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Chapter 43 Farm Tools

After some evaluation, a morning was about to pass in a blink of an eye.

After sending Kissanro to the village outside the village to mobilize children who meet the conditions to participate in the school of the territory, Masaru was the only one left in the entire convention hall. Now, there is no one else to call the entire lord's mansion except the two guards in charge of guarding at the gate. Looking at the back of Kissanro who was walking further and further in the corridor, Masaru smiled bitterly, but the territory was still short of people.

Just as I was about to get up and go to the yard to take a look, I suddenly saw Heiji Donggo coming back. I guess he was just waiting outside just now, and when he saw that Masayoshi General's affairs were arranged, he came in immediately.

"Heiji, what else do you have?" Zhengliang felt a little strange. If there is something to report, why didn't you say it just now?

"Your Highness, there is a shortage of agricultural tools in the territory now. If it is not solved, it will affect the progress of the land reclamation?" said Heiji Togo. "In addition, starting from tomorrow, the new territory regulations will be implemented. Most of the territorial residents will return to their own fields, so there will be no one to reclaim the land. Are you considering organizing them to participate in corvee service in accordance with the laws and regulations?"

"Well, I have arranged for Tadajiro to speed up the forging of the farm tools. Let's do it more people and apprentices to help," Masara replied, "As for the issue of land reclamation, just do it according to your ideas. A notice of corvee labor is issued in the afternoon. Mobilize the people to participate in corvee labor, and let the people to manage their own fields in half a day. Corvee labor support grain (i.e. remuneration) will be determined by you and Yukisuke according to the actual effect."

When Togo Heiji heard Masaru's reply, he was immediately a little anxious. Now there is a shortage of people in the territory, so he can find someone to arrange it for Tadajiro. As for those apprentices, they have to attend the territorial school in the morning. They only have to help in the afternoon, and they can only do some work like handing over tea and water. That can solve the problem. "Your Highness, except for the few people Tadajiro led yesterday, there is no one to arrange it anymore. Those apprentices can't help much!"

"Heiji, I have no choice but to ask Guoji and others to recruit more refugees as soon as possible." Masara was helpless about this. He could not let all the territories in the territory reclaim the fields. Now it is time to train against time. "Let's do this, I'm ready to let Kikuhime take charge of the territories. In the afternoon, you go to her place to receive 100 guan, and then arrange a few guan to Hirasataro in Tanoo Castle to see if he can buy some more farm tools?" It turned out that Masarara planned to ask Hiraji Togo to bring more coins, but thinking that 100 guan is enough, and they can't handle it no matter how much it is, and it's eye-catching.

"Yes," Heiji Togo slapped his head when he heard this and suddenly realized, "I will set off for Tano O Castle tomorrow. Last time, I heard Taro talk about it. There are still many farm tools in the city lord's warehouse."

"No, Heiji, just send a few tsaka Taro who knows Hirasa to take your letters, and try to buy as much food as possible." As the number of refugees recruited in the territory continues to increase, the more food the better, "As for you, please arrange it yourself according to the evaluation results. This period is an important period for the development of the territory." Just kidding, once Heiji Togo goes to Tanoo Castle, it will take at least two days. Only Masaru will arrange the agricultural and civil affairs in the territory in person. Wouldn't this make you exhaust yourself?

"Yes, Your Highness" Hiroji Togo bowed and bowed, "In addition, Your Highness, even if you have enough farm tools, it is difficult to remove these shrubs in a short time even if you use the method of burning the fire taught by Your Highness."

"That's it," Masayoro frowned and pondered for a while, then picked up a piece of paper beside him, drew several patterns on it, and handed it to Hiraji Togo, he said, "This is a double saw, this is a single saw, which is used for logging wood; and these two are hoes, which are used to remove shrubs and weeds; the last one is used to dig deep into the soil, which is made by Tadajiro. After learning how to build the pattern, burn it immediately."

"Yes, Your Highness" Heiji Donggo solemnly put the drawings in his arms.

"In addition, has the matter of plowing oxen and horses made progress?" Masayoro suddenly remembered what he asked Hieji of Togo to investigate some time ago. In fact, there are more than a dozen plows in the territory now, but there are no plowing oxen or horses, so he has to put it aside for the time being. If there are plowing oxen or horses, the speed of reclaiming fields will be much faster.

"Your Highness, Dongmatsuura is located in a remote location, with few oxen and horses, and it is very expensive. Even if I have the means to buy it, it is likely to be robbed once it passes through other powerful territories," Donggo Heiji replied in a difficult manner.

"In this way, I can only rely on the method of manual cultivation for the time being," Zhengliang sighed and said.

"Your Highness, can the eleven slaves in the cell consider arranging the land for reclaiming?" Heiji Togo suggested.

"No, I have arranged them to go to Zhenzhu to perform corvee service." These eleven slaves are the only free laborers in the territory at present. Of course, they are arranged to do some heavy corvee service, not to mention that they need to master the hoe by the reclaimed land. What if they escape or riot, what should they do? In order to prevent this situation from happening, they have to arrange more guards, which is a bit unprofitable.

"Oh, this is indeed a miscalculation of the subject." After hearing Masarae's reply, Heiji Togo immediately woke up.

"Your Highness, I have a request." After reporting the farming incident, Heiji Donggo suddenly knelt on the ground and said solemnly.

This guy's performance today was very strange. Masayora looked at Togo Heiji who was kneeling on the ground with confusion and said, "Tell me. As long as I can do it, I will consider it."

"Your Highness, as your wife, Kikumi has already gained full awareness. Please forgive your ministers and make their own decisions to arrange Kikumi in your residence. In the future, Kikumi will fulfill his wife's responsibilities." Heiji Togo solemnly kowtowed, and then continued, "In order to make the retainers feel at ease and the territory and the people are stable, please get married as soon as possible and give birth to the young master as soon as possible." Seeing that Matsumiko, who was a maid, is becoming more and more favored, Masara even arranged affairs for her. At the same time, Yukisuke also gave her daughter to Masarara. Both women are very beautiful. Heiji Togo felt that his daughter's status was threatened, so he did not hesitate to send her daughter to Masarara's residence in advance, hoping to "cook the rice into a cooked rice" as soon as possible so that Masarara can determine Kikumi's status.

What? It turned out that this guy had been talking for a long time, and the main purpose was for this. Zhengliang found that he underestimated the ideas of these retainers in this regard, and even underestimated the many speculations of the retainers aroused by arranging affairs to the women around him, and he smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Haha, Heiji, I will get married soon after the territory is on track. Don't worry, haven't you heard that I have handed over the management of the territory's currency and the management of the warrior orphans to Kikuji?" In order to stabilize the old minister's concerns, Masayoshi had to remind Heiji Donggo.

"I am grateful to Your Highness for your painstaking arrangements. Please rest assured that Kikumi will definitely fulfill her duties as a wife," Heiji Togo bowed and bowed.

"Okay, Heiji, let's decide like this. Go down and arrange the territory affairs quickly. I'll go to the backyard to see Kikumi. It's been a few days since I saw her?" Zhengliang said pretending to be relaxed.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will go down and arrange it immediately." Donggo Heiji bowed and bowed and quickly withdrew from the meeting hall.
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