Chapter 43: The Goto family submits
"Yes! Kinoshita-sama, you must know that the family has no intention of rebelling against the Kuroda family, nor has it ever acted against the Kuroda family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoNow that the Kuroda family has decided to directly confiscate more than 40% of the land, is it too harsh for the family? Anton Katsuhisa also stood up and said very dissatisfied.
Because the Goto family was confiscated land, it inevitably meant that the fiefdoms of the retainers and samurai in the family would be reduced accordingly, which was a matter related to their vital interests, so Anton Katsuhisa actually said the thoughts of most of the Goto family retainers present.
"Kinoshita-sama is indeed like this, this land is the result of the struggle of dozens of generations of my family over hundreds of years, how can it be so easily abandoned? If that's the case, the family may have to go down the path of confrontation with the Kuroda family," Goto said.
"Yes! Such a decision is really unacceptable! Emi Katsutaka said.
Kinoshita Hidecho didn't speak, just smiled and looked at the Goto family, and it wasn't until everyone present had expressed their dissatisfaction that he smiled and asked everyone, "Everyone, are you done!" ”
When Kinoshita Hidecho asked this, he made everyone in the Goto family stupid, and he didn't know how to answer. Yes! It's always the people of the Goto family who are expressing all kinds of dissatisfied opinions, but it seems that they haven't finished their words yet! What can I say, Kinoshita-sama, don't say it, let's vent for a while, then it's really going to die. The main tone of the Goto family now is to submit to the Kuroda family, but to keep more land. It really fought, and it was the Goto family who was injured in the end.
Kinoshita Hidecho still kept smiling and said to everyone: "Since it seems that you adults have nothing to say, I will now give you a second explanation of the meaning of the young master of the family." ”
"Explain?" Goto Katsuki looked at Kinoshita Hidecho suspiciously, not knowing what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd of this rustic-looking young samurai.
"Yes, Lord Settsu Mamoru, I must give you a reasonable explanation for the young master's decision. If, after the following explanation, the adults are still not satisfied with the family's decision, it is not too late for the Goto family to make other plans. Kinoshita said with a smile.
"Since Kinoshita-sama has said so, I'll listen to it later." Katsuki Goto said, and everyone looked at Hidecho Kinoshita.
"Settsu Mamoru and my lords, do you know about the family's new farming methods?" Kinoshita Hidecho said.
"A new way of farming?" Goto Katsuki's eyes looked very confused, didn't Kinoshita Hidecho want to explain? What does this new farming method have to do with it?
"Hmmm! Yes, the new farming method of this family is learned by the young master of this family from the ancient books of the Ming Kingdom. This method can greatly increase the yield of the land, and the new farming method has been implemented in Heye County in China for nearly two years, and the annual output is more than twice the surface high. Kinoshita Hidecho said indifferently.
In fact, there is one thing that Kinoshita Hidecho did not say, that is, twice the real height also includes commercial income.
"What? More than twice as much? "Yes! It's incredible" "The Kuroda family gave the family 16,000 stones, and twice as many as 32,000 stones, which is 2,000 stones more than the current family's stone height" "This is unbelievable" "Yes! ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the case, if you don't believe it, you can go to the house to check, there is no need for the family to deceive the Goto family on this point." Kinoshita Hidecho said respectfully to Goto Katsuki.
"I don't think you don't believe the Kuroda family, it's just that what the adults said is too much for us to imagine, but I believe that the Kuroda family will not deceive the family." Katsuki Goto said with a smile.
"Hmmm! After this explanation, I don't know if you think you are satisfied with the conditions offered by the young master of this family? Kinoshita asked again.
"Satisfied", "Of course", "The lord doesn't need to think about it!" ”
"In that case, do you have any opinions?" Goto Katsuki asked, and everyone in the Goto family looked at Goto Katsuki silently, and they didn't have any opinions.
"In this case, the family is unwilling to be an enemy of the Kuroda family, and the Kuroda family has also given the family enough conditions, and the family has no reason to continue to wait. Kinoshita-sama, please tell Kuroda-sama that no, it's the young lord, who will submit to the Kuroda family on behalf of the Goto family, and accept all the conditions of the Kuroda family, and immediately surrender the castle. Katsuki Goto said to Hidecho Kinoshita.
"Goto-sama's decision is extremely wise, and Goto-sama will never regret today's decision in the future." Kinoshita Hidecho bowed to Katsuki Goto.
"I also hope that Kinoshita-sama will take care of the Goto family in the future, and introduce all the important ministers of the family to the family!" Katsuki Goto said.
"Since this is the case, Goto-sama does not need to be polite." Kinoshita said with a smile.
Goto Katsuki took his sister-in-law Goto Motomasa, and went out of the city with Kinoshita Hidenaga, came to the big tent of Kuroda Vocational High School, and personally sent the surrender table, indicating the surrender of the Goto family, and at the same time, when he left the city, he had already ordered someone to open the gate of Shibayamayama Mountain Castle, and was ready to welcome the Kuroda family into the city.
With the submission of the Goto family, the Kuroda family easily gained control of Kuminan County, and gained the dominance of the Goto family's 400 soldiers (half of the men).
At this time, Shigeharu Takenaka had not been able to suppress Katsuhoku-gun, and most of the wealthy families chose to surrender when they saw the Kuroda family Fujiba leaning on the flag, but the forest was too big to have any birds, and there was really a small wealthy family who was unwilling to surrender to the Kuroda family, on the grounds that the Kuroda family was born to sell ointment, and he was a descendant of Genji, and he was of noble birth, and he was unwilling to surrender to selling ointment.
Shigeharu Takenaka was instantly amused by this little wealthy family, what era is this, and he still values his background so much, and he doesn't look at what he has mixed into, and he dares to look down on the Kuroda family with millions of stones, which is really ridiculous.
But what Shigeharu Takenaka didn't expect was that he originally thought that this little wealthy clan only needed one attack to solve it. As a result, they resisted very resolutely, and with more than 90 people in the city, they resisted the first round of attack by the Kuroda family. Of course, this first round of offense was mostly carried out by the submitted Hao.
During the second attack, at the beginning, it was the soldiers of the Hao clan who attacked as the main attack, but in the second team, Kosai Zhennao and fifty Kuroda family members were added to the standing ashigaru, and finally at the cost of more than 20 people, the territory of the small Hao clan was captured, and Takenaka Shigeharu also shared all the harvest with the Hao family. (To be continued.) )