Chapter 9 9. It Is Impossible for Me to Farm

Returning to the riverside village in the valley, returning to the original and natural thatched wooden house, his strange home still brought some comfort to Xiao Pingtai.

Xiao Pingtai did not regret refusing the call of Hosokawa Michimasa. If he was a foot soldier directly under Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, he might still agree, but he had no interest in being a subordinate.

However, after a bad battle, there are always 50 to 60 kilograms of rice, about the same amount of grains, 5 or 6 strings of money, short swords and long spears, at least for a while, he will definitely not starve to death.

But as a tenant farmer, the village chief's land will be planted with wheat in a few days. The bad battle has delayed the sowing for a few days. Xiao Pingtai does not want to dig for food in the muddy land again. Really, this kind of farming is not that kind of farming. Those farming stories don't have the protagonist personally planting rice in the field. I'm afraid he can't tell the difference between leeks and wheat seedlings.

It's a pity that Xiao Pingtai didn't cross over to a good identity. His mind is full of agricultural water conservancy engineering technology, handicraft production methods, and countless good methods.

In brainless novels, you can run into a wild Oda Nobunaga or Takeda Shingen on the roadside, and you can also run into a daimyo with a salary of 100,000 or 80,000 koku. You, a lowly person, don't kneel down to greet him, but dare to stand up and talk to him. How can you show your dignity? Why didn't he kill you with a knife?

Just say something casually and you will be appointed as a samurai general of the main family, with a salary of 500 koku. Did you get soy milk or jelly in your head last night?

Wake up, stop dreaming. A person with an annual income of less than five kanwen is not even worth shit in the eyes of the lord, and there is no possibility of meeting the lord to make suggestions. Don't think my words are harsh, my words are rough but the truth is not rough.

How precious is the status of a samurai, a samurai general? Anyone with a brain knows that there are half of the 24 generals of Takeda who are foot soldiers. The ghost Minohara Toratane fought for 30 years, with dozens of holes all over his body, and rolled on the ground in pain in winter. The number of fortresses he captured was not enough, and he finally became a foot soldier until his death. The military commander who was called "one man is better than a hundred men" by Hojo Ujiyasu was only at this level. You can climb over their heads with just a few words. I can only laugh.

Think about the oil seller Saito Dosan, the needle seller Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the self-made Hojo Soun.

First, let's look at the oil seller. Oil was not a cheap commodity in ancient Japan. It was a luxury item sold exclusively by merchants. Saito Dosan could participate in the oil trade because he had someone above him, or his family was rich, or both.

Although the solidification of status and rank in the Warring States Period was not as solid as that in the Edo Shogunate, he was finally able to become the adopted son of Saito, the guardian of Mino. This was not an adopted son (Kagekatsunobu was like Kenshin, whose mother was Kenshin's sister). Adopted sons outside of one's body were either born into a powerful or famous family or were forced to adopt after a defeat. It is obvious which situation Nagai Nobuhide belongs to.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's father died, he took one kan of cash to split up the family and went out to sell needles. It was obviously a vulgar plot that the father died and several sons fought for the family property. Others could let Toyotomi Hideyoshi take one kan of cash and leave, proving that the cash was at least several times this. Otherwise, would Toyotomi Hideyoshi be allowed to go out so easily?

A family with several kan of floating wealth at home, you must know that you can't take out loans to buy land and houses at that time, thinking that it's like now, buying iPhones in installments with Huabei. Being able to split up the family and take so much cash must have a considerable family background. Combined with the surname Kinoshita, it is very likely that he is a rich farmer with an income of more than 20 kan of cash, just like the village chief of Kobayata.

Moreover, he started as a servant to Oda Nobunaga, leaving behind anecdotes such as warm straw sandals, proving that at least his family background is clean. Can the leader's family want a stranger with unknown origin? What's more, it's a servant who is in front of you every day. If it's the leader's driver now, people can't wait for their nephews to do it. Can a person who doesn't know the foundation do it?

So at least from his father's generation, he was an ashigaru who fought with Nobuhide everywhere and left a name in the Oda military service account. Otherwise, how could he be a follower? The Warring States period was an era when poor people could not even die in the front row.

Let alone Hojo Soun, Ise Shinkuro Najo, Ise is the surname of the shogunate.

Hojo Soun himself was a shogunate Shinjishu, and he also clung to Imagawa's thigh. Relying on the territory of Suruga, he conquered Izu and had his own place to stay. Later, he followed the footsteps of the shogunate and gradually expanded his strength in political and military struggles, and finally left the family business of two countries to Ujiyasu.

If you compare it with Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, it is definitely not comparable. Compared with Kobayata, it is simply a rich second-generation official second-generation who is high above.

So, there is no one who can really start from scratch. Those who can start from scratch must have a foundation that is ten or a hundred times stronger than Kobayata.

So Kobayata fell into deep thought. It is impossible to be a farmer, and I don't know martial arts, so I have to find another way to make a living.

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