In the early morning, Yiyin opened his eyes in a daze. Benefit beside him had long disappeared. He smelled the lingering fragrance on his hands. This matter should be settled, right?
After breakfast, Yiyin gathered the Ji warriors at home to discuss matters. He was sitting on the main seat, with the Takada sisters under his left hand and the Maeda mother and daughter under his right hand.
"Well, Lord."
Maeda Rikyu pulled Yoshiyoshi to salute. Yoshiyoshi was so dumbfounded that he didn't know what to think. He didn't dare to look at Yoshiyin, and he bowed and lowered his head.
"Good morning, Lord Yiyin."
The Takada sisters also bowed, and Yangno glanced at Benefit unhappily. I don’t know why she was so unpleasant to look at today, but I thought about what Qi Yin said yesterday and I couldn’t bear to have an attack.
"Hello everyone, I'm convening everyone today to get to know each other and announce a few things."
Yiyin said after considering it.
"Takada Haruno, Takada Yukino. I am a member of the Shiba family. This is Riku-sama, Riku-hime's mother."
The two parties bowed to each other. Riku could feel Yangno's rejection, but she also felt that she understood it.
It would be unacceptable if this happened to her. The master's hard-earned knowledge and practice are all given to outsiders. How can there be such a rule in the martial arts?
But if it were her daughter who benefited, she would have no choice but to take it out of conscience. At worst, she could just pay it back slowly if she was loyal to the public.
"His Majesty Oda's letter of thanks and Tomoyuki's letter of security will be sent today. After you accept it, Haruno, transfer the letter of thanks to Tomoyo-sama to Riku-sama."
Yiyin said, Yang Nao reluctantly nodded in agreement.
"Lord Rikyu, I leave all the matters regarding Okehazama to you."
Riku bowed again happily.
"This is my duty. I will go to the Maeda family to negotiate later and retrieve my Hatamotohime samurai and the direct jurisdiction Ashigaru. I believe that Mother will also provide some supplies to the new territories.
I assure my lord that by the time the spring plowing is completed at the latest, the Okehazama Maeda family will be able to operate normally. By then, all military forces will be available for the lord to cope with the war after the New Year. "
Both Yoshigan and Riku knew that Nobunaga would not stop and the next war would be easy to fight.
In the past few years after the death of the late Nobhide, most of the people in the territory were recuperating and recuperating. Now that Nobunaga has the power, he must go to war to fulfill his promise.
Fight for new territory for yourself and for the hungry Ji warriors at home.
"This matter is troublesome, sir. Yi Ji still needs to stay at home. The family's military affairs cannot be separated from Yi Ji."
"This is natural. The reward is so heavy that we cannot repay it without going through fire and water."
Rijiu chatted with Yiyin for a few more words, apologized and left first. She was anxious to return to Maeda's house to find support. It was already late winter and time was running out.
After Riku left, Yoshigami turned his head to Harano. Yangno nodded understandingly and talked about the situation at home.
"This time the troops were sent out, almost all of our family's resources were wiped out. All the ashigaru were wiped out, and all the food and grass were supplied to the front line. Except for the guaranteed food, all the supplies at home were taken out.
In the past few days after the war, I brought peasants and soldiers back to the village to supervise winter plowing. Next year’s summer harvest should not be affected. "
Yiyin nodded reassuringly. The summer harvest was the wheat harvest that was the villagers' main ration. Although the main family basically didn't take it, if the harvest was missing, people in the village would inevitably be in turmoil.
Yang Nai was very considerate in being able to catch up with the winter plowing as soon as possible after the war.
"I can rest assured that you can do your job. So the material situation at home is not very good now?"
"I am more optimistic than I thought before. Although the Ashigaru were completely wiped out this time, Lord Niwa of the Oda family appreciates the contribution of the Shiba family.
Ashigaru's royal loan equipment was all returned, and he was also compensated with some spoils of war.
I tried selling it in the castle town in exchange for some copper coins and grain. "
Yiyin smiled with satisfaction, so, if you want to study, look at how fast Yangno's mind is spinning now.
"As long as there is no strong mobilization like this time, there will be no problems at home this year in ordinary farm-leaf wars.
The recruitment materials are already in place, mainly the selection and training of Ashigaru, which need to be handled by Lord Maeda. "
Saying that, Yang Nao glanced at Benefit. Realizing that she was distracted, she couldn't help but snorted coldly.
"Benefit Ji, Benefit Ji."
Yiyin called her twice softly, and Li Yi suddenly came back to his senses, looking at Yiyin's face turning red.
She is still a baby, and yesterday's battle was too exciting for her. I've heard a lot of dirty jokes between the Ji warriors, but I've never heard them as fierce as Lord Yiyin.
It is said that men are very weak and will be weak for several days after one session. How can they be like adults? I counted seven times in one night, which is really scary.
The Lord is indeed not an ordinary man. Due to Ji Ji's physique, he felt pain in his lower body for the first time, and his body was so weak that he has not recovered yet.
"Mr. Maeda Yoshida, although knowing and doing is good, you don't have to think about it all the time. You should be rewarded by the public, and the public should come first, isn't it?"
Yangno's words were sarcastic. She only thought the benefits were because she was knocked unconscious by a 1,500-kou pie. If only the truth were known. .
He would probably be so jealous that he would draw his sword and chop the profit to death, right?
"In the past few days, Li Jiji has been exhausted mentally and physically because of Lord Riku's affairs. It's normal for people to be tired."
Yiyin said something for his own benefit, and Yang Nai pouted, unable to refute, just jealous.
Next to her, Yukino sat like a clay sculpture. Now, except for her sword, she was by Lord Yoshiyin's side every day. Nothing else could touch her.
"Excuse me, Lord Takada."
If you know you have made a mistake, you should first bow and admit your mistake.
"I've done the ashigaru thing at home once, and it should go smoothly if I do it again this time. The main thing is how many standing ashigaru the Lord plans to allocate this time. Can the supplies at home keep up?"
The word "lord" has a unique charm to it, and I always feel that it carries something with it. Yang Nai looked at Yiyin and Benefit suspiciously, but couldn't tell what was wrong.
"I do have some thoughts about this."
Yiyin thought for a while and said.
"I want to give Ashigaru a salary."
"???"
The two women looked at Yiyin together, Yukino remained calm.
Yoshigan actually thought about this for a long time. He felt that those Ashigaru were so pitiful. They are all living lives. They are born as redundant labor and suffer from hunger.
What awaits them is that the older ones will be selected by the Wu family to join the reserve team, and then die in a certain battle. As cannon fodder, the only price for hiring them is two meals a day, which is not enough until wartime.
As a person who lived in modern society in his previous life, Yiyin found it difficult to accept this kind of thing. But this is a feudal society with insufficient productivity and insufficient food production. There is nothing he can do if everyone behaves like this.
But with his conscience tormented, he still hoped to change what he could see in front of him. Anyway, he relies on the system to fight the war. There is more cannon fodder and less, and it makes no difference to him.
"The food consumption of ten ashigaru in one month is two dan, plus the consumption of the royal family and the doubling of food intake during the war, it is about 40 dan a year, not more than 50 dan.
In other words, the cost of an ashigaru is less than five stones per year. I want to change the recruitment method of Ashigaru, and also give them five shi of grain as salary every year.
In this way, they can marry husbands and have children in the village and have something to look forward to in life. It won't be like now, where I eat every day just to die on the battlefield. "
"But if they die in the war, their salary will stop. How will the widows and orphans left behind live?"
Yang Nai thought long-term, and Yiyin was choked by the words.
"Then we will make a law that the husband and children of an Ashigaru killed in battle will be hired as house servants, and the children will be given priority to become Ashigaru when they grow up."
Yiyin never stops doing anything, so he simply said.
"Then... the burden on the family will also increase. Is this really feasible?"
"This can be done!"
Yang Nai was still hesitating, but his interests were already exciting. This incident hit a weak point in her heart. She remembered herself back then and bowed to Yiyin without being shy.
"My lord is benevolent and righteous, and I am honored to be able to serve the Shiba family in my interests. Lord Takada, please rest assured that this can be done."
After clarifying my thoughts, I talked about interests.
"When Ashigaru has expectations, he will naturally be brave. Moreover, the husband and wife are at home, not only for the Shiba family, but also for their own family. They must work hard to kill the enemy.
They have many families, and all the Ashigaru people in the village live together, and they have deep feelings for each other.
Even if something goes wrong on the battlefield, the villagers will not give up easily and run away. After returning home, Wan Nu pointed out that the family still has a way to survive?
Nowadays, all ashigaru families are just trying to fill their stomachs. If a ten-man team loses one or two in battle, it will collapse. I thought about this arrangement, if only half of them died, the Shiba family Ashigaru would never collapse.
Moreover, the salary of a walking Hime warrior is at least thirty kan or sixty koku a year, and the cost of an ashigaru plus a royal loan is only ten koku a year, one-sixth of that of a Hime samurai.
Although it is not as good as Samurai Ji's hard training since childhood, as long as three or four people are trained rigorously to be able to stand up to Samurai Ji, it will be worth it.
Besides, there are no retainers in Shiba's family tree, so how can he ensure his loyalty with a foreign samurai? According to the master's method, the Ashigaru family all relied on the Shiba family, and their loyalty was far more trustworthy than that of the foreign samurai warriors. "
Yang Nai didn't understand military affairs and was speechless by what Benefit said. But she was responsible for the money and food, so she had to figure it out clearly.
"Then the family's ashigaru expenses have doubled, how can they support it?"
"Recruitment is cut in half. If you don't recruit twenty, you will recruit ten people."
After listening to Yiyi's words, Yiyin found that his temporarily soft-hearted idea seemed to be feasible. He was delighted and said decisively.
"However, this matter should not be spread to the outside world. If other ashigaru families know about it, we are afraid of causing riots and the samurai families will be dissatisfied with the Shiba family."
Benefit added. Yiyin and Yangno nodded. This is not difficult. In feudal society, people are only a dozen miles away from other places. Chickens and dogs are heard but never seen.
Each village is very closed. Unless the upper-level Wu family spreads the news deliberately, the details of each village will not be known for a hundred years. The three girls sitting here are die-hard fans of the Spo family, so naturally nothing will happen to them.
Ashigaru later learned that as long as they threatened to cancel the law if the outside world found out, for their own interests, even if they were beaten to death, it would not be spread.
"That's it. It's settled. The two of you will formulate the detailed laws together, and I will implement them after observing."
Yiyin slammed the table to finalize the matter. Benefit was very happy and bowed solemnly to congratulate him.
"My lord, this move is of great wisdom and courage. After Shiba Ashigaru's testimonies, all the Shiba family Ashigaru will become Hime warriors."
Ashigaru became samurai. . That's because you have a strong mind, I didn't think so much at all. . Yiyin looked at her speechlessly.
Just brag, Ji Ji has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. It can't be replaced by something so simple. He just wants to make his conscience feel better.
