Chapter 121: The Lord's Mansion

After the assessment, all the retainers went down to prepare according to Zhengliang's orders. Masara inspected the snow salt workshop in Cangshan Castle, the workshop has been completely built in accordance with Masayo's requirements, many people are busy cooking snow salt, after listening to the report of the temporary head of the workshop, Masasuke, Masato is satisfied with the progress of the construction of the workshop, according to this progress, the output of snow salt will be doubled next month.

That night, Masato spent the night in Cangshan Castle.

In the early morning of July 24, under the escort of 40 cloaked people and 30 low-ranking samurai (the samurai who had been slightly wounded in the Battle of Dematsuko had already returned from their injuries), Masayo and his party marched to the lord's mansion in Notakayama. Along the way, Masara inspected the construction of the territory, and saw that the fields were full of rice ears full of rice ears, and in another month, these rice grains would ripen.

If you look closely, you can see that the road has also been smoothed and more spacious than before, and in some places, Masashi even saw a pavement made of cement and mud, which was not comparable to the cement pavement of later generations, but at least it was much better than the mud and stone pavement. In terms of water conservancy, due to the extensive renovation organized before the onset of the rainy season, although there have been heavy rains and even typhoons in recent times, the territory personnel and crops have not suffered much damage.

In the afternoon, the team came to the newly built Tongshan Avenue on the east side of Yesaka Mountain. The avenue was paved by the slave teams in the territory, and as the territory expanded, the powerful forces that had belonged to the hostile forces were destroyed, and some slaves from these hostile forces were released, but some new captives were added (such as the pirates who surrendered in the recent naval battles), so that the number of slaves in the territory remained at about 100. This army of slaves became the main labor force in the paving of the various avenues in the territory. In order to prevent these slaves from escaping or even rioting, the territory provided only enough food to satisfy their stomachs, so that they could work with strength and not have too much energy, and even then, most of them were very happy, although their personal freedom was restricted, and they had to do manual work, but the food was guaranteed, which was much better than their previous life.

After walking along the avenue paved with concrete and mud gravel for less than a quarter of an hour, the team finally reached the front of the canyon where the Territory Mansion was located. Now the entrance to the canyon has been built with bricks and cement, and even the gate has been replaced with a wooden gate with iron sheets, and the original canyon entrance "Eagle's Beak" has long been unrecognizable, and even the cliffs on both sides have been built into a fence model, on which there are several standing footlights patrolling. When these ashigaru saw the lord return, they immediately saluted respectfully.

Through the widened slit, Masara and the others finally entered the canyon. The first thing that catches your eye is the newly built lord's mansion in the distance. The entire lord's mansion is divided into two pills, inside and outside, and in fact, if you count the wall at the entrance to the canyon, it can be called three pills. Between the walls of Sanmaru and Nimaru is a vast valley area, which is mainly a large number of fields, residences of vassals and lords, various workshops, military accommodation camps, and school grounds; The Nimaru wall was built along the site of the original Nogaoshan bandit fortress wall, which is more than 5 meters high, and encloses the hill where the entire original bandit cottage is located, and the width of the city wall is two meters, which is enough for personnel to patrol and fight on it. Between the two pills and the first pills, there are separate council halls, office offices, and various material warehouses. The council hall is mainly used for the lord to convene the retainers for evaluation, while the office is the place where the retainers work and store various documents, and the warehouse is used to store various materials for the daily life of the territory. The entire Nimaru and Ichimaru form a ring-shaped building along the hill. Behind the Lord's Mansion is the Lord's private garden, which is still under construction. …,

After returning the samurai team behind him to the camp for repairs, Masarashi walked to the gate of the lord's mansion, Nimaru, escorted by two cloaked people. The city gate is more than four meters wide and more than three meters high, on the side of the entrance of the city gate, the word "Seoul" is prominently carved out of stone blocks, which is the simplified Chinese character of the Chinese, although Masara is now a Japanese lord, but it can not change the heart of his Han people, so he named the lord's mansion "Seoul", implying the meaning of the Han city. The two ashigaru guarding the door immediately bowed when they saw Masayo's arrival. Masahiro waved his hand to signal that there was no need to be polite, and then walked in.

Directly opposite the entrance of Nimaru is the council hall, which is a typical Japanese architectural style, mainly bamboo and wood structure, and from a distance, it can probably accommodate dozens of people at the same time. To the right of the council hall are a number of offices where almost all the retainers in the realm can find their own offices, including the unique intelligence department, which is also typical of the Japanese style. For safety reasons, there are now two standing ashigaru standing guard there.

On the left side of the council hall is the entrance to Ichimaru. The entrance is in the same style as the Nimaru, except that the stone here is engraved with the two simplified Chinese characters "Roche". Once inside, you'll find the lord's private quarters. At this moment, at the gate of Ichimaru, there are two standing ashigaru standing guard. After leaving the cloaked people of the two guards to stand by in the rest house outside the Ichimaru Castle Gate, Masarashi walked into Ichimaru.

The first thing that catches your eye is a small garden with a concrete and stone avenue in the middle. On the left side of the courtyard is a corridor with a bamboo and wood structure, which is obviously convenient for entering and exiting on a regular basis. On the right side of the courtyard is a row of houses, where it should be the residence of the subordinates, as well as the kitchen and warehouse, etc., because the people in the courtyard were not notified that Zhengliang would come back today, so there is no one in the courtyard now. Walking along the corridor, you will soon come to an arch with strong Chinese characteristics. Through the archway, you enter another courtyard, where the lord and his ladies lodging.

This courtyard is the courtyard where Masayo used to live, but after the reconstruction, the area has been expanded by more than two escorts. In the center of the courtyard is an enlarged artificial pond surrounded by burnt bricks, and the shore is even surrounded by brick and wood guardrails. In the middle of the pond is a bamboo and wood pavilion, and a path made of stone blocks leads to the pavilion in the center. At the same time, on both sides of the pond, there is a pavilion with a bamboo and wood structure, one of which is built next to the mountain spring where Masarashi usually enjoys the shade, withered vines, old pines, mountain springs, and pavilions, forming a quaint landscape painting. The pond is surrounded by more than a dozen brick and wood houses, surrounded by flowering meadows, and connected by stone-paved paths.

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