After the evaluation meeting, Ueda Nobukata left Murakami Yoshikiyo's residence and went to the castle town of Katsumi Castle, where he still needed to sell Itagaki Nobukata's big armor.

Although he has 30 yuan of annual income and a support for rice, he is still very poor.

If he sold this great armor, he could get at least 600 yuan at once, and he would become rich in an instant. This money is enough for him to recruit twenty ashigaru to mix under him for a year.

Of course, Ueda Nobukata would not do this, and it is best to use this money for business, but in Shinano's environment, it is estimated that doing business is also a loss, so it is better to save it first.

Now he wants to see the father and son of Iwashita, now he is directly under Murakami Yoshikiyo, and he will have his own house in Katsumao Castle, and he has become a samurai master, but he can't forget the old master.

When he arrived at the place, Iwashita Kiyoshi was standing outside the courtyard, he didn't go to the assessment meeting today, after all, his father was injured.

However, Murakami Yoshikiyo still had his exploits recorded, as well as his father's, who had both fierce battles and wounded battles, and was promoted to the head of the ashigaru.

Iwashita Kiyoshi was only rewarded with some money and food, and there was no promotion in his position, but after Iwashita's death, Iwasita Kiyoshi was able to inherit the position of Ashigaru with his previous merits.

Iwashita Kiyoshi saw Ueda Nobukata appear, and hurriedly rushed up to hug him and said, "Koheijiro, thank you!" My father has woken up. ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled: "Ah, it's good that Iwashita woke up, then I'll be relieved." ”

"Your kindness will definitely be remembered in the future!" Iwashita Kiyoshi bowed his head and said, "By the way, what did His Royal Highness the Pavilion Master reward you?" ”

Ueda Nobukata patted his chest and said, "Now I'm calling Ueda Nobukata, I'm a samurai!" Hahaha! ”

Iwashita Kiyoshi patted Ueda Nobukata's moon and said, "Okay, congratulations, Nobukata!" ”

Ueda Nobukata said with a smile: "Iwashita is the same joy, Iwasita has been promoted to the head of the ashigaru group, and once he has made meritorious contributions, he can also be the head of the ashigaru in the future."

Hahaha, since Iwasita is much better, I won't bother Ichimoshi to take care of Iwasita in the next, and I'll invite Ichimoshi to drink again when I have time! ”

Ueda Nobukata then left, turned around and went to look for the merchant.

In the castle town of Katsubi Castle, because the war has ended, many merchants have returned.

Tatsuki Tennoji from the Sakai Port Rendezvous Tennoji House is the most powerful merchant in Gyeonggi in the castle town of Katsumi Castle, and even Murakami Yoshikiyo will be more polite to him.

Ueda Nobukata also asked a few businessmen before finding him.

Tennoji Tatsui personally received Ueda Nobukata, he looked at Itagaki Nobukata's big armor, nodded and said, "This is indeed the best big armor, how much does Ueda plan to sell?" ”

Ueda Nobukata said with a smile: "The shopkeeper must know that the meaning of this great armor is extraordinary, this is the great armor of His Royal Highness Takeda's important ministers.

Now His Royal Highness Takeda is still setting up a formation on the other side of the river, unwilling to leave, which shows that His Royal Highness Takeda is very unwilling to defeat this defeat in his heart.

After all, this is the first time that His Royal Highness Takeda has been defeated, so the shopkeeper must understand what he means, right? ”

Tennoji Tatsui looked at Ueda Nobukata, his eyes were filled with contempt, he knew that the person in front of him did not simply become a samurai because of merit.

He smiled and said: "Oh, listening to what Ueda said so, the contemptible seems to understand a little, but the contemptible is dull, and please ask Ueda to solve the doubt." ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said, "The shopkeeper is now taking this pair of armor to His Royal Highness Takeda, and he will definitely get the friendship of the Takeda family, so doing business there will definitely be a lot of profit."

After all, there is a gold mountain in the territory of the Takeda family, and compared to the war-torn Shinano, Kai is a good place to do business. ”

Tiannoji Dayi bowed his head and said: "Thank you Ueda for solving your doubts, the contemptible people are grateful, this pair of big armor, the contemptible people are willing to accept it a thousand times!" ”

Ueda Nobukata raised the corners of his eyebrows, he really wanted to laugh out loud, he coughed, and said: "There is something that will trouble the shopkeeper, I am now a samurai, of course I want to get a better armor, this matter?" ”

Tennoji Tatsui nodded and said: "This is a trivial matter, although Ueda Maki commands, I don't know what Ueda Hara has for armor?" ”

Ueda Nobukata immediately asked Tatsui Tennoji for paper and pen, and drew a hood of a dragon's head, as for the armor, it was the shape of the world's foot.

Tennoji Tatsui looked at Ueda Nobukata drawing a lifelike armor and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that Ueda Danqing's way is so powerful, and I admire it!" ”

Ueda Nobukata touched the back of his head embarrassedly and smiled, "Hahaha, is it?" I felt that my kung fu had degraded, which made the shopkeeper smile. Then please ask the shopkeeper to build it according to this painting.

As for the color of the armor, it is mainly red, and the other colors are green and white. ”

Tennoji Tatsui nodded and said, "Hey, everyone remembers, so does Ueda have any other orders?" ”

Ueda Nobukata was about to leave, but remembering that Tatsuki Tennoji was a merchant from Sakai Port, he asked, "Can I buy iron cannons here?" ”

"Iron cannon?" Tennoji Tatsui raised his head and looked at Ueda Nobukata carefully, and asked, "Ueda wants to buy this?" It's not cheap. ”

Ueda Nobukata said disapprerovingly: "Is it expensive?" In the Ming Kingdom, the iron cannon needed less than two taels of silver at most, that is, twenty yuan of money, is it very expensive? ”

Tennoji Tatsui thought that Ueda Nobukata had just heard about iron cannons, so he was curious, but he didn't expect Koheira Jiro to know more than him.

He hurriedly asked: "Ueda Yu, you're not joking, now the most pieces of iron cannon are hundreds of times, and the quality is not good, it can't be so cheap." ”

Ueda Nobukata beckoned to Tatsui of Tennoji Temple and said softly, "That's because the technology of making iron cannons is too backward, and the production quantity is small, and the scarcity is expensive."

But in the Ming Kingdom, such a huge country, there are many iron cannons to make, so it is so cheap.

The iron cannon made by Tanegashima is also learned from the Nanban, and you Tennoji House must have a connection with the Nanban, and the iron cannon you buy from the Nanban will definitely not be ridiculously expensive.

Shopkeeper, you understand people, you won't be black-hearted to deceive you, right? ”

Tiannoji Dayi hurriedly shook his head and said: "How dare you deceive Ueda, it's just that the iron cannon has only been out for a long time, and the price of an iron cannon is really high." ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said, "Yes, then the shopkeeper will sell me a few blacksmiths, as well as iron, lead bullet, saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur." ”

Tennoji Tatsui did not refuse this request, and he was very interested in what Ueda Nobukata wanted to do with these things.

And he felt that his idea was a little too crazy, and he didn't think that the Ueda Nobukata in front of him could make an iron cannon.