The attack on the U.S. and Iran went very well. When Masarashi led more than 50 samurai to kill the Miyi people's Tuiwa, there were less than 10 guards left, and the leader was also dead, so they simply surrendered.

At this point, the strategy officially began on August 12 and ended on August 15. Within four days, the Luo family attacked at the same time, and as expected, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, they destroyed the Higashiyama family, the Kawachi family, the Guan Mu family, the Akasaka family, the Dono family, the Tateishi family, and the Meiyi family.

After resting overnight in the soil and rocks of the Misians, and the next day after arranging the defense of the newly occupied territory of the Misians, Masarashi began to rush to the Castle of the Odano. At the same time, the relevant retainers who received the order of Masato also marched to the Ojo Castle of the Fields.

On the afternoon of August 16, the ninth year of astronomy, the council hall of the castle of Tanoo. All the participants in the assessment were present.

"Meet Your Highness!"

"Hmm!" Followed by the close attendant Kunatsu and the small surname Shingoro, Masayo walked majestically to the throne. All the retainers immediately saluted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time our family has won a big victory, thanks to your strong support. I decided to give a reward. Tadajiro, you successfully attacked the Dongshan family, the Hanoi family, and the Guan Mu family this time, and even attacked the Shuiyan City at an important juncture. Kunatong bravely killed the enemy in the joint battle, won the head of the Akasaka family, and was promoted to his own close attendant, with 25 stones; Luo Zhengxiu, besieged by enemy soldiers several times his size, still fought bloodily, held the city, and was raised to 30 stones", at the beginning of the evaluation, Zhengliang rewarded each according to their military exploits. Most of the retainers were rewarded, and even the little surnamed Shingoro, who was in charge of opening up the secret passage, was rewarded with 5 stone grains.

In fact, Zhengliang intends to greatly increase the treatment of all the retainers, but the problem is that the Luo family is only a small and powerful family now, and there is not enough financial support to support it. It's better to wait for the Luo family to become stronger in the future, and then make plans, looking at the retainers with happy faces, Zheng Conscience thought a little apologetically.

"Your Highness, the situation of the territory has been counted," said Togo Heiji, who had arrived at Shuiyan City two days ago, "With the new territory occupied this time, the current stone height of the family is about 8,000 stones, and if the cultivation of farmland is increased, it is expected that the stone height of the territory will increase to about 9,000 stones next year, and the population of the territory will also increase to about 7,200 people." ”

"Well, that's good," Mashiro nodded. The area of the newly occupied territory is more than twice the area of the Luo family's original territory, and such income should be about the same.

"In terms of materials, a total of dozens of swords, hundreds of spears, thousands of stones, two war horses, and the rest of the coins and materials are still being counted," Togo Heiji continued, "At present, the newly occupied territory has been basically stabilized, and the territorial law has also begun to be implemented. The reward for the strength of the army has also been distributed, but this time the strength of the family is also a lot of damage, and it will take a period of repair and replenishment. ”

"I'm going to increase the number of people in each standing ashigaru team from 50 to 60, I wonder what do you think?" , After hearing Togo Heiji's report, Masayo asked.

"Your Highness, the daily consumption of this raid and the reward for the strength of the troops have already cost more than 500 stone of food; In the past two days, more than 300 stone of grain was spent in order to stabilize the newly occupied territory, and with the promotion of the territorial law and the progress of various constructions in the territory, plus the monthly expenditure of each workshop, it is expected that in the next few months, the monthly civil and agricultural expenditure will be more than 1,000 stone. Now, if His Highness increases the standing reserve again, it will increase the consumption of at least 100 stone of grain every month. Please think twice, Your Highness", as soon as Masayo's voice fell, Togo Heiji immediately admonished.

"Hiss" is really not ignorant, and I was taken aback.

According to Dongxiang Pingji's algorithm, wouldn't it be that the territory will need to invest more than 1,000 stones of grain every month in the next few months, but even if the grain collected this time is added, the current civil and agricultural grain reserves in the warehouse are more than 11,000 stones, and the military reserves are more than 3,000 stones, which seems to be a lot, but it is really as fast as flowing water, and it is obviously in danger of running out of food if it continues like this. Of course, Zhengliang can also choose to reduce the relevant compensation in the territorial law, or even reduce the forced labor for territorial construction, but this will lose trust to the people, and greatly delay the construction and stability of the territory, and in the end the gains will outweigh the losses. …,

"How many coins have been confiscated this time?" In desperation, Masato came up with the idea of coins.

Since there was a danger of running out of food, we had no choice but to abandon the idea of increasing the standing stock, and the top priority was to continue to buy food. Now that the autumn harvest season has begun, grain will be slightly cheaper than in other seasons. And a large amount of food expenditure is only temporary, as most of the people have winter food after the autumn harvest, but also distributed to the field, these people are going back to their fields to prepare for the next year's spring ploughing, so calculated, the first two or three months may consume more, and it is estimated that it will fall back to about half in the future, as long as you survive this winter, after the next year's territorial civil and agricultural affairs are on the right track, all things will form a virtuous circle, and not only do not need a lot of investment, but even get more agricultural taxes.

"It is expected that there will be hundreds," Togo Heiji said, flipping through the account book in his hand.

"Take it all out and let the Kamiya family help raise some food," Masarashi said.

This is also a helpless move, even if you have money, others may not be willing to sell food to you, not to mention that now that the Luo family has offended the Haoqiang Huzi family, the ordinary little Haoqiang around them dare not give support, otherwise there is a danger of angering the Huzi family. A little further away? Safe food routes alone are a problem. Thinking about it, it seems that you still need to find a house with many ways to go to the gods, and it is estimated that the other party will make a small profit in the process.

"Yes", seeing that the head of the family did not mention the matter of increasing the standing again, Togo Heiji immediately agreed. Anyway, coins don't play much role in the Luo family, so they might as well be used to buy some practical things.

"The townspeople around Sayama Castle have moved to settle down in Yunoo Castle, and since the chaos of several families, there are basically no more lords near Yunoo Castle, so it's just a good time to move these lords who are still unstable there. Sayama Castle will be used as a base for the navy, and will be garrisoned by Sun Goro's navy," Masarashi instructed, "The rest of the newly occupied territories will adopt the same policy, interspersing some of the newly entered territories with displaced people in these places, reducing the risk of these territories being instigated by spies who have infiltrated the territory, and at the same time enriching these places, the number of subjects in these newly occupied territories is indeed a bit small, and only when the number of people increases, the speed of land reclamation will be accelerated." Let's try to reclaim most of the wasteland suitable for reclamation before winter. Territorial education should also be promoted simultaneously, and you can ask Ju Ji to help in this regard. ”

"Yes, Your Highness," Togo Heiji bowed to the order, "but there is a limit to the cultivation by manpower alone, and it would be better if the family could increase the number of ploughing cattle some." ”

"How much is a ploughing ox now?" Zhengliang asked as he picked up a cup of tea from Xiao Xiao.

"The old and the young need dozens of times, the adults need at least 50 times, and the strong ones even need more than 100 times," Togo Heiji said.

"Poof" Masato squirted out the tea he had just eaten. That's too expensive, right? The price has caught up with the value of a trained war horse. No wonder Togo Heiji said that before he said that he did not have a safe passage under the control of his family, he must not be able to let the purchased cultivated cattle cross the border from other powerful territories. Whoever sees these living coins dangling in their territory will not hesitate to seize them.

"How many ploughing cattle does the family have now?" Masara relieved his breath and continued to ask.

"With the seizure of exactly 15 heads, most of the cattle are concentrated in Nodaka-cho," Togo Heiji immediately replied. It seems that he knows all about the data.

What the? In a territory of more than 8,000 stones, there are only 15 cultivated cattle in total? It's shabby to say! No, in order to speed up the reclamation of farmland before the next year's spring ploughing, it is necessary to consider buying some farming cattle. But where does the money come from? The income from snow salt is used to rush to buy food, not to mention that there are dozens of corpses that need to be paid? The last more than 3,000 pieces were only enough for more than 300 bodies, and the newly seized coins were also used to give priority to the purchase of food, and the problem of coins was really a headache. In the end, Zhengliang had to reluctantly say, "Let's talk about the matter of ploughing cattle later." ”…,

"Yes, Your Highness" Togo Heiji also knew the financial situation of the Dao family, and he couldn't think of a good suggestion for a while. As for the other retainers present, they were not experts in internal affairs in the first place, and it was even more impossible to expect them to give advice.

"Okay, now let's talk about the defense arrangement" Mashiro changed the topic and said the topic that everyone was most concerned about, "With the expansion of the territory area, the garrison area of each team will increase, so in addition to guarding the checkpoints, it is also necessary to increase the density of patrols." Below is the new defense location arrangement. Masatada, you led the 4th Foot Light Team to be stationed in Miyizhong's Tuiwa and Tanoo Castle respectively, mainly to guard against the pirates of the Hibi Peninsula and the Kamikura family in the west. ”

"Yes, Your Highness," Hirasa Masataka saluted.

"Tadajiro, as my deputy, you will temporarily lead the first team for me, stationed in Mangari Castle and the west coast of the former Akasaka family's territory, to guard against the Uekura family in the northwest and the coastal pirates. I'm sorry, I originally promised you to return to Nogaoshan to be responsible for the construction of the equipment, but now the territory is really short of manpower, so I can only temporarily grieve you. ”

"I am willing to serve His Highness to the death," Tadajiro said without mind.

"Organize some peasants and soldiers to block the mountain roads and rivers in the direction of the former Dongshan family, Hanoi family, and Guan Mu family, and build fortifications at the entrance of the small mountain road leading to the mountain town of Hakashigashi, and strictly prohibit entry and exit; Wooden stakes are driven on the Karagawa River leading to Karatsu, and entry and exit are also strictly prohibited. Masahide is in charge of these things, and when you build the fortifications, you can ask for real help to help. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Sun Goro, Sayama Castle will be handed over to you. Continue to ramp up the sweep of the pirates on the Hibi Peninsula in Itaya Bay, leaving them with no time to focus on their newly occupied territory. ”

"Your Majesty will definitely live up to Your Highness's expectations."

"The Cloaked Warriors and the rest of the samurai will be my bodyguards and will be in charge of supporting you," said Masara, "As for the Uekura family, who has no strategy this time, Masata and Tadajiro should be careful to constantly harass from both sides, so that the other party will not have time to attack the idea of attacking the family while the newly occupied territory is still unstable. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

It's a bit of a pity that I didn't be able to attack the Kamikura family, but the strength of the family is very tired, and there are many wounded in the big battles, so it really needs to be repaired. As for the Uekura family, now it is the only one in the west of the Luo family, and the rest are some pirates, so it can be said that it should be the Uekura family who is nervous now......

As Masashi expected, on the afternoon of August 16, when he was wondering what had happened to the Dono family and what conspiracy Tokitaka Tokitaka had in the opposite Wangari Castle, Uekura Yuno finally received a report from the detective who had infiltrated the investigation while the situation in the territory that the Luo family had just occupied was unstable.

"My lord, it's not good, the news came back from the detective on the other side, and now it is the Luo family that occupies Wanheli Castle, and Akasaka Shizhong was taken in the battle with the Luo clan, and the Akasaka family perished" Detective said in a panic.

"What?" Yuno Uekura, who was barely showing a calm expression, was stunned all of a sudden, and he didn't even notice that the teacup in his hand had fallen to the ground.

"Is this news true?" Yuno Kamikura confirmed again. Akasaka Shizhong had been fighting with him for several years, how could he be destroyed so easily?

"My lord, the banner of the Luo family has been hung on the opposite side of Wanheli City, and now some troops have blocked the bank on the other side of the river," Detective Fan said with certainty.

"Ha Lu Haha" Kamikura Yuno looked up to the sky and smiled, "Akasaka Shizhong! I didn't expect you to have today! However, the laughter stopped, and Uekura Yuno suddenly realized that he had missed a good opportunity to capture Mangari Castle yesterday. Misstep, it's really a mistake, if you can be decisive and calm the pirates to occupy there first when they are in chaos, they won't let the Luo family pick up the cheap, and now the Luo family is obviously prepared, and it is impossible for the family to gain any more. Yuno Uekura blamed himself deeply.

"Whew!" Uekura Yuno exhaled and shouted, "Leave a dozen or so people to closely monitor the situation on the other side, and the rest are ready to follow me to the junction with the territory of the Tangye family." ”

"My lord, my lord...", as soon as Yuno's voice fell, a retainer ran in in a hurry.

"When to panic?"

"My lord, the news from the detective of the Dono family's territory has come back, the residence of the Dono family, Tian Ye Tail Castle, has been captured, and it is said that it is a small Haoqiang who has become the Luo family."

"Bang dang" The teacup in Yuno's hand fell to the ground again. But this time I was not as lucky as last time, only to see the teacup directly cracked, and the fragments scattered in all directions.

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