Chapter 176: The Fourth Heavenly King

In the assessment room of the Okazaki Castle Castle Tower, Matsudaira Motoyasu looked at the two kneeling in front of him, and his heart was happy. He had heard of the brave name of Jing Yi's Naoqin, since the outbreak of the Yiyi family, the Matsudaira family has lost a large number of excellent retainers, and now the Matsudaira family needs a large number of powerful retainers in addition to money, and it is obvious that this Ii Naoqin is a very good candidate.

Moreover, in addition to his outstanding ability, he also controls the 3,000-stone territory around Ii Valley Castle in Inasa County, and it can be said that among these wealthy families who have returned to the Yuanjiang River, the Ii family is the strongest and has the largest territory. If he can be brought under his command, it will have a huge impact on the Imagawa family's retainers, and I am afraid that after him, there will be more samurai of the Imagawa family who will come to defect.

And what made Matsudaira Motoyasu like the most was that Ii Naoqin was able to take the initiative to come to Shun before Okubo Tadashi and Ishikawa Shumasa arrived in their territory and returned to bed, it was not easy for him to have such an attitude, and it also proved that his strength could already affect some of the larger wealthy families of the Imagawa family, and it seemed that everyone would be rewarded. Let those wealthy families who have not yet returned to the distant river know that as long as they are willing to return to the Songdaira family, then they can not only continue to keep their territory, but also get a reward.

Thinking of this, I only heard Matsudaira Motoyasu speak: "It's a wise move for Lord Jing Yi to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I will seal you ...... now" Speaking of this, paused, he really didn't know what to reward for Jing Yi's direct relatives, if he added Zhixing, not to mention what the samurai and wealthy families present would think, let's just say that now the west of Ii Valley Castle is full of wealthy families who have just returned to Shun, and it is impossible to make a big move for the time being, and the other three sides of the land still belong to the Imagawa family, not their own, and they can't be rewarded to him.

Since it is not possible to seal it, it can only be replaced by money, but now all the money in the family has been smashed on the separation of soldiers and farmers and the sword hunting order, leaving only some daily consumption, although dozens of dollars can still be taken out, but how can this be regarded as a heavy reward? If you are taking out more money, how can you continue to operate normally?

But what else can you reward besides knowledge and action? Matsudaira Motoyasu was a big headache about this. If it weren't for that Gaoshan Clan, how could this family be in such an embarrassing situation, Gaoshan Clan, Gaoshan Clan, you must not fall into the hands of my Matsudaira Motoyasu, I will definitely make you ruined.

However, although he felt very angry, this was not something that could be solved for a while, and how to deal with the matter in front of him now? How about showing that you value him without spending too much?

Just when Matsudaira Motoyasu was at a loss, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he finally came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, only to hear Matsudaira Motoyasu tell the attendants beside him: "Go and get my armor quickly." ”

"It's the lord." The attendant who was standing behind Matsudaira Motoyasu walked quickly towards the inner room after answering.

After a short time, I saw the attendant holding a set of black armor in both hands, and walked out of the inner room quickly, only to see Matsudaira Motoyasu stand up, take the armor from the hand of the attendant, take two steps forward to Jing Yizhi, and solemnly said: "Since my first formation, every time I go out of the battle, I have worn this armor, in the blink of an eye, it has been following me for nearly ten years, today, I will give it to you, I hope to see you wearing this armor in the future, heroic posture on the battlefield." ”

This set of armor looks ordinary, and because it has been used by Matsudaira Motoyasu for many years, it is already a little worn, in terms of its value, it is not worth a few dollars at all, but this set of armor in the heart of Jing Yi Nao, can be worth tens of thousands of gold, although this set of armor is brand new, at most it is worth about dozens of dollars, and it is not even as good as the armor used by Jing Yi Naoqin himself, but before he has made meritorious service, the lord can reward it to himself, what a glorious thing. And this also represents the lord's trust in himself, as long as the lord can trust the Jing Yi family, then the future will be limitless.

Thinking of this, Jing Yi was full of excitement, trembling, respectfully took the armor, only to hear him say excitedly: "The subordinate is Imagawa's minister, the lord not only does not give up, but also gives the armor to each other, and the subordinate swears that as long as the subordinate is alive for a day, he will never betray the lord." ”

After listening to Matsudaira Motoyasu, he nodded with satisfaction, what he wanted was such a result, it didn't cost much, in exchange for the sincerity of Jing Yi's direct relatives, he couldn't help but feel proud of his ingenuity, but although he was proud in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, I saw Matsudaira Motoyasu's face as usual, and he still said solemnly: "With the help of Jing Yi's family, this Yuanjiang strategy will be worry-free." ”,

After speaking, Matsudaira Motoyasu's gaze swept over Jing Yi's person, and then his eyes fell on the child who was only four or five years old beside him, and he couldn't help but ask knowingly, "Naokin, who is this?" ”

Seeing the lord's question, Jing Yi quickly said: "Back to the lord, this is the eldest son of the subordinate, Akayasha, and the subordinate brought him here today to hand him over to the lord as a hostage, and please don't refuse the Jing Yi family's sincerity." ”

Matsudaira Motoyasu was very relieved to see that Jing Yi not only took the initiative to come to work, but also sent the eldest son of the family as a hostage, since Jing Yi Naoqin has such a mind, it can prove that he is truly obedient, otherwise who would joke with his eldest son.

Matsudaira Motoyasu said that now is the time to buy the hearts of his own people, so he didn't want to accept this Akayasha as a hostage, so as to show his magnanimity to the many wealthy families who have not yet been attached to Yuanjiang, but just when he was about to open his mouth to reject the proposal of Jing Yi's direct relatives, he couldn't help but look at Akayasha carefully, only to see that he was tiger-headed, his eyes were solid, and when he looked at him, he did not bow his head in fear like other children, but met his own gaze, and also looked up at himself.

Matsudaira Motoyasu suddenly fell in love with this little guy, and he couldn't help but think that looking at the resolute eyes of Akayasha, if he trained it well, he would definitely be able to become a powerful retainer in the future, even if he became a peerless tiger general like Honda Heihachiro and Kamihara Yasumasa, isn't it impossible for the Matsudaira family to lack talent now.

Thinking of this, Matsudaira Motoyasu immediately denied the idea just now, and only heard him slowly speak: "Since the direct relatives have a heart, then I will accept this Akayasha and let him act as a close attendant by his side." ”

"Thank you, Lord." Ii Naoqin and Akayasha replied respectfully at the same time.