On October 25, the 13th year of the Astronomical Calendar, in Ueno Castle, the Tsugawa family's headquarters, Tsugawa Soji received Ogasawara Yasunaga who had returned from Hiyama Castle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yasunaga, how is the situation in Akita and Yamamoto counties?" As soon as Soji Tsugawa sat down, he asked directly.

Yasunaga Ogasawara hurriedly replied, "My lord, the situation in the territory is fine. The people did not show any dissatisfaction with their own rule, but in some places they were very happy to accept their rule. ”

"At present, the family's dominance over Akita and Yamamoto has become more and more stable." As soon as Yasunaga Ogasawara said this, he couldn't suppress the smile in his heart.

"Hmm." Soji Tsugawa nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Have you counted the stone takas of Akita County and Yamamoto County?" ”

"It's been counted." Yasunaga Ogasawara replied in the affirmative.

"So how high is the stone height of the current family?" Soji Tsugawa asked expectantly.

Yasunaga Ogasawara looked at the anticipation in Tsugawa Soji's eyes, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Haha! Lord, the current stone height of this family is no more, no less, just 200,000 stones! ”

"What!" Although Tsugawa Soji had imagined that the stone height would increase after the Tsugawa family captured Akita and Yamamoto guns, he did not expect that it would directly reach 200,000 koku.

"So, the Ando family's territory in the Yugo region is as much as 90,000 koku?" Soji Tsugawa continued. Before, the stone height of the Tsugawa family was 110,000 koku, but now when I heard Ogasawara Shin, I said that the stone height of the Tsugawa family was 200,000 koku, and Tsugawa Soji thought that the stone height of the Ando family in the Hago area was 90,000 koku, which surprised Tsugawa Soharu very much.

Although the area of Akita County and Yamamoto County is quite large, there are many mountains in the territory, and the stone height cannot be as much as 90,000 stones.

Seeing that Soharu Tsugawa had misunderstood, Yasunaga Ogasawara quickly shook his head, and then said, "That's not the case! The territories of the Anto family in the Yugo region are Akita County and Yamamoto County, of which Yamamoto-gun has a stone height of 14,000 stones, and the specific stone height of Akita County is not known for the time being. However, the Anto family only occupies 32,000 koku in the western part of Akita County, and the other 8,000 koku territories are the territories of the Miura family, the Fifty family, and the Kasei family. ”

"After the family confiscated the Kasei family's territory, the family had 50,000 stone in Yamamoto and Akita counties." Yasunaga Ogasawara continued.

After Ogasawara Yasunaga finished speaking, Tsugawa Soji was stunned and said puzzledly, "If the stone height of the family in Yamamoto and Akita is 50,000 stone, then where did the 200,000 stone of the family come from?" ”

Seeing the confusion on Tsugawa Soji's face, Ogasawara Yasunaga hurriedly explained, "The lord doesn't know, after more than a year of reclamation, the stone height of the family in Yuri County, Senbei County and other places has increased a lot. ”

"At present, the Shigoku of the Senhoku-gun of the main family is 70,000 koku, and the Shigao of Yuri-gun is also 30,000 koku (the total stone height is 50,000 koku, and the Yajima family, Akaotsu and other wealthy families are not included). The stone height of the two counties of Pinglu and Xiongsheng is 40,000 stones, plus the 10,000 stones of Kawabe County, and the stone height of the family is 200,000 stones. After saying that, Yasunaga Ogasawara couldn't help but feel a burst of pride.

"I see!" Soji Tsugawa suddenly realized and said, "In this way, the family does not count other outputs, and the grain stone height alone is as much as 200,000 stones?"

"Yes! At present, the output of timber in the main family domain is 1,100 kan, the port income of Tsuchizaki Minato is 5,000 kan, the income of kimchi is roughly 4,000 kan, and the iron ore of Tsugawa Castle, the silver mine of Maeda Castle, and the silver mine of Komatsuyama Castle are about 1,900 kan a year. ”

"Coupled with the gold mines near Hiyama City and the silver mines in the Jiacheng family's territory, the current output of minerals in the family's territory is about 4,400 guan a year." Yasunaga Ogasawara continued, "In this way, the family will receive 15,000 koto a year. After speaking, Ogasawara Yasunaga couldn't help but shake his body, with an annual income of 15,000 kan, this remote place like the Ou region is already considered a local tyrant.

Soji Tsugawa also said with satisfaction, "Very good! In this way, the strength of the family has increased again, and even if it is against the southern family in the future, it will have the strength to fight. ”

"In addition, after statistics, there are currently 11,423 farming households in the family's territory, with a population of 78,622 people, including 12,417 young and strong men." Yasunaga Ogasawara continued. Only those between the ages of 16 and 35 in the Tsugawa family can be called young strong, and young people must participate in ashigaru training in addition to the busy farming season. In this way, the Tsugawa family's military resources can be guaranteed to the greatest extent so that they can cope with future wars.

"The population is still not large enough!" Soji Tsugawa suddenly said melancholy, "Kangcho, what strategy do you have to increase the population?" Let's talk about it! ”

"This .......," Ogasawara Yasunaga hesitated for a moment, then spoke, "The previous strategy was either to encourage the lords to have children, or to issue a decree restricting the movement of the lords, and dividing the offender by a heavy fine. ”

"Encouraging childbearing is good for population growth, but it's too slow!" Soji Tsugawa said slowly, "After all, it will take at least 15 years to give birth to a boy, and it will take at least 15 years to grow up, and he may die halfway." It is impossible to increase the population in a short period of time. ”

"As for restricting the emigration of the people, this can only ensure that the population is not decreasing, but it cannot make the population continue to increase!" Soji Tsugawa said, shaking his head. "It's better than this! Immediately after you come down, you issue an edict in the territory that clearly stipulates that the peasants who have fled from the territory are allowed to return to their hometowns. Those who return to their villages are forgiven of all previous debts and a certain amount of land is redistributed to them. Soji Tsugawa said slowly, "In addition, in addition to the lords who fled from the main family before, farmers and displaced people outside the main family can move into the main family, and the main family will distribute the land and residence together. ”

"In this way, it should have an effect on the population growth of my family." Soji Tsugawa continued.

"Hah!" Yasunaga Ogasawara hurriedly replied.

"In addition, the family has now added tens of thousands of stone to the territory, and the relative demand for ashigaru will also increase. Next, you sent an order to the lords and generations of the castles in Akita and Yamamoto Prefectures, ordering them to recruit the standing ashigaru and organize the training of peasant soldiers as soon as possible." Soji Tsugawa continued, "The situation in the Ou region is still uncertain, and there may be another war at any point, so the family must be fully prepared!" ”

"Hah!"

While Soji Tsukawa and Yasunaga Ogasawara were having a good conversation, a fast horse was galloping from the castle town of Ueno Castle to the castle. In Ueno Castle, no one was allowed to ride a horse except for the cavalry who gave orders (except for Tsugawa Soji and Hagimoto), and when they saw the cavalry speeding in, Ashigaru in the castle gave in. Then he stared curiously at the back of the cavalry leaving, and began to discuss.

"Report!"

"Report! Feng Zhangcheng urgent! ”

A gruff voice rang out from outside the castle tower, interrupting further discussion between Soji Tsugawa and Yasunaga Ogasawara.