Pillars of the Wu family

On May [-]th, Yoshitoki Kira sent someone to contact Tennojiya in Sakaimachi, offering to purchase [-] iron cannons. Tennojiya attached great importance to this business. As the future proprietor of Tennojiya, Tsuda Zonghe personally When I came to Sakamoto Castle by boat to visit Kirayoshi, although he came with sincerity, the price he proposed was not sincere at all.

"One hundred kanwen for each iron cannon? Or 25 kanwen for Yongle money?" Kira Yoshishi repeated with emphasis, staring at Tsuda Zong and his flawless smiling face like a falcon, and suddenly smiled lightly after a while , and turned to Matsui Yuxian and said: "The three hundred iron cannons must be taken down, and the rest will be left to you, understand?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness Kira, I will do my best." Matsui Yukan is also a man with a flawless smile. Although he is still very young and far from the moment when he has transformed into the most powerful, Tsuda Zongji is also very young isn't it?There are always sparks between young people and young people.

Since the iron cannon was introduced to Tanegashima in the 12th year of Tianwen, there are only four iron cannon manufacturers, the Tanegashima tube of origin, the Kishu tube of the Kii Tsuda family, the Sakai tube of Sakai Town, and the Kuniyu tube controlled by the shogunate. Among these brands, the quality of the Sakai cylinder is the best, because the rich merchants in Sakai Town can easily gather skilled craftsmen and spend a lot of money to buy technology for improvement. Therefore, the remaining iron cannon manufacturers still insist on small-scale production to satisfy themselves first, and then to support them. By the time it was sold overseas, the reputation of Sakaitsutsu had already spread throughout Japan.

After a whole day of verbal and verbal battles, without knowing how many brain cells were consumed, Matsui Yukan finally won. He knew that Kira Yoshitoki would never accept such a high unit price, so he put on a look that you would not sell it to us at a low price, so he just asked for it. The Kunitomo iron cannons purchased by the shogunate are not much worse than your Sakai cylinder anyway. In the end, Tsuda Zongji still had to make a concession. He said he would go back to discuss with his father, and returned to Sakaicho by boat that night without stopping.

Seeing Tsuda Zongji leave in a hurry, Kira Yoshitomo called Matsui Yukan and asked, "What is the price you negotiated with him?"

"Reporting to Your Highness Kira, the price I negotiated with Tsuda-den is sixty guan."

Kira Yoshishi couldn't help but wondered: "Oh? Sixty guan? It was almost cut in half! How did you talk about it and tell my family?"

"Yes! I counteroffering forty guan ones, but was rejected by Tsuda Hall, and then..."

After some understanding, I found out that the price proposed by Matsui Yukan was outrageous. He would pay forty guns for one, not only that, but also equipped with enough gunpowder and iron cannon pellets. This price almost made Tsuda Zongji walk away. Fortunately, both sides are self-cultivated people. After entanglement for a long time, the price of an iron cannon was finally set at [-] guns. Although the price has increased by [-]%, it is much better than before, and the things that should be equipped Not much of the same.

Two days later, Tsuda Zongji brought new news that Tennojiya agreed to the offer, with [-] kans plus matching gunpowder and iron cannon pellets. Kira Yoshishi quickly called out the [-] kans stored in the bank for exchange. To Tsuda Zongji, [-] iron cannons entered the hands of Kira's family.

Kira Yoshitoki handed over the three hundred iron cannons to Takikawa Masushige, and told him not to spare the ammunition, and to arm a qualified iron cannon team as soon as possible. The general with Chibei asked him to allocate 200 people and 100 people to help form the iron artillery team. For this matter, several ashigaru generals went to Kira Yoshitoki, but he finally suppressed them. The new arms must If you want to go up, you have to obey orders no matter how you have opinions.

For half a month, the sound of iron cannons sounded from morning to night, from the beginning of shooting to tied animals, alive and kicking animals. According to Takikawa Masushige's calculations, the maximum range of the iron cannon was 12, and the effective range was [-] Ten, the best killing distance is fifteen, the quality of Sakai barrel is comparable to or even slightly exceeds the level of the original Portuguese iron cannon, of course, this original is the original iron cannon of Tianwen for [-] years.

Entering June, Kirayoshi felt that [-] iron cannons were not enough, so he gritted his teeth and found Tsuda Zongji and told him that the Kira family planned to order another [-] iron cannons. Said that there is not enough supply, and later changed the saying that it can be ordered but it will take several months to get it, because Sakai Town is also short of iron guns.

"Tsuda Zongji is lying! Why is there a shortage of goods in Sakaimachi? They must have heard something and suddenly stopped talking!" Yoshitoki Kira was keenly aware of the difference in tone before and after Tennojiya, and immediately called Koshiro Hattori and asked: "Tell me the latest news in Kinai, tell me everything."

"Yes..." Koshiro Hattori was baffled, just about to speak, he suddenly stopped and looked out, his father was already standing behind him.

"Father……"

"Back off! Shiro!" Hattori Baochang pushed his son out, then saluted, and said: "The latest news is that Hosokawa Kyoushoden led 300 people from the headquarters to Kyoto, and their whereabouts are unknown."

"What? Going out?" Yoshishi Kira's eyes were on fire, glaring at the stone-silent Yasuda Hattori, he raised his voice and said, "Bastard! Harumoto Hosokawa has fallen into the shogunate's injustice! Is he crazy?"

Of course, Harumoto Hosokawa is not crazy, but it is true that he was forced into a hurry The most important general, Harumoto Hosokawa drove high and low, and his luck became worse and worse along the way.

Kira Yoshitoshi just won 15 shi from the two counties of Omi in a not-so-intense siege battle. The army became the number one general of the shogunate. Compared with this, Harumoto Hosokawa's influence was rapidly weakened, and even gradually marginalized by Yoshito Ashikaga. This is probably because Harumoto Hosokawa did not hesitate to step out to start the war The reason for the prologue.

When Yoshito Kira let out an angry roar, Ashikaga Yoshito was also furious. The 100th shogun almost pulled out the ancestors of the Hosokawa family and scolded the ancestors of the Hosokawa family, including the famous shogun Yoriyuki Hosokawa. Ah, there are only more than [-] people in Nakao Castle guarded by the public, and even the defensive force of Jishao Temple has been withdrawn. When the Sakamoto Imperial Palace was completely handed over to Kira Yoshishi, it is enough to see how dangerous the shogunate is. , Ashikaga Yoshito couldn't help but call Kira's house to guard Nakao Castle.

Ashikaga Yoshito, who had vented his anger on the believers, was not stupid. Seeing that the last period of silence was finally broken by Hosokawa Harumoto, the public servant in Nakao Castle also showed the courage of a general, and issued several imperial teaching books in succession. At that time, the shogunate army commanded the shogunate army, and then issued a coordinated combat order to Rokkaku Yoshin, and mobilized the army to go out to Yamashiro within one month to cooperate with the shogunate's plan to seize Kyoto.

The last order is to contact the back of the Miyoshi family and call on the people of Settsu, Izumi, Hanoi, Kii and other countries currently belonging to the Miyoshi family camp to rise up against Miyoshi Changqing. This order is the most unreliable, of course Ashikaga Yoshito also I didn't expect a miracle at all, which probably means that nothing is better than nothing.

On June [-]th, Harumoto Hosokawa broke into Koizumi Castle, causing a sudden change in the quiet wind direction in Kinai. The strange silence of the Miyoshi family and the constant movements from Settsu and Izumi made the people in Kinai overwhelmed. Ashikaga Yoshito They sent envoys to contact Echizen Asakura and Wakasa Takeda successively, trying to persuade them to assist the shogunate in the battle, but all these attempts failed. The reason of the Asakura family was that they were tired of coping with Koga and had always been unable to go out in battle, and Wakasa Takeda was similar. It is to resist the harassment of the Asakura family. These two families are really weird.

In the evaluation room of Akutagawa Mountain City, Miyoshi Changqing, who had just moved into this city, was still a little uncomfortable here. Seeing the high-spirited manners of Miyoshi's retainers, the governor of Miyoshi's family said with a faint smile: "Everyone see Arrived? Harumoto Hosokawa has come out, and it took three days to break through Koizumi City, which is guarded by the people of Yamashiro, it was really not easy!"

"Hmph! I think he's getting more and more confused as he gets older! Compared to when the Shishan Honganji Temple was almost destroyed ten years ago, tusk tusk!" Miyoshi Changyi said with a disdainful smile.

Shihe Yicun, who shaved a strange moon and took the lead, hammered the table with his fist and shouted: "Haha...brother! Harumoto Hosokawa dared to do such things as lightly open the war. Isn't this a good opportunity for the family? ? Let me, Yicun, lead the army to completely wipe out these jumping clowns!"

"Yes! My lord, please let me go out together!" Miyoshi's retainers swarmed and fell in love.

"Okay! It's a blessing to the family that everyone's morale is strong! How are the preparations at Zhikang's place?"

Facing Miyoshi Changqing's inquiry, Matsunaga Hide hastily replied: "His Royal Highness Yixian is gathering an army, and the [-] army will be assembled within ten days, and land in Kinai before June [-]."

"Very good! Then it's scheduled to go out on June 25th! The Art of War is [-], and you will be the chief general! Hinata Mamoru will be the deputy general!"

"Yes!" Shihe Yicun and Miyoshi Hinata took the order happily, while Matsunaga Hideo stepped aside with a look of disappointment, and after a while showed a gentle smile to congratulate the two Miyoshi's family members.

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