Rising from the east, directly west of Kiyosu Castle, this is just one of the dozens of castles in Owari Province.

On the Owari Plain, there are many small hills, and on top of these hills, you can often see the shadow of the castle, and in the central area of Kaidong County, on top of one of the hills more than ten meters high, there is a small castle tower with a wooden structure and only two floors.

This small city is the residence of the Takayama clan - Dongqi Castle. The location of Dongqi City is not a strategic location, and no one knows the answer to when this city was built and what it was to be built. Due to its age, the east of the city looks very dilapidated, and it is located in the rear, so there are only 5 banners in this city to guard the town, and even the city is not in the city. Although the five ashigaru who were in charge of defending the castle could not receive merit, they were victorious.

However, such a good day is over today, this city has been rewarded by the lord, and the lord called the Takayama clan will come to take over the city today. After they waited for the handover, they had no choice but to pack up and leave.

In addition to the five of them, at the gate of Dongqi City, there is also an old man who is more than half a hundred years old, wearing an earthy yellow coarse linen coat and gray hair, standing there with his body slopid, he is not a samurai, and he is just a hundred meters down the mountain, the village chief of Zhuyuan Village, when he heard that Zhuyuan Village was assigned to the new city lord of Dongqi City, he did not have to come, if because of his own rudeness, and the adults were angry, then more than 80 households in Zhuyuan Village, more than 400 people will be finished. He had heard that if he met a lord with a bad temper, he would slaughter the villagers to vent his anger if he was not satisfied. Thinking of this, the village chief couldn't help but shudder.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in my ears, and I saw a samurai wearing conspicuous armor galloping towards him. When the armored samurai came closer, both Ashigaru and the head of Takeyuan Village hurriedly knelt aside to greet them, only to hear them say in unison, "See Lord Lord." ”

The samurai hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm not the lord, I'm Yamauchi Kazutoyo, a retainer under the lord's command, and the lord will be here soon, so get ready to greet me." ”

The 6 people who were still kneeling on the ground were shocked, this... This samurai in such luxurious armor is actually just a retainer, so what does the lord have to dress? In addition to being nervous, the six of them had some more expectations and associations, but they were soon disappointed.

It's not to go to war, so the clan only wears a straight hanging, although the color is also very bright, but it is much inferior to the three armored samurai around him. In the eyes of the clan, the three retainers under this command are simply unreasonable.

In the past few days, these three people have to wear armor no matter what they do, as if they have never seen money, and now the three of them are already famous in Qingzhou City, and they are laughingly called "Golden Armor Three" by other samurai, even he, the master, feels ashamed, but these three bastards don't think so, and still go their own way, swaggering in Qingzhou City. So much so that now in Qingzhou City, the name of the three people of the Golden Armor is even louder than the name of the Owli no Fox of the clan sect.

After being teased by his colleagues again, the clan returned to the samurai mansion and scolded the three of them, and since then, the three of them didn't dare to wear it in the city, and they finally came out today, so the three of them hurriedly put on this skin, and only made the clan cry and laugh.

When he came to the outside of Dongqi City, the clan got down from the horse, picked up the old man who was kneeling on the ground in coarse linen clothes and said, "Old man, get up and talk quickly." "Like Kagawa Tadaji and other three young people kneeling down for him, he can still accept it, seeing that he is kneeling on the ground at such an age, he really can't accept it.

The village chief was flattered and said: "Don't dare to bother the adults, the villain is the village chief of Zhuyuan Village, Yagoro, in the future, our Zhuyuan Village will look forward to the adults and obey the orders of the adults." Yagoro said respectfully.

"Okay, Yagoro, my name is Takayama Clan, go back and tell the villagers, don't worry, let's go as usual, what was before and what is still now." The clan said generously.

Yagoro was overjoyed when he heard this, and he couldn't stop expressing his gratitude, and now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, how many young people are there in the village now?"

The village chief had already done his homework before he came, and he replied directly without even thinking about it: "Lord Hui, there are currently 83 households and 412 people in Zhuyuan Village, of which 78 are young and strong. ”,

After hearing this, the clan nodded and nodded, it seems that this Zhuyuan Village is still a large village, there are nearly 400 people, but there are too few young people, but the clan thought about it, now that the war is continuous, it is already very good to have so many, but the question is how many of the 78 people Yagoro said, who are really 18 to 28. And now in addition to the three retainers, he doesn't even have a banner, so he must choose some as soon as possible, and there is no room for delay at this moment, otherwise it will be a problem to even guard this Dongqi City.

Thinking of this, the clan said, "Tomorrow I will call all the young people from 16 to 25 years old in the village, and I will choose the flag from among them." ”

"Yes, my lord."

Then the clan and Yagoro talked about some things in the village, and when he learned that the village is now two taxes and one tax, the clan was very surprised, but seeing that Yagoro didn't have any opinion on this, and after seeing his appearance as if it was a matter of course, the clan did not take the initiative to reduce the tax.

This is not because he is ruthless, but because the current environment is like this, and if the tax is suddenly lowered, and if Owari does not adjust other places, then it is very likely to provoke a popular uprising. Besides, the annual income is only 500 stones, which is converted into about 400 copper coins, which is the total income of a year, minus the retainers' salaries, the light fortunes, and daily expenses, there is not much left, if the tax is reduced, then it can only be reversed.

After the Takayama clan sent away the relieved Yagoro, he took out an official document and said to the castle guard Ashigaru: "This is the letter of appointment. ”

These 5 ashigaru saw that the letter of appointment was true, and after checking that it was correct, they began to take the clan and other 4 samurai to turn around in the east of the castle, and after the handover, the 5 ashigaru reluctantly left here.

The length and width of the castle from the east are about 50 steps, and the entire castle is made of wooden walls, which are 2.5 meters high, and each piece of wood on the castle wall is sharpened, and if there is not a castle tower in the middle, it will look more like a castle tower. There are more than 4 meters high turrets at the four corners of the city wall, except for these, there are no other defense facilities in the east of the castle, the castle tower stands in the southwest corner of the castle, it is built on a stone wall more than one meter high, the decorative paint on it does not know whether the road has fallen off, or the person who built the castle has not smeared it at all, anyway, there is no trace of it now, except that the castle wall is stone, the rest of the castle tower is a wooden structure, due to disrepair, so there are many places that have decayed. From the outside, the whole Dongqi City looks lifeless.

The castle tower is divided into two floors, with the outer corridor on the left connecting to the storehouse and the corridor on the right connecting to the hall. On the lower floor, in addition to a small room, there are five smaller rooms where the samurai can rest. The upper floor is smaller than the lower floor, with only four rooms, except for one outside the city lord's living room, the other three rooms can be arranged at will. At the top of the castle tower, there is an observation deck of more than 10 square meters in size with windows on all sides.

After seeing this city, the clan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, could this be the place where the dream began?

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