With the capture of Katsurayama Castle, the wealthy families within the original Suruga Imagawa family in the entire Suruga Kingdom were immediately severely shaken, and they all hurriedly sent hostages to Sunfu Castle to show their respect for the reunified Imagawa family. of loyalty. As for the Hojo family, after the Imagawa family suddenly invaded the Izu Country area, they needed to send troops to rescue Hojo Ujimasa, the heir to the family governor who was besieged in Edo Castle, while also ensuring the safety of Odawara Castle, so they had no choice but to send troops. The envoys came to the Imagawa family to protest and organize the local wealthy families in Izu Country to unite to resist the Imagawa family's invasion, but they could no longer send an army to support them. As for the envoys sent by the Hojo family, Masarasu and others simply ignored them and sent them away. And in such a special period, as the news of the Imagawa family's reunification spread, surrounding forces began to send envoys to come to see the Imagawa family. On this day, the big businessman Imai Munehisa came to visit. Masara remembers that some time ago, he asked the retainers of the Imagawa family to send gifts for him to introduce him. Although Masara knew this guy, it was inconvenient for Masara and others to show up to meet him at this time, so Masara sent the Imagawa family's governor, Imagawa Mingrei, to meet him. This is a big businessman. After the former Suruga Imagawa family governor Imagawa Uzuma and his wife were sent to Kyushu to live in seclusion by the Luo family navy, Imagawa Zhenrei quickly inherited the position of governor of the reunified Imagawa family and officially changed his name to the Imagawa family. real. At present, Shinichi Imagawa, ww¨’w. On the surface, he represents the Luo family as the controller of the Imagawa family, and obeys the Luo family's arrangements to handle the affairs of the Imagawa family. On the other hand, he also serves as a member of the Luo family in the Luo family. The guardian of the Tokaido region. Responsible for overall control of internal affairs in these areas. so. This time I met the big businessman Imai Munehisa. This is exactly what he is responsible for. This time, the Imagawa family really received Imai Munehisa in the teahouse in Sunfu Castle. During the Warring States Period, the tea ceremony was not only a form of culture, but also a means of social interaction and entertainment. Mr. Imagawa has been in elementary school since he was a child, and his skills are above those of an amateur. In order to entertain this big businessman, Mr. Imagawa took out the precious tea utensils at home to entertain him. The two sat across from each other. Imagawa prepared tea-making tools and added tea foam and water to the tea cauldron. Then wait for the water to boil. As a great tea master, Imai Munehisa's quality is much higher than Imagawa's. After boiling the water with water, I closed my eyes, listened to the wind outside, and felt the changes of the four seasons. The sound of boiling water became the only sound in the room. ?????????????? Imagawa Shizhen is actually just an amateur tea drinker, and he doesn¡¯t have a deep understanding of this kind of leisurely atmosphere. Calculating that the time was almost up, he took off the teapot and used a teacup to make tea. Imagawa really didn't understand the mood of sitting leisurely in a quiet tea room, listening to the sound of water boiling on the stove. "Please!" Imagawa Shizhen pushed out the tea bowl. Imai Munehisa took a sip and put down his tea bowl, looked at Imagawa Clan and said, "The great assistant to the administrative department is both civil and military, but it's a pity that I don't have a deep understanding of elegant matters." After Imagawa Clan succeeded to the family governor. Under the operation of the Luo family and the Imagawa family in Kyoto, Chikawa Yoshimoto's original official position was inherited from the four lower daisukes. ?This is said politely. Imagawa was not angry at all. He also knew what level he was at, so he used the words he had learned at Luo Academy and said: "Everyone in the world has his own duties. Farmers farm, monks worship Buddha, merchants do business, and workers build. My duty is to ensure that the above-mentioned people can carry out their respective responsibilities. Let Masato take care of this matter." After hearing this, Imai Munejiu bowed and said, "I admire you for your broad mind." He drank the tea bowl in one gulp, and then said: "Please come down and order tea for me to express my apology." Imagawa took a sip of Imai Munehisa's tea, and it was indeed more fragrant than the tea he brewed himself. Putting down his tea bowl, he thought the timing was just right and asked, "I don't know why Imai-sama came here?" "I'm just here to see the lord of the administration. I know it was rude, so please forgive me." He bowed and apologized. "What about the senses?" Imagawa asked. "I'm sorry to say it bluntly, but I feel that you will definitely not lose money when doing business with Mr. Jibu Daisuke." Imai Munehisa's principle of doing business is not to look at the business, but only to see whether the other party can cooperate. When I visited the Imagawa family today, I felt that it was not the kind of famous name that was fleeting in troubled times and could be invested in the long term. Thinking about telling the real purpose of his visit, he said: "I have some gifts for Mr. Dai Fu, please send your servants to fetch them." The attendant followed the order and then carried a large box to the tea room. Imai Munehisa personally opened the box, and an iron cannon came out and was presented to Imakawa Uzuma: "Thirty iron cannons are dedicated to the Chief Administrative Officer, please accept it." Imagawa Uzuma picked up the iron cannon and looked up and down. The barrel and body of the gun are all brand new. Stretching out his hand, the attendant handed over the gunpowder pot. Imagawa Shizhen shook his wrist to pour a little gunpowder, put in the projectile, and then used a brush to top it. Facing the courtyard??Pool aiming. An attendant ran and placed a small wooden boat with an open folding fan on it. The boat swayed in the water and was very difficult to describe accurately. But for Imagawa, it couldn't be easier. Without even breathing, he shot it with one shot, and the folding fan fell apart. "His Majesty Daisuke is good at marksmanship." Imai never thought that there could be masters of iron cannons in a rural place like Mikawa. "It's nothing." Mr. Imakawa really put the iron cannon away, shaking off the smell of gunpowder for fear of his hands: "Thank you, Mr. Imai. You are always diligent in everything. Tell me, what do you want?" In fact, this iron cannon Compared with the Roche cylinder, it is incomparable in terms of workmanship quality and operating range. However, the Imagawa family knows that in order to avoid suspicion, the Imagawa family cannot currently use a large number of Roche cylinders produced by the Roche family and are only used internally by the Roche family. , so the Imagawa family can only purchase a large number of various iron cannons that were popular in the Warring States Period to form the Imagawa family's iron cannon squad. "Master Jibu Daisuke is wise." Imai Munehisa bowed, "I would like to ask Mr. Jibe Daisuke to let Naya become the royal merchant of the Imagawa family." Being a royal merchant means that all the business activities of the Imagawa family must be given to Naya. to execute. For example, if you want to buy any number of armors, you only need to give the money to Nawu and let them buy it on your behalf. The Imagawa family and Itoya had a similar relationship before. However, in fact, Luo Shiya has already become the imperial merchant of the Imagawa family. However, it would be good for the Imagawa family to have one more imperial merchant, and I believe the lord Masarasu would agree with it. After all, the Luo family's most important support is the Luo family in the Kyushu region. "Okay." Then Imagawa nodded in agreement and reminded emphatically, "But for the salt business, I have been cooperating with Luo Shiwu, so I can't leave this to you. The rest can be discussed." "I understand, as long as we deal with it My lord Daisuke, please give me the weapons, armor, iron cannons and gunpowder and I will be satisfied. I can also support the cotton fabric industry in Yuanjiang. Please give me the right to buy and sell cotton fabrics," Imai Munehisa said. "I can agree to this request, but there are conditions." Imagawa calculated in his heart, "Nawu will have to give me ten more stones of gunpowder before I can give it to you." Imai Munehisa also calculated and replied: "If the treatment Lord Daifu will buy thirty more iron cannons, and Nawu is willing to send fifteen shi of gunpowder. "One iron cannon costs forty guns, and thirty guns are equivalent to one thousand two hundred guns." In fact, it doesn't need to be so much. Twenty-five guan is the most appropriate price, and the maximum is 30 guan after shipping. Imagawa really quoted this price. Imai Munehisa summed it up again and agreed: "Give me the next five days, thirty iron cannons are guaranteed to be delivered." "Please discuss the specific matters with my boss." The Imagawa clan really got sixty iron cannons from Nawu , plus the previous 140, can form a 200-man iron artillery team (this does not include the iron artillery team following Zhengliang). And just when the Imagawa family actually met the great businessman Imai Munehisa, Masayo also received a report that someone from Mikawa Hontoji Temple was visiting. When he heard that someone from Hontoji Temple was visiting, Zhengliang almost jumped up and said in surprise on the spot: "Issei Honganji, why are you coming to see me?" Issei Sect, whose real name is Jodo Shinshu. During the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate changed its name to the Ichiko sect in order to keep the sages confidential. The reason was that Tokugawa Ieyasu, who believed in Jodo Shinshu at the time, later suppressed the local Ichiko sect, so the shogunate forced the name of Jodo Shinshu to be renamed Ichiko sect. The name of Yixiangzong comes from the eminent monk Yixiang Junsheng of the Pure Land Shinshu sect. At that time, Honganji Temple established four strongholds in Hokuriku, Settsu, Mikawa and Ise Nagashima. It was extremely powerful and had countless followers. If this force is combined together, it will surpass any of the Warring States daimyo at that time, including Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, who will be defeated in everything. ??And Hontoji Temple is also the mountain gate of Honganji Temple established in Mikawa Kingdom, and its power in Mikawa, Yuejiang and other places is not small at all. Regarding the situation of forces such as the Ichiko clan and shrines in the territory of the Imagawa family in Tokaido, Masarasu, who has always been very concerned about these forces, actually specifically checked the report previously compiled by the second son Nobura Raashi. Generally speaking, regardless of the power of the temples in the Three Kingdoms of the East China Sea, there are more than a dozen types of shrines alone. It is indeed a Fuso with eight million gods, and there are all kinds of gods and ghosts. There are more than 20 shrines with property. Most only have a few tens to a hundred stones, and the larger ones are only about five hundred stones. There are no records of shrines without land. The temples are even more frightening. They build high walls to raise monks and soldiers. The Yixiang Sect in the Sanhe area is the most powerful, with countless fields and temple wealth. ¡°It is estimated that Imagawa Yoshimoto saw their power and finally let them go. This part of the temple cannot be touched, at least not now. Although Zhengliang has always believed that this is a temple god,The social forces were indifferent and even hostile, but Masara also agreed with the suggestions of his second son, Nobuira Roshi, and the Imagawa clan, who was his minor surname, and determined that the top priority now is to stabilize Suruga, Toe and parts of Mikawa, and bring those wealthy families together. It is included in the system. At the shrine, proceed slowly and step by step. However, now, Zheng Liang has stopped looking for these guys, and instead, these guys come to his door. Although Zhengliang was called the "enemy of Buddha" by the Yixiang sect. But this was only what he was called in the Kyushu region, and he didn't believe that even the Yixiang Sect in the East China Sea region could recognize him. So, Masarasu met the envoy from Hontoji Temple at the Honmaru Castle Tower of Sunfu Castle. 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