Warring States Eagle

At the end of April in the ninth year of Japanese Astronomy (1540), at the foot of Nogayama in East Matsuura County.

At this moment, Luo Shizhengliang was standing on a higher hill in the territory, overlooking the entire territory.Behind him are Sahachiro and Kisaburo. Due to his hard work and excellent performance in training, Masara Roshi fulfilled his promise and promoted the two of them as his surnames.

"It's been more than half a month since I came here, and the territory has gradually settled down," Luo Shi Zhengliang said to himself while looking at the scenery under the hill.

As a new lord with no foundation, Luo Shizhengliang has indeed spent a lot of energy in the construction, development and stability of the territory during the past half month.At the same time, his retainers also played an important role in this.

Togo Heiji, although he used to be the head of one of the branches of the Togo family in Satsuma, is actually only a lord of dozens of anti-fields. He still has to participate in the farming work of the territory when the farming is busy. , census, material statistics and other aspects are more familiar.At the same time, because he has received a higher level of education, he is familiar with the situation of the entire Kyushu and the daily work of the lord. He can often give Luo Shi Zhengliang more advice on major decision-making issues, and it is also the way for Luo Shi Zhengliang to quickly integrate into the lord. Se's teacher.

Born and raised in Onishi Kuni, it is said that his parents were refugees who migrated from Honshu Island.Due to the oppression of the wealthy family, he moved to Hizen. After several twists and turns, his family fortune gradually declined, and he finally became a refugee, living here.He has played a great role in farming and the management of refugee organizations, and is familiar with the surrounding terrain. He is the "living map" of Luo Shizhenliang.

Tsuda Hiromune, his family used to be a small blacksmith in Ise. Due to the flood, only Tsuda Hiromune, who was less than 13 years old, survived in the end.Although he escaped his life, the flood had already washed away everything Tsuda Hiromune had. He was helpless, and in grief, he could only wander around, living a life full of hunger and hunger.Later, he was taken in by an old monk while begging on the street, became a monk, and became a monk soldier in the temple.As a result, within a few years, the old monk also passed away.Without restraint, the temple immediately fell into a state of disunity, and its income went from bad to worse.In the end, several brothers of Tsuda Guangzong decided to take refuge in Yixiangzong, but Tsuda Guangzong was very disgusted with what Yixiangzong did, and finally broke up with several senior brothers, and started a wandering career alone.Until he was desperate in Satsuma, he had to seek refuge with Mihisa Shimadzu as a wild samurai, and met Togo Heiji.As a wild samurai, he once lived in many places in Honshu and Kyushu, and he is quite familiar with the customs and customs of these places; he is bold, has good force, and has a very high comprehension in military training. .

Under Luo Shizhengliang's decision-making and the execution of the three of them, the territory has developed greatly in the past half a month.

With the efforts of everyone, the fields in the territory have been expanded from less than 30 to the current 56, of which paddy fields account for two-fifths. The land between Xiaomu Village and Daxi Village has basically been reclaimed, leaving only Some mountains are still under reclamation.The reclaimed fields were immediately distributed to the households under the command of Togo Heiji and Onishi Kuniji, and replanting was organized immediately.The fields that had been sown earlier are now green.

With the development of reclamation work, the grain reserves are also decreasing, especially when the newly reclaimed fields need a large amount of grain. At present, there are only about 100 shi left in the territory's grain reserves.Under the situation of increasing food pressure, Luo Shizhenliang had to intensify hunting and fishing efforts.

When it comes to hunting, it is inevitable to encounter the problem of eating meat.Why is eating meat a problem?This again involves Buddhism and Shinto issues.Now Japan is known as the country of Buddhism, and the whole Japan respects Buddhism to the point of fanaticism, and even the emperor issued a "ban on meat", claiming that according to Buddhism, whatever you eat will become what you eat, and eating meat will lead you to become an animal. Therefore, for the good of the people, it is not allowed to eat the meat of four-legged animals.Later, because of the prevalence of Shintoism, eating animal carcasses was considered a dirty act, so eating meat was basically banned.As for fish and birds, they do not belong to the category of four-legged animals and can be eaten. Of course, birds are related to Shinto gods, and most people do not eat birds.

It turned out that Luo Shizhengliang was really worried that because of this reason, the hunting work in the territory would be hindered.As a result, Togo Heiji's remark dispelled this concern. You can eat meat. They used to be mainly engaged in slaughtering and tanning. For example, cattle were killed, and the leather was used by the samurai masters to make leather and saddles. The samurai did not eat beef from the liver, so it was cheaper. The untouchables enjoy it.Later, due to the pressure of life, the filthy people and refugees who were similar in status to the untouchables gradually began to eat meat like these untouchables.

Although the problem of eating meat has been solved, after all, there are too few large animals near the territory, and how to hunt a large amount of meat has become a problem again.The biggest animal near the territory is only the wild boar, but the problem is that the territory does not have the energy to provoke them for the time being, and even hopes that they will not patronize the territory, otherwise the food planted by luck will be ruined.There are wild deer, but it takes nearly two days to walk across the mountains to find them. During this period, you have to beware of bandit attacks.After all, the hare is too small to catch many in a day.As for the pheasants, these are not the domestic chickens of the later generations. These pheasants basically come and go like lightning, extremely fast, and even fly. It is difficult to hunt or capture a large number of them in the mountains and forests by ordinary hunting methods.

Masara Roshi also specifically asked whether there were wild wolves in the Onishi Kingdom. After all, when he first came here, Masara Roshi really heard the howling of wolves, which even caused him to run wildly in the forest. Moreover, Masara Roshi clearly remembered that ri Originally there were local Japanese wolves, but they became extinct at the end of the 15th century.Onishi Guozhi said that there are, and there are even bears, but they are basically concentrated on higher mountains or in dense forests, and there are wolves in the forests that go deeper into the south of the territory.Under normal circumstances, they will avoid humans, because wolf and bear skins are popular among merchants.A piece of wolf skin can be sold for at least 10 pieces, which is equivalent to the annual income of ordinary farmers.So many hunters hope to hunt wolves.There is no need to think about bear skin, Onishi Guozhi said that he has not heard of anyone who can hunt and kill bears so far.

If the hunting harvest is too little, then only fishing can be considered.There are 4 large lakes in the territory alone, and there must be a lot of fish in the lakes.

For fishing, after hearing Roshi Masahiro's proposal, Onishi Kuniji immediately organized manpower to weave together the only seven fishing nets in the territory. After a day of rushing, a small net with a depth of 7 meters and a length of about 1 meters was obtained. The trawl net was finally completed.