Warring States Eagle

After introducing Ander to everyone, Zheng Liang glanced at the retainers, and continued: "You may ask what is an iron cannon, but I won't tell you this for now, and you will see it when the time comes. (.)" Regarding firearms, especially matchlock guns, Zheng Liang did not plan to tell any extra people for the time being.This army that is about to be formed secretly will serve as a mysterious army on the battlefield and play a decisive role at critical moments.

"Then, I have been away for a month. Pingji, please tell everyone about the situation of the territory." Zheng Liang continued to order.

"Yes, Your Highness." Dongxiang immediately bowed to accept the order, then took out the account book he had prepared in his arms, and began to report, "Your Highness, including the immigrants from Ming who newly joined the territory and those recruited from other tycoons this month. The refugees who came here now have a population of about 11500 in their own territory, and these people have been registered separately; in terms of food, they have purchased food from the Shenwu family three times this month. The grain reserves are 15000 shi, a total of 7000 shi. In order to purchase these grains, the coins obtained from the snow salt and raw silk transactions between the main family and the Shenya family have been used up." Although there are so many grains in reserve, but looking at those Coins flowed into the pockets of the Kamiya family like running water, and even Togo Heiji, who was used to seeing big scenes, felt very heartbroken.

After a pause, Dongxiang Heiji continued: "In terms of field reclamation, nearly 300 shi of the field has been reclaimed this month; in terms of water conservancy facilities, the embankments along all the streams in the territory have been repaired. Now the repairs in the field have begun. Canals. Due to the successful implementation of the above two territorial tasks, the income of the territory next year will be around 10000 shi. With the continuous reclamation of fields and the continuous repair of water conservancy facilities, it is expected that the number of stones in the territory will increase by The increase. The god melons and corn that His Highness requested to promote have been accepted by the people in the territory. The current seeds have basically been distributed, and I believe that the income of the territory will increase in the coming year."

Togo Heiji's voice was a little excited.This is the largest field he has managed in his life. Although it is not his field, he is quite happy even if it belongs to his son-in-law.After hearing Togo Heiji's report, the other retainers were also full of joy, obviously happy that the Luo family had achieved such a territorial income, only Ander, who couldn't understand Japanese, looked puzzled.And Yoshida Shigemasa, who has seen higher territorial incomes, remains silent.

"The family currently has a total of 161 cattle, and the 150 cattle purchased from Kamiya have all been distributed to various parts of the territory, and each town is responsible for the domestication and use of these cattle," Togo Heiji continued to report.According to Zheng Liang's previous instructions, although the cattle belonged to the lord's property.However, the work of domestication and use and distribution is better than leaving it to the village heads in charge of farming in each town to organize and distribute according to the territorial laws.This will not only reduce the management expenditure of the territory, but also increase the enthusiasm of the local people to rent cattle, and improve the level of farmland management.

"Currently, our family has stockpiled nearly 35000 copper materials and more than 8000 catties of iron materials." Seeing Zhengliang nodded to signal him to continue, Togo Heiji continued to report. "It's just that, according to the survey, our small copper mine is expected to be exhausted at the beginning of next year."

"Well, all the iron and copper materials are temporarily stored. As for the copper mine. Once the digging is completed, the mine will be closed, and the original mining personnel must be properly arranged," Zheng Liang said.Long before getting that little copper mine.Zhengliang knew that it would be dug up soon, so now he heard Dongxiang Heiji's report.Zhengliang didn't find it strange either.

"In terms of coins, according to the account book given by my wife, there are currently 1350 taels of silver, 350 taels of gold, and 800 copper coins in our warehouse." After bowing to accept the order, Togo Heiji continued to report.

Zheng Liang nodded. These coins should have included the gold that Zheng Liang brought back yesterday and the silver that Wang Haiyun brought back before.It seems that there are not many coin reserves in the territory.But on second thought, it's also a good thing.At present, what the territory needs more is something that will have an immediate effect on the territory, and these coins will not be effective in the territory's warehouse. It is better to use them immediately to buy some urgently needed items in the territory.

"How about armaments?" Zhengliang continued.

"His Royal Highness" Dongxiang Heiji will report this time. Before Zheng Liang went to the Ming Dynasty, he had made it clear that Dongxiang Heiji would be in charge of the territorial affairs during his absence. "At present, there are 200 standing ashigaru in our family, divided into four There are 40 ashigaru with long spears and 10 ashigaru with archers in each team. For the navy, there are 60 people in total.”

"Yeah." Zhengliang nodded.Plus 30 low-level warriors, 40 mid-level warriors, 20 detectives, and 20 black eagles.Then the Luo family's standing army already has 370 people.It is worth mentioning that the samurai, detectives, and ninja soldiers can only be mobilized by the head of the family, and even Togo Heiji cannot mobilize them, so Togo Heiji did not report the situation of these three just now.

"In terms of armaments and supplies, all the samurai in our family are currently equipped with samurai swords. Among them, spear warriors and bow warriors are also equipped with spears, bows and arrows; the standing ashigaru and the navy are also equipped with spears and bows according to individual needs. Rattan badges. At present, all the people in the family are equipped with three guns and bows. Everyone is equipped with simple and complete equipment, a total of 400 pairs." Dongxiang Heiji continued to report, "Except for these equipped materials, there are currently There are also 515 swords of various types, 810 long spears, 30 pairs of simple equipment, 180 bows and tires, and 130 other bows and arrows."

"In terms of horses, apart from the two horses used for scouting to pass on information, and His Highness taking one for himself, there are seven war horses in the territory that are undergoing training."

"As for the navy, there are six related ships in our family, including 57 Xiaozao ships, nine Dutch ships, and five merchant ships."

"Yeah." Zheng Liang nodded after hearing the words.In addition to the 25 barrels of kerosene, 31 fire guns, three matchlock guns, a small Franco machine gun, and [-] boxes of gunpowder in the warehouse, it is all the current military supplies of the Luo family.As retainers, each of them is currently distributed with a pair of armor, the better one is the body armor, and the worse is the belly roll armor, which just distributed all the armor seized since the previous wars.

"The bacon, pickles and other military rations eaten during the march are enough for our troops to fight continuously for a month."

"Hmm. How is the progress of the armament building?" Zheng Liang continued to ask after listening to the report on the supplies.

"Your Highness, the small ranch of our family has been completely built." Togo Heiji continued, "The simple village at the mouth of the Shiga River has also been stationed and guarded by ashigaru. The marching avenue connecting the four directions of the territory, east, west, north, south, has also been completed. The construction of the rest of the avenues in the territory is nearing completion, and the task of building the remaining avenues in the territory will be undertaken by the slave team of more than 400 people in the territory."

"Very good!" Zheng Liang was very happy to hear that the four marching avenues leading to the four directions of the territory that he was most concerned about had been built.Calculated, these four marching avenues took more than three months, consuming a lot of manpower and material resources. The original design was to build from the wild mountain where the lord's mansion is located to the southeast, northwest, and north of the territory, and now it is finally completed.After the completion, it will take more than half an hour to reach the northern border from the eastern border of the farthest territory.And it only took about half an hour to go to the four directions from Ye Gaoshan, the meeting point of the four avenues. In this era where walking is the mainstay, the reaction speed is already very fast.

"Your Highness. For two consecutive months, we have vigorously promoted tasks such as land reclamation, water conservancy repairs, and the construction of marching avenues. The corvee rewards originally allocated are about to be exhausted," Dongxiang Heiji reminded.

<b耕来临之前再有较大的进展”政良说道。没有办法啊，目前领地的领民大部分是流民，再加上原来的当地领民也是经历了数次战争，今年粮食收成肯定不好，甚至一粒粮食也没有，总不能直接看着他们饿死。但是免费发放也是不行的，否则只会引来领民的疯狂围抢。

Therefore, Zhengliang had no choice but to adopt this method of substituting work for relief. It can not only speed up the construction of the territory, but also ensure that these citizens can survive this winter. Killing two birds with one stone, why not do it?Although the consumption is indeed a little faster, but now it is not only to resolve internal conflicts but also to lay the foundation for the future.

"For those copper coins in the warehouse, discuss with the Shenwu family and try to buy some more cattle," Zheng Liang continued.There are only 1000 cattle in the territory of more than 160 people, which is too low.Not only will it slow down the speed of field management and reclamation, but it may also cause internal conflicts.After all, there are so many people, but there are only so few cattle. Every household hopes to rent farm cattle, which will inevitably lead to conflicts.

"Yes, Your Highness." Togo Heiji, who was used to Masara's way of prodigal, did not persuade him, but bowed his head and took orders.

"Special dry food for marching needs to be stockpiled more intensively, including bacon, dried fish, pickled vegetables, and dried melons. It is best to have enough reserves to meet the needs of two consecutive months of war," Zheng Liang said.Anyway, these grains are also sun-dried, and they are extremely easy to preserve. There is nothing wrong with storing more.

"Yes" Togo Heiji replied.But I was sweating coldly in my heart. If I want to store these military rations, I will definitely have to take part of the three thousand shi grains as a reward for the people. It seems that I need to plan the specific use of this batch of grain.Moreover, since the leaders were able to provide these military rations in exchange for miscellaneous grains, the large wild animals in the mountains and fields of the territory were almost captured by the leaders. This time, they may not be able to store enough marching rations so quickly this time.

"Okay, everyone, now let's discuss the powerful situation around our family." After the arrangements were made, Zheng Liang turned the topic to the most important situation around the powerful. (To be continued..)

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