"Do you have any complaints? The main reason for Shimazu-sama to come here this time is to discuss the matter of rewarding the adults this time. Adults don't need to be so rigid at all, if you have any questions, you can just raise them, and we can discuss them again. Itetomo asked in a serious tone.

"No, no, no...... Idate-sama, you misunderstood, in the next ...... Adversity...... Very satisfied, very satisfied, thanks to the Kuroda family for their gifts, and grateful below. Shimazu Tadashige immediately said loudly.

Just kidding, haven't you seen that the attitude of the Ite Tomoshi has changed, Shimazu Tadashige knows that if he agrees immediately, he is afraid that if a thousand stones fly, it will be good, and it is possible to be killed by the Kuroda family.

Seeing Shimazu Tadashige's performance, Takenaka Shigeji knew that it seemed that a thousand stones had exceeded Shimazu Tadashige's expectations, and it seemed that he was not ruthless enough, and the bottom line given to them by Kuroda Vocational High School was two thousand stones, as long as the conditions proposed by Shimazu Tadashige were below two thousand stones, they could decide for themselves.

Under the suggestion of Shigeharu Takenaka, Imate Tomoshi opened a thousand stones first, as a test of Shimazu Tadashige's bottom line, I really didn't expect Shimazu Tadashige's bottom line to be so low, and a thousand stones can make him so excited. I knew that I should have suggested 500 koku, and this was Shimazu's bottom line. However, the wood is already in the boat, and the Kuroda family is not an underworld, since it has been decided, there is no way to change it, and the five hundred stones are regarded as charity.

"Hmmm! Since the adults agreed, then the matter is settled, but now there is a choice that needs to be carefully chosen by the adults. By the way, Shimazu-sama, this is actually the instruction of the head of the family, and I hope you will decide for yourself. Imate continued.

"What is the order, since it is the order of the main hall, please tell me directly." Shimazu said respectfully.

"The lord gave the lord two choices, the first is that the lord has 1,000 stone from the Awa county of the Awa country, but he is not allowed to build a castle; The second is to live in Kuroda Castle, and the adults themselves do not need to actually manage the territory, and the equivalent of the price of 1,000 koku of grain will be delivered to the adults at the time of the autumn harvest, because it involves the will of the lord, so please make your own choice! ”

To be a small lord, or to be honest and a rich man, these are the two choices that are now in front of Shimazu Tadashi. On the surface, it seems that there is no difference between choosing whichever one you choose, you will get a thousand stone of land, but in fact there is still a big difference.

It's just that the difference needs to be turned by oneself, and it takes careful thinking to know the difference, so Shimazu Tadashige's brain immediately began to spin rapidly.

It stands to reason that Shimazu Tadashige, as a son of a samurai family, and at the same time as the heir of the Shimazu family, which is currently supported by the Kuroda family, especially after Shimazu Yoshihisa has been defeated, it is natural that he should carry the banner of the Shimazu family's progress and shoulder the heavy responsibility of working for the revival of the Shimazu family.

From this point of view, Shimazu Tadashige, who is already the sole heir of the authentic clan of the Shimazu family, should definitely choose the 1,000-stone land of Awa Province directly.

Only when he has his own land can he pull up a group of men (about thirty or fifty people) with the cooperation of several of his retainers. Even if there won't be too many people for the time being because of the lack of land, as long as they keep working hard and keep being tenacious and patient with the Kuroda family, the Shimazu family will at least have hope. And such a path is the path that the ancestors of the Shimazu family walked to develop the family.

In addition, now Shimazu Tadashige still has a few old courtiers who are loyal to him, although he is not a capable general, but for the current Shimazu Tadashige, these loyal people who can always serve the Shimazu family are actually a good team. As long as he is willing to work hard and forge ahead with these people, everything is possible in the future.

And if Shimazu Tadashige chooses to become a rich man, it is very likely that he will go to Kuroda Castle to live a leisurely life for the rest of his life. Of course, if the Kuroda family has plans to move in the future, he will definitely follow the migration.

Shimazu Tadashige knew very well that the life of the Kuroda family was actually house arrest for himself, and as a person who had been imprisoned for most of his life, he knew very well what it meant, but for him, the house arrest of the Kuroda family was different from the life of the Shimazu family who could only live in a temple.

He had been living in Kuroda Castle for two or three years before, and he had also become accustomed to life in Kuroda Castle, a comfortable and comfortable life, with the Kuroda family providing food and clothing.

After all, the Kuroda family is not the Shimazu family, and Kuroda Castle is not a city in southern Kyushu, it is a commercial city that is brightly lit even at night (in fact, there are only shops that are open all night on the main road and a few side roads), and has a bustling commercial street, a high-quality living foundation, precious silk of the Ming Kingdom that I have never seen before, all kinds of delicious food that I can't think of, and rare Nanban.

This metropolis that connects the whole of Nishikoku and, and the seemingly endless castle with its majestic four-story castle tower, is unmatched by any castle in southern Kyushu.

On the other hand, if you look at the big cities of Satsuma Province that you know, the inner castle, Shimizu Castle (the original residence of the Shimazu family), Izumi Castle, Isaku Castle, and Aishu Castle, these cities seem to be inferior to the Kuroda family on the southwestern border of Harima Province near Bizen Province.

To be honest, Shimazu Tadashige liked the life of Kuroda Castle in Harima Province much better than when he was in the abandoned Kokubunji Temple every day in front of the broken walls and ruins in the temple, knocking on wooden fish with a few old monks, and reciting the Heart Sutra of the Paraparami.

Although Shimazu Tadashige didn't know how much it was, he knew that the Kuroda family would not deceive himself in this matter, and he was not qualified to let the Kuroda family deceive.

In other words, as long as you choose the life of a rich man, you will get a very rich wealth every year, which is enough for you to live well in the Kuroda family.

Relatively speaking, a thousand stone of land, oneself and one's own retainers have to work hard to take charge of all kinds of affairs, to coordinate relations with the people in the territory, to deal with the needs of various wars, and after all these complicated matters have been completed, it is not known how much food will be obtained in the autumn harvest season.