strategy of the Shenmu family. It was to weaken the strength of the Matsugami family. Lord Kamiki Nagahei promised me that when he took over the Matsugami family, he would recruit me as a samurai of the Kamiki family. Then I will not do you any wrong. Hurry up. After responding to Yoshino, Koji Kumano quickly rushed towards Ryoki Village with his men.
Soon, Kumano Koji and his gang arrived not far from the entrance of Ryoki Village. Patrol Ashigaru also spotted them.
"My lord, it's not good. The bandits have come to kill. Just as Matsugami Yoshimitsu was having dinner, the samurai Ryoki Nagamasa came over to report in a little panic.
"Ah, how many of them are there?" Matsugami Yoshimitsu was also taken aback.
"My lord, there are about a dozen." Yoshiki Nagamasa responded.
"There are only a dozen of them just training. You recruit a light group, and we surrender ourselves at the entrance of the village. With that, Matsugami Yoshimitsu took the knife and rushed to the entrance of the village.
Wait for Matsugami Yoshimitsu to rush to the village entrance to fight together. He drew his sword and slew at the bandits. Liangmu Village occupies a favorable location, and there are not many bandits, plus Ashigaru has been trained for a while. For a while, it was at an impasse. There were casualties on both sides. But the bandits were vicious after all, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu and others gradually retreated. Koji Kumano even killed Matsugami Yoshimitsu.
"My life is over."
Seeing that Matsugami Yoshimitsu was about to die, suddenly a samurai rushed at Kumano Koji behind him. This person is none other than Yoshiki Nagamasa. The incident happened suddenly, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu also hurriedly raised his knife to kill. Koji Kumano was carelessly begged for his life from behind by Yoshiki Nagamasa.
Seeing this, Matsugami Yoshimitsu shouted, "The head of the thief has been taken by us. ’
The bandits were terrified. The morale of both sides rose and fell, and the side of Liangmu Village had the upper hand. After the death of 7,8 people, the bandits surrendered. Matsugami Yoshimitsu won the first battle without danger.