In the spring, in the courtyard garden of the lord's mansion, the mountains are full of flowers, butterflies are dancing among the flowers, three women with different colors are quietly kneeling on the green grass, and there is a little elf chasing butterflies everywhere among the flowers, not making bursts of laughter like silver bells.

Zhengliang took out the last piece of paper from his arms, spread it out, and saw that the paper was painted with an eagle flying high in the face, and Zhengliang was ready to use this as the family crest of the Luo family. For the determination of the family crest, Masahiro was after some consideration. First of all, Togo Heiji once suggested that Masato use the family crest of the Togo Division, for two reasons, one is that he hopes that Masarashi will inherit the Dongxiang Division, and the other is that he is very particular about his background at this time, and inheriting the Dongxiang Separation is just to solve this problem. Zhengliang politely refused this, so he didn't care about these so-called origin issues, anyway, what kind of background is your own words. Secondly, since he has repeatedly claimed to be the messenger of the god Hachiman, then the family crest must be linked to this, under the Japanese Shinto propaganda, animals are regarded by most people as a symbol of the divine messenger, and Masarashi also intends to use animals as a family crest, in the many powerful countries that Masara has already known, such as the Suzuki family, the Imagawa family, etc., all use animals as family crests, and even use animal feathers as family crests (such as eagle feather text). The most important thing is to determine what animal to use as the family crest, and the general animal family crest includes turtles, phoenixes, cranes, and pigeons. But Masaliang's artistic cell of painting is really not very good, and in his previous life, he often became one of the students that the art teacher didn't like, but the goshawk was a good painter, mainly due to the teacher's praise for drawing a picture of the eagle in kindergarten, so he had a special feeling when he painted the goshawk. Combining all the above factors, Masahiro drew an eagle with wings spread out as his family crest.

After handing over the painted family crest to the women and asking them to make several family crest curtains and the main flag from the cloth seized in the yard warehouse, Masarashi had to hurry to the brick-burning site north of the cottage, because a ashigaru came in to report that Shinsuke had pleaded with the lord to inspect it. Zhengliang was taken aback, could it be that the burned bricks had already been made?

With anticipation, Masa-ra went to the brick-burning site, where he saw several old lords and young women making bricks from mud, and seven or eight earthen kilns had already been built. Shinsuke, who was sweating profusely, immediately walked over and bowed when he saw Masaka, "Your Highness, eight earthen kilns have been built, and your subordinates have arranged for people to start making bricks and collecting firewood, but the situation of charcoal is not very good. ”

"Huh?" After hearing Shinsuke's words, Masarashi felt very strange, according to what he learned from Togo Heiji, Japan had already learned to burn bricks and make charcoal from China at this time. Many temples have adopted brick and tile structures, but brick burning did not prevail in the end, Masato estimates that there are two reasons, one is due to the high cost, when building the city wall, because the cost is a bit high, the general lord prefers to use the construction method of civil structure; The second is that the quality is not as good as the stone, and the lord who has a little money would rather build a stone wall. But charcoal is more popular, and a load of charcoal can be sold for dozens of wen in winter, but now Masuke says that the quality of charcoal is not good, so Masato feels a little strange.

Accompanied by Shinsuke, I went to the charcoal kiln at the foot of the mountain to see that there was a problem with political conscience, and the quality of the kiln was too poor. Zhengliang immediately found a few lords, first dug a pit about 8 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 1.3 meters deep with a hoe, and leveled the bottom of the pit; Then let people brush the ground on the soil pit to support the prepared firewood strips (upright) as the support frame of the charcoal kiln; Cover the top of the firewood strips with a layer of thatch, and then cover the thatch with a thick layer of mountain soil, and use a hoe to build a semicircular kiln back; Then dig 7 small holes on both sides of the back of the kiln as kiln holes to adjust the heat. Then, a scaffolding more than one person high is built on top of the kiln to shelter from the rain. In this way, a charcoal kiln can be regarded as preliminarily completed. The charcoal kiln that has been built looks like a large wine jar that has been placed horizontally. …,

"Masuke, let people build a few more earthen kilns according to this style. It's time to burn charcoal at night, it's too hot during the day," Masara said to Shinsuke beside him. Shinsuke was completely skeptical of the strangely shaped earthen kiln built by Masara, but he didn't dare to raise objections.

After dealing with Shinsuke's problem, Masaro decided to inspect his new territory, and was still considering whether to take a mineral bath in the waterhole in the back mountain in the afternoon.

And just when the territory is engaged in construction, Zhengliang is looking forward to taking a "mineral spring" bath. To the east of Notakayama, the Tahara family in Tashiro Castle is in a tense atmosphere at the moment.

"Taro, is the news confirmed?" Tadayoshi, the head of the Tahara family, asked, staring at a samurai in his 20s in front of him.

"Father, the news from inside has been confirmed. Kogi Daizo has secretly arrived in Fujidaira Castle today, preparing to form an alliance with Fujiwara Heinobu and discuss the matter of jointly sending troops to his own family. Tahara replied cautiously.

"Bang dang", Tahara Tadayoshi threw the tea bowl in his hand to the floor, and the tea bowl shattered, "Damn, my father should have cut the grass and eradicated the roots back then." ”

"Father, will the family preemptively smash Fujihira Castle and first break the villain Fujiwara Heiyoshi into pieces", Tahara Hiroshi said indignantly.

"Hey!" Tadahara Tadayoshi sighed, looked up at the sky outside the gate, and was silent for a long time. It's not that he doesn't want to strike first, in fact, the Tahara and Fujiwara families have been fighting each other for more than ten years, and every time they fight, the Tahara family has an overwhelming advantage, and even several times they have come to Fujidaira Castle, but each time the most difficult thing is to no avail, and the Fujiwara family is like an immortal little strong, repeatedly turning danger into disaster. Now, with the addition of the small wooden family on the side, why did the Tahara family go straight to Fujidaira Castle? Or maybe that's what the Buddhists call providence to make people. More than 30 years ago, as an important minister of the Fujiwara family, Tahara Tadayoshi's father secretly murdered Fujiwara Hironobu, the head of the Fujiwara family, and took advantage of the fact that the Fujiwara family had only orphans and widows left to replace him, and overnight the original Fujiwara family ceased to exist and was replaced by the Tawara family. A year later, the birth of a member of the Fujiwara family, who was occupied by Tadahara Tadayoshi's father, gave birth to Tadahara Tadayoshi's half-brother, Tahara Hideyoshi. Since they were sensible, the two brothers have been at odds, and Tahara Tadayoshi regards Tahara Hideyoshi as a thorn in his side. There are unforeseen circumstances, Tahara Tadayoshi's father was killed in the battle between the Kamimatura clan Hakata family and the Hirado Matsuura clan Matsuura family, Tahara Tadayoshi hurriedly inherited the family governor, but did not expect that Tahara Hideyoshi took the opportunity to declare independence in his own city, renamed Fujiwara Pingnobu, and the castle was also renamed the name of the original residence of the Fujiwara family, Fujidaira Castle. Tahara Tadayoshi was furious and sent troops to attack Fujidaira Castle, but in the end he returned in vain due to a hasty attack, and since then, the two families have been fighting each other for more than ten years.

If in the past, the Tawara family had the advantage in the battle, but this time it was evenly matched, because the Kogi family, who had been watching the excitement from the sidelines, took the initiative to form an alliance with the Fujiwara family this time, and the two aimed directly at the Tawara family's "copper mine".

This year, the Tahara family sold the copper ore provided by Banshi Dalang to the Huzi family, which can be said to be full of money and proud. But paper can't contain fire, and the Tahara family's neighbor, the Kogi family, accidentally discovers this secret of the Tahara family, and deduces that copper mines have been found in the Tahara family's territory. In this era, copper mines are a symbol of wealth, and in order to rob the Tahara family's "copper mine", the Kogi family decided to reveal the secrets of the Tawara family to the Fujiwara family and took the initiative to form an alliance with the Fujiwara family. The Fujiwara family, who had been beaten for more than ten years, immediately responded positively. So, the two families hit it off and prepared to send troops to the Tahara family.

"Taro, is there still no news from that guy from Slate Stone?" Tadayoshi Tahara, who had recovered from his memories, lowered his head and asked. …,

"Father, there is still no news this month? In the past, they took the initiative to contact the family and then exchange goods at a designated place," said Tahara Hiroyoshi, "Is my father planning to form an alliance with the bandits?" ”

Tadayoshi Tadashi glanced at his son appreciatively and said, "That's right, I plan to form an alliance with Isaishi Dairo to deal with the Fujiwara family and the Ogi family, and I will use Fujiwara Heinobu and Kogi Daizo's heads to serve wine." ”

"But...", Tahara Hiroyoshi looked at Tahara Tadayoshi's expression, and then continued, "This guy is too greedy, I'm afraid he won't easily agree to the alliance." ”

"Hmph, as long as the conditions have enough weight, he will definitely agree", after speaking, Tahara Tadayoshi looked at a Tai blade beside him.

"What?" , Tahara Hiroshi was taken aback, "Father, this is the family's treasure, the Huzi family has been trying to buy it without promise, this... This..."

"Taro, after using those stupid bandits to eliminate the Fujiwara family and the Kogi family, will Banishi Dairo still be the opponent of the family?" Tadahara Tadayoshi stood up suddenly, looked up at the wooden roof of the council hall, and shouted confidently, "This is just my temporary storage with that idiot of Banshi Dairo." ”

"Huh!?" , Tahara Hiroyoshi was dumbfounded, it turned out that his father had long planned to annex the Fujiwara family, the Kogi family and the bandits at the same time, "But... But... Slate Rock won't notice it, right? ”

"Hahaha, Taro! A guy who betrayed his own leader for hundreds of stones of brown rice, would he notice? Tahara Tadayoshi said with a smile, "And this time, in order to get Banshi Dairo to take the bait, I also decided to give him the property seized by the Fujiwara family and the Kogi family after the war, and under such conditions, he will definitely not suspect it." ”

"Father, you're smart!" , Tahara Hiroyoshi also had to admire his father's strategy at this time.

(PS: The first volume is coming to an end, and a new one is slowly rolling out.) In the new chapter, conspiracy, conspiracy, and intrigue emerge one after another; Love, affection, cold-bloodedness, intertwined love and hatred; Fierce fighting, drama fighting, death fighting, fierce struggle. Stay tuned. Everyone, don't be in a hurry to leave after reading, if you don't have a ticket, you can put it on the shelf, and the little brother kneels and begs. Dear friends, my purpose is to write more than 1.5 million even if I hit the street, and I will fight vigorously! Enjoy writing, enjoy loneliness. ）