After introducing Ander to everyone, Masahiro glanced at the retainers and continued: "You may ask what an iron cannon is, but I won't tell you about this for the time being, and when the time comes, you will naturally see it." "The matter of firearms, especially arquebuses, Masashi does not plan to tell superfluous people for the time being. This unit, which is about to be secretly formed, will play a decisive role at a critical moment as a mysterious unit on the battlefield.

"So, it's been a month since I've been gone, so let's tell you about the situation in the territory first," Masara continued.

"Yes, Your Highness" Dongxiang immediately bowed down to receive the order, and then took out the account book that had been prepared in his arms for a long time, and began to report, "Your Highness." Including the Ming immigrants who have newly joined the territory and the displaced people recruited from other powerful people in the past month, there are now about 11,500 people in the territory, and these people have been registered separately; In terms of food, a total of 15,000 stone of civil grain reserves and 7,000 stone of armament grain reserves are currently in the territory warehouse, and in order to purchase these grains, all the coins obtained from the transaction of snow salt and raw silk between the family and the Kamiya family have been used up. "Even Togo Heiji, who is accustomed to seeing big scenes, is heartbroken when he sees that there is so much food in reserve, but watching those coins flow into the pockets of the Kamiya family like flowing water.

After a pause, Togo Heiji continued: "In terms of field reclamation, nearly 300 stone of land has been cultivated this month; In terms of water conservancy facilities, the embankments along all streams in the territory have been repaired. Repairs have already begun to be made to the canals in the fields. Due to the smooth development of the above two territorial tasks, the income of the territory in the next year will be around 10,000 stones. With the continuous cultivation of fields and the continuous repair of water conservancy facilities, it is expected that the number of stone heights in the territory will increase before the beginning of spring. The divine melons and corn that His Highness requested to promote were accepted by the people. At present, the seeds have basically been distributed, and it is believed that the income of the territory will increase in the coming year. ”

Togo Heiji's voice was a little excited. This is the largest field he has taken care of in his life, although it is not his field, but even if it is his son-in-law's, he is quite happy. When the other retainers heard Togo Heiji's report, they were all overjoyed, obviously happy that the Luo family had achieved such a territorial income, but Ander, who couldn't understand Japanese, looked puzzled. There is also Yoshida Shigemasa, who has already seen higher territorial incomes, and is quiet.

"The family currently has a total of 161 farming cows, and all the 150 farming cattle purchased from Kamiya have been distributed to various parts of the territory, and the townspeople are responsible for the domestication and use of these farming cows," Togo Heiji continued. According to Masahiro's previous instructions, although the ploughing cattle belonged to the lord's property. However, it is better to leave the work of domestication and use distribution to the village head in charge of agriculture in each town according to the territorial law. In this way, it not only reduces the management expenditure of the territory, but also increases the enthusiasm of the people to lease cattle and improve the level of farmland governance.

"At present, the family has reserved nearly 35,000 copper materials and more than 8,000 catties of iron materials" Seeing that Masashi nodded and signaled him to continue, Dongxiang Heiji continued to report. "It's just that, according to the survey, the family's small copper mine is expected to be hollowed out at the beginning of next year."

"Well, all the iron and copper should be stored for the time being. As for the copper mines, there. Once the digging is completed, the mine will be closed, and the original miners will have to be properly arranged," Masahiro said. Long before I got that little copper mine. Masahiro knew that the road would be dug up soon, so now after hearing the report of Togo Heiji. Masato didn't find it strange either.

"In terms of coins, according to the account book given by Mrs., there are currently 1,350 taels of silver, 350 taels of gold, and 800 taels of copper coins in the warehouse." …,

Zhengliang nodded, these coins should have included the gold that Zhengliang brought back yesterday and the silver that Wang Haihai brought back before. It seems that the territory does not have a lot of money reserves. But when you think about it, it's a good thing. At present, the territory needs more things that actually have an immediate effect on the territory, and these coins are useless in the territory warehouse, and it is better to use them immediately to buy some things that the territory urgently needs.

"How's it going on with armaments?" Masara continued.

"Your Highness" is still reported by Togo Heiji this time, before Masara went to the Ming Kingdom, it has been made clear that during his absence, Togo Heiji will be in charge of territorial affairs, "At present, there are a total of 200 standing ashigaru members in this family, divided into four teams, each team of 40 spears and arrows. In terms of the water army, there are 60 people in total. ”

"Hmm," Masaro nodded. Plus 30 low-level samurai, 40 mid-level samurai cloaks, as well as 20 scouts, and 20 Black Hawks. Then the standing strength of the Luo family already has 370 people. It is worth mentioning that samurai, scouts and ninja soldiers, these personnel can only be mobilized by the head of the family, even Togo Heiji can't mobilize them, so Togo Heiji didn't report the situation of these three just now.

"In terms of armaments and supplies, all the samurai of the family are currently equipped with katanas, among which the spear samurai and the bow samurai are also equipped with spears and bows; The standing ashigaru and navy were also equipped with spears and bows and arrows according to their personal needs, and the navy was also equipped with rattan cards. At present, all the people in the family are equipped with three guns and bows. All of them are equipped with simple and sufficient equipment, a total of 400 pairs," Togo Heiji continued to reply, "In addition to these equipped materials, there are currently 515 swords of various types, 810 spears, 30 simple and sufficient pairs, 180 bows and bows, and 130 bows and arrows of other types. ”

"In terms of horses, in addition to the two horses used for reconnaissance to transmit information, and His Highness himself received one, there are also seven war horses in the territory that are being trained."

"In terms of the navy, our family has a total of six ships, 57 Xiaozao, 9 Dutch ships, and 5 merchant ships."

"Hmm," Masaki nodded after hearing this. Coupled with the twenty-five barrels of fire oil, thirty-one fireworks, three arquebuses, a small Franco, and twenty boxes of gunpowder in the warehouse, these are all the armaments and materials of the Luo family at present. As a retainer, each person has been given a pair of armor at present, the better one is the carcass armor, and the almost one is also the belly roll armor, which just happened to distribute all the armor captured since the previous wars.

"The cured meat, pickles and other military food materials eaten during the march are enough for the strength of our troops to fight continuously for a month."

"Hmm. How is the armament build-up progressing? After listening to the report of the materials, Masato continued to ask.

"Your Highness, the family's small ranch has been completely completed," Togo Heiji continued, "The simple earthen mounds located at the mouth of the Shiga River have also been stationed in Shigaru to guard them. The marching avenue connecting the east, west, north and south directions of the territory is also nearing completion, and the construction of the remaining avenues in the territory will begin to be carried out by a slave team of more than 400 people in the territory. ”

"Good!" Masarashi was very happy to hear that the four marching avenues leading to the four directions of the territory, which he was most concerned about, had been built. Calculated that these four marching avenues took more than three months, and a lot of manpower and material resources were consumed, and the original design was built from the Nogao Mountain, where the lord's mansion was located, to the southeast, northwest, and northwest of the territory, and now it has finally been completed. Once completed, it takes more than half an hour to reach the eastern border of the farthest territory to the northern border. It only takes about half an hour to travel in all directions from Notakayama, the confluence of the four main avenues, and it is already a very fast response time in an era when walking is the mainstay. …,

"Your Highness. For two months in a row, the tasks of land reclamation, water conservancy repair, and the construction of marching roads have been vigorously promoted, and the original allocation of conscription rewards is about to be exhausted," Togo reminded him.

"Let's allocate another 3,000 stone from the civil reserve grain as compensation for forced labor. We must continue to make every effort to promote the use of forced labor for land reclamation and water conservancy repair, and strive for greater progress before the spring ploughing comes," Masashi said. There is no way, most of the people in the current territory are homeless, and the original local people have also experienced several wars, this year's grain harvest is definitely not good, and there is not even a grain of grain, so you can't just watch them starve to death. But it is not possible to distribute it for free, otherwise it will only attract a frenzied siege by the people.

Therefore, Zhengliang had no choice but to adopt this method of cash-for-work, which can not only speed up the construction of the territory, but also ensure that these people can survive this winter, killing two birds with one stone, why not? Although the consumption is indeed faster, it is also a time to resolve internal contradictions and lay the foundation for the future.

"Those copper coins in the warehouse, discuss with the Kamiya family, and try to buy some more farming cattle," Masarashi continued. The territory of more than 11,000 people is equipped with 160 ploughing cattle, which is too low. Not only will it slow down the pace of land management and reclamation, but it is also likely to cause internal conflicts. After all, there are so many people, but there are only so many cattle, and every family hopes to be able to rent cattle, which will inevitably lead to contradictions.

"Yes, Your Highness" Togo Heiji, who was accustomed to the loser way of Masayo, did not advise, but just bowed his head and received the order.

"Special dry rations for the march should also be stockpiled vigorously, with cured meat, dried fish, pickles, and dried gourds, preferably to meet the needs of two months of war," Masara said. Anyway, these grains are also dried and extremely easy to preserve, so there is nothing wrong with stocking up on them.

"Yes," Togo Heiji replied. However, there was a cold sweat in his heart, and if he wanted to reserve these military rations, he would definitely have to take out a part of the 3,000 stone grain as a reward for the people, and it seemed that he had to plan the specific use of this batch of grain. Moreover, since the people can provide these military rations in exchange for miscellaneous grains, the large wild animals in the mountains and fields of the territory have almost been captured by the people, and this time they may not be able to reserve enough military rations for the march so quickly.

"Okay, everyone, now let's discuss the situation around the family" After arranging, Masahiro turned the topic to the most important situation around the powerful and powerful. (To be continued......)

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