Chapter 35: Harvest
After carefully inspecting the remaining grottoes, Masato found hundreds of spears, dozens of swords and more than forty pairs of rudimentary armor, and hundreds of catties of iron and copper also made Masato happy, which can just solve the problem of insufficient agricultural tools in the current territory. The dozens of pieces of cloth found after the most Lu almost made Masayo burst into tears, his two clothes had been damaged after several battles, they were all sewn by Matsumiko and Togo Kikudong Noxi, and now with these cloths, they don't have to be dressed like Hanako.
Carefully covering up the secret storage place, leaving two ashigaru guards the entrance to the grove, Masarashi and the others hurried back to Oishinoji's courtyard. At this time, Togo Heiji had already led the patrol team and was waiting there.
Seeing Zhengliang come back, everyone saluted. After the ceremony, Togo Heiji said excitedly, "Your Highness, on behalf of the people of the mountain, your subordinates thank you for avenging their great revenge, and we have finally gotten rid of the threat of these damn bandits." Togo Heiji, who has been persecuted by the bandits, trembled slightly on his shoulders and choked up for a while.
"Alright, Heiji, it's all over, but there's still a lot of things waiting for us to deal with", Masarashi walked up to Togo Heiji and patted him lightly on the shoulder as a sign of comfort. This "old man" in his 40s, who was forced to wander here after being exiled, and led the townspeople to fight against the bandits, it was indeed difficult for him in the past few years. Now that the biggest threat in front of him has been eradicated, it's no wonder that he lost his temper for a while.
"Yes, Your Highness, Your Highness will swear to follow Your Highness to the death", Togo Heiji knelt on his knees to show his loyalty, he used to be forced to promote this lord because of survival, and now he is truly convinced.
"Heiji, together with Xingsuke, take these little guys and search the entire cottage to make sure that not a single grain or copper coin is missed", seeing that Togo Heiji's mood gradually calmed down, Masara pointed to the patrol team standing in two rows in the courtyard and arranged.
"Yes, Your Highness", Togo Heiji immediately commanded.
"Your Highness, Your Highness...", just as Masarashi was about to further explain the details of the search, a ashigaru hurriedly walked in, "Your Highness, Lord Tsuda, please go over there for a while."
When Masahiro heard this, he immediately sighed in his heart, could it be that something happened over there? So he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”
"Your Highness, a small copper mine has been found over there, so Tsuda-sama asks you to come and have a look," Ashigaru quickly replied.
"Copper?" , Masarashi was extremely surprised, and then looked at Kosuke on the side.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty didn't know that there was a copper mine in the Ludao Cottage", Kosuke was obviously taken aback by the news he heard.
"Okay, take me to see it right away, and you can come with it", after leaving two ashigaru guards the warehouse in the courtyard, Masarashi went to the place where Tsuda Hiromune discovered the copper mine, accompanied by Ashigaru, who reported the news. Walking along the cottage trail for nearly a quarter of an hour to the north, I saw several people standing at the foot of the mountain at the junction of the cottage and the small mountain to the north, one of whom was Tsuda Hiromune.
"Your Highness", seeing Masayo's arrival, Tsuda Hiromune immediately walked over quickly, "A few of them are mining refugees who are imprisoned in the Banshi family's cell, and we learned from them that there is actually a small copper mine here, which has been mined for nearly a year", Tsuda Hiromune pointed to a few people behind him and said.
"Oh? Where is the copper mine? Masara asked, looking at the people behind Tsuda Hiromune.
"Your Highness, the copper mine is right ahead, and I accidentally discovered it when I was digging mud and stone to build a cottage, and I just went in to see it, and the mine has been dug very deep," replied Tsuda Hiromune.
"Are there any of these miners who know how to survey? How long can this copper mine be mined? ", Masara continued. …,
"Your Highness, those mining refugees said that the person who discovered this copper mine had died of exhaustion half a year ago, but before he died, he had said that this small copper mine would only be mined for another 2 years at most before it would be exhausted, and it was estimated that it could only collect about tens of thousands of catties again", Tsuda Hiromune seems to have obtained enough information from those displaced people.
"It's a pity", Masahiro couldn't help but feel sorry after hearing it, "Have you found any copper ore excavated before?" ”
"Your Highness, I only found hundreds of catties of copper ore in the front yard of the mine, and according to those who mined, these copper ores were transported every month, and these copper ores were not transported away because the slate stone was in a coma and could not be arranged for the time being," replied Tsuda Hiromune.
"Your Highness, these copper mines should have been transported down the mountain", at this time Kosuke suddenly said, "Every month, Slate Shi Dalang will arrange some die-hard subordinates to transport a batch of materials to the bottom of the mountain to exchange materials with the Tian family, and the minister estimates that it is mainly these copper mines." ”
"The field house?" , Masarashi looked at Kosuke with a puzzled face.
"Your Royal Highness, two years ago, it was the Tahara family who colluded with Banshi Dalang to attack and kill the old leader at the foot of the mountain, so Banshi Dalang has always kept in touch with the Tano family", seeing Masaara's doubts, Kosuke hurriedly analyzed, "A year ago, it was suddenly forbidden for anyone to approach here, so most people in the cottage didn't know that a copper mine was originally found here, thinking of the increasing grain in the cottage in the past two years, it should have been exchanged for these copper mines and the looted materials." ”
"It seems that our neighbors are also fat," Masahiro couldn't help but sigh. Kosuke and Tsuda Hiromune glanced at each other, as if stunned by a strange language that suddenly came out of the lord's eyes.
"Guangzong, settle these mining refugees well. Heiji and Kosuke, according to the original arrangement, let's go separately", Masarashi ignored everyone's astonishment, pondered for a while and continued to arrange. No matter what the situation of the surrounding tyrants is, let's deal with the cottage matter first and then think about it.
"Yes, Your Highness", everyone led away in unison.
"Kizaburo, how did I finish what I told you?" After everyone left, Masahiro turned to look at the two little surnames who were following behind him and asked.
"Your Highness, Lord Tadajiro, they are now gathering the remaining people in the cottage at the gate of the cottage, Lord Tadajiro, they are very cooperative with Lord Onishi's work, and there is no abnormal behavior. The bandit leader, Banshi Dairo, was also found. When he was found, there were no more men in the courtyard of Banshi's house, and the only male man, Banshi Dalang, was also in a coma. The search was not hindered in any way," Kizaburo reported.
"Well, you continue to follow Tadajiro and them, keeping an eye on their movements at all times", Masarashi said with a frown. After all, Tadajiro and they are also new to Chengcheng, and it turns out that they are also bandits, so it is better to be careful before you are fully familiar with them. Although the bandits have perished, there are still local tyrants and even other bandits around who are much more powerful than themselves, once they learn about the situation here, they will definitely take action, and if there is instability within the territory at that time, the situation will be precarious.
"Your Highness......", Kizaburo suddenly knelt on the ground, his voice choked.
"What's going on with you?" , Masara was stunned by Kizaburo's sudden movements, and hurriedly asked.
"Your Highness, please help me find my sister," Kizaburo kowtowed and pleaded.
"Sister?" , Masato felt very confused, but quickly thought of something, and immediately asked, "Your sister is in the cottage?" ”
"I don't know what to do," Kizaburo cried, "but she was captured by these bandits in the town a year ago, and that time my father was killed to protect us, and my sister was not able to get it back, and my mother and sister were left in the house, so my mother was also sick in bed, and if I could find my sister, my mother's illness would definitely be better." ”…,
"This ......", Masara didn't expect such a thing, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, so he could only comfort him, "Kizaburo, after everyone is gathered, you can go and find it, and I will find a pharmacist for the territory as soon as possible from your mother." Now there is only one way to do it, and as for his sister, if she is caught in this kind of wolf and tiger's den, there is really little hope of finding it.
"His Royal Highness Xie Lu, His Royal Highness Xie Luxi", Xi Saburo kowtowed several times and said gratefully.
"Okay, Kizaburo, you take me to the courtyard of Banshi Dairo first, and then you can go to the gate of the cottage to assist Lord Onishi to gather everyone", Masarashi arranged. If something like this happens, it is estimated that he will not have the energy to continue to monitor Tadajiro and them, but with Onishi Kuniji and Tsuda Hiromune watching, it shouldn't be a big problem.
"Let's go, let's go to the front and have a look", after speaking, Masara walked forward with the two small surnames.
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