Torii Seiji was not a person who could speak well, and he was robbed of by Tokugawa Tadadenaga like this, and he suddenly stopped talking. Tokugawa Tadanaga suddenly turned his head to the other side and began to consult Asakura Nobuya's opinion.

After listening to the conversation between the two on the side, Asakura Nobumasa suddenly understood that Da Nayan summoned the two of them today not to ask for their opinions, but to force them to show their attitude.

With the experience of Torii Seiji, he naturally would not continue to anger his lord, otherwise this arrogant Suruga Dainayan would do something unwise under the provocation, and His Royal Highness would only order the two of their assistant retainers to apologize.

However, Asakura Nobumasa did not intend to blindly welcome Tokugawa Tadanaga and push the matter to the point of no return, in which case it would only be him and Torii Seiji who would be uncomfortable.

Asakura Nobumasa sorted out his thoughts a little, and then cautiously asked Tokugawa Tadacho: "The appearance of this Tang man's iron cannon seems to be slightly inferior to Tanegashima Gong, but it is similar to the national friend's barrel, I wonder if Your Highness has tried the power of the iron cannon?" ”

"Between 70 and 90 rooms, you can knock down a deer." Tokugawa Tadanaga said proudly.

Nobumasa Asakura was slightly surprised before he continued: "Since Tanegashima in Japan, the daimyo from all over the world have been in their own territory, and they have begun to imitate and create various styles of iron cannons. Among them, the quality of iron cannons produced in Komitsumura, Sakai, and Kishu is the highest.

Since the Osaka Summer Battle, the Quan Xian Hall has pacified the world and began to prohibit local daimyo from building iron cannons without permission. The only place in Japan where you can openly build iron cannons on a large scale is Omi Kunitomo Village.

Every iron cannon built by Kuniyu Village will be registered by the shogunate, and if so many iron cannons appear in Suruga Province at once, it will inevitably attract the attention of the shogunate.

However, this is not the point, the point is that the shogunate had a monopoly on saltpeter and * imported from foreign countries into Japan. In other words, if we don't get the supply of *, these Tang people's iron cylinders are nothing more than a pile of scrap metal.

Although Suruga Province is close to the sea, the good ports are under the watchful eye of the shogunate. Secretly bringing back a few iron cannons or a few barrels* can probably be hidden, but if you want to rely on the smuggling trade of the Tang people and equip an army, I am afraid you will not be able to hide the eyes of the shogunate.

What's more, Suruga Province is only 550,000 koku, so how can it compete with the shogunate for money and form a large army? Besides, the Great Imperial Palace will not allow such a thing as civil strife in the family. ”

Tokugawa Tadanaga looked at him for a long time before bowing his head slightly and saying, "What Lord Xuanzheng said is exactly what Jinyu said, but I just want to protect myself.

My brother's prejudice against me was deep, and with the fact that Mrs. Fukuku and Yagyu Tajima Mamoru were obstructing me, they would have to kill me even if I didn't do anything.

If I didn't get the kindness of the Ming Kingdom, I would naturally have to let them persecute me. But now, if we put it together, we can at least avoid the worst, right?

Or do you think that after I have fallen, you can still prostrate yourself in front of my brother and ask for the general's leniency? ”

Torii Seiji and Asakura Nobumasa immediately bowed down again, touched their heads to the floor and said, "The ministers don't dare, since the ministers have already sworn allegiance to His Highness, naturally they will never have two hearts." ”

Although the two of them said the words of allegiance to the elder, their foreheads and backs began to sweat constantly. If Tadashi's words to them reached the ears of the shogunate, then there was no doubt that the evidence proved Tadashi's objection.

The two of them consulted with the Shogunate on how to deal with the shogunate, and they were also regarded by the shogunate as a traitor. Either they would immediately report to the shogunate as soon as they left the castle tower and draw a line of demarcation with Tadashi.

Either they wholeheartedly assisted Tadashi in his rebellion, and when Tadashi ascended to the shogun's throne, they could also rise to the top and become the big men who held the power of the shogunate.

However, informing the shogunate and exposing Tadashi's conspiracy will allow them to escape suspicion of rebellion, but the Great Imperial Palace, which has lost its young son, will definitely vent his anger on the two of them and their family, which is a dead end.

Asakura Xuanzheng thought in his heart, at least with the support of Youming Kingdom, His Royal Highness Zhongchang may not be without opportunities.

Seeing that the attitude of the two retainers softened, Tokugawa Tadadenaga's attitude also became relaxed again, and he said softly to the two: "The two adults don't need to be so pessimistic, I just said that this is just my last means of self-preservation.

As long as the Lord of the Great Imperial Palace is still around, I have no intention of meeting my brother in battle. I hope that the two adults will think carefully, first, how much money can be scraped together in the territory so that we can buy iron cannons and *;

Second, how large can we assemble a force under the eyes of the shogunate, and where should we train it? ”

As for the state of finances and the internal affairs of the territory, it was naturally Torii Seiji who had the most right to speak, and he calmed down before he spoke: "Since Honda Masanobu and Honda Masanobu father and son said that His Excellency the Shogun and liquidated the Okubo Chang'an family, the Kanto officials who originally followed Okubo Chang'an have now been entrusted to His Highness.

Coupled with the refuge of some of the Takeda relics, we have obtained a large amount of geographical and product information of Kai Province. Therefore, although the shogunate took over the famous gold and silver mountains in the territory such as Kurokawa and Fuji, some small gold and silver mountain shogunates did not know about it.

Therefore, Your Highness, you can get a secret income of 500 taels of gold and 7,000 taels of silver from these mountains of gold and silver every year.

Suruga and Enoe were originally the retirement places of the Gongenden, so the agricultural development of the two countries has done very well, and most of His Highness's annual income comes from these two countries. In addition, in the treasury of the three kingdoms, there were still 700,000 or 800,000 stone grain, 12,000 taels of gold, and 350,000 taels of silver.

However, Your Highness, the shogunate is also very clear about the amount of these savings. It is best not to use more than one-third of the amount, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of the shogunate against His Highness.

As for the training places, he thought that one was in the Akaishi Mountains in the north of Enjiang Province, and the other was in the mountains on the border between Kai and Suruga provinces, and that the two places could not train more than 1,500 people. ”

Tokugawa Tadanaga frowned suddenly, and with all his financial resources, he could only form an army of 3,000 men. After all, he inquired about the news from Sasuke Hamada, and equipping such an iron artillery unit would require 900,000 taels of silver from Keicho Dingyin.

This is not counting the cost of inviting Ming instructors and training. Although he swore to the two retainers that the Ming Emperor gave gifts to support himself to become the shogun of Japan.

But in fact, these iron cannons are just samples of the goods that were handed over to Sasuke Hamada by the Ming ** Instrument Supervisor to bring back. Sasuke Hamada had never met the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom at all, and he just used this name to give his retainers the courage to resist the authority of the shogunate.

After all, fighting the shogunate with a single country and having strong foreign aid like the Ming kingdom against the shogunate are completely different things.

What he Tokugawa Tadanaga wanted was to defeat his brother Tokugawa Iemitsu and take over as shogun, rather than completely whitening the Tokugawa shogunate's rule over Japan.

Although he was driven out of Edo by his brother, the reason why he was still unwilling was that there were many voices within the Tokugawa family that opposed his brother as a shogun, such as Kishu and Oshu, two uncles, who were as disgusted with the current shogun as he was.

It's just that now that the Great Imperial Palace is in Edo, and there is no obvious fault in the elder brother's administration, everyone can't find an excuse to convince the public and attack the elder brother.

Although Tokugawa Tadanaga knew that in the name of the Ming Emperor's support for him, he could gather his retainers to unite around him. However, this kind of lie cannot be deceived forever, unless he does establish some degree of connection with Mingguo, the lie will eventually be exposed.

And if you want to convince your retainers that the Ming Kingdom is indeed on their side, the best way is to establish an army that uses Ming weapons and equipment and uses Ming tactics.

With the existence of such an army, even if the people of the Ming Kingdom say that it has nothing to do with them, their brother will never believe it.

As long as the Ming Kingdom can be drawn into this battle for the position of general, those outward daimyos will not take advantage of the internal strife of the Tokugawa family to make any unwise moves.

The forces within the Tokugawa family would also be watched on the sidelines, so as to prevent too much interference of the Ming forces into Japan's internal affairs, thereby endangering the foundation of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Then, this war will become a war between himself and his brother. A general who is unable to use most of the resources of the shogunate is no longer a man of the world that he cannot defeat.

In order to achieve this, it is extremely important to conclude the first arms deal with the Ming Kingdom. He thought for a long time before he spoke, "What about the copper mines within the Three Kingdoms?" How much can be produced per year? ”

Torii Seiji thought for a while, and then replied with some uncertainty: "Although there is no big copper mountain found by the shogunate in the three countries, such as Ashio Copper Mountain. However, in the mountains that go south along the Ashio Copper Mountain, some small copper mountains have been found.

These small copper mountains can now be mined for about 3 or 400,000 catties per year, but if they can be managed well, there should be no problem with one million catties a year. ”

Tokugawa Tadanaga unfolded and closed the folding fan in his hand several times before he made up his mind and said, "Mortgage these copper mountains to Izumiya, borrow 500,000 taels of silver from them, and ask them not to publicize this matter." ”

Listening to Tokugawa Tadacho's unquestioning tone, Torii Seiji swallowed back the words he wanted to admonish, and agreed briefly.

The two were then sent down by Tokugawa Tadanaga, and when the two left the room, a handsome young man pushed open the paper door of the adjacent room and appeared next to Tokugawa Tadanaga.

"Yahachiro. Do you think these two are reliable? Tokugawa Tadanaga's hand gripped the fan tightly in his hand and asked with a blank look in his eyes.