"But if you stay at the Takeda family, you can apply what you have learned immediately, but you can't do anything here." Yu Qiuping scratched his hair guiltily and said embarrassedly: "I can't even rely on the sea now.
There are only a few small broken boats in the Kiso River. You are not wasting your time here."
"Don't worry about Momiji, don't worry about this." Hearing this, Yasukyo Itami shook his head nonchalantly and said: "We brought back a lot of drawings and models from Europa, and it will take a long time to study. No matter what happens, I can do it.
Use the boat gang Momiji on the Kiso River to train a sailor, which will definitely be used in the future. Moreover, we also brought cannon casting from Europa, which is the technology of forging large barrels, which will definitely help Momiji."
"Forging cannons? That's great! You can show Hanamaru and the others this technique when the time comes. It would be great if they could cast cannons themselves!" Yu Qiuping smiled excitedly, "Hanamaru and the others were earlier
We just made a replica of the iron cannon, and now we have new work to do."
"Compared to this, there is one more important thing to tell you." Itami Yasuki seemed not to be infected by Yu Qiuping's joyful mood at all, his face was still very gloomy. He waved his hand, and a brother waiting on the roadside said
With a gloomy face, he walked towards Yu Qiuping, holding a child in his hands. The child was not big, probably about 2 or 3 years old, and his eyebrows were particularly thick.
"What is this?" Yu Qiuping glanced at the child and was stunned for a moment, then looked at Itami Yasuki in confusion.
"This is the orphan of the second son of Asahina." Itami Yasukichi was silent for a moment and whispered solemnly.
"What about my elder brother and others?" Yu Qiuping heard Asahina Taehyung's name and subconsciously blurted out the question. Then, he was stunned.
Because he suddenly realized what the word "orphan" meant.
It felt as if my heart was suddenly grasped tightly by a hand and pulled down violently, until it reached the bottomless abyss.
·
Half an hour later, Yu Qiuping was sitting on the tatami on the third floor of the castle tower, his arms tightly wrapped around his knees, sobbing quietly. Itami Yasuki was leaning against the table, with tears in his eyes. And that Asahina
Taehyung's orphan didn't seem to be very sensible, sitting uneasily on the tatami in ignorance. The door of the room was quietly left a small opening by Ryuko. Her big watery eyes were looking through the gap.
He carefully looked at Yu Qiuping's appearance - the way he suddenly burst into tears at the city gate just now frightened Long Zi.
"My eldest brother... he was so loyal to the Imagawa family... that fool... only he could do such a stupid thing." Yu Qiuping wiped his tears and choked in a low voice: "One person challenges an army of tens of thousands...
It’s thanks to big brother that he can do it.”
"Iatemu told me that Takeda Shingen repeatedly ordered that no one should reveal the feat of the second son of Asahina that day. Even for this reason, even Masatoshi Gundam Masahoko, who died heroically, was not mourned secretly," Yasuki Itami shook his head in confusion.
He said, "I heard from Ieyan that Sunfu Castle was also burned to the ground. And Takeda Shingen even sent people to search and destroy all records and things related to the lifetime of the second son of Asahina, as if he wanted to completely eliminate the evidence of his existence.
And the Tokugawa family seems to be cooperating with him tacitly, and they also avoid talking about the matter of the second son Asahina."
"And the reason why the orphan of the second son of Asahina came to my hands... is also a gift from the Tokugawa family." Yasuki Itami said in a deep voice with extremely sarcastic words: "The Tokugawa family is releasing Kakegawa Castle.
When he was a prisoner of war, His Highness Asahina was asked to leave the orphan and widow of the second son of Asahina. His Highness Asahina knew that something was wrong and suspected that the Tokugawa family wanted to completely eliminate the second son of Asahina and then make him disappear. Therefore, he randomly found a man of suitable age from the city.
The child was taken out by the widow of Prince Asahina. Now there is no news about the two people. And this child was secretly kept by His Highness Asahina and brought to Ejiri. He happened to meet me and I brought him to Momiji.
.His Royal Highness Asahina said that even if everyone in the world wants to hunt down this child, Hongye will definitely protect him."
"Takechiyo..." Ame Qiupei heard that the Tokugawa family actually cooperated with such an action, and felt a pain in his heart for no reason. Takeda Shingen may not be related to Asahina Taiheng, but Tokugawa Ieyasu is related to Asahina Taiheng.
We have been together for such a long time! How can he be so cruel? That's just a child! In order to kill all traces of my eldest brother's existence, don't you even spare the child?
"I don't understand why the Takeda family and the Tokugawa family did this." Itami Yasukiyo shook his head heavily, with resentment and anger evident in his words, "Shouldn't the feats like the second son of Asahina be praised by the samurai family?"
"Kang Qing, you don't understand these twists and turns in politics." Yu Qiuping sighed, knowing as clearly as a mirror, "Not only do they want to destroy the Imagawa family physically, they also want to destroy the Imagawa family's followers psychologically.
And the people under the rule of the Imagawa family. They will publicize the Imagawa family's rebellious behavior, cowardice and inaction. Naturally, they will erase such loyal and brave deeds in order to consolidate the rule of the Imagawa family's old territory... Through the dynasties, every time the king changes on the city wall
Isn’t that how flags are made?”
·
After Yu Qiuping said this, Yasuki Itami suddenly realized. The two looked at each other for a moment, and were speechless. Yu Qiuping was silent for a long time, then suddenly straightened up and walked to the orphan of Asahina Taiheng.
"Child, what's your name?" Yu Qiuping said in the gentlest voice possible to this child who was not yet sensible but had lost his father and mother.
"My name is Matsuchiyo." Although the child could not speak clearly, he seemed not afraid of strangers at all and said his name openly.
"Is that Matsuchiyo?" Yu Qiuping squatted in front of the child with a smile and gently rubbed his hair with his hands. But when Yu Qiuping's eyes focused on Matsuchiyo's face, Asahina Taehyung's voice and smile were different.
It's like it suddenly appeared in front of my eyes! Those thick eyebrows and piercing big eyes are almost carved in the same mold as Asahina Taehyung.
Yu Qiuping, who finally controlled his emotions, burst into tears and held the child tightly in his arms.
My eldest brother is the first person I met in this world and the first person to lend a helping hand to me.
Without my elder brother, I might have starved to death on the streets, and where would I be today? He cared so much for me when I was homeless, and protected me from the wind and rain when I knew nothing about it. Where would this kindness be?
Still have to finish? Who would have thought that saying goodbye at the ferry 8 years ago would actually mean goodbye forever.
Suddenly, there was a soft touch on the back of Yu Qiuping's head. He was stunned for a moment, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Matsuchiyo was stroking the back of his head with his little hand, as if he wanted to comfort him.
Just like his elder brother did back then.
"Matsuchiyo, my name is Yu Qiupei, Yuqiu Hongye." Yu Qiuping suppressed his tears and sobbed and said to the child with a smile on his face, "I am your father's younger brother, you can call me uncle.
While your father is away, you can stay at your uncle's house, okay?"
·
On June 9, the eleventh year of Eiroku (1568), inside the Kuroda Castle Castle Tower.
Yu Qiuping was sitting at the desk correcting official documents. He raised his head from time to time and smiled as he watched Imagawa Kaede, Asahina Matsuchiyo and Yu Qiuguang playing there. Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You seemed to have gotten over the fun recently.
Age - Obviously in Yu Qiupei's era, 8- and 9-year-old children were still playing carefree. However, as children of the samurai family, they still followed Takenaka Shigeharu and Amano Keitoku to intern in the staff department and the court respectively.
.And Yu Qiucen also ran out and played in the garden with a group of children of similar age, including Naoe Seigenmaru.
Because Matsuchiyo was young and ignorant, he was able to quickly get out of the shadow of wandering. He and Yu Qiuguang, who was more than a year younger than him, were having a great time at the moment.
Just when Yu Qiuping was in a daze, the guard at the door brought news that Lan Xiang Huaju's Military Industry Department needed him to go.
A few days ago, Yu Qiuping settled down all the brothers brought by Yasuki Itami. Some of them began to sort out the models and drawings of Western mast sailing ships brought back from Europe, as well as the control skills and fighting methods of Western mast sailing ships, and organized them according to the
Yu Qiupei's request will be turned into naval regulations for future use. Another group of people were sent by Yu Qiupei to be instructors, using ships in the waters of the Kiso River to give lessons to the sailors from Nojiko.
What Yu Qiuping attaches most importance to right now is the cannon-casting skills brought back by Itami Yasukiyo and the others - this is a product that is several eras ahead of Japan's Warring States Period! Artillery, called large tubes during the Warring States Period in Japan, was not developed until the late Warring States Period.
The product that appeared. In Amakihei's previous life, the declining Otomo family on Kyushu Island relied on large tubes to block the attack of the flourishing Shimazu family. And Tokugawa Ieyasu also relied on using large tubes to bombard the castle tower to force Toyotomi during the Osaka Winter Battle.
Concession can be said to be a powerful weapon.
However, none of Itami Yasuki's brothers had any specific experience in cannon casting. Most of them watched how Western craftsmen cast cannons in the shipyard, or inquired from the cannon casting masters. Those fragmentary and contradictory information
In terms of experience and process, it still takes a lot of effort to turn it into a real cannon casting method.
After Yu Qiuping came to the Military Industry Department, Lan Xiang Huaju immediately greeted him. This skilled craftsman who had been with Yu Qiuping for ten years was worried about casting cannons. On the one hand, the trial and error cost of casting cannons was too high. Cannons
The body is made of bronze, smelting bronze, making grinding tools, etc. are all very expensive. The size of the grinding tools, the proportions of the ingredients when casting the cannon, and the polishing of the cannon bore are all very difficult. If you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted. On the other hand, military industry
Tsukasa now has to be responsible for cannon casting and mass production of iron cannons, and he is really too busy. Simply, Tsukiwabe only expanded his recruitment to 850 people this time, and there is not a big gap to fill in the armor and ordnance.
For this reason, Lanxiang Huaju has expanded its military industry department several times, and it is now a large factory with hundreds of people - but training new employees takes a lot of effort.
Moreover, Lan Xianghuaju also pointed out that many of the experiences brought back by Itami Yasukyo's brothers were fallacious. Even if there were no fallacies, they were learning how to cast naval guns, not the army field battles that Yu Qiuping needed most at the moment.
Cannon, there is still a difference between the two.
"You don't need to be too anxious for the time being. We should finish the iron cannon first. Once the quality of the iron cannon improves and the price comes down, we can start mass production." Yu Qiuping found that Lan Xianghua was so tired that his hair turned white.
, said with some distressed relief.
Chapter completed!