The next day, in the castle tower of Iwatani Castle, Soji Tsugawa held the first assessment of this era. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Participating in the evaluation were Kakuraza Castle Saigo Kicho, Tsugawa Shogun Yoshikawa Hiroie, Ashigaru General Kuroda Iekane, and Ashigaru Kumitou Omura Yoshikei.

Seeing that the retainers around him finally looked like a retainer, Soji said happily: "Unconsciously, my family has jumped from a corner mountain city to a wealthy family in the two townships of Rokugo and Iwatani Township, which is not only the blessing of the ancestors of the Tsugawa family, but also depends on the hard work of all the adults."

"Hey" Everyone didn't dare to take credit, and said in unison: "They are all the wise leaders of the lord, and they are well commanded." ”

Zongji smiled and continued: "But the current situation of the family is still not optimistic, although the Yamada family has been eliminated, but there will inevitably be a battle with the Ryohei family, and the movements of the other wealthy families around must be closely watched, and more detectives will be sent to report the situation at any time."

"Hi," said Kuroda Iekane, who had recently been copying the Tsukawa family's investigative affairs. At this time, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family said to Soji: "My lord, the family now owns Kadoyama Castle, Tsugawa Castle and Iwatani Castle in the upper and middle reaches of the Kakujian River, and basically firmly controls the Kakujian River Valley. However, the three castles of the family are lined up. Although the only passage to Kadoyama Castle in the rear is blocked by Tsugawa Castle, to the left of Tsugawa Castle in the middle is the domain of the Ozawa family, and the Iwatani Castle in the front is close to the territory of the Ryohei family. That's why Tsugawa Castle and Iwatani Castle are the focus of the family's defense."

Soji and the others nodded approvingly, and Soji motioned for Yoshikawa Hiroya to continue. "My lord, after the battle the day before yesterday, my family suffered heavy damage. Even if the original Yamada family's ashigaru is reinstated, there are still less than 100 people, and the troops are relatively stretched to defend the two castles," Soji said, "What is Yoshikawa-sama's opinion?" ”

Yoshikawa Hiroke said: "The family now has enough food, so you can consider recruiting some more standing ashigaru, and gather the few displaced people around you, and select young and strong people from them to strengthen the strength of your family" "Well, yes, this matter will be left to Yoshikawa-sama to be responsible, and try to recruit as many ashigaru as possible in case of the next war" "Hi" Yoshikawa Hiroke promised.

"What is the strength of the surrounding forces?" Soji said to Kuroda Iekane. "My lord, in the entire western part of Nansenkita-gun, there are many forces such as the main family, the Osawa family, the Ryohei family, the Yamada family, the Togo family, and the Nagano family. Among them, the Ryohei family in the north of Iwatani Castle and the Osawa family in the lower reaches of the Kakuragawa River have always been the most powerful forces, and the two sides have been fighting each other for decades, and they have not been able to distinguish the winner or loser. And the other forces such as the Yamada family, the Togo family, and the Nagano family are not much different. However, after the main family defeated the Ryohei family and eliminated the Yamada family, they became the most powerful and wealthy family in the Kakujian River basin after the Osawa family and Ryohei. ”

"Well, tell me about the strength of these families," Soji said.

"Hi," Kuroda continued, "The Ryohei family has two castles, Ryohei Castle and Daitaka Castle, and there are 200 people standing in Ashigaru, and about 300 peasants and soldiers should be able to organize about 300 people. However, in the last battle, the entire army of the Ryohei family was wiped out and suffered heavy damage. The current strength should be around 300 men. ”

Soji nodded and motioned for Kuroda Iekane to continue.

"And the Osawa family in the lower reaches of the Kakujian River was originally able to dispatch about 400 troops according to the Upper Mountain Castle of the Osawa Castle and the Osawa Family, but I heard that the head of the Osawa family, the Osawa Gao family, died of illness, and the head of the Upper Mountain Family, Ueyamasawa is the half-brother of the Osawa Gao family, but because it is a concubine and has been succeeded to the Upper Mountain family, an important minister of the Osawa family, it is not possible to inherit the Osawa family. But because the son of the Osawa Gao family, Osawa Kochi, is only 8 years old, so Kamiyama Sawayuki and Osawa Kochi have recently been fighting for the position of the governor of the Osawa family. Kuroda replied.

"Oh?" Zong Zhixi said: "In this way, the most powerful Ryohei family and the Daze family, one has suffered heavy damage, and the other is busy with infighting? ”

"That's true" Kuroda Iekan said happily: "God bless my Tsugawa family, so the family can be repaired for a while recently, but other wealthy families have to be guarded against" After a pause, Kuroda Iekane continued: "The Togo family's original base Togo Castle is in the south of Kakuroyama Castle, but there is Shimono Mountain in the middle, and the Togo family has not been very strong all along, so the Togo family is not much of a threat to the family. The Nagano family on the right side of Iwatani Castle has not been as powerful as the Ryohei family and the Osawa family, but because of its close trade ties with the Hondo family, a powerful wealthy family in the eastern part of Nansenkita-gun, they can earn a lot of income through trade, especially horses and weapons, from which horses and weapons have always been purchased in the Kakujian River Valley. ”

After hearing this, Zongji said, "What is the strength of the Hondo family?" Kuroda Iekane said, "My lord, the Hondo family has been dominating the eastern part of Nansenkita for hundreds of years, and although they have always wanted to extend their tentacles into the western region, they are entangled by the Rokugo family, which is also powerful, and they can't spare their energy to expand."

"Liuxiang's family?" Soji's heart moved when he heard this name.

As if guessing what Soji was thinking, Kuroda Iekane said, "Yes, speaking of which, the Rokugo family has a lot of connections with the main family. The third generation head of the family, Tsukawa Kami, is the princess of the Rokugo family. And the original base of the Rokugo family is near the current Tsugawa Castle."

Upon hearing that the family had such a friendship with the powerful Liuxiang family, Zongzhi hurriedly asked, "Then why did the Liuxiang family go to the east?" ”

Kuroda Iekane continued: "At that time, the head of the Rokugo family, Rokugo Tomohisa, was the concubine of the Dataka family, the largest wealthy family in the eastern region at that time, but he was passed on to the Rokugo family as the head of the family. However, one day, the head of the Dagao family, Dagao Yumasa, suddenly died, and the other descendants of the Dagao family also died one after another, in order to keep the family name, the retainers of the Dagao family welcomed the successor to the Liuxiang family Rokugo Tomohisa back to the Dagao family and became the governor. After a pause, Kuroda Iekane continued: "At this time, the Hondo family, who was originally an important minister of the Great Taka family, suddenly rebelled and took all the territories in the northern part of the Great Taka family under his command. At this point, the Great Taka family was divided into two, and later Rokugo Tomohisa gave the territory near Rokugo Castle to Lord Tsugawa Masamune. ”

Zongzhi was speechless when he heard it in his heart, "Made, the little Nanxian North County, is so deep?" ”

"What is the strength of the Hondo family and the Liuxiang family?" Soji asked the question he wanted to ask the most. "My lord, there are more than half of the horses and iron mines in Nanxian North County in the territory of this hall. The strength is strong, and the standing army is more than 1,000 people. And the Liuxiang family is similar. ”

"? Can this still be played?" Zongzhi almost scolded his mother in his heart, this feels like being in the bronze section, and suddenly encounters a group of kings, can you still play?. "But don't worry, the two families have always been mortal enemies, and they have never stopped fighting each other, so it won't have much impact on the family at this stage. Now the great enemy of the family is still the wealthy family in the western region," said the Kuroda family, Kanami Soharu bowed his head in contemplation.

"That's true, forget it, don't care about these for now" Zongzhi raised his head, tidied up his sitting posture a little, and then said to everyone: "This family has worked hard in this battle. Saigo-sama"

"Your Majesty is here" Seeing that Zongji called him, Saigo Kicho hurriedly replied.

"Lord Saigo promoted the family's agricultural affairs, and was fully responsible for the family's farming in Rokugo and Iwatani Township, and was responsible for the resettlement of the displaced people in the territory."

"Hey, my subordinates will live up to their mission."

"Well, Saigo-sama's salary is tentatively set at 5 koku, and it will be increased in the future."

"Thank you, lord," Saigo Mu Chang thanked him.

After arranging for Saigo Kicho, Soji said to Kuroda Iekane: "Mabei, I appoint you as the general of my family, with a salary of 10 koku a year, and I am responsible for all the training work of the newly recruited Ashigaru in my family, and I have already investigated the surrounding forces. Don't let me down."

"Hi," Kuroda said firmly.

"Lord Yoshikawa Hiroka" Soji said to Yoshikawa Hiroke again, "Lord Yoshikawa has been fighting against the Ryohei family for a long time, and he knows the military situation of the Ryohei family quite well, and now, your position as a general remains unchanged, and you are also appointed as the castle representative of Iwatani Castle, responsible for defending the Ryohei family in the north of Iwatani Castle, are you confident?" ”

"Hi," Yoshikawa Hiroya said excitedly, "Thanks to the lord for not giving up, I, Yoshikawa Hiroka, will definitely guard Iwatani Castle for the lord and swear to live and die with Iwatani Castle." ”

"Well, with Yoshikawa-sama guarding Iwatani Castle, the family can rest easy," Soji nodded and said.

Then, "Yoshikage Komura, promoted to the head of the family's ashigaru general, with a salary of 5 stones, commands the Taidao squad, and as my flag samurai, sits with me in Tsugawa Castle." ”

"Yes, my lord," said Yoshikai Komura, leaning down.

"There are still not enough talents, and when the territory of the main family expands again in the future, the Kuroda family and a few people will not be enough" Soji looked at the Kuroda family and a few people and thought, "Made, I really envy the talents of other people's subordinates, when you come to me, there are two or three miscellaneous fish, even if the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family, who is the most powerful, is only a person who has not even left a name in history, it really hurts"

Randomly, Soji Tsugawa thought of something, and said to Kuroda Iekane: "Mabei, last year, His Royal Highness promised to marry His Highness's maid Nanako to you when the war is over." However, I have been busy, and I have forgotten that there is such a thing, and now that everyone is here, I think it is better to help you do things today, what do you think? ”

"Huh?" Kuroda Ieji Brain was stunned for a while, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, "Thank you, Lord Gong, Your Majesty ......" "Okay, okay, Mabei, don't say any polite words, this is what His Royal Highness promised you, go and prepare." The ashigaru people were also called, and everyone relaxed together. "Hi," Kuroda said with a bow

.......

A unique wedding was held in Iwatani Castle. Without a grand setting and a grand atmosphere, a ceremony consisting entirely of ashigaru and samurai was unique. Even in the future, some people want to get married like today, held in the barracks or school grounds, and this kind of "military marriage" has gradually become popular in the Tsugawa family, of course, these are all later words, not to mention for the time being.

A group of people made trouble at night, and the ashigaru people rarely relaxed and had a chance to eat and drink. They all sang and danced one after another, and all kinds of different celebratory dances competed on the stage for a while.

Looking at the happy figures of everyone on the field, Zongji thought a lot. "One by one, they have all started a family, where is my home?" Soji slowly stood up and walked towards the castle tower of Iwatani Castle, a long figure projected in the bright moonlight........