Time comes to the fourth day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Yonglu (1561).

During the Chinese New Year, every household in Yu Qiuping's territory was celebrating, thanking God for giving them a good harvest in autumn. Chang Panbei's subordinates also had a foothold again and were happy to have their families reunited. Only Naoe Tadhipei, who still works by the table every day - because there are too many things to be busy with.

How many males are there in each household, how much land should be assigned, and where should they be placed; how many villagers in the original territory were; the original land documents, land deeds, and household registration counts; whether to build a new residence city; repair of fortifications; preparation of food and grass, spring plowing; how to make the judges implement the local area as they did in the Imakawa family and gain authority; distribution of the acting officials; the implementation of the personal income tax system implemented before Yu Qiuping... Too many things are waiting for Tadhipe Naoe to deal with.

Yeli County, where Yu Qiuping's fiefdom is located, is the smallest county in Wei Zhang Kingdom, with a high amount of stones of only 14 ooo stones. Yu Qiuping's fiefdom alone has nearly 8 ooo stones, which is more than half of Yeli County. Although Yu Qiuping is not a county dynasty of Yeli County, there are no other fiefdoms of important officials or great families in Yeli County. Basically, Yu Qiuping has the final say.

However, this is not a good thing. Yeli County is located in the northwest of Ohachi. Yeli County is almost narrow and long, close to the border between Ohachi and Mino. Just the length of Yeli County and Mino County border will occupy nearly one-third of the entire Ohachi-Mino border. In other words, Yuqiuhei will shoulder nearly one-third of the burden of border defense in the future - this is still without the help of other major officials and nobles. If the Saito family really invades, Yuqiuhei's territory will be the brunt of it, and he must stick to the Oda family's reinforcements to complete the assembly. However, during this period, his territory will probably be severely damaged. The nearest troops are actually Oda Nobunaga's Inuyama Temple, Oda Nobuki. It is a dream to expect him to come to reinforce Yuqiuhei in time.

The narrow and long terrain of Yeli County is also not conducive to defense. If a county with no depth can be said to have to spread its troops on the border line if it wants to defend the entire county without being violated, it has to spread its troops on the border line. Yuqiuping has a total of more than 200 combat soldiers, and the total length of the border line is about 60 miles. On average, there can be 3 combat soldiers in one mile... This is obviously not feasible.

The largest city in Yeli County is Kuroda Castle where Naoe Tadahei now houses his family and Takatani. This is a medium-sized city, which is about the same size as Otaka Castle. It has Ninomaru and Moonmaru, and a three-story Tensou Pavilion. Kuroda Castle is a city built on flat ground, and it does not have a special city defense structure. The defense ability can only be said to be unsatisfactory. Eight miles northeast of Kuroda Castle, there is a large forest and hilly area. Kuroda Castle itself is only seven or eight miles away from the border.

The geographical relationship between Ohashi and Mino is about the state of a thick crescent moon surrounded by one and a half, and the shape of Mino is similar to a tadpole. One side of the head pierces into Mino, and the other side of the tail is the Chitoku Peninsula. The border between Ohashi and Mino in the west and north is bounded by Kisogawa, which is located between the two. Kisogawa originates from Mount Bomori in the Shinno Mountains, flowing from east to west, almost across the entire Nono Plain, but it turns a right-angle bend in the northwest of Kuroda Castle where Yuqiuheiju is located, turning south and pouring into Ise Bay. This Kisogawa has always been the key to the battle between Mino and Ohashi. Defenders can use Kisogawa's obstacles to build effective defense and delay attacking the side.

However, these are not what Naoe Tadhihei is most concerned about at the moment. Because time is in a hurry, he must have no time to build labor service and build defensive fortifications in spring farming. If the Saito family really fights over, they will definitely have to huddle in Kuroda City to defend.

"Come on one by one..." Naoe Tadaehiro sighed, looking at the densely packed matters that need to be handled, but he didn't know how to change it. Every matter requires manpower, spending money, time, and even some matters are other prerequisites, but his manpower and money at hand are very limited.

"I would have thought that if Your Highness was here..." Naoe Tadaehime muttered in a low voice. He still clearly remembered the scene in Zhili City three years ago. At that time, time was also tight, and a large amount of city defense restoration work was waiting to be completed, and manpower and material resources were very limited. However, Yu Qiuping used a strange method called "linear planning" to complete a series of arrangements. If Your Highness was here, he would definitely come up with a good way to solve everything.

It seems that I am still far from Your Highness. In the future, I still have to learn more from Your Highness to become Your Highness’s right-hand man.

Just when Naoe Tadaehiro was worried, a servant knocked on the door.

"What's the matter?" asked Naoe Tadaehiro.

"Sir, Your Highness Lin is asking for a visit." The attendant whispered.

"Nani?" Naoe Tadaehide was stunned for a moment, "Your Highness Lin? Which Your Highness Lin, is Your Highness Lin Zuodu?"

"That's right, I've been waiting at the city gate." The attendant replied.

"Why don't you ask Your Highness to come in quickly and let the old man in the Bitou family wait at the door, how can it be?" Naojiang Tadaehime hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, held the eye mask, and hurriedly got up, "I'll go to greet him in person."

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"Your Highness Lin! You have been waiting for a long time, it's your negligence." Naojiang Tadaehye personally ran to the city to open the city gate for Lin Xiuzhen and his guards, and quickly knelt down and apologized to him.

"Haha, it's okay." Lin Xiuzhen shook the snow on her body and said she didn't care. "I heard that Chang Pan's military discipline was strict. When I saw him today, I was well-known. Even if the guards at the door recognized me, they still had to inform Lord Naoe before they were willing to open the door."

"Your Highness..." Naoe Tadaehye blushed, "Your Highness Lin praised you, and you have caused you trouble."

"I am not apologizing." Lin Xiuzhen smiled and shook her head, "If it weren't for the talents of Chang Panbei and His Highness Yuqiu, I wouldn't have let Yuqiu's family come to guard the important border town, and for this reason, they have also been transferred to many small wealthy families."

"Oh?" Naoe Tadaehide was stunned for a moment... Could it be that Yu Qiuhei's appointment was not decided by Oda Nobunaga himself? Could it be that Lin Xiuzhen appointed? However, Yu Qiuhei had said privately before that Lin Xiuzhen is not a particularly talented person, and it is basically a decoration in the Oda family.

However, Lin Xiuzhen did not seem to care about Naojiang Tadaehime's disobedience, but said, "His Highness Yuqiu is so busy taking care of the unfortunate eldest son at home. The official duties of relocating the territory are all on Lord Naojiang's head, which must be not easy."

"Your Highness clearly observes that it is a bit heavy." Naoe Tadaehiro agreed.

"Then I won't waste Lord Naojiang's time. Let's talk while walking." After that, Lin Xiuzhen signaled Naojiang Tadaehide and walked towards Tianshou Pavilion with him.

After arriving in the Tianshou Pavilion, Naojiang Zhongping immediately arranged for the servants to serve tea to warm Lin Xiuzhen. Lin Xiuzhen did not refuse any more and savor the tea in a very generous manner.

"It's just the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. I wonder if His Highness Lin is coming from Qingzhou City in a special way. What's the matter?" Naojiang Tadhipei asked in confusion.

"Come to help Lord Naoe," Lin Xiuzhen said as she looked at one of his guards. The guard immediately took out a bag from his arms and respectfully handed it to Naoe Tadae. Naoe Tadae was stunned for a moment, took the bag, and opened it at Lin Xiuzhen's instructions, and now there was a thick stack of paper inside.

"This is..." Naoe Tadaehiro looked at the paper in confusion, and said silently: "There are 42 villages in the jurisdiction of Yeli County..."

"This is!" Naojiang Tadaehime was stunned for a moment and immediately reacted. He was flipping through the paper pages one by one. This was the household registration records of 27 villages in the 42 villages in the territory of Yeli County, among the 42 villages in the territory of Yuqiu, the harvest situation in previous years, the main Chinese people and local tyrants, the results of the land inspection, and the registration certificates for all the land deeds and documents that were spared, and a brief summary of hydrological geography.

"Is this information from the Oda family?" Naoe Tadahei sighed in surprise.

"No," Lin Xiuzhen shook her head, "When I was still young, I conducted a secret investigation here under the order of my first lord, and later I continued to record it. Now, Lord Naoe may use it, so I will give it to you."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Naojiang Tadaehei said sincerely, and immediately bent down and gave a big gift. Lin Xiuzhen's information helped him a lot. Not only did he obtain complete information from various villages in his jurisdiction, saving him huge trouble of re-counting, but he also provided reference and basis for his preparation for spring plowing, corvee levies, and the division of land under Chang Panbei. A large number of things that had troubled him were solved in an instant.

"Your Highness!" After the end of happiness, Naojiang Tadaehime came to his senses and looked at Lin Xiuzhen cautiously, "Your Highness's great kindness, the Yuqiu family will definitely not be forgotten! I wonder what Yuqiu family can do to repay His Highness!"

"Haha, I'm not here to help Yuqiu's family," Lin Xiuzhen laughed and stood up, signaling the attendants to prepare to leave.

"What does your highness mean?" Naojiang Tadaehye stood up in confusion and wanted to send Lin Xiuzhen away, but Lin Xiuzhen waved her hand and refused.

Lin Xiuzhen looked at Naojiang Tadaehide's puzzled eyes and did not answer positively, but smiled and said, "It's very hard to be a servant, or a deputy."

"Your Highness?" Naoe Tadaehiro blinked inward without knowing it.

"The seemingly irrelevant and unfair chores at home really take a lot of effort to deal with them. Only those who often do it understand," Lin Xiuzhen shook her head and said calmly: "But doing these things well is regarded as a matter of duty. There is no outstanding contribution, and it is not as good as those warriors who are siegeing cities and villages."

"But, you have to understand," Lin Xiuzhen's eyes suddenly showed its sharpness, but after a moment, it turned into a calm and uncontested indifference again: "A family wants to achieve hegemony." After that, he turned around and walked out the door.

"There is a man who has no fame, no merit, and is willing to handle these chores behind the scenes."
Chapter completed!