Pillars of the Wu family

The whole winter was busy, and the time quickly entered the 21st year of Tianwen, the beginning of 1552.

At the beginning of the new year, it was the Zhengdan Dynasty. Yoshitoki Kira took his retainers to Kyoto to meet Ashikaga Yoshito. This year, Kyoto changed a new look. The tidy streets no longer saw the smelly sewage, and the clothes The number of shabby poor people gradually decreased, and Mibuchi Harumoto, who served as the governor of Kyoto, added a lot of gray hair.

This time, not only the officials of the shogunate in Kyoto, but also Settsu, Tanba, Hanoi, Kii, Yamato, Omi, Mino, Echizen, Wakasa, Tango and other famous names from nearby countries attended in person. A gift, expressing one's obedience to the shogunate.

Yoshimoto Imagawa from Suruga, Ujiyasu Hojo from Sagami, Harunobu Takeda from Kai, Kagetora Nagao from Echigo and other samurai families presented gifts one after another, and the Ouchi clan of the Western Kingdom made their statement for the first time since the Daneiji Incident.

The current governor, Haruki Ouchi, sent envoys to donate 300 guan, three famous swords, [-] taels of silver, and a Nanban mirror. According to the practice of the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshito bestowed the taboo "righteousness" and changed his name to Ouchi Yoshinaga , At the same time, five Xia Zuojing doctors were asked to give him from the imperial court, which was also part of the rebate.

At the same time, Otomo, Shimadzu and other Kyushu daimyos also sent a family and important ministers to Kyoto to present gifts. The Shimadzu family sent the second son of Shimadzu Takayoshi, the younger brother of Shimadzu Takahisa, the current governor of the Shimadzu family, and him. The one who came along was Shimadzu Takahisa's second son, who was still named Shimadzu Tadahiro Shimadzu Yoshihiro at this time. The young Shimadzu Tadahei held a bottle of Nanban rum and presented it respectfully. Futohide took it and checked it carefully before handing it over to Ashikaga Yoshito.

"The Shimadzu Palace sent tributes from thousands of miles away, it is a loyal minister of the shogunate! I remember the loyalty and obedience of the Shimadzu family in my heart, thank you for your hard work!"

"Yes! I have loyally thanked His Royal Highness Gongfang on behalf of the Patriarch!" Shimadzu Tadama's eyes were red.Kneeling down with sobs.

"Please rise from the Shimadzu-den." Settsu Haruto, who is the deacon of the government office.Speak on behalf of His Royal Highness.

"Yes!" The uncle and nephew of the Shimadzu family stood up gently and slowly exited the Ohiro room.

The Shimadzu family has made its fortune since the Genpei era.The first family governor, Wei Zong Tadahisa, was the royal family of the Kamakura shogunate, who served as the head of the Shimadzu village. From this, he served as the royal family of the Kamakura shogunate for generations, guarding the southern tip of Kyushu for Hanoi Genji. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was first subordinate to the Southern Dynasty and then subordinate Beichao also opposed Imagawa Ryotoshi, and then succeeded in securing his position.

At the same time, the Shimadzu family was also a member of the Muromachi Shogunate.No matter how weak the shogunate is, the Shimadzu family has always maintained a submissive attitude towards the shogunate, including the dedication of the Tanegashima Iron Cannon a few years ago, which satisfied the shogunate and a group of important officials.

He watched the whole process of Shimadzu’s visit to Ashikaga Yoshito. At this time, Yoshitoki Yoshitoki of the Ashikaga family was sitting in the first position on the left hand of Ashikaga Yoshito, and the original owner of the first position on the left was The leader, Hosokawa Harumoto, is guarding the Guanyin Temple Castle, and his old father-in-law is critically ill for the fourth time, so Kira Yoshitoshi has done his part to become the No. 1 below the public.

Then there were rounds and rounds of interviews, although Yoshihiro Kira found it lengthy and boring at the time.But they couldn't help the high spirits of the shogunate ministers, they watched everyone who came to see them with great interest.From morning to night, he was basically not idle. Fortunately, he sat cross-legged. If he sat on his knees, he could lose his legs. For example, when he came out just now, he saw a guy asking his companion to carry him Walk out of the big room.

Yoshitoshi Kira was very interested in the Shimadzu family, and went to look for them as soon as the Zhengdan court meeting was over, but it was a pity that the Shimadzu family left too quickly, as if they were simply coming to Kyoto to deliver tribute, and he didn't wait for him to inquire about it the next day. Yoshitoki Kira was disappointed that he had already left Kyoto and failed to appreciate the demeanor of the fierce generals of the Shimadzu family.

This year, Imagawa Yoshimoto seems to be very active. Not only did he donate a thousand kanmons to the shogunate, but he also presented gift money to Gozan in Kinai and Honzong Myoshin Temple. Tian Xinxiu also snatched his Sanhe Shou from the local rich man Oda Nobuhide, which can be said to be proud of his spring breeze.

It’s just that Imakawa Yoshimoto earned back this face a little later. Oda Nobuhide was already terminally ill and couldn’t see things. Eminent monks were widely invited to perform rituals for this Tiger of Owari. During the rituals, Mrs. Tsuchida brought her second son Nobuyuki and third son Kirokuro to the funeral.

Including the useless eldest son Oda Nobuhiro of Oda Nobuhide, and a bunch of children, big and small, all attended, but the eldest son Oda Nobunaga was still missing, when all the retainers thought that the governor would not come to the funeral During the ceremony, the glamorous and noble Oda Nobunaga, the king of Shamat Qingqi, appeared. He was naked from the waist up, with a broom broom standing upright, with strange patterns on his face, and all kinds of strange pendants jingling on his body. It's loud, and the waist and hips appear with a very gorgeous shape.

Under the stunned stares of the ministers, the Second Emperor of the Warring States Warring States Kill Matt walked up to his father's spiritual tablet with a blank face, grabbed the incense ash in the incense burner and threw it into the air, and the incense ash that permeated the air instantly covered his eyes. Oda Nobuhide's spiritual seat, walked away under the inconceivable eyes of everyone. Such absurd and bizarre performance naturally aroused the anger of his mother and important ministers. Just act on your own ideas.

Liujiao Dinglai is finally on the verge of dying. He has been sick since the end of last autumn. After five critical illness notices were issued in a row, this tenacious old man ascended to heaven before the sixth critical illness notice. He is the hero of the Liujiao family. Just passed away at the age of less than 60, and everyone in the Liujiao family shouted angrily, why?

The devil knows why, it's just that Liujiao is destined to die, and Liujiao's family has also undergone some changes. The retainers who had no obvious inclinations began to gradually get closer to the shogunate, and some people took advantage of the fluctuating popularity to enrich their own pockets. He proposed that there was no collegiate system of important ministers during the Liujiao Dinglai period, and I don't know whether the Liujiao righteous sages can withstand the wild bombing of the retainers.

A simple ceremony was held at the new residence of Kuniyou Village. When he heard the news, Kirayoshi brought a group of entourages to attend the store, and also gave Zuokuni Youbei a face.In addition, he also obtained a letter of commission from the shogunate.To the effect, it is the iron cannon forging point appointed by the shogunate.The country's friendly military guards will continue to work hard to create better results.

This kind of encouragement without money does not waste a few words. Ashikaga Yoshito only needs to stamp the monogram, and even the letter of commission is not written by himself. Craftsmen like Kuniyou Shanhei are the most addicted to this. Not a little famous craftsman expressed excitedly that he would live up to the great trust of His Royal Highness, and then Guoyou Village devoted itself to the research on the transformation of the new iron cannon.

The first step is to reduce the weight of the Spanish iron cannon. The first step is to replace the butt of the iron cannon with lighter wood without affecting the stability.Then replace the locking mechanism of the Spanish matchlock gun. Later, Kuniyobe found that there was a problem with the forging and casting of the barrel of the Spanish iron gun. He had to explain a lot of things so that Kira Yoshitoshi could understand the general meaning. The general meaning is the Spanish iron gun The coefficient of thermal expansion is too high when the barrel is forged and cast, which means that the iron gun barrel itself has problems.

He was very annoyed when he heard the news. He was tricked by the Dutch. Fortunately, he only had three iron cannons. , and then Guoyou Haobei tried to compare the respective characteristics of the two iron cannons.And the advantages of the double-leaf rotating disc cover are used on the improved new iron cannon, while maintaining the unique advantages of the Spanish iron cannon's shoulder butt and gunpowder clip.Try to incorporate the strengths of Sakaitsutsu.

The speed of transformation is easier than imagined. It took only a few days for the first improved new iron cannon to be finalized, and it was successfully produced in a few days. The transformation process of these three iron cannons took less than half a month to complete. Yoshitoki Kira greatly appreciated the craftsmanship of Kuniyuhei, and at the same time put forward a new request for him.

"Have you heard of the assembly line forging process?"

"No." Guoyou Shanbingwei shook his head to express his ignorance.

"Then let me tell you about it! This new technology has already been used in many commercial houses of my family. Take your Guoyou Iron Cannon House as an example. First, disassemble an iron cannon into several parts, and each part is in accordance with Standard specifications are produced, and individual parts are produced by several or more than a dozen people at the same time. Those who produce barrels only make barrels, and those who produce guns only do guns. Finally, they are assembled. In addition to the planned production of iron cannon parts, additional production can be done. Some are spare parts, after all, there are still slight differences in the various parts of the iron cannon."

"Is this the assembly line forging process? It turns out that iron cannons can also be made in this way." Guoyou Shanbingwei only felt his eyes light up. The problem that has always plagued the development of Guoyou Iron Cannons is the disadvantage of production capacity. Only 12 iron cannons in the entire Guoyou Village can independently make iron cannons. People, including the famous craftsman country Youshanbingwei.

There are also three skilled craftsmen and eight ordinary craftsmen with good craftsmanship. An iron cannon needs seven or eight days of hard work by the friendly soldiers of the country to make it. God waits.

That is to say, Guoyou Village can make up to [-] iron cannons a month, and other people in the village can only help out. When the master is too busy, he will help make some small parts.

With the assembly line forging process, the iron cannon manufacturing capacity of Guoyou Village can be doubled several times. It is by no means a dream to produce a hundred iron cannons every month. A few times more production means greater profits. It can also be better.

During the improvement process of the new iron cannon, Guoyou Enbei also explored some new ideas. Through his ideas, during the test firing of the improved iron cannon, part of the data collected and recorded was verified, shooting with support frame and without support frame There is still a difference in stability. According to the evaluation of Takikawa Masushige and other iron gun masters, the support frame is more suitable for defensive warfare, but the support frame becomes a burden in field combat.

Another difficulty is the sights. The iron cannons of the Nanban have front sights and rear sights, aiming at distant targets according to the three-point line. The sights were manually changed by various craftsmen according to the results of the test firing, because Kuni Yohei only saw the Tanegashima tube made by the Shimadzu family, but never saw the real Nanban tube, and of course he didn't know the sight of the Nanban iron gun. Form, this question also found a reference on the Spanish iron cannon.

When Kira Yoshitoshi was busy transforming iron cannons, Ashikaga Yoshito in Kyoto was also training a new army. With the guarantee of Kyoto's finances and taxes, he summoned two thousand troops in one breath and started training. It seemed that he wanted to completely get rid of the enemy. Hosokawa Harumoto's dependence, and I don't know what Hosokawa Harumoto, who is in the middle of a funeral, will think of this news.

At the same time, a major incident also happened in the Miyoshi family. Awa's guardian Dai Hosokawa Mototaka, who was far away on Shikoku Island, was killed by Miyoshi Yoshiken at Kensei Temple, which subsequently aroused the anger of the Awa Hosokawa family. Miyoshi Yoshiken's father-in-law Kume Moriyoshi Ayun mobilizes troops against Yoshiken Miyoshi to avenge Mochitaka Hosokawa, and then Mori Sano Tango, Noda Uchitaka, Takasho Niki Hinata, Mino Ogura Shigenobu and other Hosokawa Mochitaka faction also followed suit.

Miyoshi Yoshiken led three thousand elites and his sister-in-law, Ichinomiya Narusuke, launched a counterattack. Kishang Luo replaced Miyoshi's family, and after the conspiracy was leaked, he was tricked by Miyoshi Yixian to Jianxing Temple and killed.

Since spring sowing began in February, Kira’s family has promoted the high-temperature composting method for more than half a year. The manure and green manure stacking methods have achieved initial results, and they are applied to the fields for the first time. Farmers in the two counties do not understand the requirements of the lord. Therefore, Kira For this reason, Yishi also invited local elders and underground people to explain, whether they understand it or not, as long as they need to compost and compost regularly according to the requirements.

At the same time, Kira Yoshitoki ordered people to sprinkle precious plant seeds on the land of the Kira family's direct territory. They were potatoes, corn, beets, pumpkins, grapes, peppers, and alfalfa sold by the Agot Chamber of Commerce. For this reason, Kira Yoshitoki He also summoned the adherents to hold a special meeting in the fields.

Kira Yoshitoki held a handful of plant seeds and said: "These seeds are good things I got from Nanban merchants! Potatoes, corn, and pumpkins are all high-yield crops, which can be used as staple food or made into vegetables. With this Several crops, so you don’t have to worry about starvation!”

Parent Ninagawa asked curiously: "High-yield crops? How high-yield?"

"Perhaps it is no problem to turn the land to produce grain and ten shi!"

"Ten stones of grain instead of real estate?" Okochi Kunizuna asked in surprise, "Is this a joke?"

The worshipers also shook their heads in disbelief, and it’s no wonder they didn’t believe it. Kirayoshi himself was not sure about such a high yield. After all, it was a question of how high the yield of plant seeds 500 years ago was, and he himself didn’t know. Good at farming.

"I also heard..." Ji Liangyi scratched his head and said with some uncertainty: "Anyway, you will know after planting it and trying it! These seeds must be kept strictly confidential and carried out in accordance with the requirements of the planting process. They are very cost-effective Things, you have to keep an eye on them carefully!"

"Leave this matter to me and wait for it! Do the same for other seeds?" Hosokawa Fujitaka asked.

"Well! According to this standard, beets, grapes, peppers, and alfalfa should be planted separately. Beets are vegetables that can produce sugar. You need to study this. Peppers are condiments that can replace mustard. Alfalfa is an excellent pasture. It seems to be a high-yielding crop, so let’s try to plant a few times before we talk about it.” (To be continued..)

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