With three legs, it is a curved backrest, like the back of a chair, which is placed behind the waist when a person kneels.

Of course, when people are sitting cross-legged, they can be placed at hand and leaned on with their hands.

However, now that it is a meeting, the letter side should also be treated solemnly, so he put a few behind him.

As the head of the family, Sanada Yutaka took out a letter from his bosom after receiving the order from the letter, which listed several things to do this year.

He read: "Ladies and gentlemen, next year is a crucial year, now that the family has stabilized, the next step is to develop and grow, become bigger and stronger, and create brilliance again!"

Therefore, when the lord went to Echigo, he had already negotiated with the Uesugi family in Echigo for some special trade and military assistance.

As a result, the lord decided to build a road from Kitashinano to Mizuchi-gun, Yasu-gun, Ko-gun, and Saku-gun from Echigo. ”

When Takanashi Masayori heard this, his eyelids jumped, as soon as this road was repaired, the forces of the Ogasawara family could reach Kitashinano quickly, but fortunately he didn't do anything to disobey Nobukata, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Shimazu Tadanao asked: "Lucky Takatsu, this road is so long, once it is repaired, it will require a lot of money and food, will it affect this year's war?" ”

Sanada Yutaka shook his head and said: "Of course not, the construction of this road was not achieved overnight, it mainly involves the specialties sold by the family."

In particular, Anun-gun buckwheat and wasabi will be the flagship products that the family will sell.

Therefore, the construction of roads will be prioritized from the three counties of Gojeong-gun, Sunai-gun, and Anun-gun.

As for the money for road repairs, some of them will be conscripted at that time, and the rest will be spent by the family's finances. ”

Yuzu Motozhi asked, "Kotakazu, if you recruit some conscriptions, it will be the Takeda family attacking, what should I do if the military service is insufficient?" ”

Sanada Yutaka said straight towards Youzu Yuan: "Don't worry about your Tsu Palace, this part of the conscription will be drawn from the higher level county and the Ueke county.

As for the military service at that time, it is not bad to lose two counties. ”

You Jinyuan looked straight at the letter above and didn't refute anything, and he closed his mouth in amusement.

Now his second son, Youzu Masano, serves as the acting officer of the direct leader of the Shinkata, and he learned from the second man that the Shinkata conscription rarely requires miscellaneous soldiers.

Miscellaneous soldiers are temporary conscription of farmers as soldiers, and these miscellaneous soldiers have a lower status than Ashigaru, and are of the same class as the people.

The weapons and armor of these miscellaneous soldiers are messy, such as the familiar bamboo guns, wooden armor, and bamboo armor, most of which are the equipment of miscellaneous soldiers.

Of course, some miscellaneous soldiers may be bold, and they may have scavenged the lost armor on the battlefield.

You Jinyuan thought about it, the lord must be training a new elite.

The reason why Yuzu Motonao thinks this way is because of the three thousand standing ashigaru, of which he has 500 under his command, 500 under Sanada Yutaka, and 500 under the command of Kamizu Kenra and Azuma Kiyozuna.

The remaining 1,500 people were led by Nobukata, and were generally led by Iwashita Ryu, Youzu Katsunao, and Yazaki Heizo.

Finally, there is the newly built horse team of the faith side, and the flag and the horse team are all in the horse team.

This is the most trusted military force of the letter side, and as for the military service of the rest of the retainers, the letter side is not too harsh, just need them to come according to the standard.

For retainers of about 5,000 koku, more than 100 people are needed for military service, and more than 250 people are needed for about 10,000 koku.

You Jin Yuanzhi just thought that the letter side would probably use elite troops as the main force, and an old fox like Youzu Yuanzhi was reluctant to lose too much of the five hundred foot light under his own rule, so he asked.

Now he had obediently shut his mouth.

Sanada Yutaka saw that Yuzu Motonao had no doubts, so he looked around at the group of colleagues below and asked, "Who still has questions?" ”

He waited for a while, saw that no one answered, and continued: "There are no toll road cards on the newly built roads, only guard road cards are set up in key places to guard against bandits. ”

Shinano has been in war for many years, many samurai families have been destroyed, and their retainers or samurai have fallen directly into the grass, and Shinano is a mountainous country, so there are many bandits inside.

When the crops were harvested in September last year, these bandits were haunted, beaten by a team of horses trained by the Shinkata, and now they are hiding in the mountains and dare not come out.

Now he and the Takeda family are guarding against each other, so he doesn't have time to go deep into the mountains to exterminate the bandits, so he can only guard against them for the time being.

After the new road was built, it already served as a trade road, and when the time came, the bandits on this road were like sharks smelling blood and swarming in.

This set up roadblocks in key places, not only to guard against bandits, but also to be vigilant against the wealthy families along the road, as well as foreign forces, like a beacon.

This was the thought in Nobukata's heart, and he simply mentioned it to Sanada Yutakaka, as for the rest of the retainers, they just need to know.

Sanada Yutaka finished reading for a while, and seeing that no one refuted, he continued: "The second thing that needs to be done this year is to build a new city, and this city will be the new residence of the lord.

The fact that Kita-chikumo-gun had fallen into the hands of the Takeda family, and that they had built part of the road from Chikuma-gun to Ueko-gun, showed that Katsumi Castle was not a safe place.

This will be a major weakness of the family, and if Takeda Harunobu seizes the opportunity to surround the point and send reinforcements, the family will definitely lose. Therefore, the lord chose to start building the castle on the cliff of Nifuchi on the shore of the Chikuma River, which is dangerously fortified in the middle of the small prefecture.

This place used to be a subordinate town of the Koizumi clan, but due to the war, only the abandoned "Koizumi Kowawa" remained. It's not very difficult. ”

In addition to avoiding the Takeda family's troops, it is more important to be able to control the transportation hubs and military strongholds of the entire small county area here. This is what the letter did not say, but Kotaka thought about it, so he did not object to this place.

Nobukata chose this place because he believed in Sanada's father's gaze. This man, who was praised by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, played with the Tokugawa, Hojo and Uesugi families in applause.

In the last days of the Warring States period, he showed his wisdom and ability, and a small daimyo with only a territory of only a few tens of thousands of stones, left a heavy mark in the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

After proposing the location of the city, the retainers only discussed it for a while, and did not say anything against it out loud.

After all, the location of Ueda Castle is southwest of Yoneyamado Stone Castle, east of Void Hidden Mountain Castle, surrounded by the Chikuma River, and the defense is very strong.

Yutaka Sanada continued, "Ueda Castle was very large, from Honmaru, Ninomaru to Sannomaru, and at the same time it was necessary to build the castle town. ”

Hearing that the city was going to be built again, and the scale was not very small, many retainers discussed it one after another, and they were still worried that such a large construction project would not affect the family's money and food.

Xin Fang frowned and said: "You don't need to worry about money and food, I have my own way to solve this money!" ”

With the endorsement of the letter, the discussion of the retainers in the large wide room was quiet.

Nobugata looked at Sanada Yutaka and said, "Next topic." ”

Sanada Yutaka continued, "From next year, the retainers of the Anyun Prefecture and the wealthy families of the country will need to grow buckwheat and wasabi.

These products are all six gongs and four farmers, and after they are sold, the family will hand over your forty percent of your after-tax income to you. "In fact, as soon as this is done, the letter side has gained half of it.

Harumori Iimori, the representative of the subordinates of Anyun County, said, "My lord, these buckwheat and wasabi don't need to encroach on the crops, right?" ”

Xin Fang shook his head and said: "Of course not, these crops are mainly used for sale, which cannot affect normal grain cultivation." ”

When Harumori heard this, he didn't ask anything.

Next, Sanada Yutaka said, "This is the last thing, and the most important thing, is how to recover Kitazukima-gun. What do you think? ”

Harumori Iimori shook his head and said, "The one stationed in Fukashi Castle is Nobuharu Baba, he is the person of Takeda Harunobu Nobushige, and it is not okay to attack by force." ”

Tanohara Nagato Mamoru said: "My lord, Ogasawara has been attacked twice before, both of which were defeated because of the support of Takeda Harunobu, so only the main force that defeated Takeda Harunobu will definitely take the initiative to retreat." ”

Youzu Motozhi on the side said: "Now that Minami Saku County is back in the hands of Takeda Harunobu, it will be very dangerous once the North Saku County is empty, and then the small county will be caught in a three-sided attack, and Nasaku County should be recaptured first." ”

Nobugata asked, "Which of you is familiar with the Kiso family in the Kiso Valley?" ”

Harumori Iimori replied, "The guardian hall has been in contact with him. ”

When I thought about it, I thought about it, and now the head of the Kiso family is Kiso Yoshiyasu, who succeeded him as the governor of the family in 1542.

Joining forces with the Murakami clan, the Ogasawara clan, and the wealthy clans of Suwa, the Kai Takeda clan, which sent troops to the Koshin country, was defeated.

He then repelled the Takeda Army at Torii Mountain Range in 1549, but historically surrendered in 1555. In 1560, he defeated the Hida Miki clan, who had invaded the Kiso Valley.

Nobukata can now unite with Kiso Yoshiyasu and let him do things behind the back of the Takeda family.

Nobugata turned his head to look at Sanada Yutaka and said, "Send an envoy to Kasugayama Castle and ask my father to write a letter to Kisoka, asking him to deal with Takeda with me." ”

Sanada Yutaka hurriedly took notes.

The letter side turned to the retainers and said, "The general strategy of the main family to attack Chikuma County is still the same as last year, and I will lead the main force of the family to confront the Takeda family."

At that time, Kotaka and Echigo's reinforcements will attack Tsukumo-gun. That's pretty much it, and as for the detailed tasks, Kotaka will inform you later. When you go back, prepare well! ”

"Oh!"

Then, Nobukata got up and strode away from Ohiroma.

As soon as the letter left, the retainers in the Ohiro room chatted with their acquaintances and walked out.

Yuzu Motozhi came to Sanada Yutaka and said, "Kotaka Yuki, does the lord really plan to fight hard with Takeda Harunobu with the elite under his command?" ”

Sanada Yutaka glanced at Yuzu Motonao and said, "Of course, the lord must do his best to deal with Takeda Harunobu. ”