Yu Qiuping did not expect that Nobuhiro Aesama and Torasatsu had such a good relationship. Later, he learned from Kaede Imagawa that Nobuyuki Aesama often went to Ii Naotora's place, and after going back and forth, he became familiar with the child Torosatsu.
He was not as wary as his mother, and he quickly became familiar with this humorous uncle.
At this point, Ii Naotora could no longer refuse Anoyama Nobuyuki's gift and had to accept it silently. After that, Yu Qiuping made a request to Ii Naotora, hoping that she could serve as Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu Yu's martial arts and tea ceremony.
When I asked the etiquette teacher, the latter also happily agreed.
"You have worked hard over the past year and helped my wife so much." Yu Qiuping apologized: "There have been too many things over the past year and I have neglected you. I am really sorry."
"Your Highness has a lot of things to do every day, so there is no need to apologize. I'll tell you the truth, Your Highness," Ii Naotora said in a low voice with some shame: "The copywriting work is really not my strong point. I said it was to help my wife, but in fact I caused a lot of trouble for her.
"
"It is an honor for me to teach martial arts and tea ceremony etiquette to these two young gentlemen."
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On April 16, the seventh year of Eiroku (1564), inside the Kuroda Castle Castle Tower.
"What happened to Sena-sama?" Naoe Tadayei, who originally came to discuss work with Sena Uji, was surprised to find that the latter was crying in his room. So, confused, he went to the side where he was cleaning.
Ryuko asked in the corridor.
"Sir, he has been like this since he came back yesterday," Long Zi replied in a low voice with lingering fear, "He is almost going crazy."
"Ah?" Naoe Tadayei was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Ryuko, what happened these days?"
"Actually, it's nothing." Ryuko was still working quickly, and replied: "His Highness said he wanted to go to Tsushima to buy some gifts for Maeda-sama and Ikeda-sama who were banned in Qingzhou City, so as to repay the two.
Such kindness. Sena-sama just happened to need to purchase goods for the shop in Mino, so he took his Highness with him."
Tsushima is a large port in Owari, with extremely developed trade and commerce. The Oda family can obtain a large amount of tax revenue through Tsushima every year, which is why Oda Nobuhide relied on it to raise thousands of troops when he fought against Mino in the north and attacked Mikawa in the south.
reliance.
"But after we arrived at Tsushima, His Highness insisted on buying one... um..." Ryuko seemed a little unable to remember what he wanted to say. He frowned and tilted his head to think about it, but the movements of his hands were still smooth.
.
"It seems to be something called a fire gun..." Ryuko hesitated a little, not knowing that his pitch was not accurate, "but others said it was called an iron cannon. Anyway, that's what it was."
"Oh, iron cannon." Naoe Tadohei nodded, he knew about this weapon.
The so-called iron cannon is the Japanese name for it. In the Ming Dynasty, it was called a fire gun, a bird gun or a matchlock gun. It is the prototype of later generations of firearms. Japanese iron cannons were introduced to Japan twenty years ago.
Some Portuguese people carrying muskets drifted to Japan's Tanegashima Island, and the muskets they carried were also bought by the locals. Later, daimyo and skilled craftsmen from various places began to imitate the muskets and called them iron cannons. The Kyushu area was the first place where iron cannons were introduced.
The place where I came from has a high level of iron cannon manufacturing. Omi Kunitomo Village and the Kii area also have high level of iron cannon manufacturing technology.
As a new human being, Oda Nobunaga has always had a special interest in these things from the Southern Barbarians. I don’t know whether it was out of curiosity or because Oda Nobunaga himself discovered the potential of iron cannons. He purchased a large number of iron cannons in his previous life.
, manufactured iron cannons and installed them into the army. In the Battle of Nagashino, they defeated the attacking Takeda family with the excellent performance of the iron cannon team, which also made iron cannons famous all over the world. After that, the use of iron cannons gradually
A trend was formed throughout Japan. What was originally a "treasure item" used by various daimyo to show off their strength became a commonly used item in battle formations. In the previous life, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea, the Japanese army used a large number of iron cannons.
"But those iron cannons are so expensive..." Ryuko smacked his lips, and whispered with some dissatisfaction: "The person selling the iron cannons is a businessman from Sakai Town. It seems to be a businessman named Tennojiya. He actually said "Iron cannons"
The cannons cost 60,000 yuan to sell. But Your Highness wants to buy all the 20,000 in the shop. He also said that he would contact the owner of Tennojiya and supply him frequently in the future."
"20 tons, that's 1200 tons." Naoe Tadahei smiled. If there is no additional income from the caravan, Yu Qiuping's current 2000 stone territory can only collect 4000 tons in a year. This is almost worth three points.
With an annual income of one per cent, it’s no wonder that Sena Shiyoshi is crazy.
"Sena-sama went crazy at that time and tried hard to persuade His Highness not to buy it. But His Highness was determined to buy it. Even if Sena-sama forced him to commit seppuku, he would not waver." Ryuko imitated Yu Qiuping's tone and whispered: "Your Highness
At that time, he said that if Sena dared to commit suicide, he would immediately spend 1,000 yuan to give him a glorious funeral. After Sena-sama heard about it, he never mentioned seppuku again."
"Pfft!" This time, even Naoe Tadayei, who usually doesn't like to laugh, was amused by Yu Qiupei, "What about Sena-sama?"
"Later, Sena-sama went to the businessman to bargain," Ryuko recalled the scene at that time, with a slightly frightened expression on his face, "from evening to midnight, he held the businessman and prevented him from sleeping.
After dinner, I finally forced the businessman to give me a half discount."
"Fold it in half!" Naoe Tadayei was shocked after hearing this, "This is 6oo Kan, Sena-sama is so eloquent!"
"But Sena-sama doesn't seem to be satisfied," Ryuko shook his head and said, "Sena-sama later said that the businessman obviously didn't have the lowest price yet, so he should still be able to make a lot of money."
"On the way after that, Sena-sama kept blaming himself very much. It was useless to say anything." Ryuko sighed and glanced at the door of Sena's room where he was locked up. "I kept talking about my 6oo Kan, I
Such things as 600 sexual intercourse, etc., no matter how much His Highness consoles you, it will not get better."
"So..." Naoe Tadayei, who was dumbfounded, didn't want to talk to the Sena clan about the matter when the rooster was having trouble, so he had to come back another day, "What about His Highness? Where did He go?"
"His Highness seems to have gone to the barracks with the 20 iron cannons he bought." Longzi replied, "He just left not long ago."
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When Naoe Tadayei rushed to the barracks, he found that Yu Qiupei seemed to be arguing with Charlie about something. Imagawa Kaede, senior officers of Tokiwa Bei and three platoons of archers were all surrounding, watching the argument between the two. This scene
Naoe Tadayei was surprised again - he and Charlie had known each other for a long time. Charlie and Naoe Tadayei had already known each other when Yu Qiuping was still a settler. In Naoe Tadayei's impression, Charlie had always been a taciturn person.
, not sociable. He almost keeps the same schedule every day. Apart from eating, sleeping and training soldiers, he practices archery silently by himself, never getting tired. Usually the old brothers of Tokiwabi get together to drink.
Charlie never attended meals, and his relationship with everyone was very tense.
A person with his personality actually got into an argument with Yu Qiuping? What on earth did His Highness do that was so outrageous?
When Naoe Tadayei approached, the sound of the two people's argument gradually became clearer.
"Thompson! This gun is really useful!" Yu Qiuping held a black and shiny iron cannon in one hand, and pointed to the other nineteen iron cannons in a box not far away, "
Definitely much better than bows and arrows."
"Your Highness, I simply can't understand what you mean." Charlie looked at the iron cannon in Yu Qiuping's hand with disdain with his blue eyes, "How can a bow and arrow be inferior to this musket?"
"It's so powerful! Fire guns are much more powerful than bows and arrows!" Yu Qiuping said loudly and firmly: "If a bow and arrow encounters a person wearing heavy armor, there is basically no way to do it except to attack the face and the person without armor protection.
It’s a place! But the fire gun is different! I don’t care how powerful your armor is, I’ll knock them all down with one shot!”
"Your Highness, I don't agree with your view." Charlie shook his head firmly. "You may not know that in a battle with the French, the country I belong to relied on bow and arrow attacks to completely wipe out their heavy armor.
Knight. The thickness of French armor is far greater than that of Japanese armor. I don’t think bows and arrows will encounter trouble in Japan.”
"Are you talking about the Battle of Agincourt in the Black Prince?" As a master of history, how could Yu Qiuping be fooled by Charlie, "In that battle, you had British archers who were obviously helpless against the French heavy armored knights!
How about letting them get stuck in the mire and stabbing them to death with a dagger through the gaps in their armor?"
As soon as Yu Qiuping said this, Charlie was immediately stunned - he never expected that Yu Qiuping knew so much about the history of Europe. In this era, such a long distance is basically two worlds. Even the Easterners who are most proficient in Western things
Businessmen may not know much about the Western world - let alone Western history!
Charlie's reaction also surprised the surrounding Tokiwabi officers and Ashigaru. Yu Qiuping and Charlie seemed to be discussing a war in the history of Charlie's home country, that distant Western country. These officers and Ashigaru had never known each other.
They had never heard of the country England and had no idea about it. After seeing Yu Qiuping telling the details of the war so easily, they all looked at Yu Qiuping with admiration - indeed he can do anything.
.
That battle was the pride of the British longbowmen. Under the leadership of Henry V, they almost completely destroyed the French army with their exhausted and inferior force. Charlie has been listening to his father and other elders bragging about it since he was a child.
The past glory of the longbowmen. He had also heard rumors that the British longbowmen were helpless against the French knights and were forced to kill people with daggers - but he had a persistent belief in bows and arrows and always laughed it off - Yu Qiuping actually knew this
kind of thing.
"Okay, maybe you are right. The attack power of muskets at close range may indeed be more powerful than bows and arrows." Charlie nodded reluctantly. In fact, he knew this in his heart. In the UK, this was done in the barracks.
An experiment. Plate armor, which is helpless with bows and arrows, is vulnerable to fire from muskets. "But you have to admit that as a long-range weapon, the first thing a musket must do is to hit the enemy, right?
Chapter completed!