The castle tower of Fukuyama Castle of Matsumae Domain, located in Fukuyama Castle Maru, is not too large, after all, Matsumae Domain is a small feudal clan in Japan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Matsumae Gonghiro, the governor of the Matsumae Domain, summoned all the elders of the family to the castle tower to assess whether Shiota Keiki brought back good news but bad news, and it was likely to determine the present and future of the Matsumae family.

Matsumae Gongguang, who was in his early thirties, took a sip of tea, straightened his waist and looked at the elders, only to see that everyone was looking down and thinking, and sighed in his heart, the life of the small clan is really sad.

At this time, Matsumae Kohiro missed his grandfather Matsumae Yoshihiro the most, his grandfather was the first person to establish the status of the Matsumae Domain, not only pacified the southern Hokami Matsumae, but also deepened the power to the northeast into the Ten Victories, and always followed the Katsuya in the chaotic situation of the Warring States, and successively submitted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was the first hero of the Matsumae Domain.

Gongguang firmly believes that if his grandfather is not born in a small family in northern Xinjiang, but in any of the famous families in this state, he will definitely create a huge world, and the current situation of the Matsumae Domain Matsumae Gongguang hopes that his grandfather can be by his side to guide him.

Unfortunately, he has been dead for more than ten years. At the age of 20, Matsumae Kimihiro, who was appointed by his grandfather to take charge of the Matsumae Domain, remembered his grandfather's teachings, and the Matsumae Clan must firmly follow the pace of the Tokugawa family and obey the orders, which is the only way to preserve the family.

For more than ten years, Matsumae Kohiro carefully controlled Matsumae and did not let the affairs of the domain out of his control, and the discovery and mining of two gold mines such as Osawa stabilized the finances of the Matsumae domain in a timely manner.

You must know that in the past, the Matsumae Domain relied mainly on the trade of hunting grounds, fishing grounds, and mountain goods, and the development of acres of land was so poor that the shogunate was unable to set a stone height for the Matsumae Domain when it was a nationwide domain. This is because the output per acre of the Matsumae Domain is really small. It can be said that the Matsumae Domain was the only daimyo in Japan that established a merchant domain.

It was because of the gold mining that the Matsumae Domain was able to build Fukuyama Castle and the castle town. Armed with banners, equipped with cavalry, and with the spare strength to open up to Tokachi, but this time the Ming and the shogunate came one after another, and Matsumae Kohiro deeply felt powerless, which was not something that a small feudal clan could resist.

"Lord Shiota, I don't know if you can see what other military strength the Akito has besides these three giant ships." Fukuyama Castle Castle Shiro Matsumae Domain's Matsumae clan members of Matsumae asked.

"Lord Chengdai, there is no way to break through the resistance of the Ming people. I can't land in West Ezo, so I don't see any other troops," Shiota replied with a bow, and the city was the uncle of the governor, so he should not be neglected.

"However, the commander is calm and well-trained, and he does not intimidate my family, even when it comes to the shogunate." Shiota detailed Zhao Lie's reaction and the condition of the Ming sailors and soldiers he found on the ship.

"My lord, I see that people never do arrogant things. This time you should be prepared. The land of West Ezo is the land that the general of Zhengyi intends to directly lead, and it must be reported. I can only inquire about the news in Matsuzen, report it to Edo, and follow the orders of His Royal Highness the Shogun. The old Inoue of the Matsumae Domain's pen head family bowed down and said to Matsumae Kohiro, with a special taste in his eyes.

Of course, Matsumae Kohiro understood what he meant, no matter what, the Matsumae Domain would only pass through the shogunate, and it would be decided by the shogunate, since the shogunate had taken a fancy to the plains of the West Ezo land, then the responsibility of guarding it would also be borne by him, and the poor strength of the Matsumae Domain could not afford to protect the entire Ezo Island, so let the Ming and the shogunate army pinch each other, and the Matsumae Domain would be able to fight soy sauce on the side.

However, Kohiro believed that the elders of the shogunate and the elders would definitely pull the Matsumae clan into the military on the grounds that the current Nishi-Ezo was a vassal of the Matsumae Domain, which was the inevitable fate of the small domain, and those who were eagle dogs had to have the consciousness of being eagle dogs.

"Yoshida Shinyuki, you immediately transcribe the documents, report to His Royal Highness Tokugawa, the general of the Seiyi, and read the drawings in person after you are done." Matsumae Kohiro folds a fan a little Yoshida Shinyuki.

Shinyuki Yoshida replied on the ground.

"Yuki Doi, is the clan fully equipped?" Matsumae Kohiro folds a fan a little riding general Yuki Doi.

"My lord, this domain has more than 380 horsemen and more than 460 horses, and I have been training for more than five months, so I can go into battle to kill the enemy for my lord." The tall and thin Yuki Doi, the only samurai here who didn't have Rutsuki taking the lead, bowed and replied.

Matsumae Kohiro nodded in satisfaction, because of the vastness of Ezo and the threat of cavalry from the Ainu, the Matsumae Domain had the idea of establishing a cavalry garrison during the Keihiro period, but due to financial constraints, this idea had to be shelved.

Due to the improvement of the feudal finances in recent years, Kohiro implemented it and fulfilled his grandfather's long-cherished wish, which was something he was extremely proud of, although the less than 500 cavalry was not worth mentioning compared to the thousands of cavalry of the Kanto daimyo and the Tokugawa family, but it was already an incredible event for such a small feudal domain as Matsumae Domain.

"Yasuda Xinsheng, the governor has handed over the flag book to you for three months of training, can you fight?" Matsumae Kimihiro turned to his subordinate Ashigaru Shogun.

"The lord can rest assured, the whole training of the flag book is completed, the soldiers and armor are complete, and the 700 troops are determined to do their best for the lord." The stout Yasuda Shinkatsu replied prostrately, the head of the moon head rising and falling comically.

Matsumae Gongguang bowed his head slightly, and supported Yasuda.

"Fukuyama Castle Dai, I want to issue a convening order for the local ashigaru, and take advantage of this off-season to train in this off-season." Matsumae Gonghiro closed the folding fan and said, "There are only more than a thousand flags in this family, and thousands of ashigaru are still of great use." ”

Loose prospects, broad bows to promise.

"Yantian rejoices, repairs ships, especially the Anzhai ship and the customs ship, and sends ships to find out the truth of the people."

"Obedience." Shiota replied with a bow.

"Asayama Nobuyuki guards the castle and orders you to order the merchants of the castle town to find out the Ming people from both land and water." Matsumae Kimihiro was pessimistic about the results of the sea route exploration, and the focus was on the Ainu through the merchants of the castle town.

"The lord can rest assured, the humble position will definitely allow the merchants to find out the truth of the Ming people in the West Ezo Land." The slightly chubby Nobuyuki Asayama replied prostrately.

"My lord, the family can ask for help from the Izushi shogunate, the Kaga Maeda family, and the Date family." The pen head of the old Inoue trusted.

"Well, that's true," Matsumae said with a smile, indeed, the uncles of the various families were also members of the Matsumae Domain, whether they wanted to be seen by outsiders or not, they were the representatives of the Matsumae Domain, and this was also the time for them to help each other, and to say a few words for the Matsumae Domain in the shogunate and the daimyos. Reduce the pressure on the front domain. "This matter. It's up to the elders to be responsible. ”

Inoue trusted and bowed in response.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Today, my family is restless, and I hope that all the retainers will work together with my family to tide over this hurdle. Matsumae said loudly.

A group of retainers agreed with a bang.

At this time, of course, Zhao Lie did not know what was going on in front of the Shogun, and at this time, Zhao Lie returned to Jeju on the fleet commanded by the Weiqing, and at first he was tired of the sea journey, but he had to return to Jeju, he estimated that the shogunate's counterattack was coming, and he already felt the drums of war ringing. Can the Japanese, who have always been extremely greedy for acres, watch Ezo land being seized by the Ming people?

The ships on the return trip of the fleet are full of logs, and the current specialty of Beihua Island is the boundless logs, and this time the Jeju Shipyard and Shidao Shipyard are not worried about running out of wood, and the items that can be rowed out of the list of purchases can be rowed out of the logs, and the log supply of Beihua Island is more than enough.

This is the only wealth created by Beihua Island after opening the mouth of swallowing gold.

The north wind howled, blowing a bit biting cold on people, but the sun was good, and there were no clouds, which allowed Zhao Lie to stand on the Weiqing and clearly see the whole picture of Jeju Port.

The Port of Jeju was completely completed. Six huge bastions with a height of more than three feet and three layers held the bay because of the need for garrisons. Artillery was placed, and each battery was more than enough on Monday, catching up with the small castle.

However, due to the use of iron reinforced cement structure, the cost of the fort was greatly reduced, each fort was only 5,000 taels of silver, but with more than 20 heavy guns, the cost of each fort easily reached 10,000 taels of silver, all of which were gold-swallowing beasts.

It is with their protection that the entire bay inside and outside is tightly controlled, and the consequence of a direct attack from outside the bay is to march in with dozens of huge cannons, and the possibility of reaching the port intact is zero, and after arriving at the port, it will face the counterattack of the six hundred infantry troops stationed in the fort and the pinning of artillery, Zhao Lie believes that this is a journey that will make the enemy spill blood.

Since there was no heavy burden on the ship, this time the Weiqing was the first to dock, and on the deck, Zhao Lie saw a purple figure in the crowd on the trestle from a distance, and Zhao Lie couldn't help but smile.

After the Wei Qing stopped, Zhao Da led the guards to disembark first, and then Zhao Lie boarded the dock with Yu Dabao and several other tall guards.

"I've seen adults." Huang Han, Wan Ji, Ma Tao and others paid homage.

"No courtesy." Zhao Lie returned the salute.

Zhao Lie turned to the purple figure, only to see Alexandra's tearful blue eyes looking at him fixedly, and Marta serving beside him.

Zhao Lie walked over and hugged Alexandra deeply, Alexandra's tears poured down, but this was tears of joy, the man he loved finally returned safely, Alexandra, who had personally experienced a long voyage, certainly understood the danger of sailing.

Every voyage can not guarantee safety, just like gambling, the bet is not to encounter an irresistible hurricane, his father, uncle every time he goes to sea is to give a good will, this is a must.

Zhao Lie wiped away Alexandra's tears and hugged Alexandra's waist.

"Wanji, the fleet will return to Senhoso in three days, what can I do to Jeju." Huang Han said without words.

In the past few months, an old-fashioned sailing fleet composed of more than 30 fortune boats and Haecang ships has transported more than 100 Andalusian war horses and more than 1,000 of their descendants and more than 2,000 Mongolian mares to Shido, which has entered the vast Jeju pasture, and 4,000 Liao people have arrived at the Jeju refugee camp.

Of course, hundreds of Jeju horses were shipped to Seokdo to be used as animal power, which is the only specialty of Jeju Island.

Zhao Lie and Alexandra rode on their horses and marched towards Jeju Castle under the guard of the crowd, and the roads along the way were flattened and widened, and they began to take shape.

Jeju City is still the same as it was, and Zhao Lie did not agree to Wan Ji and others' proposal to rebuild Jeju City to make it majestic and strong, and to show his own territory, after all, Zhao Lie did not intend to make Jeju the capital, and his own territory will be more and more, and there is no need to spend precious silver taels here.

Although the income from the sale of salt, cement, etc., and the money village co-opened with Meng Ji is now more than 100,000 taels of silver every month, however, shipbuilding, cannon building, 200,000 refugees, and Beihua, which will be developed on a large scale next spring, will cost a lot of silver taels, and Zhao Lie is now eager to treat each piece of silver as two flowers.

Cho Yeol only agreed to the plan to widen the road in Jeju City and clean up the mess.

Entering Jeju City, a clean and tidy environment made Zhao Lie extremely satisfied, yes, it was indeed attentive.

Since entering the Ming Dynasty, this is the only big city with the environment that satisfies Zhao Lie. After arriving at the official office, Zhao Lie certainly encouraged his subordinates. (To be continued.) )

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