Because of the mention of civilians just now, this reminded the clan of their living hardships, especially their own people, who were much poorer than the commoners in other places, and in the eyes of the clan, as a lord, it was his fault if he could not let the lords be fed and clothed.

Therefore, after settling the matter of the castle town, I heard him say to Kagawa Tadaji again: "Since many people have come to build the castle town, I think that the harvest of the fields this year and next year will be reduced, so I decided that starting this year, within three years, the tax will be changed from two taxes to one to ten taxes, and after three years, to five taxes and one, and this tax will continue to be implemented in the family territory." ”

The clan wanted to adjust the tax rate as early as the East Castle, but if it did that, it would inevitably cause a large influx of civilians around it, and he had only been a beginner at that time, and doing so would only set up countless enemies for himself, so the clan had not done it ninja.

And now the situation is different, although he is still a retainer of the Oda family, but he already has a country under his rule, and it is a well-deserved little name, as long as he does not rebel, within the territory, he is not how to toss as he wants, as for the enemy who will make enemies, he is now the boss of the first major faction of the Oda family, what else is there to be afraid of.

Lowering the tax rate is more beneficial than disadvantageous in any way, first of all, it can attract more displaced people to come here to open up the wasteland, so that they can recruit more troops, and secondly, the civilian people have surplus food and spare money in their hands, which will promote the development of commerce, and the development of commerce, so that more businessmen will be attracted to take root here, and so on. It is no longer a dream to build Hida into another commercial center in Japan.

Since the time for the construction of this town was greatly shortened, the construction of the road had to keep up, but it was impossible for the clan to increase the speed of the clan's Zhilu Road, so the order could only be changed, first the section of the road connecting Takayama Castle to Sakurato Castle was repaired, and then the road leading to Shinano was repaired, after all, the big merchants were basically west of Hida. The road to the east is a little later a few months, so it doesn't matter much.

When Kagawa Tadaji and Nakamura Kazuji began to go their separate ways, the clan gave an order to Mizase Maemon. The ninjas sent by the family to various places not only have to listen to information, but also have to take on the task of promoting Takayama Town, and in order not to lose time. From the moment the order is given, it starts immediately.

Anyway, the road and the castle town have already started to be built, and even if they haven't been built yet, they shouldn't have any worries when they see this scale.

In Takayama Castle, three days have passed since I received the news that the Takeda army had retreated and Takeda Shingen had fallen. And today is the day when the Takayama Army marched out of Shinano.

In the training ground, 2,300 ninja soldiers lined up neatly on the playground, although nearly half of them had no armor. But the columns are very neat.

Originally, there were only a few dozen people left, but after the war, the clan expanded to 100 people, and they stood at the front of the team, with a strength of 2,400 troops, which is not much. Say less, no less.

If it is used well, it is not a problem to seize a land of 180,000 stones, after all, Shinano has many wealthy clans, and there are not many direct leaders of the Takeda family, how can the army under the command of the wealthy clan be the opponent of the Takayama army, but this battle. The clan only planned to seize a land of twenty or thirty thousand stones, so there were two thousand four hundred troops, which was completely sufficient.

It's not that he doesn't want to take more land, it's all because he doesn't dare to do it, the land of twenty or thirty thousand stones is nothing in front of the Takeda family, which has more than one million stones, and most of it is land under the rule of the Hao family, and now the interior is very unstable, I'm afraid they won't have the time to take care of themselves.

And if he really captures 180,000 stones, it will be beyond the bottom line of the Takeda family, once it feels threatened, it is very likely that Takeda Katsuyori and Anayama Nobuyuki will join forces, and the defeated clan is not afraid, after all, now that the war is basically over, even if Nobunaga does not send troops to help, the families in his own faction will also send troops to help. …,

The last thing the clan wants to see is that the Takeda family will unite from now on, once they are screwed together, then it will be very unfavorable to the Takayama family's next strategy, so the clan has to hold back, first get back tens of thousands of stones, anyway, Shinano is there, and he can't run, as long as the Takeda family is in civil strife, it will not be his own at that time.

And twenty or thirty thousand stones is already a lot for the current Gaoshan family, and the current territory of the family is only fifty thousand stones, an increase of more than tens of thousands of stones, which is already considered to be a rapid development.

What's more, once the land around the border between the two countries was controlled by the Takayama family, Hida was not something that the Takeda family could come and go whenever they wanted.

Since this battle was only against the wealthy clans of Shinano Province who had already surrendered to the Takeda family, it was too easy for the Takayama army, and if nothing else, the time to siege the castle and the people of Anmin combined, and the time taken to travel back and forth, would not exceed seven days in total.

So the clan didn't say much, as soon as the army arrived, it was really nothing to arrange for it to attack directly.

And just as the clan was preparing to send out the army, the abbots of the temples in Kaga Province had already led the army to the Kaga Honganji Temple.

This time, the number of monks and soldiers in Hida reached 4,000, and Qili Lai Zhou was just about to announce the order to go out with confidence, only to see a monk with a hat on his head rushing to his side, and reported loudly: "The first seat, the disciple got the information, the Takeda army in Hida has been defeated by the Takayama clan, the reason is currently unknown, please decide the first seat." ”

Qili Lai Zhou's face sank after hearing this, the reason why he would send an army to Hida was not because he wanted to attack the Gao Shan family with the Takeda army, and after the Gao Shan family was destroyed, he would lead the army to take Qifu directly, and now this strategy is obviously impossible to achieve, the Gao Shan army is not weak, and the Gao Shan clan is scheming, if it is faced alone, there is really no big certainty, whether he wants to go out to the army?

Qili Lai Zhou began to hesitate after listening, that is, at present, the Takeda Shangluo army has retreated, and the news that the army is preparing to retreat has not yet reached his ears, otherwise he has nothing to hesitate at all, if it is just the Takayama family, it is easy to say, but if it is to the Oda family, then think about it with your feet, and feel that there is no possibility of success.

After a while, I couldn't help but ask, "Everyone, the situation has changed now, I don't know what you have to say." ”

I only heard one of the abbots of the temple speak first: "Master, if you face the Takayama army alone, you can't win a quick victory at all, once you entangle it for too long, Mino is likely to be taken away by the Asakura family first, and I can only get this poor Hida when I wait, and the benefits obtained are not enough to make up for the losses in this battle, so I think that in terms of the current situation, there is no need to send an army, so it is better to plan according to the original plan, borrow from the Asakura family, and divide Mino with it, I don't know what the master thinks?" ”

"Master, I don't approve of sending troops to Hida again, and the war has been going on for half a month, I'm afraid that even if the Asakura family hasn't invaded Mino, I'm afraid it's not too much, how can he agree to borrow a way from him at this time, it's completely self-deprecating, it's better to disperse, wait and see, and wait for the next opportunity."

The teachings of Zhaolian Temple saw that the two people who spoke were against sending troops to Hida, and they couldn't help but feel anxious, if they continued to talk about it, I am afraid that Qili Lai Zhou would definitely follow their advice, and then whether it was to attack Meinong by the way, or to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, he could only stand aside, so that he had no money and no power, and how to revive Zhaolian Temple.

Thinking of this, he had to speak: "The first seat, in the lower is different from the opinion of the two masters. Although it is still unclear why the Takeda Army in Hida was defeated, it is believed that the elite of the Takeda Army is not much worse than the Takayama Army, and even if the Takayama family wins, it must be a miserable victory. …,

According to the next understanding, the Takayama Army has a total of 4,500 troops, half of which are newly recruited less than half of the army, although the Takeda Army was defeated by luck, but the loss will be at least more than half, it is estimated that there are only more than 1,000 tired troops under its command, and this time our army is 4,000, and they are all elites, only one battle can defeat it, it will not be delayed for too long, and the Takeda family retreats, and the Hida country does not need to share with others, the first if you rely on your own strength to eliminate the Buddha enemy Takayama clan, then the reputation will definitely rise, Maybe you can even surpass Master Xianru and become the head of the Pure Land True Sect, such an opportunity is only once, please think twice. ”

If the previous analysis of the teachings of Zhaolian Temple failed to impress Qili Lai Zhou, then his last sentence completely hooked him.

The Japanese monks don't talk about anything indisputable, they take worldly power very seriously, if it weren't for the shaved head and robe, then there is no difference from the samurai at all, and the only difference is that they are much more hypocritical than the samurai.

After the teachings of Teruren Temple were finished, several monks spoke, but Shiri Yorishu did not listen to a word, and he was now thinking about how to use the elimination of the Takayama clan to make Kaga Honganji replace Ishiyama Honganji and become the center of Buddhism.

It can be said that he has now fully accepted the proposal of the teachings of Terurenji, after all, even if he fails to attack Mino in the Asakura family, he will not suffer a loss if he only kills the Takayama clan.

Thinking of this, I saw that he put on a hypocritical face again, and said righteously: "The Gaoshan Clan Sect and its henchmen destroyed many temples of my Pure Land True Sect, and directly or indirectly killed countless monks of my Pure Land True Sect, no matter whether there is any benefit to be gained in this battle, this seat must destroy it with his own hands, and return the world to a clear state, and I hope that you will take the common people of the world as the priority." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )