On May 8, the ninth year of astronomy, at the foot of Notaka Mountain.

In front of a green field, Masashi is carefully inspecting the growth of rice. It has been two weeks since the elimination of the wild mountain bandits, and the territory has been greatly developed.

On April 27, with the promulgation and execution of the Law of the Roche, all the people returned to their fields. Since there were only more than 300 people in total, it took only two days to register the fields of the people, and in order to register the information into a book, nearly one-third of the paper seized in the bandits' lair was also used.

On the same day, enough food for all the subjects to eat for five months was also distributed, totaling more than 600 stones, and from then on, the territory will no longer distribute food collectively, and the people need to be self-reliant. The people did not complain about this, but happily received the grain, and then immediately devoted themselves to the care of their fields. The lord said it, they are already the third-level lords of the territory, and the agricultural tax for the autumn harvest is only six gongs and four peasants, what a stupid lord. The lords who were unable to take care of the fields on their own (mainly homeless young women and some single-person families who lacked labor) also began to cultivate the fields directly under the lord's domain, and they relied on the income from these fields for the rest of their lives.

The shortage of agricultural tools in the territory has also been greatly alleviated. This was mainly due to Tadajiro's forging day and night, for which Masarashi promoted him to the rank of the head of the Ashigaru clan of the Luo clan as promised, with a salary of 35 koku. At the same time, based on the drawings provided by Masara, Tadajiro succeeded in creating a rudimentary version of the saw and a new hoe, which worked very well, but due to the limited quantity, it could only be used exclusively for the time being when the conscripts were cultivating fields. Ashigaru, who was sent by Togo Heiji to the territory of the Dono family, has also returned to the territory, and this time he has purchased a total of more than 100 hoes, more than 20 fishing nets, 50 stone of miscellaneous grains, and dozens of rotten fishing nets, which are mainly used by Masarashi to make his own paper in the future. According to the provisions of the territorial law, the people are also very active in renting farm tools (the territory lacks farm tools, in order to ensure that the vast majority of the people can use farm tools, this method can only be used for the time being), so busy that the women in the backyard are busy, in just two weeks, the people have more than 40 stones of grain on credit because of the rental of farm tools, and the farm tools in the territory have all been rented.

In two weeks, there were more than 400 displaced people who joined the territory through normal recruitment or "kidnapping", and basically the displaced people near the territory were recruited, and now the scope of the exile recruitment is expanding to farther places. Togo Heiji seems to have found his own spring, and although he registers the information of new residents everywhere and arranges his residence and fields all day long, he still enjoys it. At present, there are more than 300 people in the territory, more than 400 people are newly recruited, and more than 50 family members of some people who were "invited" in the original bandit cottage are the last ones, with a total of more than 780 people. If you only look at the number of people in the territory, the Luo family is already a veritable little tyrant.

Most of the new people who have just entered the territory are very hesitant, and even some of the people who have been "kidnapped" try to escape, but after learning more about the laws of the territory, everyone's attitude immediately changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and in turn they began to worry about whether the lord was deceiving them, and as some people began to benefit, this suspicion was also resolved. However, in order to improve the level of the lords, the new lords have sent their relatives who meet the conditions to the place called the "school" of the lord, which suddenly leads to a shortage of "teachers" in the school, and Masahiro has to promote some little guys who have only studied for about a month and have good grades to "teachers". …,

Ashigaru's registration was also enthusiastic, and Masashi originally planned to recruit 150 ashigaru at once, but under the resentful eyes of Togo Heiji, he had to tearfully abide by the agreement and only prepare to enroll 100 ashigaru. But there were too many people who signed up, so Masara simply made a "test" and eliminated some people, and the examiner was Tsuda Hiromune. Since becoming an examiner, Tsuda Hiromune, a big bald head, is so excited that he even looks at the sky when he walks, holds his head high, and walks on his figure-eight feet, like a big king. In the end, Masarashi recruited 100 ashigaru among the new people, and Tsuda Hiromune was in charge of training, and to Masara's delight, he found several average level carpenters and plasterers among the new people, and these craftsmen were immediately assigned to Shinsuke and Yubei.

The new people basically brought very little food with them, and in order to solve the problem of feeding these people, Masashi immediately issued a conscription order to reclaim the fields. As soon as the conscription order was issued, both the new and the old conscriptors enthusiastically participated, and the new conscription democracy was to support their families, and the old conscriptors not only supported their families, but also used conscription to offset the cost of renting agricultural equipment. For the people in difficulty, relief will be taken in accordance with the laws of the territory to help them get through this period. After implementing a series of measures, the territory gradually stabilized, and under the deliberate propaganda of Zhengliang, Zhengliang became a "benevolent oracle" in the eyes of all the people.

The field was also very good. All kinds of crops are growing well, and the planting area of sweet potatoes has doubled, and Zhengliang's next plan is to plant most of the lord's direct fields with these sweet potatoes, and as for the planting and promotion of other lords, it will be slowed down, after all, anyone who is cautious about their own food issues may not be able to accept these never-before-seen crops for a while. The first chair in the territory has been placed in Masara's bedroom, and Shinsuke has already fired bricks, and now he is researching the manufacture of cement. Everything is moving in a good direction.

"Your Highness, the people have all gathered, so please come over as soon as possible," said a young man with the same short hair as Masahiro. This young man's new small surname of Masara, with the original two small surnames preparing for the Yuan service, the original small surname position in charge of running errands became vacant, and at the suggestion of Togo Heiji, Masarashi recruited the son of the old hunter Shimi, Shingoro, as the new small surname.

"Hmm," Masarashi replied softly as he recovered from his thoughts.

Masara hurried to his own cabin in Nodaka Townhara, and at this time, Masayo's newly acquired maid, Butterfly, was already waiting here. Butterfly, the daughter of the former bandit leader who was secretly adopted by Kosuke, was taken into the territory by Kosuke a few days ago to settle down. The former bandit leader's men were overjoyed to learn that the old chief's youngest daughter was still alive, and soon, with the help of Kosuke, several samurai led by Tadajiro knelt down in front of Masara, asking Masarashi to take the butterfly into a side room. The poor little girl was "sold" before she knew what was going on. In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of other retainers, Masaro did not immediately promise, but like Tsuru, he accepted Butterfly as a maid.

Under the waiting of the butterfly, Masara put on a simple armor that was put together, and looked majestic. The reason why he dressed so formally was that today was the day when the 40 ashigaru in the original territory determined by Masara were promoted to the samurai of the Luo family, and it was also the day when Masahiro's original two small surnames were Motofu.

With a somewhat unnatural step (the armor is a bit heavy), Masara slowly walked up to the high platform. Under the high platform, 40 ashigaru dressed in simple armor rewarded by the lord were neatly arranged in four rows. Next to the 40 ashigaru are more than 60 new recruits (the rest of the ashigaru can't come to the assembly due to guards or other tasks). At the rear of the Ashigaru team were more than 600 lords. The people who had suddenly stirred up when they saw Masayo appear, gradually quieted down after Masara stood on the high platform. …,

The spring breeze was refreshing, and the flag with the eagle pattern on the edge of the high platform fluttered in the wind, slowly glancing at everyone in the audience, and Zhengliang shouted, "Everyone, more than ten days ago, the bandits who have been endangering us have perished. In this battle to annihilate the bandits, the family's Ashigaru fought bravely and skillfully, and according to the promise of the master, today, these brave ashigaru will become the samurai of the Luo family. ”

"Coax", all the lords and Ashigaru were in a commotion, especially those who suddenly learned that they were about to become samurai today, some of them were stunned and obviously had not woken up from the surprise, some immediately knelt down and sincerely thanked the lord, and more people celebrated. In fact, except for the retainers, Masara did not tell anyone about this decision, including the 40 ashigaru who were the parties. Now, seeing the reaction of everyone, Masahiro is very satisfied with this deliberate result.

Masashi raised his hands slightly, and then pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet, and at the same time, Tsuda Hiromune, who was under the high platform, also shouted, "Quiet", and everyone gradually quieted down. Masara continued, "Everyone, as long as you obey the laws of the territory, the master of the ability will definitely keep his promises according to the laws. Now let's witness the sealing of the samurai of the Luo family. ”

Tsuda Hiromune, who was in the audience, immediately shouted at the 40 original territories in accordance with Masaliang's prior arrangement, "All of them, stand upright, turn right to Lu, and walk in unison."

The 40 ashigaru immediately followed the order and slowly came to the right side of the high platform. Under the instruction of Togo Heiji, one after another Ashigaru walked up to the high platform in turn, came to Masara and knelt down on both knees. Masarashi took the katana from the hand behind him, as well as a white cloak with a black eagle depicted on it, which was specially arranged for the Luo family's samurai to be cut (for which the amount of cloth seized was cut in half). In the future, these samurai wearing the cloak of the Luo family were respected as the cloaks and became the feared main force of the Luo family. The newly promoted samurai respectfully accepted Masahiro's reward, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude. Zhengliang pulled out the blade, and the blade of the sword slowly rested on the shoulder of the samurai at his feet, and the Mandarin in his mouth chanted the words, "I, Luo Zhengliang officially recognizes you as a warrior of the Luo family." Some of the people in the crowd who had already been instructed immediately spread the word that this was the blessing of the gods, and the surrounding leaders fell to their knees when they heard this, hoping to receive blessings from the lord's mouth.

As the samurai received the seal from the lord, they relined themselves in the audience and put on their cloaks. The new ashigaru team on the side was envious, what a majestic cloak, and at the same time, everyone secretly swore in their hearts that one day, they would also wear such a samurai cloak. The lord has already said in his law that if you train hard to be at the top of the competition, or if you are brave in battle, you can become a samurai, not to mention that even if you die in battle, the lord promises to take care of your family, so what else is there to worry about.

And the surrounding lords are talking about it, and when they become samurai masters, they will rise to fourth-level lords, and the agricultural tax is five public and five peasants. Many people have been secretly thinking in their hearts whether to marry their daughters to these samurai, or to encourage the men of the family to join the ashigaru team and strive to become samurai.

Feeling the hot gaze cast around them, all the new warriors raised their heads and chests, and secretly swore in their hearts that they would die for the Luo family.

The more than an hour of sealing ceremony finally ended, and the next thing was the Yuanfu ceremony for the two small surnames. In this era, the age of the samurai was generally between 12 and 16 years old, and the time of the yuan was mainly determined according to the needs of each family, such as the song "Guo Sheng" sung by Oda Nobunaga for 50 years in the world, which was commemorated by Taira Guo Sheng, who was only 12 years old and had just been in the Yuan service, died in the first battle. …,

Sahachiro and Kisaburo, who were dressed in simple dresses in the audience, walked quickly onto the high platform, and knelt down in front of Masayo. According to Togo Heiji, on the day of the Yuanfu, both of them need a respectable person to perform the Yuanfu ceremony for them, and recognize them as "black hats". Both of their fathers and brothers have passed away, and considering that they are going to train these two to become the relatives of the Luo family, Masara volunteers to be the executor of the ceremony.

After the two of them finished praying briefly. Zheng Zhengliang put the black hats on the heads of the two of them, and said in a serious tone, "From today onwards, the two of you will become warriors of the Luo family, and you must be loyal to your duties." At the same time, I will give you your family name, and from today onwards, your full names will be Sahachiro Roche and Kizaburo Roche respectively. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness", the two of them didn't expect to be given a surname by the lord himself, which is a great honor. The two of them bowed to the ground, and their hearts were ecstatic. The family members of the two people in the audience also hugged each other and cried, and they were happy for the two.

Looking at the short-haired heads of the two with hats, Masarashi was full of joy at the same time, and at the same time, he also remembered the interesting story about the hairstyles of the two of them the day before in Yuanfu. According to Togo Heiji's requirements, the head must be shaved before the Yuan costume, that is, the front hair must be shaved, the hair on the forehead will be shaved, and only the back of the head and the two sideburns will be left in a bun, and this hairstyle will become the "moon generation head". Judging by Masahiro's aesthetics, this hairstyle is ugly. The two small surnames also deeply agreed, and secretly pleaded with Masahiro, asking not to shave the "moon generation's head", and at the same time asked to shave the same head shape as the lord, Masato didn't care, and agreed very simply, which attracted Togo Heiji's tireless advice.

After the ceremony of conferring the consecration and the motofu, Masarashi led the retainers to hurry back to the council hall of the lord's mansion, because Kosuke, who had gone down the mountain to exchange supplies with the Tahara family, had just brought back important news.

(PS: The first volume has come to an end, and a new one will be rolled out.) In the new chapter, conspiracy, conspiracy, and intrigue emerge one after another; Love, affection, cold-bloodedness, intertwined love and hatred; Fierce fighting, drama fighting, death fighting, fierce struggle. Stay tuned. Everyone, don't be in a hurry to leave after reading, if you don't have a ticket, you can put it on the shelf, and the little brother kneels and begs. Dear friends, my purpose is to write more than 1.5 million even if I hit the street, and I will fight vigorously! Enjoy writing, enjoy loneliness. ）