When Ueda Nobukata found Iwasita for breakfast, Iwasita asked him, "Nobukata, you are a samurai now, have you ever thought about getting married?" ”

Ueda Nobukata glanced up at Iwashita Naka, thinking of Aju's actions last night and this morning, and then understood Iwasita Naka's thoughts, and he hurriedly said: "Iwashita Hika, now that the Takeda family is still there, there are still many things to do in Xia."

Now this is the time to make contributions, and I don't have this mind yet, and when the situation is stable, I will consider this matter later. ”

Iwashita was still smiling, and he wasn't angry, of course, the marriage thing still needs to be done if both parties are willing.

Then he took Ueda Nobukata to Kawabe to find a suitable place to build a blacksmith shop.

Soon, they found the place where the river was more rapid.

Ueda Nobukata smiled, "Iwashita, Iwashita, I've been living here for the next few days. ”

Iwashita Center was overjoyed and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, you can stay as long as you want." "Although Ueda Nobukata didn't let up before, it would be good if he had more contact.

Iwasita is very optimistic about the future of Ueda Nobukata.

Ueda Nobukata didn't let Iwashita stay for a while because he was busy, and Iwashita also had something to do, so he left first.

All he had to do now was ask the idlers in the village to help build some houses, so that the ashigaru would have a place to live and the blacksmith could be protected.

After building a place where the ashigaru lived, the next step was to build a blacksmith shop.

Although Ueda Nobukata bought four blacksmiths, but to build iron cannons, these four blacksmiths are all novices, but fortunately, Ueda Nobukata knows how to build iron cannons.

It would take a craftsman a little more than a month to build the barrel of an iron cannon, and by the time the war began, it would be enough to make a dozen iron cannons.

Iron cannons were still a novelty at this time, even the Takeda family had dozens of them, and they were used as strategic weapons to deter the enemy.

Although Ueda Nobukata wanted to use water power as a power source, the time was not yet ripe, so he had to take manpower first.

After the blacksmith shop was built, Ueda Nobukata temporarily focused on a few craftsmen, and as for the ten ashigaru, they followed to carry things and do chores.

For the first time, the drill was operated by Ueda Nobukata himself, and several craftsmen next to him followed, and after Ueda Nobukata explained some tricks, he let several craftsmen start learning.

Of course, they each divided a gun pipe to drill, and if something went wrong, they would melt the gun pipe and re-exercise it to continue drilling.

The most important thing for an iron cannon is the barrel, generally it is best to drill to the end, and it is more connected to the barrel, which will lead to poor air tightness of the iron cannon, which can easily lead to explosion.

After a few days, the craftsmen became much more familiar with the technique of drilling, and the progress of the four pipes was not bad, and Ueda Nobukata did not keep an eye on it.

As for the ashigaru, it's time to get training.

Ueda Nobukata trained these ten as iron guns, so individual bravery is not the most important thing, but the queue and discipline are important.

So, Ueda Nobukata asked them to fight in a battle queue and walked these things step by step.

When he started training, the ashigaru didn't understand why he was doing this, and they weren't very happy about it.

"Let's go!"

With Ueda Nobukata's order, the ten ashigaru began to walk in a positive step, of course, cutting corners, Ueda Nobukata only needed them to walk neatly.

But such a simple request is just very difficult to do.

"Left Guard, you're fast again!" Ueda Nobukata suddenly frowned and scolded.

Zuo Bingwei has been scolded several times, and he is very dissatisfied: "Ueda, it's clear that a few of them are walking slowly!"

Besides, what's the use of that? Ueda, you have also been on the battlefield, and you should understand that as long as we are brave, it is enough! ”

"yes, yes, it's always been like this."

"How can Ueda be so confused?"

Ueda Nobukata took a deep breath, then exhaled and said, "So until now you're just a ashigaru!"

Courage is a must, but the most important thing is that Ashigaru and the samurai can follow the orders of the generals!

On the battlefield, anything will happen, once there is an emergency, you rely on your bravery to fight the enemy, and your army collapses, and the rest of the ashigaru flees, what is the use of your own bravery?

You have to remember that the ten of you are a whole, and you have to advance and retreat together, and as long as you are uniform, you can achieve more victories. ”

After that, he said, "If you follow my instructions and complete the training, he will be able to eat a bowl of white rice and a fish!" ”

With this reward, several ashigaru didn't have any complaints, and Koheirajiro did whatever he wanted, without any complaints at all.

Minamihiro Renan recorded Ueda Nobukata's words and drew a simple picture.

Not long after, Iwasita Naka came over with a few errand runners to deliver food, and saw Ueda Nobukata training Ashigaru.

This kind of training method is also the first time that Iwasita Middle School has discovered, and generally, when training, the ashigaru formations are taught, and the like are beaten.

When it was time to eat, Iwasita wanted to ask Ueda Nobukata, but Ueda Nobukata spoke first: "Uncle Iwashita is here again, it's really hard for you."

By the way, Uncle Iwashita, please add a bowl of white rice and a small fish in the future. ”

Iwashitazhong frowned slightly and said, "Xinfang, although you have money, but you have to raise ten ashigaru now, and that little money can't withstand such a spending." ”

Ueda Nobukata explained: "It's okay, Uncle Iwashita, in a few months, the war will come again, and I will grab it again when the time comes." ”

Iwashita raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If you have such confidence, my uncle still believes in you, but as a samurai, you must not indulge in enjoyment, otherwise your bravery will be consumed." ”

Ueda Nobukata was puzzled for a moment, and then remembered that large white rice could only be eaten by wars or daimyos, and this was a valuable item, even a strategic material, that ordinary people could not eat.

Even the samurai class rarely ate it, and ordinary people might not be able to eat it for the rest of their lives.

Nobukata Ueda explained, "Well, in order to keep the ashigaru training active, I'm going to reward them for being able to eat white rice for the best training every day. ”

Iwasita Naka didn't quite understand why Ueda Nobukata did this, he thought for a moment and said, "Nobukata, it's not that my uncle said you were wrong, it's just that I've never heard of such a thing.

And your training style has never been seen before, but now you are different, and my uncle still hopes that you will not make mistakes. ”