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    This war once again demonstrated the prestige of the Nagao family. With his outstanding performance in the two battles, Saito Asanobu spread the name of Echigo Zhongkui to various countries in the Kanto region. Also famous were Honjo Shigenaga and other Echizhi reserves. Of course  This is not the point. The most surprising thing is that Nagao Kagetora took less than three days to go out to Higashi-Ueno, sweep Higashi-Ueno, and then return to Nishi-Ueno to defeat the Hojo Army.  He marched tens of kilometers in half a day and participated in an important battle to defeat the tens of thousands of Hojo family troops. This episode was widely circulated by the Ueno people. Soon the eight Kanto countries and even the world knew that there were such a few powerful famous generals.  The field operation is also known as the "Ueno Return".  The name of the Dragon of Echigo spread throughout the world along with his unique dragon flag. Many curious samurai, cultural people, and monkey musicians began to collect information about him. The adopted brother of the famous shogunate Yoshitoki Kira, he was fourteen years old.  They raised armies to kill their brothers and enemies, and the history of invincible battles for more than ten years was revealed. Only then did people realize that Echigo actually had two famous generals in the world.  Coupled with the Shinano Punishment Battle and the earlier Battle of Kawanakajima that were also spread, the Kira Army easily defeated the Takeda Army and created an extremely brilliant record that became a hot topic. People who were interested discovered that Echigo was conducting two battles at the same time.  The wars were all victorious, and its war potential was beyond people's expectations.  The Kanto samurai family, who had half faith in the "Echigo Myth", gradually corrected their mentality and began to pay attention to their powerful neighbors in the north. More and more intelligence pointed to the extraordinary influence exerted by the Kira family. Echigo went from a remote country of more than 300,000 koku  The number one country in the world that suddenly turned over two million stones is simply more bizarre than a fantasy.  If there were still doubts before this, supporting two wars with a scale of over 10,000 people and very high intensity at the same time would be enough to defeat the doubts of all doubters.  Since ancient times, there have been many famous names who have taken out an army of 20,000 to 30,000 men in one breath.  But there has never been an example of two fronts fighting and achieving brilliant results at the same time.  Echigo suddenly became a top force.  The Kira family and the Nagao family were also the first samurai families to achieve great fame with the power of one country. At the same time, the strange system of Echigo was exposed. Many people once doubted whether this system in which the two retainer groups were integrated and distinct from each other would be possible.  It will cause greater hidden dangers. Of course, they will not get any answers when they ask the Echigo samurai family. The answers will always be hidden deep in their hearts.  "Where will Echigo go?" Hearing the doubts from the outside world, Nagao Kagetora laughed silently, and his sharp eyes gradually turned firm and calm: "I, Kagetora, have never doubted that he will never!" To the Shirakura clan  The punishment of the two major families, the Kuragano family and the Ueno family, made the people of Ueno realize the power of the Nagao family. Uesugi Kenmasa, who used to be nagging like a mother-in-law all day long, disappeared.  In the place of the Echigo Legion, who were as brave and skilled in fighting as a forest of swords and guns, they easily drove two of the eight Shangzhou families out of Ueno with just a decree from Uesugi Kensei. The principle that authority is based on strong force was once again fully demonstrated.  The Kira family followed the methods of some overlords and used military blackmail and diplomatic means to blackmail the entire territory of Ueno. This display of soft power opened the eyes of the people of Kanto. When had they ever seen the Hojo family beaten so hard that they could not hold their heads up?  , how had I ever seen Hojo Ujiyasu suffer a loss and give up and retreat? This time, he saw it clearly.  The native people in Kanto know better than anyone else the arrogance and domineering nature of the Hojo family. After seizing Lord Furukawa, they clamored for the annexation of Ueno Kingdom and ascended to the throne of Kanto governor. Therefore, Hojo Ujiyasu uncharacteristically pursued Uesugi Kensei.  The only way is to kill the direct descendants of the Uesugi family in the mountains and kill Uesugi Kenmasa himself.  Only then could he forcefully climb to the top on the grounds that the Uesugi family was extinct.  The Hojo army went to Ueno happily and returned to Odawara dejectedly. Hojo Ujiyasu was so angry that he couldn't eat for several days. His Hojo family had never experienced such cowardice. When Kagotsu fought at night and besieged the city with an army of 80,000, he was not afraid. Now it works.  The 30,000-strong army was forced to admit defeat by the Kira family's light words. This defeat was really heartbreaking.  The Hojo retainers also suffered a blow. They lost all the fat in Ueno country and were maimed by the Edo people. They lost nearly 5,000 lives. If they were not commanded properly and used their lives as samurai, such high battle losses would definitely collapse, and the Nagas on the opposite side would definitely collapse.  The price paid by the Oga family was only the loss of more than a thousand people. The Ueno people resisted the Hojo family's five-color equipment several times, and the overall losses were relatively large. More than 2,000 people died in the battle, adding another blood debt to the Nishi-Ueno people and the Hojo family.  A few days after returning to Odawara Castle, Hojo Ujiyasu was so angry that he couldn't even get sick. Hojo's retainers were all anxious. Hojo Ujiyasu was not in good health. His family had a history of high blood pressure. Soun Hojo had a hard time starting a business in his early years.  He only lived to be sixty-four and died of illness. Hojo Utsusuna died of illness at the age of fifty-five. Hojo Ujiyasu's younger brother Hojo Oimasa died of illness at a young age, which cast a shadow on the future of the Hojo family.  "Kotaro! Don't stand outside, come in!" Hojo Ujiyasu was helped by Zuihein and struggled to sit up. He had been ill for more than ten days and now he has just recovered, and the sick look and tiredness on his face cannot be concealed."Yes! My lord!" The tall and burly Fuma Kotaro tried his best to shrink into a ball, bowed his head slightly and said: "I'm sorry, Your Highness!" "Kotaro is the minister of my Hojo family, but Shinkuro often mentions it to me.  Here you go." The dignified and generous Zuihui-in is now in her late forties. This smiling woman has extraordinary affability. She will be warmly welcomed whenever Zuihui-in is present. Her movements are the hallmark of the Hojo family.  Antai has made great contributions and is loved by the Hojo family.  "I'm going to check on the children's studies, so I won't disturb you any more! Yes, you must drink this bowl of soup!" Ruihuin stood up with a smile, nodded to Fuma Kotaro and slowly left.  go.  As the daughter of the Imakawa clan and the biological sister of Imagawa Yoshimoto, she married into the Hojo family at the time when the relationship between Imagawa and Hojo was at its best. But then his brother fought for power with another concubine, and the relationship between the two was at its best.  She secretly formed an alliance with the Takeda family behind the Hojo family's back, when she was just pregnant with her first child.  Being blamed by the Hojo family for his brother's betrayal, Zuihein, who was ashamed and angry, soon affected the fetus in his belly. His eldest son died when he was less than one year old. This made Hojo Uyasu feel very guilty.  When he needed help the most, he chose to remain silent, so he made amends afterwards and was particularly fond of Rui Yuyuan.  She gave birth to several legitimate sons and daughters of the Hojo family.  Even if you are hit.  Rui Yuyuan is still so generous and kind.  The more friendly she is, the more the Hojo retainers will fear and respect her. This woman has become a symbol in the Hojo family. She represents the gentle side of the Hojo family. She works hard for her husband to interact with the wives of various families.  To appease the people of the country who have suffered losses.  Hojo Ujiyasu swallowed the unpleasant soup with a grimace. Seeing that Fuma Kotaro was still distracted, he smiled and said: "I have been sick for so many days, and I haven't heard you mention a word about political affairs except for visiting the sick. Today I finally couldn't help but  Did you tell me what happened recently? " Fuma Kotaro said cautiously: "Everything is going well at home, and as long as the master is in good health, I will be relieved" "Tsk! Kotaro also started to fool me.  "Is that the point?" Hojo Ujiyasu said to himself, "Does Kotaro think that I am so scary?" "No! I do have something to report to my lord."  He was almost sweating. He took a deep breath and said, "It's about that thing." "That thing? You mean the news about the knife?" Hojo Uji sat up calmly, with a pair of tiger eyes.  Staring at him for a long time before calming down: "Tell me what's going on." "That knife appeared in Kasugayama Castle in March this year. During that assassination operation, it was given to me by the Guardsman Kira Sahei.  Echizen Mamoru, as a reward for his role in protecting the savior" Fuma Kotaro explained this section clearly, and he had been carefully observing Hojo Ujiyasu's expression.  I found that his face was getting more and more ugly, and I couldn't help but feel a drum in my heart.  When I heard the news.  Hojo Ujiyasu's mind went blank at that moment, and he couldn't help but said: "Why did you tell me now? Why didn't you tell me before my Hojo family was defeated?" "Because I can't be sure whether the news is true or false, I sent another Fuma group to pass through it.  Many connections were checked to confirm the reliability of the news, and dozens of ninjas were recruited. Echigo's intelligence team was completely destroyed, and then several more ninjas were sent to Mikawa. Omi investigated the origin of the so-called knife purchase.  Very important information. More than a month before the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Hattori clan suddenly left the Matsudaira family and joined the Kira family. It is said that the reason was that the Matsudaira family treated the Hattori clan harshly and sent ninjas to investigate during the great earthquake.  Rumors spread in the country and other places, and it was discovered that there were fragmentary information about unidentified outsiders at that time. However, a major earthquake destroyed all the information. After so many years, the impact of earthquakes and floods has made it difficult to collect information. I can only verify it.  Come here." In the past few months, Fuma Kotaro has been running back and forth to verify this information. He knows that the impact of this matter is not trivial. It involves a member of the Ashikaga family. Based on the situation of the Hojo family in Kanto,  It's okay for a small overlord to intimidate the lords of various countries, but it is absolutely irrational to fully confront the Kira family.  His starting point is good. Unverified information is likely to be false information. If he brings false information to Hojo Ujiyasu, he will be fully responsible for all the bad consequences. The so-called lesser of two evils, he weighs the pros and cons.  I still decided that I would rather bear the responsibility of hiding the information, and I must verify it clearly before reporting it.  "Is that why you have been making preparations for half a year without telling me?" Hojo Ujiyasu's face was very grim, his hands were trembling as if he was trying to suppress the anger in his heart, and he shouted angrily: "No matter how you deceive me, you have to bear the responsibility, and my family will punish you."??Demoted one level, salary reduced by half, don't do it next time, I won't be leniently punished!  " Repelling the Fuma Kotaro, the anger in Hojo Ujiyasu's heart was burning. He tried his best not to yell at his retainers. This was his style and habit. His father had told him since he was a child that he should not be hasty or panic when it comes to important matters. Only by not losing the demeanor of a family governor can his retainers be honest from the bottom of their hearts.  Awe, panic, impatience, fear, and anger are all enemies. To be a good governor of the Hojo family, you must learn to overcome these enemies. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that the enemy I Ujiyasu is looking for day and night is actually you!  Your Highness Yoshitoki, the Commander-in-Chief of the Kira Sahei Guards and the General of the Garrison!  Why did my family offend you and make you try so hard to frame me?  Because of a knife?  no no!  It's never that simple. Why?  "Hojo Ujiyasu roared angrily and tore the bedding fiercely, as if this was Kira Yoshitoki and he wanted to tear him into pieces immediately. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had been so rude. It seemed like it was during the Hanakura War twenty years ago.  During the chaos, he and his father heard the news of his cousin Imagawa Yoshimoto's betrayal. He and his father Hojo Uzuna frantically destroyed all the artifacts they saw. Twenty years ago, they were betrayed.  Later, he was framed. Every blow was fatal to the Hojo family. He had been responsible for killing the public for so many years, and his reputation and the reputation of the Hojo family were wiped out in one go. He spent countless days and nights complaining to his father.  He prayed for forgiveness for his stupidity. Now that he found out that the mastermind behind it was Kiragi, how could he endure it any longer?  "No matter why!  I, Hojo Ujiyasu, will definitely come back with revenge!  This family wants to wash away the injustice of many years!  Let the truth come out!  "" Kira Yoshi, who was far away in Echigo, had no idea about the changes in the Hojo family. He was busy holding evaluation meetings. It is of special significance that the two largest evaluation meetings every year are scheduled at the beginning of the first year and the beginning of October. The former is the new  One-year plan and outlook, the latter is to calculate the agricultural output of the year after the autumn harvest is over and the late rice is dried and put into warehouses. "This year has been a good year. According to the preliminary statistical data, this year's grain output will be calculated.  Stabilizing it at 2.1 million shi shouldn't be a big problem. The detailed data needs to be calculated carefully.  I believe the error can be suppressed to less than 10,000 koku" As an important person in charge of the assessment, the Kira family tree is determined and carried out on behalf of everyone. Hosokawa Fujitaka was not happy because of the good harvest, and even his tone seemed very stiff. Many retainers present  Everyone in the group kept their mouths shut. ¡°Now let¡¯s talk about the problems we encountered. Why are there only 2.1 million shi?  We were the first to open two small polders, but this move increased the number of high-quality rice fields by 1,700 machibu, and the scattered expansion of new fields in various places added up to more than 2,300 machibu. Why can¡¯t the increase in grain production increase?  ?  Two million stones last year and two million one hundred thousand stones this year. What¡¯s the problem?  " "New fields will be opened one day, and all the wasteland that is easy to cultivate will be developed within three years. In order to ensure the density of the forest and protect the water and soil, the next step will be to prohibit deforestation. Then the only land we can develop is Niigata Town.  , and near the more remote Uonuma County, so we are always opening new fields to grow new food. What problems have we discovered in the past three years?  What rules were concluded, and what were gained?  This requires you to talk freely.  "Hosokawa Fujitaka asked several questions in succession, causing the followers to collectively fall into deep thought. "The war department said it well!  Now I am going to talk about the new grain problems discovered in the past year.  "Honzhuang Shinai raised his hand and summoned a few people with minor surnames to hand out a thin piece of information to all the retainers present, and then said: "Look, gentlemen, this is a unit of land that does not violate the land. From Jingcheng County in the upper reaches to the central Vietnam  Comparing the statistics from Uonuma, Mishima County, Shimogoshi-Urahara County, and Iwafune County, the yield per unit area has declined to varying degrees in the past two years.  After my consultation, I learned that this involves the hybridization of grain seeds. I don¡¯t understand this. I only know that I have been doing research continuously. Under the current situation, I can only bring out the best grain seeds from Omi for cultivation, and cultivate them every year.  It is best not to save seeds for high-yielding grains. However, it is not enough to rely solely on the output of improved seeds from Omi without saving seeds. We must establish a test field in Echigo to meet the corresponding needs.  " Farming is a science. Of course, this knowledge is not something that these samurai can understand. It is not easy for a group of Echigo bosses to have the patience to read such incomprehensible terms. As for what difficulties they have, they don't care.  "As long as the problem can be solved, I am willing to be an audience and applaud. "There are many samurai who can't understand it, but as a follower of the Nagao family, you must understand it. Not only must you understand it, but you must also keep up with the rhythm," Saito Asanobu said.  He scratched his head and said hard: "The experimental field is one thing. I think there are still some problems in potato planting. The main reason is that it is not suitable for storage. If you dig a cellar for storage, many potatoes will become moldy by the next spring.  There are many cases of food poisoning caused by accidentally eating moldy potatoes. Potato yields have been declining.??, last year it often exceeded eight stones and five buckets, but this year it is generally only seven stones and two or three buckets. Should it be reduced accordingly?  " Now the Echigo samurai, who did not understand the professional vocabulary, also understood and nodded in agreement. For them, potatoes are a good thing and a bad thing. Echigo has abundant rain and snow, especially in winter, which has the highest rainfall in the year.  It doesn't matter if it freezes as soon as the freezing snow falls, but the soil humidity and air humidity are very high, especially potatoes stored in cellars can easily go bad, and eating just a few by mistake can cause big trouble.  The aura of high yields of new grains attracted too many people's attention. As the aura gradually faded, various problems came one after another, including the decrease in plant height and the adverse effects of watering and pests.  The exploration and improvement of water and drainage facilities have become the top priority faced by Fengxingzhong and agricultural experts. Ensuring the steady increase in grain production is the most important task at the moment. Food is the first priority for the people and they will have high-quality food.  With land resources and warm and humid climate conditions, the opening of so many new fields has actually slowed down the growth rate of total grain output. Last year's two million dan and this year's 2.1 million dan are a wake-up call for all devotees, and the growth rate has accelerated.  Will the next step of the slowdown be a decline? What a blow it will be to the confidence of nearly half a million people in Echigo if it falls below 2 million koku. This year, there are 2,300 more towns in Shinoda, but the grain output has only increased.  More than 100,000 dan means that the increase in cultivated land has not increased the output much. Compared with the same period last year, it is equivalent to a continuous decrease. If we also include the steady increase in the output of rice and wheat, then the decrease in new grains will be so much.  The problems focus on the excessive decline in yields of potatoes, and the large amount of fertilizer required to maintain high yields of corn and pumpkins. Fertilizers in some places cannot keep up, or artificial slowing down of fertilization has caused large-scale declines in yields. This is a headache.  After careful analysis and argumentation, Ji Liangyoshi also nodded and admitted: "This is indeed something I have never noticed before!  However, Omi is studying related technologies for harvesting rice in autumn and planting autumn potatoes for late winter harvest.  Judging from the current progress, the test should be successful in the next two years Let's not talk about this for now. When it comes to the second phase, do you have any ideas? After all, various studies have been conducted many times in the past three years, and what fruitful research has been achieved?  Results?  " "I'll go first!  Naoe Mitsuna coughed and signaled that he was about to start his speech. Please listen up. "There are several sets of crop rotation methods that have been summarized so far. The first one is the rice-wheat rotation method from the Ming Dynasty, which is the traditional second-phase cropping method.  , the second is the corn-wheat rotation method, the third is the rice-soybean rotation method, plus the rice-potato rotation method, these are the four types. I feel that the climate in Echigo is more suitable for the rice-wheat rotation method and the corn-wheat rotation method.  , let¡¯s not talk about the second phase of cropping for now, let¡¯s talk about the hybrid technology of corn grain seeds which is currently the most in-depth. The yield of corn is relatively stable, so we can reduce the number of potatoes and increase the planting amount of corn, and use the corn-wheat rotation method to ensure the total grain income.  " "Another point is that potatoes are not as hungry as rice and noodles. It seems good to use them as vegetables. If you are studying crop rotation, why not try to rotate them with other vegetables?  There are also cabbage seeds brought by the Ming Dynasty scholar. According to him, they can also be used for corn and cabbage rotation, but I don¡¯t know what the situation is.  Saito Asanobu said. Soon the practitioners on both sides began to discuss it. The second-phase crop without overwintering would have an output of more than two million koku. If the rotation technology of wheat, soybeans, cabbage, and potatoes is popularized, the grain production will increase.  It would not be surprising if the yield could be increased by another 20 to 30%. For example, some experimental fields in the Sekikawa River Basin were used for rice and wheat rotation. A total of ten steps of cultivated land were tested. The average yield of winter wheat per farmland reached about three kilos, and the average yield of summer rice also reached about three kilos.  , In this way, the grain output per land increased four to five times that of five years ago, but correspondingly, it also needs to add five or six kilograms of compost and manure. Echigo has changed from a small agricultural country to a large agricultural country, and now it is studying how to change from a small agricultural country to a large agricultural country.  A large agricultural country has become an agricultural power. For example, Nagao Masaki proposed to divide the flat land in part of the mountainous area of ????Uonuma to grow wheat and corn in terraced fields, using Uonuma County's abundant water resources and high precipitation to ensure that Uonuma  The county should not lag behind in agricultural production. For another example, Honjo Shino proposed to standardize the method of raising fish and shrimp in cages and formulate corresponding regulations to guide fishermen from all over the country to raise fish, promote and standardize the breeding of grass carp and loach in rice fields, and other details.  This meeting alone lasted from early morning to evening, and three meals a day were simply dealt with in the evaluation room. Just after the first watch, many warriors' eyelids began to fight, and they saw a group of followers who were in high spirits.  Without the slightest hint of fatigue, they decisively chose to resign. This was a nuisance for Yuki Yoshitomo. Nagao Kagetora left early in the name of "cultivation". He was the only one who had to keep his eyes open and listen to the incessant discussion of the followers.  , fortunately heI also noticed that Kira Yoshitsune yawned profusely and ended abruptly at midnight.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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