In the early morning, Yiyin opened his eyes in a daze, and the interest next to him had long disappeared. He smelled the lingering fragrance on his hands. This matter should be settled, right?
After breakfast, Yoshigami gathered the Jishi warriors at home to discuss matters. He sat on the main seat, with the Takada sisters under his left hand and the Maeda mother and daughter under his right hand.
"Well, Lord."
Maeda Rikyu pulled Yoshida to bow. Yoshida was so dumbfounded that he didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't dare to look at Yoshigan, so he bowed and lowered his head.
"Good morning, Lord Yiyin."
The Takada sisters also saluted, and Yangno glanced at Benji unhappily. She didn't know why she was particularly displeased with her today, but she thought about what Qiyin said yesterday and held back her anger.
"Hello everyone, I'm convening everyone today to get to know each other and announce a few things."
Yiyin said after considering it.
"Takada Haruno, Takada Yukino. I am a member of the Shiba family. This is Riku-sama, the mother of Toshihime."
The two parties bowed to each other. Riku could feel Yangno's rejection, but she also felt that she understood it.
If this matter were placed on her, she would not be able to accept it. The master's hard-earned knowledge and actions are all given to outsiders. How can there be such a rule of the Wu family?
But if it were her daughter who benefited, she would have no choice but to take it out of conscience. At worst, she would be loyal to the public and pay it back slowly.
"His Majesty Oda's letter of thanks and Tomoyuki's letter of security will be delivered today. After you receive it, Yono, you will transfer the letter of thanks to Tomoyo-sama to Riku-sama."
Yiyin said, Yang Nai reluctantly nodded in agreement.
"Lord Riku, I leave everything to you regarding Okezama's affairs."
Riku bowed again happily.
"This is my duty. I will go to the Maeda family to negotiate later and retrieve my Hatamotohime samurai and the direct jurisdiction Ashigaru. I believe that Mother will also support some supplies to the new leader.
I promise my lord that by the time the spring plowing is completed at the latest, the Okehazama Maeda family will be able to operate normally, and by then all military forces will be available for the lord to cope with the war after the New Year."
Both Yoshigan and Riku knew that Nobunaga would not stop and the next war would be easy to fight.
In the past few years after the death of the late Nobhide, most of the people in the territory were recuperating and recuperating. Now that Nobunaga has the power, he must go to war to fulfill his promise.
Fight for new territory for yourself and the hungry Ji warriors at home.
"This is a troublesome thing, sir. Ji Yi needs to stay at home. The military at home cannot do without Ji Ji."
"This is natural. The reward is so heavy that we have to go through fire and water to repay it."
Riku chatted with Yoshigan for a few more words, apologized and left first. She was in a hurry to go back to Maeda's house to find support. It was already late winter and time was running out.
After Riku left, Yoshigami turned his head to Yangno. Yangno nodded understandingly and talked about the situation at home.
"This time the troops were sent out, almost all of our family's resources were wiped out. All the ashigaru were wiped out, and all the food and grass were supplied to the front line. Except for the guaranteed food, all the supplies at home were taken out.
In the past few days after the war, I brought peasants and soldiers back to the village to supervise winter plowing, so next year’s summer harvest should not be affected.”
Yiyin nodded reassuringly. The summer harvest was the wheat harvest that was the villagers' main ration. Although the main family basically didn't take any of it, if the harvest was missing, people in the village would inevitably be in turmoil.
Yang Nai was very considerate in being able to catch up with the winter plowing as soon as possible after the war.
"I can rest assured that you can do your job. So the material situation at home is not very good now?"
"I am more optimistic than I thought before. Although the Ashigaru were completely wiped out this time, Lord Niwa of the Oda family appreciates the contribution of the Shiba family.
All the ashigaru's royal tools were returned, and some spoils of war were also given as compensation.
I tried selling it in the castle town in exchange for some copper coins and grain."
Yiyin smiled with satisfaction, so, if you want to study, look at how fast Yangno's mind is spinning now.
"As long as there is no strong mobilization like this time, there will be no problems at home this year in ordinary farm-leaf wars.
The recruitment materials are already in place, mainly the selection and training of Ashigaru. We need to wait for Master Maeda to handle it."
Saying that, Yang Nai glanced at Benyi. He found that she was distracted and couldn't help but snorted coldly.
"Benefit Ji, Benefit Ji."
Yiyin called her twice softly, and Li Yi suddenly came back to his senses, looking at Yiyin's face turning red.
She is still a young girl, and yesterday's battle was too exciting for her. She has heard a lot of dirty jokes between the Ji warriors, but she has never heard them as fierce as Lord Yiyin.
It is said that men are very weak and will be weak for several days after one session. How can they be like adults? I counted seven times in one night, which is really scary.
Your Excellency is indeed no ordinary man. Due to Ji Ji's physique, he felt pain in his lower body for the first time, and his body was so soft that he has not recovered yet.
"Mr. Maeda Yoshida, although it is good to know and do things, you don't have to think about it all the time. You should be rewarded by the public, and the public should come first, right?"
Yangno's words were sarcastic. She only thought it was a benefit because she was knocked unconscious by a 1,500-kou pie. If only she knew the truth...
I guess he would be so jealous that he would kill the profit with his sword, right?
"Zhiji Ji has been exhausted mentally and physically these past few days because of Lord Rikyu's affairs. It's normal for people to be tired."
Yiyin said something on behalf of his own interests, and Yang Nai pouted, unable to refute, just jealous.
Next to her, Yukino was sitting like a clay sculpture. Now, except for her sword, she was by Lord Yoshiyin's side every day. Nothing else could touch her.
"Excuse me, Lord Takada."
If you know that you are wrong, you must first bow and admit your mistake.
"I have done the ashigaru thing at home once, and it should go smoothly if I do it again this time. The main thing is how many regular ashigaru are the master planning to allocate this time. Can the supplies at home keep up."
The word "lord" was said with a special charm, and it always seemed to have something to it. Yang Nai looked at Yiyin and "Benefit" suspiciously, but couldn't tell what was wrong.
"I do have some thoughts about this."
Yiyin thought for a while and said.
"I want to give Ashigaru a salary."
"???"
The two girls looked at Yi Gin together, Yukino remained calm.
Yoshigan actually thought about this matter for a long time. He felt that those ashgaru were so pitiful. They were all living lives, born as redundant labor and suffering from hunger.
What awaits them is that the older ones will be selected by the military family to join the reserve team, and then die in a certain battle. As cannon fodder, the only price for hiring them is two meals a day, and they will not be full until the war.
As a person who lived in a modern society in his previous life, Yi Yin found it difficult to accept this kind of thing. But this was a feudal society with insufficient productivity and insufficient food production. There was nothing he could do if everyone acted like this.
But under the torment of his conscience, he still hopes to change what he can see in front of him. Anyway, he relies on the system to fight the war. More cannon fodder and less cannon fodder makes no difference to him.
"The food consumption of ten ashigaru in one month is two dan, plus the consumption of the royal family and the doubling of food intake during wartime, it is about 40 dan per year, not more than 50 dan.
In other words, the cost of an Ashigaru is less than five dan per year. I want to change the recruitment method of ashigaru, and also give them five dan of grain as salary every year.
In this way, they can marry husbands and have children in the village, and have a future to look forward to in life. They will not be like now, having to eat just to die on the battlefield."
"But if they die in the war, their salary will stop. How will the orphans and widows left behind live?"
Yang Nai thought long-term, and Yiyin was choked up by the words.
"Then make a law that the husband and children of Ashigaru killed in battle will be employed as house servants, and the children will be given priority to become Ashigaru when they grow up."
Yiyin never stops doing anything, to put it simply.
"Then...the burden on the family will also increase. Is this really feasible?"
"This can be done!"
Yang Nai was still hesitating, but her interests were already exciting her. This matter hit her at a weak point in her heart. She thought of herself back then and bowed to Yi Gin without being shy.
"My lord is benevolent and righteous, and I am honored to be able to serve the Shiba family in my interests. Lord Takada is at ease, this is feasible."
I have clarified my thinking and talked about interests.
"When Ashigaru has expectations, he will naturally be brave. Moreover, both husband and wife are at home, not only for the Shiba family, but also for their own family. They must work hard to kill the enemy.
We have many families, and all the people in Ashigaru's hometown live together, and we have deep feelings for each other.
Even if something goes wrong on the battlefield, he won't give up on his fellow villagers and run away easily. After returning home, Wan Nu pointed out that his family still has a way to survive?
Nowadays, every ashigaru family is just trying to fill their stomachs. If the ten-man team loses one or two in battle, it will collapse. I thought about this arrangement. If only half of them die, the Shiba family ashigaru will never collapse.
Moreover, the salary of a walking Hime Samurai is at least thirty kan or sixty koku a year, and the cost of an ashigaru plus a royal loan is only ten koku a year, one-sixth of that of a Hime samurai.
Although it is not as good as Samurai Hime who has been training hard since childhood, as long as three or four people are trained rigorously to be able to stand up to Samurai Hime, it will be worth it.
Besides, there are no retainers in Shiba's family tree, so how can we guarantee his loyalty with a foreign samurai princess? According to the Lord's method, the Ashigaru family all relies on the Shiba family, and their loyalty is far more trustworthy than that of a foreign samurai samurai."
Yang Nai didn't know much about military matters and was speechless at what she said about profit. But she was responsible for the money and food, so she had to figure it out clearly.
"How can we support our family if our Ashigaru expenses double?"
"Recruitment is cut in half. If you don't recruit twenty people, you will recruit ten people."
After listening to Yiyi's words, Yiyin found that his temporarily soft-hearted idea seemed to be feasible. He was delighted and said decisively.
"However, it is not appropriate to spread this matter to other people. If other ashigaru families know about it, we are afraid of causing riots and the samurai families will be dissatisfied with the Shiba family."
Benefit added. Yiyin and Yangno nodded. This is not difficult. In feudal society, we were only a dozen miles away from home. Chickens and dogs could hear each other but never see each other for life.
Every village is very closed. Unless the upper-level Wu family deliberately spreads the news, the details of each family will not be known for a hundred years. The three girls here are die-hard fans of the Sibo family, so naturally nothing will happen.
Ashigaru later learned that as long as they threatened to cancel the law if outsiders found out, and for their own interests, they would be beaten to death without spreading the news.
"That's it. It's settled. The two of you will formulate the detailed laws together, and I will implement them after observing."
Yiyin slammed the table to finalize the matter. Benefit was very happy and bowed solemnly to congratulate him.
"My Lord, this move is of great wisdom and courage. After Shiba Ashigaru's testimonies, all the Shiba family Ashigaru will become Hime warriors."
Ashigaru samurai transformation... That's because you have a strong mind. I didn't think about it at all... Yoshigan looked at her speechlessly.
Just brag, Ji Ji has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. It can't be replaced easily. He just wants to make his conscience feel better.