While Sabei was working hard to develop the economy of his domain and sending people to help the people collect rice, the situation of the war in Kawachi was also passed to Sabei through the ninjas under Sukeemon, and along with the letters from the ninjas under Sukeemon, there was also a letter from Akechi Mitsuhide. After reading the letter from the Uemon and the letter from Akechi Mitsuhide, Sabei summoned all his retainers to the assessment room.

After reading Akechi Mitsuhide's letter, everyone also fell into deep thought. As the head of the Gyeonggi region, Akechi Mitsuhide wanted to mobilize the troops under Sabei to fight in Hanoi after the autumn harvest, which made Sabei and his retainers confused for a while.

After a short silence, Suzuki Heavy Industries said to Sabei: "My lord, Lord Akechi has a very good intention, if the army under Lord Akechi is insufficient, it is completely possible to mobilize the forces of Lord Tsuda and other forces in Minami Omi, why would you sacrifice the near and far and mobilize the Lord of Wakasa?" ”

After hearing this, Fushiwa Akijiro also got up and said, "My lord, and Niwa-sama is in Toshiki-gun, why didn't Ake-sama ask Niwa-sama for help?" ”

"Lord Wise did not explicitly state in his letter whether or not he would mobilize others to help, but Lord Wise has the grace to recommend me, and I have no choice but to do so." After listening to the questions of the two henchmen, Sabei said categorically to everyone.

At this time, Yamashita Shinsuke bowed his head to Sabei and said, "If the lord goes to the mountain castle after the autumn harvest, please arrange someone to preside over the affairs of the family!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei glanced at Shinsuke Yamashita who bowed his head respectfully, and said to the retainers in the assessment room: "This matter will be discussed later, everyone must hurry up now to urge the people to complete the autumn harvest in the territory, and at the same time, Ashigaru can also be trained, I don't want to see the unprepared commoners die in Yamashiro and Hanoi!" ”

Yanbi Sabei got up and left the assessment room, and the surrounding attendants immediately caught up with Sabei when they saw this, leaving behind the retainers in the house. Fushiwa Meijiro looked at the figure of Sabei leaving, and asked Suzuki Heavy Industries on the side, "Gorou Bei, does the lord also take this matter into consideration?" ”

Without waiting for Suzuki Heavy Industries on the side to speak, Shisuke Yamashita had already said with a smile: "Lord Fuyu, I think the lord does have some concerns about this matter, if it weren't for the lord now, why would the lord call us and others, but did he let me wait to discuss the proposal, but after just listening to two sentences, he made up his mind to agree to the mobilization of Lord Akechi?" ”

Looking at Shinsuke Yamashita who was talking about the head of the road in front of him, Fushiwa Akijiro's single eye suddenly burst into a terrifying light. Seeing this, Yamashita Shinsuke couldn't help but be a little frightened, and wanted to reprimand but was stared at by Fushiwa Akijiro's gaze and couldn't open his mouth. At this time, Sukeemon on the side also saw the situation on his brother's side, and quietly appeared next to Shinsuke Yamashita.

At this time, Suzuki Heavy Industries gently patted Fushiwa Mingjiro, and then said to Yamashita Shinsuke in front of him: "Yamashita Shinsuke, the main bus is waiting for you, how is the matter of contacting Kakukura-sama completed?" ”

After Fushiwa Akijiro retracted his gaze, Shinsuke Yamashita pulled a smile on his face and said to Suzuki Heavy Industries: "I don't have to worry about this matter, Lord Suzuki, I have already handled it according to the requirements of the lord, and it will be completed in a few days." With that, Shinsuke Yamashita bowed his head to the two of them, and then left the assessment room with Sukeemon.

After seeing the situation here, the landlords and wealthy families on the side also accelerated their pace and left the assessment room. When Ichisuke You, Fujido Takatora and Kaima Yoshiya saw each other, they glanced at each other, and then Ichisuke Right stepped forward and said to the fierce-faced Fushiwa Meijiro: "Fushiba-sama, we are all the lord's retainers, or maintain harmony within the retainers!" ”

After hearing this, Fushiwa Meijiro looked at the right Ichisuke who was already the same height as himself, the corners of his mouth barely pulled out an arc, and said to the right Ichisuke: "I and the brave warriors and those who follow are not all the way after all!" After that, Fushiwa Mingjiro turned his head to Suzuki Heavy Industries and said, "Gorou Guard, I didn't say you!" ”

Suzuki Heavy Industries smiled after hearing this and said, "Although I have some inconvenience in one leg, I can still go out and cut off a few heads. ”

At this time, Fujitang Gaohu said: "Lord Taowu is indeed a little excessive, the lord has not yet given the order to go out of the battle, and Lord Taowu is already asking the lord for power." ”

The other four people in the room listened to Fujido Takatora's words, and the assessment room suddenly fell silent. The hat of Fujitang Gaohu is too buttoned, if it reaches the ears of those who have a heart, I am afraid that none of the seven members of the retainer group will be able to stand alone.

Fujitang Gaohu, who realized that he had lost his words, immediately added: "Who stays behind and who goes out of the battle, the lord has his own decision, and we don't have to discuss it in private." ”

Sabei, who was distracted in the castle hall of Kuniyoshi Castle, naturally didn't know what was happening in the assessment room, and now Sabei had a headache about whether he wanted to get close to Akechi Mitsuhide. Although Akechi Mitsuhide did not go out of Echizen according to the course of history, nor was he given a surname and official position, but history is not without the possibility of repeating itself, if Akechi Mitsuhide betrayed Oda Nobunaga in the future, it would be difficult for him to do this.

And recently, Tsuda Nobusumi has frequently expressed his affirmation of Akechi Mitsuhide's talent in letters, if Tsuda Nobusumi still becomes Akechi Mitsuhide's son-in-law as in history in the future, his multiple identities are intertwined, and he is really difficult to argue with when the incident happened.

Thinking of this, Sabei sighed, hoping that he could influence Akechi Mitsuhide's future choices, after all, there were still eight or nine years before the change of Honnoji Temple, and he could only try his best to change Akechi Mitsuhide's fate.

After deciding in his heart, Sabei turned around and returned to the house, and immediately sent a letter to Akechi Mitsuhide, in which he made it clear that he could go south and attack Hanoi with him after the autumn harvest.

A few days ago, Kakukura Liyi, who received Sabei's letter, personally led his men to Kuniyoshi Castle to visit Sabei, and Sabei naturally warmly received Kakukura and his party. After the banquet, Sabei Zai, who came to the tea room, expressed his hope that Kakukura would be able to send his clan members to become his imperial servants.

After hearing this, Kakukura, who was also in the tea room, laughed and said: "Lord Mingwei, let alone a clansman, even if you come down to serve as an adult's imperial material, but with the reputation of an adult, the merchant of Wakasa will definitely fight for his head, why should the adult give up the near and far?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei put down the tea bowl in his hand and said to the Kakukura in front of him: "Naturally, the vision of Yoshichi is much higher than that of these local merchants of Wakasa, and this point is enough for me to choose Yoshichi." ”

After leaving his brother Kakukura Yukishi in Mihama, Kakukura returned to Kyoto. The autumn harvest in the Sabei collar has also entered the busiest time period, and harvesting rice without the help of machinery is naturally time-consuming and laborious, but Sabei, who knows nothing about agricultural machinery, does not have any black technology to help the farmers in the collar.

After the autumn harvest lasted for a while, it also came to an end, and Sabei had to put the matter of going south and joining Akechi Mitsuhide on the agenda.