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

Chapter 182 Meeting

Then it was the turn of Asai Nagamasa's cheap disciple Miyabe Tsurujun. When dealing with him, Asai Nagamasa was obviously more relaxed: "Tsumu Jun, I thanked you for your hard work when I was not in Otani Castle."

Miyabe Jirun touched his bald head, put on a very simple look and said with a silly smile: "It is my honor, Jirun, to be able to serve my lord and master!"

Asai Nagamasa shook his head and acted like this on purpose. This guy knew the essence of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, but that was not important, as long as he could sincerely do things for himself.

"How's the situation in Kunyou Village going?"

When he was in Kai Town before, Shima Sakon had invited a master craftsman named Kuni Yurihei who was good at making iron cannons. When Asai Nagamasa led the troops back to Otani Castle, he also brought him back with him. It is estimated that these days The other party should be staying in his hometown, Kunyou Village.

Speaking of this, Miyabe Tsurujun's face was full of excitement: "Master, I have made arrangements for my apprentice. The blacksmiths in Kunitomo Village are willing to work for our Asai family, and in addition to Kunitomo Yubei himself, there are also several people in the village. He once forged iron cannons."

"Although the craftsmanship is a lot rusty since I haven't forged for many years, but according to Kunimihei, if they work together, they should be able to forge about ten iron cannons every month if they have enough materials."

"Only ten?"

Asai Nagamasa was very disappointed about this, ten in a month, only 120 in a year, plus the attrition rate, it may not be more than a hundred that are really usable, this number is too small.

"Think of a way to let him teach other blacksmiths and expand the production scale of iron cannons as soon as possible. If they make more iron cannons, your iron cannon practice will be more worthy of the name."

Miyabe Jirun was immediately overjoyed: "Master, do you want to appoint me, your disciple, to serve as a Tiepao disciple?"

Although Asai Nagamasa has vaguely revealed his meaning in this regard before, this is the first time he has expressed his position in public. Of course, Miyabe Tsurujun is very happy.

After more than a month of practice, he has almost figured out that he really doesn't have much talent in onmyojitsu, so he might as well continue to work hard on his favorite and best iron cannon.

"Haha, what, don't you like it?"

"I like it, I like it, of course my disciple likes it!"

Miyabe Tsurujun nodded hurriedly. He was obviously much older than Asai Nagamasa, and even his children were several years old, but he became more and more comfortable with this title.

Asai Nagamasa nodded lightly: "Well, that's good. I want you to have more iron artillery soldiers, but the premise is that we need more iron artillery."

"Of course, don't be rude to them. There are not many blacksmiths in Nippong who can forge iron cannons. They are all precious."

Miyabe Jirun nodded again and again: "Don't worry, Master, I am not so stupid as a disciple."

Asai Nagamasa did not doubt the other party's wisdom. He just reminded the other party to prevent the other party from being too eager for success.

"By the way, in a few days there will be ten Zahe people who will serve as iron cannon masters. Don't neglect them."

Akane Suzuki, who had previously been a member of the Zahe Zhong, defected and showed great kindness. Although she has not yet revealed her true intentions to herself, Asai Nagamasa subconsciously felt that the Zahe Zhong who came this time was very good. She might be leading the team herself, so she couldn't lose the etiquette.

Although I had greatly offended the Ichigosect of Nagashima City before, but if the Zahe people were extremely friendly to me, then the Honganji family in Shishan Yufang would also have to consider whether to be an enemy of me. They are united as one.

Not for anything else, but simply because with the growth of people's power and influence, their ambitions are also constantly expanding. For example, in terms of Shi Gao alone, Kaga Issangzong is higher than Shishan Yufang, and there is a gap between them. Traveling for hundreds of miles, it is difficult to be influenced by Shishan Yufang. No matter who you are, you will inevitably have some one-heartedness.

Similarly, the Yuanzhengji family in Changdao City has a similar reasoning.

And there is another point. The Yixiang Sect in various places likes to let their followers gather in crowds to cause trouble, so as to show the majesty of the Yixiang Sect, or to take the opportunity to plunder the land of the warriors.

However, their young Buddhist master, Honganji Xianru, who had just taken office a few years ago, strongly disagreed with this approach. This was also the biggest disagreement between him and the Yixiang sects everywhere.

Therefore, Asai Nagamasa is very confident in this. As long as he shows strong enough power, Ishiyama Gobo will most likely not be malicious to him.

The key point is that the Suzuki family is full of people. After all, based on Suzuki Akane's previous performances, Asai Nagamasa feels that the chance of the other party asking for something from him is almost [-]%.

Miyabe Jijun was even more delighted when he heard the words: "Are the Zagazhong who specialize in using iron cannons as weapons? I know it!" As professional mercenaries, although their number is not particularly large, but in Kinki But they are very famous, because the weapons they use are all extremely expensive and deadly iron cannons. It is naturally appropriate for them to teach iron cannon shooting after more than one actual combat.

"In addition, Master, some monks and soldiers in Miyabe City want to become a member of the main family and want to join the main family. I don't know what you mean, Master."

"Oh? Are you willing to let them become your own infantry?"

There are some powerful monk soldiers in Miyabe Castle, although in terms of martial arts alone, they may not be as good as the well-trained samurai. After all, many samurai are passed down from generation to generation and have lived in that environment since childhood. Naturally, they are different from others. different.

However, these monk soldiers accept worship from believers all year round. They all eat well and drink well, and are strong and fat. Moreover, many of them like to use heavy large naginata as weapons. If they really fight, they will not be much inferior to ordinary samurai.

Miyabe Jirun chuckled: "There is no reason why we would not be willing to serve Master Master, and they also really want to go into battle to kill the enemy."

Although they live a good life in Miyabe City, they are actually very similar to the mercenaries who are raised by Miyabe Tsurugi. They have no land of their own at all, and their salary depends on his mood. Even if they live a prosperous life, they still want to truly own their own land!
Miyabe Jijun knew this very well, and he had no intention of stopping it at all, and even added fuel to the fire.

Because of his own special status, he actually does not lack monk soldiers. There are always some ronin who can't survive and even robbers and bandits who want to take care of him.

Moreover, if these monk soldiers are allowed to participate in the war, not only will it greatly enhance Master's favor towards him, but once they can really stand out and become infantry captains or even infantry generals, it will also be a good help for him, right?After all, they are from Miyabe Castle!

"Haha, okay, of course I welcome those who are good at fighting. Our family only values ​​loyalty and ability, not family background. If they are determined to make meritorious deeds, I will naturally treat them equally."

Asai Nagamasa then looked at his former martial arts master, who was also an outstanding warrior in the entire Asai family: "Naotsune-sama, I wonder what the progress is now about the professional soldiers I told you before?"

Asai Nagamasa, who has been the other party's disciple for a long time, knows his teacher quite well. Although the other party also hides it a bit, the other party is really not the kind of fierce warrior who can attack head-on. He has both strength and wisdom. A samurai who also knows some ninja activities.

So Asai Nagamasa was actually very relieved when he handed over this task to the other party.

He wanted the other party to conduct a small-scale pilot project first and show it to many retainers of the Asai Army. After the experiment was successful, it could be promoted to the entire Kitaomi area.

I believe that after truly seeing the combat effectiveness of the professional army, no ambitious samurai will refuse this choice unless he is a fool or someone who is really too greedy for money.

Endo Naotsuke quickly replied: "My lord, according to your wishes, I have begun to recruit strong men in my family to act as professional soldiers who are completely separated from production."

"Because of the generous rewards you promised, my lord, many farmers and even ronin are interested in this. Even if I choose the elite, there are already more than 100 people who meet the qualifications you set, and as time goes by, as time goes by As this information gradually spreads, the recruitment speed will definitely become faster and faster."

"But as a result, the consumption of food and the land requirements of our family will also expand rapidly. Should we raise the standards again?"

Asai Nagamasa was not only slightly surprised: "Is that so? Just 5 stones, is there such a big attraction?"

Of course he was very clear about the recruitment rules he had set himself, and the requirements were actually quite high. However, he did not expect that in just a few days, the other party would have recruited hundreds of people. If he continued at this rate, he would gather [-] professional soldiers. I'm afraid it won't take too long.

Naotsuke Endo sighed after hearing this: "Yes, my lord, Nibon's land is limited. After a long period of war, there are more and more ownerless ronin everywhere."

Numata Yumitsu, Baigo Ieyoshi, Kizou Yuuri and others also nodded. Endo-sama's words really touched their hearts. If they hadn't been recruited by the lord by chance, they wouldn't have known what they were going to do. How long has it been outside?

Compared to today's days, it was really hard when I was a ronin.

Although joining the lord's subordinates means that you will often have to go through life and death in the future, but this will give you a chance to get ahead. This is a good opportunity that countless rogues can only meet but cannot ask for!
Real warriors are never afraid of bloodshed or sacrifice. They are only afraid of a bleak future, because that means that their proud martial arts are of no use. How different are they from the farmers who farm the land?

After asking everyone one by one for another week to ensure that all plans were going smoothly and that no one felt left out, Asai Nagamasa announced that everyone could resign.

The sharp-eyed Miyabe Tsurun noticed that the little kunoichi Ning Ning, who was sitting in the corner and had never spoken before, had no intention of moving at all. He couldn't help but laugh twice, but of course he was not stupid enough to ask questions, and even asked. I went out of my way to help close the door outside.

Asai Nagamasa suddenly felt a little funny, this guy obviously misunderstood something.

But he didn't want to explain anything, because there was no need at all. Regardless of whether it was a misunderstanding or not, as the lord, did he still need to report to his subordinates what he wanted to do?Now he is the boss of the entire Kitaomi!
(End of this chapter)