Early in the morning of August 8th, the ashigaru students of Tokiwa began training as usual in the morning sun. Row after row of ashigaru stood in a straight military posture, and even the cavalry had to perform these basic drills.

However, today's Yu Qiuping came to the training ground uncharacteristically early - usually he would accompany Imagawa Kaede to sleep for a while. Just when the ashigaru people of Tokiwa were curious about why their Royal Highness Momiji had come so early, Yu Qiuping was the first to explain their doubts.

"You've been training hard lately, will you be dissatisfied with answering me out loud??" Yu Qiuping sat on his horse and asked his ashigaru with a smile.

In ancient and modern times, no matter what kind of army it is, at this time, according to the convention, it should shout "satisfaction" to the leader to cater to the scene. Chang Panbei is naturally not an open-minded person, everyone took a breath, and they were ready to satisfy Yu Qiuping with a full "satisfaction".

However, the Yuqiu family has never lacked thorns.

At the moment before the big guy spoke, Keiji Maeda suddenly held his breath and condensed, his anger sank into the dantian, and he almost used the greatest strength in his life to shout "no" loudly!

The ashigaru people of Chang Panbei didn't react, and subconsciously shouted "no" and shouted satisfaction. Therefore, listening to them together is an incomparably coherent "dissatisfaction".

After everyone heard the effect of shouting, they all held back laughter and their faces were flushed. They looked at Yu Qiuping's embarrassed expression and couldn't help but want to laugh. However, according to the military regulations of Chang Panbei, if you do extra actions during training, such as laughing, you will be punished to do push-ups. For a while, the scene was very embarrassing.

"Okay, you're keiji!" Yu Qiuping was so made that he couldn't get off the stage for a while, and scolded with a smile, "Do you think you're tired from practicing?" How do I see that everyone is not complaining, just you are complaining! ”

"Your Highness, that's not the case!" Keiji Maeda pouted and said, "The only ones who don't feel tired are those training freaks who came from your Imagawa family, and we Owari people are too tired to do it!" ”

"Really?" Yu Qiuping snorted and glanced at the ashigaru people below - everyone was indeed tortured by this training, and looked at Yu Qiuping without saying a word.

"That's right..."Yu Qiuping laughed, "Okay." ”

"Tsukiwa prepares to listen to orders!" Yu Qiuping ordered in a loud voice, "Since it was the autumn harvest, it was impossible to gather the auxiliary troops in the command, so the construction of the castle tower was decided to be completed by the soldiers of Tokiwabei. ”

As soon as Yu Qiuping said this, the faces of the ashigaru people below were suddenly filled with a longing expression. Although the cultivation of the castle tower will definitely be tiring, it will definitely be much better than the devil training in Tokiwabi!

"However, in view of Keiji's statement just now, I decided to let all Owari Ashigaru continue training! Ashigaru, who came with me from the Imagawa family, gave me all the holidays to repair the castle tower! Yu Qiuping said with a smile, looking at Ashigaru from Owari below with satisfaction, and turned his angry gaze on Keiji Maeda - he must not have a good life today. Yu Qiupei had only planned to let the reliable Imagawa family veteran repair the castle tower, but Maeda Keiji's performance just gave him a chance to play on the topic and not let the newly recruited Owari soldiers participate in the repair of the castle, and it would not arouse suspicion.

"Your Highness! You can't do that! Maeda Keiji saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly cried and shouted, "I'll just talk about it!" You're going to punish me, you're going to punish me alone! ”

"You think you'll be able to run?" Yu Qiuping smiled evilly, "Did I order you to speak just now?" Break the training rules and do 30 push-ups! ”

"All the veterans who came with me from the Imagawa family are out!" After Yu Qiuping shouted, more than 120 people stood up in unison. The veterans who followed him all the way from the Imagawa family back then are still in the military system, and there are only more than 120 people left. The rest were either transferred to serve as judges or acting officers because of their injuries, or they died on the battlefield. However, for all the dead Ashigaru, Yu Qiuping will take back the paper red leaves that were issued to them and store them carefully to express a remembrance of them.

Yu Qiuping led the veterans of Tokiwabi out of the barracks outside the castle and into the Honmaru of Sumamata Castle. Before arranging the troops to go to construction, Yu Qiuping first asked all the personnel to assemble in line, and then walked in front of the group himself, and whispered in the smallest volume that everyone could hear: "I can't hide it, the reason why I only let you build the city is because it involves secrets, and I can only rest assured that trustworthy people will come to repair the castle tower." ”

"Whatever you find wrong in the castle tower, don't spread the word, not even the closest family members, and don't talk about it on weekdays so that the wall doesn't have ears, because it's a matter of military secrets." Yu Qiuping looked at the subordinates whose faces gradually became solemn, and whispered.

"Disbanded."

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The construction of the castle tower should have been in full swing, but due to Yu Qiuping's previous advice, the ashigaru people of Tokiwa are all facing the enemy at this moment. They were divided into more than a dozen classes, and according to the plan given by Yu Qiuping, they carefully took the sand and rammed the earth embryo.

Uji Hidetaka was an ashigaru who was building the castle at this time, and although he was not one of the more than 200 slaves in Zhili Castle, he was also an old subordinate who joined Tokiwabei when Yuakihei first expanded his army. As a member of the iron artillery platoon under the Kitabatake Kei family, he is naturally very familiar with gunpowder. At this moment, he was casually rolling the sand mixed with straw with a shovel, and vaguely asked about some familiar taste.

That's the smell of gunpowder.

Somewhat incredulous, he rolled the shovel again, and after a few careful glances, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

In the sand he was shoveling, there was a fairly high proportion of gunpowder. At this concentration, if it encounters an open flame, it will immediately burn and explode.

With some trepidation, he rummaged through several piles of sand and dirt around him, and found that there was also a large amount of gunpowder mixed in them. The surrounding Tokiwa Ashigaru was also aware of this problem sooner or later, and everyone looked at each other, and sweat began to seep from their foreheads.

"My lord," Uji Hidetaka, who was apprehensive, couldn't help but whisper to the Kitabatake Keika beside him, "What is Your Highness doing by mixing so much gunpowder into the clay of the castle tower?" ”

"I don't know." Kitabatake Keiya was also sweating, and the movements of his hands were a little stiff, "It's possible..."

"What could it be?" Ujixiu asked in a low voice.

"It's possible that Your Highness thinks that Sumamata Castle can't hold it... I want to blow up the castle tower and give them a fatal blow when the people of the Saito family come in. ”

"Hey! You two! Fukushima Yasunari, who happened to walk behind the two, heard the whispers of Uji Hidetaka and Kitabatake Keiya, and reminded in a low voice with some dissatisfaction: "Your Highness said not to discuss this matter, you two pay attention!" ”

"But Big Brother Ansei," Kitabatake Keika took a deep breath and said with some concern, "Your Highness's move... It's really hard to figure out. ”

"It's not our business." Fukushima Yasunari shook his head firmly, "We just need to obey His Highness's orders." Has Your Highness ever failed us? Trust Your Highness's judgment. ”

"Yes, Big Brother." Kitabatake Keike and Uji Hidetaka were relieved by Fukushima Yasunari.

"Keep working," Fukushima Yasunari advised, "and if you encounter other people who are panicking, I advise them to believe Your Highness." ”

After discovering the gunpowder in the sand, the ashigaru people of Tokiwa hesitated for a moment, but continued to work in a muffled voice, which made Yu Qiuping very happy. These old subordinates who have followed all the way and experienced life and death are really reliable.

The castle tower of Sumamata Castle is not designed to be particularly large, it is just a small three-story castle tower with a small footprint. Therefore, the task of construction is not much trouble. The preparations were quickly completed, and the ashigaru began to ram the adobe while holding bricks to wrap the adobe in the outer and inner layers. However, Yu Qiuping asked the inner layer of bricks to be stacked loosely and flow out of the appropriate space. Although the ashigaru people of Tokiwa didn't quite understand, they still obediently did it.

Of course, the project could not be completed in a day, and in the evening of the same day, the ashigaru people of Tokiwa called it a day and went back. Since Honmaru has been locked down, the other training ashigaru outside are very curious about engineering. Keiji Maeda, who couldn't bear his temperament, was the first to come up.

"Nakahide," Keiji Maeda decisively found Nakahide Omaezaki, who usually talks the most, and wanted to get some news out, "What's the situation with your castle building, the gods are mysterious, and you have sealed the Honmaru?" ”

Fukushima Yasunari, who was walking a few steps behind Mimasaki Nakahide, frowned, for fear that Mimasaki Nakahide, who was not big or small, would poke things out as soon as he opened his mouth. He was just about to open his mouth to interrupt, but Mimasaki Nakahide said with a smile first: "What can you have, Keiji, won't you just repair the city?" But ah, this city is repaired! But it's much more comfortable than training! ”

This ridicule of Mimasaki Nakahide made Maeda Keiji blush, forgot about the news, and said in a loud voice: "How did I know that His Highness would be so ruthless!" I'm about to be scolded to death by our Owari brothers today! ”

"What's the solution, who told you to owe?" Ogawa Youdong on the side quickly followed, and said helpfully: "For your pity, I reluctantly invite you to a drink tonight!" ”

"Okay, okay!" Before Maeda Keiji could answer, Shin Hyun Chengliang had already interrupted with a smile: "I have a lot of appetizers, everyone eats a big meal at a time!" ”

Fukushima Yasunari saw that the three brothers did not leak any of their words, and then nodded with relief. These guys are usually neither big nor small, and they seem to know the importance of things when they are down to business.