Chapter 352 11. Everything for the Sake of Correction, Everything for the Sake of Correction

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 courteous 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 quite 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 Mikagahara 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, the five flavors of food are gone. 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.

Although 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! Ieyasu Matsudaira didn't have one, but that doesn't mean Mikawa didn't have a strategist! Koyata actually forgot about Honda Masanobu! He might have already run away!

No wonder no one planned a journey for Ieyasu Matsudaira. He has been doing things based on his survival instinct in the past two years.

Koyata's heart was in turmoil. When Ieyasu Matsudaira asked about the strategy, he brought up the Honda Masanobu incident from Koyata's memory.

Koyata was anxious now, so he didn't have the energy to tell him in detail about Ieyasu Matsudaira's development ideas in history.

But he couldn't not answer, so he just said something vague.

"Everything for Oda Danjo, everything for Oda Danjo!"

[Note 1]: The old turtle wrote this sock on purpose. He wore his own socks repeatedly until they were torn after being washed and used. He kept this habit even after becoming the Shogun.

But starting from Hidetada, from the generals to the imperial concubines in the Ooku, socks were thrown away after being worn once. One reason was that cotton was cheap, and the other was that they were used to luxury. Even when the shogunate's finances almost collapsed and they had to borrow money to survive, the Ooku still threw away tens of thousands of pairs of socks that were only used once every year. The eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, angrily denounced them as extravagant!

[Note 2]: I'm not saying something strange, but I feel that Japan has some misunderstanding about alcohol. Drinking their nationally popular Asahi beer is almost the same as drinking bitter cold boiled water. It is very different from Chinese beer and European and American beer, which is strange.

[Note 3]: The reason is simple. Japan introduced American bullfrogs and catfish. Well, that guy has almost no natural enemies once he enters the rivers of Japan. No matter how fast the native Japanese wheatear fish grows, it can't be eaten as fast as bullfrogs and catfish. Some wheatear fish in lakes and swamps have been eaten to extinction.