Chapter 1312: "Golden Light" Protects the Body, "Buddhism" Is Profound!

"Young Master! This is a letter from the head of the family to you. Please tell me that only you can read it!..."

"Ah! Father Xin Guanggong's letter... OK! I received it..."

With the arrival of the second batch of troops, the mountain camp was already overcrowded, with two hundred warriors, three hundred peasant soldiers, and more than one hundred young men and craftsmen crammed in. Yoshihiro Oyizaki deliberately divided the reinforcements into two teams, and the three hundred peasant soldiers who supported them continued to strengthen the camp on the outside and did not let them run around idle. As for the more than a hundred young men and craftsmen, they were supervised by a group of warriors alone. They were provided with enough food every day, but they were not allowed to have contact with the outside world.

It wasn't until Yoshihiro Uyizaki arranged all this that he became a little nervous. He took out the letter from his father, Nobuhiro Takeda, and opened it, as if he had received a document of judgment.

"My son, there is no need to panic! The inheritance of the Oyizaki clan will eventually be handed over to you after my death..."

Takeda Nobhiro seemed to have read through his son's thoughts. In the first line of the letter home, he made it clear that the inheritance rights would remain unchanged. Uyizaki Yoshihiro relaxed all over and took a long breath in an instant. Then, he swallowed again and continued to look down.

Takeda Nobhiro's letter is very short, and there is not much content next. There are only four key arrangements, but they all get to the point. Obviously, he was not fooled by the "gold" brought back by his son, but looked at the overall situation of Herendi and made careful arrangements.

"Yiguang, this Shantao tribe values ​​craftsmen the most, livestock and poultry second, and wealth last... The reason is worth exploring and thinking about."

"Use the Matsumae craftsman I brought with me to replace the Kudo clan elder. The clan elder is an important official of the family and must not make any mistakes. This is the first priority."

"Use horses, oxen and poultry to exchange for the captured dynasty cavalry. The cavalry takes a long time to train, and they are the backbone of the family's retainers, so they must be preserved as much as possible. This is the second thing."

"Exchange the farmers and their remaining property for a batch of gold. Once the gold is turned into goods, redeem the remaining warriors. This is the third thing."

"Finally, your trip to the north this time is the 'Beiko Shantao'. Although there was a small setback, you were able to keep the enemy out of the land of Kazuto by heading north, and you were able to raid eastward and defeat the 'Shantao allies'. In the end, you brought back the harvest , To keep the reputation alive and convince everyone, this is the fourth thing, which is the follow-up arrangement.”

"After everything is done, return home quickly and don't stay outside. For the Tatar trade in the north, choose reliable people and conduct it secretly..."

"After reading the letter, burn it. People in the Tang Dynasty said, 'You will know that everything will be in vain when you die, and you will remember to tell the old man when you have family sacrifices.' I am not going to die soon. Burn this letter to me in advance!~"

After reading the last line, Uyizaki Yoshihiro was shaken all over, and all kinds of emotions surged in his heart. He sat in a daze for a while, then wiped the tears from his eyes, put his father's letter on the table, and kowtowed respectfully. Then, instead of burning the letter, he picked up the letter again and read it carefully. This time, he stared at the "fourth thing" his father ordered, savoring the commanding tone of stating the facts.

"Surprise to the east and bring back the harvest?...To the east, to capture the harvest?...Ah! This is it? That's it!"

Yoshihiro Uyizaki pondered for a long time, and finally had an enlightenment and figured out his father's arrangement. He now has five hundred troops on hand. The Nishihara clan, a small tribe of several hundred people, is just a hundred or two hundred miles away in the east.

The original plan of the family was to surrender Hokuyu, win over Nishihara, and balance Ishikari, so that the Ainu clans in the north would fight among themselves to balance each other. But now, the Ishikari clan has suffered a lot of casualties, and the Beiyu clan has grown stronger, even surpassing the Ishikari clan...

It's time for the various tribes in the Saihara that are in conflict with Ishikari to raid and clean up! After all, with so many troops gathered together, one cannot just turn around and go back in vain without gaining anything. If he couldn't defeat the Yamata soldiers, couldn't he defeat the loose Ezo tribe? Furthermore, they could fight eastward, wipe out a few small tribes in the Western Plains, and then leave without fearing that the Shantao tribe would go south to intervene. The other party is separated from Ishikaribe and there is no way he can make it...

Just redeem the Kudo family elders and go back with new military exploits. Coupled with the so-called "bloody battle to expel Shan Tao" that his father had prepared for him, everything became clear again, and suddenly he became cheerful! …

"Buddha! My father's Buddhist practice is indeed much deeper than mine! With just one click, he immediately made this messy situation clear and coherent!..."

Yoshihiro Oyizaki sighed deeply, deeply feeling the gap between his father's political skills and his own. Only then did he put Takeda Nobuhiro's letter on the lamp and light it. Soon, a faint green smoke, carrying the smell of mulberry trees, spread in the tent.

"Hmm, this smell? It's Echizen Japanese paper, made of mulberry bark. It has excellent texture, is insect-proof and tough. Except for the higher cost, it's almost the best paper!…"

"I don't know, do these Shanta people in the north need craftsmen who make paper? Do they need craftsmen who plant mulberry and raise silkworms? Do they need people who grow linen and weave? Do they need people who weave bamboo and split bamboo strips? If they want all of these, then some age We can also find big old farmers and give them to them as craftsmen..."

"It's not true that Shantao people even lack these craftsmen, do they even need these people? Forget it, let's ask when the time comes. If we can sell them at a higher price, it will be much easier to find these people. !…”

The burnt Japanese paper turned into curls of green smoke, scattered into the sky above the tent, and flew into the evening sun. Under the setting sun, Yoshihiro Uyizaki bowed his head in thought. His complicated thoughts were slowly tinged with a layer of golden light.

After all, he was in his thirties or forties, in the prime of his life, but his desires were too strong, and he was still far from his father's cultivation! Who knows, when he succeeds as the head of the Kakizaki clan, where will he lead the Kakizaki clan under the temptation of "golden light"? ...

Soon, the Yamata tribe and the Kakizaki clan agreed on the time and place for the first trade. Five days later, in addition to the people who traded, both sides brought 100 warriors to meet at the mouth of the Shiribetsu River to the west, 80 miles southwest of the Kanbin tribe and 80 miles northwest of the Kakizaki camp.

This plain at the mouth of the Shiribetsu River is nominally the territory of the Kitayu clan, and the water and grass are also lush. From here, rowing all the way south to the Katsuyama Pavilion of the Kakizaki clan in the south, it only takes five days to travel 400 miles by sea! However, due to the threat of the people, there are no large Ezo tribes here. Everywhere you look, there are patches of reeds and long grass.

If the kingdom is strong enough and has enough mutual trust with the Japanese, it can consider establishing a trade port here. This is just like the Dutch opening a port in Hirado, Japan a hundred years later! It's a pity that now...

"These greedy and cunning Japanese! They said they would only bring one hundred samurai, but they actually brought two hundred? And they all wore armor!"

On the Great Snow Wolf of the Kingdom, Zuvaro opened one eye and used a one-meter-long "magic eyepiece" to carefully observe the Japanese team in the south. He first estimated the number of the other side. There were at least two hundred fully armed Japanese samurai, and more than a hundred unarmed young and strong people carrying a large amount of supplies. Well, they should be farmers for trading. As for the craftsmen of the other side, they seemed to be mixed in with the farmers, and their identities could not be seen.

"One, two, three... ten... fifteen?... Are they all mares?..."

Then, Zuvaro moved the magic eyepiece again and counted the horses in the Japanese team, including the three Japanese leaders on horseback. Except for the three horses of the leader of the people, the other horses seemed to be very short, shorter than those captured before, and looked like reindeer.

And these pack horses were also carrying various goods, piled up full. Those fluttering in the bamboo cages seemed to be the legendary "poultry"? I don't know which one is the "chicken" in your majesty's mouth, and which are "ducks" and "geese"?

"Hey! There are two strange, horned, and particularly strong four-legged beasts! Ah! They are even bigger than horses, almost like bears!... Hiss! They look so fierce, with such long horns and such huge bodies! Could it be that this is the kind of docile and can be used for farming in your majesty's mouth, what kind of "buffalo"?..."

Zuwaro widened his eyes, feeling fear from the bottom of his heart for the first time he saw a buffalo in his life. He had also seen the northern "yak" raised by the kingdom, which was really a wild and ferocious "four-legged giant" running terribly!

Although these "water buffaloes" are smaller, their horns are obviously much longer than those of "oxen". I wonder how such long-horned "beasts" can be so tame in human hands, and even pull plows and farm the land obediently?

"Not bad! Goods, livestock and people... It seems that the other party is still trustworthy! At least, they have made two preparations!..."

Zuwaro used the magic eyepiece to observe for a long time, and even saw the cautious and careful expressions on the faces of the warriors on the opposite side, and then nodded with satisfaction. It was not until this time that Yoshihiro Kakizaki, who was riding on a short horse, saw the opposite Shanta tribe clearly. He stared at the three large ships half leaning against the sea, and the Shanta warriors who were looming on the ships, and there were not sure if there were one or two hundred Shanta warriors, and cursed with anger and fear.

"Assholes! The Shan Tatars are so cunning! They actually sailed three large ships, and I don't know how many people are hiding under the deck. They came to trade with us fully armed!..."

"What assholes! How can these ignorant and barbaric Shan Tatar tribes have such long ships? It's really hard to understand! They stand on the side of the ship, protected by wooden boards. If they shoot arrows at the approaching warriors, how can we resist?..."

"Buddha bless you! The whole army is on alert! Approach carefully, at least four arrows away from the big ship on the seashore!..."

"Please ask the chief of the Shan Tatar tribe to get off the ship! We are two arrows away from the seashore. Each of us will send people out to exchange prisoners and manpower in batches, and exchange gold and goods bit by bit!..."