A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 12 Youshan Iron Cannon
Shinkuro changed the topic, and started chatting with Miyabe Jijun about other things. Now that he is a master, he must know more about his apprentices so that he can teach students according to their aptitude. Arrange a suitable position for him.

After a careful chat, Shinkuro discovered that this cheap apprentice was actually quite an all-rounder. He was not only accomplished in arithmetic and etiquette, but also in city building and farming. Miyabe Castle was presided over by him. The land was reclaimed and expanded under his leadership.

Moreover, he has also practiced a lot of strength, and even three or five ashigaru can't defeat him, but these are secondary. Even with these, he is only a second-rate or even third-rate general in the entire Nippon.

Although Nibon is much smaller than the Cathay Empire next door, the population here is not small, which leads to a huge density of people. If you want to make a name for yourself in Nibon, you must have some real skills. of.

What really worries Shinkuro is that what Miyabe Tsurujun is most proud of is actually his iron cannon technique.

Iron cannons are actually muskets. This kind of gunpowder weapon that seems very primitive to Shinkuro was introduced to Nibon by some blond and blue-eyed Nanman people in recent years.

Except for a few famous people such as the Otomo family on Kyushu Island who are far away from here, this thing is still a real rarity in Nibon itself. It is said that it is only found in the coastal towns with the most developed commerce and trade in Nibon. - Jie Zhen can only purchase in small quantities.

As for other places, we can only wait and see whether the big local businessmen are interested in this area and purchase goods, or we can simply count on some bold traveling merchants to sell them.

In short, until now, no big name has a clear enough understanding of the power of iron cannons in war. In addition to the high price, the most important thing is that they basically have little actual combat performance.

Now that Miyabe Tsurujun is proud of his iron cannon shooting skills, he must have put a lot of effort into this aspect. Not to say he is ahead of his time, but at least he is a big step ahead of many samurai.

After careful questioning, Shinkuro found out that when Miyabe Tsurujun was young and a monk on Mount Hiei, one of the Buddhist holy sites in Nibon, he had accidentally saved an injured old man.

Unexpectedly, the old man was not an ordinary person, but a very famous blacksmith, especially good at forging iron cannons.

What's even more interesting is that the reason why the blacksmith was good at forging iron cannons was entirely because he married his daughter to a Nanman.

But no matter what, in order to repay Miyabe Tsurujun for saving his life, the blacksmith finally gave his most proud work to Miyabe Tsurujun.

At that time, Miyabe Jijun was still young and had not enough experience, but he was extremely sensitive to new things. He immediately realized that this weapon, which was far more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows, would definitely have a bright future in the future. , and the old blacksmith who can forge iron cannons will definitely get better and better in the future.

So he began to deliberately make friends with each other, and deliberately showed that he was very interested in iron cannons. As a monk with a high status, he was not short of money. He donated some money to the old blacksmith to help him continue to develop iron cannons, which was also very important. Something relaxing.

Just like this, the relationship between the two parties became better and better. After that, every year and a half, the old blacksmith would specially ask people to bring some new styles of iron cannons and ammunition to Miyabe Tsurun. .

On the one hand, it is to repay the favor, and on the other hand, it is to let him help try it out. Although Miyabe Tsurujun only has less than ten iron cannons in his hands now, in fact, he has handled more than ten times more over the years.

Shinkuro felt that if there was a chance, he could try to have a formal meeting with the old blacksmith, or even the Nanman people behind him, through Miyabe Tsurujun.

Although the southern barbarians were strongly ostracized because of their weird appearance, and they had no influence at all in Nibon, the technology and knowledge they mastered were still very good.

What's more, they also have muskets and cannons. Shinkuro really wants to know what effect they will have if they use these weapons to deal with monsters and the like.

And since those southern barbarians came across the ocean, they must have very good ships. Maybe he could use this channel to go to the Cathay Empire to see if it was the ancient and powerful Eastern Empire he had in mind.

After chatting for a while, Shinkuro deliberately made a slightly troubled look. Miyabe Tsurujun immediately apologized repeatedly, then obediently stepped away and went to prepare dinner for the master himself.

Although Nippeng is short of supplies, even the warrior class basically only eats two meals, and it is not a short time since the second meal today. Strictly speaking, there will be no third meal, but as a local The master, Miyabe Jirun, just needs to give an order, and naturally many people will work for him.At the same time, he also asked Shinkuro in a low voice if he needed to arrange for some female believers to serve around him.

One look at his cheap apprentice's slightly wretched smile, and Shinkuro knew that the service he was talking about would definitely not just simply serve wine and food, or dress and wash feet, but would probably also include warming the bed and other follow-up tasks.

This also gave him a better understanding of the behavior of the monks in Nibon. Religious belief is indeed a very useful weapon.

However, he still declined the other party's kindness due to lack of physical strength.

How could there be such an outstanding beauty in such a remote and remote place?And who knows how many times they have been treated? !
Just when Miyabe Jijun was smiling and about to resign, and when he couldn't wait to study the spell he dreamed of all night, Shinkuro stopped him again.

"Jirun, get your monk soldiers and musketeers ready. Also, be careful tonight and be careful of monster attacks."

"monster?"

Miyabe Jijun screamed suddenly, but he immediately realized his gaffe, and he quickly calmed down: "Master, are the legends of monsters true? Is it possible that except for Suruga, Kyushu and Oulu, we have Are there any traces of youkai?"

also?Shinkuro immediately noticed this word. It seemed that even after leaving Mount Hiei, his cheap apprentice still maintained close contact with the other party.

Otherwise, with his current power, it would be absolutely impossible to obtain information that even the young master of the Asai family has not learned.

Kyushu Island is far to the west. No matter what happens, it will not affect it in a short time. The same is true for Olu, which is almost the most remote area in the east.

But the Suruga area is not particularly far from here. To the south of the Asai family is the Oda family, and immediately to the southeast of the Oda family is the Suruga area, known as the No. [-] bow in Tokaido, ruled by Imagawa Yoshimoto. .

If we count the time, the guy known as Owari's Big Fool has succeeded as the new governor of the Oda family. He is about to enter the Yuan Dynasty. It is not too far away from the battle that was very famous throughout the Nippon Warring States period. ah. . .

Although there were some murmurs in his heart, Shinkuro remained calm on the surface. He had just accepted such a cheap apprentice and had not yet established enough authority. If his ignorance was exposed at this time, there would be too many problems. unfavorable.

So he just nodded slightly: "I already have a preliminary plan for Suruga, but now we need to calm down Omi first, whether it is the monsters or the Rokkaku family in Minami Omi."

Although Shinkuro's tone was flat, Miyabe Jijun immediately showed a look of enthusiasm: "Yes, Master, my apprentice is willing to give Miyabe a city to help Master complete his great cause."

Although it was deliberately exaggerated, this was actually what he had in mind.

As someone who has dreamed of being a warrior since he was a child, how could he not want to follow a truly strong man to make great achievements?Now it seems that his master may be such a strong man!
"Very well, there is one thing I would like to trouble you to do next, Jirun. I have already calculated the time and place where those monsters may appear, and you need to send people to make preparations in advance."

Miyabe Jirun's eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh? Master, what's your clever plan?"

"Of course it's a trap."

"Even if they become monsters, they can't be smarter than humans. Now that you have discovered each other's traces, you should set up a trap not far away in advance..."

(End of this chapter)