"Yes, my subordinates guarantee that the Samurai will not live up to the expectations of the lord." Keiji Maeda hurriedly saluted and said. As the commander, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that the army under his command had doubled at once, and he knew that the army under his command was enjoying the treatment of a samurai, and just adding 2,000 people would increase the expenditure of nearly 100,000 yuan a year, which was an astronomical amount for other forces, that is, the lord's wealth was huge, and other forces really didn't dare to play like this.

Of course, for him, he doesn't need to worry about the problem at all, he only knows that the more troops under his command, the more merit he can win after the next strategy against the Hojo family. But as the meeting continued, Keiji Maeda couldn't be happier.

Next, the clan expanded the cavalry team to 5,000 people, the iron artillery team to 3,000 people, the bow team to 3,000 people, and the ninja army has no upper limit, but because the ninja power in the world has basically been divided between the clan and Tokugawa and other forces, it is basically impossible to expand a large number of expansions, even if the clan does not set an upper limit, Ishikawa Goemon as the commander can only come to one conclusion after some calculations, that is, it is good to be able to fill the ninja army to 3,000 people, and it is impossible to expand it in large quantities. These forces have been expanded on the basis of the original, and there has not been much change in others.

In addition to these military forces, the new group is the midpoint of this expansion, and the clan has decided to divide it into two, which is also a last resort, and the forces faced by the family before are not strong, so even if the number is small, as long as the elite of the family's military strength is enough, it is enough to wipe out the other party, and this time it will be the Hojo family that will be faced. Then you have to change your strategy. After all, if you talk about elites. The Hojo family's five-color preparation is not bad either. If the number does not increase, then it will be impossible to eliminate Hojo.

It's not that the clan doesn't want to expand the cavalry and the flag samurai, it's just that these forces are too expensive, not to mention these ashigaru Yulu, just the war horses need a lot of money, don't look at the Gao Shan family's current annual income can reach nearly 400,000 guan, but this is not enough to support the clan to expand the cavalry a lot. As for the Iron Cannon, it can only be used for the auxiliary class at the moment. The ability of the main battle is a little worse, and the archers have too high requirements for Ashigaru, and it is still unknown whether it can be expanded to 3,000 people this time. In this way, the clan had no choice, and could only vigorously expand the relatively cheaper spear ashigaru.

And since the territory of the family has been completely pacified, only a small part needs to be left to maintain daily law and order, and the rest will be the main force to attack the Hojo family this time.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect speak: "Although the army of this family is elite, but with these alone, even if there are 20,000 reinforcements from my father-in-law. I was by no means an opponent of the Hojo family, so I decided to split the new writing group of the main family into two. Now that the three kingdoms of Feixin Jia have been completely controlled by their own family, each country does not need so many troops to maintain local tranquility, and there is no need for a general to lead it, so I decided that in the future, the security in the territory of my family will be under the jurisdiction of the government. Speaking of this, the clan looked at Hasegawa Shuichi, who was sitting in the back position, and then said, "Where is Hasegawa Shuichi." ”

"The subordinates are here, and I ask the lord to give orders." It's been nearly a year since Hasegawa Shuichi was sent to the Takayama family to take on the role, and during this year, the clan didn't assign him any work, so it can be said that he was just a white-collar worker and didn't work this year, and he even thought that Takayama-sama had forgotten about him for a while. I didn't expect to finally wait for the call of the lord today.

"I now appoint you as the security director of the Gaoshan family, commanding two thousand new groups, and taking full responsibility for the security of the family's territory. The rest of the commanders are all waiting for new orders, and as for the vacant positions in the new group, they are recommended and appointed by the samurai of Hachimoto. ”

After hearing what the clan said, Hasegawa Shuyi couldn't help but be stunned, Lord Takayama actually entrusted such an important task as the security of the territory to himself? This can't be that he heard it wrong, you have to know that you were only a few days ago, although the Oda Hall agreed to transfer himself with other forces to the Takayama family, but it was only a few days later, I didn't expect that as soon as I became a direct minister of the Takayama family, I got such an important job, which was enough for him to be ecstatic, but he misunderstood, since the day he became a Yoli, the clan did not treat him as an outsider, and it has not been arranged, it is because there is no suitable position, and now that there is one, of course, it will be arranged directly.

The security commission was held by Hasegawa Shuichi, of course, it was not a casual statement on the whim of the clan, but after careful consideration, first of all, if it was just to maintain the security of the family's territory, then there was no need to let a capable retainer hold such a position, which was a complete waste for the Takayama family. This family is different from other forces, not only are there few wealthy clans in the territory, but also those who are inseparable from themselves have been completely eliminated, although there are some small bandits in the territory, but they can't pose any threat to the Gaoshan family at all, it can be said that throughout the world, the territory of the Gaoshan family is the safest, so only one samurai with average ability is needed.

Especially at this time, the family is about to start a war with Hojo, look at the retainers who sit down like hungry wolves, no matter who is in charge of this position, it will cause dissatisfaction among the other party, rather than this, it is better to let a leisurely, and not have much ability Hasegawa Shuichi to take the position, this is the most suitable.

Sure enough, after appointing Hasegawa Shuichi as the head of the security department, the retainers of the Takayama family finally breathed a sigh of relief, especially Katsusuke Tanaka, Nakagawa Kiyohide and several other former new team commanders, military commissioners, if it wasn't for the presence of the clan, they would have to laugh a few times to express the excitement in their hearts. Before the assessment meeting was held, they were the most powerful, after all, once the behemoth of Hojo was launched, the family would definitely send most of the troops, and the vast majority of the troops would definitely not include the military forces used for garrisons like the new formation, and even if necessary, at least one would be left to maintain the stability of the territory.

In this way, neither Hida's new writing team nor Shinano's new writing team wants to be the one who stays.

But now it's good, although the lord has not issued a new appointment to himself, but they all know that this time the Kanto strategy definitely has its own share, this is a great opportunity to make contributions, so they can't help but feel excited.

Fainted with happiness.

I only heard the clan say: "As for the other part of the new group, it will be organized into the spear ashigaru team, and the total army will be expanded to 16,000 people. The former Hida Shinshoku was in charge of 8,000 people, and Shinano's Shinbun was in command of 8,000 people. Among them, the middle and lower rank samurai were selected and promoted in the flag samurai team. ”

"It is the lord, and the subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." Tanaka Shinsuke and the other six almost fainted with happiness when they heard that the lord had expanded the new writing group to 16,000 people, but they still responded immediately, for fear that the lord would change his mind.

This time the expansion of the Takayama family's military strength is definitely a leap in strength, once the military expansion is completed, then the Takayama clan's direct military strength will reach a terrifying 32,000 people, not counting the two thousand new groups that will only be responsible for the security of the territory in the future, and if you add the four heavenly kings such as the Maeda Toshiya and the Suwa family, as well as the newly attached Ueno cannon fodder, once the Hojo family attacks the Hojo family, only the Takayama family itself can invest more than 40,000 troops, and it makes people's blood boil when they think about it.

However, before the blood of the clan and the generals of the army boiled, the head of the internal affairs of the Takayama family, Murai Sadakatsu, poured a basin of cold water. This basin of cold water was not only poured on the head of the Gao Shan clan, but also poured these leaders of the Gao Shan clan into soup chickens.

I only heard him speak: "For the expansion of the lord's army, his subordinates absolutely support it, after all, if you want to eliminate Hojo, it is absolutely impossible to do it without enough military momentum, but after the subordinates have just calculated, with the current financial resources of the family, it is impossible to complete this expansion." ”

"Is Lord Murai a little alarmist, since the implementation of the music market, the family should no longer worry about funds, how can the adults say that they do not have the financial resources to support the expansion of the army." Sanada Changhui said immediately, and he couldn't help but speak first, this time the expansion of the army can be said to be the most expensive cavalry under his command, if the expansion of the army cannot be completed because of insufficient funds, then you don't need to ask to know that the lord will definitely reduce the number of cavalry expansion. After all, a cavalryman, including the cost of buying a war horse, is enough to recruit a few spears.

When he finished speaking, Maeda Keiji, as the second largest gold eater, also hurriedly said: "Lord Murai, aren't you kidding, the lord's money is more than the stars in the sky, as soon as your upper lip touches your lower lip, say no, there will be no more?" ”

"Lord Murai, you can't be a fool." ……

I have to say that Murai Sadakatsu's kung fu is much stronger than Kagawa Tadaji, who was in charge of the Takayama family's finances before. He didn't reason with the generals on the other side at all, you said yours, I'll talk about it when you're done.

Sure enough, Sanada, Maeda and other commanders and generals vented their mouths, and when they saw that the other party didn't answer at all, they lost interest. The assessment room also fell silent as they shut up.

Murai Sadakatsu said unhurriedly: "Since you adults don't believe it, then I'll calculate it for you." After speaking, I saw him take out an abacus slightly larger than a palm from his cuff and start to calculate it on his own.

"My family's total income last year was 400,000 yuan. The source of income is the tax revenue of Takayama Town, 110,000 kan, the sparrow house is 40,000 kan, the gold mine outside Sakuradong Castle is 150,000 kan, the timber sale is 30,000 kan, and the sale of armor and iron cannons is 40,000 kan. (To be continued.) )