Chapter 163 The Five Thousand Stone Lords

Kamioka Castle, in the seventh year of Yonglu, Takeda Shingen, out of consideration of marching into Yuezhong, ordered Jiangma Shisheng to build a castle here as an attack base against Vietnam. After the Kamoka Castle was built, it served as a branch of the Suwa Castle on the plateau of the Jiangma family’s main castle.

What is different from the history is that the builders of this city have been replaced by Li Xiao from Jiangma Shisheng, and the year of construction is one year earlier than in history.

Shengang City was built on a platform overlooking the plateau township. It is not far from the famous Shengang Mine in the future.

When mentioning Shengang Yinshan, Li Xiao was angry. Apparently Jiangma Fraser told Li Xiao that Jiangma’s intelligence did not reveal this details.

This Shengang Yinshan is indeed the biggest trump card of the Jiangma family, and it is also the biggest secret.

Around Shengang Yinshan, Jiangma's family has set up strict protection, and no one is allowed to approach except the people of the family and the miners.

Before in Suwa on the plateau, Li Xiao deliberately asked Jiang Ma Shisheng about the situation of Shengang Jinshan, but when Jiang Ma Shisheng heard Li Xiao mentioning the words Shengang Yinshan, his vigilant eyes were right. Li Xiao swept up and down, clasping his wallet tightly, guarding against thieves and thieves.

Li Xiao could only sneer secretly in his heart.

At that time, the Jiangma family's Shengang Yinshan was subject to information blockade, and no prospectors were allowed to enter. Therefore, only the Jiangma family knew how large the deposits and daily output of Shengang Yinshan was at that time.

Therefore, the specific information of Kamioka Ginzan, even the enemy's sister Xiaolu's family is not clear, and it is even less clear to other countries. In fact, Beifei Mountain is high and far away, the news is closed, and there are indeed not many famous people interested in it.

As a feudal agricultural economy country, the major Japanese masters are still striving to conquer territories and increase their territorial stone height as their primary goal.

Even later, when Takeda Shingen, who relied on the Koshu Jin family, and Uesugi Kenshin, who exploited Sado Jinshan and Narumi Jinshan, became rich overnight, the two rose side by side as the heroes of the Warring States period.

So far, countries have really paid attention to gold mining.

The Shengang Yinshan in the end how many mine reserves at that time, despite the Jiangma family's repeated blockade.

However, specific information can be drawn from historical data. Ginzan of Kamioka is a silver-lead-zinc mine, which has been mined since the Yoshinobu years of the Nara era.

The actual implementation of large-scale mining in Kamioka Ginzan was in the 7th year of the Meiji era, when the royalist Mitsui chaebol (today Toyota and Toshiba are all affiliated companies), because of the successful political investment, the mining of Kamioka Ginzan was obtained. right.

In the following 130 years, the Mitsui Chaebol altogether extracted 10,000 tons of ore from Shengang Yinshan!

Of course, this is not known to Li Xiao, who can only play Xinye, Taige and other games, as long as he knows that Shengang Yinshan has a lot of mine reserves, it is enough.

We must know that at that time, the mining methods were single and backward. From the Yoro period in the Nara period until the 7th year of Meiji, the entire Kamioka Ginzan was not mined much. The Jiangma family did not allow prospectors to enter, presumably the digging methods were even more backward.

Li Xiao looked at Jiang Ma's family holding such a huge treasure in his arms, but he didn't make good use of it, his eyes were red.

As the saying goes, everyone is not guilty, and they are guilty of their crimes.

Looking at the plateau township below his feet, Li Xiao has already begun to deliberately plan to seize the Jiangma family business.

However, before conspiring to seize the Shengang Mine, Li Xiao must carry out his great cause of building a city.

Due to the barren land of Hida country, Li Xiao’s five thousand stone Zhixing land in Hida country is astonishingly large.

Well, if the unseen virgin forest in the mountains can also be counted as territory.

In fact, the territories controlled by Li Xiao are the original Jiangma’s vassals, Heshangjia and Renjia. After Li Xiao defeated these two forces in Suwa City on the plateau, the Heshang Patriarch level was captured, and the Herenjia Patriarch later surrendered. , But because of his betrayal of the main family, his fate was to be chased by Jiangma Shisheng to release other countries.

So Heshang, the Heren family's site, as a reward for Jiangma family's help from the Takeda family, was successfully taken over by Li Xiao and became his knowing place.

Li Xiao really controls the land of knowledge and action, except for the large tracts of virgin forest, mainly the land of highland countryside travel. Because the plateau river flows from east to northwest, the wider the river is as it goes north, so the fields that can be cultivated are distributed on both sides of the lower reaches of the river.

From the site of Li Xiao’s fortification, Kamioka Castle, marching northward along the Kogen River for about ten kilometers, it will meet the ruins of Tsugawa River that flows from the east, and there is a street that connects the Sincheon County of Vietnam, China.

However, this mountain road is relatively steep. If there is a large-scale army marching, it will be very difficult, and because of the heavy snow in winter, it will be impassable for at least one-third of the year.

But in the grand strategy of Takeda Shingen from Hida to Echigo, Echigo outflanked, this street was an important passage for Takeda Army from Shinano to Hida to send troops to Echigo. In history, the Takeda family sent troops to Hida several times to follow this route.

Kamoka Castle is guarded on this street, and the terrain is very important, which is why Takeda Shingen later asked Jiangma Shisheng to build the city here.

However, in the military order Takeda Shingen gave to Li Xiao, it was stated that the main purpose of this Shinoka Castle was to store food and station troops, and the purpose of defense was second.

The reason is simple. From the Hida expedition to Yuezhong and trekking through the mountains and roads, it takes many days. The dry food bags on the soldiers simply cannot support the logistics of the Takeda army.

Therefore, before the Hida conquest army marches, Li Xiao must hoard enough food and grass in Shengang City to prepare for future use by the conquest army.

This is also considered to be a consideration that the three armies of Takeda Shingen have not moved, and the grain and grass are first.

Then Li Xiao did not expect that he decided to build Shengang for the first half month, but it was not effective at all.

The reason is that when Li Xiao asked the chiefs of the villages in Zhixingdi (that is, the village chief), when he went out to make a general service in the city, the result was that there were no applicants, and no one bought his account at all.

After Li Xiao learned about it, his face changed drastically. Is this a rebellion?

Li Xiao immediately sent a ninja to investigate and immediately understood the situation. It turned out that Jiang Ma Shisheng was behind the scenes.

Li Xiao couldn't help being furious when he heard it, and broke into cursing. Originally, he had a little guilt about his plans to seize the Jiangma family business in the future, and now it has completely disappeared.

But anger returns to anger. How to reverse and resolve the unfavorable situation in front of him is the top priority for Li Xiao.

As an outsider from Feida, although Li Xiao received a fief recognized by Jiangma Shisheng, the locals did not buy him at all. For Li Xiao, the new lord, his status can be described as precarious.

If at this time the Xiaolu family, sister of Ranwen Novel.com, suddenly became malicious and mobilized troops to attack, Li Xiao would not be able to summon peasants and soldiers there to support the battle.

And what's more, if those local villagers made some kind of ‘smoke of the soil’ and ‘all the same’ to make a revolution, then Li Xiao would really cry without tears.

As a modern person, Li Xiao deeply knows the profound truths summed up by the revolutionary martyrs to improve the relationship between the masses, mobilize the masses, and organize the masses.

Therefore, Li Xiao decided to go to the grassroots level and personally interview these village leaders who did not buy their own accounts.

The scorching sun in July is like a fire, but for Hida country, which has a highland climate, it is still slightly refreshing.

Li Xiao rode a black forge along the shore of the plateau river. As a mountain river, the plateau river was so turbulent that it was impossible to sail. After walking for a long time, the water became full and calmed down. A river beach is formed here.

On the side of the river beach, you can see local farmers who go to the river to fetch water to irrigate the fields.

When the local farmers saw Li Xiao, the marching men and horses, they seemed to be a little bit resistant. They all fled far from Li Xiao's men and horses. Group of strangers.

Li Xiao went to visit the local area. In addition to Shigang Yiyu, he also brought thirty people with long guns.

This time, he didn't dare to attend the meeting as single as he went to Suwa City on the plateau last time.

In the Hida Mountain Country where the news is blocked, this group of spooky ghosts only know you, the Takeda general Li Xiao, and they have never heard of it.

I am also worried that the folk customs are too sturdy. Of course, this is not possible. But for the purpose of guarding against those young people, Li Xiao feels that it is safer to bring a man and horse. Maybe when there is a real crisis, he can also suppress the local gangsters. .

After walking along the plateau river for a long time, Li Xiao came to Zhixingdi, the largest village, the village of mountains.

The village of Yushan is adjacent to the border of Vietnam and China. Next to the village is Daohe Mountain. You can reach Vietnam by crossing this mountain.

There are nearly a thousand people in a mountain village. This is very rare. It should be understood that the larger the population of the village, the larger the area of ​​arable land required nearby. This is in a mountainous Hida. , It is not easy to find such a large piece of flat land.

Li Xiao was riding on horseback, with farmland on both sides. Soon he came to the fork in front of him. Next to the fork on the left, there is a towering vermilion torii. Behind the torii is two vertical flags. You don't need to guess that it is a local shrine. NS.

The other side of the fork on the right leads to the village. They are all low houses. There is also an erected fire at the village gate.

The fire view is a lookout platform for people to climb on to prevent bandits and mountain fires. It is specially used for early warning in the village.

After entering the village, Li Xiao is surrounded by low farm houses on both sides. The walls of the houses are made of thatch. Although these houses are not as good as wooden slab houses, they have good insulation and wind resistance in the cold mountains. The effect of snow.

However, in the village, Li Xiaoke did not see any active people. He just vaguely felt that behind the wooden door, he had a pair of vigilant eyes looking at outsiders like them.

Li Xiao whispered to the standing guards to be cautious, and if there was no one beside him, they continued to move forward. According to normal principles, he said he was also a local lord. Before entering the village, the local lord should come to meet him from afar.

When Li Xiao marched into the village, the famous owner lived at the gate of the long house.

At this time, hundreds of local villagers armed with knives and guns suddenly poured out from the houses on both sides, and surrounded Li Xiao's army of dozens of people in the center.

Li Xiao glanced at these villagers and snorted coldly.

These local natives are dressed in burlap and linen, and their face is jet-black. They are obviously sloppy and have not been bathed in hundreds of years, but they have a lot of'control weapons', such as ribs, katana, plain guns, bows and arrows, naginata, etc. I will not list them one by one.

This is also the actual situation in every village in Japan before the sword hunting order was implemented. You should know that there were not only bandits at the time, but the daimyo army would also turn twice and become robbers from time to time.

Each village must also have sufficient force to defend itself.

Li Xiao's subordinates raised their guns one after another, guarding Li Xiao in the center and circled the periphery.

However, Shioka Kazuha shouted loudly: "Presumptuous, this samurai, but the local lord, you look like this, do you want to commit the following crimes and kill you?"

At that time, the class concept of the Japanese was serious, and many villagers felt awe from top to bottom when they heard that this adult riding a horse, not only a samurai, but also a local lord.

In that era, the samurai didn't need a reason to kill these villagers, let alone the local lord.

Lord Lords who usually live in the sky only live in the towering city, and I didn't expect that they would come here in person.

Following Shioka's angry shout, many people cringed on the spot, but a few others yelled in a low voice, "What are you afraid of?"

Shigang Yiyu turned his head and looked at the villager who was inspiring his companion to step forward, and the sword-like gaze shot at that person.

The man shuddered on the spot, but Shioka Kazuha did not let him go.

I saw Shioka Yiyu drew his sword with a shuddering sound. He didn't see any movement. The samurai sword was already in his hand, and the pace moved, and then the white light of the sword flashed past.

The knife light drew away, and the agitating villager looked at the ten-centimeter-long gap in his chest incredulously, then stretched out his hand and pointed at Shigang Yiyu, and fell directly on the ground.

When the people from the village saw Shigang Yiyu drawing a knife to kill, not only did they not rush to avenge this person, but instead with a thud, they cowered and collectively took a step back.

Li Xiao sighed when he saw this. As a modern person, he was not accustomed to such rash behavior, but at that time this was the privilege of a samurai.

This is also a kind of coercion from the superior to the inferior. The other party only needs to obey orders, without a reason, just want to have a little resistance, and justify their actions by beheading them.

Therefore, Shigang Yiyu's thunder method is also the fastest way for Li Xiao to stand in the hearts of these unsophisticated people.

At this moment, in front of Li Xiao, the door to the house of the local celebrity finally opened.

After an old man in his fifties went out, he asked, "This is Li Xiao-sama, Yushiro, the master of the villain's village."

Li Xiao stood high immediately, handed Jiangma Shisheng the paperwork to himself, and handed it to Yushiro to have a look.

After meeting Shiro, he hurriedly bowed to the ground and said, "I'm rude, I'm rude, I'll see you."

As soon as the nearby villagers heard this, they threw their weapons aside, and hurriedly bowed their hands to the ground.

Li Xiao just yelled at this, and it was not that he was arrogant. The attitude of the samurai at that time was like this. If he was too humble, it would make the other party feel scared.

Li Xiaoyan said: "You and the people in this village, come to the house and talk in detail."

After Li Xiao and Shigang Yiyu, they entered the longhouse gate together, while the others stayed outside the house on guard. As for those villagers who looked at the house a few more times, they soon disbanded anxiously.

After entering the wooden house door, as the master of the village, the house where Yuhachiro lives is a herringbone-shaped gassho-style house, which looks good compared to the low farmhouse nearby.

Gassho House is a unique house for mountain villagers. There is a small door on the two floors of the house. After heavy snowfall in winter, it is used as an entrance and exit when there is snow under the house.

After Li Xiao entered the house, the ground was paved with the floor, not that it was muddy in the homes of other villagers.

But as the master of a village, his house is like this, which is less than 50 square meters, slightly larger than other villagers' homes.

Li Xiao sat peacefully in front of the firepit, and several women in the house, both young and old, wore patched clothes and hurriedly walked inside. Kneeling in front of Li Xiao with a puff, he said in one voice: "Well, see your lord."

Li Xiao saw the trembling of their vests, obviously afraid of himself.

Li Xiao just waved his head and told them to retreat.

After a while, Youpalang brought six local people from the village to the house, and bowed down to Li Xiao again.

Youhachiro bowed down in front of Li Xiao and did not dare to lift his head. He said, "It is really the sin of the little people to let the adults come to the village in person. The purpose of the adults here is also understood by the little people, but now this year The village has just paid for the tax, but now it’s hard to pay anymore."

Li Xiao didn't expect Youpachi Lang to make such remarks. There was obviously some misunderstanding in it. Li Xiao thought for a while and asked: "I passed by on the way and saw that the nearby farmland had not been harvested. Why did I pay the tax so early?"

Yuhachiro said in a loud voice: "Sir Huijin, the former Ditouheshang, he said that he would pay this year's tax in advance, so in February, he let the village pay the tax."

"February?" Li Xiao suddenly realized. Obviously, Fuxin on the River was intending to rebel, so he prepared in advance to collect all the taxes this year and recruit troops to use it.

But if you lose your mother, Fuxin on the river, you birdman, you have collected all this year's taxes. Doesn't it mean that your lord, you won't be able to receive any money this year?

Yuhachiro said, "I would like to ask the adults to take pity, because the adults on the river levied taxes forcibly, the people in this village have a hard life. Since opening the net, they have starved to death 20 or 30 people, so the villain begs the adults to allow a period of grace and wait for the autumn harvest. After that, pay taxes again."

Li Xiao said, he is not short of money now, and he can't do it so cruelly, forcing these people to pay taxes again.

What they say now is also the people in their own territory. As a lord, or as a parent official according to Mingguo, they must take care of them as much as possible. Therefore, Li Xiao has the idea of ​​tax reduction or exemption for this year. Anyway, he is now again No shortage of money.

This time, in order to build Kamoka City, Takeda Shingen gave Li Xiao a large amount of military funds, enough for Li Xiaohua. The problem that bothered him most now was the manpower problem.

But Li Xiao didn't plan to show kindness so quickly to reduce or exempt their taxes. En and power must be used together for grace to have an effect.

Li Xiao nodded and said, "I'll talk about the tax collection later, but it's still Hachiro."

"Oh." Yohachiro replied respectfully.

"This time I'm going to build a fort in Kamoka City. UU reading www.uukanshu.com needs help from a civilian husband, but your Excellency ignored my order. What is the reason?"

At this time, there was silence for a while, and a local citizen next to Hachiro said: "Return to Lord City Lord, this is the case. Someone came to the rumor that Lord Lord sent to the villages and the general appeal was to make the villages. The young men from across the country gathered to build a city, and then took advantage of the emptiness of the villages and sent people to ransack them."

"Absurd." Li Xiao screamed angrily. Don't think that 80% of the rumors were spread by the Jiangma family. This Jiangma Shisheng was really unwise. It was nothing more than refusing to leave the territory before. Now that Li Xiao has taken over, Everyone can live together peacefully in the future, but now he stabbed Li Xiao in the back, is he so stupid that he can't see the situation clearly.

"Is it absurd, but adults know."

At this moment, below Youpalang, a native of the people suddenly raised his head and shouted to Li Xiao.

As soon as this remark came out, the people in the house were suddenly terrified. Some people actually dared to talk to Lord Lord in this way, didn't they want to live?

"Tigerding, you don't want to die." Youhachiro tore off the opponent.