Chapter 2: Twenty-two Years of Astronomy
The current Wanji, replacing Kuroda officer Wei Takataka is the twenty-second year of astronomy, that is, in March 1553 A.D. came to the Warring States, a month later, the first Kawanakajima Battle broke out, which may be the most concerned event in the world this year, no one will care about a child fainting in a small wealthy family in the countryside of Harima Province, even if he dies, no one will be interested. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but the battle between the tiger and the god of war who will win is talked about all over the world, although this world is a little small, but after all, it is a rare big thing.
To put it simply, this joint war will inevitably break out, and the Takeda family will need to expand their land to Shinano Province, and the location of Kawanakajima Island is special, located at the confluence of the Chikuma River and the Rhikawa River in Hokushin, and it is only 70 kilometers away from Haruguchiyama Castle, Echigo Nagaokei Toroki Castle. If Takeda Shingen occupies Kawanakajima, he can take advantage of the situation to dominate Shinano Province and threaten the territory of Echigo Province by the way; In order to protect the safety of Kasuga Yama Castle, where Echigo lives, the god of war explores the strength of the tiger Takeda Shingen by the way.
Tiger's troops and the combined forces of Nagao Keitora and Murakami Yoshikiyo, first fought a joint battle of tens of thousands of people on Kawanaka Island in April, and Tiger was defeated, and Murakami Yoshikiyoshi recaptured Katsuo Castle, Hanshina County, and Wada Castle and Shioda Castle in Oken County. Then, in July, unwilling to be defeated, Takeda Shingen again led 10,000 troops from Kofu to Saku-gun in Shinano, and in August of the same year, he captured 16 castles near Shioda Castle, and once again suppressed the Shioda Taira area, and defeated Murakami Yoshikiyo. And Murakami Yoshikiyo asked for help from Uesugi Kenshin, who promised Yoshikiyo that Uesugi Kenshin would lead 8,000 troops to fight against the Takeda army in August, and the two sides attacked each other, and the battle was extremely fierce.
For seven-year-old Manyoshi, the most important thing now is to increase his strength, maybe his idea is ridiculous for other peers, but only he knows that if he doesn't work hard to increase his strength, then the best outcome for himself and the Kuroda family is to survive as a lackey of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, as in history, and not be treated well by his master.
Oda Nobunaga will step on the head of Imagawa Yoshimoto to climb to the top of Japanese history, the Maori family will become the overlord of yin and yang in a few years, Miyoshi Nagakei will become a giant in Kinai, and none of the heroes in Kanto can be shaken by the Kuroda family. Even in Harima, there are the Takino Akamatsu family, the Takino Akamatsu family, the Takimatsu family, the Shioshio Akamatsu family, the Daimyo of the Osho Kodera family, the Bessho family, and even the small wealthy families such as Kamitsuki, Uno, Miki, and Rikami, who can fight with the Kuroda family.
Wanji now gets up every morning and practices swinging the sword a hundred times under the supervision of the Ite Tomoji, and then in the morning he goes to the Rinzai temple near the castle town to find the monk Yuanqing to learn various miscellaneous studies, and in the afternoon he practices spearmanship under the supervision of the retainer mother Sato Kobei, and then he will read all kinds of **** books on the art of war by himself. It should be mentioned here that Musato Kobei's son, who is the same age as Wanji, accompanied Wanji throughout the day's homework as Wanji's bodyguard.
For a child, such a day is very boring, and it can even be said to be very cruel, but all this is Wanji's willingness, and no one persecuted him. For a person who hopes to take history out of a different path, the wheel of history has been moving forward all the time, and there is not much time left for him, if he doesn't hurry up to make the Kuroda family improve, then the Kuroda family will either go with the flow, or they will be crushed into ashes by the wheels.
Because of Wanji's efforts, everyone in the entire Kuroda family worked hard, and their enthusiasm for practicing martial arts and learning the art of war was high, and Xiao Wanji told his father and uncle all the training methods that he could think of in later generations, and all the retainers of the Kuroda family trained in the latest way this year.
For example, more than 50 samurai would practice simple formation coordination, and would tell them the simple way to train their troops, and then pass on the basic training methods of formation and platoon training to their subordinates.
As for the peasant soldiers, Manyoshi raised the standard of conscription, and only a small number of young and middle-aged lords were required to train during the agricultural slack, and Himeji Castle would send strong retainers to be responsible for training in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the peasant soldiers as a whole. Due to the low tax revenue of the Kuroda family, the ratio of five public and five peasants, compared to the ratio of six males and four peasants of other families, is indeed already benevolent, so the loyalty of the people is very high, although the peasants and soldiers were reluctant at first, but they still persevered in the final training, after all, it is also for the hope of surviving in the event of war in the future.
After a year of training, pulling a random peasant soldier from the Kuroda family may not be worse than the ordinary lower-level samurai of other daimyo families, and there is also a small team to cooperate with this killer feature. Of course, most of the peasant soldiers have not yet been on the battlefield and killed people, and their real strength still needs to be tested on the battlefield.
As for why the separation of peasants and soldiers was not implemented earlier, for the current Kuroda family, the territory is only Himeji Castle and a few small villages such as the nearby Tsurumai Castle, and the stone height is barely 5,000 koku, but less than 300 troops can be dispatched. If all the standing soldiers are used, the number of troops can only reach about 100 people, and then basically as long as the battle is combined, the city will be defended, and there will be no development.
During the spring ploughing, Wanji told Kuroda some agricultural knowledge that he knew, because he himself grew up in the city all his life, and he couldn't even distinguish between crops, so he could only tell these things to experienced retainers, and they would be responsible for specific matters, and Wanji really didn't have that much time to complete these internal affairs, he really needed more time.
For these things proposed by Wanji, whether it is the method of military training or agricultural knowledge, the entire Kuroda family was surprised at first, is this something that a 7-year-old child should know? If it is, it can only be said that the gods and Buddhas have come into the world. Of course, Wan Ji can't say that he traveled back hundreds of years later! It is estimated that it will only be regarded as a neuropathy.
Therefore, he said to the outside world that the method of military training originated from Sun Wuzi and Wu Qi, and the agricultural knowledge came from the **** agricultural books. His statement has been trusted by everyone, after all, it is really incomprehensible for a child to understand so much, if it is in the book, then it is acceptable, just say that he didn't see it, Xiao Wanji is a careful child, he just saw it, pay attention, everything makes sense. Although everyone may not believe whether Wanji's method is useful or not, but at least Wanji said that these are the experiences left by the **** ancients, so it should be useful, even if it is not useful, at least it will not be much worse than before.
Wanji is not without play this year, he will take time to go to his grandfather, the founder of the Harima Kuroda family, the first head of the Kuroda family, Kuroda Shigetaka to greet him, listen to some previous rumors and stories by the way, and ask some questions about internal affairs management and business development, after all, as a wise old man who has become an old man from a herb merchant to a city and a small temple family, he must have his own unique opinions, and there are places where Wanji needs to learn carefully.
But the old man only cooperated with Wanji for the first time, and he answered all questions about Wanji. Later, he felt that although the child is very good, the child is the child, and it is okay to know some things earlier, but for the child, he can be educated in a better way.
After that, as long as Wanji visited him, he took Wanji to play in Kuroda, explaining to him the location of each village, the important people and peasants and soldiers in the village, the arrangement of the fields, the direction of rivers and mountains, the distribution of natural resources, and of course, how he went from selling eye medicine to becoming an important minister of the Koji family. At first, Wan Ji felt that going out to play was a waste of time, but slowly he understood his grandfather's good intentions, learned all kinds of knowledge of the territory with peace of mind, and worked hard to put every inch of the territory into his mind.
From spring ploughing to autumn harvest, time flies quickly, for the Kuroda family, the biggest thing this year is not the battle of Kawanakajima, but the autumn harvest, the output has increased by 20 percent, as mentioned earlier, the Kuroda family implements the policy of five public and five farmers, plus some of the land that is hidden from the Koji family, so it collects a full 4,000 stone of grain, plus some commercial road card income, the Kuroda family can be regarded as a bumper harvest year this year, and the ordinary people's warehouses also have grain, everyone is full of joy, And it is believed that it was in Himeji Castle that the clever young master innovated the farming method in order to obtain such a harvest as this year, so the rumor that the Kuroda family's Kirin Manyoshi brought good luck to everyone also spread in Harima Province.
Since then, Wankishi, who has been very low-key all year long, has his own name in Harima Country, the Kirin of the Kuroda family, and even the Kirin of Harima Country.
But fortune and misfortune depended on each other, the news of the harvest of Himeji Castle spread around, and the Kuroda family trained soldiers, and the most unhappy estimate was that the lord of Takino Castle who wanted to unify the Akamatsu family, Akamatsu Masahide, some of the elders in the castle, and some wealthy families around the Kuroda family. Harima Country is so big, and the Akamatsu family and Kotera family are also so big, but for these people who may not be able to leave Harima Country for the rest of their lives, this is their stage. At the same time, the people have more food, and in this era of constant wars and people's livelihood, in addition to the homeless, there are also bandits and robbers who can attract them, and the Kuroda family still has a long way to go.