The next morning, the 100 koku of old grains were divided into more than 10 loads, which were carried by a few townspeople who had been brought in by Hirasataro. Togo Heiji and the ashigaru he brought with him carried five iron spears, as well as fishing nets and some small farm tools purchased from the remaining hundreds of copper coins. After cleaning up, everyone crossed the creek under the watchful eyes of Hirasataro, and finally disappeared at the end of the wooded path on the other side of the river.

After a long journey of more than half a day, the group finally came to the edge of the woods. Seeing that he was about to reach the territory, at this time, several townspeople in charge of carrying food said that they would not go any further. The reason is very simple, in order to prevent this "funding" incident from being discovered by his father, Kijiro Dono found someone to spread the rumor that bandits were attacking Komaki Town in his own territory overnight. His idea is very simple, once the East Window incident happens, he can use this rumor as an excuse for "funding". Now that these townspeople have heard that the territory ahead of them is being attacked by bandits, are they still willing to move forward? If you're not careful, you'll encounter bandits, and your life may be ruined. In the morning, if it weren't for the high wages given by Lord Heisa, and the death order must be delivered, the townspeople would not have come to carry the grain. So, no matter how Togo Heiji tried to ensure the safety ahead, several townspeople still put down 10 loads of food, turned around and ran back.

Looking at the townspeople running back on the trail, Togo Heiji felt quite helpless and amused, and secretly thought to himself, it seems that Komaki Town has become a dead place that makes people smell it. In the end, he had to arrange for the accompanying Ashigaru to guard the grain, and he rushed back to Komaki Town to find someone to carry the grain......

At this time, Luo Zhengliang in the territory was also busy receiving the nearby filthy people who had defected.

A team of nearly 70 people walked along the foot of the wild mountain to the territory with various things. In order to guard against the attack of the bandits, Luo Masarashi sent all the spears in the territory (a total of 10, originally a total of 11, one of which followed Togo Heiji to buy grain), led by Tsuda Hiromune, and himself personally guarded the checkpoint at the intersection facing Notaka Mountain to guard against the attack of the bandits. Thankfully, until the last new consul walked through the checkpoint, he didn't see a single bandit.

The new lords were thrilled to learn that the young-looking lord who was standing at the intersection to greet them was the lord who had promised to protect them. They had previously been despised pariahs, but this was the first time they had seen respect for them in a lord who had promised them ploughing and food, and protecting them from bandits. What a great lord this was, and everyone respected this young lord in their hearts. If Luo Zhengliang paid a little attention to his personal attribute information at this time, he would find that at this moment, his charm attribute that had declined due to the recruitment of new lords (it is impossible for newcomers to fully support the lord before they are familiar with the lord) is rising rapidly, and it will soon return to the previous level.

Immediately after entering the town, all the lords were gathered, and the basic requirements of the domain were briefly read out by Masarashi of the Luo clan. The next step was to divide the new residents into Komaki Town and Onishi Town on a household basis, and arrange accommodation for them one by one. After completing this, Luo Shimasarashi summoned Onishi Kuniji and Tsuda Hiromune to his residence, ready to discuss the next step of the territorial work arrangement. At this time, the outside ashigaru came in to report that Togo Heiji-sama had returned, and he had brought back a lot of food. So, Luo Zhengliang hurriedly asked people to inform Togo Heiji to come over to discuss together. …,

After a while, a figure rushed over, it was Togo Heiji. As soon as he walked into Luo's residence, Togo Heiji first gave a retainer salute to Luo's Masahiro, and then said with excitement on his face, "Your Highness, Your Majesty is fortunate to live up to his life, and he has purchased a total of about 100 koku of old grains, 5 iron spears, as well as some fishing nets and small farming tools in the Tangye family. ”

"Great, God bless the Luo family", Kuniji Onishi shouted excitedly when he heard it. In the past, those wealthy families controlled the grain to the death, and they may not be able to buy food if they have money, and even if they are willing to sell, the price is often double or even higher than the market price. And this time it went so smoothly and received so much food, and everyone was very happy in their hearts.

Luo Zhengliang also did not expect to be able to buy so much grain at once. More than 100 stones, save food, the territory can be supported for a few more months, and the pressure caused by the increase in the population of the territory has also been reduced a lot. At this moment, he even had the urge to immediately send Togo Heiji to the Tahara family to blackmail again. However, the territory ran out of money, and after buying grain, the territory was no longer a single copper coin, so he had to give up.

After calming down a little, Luo Zhengliang said, "Very good, Pingji, you did a good job this time." He was indeed very satisfied with the results of this grain purchase.

"No, Your Highness. Thanks to His Highness's strategy and the acquaintance of His Majesty, Heisataro", Togo described the purchase of grain from beginning to end.

"Your Highness is wise", Kuniji Onishi and Tsuda Hiromune did not expect that this plan was actually proposed by the lord, and they couldn't help but be surprised by this, and at the same time admired the wisdom of the lord.

"Well, Heiji, if we have the chance, we must thank Hirasataro well", Luo Shimasaro expressed his gratitude to Hirasataro while secretly thinking to himself, what is the way to dig this talent into his own territory.

"Yes, Your Highness. The next time we meet, my majesty will definitely thank him again", Togo Heiji replied with a bow. But in his heart, he secretly thought that this was just the words of the lord. According to the current state of the territory, it is too late to need others to help, so what can you use to thank others? But what Togo Heiji didn't expect was that just a few months later, the lord's words became a reality, so much so that whenever Togo Heiji thought about it, he had to wonder if the lord had thought of a plan to recruit the other party at that time.

"Then, everyone, let's discuss the next arrangement", Luo Zhengliang turned the topic back to the work arrangement, "First of all, Guozhi, you can tell us about the situation of the new people. ”

"Yes, Your Highness", Onishi Kuniji straightened his body slightly, and then bowed down to report, "There are a total of 68 people in the new territory this time, and there is no one left in the south of the territory until the dense forest area (that is, the forest that Luo Zhengliang arrived at after crossing). Everyone was encouraged to hear that His Highness had seriously injured the bandit leader, but they were also worried that the bandits would retaliate everywhere, and they were very willing to become His Highness's subjects when they learned that His Highness had provided arable land and food. All the new leaders are mainly hunters, including 21 young men over 15 years old, and 47 women, children, old and weak. There are 11 weapons in total, 11 earthen bamboo bows, and a number of various hunting tools. In addition, the food of the new people is basically enough to meet the needs of this month. ”

"Well, Pingji, what about the material situation in the territory?" , Luo Zhengliang continued to ask.

"Your Highness, combined with the situation of the new people, the current grain in the territory is that 23 stone grains have been distributed to the original people this month, and there are 124 stone grains and 17 buckets of salt (unit conversion: 1 stone = 10 buckets = 100 liters = 1000 hes = 10,000 spoons The population is a total of 129 people, except for the 4 of us who are participating in the discussion, including 32 young men over 15 years old. In terms of equipment, there are 22 iron spears and 11 earthen bamboo bows. 7 fishing nets, 47 hoes, 11 ploughs. 3 catties of all kinds of scrap iron, 10 catties of all kinds of scrap copper", Dongxiang Pingji statistics. …,

"Good one, Guangzong", Luo Zhengliang looked at Tsuda Guangzong on the side and said, "Two days later, gather all the new young men in the territory, and select 11 people with good archery skills to form a bow and arrow, their basic training is the same as daily, after the basic training, the pikemen practice bayonet and gun formation, the archers practice archery, the training method imitates the pikemen, arrange personnel to tie into several thatched men, 20 steps away for shooting practice, at least 100 arrows a day, If there are not enough arrows, they will directly let people cut down bamboo to make them. "The method of making homemade bows and arrows is relatively simple, and the average hunter can make them himself.

"Yes, Your Highness", Tsuda Hiromune bowed and took the order. He has been deeply attracted by the many novel training methods of this new lord, and it is estimated that Luo Zhengliang will let him disembowel, and he will not hesitate to carry it out.

"Heiji, let's allocate 21 spears and 11 bows and arrows to Guangzong later," continued Masarashi Roche, "In addition, some old hunters among the new lords will be found to make some bamboo arrows to make up for the loss of arrows in the bow and arrow ashigaru training." ”

"Yes, Your Highness," Togo Heiji commanded.

At the same time, a total of 32 buckets (i.e. 3.2 stones) of grain will be allocated to those who participate in the ashigaru training this month, and each person will be given 1 bucket of miscellaneous grain per month in the future; if the food at home is not enough to support the end of this month, the distribution will be increased according to the actual situation; and all the people in the territory will be given 30 spoons of salt per month per person. Ladies and gentlemen, it is imperative that the new people settle down quickly. Tell the new lords that they only have two days to build and repair their temporary quarters, and that after the third day they will need to officially participate in the construction of the territory. ”

"Every day, the people are organized to use half a day to build their territory, and the other half day is used as their own time. Territorial work is mainly divided into picking wild vegetables and wild fruits; reclamation of fields; Hunting, fishing. ”

"Divide all the people into three groups, the old and weak pick wild vegetables and fruits nearby, and be careful not to go to dangerous areas, such as the dense forest area to the west; The young and strong people are gathered together and are responsible for cultivating the fields; After the morning training, Ashigaru was divided into two groups, one group was disbanded and sent home to take care of his own fields, and the other group was hunting and fishing, which rotated once a day. ”

"Wild fruits and vegetables picked collectively are appropriately distributed to each household; The proceeds of collective hunting and fishing are also appropriately distributed to each household, and if there is any surplus, it is dried and stored; After the reclaimed fields were distributed to the people, they immediately organized the people to replant grain, and it is now April, and after the replanting, it is still possible to catch up with the harvest season, and the grain is mainly rice, wheat, and radish. Grain seeds are set aside in the grain reserves, but when distributing, attention should be paid to ensuring that each household can be allocated to a similar number of upper, middle and lower fields; Subjects are encouraged to cultivate their fields in their own time, and the cultivated fields are owned by the people themselves. ”

"Clearly tell all the people that those who slack off in collective work will be punished by deducting a certain amount of grain from the monthly distribution of grain for the following month."

"Pingci and Guozhi, you must arrange these tasks as soon as possible, and you will ask for a detailed explanation with the people. In this way, Heiji is in charge of reclamation, and Kokuji is in charge of picking and hunting. What do you two think? ”

"Yes, Your Highness", Togo Heiji and Onishi Kuniji were suddenly confused by the content of the lord's order, and they were still digesting it for a while.

Seeing the two frowning, Luo Shizheng sighed silently in his conscience. It's really helpless, if you want to concentrate all your resources and strength to build the territory in a short period of time, but you can't discourage the enthusiasm of the people, Luo Zhengliang racked his brains, and in the end, he could only think of this half-public and half-private method. Wait until the threat of the bandits is completely eliminated before making the next adjustment, Luo Zhengliang thought silently. …,

"In addition, cancel Komaki Town, Onishi Town, and Combine Notaka Town", seeing that the two of them gradually relaxed their brows, it is estimated that they have almost understood the order just now, and Luo Shi Masarashi continued to command. The original two small towns were no longer suitable for collective work, and the entire territory was only about 130 people, so it would only be a waste of resources to manage them separately. The most important point is to find a way to bring everyone together, unify their thoughts, and form a territorial mechanism with their lord as the backbone. After all, these two towns were originally based on Togo Heiji and Onishi Kuniji, although neither of them has formed their own idea of power at present, but it is necessary to prevent the formation of two different power groups in the future, which will affect the unity and unity within the territory, and it is necessary to merge the two towns.

In this way, in the afternoon of the same day, the four of them discussed the specific details of the work in detail in the small mud wooden house, and Luo Zhengliang explained the key points of the work to several people in detail. There is no way, it must be difficult for a few ancient people to accept the management ideas of hundreds of years later. The only advantage is that the idea of "loyal monarch" in this period is still very marketable, so even if the other three still have a lot of things they don't understand, they will still implement it according to Luo Zhengliang's requirements.

As for the question of whether these orders would be contradicted by other people, Luo Zhengliang did not consider it at all. In his opinion, for the ordinary people of the territory, when they were filthy people in the past, their lives could be threatened at any time, but now Luo Zhengliang has provided them with a place to farm with peace of mind, which is already a very happy thing for them, so as long as they experience the benefits of these policies, they will basically not resist, and even become a strong foundation for supporting these policies.

In fact, the implementation of these orders has a deeper purpose of Luo Zhengliang, for him, a lord who was "forced to work", the most fatal place is the lack of kinship power and Jin Dynasty retainers, so that he may be overthrown by his subordinates at any time. Who knows if Lu Dao will be staged a drama of "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge" after the main threat to the territory is eliminated? In order to survive, he had to go to great lengths to protect himself and strengthen his influence over the territory.