Warring States Eagle

The small mountain village seems to have only more than 20 small mud-wooden houses. From the appearance alone, all the houses are basically similar to the ones I lived in last night. Some of them have even been burned down and collapsed, and women's crying can be heard from time to time.Hey, it is probably the family members of the villagers who died last night.It can be said that the whole town is bleak now.In order to avoid this heavy atmosphere, Luo Liang quickly walked outside the village.

"My lord", "My lord"... Walking along the path of the small village, I would occasionally meet a few villagers (basically all women), all of whom without exception knelt down and saluted.Originally, Luo Liang was going to take a walk outside the village, but seeing this situation, he finally had to give up.Of course, Luo Liang has already figured out the basic situation of the entire small mountain village.

The small mountain village is distributed along the ravine on the side of a mountain called Yegaoshan by the villagers. A three-meter-wide stream flows in front of the village. There are exits on both sides of the ravine, and one side leads to the direction where Luo Liang came from last night. (Going further inside should lead to the forests that Luo Liang walked through), and on the other side, walk along the stream for about a mile and you will reach a small lake formed by the stream in a low-lying area. A mile or so away is another small village.

To be honest, from the perspective of later generations, these areas are typical hilly areas. The highest peak of Yegao Mountain is only about 200 meters above sea level, and the rest of the hills are generally only 7 or 8 meters high. Under the ancient productivity, they are already An insurmountable hill.In general, the nearby terrain is mainly small valleys formed by hills.

"My lord", when Luo Liang returned to the small mud hut, he found three people standing in front of the house, two of them were the middle-aged man and the bald man from last night, and the other was a new face, about 30 years old look.Seeing Luo Liang's return, the three hurried up to meet him.

"My lord", the three of them bowed to Luo Liang in unison.

"Yes", Luo Liang returned the salute. Luo Liang still knows a thing or two about some basic etiquette in Japan.

"How to address them?" Luo Liang suddenly realized that he didn't know how to address these people, so he asked hastily.

"Togo Heiji", the middle-aged townspeople saluted first.

"Tsuda Hiromune", the bald-headed man spoke in an authentic voice, and his salute posture seemed a bit unnatural. It is estimated that he is not used to these polite etiquette.

"Government of the Great West", the new face stepped forward and saluted.

"Oh! Hello three adults, I am Luo Shi Zhengliang", Luo Liang replied.After confirming that he had come to the Warring States Period in Japan and decided to survive, Luo Liang began to think about how to integrate into this era.The first is his own name, which cannot be forgotten at all, so Luo Liang chose a "Luo Shi" surname for himself according to the surname situation of this era, to remind himself not to forget his roots.As for the name, the word "Zheng" was added in front of the word "Liang", and the name was finally named "Luoshi Zhengliang".

"Master Zhengliang, after a bloody battle last night, there are only eight males left in Xiaomu Village," Togo Heiji said sadly.

"Hey! As expected, if I hadn't appeared in time, the village would have been massacred." After hearing Togo Heiji's words, Masara Roshi couldn't help feeling dark.As a modern person, it really takes time to get used to such a tragedy of war and chaos.

"My lord, Mr. Guozhi is the head of a village two miles away. Their village was also attacked by bandits a month ago. Although the bandits were finally driven away with the help of Xiaomu Village, there are only six men left. Already," Togo Heiji continued.

"Well", Luo Shizhengliang now began to wonder why these people said this to himself.It stands to reason that I am just a wanderer, and to them, it is just a chance meeting, so there is no need to tell myself these things.

"It's like this, my lord. Our two villages discussed it. Now even if the two villages are combined, they can't fight against the bandits. And the bandits were seriously injured last night. Although they won't take revenge in the short term, sooner or later You will attack us again. So, Masara Masara, we beg you to stay," Togo Heiji, who saw Masara Roshi's doubts, hurriedly explained.

"Eh!" Luo Shizhengliang was stunned for a moment, "Stay? To be honest, I haven't thought about my next destination. The original plan was to find a place with people to find out the situation before making a decision. "

"What year is it now?" Luo Shizhengliang decided to figure out the situation first.The two thieves who robbed him last time only knew that they were in Matsuura, Hizen Kunisaki, but they couldn't tell the year.It is estimated that they have stayed in the mountains for a long time and have not contacted the outside world, so they do not know this information.

"My lord, it's April of the ninth year of Tianwen", Onishi Kuniichi began to wonder while answering, didn't he say that this is a wandering swordsman, why doesn't he even know what year it is now.

"Astronomical Nine Years! That's 1540. Oda Nobunaga hasn't had Yuanfu yet. Toyoda Hideyoshi doesn't know where he is? Imagawa, Takeda, and Hojo are still beating you to death? The Ouchi family is still in the Japanese and Chinese regions and Overlord of northern Kyushu..." Masara Roshi fell into deep thought.

"Master Masara", seeing Luo Shi Masara's hesitation, Togo Heiji said again, "If you can lead us to resist the bandits, we are willing to regard you as the lord."

"Huh?" Togo Heiji's words once again stimulated Masara Roshi.According to Luo Shi Zhengliang's knowledge, it is not so simple to ask several warriors and common people to be regarded as lords.

"Can't you move out of here?" Luo Shizhengliang decided to understand the situation clearly.

"Alas!" Dongxiang Heiji's expression darkened, and the other two smiled wryly and shook their heads, "My lord, the better places nearby are occupied by local tyrants. For most of us villagers who are dirty people, once we move to Their territory can only be used as slaves, and none of them can survive in the end! Because of the heavy banditry here, the nearby wealthy families are unwilling to confront the bandits head-on, so there is such a place for these villagers to barely survive. go down."

"My lord, if you are willing to stay and protect us as a lord, please don't worry about your status. I will declare to the public that you will marry my daughter Kikuhime and you will inherit the Satsuma Togo family." Togo Heiji threw out again heavy bomb.

"Separation of the Togo family? What's the relationship between Togo Shigeharu and you?" To be honest, Roshi Masara was rather disgusted with the trick of using women as bargaining chips, but he became interested in Togo Heiji's life experience.

"Alas! My lord, Shimadzu Miku-sama in Satsuma Prefecture was defeated a year ago. In that war, the main family was severely damaged. The main family, Dongxiang Shigeharu, who has always been ambitious to unify all branches of the Dongxiang family, took the opportunity to continue to oppress the main family. Finally, in order to protect the clan from After being massacred, I had to bring my wife and daughter into exile here, and at the same time implicate Mr. Hironomune, who is the leader of the Ashgaru group but has a good relationship with me, I really feel ashamed," said Togo Heiji with a desolate expression.

"Heiji-sama, please don't say that, I have long been displeased with Shimadzu Mihisa," said Tsuda Hiromune hastily.

"Hmm! Another endless embarrassing experience!" After hearing Togo Heiji's words, Roshi Masahiro couldn't help but sighed inwardly.

"Three adults, I have already felt your sincerity, but this matter is really sudden, so please give me a good think about it." Luo Shi Zhengliang had no choice but to delay it first. Word formula.

"Well! We understand, but please think carefully, Mr. Zheng Liang." Togo Heiji also knew that it was a bit abrupt, and he would not have made such a bad move if his side was not weak at present, so he had no choice but to agree.

Seeing the backs of the three leaving, Luo Shizhengliang turned and walked into the hut to lie down on the tatami mat, lost in thought again.On the one hand, Luo Shi Zhengliang felt it was incredible that he was inexplicably forced to "post" to become the lord of a piece of land. Could it be the reason why his charm attribute was too high?Luo Shizhengliang couldn't help but suspect that there was such a possibility.On the other hand, if someone suddenly gave away a land to give away his wife, it would be too much fun to change someone else.But the problem is, this must be enjoyed with one's life. This time, the bandits were offended so badly that it's no wonder they didn't come to take revenge.Especially myself, the one who severely defeated the bandits, would not let him go.Thinking of this can't help but give me a headache.Just like that, after thinking about it, I slowly fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took.

"My lord, my lord", suddenly there was an anxious call from outside the wooden mud house.Um?It was Matsumiko's voice. "The bandit is coming again? So soon?" Luo Shizhengliang first thought of the bandit's comeback, so he immediately jumped up, picked up the samurai sword, pushed open the door and rushed out.

"Ah?" Before he could see clearly what was going on, he felt a shadow crash into his arms, and then heard the person in his arms scream.Luo Shi Zhengliang's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly let go of the person in his arms.Well, it's actually Matsumiko, it's really embarrassing.

I saw Matsumi blushing, lowered her head, and said in a mosquito-like voice, "They have been kneeling outside for almost an hour, and the little woman kept saying that the adults were sleeping, but they insisted that if the adults didn't come out, they would I can't get up, so the little lady has to wake up the adults." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Luo Shizhenliang's reaction, he lowered his head and ran away as if to escape.

Luo Shi Zhengliang looked up and saw dozens of people kneeling in the open space in front of the small mud-wooden house, including men, women, and even children. Basically all the villagers came.Luo Shizhengliang walked slowly in front of them.

"My lord, please don't leave," a woman shouted.

"My lord, I am willing to follow you," said a young man.

"My lord, please avenge my husband", a young woman pulled a 7- or 8-year-old boy and cried... Luo Shizhengliang was speechless for a while, looking at the faces Every one of them is full of helplessness and hope.Yes, in this troubled world, everyone just wants to survive. For this humble purpose, they are willing to beg on their knees to anyone who has the ability to protect them.Facing those expectant eyes, Luo Shizhengliang suddenly felt a surge of enthusiasm in his heart, "Okay, villagers, I, Luo Shizhengliang, promise here to protect you and keep you away from the threat of bandits. Let you live in peace."

"Ah! That's great, I won't be afraid of bandits in the future", "Really? That's great!"... "Hoo!" Looking at the joyful expressions of the villagers, Luo Shizhengliang secretly let out a long breath, I hope that I will not regret today's impulsiveness in the future!

"Master Masara, ah, no! It's Your Highness." Togo Heiji appeared behind Masara Roshi at the right time, and solemnly saluted Masara Roshi as a retainer.

"Meet Your Highness", followed by Tsuda Hiromune also made a retainer salute.

"Your Highness, Daxi Village requests to join you as a subject," Daxi Guozhi also expressed his willingness to serve as a leader.

"En! Okay", after a little thought, Luo Shizhengliang agreed.The key now is the need for people. The original Xiaomu Village is definitely not enough to resist bandits. "Heiji, go down and arrange these villagers, and then come to me to discuss together," said Luo Shizhengliang, pointing to the villagers behind him.

"Yes, Your Highness," Dongxiang Heiji bowed and saluted, and then walked towards the villagers.

Luo Shi Zhengliang walked towards the small mud-wooden hut while wondering, on the third day of crossing, he became the lord of two small villages and had a wife?This is too unbelievable.

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In the small mud-wooden hut, the four of them knelt and sat down in priority.

"Everyone, thanks to the support of you and all the villagers, I will keep my promise and protect this territory as the lord of Xiaomu Village and Daxi Village. But at the same time, please do your best to help me." Luo Shizhenliang bowed slightly, He said sincerely to the three people below.

"I am willing to do my best for His Highness," the three hurriedly bowed back.

"Then, Heiji, tell me about the situation of the territory," Roshi Masarao first asked Togo Heiji.

“殿下，小牧村目前有15岁以上青壮男丁8人，14岁以下5岁以上幼年11人，妇幼18人，合计37人。刀剑3把，制式长枪17把。领地预计收入为8贯。有各种杂粮共30石。钱15贯700文”，东西平次禀报道。

"Hmm!", I nodded, then looked at Daxi Guozhi and asked, "Where is Daxi Village?"

“殿下，大西村15岁以上男丁6人，14岁以下5岁以上幼年5人，妇幼13人，合计24人。领地预计收入为5贯。粮食有各种杂粮共17石。钱1贯25文”，大西国治低头黯然答道。

After listening, Luo Shizhengliang closed his eyes and meditated.According to the calculation that a person needs to consume 1 shi of rice grain for 5ri1.8 hemi a year.Now there are 61 people in total, and it takes about 110 shi a year.The total income of the territory is only 13 guan a year (actually only 16 guan and 725 wen), and the existing miscellaneous grains are 47 shi. According to this calculation method, the territory will soon fall into a food shortage.Masara Roshi suddenly had a feeling of being deceived, and estimated that he was the poorest lord in the history of Japan's Warring States Period.

"Your Highness, in fact, the two villages have only reclaimed a small part of the territory at present. After using all the easily reclaimable territories, the income from the territories is estimated to be around 100." Dongxiang Heiji saw Luo Shizheng Liang's frown. Quickly explained.He was also worried that the young lord in front of him would retreat because his territory was poor and threatened by bandits.Although the samurai spirit is still prevalent in this era, there are always people who do not abide by the spirit.

"Well. In the past, due to frequent raids by bandits, a relatively small population, and limited food, it was not possible to further cultivate it," Luo Shi Zhengliang nodded slowly.Although he is depressed in his heart, but a man promises a thousand gold, and he cannot easily go back on what he has promised.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Tell me about the Hizen country and the situation around our territory," Masahiro Roshi continued to ask.

"The guardian of the Feiqian Kingdom is still the Shaoyi family, and the head of the family is Shaoyi Dongshang. However, since they were defeated by the Ouchi family's Tao Xingfang army four years ago, and the former governor Shaoyi Ziyuan was forced to commit suicide, the Shaoyi family Gradually losing power, but the retainer Ryuzoji family gradually rose, and now the two families are constantly at odds. The main family is located in the east of Matsuura County, which belongs to the sphere of influence of the Matsuura branch family, the Hata clan, and the family governor is Hatamori; while the north of Matsuura County belongs to Hirado Matsuura The family, the current family governor is Matsuura Mitsunobu; the west of Matsuura County belongs to the sphere of influence of the upper Matsuura family, and the family governor is Matsuura Masaki. The main family is located in Daze Township, East Matsuura County. , the Tangye family in the southwest direction, both of these two have the intention of encroaching on the family; the east is the Yegao Mountains, the mountain is the main threat to the family at present, bandits; to the south is mainly dense mountain forests, roughly distributed There are three villages that are similar to Daxi Village," said Daxi Guozhi.

It seems that the first priority is food and clothing, and then there is the threat of bandits.

"Guozhi, what is the specific situation of the villages to the south?" It seemed that Onishi Guozhi understood the surrounding situation better, Luo Shizhenliang asked.

"Your Highness, there are mainly three villages spontaneously formed by the filthy people, which are relatively scattered. The nearest village is only one hour away from my family, and the farthest village is four hours away. The total number of people is smaller than my family. I live by hunting,” Onishi Kuniji replied.

"Hmm! Also, where can I buy food?"

"Your Highness, the location of the main family is relatively remote, and the only two exits to the outside world are through the territories of the Tahara family and the Dono family. The food of the main family can only be exchanged from these two," Onishi Kuniji replied.

"How much food can I always exchange for?"

"The current market price is always 2 stones, but if you exchange it with these two companies, you can only get a little more than 1 stone." Onishi Kuniji said angrily, and the other two also looked unhappy.

"Nainai, you want us to be a portal to guard against bandits, but you don't want us to be too big? Sooner or later, you will have to settle accounts with these two guys." Luo Shizhengliang immediately understood the intentions of these two wealthy families after hearing this.

"What about the bandits?"

"Your Highness, the bandit's lair is on Ye Gao Mountain. There are about 60 people. Those who were severely injured by His Highness last night were the elite backbone of the bandits, and their leader was also seriously injured by His Highness," Togo Heiji said.

"In the short term, bandits should not be able to organize a powerful attack, which will help us take the necessary precautions," Luo Shizhengliang concluded as he glanced slowly at the three people in front of him.The three nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I already know the general situation. Let's discuss the next step." Luo Shizheng Liang made a summary, "First of all, please accept the ashigaru generals of the family, and the salary is 5 kan. Heiji is the government affairs of the family Pursuing, dealing with daily farming, material management and villager management (no way, who told you that you will soon be my cheap father-in-law, you can only do more, hehe, Luo Shi Zhengliang thought secretly); The business pursuit is responsible for communication with other forces and the preparation of materials; Guangzong is the law and order practice, responsible for the security of the territory and the training of ashigaru."

"Yes", although it was the first time they heard of the position of retainers who pursued government affairs and business affairs, this did not prevent them from being happy.

"Then, Heiji and Guozhi sort out the food and other materials in the two villages separately," Luo Shizhengliang concluded, "Well, choose a place in Xiaomu Village for centralized storage. The food will be distributed uniformly, and everyone, including me, will be distributed according to the adult 2 buckets of miscellaneous grains (1 stone = 10 buckets) per month, and 1 bucket of miscellaneous grains per child per month."

"Yes", Togo Heiji and Onishi Kuniji took orders at the same time.They also know that their family will face a food crisis, and if there is no bandit attack for a while, they will probably starve to death first.

"At the same time, to gather the villagers of the two villages, I need to inspect the territory and the people of my family," Luo Shizhengliang continued.

"Yes", Togo Heiji and Onishi Kuniji said again.

"Your Highness, please allow the villagers of Daxi Village to be relocated into Xiaomu Village." Seeing that Luo Shizhengliang was about to end the evaluation after issuing the order, Daxi Guozhi hurriedly said.

"No, no need," Luo Shizhengliang replied very simply.In fact, Luo Shizhenliang knew that Onishi Guozhi was worried that there were too few people in Daxi Village (especially young and middle-aged people), and that he might become the first target of bandits, so he hurriedly made this request.

"Your Highness..." After hearing Luo Shizhengliang's reply, Onishi Guozhi suddenly became nervous, as if he would stop talking.

"Believe me, today you will know the reason why I didn't do this." After finishing speaking, Luo Shizhengliang raised his hand to signal the three of them to deal with the work just arranged as soon as possible.

"Yes", the three of them looked at each other suspiciously, and were about to continue asking, but seeing that Luo Shizhengliang had already signaled to go on, they had no choice but to answer.

"Heiji, wait a moment." Just as the three of them got up and were about to leave the small mud-wooden house, Roshi Masara suddenly asked Togo Heiji to stay.

After the other two left, Luo Shizhengliang looked at Dongxiang Heiji calmly, and said flatly, "Heiji, don't you think you should tell me something?"

"Your Highness, my subject has reported everything to you just now." Not to be outdone, Togo Heiji also looked at Luo Shi Zhengliang fixedly.

"Oh! Is that so? Is that really the case?" Luo Shizhengliang pressed forward step by step.

The two just stared at each other with big eyes.

In the end, Togo Heiji was the first to be defeated, "Your Highness, I apologize. The villagers' petition just now was fanned by my subordinates in private. But Your Highness, this is the true wish of the villagers. They need a lord who can protect them."

"Hmm!" Masara Roshi nodded slightly.If it weren't for the true wishes of the villagers, I wouldn't be this poor lord. "Heiji, you did a good job this time. But..." Masara Roshi looked at the kneeling man in front of him with cold sweat on his forehead (I can't help it, the opposite is a "demon" who killed several bandits in the blink of an eye Ah!) Togo Heiji said, "I hope we can be open and honest in the future, do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Highness," Togo Heiji felt the coercion (from the swordsman's coercion) exerted on him by the other party disappear all of a sudden, he couldn't help but relax his whole body, and quickly kowtowed and said.

Looking at Togo Heiji's leaving figure, Masara Roshi couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.There is no way, I am just the lord elected by them for their survival needs. From the bottom of their hearts, they have not fully recognized themselves as the lord, so just now Zhengliang took the opportunity to force Dongxiang Heiji to bow his head, so that Dongxiang Heiji It's just a way to gradually recognize himself as the lord.Although Togo Heiji soon became his own cheap father-in-law, it was safer to rely on himself in this warring states period.