A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

It was snowing heavily in Shinano, and Denemon, who built Koheita's house, had already returned to Hida with his apprentice. Before leaving, he repeatedly told Heita to be optimistic about "his" wood, as he would use it when he came back next year.

In addition, before he left, he carefully built a bamboo frame. The top of the frame was covered with straw mats and straw. It looked decent. Just put up the wall panels to make it a straw shed.

After taking measures to prevent rain and snow, the wood was covered with tarpaulin, carefully tied up, and slightly elevated. After doing this, Denemon reluctantly left, looking back three times.

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After Koheita finished chatting with Imai Meigoro, he went to Uncle Tsunayoshi to ask for his opinion. The response he received was similar, saying that the Yamauchi Navy was not strong enough to take on such an important thing. And as a frugal owner, he bluntly said that it was very satisfying to fire the Fo Langji, Baizi Fo Langji.

But a shot of an iron cannon is worth 50 yuan, and a shot of a Franco machine is worth 5,000 yuan (including ammunition, depreciation, wages, freight, etc.). If the Buddha's machine turns seven times, the seven muskets are worth thirty-five thousand dollars. If it is fired two more times, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Xiaoping Tai will fight tooth and nail.

In front of the appraiser, Xiaoping Tai already knew that although the Yamauchi family was not an empty shell, it was still in dire straits. The increasingly frequent wars are draining the blood of the mountains, and the funding for wars is increasing rapidly.

The iron cannon needs to be fired, the lead needs to be imported, the saltpeter needs to be imported, the sulfur needs to be imported, and even the charcoal is actually brought by Kiira. Everyone knows that black powder charcoal cannot be just any junk charcoal, but special charcoal such as switch twig charcoal.

Shinano Komagiso had a lot of horses, but they were really not very useful and could not run long distances or fight on horseback. Although it's over mountains and ridges, it's really useful for carrying a walking army.

Samurai and lords who had to go on horseback military service usually used local horses, but when they really went to the battlefield, as long as they had enough financial resources, they would also try to buy Echigo or Ou war horses.

The Yamauchi family did not have to bear the burden of samurai horses, but once they went on an expedition, they would have to take care of the food. Especially the war horses, they are very precious. When they were dragged out to fight, they had to eat beans and wheat every meal, and they were even fed eggs. It takes two grooms to serve a horse, and the material consumption is five or six times that of infantry.

The Yamauchi family had thousands of horses and cavalry, which were literally a thousand or hundreds of cavalry. When fighting, they would have more food than more than ten thousand infantrymen. Even more terrifying is the Yamauchi Yoshikatsu Konoe with one man, two horses or even three horses, a bottomless pit.

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"It seems that Danmasa is very distressed, isn't it?" Sukezaemon actually rushed to the mountain in the snow to buy red adzuki beans, white adzuki beans, and black beans, and transported them to Sakai to make New Year's Eve food.

"Why are you still paying attention to such a trivial matter? Why don't you just leave it to your subordinates? Just run through the snow." Xiaoheita looked relaxed all over, and Sukezaemon, who made a lot of money every day, became more energetic.

Sukezaemon walked in, sat next to Heita, and regardless of appearance, he reached out to the fire pit and poured himself a cup of hot tea from a familiar pot.

After blowing on the tea cup, the tea was no longer hot in his mouth. Zuemon drank it all in one gulp and his face became rosy.

"It's about making money. I'm a layman, so I don't worry about it. I just go there when I have time." After saying that, he took out a letter with intact paint from his pocket.

Taichi Kodaira saw that it was a regular correspondence written by his uncle Tsunato. He probably borrowed Naya's boat from Kinki, so he brought it with Sukezaemon.

"Thank you." Xiao Pingtai said as he cut the letter paper with a knife and took out the not too thick letter paper inside.

Xiaodaira took a look and saw that the Duke of Xiyuan Temple appointed Dai Nagon, and the Nijo clan came down from Guanbai. The clan uncle of General Tosa Ichijo's right-hand general, Ichijo Ichijo, took the post of Sekihaku. It is said that this was because the Tosa Ichijo clan had spent a lot of money.

Another minister named Kikutei Haritsugu seems to have embraced the Oda family recently and is working for the Oda family in the capital. He also followed Xiao Pingtai's routine and invited all the princes and ministers to come to his house to eat, drink, sing and dance for free.

The name of Nobunaga Oda, a small daimyo from the countryside who was originally unknown, now has a somewhat obscure reputation among the ministers in Kyoto.

Moreover, the effect of spending money is immediate. Oda Nobunaga's self-proclaimed title of Chief Sousuke was just a joke, but now he has directly promoted Masatada from the fifth position, and there is news that Mino Mamoru will be promoted in two months.

Nobunaga's pace really never stops!

After reading it, Xiaopingtai folded the letter carefully and put it into his file box. These are all public matters, there is no secret information, and there is no need to hide it from Sukezaemon.

"But what about Owari Tansho?" Sukezaemon asked with a smile.

"Have you also heard about Owari's bombing?" Koheita spoke up.

"This Owari Danmasa is so majestic!"

Oda Nobunaga launched a fierce attack on Mino after building the city of Mogu, but unfortunately, it rained heavily and the ground was rotten and wet. Oda Nobunaga's menacing attack turned into a laughing stock, and his eldest nephew Saito Ryuuki took advantage of the rising water to give him a fierce rebuke.

Hundreds of people were killed on the spot. After that, the Oda army retreated all the way into Mugu and Komaki Mountains. Saito Ryu's army became more powerful. Even the Toshi clan and the Endo clan of Nakano came to see him. The Echizen Asakura clan Also befriended.

In other words, Saito Ryuuki is inflated, very inflated, showing off everywhere.

"Look! The big fool Owari is a big fool, and he was hung up and beaten by three generations of our family!"

After the autumn harvest was over, Saito Ryuuki commanded Nobusu Kishi, Naomitsu Takekoshi, Hibino Kiyomi, Nagai Kaimomo and others to avoid the ink, and prepared to go straight to Komaki Mountain Castle and overthrow Oda Nobunaga. By the way, let's liberate the people of Owari who are in dire straits under the rule of the big fool.

What kind of person was Oda Nobunaga? No matter how timid they were, the two sides fought in a melee along the 19th street.

As a result, the most unimaginable thing happened. Saito Ryuuki's uncle, Saito Toshioharu, turned against him. Saito's army coalition was defeated and the whole army was in chaos.

Good guy, except for a few people such as Takekashi Naomitsu and Takenaka Shigemoto who escaped with their lives, most of the Saito family's retainers, who had worked hard to build it for three generations, were lost.

Oda Nobunaga took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory. Inabayama Castle's barrier Dodong Castle fell in the chaos, and the entire Minogishi clan was wiped out in the raging fire.

The country of Mino was shocked. Nakano and Tono all changed their identities and came under the command of the Oda clan, including the Naegi Toyama clan and the Iwamura Toyama clan, who had previously been coveted by the Yamauchi family.

Saito Ryuuki lost all his capital and had to besieged Inabayama Castle and repeatedly asked for help from Seino's "Mino Three People".

The three Meinong people, who were already full of independence, didn't care about him. They gathered together and waited for the price.

"The change of ownership of Mino is just around the corner!" Sukezaemon and the other businessmen saw it very clearly.

"That's true."