In the seventh year of Yongroku, Takeda Shingen ordered Eima Tokimori to build a castle here in consideration of the invasion of Vietnam, as a base for attacking the country towards Vietnam. After Kamioka Castle was built, it served as a branch of Suwa Castle on the plateau of the main castle of the Eima family.

Different from history, the current builder of this city has been replaced by Jiangma Shisheng to Li Xiao, and the year of building the city is also one year earlier than in history.

Kamioka Castle is the location of the construction, on a platform overlooking the highland township, and the distance from here to the famous Kamioka Mine is not far away.

When mentioning Shengang Yinshan, Li Xiao was angry, obviously Jiangma Fraser said to Li Xiao before that when the Jiangma family was informed, he did not reveal this detail.

This Shengang Silver Mountain is really the biggest hole card of the Jiangma family, and it is also the biggest secret.

Around the Kamioka Silver Mountain, the Eima family set up strict protection, and no one was allowed to approach except for the people of the family and the miners.

Before in the highland Suwa City, Li Xiaoyou deliberately asked Jiangma Shisheng about the situation of Shengang Jinshan, but as soon as Jiangma Shisheng heard Li Xiao mention the four words Shengang Yinshan, those vigilant eyes swept Li Xiao up and down, and he looked like he was holding his wallet tightly and preventing thieves, thieves, thieves, and thieves.

Li Xiao could only sneer secretly in his heart about this.

At that time, everything in the Jiangma family's Shengang Yinshan was blocked, and no prospectors were allowed to enter, so only the Jiangma family knew how large the amount of ore and how much production there was at that time.

Therefore, the specific information of Shengang Silver Mountain is not even clear to the sister of the enemy country, and even less for the countries. In fact, the North Hida Mountain is far away, and the news is closed, and there are really not many daimyo who are interested in it.

As a feudal agricultural economic country, the major masters of this book still strive to attack the territory and improve the height of the territory as the first purpose.

Later, when Takeda Shingen, who relied on Koshu Blonde to make a fortune, and Uesugi Kenshin, who mined Sado Gold Mountain and became rich overnight, Narumi Gold Mountain, these two rose side by side to become the hero of the Warring States.

Only then did countries really pay attention to gold mining.

And how much ore reserves were in Shengang Yinshan at that time, despite the repeated blockade of the Jiangma family.

However, it can be concluded from historical sources that Kamioka Ginzan is a silver-lead-zinc mine that has been mined since the Nara period (720).

The actual large-scale mining of Kamioka Ginzan was carried out in the 7th year of the Meiji era, when Mitsui Zaibatsu (now known as Toyota and Toshiba are its subordinate companies) of the royalist Party succeeded in obtaining the mining rights of Kamioka Ginzan because of a successful political investment.

In the 130 years that followed, Mitsui Zaibatsu mined a total of 75 million tons of ore from Kamioka Ginzan!

Of course, this is not known to Li Xiao, who can only play games such as Xinye and Taige, as long as he knows that the mineral reserves of Shengang Yinshan are often gray and gray, it is enough.

At that time, mining methods were simple and backward, and from the Nara period to the seventh year of the Meiji era, not much was mined in the entire Kamioka Silver Mine. The Jiangma family did not allow prospectors to enter, presumably the excavation methods were even more backward.

Li Xiao looked at the Jiang Ma family holding such a huge treasure in his arms, but he didn't make good use of it, and his eyes were red.

As the saying goes, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.

Looking at the plateau township at his feet, Li Xiao had already begun to plan and prepare to seize the family business of the Jiangma family.

However, before plotting to seize the Shengang Mine, Li Xiao must carry out his great cause of building the city.

Due to the barren land of the Hida Country, Li Xiao's 5,000 stone Zhixing Land in the Hida Country is amazingly large.

Well, if that mountain range, that primeval forest with no end in sight can also be considered a territory.

In fact, the territory controlled by Li Xiao is the original Jiangma family's retainer Kawagami family, and the territory of the Ren family, after Li Xiao defeated these two armies in Suwa Castle on the plateau, the head of the head of the Kawagami family was taken, and although the head of the Heren family later surrendered, because of the betrayal of the lord's family, his end was to be chased by Jiangma Shisheng and released to other countries.

So on the river, the territory of the Heren family was taken over by Li Xiao smoothly as an exchange for the Jiangma family to thank the Takeda family for coming to help, and it became his place of knowledge.

The Zhixing Land that Li Xiao really controls in his hands, in addition to the large area of primeval forest, is mainly the land in the lower reaches of Plateau Township. Because the plateau river flows from east to north, the wider the river becomes, so the fields that can be cultivated are distributed on both sides of the lower reaches of the river.

From Kamioka Castle, where Li Xiao is currently built, travel about 10 kilometers downstream north along the Kokuhara River, and will meet the Totsugawa River, which flows from the east, and there is a street that connects to Shinkawa-gun, Vietnam.

However, the mountain road is relatively steep, and it is not easy to march with a large army, and because of the heavy snow in winter, the mountain is impassable for at least a third of the year.

However, in Takeda Shingen's grand strategy of outflanking Echigo from Hida to Echichu, this street was an important passage for the Takeda army to send troops from Shinano to Echichu through Hida. Historically, the Takeda family has sent troops to Hida several times, all of which have taken this route.

And Kamiokanda Castle is held on this street, and the terrain is very important, which is why Takeda Shingen later let Edama Tokimori build the castle here.

However, in the military order given to Li Xiao by Takeda Shingen, it was stated that the main purpose of this Kamioka Castle was to use it as a food hoard, and the purpose of defense was secondary.

The reason is very simple, from the Hida expedition to Vietnam, the road took many days to trek through mountains and roads, and only relying on the dry food bags on the soldiers could not support the logistics of the Takeda Army at all.

Therefore, before the Hida expeditionary army marched, Li Xiao had to hoard enough grain and grass in Kamioka Castle to prepare for the conquest army.

This can also be regarded as a consideration that the three armies of Takeda Shingen did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

Then Li Xiao didn't expect that he decided to build the city of Shengang for the first half of the month, but it didn't work at all.

The reason is that when Li Xiao sent a request to the famous owners (that is, village heads) of the villages in Zhixing, the result was that there were no applicants, and no one bought his account at all.

After Li Xiao learned about it, his face changed drastically, is this simply a rebellion.

Li Xiao immediately sent a ninja to investigate, and immediately understood the situation, it turned out that Jiang Ma Shisheng was behind the ghost.

Li Xiao couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and opened his scolding, originally he still had a little guilt about preparing to seize the Jiangma family's family business in the future, but now it has completely disappeared.

But anger is anger, how to reverse and resolve the unfavorable situation in front of him is the top priority for Li Xiao to do.

As an outsider of Hida, although Li Xiao got a fief recognized by Jiangma Shisheng, the locals didn't buy his account at all. For Li Xiao, the new lord, his status can be described as precarious.

In case at this time, Sister Xiaolu's family suddenly had some bad intentions and transferred troops to attack, Li Xiao would not be able to gather peasant soldiers in the local area to support the battle.

What's more, if those local villagers do something to make a revolution, then Li Xiao really wants to cry without tears.

As a modern person, Li Xiao profoundly knows the profound truth summed up by the revolutionary martyrs to do a good job in relations with the masses, mobilize the masses, and organize the masses.

So Li Xiao decided to go down to the grassroots level and personally interview these village owners who didn't buy their own accounts.

The July sun is blazing, but as a highland climate, Hida Country is still a little refreshing.

Li Xiao rode the black forging along the bank of the Plateau River, as a mountain river, the flow speed of the Plateau River was very turbulent, and it was impossible to sail at all, and it was only after walking for a long time that the water was full and calmed down. Here the river beach was formed.

On the side of the river, you can see local farmers who go to the river to get water to irrigate the fields.

When the local peasants saw Li Xiao's marching men, they seemed to resist a little, and they all fled far away from Li Xiao's people, holding hoes, and looking at this group of strangers with a kind of unkind gaze in the distance.

Li Xiao went to visit the local land, and in addition to Shigang Yiyu, he also brought thirty standing guards armed with spears.

This time, he didn't dare to go to the meeting alone like the last time he went to Kogen Suwa Castle.

In the news-barred country of Flying Missile, this group of people and ghosts only know what you are Li Xiao, the general of the Takeda family, and they have never heard of it.

is also worried that the people's customs are too strong, of course, this is unlikely, but for the purpose of guarding against those small nights, Li Xiao feels that it is safer to bring people and horses, maybe when there is a real crisis, he can also suppress the local Diao people.

After walking a long way along the plateau river, Li Xiao came to Zhixingdi, the largest village, the village of mountains.

There is a mountain village adjacent to the border between Vietnam and China, and next to this village is Dadao Mountain, which can be reached by crossing this mountain.

However, there are nearly 1,000 people in the mountain village, which is very rare, and the more populated the village, the greater the amount of arable land required nearby, which is not easy to find in a mountainous Hida.

Li Xiao rode a horse, there were farmland on both sides, and after a while, he came to the fork in front of him, and next to the fork on the left hand side was a towering vermilion torii, and there were two vertical flags erected behind the torii, and there was no need to guess that it was a local shrine.

On the other side of the right-hand side of the fork leads to the village, which is full of low houses, and there is an erected fire at the village gate.

The fire is used as a lookout platform, which can be climbed by people to prevent bandits and fires, and is specially used for village warning.

After entering the village, Li Xiao is flanked by low farmhouse houses, the walls of which are made of thatched piles, although such houses are not as good as wooden board houses, but they have the effect of good thermal insulation and wind and snow resistance in the cold mountains.

However, in the village, Li Xiaoke didn't see any active people, but vaguely felt that behind the wooden door, there were a pair of vigilant eyes, looking at them outsiders.

Li Xiao ordered the standing guards to be on guard in a low voice, and continued to move forward as if no one was around, according to normal reasoning, he was also a local lord, and before he entered the village, the local lord should come from afar to greet him.

When Li Xiao marched into the village, the famous owner lived at the gate of the longhouse.

At this time, from the houses on both sides, hundreds of local villagers armed with knives and guns suddenly poured out, surrounding Li Xiao's dozens of troops in the center.

Li Xiao glanced at the group of villagers and snorted coldly.

These local natives are dressed in coarse linen clothes, their faces are jet black, and they obviously look sloppy and have not bathed for hundreds of years, but there are many 'control weapons' in their hands, such as ribs, katanas, plain guns, bows and arrows, naginatas, etc., not to be listed.

This is also the actual situation in each village before the implementation of the sword hunting order. You must know that at that time, not only bandits, but also the daimyo army would also change from time to time and turn into robbers.

Each village must also have sufficient force to defend itself.

The ashigaru under Li Xiao's command raised their guns one after another, protecting Li Xiao in the center and in a circle around the periphery.

But Shigang Yiyu shouted: "Presumptuous, this samurai, but the local lord, do you want to commit a crime and not die?" ”

At that time, he said that his class concept was super serious, and many villagers immediately felt fear from top to bottom when they heard that this adult on a horse was not only a samurai, but also a local lord.

In those days, there was no need for a samurai to kill these villagers, not to mention that this person was still a local lord.

The lords who are high up in the sky only live in the towering city, but they didn't expect to come here in person.

With Shi Gang Yiyu's angry shout, many people cowered on the spot, but a few people shouted in a low voice on the side: "What are you afraid of, pile it up." ”

Shi Gang turned his head and looked at the villager who had encouraged his companions to come forward, and his knife-like gaze fell on the man.

The man shivered on the spot, but Shigang Kazuha didn't let him go.

I saw Shigang pull out his sword with a bang, and I didn't see him make any movements, the katana was already in his hand, his steps moved, and then the white sword light flashed by.

The light of the knife was gone, and the agitated villager looked at the crack in his chest in disbelief, which was more than ten centimeters long, and then stretched out his hand and pointed at Shigang Yiyu, and hung up directly on the ground.

When the villagers saw Shigang Yiyu draw his sword and kill people, not only did they not rush forward to avenge this person, but they slammed the ground and took a step back in a group.

Li Xiao sighed when he saw this, as a modern person, he was not used to such a careless behavior, but at that time, this was the privilege of a samurai.

This is also a kind of coercion from the superior to the inferior, the other party only needs to obey the order, no reason, just want to have a little resistance, and can be killed if he speaks to justify his behavior.

Therefore, Shigang Yiyu's thunderous means are also the fastest way for Li Xiao to establish authority in the hearts of this group of Diao people.

At this time, in front of Li Xiao, the door of the local owner's house finally opened.

After an old man in his fifties went out, he asked, "This is Lord Li Xiao, the villain's famous owner of the village, Youshiro." ”

Li Xiao stood on the horse, handed over the paperwork to himself in his hand, and handed it to Youshiro to look at.

When Matsushiro saw it, he hurriedly bowed to the ground and said, "Rude, rude, meet your lord." ”

When the villagers heard this, they threw their weapons aside and hurriedly pressed their hands down and knelt on the ground.

In this regard, Li Xiao just hummed, it was not that he was arrogant, the attitude of the warrior at that time was like this, if he was too humble, it would make the other party feel afraid.

Li Xiaoyan said: "You and the people of this village come to the house to talk in detail. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he and Shigang Yiyu entered the door of the long house together, while the other standing guards stayed outside the house to be on guard, as for those villagers, they looked at the house a few more times, and soon disbanded worriedly.

After entering the wooden house, the house where Matahachiro, the famous owner of the village, lives in a herringbone gassho house, which looks good compared to the low farmhouses nearby.

Gasshoya is a unique house of mountain villagers, with a small door open on the two floors of the house, and it is used as an entry and exit when the snow accumulates under the house after heavy snowfall in winter.

After Li Xiao entered the house, the floor was covered with floors, not to other villagers.

But as the owner of a village, his house is like this, that is, less than 50 square meters, which is slightly larger than other villagers' homes.

Li Xiao sat peacefully in front of the fire, and several women in the house, young and old, wearing patched clothes, hurriedly came from the inside. He knelt in front of Li Xiao with a puff and said in unison: "Meet your lord." ”

Li Xiao couldn't stop trembling when he saw their vests, obviously afraid of himself.

In response, Li Xiao just waved his head and asked them to retreat.

After a while, Yachiro took six people from the village to the house and bowed to Li Xiao again.

Youhachiro knelt down in front of Li Xiao, didn't dare to raise his head, and said: "It is really the sin of the villains to let the adults come to the village in person. The purpose of the adults is also understood by the villains, but at present, this year's tax, the village has just paid it once, and it is really unable to pay it anymore. ”

Li Xiao didn't expect Yachiro to have such a statement, there was obviously some misunderstanding in this, Li Xiao thought for a while and asked: "I passed by on the way and saw that the nearby farmland had not yet been harvested, why did I pay the tax so early?" ”

Hachiro said in a sigh: "Lord Hui, it is the former Lord of the Toutou River, and he said that he would pay this year's taxes in advance, so in February, he will let the village pay the taxes." ”

"February?" Li Xiao suddenly realized, obviously Heshang Fuxin wanted to rebel, so he prepared in advance, collected this year's taxes first, and recruited troops to use them.

But lose your mother, the rich faith of you birdman on the river, and collect all the taxes this year, doesn't it mean that the master of the ability will not receive a dime this year.

He Hachiro said: "Please have mercy on the adults, because of the strong taxation of the lord on the river, the people of this village are really having a hard time, and twenty or thirty people have starved to death since the beginning of spring, so the villain begs the adults to forgive a period of time, and wait for the autumn harvest to pay taxes." ”

Li Xiao snorted, he is not short of money now, and he can't be so cruel as forcing these people to pay taxes again.

How can they say it now, they are also the people in their own territory, as a lord, or according to Mingguo, they are parents and officials, so they must take care of them as much as possible, so Li Xiao has the idea of reducing this year's taxes, anyway, he is not short of money now.

This time, in order to build Shengang Castle, Takeda Shingen allocated a large amount of military funds to Li Xiao in one go, which was enough for Li Xiaohua, and what bothered him the most now was the manpower problem.

But Li Xiao is not ready to give grace so quickly and reduce their taxes, and grace must be used together, so that grace can be effective.

Li Xiao nodded and said, "I'll talk about the tax collection later, but it's another eight lang." ”

"Oh." Matahachiro replied respectfully.

"This time I'm going to build a castle in Kamioka Castle, and I need the help of the people, but Your Excellency ignored my orders, what is the reason?"

At this time, there was silence for a while, and one of the people beside Hachiro spoke up: "Returning to the city lord, this is the case, someone came to spread the rumor before, saying that the lord issued a notice to the villages, and the general service was to let the young and strong people of the villages gather to build the city, and then take advantage of the emptiness of the villages to send people to loot. ”

"Ridiculous." Li Xiao snorted angrily, don't think that eighty percent of this rumor was spread by the Jiangma family, this Jiangma Shisheng is really unwise, and he didn't want to hand over the territory before, but now that Li Xiao has taken over, everyone can coexist peacefully in the future, and now he came to stab Li Xiao's knife in the back, is he so stupid that he can't see the situation clearly.

"It's ridiculous, but adults know."

At this time, under Youhachiro, a common man suddenly raised his head and shouted to Li Xiao.

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the room were frightened, and the people dared to talk to the lord like this, didn't they want to live?

"Hu Ding, you don't want to die." Hachiro ripped the other party off.

(To be continued)