It is said that Tokawa Icun is a very young samurai, less than 20 years old this year, but he showed a strong desire to attack in the Battle of Eguchi. When killing the enemy, he often charged forward without thinking about his own life, and he liked to protect the enemy.
He took off the bag on his head and killed the enemy with his disheveled Tsukiyo head straight, thus earning the name "Oni Juga" in Miyoshi's family.
Maybe after staying with his two brothers for a long time, Shihe Yicun also learned some tricks from his ears and eyes, but his methods stopped there. After several provocations, there was no result, and Shihe Yicun immediately stopped.
No matter how much he puts on a show, it's actually not because he doesn't want to show off, but because Miyoshi Changqing heard about his deeds of having a banquet before the battle, and sent Miyoshi Yasunchang to scold him, which also exposed his deeds of leaving the camp to hunt eagles privately.
Miyoshi Yasunaga was very sad and angrily rebuked Shiga for not knowing how to make progress. He also warned him that young people should cherish their lives and not lose their morale by playing with things. It is the ethics of the samurai family to eat more brown rice and pickled radishes. Wine can only be drunk during sacrifices and celebrations.
, but before he finished speaking, he heard Shihe say the name of Miyoshi Yasujun in a nonchalant manner.
Miyoshi Yasutoshi also participated in the hawk hunting and was one of the main force in the hawk hunting. The guy who got extremely drunk after the hawk hunting and shouted for another round was Miyoshi Yasunaga’s precious son, the elder of the Miyoshi family at that time
He became angry from embarrassment, gave Shihe Yicun a vicious look, and went to Shenglong Temple City to teach his son a lesson.
After a long confrontation for more than half a month, Kira Yoshitoki did not do anything. For example, he secretly contacted the Su Lao underground people in Kyoto City, hoping to use their strength to fight against the Miyoshi family, and killed more than a hundred people in the street through Miyoshi Changyi.
After his bad behavior, the Mihaoshi family now has a very bad reputation. It's just that these underground people are too timid and dare not come forward, which almost cost him a lot of money.
In the end, they gave a very strange answer. These people were willing to unite with the Kyoto community to come forward to strictly prevent the rebels from entering Kyoto to arrest people or set fire to the city. No matter who wins or loses, they must refuse the defeated soldiers from entering Kyoto. When they saw this answer
, Kira Yoshitoshi was really dumbfounded: "What kind of reply is this? Do not let the defeated soldiers enter Kyoto? Does this have something to do with my family? I have convinced them."
Fortunately, there are not ignorant people in Kyoto. The members of the Kyoto congregation secretly presented 200 guan of Yongle money in the hope that the Kira family's military fortune would be long-lasting. Of course, they also offered 300 guan of Yongle money to Tokawa Ichitomi. This kind of unscrupulous
Businessmen naturally like to please both sides, and their philosophy of life is not to offend others.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Kira Yoshihi contacted the Gozangoji Temple, Toji Temple in Kyoto, Daitokuji Temple, Myoshinji Temple and other temples outside Kyoto, hoping that they would provide joint support. After all, this was a struggle for the cause of the shogunate, and everyone had money.
Those who have money support themselves, and those who have no money support others. In the end, the great monk also cried out to him about poverty. He could hardly lift the pot and was waiting for the shogunate to defeat the Miyoshi and take back the temple they had lost so that they could cook.
"What's going on? Everyone is crying and saying they have no money. It's really terrible!"
There was no one in Kyoto who was capable, so Kira Yoshitoki could only find a way to solve the problem. One day, when Yamamoto Tokiyuki found Kira Yoshi who was thinking hard, he asked him about the homemade gunpowder he mentioned last time: "The owner of the museum mentioned it last time.
I have always been concerned about the issue of homemade gunpowder, I wonder how the owner of the hall can make his own gunpowder?"
"What's so easy about making gunpowder? Isn't it just nitrate, disulfide, and charcoal? No! It should be the other way around! It doesn't seem right either! Let me think about it again." Kira Yoshiki remembered that he seemed to have memorized a black powder proportioning method before, which seemed to be
There is more saltpeter and less sulfur and charcoal.
"I remembered! It seems to be 75% saltpeter, 15% sulfur, and 10% charcoal! The specific method should be... forget it! I'd better find someone to test it!" Looking at Yamamoto Tokiyuki's confused expression,
He decided to do it himself.
The preparation method of black powder is not a secret to him. The only problem to worry about is that Japan does not produce saltpeter. The imported saltpeter is very expensive and uneconomical. Spending a lot of money to get some unknown saltpeter from the Japanese pirates puts him under pressure.
It's very big. Besides, the area around Hirado Port in Hizen Province, where the Japanese pirates' capital was located, is more than a thousand miles away from Kyoto. It's not even far away.
It's not that there is no way. He still remembers the method of making soil saltpeter, which is to mix toilet soil, stable soil and plant ash, then add water to boil it, and then go through several processes such as stirring, filtering, heating and filtering, etc., to get the required high-quality saltpeter.
Concentrated soil and nitrate solution, then add charcoal and sulfur particles, wait for them to dissolve and dry on their own, and it becomes granular gunpowder.
Naturally, testing new gunpowder requires testing. He decided to test the iron artillery team first. The power of the new granular gunpowder would be known by trying it. The unsuspecting iron artillery team became his guinea pigs. During several rounds of test firings,
Many jokes were made. The explosion of the new granular gunpowder was much more violent than that of ordinary gunpowder. The white smoke emitted suddenly enveloped the front and formed a haze. At that time, a few timid guys were scared to the ground, saying that it was a monster coming.
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Takigawa Masushige held a piece of rotten wood as big as a bowl and said in disbelief: "Master! What kind of gunpowder is this? How can it be so powerful?"
Kira Yoshishi said proudly: "This is the gunpowder I bought from a Nanman merchant. How about it? It's awesome!"
Takigawa Masushige threw away the rotten wood that had been broken into two pieces, wiped the sweat from his head and said: "It's really amazing! It's a bit too powerful."
"Remember, don't talk nonsense about secret weapons!"
"Stop it, my lord! If such secrets are leaked, that Nanman businessman must have taken a lot of risks!" Takigawa Masushige has also seen some things in the world. Nanman people occasionally appear in Sakai Town, but their whereabouts are relatively small.
He is weird and likes to sell some weird things, so he is not very popular.
"Okay! I won't talk to you anymore! I'm leaving!"
Leaving behind a pack of specially made granular gunpowder, Kira Yoshitoki hurried back with his men without stopping. This time he had a better idea, which was baked jade! He found Ashigaru Bantou Kato Kyouaki. It is said that he was very knowledgeable about gunpowder.
He was also very interested in weapons. He would hang out with Takigawa Masushige when he had nothing to do, and he would often go to the navy to call him brothers. According to him, he claimed to be versatile in everything, but according to observation, it is more appropriate to be sparse in everything.
"Isn't baked jade one of the things that the Mishima navy in Setouchi is best at? It is said that the method of making baked jade has always been a secret!" Kato Kyouaki is quite good at this, in a small place like Mikawa.
You can also know about the Mishima Navy. This is not something that the countrymen can compare with. They can't even tell the southeast from the northwest after leaving Mikawa. How can they know what is Setouchi and what is the Mishima Navy.
Kira Yoshishi immediately made a big cake for him: "Yes! I want to make baked jade, and I will leave it to you to lead it on the day it is made!"
"Great! Thank you, Master! How many people are there in the team?" Kato Kyoaki looked at him expectantly.
"Fifty people! It will be transferred from Ashigaru Bantu to Grenadier Bantu, and it will be directly under the management of the main family." Kato Kyouaki was previously in charge of thirty people as Ashigaru Bantu. Although he changed positions, he was still a Bantu, but twenty more were added.
When a person can be directly subordinate to Kiragi, his status is obviously higher than that of ordinary Ashigaru generals. If his immediate boss is the governor of the house, it means he has a bright future.
