At this time, Sanada Masayuki also said after thinking about it carefully: "The subordinates agree, the lord's attitude towards the people does need to be changed, and the subordinates also want to say that although the family's low taxes will introduce a large number of displaced people, there is no need to worry about the population problem in recruiting Ashigaru, but this will face another new problem, that is, once the people in the territory live a rich life, then who else is willing to sacrifice their lives to fight for the lord, because the recruitment of Ashigaru is not mandatory for the family, so the subordinates think, If this family goes on like this for a long time, even if the number of displaced people increases significantly, it will not be able to recruit enough troops, so please think twice. ”

"My lord, what Hosokawa-sama and Sanada-sama said is not alarmist, according to the subordinates, because Hida has been tax-free for three years, and today's five taxes and one policy, coupled with the vigorous development of timber trading and the construction of castle towns, it can be said that the civilians of Hida have begun to become rich, which has led to the fact that the family has not been able to recruit the people of Hida country in the near future, although they are grateful to the lord for his benevolence, but it is very difficult to let them fight for the lord, The people of Hida have gradually become accustomed to a stable life, and their subordinates believe that in today's troubled times, this wind must not be opened. Please also ask the Lord to decide. "Honda Shoshin used even stronger evidence to prove that low taxes are simply not feasible at this time.

At first, the clan also planned to refute them by using water to carry a boat and capsize a boat, but when the three military advisors finished speaking, not only did he not have such an idea now, but began to feel afraid, fortunately there were three military advisors in the family, otherwise who knows if the family would decline rapidly because of this.

As the head of the house. Before, he was only concerned with recruiting enough troops. Development is set every year. As for the big thing like carrying out the raiders, he didn't care at all about where Ashigaru was recruited, but now that he heard the three military advisors say it, he couldn't help but care. The clan is clear that in this troubled world, the people must not be allowed to be inert, once they realize that they can be rewarded if they don't pay. Then it is impossible for the Takayama family to become the pinnacle of this stage.

Thinking of this, the clan finally made a decision, only to hear him speak: "What you said makes sense, so I decided that from this year, the family's tax will be raised to fifty percent, and if it catches up with the disaster year in the future, it will be appropriately reduced." The matter was entrusted to the chief of the Takayama clan. ”

"Yes, the subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." The head of the Takayama clan immediately saluted and said.

And the retainers present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the lord was good at this, once he did not do it properly. As soon as someone reminds you, changes are made immediately. It will never continue to be wrong because of face or other reasons, which is one of the reasons why the Gao Shan family has been able to develop to its current scale in more than ten years.

Although the family will add a lot of income this year, but that is really after October, so even if the expansion of the army is completed before the end of this year, it will not be able to form combat effectiveness, and it seems that the only way to attack the Hojo family is the year after tomorrow.

After confirming the adjustment of taxes, it is necessary to put the matter of Kai mining on the agenda, although Kai has been occupied by the Takayama family in the middle of the year, but because there are too many things to do, and the clan believes that the family is not short of money, so it was not very anxious about this matter before, but now it is not in a hurry, so after deciding on the tax issue, the clan immediately handed over the mining of the mine to Murai Sadakatsu, as for who is responsible for the specific matters, there is no need for the clan to worry about it, but no matter who is responsible for the specific mining matters, The clan requires that the family's four gold mines must be handed over 500,000 yuan every year, and not a penny is missing.

The problem of funding was solved, and the topic of army expansion was again distracted.

I only heard the clan said: "The expansion of the army is imperative, but if you want to fully expand, it will need to be at least after June, so I decided to expand the spear first, and the rest of the army will wait for the family's funds to be in place, and then expand in the line." ”

The first expansion of the spear is a decision made by the clan after consideration, after all, the Hojo family's action is very big now, who knows if the other party will suddenly launch an offensive against the family Kai or Ueno because of the sudden increase in military strength, although those wealthy clans in Ueno don't care, but if these cannon fodder are consumed now, this is not what the clan sees, so the family's army must be greatly increased in numbers, anyway, it is already elite enough, and it must meet the requirements in terms of numbers, at least it can't make Hojo feel that there is an opportunity.

For the lord to expand the spear first, the generals of the Takayama family expressed their understanding, they have been fighting all year round, how can they not know that the most important thing in facing the Hojo family is not how elite the army is, but whether the army is enough, anyway, it is not that they do not expand the army under their command, but it is just later.

And Tadaji Kagawa, who is in charge of armaments, and Yamada Nagamasa, who is in charge of equipment production, are not relieved, and if they want to arm an army, it is not enough for people alone, especially the military strength of their own family, which is armed to the teeth, and the equipment cannot keep up, which is absolutely not allowed.

At the beginning of the assessment meeting, when the lord said that he wanted to expand the military strength by more than double, Kagawa Tadaji said that after all, as long as there is enough money, you can buy the corresponding war horses and reserve enough military rations, but Yamada Nagamasa secretly complained that the family can produce equipment, but even if the two iron cannon production lines are non-stop for twelve hours, the annual output is only 1,000, and the gap in armor is even greater. However, even if it is fully produced, it will produce 6,000 sets at most a year, and if you want to arm the newly expanded army, let alone a year, it is impossible to complete it within two years, and the original family still has some inventory, but this time the lord sent 3,000 sets of Changzong and my clan at once, and the inventory has bottomed out.

Thinking of this, I saw Yamada Nagamasa say with a bitter face: "Lord, although my subordinates are very supportive of the expansion of the army, the speed of the family's production cannot keep up with the ......"

The clan nodded after hearing this, this is a problem. Although he really wanted to buy from other merchants, but he quickly vetoed the idea, one is because there is no money now, although with his own face, like someone's Tianwangya and Nawu on credit, the other party should also agree, but it is too much of a loss to do so, the price of a set of armor is at least ten times more favorable, and the price of five spears is not expensive, but if you produce it yourself, the price can be at least doubled, and it costs twice as much money at once, and you can accept it if you buy so little this time.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "In this way, all the weapons and armor currently on sale will be suspended, and the first priority will be to arm the family, when to gather what the family needs, and then sell." ”

Yamada Nagamasa was only in charge of production, but he didn't know about sales, so he could only look at Nayasukezaemon.

After listening to this, Nayasuke Saemon calculated in his heart before he said, "My lord, if the sale is stopped, then the stock of iron cannons can barely be gathered by the end of the year, but there will still be a big gap in armor." Please also ask the Lord to decide. ”

The clan couldn't help but shake his head secretly, it was really difficult to expand the army, and it was really difficult to solve the problem of funds, and then led to the problem of the source of troops, and after raising taxes and solving these two problems, it should have been smooth, but who knew that there was a problem with equipment. Look at the Hojo family, say expand and expand, and expand so much at once, and then see that you are really struggling.

Of course, the clan also knows that although the Hojo family has expanded its military strength, it is because the family has nearly a hundred years of accumulation, and the Takayama family has only been in business for more than ten years, and the great development of the Takayama family is also a matter of recent years, and it is enough to show off the current strength to the world. And the clan also knows that although the Hojo family's military strength can be called an elite division in this era, it is far inferior to the Takayama family. Not to mention anything else, just in terms of equipment, the most elite five-color equipment of the Hojo family, Ashigaru is only wearing the simplest barrel river pocket, not to mention that most of the ashigaru of other forces can't even wear the barrel river pocket, and then look at the family, not to mention that the flag warriors and cavalry are all wearing the world's equipment, and the rest of the army except for the chain mail of the ninja army, the rest are also armored. This is definitely an extreme luxury for Ashigaru, not to mention Ashigaru now, even if most of the mid-level samurai of other forces wear armor that is only carcass, the clan is indeed a bit burnt.

Before, there were not many troops under his command, so he tossed casually, but with the large-scale expansion of the army, the clan clan couldn't afford to play, so if he wanted to recruit enough ashigaru in the shortest time, then the equipment could only drop a little.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "As for the equipment, this is indeed a problem, even if it meets the needs of this army expansion, then in the future, this army expansion will not be the last, so I decided to take the opportunity of this army expansion to reformulate the policy." Speaking of this, the clan sect was a little shorter, and then continued to speak: "The current equipment of the family flag and the samurai team remains unchanged, and they continue to wear the equipment of the current world, as well as the distribution of swords.

The equipment of the ninja army remains unchanged, and they continue to wear lock ninja armor and are issued ninja swords.

The cavalry was equipped with two carcasses painted with vermilion lacquer, as well as a cavalry gun.

The rest of the army was redressed as infantry carcasses, and weapons were distributed according to the class. ”

After speaking, the clan looked at Yamada Nagamasa and said, "Nagamasa, according to this configuration, I need you to complete the production of equipment before the end of the year, can you do it?" (To be continued.) )