At present, the Tian Rijia is pondering Oda Nobunaga's thoughts, and the castle tower of Kiyosu Castle, the lord of Owari is receiving several big businessmen in Owari.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the nun in front of him with interest, and glanced coldly at several big businessmen around him, causing them to sit down one after another.

"I'm so sorry!"

Oda Nobunaga sneered.

"When I became a temple fair here, I could come in if I wanted to.

I'll give you face, you don't want it yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless in the future. ”

Owari is a major grain producer, and so is Nobunaga's goal, Mino.

The two countries divide the Nobi Plain equally, with the Higashiyama Road and Tokaido to the east and Omi to the west, and Ise and Ise are the richest areas in the vicinity.

However, there are good and bad things in everything, and there are also shortcomings in the Nowei Plains.

Where it was too rich, the samurai lacked the impetus to expand externally, and the military was not strong enough.

In addition, the rich Nobi Plain lacked mineral resources, so if you wanted military supplies, you had to export grain or develop logistics trade routes to become a part of Tokaido's trade.

Oda Nobunaga knew in his heart that if she took the entire Nobi Plain, there would be enough food and enough people for her to toss, but these were far from enough.

The samurai inertia in the guardian system has begun to affect the retainers of the lineage who have unified Owari.

After taking Mino, these Owari samurai, who are a little rich and seek peace, will definitely be even more slack.

She must reform now to increase her strength and swallow Mino so that she can continue to force them forward.

Reform the military system and improve the military strength of the army. Change commerce and increase military reserves.

On the one hand, starting from the modification of the law of Spo Ashigaru, give Ashigaru a channel to rise, and further stimulate their combat power.

On the other hand, it attracted merchants, dismantled checkpoints in various places, canceled the castle towns, reduced the tax burden and procedures of merchants, and stimulated their motivation to come to Owari to trade.

But she never expected that these businessmen would be so bold and dare to bring nuns in the meeting where she attracted the merchants.

The anger in her heart was monstrous, but the smile on her face did not decrease, but her eyes were cold and her killing intent fluctuated.

Prepare to pick a chicken out and kill it, lest these merchants have to inch in and forget their identity.

The nun, on the other hand, looked calm, prostrated herself to the ground, and saluted Oda Nobunaga.

"Honnoji Higen, I've seen His Highness Oda. Please don't blame them, Your Highness, they are all here with my plea.

If you want to vent your anger, order me to be beheaded, and the poor nun is willing to accept it. ”

Oda Nobunaga's pupils shrank, this nun has some background.

"You are the head of this generation of Honnoji Temple?"

"No, it's just down there."

Oda Nobunaga leaned back and lay on her side on the pillow, suddenly losing her desire to make an example of the merchants who had brought her a lot of money.

The name of the Japanese character is the tradition of the Nichiren Hokke sect, which is also known as the Nichiren sect.

At the beginning, Nichiren, the first Venerable Master, designated six disciples, Hichi, Riro, Hinashi, Hinata and Nichichi, as his disciples.

Later generations called them the Six Old Nuns, and they were the messengers of the development and growth of the Nichiren sect.

The teachings of the Nichiren sect are very similar to those of the Ichiren sect, in that they both chant a word to become a Buddha, competing for low-level believers who lack cultural literacy.

The Nichiren sect is a Nam no Myoho-renge-kyo, and the Ichiren sect is a Nam no Amitabha Buddha.

It's just that Nichiren is arrogant and strictly abides by not giving away, that is, non-believers do not accept offerings, and non-believers do not pass on their teachings.

And the sect has always been even more shameless, as long as it is a human being, the wicked believe that I will also let you become a Buddha.

Because of the simplicity of the doctrine and the preaching at the bottom, the two factions clashed fiercely, and the Ichiren sect burned down the Nichiren sect at the original Honzan in Echizen.

At that time, the Tsutori sect was pressed and beaten by the Nichiren sect, and who knew that the boss of the Lotus Sutra sect, the Tendai sect, saw that the Nichiren Lotus sect was growing stronger and stronger, so he simply struck first.

The slaughter of the Nichiren sect's temple in Kyoto caused the Nichiren sect to suffer a great loss of vitality, and the Ichiren sect gasped for breath and sat down instead.

This Fahua Rebellion made the Tiantai Sect no longer have the shame to call itself the Lotus Sect, and from then on it was called the Tiantai Sect.

After this disaster, the Nichiren sect changed its style and spread out its mission, attracting industrial and commercial believers in castle towns.

Honnoji Temple was the most mainstream Nichiren sect's Nichiren station, and was founded in Kyoto by the Nichiren Master during the time of the Ninth Shogun.

As a sign of Nichiren's return to Kyoto, Honnoji has a fairly high status within the Nichiren sect.

This Honnoji Rigen is the owner of this generation of Honnoji Temple.

For Oda Nobunaga, who coveted the interests of business and commerce, it was a pillow that came to sleep.

Although I don't know why the Nichiren sect found him, he will definitely not lose his benefits.

Oda Nobunaga smiled slightly and said softly.

"Master Rixuan is here, what advice do you have?"

Master Rixuan's eyes suddenly turned red, he couldn't cry, and he fell to the ground and begged for help.

"I beg His Highness Oda to save my Nichiren sect disciples."

Higen came to Owari and was also forced to be helpless.

Although the Nichiren sect and the Ichijo sect competed for the low-level believers, after that great turmoil, the Nichiren sect changed direction.

Merchants and craftsmen developed mainly in castle towns, and avoided the villages where Ichimune mainly developed.

The two factions have been at peace for decades, and who knows that after Honganji appeared to be on the throne, he once again attacked the Nichiren sect.

At this time, the two factions were no longer evenly matched at the beginning, and even the Nichiren sect had the upper hand.

The Yixiang Sect developed rapidly after the reform of the Eight Generations of Dharma Masters, and the low-level Ji warriors were recruited to launch the Yiyi Sect, and quickly established a huge power.

However, the merchants and craftsmen developed by the Nichiren sect are not the main force of the army, and even if they are not weak in financial and material resources, they are not the opponents of the armed forces of the Nichiren sect.

Ichijomune has the greatest influence in Settsu, Omi, Ise, Kaga, and Mikawa.

These places were also hubs of trade routes, and there were many harbor towns, and they were also places where Nichiren sect believers gathered.

This turned against the Nichiren sect and demanded the life of the Nichiren sect, and the local branches of the Nichiren sect, which had been divided for many years, couldn't help but ask for help from the Nichiren sect, the big force within the sect in Kyoto.

And the main figure of the Nichiryu faction, the head of the Honnoji Temple, Higen, was worried about the danger of the destruction of the Nichiren sect, and his hair turned gray.

The Ichijo sect has become bigger, and neither the two major forces of the sect, the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect, nor the secular shoguns and local samurai clans, are willing to clash with it.

Honnoji Rixuan raised her eyes and looked, but there was no force in the past few days that could shelter her own believers, so she had to look outside the territory.

Hokuriku Province and Tokaido are two trade routes with prosperous logistics, and they are the best places for industrial and commercial people.

However, the Echizen Asakura family fought against Ichijo Munei and was expelling Buddhist forces.

Killing the red-eyed martial artist doesn't matter which sect you are, nuns are not a good thing anyway, so grab them all and kill them first.

As a last resort, Honnoji Rigen can only come to Tokaido to seek a turnaround.

The first thing she found was Oda Nobunaga, who had just unified Owari Province and was thriving.

Oda Nobunaga saw her crying while explaining the tragedy of the Nichiren sect, his face did not change, and he was even a little impatient after listening to it too much.

Honnoji Higen gradually stopped talking and looked at Oda Nobunaga.

I saw her coldly look at the nun who was crying with pear blossoms and said.

"I deliberately ordered Rakushi Leza, but the followers of the Nichiren sect will not come."

Rixuan nodded fiercely.

"Come!"

"I've heard that there are many skilled craftsmen in the Nichiren sect, but you believers can do things in the iron cannon workshop in Kii Province?"

Rixuan was stunned for a moment and replied.

"There are indeed believers, but they are sheltered by the Kii people, and the sect will never persecute them."

Oda Nobunaga glanced at her and said coldly.

"I will set up an iron cannon workshop in Owari, I will give the grain and copper money, I will give the peasants and soldiers who built the workshop, and the followers of the Nichiren sect will only do things, and the reward will never be missing from you.

As long as you can get the iron cannon technique, I will enter the Nichiren sect and fight against the Ichiren sect with you. ”

Rixuan was shocked.

"Your Highness is serious."

"If there is any falsehood, heaven and earth will be destroyed."

Oda Nobunaga is going crazy thinking about iron cannons.

The iron cannon is good, and Ashigaru only needs to train for a month to be able to fight.

Although he is not as brave as a samurai, as long as he can shoot and kill, he will not feel distressed when he dies.

Are you still afraid of the dead in troubled times? Owari Mino is full of people!

Oda Nobunaga's eyes lit up with wildfire, as long as she perfected the Oda family's ashigaru law and equipped with an iron cannon spear, she had the confidence to compete with the heroes of the world.

But the iron cannon also has drawbacks, it is too expensive.

The iron cannon is a craft that Tanegashima exchanged for a man from the Nanban, and one iron cannon is one hundred times.

Later, Sakai merchants stole the craft and handed it over to the Kii people to cast, and the two sides cooperated to make money, and one fell to more than 30 times.

But more than 30 times is too expensive, the bottom Ji warriors are outstanding, only about fifteen times a year, and one iron cannon is worth a year of hard work for two Ji warriors.

And the iron cannon also needs to be equipped with gunpowder, projectiles, and arquebuses, which are consumables, and ordinary people simply cannot afford to play with them.

Now, except for the Roots and Saga of Kii Province, other forces are unable to establish an iron cannon group.

Oda Nobunaga has long been greedy for iron cannon craftsmanship, as long as the Nichiren sect is bent on her.

She was willing to let the merchants pay her taxes, let the craftsmen make armaments for her, and steal the iron cannon craft to serve the Oda family's great business.

She, Oda Nobunaga, is willing to believe in the Nichiren sect!

Not to mention cutting down a few nuns from the Tendai Sect, even if you burn down the main mountain of the Tiantai Sect, Mt. Hiei, and avenge the Nichiren Sect for the revenge of the year, there is no problem!