A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The next day, Xiao Pingtai slept until he woke up naturally (it was said that he woke up naturally at 7 o'clock). He turned over a few times on the soft bedclothes and scratched at the pillow for no reason, trying to grab a mobile phone to refresh his memory. Station B’s ghostly video, and then wake up.

Xiao Pingtai's hands were aimlessly fishing around and catching a group of people. He suddenly woke up. I have been traveling through time for several years, and there are no mobile phones anywhere.

As soon as he sat up, Chen San knocked on the barrier door and asked if he wanted to come in and serve. Xiaopingtai is not used to this yet. In the past, although Aji would help Xiaopingtai get up and wash up, he only got up earlier than Xiaopingtai, and then ate rice balls at the door while waiting for Xiaopingtai to call.

He has the consciousness to serve others, but has no skills to serve others. He became a monk halfway and was sold as a follower. In fact, Aji's level of serving others is very low. He can only be described as an incompetent follower.

After all, Tatsuzo had lived in a wealthy family in Kyoto for several years. He would sit quietly at the door every morning, and when he heard the sound of getting up, he would take the initiative to ask. This service awareness is indeed very different, and it is indeed something I have practiced.

Xiaoping Tai was already accustomed to the days of being served by someone in the evil feudal society, so he let Aji and Chen San enter the house. Watching them fold their quilts, help them change their clothes, and then bring them water to wash their faces and brush their teeth. After everything was done, I left the room refreshed. At this time, Ping Liu brought a bowl of cold rice and a pot of hot tea. Heita Xiao poured tea on the rice. Heiroku immediately held the radish plate with his hands, and Heita took a piece of radish.

"Why are today's radishes so sweet?" "The third lady saw that the persimmons were well frosted, so she mashed the persimmons and then marinated the radish slices with persimmon puree."

Hey, this is a good idea. The frosting of the persimmons softens the spiciness of the radish, which is a bit interesting.

"Have you three eaten?"

"I've eaten." Several people agreed.

"Aji, go and get the bamboo hat. Let's get ready and go out." Xiao Ping gulped down a bowl of tea and rice three times and five times divided by two.

At this time, Xiao Nai came over with a small basket, "Mrs. Hosokawa sent some freshly picked peaches. Madam asked me to send some over."

"Who is Mrs. Hosokawa?" Xiaopingta asked casually, "Mrs. Hosokawa Erotica." Xiaopingta said "Oh" and asked a few people to come over and get some food. Then I clearly saw Xiao Nai hiding the biggest one for his brother Aji. Wow, what a scam.

Xiao Pingtai washed the peaches in the water in the water tank and gnawed them away. They were not the kind of peaches that can be peeled off, but the kind of hard peaches with a crispy texture. This kind of peach is very suitable for making dried fruits. Shinano’s dried fruits are also a relatively famous product, but nowadays only wealthy people can afford them, and the output is small.

Several people took Xiaopingtai's horse, straw hat, bamboo stick and water bottle and gnawed peaches and walked behind Xiaopingtai.

The townspeople and ordinary samurai who met along the way saw the chestnut-red-haired Tatsuzo and knew that this was a member of the Tsuna family of Zikoji, Teppao Shoto, and they all stood on the roadside and bowed their heads in salute. He waited until Xiaopingta passed by before continuing his action. At first, Xiao Pingtai told them not to do it, but now it has become a habit, and it is quite normal to be respected in his own circle.

Heita Xiao looked at the sun and said, "Heiroku, is it already time?" "It just passed." Heita Xiao probably guessed it was about the same.

When we arrived at the school grounds, we could see a dozen ashigaru standing or sitting there in the distance. When Mrs. Xiao Ping walked in a little further, the group of people also saw Mrs. Xiao Ping. They all hurriedly ran over to salute Xiao Ping Tai and knelt down.

Xiaopingta asked them all to get up. There is no need to kneel down to salute in the future, just bow slightly.

When Koheita went home last night, she actually thought about it. These ashigaru need to be armed by themselves. The worst thing is to add a tōmaru and a formation and then rush to the battlefield with a plain gun.

Those who are a little more serious will equip the ashigaru with a slightly better ashigaru gear, and then get a bag to let them practice bows and arrows as an important supplement to their own firepower. This was to ensure that the recruited peasant soldiers would not even have firepower preparations before setting off, and the Yumashigaru would also be in line with their status as professional soldiers.

Xiao Pingtai thought that if he traveled back in time, the trend of the world would be guns. Facts have proved that cold weapons will definitely be eliminated. (But even in Europe, many countries and regions in Eastern Europe still had a large number of regular troops with cold weapons in the 18th century, and muskets were insufficient after all.) So I planned to arm all these people into iron cannon ashigaru, and I happened to be in charge of it. Iron cannon production.

However, one iron cannon costs twelve taels of gold, and fifteen iron cannons cost one hundred and eighty taels of gold. Then each person also needs to be equipped with a plain spear or a sword, one for each rib. There is also gunpowder, lead bullets, armor, and two meals a day when they are on duty.

It is estimated that the initial investment will be 500 yuan, and a few pack horses will be needed to carry the equipment of these people and various other materials and equipment. This expense is too high and feels uneconomical. If you take five hundred guan to the capital, you can make countless ministers call you daddy. War is indeed a gold-swallowing monster. There are only a dozen people here. What will happen when there are more soldiers in the future?

Xiao Pingtai had no choice but to dig through his own property. He found that he could earn about 500 guan per year from counterfeit coins, 1,500 guan per year from candles, 250 guan per year from Zhixingdi, and 120 guan from salary. The total income is 2,300 to 400 guan Wen Yongle money a year. To put it bluntly, Xiao Pingtai's income is much more than that of a daimyo with 20,000 dan, and it is also a standard monetary income.

Here we talk about why almost all regions in the Eastern Kingdom implement the high-level system. The biggest reason is the difference in economic level.

Japan's hard currency is gold, silver and copper coins. Gold and silver may not be seen by ordinary people in their lifetime, so they are not the most commonly used currency. The circulation of wealth in the entire society still mainly relies on copper coins. The copper coins here specifically refer to money, that is, even if it is written as Jiajing Tongbao, it is called Yongle money.

The reason why the eastern daimyos, including Owari's Oda Nobunaga, who were not too economically developed, implemented the Kanko system was to use the annual tribute collected every year to have enough Yongle money to buy iron cannons, war horses, gunpowder, and swords in other areas. . Because bad money is not accepted by foreign businessmen, only Yongle money is popular throughout the country. They must collect Yongle money from the common people to purchase materials that cannot be produced or obtained within their own territory.

Therefore, in current Japan, except for some areas in Kinki where local agricultural commerce is very developed and economic exchanges are extremely frequent (you can easily and quickly obtain Yongle money through rural fairs or township trade), the entire vast Japan, from Mutsu in the north The Date clan and the Shimazu clan as far south as Satsuma all implemented the Kanko system. He forced his people to pay Yongle money, which was used throughout the country.

Therefore, this is the reason why Koheita was greatly appreciated for casting counterfeit coins. Yamauchi Yoshiharu may not be able to get 10,000 guan of Yongle money by searching his collar every year (the other parts can be converted into physical payments). However, the counterfeit currency manufacturing industry started by Xiao Pingtai enabled him to produce 15,000 Guanwen of imitation Yongle coins every year, which greatly expanded his strength.

After finishing the gossip, Xiaoheita decided to get an iron cannon ashigaru after checking his savings. It would be a waste to save the money. He would use it to equip soldiers and win the war, but he was worried that he would not be able to get the money.