As Tian Fu Jingcheng won the crown of the Imperial Trial Iron Cannon Competition and won the honor of "Iron Cannon World", the mysterious "Spring Field House" behind him gradually became known. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoDaimyo, samurai, and merchants who were interested in iron cannons all knew about this method of carving lines in the barrel to enhance accuracy, and they expressed their intention to buy them.

Raphael, who could speak Fuso, gave himself the name "Shuntaya Shuichi" and approached this group of customers as a forging merchant, and in a few days sold 160 rifled iron cannons. More importantly, taking this as an opportunity, the network was greatly expanded, and the sales channel of the weapons market was opened up at once.

Although it was said in advance that it would be divided equally, Raphael, the Portuguese, gave a gift afterwards, and almost all the profits generated by the rifled gun were given to the tie.

Because the sales and profits of this special product are not much, "Springfielda" will still rely on ordinary goods in the future. Raphael hopes that through a deferential attitude, the other party will not have the idea of getting involved or even annexing the business.

A tie is certainly not so short-sighted.

There are many ways to make a profit from commerce (such as stamp duty), so you don't have to get into trouble yourself. His motivation for setting up Springfield House was not to make money, but to establish a firearms research institute. The iron cannon technology of the sixteenth century was very primitive, but on the other hand, it also meant that there was a huge room for improvement, perhaps with a slight tweak.

What's more, the Portuguese technicians brought by Raphael are far stronger than the local blacksmiths of Fuso in Hequan Country. In view of this, it is impossible for Fan Xiu to do something to kill chickens and take eggs.

For the management of "Springfield House", the tentative principle is: manufacturing tools are strictly guarded, and no take-out is allowed; Workers involved in manufacturing are monitored to prevent leakage of processes; Customers who buy in large quantities need to be politically vetted; For small batch purchases, basic identity information is also required.

In addition, Tian Fu Jingcheng, who was temporarily promoted to "starring", also got a "salary", and he was hired as an "iron cannon officer" by the flat family as a hundred stones of knowledge and action, and he was listed in the genealogy of the book and did not need to bear the favorable conditions of military service and taxes, and his family also got the qualification to live in Kishiwada Castle Waimaru.

However, Tian Fu Jingcheng did not take up a position in the army or go to the training ground as a teacher, as expected, but was sent to the "Spring Field House" as the technical person in charge of Fuso.

The Fuso gunners of this era were both shooters and firearms designers. While the general daimyo focus on the former, the draw pays more attention to the latter. This Tian Fu Jingcheng, whose family background is ordinary, can't afford to buy many samples, and he only uses an iron cannon to study the way out, instead of tossing it into a pile of scrap iron, which shows that he is talented. Therefore, Fan Xiu hopes that this person can learn more things from the Portuguese technicians, and strive to be better than the blue.

For most of the first month, the mind of the tie was focused on this matter, and the political and military activities in other places were also carried out at the same time. After Oda Nobunaga obtained the official position under the Shoshi, he continued to entangle with the shogunate in an attitude of mutual dependence and mutual fear, and the soldiers who guarded the various places returned to their garrisons one after another to resume the war or deal with internal affairs.

The reply of the Asai family was only late at this time.

After some private advance communication, on the 28th day of the first month of the first year of Motokame, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki finally issued an imperial letter to Asai Nagamasa, ordering him to summon the soldiers of the six counties of Omi Province, Ika, Asai, Sakata, Inuage, Aichi, and Kanzaki to crusade against the two people of Akamatsu Yoshisuke and Urakami Sokei, who were "rampant and lawless" in the western country, and at the same time vetoed Akamatsu and Urakami's request for guardian service.

The order was written by Ashikaga Yoshiaki himself, but it was delivered to Omi Kotani Castle by Masashi Sakai, a close confidant of the Oda family, and passed to Asai Nagamasa. This fully embodies the spirit of Nobunaga's request to "prohibit petitioning at higher levels."

Nobunaga's ideal plan was to cut off the shogun's ties with the other daimyos, and only to have contact with the Oda family, so that the shogunate would become a complete vassal power. Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not explicitly resist, but his countermeasure was to win over Oda's retainers, such as issuing military service to Hirate Honhide, Shibata Katsuie, and others.

In short, the two sides come and go, and I don't know who can achieve the goal first.

In the months ahead, Asai had been a victim of political struggle. In Oda's opinion, no matter how friendly it is, after all, it is not as safe as his own retainers; In Ashikaga's view, he did not take the initiative to move closer to the shogunate, as if he was a fellow Oda party.

Of course, this is due to objective reasons, but there are also factors such as Asai Nagamasa's low political sensitivity and lack of good eloquence and diplomacy. Counter-examples are Matsunaga Hide, Akechi Mitsuhide, and even Hirate Hinohide, who also live in the complex relationship between Oda and Ashikaga, but not only are they not hurt by this, but they are profiting from it.

Fortunately, Tie Tsusho came up with a whimsical idea to solve this dilemma. Asai was given the opportunity to expand, and the shogunate was happy to see it, and Nobunaga had no objection.

As for Harima's Akamatsu, Urakami and other enemies, although they can't be taken for granted, Asai Nagamasa has repeatedly defeated Rokkaku with fewer victories since Motofu, and it may be the easiest for him to solve problems with a sword.

In addition, Hirate also promised to provide a maximum of 2,000 koku of military rations per month, which was transported to Hyogo Island by sea, and only charged a low price of 500 wen per stone, and specifically offered to use the spoils of war to offset the money, which solved the hidden danger of logistics. Correspondingly, a trivial request was to allow the merchant houses responsible for transporting grain to operate normally in Harima Province.

Hadohide's idea was to use Asai's military power to crush the original order of Harima Province, and then let his own commercial power infiltrate it and bring it into the trade circle.

For this reason, a business called "Sanlu House" was specially established to make vests. This new business was mainly composed of people transferred from the "Tamagoshiya", and temporarily appeared as a grain merchant, and in the future, grain was sold to Asai.

As for Tamakoshi Sanshiro himself, Hazuhide hopes that he will slowly withdraw from practice and evolve into a bureaucrat. Of course, this will be a long-term process.

In the future, it is envisaged that there will be many commercial houses or organizations under the banner of commercial houses. These organizations are not used to collect money, but to achieve the layout of all aspects.

"Yuyueya" was originally engaged in the armor business, but later under the protection of Fanxiu, it gradually developed into pawnbroking and lending. In the future, it will be positioned for businesses such as banking and insurance.

"Springfield" appears to be a forging house, but in fact it exists as a military research institute.

"Sanlu House" is an attempt. The policies implemented in Izumi have greatly improved the business order in the area. What needs to be studied now is whether this kind of commercial order can be extended without the use of force.

Ordinary samurai have fought all their lives for the territory of Zhixing. But Hite-hode knows the general trend of history, and is not worried about it, but pays more attention to the harvest outside the territory.

However, his thoughts are incomprehensible to most of the masses in this era.

Kiyotsuna Akao came in place of Asai Nagamasa, who was "sick", to express his gratitude to Hirate Hatsuhide, and conveyed Asai Nagamasa's greetings. From his account, Fan Xiu can vaguely glimpse that the process of internal negotiation in Asai is very tortuous, and there are countless reasons for suspicion in the middle, and even almost triggers infighting. This is the reason why Akao Kiyotsuna secretly entrusted his young son and young daughter.

At the same time, there was also a hint of inquiry between the words, and he expressed doubts about the motives of Hite's Hite-suo to meddle in the affairs of the Asai family.

Presumably after he calmed down, he gradually realized that the alliance between Oda and Asai had a great impact on Akao's status, but it did not have such a deep impact on Hito's status.

Because the strength of the two sides is not equal. If Oda betrays the alliance, it will be a catastrophe for Asai. Asai's longitudinal breach of the contract may not be able to shake the foundation of Oda.

Perhaps in order to solve this doubt about motives, in the end, Akao Kiyotsuna made a slightly bold request:

"Forgive me for taking the liberty of being unprepared, and I hope that my unsuccessful children will take care of me."

Hirata Fuxiu frowned, and subconsciously wanted to shake his head. But after hesitating for a moment, he nodded his head and agreed.