Pillars of the Wu family

Feeling deceived, Hatakeyama Takamasa immediately decided to break up with Ashikaga Yoshito completely, and will never play with you again. A letter symbolizing the end of friendship was sent from Hanoi to the Nijo Imperial Palace in Kyoto. Looking at this strange letter , Ashikaga Yoshito gave a look of surprise.

After carefully reading it twice to make sure I read it correctly, holding the letter written by Takamasa Hatakeyama, he said dumbfoundedly: "Break off friendship? What kind of bastard is this talking about? When did I become friends with Takamasa Hatakeyama?"

Ashikaga Yoshito felt that it was necessary to understand this guy's thinking, and sent an envoy from the shogunate to ask about the situation, but as soon as he arrived at Takaya Castle, he was brutally driven back by the samurai of the Hatakeyama family. The samurai of the Hatakeyama family claimed that they would never believe His Royal Highness.

Such an unreasonable action made the envoy of the shogunate lose face, and completely aroused the anger of Ashikaga Yoshito. His Royal Highness pointed to the south of Hanoi in the Nijo Imperial Palace and cursed, roughly meaning: "You Ya toast, don’t eat fine wine, this general now has soldiers and food and is not short of you, a bastard.”

When the funny family governor of the Hanoi family was having trouble with the shogunate, Yoshitoki Kira was busy practicing spear skills.

The weather in November is gradually getting colder, and Yoshihiro Kira was wearing a thin gown and holding a small plain gun dancing vigorously. He has replaced the pure wooden spear with a small plain gun because of his progress. It was so fast that Mitsuhide of Yunlin Institute had to train subjects in advance, taking out the small plain gun that should be used for him in a year or even two years.

To change a new gun, you need to be familiar with the nature of the new gun. Ordinary samurai need one or two months to complete this process. Kira Yoshishi only took ten days to get through it. .Otherwise, the speed will be a few days ahead.

At this time, more than half a year has passed since the arrival of Tsukahara Buden.Kira Yoshitoki grew taller again.At the age of eleven and one year old, he just turned ten years old, and his height is almost 1.4 meters. This height is enough to satisfy everyone, and some short samurai are only this height.

As Kira Yoshishi's spear skills have advanced by leaps and bounds, his strength has also increased greatly. Watanabe Gengoro has gradually been unable to withstand Kira Yoshishi's trial match. If the two of them are less than [-] times with guns, Watanabe Gengoro will inevitably retreat. .The little partner who practiced against him became more and more useless, which also made him focus on the island near the island where he was training hard with a long gun.

After half a year of training, the Kira family's new-style military training has gradually shown its strength. The original ashigaru long-handled team can't resist the powerful assault of the gun-shield team and the ax-shield team no matter whether they use spear arrays or gun quilts. After months of exploration, Tokiyuki Yamamoto first proposed the idea of ​​having two sets of weapons equipped at the same time, that is, in addition to being equipped with a domaru array hat, straw sandals and a flag, each member of the reserve team is equipped with a rattan shield and a one-handed battle ax .A long gun.

After testing, the effect of this combination is very good, and the effect of using a half-length long gun is very good.Matching with a rattan shield is also enough to support a forest of guns, and at the same time, the tactical power of the gun quilt is further exerted. Both the assault effect and the anti-assault effect are greatly improved, and the spear can be inserted obliquely into the weapon belt on the back during close combat. It is even more effective to replace it with a one-handed tomahawk assault.

Another test turned out to be the discarded mace. The original mace was shorter than the one-handed battle axe. Its excellent armor-piercing ability was limited by the short handle, but the new mace effectively avoided this problem. Everything, the 1.2-meter-long mace not only has a spiked hammer head that can pierce armor, but the sharp cone on the other side can also smash through difficult heavy armored enemies.

Because of the habit of wearing red armor because of their origin, the cavalry was preserved, and they were also called red cavalry in the Kira family. The two hundred Mikawa samurai recruited a few months ago were also samurai with their own horse armor. Time was incorporated into the red cavalry for training, armors of different colors were repainted red, and a 500-man cavalry reserve team was also quickly integrated within a few months and played a good role.

Recently, Kira Yoshitoshi was worried about the iron cannon again. He had two types of iron cannon in his hand, one was [-] Sakai barrels, and the other was a Harquebuser arquebus originally made in Spain. Although the guns are all arquebus series, there is still a big difference between the Spanish arquebus of origin and the Portuguese arquebus produced in Sakaimachi.

First of all, the Spanish matchlock gun weighs fourteen catties, which is enough to make any iron cannon unacceptable. In order to facilitate aiming with the gun, the Spanish matchlock gun is specially equipped with a support frame to stabilize shooting.

All the iron cannons passed down from Portugal in Japan are very light, the heaviest one does not exceed ten catties, and the shorter iron cannons weigh only seven or eight catties. Open and close plate cover design, when the plate cover is closed, it can prevent the ignition powder from scatter and the flying sparks from causing fire. It has the insurance function to improve the reliability of the weapon.

The traditional single-leaf rotating disk cover of the Spanish matchlock gun primer plate is not the best optimization. It is inherited from the Sakai barrel of the Portuguese iron cannon. The frame-shaped double-leaf rotating disk cover has a relatively better airtightness and is It has the advantages of being fixed and durable, but the Sakai barrel iron gun also has the disadvantages that it does not use a butt that can rest on the shoulder, and the shooting stability is poor. In addition, the matchlock groove on the hammer does not have a clamping device, which is inconvenient to use.

Kira Yoshishi thought about it and decided to ask craftsmen to optimize it. It would be best to combine two matchlock guns to produce a brand new matchlock gun. The first thing he thought of was the Kuniyu Zenbei of Omi Kuniyu Village. This gentleman is also a very famous iron gun. Artillery craftsmen, since the Shimadzu family came to Kyoto in 13 to present the seed island cylinder to the shogunate, the former public official Ashikaga Yoshiharu ordered Omi's country friendly soldier to be responsible for making iron cannons for the shogunate.

However, the bad luck is that Guoyou Village is located in Sakata County on the east side of Lake Biwa in Kita Omi. This is a very troublesome thing. Sakata County belongs to the core area of ​​the Asai family, and the Asai family is currently subordinate to the Liujiao family, so there is no need to worry too much. The iron cannon he made was confiscated, but he, the family governor, could not go to Guoyou Village with the advanced iron cannon to ask for advice, it would be unsafe and outrageous.

Moreover, Hattori Ninja carefully observed that Asai Hisamasa was quite hostile to Kirayoshi, probably because Omi's two powerhouses suddenly became three powerhouses, which made him feel a little disgusted naturally, or it may be that Asai's coveted Takashima County was occupied for the sake.

Kira Yoshishi could only send someone to invite Kuniyoshihei to Sakamoto for a meeting. This well-known craftsman had no pretensions.Received this famous craftsman when he was in Kirayoshi, Sakamoto Imperial Palace.The two chatted for a while before they were speechless.

The characteristic of craftsmen is that they are not good at going around in circles.Guoyou Shanbingwei is not a person who is good at words. What he fears most is going around in circles. If he chats for a long time, he will be at a loss. He didn't want to waste time, so he took out two iron cannons and handed them to Guoyou Shanbingwei.

"These are the two iron cannons in my family's hands. Please work hard to see if the two iron cannons can be improved."

Guoyou Shanbei looked carefully at the two iron cannons, to be precise, at one of the iron cannons he had never seen before.Another kind of Sakai barrel was recognized by him at a glance, because many iron cannons were reworked and repaired due to improper operation or other damage.

Among the main businesses of Kunitomo Iron Cannon House, iron cannon maintenance is a very important business. Kuniyo Yoshihei usually has the most contact with Tanegashima, Kishu and Sakai cylinders. He can even touch them with his eyes closed. The difference between several iron cannons.

The Sakai cylinder is characterized by its fineness, both materials and workmanship are top-notch products in Japan. When it comes to the precision casting of mass-produced iron cannons, not to mention the national friendly soldiers, it is Tanegashima of the Shimadzu family. There are many wealthy merchants in Sakaimachi who are no match for Kiine.The mass-produced model of the Sakai cylinder almost catches up with the special models of the other three precision casting companies.

The biggest reason for this is the cost control. The rich merchants in Sakai Town can build high-end iron cannons at no cost.The purpose is to gain profits as a political resource, while the other three are to reduce the quality of iron cannons for business operation, so as to ensure profit margins.

He has never seen another type of iron cannon. This is not the common Nanban iron cannon, but a larger iron cannon. Guoyou Shanbei asked: "His Highness Sakamoto! Where did this iron cannon come from?" ?”

"Another country from Nanman is a new and powerful country. It is stronger than the Nanman country that introduced the iron cannon. I still have three of this iron cannon. I wonder if Shanbingwei can optimize it?"

"You can try it!" Guoyou Shanbingwei nodded, and asked again: "Can you take it back?"

He thought he would definitely agree with the conclusion, but he shook his head unexpectedly, and Yoshitomo Kira said to Kuniyo Enbei: "I need you to move the Kuniyou Village to the left."

"Move the village? Why do you want to move the village?" Guoyou Shanbingwei was a little dizzy, and people with technical backgrounds naturally didn't know the truth.

"Because this is the territory directly under His Royal Highness, and Sakata County is the territory of the Asai family who does not obey His Royal Highness' orders. The shogunate has long been dissatisfied with the disrespectful behavior of the Asai family, and our family, as a member of the general's family, defends the shogunate. , are you still afraid that my family will deceive you?"

"Can I think about it? The decision to relocate the village is too sudden. I hope to go back and think about it before giving an answer to His Highness Sakamoto." Kuniyoshi Bingwei said in silence for a moment.

Kira Yoshitoki did not answer his request, but continued: "Our family can draw a new town for Kunitomo Village in the southwest of Katada Town, Shiga County. All the villagers of Kunitomo Village, old and young, will move here. The relocation expenses will be issued by our family. Just move in with the necessities!"

He is short of an iron cannon expert for scientific research. There are only a few experts who are proficient in iron cannon forging in the entire Warring States period.

It was obvious that Kuniyoshihebei was moved by this attractive condition, but he still hesitated, and Kirayoshi then added: "In addition, the Kuniyo Iron Cannon produced in Kuniyou Village will be replaced by the Pipa House of Kira's family in the future. In addition, the pig iron, wood, pure lead, and gunpowder needed to forge iron cannons can also be purchased from Pipa House, so you can feel at ease?"

"Pipa House sells it on behalf of you? Can you also purchase raw materials? This is really... great!" Guoyou Shanhei, who is not good at words, couldn't help but get excited. He has also heard of the name of Pipa House, and it is amazing to be able to cooperate with Pipa House It could not be better.

Of course, he understands the meaning of selling on behalf of Guoyou Village. In the future, Guoyou Village no longer needs to wait for merchants to place orders for production. Purchasing this is simply good can not be better.

The price offered by Kira Yoshitoshi was too tempting. Not only did he arrange a new village, but he also found a long-term job for the whole village. A craftsman like him is not good at dealing with businessmen, and he often encounters people with low morals. Blackmailing him by saying that his iron cannon has quality problems, or forcing him to ask for his iron cannon casting method, all kinds of problems have made him feel very distressed.

Yoshishi Kira proposed preferential terms to completely eliminate all these problems. In the future, there is no need to worry about being blackmailed, or that the iron cannon will not be sold, and no longer need to worry about offending merchants and damaging their reputation. After receiving this promise of treatment, Guoyou Shanbei did not hesitate agreed to come down.

The relocation of Guoyou Village was very fast. In just six days, more than 700 villagers took the boat back from Kira's house and moved the entire village's belongings to Jiantian. When the news arrived, Guoyou Village was already empty, and it was obvious that Asai's house had been left alone.

The angry Asai Hisamasa went to Rokkaku's house to sue Kira Yoshi for his wrongdoing, but his luck was very bad. At the moment, Rokkaku Yoshin didn't care about these nonsense. After the notification, the devil knew that the old man had been quite a few times. Anyway, he and his old brother-in-law Harumoto Hosokawa were tortured to death, and their eyes were swollen like goldfish.

Asai Hisamasa saw that the Rokaku family was in a mess and no one paid any attention to him, so he could only return to Otani Castle angrily. When scolding Kirayoshi, other thoughts are obviously superfluous. (To be continued..)

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