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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 192 New Team Training (Six Thousand Chapters)

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    While making arrangements for spring plowing, Kira Yoshitoki also integrated the resources of Biwaya. The original intention of Biwaya was to integrate the local trade of the three major commercial centers in the Yodogawa Basin, Sakamoto, Kyoto, and Sakai Town. With his control over Lake Biwa,  With the huge advantage of Yodogawa water transportation, he can obtain any kind of goods entering the Kinki area.  Business travelers who went to Hokuriku and Ou for business can directly sell the returned goods at Biwaya after returning to Sakamoto. Biwaya will evaluate the market price and place the order, and then use the developed water transportation and Kinki's diverse sales channels.  Break down and sell these goods and make profits from them.  In addition, Biwaya represents many specialties from the Lake Biwa area, such as tea, iron cannons, paper, fish, and other products from Uyo and Hokuriku. Whether it is linen, green ramie, pottery, wood, and other specialties, they are all sold by Biwa  All the houses are eaten, and the horses of Yuyo and Hokuriku have been completely monopolized. Every time the best horses are transported, they will be kept as horse breeds. All horses are personally selected by various merchants and transported to Yodogawa.  Delivery to Kyoto and Sakai Town.  Biwaya's transportation capacity advantage and safety guarantee have caused businesses from all over the world to give up purchasing horses at Yuyo and Hokuriku. As long as they maintain a good relationship with Biwaya, they can save a lot of costs in horse trafficking, and at the same time, they don't have to worry about the horses dying from illness.  , being taxed by unscrupulous celebrities, and being robbed by navy soldiers along the way, etc., a rough calculation is quite profitable.  Gradually, the powerful influence of Biwaya penetrated deeply into the territory and affected the authority of the Naya clan in Sakai Town. So the wealthy businessmen of Sakai Town came to visit. This time Imai Munehisa, Zeniya Mununa, and Tsuda Sotatsu came respectively.  Imai Munehisa of Nawu started his business by making leather and earthen warehouses.  Zenwu Zongne's real name is Songjiang Zongne.  It was also Tsuchikura who started his business with a loan, and Tsuda Sotatsu met for the first time. When these three people wanted to meet Kiragi, Hosokawa Fujitaka was the one to receive them on their behalf.  They hope to establish a comprehensive cooperation with Biwaya. In addition to maintaining the fixed trade routes of Nawuzhong, the goods purchased by Biwaya from Yu'ao and Hokuriku will be eaten together, and they hope to provide certain discounts. Their intention is nothing more than to cut off  Small thoughts from other small business people.  Eat all of Sakamoto's goods in one go and let them continue to follow the rules of Sakai Town.  This is a good idea. The goods sold by Pipa House are similar to everyone, but it is impossible not to pay a price.  In Sakai Town, the house owners had the final say, but in Sakamoto Town, it was Biwaya who had the final say. This time, the house owners had requests from others, so they could only put down their posture and talk sincerely. Hosokawa Fujitaka, Matsui Yukan, and Ninagawa Osamu  , Odate Harutada, Mitsui Toraka, Ina Tadaka and others all followed the public and patiently went around in circles with them.  The talks lasted for three full days. In the end, the Nawu people couldn't bear it anymore and finally allowed Pipawu to join the Nawu ten people.  Become one of the powerful people in Sakai Town, and at the same time, Biwaya must give priority to selling the goods in stock to the members of the Naya clan.  The final agreement was slightly different from Nawuzhong's requirements. Priority rights rather than full monopoly also gave Bipa House and other commercial houses in the Kinei more opportunities to choose. By virtue of this, Bipa House became a famous commercial house in the Kinei, a  A monopoly group was formed.  Biwaya's development momentum is fierce. By monopolizing all businesses in the Lake Biwa and Yodogawa basins, Biwaya can easily maximize profits. With the identity of the Sakai Town Naya congregation confirmed, the Kyoto Congregation also approached Biwaya and asked to join.  With the support of the chambers of commerce in both places, we have extended our reach to the entire Kinki region.  Now Kiragi is indeed very rich, and richer than he imagined. The income of the money house has not changed and is still stable at the level of 1,000 guan per month. There is no problem with the annual income exceeding 12,000 guan.  Tongwu's secret business of refining Yongle coins has grown to 300 net profits per day. As the more than 1,800 newly joined people become more proficient in the foundry skills, the net profit can still increase to a certain extent. Can it specifically reach 500 per day?  It¡¯s hard to say, and this trend cannot continue indefinitely. Once all the coins in the market are redeemed and all the original Yongle coins are melted down, the huge profits of the Copper House will disappear. However, this process will take a long time, which will probably take  It may take several years or more.  Sanhewu's business of building materials, lumber and craftsmen has just started to get on the right track, and its own income cannot be compared with other commercial houses. In addition to selling various building materials, undertaking work such as repairing bridges, paving roads, and building new towns, Sanhewu has also begun operations.  Wood products processing and furniture making business.  At present, the construction of new towns in Shiga and Takashima counties has basically been completed. After the huge profit period of earning 500 ken Eiraku money every month, it has returned to normal income video. A net income of 150 ken Eiraku money can be obtained in a month.  , a little income is better than nothing.  With the profits of middlemen, daily profits are also growing rapidly. In addition to the product management in Yuao, Hokuriku, Omi and other places, including ironware, woodware, handicrafts, swords and armor, clothing and cloth, shoes and hats, pickled mustard and other products.  , are all integrated into Pipa House, eliminating various costs of procurement, transportation and warehousing.It turns out that Pipa House's monthly net income is still 600 Guan Yongle money, which is double what it was a few months ago.  The real role of the Biwaya is not to make money, but to monopolize trade. Just imagine how merchants in Kinai have gradually become accustomed to the convenient Biwaya providing cheap goods. Once the Biwaya cuts off the trade route, how much impact will the merchants in Sakai and Kyoto receive?  , the wealthy businessmen of Sakai Town and Kyoto were slightly aware of this, so they rushed over to win over Biwaya for this reason.  Kira Yoshitoki was also afraid that the Biwaya would be too powerful and difficult to control. In order to strengthen his control over the Biwaya, he specially ordered the Hattori Ninja to inspect the followers of the Sakamoto Head Office, Kyoto, and Sakai Town, and at the same time select the characters.  People with both talents serve as middle-level managers. At the same time, they are inspected from within the followers, and those who are loyal, reliable and rule-abiding are selected and appointed as the new followers of Bipa House in the three places.  At the end of the year, the new towns of Sakamoto, Katada, and Otsu were built one after another. The three new towns housed more than 35,000 residents in total, bringing the total population of Sakamoto to more than 35,000. The population is close to that of Kyoto and Sakai.  Becoming the third largest urban agglomeration in the Kinai, this calculation is based on the inclusion of Minato Town, Castle Town, Northern Shinmachi, etc., including the 2,000 people in the copper house craftsmen and newly relocated residents of Mikawa, and the entire Kunyu Village.  In addition, there are a total of 11,000 residents of Katada Port Town, Shinmachi and the newly built Katada Castle Town, and 8,000 residents of Otsu.  This has greatly improved the urbanization level of Shiga County.  Relying on the craftsmanship taught by Ming Dynasty craftsmen during precious months.  New-style houses with brick and wood structures and Sanhe soil reinforcements are more than half the cost of repairing houses with wooden boards. The reputation of Sanhe houses also became famous with the establishment of Shinmachi.  The newly built Kenda Castle was tested using new city building methods. Bricks and stones were used as the external structure. The internal structure of the castle tower still maintained the architectural idea of ??mainly wood. The stone walls were upgraded to real city walls, and the walls were equipped with crenels and shooting oars.  It is convenient for garrisoning troops, and complex defenses such as Sanzukibori, Hukou, and Maide are preserved inside.  Although the city is small, it is well-equipped. Yamamoto Tokiyuki was directly involved in the design and construction process of Katada Castle. In his words, only 500 people can easily resist the attack of 10,000 troops.  During the chat during the inspection of Katada New Castle, Kira Yoshitsune asked: "This new city cost a total of three thousand kan Yongle gold? This is much more expensive than the original construction of Sakamoto Castle! The scale is also much smaller than Sakamoto Castle! Yamamoto  Tokiyuki answered patiently: "The construction of Sakamoto Castle relied on the recruitment of public servants. When the Kenda Castle was built, it happened to coincide with the Shinmachi expansion plan, so the old minister strongly advocated that the craftsmen of Sangaiya should be mainly used, supplemented by  When the new town construction plan was completed, the townspeople hired also built this Katada Castle together.  This may cost more, but it can avoid the impact or even damage to the castle town during subsequent city construction.  "    "Well.  The master craftsman will not really make this fortified city impeccable, right?  " "How is that possible If such a powerful fortified city does not leave any flaws, the old minister cannot feel at ease!  " Yamamoto Tokiyuki said with a smile. "Well, my family is horrified to see it. Without effective siege equipment, it is really difficult to break through. The cost of using baked jade is too high, which will always cause huge losses!  " Kira Yoshichi was talking while thinking about who should be the castle representative of this new city. When he returned to Sakamoto, he immediately summoned his retainers to hold a small review and announced his appointment: "The position of Usayama Castle Castle Representative should not be decided for a long time.  This is a method. Here, the head family appoints Nakajo Tokihide, who will return next month, as the castle representative. The newly built Katada Castle will be appointed by the Ina Tadashi family. The defenders of the two places are recruited from the local area. The family pays for military expenses and food. Usayama Castle is more important.  , arrange three hundred defenders, and Jiantian City only needs two hundred defenders.  " "My Majesty, I will obey the order!  "A group of retainers stood on the ground and saluted. "The expressions of several of the followers were very interesting. Hosokawa Fujitaka had a strange expression of disappointment and relief, Matsui Yuxian's face was full of disappointment, Ninagawa's head was slightly unhappy, Odate Haru  Tadashi was calm, Mitsui Torakaka ignored the matter, and Tadaka Ina was surprised and grateful. Only Honda Tokimasa was frowning and thinking, and seemed to have some enlightenment when he left.  After dispersing, Tokiyuki Yamamoto, who was left alone, said happily: "It seems that the master of the museum has understood the way of balance!  " "This appointment must have been brewing for a long time, right?  The family has limited options, several important positions cannot be moved, and the moveable weight is not enough. The family intentionally delays the appointment of the castle to give a position to Nakajo Tokihide, who is about to return. It is not difficult to guess that, Kaneda Castle will not be able to move in any case.  The new members of the shogunate must be selected from among the members, and the new members of the shogunate cannot be moved. There are only two people, Ina Tadaka, who was born in Mikawa, and Mitsui Toraka, who was born in Omi.  " "The owner of the museum has really grown up!  After careful consideration, it seems that the old minister has nothing to teach the master.  " Yamamoto Tokiyuki stood up and walked out the door with an expression of relief and loss.Liang Yishi quickly got up and chased after him, saying: "Master, please don't say such things. I still have a lot to learn, and I need to be reminded by Master from time to time!" "I will never forget the work within my duties, please.  Don't worry, Master!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki bowed slightly and stepped back.  The annual salary of the Kira family currently used to pay retainers and craftsmen is as high as 8,000 Yongle coins. For example, Yamamoto Tokiyuki's annual salary has increased to 500 Yongle coins, and is paid in the form of half copper coins and half rice grains.  Therefore, the annual salary paid by the Kira family to Tokiyuki Yamamoto is 300 kan Yongle money, 600 koku of rice, 1 koku of salt, 20 koku of various vegetables, 500 poultry eggs, 5 koku of kelp, river fish and other aquatic products and various welfare benefits.  The level is far higher than that of all the martial arts masters in Japan's Warring States Period at the same time.  The converted market price of these properties is stable at over 800 guanwen, but the living conditions may even be better than those of a wealthy family with 8,000 shi. After all, a wealthy lord owns 8,000 shi Zhixing.  According to the standards of public, six, and four.  By the end of autumn, the maximum amount of food that can be obtained is 4,800 shi.  It should also be considered that the time of year is different. If the weather is abnormal or even drought or flood disasters are reduced, the average price may be between 4,000 and 4,800 shi.  And these 8,000 shi of food also need to support a group of retainers and give them to the land Zhixing. The group of family retainers will occupy 3,000 to 4,000 shi of Zhixing. The rest is his direct leader, only about half, and he still has to follow the rules.  Shi Gao, who was directly under the leadership, organized no less than 300 standing armed forces within the leadership to bear military service. In the end, the food had to be exchanged for copper coins for daily expenses.  After all, food is not as easy to carry and circulate as copper coins.  There were also banquets held to entertain retainers, and retainers with meritorious deeds were rewarded with money and food. They even had to increase land titles when they had military exploits. In the end, the lord was deducted seven or eight times, which was less than 1,000 shi for living expenses.  Even if he has 1,000 shi of grain, which is worth about 300 Guanwen in Yongle money, and there are no benefits such as fruits, vegetables, eggs, and aquatic products, let alone 600 shi of grain, they can only eat home-made pickled radishes.  , miso soup and rice. If you want to improve your food, you can only go fishing and eagle hunting.  In this regard, he was not as good as Yamamoto Tokiyuki. He did not have the burden of supporting his retainers and samurai.  There is no need to maintain a standing army and obey the master's orders. Various benefits that cannot be eaten can also be given out as favors or simply sold in the castle town.  Life was enjoyable.  Except for Tokiyuki Yamamoto, who has a very high salary as the senior member of the Genedai family, the middle-level elite samurai of the Kira family, that is, samurai with the status of Ashigaru generals, have basic salaries between 100 and 200 kan. The same half grain and half money are paid separately.  Similar to the benefits of salt, poultry, eggs, and aquatic products, the only expenses they have to spend are buying clothes, horse armor, and daily banquets. This is simply easy for the Kira family samurai.  A samurai who would lose his fortune in a month could not spend 20 pieces of Yongle money all day long on eating, drinking, having fun, visiting whale houses, and how could they have time to hang out in those places? The Kira family had always been thrifty, except for Yoshitoki Kira's advocacy  In addition to eating more poultry, eggs, and aquatic products to enhance their physical fitness, they were not fond of poetry and poetry gatherings, nor did they like extravagant banquets. Sarugaku and tea ceremonies were only tasted briefly, which also reduced the samurai's daily spending pressure to a minimum.  In addition to the middle-level elite samurai, there are also some grassroots samurai, including various divisions, group warriors, horseback samurai, red bei samurai, etc., with salaries ranging from 20 to 80 kuans, and the basic living standard is far more than 300 koku.  The level of a small wealthy family is also an important reason why the samurai of the Kira family are envied by the shogunate. Although they do not have land and knowledge to enfeoff, this super-high salary system makes those wealthy families with land and knowledge drool.  In other words, the samurai have divided leadership rights, but the relationship between them is only the relationship between the master and the force. This can minimize the ability of retainers to use the master's power to develop their own power. Of course, wealthy retainers can hire ronin to be themselves.  This staff is not under the control of the Kira family, and the lower levels are all standing ashigaru supported by three people.  The Kira family also has a lot of soldiers to support. As Mikawabi's relatives and friends join him one after another, the number of Mikawabi supporting rice has increased to 2620. One person needs to support rice by consuming 5 tons of rice per day, which is equivalent to 1.8 koku per year. These 2620  Most of them have participated in several battles and have achieved some achievements. Currently, the one with the highest achievements has 5 people supporting rice, which is equal to the income of a land servant for a year of hard work.  It costs 15,000 stones of food to support Mihe every year, and Xiao Jinghe's reward is a combination of food and money. High-intensity training also requires extra food consumption. In total, it costs a year to raise 2,620 elites.  There are about 20,000 koku of grain, which is enough to feed 10,000 town residents for a year. It also makes Kira Yoshiki deeply understand how expensive it is to raise soldiers.  It is much easier to be a regular ashgaru after leaving work than to work in the fields. Although it seems more cost-effective for a land servant to have land, he can only resign himself to fate whenever there is a drought or flood, and he has to bear 2 to 3 quotas of military service.  Needless to say how uncomfortable it was, but the Kira familyThe ashigaru samurai do not need to do anything, they only need to complete the required training. They are also the basic base of the main armed force of the Kira family.  In order to create a new iron artillery team, Yoshitoki Kira decided to sell off all 300 Sakai tubes in his hand. He sold them to the Oda family of Owari for 60 kanfu. Oda Nobunaga was very happy to buy them.  The Sakaizhou tube is of high quality and low price. I even wrote a letter to Kira Yoshitoki for this purpose.  Thank you for being a good friend and a man.  Of course Oda Nobunaga didn't care who used these iron cannons.  Maybe you would be happier if you knew the origin. After being tested by Fukakusa, it sounds like it has a pretty good name.  Then he used the Yongle money in the copper house to purchase new iron cannons produced by Guoyou Village. Of course, the price of new iron cannons was relatively high. The cost of each new iron cannon was as high as 50 guan of Juqian, which was equivalent to 12 guan of Yongle money.  The price given to Kira Yoshitoki was 70 guan Yongle money, which was considered a small profit. Kira Yoshito purchased 500 new iron cannons at one go, spending a total of 8,750 guan Yongle money.  The new iron cannon adds a support frame to enhance the stability of shooting.  It can be fired fixedly during defensive battles. At the same time, the caliber of the gun is further reduced, and the barrel is extended to 1.2 meters. Therefore, the total weight of the new iron cannon is also increased to about 13 kilograms. As the gun body becomes heavier, the weight of the lead bullets fired also increases.  It was replaced with a 25-gram heavy lead bullet, which increased the effective range to 80 meters, and the maximum range reached an astonishing 200 meters. With the Kira family's secret gunpowder, the lead bullet's muzzle velocity exceeded 300 meters per second.  Another type of iron cannon sold by Kunitomo Village is the Spanish iron cannon that was improved when helping Kira Yoshi.  It just absorbed the advantages of the two iron cannons and made improvements, and the gun weighed only eight pounds.  Of course, the lead bullet is too light, and its effective range is less than fifty meters. With the gunpowder cover, it can be used in bad wind and rainy weather. However, when the gunpowder gets wet, the effective range may be less than twenty meters. This can only be regarded as a little secret. The cost is about  35 guan, of course the external retail price is 80 guan, which is basically the same as the retail price of Sakai tube.  Equipped with this heavy iron cannon, the Kira family's long-range attack capabilities will be greatly improved. At the same time, with the introduction of small competition and new weapons, the overall equipment has caught up with European infantry equipment, and the iron cannon is more convenient and even slightly strengthened.  Each of them has the same salary to serve the Kira family. Mikawabi has ashigaru generals, horseback generals, bow generals, and iron artillery generals under his command. Among them, there are 500 Akabi cavalry, 500 iron artillery teams, 500 archery teams, and javelin teams.  There are 500 troops, 500 gun and shield troops, 100 grenades, and 20 flag bearers.  First of all, the new iron cannon team supported by 500 heavy iron cannons is led by the iron cannon general Takigawa Masushige, wearing black uniforms. It is equipped with 1 iron cannon, 1 jade medicine box with 50 fixed gunpowder bamboo tubes, and 2 match ropes.  meters, a support frame, a machete, and 50 lead bullets produced by Copper House.  General Archer Naito Masashige leads a 500-man archery team, wearing black uniforms. They are equipped with 1 heavy vine bow, 2 pots of cast iron feather arrows, a total of 40 pieces, and 1 scimitar. They serve as the main force of the long-range troops of the Kira family. These 500 heavy vine bows cost  When I bought Kira Yoshi, I bought 6,000 Yongle gold. The price is so bad that I can catch up with the iron cannon. Although the cast iron feather arrows are not expensive, they are consumables. 20,000 cast iron feather arrows cost 100 Yongle gold. This cost is  The cost of a battle.  Ashigaru General Watanabe Takatsuna selected 500 able-bodied men to serve as the javelin team, wearing black uniforms. Each person was equipped with a long spear, a Fujiki shield, 2 short javelins, and a one-handed battle ax. This is also  The new units that have been explored are spear and shield soldiers for close combat and javelin soldiers for long range. They will be a nightmare for both Ashigaru and cavalry.  The grenadier head Kato Kyouaki continued to lead the 100-man grenade team, wearing red uniforms and equipped with 10 roasted jade, a vine shield, and a scimitar. He was responsible for throwing roasted jade in assaults during tough battles, which is consistent with history.  That grenadier-like assault unit.  Ashigaru generals Suganuma Sadanao and Ohuchi Tsunao led a 500-man spear and shield team, wearing red uniforms. Each person was equipped with a spear, a vine shield, a one-handed battle ax, and a mace staff as the main force.  The heavily armored Ashigaru has great power.  The horse-riding generals Isshiki Naotš­ and Shitara Sadachi commanded 500 red cavalry, wearing red uniforms. Each of them was equipped with a large gun and a scimitar as the main assault force. Finally, there were 20 flag bearers, each with  They hold a large flag with a white background and black Eryinjia pattern, and a white flag with a black background and white Wuqitong pattern.  Those wearing black uniforms are the Iron Artillery Team, Archery Team, and Javelin Team. Those wearing red uniforms are the Grenadier Team, Gun Shield Team, and Red Cavalry. In addition, not counting the Ma Hui General Yamaoka Shitš­, who is directly under the command of the Ma  There are 200 warriors, wearing red uniforms, equipped with 1 big gun, 1 scimitar, 1 heavy rattan bow, and 2 pots of cast iron feather arrows, a total of 40 pieces.  It costs 40,000 Yongle gold to completely change the equipment of this elite group of less than 2820 people, and the cost of training and maintaining weapons and equipment every month is as high as 300 gold. I really don¡¯t know how the Takeda family¡¯s Chibei was raised. Anyway, he built 500 gold  The elite cavalry can hardly hold on anymore. I guess Takeda Harunobu's cavalry must not be so elite.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: I know that everyone is very concerned about the structure of this reserve team, so?I wrote it out, including how to get a salary for samurai who do not give knowledge. In fact, samurai do not have to be so closely tied to knowledge. The protagonist is trying this path.
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