A few more days passed, and Hattori Baocho finally inquired about the whereabouts of Nabenosuke, and it turned out that Hosokawa Senomaru asked him to find it was Honda Tadakatsu, the first fierce general of Mikawa in the future. Since the fourth peaceful battle in the 18th year of Tenmon (1549), when his father Honda Tadashi was killed in battle, he was protected by his uncle Honda Tadashi, and now lives in seclusion with his mother in Dong Village.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Hosokawa Smart Pill immediately set off for Dong Village, and as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw a scene of separation between mother and child, as if this child who looked as big as Hosokawa Smart Pill was going to go to Miaogen Temple with this old monk.

"Wait, Myogenji?" Hosokawa stopped and looked at the group of people who had retreated to the side and saluted.

"You're Nabenosuke?" Hosokawa asked the tiger-headed child.

"You know me?" Nabe Nosuke looked strangely at the nobleman in front of him, who was as big as him but dressed in a gorgeous costume.

"Bold! What you and me! This is Hosokawa Yagata-sama, the head of the Hosokawa Kyotsu family! Hattori's voice sounded again, as if he was afraid that others would not know. However, it is precisely because of his propaganda that the current Nishimikawa has long been spread, and there is a Hosokawa Yagata lord who traveled here, and also brought the Matsudaira family abandoned the Hattoribe clan under his command, so the nearby wild samurai have come to see if they can be lucky to enter the Hosokawa clan.

"In Shimomikawa samurai Nagasaka Hikogoro, see Hosokawa Yaga-sama! This child is still young and ignorant, and he wants to atone for his sins! A voice came from the crowd, and Hosokawa Senimaru looked at the person who spoke, a middle-aged man, and Nabenosuke's mother was already too frightened to speak.

"Who are you this kid?" Hosokawa asked strangely, this name was completely unfamiliar to him.

"Here is this child's guidance on the art of war, and I came here today to give him a ride." Hikogoro Nagasaka said respectfully.

"Oh? So, you're Nabenosuke's art of war enlightenment teacher? Hosokawa Senimaru looked at this unsightly wild samurai in surprise, knowing that Honda Tadashikatsu's future achievements have a lot to do with his solid foundation.

"It's down there!" Hikogoro Nagasaka replied with a little pride that Nabenosuke was the most savvy apprentice he had ever met.

"Hahaha! Okay, this family also happens to lack a teacher in the art of war, if you want, can you go out of my Hosokawa family? Hosokawa said happily, he doesn't care if he is famous or unknown, as long as he has a skill, he will not refuse to come.

"I am willing to go out of the Hosokawa family, and this child is called Miyamorimaru, an orphan I took in, and one of my most proud apprentices." Hikogoro Nagasaka has long heard that there is a big man in Mikawa, and he is worried that he has no chance to recommend himself, and today is really a godsend.

"Then you will serve as the instructor of the art of war of my Hosokawa family in the future, and Miyamori Maru will also be my little surname. Nabe Nosuke will follow me in the future, do you have any objections? With that, Hosokawa Senomaru asked Shimo-nosuke's mother, a very ordinary woman.

"No, but it's an honor for the concubine family to listen to Yagata-sama in charge, and to be able to follow Yagata-sama." Nabe Nosuke's mother, Saya, happily agreed, as a mother, she wanted her children to receive a good education, especially as a single mother like her.

"Don't worry, I will definitely train Nabenosuke into a first-class talent, so that his martial arts name will spread all over the world." With Hosokawa Senchimaru's cultivation and Nabenosuke's talent, I believe that he will definitely be better than Honda Tadakatsu in history.

Two months later, Hosokawa Sentomaru sat in the cloister, looking at the codex that had just been delivered. This is a message sent by Risa in Kyoto, and the letter briefly states that Ashikaga Yoshito has openly broken with Miyoshi Nagakei because he is unable to bear the oppression of Miyoshi Nagakei, and sent someone to contact Hosokawa Harumoto to prepare to raise troops to fight.

From between the lines of the letter, Hosokawa Senimaru can guess Rizo's psychology, if the Hosokawa family succeeds, then he can also rise. But Hosokawa Senmaru doesn't like this kind of mercenary businessman's face, [maybe this is the mercenary businessman.] After thinking about it, he looked up at the courtyard and the small surnames who were practicing the basic art of war. [These people are the foundation of the Hosokawa family's future.] ]

After a few months of life, Hosokawa Senomaru and Yoshida Sokatsu worked together to develop a unique set of Hosokawa family laws, with such a thick stack of paper, the content not only includes the samurai righteousness of the samurai who must be loyal to the lord and the idea of loyalty to the monarch, but also adds a lot of content, such as education, daily food, clothing, housing and transportation, etc. In terms of diet, it is more characteristic of three meals a day, and the daily diet includes quail eggs, tofu, pine nuts, sesame seeds, green leafy vegetables and other nutritious meals. Of course, meat is limited to fish and birds, and the rest is too much to touch because of the growing Buddhist culture.

Reasonable improvements have also been made in education, which are mainly divided into six categories: the art of war, military law, commercial law, ninja law, ritual law, and political law, which are called the "Hosokawa Six Laws". Each student undergoes a comprehensive study period of one to two years, with one major course and one or two electives according to the level of excellence.

At present, the main personnel in charge of education are: Yoshida Sokatsu, who teaches Chinese etiquette such as Zhongjun thought, "medical classics" and "four books and five classics". Hattori Baocho, teaching intelligence and ninja law. Nakajima Akinobu teaches business law, and he is also good at the tea ceremony, so the tea ceremony is included in the ritual system for enthusiasts to learn. Hikogoro Nagasaka, who teaches the art of war, does not have a superb secret knowledge of the art of war, but his foundation in the art of war is extremely solid, and he is very suitable for teaching children. As for politics and law, it is a pity that none of the retainers have experience in this area at present, so they can only read books and study on their own, and then find talents in this field in the future.

As for military law, there is currently no suitable candidate, so in addition to learning the 'Art of War' on a daily basis, Hosokawa Senomaru personally leads the sand table battle drill. It is said that it is a sand table, but it is actually very simple, that is, in an open space, mark a fictional combat scene, and then everyone uses their imagination to carry out combat deduction.

The surname with the best mastery of military law is Hondo Lang, and it seems that he is the future Honda Masanobu who did not run away. At that time, when he recruited Hontoshiro, Hosokawa Smartmaru was afraid of accepting the wrong person, so Hosokawa Smartmaru had to pack and take it away with his family.

And now among the small surnames who practice the art of war, the most outstanding is the pot nosuke, who not only has a very high level of understanding, but also is born with divine power. Next to the pot nosuke is the small surname Onimaru, he was originally the boy of Sakai Tadasho, the lord of Ueno Castle, and it was Hosokawa Smart Pill who specially went to visit Sakai Tadasho, and he was exchanged for 500 guan for soft grinding and hard foaming, and this person was Kamihara Yasumasa, one of the future "Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa".

"Ming'er, you're ready, now you're ready to go." A pleasant sound bell interrupted Hosokawa's thoughts.

Hosokawa Senimaru didn't need to look back to know who it was: "Knowing Xue'er, let's go." After speaking, he stood up, clapped his hands, and all the retainers and small surnames trotted all the way over and bowed, including the original members of the Hosokawa family, as well as the recently newly included samurai and small surnames.

Looking at the group of people kneeling down below, Hosokawa Senimaru felt a sense of pride in his heart, and pointed forward with a heroic hand: "Let's go!" Take a trip that you can just go! ”

"Yes!" All the retainers shouted in unison.

Hosokawa Senmaru turned around and took Mochizuki's small hand and walked out of the door slowly. The tender texture in his hand, and then thinking of the Mochizuki Snow beside him, there was a Warring States version of the Thousand Miles Quest for Husbands, and the corners of Hosokawa Smart Pill's mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

As for why he is called Ming'er, this is a privilege that only Mochizuki Xue has, according to Hosokawa Smart Maru, when they first met, Mochizuki Xue said that he came to take his head, in order to thank her for her "grace of not killing", so that he can see the sun tomorrow every day in the future, so he is called Ming'er.

But Mochizuki Xue stubbornly thinks that it is taken from the Ming character of the smart pill, and other things such as pills and sangs (green onions) are too ugly.