Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 53 News from Ezo

After a short rest, the Hide family met Seto Yoshizaemon, who had not seen each other for a year, in the side hall. As the absolute important officials of the Uki family and all participants in the plan, the Ukita family was also listening.

As soon as we met, Yoshizaemon was like a fur coat from the Hide family with deerskin as the guts and mink as the watch. The Hide family looked at this fur coat that was difficult to obtain in later generations, and liked it very much. After taking a small surname, he asked Yoshizaemon about Ezo.

It turned out that several people took advantage of the warm Pacific current to go all the way north, and arrived in Olu Aomori in April, and continued to cross the sea north to Ezo after supplying supplies at the southern home.Land along the coastline at the Tomakomai area where the Hideka map is flowered.

There were originally Ezo tribes living near the sea. The Hatoyama Shige family wanted to send troops directly to capture the tribe, but they changed their strategy under the restraint of Ezo’s pursuit of Xuanzhu, and purchased some food from the local aborigines in a peaceful way. Yonghong area, a piece of land near the sea to establish a stronghold.

The Yonghong area was an important food production area in Hokkaido in later generations, but it was still a swamp area at this time.The Ainu people are helpless in the face of the swampy area, but this is not difficult for the Japanese who are relatively developed in agriculture.

The first group of fishermen were originally close to the sea near Okayama. They knew how to drain the land near the sea and turn it into ploughing. However, it was time-consuming and laborious. It was not until Seto returned to Okayama from Ezo that they reclaimed less than 200 stone. territory.

Because it was too late, it was too late to plant food, so beets could only be planted in hopes of harvesting before the arrival of Ezo winter.

Xuanzhu, who determined the settlement, had a friendly and friendly exchange with the Ezo tribe on the side, and exchanged food and cloth for the fur and other materials obtained by the locals hunting.They were handed over to Seto Yoshizaemon to be sold in Sendai and Kanto, and then cheap salt, oil, and other materials were pulled from the two places and shipped to Ezo for trade.

This time around is several times the profit, but because the tribe on the side is too weak to digest so many materials, Xuanzhu then named Hatoyama to lead people into the interior to communicate with the local tribes.

Until July, the establishment of the settlement was completed. Xuanzhu used the only manpower and the local swamp and creek in Yonghong to build a small flat city with two floors. Because Xuanzhu was the first Ezo to follow, this place was It was called Xuanzhu City.

As the reputation of Xuanzhu's Japanese business group spread far and wide, many Ainu tribes began to take the initiative to find Xuanzhu for trade, and some scattered people who were expelled from the tribe for various reasons began to attach themselves to Xuanzhu to help the Japanese repair it. City walls, drainage and reclamation.

The time comes to September, with the gradual approach of the Ezo winter, many Ainu tribes have begun to prepare materials for the winter. No matter how civilized they are, the Ainu people who are facing winter difficulties show the wildest side of the primitive tribes.

Consistent with wintering on the grasslands, the Ainu people began to take advantage of the last opportunity to combine together in twos and threes to rob other tribes around them, slashing adult men and old people, leaving women and children as slaves, giving birth and pregnancy for them, and robbing them. Take all the supplies of this tribe to replenish your tribe.

There was news of a prosperous Japanese tribe in Linhai. As the trade of Xuanzhu in the summer spread to the nearby Ainu tribe, Xuanzhu received wind in advance.

The tribal leader who sold the land to Xuanzhu also heard the news and asked Xuanzhu to put them in the city to avoid disasters, but Xuanzhu refused the request for fear of cheating. As a result, by the end of September, a group of tribes An army of 9 people came to the vicinity of Xuanzhu City.

They first plundered the neighboring Ainu tribe, and then immediately launched an attack on Xuanzhu City.There are 1000 Ukita navy troops in the city. Although these troops cannot fight in the field, they can still defend the city.

Who would have thought that the battle for defending the city had just started, and the 200 iron cannons of the Yuxi Duo navy had just fired a salvo, and the tribes on the opposite side sent messengers. It turned out that they regarded Yuxi Duo as a weapon bestowed by Thor, and the voice was so loud that they could not see As soon as the ballistics hit the person, the person who was hit lost his life.

The Ainu, who had never seen the iron cannon, were frightened and decided that the Japanese were messengers sent by the gods, and asked Xuanzhu to surrender, willing to become the vassals of the gods.He offered to God the supplies, women and children that he had robbed along the way.

Although the matter was beyond the imagination of Xuanzhu and others, Xuanzhu accepted the surrender of the Ainu people according to the situation, and asked these Ainu tribes to explain their tribal positions, and stated that they were willing to accept their surrender and work with them. Trade, but they must obey Xuanzhu's command, including but not limited to following Xuanzhu to fight other tribes, sending manpower to help Xuanzhu build cities, etc.

After hitting a big stick, Xuanzhu also gave these tribes sweet dates to eat. Each tribe received a certain amount of food, and in the name of holy marriage, she hoped that the local Ainu women could join the Yamato family and become the wives of the messengers of the gods. .These tribes also agreed.

After the tribes dispersed, they sent their chosen tribe elders, warriors' sisters, and daughters over, hoping to marry Thor's messenger. According to the Xiu family, each household was given 5 stone of grain and 2 pieces of cloth. The betrothal gift was far less than the Xiu family had estimated, but for the families of these tribal women, it was a path that was both sacred and rich.

Before the university was closed, they harvested the beets in the ground, boiled them into syrup according to Xiujia's instructions, and marinated the residue to prepare them as pickles for the next year.

When Seto Yoshizaemon returned to Okayama this time, he also brought back the boiled sugar cubes. The Hide family usually used a piece of sugar cubes boiled with sweet water squeezed from Ezo beet, although it was not as strong as the sugar of later generations. But it does enrich the "sweetness" that Xiujia has not tasted for more than 10 years.

Due to the small output in the first year, the show family ordered Seto Yoshizaemon to hand over all the 5 boxes of candy cubes brought back.

Of course, the Hide family also instructed Seto Yoshizaemon to hurry up and expand the production of sugar beets after returning home. The Hide family has already expected that this high-value cash crop can be exchanged for hundreds of times the profit of the same land and grain.

After asking about the basic situation of Ezo, the water pine wood that the Xiu family is most concerned about has also progressed. Xuanzhu has discovered that there is a vast lake on the mountain at the northwest gate of Xuanzhu City. This lake is also the holy lake of the local Ainu. Shikotsu (read: Hu) Lake is a lake that does not freeze in winter.

There are many water pine trees around the lake. Since it is winter, and the mountains are covered by heavy snow, Xuanzhu plans to go to Lake Shikotsu to cut the water pine after the beginning of spring, and transport the wood back to Okayama to make long bows.

Of course, the purpose of Seto Yoshizawa's return this time is to order ships from Okayama Town and some surrounding naval docks, so as to expand the volume of a single Ezo trade.

After listening to Seto Yoshizaemon's narration, the Hide family was very satisfied, and asked Seto to thank the soldiers of Ezo.Then he looked at the uncle Zhongjia next to him and asked. "The Ezo settlement has made a good start. My original intention is to gradually move the people who believe in the sect in the territory to the Ezo field. What does my uncle think?"

It turned out that when Ishiyama Hongan Temple was besieged by Nobunaga, many of the residents abandoned the land and their families at the call of the rogue monks of the Xiangzong sect and ran to Ishiyama Hongan Temple to dedicate their lives to the Buddha.

In 1580, Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple was opened, and most of the people of Nobunaga were disbanded. Most of the people who hated Nobunaga went to Awa and Nobunaga's ally Nagazong to continue fighting, and some of them returned to their respective countries.

Following Nobunaga's peace with the Miyoshi family last year, these believers who had helped Miyoshi resist the invasion of Nagazong's troops were immediately abandoned by the Miyoshi family and driven back to their respective territories.

Shikoku, which was once the source of this part of the sect, had to come to the yin and yang of Honshu Island to seek life after the Shikoku expelled them.

But at this time, Inaba, Tajima, Tamba, and Harima are the absolute territory of Nobunaga, and they have nowhere to go. They can only come to the neighboring Mizuo and Bizen.All of a sudden, these landless prime-aged people have broken into many social breaches in Yuxi, and there are even groups of three or five looting on the road.

The Hide family knew about this when they were fighting in Sanuki, and only learned the news with the arrival of the Chu family.At that time, Xiujia, who had no place to deal with these refugees, could only digest some refugees by expanding the mining of Meizuo iron ore and adding a certain amount of auxiliary arms.The effect is only a drop in the bucket.

Now Seto Yoshizaemon brings news that Master Xuanzhu has a good start in Ezo. At this time, Ezo lacks people, and the Hide family lacks land. Isn't it complementary?You can spread the name of Ezo as a Buddhist country for the sake of development, and send all these cancers that disturb the security of the two countries to Ezo.

It's just that the Xiu family can't do this, so I entrusted the loyal family, who has a good relationship with the temple, to let the Buddhist temple in Ukita's territory serve as the main propaganda force, and actively encourage those refugees to board the boat to Ezo.

For those who are unwilling to go, and the guy who is the king of Zhanshan and disobeys Yuxi Duo's control, Yuxi Duo's army will naturally send them on board.

The Hide family made up their minds after discussing some details with Seto Yoshizaemon and the Chu family, and they settled on this time. After the two of them went back, they could make arrangements. They gave Seto Yoshizaemon a sum of money, and then went back. Order several closed ships, and try to send his 1 people over a year.

After dealing with this matter, the Hide family asked Seto Yoshizaemon to record the development of Ezo and make a log. Every time he was sent to Okayama with the sea boat, it was just a small matter. Of course Yoshizaemon agreed. .

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Off topic:
I was discussing the plot with a book friend today. He believed that the bullying of the book’s show family by Fukushima is the biggest poison. He told me that since I know that this person likes to provoke others, you should not anger Fukushima.He also said that peeing on the head was an unacceptable poison point, which was unrealistic.

In fact, in Ningning Kindergarten, Fukushima is just such a bully. Except Nobunaga's son, Nobunaga, who has never been bullied, even Kato Kiyomasa, who is older than him, has been bullied by him.

This kind of person will not come to you if you avoid it. There is no reason for campus bullying. There is no such thing as a slap in the face. They just bully you for fun.

Telling a very painful story, the story of peeing on my body is exactly the story of the author who was bullied by sports students in the toilet in high school. I didn't provoke them at that time. They asked a classmate to call me to the toilet to bully me.

During the college entrance examination, I was admitted to a book without any extra points. The sports student who took the lead in bullying went to 2 in Shencheng with a score of 211 with the special sports tricks of special projects. I really felt at that moment. It's unfair.

When I wrote the chapter that Fukushima bullied Hachiro, I really brought me into the character to write, you can say you don't like it, you can skip it, you can abandon the book, when you can't because you haven't experienced that kind of thing Suffering says that this kind of thing is impossible, false, and poisonous.Reality is often more vicious than fiction.

It's the bullying perpetrators who are vicious, not the novel.

(End of this chapter)