Chapter 685 31. The People of the Mountain Come to Luoyang

Compared to his rough appearance, Suzuki Shigehide must be a meticulous person!

Kobayata understood what he meant. He coveted our Portuguese guns. But the two cannons were already given to Master Xianyu. It is not only unrealistic to ask for them now, but also embarrassing.

We only have about ten cannons in Yamauchi. Master Xianyu did not give them even when he asked for them personally. Suzuki Shigehide can get one with just a hint. It's a joke.

Moreover, Kobayata took a huge risk to send cannons to Honganji. There are only three companies in Japan that have the technology to cast cannons, Yamauchi and Hojo Yamatomo. Of course, there are many people who have cannons. As long as you are willing to give them to missionaries, William will give you a Portuguese gun with a wave of his hand.

Although the iron cannons, that is, the big barrels, have been cast by the iron cannon craftsmen in Sakai, Kunitomo, and Saga, they are still a long way from being real cannons.

Once the cannon of Honganji was seen by Oda Nobunaga, it goes without saying that the first person Oda Nobunaga suspected was the Yamanouchi family!

This is also the most important reason why Kobayata did not provide Honganji with gun carriages, gun carts and tractors. You should keep the cannons in Ishiyama Castle and don't take them out to make trouble. Even if Honganji develops a gun cart that can be carried by the army in a year or two, it will be difficult to say what the relationship between the Yamanouchi and the Oda family is at that time.

To go deeper, suppose you are one of Honganji Hideyoshi, Shimomura Yoriteru or Shimomura Yoriren, and you have seen the power of the cannon. Your first subconscious reaction is to build a gun cart for him and take him around, or to gather the skilled craftsmen in your territory to imitate the same cannon?

This should not be controversial, right?

Isn't it better to learn to imitate quietly and not be controlled by others?

"I heard that there is a famous craftsman who can make a large cannon in Saiga?" Kobayata did not take up Suzuki Shigehide's words, but asked something else.

"Of course! I am the best ironworker in the world!" Suzuki Shigehide is naturally proud of this.

The ironworkers in Kishu were the first wave of ironworkers in Japan to learn how to make ironwork. As soon as the ironworkers in Satsuma learned how to make ironwork, the ironworkers in Kishu came to learn.

At that time, Kobayata cheated Matsudaira Ieyasu of thousands of kan of large barrels, and Matsudaira Ieyasu used them very well. Later, including Oda Nobunaga, they got a few to use, and they were really good when defending.

The large shotgun can't shoot far, but the shotgun can shoot. Throw it at the city gate, and whoever comes to rush to the city gate will be hit. Sakai Tadanori, who opposed Matsudaira Ieyasu before, was hit hard, and the man was in shapeless. Anyway, in the end, he ended up being cremated, and even the first inspection was exempted.

Now the people of Zaiga have a large barrel and a musket with a caliber as big as a beast. Tsk tsk tsk…

"The ironworkers of Zaiga are naturally powerful. I'm afraid it won't take more than one or two years..." Xiao Pingtai looked at the monks who were packing up the Portuguese guns.

Because there were no mounting parts, eight men repeatedly tied the Portuguese guns with straw ropes, and then carried the cannons on four large shoulders to the city. It is extremely difficult to carry a cannon weighing more than a thousand pounds. Even if it is placed on a cart, it is not that easy to move.

Xiao Pingtai watched them tossing, of course, not to see their difficulties, but to hint to Suzuki Shigehide with some speculation. The ironworkers of Zaiga have experience in casting large barrels, and they are also good at making iron cannons. The Portuguese gun is not a cannon with strong airtightness.

Xiao Pingtai may give the people of Zaiga a cannon. In less than two years, all the hills in Kii Zaiga will be equipped with Portuguese guns.

Or maybe they didn't make a Portuguese gun, but changed it to the Portuguese gun from the next door. It's just a lengthened and thickened iron cannon, and then a hole is opened at the back to make a miniature sub-cannon. It's not difficult to change this thing from an iron cannon, it's just a change of thinking.

You have to be on guard against you blacksmiths from Saiga!

"Hahahaha, Saiga is stronger, is it no benefit to the Yamanouchi family?" Suzuki Shigehide certainly had the idea that if I got your Portuguese gun, I would get a few to play with at home, but he said it openly and didn't hide it.

"Benefits..." If it weren't for you to trick Oda Nobunaga, the Yamanouchi family wouldn't have to spend money.

"Dan Zheng is a world-famous talent, and he can calculate the pros and cons of the moment more clearly than a rough man like me."

Suzuki Shigehide is worthy of being the unparalleled general of Osaka, and he has grasped a joint! The Yamanouchi family hopes that someone in Kinai will continue to disgust Oda Nobunaga and delay Oda Nobunaga's expansion.

Kobayata's appearance in Ishiyama is very telling. There has been a rift between Yamauchi and Oda. However, due to some reasons, Yamauchi is not in a position to turn against Oda immediately, and he has to maintain an alliance on the surface. Then other people need to jump out. If they want these people to jump around for a long time, the Yamauchi family cannot do it without any effort.

"Even if it is to make friends with heroes like Sunichi, it is also necessary!" Kobayata simply said something nice.

"Thank you, Danzheng!" Suzuki Shigehide knelt down without saying a word.

Kobayata hurried to help. If it is in the future military history, this scene will definitely leave a strong mark.

Fuji Danzheng is bound by gratitude and righteousness, and the Saiga clan is attracted by Sunichi.

This was skipped, and Kobayata immediately sent a message back to Yamauchi, asking Nanakiki, who stayed in the mansion, to try to pull another clan to the Saiga clan. As for when to pull to Saiga, this is not guaranteed, at least a few months later. It is also easy to give Honganji an excuse, hiring these people to deal with Oda Nobunaga! They don’t want gold but cannons, what can I do?

In the days that followed, the gunners of the Yamauchi clan taught the selected monks of Honganji in Ishiyama Castle. No matter how busy Shimoma Rairen and Suzuki Shigehide were every day, they would always take time to come and see. As long as they came, they would do it themselves, and they would do whatever the gunners of Yamauchi taught them.

There was no irritability or dissatisfaction at all, and they looked eager to learn, which moved Xiao Pingtai.

Time passed quickly, and a horse entered Ishiyama Castle, bringing the news that Yamauchi Taro dismounted and went to Kyoto. After twenty days of marching, the Yamauchi clan's extremely powerful 15,000 troops passed through Seta Bridge and arrived in Luoyang.

Although this was not the first time that the Yamauchi army entered Luoyang, when Oda Nobunaga went to Kyoto, there were also thousands of Yamauchi troops who went to Kyoto together. But the shock brought by the boundless number of people and horses is definitely stronger than that of a few thousand people.

Moreover, this time, the elite of the Yamanouchi family were all out, and the elite soldiers of the Kabushige clan dominated the world. There were more than 2,000 warriors on horseback alone. Even Oda Nobunaga had to gather together a horseback team of this size. Not to mention that there were more than 2,000 iron cannon foot soldiers who fought in the eastern countries and were very famous.

Everyone in Luoyang City knew that there was indeed a great name as powerful as Gifu Dansho in this world!