After Yu Qiuhei left the mansion of Handa's pick-up castle, Tadao Honda and others immediately came up.
"Your Highness, how about you?" a guard asked anxiously.
"The talk collapsed." Yu Qiuping quickly spit out these words, "We originally wanted to use the appeal of His Highness Hoshiyama to call on the Hanoi family to attack the Sanhao family with us. However, His Highness Hoshiyama insisted on taking over Hanoi by himself, and we could not accept it, nor could the lord."
"This is immortal!" Another guard of Yu Qiuping rebuked angrily: "Putting a stinky air, living in the past, I don't know the current affairs at all. Do you think the Kayama family is still a third-level manager? It's really ungrateful."
"Yes, it's indeed a fool who is ungrateful." Yu Qiuping replied with a smile, "Let's go, go back."
But aren’t I, the half-man guard and Changzheng, all fools who are ungrateful?
Yu Qiuping and his group slowly left to grab the city, but did not notice that there was a middle-aged man with vicissitudes on the roof of the fourth floor of the Tianshou Pavilion in Hand to grab the railings and watched them leave.
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When Yu Qiuping returned from Guoyuan Road, Hanoi, he found that the deployment of Sanhao's family had changed. Most of the troops left behind in Hanoi gathered towards Gao'an County, Daxian County, and Shechuan County, which was much south than the original deployment.
"What does this mean?" Yu Qiuping was a little puzzled by the changes in the deployment of the Sanhao family, but he still passed through the blockade line by changing clothes. After he walked into Ruojiang County, he immediately understood the reason why the Sanhao family changed its deployment - the red leaf flag was flying high in Ruojiang City.
"An Cheng, what did you do?" After Yu Qiuping brought his guards into Ruojiang City, Fukushima Anshiki brought people to greet him.
"Report to Your Highness. After receiving the news from you, Lord Takenaka said: After the number of Sanhao troops in Ruojiang was limited, he immediately formulated a combat plan and launched an attack. The Sanhao family did not expect that we would attack so quickly. As soon as the reinforcements arrived in Gao'an County, we had already captured the territory of Ruojiang City, Ruojiang County, and Hanoi County, a total of more than 48,000 stones!"
"Are you enough people?" Yu Qiuping was a little surprised, "Can you have less than 800 soldiers go through so many things?"
"No, Lord Takenaka sent out all the more than 1,200 soldiers who were still training. Under the leadership of Zhongxiu, Katsumasa, Yudong and others, they followed the main force to bluff. The defenders didn't know that they were all new recruits, all wearing rags, and those who were holding were defective products such as bamboo guns. They thought they were all elite soldiers like the platoon under the ground, so they abandoned the city and fled."
"The half-man guard's move is good! Bluffing! Haha! He also uses battle instead of training to help those new recruits adapt to the battlefield!" Yu Qiuping smiled with satisfaction when he heard this, "I have won nearly 50,000 stone of territory, which is really a great harvest. In this way, nearly half of Hanoi's territory will be controlled by us."
"But Your Highness, the reinforcements from the Miyo family have also rushed over because of the fall of Wakaojiang." Fukushima Ansei said with some concern, "According to the information, Miyo Yoshihiko and Miyo had already rushed back to Hanoi the day before yesterday. Kazui, the total number of Miyo troops in front of us may have exceeded 14,000."
"So many!" Yu Qiuping's face changed when she heard this. In the Kinki region, due to its dense population, Daming's mobilization ability is generally more than that in other places. Now, Kawaizumi is controlled by the Miyoshi family, which is about 260,000 shi in total, but it can summon an army of 14,000 people.
"And the food and grass problem is not solved yet." Fukushima Ansei shook his head and said, "For this operation, we have used a lot of military rations, collected many hungry people as auxiliary soldiers, and consumed a lot of food. Our current grain storage can ensure that the residents of Takapanbei and Maple Leaf Mountain Castle last until mid-November."
"Old Takenaka originally wanted to plunder Hanoi County. The food and grass from the Sanhao family in Ruojiang County after the autumn harvest, but after the battle, it was discovered that the food and grass had been transported back to Takaya Castle." Fukushima Ansei said this and his expression became even more depressed. "Your Highness, think of a solution, otherwise we will be hungry before the Sanhao family comes to the scene. Now, in order to guard Ruojiang City, we have almost brought Chang Panbei's entire army here, and the training of the new recruits has also been carried out in Ruojiang City. However, the food has to be transported from Maple Leaf Mountain City, and the food consumed on the road every day is endless."
"I understand. I'll go back to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle now. The money for Yoshibe and Mitsubishi Caravan should be coming soon. I'll think of a solution." Yu Qiuhei nodded to Fukushima Ansei and instructed again, "The guards of Ruojiang Castle will be handed over to you and Charlie. If you feel you have enough energy, you can build a few bastions around as defense auxiliary fortifications."
Speaking of this, Yu Qiuping suddenly became a little confused and asked again: "You bring the entire army here, who will guard Maple Leaf Mountain City?"
"Your Highness, don't worry. Master Sanada said that since Honanji and the Miyo family are in a hostile state, the Miyo army in the Shotsu area north of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle all gathered near Arioka Castle to guard against Ishiyama Miku. Maple Leaf Mountain Castle is not dangerous." Fukushima Yasunaga replied confidently.
"That's fine." Yu Qiuping nodded and was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly remembered something and smiled relaxedly: "By the way, An Cheng, you arrange it, Thompson wants to get together with everyone for a drink."
"Hmm?" Fukushima Ansei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then a gratified smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Is foreign guy? That's so good."
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After Yu Qiuhei hurried back to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, Sena Yoshihiro and the military industry department, caravans, acting officials, judges and a large amount of money also arrived at Maple Leaf Mountain Castle. According to him, the second batch of relocated families were probably on the way, and Imakawa Kaede was responsible for organizing the route.
"You're coming just right." Yu Qiuping finally waited for his iron cock. "I'll give you all the accounts related to food, house repair, arms manufacturing, and training. Do you think we have enough money for me?"
After arranging Sena's Yoshihiro to settle the accounts immediately, Yu Qiuhei also dispatched the acting officials and judges to the territory, responsible for taxation and laws respectively. The affairs of the officials in the Hei era were all handled by Naoe Tadaehiro, but he was not here now, Yu Qiuhei had to take it on his own. As for the formulation of the judge and the new territory laws, Yu Qiuhei was handed over to Amano Kyoto.
The territories sent by the acting officials and judges were mostly half of the 120,000 stone territory in Yu Qiuping's hands that were directly under the jurisdiction of the Miyo Family. The other half of the territory was under the control of the Hanoi national tribes. Yu Qiuping did not dare to touch them for the time being because these tribes were closely related to the Miyo Family. If they threatened their territory and those tribes joined forces to launch Ikki and echo the Miyo Family's attack, then the Yu Qiu family would be fine.
After all these tasks were completed, it was October 25, and the conclusions reached by Semine's ye-sama after calculating the accounts were not optimistic.
"Hongye, although the Mitsubishi Caravan does have strong assets, it has entered the loan repayment period, and there is not much money to be withdrawn." Semei Yoshinori held a thick stack of books in his hand and said to Yu Qiupi with a low expression: "Now, the purchase of military rations is the first priority, followed by the purchase of building materials for residents during the winter, and then the money for training and ordnance manufacturing by Takabashi."
"It's okay to count the grain. This year, the Kinki region is full of harvest, and Sakaimachi's food will not be too expensive. However, if you want to build houses for winter for so many people, the cost of building materials will be nearly 100,000 guan, even if the most conservative estimate is that the cost of building materials is nearly 100,000 guan. The cost of long spears, short knives, and especially iron cannons will be 70,000 guan, which does not include the cost of training. Moreover, due to the severe damage to the fire in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, the cost of maintenance is conservatively estimated to be 40,000 guan."
"The total funds that the Mitsubishi Caravan can mobilize at this moment are only 220,000 guan. At most, they can only squeeze out 10,000 guan to buy food. At the current price, they can buy food that is enough for more than 50,000 people to eat for about 40 days."
"Forty days?" Yu Qiuping calculated with his fingers, "The current military rations can still last until mid-November... that is, they can barely last until the end of this year. But what about next year, what should I do next year?"
"Hongye, I must advise you not to waste the funds of the Mitsubishi Caravan like this." When Semei Yoshino heard that Yuqiuhei was planning to invest all the funds into production, he couldn't help but get anxious: "Mitsubishi Caravan is a chicken that can only place orders. These working capital has been earned hard for the past five or six years. With them snowballing, our trading can grow bigger and bigger, and the more money we make, and more and more can provide Hongye. But if Hongye spends them all at this moment, it will not be helpful to kill chickens and get eggs. Mitsubishi Caravan will start over from scratch five or six years ago! After that, Yuqiu's family's cost cannot be maintained at all! What's more, we just came from Ono to Kinki, where we are unfamiliar with our lives to do business, and we need more funds to squeeze into the Kinki market. How can we draw all working capital at this time!"
Yu Qiuhei knew that what Sena's Yoshima said was very reasonable, but at this moment, he had no choice. If he didn't spend money to sell food, everyone would starve to death. If he didn't spend money to repair the house, I don't know how many of the more than 50,000 hungry people could survive the severe winter. If he didn't spend money to train and create arms, then Changbanbei was unable to fight at all and would not survive in these four battles.
"If the skin is gone, where will the hair be attached?" Yu Qiuping sighed and shook his head helplessly, "If the Yu Qiu family cannot defend this Maple Leaf Mountain City, what's the use of asking for so much money?"
"Red Leaf!" Sena's eyes were so anxious that her eyes were red, and she almost quarreled with Yu Qiuping. "After so many years of hard work, are you going to ruin it in one go? If you don't guard this Maple Leaf Mountain City, you won't guard it. At worst, we can go back to Ouka!"
"If the mission fails, go back to Oujaki, and you may never get trust again. Moreover, Your Highness Shibata, Senior Mori, and His Highness Sakuma have all obtained a fiefdom of more than 100,000 stones. If I return to Oujaki now, there will be only the 70,000 stones left and I will no longer be able to compete with them." Yu Qiuping shook his head firmly and said in a deep voice: "What's more, I promised the tens of thousands of people in Maple Leaf Mountain City. As long as Yu Qiu's family is still there, I will protect Maple Leaf Mountain City. How can I speak without trust?"
Just when Yu Akihei and Sena Yoshinobu were arguing, Ryuko suddenly came in and reported: "Your Highness, Sakaimachi, and Ishiyamachi, several businessmen are visiting!"
Chapter completed!