Chapter 247 The Mori Family’s Plan
When everything was settled, Yan Xu transferred Kadokuma Ishimune and Kazuha Shizuka from Fukushima to take over the territory allocated to them by the Mori family.

This is not an easy job, otherwise Yan Xu would not have asked anyone to come.

In Japan, farmers are tools tied to the land or livestock that automatically work and pay taxes. They are not treated as human beings, and therefore they can do nothing but work.

The samurai were responsible for managing these livestock. Production, taxation, transportation, public security, labor, etc. were all done by the samurai who were responsible for organizing people to do the work. So once the samurai of the Mori family left, the situation here was completely out of control.

Don't expect the Mori family to hand over everything step by step, so there must be an experienced person in charge who can quickly integrate the areas taken over. Yan Xu only has Kadokuma Ishimune who can do the job, and Yiyu Jing is a little worse.

However, Yan Xu is very optimistic about Yi Yujing and plans to train him to be the successor of the old man Kakuma Ishimune, so that he can stand on his own in the future. After all, Kakuma Ishimune is not young anymore, and sometimes he is afraid that the other party will die along the way.

Only after Kadokuma Ishimune and Kazuha Shizuka took over these matters did Yan Xu have time to deduce the subsequent impact of this battle in front of the expanded sand table in order to make the next development plan, but no one could help him with this.

The gains from this battle were not small, in addition to the land divided by the Mori family, they also gained the status of daimyo.

The identity of a daimyo will be of great help to Yan Xu in participating in the battle for the main island, and it can also attract more talents, after all, his identity is different.

It's just like if you go to the street and ask people to invest money to do business, you will be called a lunatic, but as long as Ma opens his mouth, there are plenty of people willing to invest money.

After becoming a daimyo, Yan Xu will have the qualifications to compete for world domination, and naturally there will be speculators coming to support him.

Another thing is that the territory allocated by the Mori family to the Moroboshi family is very interesting. It does not expand around Amano Castle, but cuts diagonally at a corner of the main island. It does not go deep into the main island, but leans towards one corner. Therefore, there is a large coastline, and it is also facing the second sub-island. It is obvious that the idea is to let the Moroboshi family help share the pressure.

This time the Mori clan was badly wounded and had to retreat. Even the proud Mori navy was moved to the other side of the main island after a brief rest.

In addition, the Mori family planned to build a port there to replace Amano Castle. Although it was not very realistic, there was no other way. At least it gave the suffering navy a little hope.

What Yan Xu found interesting was that the Mori family did not station a large number of troops on the border between the two sides, and did not even restrict exchanges. As long as they were not the military, merchants and civilians could enter and exit freely, so until now there were still many people who did not know that they now belonged to the Moroboshi family.

Without any stationed troops and with the navy transferred far away, the Mori family's hinterland was basically defenseless against the Moroboshi family.

This is interesting. The two sides are not allies, and even the level of trust between allies cannot be so high. So why would the Mori family do this?
On the towering castle tower of the Mori family, the Mori Daimyo had been gazing towards the direction of Amano Castle for a long time. It was not until Mori Hidemoto arrived that he sighed and returned to his room.

The two major defeats at Amano Castle were unprecedented for the Mori family, not to mention the cession of territory and payment of indemnity after the second defeat. There was simply no greater humiliation than this. So when Mori Hidemoto just returned, not only did a large number of people come out to ask him to commit seppuku to apologize, he also encountered multiple assassination attempts, which made the Mori Daimyo extremely anxious and he managed to suppress the matter with great difficulty.

The exhausted Daimyo Mori sat down cross-legged, picked up the picture that Mori Hideyoshi had brought with him, and started to look at it again. The picture showed a ferocious fire-breathing pig tank, a needle rifle that was obviously enlarged to look like a small cannon, a steel castle tower, the explosion of the early morning ship, and the rain of fire from the bombing of Amano Castle. Each of them could be used as a scene from a third-rate web game.

This was not the first time that Daimyo Mori had seen it, but every time he saw it, his heart ached, because each picture represented a loss for the Mori family.

"Hasn't the source of these things been found out yet?" Daimyo Mori put down the drawing in his hand, rubbed his chest, frowned and said.

"No. The Moroboshi family's dominance over the sub-islands is too strong. Coupled with those new fleets and strict population management, it is difficult to find out the secrets of the Moroboshi family, and even entering the island is a problem." Mori Hidemoto has now been stripped of his position as right general. This is the price he must pay. Otherwise, even the Mori Daimyo will have a hard time explaining to his subordinates.

However, this also suits Mori Hidemoto's wishes, allowing him to concentrate on exploring the secrets of the Moroboshi family.

Although it was impossible to obtain intelligence on Fukushima, the two wars at Amano Castle alone were enough for the Mori family to make a wise choice.

How could the Mori Daimyo not want to retake Amano Castle? How could he want a border that was in name only? However, the two major defeats have proved that relying on force is impossible. The Moroboshi family only used a part of their strength and almost brought the Mori family to ruin. In this case, what can be done even if all the troops on the border are mobilized?

Just thinking about those fire-breathing pig monsters, and the terrifying cannons and barrels, Daimyo Mori felt powerless, because he knew that no defense line or castle could withstand the attack of the Moroboshi family.

In this situation, even if the Mori family tried their best to set up a line of defense, the only result would be the deaths of more people. As for stopping the attack of the Moroboshi family, the Mori family had no hope at all.

So under the suggestion of Mori Hidemoto, the Mori family only built a checkpoint at the intersection to collect taxes, and there were no other checkpoints. If the Moroboshi family wanted to invade, they didn't even have to fight.

It is not a difficult choice to spend huge costs to build a useless defense line, or to save resources and just build a simple checkpoint to collect taxes, isn't it?

"Next, the Mori family must try to make friends with the Moroboshi family and draw the attention of the Moroboshi Daimyo to the second island to prevent him from targeting us again." The Mori Daimyo said to Mori Hidemoto somewhat helplessly.

Although the Mori family is the ruler of a country with millions of people, they are under great pressure from both inside and outside. The two major defeats hit them hard. Even though the Mori family has a strong foundation, they could not withstand it.

Now the Mori family needs time to recover, or at least catch their breath, so they must find a suitable opponent for the Moroboshi family to distract their attention and prevent them from continuing to focus on the unfortunate Mori family.

"This is not difficult to do. I vaguely felt that the Moroboshi family did not seem to have the intention of continuing to attack the Mori family, otherwise they would not have agreed to the discussion. I just don't know why." Mori Hidemoto first nodded, then said with some confusion.

"The Moroboshi family is powerful, but their foundation on the main island is too shallow. Even if they defeat the Mori family, they will not be able to swallow up all the territories safely. Instead, they will attract more enemies. Therefore, it is more in the interests of the Moroboshi family to let the Mori family maintain their strength and stay in the front. And I asked you to draw the Moroboshi family's attention to the second sub-island because capturing the second sub-island is in line with the Moroboshi family's next strategy," Daimyo Mori sighed and continued.

(End of this chapter)