All the Ji warriors looked puzzled. Takada Yono, who was most familiar with Nanman ships, thought about it and asked carefully.
"The Lord is talking about the collapse of the country?"
Yiyin smiled awkwardly.
"Yes, yes, it means the collapse of the country."
Kokubō is a stone fire arrow made by the Portuguese for the Northern Kyushu samurai clan. It is said that the sound of cannons can cause the sky to collapse and the earth to break apart. A battle can cause the collapse of the country's fate, so it is called Kokubō.
There are also rumors that the people of the island country cannot actually cause the collapse of the country.
The so-called collapse of the country actually came from the three-pound eagle cannons unloaded from the Portuguese merchant ships. The Kyushu daimyo used the body of his own son in exchange for three cannons from the Portuguese.
Tanegashima and Kii Kuni once tried to enlarge the caliber of their iron cannons in the hope of imitating Kokubō, but in the end they failed. The enlarged version of the giant matchlock gun did not have the destructive power of Kokubō.
When Nanman merchants travel long distances by boat, the boat is always equipped with a few small cannons to drive away pirates. Although the number and caliber of cannons cannot match those of battleships, they are enough in this Far East island country.
Yoshihiro accidentally said something about artillery, but no one understood it. But when Takada Yono talked about the collapse of the country, everyone had heard of this thing.
Kamojigo said.
"It turns out that the lord wants the two southern barbarians on board to collapse the country, so we can kill them for lese majeste, confiscate their merchant ships and collapse the country.
According to their crime of intercepting the master's ox cart, Sanhao Pass has nothing to say."
Yiyin glanced at Pu Sheng's hometown and thought to himself, you girl has such a dark heart. Do you hate them so much?
When the villagers of Pusheng clan remembered the look in the eyes of these two southern barbarians when they saw Yiyin for the first time, they became angry and wanted to poke their eyes out.
Although the people of the island nation were amazed when they saw Yoshiyin, at least they knew their dignity and restrained their emotions. Unlike those southern barbarians, the naked desire in their eyes made the Hamo clan just want to kill them with swords.
Yiyin shook his head and said.
"It's not that simple.
Guobeng is not an iron cannon. The amount of gunpowder loaded and the control of the ballistics require specially trained gunners.
You can kill them and confiscate their ships and cannons. But we can't use them without Nanman technical personnel.
If you don't use the National Collapse properly and it explodes in your own hands or in your queue, you'll be in trouble."
Yiyin knew that the solid bullets of this era were not very powerful, but the island turtles would be scared to wet their pants if they saw the scene of cannons plowing the fields. If it hits their own formation, it will directly collapse the army.
Ii Naomasa frowned.
"Since it is difficult to control, why would the Lord rely on such a weapon beyond his control to fight?
The Shiba family has the most heroic Ji warriors who are willing to fight to the death for you."
Yiyin took a look, he was young and his tone was not small, he said.
"There are Nanman people who are helping the Oda family train a combined battle formation of spears and iron cannons. If one day the Shiba family wants to fight against the Oda family's spears and iron cannons, how should they deal with it?
After seeing these two southern barbarians,
It suddenly occurred to me that if it is really necessary, we can hire Nanman people to join the war and destroy the country."
What Yiyin said is not nonsense.
What the Spanish phalanx feared the most was artillery bombardment, and the Spanish army often equipped its flanks with cavalry to attack the artillery positions and protect the phalanx.
But on this island country, the Oda family couldn't afford the Spanish phalanx, so they could only build a beggar's version. Yoshihiro also couldn't build artillery, but they could hire Nanman merchants to pull a few into the battle.
The small-pounder guns on merchant ships were a joke in European wars, but they could still fight against the beggar-style phalanx of island countries.
After all, most islanders have never seen artillery, and the possibility of morale collapse is high.
Ji Yin's words made the Ji warriors dubious. The island country's iron cannons had not spread yet, and few people had seen the scene of the country's collapse and went into battle, so it was difficult for them to believe Yoshiyin's statement.
Are the long spears and iron cannons of the Oda family so difficult to deal with? The collapse of the Nanman people's country is so fierce?
Ke Yiyin has been victorious in every battle since he entered the battle, and is regarded as an undefeated military god by Samurai Ji.
He categorically said that he would use the Southern Barbarians' kingdom to defeat the Oda family's spear and iron cannon array. Everyone could only believe it and did not dare to refute it.
Speaking of this, Yiyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the deception was over. But Takada Yono frowned and said.
"My lord, Lilu's merchant ships ply the sea and visit the island country at most twice a year.
Putting military and national affairs on them, what should we do if they happen to be away from Japan or are in trouble at sea?"
Yi Gin almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He had finally managed to deceive these silly girls who were obsessed with murder and arson. Takada Haruno's kind words made the girls shake and doubt.
I just want to have sex with a foreign girl and I’m too lazy to make up any more stories! Yiyin pretended to be displeased and said with a straight face.
"Military and national affairs are not as simple as you think. The more you accumulate in daily life, the more confident you will be in wartime.
I'm just giving a small favor to prepare a back-up, but I may not really expect to use it.
The problems between the Shiba family and the Oda family have not yet reached the point where they need to be resolved through war, this is just an insurance policy."
Yiyin's words were a bit strong, but since he was the boss and he was obviously not willing to continue talking about this topic, everyone naturally dropped the topic.
Takada Yoshino lowered his head and pursed his lips, always feeling that something was wrong. The master suddenly became a little cold to her, and seemed to have some objections to her.
Yoshigan just got interested and wanted a change of scenery, so he forced Takada Haruno into a corner. Coupled with the incident involving Yuigahama Yui before, he was certainly not in a good mood.
Is it so difficult for Your Highness, who is more than ten thousand people, to hunt for wild food? Do you still have to explain it to you women over and over again?
The scene was tense, and Yiyin didn't want anyone else to intervene and embarrass herself again, so she simply picked up the topic on her own.
He looked at Imai Munehisa, who was sitting cautiously in the back row, and smiled.
"Yano, she is the Imai Munehisa you always mentioned, who tried her best to help you in Hong Kong?"
Takada Yoshino was still thinking about where he had offended his master, when he suddenly heard his master ask a question and nodded subconsciously.
"Hi, she is Imai-hime."
Imai Munehisa was sitting cautiously at the end, watching the gods fight, but unexpectedly, Yoshigami stood her up with just one word.
She quickly stepped out of the queue, bowed, and said tremblingly.
"Minato Imai Munehisa, hello to Tsuta-dono. Good night, Your Highness."
Yiyin saw her cautious look and laughed.
"I remember that I rewarded you with twenty stones of Beida and Zhixingdi. Why don't you become my vassal?"
It was also the first time for Imai Munehisa to see Yoshigan Shiba in person. Although he was amazed by his master's appearance, he was even more afraid that he would act carelessly and cause big trouble.
All the ladies in front of her are the pillars of the Shiba family. How dare she, a businessman who joined the business halfway, gasp loudly in front of them.
She heard clearly just now that the heads of the two reckless Nanman women had rolled three times on the tip of the knife and almost died.
In front of them are high-level Wu families who kill without blinking an eye. In their eyes, those who are not from the Wu family are not considered human beings.
Imai Munehisa was also cautious and did not dare to call himself a subordinate casually, lest he would cause dissatisfaction with any lord.
Back then, Takada Haruno first came to Hong Kong and approached Imaiya. Imai Munehisa was also captured by her using both soft and hard tactics.
However, Takada Haruno's expansion in Hong Kong was not understood by Shiba's retainers, and Nizi Katsuhisa and Akechi Mitsuhide secretly made a stumbling block.
In order to support Takada Haruno, it was Yoshigashi Shiba who gave Imai Munehisa twenty koku Tomoyo and promoted her to the rank of Hime Samurai.
He also backhandedly deducted the profits of one thousand stone quarries each from Akechi Mitsuhide and Yamanaka Yukimori, and rewarded them to the Takada sisters, which shocked the family's dissent.
A businessman with no military merits, but through the crooked ways of business, was lucky enough to join the samurai family. I don’t know how many people secretly disagree with him. Of course, Imai Munehisa must keep a low profile.
However, Yiyin didn't like her low profile.
Yiyin has decided to keep a low profile, avoid direct conflict with the Oda family, and enhance the influence of the Shiba family among samurai families in the world by promoting Shiba's new life.
In the final analysis, the competition between the Shiba family and the Oda family is still a duel of economic strength.
Oda Nobunaga used the reform system, squeezed to improve economic capabilities, and strengthened his own mobilization power. This was the overlord's strategy to become stronger as the Vietnam War continued.
Yiyin, on the other hand, improved the living standards of the Shibabu family through economic construction, strengthened its influence among the samurai family, and established the image of a loving father as the father of the samurai family who loves the samurai family.
The paths of both sides seem to be running in opposite directions, but in fact they are still fighting for the economy, money and food, and neither side can last long. They are both going further and further down the road of drinking poison to quench their thirst.
In order to reflect the superiority of life in Spa, the Bank of Japan needs the continued and stable development of the Hokurikudo trade route. Let the Shiba Chu Fund gain profits from it and satisfy the new life movement in the Spa territory.
Imai Munehisa is a very important person. She is one of the few big businessmen in Hong Kong, a capable subordinate of Takada Haruno, and the main trader of the Hokurikudo trade route.
If the Siba family wants to change the traditional thinking of military conquest by the Wu family and spread Siba's new theory of peaceful development and true happiness, they need a role model.
Just like when Oda Nobunaga established Hideyoshi Hashiba as the representative of the Zu clan in order to innovate the military and increase the enthusiasm of Ashigaru.
Yiyin also needs to establish a representative figure in the economy. Imai Munehisa should not be a lowly businessman who sneaked into the ranks of the samurai family, but should be a rich man from the samurai family.
He took a deep look at Imai Munehisa. This big, pampered businessman was well maintained...
Yiyin shook his head and laughed at himself. What happened today? His interest was aroused by the European and American style. Look, everyone is thinking that way.
Imai Munehisa was frightened by Yoshigan's words and bowed his head.
"I was negligent. Please forgive me, my lord."
Yiyin glanced at the Ji warriors sitting there and said.
"You're not negligent, you're too cautious. Hold your head high! Look at me!"
Imai Munehisa was subconsciously drunk by Yoshigan, and looked directly at the boy who was as handsome as a god in front of him.
Yiyin said.
"Yes, that's it, be more confident. You are already a Ji warrior, what are you afraid of?
You are my retainer, not a southern barbarian merchant. Even if you only have twenty stones of knowledge, you are still a noble martial artist. The martial arts family has its own laws, and no one can just push you out and behead you.
In the Shiba family, as long as the Ji samurai works for me, even the most desolate servant in the poorest village, can be protected by the Shiba family.
Even if the businessmen passing by have great wealth, they still have to kowtow to Lord Hime Samurai because they are humble and cannot be offended by the noble white flag of the Genji and the crest of the Shiba family behind them.
Therefore, those businessmen were in awe, envious, and desperately wanted to squeeze in.
They donated money, they benevolent, and they gave thanks, all in order to enter the circle of the Wu family and enjoy the glory that money cannot buy.
You are lucky and capable, and Takada Yono appreciates you. Once you join the establishment and gain knowledge, you should regard yourself as a member of the martial arts family instead of continuing to regard yourself as a businessman.
You are a member of the Shiba Warrior Group, and there is a powerful Shiba family behind you. You should use your expertise to serve the Shiba family, work hard for the family business, and be a warrior princess with your head held high.
Work hard and let everyone see that the Wu family can stop being poor and reckless women. There are also wealthy warriors who are good at managing money and can live a good life."
Yoshigan's words made Imai Sokaku very happy. In fact, she had been hesitating between the two identities of merchant and samurai.
The merchants are rich and humble, the samurai are poor and noble, and Imai Munehisa, a warrior who was born as a big businessman, is rich and noble.
This made her feel uneasy. Neither party regarded her as a similar person, nor did she know how other martial arts families would view her.
Ke Yiyin's western tour of Hong Kong defined her situation in a formal occasion, and also expressed his stance towards the Shiba family's Hime Warriors.
Poverty should not be a label for the Wu family. This is consistent with what he said in Duowen Mountain City.
Instead of throwing large sums of supplies into the bottomless pit of war, it is better to use them for economic construction of the Spo family. This is the strategic line of the Spo family.
To affirm Imai Munehisa is to set her up as a model. Let the Shiba retainers see that they can also live a wealthy and noble life, just like Imai Munehisa.
Imai Munehisa was certified by Yoshihiro and was no longer an outlier among the samurai family. Yoshihiro also recognized the positive significance of Samurai warriors like Imai Munehisa who were good at financial management to the Shiba family business.
Imai Munehisa, who had let go of his worries, was filled with gratitude to the master in front of him and respected him like a god.
She kowtowed to the ground and choked with sobs.
"I am willing to dedicate myself to the Sibo family to repay the Lord's kindness!"
Yiyin nodded.
"You have done well over the years and I am very satisfied.
By imperial decree, Imai Mune has been loyal to the emperor for a long time and has been granted the title of Peking University and Eighty Stones."
Imai Mune kowtowed to the ground for a long time.
"I thank you for your kindness."
Yiyin smiled.
"The sum of your knowledge and actions is only a hundred shi, and it may not be as good as the business profits you make in one day. Don't think I'm stingy."
Imai Munehisa raised his head and said solemnly.
"Your Majesty is joking.
Knowing and doing is an official position, and working as a merchant is just an errand to serve the Sibo family. Which is the fundamental, I know very well in my heart, and will not be confused."
Yiyin nodded with satisfaction. This retainer who came from a big businessman was very smart. She had already understood the reason why Yiyin deliberately elevated her status and corrected her own position.
Yoshigan positions itself as the guardian of the Samurai family. It opposes Oda Nobunaga, an innovator, and naturally will not let merchants climb on the head of the Samurai family.
What he wants to create is a beautiful life for Samurai Hime, and he positions Imai Munehisa as a rich man of the samurai family. This is the fundamental principle that must be determined.