After this period of development, the annual income of Hizen Province has risen to about 370,000 koku, Chikuzen Province has an income of about 5,000 koku, Chikugo Province has an income of about 230,000 koku, and the income of Higo Province is about 330,000 koku. At this time, the total income of the Luo family's territory was already about 940,000 stones.

The population has also increased to about 600,000. Of course, this is only a rough calculation based on the information in the account books left by the local wealthy families, and the exact total will only be known after the implementation of the Luo family law such as detailed land inspection and population registration by the Cabinet of the Interior.

After taking Aso County in Higo Province, Masara's original plan was to cross the border of Higo Province and invade Bungo Province, the old nest of the Otomo family, but Toji Kenren, who had just escaped back to the border area of Bungo Province, was not a vegetarian. He seemed to have expected that Masarashi would take advantage of the victory, so he returned to the border of Bungo Province without any stops along the way, and then while mobilizing the wealthy clans on the border of Bungo to mobilize peasants and soldiers to defend the castle, he sent someone to urgently report the upheaval of Higo to Otomo Yoshikan, who was in the Funachikan (that is, Otomokan). So when Masara came to the Bungo border with the army, the Otomo family had already taken all the precautions.

Given the hot weather, logistical supply difficulties, and the need to concentrate on speeding up the digestion of the newly acquired Higo territory, Masari eventually abandoned his plan to storm the border of Hogo.

"Pingji, I'll leave it to you after fattening." Masayo, who returned to Hamanokan, said this in the first sentence he said when he saw Togo Heiji.

"I want you to completely control the entire newly occupied territory of Higo before the end of the autumn harvest, there are not enough people, you can go to the Roche Academy in Hizen and bring those students here. Land seizure, population registration, cultivated land, water conservancy repair, etc. None of them can be left behind. ”

"The most important thing is that after that. You have to make sure that before the end of the autumn harvest. A marching road was built from Hizen Province to Higo Province and then from Higo Province to the border of Bungo Province. Masahiro emphasized later. On this march, Masahiro was fed up with the hardships of those rugged mountain roads. Of course, this seemingly daunting task also hides another purpose for Zhengliang.

At this time, it was already the seventeenth year of astronomy, and it was not far from the "second-order collapse change" that occurred in the Otomo family. Although I don't know whether the historical event of Lu Dao will happen again after the emergence of Zhengliang, the so-called preparedness, Zhengliang must make all preparations.

"My lord, the autumn harvest will be soon. Time is so short, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet your requirements. Togo Heiji said with a bitter face.

"This is an order, not a request." Masashi directly interrupted Togo Heiji's complaint, "Don't look at me with a bitter face, the courtiers must share their worries for the governor, now is the time to test your ability, in short, you must find a way for me to build a marching road, at least a marching road that can allow horses to pass quickly." ”

Regarding the domineering request of Masahiro, Togo Heiji had to reluctantly agree. As he gets older, the domineering spirit embodied in Zhengliang is getting stronger and stronger. Let the retainers rejoice and fear at the same time.

After sending Togo down the plane, Masashi once again adjusted the location of the relevant teams.

The original station was Tahei Castle in Uto County, Higo, and the first standing Ashigaru team of Triangle Port. The station was changed to Ishiki Castle and Yugaura Castle in Aso Prefecture. The main general will be the executive seed, the deputy will be Tetsunosuke and Asakura Sote, and the military will pay for the Luo clan Masahide. Their mission was to assist the Cabinet in maintaining the law of the territory, and to guard against the Bungo Kuniku Otomo family on the other side of the mountain range.

The original station was the sixth standing ashigaru team of Wafu Castle and Yumachi Castle in Higo Kikuchi County, but the station was changed to Takamori Castle in Higo Aso County and Nakayama Castle in Hinata, among which Nakayama Castle could not fly the banner of the Luo family, so it could only be stationed in secret. The main will be Shinyin of Enjoji Temple, the deputy will be Kumon Shigetada, Kuroki Minori, and the military will be Luo Masamune. Their mission is to assist the Cabinet in maintaining the law of the territory, and the main thing is to guard against the Tomomo family of Bungo Kuniku and the Ito family of Hyuga Province.

The 7th Standing Ashigaru Brigade under the command of Kai Qinnao, Takasaka Masanobu, Yoshikawa Kokei, and Uemura Hontsuna, stationed in Minamihigo, the specific division of labor is as follows, Kai Jinnao and Yoshikawa Kokei lead 250 standing garrisons to Hitoyoshi Castle in Kuma County, and at the same time divide troops to garrison Kusukeya and Kushichi Pass on the border of Southern Hyuga Province, Northern Satsuma Province, and Kitassumi Province, mainly to guard against the wealthy clans in the direction of Higashi Kuma Province, Kita Satsuma, Southern Hinata, and Kitassumi Province; Masanobu Takasaka and Uemura Hontsuna led 250 standing garrisons to Minamata Castle in Reedhoku Prefecture, and at the same time divided troops to guard Nakao Castle on the border with Izumizu Castle in Satsuma Izumi County and Oniyama Castle on the border with Oguchi Castle in Izumizu-gun, mainly to guard against the Shimazu family in the Satsuma region.

In terms of the navy, the third standing team of the navy, standing for 600 people, 180 Kozao, 70 ships, the main will be Tao Masatora, Murakami Takeyoshi, deputy will be Oyano Tanego, Uku Junsei, the general station will be changed to Yashiro Castle near the mouth of the Kuma River in Yatsushiro County, Minamihigo, in addition to this place, the team will be divided into several squads, stationed in Sumoto Castle in Amakusa County, Shiki Castle, Kutama Castle, the main protection area is Tachiban, Amakusa Beach and Yatsushiro Sea, to guard against threats from the sea, In particular, the Shimazu Navy in the Satsuma Sea is responsible for collecting a certain amount of tolls from merchant ships passing through the waters of the Satsuma Sea and ensuring the safety of these ships.

After redeploying the garrison duties of each team, Masarashi once again issued an order to dismantle all the castles in the territory. The main castles that were demolished this time were Tsurugashi Castle, Tsufuku Castle, Yumachi Castle, Uchimura Castle, Hibi Castle, Takesuki Castle, Ogon Castle, Karashiko Castle, Tsumori Castle, Michijo Castle, Hamanokan Castle, Kawajiri Castle, Toyofuku Castle, Uto Castle, Tadaira Castle, Kenshida Castle, Iwao Castle, Takatsuka Castle, Takamine Castle, Okajo Castle, Koro Castle, Takao Castle, Sashiki Castle, and Fukae Castle in Minamihizen. In addition to these major fortifications, dozens of smaller forts built by local tycoons themselves will also be demolished. In order to quickly dismantle these fortifications, it is necessary to mobilize the local people to participate in and pay for the conscription.

Masara entrusted this matter to Shinnosuke Akabane. Of course, when the city is demolished, it will inevitably be resisted by some people who have already surrendered to the Luo family. Therefore, this time, Masarashi specially left the first standing cavalry team under the command of Isono Yuanchang, Akaxue Mitsukiyo, and Tao Nakamoto in Higo, and was specifically responsible for supporting the work of Shinnosuke Akabane, and at the same time ensuring that the other laws of the territory could be smoothly rolled out in various parts of Higo.

As most of Higo became the territory of the Luo family, the Ariake Sea and Shimabara Bay on the border of Higo naturally became the inland sea of the Luo family. Naturally, these two places are open to the people who can fish freely. At the same time, the newly discovered Miyahara silver mine in Higo and the original sulfur deposits in Mt. Aso were also owned by the Luo family. These things were ordered by Zhengliang to be dealt with as soon as possible by Kamiya Shaoce and Li Hongfei, who were in Hizen.

In the end, Zhengliang also rewarded some meritorious soldiers, mainly by dividing their territories to various places in Feihou. This helps to strengthen the Roche family's control over the post-fertilization. At the same time, Masarashi also appointed Aso Yuzen as the commissioner, and he will follow Masarashi back to Hizen and be responsible for assisting Togo Heiji in managing Hizen's civil and agricultural affairs. Of course, while Masarashi gave him a lot of territory in Hizen, he also secretly told him that the orthodoxy of the Aso family and the official position of the Higo Omiya Division would soon be inherited by him. The latter is quite grateful.

After arranging Higo's affairs in a hurry, Masarashi finally began to return to Hizen Province via Chikugo Province under the protection of the Cloak and the samurai team. Along the way, Masahiro also inspected the construction of the territory.

In mid-July, in the middle of summer, Masaya finally returned to Hizen Province. While passing through the village castle where the new Luo family's head school is located, Masarashi met with Naito Prosperity, the envoy of the Ouchi family, who happened to be passing through and was about to go to Kishigaku Castle to ask for a meeting with Masara.

Naito Xingsheng is the Nagato guardian of the Ouchi family, and his daughter has just married Mori Moto's son Mori Takamoto, who can be said to be the heavyweight of the Ouchi family. At this time, he actually visited in person, and it was obvious that there was an important matter to discuss with the Luo family on behalf of the Ouchi family. (To be continued......)