A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Xiaoping was too impatient to watch them practice reloading the iron cannon every day, and was not afraid that they would be lazy. After leaving the iron cannon to them, he told them that he would come back to check it out in a month. Everyone must complete a reloading shot within Xiaoping Tai's sixty shots (that is, one minute). If you can't meet the standard, then I'm sorry, I won't care about the job. From now on, don't do any bullshit iron cannon ashigaru. Go back and get a plain gun. Don't use it for training and assembly. Just die as cannon fodder in the war.

Being without food is too devastating, and I was full after eating at Xiaopingtai for several days. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. I used to be able to tolerate being hungry after eating a full meal, but now I have a full stomach after eating wheat, rice, beans and rice every day, and I can't stand being hungry anymore.

To put it bluntly, Xiao Pingtai is a naked threat. As much as you like, I have food and I have enough to take care of. Just this one thing, even if everyone's lives are taken, these Ashigaru each have a big family to support, and they can't do things where they don't have a master. As long as they are not stupid, no one is willing to give up the high salary and benefits provided by Xiao Pingtai.

Telling these people the facts and reasoning, and then threatening them with food, adding carrots and sticks, is very effective. Then Xiaopingta left Chensan to teach them for another three to five days. Once they understood the process, they waited to see their results.

Xiao Pingtai resumed his duties as an iron cannon and went to inspect the iron cannon equipment manufacturing industry. We also arranged to recruit several literate Tongxin people to recruit supporting cablesmiths, carpenters, and coppersmiths. This made Xiaoping Tai secretly receive many small gifts. Many middle and low-level samurai families gave their second son and last son to Xiaopingtou Zhangyan.

Nowadays, there is no good way out for warriors. They can't really go wandering. Where can the poetry and distance come from? Having enough food is the most important thing. With an annual salary of 15 guan and 20 guan, the income will be guaranteed despite droughts and floods. There is no need to go to the battlefield to fight for one's life. If you do well, you may be promoted in the future. The eldest son or only son who can inherit the family business and name will naturally not be interested in these three melons and two dates, but for other sons who have not inherited the family business, it is a pretty good job.

On the first night when the recruitment was announced, several wives from the Wu family came to get close to him. Xiao Pingtai himself is not married, so naturally no one can start from Xiao Pingtai's backyard. But Uncle Tsunaliang is different. He is a boss with three wives. All three of them have several best friends, right? Naturally, you can't chase them away when they come. The principle of not hitting someone with a smiling face is the same everywhere. If you take a closer look at these ladies, one of them is the wife of Uncle Tsunaliang's Hatamoto. This makes it even more impossible to drive him away. Uncle Tsunaliang will have to start work in the future.

Besides, who doesn't have many relatives? If you want to do well, you have to help your relatives. Uncle Tsunaliang couldn't do anything. Although his subordinates didn't come to speak in person, his wife came and didn't give anything. He came over to inquire about how big Heita's feet were, then he turned around and dragged a fifteen-year-old boy with a pair of buckskin martial arts boots to be introduced to Heita by his uncle Tsunaliang.

The gift was not too expensive, but during the Warring States Period when many famous people wore straw sandals, a pair of leather boots was already a very important thing. Xiaoping was too kind to refuse, so he had to accept it first. Who knew that these boots were made according to his own feet? If he returned them, no one else could wear them.

Xiaoping took the things away and had to pretend to ask about the boy's background. As a result, when I inquired about it, I found out that he was the younger brother of this woman's mother's family. Her mother's family was also the ashigaru captain of Hatamoto. The eldest son could inherit the position. Could it be that the second son would become an ashigaru? He would not have to rely on her sister to help him.

Xiao Pingtai asked a few questions about the Analects of Confucius casually. The boy got 34 out of 10. It seemed that he had studied and was literate. But he was definitely no longer a genius, but a Tongxin didn’t need any great talent, so Xiaopingtai kept the boy.

Fortunately, Xiaopingtai doesn't have many relatives, so there are almost no people who can come and get close to him. Only Hatamoto's Konishiharazaemon personally came to ask a few questions about how the recruitment was going, and Koheita also understood what he meant. Sure enough, his family brought a boy who they said was Konishihara's distant nephew. Koheita confirmed that he was indeed literate and accepted him. The man's parents didn't come with him, but they brought a gold-painted lacquer box filled with fruits.

Xiaopingtai was not a corrupt official. He refused to accept any money or silk given by him, and only kept those that were of some value but not too valuable. The main thing is to check whether the people sent by each family are really literate. It would be perfect if they can count. It can be regarded as an interview, and eight samurai and sons of local families were recruited. The older one is already eighteen or nineteen, the younger one is only fourteen, and one of them has even shaved his head and is about to be sent to become a novice monk. When I heard that the host family was recruiting Tongxin, I hurriedly sent them here. The parents have good intentions.

As for other Xiao Ping Tai who was slow to ask for things or who delivered them unreliably, she could only politely decline and return the gifts together.

Most people in this era have pretty good moral character, but few hold grudges. After all, no one dares to compete with the people assigned by the boss. Everyone else gave gifts to the rest, and they were indeed selected based on their ability to read and write Chinese characters and Hiragana, so Heita-chan was fairly fair in doing things. There is no such thing as fairness and openness. It is limited by the times.

Xiaoheita arranged for them to count and liquidate the production inventory, and at the same time went to Ejiri to contact and purchase the required pig iron, hardwood and other materials.

Things are still a bit cumbersome, but Xiao Pingtai should have a better attitude towards these people. After all, they all come from respectable families. The instructions were very careful and explained clearly what to buy and what to do.

Think about the fourteen-year-old Tongxin, who is still a child now, but at this time, his parents had his head shaved early and he was transformed into an adult. Then you can earn your own money to make a living, and you may even have to save money to buy a house and marry a wife.

Xiaopingta looked at his height of more than 1.3 meters, followed him with a book, and took a pen to record the amount of pig iron, the amount of wrought iron, the number of sticks, and the number of straw ropes. From time to time, he shouted in a milky voice that had not yet gone through the voice change period: "Sir Tanzheng, please speak slower."

I can only sigh: "No matter what era, life is not easy!"

Xiaopingta saw these craftsmen making iron cannons, so he asked a few words if anyone could make a two-shot hand barrel or a short barrel. I'm thinking of getting myself a short-barreled musket for self-defense. If I shoot a shot from ten to eight meters away, the sword master and swordsman will be finished. Coupled with his own Nanman carcass, the safety factor on the battlefield will definitely be improved.

But the craftsmen all looked at Xiao Pingtai with blank expressions.

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