Nagano Yezheng, who deducted a lot of money from the BOSS, feels a little floating when he walks, and the Nagano family is not saying that he has never seen money, after all, as the largest force in Ueno Country, he has a lot of income in all aspects, but it is still very difficult for the Nagano family to come up with 20,000 at a time. However, the money is in hand, and the matter is only possible to start, and the specific things have to be carefully planned by yourself and your retainers. Of course, Tsukahara Moryū, who had just been "promoted" to the eye, also had to participate, anyway, he didn't understand anything~

"First of all, there is the issue of the use of funds, and at any given time, recruitment costs and equipment costs account for the lion's share. Although 20,000 is a lot, but if it is rolled out, it is still not enough to spend, do you have any good ideas? Nagano Ye was sitting in the big wide room and asked the retainers.

This problem is basically a historical problem of Japan's Warring States, and basically no one can solve it perfectly, although basically raising this issue is a formality, but seeing that no one squeaks, Nagano Yemasa still can't help but sigh. Then a voice suddenly came: "I have some opinions. ”

Well? Everyone looked at the young face sitting next to Nagano Yoshimasa: Tsukahara Moryū.

Tsukahara Moryū glanced at everyone, and finally looked at Nagano Yoshimasa: "I heard that the Nagano family has a very high prestige among the people, and the entire Ueno country is the only one who looks to the people. In addition, the people of the country also have weapons and armor, so they can save a lot of money. ”

The retainers suddenly felt that their mouths were suddenly opened, many of them were from all countries, and they had a natural sense of affinity for these people, unlike many people from samurai families who looked down on them, but their long-term concepts had restrained their thinking, so they couldn't think of this method for a while.

Nagano Yoshimasa was a little hesitant, because of the problem of his background, the contradiction between himself and the Ueno Samurai Regiment was already more acute, and if this was the case......

Although Tsukahara Moryū doesn't quite understand what Nagano is worried about, this does not prevent him from using "all-purpose glue" to establish his extremely awesome image: "There is an old saying in the Ming Kingdom: When you are constantly interrupted, you will suffer from it." ”

Tsukahara Molong's words were like a thunderclap, which woke up Nagano Yemasa: Lao Tzu was originally from the people of the country, and those samurai would not look down on me no matter how they were, since this is the case, I simply do it to the end and completely integrate the power of the people of Ueno Country! Thinking of this, the corners of Nagano Yezheng's mouth couldn't help but show a satisfied arc: "What Mo Long said is very reasonable, after I go back, everyone is going to write a letter to the people who are friends with me, and I will go to the Lord Guan to say." "In fact, the people of the country have opened up their own fields, although they do not have to pay taxes, but they live in fear every day, for fear that the land will be taken away when the land will be taken, and now the Uesugi family obviously does not have the energy to re-examine the land, in this case, simply do personal favors, recognize their ownership of the land, just to strengthen the power of the Uesugi family. At this point, Uesugi Kenmasa, a flexible and pragmatic person, will not refuse. Thinking of this, Nagano Ye was looking at Tsukahara Molong's gaze more and more appreciatively, thinking of his eldest son, Nagano Yoshiye, who died in the Battle of Kawagoe. If it weren't for the birth of this son not long ago, Nagano Yemasa would have the idea of letting Tsukahara Molong inherit his family business. But thinking of this, Nagano Yemasa was taken aback by his own thoughts: his boss also has a bit of this meaning, and how can he make such a rash decision because of a suggestion?

With Tsukahara Moryu's strategy, Nagano was in a good mood, and after assigning the task, he decided to go to the castle tower and ask for permission from Uesugi Kenmasa. However, Tsukahara Moryu did not follow, but wandered around Minowa Castle alone, as if waiting for something. The guard's Ashigaru also learned that Tsukahara Moryu was Tsukahara's most proud disciple, so he was respectful.

For a long time, Tsukahara Molong still didn't wait for the person he was waiting for, and simply chatted with a samurai named Kotaro Kikuchi who was in charge of the duty.

"Kotaro, are you from Ueno Kuni?" Tsukahara asked, leaning against the wall.

"Hah! I'm from Limeonshire! Kikuchi Kotaro was clearly excited, although he was a samurai, sociologically a member of the ruling class, and theoretically higher than Tsukahara Muryu, who was temporarily appointed to Metsuki. But regardless of the fact that Tsukahara Molong was assigned to be in charge of military training, the name of the disciple of the Lightsaber Saint was scary enough. It would be great if he could guide him in martial arts......

Seeing Kikuchi Kotaro like this, Tsukahara Moryū also smiled helplessly, waved his hand, and signaled that he didn't have to be nervous. "When I first came to Ueno Country, I was assigned to train the army, and I don't know much about this place, so I wonder if you can help me?"

"It's a great honor!" Kotaro Kikuchi immediately straightened his back again, "What do you want to know?" ”

Belch...... I've already said that I'm in charge of forming the Minowa clan, but what else do you want me to know? No wonder you're still a low-level samurai...... Of course, it's good to complain in your heart, and you still have to show gratitude on your face. "Then I'm bothering you. I wonder how much does the ashigaru equipment in charge of guarding Minowa Castle cost? ”

Hearing the first half of Tsukahara Moryu's words, Kotaro Kikuchi almost reflexively showed a vigilant gaze, but when he heard clearly that he was asking about the price of Ashigaru's equipment, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and beckoned to Ichigaru. Ashigaru, who was on duty, was stunned for a moment, and when he realized that the samurai-sama was calling himself, he immediately came over with a flattering smile, but fear and envy flashed in his eyes from time to time.

Kikuchi Kotaro pulled over the unsuspecting Ashigaru and introduced to Tsukahara Moryū: "Mosuke is wearing a bucket kawa bucket now, and he is still a relatively good armor in Ashigaru, and his defense is still quite good, about 11 times." The plain gun in his hand is still relatively well-made, and it takes 5 times. This rib was taken from the enemy by participating in joint battles before, and it was worth about 5 times. ”

"Ashigaru's equipment costs 20 times?" Tsukahara Moryū couldn't help but be surprised, a standing ashigaru for a year is between 20 and 30 stones, that is, about 10 to 15 koku, and he can't afford to buy this set without eating or drinking for a year...... It's no wonder that the age difference between the armor on the Akita family's ashigaru was so big before, and the weapons and equipment of an army alone had to make the wealthy families save money for a long time.

Seeing Tsukahara Molong's reaction, Kikuchi Kotaro also felt unexpected, but he understood it as the years turned. After all, Tsukahara Moryu studied kendo, not a samurai, and it is normal not to know about this. "Mosuke is a standing ashigaru, and it belongs directly to the lord in charge, so the weapons and equipment are much better, and if it is ashigaru under the command of other adults, the equipment is much cheaper." After saying that, he called another ashigaru, who did not have a spear, but held a longbow that was almost as tall as himself. Here I have to complain about the Japanese bow, since the Heian period of Japan, the bow production technology has been stagnant, not only the size is particularly huge, inconvenient to slack, and the strength is also how, in Japanese history there are often fierce people in a dozen arrows still charge like no one charges, but against the iron cannon, that is, the musket is basically a shot to die......

"You don't need to be armed with a melee gun, but you need to be equipped with a bow and arrows, and such a set of bows and arrows will cost about fifteen."

This pedal horse...... Why do you feel that 20,000 is not enough? The corners of Tsukahara Molong's mouth twitched again, if it was the strong bow of the Ming Kingdom, it would be okay, and this kind of broken bow would be so expensive? Why don't you grab it?

However, the long pain is not as good as the short pain, anyway, it is not himself who pays the money, Tsukahara Molong asked "boldly": "Is there anything more expensive?" ”

Kikuchi Kotaro nodded immediately, completely ignoring Tsukahara Moryu's face, and after sending the two Ashigaru away, he waved into the distance again, this time the "Ashigaru" who came over was not as cowardly as before, but there was a fierce aura, although it had no effect on Tsukahara Moryu, but he was very familiar with this aura in the dojo with all kinds of people.

This ashigaru is also a middle-aged man, and there is an obvious scar on his face, as if there is a piece of flesh missing, it seems to be ...... Arrow wounds! Is it okay to shoot in the face and step on the horse? What kind of bow and arrow is this! However, unlike the previous two ashigaru, this ashigaru is wearing a lock foot, which not only has a lot of improvement in defense ability compared to the bucket river pocket, but also is more flexible. This ashigaru carried a sword and a rib at his waist, and if he hadn't still saluted Kikuchi Kotaro, Tsukahara Ink Dragon would have almost thought that he was also a samurai.

"This lock is about 15 times, the knife is about 10 times, and the rib difference is 5 times."

"He doesn't seem to be a spearhead or a bow." Tsukahara Moryū looked at Kikuchi Kotaro suspiciously.

"He is a light leader, and he specially protects the Lord Guan Ling when he goes out to war." Kotaro Kikuchi spoke.