Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 310 Children's Matters

In the eleventh year of Yonglu, February.

It is the season for planting Hida corn. This is the second planting. Compared with the previous trial planting, this time the scale is much larger.

The war between Li Xiao and Sister Xiaolu, Jiangma's family the year before last led to a great famine in Hida.

While helping, Li Xiao summoned some of the people who had lost their fields to conduct trial planting of corn imported from Nanban.

Because Hida is a highland and mountainous terrain, it is more suitable for corn planting, so it grows well in the local area.

The harvest in the first year has effectively solved the Hida's continuing famine.

Although the samurai class generally eats rice daily, although ordinary people do not eat rice, they still love the combination of millet and radish, better than corn.

Therefore, corn is only used as an auxiliary food, which can fill the stomach, but most people have never thought of using this kind of food to replace their staple food for thousands of years.

However, by the eleventh year of Yonglu, the scale of corn planting in Hida has also expanded. Of course, most farmers still use corn as food for famine.

The maize variety is passed down from Nanban, so local people call corn Nanban millet.

PS: There are 267 names for corn in the local Japanese dialects, generally called Tang millet, but it is also called Nanban millet in the Kansai region.

Unconsciously, Li Xiao introduced corn to Japan more than ten years ahead of schedule. The first time corn was introduced to Japan in history was in 1569.

Introduced by the Portuguese, it was first cultivated in Nagasaki and Shikoku, and then gradually promoted. It was planted in Hokkaido during the Meiji period.

However, unlike the role of corn in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, corn has not become a mainstream food in Japan, but as a multi-food source.

PS: Nowadays, there are several major corn importing countries in the world, but most of them are not used for direct consumption.

The corn planting for the second year is now in the beginning of spring. Li Xiao deliberately issued a decree that no annual tribute will be collected for the first three years of wasteland, and will be collected after three years.

This has increased the people's efforts to open up wasteland.

This preferential decree has attracted more people to move to Hida. Part of it is due to the tax exemption of land reclamation, and the other part is the separation of soldiers and farmers in the territory of Hida Li Xiao, so the people don’t have to be busy with farming. Sometimes they have to be mobilized to fight and delay production.

And in Li Xiaoling, there is a big discount, that is, Li Xiao also employs the method of remuneration and hires people to perform labor when he is in general service.

Therefore, even though Li Xiao’s rule is still a taxation method for the annual tribute of the three public and two people, in fact, the burden is still lighter than that of the surrounding big names.

Hida’s current economic situation has shown its prosperous momentum under Li Xiao’s rule. According to the estimates of Tibet Chang’an, Hida’s annual tribute income this year will increase by as much as 20% over last year.

In addition to the promotion of agricultural corn, the second is trade on commercial roads.

Because of the lack of salt in Hojo, Imakawa, Hida became the second important channel for transporting salt to the local Takeda family after Echigo.

Li Xiao still implemented it, using his own royal merchant salt house to implement the monopoly of salt trading.

It is mandatory to conduct salt trading in the castle city, and then most of it will be shipped to Shinano to sell the salt.

In this way, although Li Xiao’s travel cost is certainly much higher than Echigo’s, Uesugi Kenshin’s selling salt to the Takeda family was not just an act of fame. In fact, he offered the salt price, but he did not sell it at all. Cheap.

Uesugi's royal merchant Echigoya was also responsible for transporting salt from Echigo to the Takeda family.

Compared with Shioya, Echigoya is relatively rich and wealthy. Like Shioya Akizada, Kuroda Goro Zuomen is also a merchant and part-time samurai.

As one of Uesugi Kenshin's retainers, he was responsible for the financial affairs of Uesugi's family after Daxiong Chaoxiu rebelled against the Uesugi family.

Therefore, Shioya merchants and Kuroda Goro's Echigoya have to compete on price, and the cost is definitely not as good as each other.

Shioya Akisada could only negotiate with Kuroda Goro Samon in person, and the two sides decided to control the sale of salt at a price acceptable to both sides.

Under the competition between the two companies, Li Xiao still made a certain profit by selling salt to Kai Fei through salt house merchants.

However, Li Xiao also knows that there are not many opportunities for this. As long as Takeda Shingen takes over Suruga and gets the estuary, then the salt can be imported from Hida and Echigo.

After the salt trade last year, Li Xiao still saved a lot of military expenses. In addition to his shares in salt house merchants, the funds on hand suddenly became rich.

In addition, Li Xiao also began to secretly transport military and food supplies to the city through the road between Shengang City and Chengsheng City, which was just expanded last year, in preparation for the attack on Yuezhong.

On this day, after Li Xiao inspected Rui Costa’s large barrel foundry, he returned to Chengsheng City.

Since the expedition is imminent, he must spare more time to accompany Yusada Obatama, who has just given birth to Li Xiao's son.

In the castle tower of Chengshengcheng, Yusada Obatama, who is already an adult, dressed in a loose robe, is sitting by the cradle, looking at the little life inside with affection.

Oba Yuzhen's expression was so focused that he didn't even notice that Li Xiao walked through the door.

When Li Xiao saw this, he almost sighed up to the sky. Sure enough, she was right. After a woman gave birth to a child, she would transfer most of her love from her husband to the child.

And the sisters of Yumi Oba, Yusada Oba, and their sisters are really very good, and they interpreted this definition for Li Xiao.

This made Li Xiao feel a bit jealous.

Seeing Oban Yuzheng watching intently, Li Xiaomo remained silent, and quietly walked behind Oban Yuzhen, his hands wrapped around her waist.

Oba Yusada watched too intently and did not expect Li Xiao to appear. When he noticed it, he felt a pair of broad hands wrapped around his waist.

The surprised expression on Yuzhen's face flashed by, and when he felt that it was Li Xiao, the expression on his face changed to a touch of gentleness, and he said softly, "You are back."

Li Xiao said, "You are too fascinated to see it."

Obata Yusada Zhanyan smiled and said, "Yes, I still don't have enough to watch this all day long."

Li Xiao nodded, rubbing her hands slightly, Yusada Obata, and said: "This time the Raiders crosses the middle, it may be a long time, you go back to Kai, and accompany your sister. You two sisters also have A companion, besides, you haven’t seen each other for a long time."

A trace of worry floated on Yusada's face, and asked, "Does it take a long time to attack the middle of the game? Will there be a big battle to fight?"

Li Xiao laughed and said confidently: "Don't worry, the Jinbao family is not yet a rival. I worry about this Hokuriku, only Uesugi Teruho is the only one, but he will not be in Yuezhong then, as long as Uesugi Teruho does not appear, No one can do anything to me."

After a pause, Li Xiao said again: "However, this attack on Jinbao's house is not easy to say. It will be a bitter battle if it will be delayed for a long time, so I asked you to return to Jiafei. Remember? I still owe you. You have a Minguo wedding. When the Vietnam-China war is over, I will be Jiafei."

Seeing that Li Xiao still remembers the incident, Oba Yusada showed a sweet smile on his face and said, "Well, okay. I will bring Shenger back to Kai, and please be careful in everything."

Li Xiao nodded, and suddenly said: "You said that you must hold this wedding in front of your sister, so it has been postponed until now. And I have been in Mino Hida-etsu for several years, and I can’t get it. Go away, so I actually owe you a lot from the bottom of my heart."

Yuzhen Obata turned his head, looked at Li Xiao with shining eyes, and smiled: "You are too polite to say that, and it is not what we should say. I want to have a status as soon as possible, and I want to see my sister as soon as possible. , But what I want most is to be by your side."

"Do you know? Although my sister is your main room, she has not been by your side for many years, so she must be entangled in the thoughts of you. And I am different, being able to be by your side is nothing Not comparable. So I am very happy."

Seeing Yuzhen Xiaobaan looking at him, Li Xiao couldn't help but be moved by the affection in his eyes.

At the same time, he thought of Oba Yumi, indeed, as Yusada said, he has owed Oba Yusada for so long. She was alone and helped herself with a pair of children in Jiafei. Although she would not have suffered much as Li Xiao's family, but she would definitely not feel well in her heart.

But Yumi Obata never complained to herself.

And perhaps this is what I call imperfection. In the eyes of outsiders, Li Xiao is the elder of the Takeda family. A bit jealous, but in fact, he also lacks the happiness of family companionship in his heart.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao felt even more indebted. He couldn't help but miss Oba Yumi's face, his son, and his daughter who hadn't seen each other since he was born.

Obata Yusada saw Li Xiao's imagination, and sighed when he guessed that he was thinking of his sister.

Li Xiao felt the strangeness of Yuzheng Xiaoba in his arms, and turned to say: "Sheng'er is not my aunt, so I can keep it by my side and take care of him personally. I want to personally advise him on his military strategy and marksmanship when he is over. , I think in the future I will not be inferior to the Zhenger taught by Huzai Zongyi."

Oba Yusada listened to Li Xiaozhi's words~www.wuxiamtl.com~ and said worriedly: "In fact, no matter what, I only hope that Shenger will be safe. If you become a samurai, you will be risky in the battle in the future."

Li Xiao laughed when he heard the words, and said: "My child, Shenger, as my son of Li Xiao, will not inherit my family business in the future, but he will not be mediocre. Youzhen, born in troubled times, if you want to calm down, expect others to not violate In the end, it is absolutely impossible. So if he wants to protect himself, he must master his strength."

Hearing what Li Xiao said, Oba Yusada had no thoughts, and could only say: "Everything I listen to you is."

Li Xiao nodded, bowed his head and kissed Xiaoban Yuzheng's clean forehead. At this moment, one of them approached and reported downstairs: "Report to the lord, Lord Masanobu, who was envoy to Shengxing Temple, is back."

When Li Xiao heard this, he could only let go of Yusada Kobata, and said apologetically: "I can't accompany you, I have important things to do."

Obata Yusada nodded slightly, but when Li Xiao left and went downstairs, there was a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

Chapter 310 Children's Matters

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