PS: To digress, it doesn't count the number of words.

The withdrawal and annexation of the new village to nothing, mainly because of the agricultural cooperation that many book friends criticized, in fact, there is no need to be so serious, it is an expedient measure that was thought of in the case of a small number of people, and it is also a typical unsuccessful reform, two steps forward and one step back, waiting for the problems to appear one after another to get the feedback of most of the lords, and then carry out the corresponding reform and adjustment.

Last year, Echizen's Hokkai God, the Asakura family's Dinghai God Needle, Asakura Kyoiri Dotsu died, and Tsuruga Gunji was succeeded by his adopted son Asakura Keiki, and the Asakura family went downhill, and the other one who died of illness was Hino Harimitsu, and his death also heralded the loss of a strong reinforcement for Honganji.

His sister-in-law, Hino Haruki, was frail and sickly and had to adopt a newborn son from the Hirohashi Kunimitsu family of the same clan as an heir to cultivate, and he was so prepared that he was really guessed to be used, and I have to say that it was a great misfortune in luck.

As soon as the first month of the first month of Kyoto, there was a list of ministers and officials, including the Intermediate Court Tongmi, Sheng Xu, the Senate, the Left Guards Lieutenant General Ruyuan, Jiu I Qingtong resigned from the Great Nayan, the Right Guards General, officially promoted the two ministers of the interior, and the other Tsinghua family governor Juting Qingji, who was close to the Kira family, also promoted the three Great Nayan.

Following this news, there is also Kira Yoshitoki's official position of Kasu, on the basis of the original four upper left guard governors, Kasu town guard general, this time is different from the last internal notice, but the imperial court edict to let the world know that this young governor of the Ashikaga family has unknowingly become a decisive name.

What did the shogun do Many samurai know that in the first nine years of the war, Genji of Kawachi relied on the shogun to intervene in the expedition against prisoners in Mutsu. This news is simply bad news for the samurai of Mutsu. Mutsu has not had a town guard general on his head for nearly two hundred years. When the history that has long been forgotten is picked up again, it is conceivable how unhappy it is in my heart.

Winter to spring in the ice and snow melt at the same time, the new year's spring sowing is also at this time one after another, compared with the previous years of large-scale new field development, this spring did not open up new land, before the personnel gap is solved, the development of more land will only cause a great waste.

After a controversy some time ago, the withdrawal and annexation of Shinmura was widely recognized by the Echigo samurai. Preparations for the withdrawal and annexation of new villages have been carried out in various places, among which the core area of the Nagao family, the Sekigawa River Basin, has been implemented the fastest, and this area is basically included by the Nagao and Kira families.

The three main links of the withdrawal and annexation of new villages, the demolition of the city barricades, and the rebuilding of streets are divided into the establishment of temporary settlements, the division of the farming scope of each village, and the division of water sources, and other details that require the support of manpower and material resources to do step by step.

It was absolutely impossible for the Kira and Nagao families to carry out the three major projects at the same time, so it was only natural that the construction period should be postponed, and efforts should be made to make a demonstration model for the evacuation and annexation of new villages, the demolition of castles, and the rebuilding of streets near Sekigawa, and then gradually become an indispensable link.

Echigo, which has been underpopulated, will get its first steps ahead of this spring. The Monomi of the Kira family pursued the Hattori security chief, with the cooperation of the Nagao family's local ninja army, Xuan Ape. Fifty thousand peasants were brought in from Echichu, Mutsu, and Dewa one after another, and in order to pull people around, the oral ninja can be said to have done everything they coaxed, even coaxed and tricked into drawing a number of large cakes, and even described Echigo as a heavenly kingdom on earth, a land favored by gods and Buddhas, etc., and finally completed the task set by Kira Yoshi.

According to the previous calculation, these 50,000 people are a drop in the bucket for Echigo, who has a big business, and they can be divided by the Kira and Nagao families in the blink of an eye, but the withdrawal and merger of the new village is completely different from the beginning, and the newly moved displaced people have no land or houses, and everything must follow the rules of the Kira family.

This part of the displaced people is the easiest to appease, as long as there is a house to live in and food to eat, no matter how they operate, it is acceptable, more than a dozen large villages rose from the ground in only three months, and the huge villages standing in the upper reaches of the Sekigawa River gave great encouragement to the residents of the Guanchuan area and even the entire Naoetsu, and the speed of withdrawing and merging the new villages was markedly accelerated.

"Boom!"

A miserable white light pierced the dark sky, and the spring thunder exploded as if telling the footsteps of spring gradually approaching, but after a while, thousands of rain strands hung down from the sky, and the drizzle continued to fall, wetting the clothes of pedestrians, and two young men wearing hats on the wide street hurriedly walked into a wine house on the street.

The noise of opening the door curtain was uncomfortable, and the smell of wine, aroma and sweat wafted in the air, so that the two young people involuntarily covered their noses, and several drunks spat out the wine and said drunkly: "Look! It's two hairy boys. ”

The young man wanted to rush over, but was pulled by the tall young man beside him, and the two silently lifted off the hat, removed the coat, and exposed the knife on the waist. ”

"Humph! This place sucks! Nobutada pursed his lips and ignored the drunks who were condescending and bowed, and walked to the desk in the corner and sat down.

The shopkeeper hurriedly came over and flattered, "What are the two samurai masters coming for?" We have good chicken soup, sashimi, and aged sake...... There is also secret mountain whale meat! ”

"Hugh is verbose, take the dish and order it." Nobuzhen picked up the Shiwen Yongle money and slapped it on the table, slapped the shopkeeper's mouth crookedly, and hurriedly took the reward money and ran back.

Nagano Yegu smiled bitterly and persuaded: "Our funds are limited, and there are still your family's Akabi samurai to support, so let's save some flowers!" ”

"It's okay! No worries about it right away! I've decided to send them back! Nobusada Kohata hugged his arms and said with a hippie smile, "Didn't you say that Echigo is safe?" We haven't had anything wrong with us for so long, so we can save some money by letting them go back. ”

Nagano Yegu looked at Nobusada's Kohata in surprise: "Are you going to stay?" ”

"Don't you always say you want to stay here and take a walk? Then I'll accompany you around here! Anyway, it doesn't matter if you stay a few more months, didn't the two of us even go back for the New Year? Thinking about the expressions of my father and your brother, you must be very angry! Nobutasha Kohata shrugged indifferently. In the past few months, I have seen and learned a lot in Echigo. It feels much better than nesting in the mountains.

It didn't take long for the shopkeeper to bring soup, vegetables, wine and meat. The fragrant chicken soup and braised wild boar meat make people's mouths water, the two tacitly look at each other and shake off their cheeks and eat the sea, and in a corner of the wine house gathers a family of four entertainers performing folk songs.

They don't look like the peasants in the neighborhood, the old man plays the shamisen, the middle-aged man next to him beats the taiko drum, the woman plays the shakuhachi, and the little girl sings Echigo's music. The ape music, composed by the famous Yamato ape musician Mototashi himself, was always sold out until the family returned to Kyoto, and it was also a must-perform repertoire in Echigo.

The little girl's voice was immature, and she often ran out of tune and out of tune, but the drinkers in the wine house still listened to it with relish, and a few drunken people clapped their hands from time to time, which made the little girl's face flush with excitement.

At the end of a piece of music, the middle-aged man begged around with a plate, and the drinkers did not hesitate to throw out a few pennies. Even the drunkards were embarrassed to touch a copper plate, and Nobutada Kohata saw the middle-aged man coming over. Rushing at Nagano Ye Gu Nunu, the latter reluctantly took out five cents and threw it on the plate.

"Thank you, two samurai masters! Wishing you good health! The middle-aged man nodded and retreated.

The curtain of the wine house shook, and a few travelers wearing robes and hats walked in, glanced at the position in the house, and frowned slightly, and the companion beside him whispered a few words, and went straight to the desk in the corner and sat down, and several people gathered together and whispered: "I heard that there is a new move in Echigo, it seems that there is something to withdraw and merge the new village!" ”

"That's why we ...... So many people were cheated there, right? The strong man in the lead looked fierce, and just looked up to see Nobusada Kohata sitting at the table next to him, and the two looked at each other, and they didn't pay attention when they saw him lowering his head.

"We have a lot of important matters this time, so we must get in touch as soon as possible...... Also pay attention to Biwa Island...... Be careful! ”

"Ahem! Let's fill our stomachs first! The middle-aged man who had been sitting on the side and had never spoken touched his companion with his elbow, causing everyone to be quiet, except for the sound of the chopsticks hitting the dishes.

The spring rain in February is as expensive as oil, and the rain stops after half a day, and the sun hangs high in the sky to exude warm sunlight, and the curtain in front of the sake house is raised again and again, and more and more townspeople come in to drink, and the noisy sound is disturbing.

The middle-aged man handed the shopkeeper a dozen copper coins, then bowed his head and didn't know what to say, and then left in a hurry with his family.

The two who were full of wine and food got up and were about to pay the bill, just at this time several strong men at the adjacent table also stood up, among which the leading strong man seemed to stare at the two of them unintentionally, Kohata Nobusada immediately returned the color, Nagano Yegu gently pulled his sleeve and retreated, the strong man seemed to be very satisfied with their acquaintance, nodded and showed a teachable expression.

Nobusada complained dissatisfiedly: "Why did you pull me just now!" Those guys look down on people too much! ”

"Don't you think their appearance is suspicious?" Nagano glanced at the few people who were paying the bill, and said in a low voice: "Their accents are not Echigo natives, and they don't sound like Shinano, Dewa, or Mutsu, so where would they be from?" ”

"Of course, it's not Kanto, but I've heard this, it seems like it's from Echichu and Noto, right?" Nobutsada Kohata was a little unsure of his judgment, Ueno Province is located at the junction of Shinano, Echigo, and Musashi, and there are many travelers from the north and south, and they have heard the dialects of various places.

"Follow along."

The two got up to pay the bill, walked outside the gate and put on their hats, and happened to catch a glimpse of the strong men who had just drunk at the corner of the street pulling down their hats and seeming to be waiting for someone, and the two of them pretended not to care about the pedestrians and left in the opposite direction of those people.

The shortest strong man among the few people nodded to the leader: "There is no problem with those two!" ”

"Let's go!" Several people walked in a hurry, quickly blending into the flow of people and disappearing.

After a while, two young men followed, hanging far in the direction of their movements, and they scurried to the main street of the castle.

Today coincides with the rural gathering in Tokachi City, farmers from Shili and Eight Towns come to sell their own woven straw hats, straw mats, rattan baskets, and home-grown vegetables, caught birds and souvenirs.

It took a lot of effort for the two to squeeze out of the crowd, and when they came to the fork in the street to look around at the movement of those people, Kohata Nobutasha angrily slapped the yellow mud on his shoes: "These people just slipped away? I've been stepped on several times, and these cowhide boots are high-end goods that I bought for 600 yuan! ”

"They're very alert, and the castle town is so big, how can we find them?" Nagano Yegu looked around and suddenly caught a glimpse of several familiar figures: "Isn't that a family of four in an sake house?" How did it end up here? ”

"Which family of four do you say?" Nobusada followed and looked around, and found that the old and young of the family were slowly walking towards the distance with a salute, and said disapprerovingly, "What's so strange about this, huh?" Aren't those the guys we're going to go after? They actually came together! ”

As the castle town of Kasugayama Castle, there are now 7,000 households, plus a floating population of more than 40,000 people, and the pedestrians on the street are busy distracting the attention of several strong men, who look left and right and find nothing unusual, and slowly move forward behind the old man.

A group of eight or nine people was divided into one after the other, and circled around the castle town for more than half an hour, before walking to a secluded street to stop, at this time the sun was setting in the west, and the pedestrians on the street were also very scarce, a family of four under the leadership of an old man on crutches, unhurriedly walked into a small house in the street, several strong men also followed without saying a word, and the scene had a strange feeling that could not be said.

The two looked at each other and nodded, walked around the back of the street, and finally reached the backyard of the house and turned in, and after a long time, they heard a faint voice from inside: "We are stepping up planning and contact, I don't know how you are prepared?" ”

An old voice said slowly, "Don't worry! We haven't been able to make it to Kasuga Yamajo yet, but we will soon have a chance, and next month will be Honjo's long marriage ceremony, and both parties to the bond will be related to that person, and then we will see the opportunity to join the performing music team! ”

"In a month?" The male voice with a thick voice was silent for a long time, and then sounded: "One month is one month, I will do my best to cooperate!" ”

The sky gradually darkened, the room returned to quiet, the two quietly exited the courtyard and stood on the empty street corner for a long time, Kohata Nobusada suddenly said: "They seem to be planning something bad, what bad things are they going to do?" Which one in Kasuga Mountain Castle are you going to do it to? ”

"I seem to have guessed something, let's find out in a few days!" Nagano looked thoughtfully at the swarthy mountain peaks and the magnificent mountain town. (To be continued......)