Chapter 189
Sanuki Front Mountain Castle under Planning
Chapter 189 Sanuki Front Mountain Castle under Planning
When Xiujia heard that the interpreter in front of him could actually cast cannons, he showed incredible eyes, and asked him to confirm again, "You said you could forge cannons, is this true? I mean that the cannon-casters in Europe are all under the control of the king. artisan."
Xiujia's question was confirmed by Francis, and he said to Xiujia, "I only need 50 taels of gold a year, and I am willing to cast cannons for you."
After hearing this, Xiujia asked a little strangely, "Why don't you go back to Europe with your brother?"
"If the goods on the ship can't be sold, we can't go back to Europe, and we have no source of income in Japan. We have to find a way to make money to survive." Francis replied sincerely.
Perhaps it was Francis' sincerity that made Xiujia change his mind. He made a suggestion to the two of them.
"I bought all the iron cannons on the ship, and I will lease your ship for 8 years, and pay you 3500 taels of gold every year. You need to help me cast cannons, and your brother needs to help me train ocean sailors."
"Let me make up for you. Eight years later, the ship will still be yours. You can bring 8 taels of gold to recruit sailors in Sakaicho and return to Europa."
28000 taels of gold, which is roughly equal to 11 guan. As mentioned earlier, the iron cannon in the cabin is worth 2 guan at most. The Xiu family is equivalent to spending 3 guan to lease the ship for 7 years. This transaction is not counted. Very cheap, but definitely within the acceptable range of both parties.
2 taels of gold is definitely a huge sum of money in Europa, enough for them to live a prosperous life.
Sure enough, after discussing with his elder brother, Francis relayed to Xiujia again, "We accept the price, but we owe a mooring fee to Sakaimachi. You need to pay us for us to drive the boat out, about 800 guan about."
As mentioned earlier, the mooring fee for this kind of large ship in Sakaimachi is about 8 guan/day. The 800 guan berthing fee shows that they have owed the rent for more than 3 months.
Seeing that the valuable goods in the cabin could not be sold, it is no wonder that his brother Francis would choose to drink the rum that used to be the goods to relieve his sorrow.
After negotiating this business, Hideka put gold equivalent to 1000 kanwen on the table and asked them to pay the berth fee and temporarily hire the crew for Okayama. At the same time, Shimizu Nobuya and 10 entourage samurai stayed temporarily. On board, return to Okayama with them.
The reason why Xiujia chose to lease instead of directly buying is because Xiujia has a certain understanding of the Galen sailboat designed by the later team based on the Carrick sailboat. Eight years is enough for Xiujia to understand the Carrick sailboat. Principles of sailboat construction.
Xiujia believes that after 8 years, Galen sailboats will be built on the basis of Carrick sailboats. As for casting cannons, even if I cast 1 cannons in 2 year, I will be able to bring out a wave of apprentices in 8 years. .
After disembarking from the "Anthony", Hideka recalled the trip to Sakaicho, and it was true that there must be a road to the front of the mountain, and there is another village.
The Xiu family originally thought that their casting of iron cannons was doomed to failure, but who would have thought that they would be able to find a talented person on a ship that was about to go bankrupt.
Of course, the Xiu family did not know at this time that the translator named Francis was a student of religious history in a Roman Catholic school, and the method of casting cannons was only learned from books.
And what he said about casting cannons for the Duke of Florence was just working for the cannonsmith after returning to his hometown, and he had no experience in independently casting cannons at all.
On August 12, 8th year of Tianzheng, Xiujia finally returned to Okayama Castle after nearly half a year's absence.
Oka Toshikatsu, who returned to Okayama ahead of schedule, had already given the Hide family's order ahead of time, and it should be the day when each family summoned farmers and soldiers.
Previously, only Bizen, who had recruited the five backup teams of Shangdao Zuobei, Minobi, Okubi, and Akasaka, was directly ordered by Hideo this time to mobilize the entire team. At this moment, the two backup teams including Heki and Takamatsu are also was mobilized.
The Xiu family didn't even have time to go to their harem to do something when they returned to Okayama, so they called the generals in Okayama for a meeting on the same day.
At this time, in the evaluation room of the Okayama Castle Palace, the captains and captains of the preparation teams directly under the Hide family gathered together. Even Takatora Todo, who built the castle for the Hide family in Takamatsu, returned to Okayama to participate in the evaluation. This shows the importance of this assessment.
As for the other powerful daimyos in the country, most of the soldiers were recruited in the territory, and only veteran generals such as Hanabou Masayuki, Togawa Hidean, and Oka Toshikatsu attended.
After taking his seat at Hide's house, he asked Todo Takatora in the first sentence, "Gennosuke, how is the construction of Takamatsu Castle going?"
Takamatsu Castle is a city music project that Hideka focuses on, and it represents Ukido's design of a next-generation city that can defend against cannon fire. Therefore, Hideka attached great importance to it after seeing Todo Takatora, and asked him directly.
When Fujido Takahu saw Xiujia calling him, he stepped out of the banquet, took out the design drawing of Fengshan Castle and said to Xiujia, "This is the Gaosong Fengshan Castle designed by my minister, please read it, Your Highness."
Fengshan in Sanuki stands like a flywheel with 3 blades in the south of Takamatsu Port, and the design of the entire Takamatsu Fengshan Castle is based on the terrain of Fengshan.
Relying on the shape of the mountain, Fujido Takatora designed a circle of city walls at the foot of the mountain, so that almost any part of Ichinomaru could be shot by the defenders on the other "blade" mountain.
It also designed two circles of city walls on the mountain, and set up independent Sanzhiwan on the two "leaves" facing the sea in the northwest and northeast, which were named Dongmaru and Nishimaru respectively, and set up three-story towers on them to monitor the sea.
In the center of Fengshan Mountain is the Honmaru. Although it is a third-level city wall like Dongwan and Xiwan, but relying on the main peak of Fengshan Mountain, the mountain is steeper and has a larger slope. On the top of Fengshan Mountain is a 400-square-meter city wall There will be a 4-story, 5-story castle tower and a palace where the city lord rests.
There was a village built on the top of the mountain in history, but now it is all within the red line of demolition and land acquisition.
At the same time, in order to prevent the Honmaru Tianshou from being shot by artillery, the Tianshou was designed on the south side, where there is a 200-meter-long gentle ridge and the third "fan leaf" mountain on the south side.
Fujido Takatora designed the back door, storage and other buildings here. As the ancillary building area of Takamatsu Fengshan Castle, there is no real gate here, and it is directly planned within the scope of Ninomaru. It is called Nanyuan. Of course, it is secretly Will leave a small door for the city lord to escape.
Generally speaking, this design of Fujido Takatora has the design style of the first generation of city walls after the arrival of hot weapons, that is, making full use of favorable terrain to form cross profit and kill the enemy.
At the same time, all important buildings are designed on the back of the mountain to prevent them from being directly designed by enemy cannons. In addition, the elevation angle of the mountain city according to the mountain will also be a nightmare for modern bronze cannons.
Fujido Takatora's design does have certain limitations, but it is also an outstanding design in this era.
The only problem is the city gate below the Nishi Maru, which is different from the concave-shaped mountain of the Tou Maru. The city gate is designed in a different position. The west side of the Nishi Maru is the Shio River that crosses Sanuki, while the north side faces Takamatsu Town. The location of the mountain is flat and there is no defensive terrain, and Todo Takatora is also quite struggling to contribute here.
In the end, it was Hideka who made the decision to design a Maidemaru in front of Nishimaru to attract the attacking side's firepower, and at the same time draw the water from the Shio River into Mizubori, making it difficult for Maidemaru to be crossed.
The computer graphics card is broken, the computer screen is blurred, and the 3700X does not have a nuclear display. This chapter is entered on a mobile phone. It is really difficult to input various terminology on a mobile phone.
Moreover, a lot of information is stored in the computer, and the mobile phone needs to write novels and check the information again. The update speed is slow, and only 2k words can be updated in one night.
It is difficult for me to guarantee the number of words in the chapters before the graphics card is repaired. Fortunately, GALAX officials say that it can be repaired in up to 14 working days. Please bear with me.
Thank you
(End of this chapter)
When Xiujia heard that the interpreter in front of him could actually cast cannons, he showed incredible eyes, and asked him to confirm again, "You said you could forge cannons, is this true? I mean that the cannon-casters in Europe are all under the control of the king. artisan."
Xiujia's question was confirmed by Francis, and he said to Xiujia, "I only need 50 taels of gold a year, and I am willing to cast cannons for you."
After hearing this, Xiujia asked a little strangely, "Why don't you go back to Europe with your brother?"
"If the goods on the ship can't be sold, we can't go back to Europe, and we have no source of income in Japan. We have to find a way to make money to survive." Francis replied sincerely.
Perhaps it was Francis' sincerity that made Xiujia change his mind. He made a suggestion to the two of them.
"I bought all the iron cannons on the ship, and I will lease your ship for 8 years, and pay you 3500 taels of gold every year. You need to help me cast cannons, and your brother needs to help me train ocean sailors."
"Let me make up for you. Eight years later, the ship will still be yours. You can bring 8 taels of gold to recruit sailors in Sakaicho and return to Europa."
28000 taels of gold, which is roughly equal to 11 guan. As mentioned earlier, the iron cannon in the cabin is worth 2 guan at most. The Xiu family is equivalent to spending 3 guan to lease the ship for 7 years. This transaction is not counted. Very cheap, but definitely within the acceptable range of both parties.
2 taels of gold is definitely a huge sum of money in Europa, enough for them to live a prosperous life.
Sure enough, after discussing with his elder brother, Francis relayed to Xiujia again, "We accept the price, but we owe a mooring fee to Sakaimachi. You need to pay us for us to drive the boat out, about 800 guan about."
As mentioned earlier, the mooring fee for this kind of large ship in Sakaimachi is about 8 guan/day. The 800 guan berthing fee shows that they have owed the rent for more than 3 months.
Seeing that the valuable goods in the cabin could not be sold, it is no wonder that his brother Francis would choose to drink the rum that used to be the goods to relieve his sorrow.
After negotiating this business, Hideka put gold equivalent to 1000 kanwen on the table and asked them to pay the berth fee and temporarily hire the crew for Okayama. At the same time, Shimizu Nobuya and 10 entourage samurai stayed temporarily. On board, return to Okayama with them.
The reason why Xiujia chose to lease instead of directly buying is because Xiujia has a certain understanding of the Galen sailboat designed by the later team based on the Carrick sailboat. Eight years is enough for Xiujia to understand the Carrick sailboat. Principles of sailboat construction.
Xiujia believes that after 8 years, Galen sailboats will be built on the basis of Carrick sailboats. As for casting cannons, even if I cast 1 cannons in 2 year, I will be able to bring out a wave of apprentices in 8 years. .
After disembarking from the "Anthony", Hideka recalled the trip to Sakaicho, and it was true that there must be a road to the front of the mountain, and there is another village.
The Xiu family originally thought that their casting of iron cannons was doomed to failure, but who would have thought that they would be able to find a talented person on a ship that was about to go bankrupt.
Of course, the Xiu family did not know at this time that the translator named Francis was a student of religious history in a Roman Catholic school, and the method of casting cannons was only learned from books.
And what he said about casting cannons for the Duke of Florence was just working for the cannonsmith after returning to his hometown, and he had no experience in independently casting cannons at all.
On August 12, 8th year of Tianzheng, Xiujia finally returned to Okayama Castle after nearly half a year's absence.
Oka Toshikatsu, who returned to Okayama ahead of schedule, had already given the Hide family's order ahead of time, and it should be the day when each family summoned farmers and soldiers.
Previously, only Bizen, who had recruited the five backup teams of Shangdao Zuobei, Minobi, Okubi, and Akasaka, was directly ordered by Hideo this time to mobilize the entire team. At this moment, the two backup teams including Heki and Takamatsu are also was mobilized.
The Xiu family didn't even have time to go to their harem to do something when they returned to Okayama, so they called the generals in Okayama for a meeting on the same day.
At this time, in the evaluation room of the Okayama Castle Palace, the captains and captains of the preparation teams directly under the Hide family gathered together. Even Takatora Todo, who built the castle for the Hide family in Takamatsu, returned to Okayama to participate in the evaluation. This shows the importance of this assessment.
As for the other powerful daimyos in the country, most of the soldiers were recruited in the territory, and only veteran generals such as Hanabou Masayuki, Togawa Hidean, and Oka Toshikatsu attended.
After taking his seat at Hide's house, he asked Todo Takatora in the first sentence, "Gennosuke, how is the construction of Takamatsu Castle going?"
Takamatsu Castle is a city music project that Hideka focuses on, and it represents Ukido's design of a next-generation city that can defend against cannon fire. Therefore, Hideka attached great importance to it after seeing Todo Takatora, and asked him directly.
When Fujido Takahu saw Xiujia calling him, he stepped out of the banquet, took out the design drawing of Fengshan Castle and said to Xiujia, "This is the Gaosong Fengshan Castle designed by my minister, please read it, Your Highness."
Fengshan in Sanuki stands like a flywheel with 3 blades in the south of Takamatsu Port, and the design of the entire Takamatsu Fengshan Castle is based on the terrain of Fengshan.
Relying on the shape of the mountain, Fujido Takatora designed a circle of city walls at the foot of the mountain, so that almost any part of Ichinomaru could be shot by the defenders on the other "blade" mountain.
It also designed two circles of city walls on the mountain, and set up independent Sanzhiwan on the two "leaves" facing the sea in the northwest and northeast, which were named Dongmaru and Nishimaru respectively, and set up three-story towers on them to monitor the sea.
In the center of Fengshan Mountain is the Honmaru. Although it is a third-level city wall like Dongwan and Xiwan, but relying on the main peak of Fengshan Mountain, the mountain is steeper and has a larger slope. On the top of Fengshan Mountain is a 400-square-meter city wall There will be a 4-story, 5-story castle tower and a palace where the city lord rests.
There was a village built on the top of the mountain in history, but now it is all within the red line of demolition and land acquisition.
At the same time, in order to prevent the Honmaru Tianshou from being shot by artillery, the Tianshou was designed on the south side, where there is a 200-meter-long gentle ridge and the third "fan leaf" mountain on the south side.
Fujido Takatora designed the back door, storage and other buildings here. As the ancillary building area of Takamatsu Fengshan Castle, there is no real gate here, and it is directly planned within the scope of Ninomaru. It is called Nanyuan. Of course, it is secretly Will leave a small door for the city lord to escape.
Generally speaking, this design of Fujido Takatora has the design style of the first generation of city walls after the arrival of hot weapons, that is, making full use of favorable terrain to form cross profit and kill the enemy.
At the same time, all important buildings are designed on the back of the mountain to prevent them from being directly designed by enemy cannons. In addition, the elevation angle of the mountain city according to the mountain will also be a nightmare for modern bronze cannons.
Fujido Takatora's design does have certain limitations, but it is also an outstanding design in this era.
The only problem is the city gate below the Nishi Maru, which is different from the concave-shaped mountain of the Tou Maru. The city gate is designed in a different position. The west side of the Nishi Maru is the Shio River that crosses Sanuki, while the north side faces Takamatsu Town. The location of the mountain is flat and there is no defensive terrain, and Todo Takatora is also quite struggling to contribute here.
In the end, it was Hideka who made the decision to design a Maidemaru in front of Nishimaru to attract the attacking side's firepower, and at the same time draw the water from the Shio River into Mizubori, making it difficult for Maidemaru to be crossed.
The computer graphics card is broken, the computer screen is blurred, and the 3700X does not have a nuclear display. This chapter is entered on a mobile phone. It is really difficult to input various terminology on a mobile phone.
Moreover, a lot of information is stored in the computer, and the mobile phone needs to write novels and check the information again. The update speed is slow, and only 2k words can be updated in one night.
It is difficult for me to guarantee the number of words in the chapters before the graphics card is repaired. Fortunately, GALAX officials say that it can be repaired in up to 14 working days. Please bear with me.
Thank you
(End of this chapter)