‘Single and upright, you can enter the city.’ An intermediate warrior on the gate of Fukuchishan City shouted, ‘Open the gate.’

Two iron doors slowly pushed open from inside, and Shiga Kiji also saw the defense system of Fukuchi Mountain City with his own eyes. The defense system of Fukuchi Mountain City is composed of two walled villages and the main city, and nearly two thousand feet stuffed three defense points. One thousand of them were iron cannons, reaching half of the proportion. Shiga Kiji touched the iron cannon behind him. No wonder the lord asked me to practice more iron cannons. If I didn’t have enough fire, I would be afraid that I would have to do it for the rest of my life.

More than 400 of the nearly 2,000 people were composed of peasants. The weapons were replaced with black ash-pole spears. The iron spear head of Yishui was shining. Shiga Kiji felt that his morale was good. If it weren't for the various clothes, it would be no different from the spear soldiers of other famous masters. Shiga Kiji secretly calculated that if he had no internal support to capture such a city, it would take at least 20,000 to 30,000 or more iron cannons, and he would have to pay more than 6,000 sacrifices to win. Of course, these 20,000 to 30,000 people or samurai. If they were all peasants, they would not be able to get the casualties.

Shiga's Kisji was taken to the main city hall. He met the guard general Shiga's lord Shiga's Katsumoto. "Shiga's Kisji came to report. He met Shiga's Katsumoto."

Shimakashi looked Shiga Kishi up and down, and felt pretty good. His mental outlook was much better than that of ordinary ronin. He didn't know how his martial arts were. He turned around and asked Fumigoro to try his skills. "Yeah, I have read all your documents and seals. Since it was recommended by the princess, I won't say anything more. Now your first task is to get familiar with the environment and personnel. Taro, you take Shiga Kishikun around you and pick up twenty people from the peasant soldiers to bring them.' The last sentence was called the Hashimoto beside him.

‘Hey.’ Taro responded, ‘Sir Shiga, please come with me.’

Shiga Renji and Taro walked around the city like a quick glance. Fukuchishan Castle was not big. It took a few minutes to complete the transfer and the sky gradually darkened. Taro pointed to the smoke from the stove, "Sir Shiga Renji, it's already dinner time, let's go for dinner."

‘Okay.’ The strong fragrance came out of dozens of large pots, and Shiga’s relatives had already been attracted.

The two of them came to the Kokura, and Taro introduced him, "Sir Shiga, this is a special one for foot light heads."

Shiga said suddenly, ‘Is it different for everyone to eat?’

‘How is it possible? On average, peasants only supply two taels of oil and two taels of meat every day. The salary of professional qian is higher. There are two taels of oil and three taels of meat every day. For the likes of ours, there are two taels of oil and four taels of meat a day. Adults are already warriors. The daily supply of two taels of oil and five taels of meat a day. Further on, the generals are supplying two taels of oil and six taels of meat a day. Of course, rice dumplings are full.’

Shiga Kishi said, 'I understand. Lord Katsumoto Shima is a general who supplies two taels of oil and seven taels of meat every day.'

‘Wrong, it’s eight liang of meat. The general of the servant eats half a pound of meat every day.’

Shiga's relatives calculated, "Be good, these two thousand people, on average, each person has two taels of oil and three taels of meat every day. That day is 250 kilograms of oil and 375 kilograms of meat. How much does it cost?"

Taro opened his eyes wide and said enviously, "Sir, I have a quick mental calculation. I still can't figure out how much I have to eat every day. As for the money issue, don't worry. His Highness, the Majesty, has a professional fishing fleet in Ouhara, who are all southern barbarians, and they can catch a fish of tens of thousands of kilograms. This kind of big fish is bigger than an ordinary boat, with half of meat and half oil on the body. They are all their own goods, and the price is not expensive, but it is not necessary to buy it in the market."

‘I have heard of the big fish that cost tens of thousands of pounds, but I haven’t seen it yet.’ Shiga’s relatives cooked a dish and took five rice balls. After a bite of whale meat, ‘Taro, it tastes so fragrant.’

‘That’s it.’ Taro also made a meal from the banana and took three rice balls. He sat with Shiga Renji and started eating. ‘This kind of life is only available in Kudo’s family. The new peasant soldiers from Fukuchiyama Castle eat for a while, cry for a while, cry for a while, cry for three times a day, and I can’t do it.’

Shiga Renji expressed his understanding, "Those peasants are like this, and they will be moved by eating rice dumplings like the New Year. Taro, tell me, how long have you cried?"

Taro laughed, "As I, I'll cry for seven days. I'll think about it seven days later. As long as I work for the Kudo family, I can eat it every day and cry for a long time."

‘It’s right.’

After dinner, Taro named the peasant soldiers who were resting and said, "You, you...you...you all come here, I count, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, and twenty people. Shiga's second-generation, will be trained in the future." After counting with your fingers, Taro completed the task.

Shiga's relatives led the troops for the first time. They asked twenty peasant soldiers to arrange a long snake formation in a row and walked around the city wall. They saw a hundred women and children outside the city wall waiting outside the wall with torches, and asked their peasant soldiers, "What are these people doing?"

A peasant soldier next to him replied, "Sir, they are all relatives of peasant soldiers nearby. After three meals every day, there will always be some leftovers. The food cannot be overnight in summer. His Highness Shima Shengmeng gave these leftovers to these people. If they don't go into the city, they will use hanging baskets to deliver food to the city."

‘I understand. Your family is there too.’

‘Hi, sir, please tell me.’

Shiga's descendants practiced iron cannons and martial arts in the morning in Fukuchiyama Castle every morning, trained peasants in the afternoon, and assisted in defense and patrol. As Taro said, there were three meals a day when the snow-white rice balls were full every day, which was the Kudo family.

When practicing martial arts in the first few days, Fumigoro and Katsumashima Shima always came to see it. Katsumashima Shimashima asked Fumigoro, "How is this newcomer's martial arts?"

Fumigoro Tsuda touched his beard and nodded, "It's a little worse than Shizhouzhai and me. This guy's martial arts are all wild ways from actual combat. There is no school. It seems that he has never been on the battlefield and has killed many people. If he really fights, he is a little better than the flags around you. He is a good seedling. If he is willing to join me for a year or two, he can still improve."

Shimakashima looked at the target that Shiga had finished shooting and shook his head, 'The iron cannon technology needs to be strengthened, and the current level is less than the average level of the iron cannon team.'

At the suggestion of Katsumashima Shiga, Kiji Shiga extended the time for the iron cannon shooting practice every day. After a month, he finally reached the excellent standard. Katsumashima looked at the target and praised, "Yes, Kiji, you are already a qualified sensational head."
Chapter completed!