On April 12, Naoetsu, a mixture of the Kira family, traveled north along the coastline, and along the way saw a desolate land on the coast, completely uninhabited sand and dense forests, and when entering the mouth of the Shinano River, he went up the river and found a large area of lakes and marshes and sandbars, and a large area of wild birds and animals.

"This is our Shinigata Town, and a new town will be built between the east of the Shinano River and the Agano River." Hosokawa Fujitaka said, pointing to the land where the Mizusawa jungle gathered.

"How is the new field here governed? You see, there is no way to deal with those lakes and marshes and sandbanks! Honjo shook his head and said that he couldn't understand that in their eyes, this area had been an abandoned land since ancient times, and it was said that the gathering place of kappa monsters, and only a few people from the country scattered in a radius of dozens of miles, it was such a land that became a godsend in the eyes of the Kira family.

Dressed in a Confucian robe, a scholar's hat, and a typical Ming Dynasty showman's attire, Li Ding stood on another boat and admired the land: "What a real good place!" It's just the right time to test the polder method passed down from our ancestors! ”

In the past few years, Nobuyuki Matsui, who has been going to Omi for advice on agricultural issues, can barely understand Xiucai's Jiangnan accent, so he can't hold back his question: "What is Wei...... Field? ”

Since childhood, he has set up the ambition to apply what he has learned, and has always been eager to show off his talents, and he can see a large area of primitive water and swamp in a foreign country, Li Ding's mood is particularly good, so he patiently explained: "The polder is a paddy field that builds embankments and waterproofs around the low-lying land, and there should be a sluice gate on the promotion, and the sluice gate is usually closed to resist the water, and the sluice gate is opened to release water into the field during the drought, so there is no worry about drought and flood, and this large area of water and sandbar can become a thousand hectares of fertile land in the future." The saline-alkali land by the sea can also be slowly changed according to this method. ”

This person is the Ming country Xiucai hired by the Kira family with a high salary. The surname is Li Mingding. Since he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of eighteen, he has been obsessed with agriculture and water conservancy and other miscellaneous studies, and it has been seven or eight years.

Because he does not seek to be superior and his status in the clan is not high, a few years ago, Wang Wufeng, the "King of the Pure Sea", led the Japanese to ravage the south of the Yangtze River and forced Ying Tianfu, and for a time Kyoto was shaken and sent a large army to encircle and suppress the Japanese invaders, and their Li family was also turned out to collude with Wang Wufeng to do smuggling business and was implicated. This Xiucai had to flee to Kyushu with his family for refuge.

"Why does the family look down on me? Agronomy is a matter of life and death for the people, so why don't they understand? Why is it not as important as a lord of a fanbang? Can you eat gold and silver for dinner? Don't want to eat whole grains yet? Li Ding sent out the anger that had accumulated in his heart fiercely, and felt that his whole body was comfortable and relaxed.

Matsui Nobuyuki didn't hear Li Dingqi's fast speech clearly, and he didn't know what he was talking about, so he wondered if this show was crazy, right? So he asked with some concern: "Li Xiucai ......"

"I'm fine." Li Ding waved his hand to show that he was fine, coughed and said: "I also said that this polder, although the polder is good, it can't cure all diseases, such as the place where these two rivers meet, Hu Ze is the most dangerous, and the two rivers are often flooded in previous years, right?" ”

"Yes, yes! What Li Xiucai said is very true! The Shinano River and the Agano River flood every few years, and the flood breaks through the levees and washes away farmland and villages. The flood is especially bad, and the drought is terrible! "Nobuyuki Matsui had done his homework before coming here, and he knew that there was always a lot of water in the places where the rivers gathered. I don't stumble much when I talk to Xiucai.

"That's right!" Li Ding excitedly scolded Fang Xuan, quite a bit of a pointer: "Do you know that the polders will help the flood to worsen?" If you don't know this, you will only harm the peasants on both sides of the strait, and your lords will be unlucky! ”

Matsui Nobuyuki was startled, and quickly shook his head and said, "What? Will it be like this? Then it's better not to build this polder! ”

"Haha! Look at you! If you don't build a polder, do you have a way to quell the flood? Li Ding glanced at him with a slight mockery, and said confidently: "I am sure that I can build a polder and quell the flood at the same time, as long as I follow my method, there will be no problem!" ”

Matsui Shinichi didn't care about Li Ding's eyes at all, the people of the Ming Kingdom came to Japan more or less with colored glasses, and they pretended to be the Heavenly Empire and looked down on them as outsiders, as an excellent executive officer, he naturally understood this kind of thinking better, and he was used to it for a long time.

knew that Xiucai was selling Guanzi again, so he cooperated and asked: "How to calm the water disaster?" Didn't Li Xiucai just say that the polders would contribute to the flooding? What's going on here? ”

"If you want to know the reason why the polders contribute to the flooding, you must first understand the role and impact of the polders, my hometown is similar to this land, but it is much warmer than here, and the climate is similar to that of Kyushu!" After a short recollection, Li Ding coughed lightly and said: "This kind of lake and waterway vertical and horizontal areas often face the problem of frequent floods, encircling the lake to create fertile land, it is inevitable to occupy the river channel of river flow, the narrower the river channel, the higher the river water lifts, the problem is not obvious when it is first built, and after a long time, the sediment washed by the river is piled up on the polder embankment, so that the river channel is getting narrower and narrower, and once it encounters a major flood, it ......

"That's a disaster! The dikes in the polders were the first to be washed down, destroying farmland and villages, right? Nobuyuki Matsui couldn't help but shudder.

"Therefore, it is necessary to find a place to discharge floodwater, and build polders at the same time as the canal that divides the floodwater, and a few more outlets can reduce the burden of flood discharge, and the specific place to divide the water needs to be carefully considered." Li Ding couldn't help frowning when he thought of the details: "It seems that I need to stay here for a few years, design a set of plans for cultivating fields and draining floods, and return to the township in the coming day to show my skills." ”

At the suggestion of Ryodō, an observation post was set up on the east bank of the Shinano River, and Ryōdō, with dozens of Omi's assistants and local farmers in Echigo, planned to stay there for a long time, and he was going to spend half a year to develop a complete plan.

Yoshitoki Kira said impassionedly: "The future of Echigo is in Nitta, and the future of Nitta is in Niigata, and in the future, this place will be called Niigata, which will be the largest granary of Echigo, and it will also change the old appearance of Echigo's remote poverty...... You are doing a great act of kindness for the benefit of all, and your hard work will be remembered forever by Echigo, and your deeds will go down in history, and I would like to thank you in the name of the Kira family! ”

End the presentation. In the midst of the enthusiastic cheers and applause of hundreds of advance team members. Smile and wave aboard. Hosokawa Fujitaka, who had been waiting for a long time, leaned over and handed over a proposal document and patiently explained: "The number of new fields that can be developed in one year has dropped to 5,000 towns, and the geographical location is not good, and the transportation is inconvenient, so it is recommended to give up the development in the short term and specialize in the development and construction of Niigata and new fields." ”

After a few hasty glances, Kira Yoshitoki shook his head and vetoed: "You can't put your eggs in one basket, Niigata Nitta must be built, and remote Nitta must also be built." There will be more refugees in Ueno Province this year, so go back and make an emergency plan and leave it to me. ”

"Yes!" Hosokawa Fujitaka took the rejected proposal and asked, "The construction of the Niigata temporary kennehold will be preliminarily completed within a month and a half, and the interior of the new town will be able to accommodate 1,000 people after completion. ”

"Well, the logistics materials should arrive as soon as possible, and in addition, let Kim Jinyi mobilize 500 troops to sit in Niigata, and all the refugees who have no skills will be transferred to Niigata. There will be a need for more labor. ”

Taking advantage of the monsoon winds blowing from the southwest, the fleet left Shimoetsu and returned to Naoetsu along the way. Not long after the fleet left Niigata, a fleet appeared at sea, and seeing that their flag was the Sado Honma family's navy, the fleet was intercepted without paying much attention.

The Nine Ghosts Shigetaka, who served as the guard, saw this Honma Navy with more than 30 Xiaozao and three ships, and smiled coldly: "Eighty percent of them see that there are very few frigates in their own family, so they want to see if there is any oil and water to fish, right?" In the past, he yelled at them to leave quickly. ”

Because the task of the fleet is to transport supplies and personnel, and they are leaving, there are only a few ships to escort them, making them mistakenly think that they are sure to eat this fleet.

"What are Sado's sailors going to do?" The samurai of the Kira Naval Army shouted impatiently, "Don't you see the banner of your family? Get out of the way! ”

The Honma family's navy didn't seem to have heard, and they were still cruising around, and after a while, a ship approached, and a samurai came out and shouted, "We are the Sado Honma family, you all listen to me!" Twenty percent of the ship's stuff is handed over! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude! ”

"Which Honma clan are you, don't you know who we are? Keep your eyes open and see the flag clearly! ”

"I don't care who you are, hand over the goods, or you'll all die here!" The warrior was very arrogant, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of bows and feet lightly pulled their bows and wound them to aim at the fleet.

Kishira Yoshitoki was also alarmed by the noise, and walked to the deck to take a few glances before ordering: "Tell them that the family's fleet has no goods and is empty, let them please go back!" ”

The small surname went out and shouted for a long time, and the Honma family sailors on the opposite side just didn't retreat, which made the samurai on the ship angry, shouting to destroy them, and the nine ghosts Shigetaka hurriedly came over and asked: "Lord Pavilion, are we going to fight?" ”

"Let's hit it." Kira Yoshitoki glanced up at the dusk sunset, and added, "Just scare them away!" It's not far from the sun going down. ”

His answer and the nine ghosts Chonglong's inquiry are very ingenious, at this time it is not appropriate to let the other party know who is on the ship, no one can say whether there are reinforcements in the vast sea, if the fight is too fierce and delays the time, it will be very bad to attract the other party's reinforcements, not to mention that it is getting late, if you can't hurry back, you will have to sleep on the sea.

But after a while, there was a dense sound of iron cannons, sometimes mixed with vicious curses and painful wails, and the other party dared to surround him without fear, and he had to pay the terrible price of being attacked by concentrated fire.

The sound of the iron cannons gradually subsided, and after a long while, there was a burst of curses that seemed to have collapsed, followed by another burst of iron cannons, this time more prolonged, and the sporadic sound of iron cannons lasted for two quarters of an hour, and then the fleet began to move slowly.

The son of the Nine Demons Shigetaka, the Nine Demons, ran over panting and said, "Lord Pavilion, the Honma Army has retreated, and my father said that they may come to take revenge, please ask if you should escort the Lord of the Pavilion back to Naoetsu first." ”

"Hmmm! So be it! Sending away the kid from the Nine Ghost Family, Kira Yoshishi said with a smile: "In the blink of an eye, this little guy is not too young, and it is time for Gengoro to serve Yuanfu." ”

He didn't feel that it was inappropriate to call a boy who was a year younger than himself "little guy", but fortunately, Hosokawa Fujitaka who was sitting next to him was in a trance, and said without a word: "Yes! His Royal Highness has already gotten married, but His Majesty has to wait a few more years, how tragic it is! ”

Kira Yoshitoki quipped, "Miss your little main room?" It's called musk, right? Speaking of which, we are still related! ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka was not afraid of his jokes, anyway, the matter had come to this, the two were destined to be brothers-in-law and were not afraid of his jokes, so he said with a sad face: "The owner of the pavilion can't understand the pain of not being able to get married, I am twenty-two years old this year, but Musk is only twelve years old, and it will take two years to get married at the earliest, which is really painful!" ”

"Huh! Why does a husband have no wife? There are a lot of women, do you want me to send you a female ninja warm bed? Kira Yoshitoki leaned over and said with an ambiguous expression: "Sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl ninja, the fresh fruit that has not been touched by anyone, even if you have a child, you don't have to worry about the inheritance of the concubine, think about it?" ”

"Uh...... Forget it! His Majesty is infatuated with musk, even if there is no tomb in the mountains and the rivers are exhausted, the original intention will not change! Hosokawa Fujitaka casually recited the Yuefu poem, and the high-end atmosphere concealed the hesitation and vacillation at that moment.

"How do I feel this sentence is a little familiar...... Forget it, let's continue to study land improvement. ”

After pressing for a while, Hosokawa Fujitaka still couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked, "Lord Pavilion, what should you do with the Sado Honma Navy?" ”

"You want to know?" Kira Yoshitoki raised his head and glanced at him, then lowered his head and said while looking at the information, "Leave them alone...... They'll pay the price. ”

At the assessment meeting in early May, the Nine Demons suddenly attacked, listing all kinds of illegal acts of the Honma navy, wantonly intercepting passing ships and robbing goods, and plundering people to the island's mines as slaves.

Honjo Minoru was the first to realize the seriousness of the situation, and hurriedly suggested: "The Honma family was an important minister in the Keigong era, and he was the one who returned from Echichu for Keiko, and fought all the way to Shimoetsu to surround the army of Uesugi under the Kanto Governor's Command, and made great contributions...... And Honma Takanbu is the niece and son-in-law of Jing Gong, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to have an in-law relationship! ”

Nakajo Fujizi also followed and said: "The Honma clan has always been obedient, and I am afraid that a rash crusade will make the people of Sado unconvinced, please think twice about it!" ”

Nagao Keishun wanted to say something or pressed it down, because he saw that Honjo Minoru was giving Nagao Keitora a look, and Echigo Naryu, who had been silent, finally spoke, "Yoshitoki, this Honma Takanshin is a relative of the family, let's let them go." (To be continued......)