Chapter 375
Besshi Copper Mine and Mint Charter
Chapter 375 Besshi Copper Mine and Mint Charter
Hideyoshi looked at a big box in front of him, and asked curiously, "What's in it?"
"It's copper." While responding to Hideyoshi's question, Hideka slowly opened the box in front of Hideyoshi.
Both Hideyoshi and Hidecho looked at the box in surprise. The candlelight reflected golden light inside the box. Perhaps it was the problem of the light that made people feel that it was not brass but gold.
The copper that Xiujia puts in the box is all smelted and purified copper ingots, which can be directly used to cast cannons or coins.
Xiujia took out two copper ingots and handed them to Hideyoshi and Xiuchang respectively, and asked them to touch and feel it with their own hands.Seeing that the two of them were confirmed, they began to tell the origin of these copper ingots.
After listening to Hideyoshi's story, Hideyoshi was silent for a moment, and then confirmed to Hideyoshi again, "So, there is a copper mountain in Iyo's country? How much is his annual production capacity?"
Hideyoshi is not nervous. Japan has always been a copper-poor country without a stable source of copper. Most of its main trading currency, copper coins, come from the trade with the Ming and North Korea and are used after being re-smelted in Japan.
This caused a difference in the value of the copper coins used only in Japan and the copper coins exchanged with foreign countries, and even many large domestic businessmen refused to accept the copper coins produced in Japan as bad money.
Of course Hideyoshi wanted to take the country's economic lifeline into his own hands, but suffered from the lack of raw copper.Even though there are brass associated mines in the Silver Mine of Inaba Tottori, it is still not enough for its use.
Now that Hideyoshi said that Iyo also exists in Tongshan, how can he not be moved?
There is nothing to hide about the mining volume of the mine, and Xiujia also told Hideyoshi truthfully: "The mine has just been mined, and it looks like 8 guan were mined last year."
The guan here is a unit of weight, 1 guan=3759 grams, which is approximately equal to 3800 grams or 4000 grams.
"8 kan? It doesn't look like a lot." Hideyoshi frowned and replied dissatisfied when he heard Hideka's answer.
In fact, Hideyoshi’s answer was a bit insincere. After all, the copper output of Tottori Ginzan is only 2 guan a year, and Besshi Copper Mine is already 4 times his.
"Even though it's only 8 now, I've already sent people to Ming and Nanban to hire miners. If the law is applied, it may be doubled in the future."
Hearing that the output of Copper Mountain can be doubled, Hideyoshi and Hideo confirmed in surprise, "Can it really be doubled?"
Xiujia nodded and said, "The Ming Dynasty was rich in copper, and the research on this aspect has been very in-depth. If their craftsmen can be invited, the output of Beszi Copper Mountain will definitely double."
In fact, as early as 1533, Japan had already used the advanced technology of refining gold and silver in the Iwami Silver Mountain, that is, the soot blowing method.But the soot blowing method is not suitable for copper smelting, which is why the Xiu family had to invite craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty.
Hearing that there will be 16 brass output in the future, Hideyoshi was silent.Of course Hideyoshi wanted this piece of copper mine, but the price of nearly 30 copper coins and nearly 120 million stone territory was beyond Hideyoshi's affordability.
The Xiu family now owns 7 million stones from the seven countries of Jibei. Looking at the entire Western Kingdom, how can there be another 114 million stones for the Xiu family?
As soon as this question appeared, the room fell into an eerie silence.
Xiujia has already informed Hideyoshi of the situation on his side, and is waiting for Hideyoshi to make a move, but Hideyoshi has not thought about how to deal with this matter.
Hideyoshi wanted the copper produced by the Besko Copper Mine, but he was having trouble with how to exchange the same amount of chips for the ownership of the copper mine.
Although Hideyoshi is the master of the Hide family, everything must be done according to the rules.Not to mention whether Xiujia would take the initiative to hand it over for free, even if Xiujia took the initiative to hand it in, whether Hideyoshi would accept it was still a problem.
After all, such a large copper mine, if Hideyoshi rashly takes back the ownership of the copper mine and attracts the attention of the world's famous names, the problem of Hideyoshi's failure to compensate the Hide family will be infinitely magnified, and eventually lead to a crisis of confidence in himself.
After a long time, Hideyoshi slowly said to the Hide family, "I already know about the Iyo Copper Mine. After all, this is your territory, and all the output on the territory belongs to you. You don't need to explain to me at all."
Hideyoshi's move of retreating into advance hits Hideyoshi's arms, and Hideyoshi said, "I know that my father needs copper mines, and the Besshi Copper Mine is very close to Osaka, so it is very suitable for smelting copper coins on the spot for the world to pass.
If I really cared about the interests of this, I would not have told my father and uncle today. I took him out to understand my father's urgent need. "
"This won't be too good." Hideyoshi was indeed greedy for these copper mines, but he felt that it was not enough to just swallow them like this, and it might affect his image in the hearts of others.
Just imagine a person in the world who even took away his son's copper mine without saying a word, would he treat other daimyos who have no special relationship with him properly?
Hideyoshi thought about it, but he still couldn't hide his longing for the copper mountain, so he asked the Xiu family, "I have received your filial piety, but it is indeed the output of your territory, and you were the first to discover the Besshi copper mountain." , you don’t need to send this to me. I just want to ask, what will you do with this copper mountain in the end?”
When Xiujia heard that Hideyoshi had misunderstood what he meant, he was speechless, "How could I give you the copper mine?"
Of course, after listening to Hideyoshi's question in the second half of the sentence, Hideo explained to Hideyoshi, "Iyo is my territory, and the Besshi Copper Mine is also in Iyo. Rather than transporting it to Osaka and Sakai to melt the city copper coins, it is better to be in Iyo. The convenience of casting.
Iyo is next to the Seto Inland Sea, connecting the waterways of Japan and the East, and the copper coins minted can just be circulated by merchants.
Therefore, I want to ask my father for permission to mint coins, allowing me to mint copper coins in my territory.Of course, the style and proportion of copper coins are agreed upon by the father and issued nationwide.
The materials, labor and transportation of the coins are all borne by me, and my father does not need to pay anything, but in the end I will turn over part of the output of the coins to my father. "
Hideyoshi's ultimate goal is to mint coins, and now Hideyoshi is willing to take over this task, and Hideyoshi doesn't need to pay anything at all.
Once heard here.Hideyoshi suddenly became interested, and asked Xiujia: "So, how do you plan to distribute this part of the coinage output?"
Seeing that Hideyoshi took the initiative to ask about the distribution of copper coin output, Hideyoshi also confessed to Hideyoshi what he had agreed on in his heart long ago, "I will transport 4% of the copper coins minted every year to Osaka for my father's use, and 1% to my uncle for him. Withdrawal. Of the remaining 5%, about 2% are various costs, and 2% of my own income."
Hearing that he also has [-]% of Hidejou, he asked with great interest, "Oh? How should I say, do I have a share too?"
"Of course, after all, listeners have a share." Hearing Xiuchang's question, Xiujia explained with a smile, "And you will soon be my father-in-law, you and I will be a family, and this income will be given to you." the dowry."
Hearing Xiujia's explanation, Xiuchang burst into laughter, and then refused, "Hahaha, I am really satisfied that you have this heart, but there is no need to really give it to me."
"Yes, I have to." But at this time, Hideyoshi stopped Hidecho and said, "Xiaozhu's share must not be missed."
"Brother?" Hearing that Hideyoshi insisted on giving himself a share of the profits, Hideyoshi was a little puzzled, and was about to ask Hideyoshi why, but he waved his hand to stop him.
Seeing Hideyoshi stop himself, Hidecho could only keep silent and wait for his explanation.
Hideyoshi quickly explained, "After all, it is the child's wish. If you don't take it, how can I have the nerve to take it?"
After hearing this, Xiuchang realized that Hideyoshi was really moved. He wanted to make a decision about the output of Besshi copper, so he just put himself on the back, so he no longer shirked.
And Hideyoshi also continued to say, "After all, this land is yours, and the production is yours too. It's too little for you to get 2 and a half percent of the profit when you are busy. I can give you the coinage charter, and you don't give Xiaozhu 1 percent." Change, you only need to give me 3% in the end, not 4%.”
In fact, Beszi Copper Mine not only produces copper, but also associated mines such as gold and silver, but the Xiu family avoids talking about it. Of course, they plan to eat all of it themselves. This part of the income also has an income of nearly 8 copper coins.
As the largest output of Beszi Copper Mine, copper is the most obvious target. This section is absolutely impossible to hide. The Xiu family has already made preparations for the 5 cities to share profits.
Now Hideyoshi took the initiative to take a step back, as long as 3%, how could the Xiu family think that he had too much money, so he agreed.
The father, son, uncle and nephew agreed on the production situation of Besko Copper Mountain, each of them got a satisfactory answer, and walked out of the secret room happily, and went to enjoy dinner together.
Hideyoshi himself is also a man of temperament. Today, he not only solved the distress about the Kyushu award, but also received a gift worth 10 kan.Immediately, he was in a good mood, and forced Xiuchang and Hachisuka Masakatsu to drink together.
Hachisuka Masakatsu did not participate in the spy just now, and he knew nothing about what happened to the three of them inside, so he wondered why Hideyoshi was so happy today.
But Hideyoshi responded to what he asked, and the two have been old friends for many years.So the two of you drank one cup while I drank the other.
After drinking for three rounds, everyone was a little bit drunk, Hideyoshi suddenly opened his mouth to ask Hideka while he was in Kyushu, "When I was in Kyushu, I heard that the head of Hyoko (Yoshihiro Shimadzu) said that you have a firearm in your hand that can be used at a distance of a thousand steps. Break through the enemy's city wall?"
Hideyoshi's surprise general made Hideyoshi a little bit at a loss. He didn't know whether he should tell Hideyoshi his secret weapon, after all, the power of the artillery was too great.
But he thought about it, the Shimadzu family might not know about the cannon they owned, maybe they thought it was the same stone fire arrow as theirs.
So Hideo cleared his voice, and said to Hideyoshi, "The Shimadzu family also has this kind of firearm. They shot at me at the head of Bungo Tsumure Castle that day, and I suffered a lot."
Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment when he heard Hideo's answer, this detail was captured by Hideo, and he took the initiative to ask him, "Why, didn't the head of Hyogo tell father that they also had something to do with Ishihiya?"
Hideyoshi was immediately questioned by Hideyoshi, in order to maintain his omniscient image, Hideyoshi stuck his neck and insisted, "Of course I said so, so you and Shimadzu's Ishihaya are the same thing?
But how did I hear that your fire arrows shoot farther and are more powerful than the Shimadzu's? "
"It's not exactly the same." Xiujia explained, "Shimadzu's stone fires are roughly made of iron, similar to an enlarged version of iron cannons, while Haier's stone fires are mostly made of brass. Their ductility differently."
Hideyoshi listened in a daze, he didn't want to know about the ductility at all, he just wanted to know if there is such a powerful artillery, and what is his combat power.
So he continued to ask, "You just need to tell me whether your arrow is stronger than the Shimadzu's."
"Ishihiya" saw that Hideyoshi hadn't remembered the name of this firearm until now, Hidecho also reminded him.
Hideyoshi followed Hidecho's reminder and said, "Yes, Ishihaya." Then he gave him a thankful look.
Xiujia thought for a while and replied, "If we must talk about the difference in combat power, there are indeed some differences. The power and range of the boy's side are actually weaker than the Shimadzu's iron stone fire arrows, because the copper is soft and the gunpowder is in the barrel. During the implosion, a considerable part of the force is absorbed.
And iron is different, its texture is hard.Under the premise of the same caliber and charge, more reaction force can be given to the shell, so that its initial velocity is faster and its range is longer. "
After hearing Hideyoshi's explanation, Hideyoshi, Hidecho, and Hachisuka Masakatsu looked at each other in dismay.
The three looked at me and I looked at you, all wanting to get further explanations from their companions, but unfortunately none of the three couldn't understand what the Xiu family was saying.
On the contrary, Xiuchang grasped the key point, that is, "Shimadzu's stone fire arrows have a longer range."
Hideyoshi seemed very dissatisfied with this conclusion, so he said to Hideo, "If Shimadzu's Ishihaya is really so strong, why can they be captured by you when they defend the castle?"
Xiujia continued to explain, "Haier just said that under the premise of the same caliber and charge, the iron stone fire arrow is indeed stronger than Haier's copper, but the stone fire arrow used by Haier has a larger caliber and more charge. !"
Well, Hideyoshi was completely confused by so many terms, and he didn't want to continue to listen to Hideyoshi's explanation, so he waved his hand and said decisively, "I can't understand all the nonsense you said, and you and the island will be under the castle tomorrow." Let me see how the Tsu family’s stone-flame arrow fires for a round, and how it works?”
Xiujia wanted to hide his strength, but Hideyoshi asked for a test shot on the spot after repeated questioning, so Xiujia had no choice but to bite the bullet and deal with it.
After the banquet was over, the Xiu family quietly ordered Shimizu Xin to also find Changchuan Zhenqin, and take the little golden cannon that failed to be self-made at the beginning for a test shot.
This failed artillery is not a complete failure, but because of poor airtightness, the range is greatly reduced.
At the same time, he was told to set up artillery positions under the city for actual artillery use tomorrow.After everything was arranged properly, Hideyoshi fell into a deep sleep.
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Hideyoshi, who was drunk last night, didn't get up until three rice poles a day today, and after breakfast and lunch, led by Osafune Sadakin, he went to the artillery position outside Shishan City.
At this time, Maeda Toshiie, Kato Yoshiaki and others who happened to be returning after Hideyoshi arrived in Okayama, so there were a few more daimyos shooting guns outside Ishiyama Castle.
The firing positions of the artillery were set up in an open field, and the artillery battalion of the Xiu family personally operated the artillery. The one representing the Xiu family was the inferior copper cannon arranged by the Xiu family yesterday, and the one representing the Shimadzu family was from Stone fire arrows seized from Tsumure Castle.
"Boom~Boom~" With the sound of two cannons, Shi Huoya and Xiujia's small gold cannon fired one after another, flying towards the target area 300 meters away.
The limit range of Shi Huoya is only 3/400 meters, and the small golden cannon in Xiujia's hand is cast by imitating the Spanish 6-pound bronze cannon. It landed after more than 500 meters.
The Shimadzu family's iron stone fire arrow flew over the 300-meter target line, but due to air resistance, it deviated from the distance to the right.Then the two guns went through two rounds of test firing, and the results were roughly the same.
Whether it was Shihuoya's stone projectiles or Xiaojinpao's iron projectiles, they didn't focus on the target, but when they hit the ground, they stirred up a large amount of mud.At least the momentum has been raised.
After seeing the results of the two firearms, the big names who had never seen the world exclaimed, "It is so powerful that it can destroy cities and countries."
So Xiujia took the opportunity to explain to Hideyoshi and Xiuchang, "The Shimadzu family's iron stone fire arrows have a longer range, but they are also easy to miss the target; and my copper stone fire arrows are not as far as theirs. slightly better."
Hideyoshi seemed to be very interested in this novelty, and he took the initiative to ask Hideyoshi, "How much is the cost of casting these two kinds of stone fire arrows?"
The Shimadzu family’s Ishigami Yahide family did not know the specific casting cost, but according to what Kowa Hisago said, one cannon material can forge 20 iron cannons. This is not a matter of the cost of forging and the yield rate .
Therefore, Xiujia estimated a number and replied to Xiujia, "A iron stone fire arrow is about 3/40 of an iron cannon, which is about 1600 punctures."
Hideka knew the cost of the small gold cannon, and he confessed to Hideyoshi, "The main cost of copper is brass, and the cost of this copper stone fire arrow needs to be more than 8000."
"8000 guan?"
When Xiujia reported this figure, all the owners present were stunned. The price was really too shocking, and it was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
At this time, Maeda Toshiie said, "With this cost, I would rather equip 150 iron cannons and form a new iron cannon."
His answer was approved by many people, even Hideyoshi kept nodding.
Soon, Hideyoshi defined this new type of weapon, "It makes sense, but it's just a fancy novelty, and iron guns are more economical.
The range is only 3 or 4 times longer, but the price is tens or even a hundred times more expensive.His power is not comparable to the ferocity of hundreds of iron cannon salvos, and it is not worth equipped at all.
I can let the iron cannons move forward 200 steps quickly, and shoot your stone fire arrows after reaching the range of the iron cannons. It will be seen how you resist at that time. "
After that, he lost interest in this kind of firearm, and led everyone on the way back.Little did he know that it was precisely because of his judgment that the Japanese army had to face an intractable dilemma on the Korean battlefield many years later.
(End of this chapter)
Hideyoshi looked at a big box in front of him, and asked curiously, "What's in it?"
"It's copper." While responding to Hideyoshi's question, Hideka slowly opened the box in front of Hideyoshi.
Both Hideyoshi and Hidecho looked at the box in surprise. The candlelight reflected golden light inside the box. Perhaps it was the problem of the light that made people feel that it was not brass but gold.
The copper that Xiujia puts in the box is all smelted and purified copper ingots, which can be directly used to cast cannons or coins.
Xiujia took out two copper ingots and handed them to Hideyoshi and Xiuchang respectively, and asked them to touch and feel it with their own hands.Seeing that the two of them were confirmed, they began to tell the origin of these copper ingots.
After listening to Hideyoshi's story, Hideyoshi was silent for a moment, and then confirmed to Hideyoshi again, "So, there is a copper mountain in Iyo's country? How much is his annual production capacity?"
Hideyoshi is not nervous. Japan has always been a copper-poor country without a stable source of copper. Most of its main trading currency, copper coins, come from the trade with the Ming and North Korea and are used after being re-smelted in Japan.
This caused a difference in the value of the copper coins used only in Japan and the copper coins exchanged with foreign countries, and even many large domestic businessmen refused to accept the copper coins produced in Japan as bad money.
Of course Hideyoshi wanted to take the country's economic lifeline into his own hands, but suffered from the lack of raw copper.Even though there are brass associated mines in the Silver Mine of Inaba Tottori, it is still not enough for its use.
Now that Hideyoshi said that Iyo also exists in Tongshan, how can he not be moved?
There is nothing to hide about the mining volume of the mine, and Xiujia also told Hideyoshi truthfully: "The mine has just been mined, and it looks like 8 guan were mined last year."
The guan here is a unit of weight, 1 guan=3759 grams, which is approximately equal to 3800 grams or 4000 grams.
"8 kan? It doesn't look like a lot." Hideyoshi frowned and replied dissatisfied when he heard Hideka's answer.
In fact, Hideyoshi’s answer was a bit insincere. After all, the copper output of Tottori Ginzan is only 2 guan a year, and Besshi Copper Mine is already 4 times his.
"Even though it's only 8 now, I've already sent people to Ming and Nanban to hire miners. If the law is applied, it may be doubled in the future."
Hearing that the output of Copper Mountain can be doubled, Hideyoshi and Hideo confirmed in surprise, "Can it really be doubled?"
Xiujia nodded and said, "The Ming Dynasty was rich in copper, and the research on this aspect has been very in-depth. If their craftsmen can be invited, the output of Beszi Copper Mountain will definitely double."
In fact, as early as 1533, Japan had already used the advanced technology of refining gold and silver in the Iwami Silver Mountain, that is, the soot blowing method.But the soot blowing method is not suitable for copper smelting, which is why the Xiu family had to invite craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty.
Hearing that there will be 16 brass output in the future, Hideyoshi was silent.Of course Hideyoshi wanted this piece of copper mine, but the price of nearly 30 copper coins and nearly 120 million stone territory was beyond Hideyoshi's affordability.
The Xiu family now owns 7 million stones from the seven countries of Jibei. Looking at the entire Western Kingdom, how can there be another 114 million stones for the Xiu family?
As soon as this question appeared, the room fell into an eerie silence.
Xiujia has already informed Hideyoshi of the situation on his side, and is waiting for Hideyoshi to make a move, but Hideyoshi has not thought about how to deal with this matter.
Hideyoshi wanted the copper produced by the Besko Copper Mine, but he was having trouble with how to exchange the same amount of chips for the ownership of the copper mine.
Although Hideyoshi is the master of the Hide family, everything must be done according to the rules.Not to mention whether Xiujia would take the initiative to hand it over for free, even if Xiujia took the initiative to hand it in, whether Hideyoshi would accept it was still a problem.
After all, such a large copper mine, if Hideyoshi rashly takes back the ownership of the copper mine and attracts the attention of the world's famous names, the problem of Hideyoshi's failure to compensate the Hide family will be infinitely magnified, and eventually lead to a crisis of confidence in himself.
After a long time, Hideyoshi slowly said to the Hide family, "I already know about the Iyo Copper Mine. After all, this is your territory, and all the output on the territory belongs to you. You don't need to explain to me at all."
Hideyoshi's move of retreating into advance hits Hideyoshi's arms, and Hideyoshi said, "I know that my father needs copper mines, and the Besshi Copper Mine is very close to Osaka, so it is very suitable for smelting copper coins on the spot for the world to pass.
If I really cared about the interests of this, I would not have told my father and uncle today. I took him out to understand my father's urgent need. "
"This won't be too good." Hideyoshi was indeed greedy for these copper mines, but he felt that it was not enough to just swallow them like this, and it might affect his image in the hearts of others.
Just imagine a person in the world who even took away his son's copper mine without saying a word, would he treat other daimyos who have no special relationship with him properly?
Hideyoshi thought about it, but he still couldn't hide his longing for the copper mountain, so he asked the Xiu family, "I have received your filial piety, but it is indeed the output of your territory, and you were the first to discover the Besshi copper mountain." , you don’t need to send this to me. I just want to ask, what will you do with this copper mountain in the end?”
When Xiujia heard that Hideyoshi had misunderstood what he meant, he was speechless, "How could I give you the copper mine?"
Of course, after listening to Hideyoshi's question in the second half of the sentence, Hideo explained to Hideyoshi, "Iyo is my territory, and the Besshi Copper Mine is also in Iyo. Rather than transporting it to Osaka and Sakai to melt the city copper coins, it is better to be in Iyo. The convenience of casting.
Iyo is next to the Seto Inland Sea, connecting the waterways of Japan and the East, and the copper coins minted can just be circulated by merchants.
Therefore, I want to ask my father for permission to mint coins, allowing me to mint copper coins in my territory.Of course, the style and proportion of copper coins are agreed upon by the father and issued nationwide.
The materials, labor and transportation of the coins are all borne by me, and my father does not need to pay anything, but in the end I will turn over part of the output of the coins to my father. "
Hideyoshi's ultimate goal is to mint coins, and now Hideyoshi is willing to take over this task, and Hideyoshi doesn't need to pay anything at all.
Once heard here.Hideyoshi suddenly became interested, and asked Xiujia: "So, how do you plan to distribute this part of the coinage output?"
Seeing that Hideyoshi took the initiative to ask about the distribution of copper coin output, Hideyoshi also confessed to Hideyoshi what he had agreed on in his heart long ago, "I will transport 4% of the copper coins minted every year to Osaka for my father's use, and 1% to my uncle for him. Withdrawal. Of the remaining 5%, about 2% are various costs, and 2% of my own income."
Hearing that he also has [-]% of Hidejou, he asked with great interest, "Oh? How should I say, do I have a share too?"
"Of course, after all, listeners have a share." Hearing Xiuchang's question, Xiujia explained with a smile, "And you will soon be my father-in-law, you and I will be a family, and this income will be given to you." the dowry."
Hearing Xiujia's explanation, Xiuchang burst into laughter, and then refused, "Hahaha, I am really satisfied that you have this heart, but there is no need to really give it to me."
"Yes, I have to." But at this time, Hideyoshi stopped Hidecho and said, "Xiaozhu's share must not be missed."
"Brother?" Hearing that Hideyoshi insisted on giving himself a share of the profits, Hideyoshi was a little puzzled, and was about to ask Hideyoshi why, but he waved his hand to stop him.
Seeing Hideyoshi stop himself, Hidecho could only keep silent and wait for his explanation.
Hideyoshi quickly explained, "After all, it is the child's wish. If you don't take it, how can I have the nerve to take it?"
After hearing this, Xiuchang realized that Hideyoshi was really moved. He wanted to make a decision about the output of Besshi copper, so he just put himself on the back, so he no longer shirked.
And Hideyoshi also continued to say, "After all, this land is yours, and the production is yours too. It's too little for you to get 2 and a half percent of the profit when you are busy. I can give you the coinage charter, and you don't give Xiaozhu 1 percent." Change, you only need to give me 3% in the end, not 4%.”
In fact, Beszi Copper Mine not only produces copper, but also associated mines such as gold and silver, but the Xiu family avoids talking about it. Of course, they plan to eat all of it themselves. This part of the income also has an income of nearly 8 copper coins.
As the largest output of Beszi Copper Mine, copper is the most obvious target. This section is absolutely impossible to hide. The Xiu family has already made preparations for the 5 cities to share profits.
Now Hideyoshi took the initiative to take a step back, as long as 3%, how could the Xiu family think that he had too much money, so he agreed.
The father, son, uncle and nephew agreed on the production situation of Besko Copper Mountain, each of them got a satisfactory answer, and walked out of the secret room happily, and went to enjoy dinner together.
Hideyoshi himself is also a man of temperament. Today, he not only solved the distress about the Kyushu award, but also received a gift worth 10 kan.Immediately, he was in a good mood, and forced Xiuchang and Hachisuka Masakatsu to drink together.
Hachisuka Masakatsu did not participate in the spy just now, and he knew nothing about what happened to the three of them inside, so he wondered why Hideyoshi was so happy today.
But Hideyoshi responded to what he asked, and the two have been old friends for many years.So the two of you drank one cup while I drank the other.
After drinking for three rounds, everyone was a little bit drunk, Hideyoshi suddenly opened his mouth to ask Hideka while he was in Kyushu, "When I was in Kyushu, I heard that the head of Hyoko (Yoshihiro Shimadzu) said that you have a firearm in your hand that can be used at a distance of a thousand steps. Break through the enemy's city wall?"
Hideyoshi's surprise general made Hideyoshi a little bit at a loss. He didn't know whether he should tell Hideyoshi his secret weapon, after all, the power of the artillery was too great.
But he thought about it, the Shimadzu family might not know about the cannon they owned, maybe they thought it was the same stone fire arrow as theirs.
So Hideo cleared his voice, and said to Hideyoshi, "The Shimadzu family also has this kind of firearm. They shot at me at the head of Bungo Tsumure Castle that day, and I suffered a lot."
Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment when he heard Hideo's answer, this detail was captured by Hideo, and he took the initiative to ask him, "Why, didn't the head of Hyogo tell father that they also had something to do with Ishihiya?"
Hideyoshi was immediately questioned by Hideyoshi, in order to maintain his omniscient image, Hideyoshi stuck his neck and insisted, "Of course I said so, so you and Shimadzu's Ishihaya are the same thing?
But how did I hear that your fire arrows shoot farther and are more powerful than the Shimadzu's? "
"It's not exactly the same." Xiujia explained, "Shimadzu's stone fires are roughly made of iron, similar to an enlarged version of iron cannons, while Haier's stone fires are mostly made of brass. Their ductility differently."
Hideyoshi listened in a daze, he didn't want to know about the ductility at all, he just wanted to know if there is such a powerful artillery, and what is his combat power.
So he continued to ask, "You just need to tell me whether your arrow is stronger than the Shimadzu's."
"Ishihiya" saw that Hideyoshi hadn't remembered the name of this firearm until now, Hidecho also reminded him.
Hideyoshi followed Hidecho's reminder and said, "Yes, Ishihaya." Then he gave him a thankful look.
Xiujia thought for a while and replied, "If we must talk about the difference in combat power, there are indeed some differences. The power and range of the boy's side are actually weaker than the Shimadzu's iron stone fire arrows, because the copper is soft and the gunpowder is in the barrel. During the implosion, a considerable part of the force is absorbed.
And iron is different, its texture is hard.Under the premise of the same caliber and charge, more reaction force can be given to the shell, so that its initial velocity is faster and its range is longer. "
After hearing Hideyoshi's explanation, Hideyoshi, Hidecho, and Hachisuka Masakatsu looked at each other in dismay.
The three looked at me and I looked at you, all wanting to get further explanations from their companions, but unfortunately none of the three couldn't understand what the Xiu family was saying.
On the contrary, Xiuchang grasped the key point, that is, "Shimadzu's stone fire arrows have a longer range."
Hideyoshi seemed very dissatisfied with this conclusion, so he said to Hideo, "If Shimadzu's Ishihaya is really so strong, why can they be captured by you when they defend the castle?"
Xiujia continued to explain, "Haier just said that under the premise of the same caliber and charge, the iron stone fire arrow is indeed stronger than Haier's copper, but the stone fire arrow used by Haier has a larger caliber and more charge. !"
Well, Hideyoshi was completely confused by so many terms, and he didn't want to continue to listen to Hideyoshi's explanation, so he waved his hand and said decisively, "I can't understand all the nonsense you said, and you and the island will be under the castle tomorrow." Let me see how the Tsu family’s stone-flame arrow fires for a round, and how it works?”
Xiujia wanted to hide his strength, but Hideyoshi asked for a test shot on the spot after repeated questioning, so Xiujia had no choice but to bite the bullet and deal with it.
After the banquet was over, the Xiu family quietly ordered Shimizu Xin to also find Changchuan Zhenqin, and take the little golden cannon that failed to be self-made at the beginning for a test shot.
This failed artillery is not a complete failure, but because of poor airtightness, the range is greatly reduced.
At the same time, he was told to set up artillery positions under the city for actual artillery use tomorrow.After everything was arranged properly, Hideyoshi fell into a deep sleep.
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Hideyoshi, who was drunk last night, didn't get up until three rice poles a day today, and after breakfast and lunch, led by Osafune Sadakin, he went to the artillery position outside Shishan City.
At this time, Maeda Toshiie, Kato Yoshiaki and others who happened to be returning after Hideyoshi arrived in Okayama, so there were a few more daimyos shooting guns outside Ishiyama Castle.
The firing positions of the artillery were set up in an open field, and the artillery battalion of the Xiu family personally operated the artillery. The one representing the Xiu family was the inferior copper cannon arranged by the Xiu family yesterday, and the one representing the Shimadzu family was from Stone fire arrows seized from Tsumure Castle.
"Boom~Boom~" With the sound of two cannons, Shi Huoya and Xiujia's small gold cannon fired one after another, flying towards the target area 300 meters away.
The limit range of Shi Huoya is only 3/400 meters, and the small golden cannon in Xiujia's hand is cast by imitating the Spanish 6-pound bronze cannon. It landed after more than 500 meters.
The Shimadzu family's iron stone fire arrow flew over the 300-meter target line, but due to air resistance, it deviated from the distance to the right.Then the two guns went through two rounds of test firing, and the results were roughly the same.
Whether it was Shihuoya's stone projectiles or Xiaojinpao's iron projectiles, they didn't focus on the target, but when they hit the ground, they stirred up a large amount of mud.At least the momentum has been raised.
After seeing the results of the two firearms, the big names who had never seen the world exclaimed, "It is so powerful that it can destroy cities and countries."
So Xiujia took the opportunity to explain to Hideyoshi and Xiuchang, "The Shimadzu family's iron stone fire arrows have a longer range, but they are also easy to miss the target; and my copper stone fire arrows are not as far as theirs. slightly better."
Hideyoshi seemed to be very interested in this novelty, and he took the initiative to ask Hideyoshi, "How much is the cost of casting these two kinds of stone fire arrows?"
The Shimadzu family’s Ishigami Yahide family did not know the specific casting cost, but according to what Kowa Hisago said, one cannon material can forge 20 iron cannons. This is not a matter of the cost of forging and the yield rate .
Therefore, Xiujia estimated a number and replied to Xiujia, "A iron stone fire arrow is about 3/40 of an iron cannon, which is about 1600 punctures."
Hideka knew the cost of the small gold cannon, and he confessed to Hideyoshi, "The main cost of copper is brass, and the cost of this copper stone fire arrow needs to be more than 8000."
"8000 guan?"
When Xiujia reported this figure, all the owners present were stunned. The price was really too shocking, and it was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
At this time, Maeda Toshiie said, "With this cost, I would rather equip 150 iron cannons and form a new iron cannon."
His answer was approved by many people, even Hideyoshi kept nodding.
Soon, Hideyoshi defined this new type of weapon, "It makes sense, but it's just a fancy novelty, and iron guns are more economical.
The range is only 3 or 4 times longer, but the price is tens or even a hundred times more expensive.His power is not comparable to the ferocity of hundreds of iron cannon salvos, and it is not worth equipped at all.
I can let the iron cannons move forward 200 steps quickly, and shoot your stone fire arrows after reaching the range of the iron cannons. It will be seen how you resist at that time. "
After that, he lost interest in this kind of firearm, and led everyone on the way back.Little did he know that it was precisely because of his judgment that the Japanese army had to face an intractable dilemma on the Korean battlefield many years later.
(End of this chapter)