As expected, Maeda Kyoshi received the news of the land last time. After receiving several payments for grain sales, Oda Nobunaga became very rich in finance. At the next assessment meeting, he was preparing to purchase iron cannon equipment. According to the information Maeda Kyoshita secretly inquired, the amount of grain sales received was as high as more than 30,000 guan. In addition to my 10,000 guan, which was personally rated as "the great contribution" by my lord, and added 40 points of me, there was also a warehouse, Jinshi Fujiro, who sold 6,500 guan, and was rated as "soldier work" and added 30 points of me.

You should know that it is only a little bit of merit to get a peasant soldier on the battlefield, and it is a little bit higher to get a lower-level warrior, but only five points to get a five-point merit. Therefore, Nobutsu Uchizumi said that it is too difficult to kill a lord of a city and a country on the battlefield with one sword and one shot. Now, the guys who can become the lord of a city and a country are all achieved by generations of continuous bloodshed and sacrifices.

Compared to these people, I am not as enlightened as giving my youth to my descendants. My advantage is to ride a good boat.

‘This time I did a great job selling grain Kudo and Kinoshita. You have to learn more later.’

At the evaluation meeting, Nobunaga praised me and Yoshiro Kinoshita in person, which inevitably aroused the jealousy of some Ohashi's rich people. I had no choice but to do anything about these. After all, these Ohashi's rich people controlled nearly 80% of the combat power of Nobunaga's subordinates, and most of the money, grain and taxes of Nobunaga's family in the year are maintained by these people.

After pausing, Oda Nobunaga said his strategic policy: ‘The goal this month is to expand the military. The purchase of iron cannons has become the top priority.’

‘Kudo, Longchuan.’ After releasing the mission goals, Oda Nobunaga selected two celebrities from his family.

‘In.’ I and I stood up together.

‘I’ll buy iron cannons for you two of 3,000 guan, the more you buy, the better. As for how you buy it, I don’t care, but you have to buy at least sixty pieces. What do you understand.’

Longchuan Yiyi and I said to each other: ‘Hey.’ (I thought about it for a long time and still felt that this was more imposing)

‘You must go west.’ Nobunaga Oda nodded and patrolled everyone with his eyes. ‘The iron cannon team will definitely develop into the top priority of our family in the future. One or two hundred iron cannons is far from enough. Who would still want to apply for the task of purchasing iron cannons?’ After Oda Nobunaga said this, everyone understood that the achievements of purchasing iron cannons this time were bonuses. Of course, it was possible to complete the 3,000 silo and 60 iron cannons announced by Nobunaga.

It is a dead end to buy directly. Ohara's merchants sell iron cannons as luxury goods. The price of one iron cannon is 60 to 70 guan. Even in the Jet-cho iron cannon, it costs fifty guan per guan. But this can only just meet Oda Nobunaga's requirements, plus the shipping and food costs along the way. They have to be scolded.

‘Your Highness, Kishita Fujiro is willing to go.’ Warehouse Fengshita Fujiro’s face flushed, his fingers trembled slightly, and he was obviously a little excited and excited. I still paid great attention to this future big man. Because of the similar positions, Warehouse Fengshita Fujiro’s head was sitting on my head.

Seeing that those who applied for the purchase of iron cannons were all from the tyrants of the Ohashihara, and the tyrants led by Shibata Katsuya and Sakuma Nobuka could no longer sit still, Shibata Katsuya hurriedly gave Sasa Naimasa a wink.

After receiving the message, Sasa Naimasa immediately said, "Your Highness, let Sasa Naimasa go too."

Oda Nobunaga nodded with satisfaction. The healthy competition of retainers' opinions is the driving force for development. 'It's a monkey. You did a good job selling grain last time. Well, you also brought 3,000 knots to buy iron cannons. As for Sasa Narimasa, go together. Remember to buy at least 60 pieces. I only look at the results.'

After the evaluation meeting, I received the 3,000-ken army funds and asked Maeda Kyoji to take people out to inquire about the news. At this time, the blacksmiths and carpenters who were found from Kinki had already been set up in the Whale House. In addition to maintaining and building weapons for my retainers, their tasks were to cast various parts according to the molds I provided.

I found several whale houses in charge of these things to follow Maeda Genie, "How many sets of parts have I created these days?"

Maeda Genie looked through the account book he brought with him, "There are 170 sets in the warehouse, and you will get 200 sets tomorrow. The workers are getting more and more familiar with each other, and I think the speed will be improved in the future."

I waved like Maeda Genie, 'Take me to the warehouse, wait for everyone to come back and tell them all to come to the warehouse to gather.'

After waiting for about ten minutes in the steel castings in the warehouse, Nobuzumi Uenien took his retainers who had finished practicing the exercises to the warehouse. After another cup of tea, Maeda Keiji and Ishikawa Fuyuemon, who went out to inquire about the news, also returned.

‘Qingji. Is there any news outside?’ Seeing Keiji’s excited look, I knew I must have gained something.

Maeda Keiji nodded, 'I just heard from the people from Yinqian Fengcheng that the monkey Kishita Fujiro took three thousand guan and replaced the money with dried oysters, seaweed and chestnuts and other Qingzhou specialties. I heard that I was going to Kyoto first.'

I know that since the last time I sold the rice, my retainers have regarded Kishita Fujiro as a potential competitor, and it is inevitable that they are targeted. ‘Is there any news from others?’

Maeda Kyoji nodded, 'Yes, Sasa Seimasa sold some food to the rice shop in Cheongju. It seemed that he wanted to pay for it. I wanted to see how much food the Sasa Seimasa has to pay for it.'

I was surprised to hear this. ‘I didn’t expect this Xiaozhang School to rebound so much.’

Takenaka Banbui said, "What the lord is worried about makes sense, so don't underestimate the Sasa family. They are supported by Shibata Katsuya and Lin Shengtong. Each family will pay a portion of the money and food to produce overwhelming power."

Maeda Kyoji laughed, "The lord is thinking too much. These tyrants of Ozawa usually force each other to grab land, and the conflicts between them cannot be resolved in one or two days. After the lord has territory in Ozawa, he will know that these people are in trouble. Also, Longchuan Ichiyi, this ninja action is too obscene, and my two subordinates are lost halfway."

'The only one who can track ninjas is our ninjas.' Ishikawa Wuyoumon said, 'After Ichiro Longchuan took the money, he shared it with his subordinates and spread it out of the city. If I was not wrong, this guy would have to go to Jetto. However, with Yotto Ichiro Longchuan's martial arts, he would have to travel with so many ninjas. There must be problems. When I arrived at Jetto, he would probably either steal or rob.'

‘Well, I know everything. When buying iron cannons this time, we will neither go to Seed Island in Kyushu nor have to go to Jetchi. Our iron cannons were born in this warehouse. Keiji, assemble these parts by number and see what it is.’ I ignored everyone’s shocked expression and called Keiji Maeda, who is the most curious about this place.

According to the number on the box, Maeda Kyoji assembled the wood and iron parts one by one. When the last part was assembled, Maeda Kyoji and Kerr Katsushima Katsumama shouted together, "This is an iron cannon!!"

Maeda Keiji looked at the mesh gun in his hand and asked me in surprise. ‘Master, how did this be done.’

Of course, this is the result of standardization and assembly line operations, but I didn't understand it after I told him. I had to explain it as, 'This is what I asked the carpenter and the blacksmith to create parts of the same size according to the parts of an iron cannon. In this way, we can assemble a large number of iron cannons in a short time. And you also know that there will be some problems after the iron cannons are fired for twenty more. No one in Qingzhou can repair the iron cannons, but our iron cannons can continue to be used as long as they replace the damaged parts. Even on the battlefield, two damaged iron cannons can be assembled into a good iron cannon.'

Mamamasa Nagamaki asked, 'Lord, it would be much cheaper to make an iron cannon like this. Should our Kudo family also organize our own iron cannon team?'

I looked through the account book and said, "It is indeed much cheaper. If you manufacture it in batches like this, a single-tenth of the cost of an iron cannon is produced. But it is not the time to build our iron cannon. At least, after His Highness Nobunaga's iron cannon team has formed its combat effectiveness, we can start to build our iron cannon team, and the number is only one-third of His Highness Nobunaga's quantity."
Chapter completed!