Warring States Eagle

Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye, the ninth year of Tianwen has passed, and the tenth year of Tianwen has ushered in. .

On New Year's Eve, according to Zhengliang's order, the annual New Year's Eve banquet was held in the mansion of the Lord Luo's family.

Almost all the retainers of the Luo family were invited and brought their families to the lord's mansion.Even the family members of Tsuda Hiromune, Hirasa Masamune and others who died in battle were invited.The samurai and ashigaru with various missions also received different degrees of rewards, and everyone had a delicious meal.

In the evening, the meeting hall of the lord's mansion was already crowded with people.A meeting hall that can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time is enough for everyone to sit down.The frontmost position is reserved for the disciples and the generals, then the second row is for the generals, and finally the third row.

At this time, many retainers had already sat down according to the arranged positions.

"Brother Changzhi?" A sudden shout came from the crowd.It turned out to be Shigemasa Yoshida who has no family yet.

"Brother Shigemasa!" Masao Kinoshita, who had just entered the meeting hall, immediately walked over happily.

"I finally saw you." Shigemasa Yoshida was also very happy.After becoming capable retainers of the Luo family, the two were separated and assigned important responsibilities, and then went their separate ways.Now we finally have the chance to meet together.

"How, are you doing well?" Kinoshita Masao asked immediately after sitting down.His position happened to be next to Yoshida Shigemasa.

"Haha" Yoshida Shigemasa laughed when he heard the words, "I didn't expect my family's ashigaru training method to be so peculiar, it really opened my eyes."

"Oh? Your fan team has also started training?" Masao Kinoshita asked immediately.

"Yeah, since I'm at the front line of the territory, I give priority to supplementing my team. Now those new ashigaru have started training under the leadership of the old ashigaru," Yoshida Shigemasa replied with a smile.

"Hey, we have to wait a few more days before we can start replenishing manpower," Masao Kinoshita complained immediately.

"Brother Masahiro, don't worry. I heard yesterday that another group of new ashigaru training camps have completed their initial training. I think they will replenish your manpower soon," Shigemasa Yoshida whispered immediately. (.)

"I hope so," Masahiro Kinoshita nodded straightly.

Amidst the sound of conversation, all the retainers gradually arrived.After everyone sat down on their seats, Takeshi Murakami, who was standing at the door, yelled.Everyone fell silent immediately.

"Deng, thump, thump." Zheng Liang walked in first, wearing a brand new kimono.Behind him are the family members of Togo Ju, Crane, Butterfly, and Matsumiko's mother and daughter.Dong Xiangju has been pregnant for more than two months, but her belly has not yet appeared.Even so, she has become the focus of care.He and Die were carefully supporting her, as if they were afraid that she would accidentally trip over them.It was also the first time for the little guy Tamiko to attend such an important family banquet, and her little head was looking around, as if looking for something interesting.

"It's been a great year for you all! I, Luo Shi Zhengliang, would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you all." Zheng Liang sat on the throne of Zheng Zhongyang.Say it first.

"I would like to do my best for the Luo family," Togo Heiji said first.He watched with his own eyes the young patriarch leading everyone from a small village oppressed by bandits to gradually expanding into a powerful man with a high income of five stones.And this process only took less than a year.

After Dongxiang Heiji took the lead in expressing his position, all the surrounding retainers also expressed their loyalty to the death in unison.

Zheng Liang looked at the retainers below while everyone bowed down to express their loyalty.

Sitting next to Zhengliang are all the family members of Zhengliang, besides.Sitting with them were Hiromune Tsuda and the widow of Masatada Hirasa.Three-year-old Naoshima Naoshima sat among them.Kishinomaru and Takekichi Murakami knelt behind Masara.

In front of Zhengliang.Sitting in the first row were Togo Heiji and Kosuke who were sitting in the same sect, and then the servant general Onishi Kuniji.Next to Onishi Kuniji are the lonely Akabane Shinnosuke and Kakukuma Ishimune's family.

At this moment, although Kakukuma Ishimune was sitting there, his face was full of helplessness.why?Because he only knew that he had "resigned" from his position as a retainer in Otomo's family two days ago when he met the family members and clan members who had been taken to the territory of the Luo family, and then changed to serve in the Luo family.After hearing the news, Kakukuma Ishimune was furious immediately, and found Masara's theory that day.Zheng Liang knew that he had done something wrong, so he tried to persuade him with kind words.

Fortunately, Kakukuma Ishimune is also a reasonable person.After learning that things are irreversible.In the end, Kakukuma Ishimune had no choice but to become a retainer of the Luo family.

Sitting in the second row are Liu Le, a staff member of the Ming Dynasty, Shigetada Muzo, the leader of the Black Hawk, Ichiwaka, Masao Kinoshita, Shigemasa Yoshida, Shigemasa Yoshida, Hidemasa Mingmine, and Hidemasa Ashigaru. Tomohisa Oishi, Admiral Ashgaru Executor Tankanen, Admiral Ashgaru and Hawksmith Akuta, Admiral Iron Cannon and Firearms Craftsman Andel, Admiral Son Goro, Admiral Kunatsuzu, Admiral Takashi Murakami, Admiral Noda a soldier.

The ones in the last row are Sasuke Gunmeko Rashi, Masahide Gunmeko Rashihide, Shingoro Gunmeko Roshi, Moritaka Ichijo, a public negotiator, and Kiyomasa Duanmu, a public negotiator; Aoyama Nobumoto and Li Hongfei who are in charge of assisting in handling internal affairs; Protecting Masara's sidekicks, Zhong Hidan, Ueda Shinji, Uemura Motozuna, Tetsunosuke, Kira Nobuke, and this time there are two more people, Kato Danzo and his nephew Ahri.

After being recruited as a retainer by Masara the last time, Danzo Kato finally found his nephew Ari with the help of the Luo family.It turned out that Ari fled into the territory of Luo's family after being injured, and finally fell into a coma on the road due to his injuries.He was rescued by a leader of Luo's family.Woke up with a severe head injury.He actually lost his memory, so he had to temporarily stay in the territory of Luo's family to survive.Later, it was finally found by Kato Duanzang.Kato Duanzang also abided by the agreement with Zhengliang.He stayed in Luo's family and became a retainer of Luo's family.

Seems like something is missing?After Zheng Liang scanned all the retainers, he suddenly felt that something was missing.

Ah, thinking about it, it seems that a few Southern barbarians are missing.I don't know what happened to Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang?Not long after the war against Bodo was over, Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang formally submitted their resignations to Zhengliang.After holding back for a while, Zheng Liang also said goodbye to the two of them readily.Of course, when the two left, Zhu Qinfeng's big ship was full of goods from the Luo family, including a lot of gold and silver.And Zheng Liang not only purchased ten additional matchlock guns, but also reached a secret agreement with the two.It can be said that both parties are very happy.

"Okay, okay, okay." Zhengliang was very happy to see all the retainers expressing their loyalty, and continued after gesturing for everyone to excuse himself, "This year, with the concerted efforts of all of you, our family has achieved great development, and we have successively defeated In addition to powerful enemies like the Huzi family and the Bodo family, the family will definitely not treat those who have made merit."

As soon as everyone heard Zheng Liang's words, they immediately listened attentively. They knew that the Patriarch was going to reward him for his merits.

"Togo Heiji!"

"The subject is here." Togo Heiji immediately came out in front of Zhengliang.

"The western part of the Matsuura Peninsula will be handed over to you. Take good care of it for me. It will be awarded to the Lord of Shangcang City as the general of the clan," Zheng Liang said.What Masara said was tantamount to enfeoffing the territory from the east of Nodaka Mountain to the mountain range where Kishigake Castle is located to Togo Heiji, and he promoted Togo Heiji from a servant general to a general. Of course, since there was already a fief reward, the salary did not increase. up.

Zhengliang's current enfeoffment policy is a bit different from other tycoons.As the lord of the enfeoffed territory, firstly, it is stipulated that the total number of entourages including retainers, attendants, ashigaru, farmers and soldiers shall not exceed 15; secondly, the lord can only manage his own territory according to the laws of the territory. No decrees other than those stipulated in the territory shall be issued; finally, the lord is responsible for leading the village heads of each village to manage the territory, and can extract one-tenth of the income from the territory every year as his knowledge and deeds.

Zhengliang's policy is equivalent to assigning a local official in charge of overall planning to the enfeoffed territory, who is responsible for leading the village heads of each village to manage the government and agricultural affairs of the territory.Assist the directly-administered departments of the territory to conduct daily military training for the citizens of the territory, but they do not have the right to mobilize the peasants and soldiers, and can only mobilize the peasants and soldiers after the lord's order.Even more has no right to interfere with the deployment of the territory's standing squadron.

As for the income of the enfeoffment lords.According to the territory's current average tax revenue of four farmers and six publics, [-]% of the income will be reserved for the local residents. After the Luo family collects the remaining [-]%, [-]% will be reserved for the lord of the territory where they live, and the remaining [-]% will be reinvested in the land. In the construction of the territory and the army, the benefits will be fed back to the people of the territory.This approach not only speeds up the progress of the construction of the territory, but also stimulates the lord of the enfeoffment to increase the construction of the territory. After all, the more income the territory has, the more income it will have.

What Zhengliang did was tantamount to gradually separating the internal power from the military power, and the internal power was handed over to various retainers, forming a three-level management system of the bottom, local, and central yang; Maintain a military force that maintains its own security. With a quota of 15 people, vassals with good family backgrounds can recruit [-] warriors, and those with poor family backgrounds can recruit [-] farmers and soldiers, and the wealth of these vassals is linked to the wealth of their respective territories.

"I dare not try my best," Dongxiang Heiji said gratefully when he heard that he was entrusted with the Ri territory.You must know that the place Zhengliang gave him is the earliest territory controlled by the Luo family, and the degree of territorial law is the most profound. Although the current population is still a bit small and not very rich, it has great potential for development.And he also saw the Patriarch's intentions, one is to speed up the development there, and the other is to defend the Patriarch's territory directly under the direction of the central Yangye mountain from the east.

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