Warring States Eagle

On the eighth day of the fifth month in the ninth year of Tianwen, under the Yegao Mountain.

In front of a lush green field, Zhengliang is carefully checking the growth of rice.It has been two weeks since the wild mountain bandits were wiped out, and the territory has been greatly developed.

On April 27th, with the promulgation and implementation of the "Rochester Law", all the people returned to their fields.Since there are only more than 300 people in total, it took only two days to complete the registration of the land conditions of the people. In order to register the information in a book, nearly one-third of the paper seized in the bandit lair was also used. , In order to ensure the reserve of paper, Zhengliang's original plan to implement paper-based school teaching had to be postponed.

On the same day, food enough to feed all the citizens for five months was also distributed, a total of more than 600 shi. From then on, the territory will no longer distribute food collectively, and the people of the territory will need to rely on themselves.In this regard, the leaders had no complaints. Instead, they happily received the grain and immediately put it into their own fields.But the lord said that they are already the third-level citizens of the territory, and the agricultural tax for the autumn harvest is only six gongs and four farmers. What a stupid lord.The lords who could not take care of the fields alone (mainly young homeless women and some single families who lacked labor force) also began to cultivate the land directly under the lord under the leadership of the women in Zhengliang's backyard. The income from these fields is supported.

The shortage of agricultural tools in the territory has also been greatly alleviated.This is mainly due to Chujiro's forging day and night, for which Masarai promoted him to become a light general of the Luo family as promised, with a salary of 35 stones.At the same time, according to the drawings provided by Masara, Chujiro successfully created a crude version of the saw and a new type of hoe, which worked very well. However, due to the limited quantity, they can only be used specially for corvees to reclaim fields for the time being.The ashigaru sent by Togo Heiji to the territory of the Dono family has also returned to the territory. This time, they bought a total of more than 100 hoes, more than 20 fishing nets, fifty stones of miscellaneous grains, and dozens of rotten fishing nets. The rotten fishing nets were mainly planned by Masara Then make paper by yourself.According to the laws and regulations of the territory, the residents are also very active in renting farm tools (there is a lack of farm tools in the territory, in order to ensure that most of the residents can use farm tools, this is the only way to do it for the time being), so busy that the girls in the backyard are in a hurry. In a week's time, the people in the territory owed more than 40 shi of grain on credit for renting farm tools, and all the farm tools in the territory had been rented out.

The recruitment of refugees by Onishi Kuniji and Xingsuke is also very smooth. In two weeks, there are more than 400 refugees who joined the territory through normal recruitment or "kidnapping". Basically, refugees near the territory have been recruited. The scope is expanding to farther places.Dongxiang Heiji seems to have found his own spring. Although he registers the information of new residents and arranges residences and fields all day long, he still enjoys it.At present, there are more than 300 original residents in the territory, more than 400 newly recruited refugees, and finally more than 50 family members of some people who were "invited" from the original bandit village, and there are more than 780 residents in total.If we only look at the number of people in the territory, the Luo family is already a veritable little local tyrant.

Most of the new residents who have just entered the territory are very hesitant, and some even tried to escape after being "kidnapped". When I came over, I began to worry about whether the lord was deceiving them. As some people began to benefit, this suspicion was also resolved.However, in order to improve the level of the vassals, the new vassals sent their relatives who met the requirements to the place called "school" by the lord, which suddenly led to a shortage of "teachers" in the school. Zheng Liang had to learn some talents for about a month. Good little guys have been promoted to become "teachers", there is no other way, Zhengliang is too busy, so he can only let these little guys learn and teach at the same time.

The registration of the ashigaru was also enthusiastic. Masahiro originally planned to recruit 150 ashigaru at once, but under the resentful eyes of Togo Heiji, he had to abide by the agreement with tears in his eyes, and only planned to recruit 100 ashigaru.But there were too many registered citizens, so Zhengliang simply set up a "test" to eliminate some of them, and the examiner was Tsuda Hiromune.Ever since he became an examiner, Tsuda Hiromune, a big bald man, was so excited that he even looked up at the sky when he was walking, with his head held high and his splayed feet, like a big bastard.In the end, Zheng Liang recruited 100 ashigaru from the new residents, and Tsuda Hiromune was in charge of training them. What made Zheng Liang even more happy was that he found several ordinary carpenters and plasterers among the new residents, and these craftsmen immediately arranged Gave it to Shinsuke and Youbei.

The food brought by the new residents was basically very little. In order to solve the food problem for these people, Zheng Liang immediately issued a corvee order to reclaim the land.As soon as the corvee order was released, both new and old collars participated enthusiastically. The new collar min zhu mainly wanted to support their families, while the old collars not only supported their families, but also used corvettes to offset the rental cost of farm tools.For the people in need, we will take the form of relief in accordance with the laws of the territory to help them get through this period.After implementing a series of measures, the territory gradually stabilized, and under Zhengliang's deliberate propaganda, Zhengliang became the "benevolent angel" in the eyes of all the citizens.

The test field is also very good.All kinds of crops are growing well, and the planting area of ​​sweet potatoes has doubled. Zhengliang's next plan is to plant these sweet potatoes on most of the land directly under the lord. After all, anyone who is cautious about their own food issues may not be able to accept these never-before-seen crops for a while.The first chair in the territory has been placed in Zhengliang's bedroom, Shinsuke has also fired bricks, and now he is starting to study the manufacture of cement.Everything is going in a good direction.

"Your Highness, the leaders have all assembled, Heiji-sama please go over as soon as possible," said a boy with short hair like Masara's on his knees.The newly recruited surname of this boy Masaragi, along with the original two surnames preparing for Yuanfu, the errand seat that was originally in charge of running errands was vacant. At the suggestion of Togo Heiji, Masarai recruited Shingoro, the son of the old hunter Shinzo, as the new surname. small surname.

"Hmm," Zheng Liang replied softly after recovering from his thoughts.

Zhengliang hurried to Nodaka Machihara's own log cabin. At this time, Zhengliang's new maid, Die, was already waiting here.Die, the daughter of the former bandit leader secretly adopted by Xingsuke, was taken to the territory by Xingsuke to settle down a few days ago.The subordinates of the former bandit leader were overjoyed when they learned that the youngest daughter of the old leader was still alive. Soon, with the help of Kosuke, several samurai headed by Chujiro knelt in front of Masara and asked Masara to take Chocho as his concubine.The poor little girl was "sold" before she knew what was going on.In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of other retainers, Zhengliang did not promise immediately, but accepted Die as a maid just like Crane.

Under Die's service, Zheng Liang put on a simple patchwork armor, looking majestic.The reason for dressing so formally is that today is the day when 40 ashigaru in the original territory determined by Zhengliang were promoted to samurai of the Luo family, and it is also the day when Zhengliang's original two surnames Yuanfu.

Taking somewhat unnatural steps (the armor is a bit heavy), Zheng Liang slowly walked up to the high platform.Under the high platform, 40 ashigaru wearing simple armor rewarded by the lord were neatly arranged in 4 rows. Next to the 40 ashigaru are more than 60 newly recruited ashigaru neatly lined up (the rest of the ashigaru could not come to gather due to guards or other tasks).Behind the ashigaru team are more than 600 people.Originally seeing Zheng Liang appearing, the wind suddenly picked up. The flag with the eagle pattern on the edge of the platform fluttered with the wind, and slowly glanced at the audience. The local bandits have perished. In this battle to wipe out the bandits, the ashigaru of our family were brave and good at fighting. According to the promise of my lord, these brave ashigaru will become the samurai of the Luo family today."

"Coax", all the citizens and the ashigaru started to move, especially those ashigaru who suddenly learned that they were about to become samurai today. Everyone sincerely knelt down to thank the lord, and more people cheered and celebrated.In fact, apart from the retainers, Zhengliang did not tell anyone about this decision, including the 40 ashigaru parties involved.Now, seeing everyone's reaction, Zheng Liang is very satisfied with this deliberate result.

Zhengliang raised his hands slightly, and then pressed them down, signaling for everyone to quiet down. At the same time, Tsuda Hiromune below the high platform also shouted, "Quiet", and everyone gradually became quiet.Zheng Liang continued, "Everyone, as long as you abide by the laws of the territory, the lord must abide by the laws and promises. Now let us witness the appointment of the warriors of the Luo family together."

Tsuda Hiromune in the audience immediately followed Masara's prior arrangement, and shouted at the 40 former territories of Ashgaru, "There are all of them, stand at attention, turn right, and walk in unison."

The 40 ashigaru immediately acted according to the order and slowly came to the right side of the high platform.Under the guidance of Togo Heiji, one by one Ashigaru walked up to the high platform one by one, came to Masara and knelt down on both knees.Zheng Liang took the samurai sword and a white cloak with a black eagle painted on it from Xiao Xing behind him. This is the exclusive cloak of the Luo family warriors specially arranged by Zheng Liang (for this reason, the seized cloth has been reduced by half). From then on, these warriors wearing the cloaks of the Luo family's family pattern were honored as the cloaks, and became the fearsome main force of the Luo family.The newly promoted samurai respectfully received Zhengliang's reward, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude.Zhengliang drew out the Taijian, and the blade slowly rested on the shoulder of the warrior under his feet, muttering in Mandarin, "I, Luo Shi Zhengliang officially recognize you as a warrior of the Luo family."Some people in the crowd who had already received the order immediately spread the word that this is the Lord God Envoy giving blessings to everyone, and the surrounding leaders knelt down after hearing the words, hoping to get the blessing from the mouth of the Lord Lord.

After receiving the conferment from the lord one by one, the warriors lined up again in the audience, and put on their cloaks one after another.The new ashigaru team on the side were envious, what a majestic cloak, and at the same time, everyone secretly vowed in their hearts that one day, they would also wear such a samurai cloak.The lord's testimonials have already said that the main thing is to train hard to be among the best in the competition, or to be brave in battle. It is possible to become a warrior. What's more, even if you die in battle, the lord promises to take care of your family. What is there to worry about?

The surrounding residents are talking about it, becoming a samurai master's family will be promoted to a fourth-level leader, and the agricultural tax is five public and five agricultural.Many people have been secretly thinking about whether to marry their daughters to these samurai, or to encourage the males in the family to join the ashigaru team and strive to become samurai.

Feeling the scorching gaze from all around them, all the newly promoted warriors raised their heads high and held their chests high, swearing in their hearts that they must devote themselves to the Luo family until they die.

The conferring ceremony of more than an hour was finally over, and the next was the Yuanfu ceremony for the two surnames.In this era, the age of samurai Yuanfu is generally between 12 and 16 years old. The time of Yuanfu is mainly determined according to the needs of each family. Like the 50-year-old "Guo Sheng" sung by Oda Nobunaga, it is It was made to commemorate the death of Ping Guosheng, who was only 12 years old and died in the first battle.

Sahachiro and Kisaburo, who were wearing simple uniforms in the audience, quickly walked up to the high platform, and finally knelt down in front of Masara.According to Dongxiang Heiji, on the day of Yuanfu, both of them need a respectable person to perform the Yuanfu ceremony for them, and to recognize them as "black hats".Both their fathers and elder brothers had passed away. Considering that they were going to be trained as relative warriors of the Luo family, Zheng Liang volunteered to be the executor of the ceremony.

After the two simply prayed.Zheng Wuliang put the servant black hats on the heads of the two respectively, and said in a serious tone, "From today onwards, you two will become warriors of the Luo family. Their full names are Sahachiro Roshi and Kisaburo Roshi."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The two of them did not expect to be bestowed with surnames by the lord himself. This is a great honor.The two fell to the ground and saluted, ecstatic in their hearts.The family members of the two people in the audience also hugged each other and wept, feeling happy for the two of them.

Looking at the short-haired heads of the two with hats, Zheng Liang was full of joy and at the same time remembered the interesting story about the two hairstyles the day before Yuanfu.According to Togo Heiji's request, the head must be shaved before Yuanfu, that is, the front hair is shaved, and the forehead hair is shaved, leaving only the back of the head and the buns on the temples. This hairstyle is called "Yuedai head".According to Zheng Liang's aesthetic point of view, this hairstyle is ugly.The two surnames also agreed with each other, and secretly pleaded with Zhengliang, asking not to shave the "Yuedai head", but at the same time asking to be shaved into the same head shape as the lord. Zhengliang didn't care, and agreed very simply, which attracted Dongxiang Heiji took the trouble to advise.

After the bestowing ceremony and Yuanfu ceremony, Masara led the retainers back to the meeting hall of the lord's mansion in a hurry, because Kosuke who went down the mountain to exchange supplies with the Tahara family just brought back an important news.

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