None of the people present refuted it, Yazaki Heizou's identity as a general of Bowashiki was decided, this is a military position, and it has nothing to do with the elders of the family.

The elder of the family can be a general of the ashigaru, or a general of the servant, or even higher, which mainly depends on how strong the strength of the lord is.

With the strength of Ueda Nobukata, he can only appoint his retainers as Ashigaru generals.

After appointing Heizo Yazaki as the general of Bowshigaru, Ueda Nobukata gathered him 200 Bowshigaru and asked him to start training.

For the time being, the iron cannon he built can only be used for sale to maintain his military expenses and ordinary expenses.

After the training situation stabilized, Ueda Nobukata began the paper-making project, which was the second way he could find a way to make money.

I wanted to sell "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" before, but because of cost and market problems, I died, and now I can only start from the paper side.

Although there was already washi paper, the price was still relatively high, so Ueda Nobukata decided to make cheap paper.

Finance is always a major issue that restricts the development of forces, and the Oda family began with Oda Nobuhide, and rose because of commerce, and by the time of Oda Nobunaga, more attention was paid to business.

As a modern-born Ueda Nobukata, he wanted to develop business from the beginning, but he didn't have good conditions at the beginning, but now with Matsuo Castle, he can start developing business.

However, there are still many restrictions, and in this Warring States era, there are checkpoints between countries and between territories, and these checkpoints not only screen people who enter the territory, but also collect taxes.

The most arrogant thing in this matter is the people of the Sect, if you don't pay taxes, he will beat people, snatch your things, or falsely accuse you of being a thief and arrest him directly.

These factors have restricted the development of commerce, and there are still pirates on the sea, but most of these pirates are actually pretended to be sent by the daimyo along the coast, so if you befriend the daimyo and give some money, then the navigation will be smooth.

It's a pity that Ueda Nobukata is in the deep mountains and old forests, so he can only rely on land routes, so he will cooperate with Tennoji Tatsui.

Tennoji House has a huge influence in Sakai Port, and there must be a connection with the Ichijo sect, and the relationship is very good, otherwise, Tennoji Tatsui would not have come to Shinano to do business.

He felt that this cooperation would definitely work out.

Washi has taken a different route to a certain extent, not just the paper used to write books, it has penetrated into all aspects of people's lives, and the rich will use wood and paper to build houses.

In the Edo period, the elegant people regarded washi as a symbol of abundant spiritual life, and they liked to use paper to make clothes and bedding, and put on paper clothes to embark on a long journey in pursuit of spiritual supremacy.

In modern times, washi has become a vehicle for art, and various washi items have appeared, such as washi keyboards and the like. In short, washi paper was not affordable for ordinary people in ancient times.

In ancient times, during the Tang Dynasty, the cost of paper was very high, so some people began to look for ways to make cheap paper.

What Ueda Nobubo can use here is the papermaking technique of using bamboo as the main material, and the other kind of raw material is a big problem.

There are a total of 72 processes in papermaking, and the main production links are roughly as follows: dry beating, bamboo soaking, wet beating, papermaking, loose paper, and drying paper. The entire production process is done by hand.

Cut the bamboo every year, start to make paper after the Qingming Festival in the following year, the bamboo is cut into five feet five inches long, soaked in the quicklime pond for three months, wash off the lime, and then the stone driven by the water wheel is scooped into paper powder, down to the sink, become pulp.

Then there is "papermaking", pressing the water dry, and then carrying it to the home "loose paper", that is, the paper that is glued together is rubbed open with complex fingering.

The loose paper is dried outside, and finally it is shaped and bundled into a product. A production cycle takes 9 months.

As soon as Ueda Nobukata listed the process of papermaking, he immediately felt a big headache, first of all, he needed a large number of workers, and secondly, although the raw materials were prepared, but it was winter, and there was still no way to make paper.

Then he can only do some preparatory work, and then prepare for papermaking in spring and summer.

That's what Nobukata Ueda thinks, but the reality is different.

Outside the door, Iwasita Ryu patted the door and said, "My lord, the envoy from Toishi Castle said that there was a merchant named Tennoji Tatsui who wanted to see the lord. ”

Ueda Nobukata frowned slightly, this is not the right time for Tennoji Tatsui, he doesn't have a sample to take out and communicate with Tennoji Tatsui.

But he still said, "I know, let him wait a while, and I'll go see him." ”

Ueda Nobukata put away the paper-making process he had written, put it in his clothes, and then walked out of the door to Ohiroma to meet Tatsuki Tennoji.

When Ueda Nobukata saw the envoy, he was patting off the snowflakes on his body, and the brazier burned in the Ohiro room, and the temperature rose, and the snowflakes that stuck to him turned into ice water and seeped into his clothes.

Ueda Nobukata walked to the main seat, sat down on the maza, and said, "You have worked hard, I will go to Toishi Castle with you in a while." ”

Ueda Nobukata asked him to arrange for the envoy to eat something and drink a little warm wine to warm up, and he had to talk to Sanada Yutaka before he could leave Matsuo Castle.

When Sanada Yutaka learned that Ueda Nobukata was going to Toishi Castle to meet a merchant, he was puzzled and asked, "Does the lord want to borrow money from a big businessman?" ”

Ueda Nobukata shook his head and said, "No, I have a specialty here, and I entrust the merchants of Tennoji House to sell it." ”

Sanada Yutaka thought about it carefully, there are no specialties around here, Shinano specialties are just that, and the more famous ones are the horses on Kiso's side, lacquerware, Yakumo's buckwheat and so on.

Ueda Nobukata saw Sanada Yutaka's doubts, so he said: "This is my creation, I see that there are a large number of bamboo forests around, and I once heard a foot monk say that bamboo can be used as the main material to make paper, which is the ancient method of the Tang people." ”

Sanada Yutaka didn't expect Ueda Nobukata to do this, so he was very interested in this, and asked, "As the minister knows, the smoothest place where paper sells is Mino and other places, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for the lord to compete." ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled: "My paper is different from theirs, my paper is cheap, cheap enough to be used to wipe your butt, how about it?" Awesome! ”

Sanada Yutaka heard that he could use paper to use the toilet, it was so extravagant, he couldn't think about it, but if it was really that cheap, it could indeed be sold.

Sanada Yutaka hurriedly said: "Lord, it is a snowy day now, so let the minister accompany you to Toishi Castle." ”

Ueda Nobukata thought about it, anyway, it's not a big deal, and it's okay for Sanada Yutaka to follow, just use his skills to deter it.

He smiled and said, "Okay, it's decided, you go and prepare, and we'll set off in a while." ”

I opened a hang again, everyone forgive me, after all, it's a novel, not real history, understand me for hitting the street.

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