Feeling that he had been deceived, Hatakeyama Takamasa immediately decided to break up with Ashikaga Yoshitō and would never play with you again. A letter symbolizing the breakup of friendship was sent from Kawachi to Nijo Imperial Palace in Kyoto. Looking at this strange letter
, Ashikaga Yoshito looked surprised.
I read it twice carefully to make sure I read it correctly. Taking the autographed letter from Hatakeyama Takamasa, I said in a dumbfounded voice: "Breaking off friendship? What kind of bastard words are you talking about? When did I get to know Hatakeyama Takamasa?"
Ashikaga Yoshitō felt that it was necessary to understand this guy's thoughts and sent an envoy from the shogunate to inquire about the situation. As a result, he was brutally driven back by the samurai of the Hatakeyama family as soon as he arrived at Takaya Castle. The samurai of the Hatakeyama family claimed that they would never believe His Highness Kokata.
Such an unreasonable action caused the shogunate's envoy to lose face, and also completely aroused the anger of Ashikaga Yoshitō. His Highness Komikata pointed at the south direction of Kawachi in the Nijo Imperial Palace and cursed, which probably meant: "You
You don't have to drink wine as a penalty, I have troops and food now, and I don't need you as a good-for-nothing."
While the Kawachi family's funny family governor was having trouble with the shogunate, Yoshitoki Kira had been busy practicing his spear skills.
The weather is getting colder in November, and Kira Yoshi was wearing a thin gown and dancing with a small plain spear. He has changed the long spear made of pure wood into a small plain spear because of his progress.
It was so fast that Yunlin Yuan Guangxiu had to train in advance and take out the small plain gun that should be used by him a year or even two years later.
Replacing a new gun requires getting familiar with the characteristics of the new gun. It would take an ordinary samurai one or two months to complete this process. Kira Yoshishi only took ten days to successfully complete the process. This is because he is busy with official duties and cannot spend one day training at the training ground.
.Otherwise, the speed will be advanced by a few days.
At this time, more than half a year has passed since the arrival of Tsukahara Fudan. Kira Yoshi's height has grown a lot taller. He is eleven years old and has just turned ten. He is almost 1.4 meters tall. This height is enough to satisfy everyone. Some people are taller than him.
A short samurai is only this tall.
As Kira Yoshitoki's spear skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and his strength has also increased greatly, Watanabe Gengoro has gradually become unable to withstand Kira Yoshitoki's test. The two of them fought with guns and couldn't close, and Watanabe Gengoro was bound to be defeated.
His sparring partner became increasingly ineffective, so he set his sights on Shima Sakon, who was practicing hard with a spear.
After half a year of running-in, the Kira family's new army training gradually showed its tyrannical strength. The original Ashigaru long-barred troops could not withstand the powerful assaults of the spear-shield team and the ax-shield team, no matter they used spear formations or gun quilts. After these few years,
After months of exploration, Yamamoto Tokiyuki first proposed the idea of equipping two sets of weapons at the same time. That is, each reserve Ashigaru would be equipped with a Fujiki shield and a one-handed battle ax in addition to the Tomaru formation, straw sandals and flag support.
.A long gun.
After testing, the effect of this combination is very good. The effect of using a half-length spear is very good. When paired with a vine shield, it is enough to support a line of guns. At the same time, it further brings out the tactical power of the gun quilt, whether it is assault effect or counter-assault.
The effect of the weapon has been greatly improved, and the long gun can be inserted diagonally into the weapon belt behind the back during close combat. The assault effect of replacing it with a one-handed tomahawk is even more miraculous.
Another experiment turned out to be an abandoned mace staff. The original mace was shorter than a one-handed tomahawk. It had excellent armor-piercing capabilities but was limited by the short handle and was not effective. However, the new mace staff effectively avoids this problem.
All in all, the one-meter-two-meter-long mace staff not only has a spiked hammer head that can break through armor, but also a pointed cone on the other side that can break through tough and heavily armored enemies.
Because of their origin, the habit of wearing red armor has been preserved. They are also called Akabi cavalry in the Kira family. The two hundred Mikawa samurai who were recruited a few months ago were also samurai who brought their own horse armor. They were also called the first
Time was incorporated into the red cavalry for training, and the armors of different colors were repainted red. Within a few months, a cavalry reserve of 500 people was quickly integrated and showed good results.
Recently, Yoshiki Kira has been worrying about iron cannons again. He has two types of iron cannons, one is a 300-piece Sakai barrel, and the other is a Haquebusel matchlock originally from Spain. These two types of iron cannons are
Although these guns are all matchlock series, there is still a big difference between the Spanish matchlocks of origin and the Portuguese matchlocks produced in Sakai.
First of all, the Spanish matchlock gun weighs fourteen kilograms. This weight is enough to make any iron cannon unacceptable. In order to facilitate the aiming of the gun, the Spanish matchlock gun is specially equipped with a support frame to stabilize the shooting.
The iron cannons passed down from Portugal in Japan are very light, the heaviest one does not exceed ten kilograms, and the shorter iron cannons only weigh seven or eight kilograms. Moreover, compared with the Spanish matchlock guns, the iron cannons have an additional rotational speed.
The opening and closing disc cover design can prevent the ignition powder from scattering and flying sparks from causing a fire when the disc cover is closed. It has an insurance function to improve the reliability of the weapon.
The traditional single-leaf rotating plate cover of the Spanish matchlock primer is not the best optimization. The frame-type double-leaf rotating plate cover inherited from the Sakai barrel of the Portuguese iron cannon is relatively more airtight, and it is also
It has the advantage of being fixed and durable, but the disadvantage of the Sakaitsu Iron Cannon is that it does not use a butt that can be shouldered, resulting in poor shooting stability. In addition, the matchlock groove on the hammer has no clamping device and is inconvenient to use.
Kira Yoshi thought for a while and decided to ask craftsmen to optimize it. It would be best to combine two types of matchlocks to produce a brand new matchlock. The first thing he thought of was Kunitomo Hebei of Omi Kunitomo Village, who was also a very famous iron gun.
As a gunsmith, ever since the Shimazu family came to Kyoto in the 13th year of Tenmon to present the Tanegashima tube to the shogunate, the former Lord Ashikaga Yoshiharu ordered Kuni Yuhei of Omi to be responsible for making iron cannons for the shogunate.
But unfortunately, Kunitomo Village is located in Sakata County on the east side of Kitaomi Lake Biwa. This is a very troublesome matter. Sakata County is the core area of the Asai family. The Asai family currently belongs to the Rokkaku family, so there is no need to worry too much.
The iron cannon he made was impounded, but he, the governor, could not take the advanced iron cannon to Kunyou Village for advice. That would be unsafe and shameless.
Moreover, the Hattori ninja carefully observed that Asai Hisamasa was quite hostile to Kira Yoshitsune. This was probably due to the fact that Omi's top two suddenly turned into three top three, which made him naturally resentful. It may also be that Takashima County, which the Asai family coveted, was occupied.
for the sake of.
Kira Yoshitoshi could only send someone to ask Kuni Yuhei to meet with him in Sakamoto. This well-known craftsman had no airs. When he heard about Kira Yoshitoshi, he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed over. He met with Kira Yoshitoshi at Sakamoto Imperial Palace.
Famous craftsman. The two chatted for a while and then ran out of words.
The characteristic of craftsmen is that they are not good at talking in circles. Kunibei is not a person who is good at talking. What he is most afraid of is talking in circles. If he talks for a long time, he will be at a loss. He does not want to waste time and take out two kinds of iron cannons.
Pass it to Kuni Yubei.
"These are the two iron cannons we have in hand. I would like to ask Zenbei to work hard and see if the two iron cannons can be improved."
Kunibei looked at the two iron cannons carefully, or to be precise, he looked at one of the iron cannons he had never seen before. The other type of iron cannon was recognized by him at a glance, because many iron cannons were damaged due to improper operation or other reasons.
Damage occurs and needs to be repaired.
Among the main businesses of Kunitomo Iron Gun House, iron cannon maintenance is a very important business. Kunitomo Yubei usually comes into contact with the Tanegashima tube, Kishu tube and Sakai tube the most. He can even touch it with his eyes closed.
Explain the differences between several types of iron cannons.
The characteristic of Sakai tube is its fineness, both in terms of materials and workmanship. It is the first-class product in Japan. When it comes to the precision casting of mass-produced iron cannons, let alone Kuniyumibei, it is Tanegashima of the Shimadzu family.
Yuki Ine can't compare to the wealthy merchants of Sakai Town. The mass-produced models of Sakai tubes are almost as good as the special models produced by the other three companies.
The biggest reason for this is cost control. The wealthy merchants of Sakai Town can spend a lot of money to build high-end iron cannons in order to gain profits as a political resource, while the other three companies lower the quality of iron cannons for business purposes to ensure that
Profit rate.
He had indeed never seen another type of iron cannon. This was not the common Nanman iron cannon, but a larger iron cannon. Kuni Yubei asked: "Your Highness Sakamoto! Where did this iron cannon come from?
?”
"Another country from the Southern Barbarians is a newly powerful country. It is more powerful than the Southern Barbarian country where iron cannons were introduced. I still have three of these iron cannons in my hand. I wonder if Zenbei can optimize them?"
"You can give it a try!" Kuni Yubei nodded and asked, "Can I take it back?"
He thought he would definitely agree with the conclusion, but he unexpectedly shook his head. Kira Yoshitoshi said to Kunitomo Hebei: "I need you to move Kunitomo Village to the left."
"Move the village? Why move the village?" Kuni Yubei was a little dizzy. Naturally, a person with a technical background didn't know what was going on.
"Because this is the territory directly under the jurisdiction of His Highness Kōkata, and Sakata County is the territory of the Asai family who does not obey His Highness Kōkata's orders. The shogunate has long been dissatisfied with the Asai family's disrespectful behavior, and as a member of the shogunate's family, I defend the shogunate.
, are you still afraid that I will deceive you?"
"Can I think about it? The decision to move the village is too sudden. I hope to go back and think about it before giving an answer to His Highness Sakamoto." Kunibei said after a moment of silence.
Kira Yoshishi did not answer his request, but continued: "My family can allocate a new town to the southwest of Kanda Town, Shiga County, for Kunitomo Village. All the villagers of Kunitomo Village, old and young, will move here. The relocation expenses will be paid by our family. You
Just move here with the essentials!”
He is currently short of an iron cannon expert for scientific research. There are only a few experts proficient in iron cannon forging in the entire Warring States Period. If he fails to seize the opportunity of Kuni Yubei, it will be difficult to encounter such a good opportunity in the future.
It was obvious that Kunitomo Iron Cannon was moved by this attractive offer, but he still hesitated a little. Kira Yoshi added to the fire: "In addition, the Kunitomo iron cannon produced in Kunitomo Village will be replaced by my Kira family's Biwaya in the future.
For sale, in addition, the pig iron, wood, pure lead, and gunpowder required for forging iron cannons can also be purchased from Bipa House. Now you can feel at ease, right?"
"Biwaya sells on your behalf? Can you also purchase raw materials? This is really... great!" Kunibei, who is not good at words, couldn't help but get excited. He has also heard of Biwaya's name. It is great to be able to cooperate with Biwaya.
Couldn't be better.
Of course he understands the meaning of sales on behalf of others. In the future, Kunyou Village no longer has to wait for customers to place orders for production. As long as Kunyou Village pays a certain number of iron cannons on time and Bipa House pays on time, the decoupling of manufacturing and sales will reduce their burden, and various raw materials can be
Purchasing on behalf of others couldn't be better.
The price offered by Yoshiki Kira was too tempting. Not only did he arrange a new village, he also found a long-term job for the entire village. Craftsmen like him were not good at dealing with businessmen and often encountered people with poor moral character.
Blackmailing him by saying that his iron cannons had quality problems, or forcing him to ask for the casting method of his iron cannons, all kinds of problems kept causing him trouble.
Kira Yoshitsune proposed preferential terms to completely eliminate all these problems. In the future, he would not have to worry about blackmail, nor would he have to worry about not being able to sell the iron cannons, nor would he have to worry about offending merchants and damaging his reputation in the future. After being promised this treatment, Kuniyoshibei did not hesitate.
agreed.
The relocation of Kunitomo Village was very fast. In just six days, more than 700 villagers took the Kira family's return boat to move the entire village's belongings to Katata. After hearing the news, Asai Hisamasa rushed to wait.
When he received the news and came over, Kunitomo Village was already empty. It was obvious that the Asai family had been tricked.
Angry Asai Hisamasa went to Rokkaku's house to accuse Kira Yoshi of illegal conduct, but he was very unlucky. At this moment, Rokkaku Yoshihide didn't care about these nonsense. Rokkaku Yoshihide's father Rokkaku Sadayori was critically ill for the second time.
After receiving the notice, the devil knew how many times the old man had survived. Anyway, he and his old brother-in-law, Hosokawa Harumoto, were tortured to the point of death, and their eyes were swollen like goldfish.
Asai Hisamasa saw that the Rokkaku family was in chaos and no one paid attention to him, so he could only return to Odani Castle angrily. He did not dare to mess with the Kira family, and Kira Yoshihiro also ignored him, except for spending time in the castle tower of Odani Castle every day.
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