Chapter 76
The old man was killed, but the truth is that he was killed.
In the past, Jiuli Daiming, who had no background, would not have anyone to help him even if he was assassinated.
Once Jiuli Daiming died, his subordinates were not worth worrying about at all. Huazhidu would only symbolically look for the murderer, but it would not invest much. Even if they found him, it would be difficult to really do anything to them.
At most, they would find some scapegoats to confess and then let it go.
Even those people who were looking for the murderer might need their help from the underworld, and then it would be like the thief crying "Catch the thief".
Jiuli Daiming's wealth was still too thin. There was not much connection between Jiuli and other townships at all. Even if there were some transactions, others would not do their best for him.
Maybe some daimyo also hope that Kuri will fall so that they can have a share of the spoils.
If other daimyo are assassinated, that's another matter. The most typical examples are Shimotsuki Yasuie and Shimotsuki Ushimaru. These two daimyo are both branches of the Shimotsuki family. Although they are separated, their blood relationship will not be severed.
Moreover, the many "moon" ancestors in Wano Country are also inextricably linked. If one of these people is assassinated, the other daimyo and even the general will not stand idly by.
Moreover, even if the daimyo is assassinated, it is difficult to destabilize the village they manage. In such a large family, there is not only the one who serves as the daimyo who is capable, and there will soon be a successor to stabilize the situation.
But the daimyo of Kuri does not seem to have any offspring now.
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In the last few days of the fire festival night, the enthusiasm of the people who have been reveling for a long time has now dissipated a lot.
Festivals like this are always the most popular in the first few days. After a few days, many adults rarely go out at night after returning to work. Although the daytime work was delayed, they wanted to rest at home more.
Although Jiuli was rich, it still needed to work to survive. The people at the bottom were still working hard.
Although it was hard, they were already very satisfied. Looking back, the hellish Jiuli was still vivid in their minds. Now they could eat and wear warm clothes as long as they worked, and even had some leisure time. It was a paradise-like life that they could not even imagine before.
You know, in other villages, those at the bottom even lived a life of begging.
Today's life is something they could not even imagine before, so what else is there to be dissatisfied with?
Adults have to run around for their families, but the children in Jiuli don't have to think so much. These children also survived in hardship before, but now they can play without worries.
The oldest children who were born after the establishment of Jiuli are only a few months old now.
"Where are we going to play today?"
"I don't know. We've been playing goldfish scooping and ninja games for several days." Several children walked on the street, holding apple candies or squid grilled in their hands. Children's happiness is always simple. Even the most common game of scooping fish can be played happily for a whole month as long as there are several children together.
But adults are different. As soon as people grow up, happiness will become a luxury.
But sometimes they feel a little bored and want to play something else.
"Kentaro has also gone home. There are fewer people." One of them said. The decreasing number of people is the reason why they have been unmotivated recently.
"There is no way. That guy has to go to work during the day. It will be the planting season soon."
Farming has always been a very important activity in Kuri. In Kuri, people engaged in agriculture will not be looked down upon, and because a large amount of grain will be exported to Hime, Rabbit Donburi and Suzuho, the income of farmers is actually very good.
"But hasn't Kentaro's farm entered the off-season recently?" Although they were children, they had come from that hellish era after all, and they knew a lot about farming.
In order to ensure the fertility of the land, Xia Lin specially set up the off-season. During these months, food cannot be planted, but in order to ensure the livelihood of farmers, there are many subsidies during the off-season.
The off-season is a good time for grazing, but most farmers don't have much land at home, and raising one or two sheep is already very good. Generally speaking, when entering the off-season, the farmers' labor force will leave the village to find some temporary jobs.
Originally, he wanted to lift the sea ban so that these people could fish in the inland sea during the off-season.
, but the sea ban policy was issued by the general, and the ban cannot be lifted on a large scale, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
"It seems that he followed his father to work in the official fields." Another child said.
The number and area of official fields are large, so they can be cultivated in rotation, and labor is needed at all times. It is impossible to let the people of Tianling Bugyo professionally farm all year round. The best way is to ask ordinary farmers to do short-term work.
"Izo and Kikunosuke also left." A boy said with regret with a red face.
Izo and Kikunosuke are children they have never seen before, but they met this pair of "sisters" on the night of the Fire Festival.
The night of the Fire Festival is a very grand festival, so even those who went to the Town Guard Forest to build large-scale projects took several days off. Oden and others came back to celebrate the festival here for several days, and almost returned all the money they earned to the market.
The two children, Izo and Kikunosuke, also came to Yingxiang Town to participate in the Fire Festival Night. They were originally from Linghou, but they could only watch others having fun on the night of the Fire Festival.
This was their first time to truly participate in the Fire Festival Night, and they also met several children from Jiuli.
"A Zheng, you don't like them, do you? Iszo or Kikunosuke?" Another child immediately winked and said. However, in their aesthetics, Izo and Kikunosuke are indeed two very moving "beauties".
Izo's face and expression are more heroic, while Kikunosuke looks gentle. These two tall "women" are still normal children's bodies.
"Stop, stop talking nonsense!" The boy called A Zheng blushed and retorted loudly.
"It's good that there is no, A Zheng better not have strange fantasies, I heard a big thing!" A person lowered his voice mysteriously, and then gathered together as if they were plotting something.
"What!"
"I heard that Izo and Kikunosuke seem to be the daughters of the legendary Kozuki Oden." The child said.
"Is it true?" Someone exclaimed, "I haven't heard that Kozuki Oden has a child?"
"Well, it may not be a child, but I did hear that someone saw them walking with Kozuki Oden, maybe they are... child brides..."
