Warring States Eagle

In the council hall of Nakajo, a village in Saka-gun, Hizen country, the Luo family is holding an appraisal.

"How is the construction of the marching avenues in the territory going?" Zheng Liang asked.

"According to His Royal Highness's original request, from Huzi Castle near Kabe Island to Karatsu Bay, from Nogayama to Huko Castle, from Noko Mountain along the Tangchuan in the west of the East Matsuura Peninsula to Karatsu Bay, from Noko Mountain to the west of the East Matsuura Peninsula. After nearly a year of construction on Shangcang Castle, from Yegao Mountain to Kishigaku Castle, and from Karatsu Bay to Kishigaku Castle, the marching avenues in West Matsuura County and North Matsuura County have all been built. Starting from Kishigaku Castle, you can quickly reach Nishi Matsuura County and various places in North Matsuura County." Togo Heiji reported, "At the same time, the road from Kishidake Castle to Imari Castle in South Matsuura County has been completed. At present, only the road from Kishidake Castle to Shishi City is still under construction. Due to the capture of a large number of slaves in this raid of the territory, it is estimated that the construction of this avenue will be completed in the middle of this month."

"Very good." Zheng Liang is very satisfied with the progress of the construction of the marching road inside the territory. "In addition, in addition to the addition of the marching road from Shishi City in Matsuura County, through Xiaocheng County to Zojia County Village Town, there are still needs to be built. Add several marching avenues."

"Please make it clear, Your Highness." Togo Heiji leaned over and asked while motioning to Takekichi Murayama, who was not far away, to bring a pen and paper for recording.

"Well, increase the marching avenues between the castles on this line from Hirado Port in Matsuura County, Imari Castle, Takeo Castle, Suko Castle, Luka Castle, and Nakamura Castle," Zheng Liang said.This avenue starts from the southernmost part of the territory, runs through Matsuura County, Kitshima County, and Xiaocheng County, and finally reaches Nakamura Castle in Saka County.

"Increase the roads from Songyue Castle and Takeo Castle in Bichu County; increase the road from Songgang Castle in Fujitsu County to Suko Castle. The above three roads must be completed within two months," Zhengliang said. "The rest of the roads are located in the original cities. It can continue to expand and pave on the basis of the road."

"Yes" Togo Heiji quickly recorded Masara's request.At the same time, he calculated in his mind whether the [-] shi of food allocated by the Patriarch would be enough to build these several roads.After all, building roads is not only about feeding those slaves.It is also necessary to temporarily mobilize some farmers and soldiers to guard the slaves, which also requires money and food.What's more terrible is that this ten thousand shi of grain will be used to organize field reclamation, water conservancy repairs and other paid corvee labor!Thinking of this, he couldn't help sweating his palms.Is this food really enough?but.Zheng Liang quickly said something that broke him down even more.

"The next thing is to expand the army." Zheng Liang said indifferently.

"Army expansion?" This time the entire Cabinet exclaimed.Because anyone with a little bit of brains can figure it out, the arrangement just now by the Patriarch has squandered a lot of the wealth that was hard-earned.

"That's right, but before discussing the expansion of the army, Xiuzheng, please tell us about the damage of the main team this time." Zheng Liang nodded.

"Yes, Your Highness." Mingfeng Xiuzheng, who was in charge of the logistics for the first time, saluted immediately, "This time in the battle with the Allied Forces of the Shaoer family, a total of eleven samurai were killed in battle. Two horses were damaged." These samurai and ashigaru were basically injured and killed in battles with various powerful clans in Saka County and Kanzaki County.

"Ashigaru, the samurai who died in battle, was buried in the tomb of the hero in the territory, and the compensation was strictly in accordance with the laws of the territory. Those who made meritorious deeds were also awarded the Eagle Feather Medal and rewards in accordance with the territory." Zheng Liang said.It is already very good to be able to achieve such a great result with such a degree of casualties.As for the samurai and ashigaru who died in battle, although they are dead.However, according to the laws of the territory, their families can not only receive a large amount of pensions and land, but also the agricultural tax has become five public and five people, which can be regarded as a great compensation.

"The wounded horses were sent back to the ranch to recuperate. As for the cavalry, I am very satisfied that such an effect can be achieved in more than a month. After the last batch of 100 horses from Nawu arrives, the cavalry will expand to 150 people. Including the war horses that will be delivered soon, there are currently [-] seven war horses in the territory. Among them, [-] war horses are assigned to the cavalry, and [-] horses are left as spares in the ranch. The remaining [-] war horses are used for communication and combat in the territory. General Shi Zong used it for riding." Zheng Liang said.The cavalry suddenly expanded from fifty hundred to one hundred.The Luo family can still afford such a scale.

"The third standing navy squadron will be added. The general will be Tianwei Masatora. The number of people is tentatively set at 100. The three ships captured from the Arima family and the twelve Kohaya will be used as the fleet. The navy base will be Kashima. The castle is responsible for the defense of the coast of the Ariake Sea." Masaragi said.It's not that Masaragi is unwilling to increase the number of ships in this navy, but that the Luo family has no shipbuilding technology, and the ships of the rest of the navy cannot enter the Ariake Sea through the waters controlled by the Arima and Omura families. The navy squadron can only be supported by such a few ships.

"In addition, the number of each standing ashigaru team has increased from the original 200 to 300." In this way, the Luo family has five standing ashigaru teams, with a total of 500 standing ashigaru.

"The samurai team has also increased from the original 100 to 300 people, and the detective team has increased from 50 to 100 people. The above are the results of this military expansion." Zheng Liang finally said.

After the expansion of the army, the Luo family had 100 cloaks, 300 low-level warriors, 50 scouts, 50 messengers, 20 black eagles, 30 fire commanders, 100 cavalry, and 500 soldiers. The navy has a standing force of 500 people, and a total of 720 standing troops.As a daimyo with more than 20 shi, it can be considered barely able to support it.

In fact, Zhengliang has a purpose for expanding his military power on such a large scale.First of all, the strength has increased, and the opponents we face are getting stronger and stronger, so we must have a strong army as a guarantee.Secondly, according to the current law of the Luo family, each retainer can recruit up to 15 warriors.The powerful families who are not the Luo family's retainers are not even allowed to recruit followers, otherwise they will be regarded as rebellious.This resulted in the unemployment of a large number of samurai ashigaru, and participating in the standing of the Luo family became the only way out.Zhengliang's military expansion can also be regarded as solving the employment problem of these people.In the end, this is also a means of weakening various powerful families in disguise.Although those samurai Ashari were forced to lose their jobs, secretly he still remembered the former head of the family, and held a grudge against the Luo family that made them unemployed.Now that Zheng Liang did this, it was tantamount to pulling these ronin warriors and ashigaru into the Luo family's camp in disguise.As long as these people compare and find that the treatment in the Luo family is much better than in the original old club, they will gradually support the Luo family.

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