Warring States Eagle

In the meeting hall of the Luo family, Masara continued to introduce his plan for the castle town.

"The recruiting house is also used to recruit ashigaru and samurai. The newly recruited ronin samurai enjoy the treatment of low-level samurai, but they must first participate in the battle of the ashigaru team as an ashigaru, and only after their loyalty and achievements are affirmed can they be recruited. Officially promoted to Luo family samurai" Zhengliang continued, "Whether it is for ashigaru or samurai, the quota for each recruitment needs to be set according to the needs of the family. The full quota is only temporarily registered first. Once there is a vacancy in the future, Prioritize the assessment, and if you pass the assessment, you can officially become the standing ashigaru of the Luo family."

"The above, you have to organize it into words, write it on the judgment, and announce it in front of the doors of the serving people's house and the recruiting house." Zheng Liang said, "In addition, the forging house must also be operated by the family itself, and ordinary citizens are not allowed for the time being." management." Copper and iron materials, as strategic materials, should be controlled by the Luo family for the time being.And by controlling the forging house, you can also indirectly control those craftsmen, and you can immediately issue forging tasks to them during wartime.

Dongxiang Heiji quickly recorded Masara's request on paper.

"The square at the exit of the canyon of the lord's mansion. All the commercial houses there have been relocated to the market at the foot of the mountain, and a new public enforcement office will be built in the original market place to entertain visiting guests. Continue to expand this square, ri In the future, this place will be used as a gathering place for the assembly and the gathering of the territorial forces before departure," Zhengliang continued.The public enforcement office was built here, which is convenient for protection and surveillance.

"In this castle town renovation, all the houses were unified with burnt bricks. All the roads and canals were laid with canals, and trees were planted on both sides of the main avenue," Zhengliang said.In fact, the promotion of burning bricks in the territory is not good at present.The reason is simple, most of the people are poor, and of course the reward for participating in corvée is to exchange it for miscellaneous grains to take home for food.Even if it is not edible, it will be preserved.As for accommodation?An ordinary wood-mud room will do.More advanced wooden houses can also be considered.So no one is willing to use corvee's remuneration to exchange those burnt bricks for house repairs.

But why does Zhengliang forcefully promote it now?Mainly there are several reasons.One is to consider the neat and beautiful image of the castle town.Using these materials uniformly makes the castle town look much more beautiful in the eyes of outsiders.The second is for the impact of surface disasters.There are many typhoons in Matsuura County. If you use ordinary mud houses or even wooden houses, once a typhoon hits, it is estimated that it will cause a lot of losses.Finally, there is a deeper purpose.With the development of the territory, there will be more and more wealthy families.Especially those retainers and warriors, but according to the law of the territory, there can only be so much land, and the number of followers under him is also limited.So what is so much money and food used for?Of course I enjoyed it.What Zhengliang has to do now is to establish an impression that building a house with fired bricks is a very respectable thing.In the future, these rich people will naturally be willing to spend a lot of money and food to purchase these building materials

In general, Zheng Liang is diverting internal conflicts in a disguised form.Avoid too much money and food, these people will breed some dangerous ideas.The so-called anti-micro-duration lies in this.

"Ah? Remodeling like this. I'm afraid it will take a long time, and it will cost a lot," said Dongxiang Heiji, frowning.

"That's right. First, set aside a place for Ming immigrants to settle on the south side. While organizing them to build houses, organize people to reclaim fields further south. These three things must be prioritized; In the living area, start building houses for them; finally relocate those original villagers,” Zheng Liang decided. "Liu Le is fully responsible for the resettlement of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. Heiji, you should assist Liu Le a little bit; leave the rest of the matter to Heiji."

The two bowed to accept the order.

"Your Highness. Your servant has calculated that if you want to resettle the immigrants from the Ming Dynasty on the south side, it will take at least ten days to delineate their living area and cut down the forest there to clear the land. Then, organize people to build residences and cultivate fields. I'm afraid it will take nearly a month. Coupled with the relocation of the samurai and the original villagers, it will take at least two and a half months to complete the transformation of the castle town. In addition, Your Highness, if you take part of the three thousand shi miscellaneous grains you just allocated It will be used as the consumption of this transformation, which may affect the progress of other parts of the territory," said Dongxiang Heiji. <Complete before tilling, we will carry out according to this progress.” Zheng Liang nodded and said, “As for the food consumption, the [-] shi of miscellaneous grains just allocated are still used for the development of the entire territory, and another [-] shi of the grain reserves will be allocated for this transformation. consumption. "If it weren't for the fact that food is even more popular than coins, Zheng Liang's castle town renovation plan would not be implemented.

"Ah?" Togo Heiji gasped after hearing Masaragi's order.It was time to set aside grain reserves again, and it took a lot of effort to reserve [-] shi of grain reserves. As soon as the prodigal Patriarch came back, he took out [-] shi of grain reserves with a wave of his hand.

<There is no need to consume any more before plowing.Moreover, although it is generally difficult to buy food in winter, you should entrust the Kamiya family to help raise as much food as possible." Masatoshi saw Togo Heiji's expression and knew what he was thinking, so he could only comfort him.

The head of the family has said so, what else can I say?So Dongxiang Heiji had no choice but to nod in agreement with a bitter face.

After the three of them discussed, Zheng Liang ordered the meal to be prepared.The three of them had a hasty lunch in the meeting hall.Then, under the leadership of Zheng Liang, the three of them came to the back garden of the lord's mansion.

After a month of repairs, it has been completely transformed into the appearance of a garden in the south of the Ming Dynasty according to Zheng Liang's intention.

In a clearing in a small forest, the three stopped.At this time, Dongxiang Heiji discovered that the newly joined retainer of the "ghost" was already waiting there.

"Master" saw Zheng Liang coming, and Ander immediately greeted him.

"Is everything ready?" Zheng Liang asked.

"Yes. It's ready," Ander replied with a military salute.Zheng Liang directly ignored Ander's military salute.When he slowly integrates into Luo's family later, these habits will naturally change.

"The rest of the people have already been notified?" This time Masara asked Kinoshita Masao who was standing behind Ander.After the assessment in the morning, Masao Kinoshita did not immediately return to the base of the first standing ashigaru team with Chujiro.Instead, he stayed temporarily to complete the latest task ordered by Zheng Liang.

"Your Highness, I have notified all the guards according to your order," Kinoshita Masao bowed and saluted.

"Very good" Zheng Liang nodded.Zhengliang is going to test the power of the matchlock gun here, and then discuss with Dongxiang Heiji and others about the firearms workshop of the Luo family.However, there was bound to be a loud noise during the test, which would inevitably cause the guards outside to think that something happened to the lord's mansion, and then rushed here to rescue.In order to avoid misunderstanding, Zheng Liang had to ask Kinoshita Masao to notify the relevant personnel in advance.

"Your Highness, this is?" Dongxiang Heiji saw Zhengliang's mysterious.They even arranged for the retainers to inform the guards outside not to come in, and seeing Ander holding a weapon that seemed to be a wooden stick in his hand, he asked suspiciously.

"It's a musket," Zheng Liang said with a smile. "It's a weapon that will surprise you."

Dongxiang Heiji still wanted to ask more questions.Zheng Liang waved his hand, indicating that he would ask later, and then said to Ander, "Can you show us how to use this matchlock gun first? I also want to see its power up close."

"Yes, Your Highness." Ander saluted as a military salute.Then he picked up the matchlock gun, walked to the position he had originally chosen, and started to operate.

I saw that Ander's first step was to clean the flaring hole and priming pot of the matchlock gun.While operating, he said to Zheng Liang: "Gunpowder residues block the ignition hole. This is a common problem with muskets, so musketeers need to clean these places frequently."

Zhengliang nodded.Signal it to continue.

After cleaning up, Ander took out some gunpowder from the small pot on his right.Then he opened a part of the musket and began pouring gunpowder into it.

"Your Highness, this is priming powder. Only with priming powder loaded can the musket fire the ammunition. And here is the priming pot of the musket, which is used to hold the priming powder," Ander explained.

After carefully filling the primer, Ander closed the lid of the primer pot.Then he picked up a small white bottle, and took out some gunpowder from it, "This is propellant powder," Ander also explained, and then poured the propellant powder from the muzzle of the gun.

Finally he picked up the last bottle on the ground, took out a pellet from it, and loaded the pellet through the muzzle of the gun.The cleaning rod is then drawn from under the barrel, tamping the projectile and firing charges.

After struggling for a while, Ander said to Zheng Liang: "Your Highness, it's ready now. Do you want to light the musket and fire?"

"Okay, the rest of you should plug your ears." Zheng Liang did not forget to remind people like Togo Heiji who have not personally experienced the scene of a musket firing.After speaking, he plugged his ears with both hands, and then walked a little further away.

Dongxiang Heiji, Liu Le and others also left quickly.But among them, only Kinoshita Masao followed Masara and plugged his ears.

Ander had already lit the match at this time.I saw a burst of white smoke from the matchstick, and then burned at an extremely fast speed.Seeing that scene is a bit similar to the burning match when the firecrackers were set off in later generations.

Ander was already used to this. He fixed the matchlock on the matchlock of the musket, then raised the musket, and began to aim at a big rock that he had prepared in the distance.

After aiming, Ander decisively pulled the trigger, then quickly closed his eyes, the burning matchlock fell, and at the same time, the lid of the primer pot opened due to the pulling of the trigger.The gunpowder inside was ignited, and with a loud "bang", the projectile was fired.The big rock in the distance fell to the ground in response, apparently being shot by a projectile, the center of gravity was unstable and fell to the ground.

"Ah!" At the same time as the loud bang, Zheng Liang also heard the exclamation of Togo Heiji and Liu Le.Obviously startled by the loud noise.

After a while, the smoke from the musket had dissipated.And Zheng Liang had already arrived in front of the big rock that was hit, and touched a black trace that was still emitting a slight heat.

"His... Your Highness" Togo Heiji finally recovered from the tinnitus.

"How? How about such a weapon?" Zheng Liang said with a smile.

"It's really incredible," Togo Heiji exclaimed.

"Hehe, if these weapons suddenly appeared on the battlefield, what do you think will happen?" Zheng Liang said with a smile.

"This..." Dongxiang Heiji didn't dare to imagine.

"I called you here this time to discuss with you the issue of this weapon. Our family will build a workshop for this weapon," Zheng Liang said.

"I don't know how His Highness plans to build it?" Togo Heiji asked.

"I have already thought about the location of the workshop, and I chose it at the foot of the mountain on the west side of the canyon. One is to keep it secret, and the other is to facilitate the nearby warehouse of the lord's mansion to pick up iron and copper materials; An open lot, and close to an unused stream that runs through the canyon," says Masanori.

"In addition, all the craftsmen in the workshops have moved to live in the canyon. Without the permission of the person, no one is allowed to approach this workshop except the craftsmen. Only a few of us know about the workshop and firearms. Don't mention this to anyone else," Zheng Liang continued to order.

All the people present took their orders in awe.

"The iron and copper materials in the territory are used for workshops and will not be sold outside for the time being." Zhengliang said to Dongxiang Heiji, "I will leave the manpower and supervision of the construction workshop to you, Heiji."

"Yes, Your Highness" Dongxiang Heiji had a premonition of the importance of this task, and quickly responded.

After "Ander" ordered Togo Heiji, Zheng Liang looked at Ander again, "The future workshop will be handed over to you, and I will find you a few more craftsmen, but you must develop the first home for me as soon as possible." musket."

"Your Highness, I need a few craftsmen who can help right away, not ordinary workers." Seeing that Zheng Liang proposed to him the task of developing muskets, Ander did not dare to boast, at least he also needed the boss to provide Some good helpers.

"After the workshop is established, several firearms craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty will come to help immediately," Zheng Liang said.

"Oh? Huo Tong? You mean the muskets used by the pirates from the Ming Kingdom?" Ander covered his eyes with his hands, obviously thinking that the power of those Huo Tong was not very good.

"Okay, the matter of the workshop is settled like this," Zheng Liang said, he will not care about Ander's messing around, as long as the other party can get him an improved musket as soon as possible, "In addition, just now The power of your musket is good, but I have a few suggestions here." Zheng Liang decided to use some of his knowledge from later generations. (To be continued..)

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