"Your Highness, our family has frequent wars, and the peasants and soldiers have complained. Moreover, the current footsteps of our family have gradually become a burden on the territory. Please slow down the expansion of the territory." Donggo Heiji felt increasingly that Masayoshi's appetite for expanding the territory was very great, and it even affected the stability of the territory, so he had to bite the bullet and persuade him.

In fact, Masara also knows the actual situation of the territory. According to the income of the surrounding powerful people to support 5 permanent samurai warriors for every 100 stone of territory, the current permanent samurai family's permanent samurai family has exceeded the output of the territory. You should know that the entire overlord of Higashimaura, the Masara clan, has many branches of the Masara clan, with only more than 500 stones. If it weren't for seizing a large amount of food and weapons from the two "rich people" of Yetakayama and the Tahara family, the Luo family would definitely not be able to support such a military force. But the reserved food will always be consumed for a day, and it is very dangerous when the territory is not enough to make ends meet. Thinking of this, Masara spoke, "Well, let's discuss the next construction of the territory now. I wonder what you think?"

"The territory has been expanded several times. Although Notaka Mountain is located in the central area of ​​the territory, the road from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain is not very good. Are you considering moving the lord's mansion to the bottom of the mountain?" said Heiji Togo. During this period, he arranged for personnel to transport the seized materials to the warehouse of the lord's mansion, and actually experienced the inconvenience of the road.

"No, the road problem is easy to solve. Just open two avenues from the Lord's Mansion to Yamashita No Takamura and Tadae Castle. The road from the Lord's Mansion to Tadae Castle is responsible for 50 slaves, and 25 qianqing were drawn from Feiliang City to return to the Lord's Mansion to guard and monitor the slaves. The road from the Lord's Mansion to No Takamura was organized to participate in the openness of the Lord's Mansion. There were more refugees who had just joined there, and now the spring farming was basically over. It was just right to organize these people to use labor for relief.

", Zhengliang thought about it and finally decided to say. The valley of the Lord's Mansion is not a mountain at all. At best, it is just a higher hill. Just organize the manpower to open a straight road. According to the current manpower level, it is only about a month to open the cement. What's more, Zhengliang just received the information that cement was successfully developed. Although the quality is equivalent to the inferior cement in later generations, it is much better than the mud today. It just so happens that the actual effect will be tested during the road construction process.

"Your Highness, the 500-stone reserve of farmland that I prepared last time has consumed 50-stone after the vigorous reclaiming of farmlands in the past few days. Should we continue to expand the speed of farmland cultivation?" Dongxiang Heiji continued.

"Depending on the situation, the surrounding powerful territories will soon be in turmoil, and the number of refugees joining the territory will increase. Moreover, most of the territories have not yet reached the upper limit of 5 anti-countries per household, and there are also more wasteland in the territory. It is better to continue to expand the scope of agricultural land reclamation. Even if the harvest of cultivated farmland is limited now, the income of the territory will increase a lot in the next year," said Daxi Guozhi immediately.

"Well, the national governance is right. The scale of farmland reclamation really requires that you continue to increase the scope of corvee service, and add another 500 stones to the original reserve of 500 stones." Zhengliang finally decided. The reserve of corvee service for 1,000 stones can be said to be a big deal. Zhengliang's main purpose is to do this. One is that most of the territory has just been subdued, and there must be many unstable factors, which just keeps most people busy, so those who are thinking about will have no chance; secondly, participating in corvee service is rewarded, and it is just in this way to be kind to the people, strengthen their sense of identity with the lord, and reduce dissatisfaction due to food and clothing issues.

"Yes, Your Highness", Togo Heiji immediately recorded Masayoro's order.

"Oh, by the way, there are many rivers in the territory." In my impression, Zhengliang has seen only ten streams with a river width of more than 5 meters.

"Yes, Your Highness, Higashimatsuura is located on the coast, with a lot of rain, so there are more small rivers, and most of the farmland is concentrated near these small rivers," replied Oxi Kuoji.

"Okay, according to this specification, you require that such a small canal must be excavated in each field, and the two adjacent canals must be interconnected." After hearing the replies of Osaki Kyuji, Masara immediately ordered Shingoro, Xiao's surname, to bring a pen and paper, and randomly draw a canal pattern of half a meter deep and half a meter wide, and then asked everyone to force it in the territory. "In addition, organize personnel to dig deep into the riverbed, increase the height and widen the river embankment. These are also organized in the form of corvee labor, and 500 stones of grain are initially prepared as corvee reserves."

"Ah? Your Highness, increasing the embankment will cause the farmland to be unable to irrigate," Dongxiang Heiji immediately said. According to the current agricultural level, it is impossible to use small sluice gates to control the water level. Once the embankment is raised, fields with a terrain below the embankment will not be able to irrigate water, and can only be manually carried and irrigated.

"Well, this is indeed a problem," Masayora was stunned and suddenly remembered this question, "Let's do this, I'll give you some wooden tools for water collection. Heiji, you give him to Youbingwei and let him organize people to create it as soon as possible, so that the problem of water collection can be solved. After the tools are built, burn the pattern immediately." Masayora was preparing to draw the patterns of simple water trucks in ancient times. Masayora must not remember the complex water truck structure, but a simple water truck can still be recalled by Masayora. With these water trucks, even the area of ​​the territory can be increased. Hearing Masayora's orders, Heiji Togo bowed to accept the order.

Why does Zhengliang attach so much importance to the construction of water conservancy? First of all, it can increase the output of fields, especially paddy fields; secondly, after hearing the explanation of Daxi Guozhu, Zhengliang suddenly thought that there would be typhoons here, and it was quite frequent, and it was about to enter the typhoon season. In order to avoid losses in the field income, it would be better to prepare early.

With the widening of the road, the reclamation of fields and the construction of water conservancy, it is estimated that all the territories will participate in it, and at least two months will need to be busy. It can be said that the construction of the territory is full. Masato calculated silently in his heart and finally said, "Heiji, you are responsible for comprehensive supervision of the construction of the territory. You are required to strengthen the organization of Tadajiro of Notaka Village, Yukisuke of Tada Fort, Hirozo of Shikigi Fort, Hirasaro of Fuji Fort, and Ichino of the Hokage Fort to step up the organization, and to speed up the digestion of the newly occupied territory while the surrounding powerful people have not yet reacted."

"Yes, Your Highness", Donggo Heiji bowed to accept the order.
Chapter completed!