In mid-August, after returning to the territory, Yu Qiuping first received good news. The iron cannon imitation that they had started two years ago in Lanxianghua Dig finally made a breakthrough! Although they had copied many samples before, the quality was very low. Some had a blown up during the test, while others encountered a series of problems such as low accuracy and easy burning. They simply did not discourage Lanxianghua Dig. After day after day of exploration and a large amount of raw materials, they finally forged a batch of finished products with similar quality as those purchased iron cannons. The finished products have now been put into the army and handed over to Beizai Jingjia for testing.

If these finished products are proven to be really useful in actual combat, you can no longer buy expensive iron cannons. A self-produced iron cannon will not exceed 10 pm even if all the raw materials and total costs are included. When the process and assembly line are further mature, the price can even continue to be lowered. Although the current process is complicated and the output is very low, I believe it will get better and better in the future.

However, this news that made Sena Yoshihiro so happy that they fainted could not make Yuqiehei so excited. Because the problem he needed to solve was too complicated, that is, there was a problem about the disposal of the land of the four small families. Yuqiehei and his staff team: Naoe Tadaehei, Amano Keito, Masayuki Sanada, Sena Yoshi and Takenaka Shigeji discussed for several days, but still could not reach a consensus on the solution.

But time doesn't wait for anyone, and it's time to collect taxes after autumn harvest. By that time, if you can't come up with a solution, you will encounter greater resistance when you come back to deal with it in the second year. So Yu Qiuping had to come up with an immature solution and put it on the table for negotiations.

On September 2, before the autumn harvest and tax collection, Yu Qiuhei called Kato Mitsuo, Nonomura Yuki, and formerly Raika Kojiro, and four others to the evaluation room of Kuroda Castle Tensou Pavilion, and planned to discuss this serious topic with them.

After seeing the four people walking in with laughter and laughter, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt a deep heart. They were old friends and had known each other for more than six years. Although they had fought a war at the beginning, they had been getting along happily after the peace talks. The two parties also worked together in business and made a lot of money. In recent years, the four young families have not even set up their defenses for Yu Qiuping, and they will send people to send condolences during festivals. This time, Oda Nobunaga took them under Yu Qiuping's rule, which also made them feel very comfortable. A few months ago, they had gathered with Yu Qiuping to discuss the next cooperation between the Mitsubishi Caravan.

I don’t know if they can still laugh after they know what Yu Qiuping wants to talk to them. It’s just such a serious question, Yu Qiuping really doesn’t know how to speak.

"Your Highness Hongye, long time no see." Kurika Koruo laughed twice and greeted Yuqiu. The other three also knelt respectfully to Yuqiuping when they heard this. After seeing this, Yuqiuping hurriedly stood up and helped the four of them up. At the same time, he smiled and said, "This is the last time I have been celebrating like this! In the future, no kneeling ceremony is allowed at our Yuqiu's house!"

"Ah?" Yu Qiuping's words made Yuan Lai Fang stunned for a moment, "Why is this?"

"Do you have fewer strange rules in Yuqiu's family?" Kurika Koji laughed and said, "Master Hara, just do it! Isn't it a good thing if you don't kneel down?"

Yu Qiuping was suddenly stunned and realized that this was an opportunity to open the topic. So, while everyone was joking with each other, he also smiled and said, "In fact, it's not necessarily a good thing."

"Oh?" Kato Mitsuma smiled and said, "Please speak with your lord."

"Although you don't have to kneel down to me, your subordinates are not allowed to kneel down to you in the future!" Yu Qiuping tried to use a humorous tone to downplay the political color in this topic. "If someone reports to me and accepts other people's kneeling salutes, I will punish you for push-ups!"

Yu Qiuping's words made the four people laugh. They had seen Chang Panbei's foot light to make the famous punishment. For a moment, they also ignored the implicit meaning in Yu Qiuping's words. Originally, the main family had no right to interfere more in the internal affairs of the retainers' families. Yu Qiuping's words vaguely expressed the meaning of interfering with everyone's etiquette.

"But Your Highness Hongye, what are your considerations that you abolished the kneeling ceremony at Yuqiu's house?" Nonomura Yukinaki didn't understand Yuqiuhei's approach and asked curiously.

"Well, this." Yu Qiuping thought for a while, then explained: "It's actually for the unity of the entire Yu Qiu family! I have been working hard to create an atmosphere, that is, every member of the Yu Qiu family is equal, and everyone should respect each other."

"But if that's the case..." Kato Hikaru murmured in a deep voice, "Maybe His Highness Hongye should be relieved. I can't stand my subordinates in front of me anyway."

"Everything has its pros and cons." Yu Qiuping nodded naturally, "But in this equal atmosphere, even the lowest-level foot gentleman will feel that he is an indispensable part of the collective, so he is full of energy and the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly improved. This is how Chang Panbei can have such neat queue changes and powerful gun arrays, and the Yu Qiu family has such great achievements."

Yu Qiuping's words made everyone think. They had also seen Chang Panbei's combat power, which was far from their mixed fish troops. They had never thought about it before, and it turned out that there was such a reason.

"Then you have to do what you say." Yu Qiuping clapped his hands with a smile, "In the future, the kneeling ceremony will be abolished at home. I believe that the combat effectiveness of your troops will definitely be as high as Chang Panbei!"

"Your Highness is joking." The former Lai Fang shook his head repeatedly when he heard this. "I'm afraid no one can match the combat power of Chang Panbei. How dare we rush to the top? We are not as rich as Your Highness, and we can provide Chang Panbei with such good military and food, so that they can train every day. We don't have the money to recruit so many Chang Panbei soldiers, how dare we compare!"

However, after Lao Lai Fang said this flattering sentence, Yu Qiuping did not speak out immediately, but played with the tea cup in front of him. His strange behavior also calmed down the people around him, and he had a premonition that he might have to say something.

"If I say I'm willing to make your subordinates as strong as Chang Panbei." Yu Qiuping suddenly said something like this, and his hands playing with the teacup stopped suddenly, "Are you willing to consider it?"

The serious topic that Yu Qiuping suddenly raised made the four of them stunned. They were so anxious that they could not breathe. After communicating with each other, Kasuka Koji finally asked tentatively: "Your Highness might as well speak out?"

"If you say bluntly, it probably means-" Yu Qiuping dragged his tone and paid attention to the expressions of the four people. "I am willing to pay for everyone to buy equipment and provide food, ensure that they fuck each day, and send instructors to train them."

Everyone understands that there will be no such good things in the world.

"So, thank your highness for your kindness first." Kuroka Koji took a deep breath. Yu Qiuping was willing to take out such a generous bargaining chip, so what he wanted must be worth. After hesitating for a while, Kuroji Koji whispered: "What does your Highness need us to do?"

"Simply put," Yu Qiuping held the teacup in both hands and paused gently on the table, "The land is nationalized."

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"What I said next may be a bit complicated. Don't interrupt me first. After I finish everything, you can digest it and then come up with your opinions." Yu Qiuping looked at the four people with a serious expression. After receiving their nodded response, he cleared his throat and told his plan.

"If I use a simple and easy-to-understand expression, my idea is to have the Yuqiu family annex all the land of your four families." Yuqiuping's first words made the four people jump almost on the spot, but when they thought that Yuqiuping had just ordered them not to interrupt, the four people with red faces barely stabilized their minds.

For the warriors in the Warring States Period, land was their lifeblood. Their food and clothing cost came from the tax burden of the territory. They guaranteed that the family could be passed on without being annexed, and they also relied on the soldiers recruited from the territory. Territory was a symbol of warriors and a guarantee of the family, and they could never be lost. When each of the names conquered each other, they basically only required the local tribes to surrender to them without forcibly depriving their territory.

If Yu Qiuhei really wanted to annex their land, even if these little tyrants knew that they would definitely not be able to defeat them, they would definitely rise up and resist. Because the samurai who lost his territory would become a down-and-out ronin, and these tyrants would also take restoring their territory as their lifelong goal. Yu Qiuhei's actions of annexing the little tyrants would also arouse opposition from Oda Nobunaga. According to the principle of large and small tyrants, these little tyrants were chess pieces used to balance the power of Yu Qiuhei's family to prevent Yu Qiuhei from using too much strength.

Therefore, what Yu Qiuping said can be regarded as a traitor.

"The reason is very simple. According to my equality concept, I don't want unequal areas in my territory." Yu Qiuping whispered, "To put it bluntly, if you don't include it in the Yu Qiu family's system, neither judicial, taxation, nor governance will be efficient, and the combat effectiveness of the army will not keep up with Chang Panbei. I cannot tolerate such an inefficient system, and your privileges will also trouble my subordinates, and even ask me to enfeoff their territory - ultimately leading to Chang Panbei becoming a mess. Therefore, I must curb this momentum at the source."

"So Your Highness..." Yu Qiuping said this, and Kurika Koji was already sweating coldly. He looked at the door with lingering fear, then looked at Yu Qiuping with trembling eyes, and looked at the teacup in his hand, "I am determined to take away our territory... I will throw the cup as a sign now, will I catch us?"
Chapter completed!