"Knives, guns, arrows and other weapons, I don't know how much the judge can give me?" There is no shortage of weapons such as knives and guns in the mountains, but strong bows and arrows are extremely scarce.

For the mountain warriors, bows and arrows can not help but be used in joint battles, and daily hunting is even more inseparable. Although there are some bamboo bows and inferior arrows in the mountains, they are really not very useful.

Not to mention the weak strength of the bamboo bow, the arrows are even rougher, most of them are made of sharpened fine bamboo, and some of them are equipped with sharp stones and animal teeth, how can they be compared with the iron arrows made in the army.

"There are still a lot of knives and spears in the storehouse, and although I don't know the exact number, I expect to be able to give Dr. Furukawa at least thirty Ise swords and hundreds of scythes."

Gao Shisheng glanced at him and said with a smile, "I don't have many bows and arrows, but since Dr. Furukawa has opened his mouth to ask for help, even if it is difficult, I will let the military commissioners in charge of armaments below do their best to help." ”

In the end, he still refused to say a specific number, and he prevaricated after a haha, which is equivalent to not saying anything.

The meaning of Gao Shisheng's words was already obvious, and even the rest of the mountains and flags in Hiroma heard the meaning of refusal, not to mention Furukawa Hidetsuna? He said, "The judge is grateful. With the help of these soldiers, food, and armaments, after returning to Wanggong Mountain, I ordered the disciples to go down the mountain and then find the Suganuma clan to fight to the death, but after all, there are many Tsuju Inner Covenant parties, and many people are afraid of unwillingness, and I am not easy to force. It's better to go out into battle with a hundred and ten people first, win for a while, and see the benefits to those short-sighted fools, and not be afraid not to take the initiative to follow. ”

Jinjuzhong is just a general term for a group of displaced people in the mountains, and there are also many Che parties below, but he can be elected as a leader as an outsider, how can he not even have this prestige?

Gao Shisheng didn't say anything, and nodded and said, "Doctor Furukawa is old, and it should be arranged in this way." So I sent an order to the grain depot and the soldiers, telling them to prepare the good rations and sharp weapons with fifty stones. ”

"In the next generation, thank you for the judge's kindness." Furukawa Hidetsuna once again took several people in the house and leaned down to bow down to thank him.

Gao Shisheng got up, walked over to help him up, and laughed, "My wife's family is also the same clan as Dr. Furukawa, why should I be so polite?" Since the doctor has come to vote for me, your subordinates are your own family, and it is only natural that you should seek some benefits for your own family! ”

After contact in the past few days, an important reason why Furukawa Hidetsuna decided to borrow from Gao Shisheng was that he found that his wife's family was from the same sister Xiaolu clan as himself, and the two sides still had such a relationship.

The essence of the troubled times of the Warring States period is the infighting between the courtiers and the samurai, although the kinship is not necessarily able to win each other's trust, but without this kinship, even the possibility of negotiating with each other will become much slimmer.

Furukawa Hidetsuna hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and then brought up the old words again, "The judge's money and silver reward will be sent when I send someone to transport the grain." ”

"My own family, talk about exchanging money for things. This rations and armaments were meant to be given to the doctors, and the money could not be recovered. Doctor Furukawa, you and I are related, and they help me serve Junfu, and my hard work is high, so I must be rewarded. There are rewards and punishments in the army, so don't embarrass me. ”

Furukawa Hidetsuna insisted that he didn't want to, and said, "My family knows about my own affairs, and I have to be appreciated by the judge, and we are already very worried, and I am not worthy of the judge's generous gift." ”

Gao Shisheng smiled and said, "That's the case, but with Doctor Konoe." Money and things outside the body, the people in the mountains, even if there is a shortage, just send someone to say a word in advance, and I will prepare it for you properly. ”

With Gao Shisheng's unhesitant promise, Furukawa Hidetsuna said, "It just so happens that I am here, but there is still a reluctant request." ”

"Dr. Furukawa is polite again, though."

"In Wanggong Mountain, the land is poor, and iron is also lacking. The disciples I have assigned have also returned, and some of the other mountain people still use bones when hunting. The mountain is barbaric, there are many fierce beasts, and there are no iron arrows, so it is difficult to stand. If you can get some wrought iron from the general, everyone will be grateful. After finishing speaking, he stared at Gao Shisheng fiercely.

The pig iron ore produced in Wanggong Mountain is different from the wrought iron that Furukawa Hidetsuna asked for, and if you want to use pig iron ore to make tools, arrowheads, and even knives and guns, you must first use a blast furnace to refine it into iron juice, and then you can forge and temper it until it is condensed and mature.

The technology of smelting copper and iron is not difficult to say, but few people in the country and even small daimyo can smelt on a large scale. Because the blast furnace for smelting copper and iron requires extremely high materials, and the amount of money invested in ironmaking is also very large.

Not to mention the necessary manpower and a huge amount of timber, the daimyo alone implemented a monopoly on the internal and strictly controlled the outflow of copper and iron ore

In addition, the explosion of the furnace for a long time, after the Jinjuzhong dug up all kinds of minerals, they could only be transported down the mountain and sold to merchants at low prices.

With the money, it stands to reason that they can buy the weapons they want from the hands of the merchants, but the fact is the opposite, the Junfu does not prohibit the sale of knives and guns, but it is very strict in the supervision of bows and arrows and large armor, and it is strictly forbidden for merchants to sell at will, and violators have always been severely punished.

Extravagant as the Nagata family, there are not many hanging armor and longbows hidden at home for thieves, so they can only buy iron cannons at a high price for defense, not to mention the evil party of Jinjuzhong, who is free from the law of Junfu, even if there is a merchant who dares to secretly sell some bows and arrows, armor, most of them are defective products with extremely high prices and poor quality.

In the final analysis, Furukawa Hidetsuna still wanted to ask for arrows and made this request, which was really a reluctant request.

The words have already been said for this part, and it is inconvenient for Gao Shisheng to refuse, so he has to say, "It's just a trivial matter, I'll write you an order, and let people divide twenty strong bows and five hundred iron arrows." ”

Gao Shisheng is trying to expand the armament war, and the expendable arrows are not available on his side, so how can he be willing to give them to a group of mountains to use, Furukawa Hidetsuna knows this very well.

His request was a temporary thought, half for the truth, half for temptation, in fact, he was ready to be rejected for a long time. Unexpectedly, Gao Shisheng really agreed directly, and he was overjoyed in his heart, bowed down again, and thanked him again and again.

Gao Shisheng laughed and chatted for a while, and after two shifts and two o'clock outside the street, Furukawa Hidetsuna got up to say goodbye.

No one is allowed to walk at night, and samurai are no exception. In addition to the order written to him to get the army's food and armament, Gao Shisheng also took out the judgment seal of the inspection of non-violations, approved an order to go at night on official business, and gave it to him, so that Isshiki Zhenxiu could send the other party and his party out of the museum on his behalf and arrange a place to rest.

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