In March, it is a good season for the grass to grow and warbler fly, the gentle spring breeze blows on the Echigo thousands of plains, and the warm cyclone from the southwest is mixed with the comfortable coolness, which gradually blows away the irritability in people's hearts, and after a long winter until today, the ice and snow completely melt, and Echigo will also usher in the most beautiful season of the year.

A team of horseback warriors roared over the plains, they all wore helmets and armor and held big bows, whistled to guide the hounds to drive away the prey in the woods, a sika deer jumped and shuttled in the jungle that was not lush, and sometimes you could see the figure of the hare, which was the first litter of rabbits just born this year, only a little more than a month can jump and jump alone to feed, it seems that the thick fur life is very good.

"Snort!" A series of arrow bells whistled out, shooting down the prey that went to flee one by one, the rhythm of harvesting prey has long been mastered, for the eagle hunting the most enjoyable is the pleasure of chasing the prey, whenever the prey is chased and hurried, it is the moment when the hunter harvests the spoils.

A group of samurai immediately rushed forward and turned over and dismounted, calmed the excited howls of the hounds, and took out the pickled pieces of meat and threw them at the little ones who had worked hard, and after a little examination, they reported aloud: "Five deer, three hares, good harvest!" The owner of the hall shot two! ”

"Oh!" The samurai raised their weapons and rode noisily to celebrate the success of the hunt.

At this moment, a group of samurai on horseback came out of the opposite woods, the red armor was extremely conspicuous, and one of the samurai led by him carried a shot goat, threw it into the prey pile, turned over and dismounted, and said, "Lord of the Hall! It's not too early. Let's find a place to eat first! ”

"Hmm." Kira Yoshitoki looked up. Before you know it, it's already in the sky. He said, "Camp and rest!" ”

Bands of horse-drawn warriors gathered from all directions, and they all had some prey in their hands, some caught a pheasant and duck, some hit a roe deer, a goat, the most powerful one holding a small wild boar, and of course some returned empty-handed, and they fell behind in despair. Occasionally, I would be teased by my teammates in front of me.

A group of hunting dogs gathered together to play and fight, while the samurai took out the cooking utensils from the wagons, busily piled up the wood and lit it with oilcloth, then set up a large pot to boil boiling water, put the prey in the pot and boiled it for a while, and then smeared it with chili pepper and salt to grill it on the fire, and at the same time added water to the pot and put in the miso, and the small fish caught in the river boiled a pot of delicious miso fish soup.

Yamaoka rubbed his hands together and grinned, "Grilled venison with delicious miso fish soup and fragrant steamed cakes, I really think what I used to eat was all scum!" ”

"yes!" A young samurai said, "This chili pepper is too strong! Put a little in the miso soup. Eat completely warm, even if it's a cold day. Don't be afraid to go out on the hunt! ”

"Look! Ying Jiro is bragging again, and he is not afraid of cold weather, who knows how to be like a little quail in the first two months? Hahaha......"

The young warrior's face turned red and he stammered, "Don't laugh! I hadn't eaten chili yet! ”

"We know, we know! When Ojiro was shivering from the cold, a bowl of miso soup made him thank for days! Hahaha......" The crowd burst into laughter.

The camping barbecue after the eagle hunt has become an unwritten rule, if you ask the samurai of Mikawa what is the favorite activity, it must be the eagle hunting, whether the horse or the red cavalry like to go out eagle hunting, but the red preparation of the horse archery skills are really poor, can only watch the horse crowd easily shoot the prey, and finally I don't know who thought of a trick, with an iron cannon around the prey to dismount and shoot, although this will scare the mount, but for the sake of the tooth sacrifice can not be much more.

This is Kira Yoshitomi took the horses to complete a hunt on the plains of Kami-Echigo, since he came to Echigo, in the not too long two months, his footprints have almost all over the entire Echigo, every river bay dense forest has the figure of the Kira family horses hunting, all because of that group of cavalry.

None of the local nationalist clans came forward to accuse him of invading his land and hunting, and when the flag of Ashikaga Nitachi and two flew at the same time, a group of hundreds of fiery red cavalry seemed to burn the glacier that had not melted for thousands of years in Echigo, and the samurai of Echigo were surprised to find that this minor governor had such a fierce and fierce cavalry.

Dressed in armor and armed with a large spear and a scimitar, they shuttled back and forth as if they were swimming fish, and from then on, the samurai of Echigo spread the legend of a group of powerful samurai defending the shogunate. He collided violently with another group of samurai who were several times his size, and finally the group of samurai came to Echigo after the victory.

When the Ashikaga Nichi two patterns flutter in the wind under the fierce north wind, it will always attract the exclamations of countless Echigo samurai, that is the flag of the shogunate, it is the family crest flag of the pillar family of Genji, Echigo has not seen that flag for many years, the last time was two hundred years ago in the Northern and Southern Dynasties era, Echigo local tyrants have long been accustomed to the Kanto steward of the Uesugi Sasa pattern, who still remembers that they once united under this two two flags to fight.

Therefore, when the Ashikaga two lead two flag seals appeared, it was as if a stone was thrown into a pool of stagnant water, stirring the waves in the hearts of the samurai, and the endless aftermath had not yet dissipated, and no one dared to speak ill of Genji of Kawachi in front of the imperial flag, and they retreated not only because of the powerful martial name of Kira Yoshitoki, but also because of this shocking banner.

When the last of the roaring sounds of the north wind gradually disappeared, it was the most abundant time of the year when the rain came, looking at the clouds drifting in the distance, and the dancing posture of the treetops was more stretched, Kira Yoshitoki stood up and said thoughtfully: "The wind is rising!" ”

When the red cavalry walking on the Echigo plains gradually returned, more than 700 red cavalry began to return in orderly steps, and their destination was at the end of the Sekigawa River not far away, where there was a harbor called Naoetsu, from the port to the banks of the river, densely scattered with more than 6,000 people, all this changed a few months ago.

The speed of the 700 cavalry was very fast, but in half an hour they had already reached the middle reaches of the Guanchuan River, and when they entered here, you could see tall waterwheels erected on both sides of the Guanchuan, and there would always be a similar water mill next to the waterwheel, in which the water hammer roared and operated, and from time to time a peasant left happily with his pocket.

Outside the mill a field attendant maintained order and managed the mill, and across from him stood a group of peasants, who moved slowly in pairs, carrying all kinds of pockets, usually containing grains, soybeans and other grains, in which they could grind the coarse grain flour they needed.

The landlord told them that as long as they use these coarse grains with water and dough, they can steam delicious dough, which is delicious and hungry and even the samurai lords love to eat, and the peasants no longer have to envy the samurai lords who eat rice, if the peasants work diligently for the manor, they can also get a ration, and in this green and yellow season, they can have a bite to eat and save their own rations, so that the old and young women and children in the family can have more hope to live.

Soybeans were purchased directly, and it was said that this inconspicuous thing was transported directly to the largest mill downstream, where there was an oil press to squeeze the oil out of the soybeans, and the farmers certainly did not know exactly how to do it, and the nobles of the Kira family would not tell them anyway.

The peasants lining up in front of the mill soon heard a roaring tremor, and looked up at the neat rows of knights galloping by, and they quickly avoided the roadside and knelt on the ground, only to see the samurai lord at the head waving his horsewhip and walking away, and then he got up from the ground with a sigh of relief.

"That's the old man from Kyoto! What an amazing nobleman! "The peasants didn't have much knowledge, only that the samurai from Kyoto were mighty and majestic, and they were very conspicuous with several flags with black stripes on a white background.

"Your Excellency! You see, that's our fleet! A samurai pointed to the slowly moving fleet on the river, the wide roundabout ship carrying a cargo of several hundred koku slowly moving, this is the product collected from all over the world, mainly soybeans and tea seeds, the Kira family mainly exchanged miscellaneous grains and brown rice, with the material support of Omi, a fleet of ships shuttled back and forth on the Shinano River and the Agano River, exchanging all the useless materials accumulated by Echigo for many years.

With the good governance of exchanging grain for waste, it also left a good impression on the land servants and farmers in the seven counties of Echigo, at least this is still a kind-hearted nobleman, of course, many wealthy families enthusiastically take out their useless things in exchange for precious food, while scolding behind their backs for being stupid.

Kira Yoshitoki didn't do anything in the past few months, and spent his days hunting and hunting with cavalry as if he were idle, and he always didn't say a word at the assessment meeting of Kasuga Mountain Castle, either holding a bat fan to admire, or staring at the mountains in the distance in a daze, so that the samurai of Echigo laughed behind their backs that this was a useless minister's son, and all legends were false.

But he seemed to have done something, and the Shinmachi that sprung up along the Sekigawa River, the smoky workshops were busy day and night, and the waterwheels and mills on both sides of the river were erected, which were said to be the special craftsmanship of the Kinai Sanheya, and the houses built were both tall and sturdy, but also beautiful and warm, and many people were envious of the beautiful shape of the new town.

In that large area of Shinmachi, where completely different laws were enacted, the merchants lost their privileges for survival, and the townspeople were very strong in self-defense, and there were patrols everywhere with the same police, and it is said that after the autumn, they would hook the stone walls and arrow turrets outside the new town, which was almost like building a huge city, and the people who came and went to Sekigawa were amazed by the great wealth of the Kira family. (To be continued......)

PS: I admit that I know Lorikang, but I'm not going to copy his ideas, and I'm not sure I'll dare to write it? Some people still say that this is the same as a certain dimension, can this be the same? If you don't believe it, it's weird to be able to do the same!