Chapter 225: The Teutonic Knights of Nassau
Kira Yoshitoki looked at them, and they looked at Kira Yoshitoki, and then Kira Yoshitoki spread his hands, and the knight who didn't know his name also shrugged at him with his lips......
Kira Yoshishi urgently called Frank Argot and asked him to hire a man who was fluent in English and German to be a translator, and he paid a total of 200 pounds for the same two-year contract, and of course this translator also had to be a part-time teacher to teach him how to use German.
The practical silver trading is also something he likes to see, because the Portuguese have noticed that the value of gold in Japan is high and the value of silver is low, so they directly poured in a large amount of gold to exchange for silver, and Japan's gold production is simply not worth mentioning compared to silver, and Sado's Tsuruko Gold Mountain mined more than 2,000 tons of silver, and the gold is only a few dozen tons can be seen.
This business still feels a little bit of a loss, and the salary worth tens of thousands of Yongle money is thrown out at once, it is impossible to say that it is not painful, and those invited uncles are expensive and scared to death, if he is not quite wealthy, the salary is enough to eat him bankrupt.
Twelve horses were specially sent to Sakamoto Castle by him as treasures, and he also specially sent horses to protect these horses in turn, one is for protection, and the other is for secrecy, of course, the ninja army under Hattori Baochang also received the task of keeping the horses secret.
"The climate here is good for horses to grow." Karl, a boring Englishman, saw the scenery of Lake Omi and said, "This horse is only three years old, and it will take two to three years before it is trained to become a war horse, but I suggest that you should better breed as a horse breed, and there has always been a habit of breeding horse breeds in the European continent." ”
Looking at the tall and sturdy horses surrounded by a group of curious warriors, they had never seen such tall horses. He is taller than a man. And the fur is shiny, the eyes are bright, and at first glance, it is a peerless horse. If it weren't for the order of Kirayoshi not to come close, these guys would have to go into the stable and sleep with them.
"I understand this!" Kira nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Twelve horses are not effective combat power, and cultivating horse breeds is a long-term process, I think you can teach apprentices how to raise horses in two years, right?" ”
"It's hard to say, a good horse trainer needs three to five years of teaching, it takes a smart mind and hard-working hands, you know. You're the only one here who is proficient in English, so ......" Karl shrugged to indicate that you understand.
"Alright! More on that later! What if these horses were transported to colder places? Will there be any adverse effects? ”
"A colder place? I guess no problem! The Terekna horse is a breed of horse bred by the Teutonic Knights, and the Holstein horse comes from the northernmost part of North Germany, and unlike the delicate Arabian horse, they are both very hardy and excellent horse breeds. Karl walked into the stable with Kira Yoshitoki, stroked the neck of one of the sturdy Trekna horses, and said, "They are very smart, sensitive little ones, who have just arrived in their new home and are not comfortable getting to know some new companions. You know, life on a boat after a few months of bumps is not so wonderful. ”
"It's good to have you as a good horse trainer, otherwise I'd be really anxious!" Kira Yoshitoki asked, "Is there a problem with the treatment of illness?" Do you want me to ask a veterinarian to help? ”
"We trainers are born veterinarians. The illness of these little ones should not be too much for me, but it would be nice to have the help of your veterinarian. Karl nodded at him, and left Kira Yoshishi to serve the foals.
Kira Yoshitoki was bowing his head in contemplation when he heard someone shouting softly, "Lord Pavilion! ”
"Huh? It's a long time. Following the prestige, Yamaoka Naga, who was poking his head outside the stable door, whispered to him, and of course Kira Yoshitoki knew what he wanted to say, shook his head and walked out.
Yamaoka said excitedly, "Lord Pavilion, are these divine horses for us?" ”
"Yes, of course...... Impossible! ”
“…… Uh, why don't you give it to us? Yamaoka fell from the top to the bottom for a while, "Oh no! I mean, even if you don't give it to us, you have to give it to the owner! Needless to say, a group of horse-riding warriors beside him stared at Kira Yoshishi with wide eyes and expectation.
Kira Yoshitoki felt that he had been a little indulgent to them in the past few years, and it was time to beat them, so he pulled down his face on the spot and scolded: "This is a famous horse as a breeder, do you know what breeding is?" Is it more important to cool you off, or is breeding more important? Learn to think before you talk in the future, don't try to ask me, you know? ”
"Yes, yes! Your Majesty understands! Yamaoka bowed down in fear.
"Don't wander around the stables when you get it." Dropping these words, Kira Yoshitoki turned away from the stable.
Dealt with the problem of British horse trainers, and then there was this group of North Germans, these guys are more troublesome, the most terrible thing is that they don't understand English, so they have to translate German into English through a translator, he manually translated it into Japanese, and called Matsui Nobuyuki to be a stenographer, while communicating, Kira Yoshitoki is still trying to learn German grammar, fortunately, it seems that there are many similarities between English and German, and he can speak some simple spoken language in a few days.
Within a few days, many people knew that there were a few blonde and blue-eyed Nanban people from Sakamoto Castle, and they were also Nanban samurai, who were hired by Kira Yoshitoki from thousands of miles away to serve as instructors, and soon there were samurai from Mikawa who came to inquire about the situation of these Nanban samurai, and seemed to want to compete with them.
A stubble of three rivers samurai ran over to ask for battle, which made Kira Yoshishi overwhelmed, and finally decided to have a public trial, the location was in the Kira family's Nimaru Teaching Field, the opponent was recognized as the first master of swordsmanship in the Kira family, Nakajo Shixiu, and on the opposite side was a real Teutonic knight, named Hans of Nassau, there was still a big difference between the two sides.
"Let's tryout!"
Nakajo Shixiu cautiously observed this enemy, the height of one meter nine has an absolute height advantage, it seems that he is not very familiar with the wooden knife with curvature, the increase in curvature makes the balance of the blade completely different from the knight's sword, Nakajo Shixiu is to grasp this, and immediately tiptoe and stride towards him.
"Smack!"
Hans, who was still carefully adjusting the feeling of holding the sword, suddenly slashed with a knife, accurately blocking Nakajo Tokihide's path of travel, blocking his footsteps, and the inevitable rhythm of a stab was broken, Nakajo Tokihide keenly realized that he had fallen into a dangerous situation, this feeling was like a beast being targeted by a hunter, and a visceral discomfort pressed him to fight back.
"Bang Bang!"
Nakajo Shixiu successively split vertically, horizontal slash combination skills, the last blow even used a rare jump slash, but it was still Hans easy next, at this time Nakajo Shixiu, who had exhausted his remaining strength, immediately regretted it, he was too confident in his own strength, and he rashly shot when the enemy and friend were unknown, and he was unwilling to pursue one after another after a failure, and finally put himself in a dilemma.
Many samurai watching from the sidelines also noticed Nakajo Tokihide's flaws, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki said: "Since the chaos has been in place, Tokihide has already lost." ”
Nakajo Tokihide had no time to reflect, the next moment Hans's counterattack came as scheduled, all he could do was hurriedly retreat to block, but from the huge force when the two wooden knives collided, all his illusions were broken, the wooden knives were brutally smashed away by this huge force, and the next moment the round and blunt tip of the knife had reached his throat.
"Shhh This Southern Barbarian has so much strength and fast swordsmanship! "Laymen look at the excitement, insiders look at the doorway, none of the samurai in the field are laymen, one by one is either practicing swords or guns, even Naito Masari, who mainly practices archery, also has good swordsmanship, of course they can see the power of this Nanban samurai.
"Very powerful swordsmanship! It's a violent combat skill, but I like it! Kira Yoshitoki stood up and applauded first, and then the sparse applause rang out one after another, and Hans also stepped back to collect his sword and salute with a smile.
"That's too violent, isn't it? This is the number one master of my Kira family! Some of the young warriors were not convinced, and shouted that victory would not be martial, and Hans was very calm in response to some criticism, and learned from the translator's paraphrase that he said: "This is a body given to him by God, so there is nothing wrong with him doing this, he did not hurt the warrior, did he?" ”
"Tell him that this skill competition, speed and strength can only be compared in a relatively fair way, and don't forget that you are here to be an instructor, and you can teach them better if you are familiar with your students." Kira Yoshitoki said to the interpreter: "I don't think he's used to using a wooden knife to use force, so let the two sides use unedged weapons to try it out!" ”
Hans shrugged his shoulders and said that he understood, and in the next competition, the two sides changed to weapons without blades, and gradually reined in strength, and it didn't take long to achieve the same duel as Nakajo Shixiu's strength, the German knight's swordsmanship is indeed very powerful, the ball with the hilt of the sword can be used as a lever to rotate the wrist as the axis, the skill is very clever and the speed is unguardable.
Although Hans had gathered his strength, his body was too tall and his arms were too long, and he could easily attack Nakajo Tokihide, but Nakajo Tokihide could not get close to the effective attack range, so this doomed and unfair duel was finally terminated by Kira Yoshitoki, who first let Nakajo Tokihide rest, and then let Watanabe Takatsuna go into battle with a scythe.
Hans was also proficient in knightly marksmanship, both horse and foot combat were common in Europe, and after several trials with Watanabe Takatsuna, it still ended with Hans easily victorious, and then the unconvinced samurai went on the field one by one and retreated one by one, even if they were defeated, this group of people still insisted that this was just the advantage of the Nanban samurai relying on their high numbers and horses.
"What an unrepentant experience!" Seeing that there were still people who couldn't face up to the gap in skills, Kira Yoshitoki simply ordered: "Let Rupert and them go!" (To be continued......)