Chapter 41: What Tsuno Village Sees
Tsuno Village, the old nest of the Tsuno people, is located deep in Mt. Kaiba. Matsugami Yoshimitsu and Saigo Takahisa walked for about an hour under the escort of Tsuno Zhong and others before walking around Tsuno Village. This Tsuno Village is built on a slope, and the whole village is high in the east and low in the west. The east side of Tsuno Village is a steep slope that is difficult for ordinary people to climb, while the west side is very flat and suitable for settlement. There is also a lot of farmland on the west side of the village, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu estimates that it is perfectly possible to meet the needs of the entire Tsuno Village. There is also a yashiki built at the highest point of the entire Tsuno Village, surrounded by a simple fence, which looks slightly better than the other houses, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu secretly guesses that this must be the residence of Tsuno Yoshihei.
Matsugami Yoshimitsu looked at the situation of the entire Tsuno Village and couldn't help but secretly admire. "This Tsuno village may seem simple, but if an enemy comes to attack it, the entire village can retreat to the highest place in the east and defend themselves. At that time, the east side of Tsuno Village was a steep slope, and the enemy could only attack from the west side of Tsuno Village. However, the west side of Tsuno Village is located in a low place, and it is impossible to capture Tsuno Village without more than 100 soldiers. Presumably, the people who built this village were very proficient in military law. If this person can be found, then even if you can't recruit the Tsuno people this time, it's worth the trip to recruit this person. But I don't know who this person is? The main hall still has to think of a way. ”
Matsugami Yoshimitsu exclaimed half-truths after making up his mind in his heart. "Looking at the layout of this Tsuno Village, I don't know if it was done by the man who has both cultural relics."
"Haha, you fat sheep still have some vision. This Tsuno Village was built by His Royal Highness Jiahei, my family. Kojiro next to Matsugami Yoshimitsu said with a smile after hearing his words of admiration.
"Oh, I didn't expect Lord Jiaping to have such talent. It's disrespectful, disrespectful. Matsugami Yoshimitsu was secretly happy to learn that Tsuno Village was actually built by Tsuno Kahei, the leader of the Tsuno people, and he immediately turned around with a hint of surprise to express his admiration to Tsuno Kahei next to him.
"Haha, this Highness is polite. In the beginning, Tsuno Village was moved from the original flat land to reclaim farmland. Is that really nothing? Kahei Tsuno said with a bit of pride and a bit of modesty. Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that Tsuno Yoshihei was so restrained that he couldn't help but praise him. In this way, the group slowly walked into Tsuno Village, and the relationship between Matsugami Yoshimitsu and Tsuno Yoshihei was also a little harmonious.
"His Royal Highness Jiaping is back."
"Ah, it's really His Royal Highness Jiaping."
"It's great that everybody's back." ......
When the people of Tsuno Village saw that Tsuno Kahei had returned safely with his people, they all happily surrounded him. One of the eight or nine-year-old ghosts saw Matsugami Yoshimitsu and the others, and asked in surprise with a hint of childish voice. "Uncle Jiaping, is this the fat sheep you caught. Are we going to have rice balls to eat this time? ”
Kahei Tsuno picked up the little ghost and said with a smile. "Sanshiro, don't worry. This time, it's not just you, you'll be able to eat rice balls. Hahaha. ”
"Hey, hey, hey." The people of Tsuno Village all cheered when they heard that Tsuno Kahei had captured the fat sheep.
"Hey, hey, hey." Tsuno Kahei and others cheered when they were infected. As for the fat sheep in their mouths, Matsugami Yoshimitsu and others were detained in two separate houses.
"Fat sheep, hehe. What a big fat sheep. After a few self-deprecating puns about being called a fat sheep in prison, Matsugami began to think about what he would do next. Matsugami Yoshimitsu was very happy when he first learned that Tsuno Yoshihei was the builder of Tsuno Village, and he felt that he could not only subdue the forces of the Tsuno people, but also get a retainer who was both civil and military. But when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he realized that he had overthought things. Kahei Tsuno has managed Tsuno Village for so many years, and has cultivated so much farmland here. Will he be willing to give up these inheritances and take the people of Tsuno to himself? In addition, the Tsuno people are located within the territory of the Katayama family. Even if Tsuno Kahei and the Tsuno people want to find someone to take refuge in, then how could they not directly take refuge in the more powerful Katayama family, but instead choose the relatively weak self from near and far? If he boldly revealed his identity and recruited the Tsuno people, would he be used by them as a meeting gift for the Katayama family?......
Matsugami Yoshimitsu is also difficult to choose what to do next.
"Fat sheep, it's time to eat." A voice interrupted Matsukami's thoughts, and before he knew it, it was already dark and it was time for dinner. It was none other than the little ghost Sanshiro during the day. Matsugami Yoshimitsu's dinner seemed to him to be very simple, with only two brown rice balls and a glass of water. Needless to say, in Matsugami Yoshimitsu in his previous life, he was lucky in this life, and he had hundreds of stone of rice as soon as he crossed over, not to mention the brown rice balls, which he had never eaten before. At this time, Matsugami Yoshimitsu looked at the two light yellow rice balls, and he didn't know how to eat them for a while.
"Goo." Since he hadn't eaten for a day, Yoshimitsu Matsugami was also a little hungry at this time. In the end, Matsugami Yoshimitsu was defeated by hunger, picked up a brown rice ball and bit it, but as soon as the rice ball was eaten, he regretted it. This rice ball pulls my throat. Even though the brown rice balls were hard to swallow, Matsugami still ate one with water, but he had to put the rest away.
Matsugami Yoshimitsu looked up after eating the rice balls and was startled, it turned out that the little ghost named Sanshiro was staring at the remaining rice balls and drooling. "Here, here you go." Matsugami Yoshimitsu hurriedly handed over the rice ball he hadn't eaten. Sanshiro was not polite, didn't say a word, took the rice ball, and devoured it.
Matsugami Yoshimitsu asked curiously when he saw that he was surprised. "I see that you have cultivated a lot of farmland around the village, and there should be no shortage of food, why are you like this?"
"Ahem." Sanshiro swallowed the last bite of the rice ball before looking up and said. "I heard from the people in the village that the farmland we reclaimed was originally the lord and we had enough to eat, but the Katayama family's field tax on our people was very heavy, reaching eight princes and two people. So that we will not have enough to eat. ”
Matsugami Yoshimitsu was overjoyed when he heard that the life of the Tsuno people could not go on, so he had a chance to recruit the Tsuno people. He thought about it and then asked hypocritically. "Then why don't you work for the Katayama family? Won't you be able to get security without having to pay so much tax? ”
"Phew." Sanshiro suddenly became angry. "Our Royal Highness Jiaping also thinks so, but even so, the Katayama family doesn't want to give us peace and the talk collapses." The Katayama family's request for the Tsuno clan to recruit them had spread throughout Tsuno Village during the day. Therefore, the entire Tsuno people, including Sanshiro, are very hostile to the Katayama family. That Sanshiro may also be angry, scolded Matsugami Yoshimitsu a little bit and left.
Although Matsugami Yoshimitsu was scolded by Sanshiro, he was still very happy. Because he got out from Sanshiro's mouth the fact that the Katayama family and the Tsuno people were not on good terms and that the Tsuno people were living a hard life. He regained confidence in recruiting the Tsuno people.
"It looks like I'm going to meet this Lord Jiaping tomorrow." Matsugami thought to himself in prison.