I just want to build a city

When glass came out, the wave that was set off did not calm down after a month, but intensified.Because these vendors with glass doors would disappear in the local area with their items after selling them in a certain place. No matter how closely the clans sent warriors to watch them, they would have a way to escape.

If you want to catch them before they are sold out, but before the action, those people disappeared, it seems that you have received some news, so you ran away with your things.If the thing is really unable to escape, they will use stones to smash the glass and wood to pieces, absolutely not letting these greedy clans succeed, and learn from their mouths where the glass comes from and how it is made.

They have never appeared in Heian-kyo, only around the capital.In order to deceive people, the Fujiwara clan and the Genji clan, like other clans, sent people to arrest a few people. They seemed to be working very hard, but they were just putting on a show.

However, in the end, Michitaka Fujiwara got two carts of glass doors and sent them into the palace.The emperor replaced all the shoji doors in the dormitory with glass doors. After experiencing it twice, he liked it very much. He wished to replace all the shoji doors in the palace with glass sliding doors.In this way, you can enjoy the nebula and the full moon in the sky even without the cold wind at night.

It's a pity that these vendors who sell glass sliding doors really can't catch any of them, and each time they bring in a limited number of sliding doors for sale. This kind of clear stone, a clan said that there are stones in the stone mines in their territory. I have discovered that when it is presented to the emperor, it is not the same thing at all. Not to mention whether this glass-clear stone is big enough to make a glass, as far as the polishing problem is concerned, they cannot polish the surface of the diamond perfectly. Smooth and flat like glass.

As a result, it became something that made Mr. Qingshu laugh for many days.Here, a diamond the size of a fist is not as popular as a piece of glass, but it was also rejected by the emperor.

Another month passed, and the glass vendors seemed to have disappeared from the world, and no one heard of them. Where did they appear.

Not long after the glass seller disappeared, Mr. Qingshu received a box that was quietly sent to the manor. Inside was a part of the money that the glass seller wanted more than expected. However, this box was only half of it. The other half, Lai Xin and his grandfather's letter, said that the bento was regarded as part of the reward for those people who went through life and death.Mr. Qingshu was not reluctant to part with the money, and exchanged their safety for his own safety, the money was actually nothing.

Mr. Qingshu asked Xing to put all the money into the treasury, but the money was not recorded in the manor's open account book.

The man who quietly brought the money did not leave, but was kneeling and sitting at the bottom of Qingshu-kun's study.Different from the flattering and eloquent fake appearance when he came here last time, this time there is no outsider, this man is very quiet, and the sense of presence is also very weak, as if he is about to flow into the shadow of the moonlight, He is a character who is used to living in the shadows.Mr. Qingshu thought, this must be the few dead men trained by those powerful officials and nobles in ancient times.Absolute loyalty, absolute obedience to orders.

"Little son, the master asked me to ask you, do you need to get rid of blacksmiths, carpenters, etc., and replace them with other more reliable people to do these things?" The man lowered his head, his deep voice was like a ghost generally.

Qingshu-kun pointed his index finger at the desk table and shook his head slightly.Those who know about glass are not only blacksmiths, craftsmen, but also the Sanjo family of swordsmiths.Every time these people came to him because of the glass, they were very secretive. Apart from them, only Nakatahara was in the manor. The Haiteng couple knew that he was making glass.

Needless to say, the Kaito couple are very loyal to him, and Nakata-kun's loyalty is not too high, but since the news of the glass turmoil appeared, Qingshu-kun took some time to pass Maps tracked these individuals.Inadvertently, Mr. Qingshu also discovered another useful ability of the map. Although he will not display what these people said in detail, he will briefly display the important information in their words, forming bubbles, floating in these over the head of the speaker.

Nakatahara's mouth is very tight, let alone find someone to talk about the glass, he is surprisingly reticent except for the necessary conversations at work, and he rarely talks about his father and mother Nakata at home.In addition, Ishikawa blacksmith and others, when the glass turmoil reached Tottori, a few nights later, in the dead of night, the Ishikawa family and the two craftsmen quietly went to the Sanjo swordsmith's house. Qingshu-kun didn't know about them The specific conversation, but the keywords that appeared in the bubbles included the words glass and escape. Their conversation went on for a long time, so long that Mr. Qingshu felt sleepy, and then they each returned to their homes.

Early the next morning, Qingshu-kun asked Kaito-kun to watch these people closely, but they didn't seem to pack up their bags and prepare to escape. Afterwards, Qingshu-kun found some reasons and met them one by one. Nothing is different, the loyalty value is not as fluctuating as those days when the glass incident came out, it seems that the conversation that night made them erase the memory of the glass and return to their previous lives.

Mr. Qingshu didn't care about what they talked about, as long as they didn't cause trouble and caused trouble to him, they would act as if nothing had happened, so Mr. Qingshu would also act as if nothing had happened.

However, there is another reason for not moving them.After Qingshu-kun met the Sanjo family that day, he felt that the name of the sword Imaiwa was very familiar to him.At first, I thought it would be familiar because I heard people talking about it unintentionally, but these days I practiced swordsmanship with Todo-kun, and when I was resting, I talked about those good swords and Sanjo Zongjin’s continuous improvement of forging sword skills In the future, he will surely be able to forge a famous sword that is even better than the current sword, and it may become a treasure of Genji.

At that time, Qingshu-kun was teasing him for praising his friend's sword-forging skills so much, he only remembered something after resting for a while.There are not many treasured swords of Genji in the Heian period, the most famous of which is of course the Mikazuki Munekin, which was regarded as a national treasure in modern times.That's right, he just said the name Sanjo Zongjin, and why the name of the sword Imaken is so familiar, he didn't hear someone mention it in his ear, but because, this person is the most famous person in Japanese history. , the first batch of famous swordsmiths.Not long after Sanjo Zongjin was able to forge the sword by himself, he forged such an outstanding and famous sword as Imaken.

After that, working for Genji, he successively forged Xiaohumaru and Mikazuki Munekin, and his descendants, although not as outstanding as his swordsmith skills, still forged famous swords such as Ishikirimaru and Iwarong.In the historical records, Xiaohuwan has a mythical color, so that it is not clear whether it really exists, but the crescent moon does exist.

If the national treasure forger is killed because of the glass that will be common in later generations, then Haruki-kun really doesn't know whether he has made a profit or a loss.

Fortunately, these people have no intention of betrayal.

"No, they are all safe now."

The man just nodded after hearing Qingshu-kun's words, without raising any objections. "Master Patriarch asked me to leave a word for you. Don't be too merciful."

"Well, of course I know that."

After saying this, the man left the manor, taking advantage of the night, and disappeared in the boundary of Tottori.

Now that the money in the manor has finally become rich, Qingshu-kun did not fall asleep immediately after sending the man away, but wrote the second notice so far, and asked Nakatahara to post it in the old place early in the morning of the second day.

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The next day, Mr. Nakata came to the enforcement office next to the samurai mansion with the notice and a few servants. Now the wooden sign for posting the notice has been moved from the gate of the samurai mansion to the enforcing office.Since the establishment of the Enforcement Office, it has no other role for Zhuang Min except grandeur and majesty. After all, no one has committed crimes so far.Now there are a few people in front of the enforcement office, and they are still the manager of the manor, Nakata.So, when Zhongtian finished posting the notice, a group of farmers had already surrounded him.

Different from the last time, during the harvest season just after the busy farming season, vendors all came to the territory to collect food crops, and some people even explained to these illiterate farmers what the lord had written on the notice.However, this time, there were no vendors.

"Lord Zhongtian, may I ask what is written on this notice?" Seeing that Zhongtian seemed to be leaving just like that, an old farmer boldly stepped forward to ask.

Nakatahara frowned slightly, apparently only then realized that few of these civilians were literate, and even if they were literate, they didn't know much.At the beginning, Kai Teng-kun could only recognize a few characters, but Xing later taught him how to read by the way when he was teaching him etiquette.Kai Teng-kun is smart, although his foundation is not good, but after studying hard, there is no big problem. After officially becoming a manager, he followed Qing Shu-kun to read the books in the library every day, so now it is no longer The kind of people who can't read.

Kaito-kun's immersion in his studies made Haruki-kun and Nakata-kun never expect that he didn't know many words as a commoner in the beginning, so that he wrote notices so naturally and posted them out that no one could read them. What's the use?

Mr. Zhongtian decided to go back and tell the lord about it. Next time, don't put up the notice. It's better for them to come out and talk to these civilians.

"My lord's new notice, now every family's wealth is beginning to be rich, and most of the houses in the territory are thatched cottages. In the future, some distinguished guests will come, and I will see that it is really bad. Starting today, the thatched cottages will be replaced with bricks. A house made of tiles. However, there is one requirement. If each family’s income in the previous year can reach 5 yuan, then they can apply to the steward to build a house made of bricks and tiles. However, after living in a house made of bricks and tiles, if The income for two consecutive years did not reach 5 guan, so I took back the house and went to live in the thatched cottage again." Mr. Zhongtian roughly told them what the lord meant.

After hearing what he said, the surrounding villagers all stared wide-eyed. "What? Can we live in a house made of bricks?!"

"It is enough for each household's income to be 5 guan in the previous year? Didn't we have to pay [-] guan of money?" Some people were afraid that Nakata was wrong, or that the lord made a mistake.

"It's just that the thatched cottage doesn't need our money. Nowadays...it's impossible to have such a good thing."

Zhongtian frowned slightly, and the attendant behind him shouted sharply: "What are you making so much noise about?"

When the voices of the villagers around him quieted down, Mr. Zhongtian cleared his throat and said, "My lord's words and decisions are not for you to question. The income reaches 5 guan, and the requirements are just like this. The money for building the house, It will still be paid by the lord himself, no matter what kind of house you live in, it will only be the property of the lord."

Nakata reminded them of this again.At the beginning, Mr. Nakata didn't quite understand the significance of the lord's doing this. As long as the income reaches 5 guan, he can build a small house of bricks and tiles without paying money.However, after the lord carefully explained it to him, he also understood the intention. Of course, he admired the lord even more.

The construction cost of the usual money, plus the wages of the craftsmen, will not exceed 1500 Wen at most.As long as they work hard to cultivate the fields and earn 5 yuan, they will be able to live in a better house, and if they have a head start in life, they will work harder.The more income the villagers have, the more income will be handed over to the manor. At that time, after more than a year, are they afraid that they will not be able to collect the money for building brick and tile houses?The most important thing is to let them work harder to efficiently develop the level of the entire territory, and don't slack off their work just because they have a good life now.

"Ah, my family's income in the previous year was only a little more than 3 yuan, which was not enough. This year, my family applied for an extra two yuan. Now I have an income of 3 yuan, so next year my family can live in a brick and tile house. The house?!" A villager below cheered in a low voice with such surprise.

"Master Nakata, I, my family's income last year seems to have been five guan..."

Nakata glanced over coldly, saw that the man was scared, and retreated back into the crowd before continuing. "Don't think about lying about your family's income to apply for a brick and tile house. We can't find out what your family's income is for a year, so you think there is no other existence to know? If you lie to the lord, step on him. If benevolence lives a good life, then wait for your own retribution."

After finishing speaking, he left with the servants in the village.

After Zhongtian left, the surrounding villagers began to scold the greedy man just now.

"How long have you been in Genji's territory since your previous year's income has already reached five consecutive years?!"

"It's really too greedy, and I don't deserve to live the good life given by the lord today."

The man who was told so by the villagers around him returned to his home in despair.On the second day, none of the villagers in the territory saw their family again. As for whether they were ashamed and moved away, or were driven away overnight by Manager Zhongtian, it is not clear. All that remained was the empty straw hut.

As Nakata-kun said, the property belonging to the lord, under the benevolence of the lord, they can use and live in it, but it is definitely not their property. If something happens, you have no reason to stay here place.

As for the family that disappeared, only a few families living next to him talked about it, and no one paid attention to it anymore.There is already such a good life today, why should I trouble myself for the greedy and insufficient?

Regarding the issue that the villagers were illiterate and couldn't understand the notices posted, Mr. Nakata hadn't come back to report, and Mr. Qingshu received a new task from the system.

Task: When the merchants are away, your people are troubled because they cannot read the notices you posted because they are illiterate.As a great lord, if he wants to build a superior city-state in the future, how can he let his people be a group of illiterate people? Please build a temple house so that the villagers and descendants of the territory can learn place.

Task reward: 5% bonus to the talent and learning of the people in the territory

Before seeing clearly what the mission was, Qingshu-kun first let out a long sigh.I thought I could finally clean the system taskbar once, but sure enough, how could the system let him go so easily.He could imagine that after the temple house was built, there must be follow-up tasks. After all, with the temple house, how could there be no teacher?

Let's put aside the matter of the temple house. If no suitable teacher candidate is found, then the temple house will be vacant after it is built.However, finding so many teachers for the temple house is a very problematic matter.Not for anything else, in this era, it is very rare for ordinary people to learn to know a few characters by themselves. At this time, most of the people who can read are clan nobles, and some of their servants who are reused in their mansions.Not to mention whether the stewards and attendants are willing to teach civilians to read and write in their current positions, they are willing to go. It is not so easy to say that their positions are replaced by others.

For example, Nakatahara is currently taking over the position of steward, and his father manages the account books. It is impossible for Xing to leave his side for a long time, Kaito-kun...

That's right, although Kai Teng-kun is now the leader of the patrol, this position cannot be assigned to others.However, the boys in the patrols are also from civilian background, and they are currently illiterate.In the future, this group of people will be brought up. If they have been illiterate, it will be shameful.Before finding a suitable teacher from Terakoya, it is also a good choice for Kaito-kun to teach these people to recognize the characters in his spare time.

In this way, Terakoya and the teacher took their time, and Qingshu-kun asked Xing to sort out some basic literacy books in the study room and send them to the vacant room in the samurai mansion.

Early the next morning, Haruki-kun called Kaiteng-kun and told him about it.

"Let me teach them how to read?" Kaito-kun was still a little unbelievable when he heard what Haruki-kun said.

"Yes, you heard it wrong. I just learned from Xing recently that you were mostly self-taught before you knew all the characters. I don't ask you to teach those patrol soldiers any principles or knowledge. I don't need them to teach you After that, they will be able to recite waka, as long as they can recognize the characters they need to use in daily life. After these days with me, you will naturally understand the importance of character recognition. If you don’t pay attention to the current people It doesn't matter if you don't teach them to read and write under your command from now on." Qingshu-kun said to him seemingly dispensable.

Hai Teng-kun is still a little hesitant. He has nothing to argue about in other matters, but teaching people to read, more than a year ago, he was still a commoner who could not read a few big characters. Now he jumps to Teaching people to read and write, I really don't have the confidence to take on such an important task.Just when he was still hesitating, he saw his wife kneeling beside him, frowning intently at him, and was taken aback for a moment.

That's right, this is a test given to him by the lord, whether it is good or bad, he can't refuse it.Besides, he still has Xing. She was the one who led him to learn to read at the beginning. If there is any difficulty, he also has Xing to accompany him.

"Yes, my lord, I will definitely complete the task you entrusted to me."

As a result, this group of boys who practice daily in the samurai mansion now have another headache class, which is to recognize characters.

These patrol soldiers who practiced in the samurai mansion now have the opportunity to learn to read.I don't know how many were jealous, how many laughed.When I saw the words on the booklet, I still had a headache. The half-children of the patrol soldiers looked sad, but when they saw their family members were happier than when they had a good harvest, and people outside often looked at them, they were even more jealous. Looking at her eyes, she put those sorrows and headaches aside.

Yes, now that I have the opportunity to read and write, it was an opportunity that I never envied in the past, how can it be like this now?

For a time, the lives of the patrolling boys, except for patrolling Genji's territory, practicing sword skills, and eating and practicing, all the time was put into the books sent by the lord, and they were bound to make themselves the first in the manor territory. The literate group of people.

Driven by this positive atmosphere, someone finally came to the manor and applied to Manager Nakata to convert the thatched house into a brick house. It was the Ishikawa family and the Sanjo family who had been living a peaceful life since the glass incident. up.

"Are they outside now?"

Haruki-kun pulled the most detailed map of the Tottori area that Kaito-kun found for him in his hand, including the territory occupied by Haruki of the Minamoto clan, the territory occupied by the Taira clan, and the territories occupied by some small clans. map.Mountains, rivers, where are people living.Almost all are marked on the map.According to the current level, this map is detailed enough.

The reason why he looks at the map of Tottori Prefecture in his hand here is, of course, because he wants to find a piece of iron mine that belongs to him as soon as possible. If he can find other rarer mines, that would be even better.

Unexpectedly, the Ishikawa family and the Sanjo family came so timely.

"Yes, they said today that they came to apply for the construction of a tile house. After doing these things, I left them behind, and now they are waiting outside." Mr. Zhongtian knelt down and replied like this.If it was Ishikawa, the Sanjo family came on their own initiative, so they should be kept. It was Haruki-kun who ordered Nakata, otherwise Nakata would not have the guts to make decisions for Qingshu-kun to keep these people and bring them to the direction of the study .

"Well, let them in then."

Mr. Qingshu waited for them to come over on their own initiative. It would be a good thing for them to keep their peace and not cause trouble. It would be even better if they could take the initiative to come to him after the glass incident and show their loyalty.What's more, there is such an outstanding swordsmith Sanjo Sokami among them. It would be too wasteful for Haruki-kun to let them do nothing, or because they are afraid of him, the lord. The resources they represent themselves.