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Japanese: "Yo what's up Sagara!"
English: "Yo what's up Sagara!"
Guest: The 12 pounder Napoleon is an Amercian Civil War Era weapon also the industrialization of Kiyosu will be happening soon.
Beta: btrscopez
Disclaimer: I do not own Oda Nobuna only my OCs
Kiyosu
June 10th, Saturday
I was waiting with two of my soldiers for Nobuna and the others to arrive it was currently 10 AM and I squint to see horses there they are, took them awhile there were 4 horses approaching Saito was on a horse with a teenager with uh I think is purple hair I'm not sure and a vibrant blue kimono. They stop in front of me I simply smile "Nice to see you all again it's been 40 days I mean you couldn't send me any updates going on around the capital?" I ask with my eyebrow raised. "Also Sagara did you do anything stupid?"
Sagara seemed offended "What!" He yells at me "Are your expectations of me that low!" I simply look at him and nod, during all of this everyone else were looking at us and watching our exchange in English confused.
"Anyway welcome to Kiyosu," I say
"Salvador nice to see you again." Niwa smiles behind her fan.
Everyone else says their greetings to me though the new girl Akechi watches me warily and observes me I simply look at her and smile "Anyway it's a bit crowded and I don't think you're going to be able to go around on horses so yeah." Everyone just dismounts "anyway welcome to Kiyosu do you guys want to visit the military district before we get to the castle?"
Nobuna says yes before any of them could answer I simply shrug "Okay then we will just visit the main armory there are 5 of them the main one and 4 secondary ones, follow me." I say as I began to walk everyone else follows on foot due to the crowded streets horses are a bit too big.
"My, my, my Kiyosu has grown since the last time we were here," Niwa says as she looks around "80 points." She says.
"When I was first assigned here I took a census there were around 10,000 people here now there are around 30,000 people living here," I say with pride in my voice as the were looking around they see they notice patrols of 2 people with matchlocks and swords and on their chest plates it says military police they point that out to me. "really none of you got the letter about the formation of MP units?" I ask with my eyebrow raised.
"MP units?" Riku asks confused.
"Military Police, basically military that works as police keeping the peace in occupied villages, towns, and castles." I explain as were walking people staring at us as we walk "being able to return an area to a sense of normality after being occupied is crucial they also are to prevent looting also if any MPs try to loot themselves there are punishments but more on that later," I wave at them " they are also not as well armed as normal military because I don't expect them to fight against other troops but against looters and deserters."
"If they are to occupy territory then why are there some here?" Akechi asks with suspicion in her voice.
"Because there is no territory to occupy so they just ask as a force to keep the peace around her crimes have gone down significantly during the crackdowns on samurai and brigand bands who cause the most trouble around here," I shrug " it also makes me feel a bit at home because during my time in Afganistan there were a lot of our men patrolling the city streets." As soon as I finish that sentence a yell is heard.
"Thief!" I see a man running away with another chasing him "stop that man!" The man continued running with a bag in his hand then the sound of the cocking of a matchlock reaches our ears as one of the MPs points his gun at the thief while the other approaches with a sword in his hand.
"Put your hands up or I will shoot!" The MP with the gun yells causing the man to panic more as he drops the bag and puts his hands up. The MP simply smiles " correct choice, tie em up." He says to the other MP. The other guy simply picks up the bag and tosses it at the man who it was stolen from and begun to tie up the would-be thief in a rope. They began to escort him out of the area the whole thing only lasted 1 minute I just continued walking.
"Effective right?" I ask "it also helps that most of the worst thieves have been already taken care usually the thieves we catch are just people who want to feed their families so in order for them to not do that they get to work in the Industrial district." I shrug we continue walking then the crows began to thing out as we walk towards a checkpoint to prevent any unauthorized people from entering the military district the only people allowed are the soldiers and their families.
The men simply stand at attention and salute us as we walk by as soon as we pass them they continue whatever they were doing before. There were a couple soldiers walking around who do the same as the guards at the checkpoint. Then we walk up to a huge warehouse I simply walk up to the sliding door that was 6 feet wide and 7 feet tall and slide it open only 4 feet to reveal a door made of metal bars and passed that another sliding door. I pull out a key and unlocked the bars and push it open and walk to the sliding door behind it and slide that open as well the others were following me.
The door revealed a pitch black room I simply walked in and grabbed a rope that was hanging from the ceiling that touched the floor think of it as like those strings that come down from your window that let you move the blinds up and down this was basically this was but of a bigger scale. As soon as I pull on it opened windows that lined the top of the walls that were 10 feet tall illuminating the room.
"Whoah" Sagara looks around in the room was guns lined up horizontally on holders on the walls and crates formed in squares allowing for people to move between them it was a pretty big building and in the center was the Napoleon 12lb cannon covered in a white tarp in the middle. The sight causes everyone's eyes to widen.
"Ha-ha-how?" Nobuna asks shocked.
"Very surprising, 100 points." Niwa looks around the building.
Saito was just silent as so was Riku looking at all the rifles and crates in the building. I also forgot there were also spears and swords for the local militia too. I don't think any of them have seen so many weapons in a single building.
"It's like your going to supply an army!" Akechi yells
Everyone is shocked at the number of weapons in this building I decided to make them even more shocked "The other four armories all have around 250 rifles in them while this one has around 1,500 rifles," Causing yells of shock to be heard as I smirked "only 1,000 of them are on the racks for quick access while the other 500 are in boxes and crates for storage I could arm another brigade of 1,000 men with rifles and the other 4 small armories have around 10,000 rounds of ammunition 40 for each soldier in a rifle company," I was smiling widely at this point "this depot has 200,000 rounds of ammunition in it did you all think I just spent my time just developing Kiyosu I was also working on military supplies as well. " If any of you are wondering how I know every week I have a quartermaster keep track of the total amount of ammunition and weapons I have stored well more like quartermasters I have 8 of them keeping track of equipment. So in total, there are 2,500 rifles in this castle town considering the normal size of armies is around 20 thousand that is a lot of rifles.
Also, you got to factor in that these rifles can hit and kill someone at a range of 800 yards and be able to shoot accurately at 600. I have already begun the recruitment of men to make 4 more ORCs so soon those 1,000 rifles on the racks may soon need to be replaced. Anyway back to the present everyone has got over their shock and began to look around I simply grab a crowbar and open up one of the boxes of ammunition which is filled with paper cartridges. I simply grab the bag that I had on my opened it up and grabbed a few cartridges and tossed them into my bag and but the cover back onto the box.
"Hey Salvador what's this?" Sagara asks as he holds up a satchel "it's a bit heavy."
"Those are satchel charges filled with 10 pounds of gunpowder great for bunker busting or taking down castle walls if there's enough of them there is a 12-second fuse enough time to run away to get out of the blast range." There are around 100 satchel charges in this building while the others all have 25. Then Riku walks up the white tarp I walk up to her and call everyone over here. "So impressed?"
"It feels like you're showing off." Sagara looks at me with a deadpan look.
"What's this anyway?" Riku looks at the white tarp.
"Well I wanted to show you all this when they all were finished but since you all are here might as well show you all it." I simply grab the tarp and pull it off showing off the 12lb Napoleon. "This is a 12 pound Napoleon cannon it fires a 12 pound round lead ball, explosive shot, or canister it has a range close to a mile if the barrel is angled at 10 degrees," Causing, even more, gawking at the cannon before me "cannons if there are enough of them can make castles useless because a cannon can simply destroy the walls from a distance," I smile widely at their looks (except for Sagara he already knows a lot about this and is just impressed) " there are three kinds of artillery where I come from simple guns that just shoot directly at a target, howitzers that can lob cannon balls or shells at an angle, and motors that can lob rounds at steep angles," I inform them pointing my thumb at the Napoleon "this artillery piece is a gun and 3 more of them are to be produced it's estimated that they will be done with all 4 by the end month the next one will be ready by Monday."With all that out of the way I just simply escort them out and lock up the armory and we began to walk out of the armory we were actually in there for 2 and a half hours.
Anyway, we began to walk to the industrial district the difference was astounding. There were more people around working and talking making various goods to be sent to market like clothes and tools. as we are walking we come across a small wooden bridge that has a stream of water rushing under it at a fast speed powering the waterwheels that help run a water powered loom in the fabric factory.
But I'm going to save that for Monday we will be visiting the gunsmiths who are currently producing the other 3 cannons and 500 more rifles which I ordered to be made myself I paid them accordingly of course. We walk up to the building everyone could feel the heat coming from inside of the smiths and the sound of metal hitting metal.
"What is this place?" Akechi asks.
I simply slide open the door and the heat was astounding as we walk in as we watch as one of the smiths began to pour molten metal into a mold to from the barrel of a rifle. "Welcome to the gunsmiths were all the weapons in the armory are made." We walked to another part of the smith were a flintlock and a bayonet is placed into a crate filled with hay and is shut and nailed down. Also, a new kind of rifle is now being produced which have minor differences from the Model 1556 it is 4.7 feet long and weighed around 9lb is was basically a Springfield 1863 but with a flintlock action, the old 1556 was based off the Springfield 1855. I grab one of the new rifles and one of the old ones and show them the sights on the two rifles.
"Can any of you spot the difference between the two rifles?" I ask them
"Um is there a difference in the size of the bullet?" Riku asks
I shake my head "Both rifles fire a .58 caliber Minie ball," I say as I grab a Minie ball "capable of blowing someone's leg or arm off," Causing most of them to look in shock, and of course, Sagara is not affected he knows about this sort of thing. "if not it will destroy the bones it hits fragmenting them causing, even more, damage and also due to it coming in contact with dirt in a uniform can cause massive infections which can and will kill you if not disinfected or if it's your arm or leg cut off unless you run the risk of dying" I explain to them. I simply shake my head "The round they fire is not the difference."
"Erm range?" Akechi says scratching her head.
"Yeah there's a slight difference in the range, were the old rifle could only hit someone up to 800 yards this new rifle could hit someone at 1,000 yards but with very limited accuracy, "I say to them causing their eyes to widen at the range that the rifle could fire. "You've got one of the differences down there's just 2 more." Also if any of you are wondering 1,000 yards is about half a mile.
The outlandish range causes, even more shock to from, "My, my longer range than any bow or rifle in the land," Niwa looks impressed "100 points."
I smile widely and grab an heavily ornate flintlock that has inquest patterns decorated on the stock and barrel and handed it to Nobuna "This is for you Nobuna," I had it to her "Don't let the decorations fool this rifle works even just like the ones produced," I also grab a bag and toss it to her "that is an ammo bag holds around 50 paper cartridges."
"Thank you," Nobuna says with a wide smile on her face looking at the rifle in her hands I smile as well. The position of clan leader is a very stressful and I can tell that she is just a kid on the inside she may be 18 but due to her position at a young age she definitely would not have much time to herself and just be a kid I simply sigh and shake my head.
"Anyway, to save time one of the differences is the sights on the rifles." I point to them "The new Kiyosu model 1556 T2," I just pulled that name out of nowhere by the way "has a ladder sight," I simply just adjusted the sight for 800 meters. "this sight has adjustment from 100 yards to 800 yards which will allow men to fire more accurately at long distances," The sight was up to its maximum "But only limited amount of them will have ladder sights due to its expensive manufacturing." I say to them then the smiths began to roll a cannon up to the cart looks like they finished early I smile at that. "Great work you guys I'll pay you all a bonus for getting it done early." As soon as I said that they simply saluted to me and ran into the shop the give the news.
I look to see the cart filled with crates and the rifle "Alright get the cannon to the main armory and distribute the weapons to another," I look at the two men on the cart "also make sure you don't lose any if you do it will be deducted from your pay and you will be brought in for questioning for the possibility you gave them to another clan," I look a them "so make sure you don't loose any got it" I say sternly the two men simply nod
"Yes, sir!" They both yell.
"Well get a move on." I turn to the others as the cart leaves...
Kiyosu
June 11th, Sunday
We were all in my room in the castle as I pull out maps one of all of Asia and one of all of Japan which were all a bitch to make a number of times I had to try again were numerous the other maps are what catches everyone's attention one map of Europe, Africa, The Middle East, and North and South America. I assemble the maps and leave the one that just covers Japan out I was only missing the most southern and northern parts of the world.
Everyone looks at the map in awe "This is the map of Earth these two continents right here are the Americas they have been discovered by some Chinese explorers and Vikings but hasn't appeared on any maps yet but soon the nations of Europe will discover these lands and colonize them around the late 1500s and Will be in European Control up to the 1830s when most colonies become independent from Spain after the failures of Gran Columbia." I say to them.
"But let's focus on one of my favorite points in history, well more like future," I look at them "the Industrial Revolution, it leads to massive changes in the world as goods could be produced by the tons in a single day," I point to a building in the industrial district that could be seen from the balcony attached to my room "that building over there is a cloth factory producing around half a ton of cloth a day that is around 1,000 pounds of cloth which is used by people in the town, the military, and is sold to merchants that is how I've been able to pay for the military I have." They had various reactions on their faces from my statement.
"But wouldn't the cloth be of lower quality?" Akechi asks.
"Well at first it was but as efficiency and better ways to produce cloth were introduced the cloth from the mill is of higher quality of the stuff that is hand made which has sent many weavers out of the job but they just work in the factory at a set wage," I shrug " due to the loom there are patterns on the cloth that would have taken weeks for a single person to weave into a few minutes of working a machine and soon I plan on industrializing the process of making weapons from swords to cannons."
"That explains why I've seen more and more people with intricate clothing on, 75 points," Niwa says.
I simply let out a small laugh "Yeah I've basically flooded the market in Owari and the neighboring provinces which in turn lowers the prices and makes more and more people buy said product and it may seem to decrease profit but with more people buying goods the amount of profit actually increases especially in places with a high demand for cloth." Sagara simply looks at me.
"I didn't know you played business simulator games." I let out a nervous chuckle.
"Yeah, I did when I was off duty," Then I chuckle " I did not expect to be able to use what I learned in those games in actual business," I shake my head " the Industrial Revolution is coming to Kiyosu there was also a discovery of a large veins of coal and iron outside of Kiyosu so soon I'll be able to set up steel production once the machine parts come in from the blacksmiths, hell who knows maybe I will be able to make a railroad once steam engines are finished in 2 weeks." If you are wondering how I am able to get this Industrial Era technology is my laptop with it I can bypass most of the mistakes made by people and get right into the stuff that works instead of the 100 years of trial and error I estimate that Kiyosu will be fully industrialised in 3 years which in the long run is not that long of a period maybe be in even less time.
"Back to history, the Victorian Era as called by the British was an exciting time to be alive with inventions and innovations almost every day people die more of obesity than hunger by this time, and with rising of modern medicine many people could fight off disease that would have normally killed someone me and Sagara are basically immune to most of the diseases around here smallpox, measles, and many, many more!" I say them looking at me and Sagara in shock "well for Sagara I'm not sure about Cholera but I have a vaccine for Cholera in my system which helps my body fight off Cholera infections before they harm me." I tell them.
"You two are immune to them!" Nobuna says "can you try to find a way to make us immune?"
"Well without any modern ways to make vaccines were are going to have to try to inoculate you all which has a risk of killing you but we could try it if anyone here is willing," I give them looks " but vaccines are way safer than doing that."
"One of the perks of coming from an age of modern medicine," Sagara says smugly.
I hold up my fist he bumps it "Anyway wounds that would have killed people because of infection can be treated without killing said person I've already set up a medical unit of 50 troops to be organized, I train them myself is modern sanitation and wound treatment they follow a motto "Do no harm" They are people who don't want to kill and help people on both sides of the war, they are not to discriminate who to treat on the battlefield friend or foe." I tell them.
"So they have no weapons?" Riku asks me.
"Yes because they all don't want to kill anyone and any weapons will just limit the amount of medical equipment they can carry, to spot them they wear white caps with a red cross on it the Kiyosu Red Cross," I say with a sly smile on my face "Anyway many ideologies appeared during the Industrial Era Anarcho-liberalism focused on anarchy and free market, Communism which focuses on creating a classless society where all people are equal and the complete control of the market by the government, Conservatism who want to keep the status quo and stability opposing any movement backwards as any movement forward because any changes lead to instability, Fascism which emphasizes the exaltation of the country above all else it rose mainly in the 20th century believing that democracy was weak, capitalism was unfair to the people and that communism hurt business and doesn't care about the nation, Liberalism focused on autonomy and personal freedom, Reactionism want to bring things back to what they used to be in the early days, and lastly comes Socialism emphasizes social equality," I explain to them.
"Some of them may sound familiar that is because they are Reactionaries are people who want to bring back the Emperor and want to roll back the power of the lords to what it used to be, Conservatives are those who want to keep the balance of what is going on right now and both Conservatives and Reactionaries reject most Europeans calling them devils, and Liberals are basically those who want change and accept the Europeans and trade with them which includes us in this room," I look at them " I think?" I look at Saito and Akechi "I liked to think I was Conservative back in the United States, but here what I and Sagara believe is normal is completely radical even for the most progressive people who are alive now." I looked at the map again.
"What do you think is normal Salvador?" Nobuna asks me.
"Well everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which no government or person could remove or restrict without the proper judicial process, that all people are created with equal rights no matter who you are, you are still subject to the law from the king to the common man you are not above the law and any crimes committed will land you in prison or with a fine, all people have the right to a trial and the knowledge of their rights, and you have freedom of speech being able to criticise you king or queen without being put into jail," They look at me in shock "what I've said is not even the tip of the ice burg of what I believe is normal."
"Impressive to think that the world will come to that it gives me hope for the future of this Earth," Saito says.
I smile at that "Well old man most of those rights are already being practiced here in Kiyosu I actually copied my nation's Bill of Rights as used most of it in the laws here in Kiyosu I have a copy here you all can read," I walk over to a shelf and pull off a scroll and give it to them they roll it open and it says the Bill of Rights in Japanese on it and in it is basically an almost exact copy of the Bill of Rights but reworded to fit how the government works around here so instead of Congress it says, Overseer. "There are many people of different religions in Kiyosu Buddhists, Hindus, Chifusonists, and even a couple of European religions there is Catholic and Orthodox practiced by a couple people here and with the MPs manage to live in peace without bothering each other but becoming friends and talking about their different religions around here, Hell there are even those around here who have merged aspects of every religion into one, it has no name yet but it is still interesting." I say with a shrug "There is also a small amount who have become irreligious nonbelieving in a god which is fascinating Kiyosu is a melting pot right now and it reminds me so much of home." I had a wide smile at this point as I stand up and walk to the balcony and watch the growing town below me.
I turn around to everyone in the room looking at me "This is my Ambition!" I say loudly "to make a place that embodies the spirit of my nation of freedom and liberty" I hold my hands wildly to my sides "to create a place where you will never be judged by who you are, where you come from, what you worship, and if you work hard enough you can become rich and prosperous, I want to create this here in Kiyosu a city with a population of 100,000 people, a city filled with the wonders of the modern age, a city that will become the capital of a new era in Japan," I turn around and look at the town below me and say under my breath "and most importantly create a home far away from home..."
The sun was going down the horizon covering my town in a golden glow the singing the end of an era and the signal of a new one that will rise from this growing town. I watch as people walk the streets as they walk home talking to each other and living lives they never thought they could I smile widely as I look out at the town to think I would be here a year ago I would have never believed it, yet here I am the start of the Industrial Revolution 245 years early.
A/N: What do you guys think, this is the plan I have for the next few chapters the rise of an Industrial Revolution 245 years early I hope you all will enjoy that. This also marks 4 more chapters until we get to 20 chapters I hope you all enjoy this chapter thank you for all who favorite this stroy and to those who have followed this chapter is around 5k words long. To create a place that embodies the spirit of the United States 228 years before its founding.
"As he died to make men holy, let us live to make men free!"- The Battle Hymn of the Republic