Warring States Eagle

In the early morning, after spending the night in Che Muzhai, Zheng Liang's troops started their journey home again.

Yesterday afternoon, accompanied by General Tsuda Hiromune and Gunme Sasuke Sasuke, Masara inspected the third standing ashigaru squad.Although Tsuda Hiromune is usually a bit unreliable, in terms of ashigaru training, he has completely inherited Masara's method and trained the entire third team in a disciplined manner.Of course, based on the need for confidentiality, the place where the ashigaru is trained is strictly protected, and other personnel are strictly prohibited from approaching.

And last night, Zheng Liang also received the latest news about Zhongwei village sent by Kuai Ma, that 200 shi of grain from Huzi's family had arrived.Zheng Liang issued an order to store grain in Zhongwei Village, mainly to prepare for the upcoming war.As for the fast horse that delivered the letter, it was specially assigned by Zheng Liang to Zhongwei Village.There are currently three pony horses in the territory, one is dedicated to Zhengliang, the other is placed in Zhongwei Village, and the last one is placed in Yegao Village. These two horses are mainly used to deliver emergency information and are fed by special personnel. .In the future, with the increase of horses in the territory, Zheng Liang plans to build a cavalry squad, and at the same time let all the scouts learn to ride horses, so that the speed of information transmission will be much faster.

Last night, it rained heavily. In the early morning, there were still puddles of puddles on the avenue in the field, and the pony's hooves stepped in the puddles, splashing strings of water droplets.Looking at the surrounding wasteland that was being reclaimed, Zheng Liang stopped from time to time to check on the field.As yesterday saw that all the city lords gathered the people to welcome the lord, which caused the construction of the territory to temporarily stop, Zheng Liang immediately arranged for personnel to inform the next territories to stop such welcoming ceremonies.At this time, the liberated citizens came to the fields one after another, some were tending their own fields, and some were participating in paid corvee labor organized by the territories to reclaim the fields and dig deep canals.Seeing Zheng Liang's arrival, they all gathered to salute the lord.At the same time, all the people felt rejoiced, the high and mighty lord actually went down to the field.

In this way, I stopped and went, and finally arrived near the original Tashiro Village near noon.The original Tashiro village has been demolished and replaced by a town whose area has expanded several times.After hearing the news, Xingsuke hurriedly saluted Masara.Zhengliang waved his hand, indicating that there is no need to be too polite, and then asked, "How is the road from the lord's mansion to the foot of the mountain open?"

"Your Highness, there are currently 71 slaves in charge of opening the road, and it is estimated that the construction of the road from here to the lord's mansion will be completed in the middle of next month," Kosuke said.According to Masaragi's arrangement, 25 standing ashigaru from the first squad were stationed here, under the temporary command of Xingsuke, who was responsible for guarding the open roads of the territorial slaves.

"71? Why are there so many slaves all of a sudden?" Zheng Liang clearly remembered that in the middle of May, there were only less than 50 slaves in his family's territory.

"This is exactly what I was going to report. During this time, the nearby tyrants sent spies to sneak into our house frantically from the mountain trails on the edge of the territory in an attempt to find out the news, but they were quickly discovered and reported by the citizens. So far With the cooperation of the local people, 26 spies were captured, dispatched from the Nagakura family, the Taiku family, the Nagoshi family, the Sashi family, the Huko family, and the Akasaka family," Xingsuke reported immediately.

"Hiss", Zheng Liang's back was sweating coldly, he didn't expect so many powerful people to take care of him, this is not a good thing.

"The information obtained from the interrogation has been collected to Chujiro. After His Royal Highness returns to the mansion, Chujiro will personally report to you. At the same time, those newly discovered mountain trails have also been blocked or monitored." Xingsuke continued to report, "Hey, Those guys don't know how powerful the people's war launched by His Highness is. Now our family is like a man-eating beast. The secret operations of entering the territory have been reported and captured by the people, and they can no longer leave. It seems that each family Soon, I will not dare to send agents in casually."

"After the road on the mountain is widened, I will continue to be responsible for the expansion and reinforcement of the main military roads in the territory," Zheng Liang said fiercely. Zheng Liang is heartbroken at this moment. Each of the 26 people will reward 5 stones of miscellaneous grains to the leaders who reported it. Consuming 130 shi of miscellaneous grains, launching a people's war requires a price.

"Yes, Your Highness." Hearing Masara's voice as if gnashing his teeth, Xingsuke immediately bowed to accept the order, "Also, Your Highness, we caught a ninja the day before yesterday."

"Huh?" Masara was taken aback. To be honest, Masara had never seen a real ninja. It is said that the ninjas at this time were very powerful, and the most stalwart ones were Hyakuchi Santaifu, Hattori Hanzo, Fuma Kotaro, etc.Now that he suddenly heard that he had caught a ninja, Zheng Liang was immediately very interested.

"It's like this, that ninja tried to inquire about the demise of the Ogi family, but was spotted by the local people, and was finally caught under the siege of the ashigaru led by Mr. Tsuda and the local people." Seeing Masara's great interest, Kosuke immediately He raised his voice and said, "But that ninja seems unwilling to hurt ordinary citizens. Although the hidden weapon is very powerful, he finally caught him without a fight."

"Did something happen?" Zhengliang asked.He became more and more interested in this strange ninja. There are ninjas who can't bear to hurt the people and catch them without a fight?There are no wonders in the world.

"The servant used all the tortures of His Highness's church, but the ninja only said that he came from the Yamashiren, and his name was Ichiwaka." Xingsuke seemed ashamed that he had not obtained useful information.

"Hiss", Zheng Liang shuddered. If Zheng Liang understood correctly, Xingzhu used some of the "Ten Manchu Tortures" of the Zheng Liang Church.Under such torture, someone only leaked so little information, he really is a tough guy.

Mountain potential crowd?What if?Ogi's house?Zhengliang instantly thought of an important message, and immediately ordered, "Bring that ninja here."

"Yes, Your Highness", Xingsuke took the order and left.

Soon a skinny young man covered in scars was carried in front of Zheng Liang, looking at the ten bloody fingers, Zheng Liang shuddered again, now Zheng Liang wondered if Xingsuke was trying to use the old man who was interrogated by him back then. Fear, trying to add to these slaves.After all, if you are hurt here, then find happiness from the pain of others, this is Xingsuke's character.

"Don't waste any more effort, I won't tell you any more information," the ninja lying on the ground closed his eyes and said disdainfully.After being tortured for two days, he still has the strength to speak?Sure enough, under the skinny body, there is a powerful heart hidden.

Zheng Liang looked at the face of the ninja in front of him for nearly a minute, and finally said, "Yinuo of Che Muzhai, who are you?"

After hearing Zheng Liang's words, Ninja's eyes suddenly opened, then looked up at Zheng Liang, and asked, "Who are you? How do you know him? Where is he...he is now?"

Seeing the ninja's performance, Zheng Liang's heart jumped first, and sure enough, he was able to distinguish the direction by hearing the sound, and at the same time, he was more sure of the original guess in his heart, "Hehe, he is now the head of the Ashgaru group of our family."

"Hmph, don't think that you can deceive me by doing this, I won't be fooled so easily." Although Zheng Liang's words suddenly disturbed his mind, the ninja quickly recovered.

"Whether you have deceived your Excellency, you will know when the time comes. Xingzhu, put him in a good place, and inform Yinuo that his relatives are here." Zheng Liang waved his hands and said, "If your excellency wishes to see Make a promise, then please don't leave easily." Zheng Liang was worried that after letting go of the ninja, the latter would leave without saying goodbye.

"Yes, Your Highness", Xingsuke immediately asked the ninja who was already full of doubts to walk down.

Hehe, God bless the Luo family, a ninja was sent here at this time, Zheng Liang thought happily as he watched the ninja go away.

After lunch and giving Kosuke detailed instructions on what needs to be paid attention to, Masara embarked on his return journey again.Masamori did not take the secret path from Harada Shirozhai to the Nogoyama lord's mansion, where the road was being opened by the slave army, and it was difficult to pass quickly, so Masori chose the avenue at the junction of Haradahara's family and Noga village. This avenue passed through Kosuke. Take care, the width has nearly doubled.According to Zhengliang's request to Togo Heiji at the beginning, it was necessary to build a wide road connecting the main villages.The people along the road knelt down on the ground to salute when they saw the Lord Lord's main flag.

After traveling for nearly half an hour, along the newly built forest road, after passing through a forest, they entered an open territory, and finally arrived at Yegao Village. This is the place where Zhengliang rose.Riding on a horse and looking into the distance, Yegao Village seems to have expanded several times. On the edge of the forest in the distance, some people are cutting down trees, while others are simply processing the trees and transporting them to the village to build wooden houses.

Chujiro, who had been waiting for a long time, led the fourth ashigaru team who had no mission to salute to Masara, "Your Highness."

Masara waved his hand, motioning for everyone to excuse himself, and then said to Chujiro, who was kneeling before the horse, "Go, talk while walking."

Chujiro got up immediately, and respectfully led Masara's horse.If you want to say which retainer in the Luo family is looking forward to seeing Masara the most, it must be Chujiro first.During this period of time, Chujiro was not only responsible for the daily training of the [-]th Ashgaru Division and guarding the territory, but also kept an eye on the movements of Yuno Village. In addition, he was also responsible for the daily affairs of Nodaka Village and the lord's mansion. After all, there is his future mistress in the lord's mansion, so he can't be neglected at all, so he ran from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and from the bottom to the mountain every day, back and forth several times, so tired that Chujiro's shiny bald head was about to smoke .

"Your Highness, with the assistance of the farming cattle, the speed of land reclamation has been greatly accelerated. The wasteland southwest of Yedaka Village has basically been reclaimed. If we push further inside, we will enter the forest," Chujiro reported as he walked.

When Zheng Liang heard this, he was very surprised.Although the five captured farm cattle were placed here, they never expected to reach the edge of the forest so quickly?You know, it's very close to the place where I fought the wild boars.

"According to His Highness' request, the next step of reclamation is to go south, where there is more wasteland," Chujiro continued to report, "There are nearly 1000 people in Ye Gao Village, and the scale of the village is constantly expanding. According to His Highness' original request, The houses of the local people are built according to the designated places."After hearing Chujiro's words, Masara also raised his head to look at the houses in the distance. Sure enough, they were built in an orderly manner by Lenz and according to his original requirements.

At this time, the surrounding citizens had already spotted Zheng Liang's team, and they all stopped what they were doing, and gathered on both sides of the avenue.This is the root of the Luo family. Although many refugees from other places joined in later, under the subtle influence of the original residents, they all worship Luo Zhengliang one after another.It is no exaggeration to say that there are Luo Shizheng Liang's most loyal citizens, even fanatical believers.Riding on the horse, watching the citizens who kept gathering on both sides of the avenue cheering loudly, Zheng Liang suddenly felt a sense of happiness, the happiness of being depended on and admired by others.

The 40 cloaks are also excited at the moment. They have been away from home for nearly a month, and today they can finally see their families.Zhengliang also noticed the change of mood of these mid-level warriors around him, and immediately announced that the cloakers would have a day off, and they would gather at the camp next to the lord's mansion tomorrow.As for the 20 low-level warriors, since none of them had family members here, they could only continue to protect Zhengliang.

After learning of Zhengliang's decision to have a holiday, the mobilizing crowd immediately burst into cheers, and the cloaked crowd immediately ran to their family members next to the avenue. Many people hugged each other, and the scene was very touching for a while.

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