Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on such a disposal of Sugitani Zenjubo, Hirate Hirate Hinahide said that he was sick and stayed in Izumi, and secretly increased his efforts to send people to dig up the hidden information inside the shogunate.

Of course, intelligence workers in this era also have their own professional knowledge, but it is completely fragmented. When pressure is exerted from above, the grassroots implementers can only do everything.

It's definitely too late to temporarily send spies to lurk, but you can disguise yourself as a wandering monk, a cultivator, a merchant, an artist, and other identities that are easy to let people down, and try to see if they can sneak into the palace.

Those who were of higher status or more powerful positions, once they left Nijo Castle, tried to follow them as much as possible without being detected, whether they were going out to burn incense and worship Buddha, or to drink and have fun.

A small number of comrades who were relatively wooden, had poor acting skills, and could not do special tasks found observation spots with a wide field of vision near Kyoto, waited for the rabbit to keep an eye on them, and recorded all suspicious pedestrians in the past.

Spending money to buy is also a science. If the identity is bluntly stated, most of the servants are frightened and dare not accept gifts. He said, "I'm a ronin from out of town, and I want to find a job in the shogunate, can you tell me about it?" "It's a lot better. In the case of no psychological burden, people will know everything for money.

It's really not good, go to a place like Goolan to inquire about the latest gossip, and when you go home, copy it down, sort it out slightly, add oil and vinegar, delete the obviously unreasonable strange and chaotic words, and then attach the corresponding analysis and insights, which can be regarded as barely completing the task, and it may not be impossible to hit the luck and just be the same as the truth.

The results presented by the ninjas, Hirata Honhide glanced at it roughly, and handed it to Honda Masanobu and other books Sayu pens, who were responsible for sorting out and comparing them. After about half a month, a long article of 23 pages and 16,000 words was finally formed.

Most of these are trivial things that are dismissive.

For example—

"The lower-level shogun, Ito, has been married to the daughter of another samurai, the Katsura family, but he fornicated with the young lady of the famous Xiyuan Temple family, which caused the anger of the minister, and he is now missing, and he is suspected of having been assassinated and thrown away, and the two women seem to have been martyred."

"The goddess official Lianggong has a close relationship with the ronin Guquan, the female diviner Nagato, the female singer Asahina, and an unknown person, and has a close relationship with the market, swaggering through the market all day long, claiming to be looking for strangers, and indirectly influencing our actions many times."

"The Southern Barbarian merchant named Lawrence opened a new shop in Kyoto with his family, and his wife Heluo was beautiful and famous. However, some high-ranking monks of the Tiantai sect said that the woman was transformed by a wolf demon, and the townspeople would be suspicious and panicked. ”

These words, at first glance, are completely worthless to read, but if you think about it, what if it is a precursor to a great conspiracy? The people below received the instruction that "everything is too big or small, and all abnormalities must be reported", and they did not dare to ignore it, and they did not screen it out when they passed it on layer by layer.

Being able to check so carefully can be regarded as conscientious, without merit, and with hard work.

It is impossible for the flat hand to tell the speculation in his heart casually, so the grassroots personnel have no direction but to grasp blindly, and it is not their fault to get back a lot of useless information.

There are also content worth paying attention to, but it is hidden in a pile of paper, and it takes a bit of effort to flip through it.

There were two records that piqued the interest of Tsunohide.

"On October 23, I saw the shogunate guards drinking at the sake brewery. The dwarf asked, 'Who lives in the backyard of the palace?' The one who came high replied, 'It is the ruler.' The dwarf smiled and asked, 'If you are in charge, why don't you see the councilor?' The higher one rebuked: 'Silence! This matter cannot be mentioned! I don't know if there are already nobles who are unlucky for this? ’”

"On October 26, the public servant Renmu Yoshimasa went to Longquan Temple to worship the Buddha. The monk asked, 'How did the Sanyuan Hall come to this point for those who share the tribulations with the lord?' 'Renmu Yoshimasa replied: "The Sanyuan Hall is actually just a mistake in a hurry, but what he said is too important, and the knot in the hearts of the princes is difficult to solve. ’”

Hisho Honxiu subconsciously felt that the "nobleman" in the tall and short guard story in front of him was Mibuchi Fujiei.

If it is said that Mibuchi Fujiei greatly offended Ashikaga Yoshiaki because he said something about 'Lord Guanling'......

What could that be?

Putting himself in his shoes, this hardcore hawk may suggest: "Oda Nobunaga is recovering his health, let's kill him, and now he eats and drinks well and returns to the official service of a steward, which is really a bit of a trouble!" ”

But Ashikaga Yoshiaki could only feign a reprimand when he heard something like this, and he was just happy in his heart.

There is no point in thinking about it out of thin air, and it seems impossible for the ninjas to find more information, so they can only seal the information for later.

At about the same time, Tsuda Munekazu responded.

This wealthy merchant made up his mind to let his eleven-year-old eldest son, Yoshimatsu, temporarily come to work with Hirate Hoyomaru in the name of assisting in the teaching of the tea ceremony, and his twenty-seven-year-old sister was given a side room to Hirate Honhide after returning from Myoshinji Temple, and secretly promised to pay a tribute of 50,000 kan.

In fact, it makes no difference whether it is vulgar or not, and it is more chic to retain the makeup of the Buddha, anyway, the religious workers in Fusang generally do not pay much attention to the rules and precepts...... Admittedly, this is not an outsider's complaint.

All this was done in order to become a royal merchant of the Tie family, and to obtain various trading privileges, especially the qualification to participate in the issuance of "ration stamps".

It turned out that Tamakoshi Sanshiro, who was in charge of this matter, was not worried about this, but was very happy to have someone to share the pressure.

However, Raphael Castel, a businessman who is not directly related to the Southern Barbarians, is a little wary, that is, "Shundaya Shuichi".

It's a pity that this Portuguese doesn't have a sister, and he himself is born with clear eyebrows and fair eyes, but the lord of the Tie Punishment Department is obviously not good at that.

Most of the merchants in Kaimachi had never heard of Tsuda Munekazu having a younger sister, and they didn't know about the 50,000-kan gift, so they only saw Tennoji House and the Hirate family approaching quickly, but they didn't know how close they were.

Therefore, the overall response has been very limited.

The main focus of the merchants was still on resisting the activities pursued by the Kaimachi.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi had already gone to Kyoto and initially accepted Ashikaga Yoshiaki's invitation, and Oda Nobutada did not take it to heart and only expressed symbolic regret, but no one said how to deal with the Kaimachi's commission, intentionally or unintentionally leaving a suspense.

Therefore, the troubled situation is estimated to continue for a while.

In addition, Hirate Hatsuhide's casual order to "pay attention to whether there are any relics available" to the retainers who returned to Owari to visit relatives also received an unexpected response.

Ji Yin, a public drawer, seems to have put in a lot of effort and achieved a lot of results.

"After the death of Niwa Temple, the family business was inherited by his younger brother, and the surviving retainers could not stay in Tajima and all turned back to Owari Mino, and the Oda family was considering accepting it, but some were not satisfied with the conditions. The subordinates felt that it should be very smooth to recruit at this time, and it would not cause disgust from all parties. ”

"Who are they?" Hiseki was a little looking forward to seeing if there was any talent available.

Ji Yin took out a long piece of paper from his arms and read: "Mino Naomasa Sakai only got a promise of 300 stones, and I feel that it is too little to refuse." There is also a Omi man named Eguchi Masayoshi because he is a new foreign retainer, his identity is unknown and there is no one to vouch for him, so he has not been resettled, and he may not even get an inch of land. ”

Two...... They don't seem to be famous. The one in front knew that he was a veteran who had followed the army for many years, but the one in the back had never heard of it at all.

Think about it, Niwa Nagahide's Mizoguchi Hidekatsu and Kuwayama Shigeharu, who were born in Owari and have repeatedly made military exploits, if they didn't die in battle, how could Oda Nobutada let it go?

Hisho Honshu suddenly lost most of his interest, but on the surface he nodded happily and said: "I still trust the knowledge of Niwa Hall, these two people can be contacted, and if the conditions are right, pull them over." ”

Tieshou Ji Yin replied yes, and suddenly said: "There is also a Kai Town tea man, Hasegawa Sohito, who used to be in charge of Ikuno Silver Mountain, but now it seems that he can't stay......"

"This person should be careful!" Pingshou Fanxiu suddenly became interested again, this name is very familiar, "Let's see if we can win it over, it just so happens that we lack a tea ceremony teacher here." ”

Ji Yin was a little puzzled, but he didn't think much about it and took the order.

A day or two later, Horio Yoshiharu, who had gone to Owari to repair the ancestral temple, returned with similar news.

He claimed to have met the former enemy of the Oda family, Kato Mitsuyasu, who was now wandering around with a dozen of his men, shouting at taverns and earning a little money for living expenses.

So Horio Yoshiharu took the opportunity to send out an invitation.

Hirate Honhide has a little impression of Kato Kotai, who used to be the flag general of the Saito family, leading seven or eight hundred soldiers, and he is very brave in battle and does not lack brains, so he can be regarded as a good officer. Because he was not on the right path with the Mino trio and the group of people in Takenaka, he was unable to enter the Oda family, and Shimono became a ronin after the Battle of Inabayama Castle.

After being down-and-out for so long, he can still have a dozen loyal subordinates, and he can manage the army well.

"His subordinates tested his tone, thinking that only five or six hundred stone of Zhixing was enough to impress ......him," Horio Yoshiharu suggested.

Hearing this, Pingshou Fan Xiu immediately waved his hand: "You can give him a thousand stones!" Mitsuyasu Kato is a hero known to both the United States and the United States, and cannot be regarded as an ordinary person. At this time, if it is successful, it will also give you 100 stones as a fundraiser. ”

"Then thank you for the grace of the lord." Horio Yoshiharu has always been relatively indifferent, and he was not too excited when he heard that there was a reward.

At the same time, Masuda Nagamori also promoted an Omi fellow who was just in the Yuan service through Ina Tadaji.

The man's name was "Shinzaburo Mizuguchi", and it was said that he was the son of a declining samurai family, and his family was almost unable to open the pot, so he lived by doing odd jobs for shops and forging houses.

But under such an environment, an arithmetic wizard who is extremely sensitive to numbers was born, and Masuda Nagamori happened to meet it when he was buying food, and he was shocked and immediately reported to the top.

Ina Tadaji was also full of praise when he saw this person, and said to the scribes and scholars on the left and right, "Shinzaburo's talent is ten times stronger than mine. ”

Heite thought that he had stumbled upon a talent who had not been named in history, but as a result, after hearing the news, this "Shinzaburo Mizuguchi" said that he wanted to take a new title to say goodbye to the days of desolation, so he changed his name to "Nagashu Masake".

All in all, it's still very happy.

Masuda Nagamori received verbal commendation and bounty as a referrer. People other than Hirate Honhide were not familiar with the name Nagazuki Masaka, so it was impossible to reward land for it.

And that's not all.

Asano Nagayoshi, who was in charge of the affairs of the Izumi auction, also learned to search for relics around Kishiwada Castle, and after a while, he did not find a new face that made people shine, but dug up a nest of old friends.

Akao Kiyotsuna, Haibei Tsunade and others, who have been missing for a long time, actually migrated to Izumi incognito.

After talking, I learned that after Asai Nagamasa killed his own father, he took advantage of the situation to kill a large number of Kita-Omi generations on the battlefield. Akao Kiyotsuna was imprisoned for his efforts to resist the use of force against Oda because of his relationship with the tirate, but he escaped as a result, and Kaikita Tsunade himself was the one who guarded him, but when he saw that the situation was not right, he escaped with the prisoner.

The two veterans are now completely disheartened and have no intention of making a comeback.

They all felt that Asai Nagamasa was mad and self-defeating, but Hite-hoshu had a different understanding - the North Omi region has always been complicated, and the countrymen and wealthy families are too big to obey the orders of the daimyo. If Asai Nagamasa can take this opportunity to sweep away the old forces, the benefits will actually outweigh the disadvantages in the long run.

For the sake of the friendship of the past and the face of Mrs. Aju, Kiyotsuna, the son of Akao Kiyotsuna, was invited to serve as the head of the Ashigaru family of the Hirate family, of course, the process should be kept low-key. And Haibei Gangqin's family was not embarrassed.

By the way, the third son of Haibei Tsunashi stayed in Kishiwada Castle Town, where artists gathered, for a long time, and was quite edified, and officially transferred to the painting industry, and also worshipped Kano Eitoku as a master.

As a result, the "seeking talents" instruction casually said by Tieshou Fanxiu, although it failed to attract talents who can really take charge of themselves, but also ushered in many new and old friends.

Indeed, it is gratifying.