Hosokawa Nobumoto, who did not know the truth, ended his trip to Gifu and returned to his station, Devon Castle.

"Happy New Year to my lord, Hosokawa parents are prosperous!" All the retainers of Hosokawa shouted in unison, and leaned down to greet Hosokawa Nobumoto on the throne.

"Well, let's all get up, Zong Gui, you can start." Hosokawa Nobumoto is now after the conference is over, and he will come back for a small meeting. This year, the Hosokawa family was also fighting in the east and west, and the efforts of the retainers needed to be recognized.

"Yes!" Yoshida took out a volume of the reward order from his bosom and began to read it.

"The old man of the pen family, Yoshida Sokatsu, is diligent and diligent for the Hosokawa family, and the defense of Devon City wears many hats to ensure the stability of the family... Specially blessed with 10,000 knowledge of Yuasa City! "The Hosokawa family pays attention to efficiency, and there is no such lengthy and boring speech as Lin Xiuzhen, who talks about the reading and reward of meritorious deeds as soon as they come up.

Hosokawa Haruyuki and Tao Qingxian were promoted to family elders and rewarded with 8,000 Zhixing; Honda Tadashi, Honda Masanobu, Shima Katsutake, Takigawa Interests, Deura Morikiyo, Zhezhi Kiyohiro, Murakami Motoyoshi, Naito Masanari, and Oura Weixin were promoted to generals and rewarded with 5,000 Zhixing; Meritorious people such as Naotoro Ii and Yasumasa Kamihara were also promoted to serve generals and rewarded with 3,000 Zhixing, as well as other people such as Ashigaru Shogun and Ashigaru Group Leader.

It is worth mentioning that the Ataka Navy and the Kurishima Navy were merged into the Hosokawa Navy Army, and the number of the Navy reached more than 6,000 people. The generals Antaku Nobuyasu and Kurishima Tong entered the Hosokawa family and were promoted to the general of the naval army. Seven new-style ironclad ships were successfully trialed and officially put into use, each of which can accommodate 800 people.

On the day of the trial voyage, Hosokawa Nobumoto personally surveyed the voyage, and everyone looked at the high three-story deck, the thickened iron plate that was not afraid of fire attack, the exaggerated eight Western cannons, coupled with the secret technique of "baking", more than half of the sailors were equipped with iron cannons, it was simply a sharp and indestructible sea giant city!

The bow samurai team of the Hosokawa family's "Fire Feather Battalion" has also been expanded, with a total of 500 people, and Naito Masanari is still the commander. In addition, 800 bowashigaru were trained, and these people were all trained by Yoshida Shigetaka, and after passing the qualifications, they would be evenly assigned to each reserve team.

Due to the death of Yoshida Shigetaka's sister-in-law, Yoshida Shigetsuna, the Yoshida family was extinct, and in order to make up for the Yoshida family, Hosokawa Nobumoto allowed him to choose the samurai of the Hosokawa family at will. Unexpectedly, he actually chose a ten-year-old boy Genhachiro from Katsumaki Village, Gamo County, Omi Province, according to him, this boy has a great talent for archery, and he can pull the heavy wisteria bow at a young age, you must know that there are many samurai who can't pull the heavy wisteria bow.

Yoshida Shigetaka married his granddaughter, Yoshida Shigetsuna's daughter, to Genhachiro Katsumaki, and let her enter the Yoshida family as an adopted heir, taking the name Yoshida Shigeji, and now follows Hosokawa Nobumoto as a small surname.

Because of the last assassination, the Hosokawa family recruited a group of small surnames and close people. Among them, the most well-known is the small surname named Katsuratsu, who is the future Otani Yoshitsugu, who is called by the monkey as a handsome man who can command millions of soldiers. His father, Otani Yoshibo, was originally a samurai of the Asai family, and after the fall of Asai, he was taken into the account by Hosokawa Nobumoto. There is also a side Kondo high tiger, and the Fujido family also perished because of the main family, the Asai family, and joined the Hosokawa family.

"Okay, the letter of appointment will be collected from Zong Gui after the meeting, and now I will talk about the policy of this year!" As soon as Hosokawa Nobumoto said this, everyone sat up straight, which was related to the development of the family.

"The Fourth Reserve and Fifth Battalion have begun a six-month period of replenishment and restorative training, and the people's will and construction of the new leaders will be handed over to you and the four commissioners." After fighting continuously for a year, Hosokawa Nobumoto decided to take a break for half a year first.

"Yes!" Nakajima Kiyonobu, Kagawa Tadaji, Masuda Nagamori, and Okubo Yasan were ordered by the four low leaders.

"Here, my family also wishes everyone a happy new year, hard work." Hosokawa Nobumoto bowed his head slightly and expressed his inner blessings.

"Thank you, Lord! The subordinates must have done their best for the Hosokawa family, and then they died! All the retainers hurriedly saluted in unison.

"Alright, serve! Open! Hosokawa Nobumoto waved his hand, the banquet began, and the New Year was over, just eating and drinking.

For half a year, the huge machine of the Oda family was still running at high speed, and the new territory was gradually subdued. Shibata Katsuie moved to Echizen Province in the north of the village and completely controlled Echizen Province, and Hashiba Hideyoshi expanded to the current Hama Castle, the residence of Ikeno Province, and changed its name to Nagahama Castle.

After half a year of preparation, Hosokawa Fujitaka was ready to send troops to Tango Province at any time, and Niwa Nagahide also took root in Wakasa Province as a backing for Fujitaka's attack. On New Year's Day, Niko Motohisa once brought his wife Hosokawa Katsura and his sister-in-law Toyowakamaru to meet Hosokawa Nobumoto and promised to be loyal to the main Hosokawa family for generations. For this reason, Hosokawa Fujitaka's Tango strategy, the Niko family will also send troops to help.

Ikeda Tsuneko is also gearing up at Itami Castle to attack Ishiyama Honganji. When everyone is busy with the outside world, only one person is pointing the finger at his own backyard, which is the wonderful Kitada Nobuo.

Nobuo Kitada not only angered the Iga ninja and caused him to oppose the Oda family, but now he is planning to kill his father-in-law's family.

"Hmph, Nobuo Kitada is stupid, he really won't die if he doesn't die." Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the information in his hand, which was just sent by Mochizuki Yuki.

"Your Highness, Kitada Gujiao, Qincheng father and son have already learned the news, and they are currently preparing to rebel, do you need to tell His Highness Nobuo?" Mochizuki handed over a cup of weak tea, gentle and considerate.

"Humph! No, it's better to let that kid suffer a little more. Hosokawa Nobumoto rubbed the information about Kitada's rebellion and threw it aside, who let this kid hurt his reputation back then.

"That's... What about Mitsuei-sama Toriyao? He kept asking what to do. If you don't report it all the time, I'm afraid it will make the hall dissatisfied. Mochizuki asked worriedly, Toriya Ao Mitsuei had already received a summoning order from the old lord Kitada Gujiao, and wanted to win him over to rebel together.

"Hmm... It's a trouble, but the two of them are really stupid together, don't you know if you don't know if you don't keep things secret? One is preparing to eradicate his father-in-law's family with great fanfare, and the other is also gathering the old ministry with great fanfare? I'm so hehe. Hosokawa Nobumoto was really stupid and speechless about the two of them, and Mitsuei Toriya had already seen the situation clearly by now and stood firmly on the side of the Hosokawa family.

But Toriya O's identity is very delicate, he is the power of the Oda family as a direct minister to the Hosokawa family, so if such a big thing happens, he can't help but report it to his lord Oda Nobunaga. But he also has a heart for the Hosokawa family and doesn't want to overstep the declaration, which makes him in a dilemma.

"In this way, anyway, the family is almost rested, and now I will immediately send troops away from the place of right and wrong of the Beida family. Then let Toriya Ao Mitsuei report it, so that the family did not know about it and did not report it, and because the troops were out and could not return to help, they avoided trouble. Hosokawa Nobumoto tapped lightly on the table, his thoughts becoming clearer a little bit.

"Hehe... Your Highness is really cunning. That... Where do we send troops? Is it to help Takashi Fuji take down the country of Tango? Or at the invitation of Ikeda-sama, attack Ishiyama Honganji? Mochizuki smiled playfully, with her hands on her cheeks, cute and cute.