Matsumoto Castle is actually a castle and is built in a typical style of a mid-mountain castle. The entire castle of Matsumoto Castle is located halfway up the hillside of Matsumoto Mountain facing the Shintsu family, and is surrounded by solid wooden planks, and at each corner of the gate is a simple but sturdy turret built to defend against enemies.

On the left and right sides of Matsumoto Castle, there were a row of samurai longhouses for the garrison of the castle, and the granaries were built in the innermost part of Matsumoto Castle and were kept in stock enough to feed 200 men for three months. Matsumoto Castle is fed by a stream from the summit of Mt. Matsumoto, so unless an invading enemy breaks through Matsumoto Castle, the defenders of the castle will not be short of water. The main building of Matsumoto Castle is a small wooden and stone castle tower, which is located in front of the granary in Matsumoto Castle. At this time, a review that will seriously affect the future direction of Matsumoto Castle is being carried out in the castle tower of Matsumoto Castle, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu will decide what attitude he will take towards the Matsugami family after Matsugami Yoshiyuki's death.

"May the Lord be prosperous!" ......

Matsugami Yoshimitsu slowly walked into the castle tower and sat cross-legged amid the worship of his retainers. The assessment was held the day after Matsugami Yoshimitsu returned to Matsumoto Castle, and after a short rest, he decided to hold it immediately to decide how he and Matsumoto Castle would respond to the post-Matsugami Yoshiyuki era.

"Kanjiu, tell me what government affairs Matsumoto Castle has handled in the days when the main hall is away, right?" After looking around at his retainers, Matsugami Yoshimitsu ordered his family's old Saigo Kanhisa to report on the affairs of Matsumoto Castle.

"Haha."

Although Saigo Kanhisa is still a little reluctant about his beloved daughter Sakura being forced to marry his political rival Yoshimitsu Yoshimitsu Yoshihei, it is clear that he has now cleared his place. The children of the daimyo still need to marry, let alone just a retainer themselves?

Saigo Kanhisa, who wanted to understand, heard Matsugami Yoshimitsu ask about the government affairs of Matsumoto Castle, and hurriedly said loudly.

"Lord Kaiyu, according to your order, all the silver ore mined by Matsumoto Silver Mountain recently has been used in exchange for military rations, and now there are 2,000 stone of military rations in Matsumoto Castle. In addition, the reclamation of new fields and the improvement of farmland are also being carried out in an orderly manner, and the stone height of Matsumoto Castle has reached more than 3,000 stones.

Matsumoto Castle has also made great progress in training and recruitment, and at the request of the lord, Matsumoto Castle now has a total of 30 full-time ashigaru men equipped with bamboo guns.

As for the development of Matsumoto Castle and the town of Castle, it has now encountered a bottleneck, after all, the strength of the castle is still weak, and some merchants with strength are reluctant to enter the castle. In addition, the number of lords in the castle town is too scarce, and the current size of the castle town is suitable for the life of the lords. In Xiaxixiang, I have long been ashamed of my trust in the lord, and I ask the lord to punish him. ”

Although the development of Matsumoto Castle had begun to bear fruit thanks to Saigo Kanhisa's efforts, Saigo Kanhisa still pleaded guilty to Matsugami Yoshimitsu for the hindrance of the expansion of the castle town. Of course, Saigo Guanjiu didn't really ask for guilt, but what about the lord who didn't like this kind of retainer who was not proud of his achievements?

"Guan Jiu, you don't need to be like this, this hall can still tell whether the retainers are meritorious or detributive. Matsumoto Castle is inseparable from your assistance to the main hall, and there is no need to worry about the construction of the castle town without a day's work. In the future, the main hall will rely on your help. Satisfied with Saigo irrigation for a long time, Matsugami Yoshimitsu is not proud of his achievements, and naturally he praised it greatly to comfort his heart.

"Haha, my family is now a soldier with enough food!"

"That's right, I can't imagine that our Matsumoto Castle is so strong now!"

"Doesn't that mean we can build more feats in the future?" ......

The retainers in the castle tower were originally overjoyed by the great increase in the strength of Matsumoto Castle, but when they saw Saigo Kanhisa pleading himself, they forcibly endured it and said nothing. At this time, seeing Matsugami Yoshimitsu relieved Saigo Kanhisa, he put his mind at ease and began to discuss gossip.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu did not stop and was annoyed by this, and after a long discussion among the retainers, he signaled the retainers to silence.

After the noise in the castle tower gradually subsided, Matsugami Yoshimitsu asked again, "Is there anything else you want to report?" In this castle tower, the main hall has found a few new faces!" With that, Matsugami Yoshimitsu pointed in a certain direction among the retainers to indicate who he was talking about.

"The lord is really like a torch, these samurai are all newly recruited from Matsumoto Castle."

Speaking of Saigo, he introduced the people Matsugami Yoshimitsu was referring to in turn. "These are Fujiki Hideto, Kawazawa Nobuno, and Shakuzawa Hara Hei, and they are all ronin samurai who want to join the lord's hands. I knew that the lord was thirsty for talent, but he didn't dare to be self-conscious, so he took the liberty of letting them meet the lord. ”

"Oh~~~." Matsugami Yoshimitsu looked at a few people carefully when he heard this, and when he saw that they were sturdy people, he was immediately overjoyed. It's not easy to find sturdy people in these years, so he didn't ask them what their talents were, so he said directly: "The temple still believes in the eyes of Guan Jiu, so you will be the real ministers of the temple in the future." 5 stones per month, and in the future, if you have military merits, you will be given an block. ”

"Hideto Fujiki, meet the lord."

"Kawasawa Nobuno, meet the lord."

"Shakuzawa Harahei, meet the lord." The three samurai originally wanted to talk about the arrogance of the samurai, but when they saw Matsugami Yoshimitsu giving him 5 stone moons, they bowed their heads one after another.

After arranging the three of them, Matsugami Yoshimitsu smiled again and said, "It just so happens that the main hall also recruited a retainer from Iga this time. I thought I'd introduce it to you in a few days, but come in, Lord Mochizuki. ”

"Haha." A loud voice sounded outside the door, and then Chiyo Mochizuki walked in in a ninja suit.

"What! It's a ninja!"

Since ancient times, the Japanese military nobles have endured cheapness, and they are not much lighter than the Wengui army of the Ming Kingdom. All the retainers were shocked when they saw that Matsugami Yoshimitsu had recruited a ninja, and when the ninja was also worthy of the samurai. If Matsugami Yoshimitsu is the successor, he will be advised by his retainers to oppose his recruitment of ninjas, but he is the ancestor of the founding of the business, and the retainers are naturally worried and speechless.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu sensed the rejection of his retainers and said, "Lord Mochizuki, the main hall has given 500 stones from the land on the west side of Matsumoto Castle to the entire Mochizuki Ninja Village as an offering."

"Haha, thank you, lord." These 500 stones were more than enough to support the Mochizuki Ninja Village, and the Mochizuki Chiyo girl couldn't help but be full of surprises immediately.

As for Matsugami Yoshimitsu's lower side ministers, they were even more in an uproar, these 500 stones are not a decimal number for Matsugami Yoshimitsu!

"My lord, Ichihei is against it, Lord Mochizuki should not be rewarded so much, please stay for the future to comfort the heroes."

Matsugami Yoshimitsu has always been close to the retainers of the Yoshigi era, and although most of the retainers were dissatisfied, only Yoshiki Ichihei spoke out against it.