Owari Yumeki Golden Day

A castle of more than 3,000 square meters could accommodate one or two thousand people, forming a small and sturdy castle as a base for Oda Nobunaga to march into Nakanosuke.

To build wooden city walls, watchtowers, turrets and city gates within a day and a night, you would need at least a thousand people.

"Xiao Liu said at least a thousand people, and he will do his best to convince everyone."

"That's enough... But after we build the city, the Saito family will definitely send troops to attack."

"The Hosuka faction can also fight." Seeing Shichibei's confusion, Fujikichiro immediately explained.

Even farmers during the Warring States period would engage in samurai hunting, let alone the Hosuka clan. Besides shipping, they also worked as road robbers. While their combat effectiveness wasn't as good as regular samurai or foot soldiers, they should have no problem defending a castle.

As long as they could hold out against the first round of attacks from Saito's army on the second or third day, Nobunaga would arrive with his 2,000 standing troops. The ashigaru under Nobunaga's command were powerful troops that even Saito Dosan highly recognized.

During the surprise attack on Okehazama, they fought fiercely with the three generations of the Imagawa family's hatamoto Makai samurai, and finally won.

"can."

So what else was there for me to do? Shichibei felt his mission was accomplished. After all, the money had been paid, the Hosuka faction had been mobilized, the planks had been made, and all that remained was to build Sunomata Castle overnight.

Whether it succeeds or not depends entirely on you and Hosuka Koroku.

"Please take 200 kan of copper coins and rush to Sunomata!" This was what Fujikichiro instructed Shichibei before leaving at night.

So you were waiting for me here? Shichibei almost fainted when he heard this. I don't have a drop left, why are you still trying to take it out? Even if I bet Kinoshita Koichiro here, I can't sell it for so much money.

The world spun around, and Shichibei nearly fell to the ground at the door of Kawamura's house. Fujikichiro was quick to grab him, and Koichiro directly intervened from the sides, pulling Shichibei back and steadily dragging him onto the haystack.

Fortunately, Shichibei was young and in good health, and had never suffered much in his life. The worst hardship he suffered was being sent by his parents to pick up horse manure as a child. If it were someone weaker, this would probably make him spit out foul language, no, foam at the mouth.

The two of them were blowing and fanning, but Shichibei just wanted to close his eyes, do nothing, think about nothing, and kick his legs.

But Fujikichiro couldn't let Shichibei die, so he first rolled his eyelids, then pinched his philtrum, but when Shichibei still refused to wake up, he pulled his younger brother, Koichiro, over to him.

It's time for you to be loyal to our Lao Mu family!

Give Shichibei two slaps in the face and wake him up before you go and raise money. Tomorrow morning, Fujikichiro will enter the city to report his city-building plan to Nobunaga. If Shichibei doesn't have the money, his confidence won't be sufficient.

Xiao Yilang just stepped back after hearing this. "How can I fight Shichibei? This is my brother-in-law, and his sister hasn't even come in yet." Seeing that his brother was not happy with what he heard, Fujikichilang could only sigh, rubbing his hands together and preparing to go in himself.

"No, no, no, no..." There was no choice but for Shichibei to wake up.

He reached out to push Fujikichiro away and dodged backwards. It's only two hundred kan, is it really that serious? If I got hit like that, I'd either die of pain or be terribly disgusted.

Rich, rich, my family is rich.

Seeing Shichibei "wake up", Fujikichiro immediately changed his expression, said goodbye with a smile, without saying anything more, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As for Koichirō, he had long since vanished. Okay, I'll make a note of this. Shichibei turned around and prepared to go talk to his sister.

He actually had the money, but Shichibei was planning to hold back. This year, he'd harvested 350 safflower cakes from his ten-mu field, and according to Tennojiya in Sakaimachi, each cake was 500 sen, but in Kyoto, the price was clearly over 800 sen. So Shichibei wanted to wait, until he could find a more capable buyer.

But now there is no time to wait, I can only sell it immediately, exchange it for some money, and then help Mo Mata complete this task.

The initial investment was too huge, and now that it's at the final stage, if I back out, I'll really lose everything. According to the theory of sunk costs, if I lose this, I'll lose everything.

Sell ​​it, sell it, only by selling it can you survive.

As expected, when Fujikichiro and Nobunaga told him that they could build a castle in Sunomata without any soldiers or money, Nobunaga's surprise was beyond words.

For the past two months, Nobunaga had been racking his brains, but he couldn't come up with a solution. He felt it was impossible to build a castle in Sunomata. After all, a water attack could drown not just a few hundred people, but tens of thousands. Even if he personally led the troops to build the castle, it would be affected.

It's really funny now that someone actually came out and said that we can successfully build a city without a single soldier. If this person was an outsider, Nobunaga would have already cut him down with his sword.

Are you here to make fun of me?

The man before him was his former servant, Kinoshita Tokichiro. He thought it was impossible for him to deceive him. Nobunaga felt that he had done Tokichiro a great favor by promoting him from a commoner to a samurai. How could Tokichiro deceive him in such a big matter?

Looking at Fujikichiro's determined eyes, Nobunaga hesitated for a moment and then asked Fujikichiro what he needed him to do. He said he should do nothing and wait for the third day to lead his troops to garrison Sunomata Castle.

That's it?

Yes, that's it.

Okay, Nobunaga immediately agreed to Fujikichiro and promised that on the third day after Fujikichiro's departure, he would personally lead the foot soldiers to Sunamata for support.

He didn't even ask about the fortification method; it was purely a gamble. Fujikichiro didn't ask for any support anyway, so whether it succeeded or not, Nobunaga would not lose anything.

Fujikichiro, full of energy, immediately took Koichiro and Shichibei with him. One took a few close family members and fellow villagers, and the other took 200 kan in cash, and they all rushed to Sunomata.

Even before word spread that Fujikichiro had asked Nobunaga for the task of building the castle, the group had already left Komakiyama Castle. When Nobunaga issued the order the next day to begin mobilizing the ashigaru, koyoshi, and makaishi, everyone was still asking where they were going to fight.

Sumama!

Hosuka Koroku, who had already made an agreement with Fujikichiro, and Maeno Nagayasu and others from the Tsubouchi Party who finally agreed to join, led more than a thousand Kawahara people, drove rafts, and carried a large amount of planks and logs, heading towards the Sunomata area.

Nearly 2,000 men gathered at Sunomata Island. As soon as they left camp, someone on the north bank of the Nagara River spotted the enemy. But with their two previous victories, the Saito soldiers on the other side were not particularly anxious. They simply lay in the grass, observing the movements on Sunomata Island.

The Kawanami people shouted slogans as they pulled the log rafts, which had been bundled into rows, ashore. They didn't even need to be disassembled; they could just be nailed into the ground to form a simple fence.

Of course, many people also landed and began to tie up horse fences, which were obstacles to be placed outside the board walls. At least a horse fence that surrounded the castle would effectively strengthen the defense of the castle without a trench.

Several of Kawamura's servants unloaded the money boxes from the horses one by one. Fujikichiro was no stranger to this and kicked over a money box, and the Yongle Tongbao coins inside the box tumbled out.

Grabbing a handful in each hand, Fujikichiro shouted to the people of the Hosuka Party and the Tsubouchi Party on his left and right that as long as they could build the Sunamata Castle within one day and one night, everyone would receive a reward of one hundred coins, and could also follow him to drink endless wine and hug the beautiful girls in the corridor.

Countless coins fell from between Fujikichiro's fingers, clattering against the money and landing on the ground. In an instant, it seemed to emit an endless luster.

Fujiyoshiro, who was standing on the pile of money, seemed to have grown several times in size, and was many times taller than Hosuga Koroku.

That infectious and unbridled laughter immediately spread throughout the entire Sunamata Island. Thousands of members of the Hachisuka and Tsubouchi factions looked at Fujikichiro, feeling that if they followed this man, they would surely succeed.

"Hahahahahaha..."

Perhaps countless days and nights later, everyone present would still recall this scene. Even the bald, short Kinoshita Tokichiro, in front of them, could radiate an incredible majesty, revealing a charisma that made one's scalp tingle and transcended human nature.

Shichibei, Kinoshita Koichirō, and Hosuka Koroku, who were also standing under the money box, all became Fujikichirō's foils at this time.

50. The Irresistible Momota Night City

Amidst Fujikichiro's infectious laughter, the Hosuka and Tsubouchi factions roared in agreement. Perhaps inspiring people truly required professionals. Someone could inspire hundreds or even thousands of people with just a few words—a skill that truly could never be learned.

Throwing the money on the ground carelessly, Fujiyoshiro picked up a log and joined in the work of building the city.

The traces of Sakuma Nobumori's castle construction two months ago still remained. The nearly completed moat around the previously designated castle site had been hastily filled in. As a result, there was still a lot of residual soil within the castle site, like a grave mound, with grass growing in scattered areas.

Fujiyoshiro had specifically asked Shichibei about the last time the city was built. He also thought the plan was very good, but plans could not keep up with changes.

This time, when he came to build the city, the first thing he had to do was to tie up the horse fences that surrounded the city and then put them in a circle outside the city. The Saito soldiers on the north bank saw the Oda army setting up horse fences on a large scale again, and they must have laughed in their hearts, laughing at Oda Nobunaga's lack of strategy, and his only trick was this one trick.

After looking for a while, Saito Jun stopped pretending and stood up to look at Sumata.

Seeing that Sunomata didn't even have many armored samurai, and even fewer foot soldiers armed with spears, bows, and cannons, they became even more presumptuous. Hosuga Koroku couldn't stand it anymore and fired a shot towards the north bank. At the sound of the cannon, the Saito soldiers jumped to their feet and retreated into the bushes.

The good thing about the teppo is that it can kill anyone it hits. Unlike some Japanese bows, especially the Maruki bows used by the Ashigaru, where someone can stand there with dozens of arrows stuck in their body and still scream and fight.

After confirming that the Oda army had indeed set up horse fences on a large scale, the group left the north bank and ran to Inabayama Castle to report to Saito Tatsuoki.

There are no audiences...

"Fujikichiro, do it." Shichibei stood on a small mound, where he could see everyone. Of course, Fujikichiro was also next to him.

The two 1.4-meter-tall "generals" were engaged in the most passionate work. What had previously been mistaken by the Saito army as a simple fence was now quickly revealed to be its purpose.

Two logs are placed in pairs, four logs are placed side by side, about two and a half meters above the ground. The four logs form a slot, and the planks are inserted one by one like toy blocks. Simply insert them and a wall is built.

No matter how fragile he is, just say whether he is a wooden wall.

In a sense, this was also a type of block building, just with "board" instead of "ban." This simple wooden wall couldn't even be considered the traditional Japanese plank wall; after all, there were no firing holes, no mud smear to protect against rockets, and no eaves to shield the iron cannon fuse from the wind and rain. But it was a wall, and it stood up quickly.

The work after that is just repetitive.

They kept setting up the three-meter-long logs they had polished long ago, burying them half a meter into the soil, leaving the rest of the wood stuck in place so it wouldn't shake. They then inserted two more diagonal supports next to the logs, and that was it. It was a quick job, so how could they be picky?

The construction of the board walls and the horse fences was carried out almost simultaneously. Wherever the horse fences were erected, the board walls were erected. The tens of thousands of planks prepared since last year have been put into operation with the utmost efficiency and without any problems.

"Nanabe, look, how is it? How is it, Nanabe?" Fujiyoshiro ordered a huge bonfire to be lit, and construction continued without stopping for a moment.

The entire Sunomata Castle must be built for him within one day and one night, and more than ten fire turrets and iron cannon turrets must be built around it, as well as a temporary rice warehouse to store food.

"What an incredible miracle." Shichibei couldn't help but sigh. If he hadn't been transported here, he would have been impressed by Fujikichiro.

"Hahahahahaha, this is the power of money. The most unshakable thing in the world is the power of money. This is built up with one thousand strings of Yongle Tongbao coins. Even if a flood comes again, it cannot be easily destroyed." Fujiyoshiro was very excited as he saw that two-fifths of the city wall had been built in half a day.

He was right. Sunomata was able to protrude from the water, forming a small island on the Nagara River. Its terrain was high, so unless a dam was built upstream and the water was released, it would be difficult to submerge the entire island.

Building a dam upstream to release the water is only a temporary solution. How long can the water last? Perhaps an hour, perhaps two hours, at most, but no longer.

Nobumori Sakuma, who had no support, would certainly fail, but Tokichiro Kinoshita, who had the support of a wall, might not necessarily fail.

It would take the Saito army about two days to build the dam upstream. In those two days, Fujikichiro could dig a trench on the side of Sunomata Castle facing the upstream side of the Nagara River and connect it to the Nagara River. This would greatly ease the flow of water and save Sunomata.

As long as they could withstand the Saito army's initial attack on Sunomata, they could then gradually bring the soil from the trenches into the castle, raising the entire foundation of Sunomata Castle. With the foundation raised half a meter, even if the Nagara River flooded again, it would definitely not flood the castle.

Nobunaga will be in an invincible position, able to attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

The women of the Hosuka Party had already prepared rice balls, which were made of rice soaked in salt water and a bag of seaweed. Each person got a large one, and they carried them in wooden basins to distribute them everywhere.

This is the classic example of eating something dirty without causing illness. Many people have dust and sawdust on their hands and eat it mixed with rice without any problems.

"Is this also the power of money?" Shichibei took a rice ball and turned to look at Fujikichiro who was forgetting everything else.

"If they have no money, why would they come? Why would they prepare rice balls? It's all because of money." Fujiyoshiro called on the Hosuka party around him to eat heartily. Only after they were full could they stay up late to build the city.

"Really, really, really..." Shichibei was unable to answer.

You're spending my money so happily, you're a real big shot. Qibingwei thought he hadn't yet developed the ability to use all available resources to serve himself and profit.

"This is also your power! You can also gain greater power from money!" There seemed to be a gleam of light flashing in Fujikichiro's eyes, which made Shichibei unable to open his eyes.

"Me?" Shichibei didn't quite believe it.

These days, those who wield knives still thrive. With a knife in hand, you can find a place to stay no matter where you are. As long as there's war, the others will always be intimidated by those who wield knives.

Unless the chaotic times end and the world is unified, civil rule will prevail over military rule.

"Just wait." Fujiyoshiro jumped down from the slope and leaped to the side of a dozen people who were pulling ropes and setting up the fire oar, helping them to hold up the oar.

Hi yo hi yo...

The horns continued to blare, and the four-meter-tall wooden frame creaked and rose. The top plank could only accommodate three people standing side by side, unable to even turn around. But if shields were wrapped around it and an archer was stationed at high altitude, it would become a commanding height that could decide the outcome of a small-scale conflict.

Fujiyoshiro prepared more than a dozen such fire-watching turrets or arrow turrets in order to deal with the attack from the Saito army that might be encountered during the day tomorrow.

If they can hold on until tomorrow, Nobunaga's two thousand standing troops will arrive at Sunamata.

The crackling of the bonfires was completely drowned out by the enthusiastic labor chants from the construction site. Fujikichiro appeared here, then there, inspiring everyone, encouraging everyone, and accompanying everyone's joys and sorrows. He seemed to have endless energy and always maintained a high morale.

No wonder it is said that the best time for a person is always when he is on the uphill road.

Nights at the turn of spring and summer aren't long, and neither are nights in Mino. But for Shichibei, this was probably a long night. After carefully observing Fujikichirou all night, Shichibei still couldn't understand how the high-spirited, manipulative Fujikichirou could become so headstrong, ambitious, and even incompetent a dozen years later.

If you don't know the future, voting for Fujiyoshiro would be a good move.

There is probably no colder stove in the world than this one. The only one who can barely compare is Maeda Toshiie. After all, his family will have 1.05 million koku, and there are many retainers and vassal vassals with more than 50,000 koku.

For example, Yamanouchi Ichitoyo's rise from a ronin to a 200,000-koku salary is legendary. However, if you follow him, you will only have 5,000 koku by the time you die, and your descendants will have to pay half of their salary to the lord of the family as a subsidy for the lord's sankin-kokutai expenses.

By daybreak, four-fifths of Sunomata Castle had been built, with only the final section remaining. Needless to say, everyone was utterly exhausted, but with completion so imminent, they needed to muster their last bit of energy for a good fight.

After running all night, Fujikichiro's voice was hoarse and he couldn't even utter a word, but he still moved around. Even a glance, a pat on the shoulder, or even just standing shoulder to shoulder with someone was enough to motivate the exhausted Hosuka gang.

It's bright!

What appeared before the Saito soldiers who came to investigate was a roughly completed Sunomata Castle.

That’s right, it is a Japanese-style city that is closed on all four sides, very complete and without any gaps.

The incredible Saito soldiers almost ignored any danger and hurriedly climbed to the north bank of the Nagara River, staring at the castle that was built overnight, to confirm whether they were hallucinating or had not woken up yet.

He was not mistaken, it was the city of Momata.

After confirmation, the Saito army turned around and ran towards Inabayama Castle. Saito Tatsuoki had only started mobilizing the standing army yesterday, so today he was traveling slowly to maintain his physical strength, resting for a night halfway, and would arrive in Sunamata tomorrow morning.

By the time we arrived, it would be too late. Forget about stopping the castle, the Oda army would have already reached Sunomata and stationed there.

His guess was correct. After daybreak, Fujikichiro sent a fellow villager back to Komakiyama Castle to tell Nobunaga that the castle was completed and that he could rush to defend it.

The last door panel was raised, and Shichibei, without even a sip of water, curled up with Koichirō beside the haystack and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke at noon, he saw only the sleeping members of the Hosuka and Tsubouchi factions scattered across the ground. Only Kinoshita Tokichirō stood on the Himimi turret, calmly gazing at the north bank of the Nagara River.

Seeing that Qibingwei had woken up, he threw a cannon to him without Qibingwei calling him or persuading him, fell on the haystack with a thud, and fell asleep immediately.

Wonderful person, wonderful person.

Hey, you gave me a cannon but no match, this is just a joke. Shichibei looked around and found that the match was wrapped around Hosuga Koroku's arm.

Hosuka Koroku was so strong that Shichibei couldn't even pull the fuse from his arm. Anyway, the guy was sleeping like a dead pig, so Shichibei stepped forward and kicked him, causing Hosuka Koroku to scream in his sleep, "Where did that mosquito come from?"