Chapter 42: Genji's Heavy Treasure
On August 22, the first carriage was made by Shioya Tadabei, Kira Manmatsumu went to ride it on purpose, felt very good, praised a few words and rewarded him with the usual money, and told him to build this way, and to make no less than 20 carriages as soon as possible before August 28, Shioya Tadabei staggered when he heard this number and almost did not lie down.
"Miyakata-sama! The villain really doesn't have the ability to make so many carriages! Two days, one is already working day and night! Even if the villain's craftsman is familiar with the production process, it can only be compressed to one car a day, and twenty cars is really powerless! The Shioya Tadabei knelt on the ground with a sad face and pleaded, and all the men he had taken in stopped their work and knelt down, and in the crowd he saw gray-haired old men, middle-aged women, and children, and a little count of about thirty or forty people.
With a wave of his hand, Kira Manmatsumaru dispersed all the horses, forbidding the nearby townspeople to approach, and then sat on the mazazi prepared by Zenjiro Yamaoka and looked at the Hida craftsman who was kneeling on the ground, and suddenly said, "It took so many of you two days to build a carriage?" This speed is absolutely not possible! ”
"But the villain really can't do anything......" Shioya Tadabei knelt down and shrunk into a very pitiful ball, his Hida workers were full of despair one by one, the young woman covered her mouth with her child in her arms, as if she was afraid that she would make a bitter sound, Kira Manmatsumaru opened the iconic bat fan, and the beautiful fan was accompanied by a gentle fan like a fluttering butterfly, which stunned everyone.
"You're wrong! It's all wrong! ”
"Wrong?" The Shioya Tadabei was a little stunned, not understanding what this noble man meant.
"Yes! Wrong! And the wrong one couldn't be had! Kira Manmatsu Maru got up and walked over to the newly made carriage and pointed at the carriage with a fan bone, "Why can't you separate the axles, wheels, carriages, wheels, bridles, and horse harnesses and do them all separately?" Everyone has their own role, don't worry about the wheels for the axles, don't worry about how the wheels are doing, make 20 sets of carriage parts at a time, and then participate in the assembly together, so how much can your speed be improved? ”
"If the material is sufficient, six days, no! In five days, the villain can make twenty carriages! The Shioya Tadabei folded his fingers and counted for a long time, gritting his teeth and reporting his limit number.
Kira Manmatsumu had an idea and put forward a new request: "If the family pays for you to hire helpers, divided into two groups to work for six hours, day and night, how many carriages can you make in these six days?" ”
"This ...... The skill of the helper cannot be guaranteed, and the speed may not be much improved. The Shioya Tadabei wept sadly, tired of dealing with the nobleman's strange thoughts.
"What if they were asked to do some simple work? For example, reins, carriages, wheels, bridles, horse holsters and other things, as long as you teach them carefully, you can quickly make them! "Kira Manmatsu Maru quickly got along with each other and got around, and now the Shioya Tadabei has no recruitment, so it can only be.
"You can do the recruitment of craftsmen yourself, and they can't let you suffer if they learn skills from you, so you can hire them all after this time!" In the end, regardless of the face of the Shioya Tadahei, who was about to turn into a bitter melon, he directly made a decision, and by the way, he also helped him recruit a carpentry team of no less than 30 people.
"But ......"
"Oh! By the way, after the deed is completed, the family will pay double wages! Also, you should prepare more, and follow your family to Luo on August 28. After Kira Manmatsumaru shook off these words, regardless of the stunned expressions of this group of Hida craftsmen, he returned to Saijo Castle with a large group of people.
On the evening of August 27, thirty-five carriages were delivered as scheduled, and after deducting the cost of materials forty kan wen, the wages of each carriage were five hundred wen, in addition to the standard of double wages, Kira Manmatsumaru also gave an extra five kan wen equivalent to a reward, and these Hida craftsmen were happy as if they were celebrating a festival, and shouted that Miyakata-sama of the Kira family was really a good man.
On the evening of the 27th, Kira Manmatsu Maru, accompanied by Kansuke Yamamoto, visited the Imperial Hachiman Palace of the Kira family, the scale of this Imperial Hachiman Palace is not large, a total of three halls are divided into the left hall, the right hall, and the main hall, and the main hall has specially set aside a front room as a hall, which is actually a place to worship the gods.
The style of the building is the genre school, characterized by the eaves zigzag outward to show a curvature, the internal structure of the truss row of five rooms, the beam between the three rooms, the whole is a social flow of the bark of the root of the house, is also an original technology, in short, this shrine from top to bottom is a model of Japanese culture.
It doesn't matter if Kira Manmatsumu agrees or not, but the division of the Kira Isshiki clan, Miyaji Nagayoshi Yumitsu of the Imperial Sword Hachiman Palace, said so, and in the end, Kira Manmatsumaru was a little impatient and drove this guy away.
"Really! Every time I come here, Yongji Youguang repeats it, as if I'm afraid I'll forget! Kira Manmatsumu was speechless at this guy, and went around the hall dedicated to the Great Bodhisattva of Hachiman, and came to today's destination, the main hall of the Mikata Hachiman Palace.
"Master Craftsman, come and see! This is the treasure of my Kawachi Genji! It's also a treasure of my Kira clan! Mustache cut! And the White Flag! "Kira Manmatsu Maru stands in the main hall and enshrines the famous sword of Genji Aitachi, and the white flag used by the Hachimanden Minamoto Yoshiya in the last three years of the war.
Mustache cut is also known as Oni Cut, Lion's Son, Little Bird, Tomokiri and other names, from the first ancestor of the Qinghe Gen clan Yuan Manzhong Ming people forged, passed to the grandson Yuan Laiguang, descendants Yuan Laiji, and then became the family heirloom of the Kawachi Genji, successively experienced the second generation of the pillar Yuan Yoriyi, the third generation of the Yuan Yi family, the fifth generation of the source of the righteousness, the sixth generation of the Yuan Yi Dynasty, the seventh generation of the Yuan Lai Dynasty, and became the family heirloom of the Kawachi Genji descendants.
It has been rumored that when Minamoto Yorishio raised his army, he used the white cloth on the edict issued by Nioh to defeat the Taira clan more than 20 years ago to make a military flag, and thus became the origin of the Genji white flag, but this is not the case, as early as the first nine years of the battle, Minamoto Yoriyoshi, Minamoto Yoshimi family father and son set up a white flag in front of the gate of Ishishimizu Hachiman Palace, and entered the Ishishimizu Hachiman Palace to pray for a long military luck.
After the three-year battle, the Minamoto family waved the white flag to conquer the Oshu floating prisoner Qingyuan, when the Minamoto family crossed the Sumida River with his brothers and nephews, the white flags on both sides of the strait were set up like a forest Kanto samurai servants into the clouds, and after attacking Oshu, the white flag was also given to the great-great-grandson of the Ping Shomon, and the Chichibu was not the Taira Taketsuna, so that he could be the vanguard to defeat the Qingyuan Wuheng,
During the Seijo period, the Ashikaga Yoshiji, the pillar of the three generations of the Ashikaga clan, served as the guardian morale of Mikawa Province, and built the Gokahachimangu Palace when Saijoso was built in the castle, and the mustache that symbolized the descendants of Genji in Kawachi, and the white flag used by the Minamoto Yoshiya family in the last three years of the battle were enshrined in the main hall of the Gokahachiman Shrine, and it has been 330 years since then.
Kira Manmatsumaru first knelt on the spot and clapped his hands three times and said silently: "Nan no Hachiman Great Bodhisattva!" ”
Then he got up and picked up the mustache and gently stroked the handle of the knife and pulled it outward, "Choke!" With a bang, the two-foot-seven-inch mustache was pulled out by him, although it had experienced more than 600 years of wind and frost, it was still cold and shining.
"Good knives! It's really my Genji's treasure! With this knife and the white flag used by Hachimanden, why worry about the family's family business? Kira Manmatsumaru was amazed by this famous sword.
"Is it just reviving the family business?" Kansuke Yamamoto showed a meaningful smile, pretending not to see the fanatical expression on Kira Manmatsumaru's face, and turned around and walked to the front of the temple to pay homage to the Great Bodhisattva of Hachiman, this is the family shrine of Genji, the Emperor of the Emperor of the Middle Palace, the god of Hibi, the queen of the shrine, these three gods are very famous, the Emperor of the god of the god is not to be repeated, the queen of the shrine and the god of Hibi are both goddesses, of which the god of Hibi is also known as the great god of Biba, these two are closest to the Himiko recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms".
Kira Manmatsumaru stayed in the main hall for a short time, and then walked out with the white flag and the mustache cut, and greeted Yamamoto Kansuke: "Master! Time to go! ”
The two quietly descended the mountain, and Yamamoto Kansuke turned around and looked at the familiar shrine, and said with a smile: "Stealing the famous things in the Imperial Hachiman Palace like this, Nagayoshi Yumitsu will definitely be very troubled!" ”
"Yes! I'm just going to bother him for a while so I'm here tonight! Kira Manmatsumaru held the mustache and the white flag in his arms, and smiled happily.