In the afternoon, Liu Pei sent away Liu Dahai and Aso Shi. Then Liu Pei devoted himself to work. This time he brought many people who could fight, but few who could do clerical work. So he had to use Ryukyu

Some of the original officials.

But fortunately, Liu Pei gave everyone the benefit of being tax-free for three years, coupled with the victory over the Japanese, and the bloody method of eliminating the entire opposition clan, these people also calmed down and worked seriously. There was no trouble.

After taking over the government affairs, Liu Pei first held a meeting to appease everyone, and then placed his own people in key positions. Then he began large-scale land surveying and land reclamation. Anyway, there were so many Japanese prisoners, so they were not used in vain.

After collecting some farm tools from the people, land reclamation work started vigorously. After Liu Pei assigned the work, he always went down to inspect it personally. As a result, he found that those Japanese tools were really useful!

These Japanese people have the instinct to obey the strong. Therefore, they are very respectful to Liu Pei who defeated them, and they work very hard. Even the samurai seriously supervise the ashigaru people to work. This moved Liu Pei very much.

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Because Liu Pei himself brought enough supplies, and all the supplies from Huashan Jiugao fell into Liu Pei's hands. In addition, Liu Pei was not a picky person who deliberately treated others harshly, so he directly arranged for the people below to let the Japanese and servants

They ate according to the same standards. Unexpectedly, it caused a huge sensation among the Japanese.

We can't blame these Japanese for making such a fuss. During the Warring States Period in Japan, various daimyo would drag farmers with no combat experience onto the battlefield to serve as infantry. This kind of infantry was a temporary soldier with a lower status in the army, that is, Ashigaru. So their

Compared with samurai and daimyo, the food is naturally several levels lower. Japan is a small mountain country, and food is never abundant. When the daimyo only eat white rice and dried small fish, Ashigaru's food standards are even lower.

It's conceivable.

In "The Tale of Miso Soldiers", the food standards for Ashigaru are "one liter of water, six grams of rice, one spoonful of salt, and two spoons of miso." The Ashigaru people cook the rice in the morning and eat it in three or two meals.

Add miso or salt to prevent cooked rice from going rancid.

But the rice here does not refer to rice. During the war-torn Warring States Period in Japan, there were not many days when there was rice to eat. Even because of the small scale of the war, people in Ashgaru generally had to prepare their own food. Ashigaru was generally a poor person.

farmers, so the food of the Ashgaru class at that time generally consisted of wheat, millet and other miscellaneous grains as their staple food.

They made various rice noodles and whole grains into balls, steamed and dried them into "military rice cakes", fried and dried brown rice, etc. These were the foods that the Ashigaru people ate when they went to the battlefield. To prevent spoilage, prepare them well.

Food basically has to be dried before it can be taken to the battlefield. In addition to being used as artillery in battle,

Hui, if you eat too much on the battlefield, you will suffer from stomach upset. I have to say that Ashigaru's life is really unfortunate.

As for the samurai and daimyo, they ate rice balls, sushi, and miso, but the original sushi was really not delicious.

During the Warring States Period in Japan, until the reform of the military supply system in the late Warring States Period, samurai who participated in the war had to bring their own food to the battlefield. Unlike the Ashigaru, samurai meals still had real rice. Generally, they ate their own food.

Rice balls prepared by my wife.

At that time, rice balls were already made of moss-wrapped rice, with vinegar or plum juice added to prevent the food from going rancid. Generally, eating one at a meal could save energy. Later, this method of adding vinegar and rice to make rice balls gradually turned into salted fish.

On top of rice balls, salted fish and rice balls were added. This was the sushi at that time.

After the introduction of Buddhism, in Japan, which did not eat much meat, eating salted fish was already a delicacy that only samurai and daimyo could enjoy. In addition, in addition to sushi and rice balls, samurai at that time also generally ate pickles mixed with rice or radish.

Bento of millet porridge.

Compared with the samurai, the daimyo who were in the position of great lords had slightly richer food. The biggest difference was that the daimyo ate real rice. In Japan at that time, rice was a rare food, and it was usually eaten

Not available.

Famous daimyo recipes at that time included Takeda Shingen's noodles popularized in the army, Date Masamune's "Sendai Miso" and Uesugi Kenshin's "Hinomaru Bento" - barreled white rice with plum. Among them, Takeda Shingen's family

The noodles promoted by the army are dough directly cut into strips and added with pickles. The "Sendai miso" of Date Masamune's family is said to have the miraculous effect of not changing flavor all year round. In addition to miso, Date Masamune was also a gourmet who loved to eat. His army therefore

Sometimes you can also enjoy tofu, a rare delicacy at that time.

So in general, the soldiers of Japan's Warring States Period, whether they were ashigaru, samurai or daimyo, had a relatively difficult food situation. So when these Japanese people could eat meat, the entire prison camp became noisy.

Since there was no night lighting equipment at this time, when the sun went down, the servants arranged for the Japanese to finish their work. When they returned to the camp and each received a large bowl of broth and two large cakes, all the Japanese, including

The samurai were all at a loss! At this moment, some unlucky man said: "Is this a meal for everyone? Are these people going to kill us?"

This sentence frightened all the Japanese! They immediately lost their jobs and gathered together, preparing to resist with force when they were massacred. However, due to the language barrier, the guarding servants thought that these Japanese were going to riot, so they immediately rang the bell.

Alarm bell!

Next to the captive camp is the camp of servants. A large number of servants heard that

After raising the alarm, they immediately grabbed weapons and rushed to the prisoner camp, surrounding the prisoners. This situation only confirmed the rumor that Liu Pei was going to massacre the Japanese prisoners! Now, these Japanese people were even more panicked!

By the time the servants gathered around them with their spears, these Japanese people had given up resistance and knelt down on the ground to sing songs from their hometown. Their singing stunned the servants! They didn't understand why these Japanese people were singing.

Instead of eating dinner, they sat on their knees and sang songs? However, seeing that they did not act excessively, the servants did not approach them, they just surrounded them and waited for Liu Pei to come and make a decision.

When Liu Pei first received the news, he thought it was a Japanese rebellion. At that time, Liu Pei became murderous and wanted to kill all the Japanese. So when he walked into the camp carrying a sword and prepared to go on a killing spree, he saw

The Japanese looked confused! Because these Japanese didn't look like they were about to rebel, but instead looked like they were hanging their heads and waiting for death. So Liu Pei didn't rush to give the order to kill, but pointed a few warriors with his sword and stepped forward to reply.

The warriors walked over as if they were ready to die. They didn't bow as usual, they just stood there and stared at Liu Pei.

Liu Pei asked: "Don't you people know that you are prisoners? Moreover, I told you, I have sent people to the Shimadzu family to negotiate your redemption. Why do you still rebel? Aren't you afraid of death?"

After Liu Pei finished speaking, he motioned to the translator beside him to speak. The translator was a native of Ryukyu and could speak Japanese fairly well, so he translated Liu Pei's words with great trepidation.

One of the leading warriors said loudly: "We have never thought about rebellion! But if you want to kill us, don't you allow us to resist?"

Liu Pei was stunned after hearing what the translator said! He asked the people around him what was going on. After the guard's servant answered truthfully, Liu Pei was also confused. He asked the warrior: "Who said they want to kill you? Guard you.

People don’t understand the Japanese language at all, how do you know someone will want to kill you?”

The warrior pointed at the flatbread and broth leftovers thrown on the ground and said, "Isn't this evidence? You want us to have a full meal before we die!"

When Liu Pei heard this, he was furious and said: "I want to kill you and give you a full meal? How can it be so cheap? Isn't it good for me to feed my servants with so much meat?"

The warrior was stunned when he heard this. They looked at each other and then returned to their respectful demeanor. One warrior said: "Sir, isn't this meal going to cut off your hair?"
Chapter completed!