Chapter 414: The Red Maru Brothers (Part )

Niko Niko, the little princess of the Niko family, is an adult according to Japanese standards, but she looks like she has not grown up. Her petite figure and confused expression make her a natural loli saint, the kind that will have holy light flashing when she shows her shoulders.

Looking at Niko Niko timidly pulling Fukushima Princess' sleeve, arousing her maternal instinct, Yan Xu knew that this was not marrying a wife, but raising a daughter.

Although it was his favorite long black straight hair, it looked too small and he couldn't bring himself to touch it, so he simply left it to Fukushima-hime to take care of. After all, his family was wealthy and he didn't need food.

This was enough for the Amago family, because the Daimyo Moroboshi had already made his attitude clear, so the Daimyo Moroboshi sent someone to deliver a letter of allegiance, vowing to give up his status as a daimyo and join the Moroboshi family's camp.

The few small daimyo who had been flirting with the second daimyō behind the back of the Amago family only realized belatedly that their pledge of allegiance had been formalized faster than theirs. They no longer cared about anything else and hurriedly swore to join. If they did not join, they were afraid that the Amago family and the Moroboshi family would come together to beat them up.

In this way, the main island of Japan is equivalent to a corner cut off by Yan Xu, and he is already qualified to march into the hinterland of the main island.

But it is not possible now. The army needs to be reorganized, the forces need to be integrated, the personnel need to be adjusted, and all aspects need to be coordinated, otherwise it will be no different from a group fight.

The first is to reform the military. In addition to streamlining the military, more professional training must be stepped up to make soldiers professional, and there will be three major systems: firearms, cold weapons, and logistics.

Wars are fought with logistics, which naturally cannot be ignored. As for firearms and cold weapons, due to the special limitations of the Japanese world, cold weapons cannot be eliminated at all, and the proportion of firearms cannot be increased indefinitely. According to current experience, it is best to maintain a ratio of one third.

In addition, Yan Xu also specially established the Thousand Sons Corps, which can be regarded as the aristocracy in the army. All members of the corps came from various families in the territory, such as those who gave up the title of daimyo, and those from high-ranking samurai families, as his guards.

The establishment of the Thousand Sons Corps is not only a hostage, but also a favor, because as long as you make contributions, you can be promoted quickly. Therefore, no one will be short-sighted enough to let their own people who are not valued and have no talent go.

As for danger and death, no one cares, whether it is for them personally or their families. It can be said that in Japan, exchanging one's life for future is something that is taken for granted by everyone.

Of course, it would be better to survive, so not only do they have to undergo more rigorous training, but they also have to pay great attention to equipment. It can be said that the best-equipped army of the Moroboshi family is the Thousand Sons Corps.

These have little to do with ordinary people, but because of the expansion of power, Amano Castle has become more and more prosperous, and the Benimaru brothers have started to get busy again.

As the first samurai to follow their lord, the abilities of the Hongmaru brothers are not very strong. After all, the two brothers failed to capture a kappa when they fought together. But they are loyal and serious enough, and that is enough. Therefore, they have been responsible for security patrols in key areas. The footprints of these two brothers can be seen from the Onimaruyama Castle on the secondary island to the Amano Castle on the main island, which shows Yan Xu's trust in the two brothers.

Early in the morning, before dawn, the Hongwan brothers, who had lived in the same courtyard and had not yet separated, got up early to practice swordsmanship.

The two men have average talent in this area. Even if they eat well and exercise diligently, their skills are only slightly better than those of ordinary ronin warriors.

It's not that the two of them didn't work hard, but that their talent limit was just this. So in addition to swordsmanship, Iai bullets were also the focus of their training. A revolver was rubbed repeatedly in the holster until it became patinaed and shiny.

"Yo, my brother's gun is getting faster and faster." Taro put away his gun, shook his sore hands, and said with a smile to his brother who was still practicing.

"If it weren't for my brother's supervision, I would have been lax long ago." The younger brother also put away his gun, took the towel beside him and handed it to his brother, and then said. The relationship between the two brothers has always been good. As the older brother, Taro takes care of his younger brother, and as the younger brother, Jiro respects his older brother, so even if they have been living together, there have been no conflicts. As for the families of both sides, they have no say.

"It's almost time. Let's eat first. We should go out soon." Taro said after looking at the sky.

"I wonder what delicious food to eat today." Speaking of food, the young Jiro is a little excited.

"There should be fried fish. I can smell the aroma of fried fish." Taro said with a smile. In his opinion, there is nothing wrong with liking to eat, and this is also the view that the old people in the Moroboshi family are gradually changing.

Because the island country is poor in resources, we try to save as much as possible on food.

The top leaders take the lead in not eating meat and are frugal in various ways. It is not that they do not like to eat, but they know clearly that their territory cannot feed so many livestock, let alone provide enough meat. Therefore, they must seize the trend and make gluttony a sin, so that they can feed more people with the least amount of food.

The Moroboshi family is different. After learning that Japan is a closed little world, Yan Xu directly brought modern improved corn and sweet potato seeds. While filling the stomachs of the lower-class farmers, they were also able to raise a large number of white-feathered chickens and white-skinned pigs.

In addition, the improved new ships can go to farther seas to fish. It is impossible to let everyone in the territory eat as much as they want, but it is no problem to provide it to the samurai and other classes.

This keeps the loyalty of the samurai class of the Moroboshi family at a high level, because happiness is achieved through comparison.

The brothers' salaries were not low, and even though they had to support their own families, their food was still not bad. At least they had a palm-sized fried fish in the morning.

Even though it’s just a fried fish, it alone is better than many samurai, not to mention the miso soup, multi-grain rice and side dishes.

The two men are the backbone of the family, and their wives will not neglect them when it comes to food.

With this level of diet, if it were any other force, the daimyo would be like this.

No wonder the warriors outside are scrambling to join the Moroboshi family. The treatment is really too generous, and it is generally two or three levels higher than other forces. Anyone would know how to make the choice. After all, they know whether the meat tastes good or not.

After dinner, their wives personally helped the brothers put on their armor.

Because he is responsible for the security training in the city, he does not need full armor. He mainly wears a helmet and a breastplate. There is no need to say much about the helmet. The breastplate is inlaid with iron leather armor, which has very good defense. Not to mention swords and guns, even firearms, unless it is a spear, it is difficult to penetrate.

As for weapons, apart from a standard katana, there is also a carefully maintained revolver.

This type of revolver has no cartridge case, uses the cylinder as the chamber, and can load six rounds at a time. It is not widely used due to its high processing difficulty, short range, and average accuracy. However, it is quite suitable for use in cities, so the Red Maru brothers are equipped with it.

(End of this chapter)