In the castle tower

Kanai Bingbu saw Takeda Harunobu's suspicions and hurriedly explained to him, "My lord, this person was a former Noh actor from the Daizoryu who became interested in Kanayama by chance and studied new ways to increase the production of gold. ”

"Offended." Daizo Uemon first confessed and then said, "I think that with the current technology, extracting gold from gold mines is equivalent to losing half of the gold for nothing.

However, he learned a new method of ash blowing in the west and tried to refine gold without waste, and through this method, he was able to increase the production of gold by half. ”

"I see!" Takeda Harunobu suddenly asked with concern, "Then how many stones like this are in Mt. Kurokawa?"

Hyakukawa Shuemon listened to this and replied, "I can probably refine a total of 500,000 taels of gold." ”

"500,000 taels?" Takeda Harunobu was immediately shocked, with these gold mines, Kai Kai could soon become a powerful country in the world.

"My lord." Kanai added at the right time: "According to their conjectures, if all of them are true, it is believed that 10,000 taels of gold can be mined in a year with 1,000 people." ”

"Imai!" Harunobu Takeda, who was full of anticipation, immediately let go and said, "First of all, try to do what you want in this year." ”

"Haha." Imai and the others accepted the order with great energy. ......

Higasaki Pavilion.

Half a month after learning the news of the gold mine, Harunobu Takeda once again held a grand assessment at the castle tower.

"It's been two years since I became the lord of Kai!" Takeda Harunobu said to his retainers with great ambition: "In the past two years, I have often thought about the future of this country, as long as there is still a soldier in other countries, we will be trampled under his feet. In order to reduce our enemies, we will not hesitate to crush them.

Prevent floods, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and all the retainers are united. But if that's all there is to it, sooner or later, our Kai Nation will be attacked and destroyed. Therefore, I am determined to build the country of Kai into a strong country. ”

"Bring the pen!"

As soon as the words fell, Takeda Harunobu shouted to the little surname and took out pen and ink and other writing things, and soon two small surnames came in holding a paper the size of an arrow target.

Takeda drew a small circle on the paper and then a large circle outside the circle, and then he motioned for the minorages to show it to the retainers.

"This is the country I want to build!" Takeda Harunobu opened his mouth again to the retainers and said, "The small circle in the middle is our Kai country, and then the outer circle is the Kai country that we are going to establish from now on." In order for us to be invincible, such a large circle is very necessary.

Spread out the territory and station soldiers in various places; Cultivating land, prospering business, and gradually expanding opportunities. From now on, I don't know if it is a passive defense, and it is an active war to build a strong country. ”

After a deliberate pause to give the retainers room to think, Takeda Harunobu asked, "If you have anything to say, don't be restrained. ”

"Report! I have something to say. Before Takeda Harunobu could finish speaking, one of his retainers stood up and asked, "Isn't the ultimate goal of building a new country to conquer the world?" ”

"Hmm." Takeda Harunobu nodded appreciatively and said, "You can't build a strong country without looking forward to the world, so the first important thing is to make Kai Country strong."

Therefore, every war from now on is to build the country, make our country strong as soon as possible, and we must not fail, and the world is our goal after becoming a strong country!

Even if the summit of Mt. Fuji is unattainable, you can see it at the bottom of the mountain. ”

As a result, the future path of the Takeda family was thus established, but perhaps because they did not aim to seize the world from the beginning, the Takeda family eventually fell on the road to conquering the world.

A few months later, Harunobu Takeda began a war of conquest with a small prefecture. Nagawa Castle, Takato Castle, Fujisawa Castle, and Ryuzaki Castle in the small prefectures were taken one after another, and the territory of the Takeda family expanded in a short period of time.

In between the wars, Harunobu Takeda also took the opportunity to repair rivers, mine gold, and modify roads, and Kai quickly became powerful in his hands.

In the middle of the sixteenth year of Astronomy, Takeda Harunobu attacked Saku again and set off north. In one fell swoop, he captured Uchiyama Castle and defeated Uesugi Kenmasa, the Kanto governor of Ueno, but Takeda Harunobu had to stop when attacking Shiga Castle.

Shiga Castle Lord Tsukihara Kiyoshige is the overlord of the Saku region, and Shiga Castle is also a rare fortified city, even if it is as strong as Takeda, it is difficult to take it for a while.

"How many days are you going to stay here!" The embarrassment of Shiga Castle made Takeda Harunobu couldn't help but complain: "If you continue like this, you can't take Shiga Castle." ”

Seeing this, Sakagaki Nobukata, who had always been calm, couldn't help but persuade: "Lord, please sit down first." ”

However, the angry Takeda Harunobu still said to himself: "I even said that I would not hand over the city no matter what!" It's okay, I'm going to light a fire in the outer city to show the determination of our Takeda family. ”

"Even if you light a fire in the outer city, it will only make them fight for trapped beasts." Regarding the loss of control of his lord, Sakagaki Nobukata once again advised: "If Murakami can't come to help in time, then the soldiers in the city will commit suicide, and even if the castle is captured, they will only see the scene of death in battle." ”

"Suicide must not be tolerated!" Takeda Harunobu immediately came to his senses and said, "If the soldiers in the city commit suicide, then Azuhara will gain fame, so that the entire Shinano will look down on us Takeda." Murakami Yoshikiyo will laugh at our incompetence.

No matter what, you must let him hand over the city! We must make them fear our Takeda Army. There will be no forgiveness, there is no mercy to talk about war. March!"

"Yes." Sakagaki Nobukata and others had no choice but to receive orders to attack.

"Human nature is inherently evil!" Looking at the backs of everyone, Takeda Harunobu said to himself: "If I want to lose to justice, then I would rather abandon justice for the sake of victory." ”

In this way, Takeda Harunobu finally defeated the Zhuwara army after sacrificing about 3,000 soldiers, and Takehara Kiyoshi had no choice but to surrender to the city, but Takeda Harunobu killed the Tsubihara clan.

At this moment, Takeda Harunobu regarded human life as a mustard, and finally started the road of brutal conquest that lasted for more than 20 years in his life.

From then on, Takeda Harunobu quickly pacified the small prefectures, and everywhere he went, everyone was afraid of the tragedy of Shiga Castle and surrendered, but when the Takeda army continued to advance north, it had to face the overlord of Kita-Shinano, Murakami Yoshikiyo.

The Murakami family has always been the head of the wealthy families of the Northern Believers, so even if they are as strong as Takeda, they have to stop for a while.

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