A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

While Matsudaira Ieyasu praised Otsutsuki, Koheita secretly looked at the man who finally became a god and became a person with great authority in Tosho.

He has a ruddy complexion, is not tall but strong, and has meat on his body. He is not the common bamboo pole washboard. It means that the person is healthy and developing well.

Speak neither quickly nor slowly, exhale and open your voice without hesitation, and have full energy. It is said that this person is full of energy, confident, not humble, and has a positive attitude.

Wearing kapok clothes and ordinary kapok socks on his feet, although his belt is made of fine silk, he still reveals his frugal character. 【Note 1】

When conversing, he will slightly lean towards the person he is talking to, expressing a courtesy and listening attitude, and has a unique and attractive demeanor. Although still very immature.

His eyes never wander, either communicating with his interlocutor or quietly far-sighted. There was no hint of hostility or resistance in his eyes, they were just like a warm spring breeze.

He is a master!

"Sanhe Palace is ridiculous. We only know that the big tube is very useful in city defense. I didn't expect that your highness can actually use it on the battlefield. It is really amazing."

Thousands of wears, but not horses! How could Mrs. Kodaira not know the pros and cons of the big tube, but she still pretended to be exploring how to use the big tube, and praised Matsudaira Ieyasu who had just established his meritorious service.

"Hahahahaha, Dansheng is also the general who defeated the city (proposed a plan to defeat Odawara) and defeated the enemy (killed the famous general Itagaki Nobukata). It is only a matter of time before he can understand this method."

The sedan chair was carried by everyone. If you respect me a foot, I will respect you a foot. Koheta flattered Matsudaira Ieyasu, and Matsudaira Ieyasu didn't mind praising Koheta's past achievements. Anyway, it doesn't cost money to talk, and everyone can talk to each other in business.

So everyone discussed how to use the big cannon, and Xiao Pingtai told him that he could build a small artillery carriage that could be pulled forward quickly with just one horse. From now on, wherever the firepower is weak or there is a gap on the battlefield, quickly rush forward. Give the enemy a five-shot and six-shot combo, which is guaranteed to be effective.

Okubo Tadayo who was present gave a thumbs up when he heard this. He was the samurai who commanded the iron artillery team to fight hard in the Battle of Mikatahara in history. He already had his own opinions on the use of firepower.

"It is very reasonable to correct this statement, and it should be like this." Okubo Tadayo did not hesitate to praise him.

Matsudaira Ieyasu also crossed his fingers and thought carefully. It soon became clear that fast-moving support firepower was definitely beneficial to combat, otherwise it would not have been used and developed for hundreds of years.

"I've learned a lot about how to use troops correctly." Ieyasu nodded, confirming that Xiaoping Tai was not a man in name only.

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Just chatting will definitely lead to nothing, and this is not the way to treat guests. When Ieyasu saw that it was time for dinner, he waved his hand and ordered the attendants to prepare drinks and meals. I want to entertain Xiao Pingtai to dinner and show my kindness to the landlord.

The wine is just ordinary turbid wine, a milky yellow turbid liquid with a low alcohol content and a limited aroma. But it seems to be newly brewed, there is no sourness or rancidity, and the taste is okay. 【Note 2】

The food is also mediocre, the so-called two-finger-wide fish that often appears in various papers and novels. This thing is called wheat ear fish. It belongs to the family Cyprinidae and is found in half of Asia. It is only about ten centimeters when it grows up. It is very small.

Moreover, it has a litter of thousands of eggs and reproduces very quickly. This kind of fish dominates almost all rivers in Japan. In later generations, Rizaki Prefecture, which is now Hitachi Province, had a kind of barley fish Tsukudani that was very famous and was sold in the Kanto region. However, this thing was abundant in the Warring States Period, and in modern times it is almost extinct from most water systems in Japan. 【Note 3】

Another nonsense, carp was one of the most cherished delicacies during the Warring States Period. Because only the northern part of Lake Biwa has a native carp in Japan, carp was a major dish on the menu for Oda Nobunaga to entertain Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Except for two grilled small fish, Ieyasu's frugal living habits fortunately did not spread to the banquet for entertaining guests. In spring, there are many wild vegetables, and the grilled Sichuan bamboo shoots are fragrant. Other wild vegetables and miso make a great soup.

There are even chicken meatballs in it. I don’t know who raised the chicken or the pheasant in the mountains. The taste is also very delicious.

Mikawa also produces seaweed. Sprinkle sesame (sesame) on wheat rice. Wrap it in seaweed and you can actually make a breakfast. Nowadays, the square seaweed is carefully roasted over charcoal fire, so fresh! crisp! fragrant!

Enjoy your stay!

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food. After a few cups of ecstasy soup, the conversation started to open up. What should be said and what should not be said may be exposed due to the influence of alcohol.

"I wonder what you can teach me about the Three Rivers and One Country?" Matsudaira Ieyasu was slightly drunk, but his eyes were extremely clear.

Kodaira knew that the meat show was coming, and Matsudaira Ieyasu would not treat her to a meal in vain, so she really inquired.

Matsudaira Ieyasu's strategic goal at the moment is definitely to restore his family and restrain Mikawa. But his first political task was to keep an eye on the backyard chrysanthemums for Oda Nobunaga and gather troops for the expedition.

Even though Oda Nobunaga called Matsudaira Ieyasu "my brother Mikawa Mamoru", a king is a king and a minister is a minister! Matsudaira Ieyasu can only be said to be the highest-level existence of Oda Nobunaga's thugs, but he still cannot escape the essence that he is Oda Nobunaga's thugs.

Of course Matsudaira Ieyasu knew that he also relied on Oda Nobunaga's authority to build his family business in Nishi Mikawa. But as a twenty-year-old young man, he is full of energy and will definitely not be content with a mere Okazaki Castle. His goal must include Nishi Mikawa and even the entire Mikawa.

Koheita glanced around at the Matsudaira retainers present, and sure enough, Matsudaira Ieyasu didn't have anyone who could be called the mastermind.

oops! wrong! Matsudaira Ieyasu doesn't exist, but that doesn't mean Mikawa doesn't have a mastermind! Koheita actually forgot about Honda Masanobu! He might have already run away!

No wonder no one planned a journey for Matsudaira Ieyasu. In the past two years, he had been doing things based on his survival instinct during the Warring States Period.

Koheita's heart was in turmoil. Matsudaira Ieyasu inquired about the strategy, but the incident of Honda Masanobu was brought out of Koheita's memory.

Xiaoheita was so anxious now that he still had the time to tell him the historical development ideas of Matsudaira Ieyasu in detail.

But he couldn't help but didn't answer, so he just said something vaguely.

"Everything is for Oda Dansei, everything for Oda Dansei!"

[Note 1]: Lao Wugui’s socks were specially written. His own socks were worn repeatedly and were not thrown away until they were starched and worn out. Even if he became a general who conquered barbarians, he would still maintain this habit.

But starting from Hidetada, from the general to the harem rooms of Daou, socks were worn once and then thrown away. Firstly, the price of kapok is cheap, and secondly, I am used to luxury. Even when the shogunate's finances almost collapsed and they borrowed money to survive, Ouchi still threw away tens of thousands of pairs of socks that were only used once every year. The Eighth Generation Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune was angrily denounced as extravagant!

[Note 2]: I’m not saying anything weird, but I feel like there is some misunderstanding about wine in Japan. Drinking their national best-selling Asahi beer is almost the same as drinking bitter cold water. It is very different from Chinese beer and European and American beer, which is strange.

[Note 3]: The reason is very simple. Japan introduced bullfrogs and catfish from the United States. Well, that guy has almost no natural enemies as long as it enters Japan's rivers. No matter how fast the native Japanese wheat fish grow, they can't eat it as fast as the bullfrogs and catfish. The wheat fish in some lakes and swamps have been eaten to extinction.