Chapter 586: The first step in buying people's hearts
Chapter 586: The first step to win people’s hearts
In the next few days, Gan Ning established a new management system for Tsushima Island with the assistance of Saji Kuni, Mitsuya Yoko and Hayashihara Megumi. The reason why Gan Ning wanted to capture the island before attacking the mainland of Yamazaki Country
, is to establish a land military base very close to Yamazaki Country.
During the days when the army was stationed on the island, Gan Ning learned something. Mitsuya Yezi and Hayashihara Megumi both commanded troops in neighboring countries next to Yamatai. It was precisely because of Yamatai that women became generals.
However, these two people even had an affair with Sajikuni, and were forced to attack Yamatai. Now that they had a great opportunity, they were of course the first to side with their lover.
In addition to Tsushima Island, in Echigo Kingdom, the fiefdom of Kenaki Uesugi, the influence of the Han Dynasty Expeditionary Force is also developing rapidly. The mountains of Echigo Kingdom are dotted with large and small paddy fields.
Under the blazing summer sunshine of the North Pacific, I worked hard in the paddy fields.
It was noon on the day of hoeing, and the soil was dripping with sweat. The land was small and barren, and farmers' efforts were not proportional to their harvest. There were no cold-resistant rice seeds at that time, and Echigo could only grow single-crop rice. In every household, fathers, sons, and women had to pay seven
, a family of eight can rent a maximum of 20 acres of paddy field, and the harvest from one acre of land is less than two shi. The family’s income from spring planting and autumn harvest is only 40 shi, of which one-third has to be turned over, and one-third
If you give it to the landlord in the village, the most you have left is about twelve dan, and it is spread out on everyone's head, which is often less than two dan for a year.
The ration of two stone is less than 120 kilograms, which is equivalent to RMB 400 at current prices. This is the income of an ordinary Japanese people in their country to sustain their life for a whole year. Their poverty can be imagined. At the same time, although the Japanese island has a long coastline
, but their shipbuilding technology is very backward, and ships built by the lap joint method can only be called small sampans in China. Therefore, the fishery is extremely primitive and cannot provide them with enough food.
The so-called "Knife in the Name" guardian's three meals a day are not much better than those of a farmer. White rice, miso soup, pickled fish, and dried sea vegetables are considered a very rich meal. Fresh fish can only be eaten during the holidays.
and meat.
Due to the extreme shortage of food, there was simply not enough grain to make wine. Therefore, the sake with a very low alcohol content could never be drunk by the royal family with their chests and bellies "with a knife in their name" and could only be served in extremely small porcelain bottles.
Drink from a finger-sized wine glass.
Meat is also very rare. Fish dumplings were popular in China during the Shang Dynasty. Songjiang seabass dumplings were very famous. When they were introduced to the Japanese country, they were transformed into sushi - a thin piece of fish or meat was spread on the rice balls. There was no way, I couldn't eat the whole piece of fish.
Ah! Just rice balls topped with fish slices. This is a delicacy that only noble warriors can enjoy!
Drinking a large bowl of wine and eating a large piece of meat are beautiful things that can make people wake up laughing in the middle of the night. After all, the living standards of many famous noble warriors are not as good as that of a small gatekeeper in Kaifeng City during the Northern Song Dynasty.
The influence of poverty and barren land has penetrated deeply into the blood of the Yamato people, and snatching resources and land has become the pursuit of the entire Japanese nation for two thousand years. In the late Tang Dynasty, Baijiangkou, Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 in the late Manchu Dynasty,
During the all-out invasion of China in the mid-20th century, the people of this island nation tried again and again to plunder land and resources...
The paddy field near the main road belongs to the Conan family of Edogawa. Edogawa is not a surname, but just a nickname for a cat and a dog. His sons have one named Kudo Shinichi and the other named Mouri Kogoro. Kudo and Mouri are the same.
Gou Sheng and Tiezhu have the same nature, a nickname that everyone randomly picked up.
In this era, only samurai could "carry swords in their names". Names refer to having their own surnames, Miao characters, and carrying swords means walking on the streets with swords on their backs. As for ordinary people, they work in paddy fields all day long and are not noble.
For bloodline inheritance, it is enough to have a title of cat or dog.
Edogawa Conan and his eldest son Kudo Shinichi were bent over working in the paddy fields. His originally thin and short body was hunched over, making him look even smaller and pitiful. The big bamboo hat on his head, like a steamer, could block the blazing heat.
The sun is shining, but it makes the bun on the top of the head extremely hot. The sweat drips down the cheeks and into the paddy field, becoming part of the nutrients that nourish the rice growing ground.
The war was originally fought in Minami Kyushu, and nothing happened in Echigo in the north of Honshu. After all, no matter how ferocious the Han army was, they would not abandon the near and far away to come here. However, since Mr. Uesugi Kenken came from the foreign police station in Hizen
After being appointed to the descendants of Echigo, Echigo also established a foreign police force. The royal family members in various places guarded the samurai in the master's home, training and patrolling with swords in hand every day.
It costs money to support warriors, money to buy equipment, and even more money to train together. The common people's taxes and grains have increased by half a cent. Don't underestimate this half cent. Considering that the family receives forty dan per year, it is a full two dan.
, one person’s rations! Doesn’t this push people to a dead end?!
If the Han army hadn't suddenly captured Tsushima, and the youngest son Mouri Kogoro had gone to work for the Han people, the family would really have had only two options, either to die, or to join the evil party to resist taxes. Fortunately, Moori Kogoro followed him when he was a child.
The eminent monk had learned Chinese for a few days and used this route to go to the Han people to earn money and save one person's rations, so he could barely survive.
After only a month and a half here, Mouri Kogoro asked someone to send home ten round copper coins. Edogawa Conan still thought that each coin was a penny in the past, thinking that the money in the Han Dynasty was getting better and better.
It’s getting bigger, and the things of the Heavenly Kingdom are really getting better and better than before!
When Edogawa Conan took it to the town and asked him, he almost frightened him to death. This money is called five baht coins, which is equivalent to 308 copper coins. Ten of them are four copper coins, which can buy four stones of rice! I
Damn it, no wonder the local master talks about the Han people like gods on the high plains. His son has only been here for a few months and already earns enough money for two people to live for a year. Looking at it this way, the Han master is really incredible! I don’t know.
, is there anything particular about working for a Han master? Is it difficult?
In fact, it is not difficult at all. Kasugayama Castle in Niigata, Echigo County, Honshu Island, across the sea from Sado Island, is a flat area between the sea and the sea. Kogoro Mouri is directing people to transport stones to lay the foundation and build a dock.
And warehouses and other facilities, these peasants were given fifty five bahts, which can buy one stone of white rice, the workers were given eighty five bahts, and he, the general manager and interpreter, was given one hundred and fifty-one five bahts!
It's so easy to make money as a Han gentleman, and it's even more glorious to work with Han people! In the past, when I was a poor man in the countryside, when I met samurai gentlemen on the road, I wouldn't even dare to raise my head. You must know that their privilege of carrying swords symbolizes that they can
Killing civilians for no reason - although this was rarely done, after all, civilians paid taxes to support the samurai.
In short, if someone snorts at you with his nostrils in the sky, it is considered a very special situation. If a bully deliberately pulls out a small section of the gleaming sword, it will scare civilians like Mouri Kogoro into trembling, lest the thing fall into his hands.
On your own neck.
Since I became an interpreter for the Han people, the arrogant warriors in the past had to lower their heads when they saw me, point the cannon above their heads at you, and shout "Hai!" in a loud voice.
The Echigo governor, Kengen Uesugi, always smiled when he saw me. He even gave me a glass of wine a few days ago. This was a special opportunity that many people dreamed of. At that time, the eyes of the samurai of the Uesugi family were red.
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"Saishi Kishimoto, the pile foundation you are responsible for must be laid firmly. Hey! Katsuhiro Otomo, the stones for paving the road need to be smashed..." Mouri Kogoro followed the instructions of the Han craftsman and directed the group on the construction site.
People, there was a lot of "Hai" and "Hai" sounds. Mouri Kogoro was so happy that he even forgot his own surname. No, he forgot his name. He didn't have a surname in the first place.
Well!
"Moori Kogoro, come here, I'm calling you." This was a voice speaking in Chinese. Nowadays, relying on the power of the Han people, the only ones who can be so rude to Moori Kogoro are his Han masters. The masters have tricks.
Naturally, a slave would not dare to neglect, so Kogoro Mori ran over after him.
Gan Ning, the commander-in-chief of the navy, looked at the Japanese man in front of him in a temporary simple military tent. He was wearing a light gauze straight skirt and a scribe's scarf on his head. He had long been accustomed to going barefoot, and he also wore thousand-layer cloth shoes. If it weren't for his figure,
He is less than five feet tall and speaks in a strange accent, which makes him think he is a Han.
"Uesugi Kenken asked me to meet here, and you will be the interpreter later." Gan Ning said tepidly.
In fact, Gan Ning led the navy to attack Tsushima Island, which was only a small part of the entire strategy. Its main purpose was to attract An Yanlianghe's attention and allow An Yanlianghe to concentrate his troops in the Fugang area.
At the same time, Kenaki Uesugi, who has now taken refuge in Himiko, has quietly led the Han army to land on Honshu on the Japanese island, hiding in his own territory of Echigo country, preparing to launch a fatal blow to the enemy. At this time, Huang Zu,
The four generals Pei Yuanshao, Chen Sheng, and Zhang Hu had already led their armies to land at Echigo, and now it was time to discuss the next move with Kenaki Uesugi.
Kenaki Uesugi brought several of his close confidants, wearing kimonos, wooden clogs, and swords around his waist. Since the Han people arrived on Sado Island, the Japanese were not allowed to go to the island again. Send a boat to check it out from a distance.
I was stopped by the Han people's "white boat", and I could only vaguely see platforms built high on the island, with huge black objects mounted on them. I don't know what they were used for.
The Han people also brought their own food, tents, livestock, and vegetable seeds. From the looks of it, it seemed that they would be satisfied with just one island and had no intention of doing business with this place. Uesugi Kenaki suddenly became anxious, and even the transportation
How can we use the power of the Han people to win a position in the future? How can the money and food collected by almost bankrupting the farmers be turned into weapons and armor to equip the army without the help of the Han people?
Fortunately, the ancestors of the Uesugi family were blessed by the spirit of the Uesugi family. The Han people actually proposed to set up a concession under Kasugayama Castle here, build warehouses, wharves and shops, and trade between the two sides. Uesugi Kenaki was so happy that he could not even sleep, and immediately agreed to the request. In his view,
Come on, only close contact can get benefits from the Han people.
Now, the Han people have established a firm foothold in Echigo, and have annihilated An Yanliang and the navy on Tsushima Island. The land division has nearly 60,000 elite troops. Next, they will land in Echigo country to see how the Han people take military action against Uesugi Kenaki.
Take action.
When Kenaki Uesugi found out that the commander of the Han army was only in his early twenties, that there were only eighteen warships, a dozen generals, and 50,000 soldiers, Kenaki Uesugi couldn't help but be shocked. With just such a force, An Yanliang and An Yanliang were killed.
