On September 2, the twelfth year of the Astronomical Era, the Tamura Festival also ended. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Tsugawa Soji couldn't be happy, because he had just learned from Yukihime that after holding this Tamura Festival and spending a total of 760 yuan, Tsugawa Soji was speechless. Tsugawa Soji really didn't expect to spend hundreds of yuan, knowing that so much money is enough to buy thousands of stone of grain in Xianbei County.

Soji Tsugawa swore that he would never get these formal things again in the future, and even if he wanted to get them, he would just do it simply, and this kind of ritual would come several times a year, and the Tsugawa family's family would be hollowed out.

But fortunately, the Tsukawa family has just reached two transactions and entered thousands of accounts, which made Tsukawa Soji feel a little better.

"My lord, Yasu-sama Ogasawara asks to see you!" At this time, the wise ten guards came to Tsugawa Soji and said.

Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "Let him in." ”

"Hah!"

After a short time, Yasunaga Ogasawara entered the castle tower.

"I've seen the lord!" Yasunaga Ogasawara bowed heavily.

"Kangchang, what's the matter?" Soji Tsugawa asked.

Yasunaga Ogasawara replied, "My lord, my majesty has come to report to my lord about the recruitment of the inchishigaru. ”

"Oh? Has the new standing ashigaru been recruited? How's it going? Soji Tsugawa then asked.

"In general, the recruitment of this standing ashigaru is still very good, a total of 1,762 new standing ashigaru from the family's territory, and now there are about 3,000 people in the standing ashigaru of the family, including the five-color preparation, and there are as many as 2,000 farmers and soldiers participating in the training in various cities. From this point of view, in the event of a war, the family can mobilize at least more than 5,000 troops! Yasunaga Ogasawara said excitedly.

"5,000 people? Well, it's not bad. Soji Tsugawa nodded with satisfaction, recalling that three years ago when he could only carry more than 10 ashigaru, Soji Tsugawa felt a lot in his heart.

"But my lord, in the recruitment of the standing ashigaru, there are some places where people don't seem to want to become the standing ashigaru of the family." Yasunaga Ogasawara said helplessly.

"Oh? And such a thing? Soharu Tsugawa asked suspiciously, "Where is it?" It stands to reason that the family's standing ashigaru treatment is so generous, there shouldn't be anyone who doesn't want to? ”

"Most of these places are places close to other forces, such as Kawabe County, Yuri County, and the two counties of Xiongsheng and Pinglu that are newly acquired by the family. The lords were not very enthusiastic about the enlistment of standing ashigaru. Yasunaga Ogasawara replied.

Hearing this, Soji Tsugawa smiled and said, "It's not difficult to understand. Places like Xianghebe and Yuri were originally home to a large number of wealthy families, and most of these peasants were often fighting, and if they were war-weary, they would not be willing to fight for a short time. As for Xiongsheng County and Pinglu County, the family has just mastered it, and the people have not yet formed a sense of belonging, so you will continue to increase the pacification of these places. It should get better after a while. ”

"Hah!" Yasushi Ogasawara replied loudly.

These were minor issues, and Soharu Tsugawa didn't really care about them. Now the Tsugawa family's stone height is about 110,000, plus other output and income can have 120,000, in the entire Kitadewa area, only the North Road Oku overlord Nanbu family and the Hiyama Anto family can compare to the Tsugawa family.

However, Tsugawa Soji still said worriedly, "Recruiting so many standing guards at once, will it make the labor in the territory, especially the young and strong, suddenly decrease, and affect the farming of the family?" ”

Ogasawara Yasunaga said with a smile, "The lord doesn't need to worry, after the statistics of the castle and Kiuchi Nagari, the population of the current family is estimated to be 5,422 households, 32,774 people, of which 7,621 are young and strong. There are also more than 2,400 men between the ages of 10 --- 14. So for the time being, there is no need to worry about the demographic problem. ”

"Hmm." After hearing this, Tsugawa Soji nodded slightly, and then said, "Now I announce a new decree, you listen carefully." ”

"Hah!" Yasunaga Ogasawara said hurriedly.

Tsugawa Soji said slowly, "From now on, the family encourages childbirth, and anyone who gives birth to a second child in the family in the future will be rewarded with one stone of rice for a man, and even if it is a woman, he will also be rewarded with five buckets of grain." When you returned, you ordered a proclamation to be made and posted in all the cities of your house, and then ordered the lords of each city to send this decree to every village of your house. ”

"Lord, in this way, the family will lose a lot of food." Yasunaga Ogasawara said worriedly.

Soji Tsugawa shook his head and said, "Although we will lose a lot of food at the moment, we should take a long-term view. Once the population of the family increases, the farmers will reclaim a lot of new land, and the stone height of the family will increase. At that time, the agricultural tax collected will also increase, so the family will still have some money. ”

"What's more, the increase in population is also conducive to increasing the strength of the family, and it doesn't matter if you lose some food for the time being." Soji Tsugawa said with a smile.

Yasunaga Ogasawara hurriedly admired and said, "It's still the lord's foresight, and your subordinates admire!" ”

"Well, in addition, it is necessary to let the lords of each city organize the peasants to reclaim the land, and now there are many places in the family territory where the land can be reclaimed, and you and Kiuchi Nagaru will help Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki to deal with these things. The strength of this family is now increasing, and the two of them can't handle it alone, so you guys have to help Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki. Soji Tsugawa continued.

"Yes! Lord! ”

"Well, speaking of which, if you usually find any talents, you can also let them participate in the affairs of your own family. In principle, the promotion of talents in the family does not depend on their background, as long as they are capable, even if they are ordinary farmers, they can be promoted exceptionally. You retainers can decide for yourself. Soji Tsugawa said slowly.

"Hah!"

At present, the Tsugawa family is still too short of talents in internal affairs, and Saigo Muzo has complained to Tsugawa Soji more than once. But there is no way to do it, in a remote place like Dewa Province, there are few literate people, and even fewer people who are good at internal affairs.

Even if there are talents in this area, most people with a little background will not choose to play for the Tsugawa family. They prefer to go to nearby areas, even Kanto and other places, which allow them to show off their talents.

So what the Tsugawa family can choose is some people who are not from good backgrounds, since there is no room for choice, then simply don't choose, as long as you have the ability, then Tsugawa Soji is willing to give you the opportunity to show your strengths.

Most of the retainers of the Tsugawa family now come out like this, such as Miki Naogo, Yamamoto Ichiro, and so on.

Soji Tsugawa also tried to hold some talent selection meetings to attract talents to the Tsugawa family, but unfortunately they had little effect. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the rise of the Tsugawa family is too short, the background is not deep, and the influence is insufficient.

However, Tsugawa Soji believes that with the continuous development of the Tsugawa family, there will be talents who will come to visit him in the future. You don't have to rush these things, just let them be.