On August 6, the 11th year of the Astronomical Calendar, inside the Tsugawa Castle Castle Castle Tower. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Soharu Tsugawa summoned Saigo Kizo and Yoshikawa Hiroke and others.

"Kizo, how is the territory of the Maeda family and the territory around Komatsuyama Castle going?" Soji Tsugawa asked.

Saigo Muzo replied, "My lord, it's still in progress, and it is expected that it will be counted in 10 days." ”

"Well," Tsugawa Soji nodded, and continued to ask, "Have you found out the location of the silver mine in Kamimaeda Castle?" ”

"After questioning the captives of the Maeda family and sending people to investigate, the location has been determined." Saigo Kizo replied.

"Where? What are the mineral reserves in the mine? ”

Saigo Kizo replied, "It's on Mt. Maeda near Upper Maeda Castle and Lower Maeda Castle." His Majesty has already asked the Mine Officer-in-Chief Rokuro Umino to check it out, and the approximate reserves will have to wait for news from Rokuro Umino. ”

"This kind of thing can't be rushed, anyway, the silver mine is already in the hands of the family. Moreover, it seems that the nearby wealthy families don't know that there will be silver mines in the territory of the Maeda family! So in a short period of time, we can secretly mine a batch. Soharu Tsugawa said.

"Send someone to tell Umino Rokuro that he will mine the silver ore here as soon as possible, and whatever he needs, His Highness will give him something! We must increase mining efforts, such a silver mine will be crucial to the development of our family! Soji Tsugawa continued.

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Soji Tsugawa then asked Yoshikawa Hiroka, "How did you count the casualties of the family in the battle here?" ”

"Lord, it's been counted!" Yoshikawa Hiroke said loudly, "Mizutani-sama's attack on the Maeda family killed a total of 54 ashigaru, and although the battle of the main family in Komatsugawa went well, 62 ashigaru were still killed, and 3 samurai were killed. ”

"The casualties are still very large," Soji Tsugawa said with a sigh. Although the Tsugawa family's ashigaru has undergone strict training, its combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the average wealthy family. But the rise of the Tsugawa family is too short, there is no background, and Ashigaru is still poorly dressed. Some samurai didn't even have a decent carcass belly roll. Even the Haguro Harumi of Tsugawa Soji has been passed down from generation to generation by the Tsugawa family.

"How's the new Ashigaru recruit?" Soji Tsugawa then asked. Now the recruitment situation of the Tsugawa family is a bit different. It is made up of semi-standing ashigaru and peasant soldiers. Strictly speaking, the Tsugawa family's standing ashigaru cannot be regarded as a real standing ashigaru. It's just an "upgraded version" of the peasant soldiers, and compared with the peasant soldiers, it only has more training time, better equipment, and a small amount of money. Of course, the average peasant soldier did not have a salary, and the equipment was either provided by itself or leased. Only during the war and training period did the Tsugawa family provide rations. And some other wealthy families even require the peasants to equip their own food when they are fighting.

Yoshikawa Hiroya replied, "This time, a total of 39 ashigaru soldiers were recruited to supplement the standing ashigaru team in each city, and with the ashigaru who is still recovering from injuries, the family now has 480 standing ashigaru and 20 scouts, a total of 500 standing troops. ”

"In addition, there are about 500 peasant soldiers who can be mobilized. Many of them were seriously injured in this battle, and even if they recovered from their injuries, they would not be able to fight again, and even if they were to farm, they would have certain difficulties in the future. ”

"Well, Ashigaru doesn't need to recruit for the time being, and at this stage, with such a force to mobilize, it can already deal with the next possible war. In addition, the bereavement allowance for the casualties must be issued on time and in accordance with the amount, and the bereavement pension for the seriously injured must also be issued. Soji Tsugawa exhorted loudly.

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"When the time comes, you will count the details and families of the fallen in battle, and Saigo Kizo will be responsible for distributing the bereavement benefits. Remember not to make any mistakes, and not to chill the ashigaru of my family! ”

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"In addition, the number of people who have contributed to this operation has been counted?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

"Hey!" Hiroie Yoshikawa replied, "The number of people has already been counted. There were a total of 232 people who made meritorious contributions, of which 17 won the enemy samurai and 2 won the general. ”

Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "The meritorious ashigaru reward will be distributed according to the law of the family, and the ashigaru of the samurai will be granted the status of samurai, and he can be the leader of the samurai of the family." The two who are courting the generals will be the head of the ashigaru group of their own family! Didn't the Battle of Komatsugawa kill 2 Ashigaru group leaders? Let's just make it up to the two of them."

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"In addition, there are 2 peasant soldiers who were afraid to move forward when they were fighting, and they have already caught it, waiting for the lord to fall." Yoshikawa said in an atmospheric manner.

To tell the truth, the combat effectiveness of the peasant soldiers in the Warring States period was generally low, and it was only used to replenish the number, and there was no hope that they would have much combat effectiveness. But for this kind of ashigaru or peasant soldiers who are afraid of the war, or even flee, Tsugawa Soji has absolutely zero tolerance.

As early as when the Tsugawa family only had a territory around the Kakujian River, Tsugawa Soji issued military regulations. Those who were afraid of the war and did not move forward, the agricultural tax of the family increased that year.

Therefore, Soji Tsugawa said without hesitation, "The family where these two people are located, this year's agricultural tax has become 8 gongs and 2 farmers, and these two people are assigned to the mine to mine, and they will be released after 1 year." ”

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It is very important to distinguish rewards and punishments for governing the army, so Tsugawa Soji gives heavy rewards to ashigaru or samurai who have made meritorious contributions in battle, but ashigaru who makes mistakes also receives heavy punishments! Under the example of killing chickens and monkeys, if you want to escape when you fight in the future, you will also weigh the punishment you will face!

"In addition, after this battle, the territory of the family has expanded again, but the number of retainers of the family is still insufficient, so you can strongly recommend or promote the corresponding talents." Soharu Tsugawa continued, "Please take this matter to heart, and there will also be rewards for recommending talents!" ”

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Now the territory of the Tsugawa family is expanding, but talent is still what Tsugawa Soji is most concerned about. If there is not enough talent, no matter how large the territory is, it cannot be managed. Therefore, the talent Tsugawa Soji attaches great importance to it, and now the Tsugawa family stone is more than 20,000 high, and the territory of the retainers is only about 2,000 stones. The rest are all the direct collars of the Tsugawa family. If you want to manage such a large place, you can't rely on Saigo Wood alone.

"Oh yes, how's the expansion of Tsugawa Castle going?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

Saigo Kizo replied, "The expansion of Tsugawa Castle is already halfway through under the organization of Ogasawara Shintoki-sama. The servants around Tsugawa Castle were all gathered. At present, the construction of the castle town is almost complete. The area where the retainers lived had been set aside for the construction of a house. Overall, the expansion will be completed this year. ”

"Good!" Soji Tsugawa said with a smile, "Three days later, the evaluation will be held in Tsugawa Castle, and except for the Kuroda family, other retainers must be present!" ”

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