different warring states of japan

Chapter 449 Iron Cannon
At present, Tian Toshi's family is thinking about Oda Nobunaga's ideas. The castle tower of Kiyosu Castle, the master of Owari, is meeting several big businessmen in Owari.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the nun in front with great interest, and glanced coldly at several big businessmen around him, causing them to sit down one after another.

"very sorry!"

Oda Nobunaga sneered.

"When my place becomes a temple fair, you can come in if you want.

I'll give you face, you don't want it yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless in the future. "

Owari is a major grain-producing country, and so is Nobunaga's target Mino.

The two countries divide the Nobi Plain equally, guard the Higashiyama Road and the Tokaido Road in the east, and peek at Omi in the west. The two countries of Ise are the most fertile areas in the surrounding area.

However, there are pros and cons in everything, and Nobi Plains also has shortcomings.

In a place that is too rich, the Wu family lacks the motivation to expand abroad, and the army is not powerful enough.

In addition, the rich Nobi Plain lacks mineral resources. If you want military supplies, you have to export food, or develop logistics business routes, and become a part of the Tokaido business.

Oda Nobunaga knew in his heart that if he captured the entire Nobi Plain, there would be enough food and enough people for her to toss about, but these were far from enough.

The inertia of the samurai in the guardian system has begun to affect the retainers of the genealogy who unified Owari.

After taking down Mino, these Owari Samurai who are rich and seek peace will definitely be more slack.

She must carry out reforms now to increase her strength and swallow Mino, so that she can continue to force them forward.

Reform the military system and enhance the military strength of the army.Change business and increase military reserves.

On the one hand, start with modifying the Shiba Ashgaru method, and give the Ashgaru a way to rise to further stimulate their combat power.

On the other hand, win over merchants, dismantle the checkpoints in various places, cancel the seats in the castle town, reduce the tax burden and procedures of merchants, and stimulate their motivation to come to Owari to trade.

But she never expected that these businessmen were so bold that they dared to bring nuns in during the meeting she was trying to win over the businessmen.

She was full of anger in her heart, but the smile on her face was undiminished, but her eyes were cold and her killing intent fluctuated.

I'm going to pick a chicken out and kill them, lest these merchants get ahead and forget their identities.

The nun looked calm, kowtowed to the ground, and saluted Oda Nobunaga.

"Honnoji Higen, I have met Your Highness Oda. Please don't blame them, Your Highness, I came here because of my begging.

If you want to vent your anger, order me to be beheaded, and the poor nun is willing to accept the crime. "

Oda Nobunaga's pupils shrank, this nun has some background.

"Are you the abbot of this generation's Honnō Temple?"

"No, it's right here."

Oda Nobunaga leaned back and lay on his side on the pillow. She suddenly lost the intention of trying to make an example of others. These merchants brought her a lot of business.

It is the tradition of the Nichiren Hokke School, or the Nichiren School, to use Japanese characters to enter the Dharma name.

At the beginning, Nichiren, the first master, appointed six disciples, Nichizhao, Nichilang, Nichiko, Hyuga, Nichiding, and Nichichi, as his disciples.

Later generations call them Liulao nuns, and they are the messengers of the development and growth of Nichiren sect.

The teachings of the Nichiren sect and the Ichiko sect are very similar. They both can become a Buddha by reciting a single sentence, and they compete for the low-level believers who lack cultural literacy.

The Nichiren sect is a Namo Myoho Lotus Sutra, and the Ichiko sect is a Namo Amitabha.

It's just that the Nichiren sect is arrogant and strictly observes what is accepted and what is not given, that is, non-believers will not accept offerings, and non-believers will not pass on their teachings.

And Yixiangzong is even more shameless, as long as it is wanted by everyone, even if the wicked believe in me, you will become a Buddha.

Because the teachings were simple, they were all preached at the bottom. As a result, there was a fierce conflict between the two factions. The original mountain of the Ichiko sect in Echizen was burned by the Nichiren sect.

At that time, the Ichiko sect was suppressed by the Nichiren sect. Who knew that the leader of the Lotus Sutra sects, the Tendai sect, saw that the Nichiren Hokage sect was growing stronger, so he decided to strike first.

The Nichiren Sect's temple in Kyoto was slaughtered, causing the Nichiren Sect's vitality to be seriously injured, and the Nichiren Sect took a breather, but instead sat down.

This Fahua chaos made Tiantai Sect no longer have the face to call itself Fahuazong, and henceforth called Tiantai Sect.

After this disaster, the Nichiren sect changed its style and spread its preaching in all directions, mostly attracting industrial and commercial believers in the castle towns, forming a style of its own.

The Honnoji Temple is the most mainstream Nichiren sect's resident of the Nichiryong sect. It was established by the Nichilong master in Kyoto during the time of the Ninth Shogun.

As a symbol of Nichiren Sect's return to Kyoto, Honnoji Temple has a high status within Nichiren Sect.

This Honnoji Rigen is the head of the Honnoji generation.

For Oda Nobunaga, who covets business interests, this is a sleepy pillow.

Although I don't know why Nichirenzong came to me, but I will never lose my benefits.

Oda Nobunaga smiled and said softly.

"Master Rixuan is here, what advice do you have?"

Immediately, Master Rixuan's eyes turned red, weeping uncontrollably, he fell to the ground and begged for help.

"I implore His Highness Oda to save me, a follower of the Nichiren Sect."

Higen came to Owari because of helplessness.

Although the Nichiren Sect and the Ichimu Sect competed for the lower-level believers, after the turmoil, the Nichiren Sect changed direction.

Mainly develop merchants and craftsmen in the castle town, avoiding the villages that have always been the main development of the suzerain.

For decades, the two factions have lived in peace, but who knows that Honganji Temple once again took action against the Nichiren sect after it emerged as a superior.

At this time, the two factions are no longer evenly matched, and even the era when the Nichiren sect had the upper hand.

Yixiangzong developed rapidly after the reform of the eight generations of law lords. It recruited Ji warriors at the bottom to launch Yixiang Yikui, and quickly established a huge force.

The merchants and craftsmen developed by the Nichiren Sect are not the main force of the army. Even if the financial and material resources are not weak, they are not the opponents of the Nichiren Sect's armed forces.

The Ichigo clan has the strongest influence in Settsu, Omi, Ise, Kaga, and Mikawa.

And these places are the hubs of trade routes, there are many harbor cities and towns, and they are also places where believers of Nichiren sect gather.

This turn of events would kill the Nichiren Sect. The various branches of the Nichiren Sect, which had been split for many years, could not help but seek help from the Nichiren Sect, a powerful internal sect in Kyoto.

And the main figure of the Nichiren sect, Nichigen, the master of the Honnoji Temple, greyed his hair because of the crisis of Nichiren sect's downfall.

The Ichigo Sect has become bigger, and no matter whether it is the Tiantai Sect, the Shingon Sect, the two major forces in the sect, or the secular shoguns and local samurai, they are unwilling to conflict with it.

Rixuan of the Inneng Temple raised her eyes, and she couldn't find a power to protect her believers in the past few days, so she had to cast her eyes outside the territory.

Hokuriku Road and Tokaido are two commercial routes with prosperous logistics, and they are the best places for industrial and commercial people to settle.

However, the Echizen Asakura family fought against Ichikomune and was expelling the Buddhist forces.

It doesn't matter which sect you belong to if you are a red-eyed warrior. Anyway, nuns are not good things, so grab them first and kill them first.

As a last resort, Honnoji Higen could only come to Tokaido to seek a turning point.

The first thing she found was Oda Nobunaga who had just unified the Owari country and was growing in power.

Oda Nobunaga saw her crying while explaining the tragedy of the Nichiren sect, his face remained unchanged, and he even became a little impatient after hearing too much.

Honnoji Higen gradually stopped talking and looked at Oda Nobunaga.

I saw her coldly looking at the nun who was crying like rain and pear blossoms, and said.

"I intend to order the Rakushi Rakuza, whether the Nichiren sect followers will come or not."

Ri Xuan nodded fiercely.

"Come!"

"I heard that there are many skilled craftsmen among the believers of Nichiren sect. Can you believers work in the iron cannon workshop in Kinokuni?"

Ri Xuan was taken aback, and replied.

"There are indeed believers, but they are protected by the Jiyi people, and Yixiangzong will not persecute them."

Oda Nobunaga glanced at her and said coldly.

"I want to build an iron cannon workshop in Owari. I will give the food and copper money, and I will pay the farmers and soldiers to build the workshop. The believers of the Nichiren sect can only do their work, and the rewards will never be short of you.

As long as you can get the iron cannon craft, I will join the Nichiren sect and fight against the Ichiko sect together with you. "

Ri Xuan was shocked.

"Your Highness is serious."

"If it is not true, it will be destroyed by heaven and earth."

Oda Nobunaga was going crazy thinking about iron cannons.

The iron cannon is good, as long as the ashigaru trains for a month, it can go into battle.

Although he is not as brave as Warrior Ji, as long as he can shoot and kill people, he will not feel bad when he dies.

Are you still afraid of death in troubled times?Owari Mino is full of people!
Oda Nobunaga's eyes are burning wildfire. As long as she has perfected the Oda family's ashigaru method and equipped with iron cannons and long spears, she will have the confidence to compete with the heroes of the world.

But the iron cannon also has its disadvantages, it is too expensive.

The iron cannon is a craft that Tanegashima bought from Nanman with men, and one iron cannon has one hundred shots.

Later, Sakai Port merchants stole the craftsmanship and handed it over to the people of Kiiguo for casting. The two sides cooperated to make money, and one piece fell to more than [-] guan.

But more than [-] guns are too expensive. The low-level Ji warriors are only about [-] guns a year, and one iron cannon is worth the hard work of two Ji warriors for a year.

Moreover, iron cannons also need to be equipped with gunpowder, projectiles, and matchlocks. These are all consumables, and most people can't afford them.

Now apart from Ji Yiguo's Genlaizhong and Zahezhong, other forces have no way to establish an organized Iron Paozhong.

Oda Nobunaga has long been envious of iron cannon craftsmanship, only Nichirenzong is devoted to her.

She is willing to let merchants pay taxes to her, let craftsmen make armaments for her, and steal iron cannon crafts to serve the great cause of the Oda family.

She Oda Nobunaga is willing to believe in Nichiren sect!
Not to mention cutting down a few nuns of the Izumo sect, even if it burns Mount Hiei, the main mountain of the Tiantai sect, to avenge the Nichiren sect, it will be no problem!

(End of this chapter)