Chapter 672 The Four Heroes of the Warring States Period
The Luo family was already a Warring States Daming with a territory of 1.6 million stones and a population of more than 900,000. Such strength is much stronger than the territory of the Ouchi family with nearly one million stones and the Imakawa family, which just nationalized the three places of Mikawa, Tomje and Suruga, and had a territorial income of only one million.
As the Otomo family's inner palace fell, the Luo family occupied the Fenghou Kingdom, and the surrounding powerful celebrities suddenly discovered that a giant comparable to the Otoman family suddenly appeared in Kyushu (during this period, the Otoman family was even stronger than the Imakawa, Nagata, Takeda and other daimyos. If it weren't for the sudden decline, there might be a strong score in the history of the Warring States Period). As the Damen around the Luo family, they felt fear first. Damen in areas such as Kyoto and even the Dongguo really paid attention to the Luo family for the first time. Some people have even begun to call Masara the Kyushu Eagle.
With the rise of the Luo family, the three first three omens in the Warring States Period (Imakawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Shingen, and Hojo Ichiyasu), which were originally commented by later historians, have now become the four omens in the Warring States Period. The one added is naturally Masara, who is known as the Kyushu Eagle. This year, Imakawa Yoshimoto was 30 years old, Takeda Shingen, 28 years old, Hojo Ichiyasu was 34 years old, and Masara was 25 years old. As for the three omens in the Warring States Period, Oda Nobunaga was only fifteen years old this year, and now he has not even inherited the position of the Oda family's governor; Tokugawa Ichiyasu was only eight years old, and was still hostage in the Oda family at this time. Although he would be replaced by the Imakawa family soon, he still had to be a puppet controlled by the Imakawa family for a while; the future Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Toyotomi, has just begun to wander home and seek his way to become a samurai.
After the war with the Otomo family and the Ouchi family coalition forces, Masayoshi became famous (even in the Kanto region, people talked about the outstanding achievements of Masayoshi's Kyushu eagle), and the eagle family pattern of the Luo family began to be known to the world. Since then, the Kyushu eagle has become famous.
Of course, Masayoshi naturally would not become complacent because of such a reputation. He knew clearly that although the Luo family had already claimed to be a Warring States period of hundreds of stones at this time, the income from these territorial sources has not yet entered the Luo family's warehouse. The reality is that even though more than 80,000 stones of grain were seized from the temple shrine forces of the Chumashiro Kingdom, the Luo family was still on the verge of being short of food.
In addition, although the Luo family seems extremely powerful, it lacks foundation. For example, a more united retainer group, more sufficient logistics supplies, more sufficient young and strong soldiers, and even a territorial internal affairs system that can support long-term combat. These all need to be accumulated and settled slowly.
It is precisely in order to allow the territory to recuperate and accumulate its own foundation. The Luo family will not only not be able to show its edge during this period, but will even become silent on the contrary. Because the sudden rise of the Luo family will inevitably arouse the vigilance of neighboring countries. If it still seems aggressive at this time, it is likely to be united and besieged by these countries. With the current food logistics situation of the Luo family territory, once it is besieged, it will be obviously very fatal. Therefore, Zhengliang must focus on developing internal affairs and accumulating background. At the same time, he must also carry out diplomatic strategies to reduce surrounding enemies and increase his allies.
The first step in developing internal affairs is to prepare to move to the city.
Currently, there are three main cities in Masayoshi, namely Anyueshan Castle in Matsuura County, Higashi, Village City in Zoga County, and Qibu City in Fenghou Kingdom (i.e., the Mansion Hall). Anyueshan Castle is the current ruling center of the Luo family.
After the Luo family occupied part of the territory of the Chuanqian Kingdom and Fenghou Kingdom this time, if Anyueshan City was the ruling center, its location would obviously be a bit remote, which was not conducive to the rapid transmission of the Luo family's orders and even more unfavorable to the monitoring of the territory by Daimai Masayoshi. Among the three residential cities, Qibu City was recently occupied and not in the central area of the Luo family's territory, so it was naturally not suitable for the new main residential city. This left the village city.
The village city is located in the eastern part of Feiqian Kingdom, and is close to the Chuqian Kingdom and the Chuqian Kingdom. Through this place, you can quickly reach Feiqian Kingdom through the Minghai, and you can quickly reach Fengqian Kingdom through the coast of the Chuqian River. In addition, the Feiqian Kingdom where it is located is the most prosperous and loyal to the Luo family territory at present, so the village city has become the best choice for the main residence city.
It is precisely for this reason that the retainers such as Togo Heiji, Yamamoto Kazusuke and other retainers have suggested that Masara be moved to the village city several times. Previously, since the village city city was being transformed into a new village city, and the castle town outside the city was also being transformed into the Luo Family Academy, Masara did not move in advance. Now, the village city has been transformed, and the Luo Family Academy, which has been renovated for nearly two years, is about to be completed, so Masara is naturally going to move in.
Since we want to move, we naturally have to make some personnel arrangements.
First of all, Zhengliang's family and servants must move in, and the families of those retainers must also move in. According to the laws of the Luo family, each retainer and his family must live near the same fortress, and the retainer and his family live in the city town of Daming's residence, and the retainer's territory is managed by his tribe. The clan members also have two residence options. One is to follow the head of the family and also live in the city town outside the city town of Daming's residence, and the other is to settle in the territory of the retainer. Basically, all retainers will choose the second way of residence. The so-called accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and they would rather stay away from the place of Daming as much as possible. Moreover, the territory of the family governor needs their help to manage it.
Secondly, as Masayoshi's guards, the cloaks and samurai team, their garrisons must also be changed from Anyue Mountain City to Village City. As the management agency of the Luo family, the intelligence cabinet, the military cabinet, the internal affairs cabinet and other institutions must naturally follow Daming to Village City. The garrisons of the detective team, the iron cannon team, the messenger team and the Black Hawk team must all be changed to Village City City.
Finally, Luo Family technical institutions such as weapons workshops, smelting workshops, firearm workshops, etc. will still remain in the mountain basin near Anyue City. This will facilitate the confidentiality of these institutions. Moreover, the black hawk's nest is nearby, which can completely ensure the safety of these institutions.
In Zhengliang's future plan, the Anyue Mountain City on the west side will be built as the technological innovation center of the Luo Family, while the Village City is the cultural, political and economic center of the Luo Family's future, and the Qibu City on the east side is another economic center that drives the development of the eastern region of the Luo Family's territory. In this way, from the east to the west of the Luo Family, a central area from the Anyue Mountain City on the village City and Qibu City on the whole line will be formed, so as to use this as the radiation center, exert influence on both sides of the territory and drive the development of the territory.
Chapter completed!