In the village town hall of Saka-gun, Hizen Province, the Luo family is holding an evaluation.

"How is the construction of the various marching avenues in the territory progressing so far?" Masara asked.

"In accordance with His Highness's original request, after nearly a year of construction from Yobuko Castle near Kabe Island to Karatsu Bay, from Notaka Mountain to Yobuko Castle, from Notaka Mountain along the Karagawa River in the western part of the Higashi Matsuura Peninsula to Karatsu Bay, from Notaka Mountain to Kamikura Castle in the western part of the Higashi Matsuura Peninsula, from Notakayama to Kishigagaku Castle, and from Karatsu Bay to Kishigagaku Castle, all these marching roads in Nishimatsunura County and Kitamatsunura County have been completed, and from Kishidake Castle, you can quickly reach all parts of Nishimatsunura County and Kitamatsunura County." "At the same time, the road from Kishigaku Castle to Imari Castle in Minamimatsunura County has been completed. At present, only the avenue from Kishiyue City to Lion City is still under construction, and due to the territory's strategy this time to capture a large number of slaves, it is expected that this avenue will also be completed in the middle of this month. ”

"Very good" Masaro was very satisfied with the progress of the construction of the marching avenue inside the territory, "In addition, in addition to the construction of the marching avenue from the Lion City of Songura County through Ogi-gun to the village of Saka-gun, we need to add several marching avenues. ”

"Your Highness, please." Togo Heiji asked as he motioned to Murayama Takekichi not far away to bring the pen and paper that he had used as a recorder.

"Well, increase the marching avenue between the castles along the line from Hirado Port, Imari Castle, Takeo Castle, Sukojo Castle, Rokukari Castle, and Nakamura Castle in Matsuura County," said Masahiro. This avenue runs from the southernmost part of the territory through Matsuura-gun, Kiteshima-gun, and Ogi-gun, and finally reaches Nakamura Castle in Saga County.

"Increase the avenues from Matsugaku Castle and Takeo Castle in Biki-gun; An avenue from Matsuoka Castle in Fujitsu-gun to Sugu Ancient City was added. The above three roads must be completed within two months," said Masashi, "and the rest of the roads can be expanded and paved on the basis of the existing roads in each city." ”

"Yes," Togo Heiji quickly recorded Masayo's request. At the same time, he calculated in his heart whether the construction of these avenues was enough to rely on the 10,000 stone of grain allocated by the head of the family. After all, to build roads, in addition to feeding those slaves. It is also necessary to temporarily mobilize some peasant soldiers to guard those slaves, which also requires money and food. What's even worse is that this 10,000 stone of grain will also be used to organize paid forced labor such as field reclamation and water conservancy repair! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sweat in his palms. Is this really enough? But. Masarashi was quick to say something that broke him even more.

"The next thing is to expand the army." Zhengliang said indifferently.

"Expansion?" This time, the entire Cabinet of Interior members exclaimed. Because anyone with a little bit of brains can calculate that the arrangement of the head of the family has squandered a lot of wealth that was finally scavenged.

"Yes, but before the expansion of the army is agreed. Xiuzheng, let's talk about the damage of the team this time. Masarashi nodded.

"Yes, Your Highness." Ming Feng Xiuzheng, who was the person in charge of logistics for the first time, immediately saluted and said, "In this battle with the coalition forces of the Shao Er family, a total of eleven samurai were killed in this family. Twenty-three standing guards were wounded, hundreds were wounded, and two horses were also damaged. "Most of these samurai and ashigaru were wounded and killed in battles between Saga and Kanzaki and various wealthy clans.

"The fallen samurai ashigaru is buried in the tomb of the heroes of the territory, and the compensation is carried out in strict accordance with the laws of the territory, and the meritorious people are also awarded the Order of the Eagle Feather according to the territory, and they are rewarded." Masara said. It is already good to be able to achieve such a large result with such a level of casualties. As for the samurai who died in battle, as well as Ashigaru, although they died. However, according to the laws of the territory, their families can not only receive a large amount of pension and land, but also the agricultural tax has also become five gongs and five people, which can be regarded as a great compensation.

"Send the wounded horses back to the pasture to recuperate, as for the cavalry. I am very satisfied with the results that I was able to achieve in just over a month. When the last batch of fifty horses arrives, the cavalry will be enlarged to one hundred. Coupled with the war horses that will be delivered, there are currently a total of one hundred and fifty-seven war horses in the territory. One hundred of them were rationed to the cavalry, leaving twenty for reserve in the pastures. The remaining 20 or so war horses will be used for territorial communication and the general to ride during the battle. Masato said. The cavalry was expanded from 500 to 100 at once. With such a scale, the Luo family can still afford it.

"The third standing naval force will be added, and the general will be Tao Masato, the number of which will be tentatively set at 100 people, with the three seki ships and twelve Kozao captured from the Arima family as the fleet, and the naval base will be Kashima Castle, which will be responsible for the defense of the coast of the Ariake Sea." Masara said. It's not that Masashi is unwilling to increase the number of ships in this navy, but the Luo family has no shipbuilding skills, and the ships of the rest of the navy cannot pass through the waters controlled by the Arima family and the Omura family to enter the Ariake Sea, resulting in the current third standing navy fleet can only be supported by these few ships.

"In addition, the number of people in each standing ashigaru team has increased from 200 to 300." In this way, the Luo family has five standing ashigaru teams, with a total of 1,500 standing ashigaru teams.

"The samurai squad has also increased from 100 to 300, and the scout squad has increased from 50 to 100, and the above is the result of this expansion." Zhengliang said later.

After the expansion of the army, the Luo family had 100 cloaks, 300 low-ranking warriors, 50 scouts, 50 heralds, 20 Black Hawks, 30 firefighters, 100 cavalry, 500 sailors, and 1,500 standing soldiers, making a total of 2,720 standing troops. As a daimyo of more than 200,000 stones, it can barely be supported.

In fact, there is a purpose for Masarashi to expand his military strength on such a large scale. First of all, the strength has increased, and the opponents faced are becoming stronger and stronger, and it is necessary to have a strong army as a guarantee. Secondly, with the current law of the Luo family, each retainer can recruit a maximum of fifteen samurai. Wealthy clans who are not retainers of the Luo family are not even allowed to recruit retinues, otherwise they will be considered a rebellion. As a result, a large number of samurai ashigaru lost their jobs, and joining the Luo family's standing became the only way out. The expansion of the army can be regarded as solving the employment problem of these people. In the end, this is also a means to weaken the various wealthy families in disguise. Although those samurai ashigaru were forced to lose their jobs, he secretly remembered the former head of the family, and held a grudge against the Luo family who made them unemployed. Now that Masara is doing this, it is tantamount to pulling these ronin samurai and Ashigaru to the camp of the Luo family in disguise. As long as these people find that the treatment in the Luo family is much better than that in the original old club, they will gradually support the Luo family.

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