Yu Qiuhei didn't expect that Sushi Yamashi and Torosong had such a good relationship. Later he learned from Imagawa Kaede that because Sushi Yamashi often ran to Ii Naoto, he became familiar with the child Torosong. As soon as he went back and forth, he became familiar with the child Torosong. As long as his mother was not as cautious as his mother, he soon became familiar with this humorous uncle.
At this point, Naoto Ii was no longer willing to refuse the gift from Kuiyama Shikiya, so he had to accept it silently. Later, when Yu Qiuhei asked Ii Naoto Ii, hoping that she could serve as the martial arts, tea ceremony, and etiquette teacher of Yu Qiushang and Yu Qiuyou, the latter also happily agreed.
"Thank you for more than a year, and I have helped my wife so much." Yu Qiuping apologized: "There are too many things in this year, and I'm really sorry for neglecting you."
"Your Highness is busy with all kinds of things, so there is no need to apologize. To be honest, Your Highness," Ii Naoto whispered in shame: "The copywriting work is not really the director. It is said to be helping the wife, but it is actually causing a lot of trouble for the wife."
"It is an honor to be able to teach martial arts and tea ceremony etiquette to the two young masters."
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On April 16, the seventh year of Yonglu (1564), the Tianshou Pavilion in Kurota Castle.
"What's wrong with Lord Seine?" Naoe Tadaehiro, who had come to discuss work with Seine, was surprised to find that the latter was crying in his room. So he was confused and asked Ryuko who was cleaning the corridor.
"Sir, he has been like this since he came back yesterday," Long Zi replied in a low voice, "I am almost mad at the same time."
"Ah?" Naoe Tadaehide was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Longzi, what happened these days?"
"Actually, it's nothing." Ryuko was still doing work quickly, and replied, "Your Highness said he wanted to go to Tsushima to buy some gifts to Lord Maeda and Lord Ikeda who were confined in the city of Kiyosu to repay their kindness. Lord Sezue also happened to be buying goods for the shop in Mino, so he took his men and Your Highness with him."
Tsushima is a large port in Ohachi territory, with extremely developed trade and commerce. The Oda family can obtain a large amount of tax revenue through Tsushima every year, which was also the reliance of Oda Nobuhide to support thousands of soldiers and resist Mino to attack Mihe in the north and south.
"But after we arrived at Tsushima, Your Highness insisted on buying one... Well..." Longzi seemed to be a little confused about the pronunciation of what he wanted to say. He frowned and tilted his head and thought about it, but the movements in his hands were still smooth.
"It seems to be something called a musket..." Long Zi hesitated a little and didn't know whether his pronunciation was accurate, "but everyone else said that it was called a iron cannon. Anyway, it was that thing."
"Oh, iron cannon." Naojiang Tadaehide nodded. He knew about this weapon.
The so-called iron cannon is called Japan. In the Ming Dynasty, it was called a musket, a bird gun or a medley gun, which was the prototype of later guns. Japanese iron cannons were introduced to Japan twenty years ago. Some Portuguese carrying muskets drifted to the Seed Island of Japan, and the muskets they carried were also bought by locals. Later, craftsmen from various places began to imitate muskets and called them iron cannons. Since the Kyushu area was the first place where iron cannons were introduced, the level of manufacturing iron cannons was very high. Ome Kuno Tomomura and Kii also had high iron cannon manufacturing technology.
As a new human, Oda Nobunaga had always had a special interest in these things coming from the Southern Barbarians. I don’t know whether it was a trick or Oda Nobunaga himself discovered the potential of iron cannons. He purchased large quantities of iron cannons in the history of his previous life, made iron cannons and placed them in the army. In the Nagashino-joint war, he defeated the Takeda family who came to attack with the outstanding performance of the iron cannons, and also made the iron cannon famous all over the world. After that, the use of iron cannons gradually formed a trend throughout Japan. It turned out that the "collected items" that were used as various daimyos to show off their strength became a common object in the battle formation. In the Toyotomi Hideyoshi's war in the previous life, the Japanese army used a large number of iron cannons.
"But those iron cannons are so expensive..." Longzi smacked his lips and whispered in dissatisfaction: "The one who sells iron cannons is a merchant from Sakaimachi, who seems to be a merchant from Tennojiya. He actually said that an iron cannon costs 60 guan to sell it. But His Highness wanted to buy all 20 in the shop. He also said that he would contact the boss of Tennojiya and often provide him with goods in the future."
"20 players, that's 1,200 knots." Naoe Tadaehiro smiled. If there was no additional caravan income, Yu Qiuhei could now collect 4,000 knots per year with a territory of 20,000 knots. This is nearly one-third of the annual income, so it's no wonder that the iron rooster of Semine Yoshi would go crazy.
"Mr. Sena was crazy at that time and advised Your Highness not to buy it. But Your Highness was determined to buy it, and even if Mr. Sena was pussy with a septum, he would not waver." Ryuko imitated Yu Qiuhei's tone and whispered: "Mr. Sena said at that time that if Yoshi Sena dared to commit suicide, he would immediately spend 10,000 yuan to hold a grand funeral for him. After hearing this, Mr. Sena never mentioned septum again."
"Puff!" This time, even Naoe Tadaehiro, who doesn't like to laugh, was amused by Yu Qiuhei, "Where is Lord Seine?"
"Sename later went to bargain with the merchant," Longko recalled the scene at that time, with a slightly terrified expression on her face. "From the evening until midnight, she pulled the merchant not to let him sleep or eat, and finally forced the merchant to give a half-deal."
"False!" Naoe Tadaehei was shocked after hearing this, "This is 600 knots, Lord Sezu is too good to say!"
"But Lord Seine doesn't seem to be satisfied," Longko shook her head and said, "Later Siena said that the businessman obviously hasn't reached the lowest price yet, so he should still make a lot of money."
"Along the way, Lord Seine kept blaming himself for nothing, saying nothing was useless." Ryuko sighed and looked at the door of Seine's confinement, "I kept saying something like my 600 guan, my 600 guan, etc., and no matter how much your Highness comforts you, you won't get better."
"That's it..." Naoe Tadaehiro, who was amused and crying, didn't want to talk to Semine's Yoshitoki when the rooster was afflicted, so he had to come back another day, "Where is your highness? Where has your highness gone?"
"Your Highness seems to have taken the 20 iron cannons I bought to the barracks." Long Zi replied, "I just left not long ago."
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When Naoe Tadae arrived at the barracks, he found Yu Qiuping seemed to be arguing with Charlie. Imakawa Kaede, senior officers of Takababa and three platoons of archers were all around, watching the two of them arguing. This scene surprised Naoe Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Tadae Ta
People with such a personality actually started arguing with Yu Qiuping? What kind of things did Your Highness do that are harmful to the world?
When Naoe Tadaehide approached, the two of them gradually became clearer.
"Thompson! This musket is really useful!" Yu Qiuping held a black and shiny iron cannon with one hand, and pointed the other nineteen iron cannons in the box not far away, "It is definitely much better than bows and arrows."
"Your Highness, I can't understand what you mean at all." Charlie looked at the iron cannon in Yu Qiuping's hand with disdain, "How can the bow and arrow not compare to this musket?"
"It's so powerful! The power of the musket is much stronger than that of the bow and arrow!" Yu Qiuping said firmly: "If the bow and arrow meet someone wearing heavy armor, there is basically no way. He can only attack the face and places without armor protection! But the musket is different! I don't care how powerful the armor you have, and you will knock it down with one shot!"
"Your Highness, I don't agree with you." Charlie shook his head firmly, "You may not know that in a battle with the French, the country below wiped out their heavy armored knights with the attack of bows and arrows. The thickness of the French armor far exceeded that of the Japanese armor. I don't think bows and arrows will encounter trouble in Japan."
"Are you talking about the Battle of Ajinkur in the Black Prince?" How could Yu Qiuping, as a master of history, be confused by Charlie? "In that battle, you had British archers who were obviously helpless against the heavy armored knights of France! They were trapped in the mud and stabbed them to death with daggers in the gaps in the armor, okay?"
As soon as Yu Qiuping said this, Charlie was stunned. He didn't expect that Yu Qiuping actually knew so much about European history. In this era, such a long distance was basically two worlds. Even the Eastern merchants who were most proficient in Western things may not have much knowledge of the Western world - let alone Western history!
Charlie's reaction also surprised the surrounding officers and sects. Yu Qiuping and Charlie seemed to be discussing a war in the history of Charlie's motherland, the distant Western country. These officers and sectsects had never heard of the country of England and had no idea about it. After seeing Yu Qiuping telling the details of the war so casually, they looked at Yu Qiuping with great admiration. As expected, people could do everything.
That battle was the pride of the British longbowmen. Under the leadership of Henry V, they almost destroyed the French army with exhausted disadvantages. Charles has been listening to his father and other elders boasting about the glory of the longbowmen in the past. He also heard rumors that the British longbowmen were helpless against the French knights and were forced to kill with daggers - but he always smiled with a persistent belief in bows and arrows - Yu Qiuping actually knew this kind of thing.
"Well, maybe you are right. The attack power of muskets at close range may indeed be stronger than that of bows and arrows." Charlie nodded reluctantly, but in fact he knew this in his heart. In the UK, such an experiment was done in the barracks. The bows and arrows were helpless in plate armor, but they were vulnerable under the shooting of muskets. "But you have to admit that as a long-range weapon, the first thing muskets have to do is to hit the enemy, right?"
Chapter completed!