The retainers all dispersed, but Nobuzada Ohuchi remained motionless. Kira Mansomaru knew that he had something to say, and the two of them sat quietly for a while. It seemed that the pen-headed family elder was still thinking about how to persuade him.
If you can't persuade him, why try to persuade him now? It's doomed to be in vain.
"Master! You are right. This is the Kira family's biggest disaster in the past three hundred years. As the governor of this family, you cannot be trapped in Mikawa. However, as the master of the museum, I have the hindsight."
, it is absolutely not allowed to follow the master of the hall! So please, the master of the hall, allow me to follow you, take my son Mikawa with me, and contribute to the great cause of the Kira family!"
Okawauchi Nobuzada's statement was not unexpected. The chief of staff also wanted to be enthusiastic. Although loyalty and courage are praiseworthy and worthy of praise, this does not fit with his strategy. Without him, Mikawa would not be able to watch his home.
What if the Imagawa family's fortune is wiped out? There won't even be any way out in the future.
Kira Manshomaru could only reassure him: "My family already understands Taimamoru's thoughts! But my family's business in Mikawa Country has not been completely abandoned. The Saijo Kira family has just left, but the land and retainers are still there. Even my brother
He only leads Saijo Castle in name only, the Kira family’s leaders are still in the main family, and all the gentlemen are still the retainers of the main family.”
"But the master of the hall also needs manpower when he goes to the capital. I lived in Kyoto with the previous master of the hall when I was young, so I should be able to help the master of the hall!" Nobuzada Ohuchi said without giving up.
"But Tajima Mamoru is the backbone of our family! Without Tajima Mamoru in charge, the family will lose its backbone, and the people of the country will take the opportunity to disrupt it. If the family business is in trouble, can I, the governor of the family, still be stable in Kyoto?"
"This... Since I cannot follow the master of the hall, please ask the master of the hall to let us and other clan members follow you to Luofeng Gong!"
Ohuchi Nobuzada decisively showed his trump card. Aren't you going to let us go to Kyoto to accompany Feng Gong? Then we can take our clan members with us. Now, no matter whether the family governor is good or bad, these generations can feel at ease.
Well, many people have understood the principle of not putting all eggs in the same basket from ancient times to the present.
"Since Tajima Shou's kind-hearted fist, I agree!" When he was about to leave, Kira Manshomaru said a bunch of impassioned words to encourage him, making Ohuchi Nobuzada pat his chest and express that he must protect the Kira family's property before he can leave with peace of mind.
go.
It was already past noon when Kira Mansomaru got up and walked out of the evaluation room. He called a young man to prepare lunch. He returned to the castle tower alone, took off his hunting clothes that were in the way, and put on a light hanging drape. This kind of simplification of hunting clothes
The clothing is made of silk and linen with good breathability. It is comfortable and beautiful to wear. Of course, it is also most suitable for Kira Manshomaru who has not yet entered the Yuan Dynasty.
Ever since Kira Manshomaru advocated eating meat, there have been some changes in Kira's family. For example, the number of eagle hunts has increased, and they have to go hunting almost every three to five days. Horseback samurai have become accustomed to riding on horses and shooting their prey with bows.
, some people with high talent in archery and horsemanship began to ask the Ogasawara family for archery and horsemanship, simply because they wanted to learn the Yabushi horsemanship handed down from the Heian period.
Only with motivation can you achieve results. He has hunted countless prey such as hares, wild boars, wild deer, and deer since he was a child. In order to justify his meat-eating behavior, he used his identity to force the horseback warriors to follow him. These
The guy's brain structure is simple, and he still retains a simple sense of right and wrong. Killing animals may be understandable, but eating meat is absolutely unacceptable. Under his threat, he did not dare to disobey Kira Manshomaru's orders. He could only lie down and cry to gods and Buddhas.
I prayed silently while biting and chewing.
In this era, spices have always been valuable items. Whether it is roasted or boiled, all you can do is sprinkle some salt on it. The resulting food is neither delicious nor beautiful. In order to improve the food, Kira Mansomaru ordered Ma Huizhong to use fish. He fished in the Chaxia River and stewed the fish with the meat for a change of taste. From that time on, he began to develop the habit of fishing.
Although the method of forcing the Ma Hui people is a bit unclear, the benefits of switching to eating meat are still obvious. The bodies of these Ma Hui people are much stronger than a few years ago, and some of the young ones have grown a bit taller. , with the effect, it will naturally increase the enthusiasm of the Horsemen. In addition to guarding Kira Mansongmaru, these Horsemen are just practicing fighting skills. Without good health, they can't do anything.
In order to appease them, Kira Manshomaru also used Tada Mitsurui, one of the Five Tiger Generals of the Takeda family, as an example, saying that Tada Mitsurui was a meat-eating samurai who was not only good at bows and arrows, but also very good at night fighting. The reason is because he eats meat. This is a bit nonsense, but these horseback samurai believe this very much. The Koshu Takeda family is not far from Mikawa, and the Takeda family's martial name has always been very loud in Dongguo and Tokaido. Take As an example of Mitsuru Tada, these horseback warriors can eat meat with peace of mind.
These people may not necessarily know who the Five Tiger Generals of Kai are. As long as they know that these words came from the mouth of the family governor, they must be true. If anyone says this in front of them and it is not true, they will definitely pick up a samurai sword and fight with them. Work hard.
The members of the Kira family's family lineage are very loyal. His father had established these horse clans for him. The ancestors of these horse clans followed the Kira family governor and became a powerful samurai in the shogunate. They may not be very smart. , but loyalty and bravery are not bad at all.
Nobuzada Ohuchi once said: "The reputation of the horseback warriors of my Kira family spread throughout Mikawa. This is all a blessing to the master!"
The Horseback Samurai is a two-hundred-year-old tradition maintained by the Kira family. Before Kira Manshomaru was born, it maintained a strength of 60 people. It relied on the profits from the salt fields on the shore of Mikawa Bay until Kira Manshomaru discovered that the method of drying salt in the salt fields was very unfair. Science, came up with a new idea to increase the efficiency of sun-dried salt several times, and refined better fine salt, which changed the situation.
First dig ditches to lead seawater to the salt fields below sea level, and then build tide-proof dams around the perimeter so that they are not affected by tides. After the seawater dries, the mixture of salt and sand is poured into the marsh wells, and clean water is injected through it. Through fine mesh filtration and separation, brine with a high salt content can be obtained. This brine cannot be used yet. After drying again, the dissolved water undergoes secondary fine filtration to obtain pure brine with very few impurities. Finally, high-salt brine is obtained through distillation. Pure sea salt.
Because Kira Manshomaru proposed a new technology, he also joined forces with a family to build a tidal embankment on the beach near the seaside, dig salt fields, and reorganize the original salt households into a new business of the Kira family. This business started a few years ago After business started and got on the right track, the commercial towns and people near Tokai gradually recognized the reputation of Saijo salt.
Among them, the salt field owned by the Kira family is the largest, with a stable output of 180 koku of salt every month. The highest monthly output in summer is 330 koku, which is also a very profitable business. Saijo refined salt sells for as much as 1 koku per koku. The money costs 800 yuan, which is more than half the price of ordinary coarse salt, and the cost is almost a fraction.
The Kira family can have two hundred horseback samurai, and each of them is skilled in bow and horse skills. It is only possible to expand with the support of huge profits from salt. Many retainers who had no chance to become horseback samurai got the coveted opportunity. Yamamoto Kansuke spent five years The time spent training the eight hundred elites relies on this income as a base. Without money, you can't train elite soldiers, and you can't train strong soldiers with empty words. Only a strong economic foundation can survive better.
