Tsukahara Fuden, who was watching from the sidelines, nodded from time to time, and occasionally pointed out to Yamamoto Tokiyuki the pros and cons of their rivalry. In other words, how should he use his sword to defeat his opponent, but he figured out the middle point in twenty rounds. Tsukahara Fuden suddenly asked: "How old is this Dewa Morden this year? How many years has he been practicing? How has his practice been in recent years?"
Yamamoto Tokiyuki thought for a moment and then replied: "Dewaden was born on May 17th in the fourth year of Tenmon. He is seventeen years old this year. It is not clear how many years he has been practicing. He must have been practicing since he was a child! Because he has to take on official duties, so For the past two years, I have practiced at least three hours a day regardless of whether it is cold, hot, rainy or snowy."
"Kazuha was born in the second year of Tianbun, and they are two years apart. So Kazuha still loses." Tsukahara Fudan clapped his hands, and Shioka Kazuha, who was fighting fiercely opposite him, immediately put away his sword and retreated, and Chujo Tokihide also Taking advantage of the situation, they retreated and stopped. In just a quarter of an hour, the two of them fought dozens of moves one after another. In this moment, both of them were soaked in sweat from their hair to their clothes.
"This trial will end in a draw!" Tsukahara Fuden made the final decision. The others naturally didn't say anything, but what he said next caused an uproar. "Both of you are superior in swordsmanship and will, but Izuku Shoden is the best." His talent is more outstanding, I intend to accept Deyu Shouden as his disciple, I wonder what Deyu Shouden wants?"
Tsukahara Buden took the initiative to accept a disciple, which was something he had not encountered in many years. When everyone was stunned, Nakajo Tokihide quickly leaned on the ground and said: "Tokihide is very willing to accept Tsukaharaden as his disciple!"
Shioka Kazuha stared at Nakajo Tokihide angrily, and he also knelt on the ground and raised his head in protest: "Master! Why do you say his talent is higher than mine? I don't accept it!"
"How many years have Kazuha followed me?" Tsukahara Fuden asked patiently.
Shioka Kazuha said respectfully: "It has been ten years since I followed Master when I was nine years old!"
"So how long have you practiced every day in the past ten years?"
"More than five hours!" Shioka Kazuha is very proud of his hard work. More than five hours means ten to eleven hours. Excluding the time for eating, sleeping and resting in between, there is almost no room for personal activities. No wonder He would be so confident.
"Then do you know how old Nakajo Dewa Mamoru is? I tell you, he is seventeen years old! He has been practicing for three hours a day for the past two years. You can practice without any distractions, but he has to do the responsibilities that a samurai should bear. In terms of public duty, who is higher and who is lower?"
"This...this..." Shioka Kazuha was a little discouraged. Although his talent was top-notch, he was not the most powerful among Tsukahara Buden's disciples. For example, Yunlinin Mitsuhide was their senior brother. Not only did he His talent and character are outstanding, and he is also the most promising person among his peers to obtain the Book of Supreme Intentions. Compared with his senior brother's extraordinary patience and tenacious willpower, he feels that he is still far behind.
Tsukahara Buden walked over and took the arms of the two of them, patted their shoulders and said: "We, the military strategists, are the first to focus. If you are not mentally stable, you will not be able to use your swordsmanship no matter how high you are. You two have great talents. Don't do it." If you are hurt by a little setback, you must always avoid it.”
The two of them looked at each other and leaned over to say yes. Tsukahara Fuden then said to Kira Yoshi: "I'm borrowing His Highness Sakamoto's retainer here, and I will definitely return it as is in one year! Haha... Farewell!"
From beginning to end, it was Tsukahara Fuden who spoke alone. There was no chance for others to interrupt. When the last person walked away, he said: "You just took away my beloved general. This old man is really rude!"
"Ahem! Your Highness, Yunlinin, should live in the Yashiki of Kita Nimaru! As for the tutoring of the house governor and the guidance on spear skills, please leave it to His Highness Yunlinin!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki helplessly interjected.
Yunlinin Mitsuhide had good self-cultivation. He smiled at the slightly embarrassed Kiragi and said, "Please don't worry, Sado-san! I will definitely teach His Highness Sakamoto the best."
Japanese spear art started very late, and it was not until the late Kamakura period that it began to break away from the naginata art to form a unique school. During this period, it absorbed the spear art taught by the survivors who fled the Southern Song Dynasty, and began to flourish on a large scale, because The influence of Mongolia's two cross-sea expeditions made the Kamakura samurai's traditional way of riding a horse and bow no longer advisable. Samurai from all over the country began to train and replace their long spears, and Ashigaru evolved from it.
The basics of spear skills taught by Yunlinin Mitsuhide are also very simple, including the correction of several skills such as standing with the spear, simple stabbing, and cutting, because the origin of Japanese spears is different from the pewter pole spears of the Song and Ming Dynasties. Japanese spears are all hardwood. The gun has a very long blade that retains the characteristics of the naginata, a blood groove is retained on the gun head, and the entire gun head is nailed into hardwood.
For example, the origin of the large spear most commonly used by samurai is different from the naginata, but a variant of the modao. Because the spear blade is more than a foot long, it can be used for cutting, stabbing, splitting and other actions. The combat method is also based on Chinese spear skills. It is slightly different, because the gun body is made of hardwood, and it is mainly used for piercing and stabbing, and is also equipped with techniques such as slashing, slashing, and cross-cutting.
After a few days of familiarity with the basics of spear skills, Yunlinin Mitsuhide also figured out the characteristics of Kira Yoshitoki and began to provide targeted guidance. In addition, Kira Yoshitoki had practiced swordsmanship for several years and had a good foundation. He got started quickly. The next step was to master the correct skills. Basic skills such as posture practice and spear splitting must be practiced thousands of times. If he didn't have the foundation to practice swordsmanship, he would probably be exhausted to death.
One evening, when Kira Yoshihi dragged his tired body to finish the day's practice, he met Gengoro Watanabe and Sanya Honda running over and asked: "Master! Why don't you learn spearmanship from my father?"
"There will be many opportunities to learn in the future. I will first learn Katori Shinto-ryu spearmanship, and later learn the Watanabe family's spearmanship to get twice the result with half the effort." In fact, Kira Yoshi did not want to learn Katakama spearmanship, which is very similar to a long sword. Because the halberd weapon has a branch protruding from one side of the blade, it is difficult to control the balance of the gun body. From ancient times to the present, the halberd soldier has been the most difficult type of soldier to train, both at home and abroad.
Of course Watanabe Takazuna, who is known as Gun Hanzo, is also proficient in the basic spear technique, but he does not think that the basic spear technique taught by Watanabe Takatsuna will be better than that of Yunlinin Mitsuhide. Kira Yoshitoki has his own idea, that is, in the Takigawa Keijiro, who trains in Kofukuji Hozoin Temple, said that Hozoin Yinei is good at many kinds of spear techniques, among which the big body spear technique is not inferior to the self-created Jumonji Spear. Kira Yoshitoki told him to learn these two skills well. Kind of gun skills.
The spring broadcast ended in early March, and there was no news about the upcoming war in Kinai. Then the Rokkaku family, which had been silent all this time, came to visit. Yoshida Izumo Shigemasa, a member of the Sasaki Rokkaku clan, sent someone to find the Kira family, saying that he was interested in it. Because of Naito Masashige's talent, he wanted to take Naito Masashige as his disciple and pass on to him the secret skills of Hioki style archery.
For this matter, Yoshitoki Kira called Naito Masashige over again and asked: "Yoshida Shigemasa of Hioki-ryu. This Hioki-ryu is the originator of the new archery school since the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Do you want Masashige to learn it?"
"I also want to see the Hioki-ryu archery skills. Please rest assured, Master, I will be able to join you as soon as one month or as late as three months." Naito Masashige seemed to be very interested in this proposal. With his bow
It does not take too long to learn the art. As the top bow general at that time, he only needed to master the secrets of Hioki style to become a master. He was very confident about this. Yoshida Shigemasa would not pass on the mantle even when he was nearly seventy years old.
Playing tricks on.
After the strong response in the early days of the money order, the two money houses in Kyoto and Sakamoto were basically operating normally, and the basic functions of the money houses were demonstrated. The deposit and withdrawal of money between Sakamoto and Kyoto only charged a 1% handling fee.
It can bring an objective income to Qianwu, because Qianwu has been facing a lack of Yongle money. Currently, the exchange between the two is still in a limited exchange state. One hundred Yongle coins are allowed to be exchanged every day. Compared with just now,
The profit from unlimited exchange will be much less at the beginning.
There is nothing we can do about it. Yongle coins are originally high-denominated currency. This kind of copper coins was almost not circulated in the Ming Dynasty. The original intention of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, to cast Yongle Tongbao was to be a currency for foreign trade. Ji Liangyi wanted to cast regular Yongle coins gradually.
Instead of messy money, there is also a deeper idea.
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