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Sanhe Butterfly Chapter 292 Don¡¯t know whether to live or die

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    On April 12, the Kira family's Naoetsu went north along the coastline. Along the way, he saw a desolate land on the coast, which was completely uninhabited sand and dense forests. When he entered the mouth of the Shinano River, he went upstream.  We discovered large lakes, swamps, and sandbanks, with large areas of wild birds and animals.  ¡°These are the two sides of our Niigata Town. A new town will be built east of the Shinano River and the Agano River.¡± Fujitaka Hosokawa said, pointing to the land where water and jungle gather.  "How to manage the new fields here? Look at those lakes, swamps and sandbanks, there is absolutely no way to deal with them!" Honjo Sano shook his head and said they couldn't understand. In their eyes, this area has been an abandoned land since ancient times. It is said that the kappa monsters gather here.  , there are only a few Chinese people living in scattered settlements within dozens of miles, but this piece of land has become a god-given land in the eyes of the Kira family.  Li Ding, wearing a scholar's robe and a scholar's hat, looked like a typical scholar of the Ming Dynasty. He stood on another boat and praised this land: "What a great place! It's just the perfect place to experiment with the polder fields passed down from our ancestors."  Law!¡± Matsui Nobuyuki, who has been to Omi frequently for advice on farming matters, could barely understand the scholar¡¯s ??Jiangnan accent, so he couldn¡¯t help but ask: ¡°What is a polder field?¡± He has been studying since he was a child.  Yong's ambition has always been to show off what he has learned. Being able to see a large area of ??pristine water and swamps in a foreign country, Li Ding was in a particularly good mood, so he patiently explained: "Polder is a paddy field built around four circles of low-lying land with embankments and waterproofing.  , a sluice should be installed on the elevation. The sluice should be closed at ordinary times to keep out the water, and open to release water into the fields during droughts. Therefore, there will be no worries about droughts and floods. In the future, this large swamp and sandbank can be turned into thousands of hectares of fertile farmland, and the saline-alkali land on the seaside can also be gradually transformed in this way.  "This person is a Ming Dynasty scholar hired by the Kira family with a high salary. His surname is Li Mingding and his courtesy name is Wenju. He is originally from a well-known maritime merchant family in a county in Zhejiang. Since he was admitted as a scholar at the age of eighteen, he has been obsessed with studies.  It has been seven or eight years since I started studying agriculture, water conservancy and other miscellaneous subjects.  Because he did not seek advancement, his status in the clan was not high. In the past few years, Wang Wufeng, the "King of Jinghai", led Japanese pirates to ravage Yingtian Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River. Kyoto was shocked and sent a large army to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates. The Li family was also found to be colluding with Wang Wufeng.  Being implicated in an old debt in the smuggling business, the scholar had to flee to Kyushu with his family for refuge.  "Why do my family look down on me? Agriculture is a matter of life and death for the people, why don't they understand? Why don't they pay more attention than a foreign lord? Can the golden gold and silver be used as food? Shouldn't we eat whole grains?" Li Ding asked.  The anger accumulated in my heart was released fiercely, and I felt comfortable and relaxed all over my body.  Matsui Nobuyuki didn't hear Li Dingqi's fast speaking speed, and he didn't know what he was talking about. He was surprised that this scholar had lost his mind and gone crazy, right?  So he asked with some worry: "Li Xiucai" "I'm fine." Li Ding waved his hands to indicate that he was fine, coughed and said, "I also mentioned this polder. Although the polder is good, it cannot cure all diseases. If these two rivers meet,  The Huze River is the most dangerous place. In the past, the two rivers often flooded, right?  The dams washed away farmland and villages, and the flood damage was even more serious than the drought!" Matsui Nobuyuki had done enough homework before coming here. He knew that there was always a lot of water damage in places where rivers gathered, and he didn't hesitate to talk to scholars.  "That's right!" Li Ding scolded Fang Qiu excitedly, with a sense of pointing out the country: "Did you know that polder fields will help increase flood damage? If you don't know this and blindly build fields, it will only harm the farmers on both sides of the strait. By then, your  The lord is in trouble!" Matsui Nobuyuki was startled and shook his head quickly: "What? It would be better not to build a polder!" "Haha! You are scared! You can calm down the water damage if you don't build a polder?  "Li Ding glanced at him with a mocking look and said confidently: "I am sure that the water damage will be calmed down while building the polder. As long as I do it according to my method, there will be no problem!" Matsui Nobuyuki didn't care about Li Ding's eyes at all.  People from the Ming Dynasty came to Japan more or less with colored glasses, claiming that the emperor looked down upon them as foreigners. As an excellent executive officer, he naturally understood this idea better, and he was already used to it.  .  Knowing that the scholar was trying to sell things off again, he cooperated and asked: "How to calm down the flood? Didn't Li Xiucai just say that polders will contribute to the floods? What's going on?" "If you want to know the reason why the polders contribute to the floods, you have to  Let¡¯s first understand the role and impact of the polder. My hometown is similar to this land, but it is much warmer than here. The climate is similar to Kyushu!¡± After a brief memory, Li Ding coughed lightly and said: ¡°This kind of lake.  Areas with crisscrossing rivers often face the problem of frequent flooding. Encircling lakes to create fertile farmland will inevitably occupy the river channels where rivers flow. The narrower the river channel, the higher the river water will rise. The problem was not obvious when it was first built."After a long time, the sediment washed by the river accumulates on the polder dam, making the river channel narrower and narrower. Once there is a major flood" "That would be a disaster!  Were the polder dikes the first to be breached, destroying farmland and villages?  " Matsui Nobuyuki couldn't help but shiver in the atmosphere. "So we need to find a place to discharge floods. The construction of polders must be built at the same time as the canals that divert water and carry floods. A few more water outlets can reduce the burden of flood discharge. Specifically, where should the water be diverted?  Requires careful consideration.  Li Ding frowned as he thought about the details and said thoughtfully: "It seems that I need to stay here for a few years to design a plan for land creation and flood drainage, so that I can show my talents when I return to my hometown one day."  " Kira Yoshitoki's fleet was only on a general tour. At Li Ding's suggestion, an observation post was set up on the east bank of the Shinano River. Li Ding took dozens of Omi's assistants and local farmers in Echigo to plan  Stationed here for a long time, he planned to spend half a year to develop a complete plan. Kira Yoshishi said impassionedly: "The future of Echigo is in Nitta, and the future of Nitta is in Niigata. From now on, this place will be called Niigata.  It will be the largest granary in Echigo, and it will also change the old face of remote poverty in Echigo You are doing a great charity that benefits the public. Your hard work will be remembered by Echigo forever, and your achievements will be recorded.  Entering history, I would like to thank you in the name of the Kira family!  " Ending his speech, amid the enthusiastic cheers and applause of hundreds of advance team members, he waved and boarded the ship with a smile on his face. Hosokawa Fujitaka, who had been waiting for a long time in his suit, leaned over and handed over a proposal document, and patiently explained:  "The number of new fields allowed to be developed in one year has dropped to 5,000 steps. Moreover, the geographical location is not good and the transportation is inconvenient. It is recommended to abandon development in the short term and focus on the development and construction of Niigata new fields.  " After a few cursory glances, Kira Yoshi shook his head and objected: "You can't put your eggs in one basket. New fields in Niigata must be built, and remote new fields must also be built. This year, there will be more refugees coming to Ueno Country.  Come in, go back and make an emergency plan and give it to me.  "    "yes!  "Hosokawa Fujitaka took over the rejected proposal and asked: "The construction of the temporary shelter in Niigata will be initially completed within one and a half months. The completed Shinmachi will be able to accommodate a thousand people. There is a suggestion to block it with a wooden fence. Please ask for instructions.  Sir, should we mobilize troops to defend Shinmachi?  " "Well, the logistics materials must arrive as soon as possible. In addition, Kanjin Yijiu is asked to mobilize five hundred troops to sit in Niigata. All the refugees who do not have any skills will be transferred to Niigata. More labor will be needed here.  " Taking advantage of the monsoon blowing from the southwest, the fleet left Shimotsu and returned to Naoetsu. Not long after the fleet left Niigata, they encountered a fleet appearing on the sea. Their flag was the navy of the Sado Honma family. The ship  The team was intercepted without paying much attention. Kuuki Shigetaka, who was serving as the escort, saw the Honma navy with more than 30 ships and three ships, and smiled coldly: "It's probably because I saw our escort ship.  Young Master, you want to come and see if there is any oil or water that can be fished out?  He used to scold them to leave quickly.  " " Because the fleet's duty is to transport supplies and personnel, and they leave frequently, there are only a few Kansai ships to escort them, making them mistakenly think that they are sure to take over this fleet. " "What is Sado's navy going to do?"  "The samurai of the Kira navy shouted impatiently: "Don't you see the flag of my family?  Get out of the way!  "The Honma family's sailors didn't seem to listen, and were still cruising around. After a while, a seki ship came over, and a samurai walked out and shouted: "We are the Sado Honma family, you all listen to me.  On!  Hand over 20% of the things on board!  Otherwise, don¡¯t blame me for being rude!  " "Which Honma clan are you from? Don't you know who we are?  Keep your eyes open and see the flag clearly!  " "I don't care who you are, hand over the goods, otherwise you will all die here!  "The samurai was very arrogant. With a wave of his hand, dozens of bows and bows were lightly strung and aimed at the fleet. Kira Yoshiki was also alerted by the noise. He walked to the deck and took a few glances before ordering: "Tell them, my ship  The team has no goods and returns with an empty warehouse. Let them invite them back!  " The young man went out and yelled for a long time, but the Honma family navy on the opposite side refused to retreat. This made the samurai on the ship very angry, shouting that they would attack and destroy them. Kuuki Shigetaka hurriedly came over and asked for instructions: "Master, sir,  Shall we fight?  " " Give it a shot.  Kira Yoshishi looked up at the setting sun at dusk, and added: "Just scare them away!"  It's not far from the sun setting.  "His answer and Kuuki Shigetaka's inquiry are very clever. It is not appropriate to let the other party know who is coming on the boat at this time. No one on the vast sea can say whether there are reinforcements from the Honma Navy. If they fight too hard, it will delay time.  It would be very bad to attract reinforcements from the other side, not to mention it was getting late. If we couldn't go back quickly, we would have to sleep on the sea. But after a while, there was a dense sound of iron cannons, sometimes mixed with evil sounds.Cursing and wailing in pain, if the other party dared to surround us with confidence, they would have to pay the heavy price of being attacked by concentrated fire.  The sound of the ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-ping iron cannons gradually stopped. After a while, there was a burst of curses, as if the conversation had broken down, and then there was another intensive sound of iron cannons. This time the sound was longer, with sporadic iron cannons.  The sound of cannon continued for two quarters of an hour, and then the fleet began to move slowly.  Kuuki Shigetaka's son, Kuuki Yajiro, ran over panting and said: "Master, the Honma army has retreated. My father said that they may come to retaliate. I would like to ask if you can escort the master back to Naoetsu first." "Yes!  That's it!" After sending away the kid from Kuki's family, Kira Yoshihi said with a smile: "In the blink of an eye, this little guy is getting older, and it's time for Gengoro to become a Yuanfu." He didn't feel like he was calling a person.  It was inappropriate for a boy who was one year younger than him to call him a "little guy". Fortunately, Hosokawa Fujitaka, who was sitting next to him, was lost in thought. He said in an incoherent way: "Yes! Your Highness has already got married, but I still  How miserable it would be to have to wait a few more years!" Kira Yoshiki joked, "I miss your wife, right? We are still related!" Hosokawa Fujitaka was not afraid of his jokes.  Anyway, the matter has come to this, and the two of them are destined to be brothers-in-law, so they are not afraid of his jokes, so they said with a sad face: "The owner cannot understand the pain of not being able to get married. I am already twenty-two years old this year, but Musk is only twelve years old. In the end,  It will take almost two years for us to get married. This is really painful! "Hey! Why should a man worry about not having a wife? There are so many women. Do you want me to give you a kunoichi bed?"  He said with an ambiguous expression: "You are a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl ninja, a fresh fruit that has not been touched by anyone. Even if you have children, you don't have to worry about the inheritance of your bastard son. Think about it?" "Uh let's forget it! Your Majesty.  I am obsessed with musk, even if the mountains are empty and the river is dry, I will never change my original intention!" Hosokawa Fujitaka casually recited a Yuefu poem, and his high-level atmosphere concealed the hesitation and wavering at that moment.  "Why do I feel that this sentence is a bit familiarForget it, let's continue studying land improvement." After holding back for a while, Hosokawa Fujitaka still couldn't help but asked curiously: "Master, what about the Sado Honma navy?"  "You want to know?" Ji Liangyi raised his head and glanced at him, then lowered his head and looked at the information and said: "Don't worry about them they will pay the price." At the evaluation meeting in early May, Jiuki Shigetaka.  Suddenly, they launched an attack and listed the various illegal activities of the Honma Navy, including arbitrarily intercepting passing ships to rob goods, and plundering people to work as slaves in the island's mines. More importantly, they actually intercepted Kira Yoshitoki's ship. It was simply  Audacious and ignorant of life and death.  Honjo Minoru realized the seriousness of the situation immediately and hurriedly suggested: "The Honma family were important ministers during the Jinggong era. They supported Jinggong when he returned from Yuezhong, and fought all the way to Xiayue to surround the Kanto governor Uesugi Tosada.  The army has made great contributions and Honma Takanobu is King Jinggong¡¯s niece and son-in-law, so it¡¯s probably inappropriate to have an in-law relationship!¡± Nakajo Fujitsu also followed suit and said, ¡°The Honma family has always been respectful, so I¡¯m afraid that we are going to attack rashly.  It will make the people of Sado country feel dissatisfied, please think twice before taking action!" Nagao Kagenobu wanted to say something but suppressed it because he saw Honjo Minoru winking at Nagao Kagetora, while Echigo no Ryuu remained silent.  He finally spoke, "Yoshitoki, this Honma Gaoxin is a relative of our family, so let's let them go." (To be continued.)
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