Chapter 501 60. The Dust Has Settled and the Agreement Has Been Reached

"You are joking about carrying a sword. A Nanman cannon is worth five thousand kan! The appetite of the Daizen doctor is a bit too big."

The probing of both sides has reached the middle stage. Xiao Pingtai can see that one of Takeda Harunobu's bottom lines is a Portuguese gun. No matter what, he must get a cannon back. Whether he uses it himself or imitates it, there must be a finished product.

"In this case, my lord can only redeem it with one thousand kan."

"What can a thousand kan less help!"

Hosokawa Saiyomi stood up and shouted consciously, and her partner played the red face for Xiao Pingtai.

"Carrying a sword can be more sincere!" Xiao Pingtai wanted to give a compliment to his brother-in-law. He performed very well and brought up the rhythm of being besieged by the Takeda army for twenty days, full of anger, and ready to overturn the table at any time.

"What do you think, Your Highness Kanrei?"

Seeing that it was difficult for Xiao Pingtai to break through, Yamamoto Kansuke turned to Uesugi Terutora on the main seat. As the Kanrei of Kanto, does he care about the lives of his subordinates? How can he care?

"It has been agreed that Fujiwara no Danjo will preside over the meeting. So I just prepared to watch and show my seriousness."

"Oh? I never expected that Fujiwara no Danjo would lead the meeting. I think Fujiwara no Danjo is one of your highness's foreign vassals, and he must be able to communicate with your highness."

Uesugi Terutora just said that you and Kobayata will talk, and he will be present and point out any problems. But in Yamamoto Kansuke's mouth, Kobayata, as a minister, bypassed the lord and the hierarchy within the shogunate system and manipulated the peace talks.

He even brought up the fact that Kobayata was listed in the military service of the Kanrei Uesugi clan, which was an old story many years ago when he first entered and left the Kanto campaign. Because the Hojo clan was replaced at that time, Kobayata was awarded 5,125 kanmon from Hachioji, Musashi Tama County, for his merit in advising the conquest of Odawara, and was listed in the Uesugi clan's foreign vassals.

He still didn't forget to stir up trouble at this time!

"Let's negotiate peace, let alone other things!" Nagano Yoshimasa couldn't stand it anymore. He was captured by more than 7,500 people and didn't dare to speak loudly. He couldn't help but sneer at Yamamoto Kansuke.

"First of all, the states of Ka, Sho, Shin, and Etsu should negotiate peace. The war should stop for one year and no invasion is allowed!"

Kobayata said the first main content. Everyone was tired of fighting, but no one could guarantee the outcome of war. If they wanted to rest, they should rest together and come back next year.

"Yes!" Yamamoto Kansuke nodded.

The Hojo family had to digest Kitamushi, and the Takeda family had to digest Hachioji. Moreover, the Satomi family was defeated in the second Kokufudai War last year. The Hojo family had too many things to take care of and were busy.

"It's also okay for Matsuyama to retreat." Uesugi Terutora also expressed his opinion.

"As long as the 1,800 people in Matsuyama Castle retreat, Oishi-sama will definitely ensure their safety and send them to the north bank."

In this way, there was no longer any castle belonging to the Kanrei Uesugi family in the entire northern Musashi, and the Kanrei family completely retreated back to Joshu.

"I will write a letter tomorrow and send people to Matsuyama to ask Buzen (Kawada Nagachika) to retreat."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The contents of the deliberation were decided one by one. But the fate of the more than 7,500 people in Minowa was still undecided.

When Kobayata saw that it was almost done, he quietly leaned over and suggested to Uesugi Terutora.

"Yamamoto Daito, regarding the Nanban Otsu, I will give you one for your investment of 5,000 kan. The Minowa people will be returned to Shinshu immediately, and there is no need to mention the Kuragano region anymore."

The annexation of the Kuragano region was also one of the things that Takeda Harunobu was determined to obtain, but it seemed to be ranked after the Portuguese gun.

"Please allow me to return to the camp to report to my lord and then give me a reply." Yamamoto Kansuke can make the decision on the compensation, but he seems to have not been authorized in Nanban Otsutsu and the territory.

He turned around and mounted his horse and ran back to the south bank to ask for the opinions of Takeda Harunobu and Oishi Ujiteru.

On this side, Nagano Yoshimasa heard that Uesugi Terutora generously contributed 5,000 kan to redeem the Minowa people, and he was very moved. He sighed that Uesugi Terutora was a man of unparalleled loyalty. In order to help his younger brother, he was willing to spend so much money.

"Your Highness's kindness will never be forgotten by the Nagano family, and we will always be loyal and faithful!"

"It should be!"

Uesugi Terutora held Nagano Yoshimasa's hand and staged a very tear-jerking harmony between the monarch and his subjects. The people of Ueno, who were originally shaken, saw that Uesugi Terutora was a righteous man after all, and it was really good to follow him.

Uesugi Terutora felt that this business was worth it, as he could win back the hearts of the people by using a Portuguese gun that he had spent 300 kan to cast. If it weren't for Kobayata suggesting that he be a good guy, he wouldn't know how to win back the hearts of the people in Ueno.

Both the Yamanouchi and Uesugi families had learned how to cast Portuguese guns, but neither family had learned how to fire them. Even if this cannon was given to Takeda and Hojo, it would take them a long time to imitate it, not to mention figuring out how to fire it on their own.

Unless they opened the port to preach, was it possible?

Not long after, Yamamoto Kansuke came back, and the redemption fee for the Minowa clan was increased to 3,000 kan, but the Kuragano area could not be ceded.

In addition, they already knew about the six Portuguese guns in the Yamanouchi army. Takeda Harunobu didn't want to pull them from somewhere else, but wanted one of the six cannons that killed Iitomi Toramasa.

And they wanted it immediately, and they had to take it back now. To show their sincerity, they also released 2,000 captives from the Minowa clan. As soon as the cannons crossed the river, the captives also crossed the river immediately.

A meticulous person is a meticulous person, and he did not give the Yamanouchi family and the Uesugi family any chance to do anything.

Well, just give it to them, Nagano Yoshimasa and Nagano Yoshimori were looking at them eagerly.

The only bad thing Kobayata did was to dismantle the special gun carriage. Without a suitable gun carriage, it would be a big problem for the 1,000-pound Portuguese gun to move quickly in the wild or follow the moving army to fight.

He found six servants, tied the cannon with thick hemp ropes, carried it with wooden sticks, and risked his life to carry the cannon across the river. Yamamoto Kansuke only confirmed that it was indeed a Portuguese gun and did not doubt it, and went back happily.

When the Portuguese gun reached the south bank, Oishi Ujiteru and Takeda Harunobu were overjoyed and looked at it in amazement.

After looking around, Takeda Harunobu was still worried and asked Yamamoto Kansuke to run again. In the name of testing the quality of the cannon, he forced the Yamauchi family to send someone to fire a shot to test it.

After testing a shot at the Tone River, countless small fish and shrimps were killed. Takeda Harunobu was completely relieved, and immediately discussed with Oishi Ujiyasu, summoned blacksmiths and coppersmiths, and prepared to imitate the 1,000-jin bronze arquebus.

The coalition forces on the north bank were also relieved because they finally reached an agreement and could temporarily rest for a year.

Just as everyone finished the group greeting and prepared to return to their camps, Koyata suddenly had a severe abdominal pain and fainted.