No one in the Matsudaira family cared about the life or death of the Hattori clan who were not born in Mikawa. Sakai Tadashi suppressed him like this and no one stepped forward to help. He found a reason to cut off the meager salary that maintained the Hattori clan's 100 members.
Without an income, livelihood has become a problem, and Hattori Chief is also confused. He doesn't know where to go if he leaves the Matsudaira family at this time. Neither the Imagawa clan nor the Oda clan has the need to support the ninja army. If he leaves the Matsudaira family at this time,
He could only lead his tribe to continue wandering.
Kansuke Yamamoto seized the opportunity and intervened in time to relieve his concerns. As a person from Mikawa Kingdom and as a wanderer in various countries for more than ten years, it was easy to win the approval of Hattori. After a period of contact and repeated persuasion, Hattori finally decided to
Leaving the Matsudaira family and embracing the Kira family.
"So that's it! What the Matsudaira family did is really unpopular!" Kira Manshomaru smacked his lips. It was the first time he heard about the dark history of such a celebrity, and he still felt a little uneasy.
It’s really too harsh to support the Hattori clan with a population of nearly a hundred!”
Kira Manshomaru asked: "Teacher, how much rice can a copper coin buy now?"
"At the price of food in Sanhe, you can probably buy eight buckets and five liters of rice!"
"So one hundred copper coins can only buy eighty-five shi of rice! Is there no other way?"
"If you replace it with brown rice, millet, wheat, potatoes and other grains, you can double the amount and buy 170 shi of grain."
"It seems like it's still not enough..." The two of them asked and answered questions as if without any malice, they took off the last fig leaf of the Hattori family.
The commonly used copper coins in Sanhe are all Ju coins, which are low-quality copper coins made by local lords who do not have the coinage technology. In the early years of Tianwen’s price, one hundred Guanwen of Ju coins could buy one hundred stones of rice, but with the increase of Ju coins
The proliferation of private coinage caused prices to rise continuously. By the 18th year of Tianwen's reign, a hundred guan of money could only buy 85 shi of rice.
Eighty-five kilo of rice seems like a lot, but an adult consumes one kilo and eight buckets of food a year. Eighty-five kilo is not enough to feed the men of the Hattori family. Do those women and children have to drink the northwest wind?
Even if all the eighty-five kilograms of rice were replaced with whole grains, it would only be doubled and it would still not be enough to eat, so Hattori Chief kept his head down in embarrassment and remained silent. The twenty-odd Hattori tribesmen who accompanied him were different.
There was no emotion at all. Everyone clenched their fists and gnashed their teeth in anger. It seemed that the Matsudaira family really didn't do many good things.
In addition to Hattori Bouchou, who serves as the head of the Matsudaira family and can receive a salary of 100 kan, there are also some low-level samurai in his family who serve as the Matsudaira family, although they can only receive a few kan or simply
One person only eats about 1,000 yuan of rice, but he can live a manageable life. He belongs to a group of people who are barely struggling to meet the food and clothing line.
Of course, this is just pure living expenses. Ninjas need activity funds to collect intelligence. Daily training, weapons and clothing expenses and other expenses have not been included. In the past, Matsudaira Hirotada could receive some additional support and rewards when he was still alive. However, Matsudaira Hiroshi
Once Zhong dies, everything will be gone. Not only that, he won't even give you a salary.
In the past six months, the Hattori family has not been able to get a penny in salary, and they have been relying on the little money they have accumulated over the past ten years. Hattori Chief also tried to find the Matsudaira clan elders to solve the problem, but none of them were willing to speak for him.
The kind ones can give him some food rations as a relief, but the unkind ones can just kick him out.
The lofty Iga Jonin Hattori clan was reduced to relying on charity. It was really a shame that the Hattori family had to go into the mountains secretly to hunt animals in order to have enough food.
Fishing in the river makes a living. The women of the clan gather together to weave fishing nets and rattan baskets, and sell them in the castle town of Okazaki Castle. Whenever they meet the Matsudaira family samurai in the castle town, their faces are always full of humiliation and anger. The Hattori family members
My affection for the Matsudaira family has been exhausted unconsciously.
Seeing the angry expressions of all the relatives of the Hattori family, Kira Mansomaru said: "I am very happy to hear that Ishimiden intends to switch to our family! As our family's sincerity in accepting the Hattori family, I specially ordered Hattori Iwami Moribo to serve as our Monomichi.
Fantou, annual salary is two hundred guanwen."
"Yes! Your Majesty, Hattori Chief, would like to thank the host for your kindness! I am willing to serve the Kira family with all my heart, and I will never forget the great kindness of the host!" It's not like Hattori has never thought about raising his salary, but he has spent his annual salary so lightly.
Doubling the amount of food is still a bit of a surprise. Doubling the amount of food can improve living conditions a lot, which means that this winter the tribesmen don’t have to worry about going hungry or freezing, and they don’t have to engage in humble businesses to compete with the poor for their livelihood. In Hattori
At the chief's greeting, the Hattori family members knelt down and thanked him.
"Ishimiden is responsible for arranging the Mono-mianban for our family. The number of personnel must not be less than twenty. The equipment ration used for Mono-mianban will be paid separately by the family. I leave this matter to Ishimi-den!" After the salary was negotiated,
Naturally, it was an obligation. Kira Manshomaru did not leave any difficulties for him, and gave him preferential treatment in terms of materials and equipment. He then said: "In addition, you must provide ten loyal and brave ninjas to serve as our clan's interrogators. The treatment of these ten people will be the same as that of our clan's horses."
Everyone agrees!"
"Yes! I am willing to die loyally for the master of the hall!" The people of the Hattori clan were very excited. The new master's family was very generous to the Hattori family and made a big deal when they first made a move. The Kira family's horseback samurai were famous for their high treatment.
, the Kira family will bear the fodder for the horses, and the arrows and weapons costs for training will be borne by the Kira family. In addition, each person can also receive three people's support rice, which is six stones of rice.
Six kilo of rice is more than enough to feed a family of three. These ten people can feed thirty people. This suddenly reduces the financial burden of thirty people for Hattori Chief. Taking into account the two hundred kilo of salary and various subsidies, it is better than staying in Matsudaira.
It is not impossible to triple the living conditions of the family.
The garrisons are the common name for the samurai who serve as the governor of the household. The Ashikaga shogun family also has a group of garrisons to guard the shogunate palace. However, below the shogunate, there is usually no title of garrisons, but instead they appear under the names of horseback, flag, etc. These
All of them are samurai who do not work in production. They only practice their bow and horse skills in peacetime. In wartime, they perform military service for their masters and serve as the guardians of their families.
It is definitely big news to let ninjas serve as interrogators and receive the same treatment as horse returners. Seeing that the Hattori clan seemed to be a little distracted, Kira Manshomaru very considerately ordered: "You guys have come all the way to join me, so you must settle down."
Yashiki is the one, Zenjiro! I’ll leave the settlement of the Hattori clan to you!”
"Yes!" Zenjiro stood up in response. Hattori Chief also thanked the Hattori family again and again, and then happily followed Zenjiro out of Honmaru. They were settled in the Shiyashiki, formerly known as Waiquren, now renamed Sanmaru, including Shiyashiki.
The entire Saijo Castle including it was rebuilt by Kansuke Yamamoto.
Saijo Castle of the Kira family was built in the era of Ashikaga Yoshiji, the third generation governor of the Ashikaga clan, the leader of the Genji family in Kawachi. It has been the residence of the Kira family for more than 300 years, and it roughly maintained the original appearance of the original wooden structure until Yamamoto, the eleventh year of Tianbun.
Kansuke came to the Kira family and spent several years rebuilding Saijo Castle that was closer to the new era, giving the city new power.
