Warring States Eagle

In mid-September of Tianwen 18, just in time for the busy season of autumn harvest, the village-in-a-city was finally completed after three years of renovation.Since Luo's Academy is located outside the city, the city was officially renamed Xuefu City by Zhengliang.

On this day, Zhengliang, accompanied by his retainers, began to inspect the newly completed city.He first came to the castle tower at the highest point in the city.

There are more than twelve stone cellars below, and a seven-storey pavilion stands above it, majestic and majestic.The first floor is [-] rooms long from north to south and [-] rooms wide from east to west, supported by [-] thick pillars.The main column is eight rooms high, one foot five inches, six inches and one foot three inches thick.All the pillars were covered with cloth and painted with black paint.

In the twelve-fold large hall on the west, the doors and windows are made of gold, and some famous paintings of plum blossoms from the Ming Dynasty are hung inside. The twelve-fold hall is decorated with male eagles, the eight-fold and four-fold rooms next to each other are decorated with pictures of pheasants, and the twelve-fold hall in the south is decorated with portraits of Chinese Confucian scholars.

In the future, it will be the office of the Luo family's organization (general retainers work here), and also the meeting hall of the Luo family (also known as the Daguang room).

"Well, not bad. Let's go to other floors to have a look." Zheng Liang nodded after seeing the situation on the first floor.

The second floor is similar to the first floor, but with a little less space.This is the office of various important retainers.When going up to the third floor, the field of vision suddenly became wider. At the other end of the north hall, a four-fold high platform was built in the middle, and there were twelve large platforms under the high platform. The room was full of gorgeous flowers and birds. picture.The hall in the south is eight folds in size.It is called "the residence of sages" with pictures of eagles and horses hanging.Usually this is the place to receive guests.The entire third floor is where Zhengliang handles government affairs.

Afterwards, Zheng Liang and others continued to board the fourth, fifth and sixth floors.Among them, the fourth floor is the banquet hall, and the fifth and sixth floors are the data storage places of the territorial organizations.

The last seventh floor is the highest point of the castle tower.On this floor, the interior is covered with gold leaf.Not only that, even the surrounding corridors are covered with gold leaf, the pillars are carved with flying dragons, the roof is painted with flying eagles, and the halls are painted with three emperors and five emperors, ten philosophers of Confucius, Sihao of Shangshan, seven sages of bamboo forest, etc. .Such a loft.Reflecting the brilliance of the sun in the morning and evening, it must be radiant and resplendent when viewed from the bottom of the mountain.

When Zhengliang saw this design, he planned to modify it, because it was too luxurious and dazzling.But all the retainers thought that only in this way can the majesty of the Luo family be reflected, and in the end Zheng Liang had no choice but to follow the wishes of the retainers (in fact, the transformation of this city is also one of the reasons why the Luo family has been short of food for a while. During the renovation period, a lot of money and food was spent. But as the place where Zhengliang will live for a long time in the future, and it is also the place that represents the face of the Luo family, almost all the retainers unanimously requested to continue the renovation of this walled city ).

Stand on the balcony on the seventh floor and look out.Zhengliang was instantly attracted by the scenery below.

Although the entire walled city was rebuilt on the basis of the original village in the city, it was obviously expanded.The area is more than double that of the previous village city, no wonder it has been remodeled for three years.Of course, these three years also included the time for the construction and renovation of the Roche Academy and the castle town outside the city.

The entire city is built on a solid earth and stone foundation, surrounded by huge stone walls made of huge stones to prevent the enemy from climbing, on top of the stone wall is a stone city wall, and the city wall is also equipped with a musket shooting port and a special wall for the erection of large cylinders. Forts (eight forts in the southeast, north, and west, a total of 32 large canisters can be erected, and it is estimated that it will be very scary when fired at the same time).

There are three such walls, and there are extremely deep trenches under the outermost wall.The water in the trench was brought in from a tributary of the Chikugo River.Moreover, there are several such tributaries, especially connected to the Chikugo River, so it is almost impossible to be cut off.The part surrounded by the city wall is called "Maru", so the outermost circle is called Sanzhiwan, the second layer is called Nizhiwan, and the place inside the innermost wall is called Honmaru.Xuefu City is now a three-maru city.

Many small walls were built before these three pills. Even if the enemy broke through the outermost gate, what they had to face was the winding path separated by these small walls.Here the enemy cannot spread out his forces at all, and can only advance in columns.In this way, the defenders on both sides can attack the enemy.Even if they were lucky enough to pass through these small bends, there was another troublesome city gate and city wall in front of them.Surrounded by walls and small bends in the center of the city are the castle towers and other buildings in the city.

Masara looked out from the building, and the Ariake Sea in the distance looked sparkling in the sun, which was extremely beautiful.The various buildings of the Roche Academy, which are combined with the castle town outside the city, also appear patchwork.A large number of retainer residences with brick and tile structures are located on the side close to Xuefu City, while some folk residences are scattered farther away, and a little further away is a thousand miles of fertile fields.Looking from a distance, there is a scene of living and working in peace and contentment, bustling and prosperous everywhere.

Ten years ago, the little lord with a straw rope tied around his waist, gnawing miscellaneous grains in his mouth, and struggling in the mountains and forests, has now transformed himself into a daimyo of the Warring States Period whose influence almost extends to the entire Kyushu, and he can stand Here you can look far from the building as you like.In order to achieve this goal, he did not know how many people he had fought, and he did not know how many people's lives he had taken. If you think about it, how cruel it must be!But this is the Warring States Period, when backward people will be beaten, and big fish eat small fish!

When Zhengliang was standing in front of the fence full of emotions, whether it was the retainers following behind or several of Zhengliang's personal bodyguards, in order not to hinder Zhengliang's reverie, they all held their breath and were cautious.But somehow he remembered something, Zheng Liang suddenly turned around and walked down the stairs on the east side silently.Everyone followed immediately.

The stone wall is about twelve rooms high, and above it is a seven-story pavilion with a height of seventeen and a half rooms, so there are about thirty rooms from top to bottom.Zhengliang walked down in one breath, left the castle tower, and walked towards the center of the west.In fact, that is the most central area of ​​Xuefu City, but the location of the castle tower is slightly east of the central area.

Masara walked along the road paved with cement and bricks and the wooden corridor.While seeing many beautiful houses.These houses were provided for the retainers, guards and servants of the city to live in.between these houses.There are also several small ponds connected to a small mountain spring in the city.Around the small pond are all kinds of plants and even vegetables.Finally, behind these houses, there are a large number of warehouses, where a large amount of supplies such as food and weapons are stored.

There are four barracks in the southeast, northwest and four corners of the city, and the Luo family's standing guards who are in charge of guarding Xuefu City and various institutions and warehouses in Xuefu City are stationed inside.In addition, because Xuefu City is the residence of daimyo, in order to ensure the safety here, the Military Pavilion will build a temporary military camp in a town outside the city, and temporarily recruit 500 retired soldiers to maintain the security around Xuefu City.Although these soldiers have retired for various reasons, they all meet the requirements of being a security team in terms of loyalty and combat ability.

Go straight ahead along the path.Finally arrived in front of a large and majestic courtyard gate, so Zheng Liang turned his head and said to the retainers following him: "Everyone, you also go back. I think your family members are also resettling at this time." He left with his life, leaving only a few cloaked guards outside the gate of the yard.Zhengliang walked in directly.

This courtyard is exactly the residence in Zhengliang City.The interior adopts the layout method of imitating the southern gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

The yard is divided into two entrances.The first entrance is a small garden, and in the middle of the garden is a road paved with cement and stones.On the left side of the yard is a corridor with bamboo and wood structure, which is obviously convenient for daily access.On the right side of the yard is a row of houses, where servants' residences, kitchens and warehouses are located.

Going forward along the corridor, you will soon come to an arch with strong Chinese characteristics.Go through the arch.Walking into the second courtyard, this is where Zheng Liang and his wives live.

This one enters the center of the yard.It is an enlarged artificial pond surrounded by burnt bricks, and brick and wood structure guardrails are even used on the shore.In the center of the pond is a pavilion of bamboo and wood structure, and a path made of stone blocks leads directly to the pavilion in the center.At the same time, on both sides of the pond, there is a pavilion of bamboo and wood structure, one of which is built next to the mountain spring where Zhengliang usually enjoys the cool air. Withered vines, old pine, mountain spring, and pavilion form a simple landscape painting.Around the pond, there are more than a dozen houses with brick and wood structures scattered in an orderly manner. The houses are surrounded by grasslands full of flowers, and the houses are connected by paths paved with stones and wooden corridors.

"My lord." At this time, Ju Ji and the others were instructing the subordinates to arrange the houses in the yard, and when they saw Zheng Liang coming in, they all saluted immediately.

"Okay, there's no need to be too polite, especially you." Zheng Liang waved his hand to let everyone avoid the courtesy, and then walked quickly to Yui Hatano to help her up and said.Since Zheng Liang spent most of the time at home during the past six months, the girls in the family naturally got more nourishment. At this time, Hatano Yui was also pregnant, and her belly gradually grew.This is Zhengliang's fourth child after he came here. Juji gave birth to Zhengliang's first son Tangwangwan, Heji gave birth to his second son Songwangwan, and Dieji gave birth to his daughter Chunji.

For Hatano Yui, if he is a boy after birth, Masaragi plans to let him inherit the Hirado Matsuura family business, and name him Matsuura Takanobu.

When the Luo family started the family, the Hirado Matsuura family where Yui Hatano lived was attacked by the Omura family, the Kami Matsuura family and other powerful forces. Yui Hatano's father committed suicide, and his younger brother Takanobu Matsuura died in battle, leaving only one An old mother and two widowed sisters.At that time, her mother lost hope of survival because of the loss of her husband and beloved son, and the two older sisters betrayed the Hirado Matsuura family because their respective husbands secretly united with the enemy. They were sent back to Hirado Matsuura's family to avoid their death, but the two were also disheartened because of this incident.

Now Hatano Yui's old mother and two widowed older sisters have settled down under Kishigake Castle, and the two older sisters have even remarried and lived a stable life again.And when Zheng Liang married Yui Hatano, he also promised to those retainers of the Matsuura family who had taken refuge in the Luo family that if Yui Hatano gave birth to a boy in the future, he would let this child inherit the family business of the Matsuura family. .

Several years have passed since that promise. At this time, many retainers of the former Matsuura family have become important combat forces in the Luo family's standing equipment, and some of them have also become officials in various organizations of the Luo family. In order to further win over these Naturally, Zheng Liang would not break his promise.

Anyway, in order to avoid civil strife in the family due to the issue of the successor of the family governor, Zheng Liang clearly stipulated that the position of family governor will be inherited by the legitimate son.But other sons don't need to choose to become a monk or leave the territory to wander outside in order to make way for the legitimate son like some traditional wealthy families, but they can still stay at home.

If relying on the knowledge of later generations, Zheng Liang is unable to educate his sons well and make them rebel, then Zheng Liang will really fail.Therefore, Zheng Liang firmly believes that under his personal education, his sons will work together as brothers to cut money. (to be continued..)