Chapter 255 New Year and Hidden Danger
Chapter 255 New Year and Hidden Danger
Time gradually enters winter.
With the joint efforts of everyone, Inazuma's situation finally began to develop for the better.
With the huge reputation accumulated from stabilizing the chaotic situation and the taxes accumulated from the autumn harvest, Niwa's series of reforms were successfully implemented.
The decree to abolish the private armies of the nobles was carried out very smoothly. The private armies of all families were reduced to less than a hundred people, and they could only guard the homes and courtyards.
At the same time, the obligation of nobles to lead troops to fight with generals was also abolished and replaced by paying military expenses.
After witnessing the horror of monsters, many nobles are eager to lay off their private soldiers. After all, raising private soldiers is not only more expensive, but also if you raise more private soldiers, you will have to bear the obligation to follow the general on expeditions, which requires real swords and real guns to fight!
In this case, it is better to pay a protection fee to the shogunate and outsource the defense.
Not that no one thought that handing over the private soldiers would make them unable to fight against the shogunate's orders, but the shogun's wisdom and strength in the battle at Kujo Jinya had completely conquered them.
Almost all the nobles secretly speculated that the gods are not so easy to fool. It turns out that the world is peaceful and can tolerate everyone a little. When the situation is urgent, just a little bit of divine power is used, and it turns out that it is not something that mortals can resist...
Do not believe? There is no grass growing on Takahashi Quan’s grave yet!
The obedience of the nobles gave Niwa enough resources to implement the policy of elite soldiers. After expanding the regular army of the shogunate to 5,000 naval troops, 10,000 infantry troops, and 5,000 Okuki soldiers, Niwa stopped expanding the army.
With Inazuma's current productivity, it is already the limit to support such a professional army.
Soon after, Mitsuyo also sent a military report. Based on the 2,000 shogunate troops, she had organized 5,000 Kaijijima militiamen and formed a strong combat effectiveness. The monsters near Haiji Island have been completely cleared away, and she requested to lead troops to gradually clean up Haji Island.
Niwa approved this request and gave her a warrant. All Haigi Island land cleared by Kaiji Island was allowed to be settled by Kaiji Island residents. Only 30% of the cultivated land was turned over to the shogunate and taxes were paid according to the laws enacted by the shogunate. Within three years, the shogunate recognized the settlers' ownership of the land.
Niwa's actions were not without doubts from the Inazuma nobles. However, the reality is that, whether judging from the number of surviving refugees or the strength of the shogunate itself, the Inazuma shogunate will be unable to regain Yaojima within 3-5 years. To resume production.
In this case, it is better to let the islanders of the sea handle it, which can not only reduce the living space of the monsters, but also provide the shogunate with an extra income.
As for the issue of occupying land, the total number of Haiji islanders today is only more than 300,000. Even if all the people are armed, they will not be able to occupy the entire Haizhi Island!
So after adding a five-year period to the reclamation order, the order was finally passed and promulgated.
As soon as this order came out, the islanders who were eager to obtain fertile land suddenly fell into madness, and those who signed up to join the army quickly filled Mitsuyo's camp.
For a time, Haiji Island was a scene of vitality and all things competing...
As for the power of the Inazuma shogunate, most of it was invested in the vicinity of Narukami Island and Tatasha.
After cleaning up Narukami Island, the shogunate army sent good news and bad news.
The good news is that after this cleanup, the monsters in the wild on Narukami Island have become very rare and will no longer pose a threat to the daily production and life of the people of Narukami Island.
The bad news is that monsters are still breaking into Narukami Island through some space cracks that appear from time to time. This means that this purge will never end.
At the same time, during the construction of the Tatar Sand Smelter, Niwa also discovered that the remains of the monsters had indeed had a very serious impact on the land.
In order to prevent the land near the Kujo Array from becoming polluted, he had to use the Thunder God's Heart to repeatedly cleanse the land with thunder elements. Only then did he neutralize the pollution to a level that normal people could tolerate.
However, this land was infiltrated by the power of the thunder element. The plants underwent irreversible mutations and could no longer be used for agricultural cultivation.
With the help of the Fontaine people, the construction of the Royal Shadow Furnace Heart also began to advance smoothly.
Prior to this, Jingjinshi led the swordsmiths to try to refine several furnaces of steel jade using traditional methods, which also brought good news and bad news.
The good news is that the performance of steel jade is very good and can elevate the quality of Inazuma swords to a higher level.
The bad news is that calcining crystallized bone marrow will also produce pollution, and the concentration of pollution is not low, which will affect the health of workers.
Niwa had no choice but to issue an order, requiring the team building the Mikage Furnace Heart to find a way to solve the pollution problem as soon as possible. If it couldn't be solved, they would try to collect the pollution, and he would be responsible for cleaning it up with the Thunder God's Heart.
In this busyness, time gradually comes to the end of the year.
New Year is coming.
Only then did Niyu realize that it had been more than half a year since he was struck by Kage's sword, and he still had no clue about his main mission - returning home...
Finally, after accepting the congratulations from all his ministers at the New Year's meeting, Niwa once again tried to contact Kage.
Ever since he wounded Chiyo Gochi, Kage has been hiding in his dream and being autistic, completely ignoring Nasita's calls, and tending to become a Karapian.
This made Niyu couldn't help complaining in his heart, the demon god who mastered the power of space always has a natural advantage in "house".
A few minutes after the conscious connection was made, Nasida Miao shook her head at Niyu, her cat eyes full of helplessness.
"Tsk...You are so grown up, and you are still acting like a child..." Niyu complained helplessly, "Nasita, can you make sure that she can hear the message you send her?"
Nasita nodded.
"Tell her that I am going out incognito today for a private visit to see the living conditions of the people of Daozhu. If she still has the slightest sense of being the God of Thunder, she can listen to it with me... After all, she is the God of Thunder, and she cannot always be the God of Thunder. Be a hands-off shopkeeper!”
Nasita nodded again, closed her eyes and lay there for a while, then realized, "She agreed."
"Then get ready to go!"
Soon, Niwa put on the attire of an ordinary aristocratic female family member. She also specially found a city girl's hat and used a translucent hanging silk to cover her overly distinctive face.
Nasita took off her clothes and got into his arms as usual.
"Do you have any plans?" Nasida stepped on her breasts skillfully and asked in Morse code.
Niwa said as he walked: "Is there an inspection plan? Well... Since we want to inspect the living conditions of the people, we naturally have to take into account all classes, occupations and identities, including soldiers, farmers, craftsmen, businessmen, refugees, locals, craftsmen... …”
"Why don't you stop talking, Maomao is dizzy..." Nasida complained.
"I'm not telling you."
"I'm even dizzy, let alone her. She might have fainted by now."
"makes sense……"
After a few months, Dream Isshin once again buzzed with anger in Niyu's hands.
Niyu and Nasita looked at each other and smiled.
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