Since Niwa Nagahide was going to Kohama Castle to inspect Wakasa's situation, Sabei left Jinguji Temple and went north to Kohama Castle. Anyway, Niwa Nagahide will arrive today and tomorrow, and it doesn't hurt to stay near Kohama Castle for one night. However, what Sabei didn't expect was that as soon as he and his party arrived in Kohama Town, there were already a lot of Wakasa people and wealthy families living in Kohama Town.

Looking at the people of Wakasa who were already waiting at the foot of Kohama Castle, Sabei said to the right Ichisuke beside him, "Let's stay in the town too!" After finishing speaking, he took the two ministers and eleven attendants who served behind him and walked towards the lodging area.

Sabei who brought more than a dozen people into the lodging area was naturally favored by the owners of various lodging houses, and even some beautiful wandering girls came out to meet Sabei, which was also somewhat unexpected by Sabei.

In fact, as an important transportation hub connecting the mountains and Hokuriku Province, Wakasa can reach Gyeonggi from the south, and it is on a par with Kyoto in terms of economic development and popular culture. As one of the best towns in Wakasa, the "red light district" in the town is naturally one of the best in Wakasa.

However, as a modern consciousness who knows how terrible "love sickness" is, Sabei naturally will not risk his life. After dispersing the owners of the lodging grounds around them, Sabei found a small-looking lodging house and took it over for a small sum. As for his close attendants, Sabei still restrained them and didn't let them go out to have fun.

The next day, Niwa Nagahide was late when it was close to noon. The attendants who were waiting for news in front of the Kohama Castle Gate immediately returned to report to Sabei after seeing Niwa Nagahide's Nihonzhi Banner of the Great Banner. Sabei, who got the news, also immediately set off and left the overnight accommodation with his men.

Sabei got the news, and naturally the people and nobles who were also waiting in the town also got the news. So when Sabei and his men came to the outside of Kohama Castle, those Wakasa people and wealthy clans who came to visit had already entered Kohama Castle.

However, in front of Honmaru's castle hall, after Sabei identified himself, he was directly invited into the castle hall by the attendants stationed in front of the door to speak. Seeing this, the surrounding countries and wealthy clans could only obediently make way for Sabei.

Niwa Nagahide smiled at Sabei after seeing Sabei and said: "The lord has asked me to manage Wakasa Province for three years, who would have thought that Takeda Motoaki would be able to escape back from Ichijo Valley Castle, and now Takeda Motoaki is in Jingu Temple, I don't know how he is now?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei immediately said to Niwa Nagahide, "Niwa-sama, I have already been instructed by the lord to go to Jinguji Temple to meet with Takeda Motoaki. ”

Niwa Nagahide was a little surprised after listening to Sabei's words, opened the folding fan in his hand, and asked Sabei, "Since Sabei has already met Takeda Motoaki, what do you think of this person?" ”

After listening to Niwa Nagahide's words, Sabei said with a smile: "I told my lord that this man had clean hands and dirty clothes, and when he saw him first, he knelt on the ground to ask for help, and he invited me into the house without asking about my intentions or questioning my identity, and when he turned his face and drew his sword, his saber was an arm's and a half away from him, and without knowing my intentions, he informed me of his thoughts, and finally he was impressed by more than 20 small judgments." ”

After hearing this, Niwa Nagahide closed the folding fan and said to Sabei: "But Takeda Motoaki still has the support of the old ministry in Wakasa, and the Kuriya Katsuhisa who moved Omi and the Itami Masatsune of Oii-gun are both former ministers who are still loyal to him, and the Wakasa Takeda clan still has a reputation in Wakasa, so this person still has the value of being used by the lord." ”

Sabei also nodded when he heard this, after all, the Wakasa Takeda clan has served as the guardian of Wakasa for more than a hundred years, and it does have some reputation in the hearts of the people and people of Wakasa, and it is a good choice to use it as a mascot.

After talking to Niwa Nagahide, Niwa Nagahide told Sabei that he now has more than 40,000 koku in Wakasa, and unlike before, he will alternately live between Sawa Mountain Castle and Wakasa in the future. When Sabei heard this, he instantly realized the meaning of Niwa Hide, isn't this a change of direction to tell himself that he has his management in Wakasa, and he doesn't have to go beyond the bounds.

Then the two exchanged politeness, and Sabei said goodbye to Niwa Nagahide and returned to his home city, Yoshijo.

Immediately after returning to Kuniyoshi Castle, Sabei wrote down his views on Takeda Motoaki and some proposals into a letter and sent someone to Gifu. After writing the letter, Sabei sent Sukeemon to inquire about the situation in the Gyeonggi area. At present, Sabei is not in the Gyeonggi area, so he cannot get first-hand information about the changes in the situation in the Gyeonggi area. As a member of the Oda family, Sabei has been tied to the chariot of the Oda family.

Later, the maid Rina was given to Suzuki Heavy Industries by Sabei Guard, and Suzuki Heavy Industries also accepted her as a concubine. The trivial matters here are no longer repeated.

After completing the affairs that Oda Nobunaga had explained, Sabei began to stay in his own territory again, training his subordinates on a daily basis, sending people to buy iron cannons, and actively building ports in his domain.

A few days later, Oda Nobunaga's instructions came to Kuniyoshi Castle. Oda Nobunaga instructed Sabei to step up military training and prepare for the autumn harvest, but there was no mention of Takeda Motoaki. Seeing this, Sabei sent someone to Jinguji Temple to inquire about Takeda Motoaki's news, and sent someone to Niwa Nagahide to inquire about Takeda Motoaki. Sabei himself still repeats his daily work.

Half a day later, the ninja who had gone to inquire about the news of Takeda Motoaki returned to Kuniyoshi Castle. After questioning the ninja, Sabei learned that Takeda Motoaki had left Jinguji two days ago. Later, the samurai who had gone to inquire about Niwa Nagahide also returned, bringing back a letter from Niwa Nagahide to Sabei.

In the letter, Niwa Nagahide said that he had introduced Takeda Motoaki into Kohama Castle and would take him to Gifu Castle to meet his lord in the near future. After reading the letter, Sabei also immediately wrote a letter in response to Niwa Nagahide, and expressed his approval of Niwa Nagahide's actions in the letter.

After dealing with this, Sabei returned to his apartment, lay on his wife's lap and complained to her, "Niwa-sama is so impatient, he should let Takeda Motoaki stay at Jinguji for a while longer, and his ambitions will be extinguished." ”

After listening to Sabei's complaints, Ming Wei Shu asked in a low voice, "My lord, then why didn't you stop Niwa-sama's behavior?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei smiled and said, "Axiu, I am now a member of the family, and I am no longer the new counselor who was close to Niwa-sama and Shibata-sama at that time, if I directly stop his actions now, can he still listen to my opinion as he used to?" And what would he think about it? Supporting Takeda Motoaki is just to stabilize the people and common people of Wakasa, let him stay in Jinguji Temple for a while longer, let him know that he is not of much value, and when the time comes, he will give him some knowledge and deeds, and let him obediently be a local wealthy family, now..."

After listening to Sabei's words, Ming Weixiu stopped speaking, but gently combed Sabei's hair that had grown long with his hand.