Chapter 201: Separation of soldiers and peasants
Two messengers of the Daimyo came to the front at the same time, and it would be a trouble to receive anyone first, so Yang Guang simply found someone to bring tables and chairs, and set up a banquet in the courtyard to entertain Kansuke Yamamoto and Aya Uesugi at the same time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Even in front of Yang Guang, these two people are still verbally arguing and fighting, Uesugi Aya seems to be out of the sheath and the long knife is full of sharpness, but Yamamoto Kansuke seems to be able to resolve it in time.
As the master, Yang Guang sat in his place and did not stop and persuade, but secretly ordered the chef a few words. It didn't take long for several well-prepared dishes to be served, including scrambled tomatoes with red and yellow eggs, fragrant corn soup, a bite of boiled fish that looked spicy to tears, and the most authentic beef stew with potatoes.
In modern time and space, these are just very common home-cooked dishes, but in Japan during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are rare and rare. The ingredients used in these dishes were still in the distant Americas, and they had not been handed down, so there was no trace of them in Asia. In addition to Ye Somitsu and others, who had already eaten and seen them before, Aya Uesugi and Kansuke Yamamoto were arguably the first Japanese to see and have the privilege of tasting them.
Aya Uesugi picked up a piece of tomato and put it in her mouth and took a careful bite, feeling that the sour taste was very good, especially when eaten with eggs. Kansuke Yamamoto no longer has the sophistication and calmness he used to before, and the spicy spicy boiled fish made him a little unaccustomed to it, but he was reluctant to stop eating it, so he hesitated to pick up another piece and put it in his mouth.
The noisy courtyard suddenly became quiet, only the slight noise of the two guests concentrating on the food, and when they were full of wine and food, Uesugi Aya and Yamamoto Kansuke seemed to have lost the interest in continuing to fight each other, and instead asked about the food just now.
Of course, Yang Guang couldn't say that the things were brought over from modern time and space, and he didn't bother to explain that the origin of these things was America, so he simply told the two vaguely that these were all products in his fiefdom.
This is the first time that Yang Guang has used this theory in Japan, but both Uesugi Aya and Yamamoto Kansuke have studied all the information of Yang Guang in private, and feel that this Ming merchant would not have been able to produce hundreds or thousands of Wufeng guns without a huge craftsman workshop, so he is convinced of this statement.
Next, Yang Guang talked to the two guests about the construction of the territory, intentionally or unintentionally, but the focus was on the "separation of soldiers and peasants". At present, the daimyo in Japan adopted the method of "integrating soldiers and peasants", and a large number of middle- and low-level samurai had to engage in agricultural production themselves, and when the daimyo issued a ******, the vast majority of young and strong peasants also had to take up arms and go to the battlefield.
The advantage of this is probably that it is more economical, because the conscripted peasant soldiers have to bring their own dry rations. In addition, the number of soldiers seems to be relatively large, after all, if you really want to pull all the men in the territory together, how can you make up 18,000.
It's hard to say how much combat strength the temporarily conscripted peasant soldiers can have, and if a big war drags on for a long time, it will be easy to delay the cultivation in the territory, and even if the war is won, I am afraid that the next year will be hungry.
Yang Guang kept instilling the concept of "separation of soldiers and peasants" in his words, directly separating the samurai and soldiers from their usual farming affairs, specializing in training and learning combat skills, and even no longer scattered in their own villages, but concentrated in the residence of the daimyo.
In order to do this, it is necessary to require the daimyo to be able to completely control the territory, otherwise the powerful in the territory will not obediently surrender their weapons. Whether it is Uesugi Kenshin or Takeda Shingen, it is not difficult to do this, Yang Guang believes that they have already had similar ideas, and now that he has pushed it strongly, it is estimated that these two daimyo will soon take action.
In addition to talking to the two people in front of him, Yang Guang also muttered a few words in Oda Nobunaga's ear when he went to Gifu Castle to watch the ceremony, and the latter obviously listened to this suggestion, after all, this method could help him weaken the powerful forces in the territory.
Even if Yang Guang doesn't mention it, these daimyo will gradually promote the policy of "separating soldiers and peasants", because when the Wufeng gun is used in large quantities, the temporarily mobilized peasant soldiers lose the meaning of their existence on the battlefield, even if the number of people is large, they can be killed very efficiently by the "queue shooting method", and only the same elite troops can match it.
With a standing army, the daimyo did not need to wait until the peasants were idle to start a war, and the standing army only consumed but did not produce, and the huge military expenditure was also a big burden, which would unknowingly make these daimyo more aggressive and aggressive, of course, for those ambitious daimyos, this disadvantage was simply insignificant.
Yang Guang chatted with Uesugi Aya and Yamamoto Kansuke for a while, and when they saw that it was getting late, the two said goodbye and left. Yang Guang returned to his room, took out the letter written by Kenshin Uesugi and tore it open and read it.
Uesugi Kenshin's block calligraphy made Yang Guang very appreciative, but the content of the letter was really not very good, the newly appointed Kanto governor, actually directly accused Yang Guang in the letter, thinking that he should not sell the murder weapon of Wufeng Gong to Takeda Shingen.
No matter what Uesugi Kenshin says, Yang Guang will not take it to heart, but to his surprise, Uesugi Kenshin's words contain a very contagious emotion, even if it is only written on paper, it can still make people unconsciously influenced by him.
Of course, Yang Guang will not be affected by this, but it is the first time he has seen a character with such a charisma, and it is no wonder that in the history of Japan's Warring States, both enemies and friends have a strange sense of identification with Uesugi Kenshin.
After putting away Kenshin Uesugi's letter, Yang Guang picked up Takeda Shingen's handwritten letter again. Compared with Uesugi who is emotional, Takeda is naked and seductive, and every word in the article is closely related to the gains and losses of interests, making it completely difficult to refuse the above proposal.
"Takeda Shingen actually asked me to meet at the port of Sunpu City, it seems that he is going to fool me into doing business over there!" Yang Guang said to himself after reading the letter.
In fact, as far as the port itself is concerned, the port of Junfu City, which has been developed for decades, is certainly ten times better than the port of Changdao, which has just begun to be built, but unfortunately it is not suitable for Yang Guang's plan.
Although Nagashima Port is in the territory of Oda Nobunaga, it is not far to the west is the territory of the Kitabatake family, and there are also Rokkaku and Asai families nearby, if you really don't take the sea route, at least Ise Bay still has most of the sea in the hands of the Kitabatake family, who do not have a navy, as long as you find a way to buy Goho guns from Yang Guang and transport them back. (To be continued.) )