Chapter 18: The Fishing Village
Thinking that after he completely subjugated these two villages, the images above his head would directly turn into woods and mines, and he could get a batch of timber and iron ore for nothing every year, Shen Fei couldn't help but be a little stupid.
It's just that Shen Fei quickly suppressed his stupidity, he only had sixty soldiers in his hands, and he didn't practice, it was possible to win if he went to Ganshu Village, but it was impossible to go to a mining village with five hundred people, so he had to train soldiers first.
Shen Fei, who was thinking about this, couldn't help but nodded, and looked at the kneeling Guard Saburo again, this product's eyes and speech are good, it is a talent, but it is a pity that the top of this product is a somewhat withered rice seedling, which means that the foundation is not very good, and it is no wonder that he has not been promoted after being an ashigaru for so many years, but was driven out of Linhe Village.
"How far is the fishing village from here?" asked Shen Fei.
"It's about ten miles down the river. Beizaburo said.
"So if you live in a fishing village, is it convenient to come here to deal with the farmland?" asked Shen Fei again.
"My lord, there is nothing inconvenient or inconvenient, we peasants walk, ten miles away, and when the farm is busy, we all temporarily live on the edge of the farmland. Beizaburo cracked his mouth and laughed.
"Very well, then you go and take care of those people and follow my troops to the fishing village. Shen Fei got up and said.
"Yes!" Bei Saburo kowtowed happily and shouted, Shen Fei made him, the leader in the secret, a real leader, a word from Shen Fei, although he was in charge of dozens of old and young, but he was also the leader, right?
Shen Fei's subordinates were all discerning, and as soon as they saw Shen Fei coming out, they immediately began to assemble, pack their things, and after a while, they resumed their marching appearance again. And those dozens of old and young. He also led the five young men with the five young men and began to pack their bags again, ready to follow the team.
They already knew that they were going to settle in a fishing village ten miles away, so naturally they didn't have any opinions, in these years, what they were most afraid of was to break away from the masses, they were nervous when they were driven out of the village, and Shen Fei's reward didn't make them really settle down, but now that Shen Fei's order was issued, they really made up their minds. What about a fishing village? Moreover, these people are still responsible for the farmland near the river, and there will be no conflict of interest with the fishing village.
And the soldier Saburo was even more excited, because it is conceivable that now the adult's territory has a fishing village, a tree village, a mining village, and there is one less field village, according to the convention, the lord will definitely unify all the farmland near the river, and then form a field village, and then the village leader. Who else could be in charge besides himself! So he was full of energy, because the head of the village who was ordered by the chief in this way was not a samurai. That's also the level of the government, and you can get a sum of money every month, and your status is a mess in the village. Thinking about such a glorious future, how can Beizaburo not be excited?
Because Shen Fei's territory is on the other side of the river. And the wooden bridge that can cross the river is in the sphere of influence of Linhe Village, Shen Fei didn't want to take care of the riverside hall, so he naturally found a place where the river channel was relatively narrow and shallow. Let his men cross the river and cut down a few trees to transport them, build a simple wooden bridge, and then everyone crossed the bridge and hit the road.
To have to go to such trouble and cut down trees in other people's territory either requires prior consent and a fee, or you are an enemy. And Shen Fei didn't want to take care of the Linhe Palace, and he was not an enemy, but an ally, so he naturally had to cross the river and cut down trees, because with the river as the boundary, all the land on the other side of the river to Donghai County belonged to Shen Fei.
After crossing the river, the group walked down the river, during which Shen Fei looked at dozens of his own people, but to Shen Fei's disappointment, all of them were images of rice seedlings, that is, all suitable materials for farmers. But this is also normal, all kinds of strange images are really so easy to appear, I am afraid that the world will become more chaotic.
The ten-mile road was too simple for these people who were accustomed to walking all year round, and in a short time they had already seen a small village lying on a river bay, where seven or eight small wooden boats were moored, and more than a dozen bamboo rafts. Looking at the river channel, and seeing that the river had begun to expand, Shen Fei couldn't help but look along the river, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and mutter: "Damn, this river without a name won't slowly get bigger and then reach the sea, right? ”
Seeing Shen Fei's vote, the fishing village had long been on alert, a large group of fishermen with some sturdy figures, holding bamboo guns to block the entrance of the village, and several big men with katanas stared at Shen Fei and the others vigilantly.
Shen Fei swept slightly, most of the strong men were a fish on their heads, a few were a harpoon on their heads, and the strong men in the lead were actually carrying a lowest-level boat on their heads, which made Shen Fei have a better understanding of the strange shape of the image above his head.
Seeing that people were putting on a dry look, Shen Fei's sixty soldiers, naturally, under the orders of their respective squads, took their weapons to guard Shen Fei. I also glanced at the image above some guys' heads that actually enlarged a little, while some shrunk a little, and some did not change but swayed.
A little correspondence with their expressions to know what the change of the pattern represents, suddenly expanding is the hot blood, suddenly shrinking is cringe, shaking is naturally swaying. After understanding this, Shen Fei naturally recorded their watches, and he would train them in a targeted manner when training in the future.
The peasants who were not protected by the soldiers were very accustomed to shrinking aside, they were all used to it, as long as they did not encounter metamorphosis, as long as they did not send themselves to death, even if the peasants hid in the corner of the battlefield, no one would come to harm them, at most someone would loot their belongings and humiliate women, compared with the guys who killed people for no reason, such a thing is a normal phenomenon.
Naturally, the soldier saw the opportunity, and immediately rushed out and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen of the fishing village, this is our new lord, Lord Fengyuan, why don't you hurry up and come to visit!"
Maybe the people in the fishing village had already figured out Shen Fei's name and flag, or maybe they found that there were several times more strong men with weapons on Shen Fei's side than them, so they took the opportunity to go down the steps, those fishermen put up bamboo spears, and a few strong men with swords ran over in small steps.
The people on Shen Fei's side were all shrewd, and before the team gave an order, they had already put away their weapons by themselves, and each of them came out with their heads held high and posing mightily. Shen Fei's six direct subordinates. He was even more eager to prepare to set up curtains and other work, but when he saw that Shen Fei was motionless, he had no choice but to put on a guard posture around Shen Fei.
"Villain, the boatman Taro meets the lord!" The strong man with a small boat above his head, a few meters away, knelt to Shen Fei on the ground, and several strong men behind him also knelt down without saying a word.
As for how to recognize Shen Fei? Come on, those guys with weapons are all clothes without badges, only Shen Fei's clothes have the Yamada family badge on them, and I don't understand who the lord is.
Shen Fei pursed his lips. I'm really speechless about the habit of people in this world to choose names, such as myself, but when I signed up, I said that it was Taro of Fengyuan Village, and it turned out to be Taro of Fengyuan Village. And the goods in front of me are better, and it is directly the boatman Taro. Damn, if it's a cowherder, isn't it called herding Ushitaro? Or is it called Ushikataro? And what is Inoue, Inobe, Tanabe, Tanshita, Kuwasita, Sugida, and Niu!
Forget it, don't worry about these things, just know what the other party is called anyway. Therefore, Shen Fei asked the other party to get up very calmly, and summoned the other party to him, while asking about the number of young and old people in the village, and finally the matter of letting Bei Saburo and others live temporarily.
For the previous question. The boatman Taro is all official words, that is, the ones that Hyoe Saburo said, and there are more than 120 people in the village, including more than 30 fishermen. There were no old people, just a few toddlers. As for the fishing boats, that's at a glance. Where do they all stop in the bend? As for the output, of course, it is vague, anyway, I patted my chest and promised to pay a tribute of 1,000 catties of raw fish a year.
And the matter of settling Bei Saburo and them, naturally, he agreed, and the boatman Taro is not a fool, he is a farmer, and he has no conflict of interest with his own fisherman, and the lord didn't say that it would be arranged for the time being, so it was naturally easy to arrange.
Shen Fei raised his eyebrows, this fishing village is actually full of young men and women of the same age except for a few children, which is very unreasonable for a village. But Shen Fei didn't say anything, it's amazing that these guys escaped from other places because of something. Anyway, they just pay tribute to themselves, and they don't need to care about anything else.
And the so-called tribute here is divided into direct village tribute and independent village tribute.
The tribute of the directly subordinate village is naturally to dedicate a few catties of the best rice in the village, or a golden carp, or a few catties of beautiful and delicious fruits. It's just a gift of something good.
And the tribute of the independent village is actually just a one-time payment of a year's tax.
In other words, as long as the fishing village guarantees the annual tribute of 1,000 catties of raw fish, Shen Fei can no longer order the fishing village to pay people to do things, and it is okay for them to do things, but they must be paid.
The directly subordinate villages formed by farmers such as Bei Saburo and others in the future are divided into six and four points with Shen Fei according to the harvest, and after the division, they have to send troops when the lord has an order, as for the number of troops, it depends on the lord's intentions. In the same way, when the peasants are slack, as long as the lord gives them food, as long as they are full, as long as they give, then these peasants have to work obediently for the lord, such as building roads, canals, castles, and so on.
Of course, Shen Fei can also make the fishing village the same as the village directly under him, but the premise is that all the people in the fishing village are subdued.
Therefore, now the fishing village recognizes Shen Fei as the lord and pays tribute, but as long as the boatman Taro is willing, the fishing village can fully declare independence, and then defect to Linhe Village, so that Shen Fei and Linhe Hall can go to war. Of course, if Shen Fei won at that time, then there would definitely be few living people in the fishing village.
Shen Fei didn't pay attention to this kind of thing, anyway, as time passed, he would naturally know what the total harvest of the fishing village was, and he didn't want them to increase the amount of tribute, but he just wanted to have an accurate number, and the small river above his head could be transformed into the same aquatic product.
And Shen Fei, a shrewd commodity, was introduced to the fishing village by the boatman Taro, and naturally ordered his subordinates to pass on the order to the whole village: "Regardless of men, women, old and young, each person has two copper coins and one liter of rice, which can be regarded as a meeting gift from the lord." ”
As soon as this order came out, no matter what the boatman Taro thought, he had to be very excited to thank him, and the rest of the fishing village naturally immediately lined up to receive the reward. Shen Fei doesn't care about this reward, two pennies per person, and the reward for two villages is not consistent, one liter of rice per person, and it is also more than one stone. Now, although I don't have a few copper plates, I still have 60 stone of rice, which can definitely support the autumn harvest. Once the autumn harvest is over, hehe, then you can use it generously!
Although people with brains know that the lord Shen Fei is buying people's hearts, not every lord can do this kind of trick, and the lord of Linhe Village has never done such a thing as a reward for the whole people. So although people have different hearts, they all admire Shen Fei's generosity, and after understanding this, many people in the fishing village began to stir.
What are you most looking forward to in these years? That is, to follow the lords who are willing to give generous rewards, and only the lords who are generously rewarded with this kind of generous rewards can obtain Zhixing that far exceeds expectations! You must know that in these years, land is the most precious resource, and it is not uncommon for some small local tyrants to work hard for one or two hundred years for Bailai Shi Zhixing! It is not uncommon for some samurai to be loyal to the daimyo for several generations to be rewarded for Bailai Shi Zhixing.
If Shen Fei's goods hadn't happened by chance, and the hot-headed person in Linhe Village, it would have been impossible for him to have thousands of stones as soon as he became a warrior. According to the usual practice, he must have been grinding on the Ten Stone Zhixing for a few years, and when he encountered a fighter and made a meritorious service, he would be rewarded with a few stones. From this, it is understood that for Mao Shen Fei to be so lacking in manpower, for Mao will be envied and jealous by many people from the Yamada family, and for Mao Hui so many people secretly arrange to prepare to destroy Shen Fei, the reason is this, Zhixing is too rare, and Shen Fei's goods are actually soaring, and it is strange that people are not jealous. (To be continued......)