Kuriya Mototaka looked at Kyogoku Takamasa's expression carefully, as if to confirm the authenticity of what Kyogoku Takamasa said.
After a long time, Kuriya Gentaka slowly said: "Now that Sakyo has entered the palace, I have nothing to worry about!"
The conversation seemed to go extremely smoothly, and both parties got what they wanted from each other.
In the evening, Kuriya Mototaka convened his retainers to hold a grand dinner for Kyogoku Takamasa. The Noh orchestra specially invited from Echizen performed wonderful Noh music for Kyogoku Takamasa. Although Kyogoku Takamasa was not interested in this, it was not easy to dampen Kuriya Mototaka's enthusiasm, so he could only force a smile while clapping his hands.
Kuriya Mitsuwa seemed to have a good impression of Kyogoku Takamasa. During the dinner, he frequently toasted to Kyogoku Takamasa and discussed some military strategy matters with Kyogoku Takamasa.
Kyogoku Takamasa didn't hide anything, and answered all the questions raised by Kuriya Mitsuhiro, which made Kuriya Mitsuru nod frequently in a daze.
"Sakyo enters the palace, and Wakasa faces the sea. If we talk about hidden dangers, besides the Echizen Asakura family, the first ones to bear the brunt are the pirates in Wakasa Bay! These pirates have different strengths, but they are numerous in number, and passing merchant ships are frequently robbed!"
"Half of Wakasa's naval forces are under the jurisdiction of the Yoshimi clan, and the relationship between the Yoshimi clan and our family has always been bad. Our family has asked the Yoshimi clan for help several times before due to the water bandit incident in Mihama Bay, but all to no avail!"
"My family is preparing to form a naval army recently, and I heard that the Kyogoku family is also preparing to form a navy army recently. I wonder if Sakyo can teach me when he enters the palace?" Kuriya Mitsuwa looked at Kyogoku Takamasa with admiration, and his eyes seemed to be twinkling. The little star looks like a little fanboy.
Kyogoku Takamasa pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "My navy is used in Lake Biwa, and it only deals with ordinary water bandits. But your navy is used in the sea, to deal with But how can we compare with the pirates who roam the sea?"
"But if there is anything I can teach you, I have a few words. It depends on whether Mr. Kuriya is willing to listen."
Kuriya Mitsuwa was a little disappointed when he heard Kyougoku Takamasa's words, but when he heard the latter sentence, he suddenly had a feeling of ambiguity and suddenly said excitedly: "Please also ask Sakyo to come into the palace and teach me!"
Kyogoku Takamasa held a wine plate in his hand, looked at Kuriya Mitsuwa and said: "Sail soldiers are also boats!"
"On the sea, the waves are rough, so the ship you use must be strong and durable! With the Kuriya family's financial resources, it is not difficult to build a ship!"
"As for maritime warfare, one relies on long-range bow and arrow shooting, but it is not very powerful and has extremely low lethality, and has little merit! The other is close-quarters combat. The two ships connect and then release rope pedals to each other. Let’s start a close battle! But in doing so, wouldn’t we be giving up the advantage of the warship?”
"So I think that the best way to fight a naval battle is to rely on the size and strength of your own warships to carry out collisions! At the same time, prepare fire starters. When the ship approaches, pour it out at the enemy ship. The ship is made of wood, so how can it escape when it encounters fire? Shen!"
Kuriya Hikari nodded thoughtfully, but there were still many unclear things in his heart, so he continued to ask: "On the sea, two ships collided. Even though our warship is larger and more stable, it is still The method of injuring the enemy by one thousand and damaging yourself by eight hundred! If the warship leaks, wouldn’t it be a strategy of risking one’s life?”
Kyogoku Takamasa smiled, and then explained: "So I just said that the ship must be strong and durable! In addition, additional reinforcement should be carried out on the bow of the ship, and it should be covered with strong iron. With a raised object, the impact effect will be even better!"
"Is this method really effective?" Kuriya Mitsuruo still expressed doubts about this.
Of course Kyogoku Takamasa nodded affirmatively and said: "This is natural. Could it be that Mr. Kuriya still can't trust me?"
Kuriya Mitsuruo quickly shook his head and said: "How dare you, how dare you, since what Sakyo Jinden said, it must be true, I will order this type of warship to be built according to Sakyo Jinden's words in the near future!"
After hearing this, Kyogoku Takamasa nodded with satisfaction, showing a teachable expression, and then drank the wine in the wine plate.
Looking at Kuriya Mitsuwa who was thinking silently on the side, Kyogoku Takamasa almost laughed out loud.
What I just said are some of Kyogoku Takamasa’s own thoughts and have not been put into actual actions! To put it bluntly, he wanted to trick the Kuriya family into forming a navy army in this way, so that the Kyogoku family could see the results.
If this method is really feasible, then the Kyogoku family can also start to do it in this way.
If it doesn't work, then the Kyogoku family has nothing to lose, right?
As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend will not die of a poor Taoist, it is nothing more than this!
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If it is narrow, it is far away from the county.
Gozeyama Castle, the headquarters of the Wakasa Takeda family, was built here.
In the Takeda Clan Hall in Gozeyama Castle, the 40-year-old Takeda Motomitsu, the head of the Takeda family, was sitting on the tatami with a tired look on his face, with two teenagers standing beside him.
Takeda Motomitsu felt that he did not have much time left. During this period, he had been feeling weak all over and occasionally suffered from shortness of breath and out of breath. After asking many doctors, they only said that it was a heart disease, but as for how to treat it and whether it could be cured, no one dared to say anything.
A few days ago, a retainer suggested that Takeda Motomitsu was infected with evil spirits, and suggested that Takeda Motomitsu ask eminent monks to chant sutras day and night to get rid of the evil spirits.
Takeda Motomitsu immediately spent a lot of money to invite several eminent monks from the Rinzai Sect to chant sutras for him. However, as a few days passed, his health became worse and worse, and Takeda Motomitsu panicked.
I am in my prime, and I still have many ambitions that have not yet been started. Is this going to kill me?
Fortunately, Takeda Motomitsu is also an open-minded person. If he dies, he will die. But before he dies, Takeda Motomitsu must make arrangements for his death.
If there was anything that Takeda Motomitsu was most concerned about, it was naturally the issue of the successor to the Takeda family governor after his death.
There is no doubt that Takeda Motomitsu's favorite person is his eldest son Takeda Hikojiro (Takeda Nobutoyo).
But Takeda Nobutoyo is only 20 years old this year. Although his attainments in poetry are quite like his father's, he knows nothing about military and political affairs, and he has no prestige at home.
Within the Takeda family, there were important ministers such as Kuriya, Itami, and Muto, all of whom were knowledgeable and wealthy people. Takeda Motomitsu was afraid that Takeda Nobutoyo would not be able to suppress the retainers in the family, which would lead to internal strife in the Takeda family.
There are several powerful retainers among them, and it is naturally impossible for Takeda Motomitsu to deal with them all at once. If these people join forces to cause trouble, even Takeda Motomitsu himself will have a headache.
So Takeda Motomitsu decided to win over the two weaker families and suppress the strongest one. Finally, he will stir up conflicts between the remaining two families to achieve the purpose of balancing the power in the family.
The strongest Kuriya family was naturally the first target.
But just when he was about to take action, the Kuriya family reacted strongly. Moreover, his troubled brother seemed to be causing trouble as well, which gave Takeda Motomitsu a headache.
This is really a leaky house and it rains all night. Misfortunes never come singly!
