In the next few days, Yu Qiuping was so busy that he never had time to return to Junfu.
He is busy accepting the new territory of two thousand koku. There are two villages with more than 600 people, one is a fishing village and the other is farming, on the west side of the territory in the Yuqiu Plain. This was originally the area under the temporary care of the Sena family, and came to hand over
It was none other than Sena Clan. Under the arrangement of the latter, Naoe Tadayei quickly obtained a large amount of village population, household registration, harvest, family status and other information, and the handover of acting officials was also completed quickly. Yu Qiuping could not help but feel sorry for this stingy Se
Mingshiyi looked at him with admiration.
"Of course these things must be clearly counted." Sena gave Yu Qiuping a rolling look, "otherwise there will be people who cheat every year and try to pay less taxes, so don't lose yourself."
The few injured ashigaru this time were arranged by Yu Qiuping to serve as judges in these two new villages. The popularization of legal education also took Yu Qiuping most of his time.
After that, Yu Qiuping and Naoe Tadayei rushed to inspect the work of the craftsmen. In the nearly one month since Yu Qiuping left, 29 more sets of tools were completed. However, in view of Yu Qiuping's plan to expand the army slightly, the craftsmen still need to continue
Work hard to produce.
Yu Qiuping plans to expand each team to 50 people, and change the name of each team to a platoon. The commander of the platoon will be called Ashigaru General. Each platoon is composed of five squads, each with 10 people, and the commander will be called Zugaru.
This requires recruiting a group of new recruits. For the training of new recruits, Yu Qiuping also adopts the same principles as the old brothers who were the first to train. Not only can people with various relationship backgrounds be avoided during selection, but also training
There are strict requirements at all times. You also have to learn Chinese every night, because the daily language and written orders in the army are all in Chinese.
Of course, the army's food supply must also be maintained. Yu Qiuping found that if his subordinates were not fed, his training methods would kill people. Not only were they satisfied with three meals a day, they could also be eaten every few days.
Meat and fish are also often available.
In addition to the 250 people, Yu Qiuping also set up a small cavalry team, consisting of 20 people in total. They were responsible for reconnaissance, cover and other tasks. The leader was the messenger named Nobuyuki Ayama.
The reason why Yu Qiuping was deeply impressed by Xue Shan Xianshi was not because he was sent as an orderly by Yu Qiuping in Zhilicheng because of his superb riding skills. It was because when he was learning Chinese, he would pester him after every class.
Yu Qiuping asked questions and asked Yu Qiuping to translate some of the Japanese words he said into Chinese and then write them down.
The words he asked were all related to the various body parts of women. Yu Qiuping was disgusted, so he went to inquire about this man, Xianshi Xianshi. It turned out that he was a bachelor, but he especially liked visiting brothels. As long as he had some spare money in his pocket,
He would secretly go to the brothel in Sunfu Castle, and he was a real big pervert.
Well, based on the principle of meritocracy, Yu Qiuping still gave him the position of Ashigaru General. The craftsmen also followed Nobuyuki Anesama's requirements to produce lighter equipment that could be worn by cavalry.
"Is it possible to produce horse armor?" Yu Qiuping imagined the armored cavalry he had seen in the game before, gesticulating with little stars in his eyes.
"Sir..." Hanamaru tried hard to hide his look that looked like he was mentally retarded, "This is unrealistic. If a horse wears armor like that, it will be too tired to walk after only a few steps."
Later, Hanamaru told the other craftsmen this suggestion as if they were joking, but of course he did not say it was Yu Qiupei who said it, which made everyone laugh. The next day, Naoe Tadayei shared the joke with Yu Qiupei,
With a dark face, Yu Qiuping gave up Ma Kai's plan.
When the matter in the collar finally came to an end, Yu Qiuping rushed back to Sunfu Castle Tower on February 29. On the stairs on the third floor, he happened to meet Kaede Imagawa who was going downstairs alone. She was wearing that beautiful fur today.
coat.
"Ping!" After Imagawa Kaede saw Yu Qiuping's figure, he was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted excitedly in a low voice.
Yu Qiuping looked around, and there happened to be no one at the corner of the stairs. He suddenly took a step forward and hugged the girl into his arms. Then, he kissed Imagawa Kaede on the face without saying a word. Imagawa Kaede hurriedly nodded her head.
Unfortunately, Yu Qiuping kissed him on the corner of his mouth.
"Ping, this is the castle tower!" Imakawa Kaede shouted in a low voice, struggling hard, but Yu Qiuping firmly touched her soft lips, and the girl who was struggling in Yu Qiuping's arms suddenly calmed down.
.
"Alas." Kaede Imagawa put her head on Yu Qiuping's chest and complained softly: "This is the castle tower, Ping is too bold."
"I saw that no one was around." Yu Qiuping smiled evilly and lightly poked the girl on the forehead. "See you at the cabin in the afternoon."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the corner of the stairs on the third floor. Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Feng separated in a hurry, pretending to be two strangers and passing by each other.
In the afternoon, Imagawa Kaede rarely was late and arrived at the cabin on time. As soon as she entered the door, Imagawa Kaede jumped into Yu Qiuping's arms and pinched Yu Qiuping's waist hard.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Yu Qiuping took a breath and joked: "Why are you so proactive now? Why were you so coquettish in the castle tower just now?"
"You also know that it is the castle tower." Imagawa Feng rolled his eyes at Yu Qiuping and said angrily: "Do you know that there are some rumors in the family that I have a lover outside."
"Ah!" Yu Qiuping was startled, "Aren't we quite hidden? How could we..."
"Oh, never mind that." Imagawa Feng smiled nonchalantly, broke away from Yu Qiuping's arms, and sat face to face with Yu Qiuping at the table in the room.
"It's really great that Ping can come back safely this time." Imagawa Feng looked at Yu Qiuping and smiled happily, "Finally, I don't have to worry about it every day anymore."
What a blessing it is to have someone who cares about you and a home you can go back to.
Yu Qiuping also smiled, "But this time I was not promoted in official position. I am still serving as a general, and I failed to keep my promise..." Yu Qiuping mentioned the oath he swore when seeing him off with some loneliness.
"Not at all." Kaede Imagawa interrupted, "Didn't Ping later change his oath to a safe return?"
"That's right!" Yu Qiuping laughed, "This way you don't have to feel guilty."
"And I think Ping did the right thing by using his own merit and promotion to exchange for the lives of those poor people of more than a thousand Owari!" Imagawa Kaede's eyes were full of pride and joy, "Ping is indeed mine.
A great hero is different from those samurai who only think about their martial name all day long! Those people spend all day discussing your Tokiwa Prei, but I think your work of relieving the victims is the most remarkable!"
"Hey, Feng'er, you know everything?" Yu Qiuping originally wanted to talk to Imagawa Feng about this expedition.
"Jia Yan said it when we were having dinner at home." Imagawa Kaede recalled the dinner that day and smiled sweetly, "Although my brother and several other adults thought that Ping's behavior was wrong, Jia Yan and my grandmother both
Ping was praised!"
"The Master of the House and Master Shou Guini!" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment. He was very excited to be recognized by these two people.
"Yes." Imagawa Kaede said with a smile, "Jia Yan said that you have a compassionate heart and are a very loyal and reliable warrior. Although grandma didn't say much, she also said that your future is limitless."
"You two adults are really flattering." Yu Qiuping scratched his head in embarrassment and suddenly asked: "Feng'er, when is your birthday?"
"Hey, you didn't even think of asking until now." Imagawa Feng glared at Yu Qiuping, "If you don't ask, it might be too late."
"I, I, I..." Yu Qiuping explained incoherently, "Before! I was too busy, so I... forgot!"
"Okay, I know Ping has a lot to do." Imagawa Kaede smiled understandingly, "My birthday is on the seventh day of April."
Knowing that Kaede Imagawa's birthday was coming in a month, Yu Qiuping was caught off guard and started preparing birthday gifts.
It must be beautiful and liked by girls. It must also reflect your own feelings. It must be made by yourself.
Yu Qiuping looked at the red leaf shawl carefully hung on the hanger. Through the window behind the red leaf shawl, he could see the streets of Junfu.
This shawl is a particularly perfect gift. The girl sewed it for herself stitch by stitch. Yu Qiuping racked his brains and didn't know how to make a gift comparable to this shawl.
I don't know how to do needlework at all, and I don't have the ability to forge some jewelry for her.
I am a time-traveler, and time-travelers must have some whimsical ideas!
Yu Qiuping thought about it and finally came up with a pretty good idea - a greeting card. Of course it was not the boring kind of greeting card, but the kind that he played with when he was a child. When he opened the greeting card, there were many paper characters in it, and things seemed to change.
The kind that stands up and moves left and right.
After setting the goal, Yu Qiuping first made a few simple templates to test the principle of this greeting card. After finally figuring out a series of mechanisms, he went to follow the appropriate materials - this is really
It was hard to find. In this era, cardboard seemed to not exist. In desperation, he had to use two pieces of drawing paper and sandwich a thin wooden board in the middle. Then he drew on the drawing paper to create the image.
The greeting card is about the size of an A4 paper, giving Yu Qiuping room to express herself.
He thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a good idea - to make a wedding-like greeting card.
On the side of the greeting card that will be erected, draw a church-style Western wedding background, with stained glass windows, candlesticks, various ribbons, several Western Gothic church pillars and a statue of the Virgin.
The flat side is painted with European-style floors and some small decorations.
As for the parts that will stand up when you open the greeting card, Yu Qiuping set up seven. One is Imagawa Kaede in a white wedding dress. In order to draw this image, Yu Qiuping spent a lot of effort. There are not many painters these days.
Those who knew how to sketch drew the most ugly portraits in Oda Nobunaga's words. Yu Qiupei, a half-hearted person who had failed art classes for many years, could draw characters more realistically than them. After finishing the painting of Imagawa Kaede, Yu Qiupei was quite disappointed with his own image.
I don’t really care, I just drew a picture of him wearing a black dress, it’s probably passable.
He also drew a priest dressed in white standing between the two, as well as what Imagawa Yoshimoto and Yu Qiuping imagined as Imagawa Kaede's mother, and his own parents, standing on both sides as companions.
Although Kaede Imagawa wanted to ask Yu Qiuping many times what the gift looked like during the preparations, Yu Qiuping remained tight-lipped and refused to tell her, intending to give her a surprise.
On April 3, the gift was announced to be completed. This greeting card was indeed much thicker than the paper greeting cards in the previous life.
On the morning of April 7, Yu Qiuping excitedly held the greeting card and waited at the rockery next to the castle tower garden. Since Imagawa Yoshimoto would hold a family birthday party for his daughter in the evening, Yu Qiuping could not attend. He could only give gifts.
You can choose during the day.
Just when he was fully expecting the girl's expression of surprise and excitement when she saw the gift, an uninvited guest quietly arrived.