Astronomical 12th year, 1543 A.D., early July. It's early summer in the blink of an eye. The paddy fields outside Kishidake Castle are already green, and the wide Matsuura River is sparkling. A few children who had just come out of the Roche school were chasing through the wide streets of the castle town, and the merchants of the town were cheerfully greeting the customers who entered the houses from time to time.

On this day, several important retainers of the Luo family gathered in the council hall of the lord of the country, Kishigaku City.

"My lord, the Shimabara, Tobiliang, Senchigoku, Kamidai, Shimuki and other wealthy clans in Nanhizen have been relocated according to your advice, and the retainers have also sent new personnel into Nanhizen to take over the new territory." Togo Heiji reported first.

"Hmm." Masarashi nodded. Zhengliang now generally adopts the method of scattering rewards for the territory of retainers, so as not to let a retainer's territory be too concentrated in one place. As for the retainers after getting the territory, they only need to send some people down to receive it, anyway, almost every territory will have a village head who is elected by the people or directly appointed by the internal cabinet to take care of it, and even the most important annual agricultural tax delivery will be supervised by the internal affairs cabinet, and the people they send down are only responsible for the management of some daily affairs of the territory.

Although Nan Feiqian was not very familiar with this new territorial law, with the implementation of the other laws of the Luo family, they would soon accept it. Of course, there are still some ways to speed up the control of the acquired territory. Thinking of this, Masarashi immediately asked Arima Haruki, who was participating in the family assessment for the first time as an internal affairs officer:

"Qingchun, you seem to have a daughter who is not married, right? How about marrying him to Shinnosuke Akabane, the military advisor of his family? ”

"Well, my lord's suggestion is good. Arima-sama's little daughter is extraordinary. And the family's Akabane Shinnosuke is also very high. The two are indeed a match made in heaven. Kakuma immediately agreed.

Kakuma Ishizong was a little dark-bellied this time. Last time, Masarashi forcibly married a princess of the Omura family to him as a side room. Although it was true that he got a beautiful wife, he almost made the backyard of his home on fire. If it weren't for Yui Hatano, the wife of the lord of the country, who came to put out the fire in time, it is estimated that the house would have been made by his main room. The so-called difficult brother is difficult to brother, this time Masarashi proposed to let Arima Harumu promise to marry his daughter to Akabane Shinnosuke, and he naturally raised his hands in favor.

Of course, the comfort he gave himself in his heart was also very legitimate, not only to use the local prestige of the Arima family to quickly settle down the territory and make contributions to the main family, but also to get a princess of a wealthy family. And it's a beautiful wife, Shinnosuke Akabane, as a colleague, I want to congratulate you.

"Obey the orders of the Lord." As a new retainer and a general, Ma Qingchun decided to clamp his tail and be a man during this period of time, and now that the lord of the country has personally become a matchmaker, he is also happy to establish a good and even close relationship with other important ministers in the family, so he agreed to come down with the water.

"Well, in that case. Just send someone to inform Shinnosuke Akabane, and say that the lord of the country appreciates his merits this time. Now he has been given a piece of land on the Shimabara Peninsula, and the princess of Arima has been betrothed to him. Ladies and gentlemen, the stability of Nanfei depends on you. Zhengliang said after the most reluctance. Poor Shinnosuke Akabane, who was still in the Koyo family of Higo Tamina County at this time, had no idea that he had an extra side room for no reason.

"Serve the Lord and die!" Seeing that the head of the family solemnly asked for it, all the retainers immediately expressed their loyalty. Only Arima Qingchun's expression looked a little embarrassed, after all, there was a part of the territory there that originally belonged to him. Although he also got a large territory in Hizen Xiaocheng County this time, but according to the law of the Luo family, his income will be reduced, and almost all of his military strength will be disbanded, and even surrounded by the territory of retainers who are loyal to the Luo family, he has also been given a position that can only be engaged in internal affairs, and even military affairs cannot be glued to the side, and the Arima family can no longer afford to turn over a wave. Next, for the sake of the survival of the family, he had to obediently do the internal affairs of the Luo family.

"Hahaha, okay, Pingji, let's go on." Zhengliang said in a high-spirited manner.

"With the addition of the two counties of Biki and Korae in Minamihizen, the family's income in Hizen is expected to increase to about 305,000 koku, and with the addition of the territories in Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Higo, the family is expected to have an income of about 512,000 koku. It also has a population of about 250,000. ”

Hizen is about 310,000 koku high, and at present, except for the Goto Islands, which are isolated in the sea, the rest of Hizen is completely controlled by the Luo family. The Goto area is also about 5,000 koku high. Since it was occupied by a large number of pirates, and these pirates had not violated the Luo family's territorial waters recently, and even when the Luo family traded in the area specially opened up on Hirado Island, they also traded according to the rules of the Luo family, so Masara didn't think about how to deal with it for a while.

Even if there are still Goto Islands that are not included in the scope of the territory, but before and after the occupation of Nanfei, Masashi has also become a powerful daimyo of more than 500,000 stone (of course, at present, after the implementation of a series of farming policies in the Luo family, the income should be increased, and the specific Dao will not be known until after the autumn harvest), so under such a prestige, it is natural to reward the meritorious ministers, after all, as the generals who directly participated in the expedition before Nanfei, after the war, they also obtained fiefs in front of Nanfei with the generals who did not participate in the war. This is clearly unfair to them.

"Pingji, since the rise of the family, you have been serving under the command of the lord of the country, which can be described as a high degree of hard work, from today on, you will officially assume the position of the elder of the family. I also hope to do my best to help my lord continue to prosper his family's martial arts. "This time, the Luo family finally has its first family elder.

"Minister...... Your Majesty is willing to die for the Lord! At this time, Togo Heiji, as a member of the Luo family, has already served as the ruling party of the Luo family's internal affairs cabinet, and at the same time is also the guardian of Hizen Province recognized by the imperial court, and now he has been promoted from the middle of the family to the first family elder, he is naturally grateful.

"Isono Yuanchang!"

"Your Majesty is here!"

"This time, you led the cavalry team to sweep most of Biqi County, and let your family quickly pacify Biqi County, which is very good. Let's just serve as the general of the family. "Considering the balance between the conservative and the radical in the family. Coupled with Isono's performance this time. Masarashi promoted Isono Yuanchang's general from a general to a general. In less than two years after joining the Luo family, Isono Yuanchang has risen from an ordinary samurai to a subordinate general second only to the status of the family elder, and the speed of promotion can be described as riding a rocket. It was through Isono Yuanchang as a model that Masayo made all the retainers and soldiers realize that as long as they were loyal to their families, after obtaining credit, Masayo would definitely not treat him badly.

"The minister is determined to die!"

"In view of the fact that Akaxue Mitsukiyo and Tao Nakamoto are still young, and they are already cavalry generals of their own family. This time, I will not improve their generals, and I will reward them with a thousand places of knowledge and action in the West Sea of Nagasaki Province. Go back and bring them with the Lord's Peace. "Located at the mouth of Omura Bay, the Nagasaki Peninsula Nishikai is a famous spot that will be famous for generations to come, as the sun sets and a large whirlpool forms on the surface of the sea nearby.

"Your Majesty takes orders!" Isono Yuanchang immediately received the order.

"Enjoji Shinyin!"

"Your Majesty, this time the Sixth Standing Ashigaru Brigade led by you captured Haowu Castle in time, and arrived in the hinterland of the Omura family's territory on time according to the orders of the lord of the country, and contributed to the rapid pacification of the Biki County and Gaolai County for the family, and was promoted to the general of the family. The official document of the same company was promoted to the rank of ashigaru general. ”

"Ministers are destined to die!" Yuancheng Temple Shinyin thanked gratefully. Because he was born in the faction of the original Shaoji family and the Ryuzoji family. He has always been careful in doing things, and this time he was promoted by Zhengliang. suddenly became the third general of the family after Kinoshita Masanao and Yoshida Shigemasa, and he was naturally very grateful.

"Asakura Sodrik!"

"Your Majesty is here!"

"Persuade the people of the mountains to surrender, defeat the strong enemy, and kill the enemy general, I have indeed seen your bravery, and now I officially appoint you as the general of the family." Previously, Asakura Zongdi was still in the period of loyalty inspection, and his general qualification had not been completely determined, but now it was finally recognized by Zhengliang. Even this time, he obtained a territory in the Isahaya area of Korai-gun, Minamihizen. That territory was near Gaocheng, where the army of the Luo family confronted the army of the Omura family and the army of the Xixiang family, and it could be described as a fertile land. For this, Asakura Sodri is already quite grateful. He recently fell in love with the daughter of Onishi Guoji, another important minister of the Luo family, and he was going to officially ask someone to propose marriage soon.

"Thank you, lord!" Asakura said happily. Now that he has a territory and an identity, this proposal will definitely be smoother. So he was already happily fantasizing about the days of being the groom's brother in his heart.

As an admirer of the "God of War" of the Han Cang family, now he has finally embarked on the road to the "God of War".

Since then, Zhengliang has rewarded the meritorious people one by one. After the reward ended, Masaro adjusted the deployment of troops again.

The 6th Standing Ashigaru Brigade led by Nobuyin and Kobun Shigetada, who had just joined the Kuroki family, and Minoru Kuroki, who had just joined the Kuroki family, was stationed at Fukuda Castle on the Nagasaki Peninsula in Minamihizen. It is mainly responsible for the stability of Nanhizen and assists the navy in guarding against threats from the sea, especially the threat of the Goto pirates.

The first standing ashigaru team led by Tankane, Tetsunosuke, and Asakura Sotetsu was executed, and the station was changed to Hinoe Castle and Hara Castle on the Minamihizen Shimabara Peninsula. Assist the navy in guarding against maritime threats from the wealthy clans of Higo and the wealthy clans of the Amakusa Islands across Shimabara Bay.

After the readjustment of the locations of the two teams, Hirota Castle, Matsugang Castle, Komu Castle, Gonkan Prison Castle, Takajo, Kanaya Castle, Kamidai Castle, Shoushan Castle, Hamajo Castle, and Fukae Castle in Hizen Province will be gradually demolished one by one.

Due to the merger of the Arima family, the Omura family, the Xixiang family and other wealthy families, the Luo family's navy has also been expanded, after weighing it, Masato decided to expand the navy again, and the initial plan is to maintain a standing size of about 500 people per team.

After the expansion, each of the three naval teams already has 35 ships and 100 ships. Masashi also redeployed the second and third naval forces.

The 2nd Standing Naval Detachment under the command of Kanji Fukuda, the former wealthy clan of Minami Hizen and Shintoucheng, was stationed at Utsu Castle and Amazaki Castle in Hizen Piki-gun and Funakoshi Castle in Matsuura County, and the main area of protection was the waters of Hirado and the coast of Nagasaki Island to guard against threats from the sea, especially the threat of the Goto pirates.

The 3rd Standing Navy Brigade, led by Masatora Tao and Takeyoshi Murakami, is stationed at Ugi Castle, Hara Castle, and Antoku Castle in Minamihizen Kogen Prefecture, and mainly protects the Ariake Sea, Shimabara Bay, and Tachibana Bay to guard against threats from the sea, especially the maritime threats from the wealthy clans of Higo on the other side of Shimabara Bay and the wealthy clans on the Amakusa Islands.

When the deployment of each team was redeployed, Masahiro soon encountered a new problem, that is, the problem of the source of the navy.

(Thanks to the book friends "leely, green mia, baby↗ Muzi" for the reward; Thanks to the book friend "Rain and Sunshine O(∩_∩)O" for the reminder vote. It's the end of the month, so I'm asking for a monthly pass. (To be continued......)

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