The time entered the fifth year of Yonglu (1562).

picked up Masuda Nagamori, one of the five commissioners of the Toyotomi regime in the history of the previous life, but Yu Qiuping was overjoyed. Historically, he has been known for being proficient in internal affairs, and his ability is beyond doubt. And in the end, he was martyred for the Toyotomi family in the Osaka Summer Battle, and there was no loss in the festival. Yu Qiuping vaguely remembers that in games such as "Nobunaga's Ambition" and "Taiko Rishiden", Masuda Nagamori's political (internal affairs) attribute has been maintained at about 90, which can be said to be a very remarkable character.

Therefore, Yu Qiuping sent him, who had just turned 18 this year, to Sena Yoshishi as his deputy, hoping that he could have a good experience and reduce the pressure on Sena Yoshishi by the way. He now has to manage both the bank and the Mitsubishi caravan, as well as the financial expenditures and revenues within the Yuqiu family, and even Naoe Tadahei also needs his help in taxes, so he is really lacking in skills. Naoe Tadahei was already gradually helping to manage the financial expenses and income accounts, while Akihei Akihei planned to have Masuda Nagamori help Sena Yoshiyoshi with banking matters, and Tomita Nobuhiro to take care of the details of the caravan's operation - otherwise Akihei Akihei really felt that Sena Yoshiyoshi, a workaholic who looked so much like his father Sena Toshi, would definitely exhaust himself to death.

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Yu Qiuping also took the time to find Amano Jingde and Naoe Tadahei to talk secretly a few times. Since the last time he revealed his antipathy to two subordinates on the banks of the Nagara River, he has not communicated with them further. Amano Keitoku has always been silent, and Naoe Tadahei is not willing to cause trouble to Yuqiuping, so they haven't asked much for so long. If it had been Mimasaki Nakahide, he would have been so anxious that he would have rushed to the door every day to urge.

Naoe Tadahei still has an unusually worried attitude towards Yu Qiuping's thoughts, and he is worried that Yu Qiuping will not handle all this well and bring disaster to him. However, after Akihei once again firmly stated that he would never be willing to be a retainer of the Oda family, but was determined to avenge Imagawa Yoshimoto, Naoe Tadahei expressed his support for Akihei as always.

Amano Jingde proposed a number of plans to Yu Qiuping that could succeed in the rebellion, and it seems that in the past six months, he has not considered the issue of rebellion. However, because Yu Qiuping did not want to take too many risks, he preferred to kill Oda Nobunaga in a historical event that he was familiar with, so he did not take Amano's advice.

After seeing that Yu Qiuping didn't seem to be carried away by hatred, the two loyal subordinates also put their hearts at ease and devoted themselves to the prosperity of Yu Qiu's family with peace of mind. However, after understanding the intentions of their Highnesses, they must be able to better weigh the interests of the Yuqiu family and the interests of the Oda family.

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And Chang Panbei's daily training also continued after the Spring Festival. After completing the revision of the laws in the territory, Amano Keitoku reinstated himself as a "Raven Judge" and began to supervise the training of the ashigaru. Under his devil's tutelage, the recruit's technical movement level quickly approached that of the veteran.

The 400 soldiers were divided into 8 platoons, 6 infantry platoons and 2 archer platoons. The platoon commanders of the infantry platoon were Yasunari Fukushima, Nakahide Omaezaki, Katsumasa Yoshioka, Yuto Ogawa, Mizuatomi Kei, and another man named Aoki Kazuki. Aoki Kazuki is 22 years old and was born in Mino, but he was forced to leave his hometown and flee to Owari because he sided with the defeated Saito Michizo when Saito Michizo and Saito Yoshiryu's father and son were merged. When Yu Qiuping recruited troops before, he relied on brute force to pass the review. Originally, according to his qualifications, he couldn't compare to Yu Qiuping's old subordinates who followed from Zhili City. But Naoe Tadahei suggested that Akihei recruit more locals from the Owari Mino area into the upper echelons of the army in order to strengthen the ties between the troops and the local population, as Akihei thinks. If all the middle and high-ranking of his subordinates were from the Imagawa family, even if they didn't consider whether Oda Nobunaga would have an opinion, the people in his domain might have a lot of opinions about him.

However, what worries Yu Akihei a little is the loyalty and fighting spirit of these recruits recruited from Owari. Most of the elites brought from the Imagawa family in the past were born and died together with Yu Qiuping in Zhili Castle, and Yu Qiuping himself also recreated them, so he maintained a high fighting spirit. Those recruits who were recruited later were not as strong as the veterans, and there was a big collapse under Yinma City. And these Ashigaru recruits by Owari may be even more than that. It is said that some people have complained about the high-intensity training, and it is only because of the good food of the Yuqiu that they can barely guarantee that the troops will not mutiny. In order to calm the contradictions of the Owari recruits, Yu Qiupei also had to make compromises.

So, the newly enlisted Aoki Yiju, took a ride and sat all the way to the platoon commander, which made some of Yu Qiuping's old subordinates feel dissatisfied. However, after Yu Qiuping explained his intentions to them, everyone also expressed their understanding.

And the platoon commander of the two bow and arrow platoons is still concurrently held by Charlie. The reason why Yu Qiuping was not so concerned about the preparation of bows and arrows was, on the one hand, because archers did not need to require extremely strict discipline like infantry to ensure the power of the gun array; On the other hand, he was convinced that the bow and arrow would be completely eliminated by the firearm in the near future, although he did not yet have a firearm, which the Japanese called the iron gun.

The cavalry unit has two cavalry squads. Nobumi Anayama served as the presidential commander of the cavalry, while Kohata Kamori and Maeda Keiji each led a cavalry squad. Keiji Maeda is definitely a thorn, not only is he often late and early leaving, violating military discipline and regulations, but he also questions Yu Qiuping's method of training cavalry - that is, the cavalry must contact the phalanx march for an hour every day. The riders rode in a phalanx, holding a piece of wood between their thighs, and marched forward in a neat manner. If the wood falls off – it means that the distance between the riders is too large and not neat enough, and the rider will be penalized for push-ups.

Keiji Maeda, a stranger, can stand the constraints of military discipline and these strange rules. On the first day, I owed 700 push-ups to do because of various disciplinary violations! However, neither Fukushima Yasunari, Naoe Tadahei, nor Anayama Nominee Nominee could control him, and he was bent on protesting. Instead of doing push-ups, he also accused Yu Qiuping of having problems with this series of training rules - so Yu Qiuping was in Cheongju at the time, and was not directly found by the angry Maeda Keiji.

In addition, the blacksmith shop in Lanxiang Huadi is also extremely busy. A large amount of weapons and equipment needed for the expansion of the army needs to be produced by them. So Yu Qiuping had plenty of money to buy raw materials, and they were also skilled, and after fighting for several months, they finally made up the difference. Originally, Sena Shiyi also proposed to find other places to purchase sufficient equipment in the past, but Yu Qiuping felt that it was more reassuring to produce this important equipment by himself.

In addition, there is another important thing that Yuqiu needs to pay attention to - that is, the matter of receiving the territory leased to the Yuqiu family north of the Kiso River. How to deal with this matter, everyone still has no clue, so it will be put on hold for the time being.

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March 11, 1562, Cheongju Castle.

The spring ploughing in the collar has basically come to an end, and Yu Qiuping also came to Cheongju City and gathered with a few friends. Mori Kosei, Niwa Nagahide, Maeda Toshiie, Ikeda Tsuneko and Yu Akihei, the five of them got together for a drink - it's still the old place, Sakura Pavilion. After a few glasses of wine, Ikeda Hengxing is a little upset.

"I went to Mino last year, and it wasn't all up to me to turn the tide!" Ikeda exclaimed excitedly, "If I hadn't attacked the Saito family's camp, our entire army would have died without a place to be buried!" ”

"You guy, don't brag!" Maeda Toshiya still hummed disdainfully: "Owari is the king!" ”

"What an Owari king! You lolicon! Ikeda unceremoniously retorted.

Ever since Yu Qiuping gave the two of them these two popular nicknames, many familiar samurai would call them that. Even the low-level Ashigaru and the common people, when discussing the two behind their backs, will use the titles of Owari King and Lolita, and even extended the words "Don't be too Hengxing (don't brag)" and "What are you doing with my daughter, you are the Li family", which made Ikeda Hengxing and Maeda Toshiya angry.

"Dog, don't say that," Sen Kecheng put down his wine glass and said, "Hengxing's performance this time is indeed worthy of the honor of a meritorious service." ”

Even Moriko, who never said polite words and never praised people easily, opened his mouth, and Maeda Toshiya couldn't taunt anymore, pinching his nose and toasting Ikeda Hengxing with a glass of wine.

"Speaking of which, Momiji," Mori Kecheng looked at Yu Qiuping, "how is the situation on the front line of Nishimino now?" ”

"Senior Sen doesn't have to worry," Yu Qiuping replied after taking a sip of tea: "The four little wealthy families on the other side are already scared by me, and they don't dare to attack me at all. I have now recruited 400 soldiers, and when the time comes, I can mobilize another three or four hundred auxiliaries in the territory, and even if the Saito army comes, I can stop it for ten days and half a month. ”

"So many people?" Niwa Nagahide frowned, "Momiji only has a territory of 10,000 stones, for the sake of border defense, isn't it a bit reluctant to raise so many people, can there be so many men in the territory?" ”

"The overhead is a little bit big, and everyone doesn't want this to happen." Yu Qiuping sighed, "But I simply have old subordinates from Suruga, and there is not a shortage of people." And when he defeated those four small wealthy families before, he also squeezed a lot of money from their family, and he was able to maintain his expenses. ”

"I heard that you seem to have made something called a 'bank' to borrow money from the people?" Maeda Toshiya smiled, "Is it so embarrassing?" ”

Of course, Yuakihei would not tell Maeda Toshiya that he opened a bank to borrow money so that Sena Yoshiyoshi would have more money and be able to go to Mino to do business.

"This kind of thing happens, everyone doesn't want it," Yu Qiuping spread his hands and smiled, "If you feel sorry for me, just work hard during the war, and defeat Mino as soon as possible, so I don't have to spend so much money!" ”

"Yes, I'm also looking forward to laying down Mino as soon as possible." Sen Kecheng shook his head and said, "I've been away from home for so many years, how I wish I could go home early to see." Back to the land that our ancestors had cultivated for generations. ”

"Hehe," Ikeda laughed, "since you have all begged me so sincerely, then I will reluctantly agree to you!" ”

Ikeda's words caused several people to laugh, and the atmosphere was not lively when the cups were changed.

"By the way, boy," Maeda Toshiya suddenly remembered something, and said to Yu Qiuping, "I heard that you accepted my little nephew as a retainer?" ”

"Don't bite a little nephew," Yu Qiuping smiled, "Keiji, he's a lot older than you!" ”

"Is that the nephew of His Royal Highness Takikawa passed on to Maeda-sama?" Niwa Nagahide suddenly remembered, "I also heard His Highness Takigawa say before that one of his nephews went to work with Momiji. ”

"Yes, it's him." Yu Qiuping nodded.

"You almost forgot about me if you didn't mention it," Niwa Nagahide said to Yu Qiuping with a smile, "When His Royal Highness Takigawa met me a few days ago, he asked me to bring a thank you to Momiji. He said that his nephew had been unruly since he was a child, and he didn't have a serious business, and Momiji was willing to use him, which could be regarded as being able to help him change his bad habits. ”

"Haha, Keiji saved my life, he's a very reliable man," Yu Qiuping hurriedly waved his hand and said, "His Royal Highness Takikawa is too polite, when I have time, I will personally come to the door to praise Keiji." ”

"Kua?" Maeda Toshiya opened his mouth exaggeratedly, "With his temperament, can he mix in your disciplined Tokiwabi?" ”

"This is indeed a problem," Yu Qiuping also had a headache when he thought of this, "He has violated military discipline dozens of times, and several of my subordinates can't suppress him." Every time he wanted to punish him, he would play all kinds of tricks, and those people didn't bother to care about him. This time I will go back and see me treat him myself. ”