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Chapter 431: Expanding the Army and Farming

After the assessment was held, Dongxiang Heiji first reported:

"My Lord, the situation in all the territories of our family has been sorted out."

"Oh? Tell me quickly." Zhengliang said. After half a month of hard work, the Luo family finally sorted out the general situation of the Luo family in Feiqian, Buying, Buying, and Buying, Buying, and Buying.

After receiving Masayoro's permission, Dongxiang Heiji immediately took out the account book in his arms and started reporting:

"My head of the family. After detailed measurements, our family will have about 220,000 shi this year, about 3,000 shi, about 200,000 shi, after construction, about 200,000 shi, and about 4,000 shi. If farmland reclamation and commercial promotion are accelerated, the income is expected to increase."

As soon as Heiji Dongxiang said this, the retainers in the meeting hall immediately started to discuss it enthusiastically. Although generally speaking, the atmosphere of the assessment should be more solemn when assessing the family residence. However, Masayoshi prefers heated discussions or even quarrels. With Masayoshi's acquiescence, over time, the evaluation meeting of the Luo family evolved into this current atmosphere.

Of course, the results of the inspection of the land this time also surprised Zhengliang. Adding up all the inspection results, the Luo family is at least a famous family with a height of more than 42 stones.

Think about it carefully, the stone height of the country in Feiqian is about 310,000 stones, about 340,000 stones before building, about 270,000 stones after building, and more than 340,000 stones after building. Comparing the position of the Luo family among these four countries, it is indeed almost the same.

420,000 shi. If the weather is good this year, it will be calculated based on the average agricultural tax of six citizens and four citizens in the Luo family's territory. This year, the Luo family also has an income of at least 250,000 yuan. This time Zhengliang's mood was a little tangled. He hoped that the sudden change of the Little Ice Age would arrive soon, and he also hoped that it would not come so quickly.

After a little excited, Masara quickly returned to his calmness. When he saw the retainers still discussing excitedly, Masara coughed a few times, signaling the retainers to calm down and let Heiji Togo continue speaking.

After receiving Masayoshi's advice, Dongxiang Heiji continued to report:

"In terms of population, there are about 210,000. As the newly occupied areas are still conducting more detailed population registration statistics, and with the addition of some refugees outside the territory and the population purchased by the family, the population is expected to increase."

If the population base of 210,000 shi can be obtained based on the military draw rate of 20 to 10,000 people. Thinking of this, Masayoshi already had plans to expand the army. Of course, the expansion of the army does not only depend on the population base of the territory, so Masayoshi is ready to continue listening to Heiji Dongxiang’s report on the territory situation before making plans.

"In terms of food, since a large amount of enemy food was seized during the war during this period, there are still 130,000 civil and agricultural reserves in the territory warehouses and 70,000 military reserves. Since our family is still purchasing a large amount of food, it is expected that the grain reserves will increase before the autumn harvest."

"In terms of coins, our warehouse currently has more than 12,000 taels of gold; more than 25,000 taels of silver and more than 80,000 taels of copper coins. As our warehouse vigorously promotes free trade in the territory and accelerates trade outside the territory, and at the same time, two silver mines have been discovered, it is expected that the reserve of coins will increase."

"In terms of ore, there are currently more than 130,000 kilograms of copper material, more than 60,000 kilograms of iron material, more than 3,000 kilograms of saltpeter, and more than 2,000 kilograms of sulfur. Since our family will gradually trade with the Southern Barbarians, Ming Kingdom and local merchants, plus the income from the newly mined copper ore and sulfur ore, it is expected that the reserve will increase."

"Weapons and Arms. In addition to the weapons that soldiers were using by the generals of each team, there are 1,500 Taidao swords, 2,000 three guns, 700 sets of equipment, 80 bows, more than 50,000 arrows, 35 barrels of turtle oil, 30 guns of Ming Dynasty Fire Chief, 80 Nanman raids, 80 guns, one Xiaofolang machine cannon, twenty-five boxes of ammunition, twenty-five boxes of belly roll armor, thirty-five pairs of Duwan armor, and 200 rattan cards."

"In terms of warships, this time, we obtained fifty-three small boats, ten lotus ships, six merchant ships, and eighteen closed ships from the various wealthy families of Zhuhou and Xiaode family of Feihou."

"In the end, more than 200 newly seized war horses have been transported to the pasture near No Takayama, Matsuura-gun. Currently, there are 260 war horses and more than 100 wild horses in the pasture. In terms of oxen, there are currently more than 800 oxen oxen in the territory."

After Togo Heiji reported the report, he handed the account book to Naoshima, the little surnamed Kokushima who came to him. The latter soon came to Masara and respectfully presented the account book to Masara.

Zhengliang flipped through it casually and saw a more detailed material account book inside.

"Yeah!" After looking for a while, Zhengliang nodded with satisfaction, thinking that the Luo family finally had some financial resources.

"Everyone, the following will be announced for some of the following territorial policies."

As soon as he heard that his family wanted to announce the next strategy of the Ro family, all the retainers immediately calmed down.

"I want to increase the six regular teams from three hundred people in each team to five hundred people. The spear and archery teams in each team are 300 and 200 people respectively." After the increase in the number of teams, the six teams increased from the original total number of 1,800 to three thousand.

"The first and the second two regular naval forces increased from 200 to 300, and the ships remained at 80 Xiaoyao and twenty-six closed ships; the third regular naval forces increased from 100 to 300, and the Xiaoyao and closed ships obtained by Zhuhou and Feihou were all used as warships of the third team." In this way, the third regular naval forces had 65 Xiaoyao and twenty-one closed ships. The total number of Luo family naval forces was also 900.

"The first standing cavalry ranks have also increased from the original two hundred cavalry to three hundred cavalry; the warrior ranks have also increased from the original three hundred to four hundred. The reconnaissance ranks have increased from the original one hundred to two hundred; the messenger ranks have increased from the original fifty to one hundred; the Black Hawk Ninja ranks have increased from the original twenty to one hundred; the Iron Cannon ranks have increased from the original one hundred to two hundred."

In fact, in Masayoshi's opinion, the 100-player Black Hawk Ninja Team is still inadequate, but the ninjas cannot be found just by wanting to have it. After all, the Black Hawks, the direct ninjas of the Luo family, also developed from the original orphans of the Yamakuri Ninjas. Now that it has increased to the scale of 100, the Black Hawk Ninjas has almost emptied the family of the Black Hawk Ninjas.

The above is the scale of Zhengliang's plan to expand his army this time. Except for the Cloaks, the scale of 100 people was not changed, all the other teams expanded their army. The military strength of the Luo family suddenly expanded from the original 3,190 standing army to the 5,300 standing army, and more than 2,000 people were added. In addition, the peasant soldiers who could temporarily recruit to participate in the war during the war, the Luo family could organize an army of 10,000 to 20,000 to 20,000 people at any time.

All retainers, including Hiraji Togo, had no objection to the expansion of the family head this time. On the contrary, in their opinion, it is not an exaggeration to form an army of tens of thousands of people with the current war potential of their family. What they are more concerned about now is the issue of the humiliating soldiers and military equipment.

"My head of the family, I don't know how to recruit soldiers next?" This time, a question raised by military advisor Kakuma Ishisou.

"In a few days, there should be many people who have built the mountain and the mountain fu to join our family. This time, the recruitment of soldiers is mainly these people, and secondly, they can recruit soldiers in various parts of the territory and then supplement them." Zhengliang said immediately.

"At the same time, like No Takang and Kishita Castle, two recruiting stations and staff houses were set up in Nakamura Castle in the former and Yanagawa Castle in the latter to ensure the long-term recruitment of soldiers and talents."

"Swords, spears, complete, bows, arrows, horses and other armies shall be handled and distributed by the Military Pavilion and the Internal Affairs Pavilion. They must be in place when new soldiers enter the ranks. All belly-rolled armor and dorm armor will also be distributed as rewards. The rattan cards will be distributed to the navy. This time, the army expansion will have some shortcomings. The Internal Affairs Pavilion must step up the procurement of completeness." Zhengliang now has a large amount of copper coins in his hands, so he is not worried about the money issue, but is worried about the insufficient supply of goods.

It seems that we have to make up our minds to form our armor manufacturing workshop. At present, our weapons workshop can only repair the damaged armor, but we cannot complete the armor manufacturing alone. I hope that the scramble for craftsmen in the Kyoto area during this period can make up for it? This way the problem of armor manufacturing can be solved.

"In terms of coins, gold and silver are left for trading with merchants from the Southern Barbarians and Ming dynasties, focusing on purchasing their muskets, gunpowder, tin oil, saltpeter, iron ore. Copper coins are convenient, and they are all used to purchase local food, population and daily supplies." Zhengliang ordered again.

"In terms of grain, 80,000 stones were taken out from civil agricultural reserves as the purpose of territorial corvee remuneration."

"Master, this?" When Masayoshi heard that Masayoshi actually took out most of the reserved grain, Heiji Dongxiang couldn't help but change his expression, and even the other internal officials changed slightly. They had long heard that the Lord of the People had the habit of "big hands and big shots". Now it seems that the rumors are indeed true.

Of course, Zhengliang didn't know what the retainers thought. In his opinion, money and food were dead. Instead of leaving it in the warehouse to get moldy, it would be better to use money to make money as soon as possible. Grain made food? Seeing that extreme weather will become more and more serious, Zhengliang of course hopes to do his best to carry out farming activities in the territory. After all, only by planting the fields can the Luo family have long-term potential for war.

Therefore, farming is a must.
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