The panicked samurai shouted "protect the lord" and rushed into the courtyard, and Ueda Nobukata put away the iron cannon and turned his head to look at Murakami Yoshikiyo.

Murakami Yoshikiyo and Yazaki Heizou were both shocked, and Murakami Yoshikiyo was surprised: "This is really like thunder, not to mention this power, this sound is enough to deter the enemy."

Stand down, I don't have anything to do here. ”

After the samurai retreated, Ueda Nobukata had someone bring the carcass and put it in front of Murakami Yoshikiyo, saying, "The iron cannon can pierce armor in thirty steps." ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo looked at the carcass in front of him, frowned, and said, "The speed of filling this iron cannon is too slow, can it really be used on the battlefield?" ”

Although Ueda Nobukata offered the iron cannon in, he didn't want to strengthen Murakami Yoshikiyo's strength, but he had to say something to get some credit for this matter.

He said, "The Iron Cannons are slow to reload, but they can be avoided by increasing their numbers, but they cannot be used in rainy and windy weather.

Lord, this time Saku-gun's strategy against the Takeda family, it is best to defend the city with iron cannons. ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo thought for a while and said, "You are right, it is much more advantageous to defend the city with iron cannons than with bows and arrows. Heizou, you can learn how to use the iron cannon from the Shinkata. ”

Yazaki Heizo paused: "Ha! The subordinates got it. ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo looked at Nobukata Ueda and asked, "How did this iron cannon come from?" How much does it cost? ”

Ueda Nobukata bowed his head and said, "This is a craft learned by craftsmen who bought it from below, and it is very difficult to build an iron cannon, and it takes four months to build an iron cannon."

If you want to buy iron cannons, you only need 100 kan for imitation iron cannons such as Tanegashima, and if you want to buy iron cannons from the Nanban, the price is almost 150 kan.

Moreover, the iron cannon needs to be rebuilt if it fires about 30 rounds at most, otherwise it will explode, and we can't make the lead bullets we need, so we need to buy it from the southern barbarians. ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo listened to Ueda Nobukata's story, and immediately put out the thought of large-scale equipment, he thought that this thing was quite cheap, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive.

Ten iron cannons is a thousand, and he can raise dozens of standing guards.

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi said: "Since your craftsman can build it, let's build it first, gather twenty pieces and then send it to my family, I won't treat you badly." ”

Ueda Nobukata bowed his head and said, "Ha! Please rest assured, I will do this as soon as possible! ”

Subsequently, Ueda Nobukata left the iron cannon at Murakami Yoshikiyo's residence, and then returned to Iwashita Village with Yazaki Heizou.

In the days that followed, Ueda Nobukata was in charge of building the iron cannon, and Yazaki Heizou learned how to use the iron cannon with Koheirajiro.

After Ueda Nobukata settled Yazaki Heizo, he called out to two ashigaru and left Iwashita Village with two boxes on his back.

This time, four ashigaru died on his side, and the other two ashigaru were also disabled, leaving only four ashigaru.

This time, he went to see Tennoji Tatsui.

Tennoji Tatsui saw Ueda Nobukata coming, and still warmly entertained Ueda Nobukata.

When Ueda Nobukata entered the store, he asked, "Shopkeeper, I have a business to do with you here, but it's a bit dangerous." ”

Tennoji Tatsui's face was a little nervous, and he asked, "Ah, this, Ueda, the little one just wants to do some small business here." ”

Ueda Nobukata approached Tennoji Tatsui, bowed his head and said, "The benefits are great!" If you sell a commodity, you will earn at least fifty yuan! ”

Tennoji Tatsui suddenly looked up at Ueda Nobukata, hesitated for a while, and asked, "Such a big benefit, small ones have really never heard of, I don't know what Ueda wants to do?" ”

"Iron Cannon." Ueda Nobukata said in a low voice.

Tennoji Tatsui was shocked, after he heard about the materials purchased by Ueda Nobukata, he thought that Ueda Nobukata would build an iron cannon.

Of course, he thought that this was impossible, and there were only a few places where he could build iron cannons, such as Honnoji, Tanegashima, and Kunitome Village.

If there is anyone who can build iron cannons, they will be co-opted by the daimyo of Gyeonggi and Chugoku.

Ueda Nobukata saw the disbelief on Tatsui's face at Tennoji Temple, and smiled: "Yes, I can build an iron cannon here." Samples have already been brought. ”

Tennoji Tatsui cleaned up his mood and said, "Then let's take a look at the quality of the iron cannon first." ”

They came to the courtyard of the store, and Tennoji Tatsui was afraid that more people would know about it, so he immediately asked people to check the surrounding situation.

Tennoji Tatsui just opened the box and glanced at it, and after a hurried glance, he closed it and said, "After all, this is a castle town, so it's not good to talk about this thing." ”

Ueda Nobukata thought for a while, nodded and said, "Then go to Iwashita Village, I'll live there, and the samurai in Iwashita Village are familiar with me, so nothing will happen." ”

Tennoji Tatsui and several servants brought money and followed Ueda Nobukata to Iwashita Village, where Kohera Jiro was located at the Kawabe blacksmith shop.

Ueda Nobukata took out the latest iron cannon and demonstrated it, and Tennoji Tatsui took the iron cannon with an excited face and looked at it carefully.

He said, "Ueda, the small one here can only be seen to be better than the iron cannon produced in Tanegashima, and as for the iron cannon from Nanban, it cannot be compared. ”

Ueda Nobukata knew that the iron cannon was very expensive at the beginning, and the price was reduced later, so he said: "This iron cannon will be sold for one hundred and fifty kan, and there will be daimyo to buy it."

Shopkeeper, I don't pay too high a price, one hundred, I can give you fourteen! ”

Ueda Nobukata almost took out the old bottom, after all, the price is high now, and it is a wave of bad money first.

When he went out to fight, he took out fifteen of them, and brought them all back, one was given to Murakami Yoshikiyo before, and the remaining fourteen were sold.

But in another day, there will be four in the shop, so it's okay for him to sell all the iron cannons.

Tennoji Tatsui thought about it for a while and accepted the price, knowing that the Takeda family was very interested in iron cannons, and had purchased a lot of iron cannons.

It's just that Kai is not close to the sea, so it is difficult to transport, otherwise Takeda Harunobu will buy more iron cannons.

The current Kai is very rich, and Takeda Harunobu has a gold mountain in his hand, and in order to be able to attack Shinano, Takeda Harunobu even used a money offensive.

Tennoji Tatsui left happily with the iron cannon, and Ueda Nobukata was also relieved, there was not much money left for him to sell the big armor before.

Four ashigaru killed in the battle, two ashigaru crippled, these have to pay for compensation, he can be said to be a selfish person, ashigaru's casualties were caused by him, and he himself almost died in the hands of Iitomi Genshiro because of selfishness.

Caring for these ashigaru is just to make my heart feel better, and there is an excuse to soothe my guilt.

He is a modern person who can treat others equally, but in the face of interests, he is a selfish person, and modern people are not saints, but their consciousness is slightly higher, and they are still very selfish when they should be selfish.

Of course, in this era, Koheirajiro's behavior can be said to be a good person.

Now that the iron cannon has been sold, the funds are sufficient again, and there is no need to worry about money for a while now.

But people have no long-term worries, and his relationship with the three bosses is getting worse and worse, and in the face of the suppression of the three bosses, he has no chance to fight back for the time being.