Chapter 81: The Snow of Narayama Continues

The housekeeper of the Sugita family also told everyone a good news, saying that Sister Sugi considered that the farmers had nothing to do in the winter and ate at home in vain, so she thought of a way for everyone to let each family contribute a few laborers, male and female, and pay wages for food and housing!

Narayama Village is going to fry, this is a great thing!

There have never been good things, especially this year!!

Rihei, Risuke, and Yoshiya rushed to the butler to watch, and asked if it was okay for three of them to come out.

The housekeeper said with a smile on his eyebrows, "You are just three hundred people, and my Sugida family will still be paid for the meal!"

The news spread like a fly in the Shinshu area, and even the snow season that had already arrived could not be stopped.

Ah Ling Po and her daughter-in-law Ah Yu, and the future granddaughter-in-law Ah Jin sat at home in a daze, there was no way, no one in the three big men in the family could stop them------ all of them rushed to the manor of the Sugida family in a swarm, even the mountain village that was more remote than Narayama Village knew it.

It's never a good thing to be able to send some food before winter, and it's a good thing to be able to eat and pay wages in winter, this is the arrangement of the god Narayama, right?!

Ah Lingpo said with a crying voice: "Why am I so miserable------ who will carry me to Narayama." ”

Ayu looked at Ah Jin.

Ah Jin said: "There are only three of us in the family, and the food can be eaten until next summer------ grandma, I beg you not to go up to Narayama!" ”

Ah Lingpo said: "Keep the food as much as possible, the man will come back sooner or later." ”

Ah Lingpo visited the homes of other old people in the village alone in the snow, and the old people sympathized with Ah Lingpo's plight------ when they arrived at Kaminaraya Mountain, the eldest son of the family was gone.

Of course, they didn't dare to accuse the Sugida family of recruiting people, in fact, any low-level samurai could scare the whole village, let alone the Sugida family.

In the vast snow, Ah Lingpo was walking alone, her expression was very confused.

Heavy snow also fell over the Sugita family's private residence.

The butler excitedly reported to a gorgeous and dignified girl.

He said: "My Sugida family has recruited a total of 3,000 laborers through the fields of each grange, and the 800 laborers sent away before have made us a lot of money, and if we can send them away in the future, we will get several times the amount of money and food!" ”

The gorgeous and solemn girl turned her head to look at the heavy snow outside the window and said, "Will the snow affect sending them away?" ”

A young retainer kneeling beside her said, "No, as long as they can go to the seashore, they will be transported by sea boat------

The girl's name was Sister Sugi, the eldest daughter of the Sugida family, and when she passed her eighteenth birthday, she began to help her father with official duties.

Her father had recently become obsessed with Zen Buddhism and had been in retreat.

Sister Shan, still looking at the heavy snow outside the window, said, "Let's give some more food to the old and weak villagers who stay at home, I don't want to hear reports of starvation in the winter anymore." ”

The butler knelt down cleanly and withdrew.

Sugi's retainer was a samurai in his twenties, and within a few months of the Kamakura Incident, he was sent by the Sugida family to Kamakura Castle to observe the situation.

Later, he also went to Iwami Province and saw the prosperity of the Iwami Free Trade Zone with his own eyes.

After listening to his detailed report, this made the Sugita family decisively cut off ties with the Hojo family and quickly fell to the new general of the Eastern Expedition, Prince Ryōyasu.

It has now been proven that this reversal has brought great benefits to the Sugita family.

As the guardians of Shinshu, they not only did not pay the taxes, but also gave a large amount of cotton, grain, and other goods in advance.

If some is not distributed to the villagers, the Sugida family will have to pile up the grain in the open field!

Taking refuge is a science, and it requires accurate intelligence and bold predictions!

Sister Shan's retainers are indispensable to the Sugida family, but he never shows off his merits, and he never treats others proudly, so he has been silently doing things for Sister Shan.

It was also his idea to take advantage of the winter season to export labor, and he also bypassed the middlemen and directly contacted the New Oriental Group of Companies on the island of Liuqiu------ which would bring the Sugida family estate to a new stage.

After the housekeeper withdrew, Sister Shan was still looking at the snow outside the window.

The snow was on the plum branches, the snow on the pavilions, and the snow on the pines and cypresses in the distance------

Sister Shan's retainer quietly glanced at Sister Shan, and under the gorgeous clothes, she exposed a piece of her neck, which was whiter than the snow outside.

"Can those merchants really do what they say we do to our villagers?"

Sister Shan turned around, and she asked faintly.

Sister Shan's retainers lowered their heads, knelt down, and said, "With their lives, they will be able to keep their promises!" ”

"Do you really produce a lot of corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes?"

"Yes!"

"It's a pity that cornmeal is not as delicious as soba noodles, and potatoes are not good------ only roasted sweet potatoes are excellent."

Sister Shan's retainer smiled, he roasted it for her to eat.

When he found out that roasted sweet potatoes were sold in the Iwami Country Free Trade Zone, he concluded that this thing would make Sister Sugi like it, just like the canned fruit!

Sister Shan's retainer said, "I heard that the Korean people like to mix cornmeal with soba noodles------ as long as the villagers fill their stomachs and work hard, then everything will settle down." ”

"I originally thought that Lin'an City in the Great Song Dynasty was the most prosperous place in the world, but I didn't expect that there would be Badaohe City, and I really hope that like you, I can go to Badaohe City right away."

Sister Shan's retainer's throat moved, and he even wanted Sister Shan's to accompany him!

Kamakura Port has a sea ship that goes to Liuqiu Island and the Great Song Dynasty every day, and there is already a passenger ship dedicated to transporting people!

Going to sea at this time is definitely not the situation of fighting with your life before, it is very safe and comfortable.

But not yet.

Sister Sugi's retainer said, "I will definitely bring back the good things there this time, so that Shinshu will be as rich as the Iwami Free Trade Zone!"

I've heard the merchants of Liuqiu Island say that it is a sin to starve a dog to death on Liuqiu Island------ and we have to personally send our old people to Narayama to starve to death in order to save a bite to eat!

This is a great sin!! ”

"Ahh Sister Shan's face was covered with her long, white hands, as if she didn't want to see the sins she had known for a long time.

"You have to think of a way to prevent this from happening again!"

Sister Shan's retainers took their eyes off Sister Shan's men, bowed deeply, and said, "Yes, I have already sent samurai to patrol the four places!" ”

In the vast snow, Liping was walking with difficulty carrying a large package.

Just now, the steward of the Sugida family gave the laborers some grain, salt, and some other things in advance, and allowed them to send them home first.

Many of the laborers wept and knelt down on the snow.

Liping was the strongest of the three, and he could send it back alone.

From time to time, Liping slipped and fell on the snow, but he got up quickly, and he was carrying excellent grain on his back.

Here, food is everything!

Finally, after a lot of hardship, he went home.

PS: Thank you for the book friend Australian Lao Wu and 1611 for the reward.