The Lost Writings of Miyamoto Musashi

A year,a year has passed since my arrival and the Crystal Empire is prospering.I actually decided to actually rebuild the castle into the grand tenshu in Osaka.I gave the plans to the builders and they thought it was strange too.But I assured them this will be sucessful.Within 9 months, the grand tenshu of the Crystal Empire was completed.In the honour of  this day,I renamed the town to New Osaka.Forge has also been forging new weapons for  the army,the first katanas are are also made ,and the army praised it for its lightness and strength.Later,she made some mangonels for our army.Weirdly,these ponies are really struggling to properly use them.I should start teaching them how to use them.The populace is really coping quite well in the conversion to the Shinto faith.Even Bastion is coping quite well too,and even flock to Ishiyama Hongan Ji weekly to pray for prosperity and longevity for his family.Apparently,this temple has been quite popular

among the locals,they even added rock gardens,meditation halls and a noh theatre for entertainment.

Finally,I had some monks to recruit.The first monk I recruit was Tsentze,that's what he called himself.

Firstly,I ordered him to convert the populace further to buddhism.Secondly,I ordered him to inspire our troops to boost their morale in case of a sudden battle.Thanks to this change, nobody has been stealing because they heed the saying'As you give someone else a gift,you are giving a part of your spirit to them.If you are stealing,it is considered you are stealing a part of their spirit to yourself,making your spirit malicious.'

The farmers have been terrance farming due to the abundance of hills in the area,increasing our food supply a lot,but not using the wheat well.Time to change that. I have also teached them to flood empty fields with water from the melting snow in the area,and then place the young rice saplings in the water as rice needs needs a lot of water to grow.Making rice the ideal staple for the ponies here.I aslo thought them how to use wheat to not only make bread,but also noodles like udon,soba and ramen to even increase our food supply even more.

Now with more food,that means more troops for my army.

Now I have to increase the economy here too.Let's start by building a market place so that ponies can buy ,barter ,sell, their crops and seafood from the nearby lake we discovered.Then,I  consulted Quill about hiring a finance manager for the clan.She recomended Shining Pearl,one of the richest samurai family in the clan,one of the most serious beings I ever meet after Nobunaga.I took note of this and summoned her into the courting room.

"You must be Shining Pearl,I presume?"

"It is,My Lord."

"Pearl,I was thinking that we can boost our economy.Do you have any ideas?"

"I think we should have a tax reform to remove unnecessary taxes and add necessary ones."

"A wise solution.I think we should aloso teach Chonindo and estabalish a Kinza mint to have an equal currency of our own to not cause confusion between trading."

"Good suggestions.My Lord.But I need some help with the estabalishment of the mint and annoucements for a new currency.Can you send some ponies with me to help out?"

"I think that could be acceptable.Ok, I'll send some ponies with you. And please don't overwork yourself.Have some rest after you're done."

"Don't worry.I'll take care of myself."With that she left the room silently like the air.

After that,the Kinza mint was estabalished,the koban and the oban are now being used by all of the clan.The tax reform was made and taxes was fixed.The Chonindo had been also been shared with traders,now they are profitting as the winds of fortune blew.

I think that New Osaka can be the most greatest city ever constructed in Equestria,They call it.