"Reverse Blade?"
Yukino looked at the landlady suspiciously.
"wait for me a while."
The landlady signaled her to wait a moment and walked into the inner room. When he came out, he was holding a sheathed knife in his hand.
"Please look."
Pulling out the knife, Yukino found that the blade of the knife was open on the back of the knife.
"This is the reverse-blade sword. Not many people would make this kind of sword now."
The landlady handed the knife to Yukino, who observed it carefully.
"After the back of the knife is sharpened, the thickness of the knife will be thinner and easier to break."
"Sir Samurai Hime is a sensible person."
The landlady gave a thumbs up and said.
"The reverse blade is generally a ceremonial knife used by shrines to worship the gods. In order to show the mercy of the gods, the blade is sharpened on the back to express the intention not to hurt others."
The landlady didn't say anything else, but Yukino probably understood.
Since the third Ashikaga Shogun Yoshimitsu massacred the emperor's ministers, the Shinto religion, which had close ties with the emperor, also perished.
Then the Shinto shrine will naturally cease to exist, and who will build such a reverse blade sword?
"What is this knife?"
"This is my first work. As you said, the back of the reverse-edged sword is too thin and easy to break, but it is a good way to practice sword-making skills."
The landlady looked at the knife with memories of the past in her expression.
"It has been kept here for a long time, but I think as long as it is a samurai sword, it should be thought of being used. It is also a kind of sadness to be covered with dust over the years.
If you are willing to use it, I will give it to you. But if you just want to buy a decoration, forget it. "
The landlady looked at Yukino, and Yukino said thoughtfully.
"Would it be possible to kill someone if you compete with this knife?"
"The reverse blade is also a blade. Of course it can kill people. But if it is used in a normal way, the unedged side will not be able to make a wound. It is similar to a blow with a blunt instrument."
The landlady told the truth, and Yukino nodded with satisfaction.
"I want this knife."
It took Yiyin and Li Yi more than ten days to cross the mountainous area. The distance on the map seems not far away, but the mountain road is full of twists and turns.
Except for the first three to five days, I did not encounter any attacks from the evil party.
The wild warriors in the mountains are also in contact with each other. When the evil party groups in front of them have lost contact one after another, even a fool knows that they have encountered a tough opponent and the reward is not easy to get.
Fifty guan is very tempting, but why do you need money when your life is gone? The really powerful Iga clan Koga clan is busy spying around Omi country, desperately earning a lot of money from various samurai families.
War is the most expensive and most profitable business. Having just survived the cold winter, every family was extremely poor and had no choice but to pluck the Wu family's wool whenever they had the chance.
Yoshiyin, worth only fifty guan, successfully entered the Yamashiro country where Kyoto is located.
Yamashiro Kingdom is not big. The entire country is the imperial palace of the Ashikaga family, with a total stone height of 230,000 stones. The Ashikaga family has no other territory except Yamashiro Kingdom.
At the beginning, Ashikaga Shogun Takauji raised an army and swore an alliance with his relatives. Sisters work together, share the world, guard the four sides, and never let each other down.
Having learned the lesson of the Kamakura shogunate being usurped by outsiders, the rule of the Ashikaga shogunate was based on the division of power between families and relatives.
The various countries were entrusted to protect each other, and then the Ashikaga family's imperial palace was established in the country. On the one hand, each family enjoys the knowledge and practice of the national leader, on the other hand, they also guard the imperial palace to ensure the income of the Ashikaga family.
This system enabled the third generation of shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to have enough capital to establish a horseback army of three thousand people.
Moreover, Ma Huizhong were all carefully selected warriors from various countries who were good at fighting. For a while, the warriors were silent and did not dare to slack off in obeying the general's orders.
The horse warriors that Oda Nobunaga raised by selling iron and steel only had fifty Hime warriors, and their martial arts skills were still uneven, but they were already the most famous samurai group in Owari Kingdom.
I recall that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was so high-spirited that he could make Nobunaga jealous to death.
Originally, this system was very suitable for the samurai society, but things went wrong because of the Yatsudai Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
Ashikaga Yoshimasa had no children in his early years, so he named his younger sister Ashikaga Yoshihiro as his heir. But I never thought that she would give birth again!
After having a biological daughter, Yoshimasa's thoughts changed, but Ashikaga Yoshihiro was recognized by various families and was already a worthy heir.
You, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, have said that you want to change the heir, which challenges the Ashikaga family's traditional negotiation and sharing of the world.
As a result, the samurai who supported Ashikaga Yoshimasa and the samurai who supported Ashikaga Yoshihiro fought for ten years.
Those who participated were all relatives and branches of the Ashikaga family, and relatives of the branch family. Those who died were the pillars of the Ashikaga world, and the heart of the branch family was cold.
From then on, the sisters were no longer united, and the Ashikaga family became wary of each other and began to check and balance each family.
With three offices and four posts, the Ashikaga Ichigaya Gate fell into decline in less than fifty years. The Ashikaga family themselves did not benefit, and the samurai of the lower and upper levels reached out to the royal palaces of various countries.
The Ashikaga family's income declined, their strength weakened, and the world was in chaos.
This mountain city country is like a large Kyoto, and it has been a prosperous place since ancient times. Merchants from all over the world come here to do business and bring goods from all over the world for exchange.
As a modern person, Yiyin is most interested in nothing more than iron cannons. Tiepao is a musket, as people here call it.
"One stick costs 100."
He was shocked by the price of the iron cannon. Judging from the reward, Yiyin's head was worth half an iron cannon. Walking out of the market, Yiyin was still shocked.
"My Lord, don't listen to the nonsense of those profiteers. Iron cannons were indeed ridiculously expensive when they were first brought by the Southern Barbarians.
But now Kyushu Tanegashima has mastered the method of making iron cannons, and the price has already dropped.
In recent years, Kino Kuni has obtained the manufacturing method from Tanegashima. The price of iron cannons in recent years is not that high. You can buy one for sixty guan. "
"That's also sixty strings."
Riku is an ambitious Ji warrior. He has traveled to Beijing before and told Li Jiu a lot about his recent experiences.
There was little information in the Owari countryside. If he hadn't come with benefits, Yoshihiro would have been tricked into being a fool.
"My lord, this is not the case. Think about it, it takes ten years to train a qualified Japanese bow warrior, and a Japanese bow of high quality is needed to be effective on the battlefield."
Yiyin nodded. He almost died at the hands of a Japanese bow warrior in the Battle of Inao.
Except for her few arrows, the other light bamboo bows were of no use. If he had been well-dressed, he would not have had thirteen arrow wounds on his body.
"But if it's an iron cannon, an ordinary person can kill Samurai Ji on the battlefield with a few months of training. In total, the cost is much cheaper than that of Samurai Ji.
In recent years, there have been many battles, and various new tactics have emerged one after another. If Owari's rural fighting style is not improved, he will suffer big losses. "
Yiyin was very pleased to see the interest talk. As long as it is not for the benefit of the brain-twitching stage, he is really an excellent and reliable Ji Samurai. Strong in martial arts and with a beautiful mind.
Walking on the way to Kyoto, Yiyin suddenly saw a familiar figure.
"That's...Hideyoshi?"
He tentatively called out, and his petite back paused. Turning around and seeing Yoshigan, Kinoshita Hideyoshi bowed happily.
"Hello, Imperial Majesty Shiba, you have arrived at Yamashiro Country."
