"Ladies and gentlemen, at present, there are more than 300 people in this family, 40 ashigaru, but the actual field production is only less than 60, and it is about 120 stones converted into miscellaneous grains, plus the small copper mine in the canyon, the actual income of the territory is about 250 stones, although there are a lot of seizures this time, but it only solves the emergency needs of the territory, and the nearby powerful bandits are eyeing each other, a little careless, we will be in trouble, I don't know what you think about this?" After the reward was completed, Zhengliang straightened his body and said in a heavy tone.

"Bordering the family is the Tahara family in the northeast and the Dono family in the southwest, both of which have always been planning to annex the family's territory, and in the past, they were mainly unwilling to directly face the threat of bandits, so they did not take action for a long time, and once they learned that the bandits in the territory had perished, even if they were suspicious of the family's combat power, it was very likely to be unfavorable to the family," Togo Heiji said first.

Masato also knew the importance of keeping the news of the territory of the province confidential, so last night he had asked Tsuda Hiromune to immediately arrange for people to guard the entrance and exit of the territory day and night. Seeing Masaliang's gaze, Tsuda Hiromune immediately bowed and saluted, "Your Highness, last night Your Majesty has arranged for ten ashigaru to guard the entrances and exits bordering these two families, and they are only allowed to enter, not to go out. ”

"Well, that's not enough! Then send ten more ashigaru, led by you yourself, and stationed there to guard them; Pingji, you arrange for some of the lords to help them build tight fences at the two entrances and exits, and the lords who help will each be rewarded with five buckets of miscellaneous grains", Masara thought about it, still felt that it was not very safe, and continued to command.

The two bowed down to receive the order.

"Sahachiro", Masarashi frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly shouted.

"Your Highness", Sahachiro, who was standing behind Masahiro, heard the head of the family calling his name, and immediately walked quickly to Masahiro, knelt on the ground, and replied in a loud voice.

"You lead the patrol team to follow Lord Guangzong back to the bottom of the mountain today, organize the patrol team to strengthen patrols in the territory under the mountain, especially near the two entrances and exits, and once you find a suspicious person, immediately warn Lord Guangzong."

"Yes, Your Highness. The villain must guarantee to complete the task", this is the first time that Masarashi has officially arranged a task for him, Sahachiro is very excited in his heart, and secretly decides in his heart that he must complete this task even if he does not sleep. Seeing that his companion was reused, even the other junior surnamed Kizaburo behind Masato showed envious eyes.

After repeated arrangements and making sure that nothing was missed, Masato slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but at this time, Kosuke, who had been silent, suddenly fell to the ground and whispered, "Your Highness, in fact, there is a small road near the cottage that leads directly from the east side of Nogao Mountain to the Tahara family and other powerful territories under the mountain. ”

"What? Bastard, why didn't you say it earlier? Masato was taken aback, if the enemy touched his door silently, it would be quite dangerous.

"Your Highness, Your Highness only found out after torturing those captives overnight last night, and I was going to report to Your Highness immediately, but Your Highness has already rested," Kosuke said aggrievedly, "Moreover, those captives also revealed a more important information. ”

"What information, tell me quickly", Masashi was a little annoyed, no matter how he heard it, he felt that this guy was saying that he was busy with his daughter last night and misunderstood, the problem is that he didn't even touch his daughter at all.

"This path is only known to a few of Banshi Dalang's subordinates, and even the Tahara family does not know the way. However, Tairo Itaishi and the Tahara family agreed to meet at the agreed place at the bottom of the mountain on the 15th of each month to exchange supplies, and this month due to the change in the cottage, the materials were not delivered to the mountain as agreed, which is likely to arouse the suspicion of the Tahara family," Kosuke said cautiously. …,

"Whew", Masa-ra exhaled deeply, as long as the path was not discovered, "What do you think about this?" ”

"Your Highness, Your Majesty thinks that you should send a person familiar with the Tahara family to deliver some supplies to the mountain, continue to exchange with them, and relax their suspicions for the time being, and as for the reason for the postponement, you can just find an excuse", seeing that Masarashi was still staring at him, Kosuke had to grit his teeth and swallow tears and continued, "I beg Your Highness to allow Your Highness to personally lead the team down the mountain as the person in charge of this exchange of materials with the Tahara family." Who let himself have just offended this devil, although he is very reluctant to participate in such a dangerous mission, he can only cry in his heart and take the initiative to take this task.

"Good! Very good! Fortunately, you are worthy of being another capable general of our family. This time, let's go and exchange hundreds of catties of copper material for food", Masarashi was very satisfied with Kosuke's performance, and Da Lu praised with a smile, "But, what do the Tahara family want so much copper for, are they used to forge evil money (simple copper coins)?" And since they have such a good relationship with Banshi Dalang, why don't they take advantage of the negligence here to directly annex the territory here? ”

"No, Your Highness, the Tahara family also used these copper materials to exchange with the Huzi family. The Yomiko family controls the Xuanjietan, an important maritime trade route of the West Sea Road, and receives a lot of tolls every year, which can be said to be an important source of income for the Yomiko family, so the materials in the hands of the Yomiko family are also very rich", Kosuke hurriedly analyzed, "Banshi Dairo and the Tahara family are just using each other, and they cooperate well on the surface, but secretly they are wary of each other, and this belongs to the direct range of the cottage, and the Tahara family does not dare to act rashly without being fully sure." ”

"I see, it seems that we still know too little about our neighbors! Now that I think about it, it's fortunate that I didn't send Heiji to Tahara's house to buy grain, otherwise the Tahara family would have found out about the situation of their family through the bandits. Guozhi, you have to step up the establishment of a reconnaissance team to collect intelligence information, and ask me to take the time to tell you about it in detail", Masara once again felt the lack of intelligence capabilities in the territory.

Onishi Guozhi bowed down to receive the order.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty secretly calculated, according to His Highness's requirements, the number of people recruited by Yubei and Shinsuke is at least 100 people, and the apprentices also need more than 20 people. At present, there is still a large part of the wasteland in the territory that needs to be cultivated, and with the occasional increase in various construction work, it is far from being able to satisfy the young and strong people (including women) with less than 180 people in the territory," Togo Heiji said suddenly at this time.

"Yes, there are only 40 ashigaru in the territory at present, and in the event of a war with other powerful people, even if the entire territory is mobilized, there will only be 70 peasants, but now the scope of the territory basically includes the southeast and southwest of the Notaka Mountains to the deep forest area of the Shigao Mountains and the Yigan Mountains, and there is an extreme lack of manpower and guard power," Onishi Kuniji immediately echoed.

Indeed, if calculated by area, the current territory area is already four times that of the Tahara family in the east. Of course, nearly six-sevenths of the current territory is barren grassland and forests, which still need to be cultivated by manpower and material resources. I silently calculated in my heart: Zhensuke, Yubei and Mining, according to the calculation of 5 buckets of miscellaneous grains per person a month, plus free breakfast and lunch, it will take about 75 stone miscellaneous grains in a month, and a total of 600 stone miscellaneous grains will be needed for the remaining 8 months; the expenses of the retainers and their own mansions, a total of 300 stone grains; 40 ashigaru is about to be promoted to the samurai of the family, not including weapons and other expenses, according to the annual salary of 15 stone per person, plus free breakfast and lunch, a total of about 650 stone of miscellaneous grain, reserved 2000 stone as military funds, reserved 600 stone for the next step of the agricultural system reform of the territory, a total of 6525 stone of miscellaneous grain in the territory, there is 2375 stone of miscellaneous grain left for allocation, if large-scale reclamation and other work and a large number of displaced people pour in, these grains will soon be consumed. But in any case, the population base must be increased. "Then consider recruiting the homeless," Masahiro decided. …,

"Your Highness", Togo Heiji seemed to have an unspeakable endurance, "At present, there are no displaced people in the territory, and they can only be recruited in other territories." In the case of not being able to disclose the information of the territory, there are not many displaced people who are willing to settle in the territory at the least, after all, we are the most frequently infested place by bandits, and it has a good reputation. And even if the displaced people are finally willing to come here, the large-scale movement of the displaced people will attract the attention of the surrounding powers. ”

"Well, that's a problem," Masashi was stunned for a moment, he really didn't take this issue into account, "Well, it's claimed that the bandits frequently infested us and urgently needed to replenish manpower to fight the bandits, which also provided an excuse for us to suddenly build a fence at the entrance and exit of the territory; As for the displaced people, they privately told them that the territory would ensure that they would not starve to death, and if it was not possible, they would use various methods to lure them to migrate, or even kidnap them directly. ”

"What?" , Everyone was taken aback, and they all wondered if the lord was planning to change his career to become a bandit, and Togo Heiji immediately objected, "No." Your Highness, even if the outcasts eventually enter the territory, it will bring instability to the territory. ”

"No, Pingji. Once the homeless people enter the territory, they will not complain when they know the actual situation of the territory, especially those who cannot be solved by food and filthy people, I believe that they will eventually become a solid force in the territory", Zhengliang still has some policies that have not been announced, and once they are announced, it is estimated that they will be further supported by the people.

"It's... Your Highness...", everyone looked at each other, and for a time they could not organize a powerful language to admonish.

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