As mentioned earlier, this was already the middle of the Warring States period, and a large number of guardian daimyo had gradually transformed into Sengoku daimyo (this type of daimyo was more centralized and had a stronger sense of foreign aggression and development).

In the context of such an era, if you still maintain the previous strategy of only plundering and not supporting investment to develop the territory, then with the development of time, not only will the territory be full of complaints, but once there is a continuous war with external forces, then the disadvantages will appear, because of the inability to obtain continuous support from the territory, the daimyo will have to continue to exploit the people, in this case, it is categorically impossible to engage in a protracted war with the external invading forces, and even cause internal riots, thus internal and external difficulties.

In the case of a more severe situation, once the situation of disaster weather encounters, the interior of the territory will inevitably become a miasma, which will cause more forces to covet it, and even without the need for foreign invasion at all, he will be ousted by the rebellious retainers and subjects. The most striking example of this situation is Takeda Nobuta of the Kai Kingdom, he is a typical representative of the Kai Kingdom who can only plunder, not operate, for the sake of war and plunder, even regardless of the cultivation of the people in his own territory, and finally led his son, retainers, and subjects to unite and expel him from the Kai Kingdom.

As for the policy of adopting development while soliciting and supporting, for the vast majority of Sengoku daimyos, the policy of taking more and supporting development was almost always adopted. The ratio of solicitation and support here is the most stable, with Imagawa Yoshimoto and Hojo Shiyasu being the most prominent, especially the Hojo family, which is famous for internal affairs, although the territory is still mainly claimed, but the territory has been greatly developed.

Compared to these big names mentioned above. The Luo family is under the leadership of Zhengliang. In fact, in the shortest possible time, it has gone through two stages: plundering and taking. Then, we entered the current territorial development policy, which is to invest first and then require, and to support local development with local income in the early stage. Such a policy would be more conducive to the continuous combat of the Luo family, and even prepare for the protracted wars that would often occur in the future and last for several years.

For example, this time the Battle of Itsukushima and the Western Raiders reflected this advantage. Historically, it took more than two years for the Mori family to swallow the territory of the Ouchi family under the leadership of the Mori family (this time does not include the preparation time of the Mori family in the previous years), and now it took less than a year for the Luo family to prepare and finally annex the entire region. And in this process, it was actually the Hizen country, Chikugo country, and Higo country that were taken care of and supported by the Luo family in the early stage. At this time, it is supported by a well-developed region. As for the areas of Chikuzen Country, Fengqian Country, and Fenggo Country, they were still in the stage of self-sufficiency at this time, and there were even riots, so it was already good not to drag the Luo family back. Fortunately, it was the Luo family's previous management and support of these areas that made the impact of the riots in these areas limited, and they were quickly pacified, otherwise it would really affect the Luo family's strategy of the western kingdom.

In fact, in history, after the Mori Yuan killed Tao Qingxian, the last pillar of the Ouchi family, in the Battle of Itsukushima, the Mori family at this time should be able to quickly annex the Ouchi family compared to the seemingly powerful on the outside but several empty Ouchi families inside. But why did it take years to prepare? It took more than two years to finally win the Ouchi family? Specifically, that's because you're invincible in the strategy unless you're invincible. Otherwise, it will always be difficult in this way. For example, when encountering a stubborn resistance force, it is impossible to continue to advance; Or maybe it was cold weather and the soldiers couldn't fight, so they had to take a break and recuperate. A war requires a lot of manpower, material resources and other combat preparations, and the development of the territory itself often determines the support of these combat preparations, so the strategy of the Maori family has naturally been affected a lot. In addition, the difficult marching path caused a lot of trouble for the Maori family.

In contrast, after vigorously supporting and developing in the early stage, the soldiers of the Luo family not only do not have to worry about the rear, but also because the population is guaranteed after development, the soldiers of the Luo family can also be continuously transported to the front line. As for the people in the territory, not only do they have sufficient security at home, but they can also indirectly gain benefits from the war, which naturally leads them to support the daimyo in foreign wars.

Once the combat readiness of the front line is depleted, the territory not only has a lot of reserves in the previous development, but also the territory can be quickly reproduced and replenished. If you encounter a force that resists stubbornly, you can rely on your own reserves to besiege it until it surrenders, and at the same time, you can divide your forces to fight; In case of cold weather, not only do they have cotton clothes to keep them warm, but they can also produce in a steady stream in the territory. With such support from the back, the Luo family was naturally able to quickly take the territory of the Ouchi family. As for the most troublesome problem of the difficult marching road, due to the support of huge logistics materials, the army of the Luo family also avoided the problem of logistics not being able to keep up due to the difficulty of marching during the period.

Although many daimyo are aware of the changes that this kind of large investment in the early stage in exchange for later development, not all daimyo are willing to implement it. In the case of cotton, for example, the daimyos, including Oda Nobuhide of Owari, were aware of its importance, but because it took a long time for a cotton tree to grow from budding to actually becoming a big tree, and a lot of resources were invested in the process, the daimyo were naturally discouraged. As a result, the daimyo with a long-term vision were willing to plant, and when the cotton grows in the future, it can be turned into not only daily clothes, but also iron artillery fire lines and combat uniforms in cold weather, which will play a great role in the development of the territory. From here, we can see the different outcomes faced by different territorial development policies.

Therefore, for the long-term development of the Luo family's territory, and for the protracted war between the various forces that gradually emerged in the middle and late Warring States period, Zhengliang led the Luo family into this kind of territorial development strategy very early.

Of course, it needs to be mentioned here that even such a territorial development strategy requires timely decisions by the daimyo of the rudder. In the event of an opportunity, if you can obtain greater benefits than allowing the family to continue to develop, you must strike in time, even if it slows down the development of the family territory, such as the Battle of Itsukushima this time, which is a special example.

In terms of seizing opportunities, Masayo, who is a later generation and is familiar with the general historical trend of this era, boasts that he is much better than the huge Imagawa Yoshimoto of the East China Sea and the Sagami Lion Hojo Shiyasu and others. (To be continued......)