Under the intense repair of Murai Sadakatsu day and night, it took only seven days from Nobunaga's order to the completion of the repair, and the already dilapidated Inabayama Castle was also renewed.

After learning that Inabayama Castle had been renovated, Nobunaga moved the castle here as soon as possible, and when he saw that Inabayama Castle was not as splendid as he had imagined, he couldn't help but feel a little displeased.

In the living room, as soon as Nobunaga sat down, he summoned Murai Sadakatsu in, and Murai Sadakatsu saw that the lord's face was not good, and he couldn't help but feel nervous, but fortunately he knew the reason for this, so he didn't worry at all.

Sure enough, from Nobunaga's words, his dissatisfaction with the renovation was fully revealed, and after Nobunaga finished speaking, he only heard Murai Sadakatsu speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that this castle is just an overused residential city, and there is really no need for large-scale repairs. ”

Nobunaga thought that Murai Sadakatsu would defend himself, but he really didn't expect him to say this, and Nobunaga couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Lord, the subordinates think ......" Subsequently, Murai Sadakatsu said word for word that he and the Takayama clan had already discussed, and Nobunaga listened to it, and he had already forgotten the displeasure just now, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile, although he was not particularly satisfied with the repair of the castle, but he was very satisfied with Murai Sadakatsu's thoughts.

After laughing, he only heard Nobunaga solemnly say: "You did a good job this time, I will now promote you to the rank of general, and add 300 stone Zhixing to Asakusa Castle." Step aside. ”

Before this, although he thought that the main guild would reward him, he didn't expect the lord to directly promote his identity, and there were 300 stone zhixing, to know the way, from the ashigaru general to the general of the waiter, it was to Kan'er, I don't know how many samurai. In a lifetime, I have not been able to step forward, but I am very glad to have passed.

Now he has been promoted to the rank of general by the lord, which means that from today onwards. Having finally become a high-ranking samurai himself, Murai Sadakatsu decided. After leaving, he must thank everyone in the Gaoshan Clan, if he hadn't come up with a way for himself, let alone get promoted, he would have been satisfied if he didn't scold the lord.

October 1564. The day after Nobunaga moved into Inabayama Castle, he ordered all his retainers and the heads of the wealthy clan to go to Inabayama Castle to meet him, even Takigawa Kazuki, who was still fighting in Northern Ise.

Five days later, all the retainers of the Oda family and the heads of the wealthy clans gathered here, although the assessment room in the castle tower of Inabayama Castle was much larger than the one in Komakiyama Castle. Even if it's bigger than the one in the castle tower of Kiyosu Castle, however, there are already many samurai in the Oda family, and after the unification of Nooo. There were a large number of samurai from the former Saito family, and no amount of the assessment room could accommodate hundreds of samurai.

Therefore, according to the precedent, only the samurai with the status of a general can enter the assessment room, and the rest of the samurai have to listen to the teachings of the lord outside the assessment room. And when the Takayama clan sect arrived, it inevitably caused a lot of discussion among the lower-level samurai outside the evaluation room. This is no surprise in Oda's family.

"Subordinates, etc., see the lord." This time Nobunaga didn't make the retainers wait too long. As soon as the retainers arrived, Nobunaga strode out of the inner chamber.

As soon as he sat down. He couldn't wait to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that my family has a land of 1.2 million stones, I have decided to use this as a mark from now on to show the prestige of my family. After saying that, Nobunaga waved to the attendants behind him, and Naomasa Ho, who was on duty today, immediately carried a white cloth and handed it to his retainers to circulate.

Outside the assessment room, Hasegawa Shuichi and Hori Hidemasa also handed over their imprints to those middle and lower class samurai outside the assessment room for circulation.

In the assessment room, Shibata Katsuya, who sat first on the left side of the hand, took the lead, when he saw the imprint on the white cloth for the four big characters of the world's Buwu, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, although the lord did not say it explicitly, but, as long as he is not a fool, he can see from this imprint the determination of the lord to dominate the world, which is definitely a great news for the retainers, only the lord continues to fight in all directions, they have more opportunities to obtain military exploits. And the most excited are the samurai outside the assessment room, their desire for combat exploits exceeds that of ordinary people. …,

After the clan took the white cloth with the marks of the world's martial arts, he only glanced at it slightly, and handed it to the warrior beside him, he had already known about it, so there was really nothing to be excited about.

When Lin Tongsheng, who was the first on the right, saw it, he respectfully handed it over to the pickaxe Naozheng, and took a step forward, and said with excitement: "The lord uses this imprint, which is enough to show the prestige of his family, and his subordinates see this imprint, and immediately feel that they have inexhaustible strength. After speaking, I saw Lin Tongsheng bow deeply, I want to have such an opportunity to pat the lord's ass, except for the year-end assessment, it is usually rare, how can Lin Tongsheng, who eats by mouth, give up easily.

Although Nobunaga knew that he was complimenting himself, he was already very satisfied with the seal of the martial arts under the heavens, and with the newly unified two countries, this mood was really good, so he didn't break it, just nodded slightly, and then said: "Well, that's very good, I hope you can be like Lin Tongsheng said, in the next joint battle, bravely kill the enemy and move forward bravely." ”

"It is the lord, and his subordinates must swear to death to repay the kindness of the lord." The retainers hurriedly saluted.

After the retainers calmed down, Nobunaga revealed the matter and said, "Now that this Inabayama Castle has been captured, I have decided to move the castle here, but ...... The name Inabayama Castle doesn't fit my heart, so I wonder if you have any suggestions? ”

Since Nobunaga had a premature relationship with the temple, he did not invite Master Sawahiko Soren to come and decide on the name of the castle, as in history, so now it is only for the retainers to brainstorm ideas.

The clan did not immediately say the name Gifu Castle, lest Nobunaga did not compare and directly deny this good name, in the eyes of the clan, the name Gifu is really good, at least much better than the names of most castles at present.

Nobunaga sat on the throne, and saw that the retainers were pondering, and did not urge, just waited quietly, and after a while, several retainers finally said the names that they thought of more satisfactorily, but these names sounded, either they were not atmospheric enough, or they were too straightforward, and some were simply donkey's lips were not on the horse's mouth, whenever a new name was proposed, Nobunaga just shook his head, until Niwa Nagahide said the name Qiyang, Nobunaga did not want it directly, but secretly considered it