Chapter 162 4. The Scenery of Enshu Beach Is Excellent

The grand banquet ended in a harmonious atmosphere, and everyone was happy. The townspeople and the countrymen got the answers they wanted, and they felt relieved and left one after another.

At night, Kobayata lived directly in the residence in Ejiri Castle. The night wind was strong on the castle tower, and the weather was still cold, so he really didn't want to go out in the wind. Moreover, living high in the summer without any shelter, the sun was even hotter, and this castle tower was really not a good home environment.

After settling down, the several samurai who came with him also made their own arrangements. Tatsuzo and Akihi slept in Kobayata's outer room as usual, preparing to heat water for Kobayata to take a bath, and boil a pot of boiling water to keep warm at any time in case Kobayata was thirsty and wanted to drink water in the middle of the night.

Uncle Tsunayoshi lived in another house, not with Kobayata. Now there is a difference between the main and the deputy, and the main and the secondary should be distinguished when working. After all, the feudal order needs to be maintained by themselves, and how can they destroy the feudal order as feudal rulers themselves.

After Xiao Pingtai finished washing up, he found that there were still some sugar-coated bullets. Several maids arranged in the residence were obviously young and beautiful, but that was all. Yuanjiang Country was just a small country place. What kind of beautiful women could it produce? Xiao Pingtai was not interested. Why can't you people change some new ways to corrupt me, a GM cadre who is full of advancedness? The female sex is too common.

Just like this, I was thinking about it, and because I drank too much wine, I soon fell asleep.

The next day, the second wave of sugar-coated bullets came exactly as expected. The leading figures of the Jiangjiri local area quietly handed in a thousand taels of gold in a beautifully painted wooden box into the residence. (The deputy official of half of Ejiri Province, Kobayata, is only worth a bribe of 1,000 kan. Too miserable!)

“Oh, 1,000 taels.” Kobayata thought that these people were too thin-skinned (or maybe they didn’t have that much wealth). His annual income was more than 2,500 kan, and his family assets were several times more than this bribe. How could he care about this little money? (So Kobayata was able to be honest and incorruptible, because Kobayata was rich, one of the richest among the samurai. This little money was not in Kobayata’s eyes. In addition, his moral integrity was good, and he was considered a model of feudal bureaucrats.)

Kobayata asked a messenger to send 1,000 taels of gold back to Yamauchi and give it to the miser Yamauchi Yoshiharu. He took the money here, so that they thought he was an ordinary bureaucrat who followed the rules, and handed over the money there to show his loyalty. You must sit upright. Kobayata is the deputy sent by Yamanouchi Yoshiharu to manage Ejiri. You must always follow Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's baton and cannot be corrupted by the Ejiri people.

Now Kobayata's reputation is rising, and there are many things to do. First, promote Heiroku, who has made meritorious contributions, to be a samurai. First, use the name of Kawabe Heirokuro Ienobu, the name of uncle Tsunayoshi's Kawabe. (The name "jia" is a taboo, and the name "xin" is the reader's own request) Then appoint him as the Ejiri town annual caller, and as a samurai with an annual salary of 30 kan, insert him into the town office of Ejiri, keep an eye on the townspeople, business dealings, and annual taxes.

Then ask uncle Tsunayoshi to recruit foot soldiers, and then recruit 30 iron cannon foot soldiers. It costs money. Kobayata wanted to support dozens of samurai who were skilled in martial arts, but such people were not cheap, and they were expensive, at least 50 kan a year, and they also needed swords, guns, armor, and pack horses when necessary. Alas! Money is a bastard, just spend it and earn it again.

Then it was the first task to sort out the list of military servicemen in all of Ejiri. Others could be ignored, as long as there were no problems with the military servicemen, and it would be fine to ignore the complicated mundane affairs. And after all, Ejiri was not the territory of the Yamanouchi clan before. In addition to the territory directly under Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, a large part of it belonged to the provincial people. The number of military servicemen in the territory of the provincial people was made up by the mouths of these provincial people, which was a mess.

Kobayata could not verify the real number through land inspection, so he had to follow the military service list full of loopholes, and took Aji and Tatsuzo, as well as several foot soldiers who were guarding, to check the status of the soldiers in the military service account along the street. By the way, you can also check out the local geography and natural resources of Ejiri along the way.

The military affairs of Ejiri were originally focused on defending against Mikawa Province, but now Mikawa is also under the command of the Imagawa family, so there is no special defense focus. But in the Warring States period, people's hearts are unpredictable. At least Kobayata did not believe in the character of the hero Imagawa Yoshimoto. As long as the Yamanouchi family showed a flaw, he would definitely come up and take a bite.

So Kobayata first came to Futamata Castle on the other side of the Tenryu River, arranged with the father and son of Riki Iwase to enter the city to garrison, and at the same time, with the wisdom of Yamamoto Kansuke, requisitioned cheap low-alcohol rice wine to be stored in Futamata. In this way, even if the waterwheel is destroyed, it can hold out for more than a month, ensuring that the Yamanouchi and Ejiri armies are mobilized.

In this way, there is no need to worry about water shortage and siege. With the disgusting city gate that has only one way up the mountain since ancient times and the city defense level of a cliff with a slope of 70 to 80 degrees, you will definitely have to fight for more than a month with 30,000 people. Moreover, the Iwase family has been supported by the Yamanouchi family for generations, and they are loyal and trustworthy.

As for the embankment on the Tenryu River, this is also a focus that needs attention. Fortunately, both the Imagawa clan on the opposite side and the Yamanouchi clan on this side have been reinforcing and repairing the embankment for many years. There is no laziness at all. Imagawa Yoshimoto's deputy in Totomi, Matsui Munenobu, is still a very capable general who can lead the crowd. He guarded Kakegawa Castle and unified the entire Totomi tribe for Imagawa Yoshimoto.

It took Koyata about half a month to finish this tour. He even monitored the territories of the daimyo. As long as there was an ashigaru who could go into battle, Koyata would not care about anything else and continue to maintain the military service.

However, according to Koyata's memory, the road condition of Ejiri was indeed bad again. I don't know if it was because there were too many people walking on the prosperous trade route, or because the repair was incomplete. Koyata thought that after the autumn harvest, he should discuss with the daimyo (yes, the people in their territories had to discuss with them if they wanted to mobilize. Their people were not the people of Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, so the daimyo were repeatedly weakened.) He immediately launched the general petition service to prepare the road, widen the street, and repair the bridge on the Tenryu River. After all, it was a wooden bridge and had been used for three or four years.

He walked along the Tenryu River to the coast of Enshu Beach. The breeze from the Pacific Ocean blew in his face, and the weather was very good.

Koyata was tired from running around day and night recently, and told his followers to stay where they were. I walked down the beach by myself, stopping and starting, and the sand (actually it should be called mud beach) under my feet was filled with water.

Scattered shells, flashing shrimps and crabs. Looking at the distant sea, it was beautiful.