Pillars of the Wu family

The end of the new year is approaching, and the two seasons of promotions are held as scheduled. According to the practice of the imperial court, November and the first month of the next year are the main months for the imperial court to grant and promote official ranks. Occasionally, there will be March and April. May or other month's replacement of the public secretary, but usually this is rare.

In the promotion of the ministers this time, several ministers who had a deep relationship with the Kira family were promoted. First of all, the newly married Konoe Seiji resigned from the left Konoe general, and promoted the two right ministers. The trend of gradual strengthening has high psychological expectations, and at the same time succeeds Hirohashi Kunimitsu as the samurai biography.

Then came Konoe Harutsu's uncle, Nakain Toichi's father-in-law, Kuga Harutsu Shengxuzheng, the two right guard generals, and the powerful Nayan Ruyuan.

Kira Yoshitoki's uncle, Nakainori, also promoted his official rank to the second Gondai Nayan, and Nakain Toki promoted the four lower right guard major generals. With the full support of his father-in-law Kuga Harumichi, and Kira Yoshitoki's With his strong performance in the past few years, he has crossed the threshold of the fourth place in one step, and his promotion speed is considered very fast.

In late November, the reorganization and training of Kira's new army was basically completed. In the new round of small competitions, the five hundred red cavalry performed well. , With the cooperation of the impact force of the war horse, the cavalry and machetes have a good effect in the assault, and even the gun shield team cannot stop their frontal assault.

At the same time, the Chibei Cavalry and the Mahuizhong also replaced their war horses at the same time. After half a year of operation, the Piwa House has hundreds of high-quality war horses in Oshu and Hokuriku. Eliminate and replace good horses one by one.This replacement is expected to cost [-] Guanle coins.

The armoring of the horses is also carried out at the same time.Considering the combat power of the horse load.The horse armor of these [-] cavalry is light and has the ability to resist knives and guns. The cowhide armor is mainly worn on the horse's head and chest. Effectively improve combat effectiveness.

Sakamoto in Dongyue is a big construction site, with new towns under construction everywhere and residents busy moving in. Since Enryakuji Temple bowed its head under the pressure of the imperial court shogunate, the development of Sakamoto Town has become more and more prosperous.Even the land snake at Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei bowed its head rarely, so the townspeople have nothing to worry about.

The influence of the harmony between Enryakuji Temple and the Kira family quickly turned into a centripetal force, including the management of the Piwa House, which was also recognized by many businessmen. Since the surrender of the Katada navy, the Kira family's navy has also extended its sphere of influence to the northern part of Lake Biwa, and the congregation in Imahama Town has also been included in the Kira family's business district.

As the first city in Otsu, Usayama Castle is located on the 336-meter-high Usa Mountain, and the street leading to Kyoto is at the foot of the mountain.At the same time, it can overlook the Uji River waterway, and it is only 1 km away from Lake Biwa.It is one of the strongest castles in Omi.

Before that, it had been under the control of Yamaoka Keiyuki. With the Otsu Ichikui incident, the Yamaoka family lost all their money, and all the territory in Otsu was paid to the Kira family. It has become the new territory of the Kira family, and the Kira family is in the city. The appointment of the deputy was debated for many days, and Kira Yoshitoki was not sure who to appoint as the castle representative.

"My lord! Usa Yamashiro, please make a decision as soon as possible?" , I served as Sakamoto Joyo when the Kira family was in battle, and this time Usa Yamashiro Joyo is also the most vocal.

Kira Yoshitoki said softly: "Does Fujitaka want to go to Usayama Castle to be the Jojoro? But the family's major affairs still need you to handle them, and you really can't do without capable hands!"

He knew very well why Hosokawa Fujitaka was in a hurry. Some people didn't want to let the shogunate stand out, and thought that the position of the Joyo had better be a samurai from Mikawa. They even spread very bad rumors, which made the shogunate feel very anxious.

"I recommend Matsuiden as the castle representative. I don't know what the owner thinks?" Hosokawa Fujitaka suggested again.

Yoshihiro Kira shook his head and denied it without hesitation, not to mention the great role of Tomokazu Matsui, even his power aspirations must not be taken outside to be the lord of the city. They are all very similar, and you can only see them under his nose. Once released, I don't know how many moths will be provoked.

Hosokawa Fujitaka left in dismay, and in the end he couldn't find out what Kira Yoshishi was really thinking. He had already predicted the difficulties he might encounter, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"How about letting the master be the Jodai?" Kirayoshi hesitated for a moment, but still denied the idea, "The master is the right-hand man of the family, and the good bond between the Mikawa warrior and the Omi warrior is all due to his credit. If Go to Usayama Castle, what should I do if there is another problem at home?"

Since Tokiyuki Yamamoto put forward the theory that "the golden mean is the way of balance" last time, it has been highly valued by Yoshitoki Kira. In addition to insisting on military reforms, using small competitions to improve the skills and combat power of the samurai, at the same time changing weapons and equipment , spent a large sum of money on training elites, among which the [-] cavalry cost him [-] Yongle coins, which was almost equal to the total monthly income of the Kira family.

At the same time, his family supervisor frequently appeared in the training ground to encourage training. All the warriors of Sanhe felt extremely grateful to him. In addition, they spent two years with Samurai Omi. Most of them had their first children born a few months ago, including In the past few months, the samurai from Mikawa have also joined the widows in the county under the intermediary of Tokiyuki Yamamoto. The conflict between the two parties is not prominent. The only problem is that the senior samurai have doubts about the right to speak.

Kira Yoshitoshi used practical actions to show that his handling was fair and impeccable. No matter Mikawa Samurai or Omi Samurai, they replaced new weapons and received new training without discrimination, which also made some people's private thoughts no longer on the table. .

On the teaching field, two children each brandished plain guns with wrapped gun heads to attack each other. Hardwood weapons are not as powerful as Chinese big guns, and they rely entirely on their own arm strength, physical strength and skills.This is very similar to the situation before the Song Dynasty.This time, Kirayoshi's opponent was replaced by Shimazakon, who was one year older than him.The two have fought for fifteen times.

The condition of Shimazakon is slightly better, only a little short of breath. In Kirayoshi, he was almost tired and sweating profusely. This is the difference between long-term training and short-term training. Shimazakon ran around in the field since he was a child, in order to eat some nutritious food To support his practice, he can only hunt wild animals with real knives, real guns and real bows. Sometimes he has to find a way to deal with wild boars and other animals. For him, training is the instinct of survival.The stronger the ability, the more prey you catch.

When Ji Liangyi was a child, he was spoiled and spoiled. He lived a life of prostitution with his mouth open and his hands stretched out. The training was simply to hone his will and strengthen his physical fitness. When he was young, he practiced for an hour every day with a wooden sword. Only professional spear training can make strength and stamina grow rapidly, but this is even worse than that of Shimazuki.

The two of them held each other for a while, waiting for the moment when both of them breathed evenly, they thrust out their spears almost at the same time, the moment the two long spears collided, the huge rebound force made them both take a step back, Ji Liangyi only felt his hands aching and numb. strength.But he still gritted his teeth, held the sweat-stained spear and stabbed with all his strength.

Facing the thrust of the spear, Shimazakon calmly retreated back.At the same time, he staggered his thrusts with the extended spear, rolled away his spear with a sudden jerk, and pierced his shoulder like a snake out of a hole. This series of responses was completed in the blink of an eye, and he had exhausted all his strength. At the time of Kira Yoshitoshi, it was impossible to make an effective response.

"Plop!" Under the action of huge force, the one directly hit by Ji Liangyi was thrown backwards, and the plain spear in his hand could no longer be held and flew away.

"My lord!" A few trotters with a small surname went over to help Ji Liangyi.

"Shima Sakon performed well, pay attention to strength next time!" Watanabe Takatsuna seemed to be used to this result, and no one complained that Shima's winning hand was too heavy.

"Zuo Jin's shot just now was a curling gun? It's really strong!" With his dizzy head shaking, Yoshihiro pushed away the little surname who was supporting him, rubbed his sore shoulders and said with a smile: "Just now you still keep your hands Otherwise, I won’t be able to use my arm for two days.”

"The subject also has the advantage of the length of the plain spear, so it may not be possible to use the short spear as a scrolling spear." Shimatoki said modestly.

"Let's not talk about the gun leader, my family's resume and strength are much worse than yours. My family is going all out. How much strength did you show just now? Seven or eight?"

"Seven points."

"I have to practice for another half a year." Ji Liangyi shook his head. The system training should not be relaxed at all. This principle was called in the Ming Dynasty, "If you don't practice hands and feet for one day, you will lose half of it for two days, and if you don't practice layman for three days." In the past, he practiced swordsmanship only so-so. When he came to Sakamoto, he spent three days fishing and two days drying nets.

It's only been on the right track since last summer. It's been a lot of hard work in the past year from practicing swords to guns. Compared with Shima Tokatsu and Takikawa Tokimashi who practiced all the year round, it's far from enough to work hard for a year. , even if his talent is not honed in three or two years, no one can see how high his future achievements will be.

Aju in the soup tub added hot water for Kira Yoshishi, and ordinary maids would do the water bathing every day. Aju didn’t come here very often. Of course, this was also the request of Kira Yoshishi. Her status was different from that of ordinary maids. It's good to leave this kind of rough work to the maid, but today's luck is not so good, Aju just came to wait for him to take a bath.

Looking at Aju's peaceful and gentle smile, Kira Yoshishi said with an uncomfortable face: "Um... Aju must be very tired? How about going to rest first?"

Seeing the bruises on his shoulders, Aju grinned his teeth when he lightly touched the pain, and asked, "Your Highness was injured again? Is it Zuojin this time?"

"...Well, my family can't beat him, that kid is really crazy with his brute strength!" Yoshiki Kira pouted.

When there are no outsiders, Kira Yoshitoki always reveals his nature habitually, and Aju is also accustomed to some strange words, and said with a smile: "Your Highness has just started to practice, don't worry too much, it will be good if you hurt your body." .”

"Hmm! Got it." Ji Liangyi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Is the game of the big businessman fun? Recently, I often see a group of maids and little surnames playing there in the corridor. It's a pity that my identity is really not suitable for me. It's really lonely when everyone plays together!"

Aju smiled and said: "If your Highness wants to play, Aju will play with you! Aju is very good at playing big businessmen! I haven't lost yet!"

"Oh? I just came up with some new settings to improve the game, I can't believe you can still win!" (To be continued...)

ps: I have to admit that I made a mistake in the number of chapters. The two 188 chapters are really dizzy. I have to say that my head has become dull in the middle of the night. Please forgive me!