After the previous assassination, Sabei took the safety of himself and his family more seriously. In order to ensure the safety of his family, Sabei promoted a number of standing guards from the Kunikibei and incorporated them into his remaining close staff. At the same time, Sabei specially approved the formation of the anti-ninja group and the ninja group by Sabei to help Uemon form some special protection and assassination.

His own assassination made Sabei increasingly feel that his previous understanding of ninja organizations was one-sided, and he only used them as scouts in the past, but he despised the role of ninja assassination, which led to this catastrophe. At the same time, Sabei also has a deeper understanding of the old saying "people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong".

At the same time, Sabei planned to build a Tadaiyoshi Shrine in Kuniyoshi Castle and invite the spiritual tablets of his subordinates who had died in battle to enter it. However, in the end, there are very few Ashigaru who can fully know their names and hometowns, but most of the samurai who died in battle have entered the shrine, after all, most of their relatives are still serving under the command of Sabei.

However, Sabei's move to bring the shrine of a samurai killed in battle to his own shrine also aroused the dissatisfaction of other nearby shrines, and the gods of Hiyoshi Shrine and Yami Shrine protested against Sabei's behavior.

For the medieval Japanese who believed in gods and Buddhas, Sabei chose a compromise approach. In the name of Hachiman God, the main hall and the secondary hall are set up in the shrine, and the main hall is naturally dedicated to the "god of samurai" Hachiman Sangami, and the purpose of the secondary hall is self-evident.

After dealing with the chores in his own domain and his own safety, Sabei summoned his retainers who had been repaired for a long time to the castle hall. The retainers in the assessment room looked at the summary of the accounts displayed in front of everyone by Sabei, and listened to Sabei's summary of the past six months since he became the master of the country, Yoshijo and other places.

After listening to Sabei's summary, Yamashita Shinsuke, who was the leader of Kuniyoshi and other places, bowed to Sabei and said: "My lord, my family has gone out many times in the past six months to follow His Royal Highness Oda on expeditions, and Kuniyoshi has been replenished many times, and my family's armor has been short for a short time, and I hope that my lord can allocate funds to make some sufficiency!" ”

After listening to Yamashita Shinsuke's words, Sabei nodded and said to Yamashita Shinsuke: "Allowed, the specific materials and money will be sorted out and presented after the manufacturing is completed!" ”

Shinsuke Yamashita bowed his head when he heard this, and then sat down on his seat again. As soon as Yamashita Shinsuke sat down, Fushiwa Akijiro got up and said to Sabei: "My lord, I think that the actual income of my family is close to 30,000 stones, although my lord often says, 'There are not many soldiers but they are fine', but the family also needs to properly mobilize the ashigaru in the collar, and assemble the ashigaru training four or five times a month, and when the family's standing equipment is insufficient, it can be directly recruited from these ashigaru, which greatly reduces the time for the family's recruitment and training." ”

After Fushiwa Akijiro finished speaking, Kaima Yoshiya immediately spoke out and expressed his approval. After thinking for a while, Suzuki Heavy Industries and Fujido Takatora also agreed one after another. Sukeemon, who had always been silent, continued to remain silent, and Ichisuke You, who was sitting first on Sabei's right hand, did not speak, but nodded slightly at Sabei.

So everyone's eyes focused on Yamashita Shinsuke, Yamashita Shinsuke coughed when he saw this, and then sat down in front of Sabei again and said: "Lord, Lord Fuyu's plan is really good, but mobilizing these ashigaru to train requires a venue, and the martial arts arena in Kuniyoshi Castle is only enough for Kuniyoshi to prepare for martial arts, and the family needs to build it again... However, I have no objection to Fushiha-sama's plan! ”

After hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Fushiwa Akijiro, not knowing what this strong-tempered pen head would say. However, what everyone didn't expect was that after listening to Yamashita Shinsuke's words, Fushiwa Mingjiro actually nodded, and then said to the Sabei above: "My lord, what Taoya-sama said is reasonable, the family's current expenses are all stored and rewarded before, and it does cost a lot of money to build a martial arts arena!" ”

Sabei was a little puzzled when he heard this, how could it cost a lot of money to build a martial arts arena?

After the assessment room cooled down for a few breaths, Sabei eased up, and this was another secret battle between the two. Immediately, Sabei looked at Sukeemon, who was silent. Sukely aware of Sabei's eyes, Sukeemon immediately bowed his head and said, "What does the lord command?" ”

Sabei picked up the pressure cut on the knife holder at hand, got up and walked to Sukeemon and said: "Although the anti-ninja group has not yet been established, I need you to carry out your first mission with the anti-ninja team, and thoroughly investigate whether the servants in the collar have embezzled their own money, even if it is an official I appointed, don't let it go, and after there is direct evidence, bring people and evidence to me!" ”

After saying that, Sabei pulled out the sheath of the press cut in his hand, looked around, and said to everyone: "This operation, I call it 'press cut'!" ”

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After discussing the contents of the New Year's assessment in the assessment room, everyone left the assessment room one after another. After Fushiwa Akijiro and Youichizukke who remained in the assessment room looked at each other, Youyisuke bowed his head and said, "Brother Meijiro, let's talk first!" ”

Hearing this, Fushiwa Mingjiro nodded to the right Ichisuke, and then said to the Sabei who was staring at him: "My lord, today I am not deliberately making things difficult for Yamashita Shinsuke, but I accidentally discovered that the head pottery people who served as the head of Mihama Town embezzled part of the business tax of Mihama Town; But if I tell the lord in private, I'm afraid that the lord guild will think that he is framing Yamashita Shinsuke, and my relationship with Yamashita Shinsuke is like that, most of his words will not believe my words. ”

After listening to Fushiwa Akijiro's words, Sabei suddenly smiled and said, "Akijiro, you and I are brothers-like warriors and friends, and Yamashita Shinsuke is a liver-like minister and retainer to me, and I can't lack either of you." ”

Yan Bi Sabei said again: "I said before that I would give you Guojun, and I will give Guojun to the first samurai of my family in the New Year's assessment after that!" ”

When Fushiwa Mingjiro heard this, he immediately bowed his head and said: "To be so trusted by the lord, Mingjiro has no regrets about dying for the lord!" ”

At this time, Sabei smiled and said, "Mingjiro doesn't need to be polite, I hope that my descendants will have the auxiliary of the First Samurai Family!" ”

Akijiro Fushiwa's face changed a little when he heard this, but he didn't know if he missed Chie or had a plan to come out of the shadows. After thanking Sabei again, Fushiwa Meijiro strode out of the assessment room, leaving Sabei and Right Ichisuke with a dashing back.

After Fushiwa Akijiro left, Ichisuke on the right raised his head and said to Sabei, who was playing with the small sword in his hand, "Brother, since you don't want Brother Akijiro and Taoya-sama to quarrel again, why do you want to give Kunijun to him at the New Year's assessment in the future?" ”

Hearing this, Zuo Bingwei smiled and said: "Right Yisuke, as a mid-servant in the close service team, you need to prepare for the reinforcement and expansion of the close guard, and you are responsible for the safety of Ah Xiu and me!" ”