After Sabei returned the gifts from the people of the country and the wealthy clan, he summoned his retainers to Kuniyoshi Castle for an evaluation. The retainers also expressed their opinions on the abnormal behavior of the people and wealthy clans of Sanfang County, and Yamashita Shinsuke thought that these people must have something to hide from Sabei, and wanted to pull Sabei into the water before telling Sabei about the matter, and use Sabei's name to take the blame for them.

After hearing this, Fushiwa Akijiro and others also agreed with Yamashita Shinsuke's statement. However, Suzuki Heavy Industries made a new suggestion, since Niwa Nagahide was appointed to lead Wakasa Ichikoku, why didn't Sabei kick the ball to Niwa Nagahide? Let Niwa Nagahide deal with these people and nobles who are dedicated to Sabei.

After listening to Goroubei's words, Sabei laughed and said to the retainers in front of him: "Goroubei's method is very good, Niwa-sama is the one appointed by the lord to lead the country of Wakasa, and I will write to Niwa-sama to report this later!" ”

At this time, Fushiwa Akijiro's one-eyed eyes flashed a different color, and he looked up at Sabei and said, "My lord, since Niwa-sama is in command of Wakasa, my lord might as well write in the letter..."

After listening to Fushiwa Akijiro's words, Sabei and the others instantly understood what Fushiwa Akijiro meant. At this time, the right Ichisuke on the side looked up and said to Sabei, "My lord, if this is the case, will the relationship between the lord and Niwa-sama become bad?" ”

The other retainers also fell into deep thought after hearing this, but Sabei looked at the right Ichisuke in front of him, opened the folding fan on the side, and waved it lightly a few times. After a while, seeing that all the retainers were bowing their heads and saying nothing, Sabei said loudly to everyone: "This family is the lord's family, and only one person is loyal to the lord, not others!" ”

Hearing this, the retainers hurriedly broke the silence in the assessment room, and bowed their heads to the Sabei above. Later, the retainers reported the problems they had found to Sabei. Among them, Fujido Takatora and Kaima Yoshiie both suggested to Sabei to strengthen the defense capabilities of Kuniyoshi Castle.

The reason for their proposal to strengthen the castle defense was simple: Wakasa Province was connected to the mountains and Hokuriku Province from east to west, the good port of Wakasa Province to the north, and the Gyeonggi River to the south. Although Kuniyoshi Castle is a mountain castle and is now the domain of the Oda clan in the east and south, it is important to take precautions.

While Sabei and the others were discussing how to improve the defense of Kuniyoshi Castle, the attendants serving outside the gate handed a letter to Sabei. Later, in front of the retainers, Sabei opened the letter in his hand.

Suzuki Heavy Industries looked at the lord who had read the letter and fell into deep thought, and after receiving the eyes of his colleagues, he whispered to Sabei: "Lord, I take the liberty to ask, but the lord is worried about the things in this letter?" ”

Sabei looked up at Suzuki Heavy Industries and the other retainers in front of him, and said to them, "Now you know what this group of people are so attentive for?" Saybi Sabei handed the letter in his hand to Fushiwa Akijiro on the side. After Fushiwa Akijiro shook it with one eye, he handed it to Suzuki Heavy Industries on the side.

After everyone saw it, Suzuki Heavy Industries took the lead in asking Sabei, "My lord, what is Takeda Motoaki's intention in inviting you to Jinguji Temple?" ”

"I guess he wants me to introduce him to my lord!" Sabei said thoughtfully. Then he said to the people in front of him: "Takeda Yuanming can escape from the war-torn Ichiseru Valley City, and he is also considered a lucky person, but is the main guild giving him a chance?" This matter is not up to me, and I need to write to the lord and Niwa-sama to decide. Then Sabei arranged for the people to recruit and stand up.

After the group left, Sabei wrote three letters in the house, and then sent his samurai to Oda Nobunaga, Niwa Nagahide, and Takeda Motoaki.

In the days that followed, Sabei divided the 200 standing guards recruited into groups of 200 and five groups, and promoted several samurai from the standing units that had followed him. Then Sabei divided the samurai under his command into three categories: close attendants, military attendants, and wandering attendants, and the military attendants were obviously samurai who served in the standing reserve under the direct command of Zuobei, and the wandering attendants were samurai who were given to Zhixing by Zuobei.

And the two types of samurai are divided into two types of samurai, the lower attendant, the middle attendant, the upper attendant and the chief. Among them, the army is in charge of a group of twenty standing standings; The army attendants are in charge of a team of one hundred standing guards and five military attendants; The army attendants are in charge of a 500 standing reserve, 25 army attendants and 5 army attendants; The commander of the army is in charge of two military attendants and their subordinate samurai and standing guards, and has 200 standing guards and ten army attendants directly under his command, as well as several attendants.

The establishment of the Wandering Attendant is similar to that of the Soldier, and the number of soldiers is not as strict as that of the Soldier, and it is more flexible than the Soldier's establishment.

As for the establishment of the close attendants, they are the close attendants, the middle attendants, the close attendants and the chief attendants, of which the subordinate attendants are the most basic members, and the thirty subordinate attendants are led by one of the lieutenants, and the three attendants are led by the chief of the lieutenants. However, the power of Sabei is not particularly huge now, and there are only more than 20 close attendants under him.

As for Sabei, he gave himself the title of "general", symbolizing the supreme power of the entire army. Originally, Sabei was also planning to promote the modern merit system, but he was afraid that it would lead to pressure on his mother country, so after thinking about it, he decided to promote samurai based on his military exploits and his own preferences.

Sabei's new military system was not opposed by his retainers, and the retainers only asked a few questions about it and no longer questioned it, which also made the implementation of this new system not helpful. The system of volunteering and sufficiency that Sabei had used before was decisively abandoned by Sabei, and the previous volunteer samurai were also transformed into military attendants and close attendants by Sabei.

Sabei, who was busy with the reform of the military system, received letters from Gifu Castle and Sawa Yamashiro before he could catch his breath. The letter from Gifu Castle clearly instructed Sabei to meet with Takeda Motoaki, while the letter from Sawa Yamashiro stated that he would arrive at Kohama Castle in three days.

Calculating the day, Sabei summoned his subordinates Sukeemon and Ichisuke Yousuke, and told them that Sukeemon and Ichisuke would go with him to Jinguji Temple in Enshiki County tomorrow to visit Takeda Motoaki.

The next day, under the service of Axiu, Sabei put on his clothes. In the conversation between the husband and wife, the issue of the family crest of the Ming Wei family was raised. The two exchanged a few words, but did not come to a conclusion. Sabei touched his wife's cheek and said with a smile: "This matter is not urgent, now I have more important things to deal with, you think about it again, and discuss it when I come back." ”

After saying that, Sabei fastened the sword at his waist, and was about to go out, but a picture suddenly flashed in his mind, so he walked up to his wife who was dressing up and said, "Axiu, Goroubei seems to have some meaning for your maid named Rina, you go and inform her and let her prepare." Then Sabei left the room with his sword, and headed for Enshiki Castle to the west with the already prepared Sukeemon and Ichisuke You, as well as eleven attendants.