I dare not say that every village in the territory has a road to connect, and if you want to connect every village, that is something that can only be done in modern times. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 But at least all the Kuroda family, and the important cities of each country, have been connected by wide roads.

The roads are relatively smooth and wide, allowing six horses to travel in a row. Most of the pavement is made of gravel mixed with mud and sand. Then there are stone fences on both sides of the road that are higher than the roadbed to avoid soil erosion. There are also several small drainage troughs on each section of the road to avoid stagnant water on the road.

The so-called If you want to get rich and build roads first, Kuroda Vocational High School may be the only person in this era who has this kind of ideology, has the ability, and is willing to spend huge manpower and material resources to achieve this. It is precisely because of this that the Kuroda family's road construction business can be maintained and continuously promoted.

The Kuroda family's road construction began when they were in Shiruma County, Harima Province, when they acquired their first new piece of land. At that time, the Kuroda family, faced with the constant concern of Akamatsu Masahide, could only maintain the situation against Akamatsu Masahide by maintaining the number of soldiers beyond their own ability. In other words, the Kuroda family's annual fiscal deficit is very serious, and there is no extra spare money at all.

Even later, under the guidance of the young Kuroda Vocational High School, agriculture and commerce began to develop, but the improvement of the economy also required a process. Under such circumstances, the Kuroda family still adopted Kuroda Vocational High School's suggestion to repair the road, which shows that Kuroda Vocational High School itself is also a very courageous figure.

It was the smoothness of the road that allowed the Kuroda family to quickly transfer troops and march in the early stage of previous operations. The Kuroda family's business has also become more prosperous, and the size and prosperity of the castle town have also increased, which is the benefit that the road construction has brought to the Kuroda family.

However, for the Kuroda family themselves, the biggest role of the road should still be military! A smooth road can effectively increase the speed of the Kuroda army, which is the intention of Kuroda Vocational High School to constantly suggest that Kuroda Vocational High School build the road, and Kuroda Vocational High School, who has always been stingy, also knows the gains and losses, so he will support Kuroda Vocational High School's money-consuming proposal.

The fact that the road to the Kuroda family was unobstructed was discovered many years ago by some large and small merchants who traveled to and from Sanyo Road. Because of these roads, the speed of their goods transshipment has been greatly improved, so that the number of times their capital has been turned over has also been accelerated, so that they can obtain more benefits. Coupled with the influence of Kuroda Clan Rakuza, merchants were more willing to pass through the territory of the Kuroda family, and even conduct various transactions directly within the territory of the Kuroda family, and no longer continued to advance west.

Because of the benefits, they will naturally tell their close people about it. With their free, and fairly accurate sub-group of people's propaganda, there are even more merchants who pass through the Kuroda family's trade route. Even some merchants from San'in Province made a detour through Kuroda's house, which was smoother and safer.

There are more merchants, and the first impact on the Kuroda family's territory is that the territory is more prosperous, which is beyond doubt. The merchants brought more goods, daily necessities, and luxury goods, making the Kuroda family's business system more complete. And with the increase of merchants and the increase of goods, there are more and more people in the Kuroda family, and their living standards are also constantly improving. Some of the goods that the Kuroda family needs no longer need to be smuggled at a large cost from other places.

On top of that, tax revenues have risen dramatically. Because of the implementation of Rakuichi Leza, the redundant and onerous taxes of the merchants were abolished, and there were no cards in the collar and no fees were levied on the passage, which seemed to damage the Kuroda family's taxes.

However, even though the Kuroda family was only in the castle town, the city merchant tax was very low from the commission, but the number of merchants increased dramatically and the amount of goods traded increased. This tax, which seemed to have little money at first, and which even Kuroda was very puzzled about, became one of the main sources of income for the Kuroda family.

As mentioned earlier, the captives of the Kuroda clan became captives of the Kuroda clan in previous battles, and in order to survive, they were only able to do physical labor in the Kuroda clan in exchange for becoming Kuroda lords two years later.

As mentioned above, another part of the captives' work was to carry out various water conservancy projects, maintenance of levees, and so on. The development of water conservancy can also promote the stable development of Kuroda's agriculture. It's easy to say, but it's not. For example, in the tenth year of Yonglu, there was a drought in the west that was not very long, but the fatal thing about this drought was that it occurred during the seedling period of crop growth.

The seedling stage is a critical period for plant growth. During this time, plants need a lot of water, and if there is no water at this time, it will inevitably have a huge impact on the harvest. For example, in the territory of the Maori family, in order to compete for the limited water source, there were more than a dozen armed fights between wealthy people or villages, and more than 180 people died.

For this matter, the Kuroda family scattered to the entire territory of the Mori family. Regardless of whether this incident can be used to crack down on the Maori family's rule over the territory, at least many of the Maori family's lords are still disappointed in the inaction of the main family.

The Kuroda family itself has been greatly affected by the development of water conservancy. However, facilities such as canals and diversion ditches, as well as the two-season planting system within the Kuroda family's skills, did not cause much damage to the Kuroda family's harvest on the whole. At the same time, the Kuroda family's ability to prevent drought has also been tested to a certain extent.

The third job of the captives was to work for the Kuroda family in the gold and silver mountains.

Kuroda's Tajima Province and Inaba Province's Gold and Silver Mines are all operating normally. With the assistance of Li Sanbao, the Kuroda family also discovered some small gold and silver mountains in the Kibi area, and these mines have been slowly established and began to provide a lot of income for the Kuroda family.

The output of these gold and silver mountains is very small, and the scale of storage is not large, and the Kuroda family, who has always been diligent and thrifty, will not dislike these. The accumulation of small amounts adds up to a lot of gold and silver, which is also a lot of income.

These surviving captives did become ordinary people, and after their families came, they lived a relatively good life, but what they brought to the Kuroda family through two years of free labor was indeed much more than these. And that's not even counting the fact that many captives died in labor and did not survive for two years.