In the hall of the samurai mansion, the Maeda Toshiya who sat in the first place saw Keiji after this incident, and began to become mature, and couldn't help but feel relieved, this is a good man of my Maeda family, now that Maeda Keiji has bowed his head and admitted his mistake, then he, who is an uncle, can no longer stay aside and watch the excitement, I saw him take a step forward, and hurriedly said: "Lord, Keiji's mistakes are all caused by the lax discipline of his subordinates, and please punish the lord." ”

Seeing that what Maeda Keiji said was quite sincere, the clan couldn't help but nodded, immediately changed his face, and said solemnly: "Since you have already known your mistake this time, for the sake of the relationship between the two alliances, I will no longer have the same knowledge as you, if you offend again in the future, I will not be spared, can you hear clearly?" ”

"I understand below, and I also ask Lord Takayama to take me in, and I am willing to be loyal to you, my lord." I only heard Keiji Maeda say respectfully.

The Takayama clan saw that he fought with Watanabe Shougang for more than ten rounds, only to be defeated, although Watanabe Shoutsuna, but Maeda Keiji's martial arts are also first-class, and he still has a lot of room for growth, like this samurai with real talent and learning, even if he doesn't say it, the clan will not let him leave, but, after recruiting him as a retainer, how to arrange this young man?

Don't look at his current attitude of respect, but as the saying goes, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, if he is allowed to lead the ashigaru, one is afraid that he will not get along with other retainers, and the other is that now even a brave warrior like Watanabe Shougang has no soldiers to lead, how can there be extra flags for him to command.

This Maeda Keiji is really a little difficult to arrange, thinking of this, the clan can't help but have an idea, yes, now Ishikawa Goemon still doesn't know what the skills of the road are, and he is now a famous general, and Zhixing is about to have eight thousand stones, so he can't always run before and after the blind work, what kind of system is this. Besides, even Kinoshita Toyoshiro, the general of the chamberlain, now has a few close attendants around him, although his close attendants are just children, but they are much better than himself. In his own capacity, he should have had a close attendant by his side, who was responsible for delivering orders and messages on a daily basis.

If it is not good for him to make arrangements, then simply let Maeda Keiji act as a close attendant by his side, just so that he can hone and hone his mind by his side, lest he go out of trouble in the future, and when the time comes, isn't it that Lao Tzu has to carry the black pot for him.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect speak: "Maeda Keiji, are you willing to be a close attendant by my side?" ”

"This ......" Maeda Keiji paused and began to hesitate, according to his imagination, although his martial arts are not as good as that Watanabe Moritsuna, but this is only because his spear skills are not yet proficient, if he waits for a few more years, after he has practiced his spear skills perfectly, even if he can't beat him, at least he can fight equally. For a talent like himself, even if he can't become a leading general who leads an army alone, it is more than enough to be a deputy commander.

But who would have thought that this Gaoshan clan looked down on people so much, and actually planned to let Young Master Ben go to serve as a close attendant for him, this is really too much, hmph, thinking of this, Maeda Keiji was just about to open his mouth to refuse, but then he thought about it, if he left like this, he would inevitably be ridiculed by others, if so, what kind of face would he have to show others, even if he went back to the wilderness.

When he came out of the house, he said that he wanted to become the second retainer under the command of the Gaoshan clan, if he went back like this, he would definitely be laughed at by the people in the family, if this is the case, it is better to act as a close attendant by the side of the Gaoshan clan, so there is a room for promotion, right? With Young Master Ben's ability, it won't be long before he will be appreciated by Lord Takayama, and at that time, even if he leads an army alone, it will not be a difficult task,...,

This time, Maeda Keiji finally made up his mind, and only heard him speak: "The lord will not give up, and his subordinates are willing to become the lord's close attendants and follow the lord's side." ”

After the clan said just now, he was also pinching a cold sweat in his heart, he was afraid that Maeda Keiji would be angry and leave angrily, if this was the case, his words had already been spoken, and he could not take it back, and he could only miss him in the end.

However, when he saw Maeda Keiji agree, he couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, being able to bend and stretch is the talent of a general, and he will have to focus on training in the future, so he smiled and said with a relieved smile: "Okay, from now on, you are the close attendant of my Gaoshan clan, and you are thirty years old."

These thirty times are tantamount to a drop in the bucket for Keiji Maeda, who has long been used to spending a lot of money, not to mention that he has spent this money for a year, I'm afraid it would be good to be able to support it for three months.

Maeda Keiji couldn't help but look at the fourth uncle Maeda Toshijia who was sitting in tight clothes, and he secretly said in his heart, fourth uncle, fourth uncle, if the little nephew is shy in the future, then I will leave it all to you, anyway, the general has five hundred yuan, and it shouldn't be difficult to support the little nephew three or four hundred in the inner year.

Thinking of this, I only heard Maeda Keiji happily reply: "Thank you for taking in the lord, and my subordinates will swear allegiance to the lord." ”

"Well, you go and change your clothes first, and then go wash the paint off your face." Clan Zong spoke.

After Keiji Maeda left, this meeting returned to the main topic. The clan thought to himself that after the capture of Hachiman Castle in the county, it would inevitably have to be transformed, so it would be better to bring the Nakamura clan with him this time, so as not to delay the matter again.

I only heard the clan sect speak: "Now the family has no knowledge for the time being, and there is no way to recruit Ashigaru, so this time, except for Kagawa Tadaji who stayed here, the rest of you will go out with me." ”

"Yes, subordinates must obey the orders of the lord." All the retainers said in unison.

I heard the clan say again: "Kagawa Tadaji, you immediately go and prepare a thousand military expenses, and later I will take it to the castle tower to discuss reinforcements with Shibata-sama." ”

Kagawa Tadaji replied with a bitter face, he had already spent 1,500 kan today, alas, he just sighed, and suddenly thought that the 8,000 in Hachiman Castle in the county was Zhixing, and he couldn't help but start rejoicing again, compared to the 1,500 kan, this is a big income.

In the assessment room of the castle tower of Shimosha Castle, in addition to Shibata Katsuya sitting on the main seat, the clan clan also sat in the center, and there was a large box full of copper coins next to him.

Shibata Katsuya saw that the clan did not speak, and saw that the discount box contained about a thousand pieces of money, and thought about it for a while, but did not understand the intention of the clan to come, since he couldn't think of it, Shibata Katsuya simply stopped thinking about it, only to see him frown, and asked directly: "Senbei, what is the purpose of you bringing so much money here?" ”

The clan didn't mean to hang the appetite of the Shibata Katsu family, but he didn't know how to open his mouth at all, although he was one of his people, but if he directly said the matter of borrowing soldiers, it would be a little abrupt.

Now that Shibata Katsuya wants to ask, he can't care about anything else. I only heard the clan sect politely said: "Lord Shibata, I was promoted to a general by the lord in Xia, and Zhixing was set at eight thousand stones in Hachiman Castle in the county, but now this city is still in the hands of the Saito family Endo Morishu, and after the successive battles of Mikawa, the army has not yet had time to replenish, so ......"

Before the clan sect finished speaking, he only heard Shibata Katsuya Da Lu laugh and said, "Ha Luha, I want to borrow soldiers, right?" ”

Seeing that Shibata Katsuya was so good, the clan couldn't help but express it, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, that's what it means below, and this Qianguan is the military expenses that the adults lend to the reinforcements in the lower ones this time, and I ask the adults to accept it." ”…,

After hearing this, Shibata Katsuya's heart trembled, and he said in his heart, this kid didn't plan to borrow all the ashigaru in Shimosha Castle. Even if all the money is borrowed from the army in his hand, there is still a surplus, thinking of this, he only heard Shibata Katsuya hurriedly ask: "Senbei, how many reinforcements do you need my assistance, you might as well say it directly." ”

The clan thought about it, and now that he has two hundred and fifty people under his command, the Maeda family will assist one hundred and fifty ashigaru, so he will simply borrow six hundred ashigaru and gather enough for an army of 1,000. As long as there are these 1,000 elites, it will be easy to capture Hachiman Castle in that county. Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "Lord Shibata, if it is convenient for you, then please send six hundred troops to help." ”

Shibata Katsuya snorted and said unhappily: "Hmph, it's just six hundred feet, do you think I can't afford to lack those military funds?" ”

"Lord Shibata, this is my next thought, and I ask you not to refuse." The clan saw that Shibata Katsuya didn't accept it, but he couldn't help but give it, after all, this thousand guan was just a small amount for himself, if he didn't give it this time, if he was looking for help next time, how could he speak.

"No more nonsense, if you don't get this money back, then don't think about borrowing a single soldier from me." After saying that, Shibata Katsuya turned his head and thought about other places, and no longer paid attention to the clan.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be cheating, but genuinely helped, the clan immediately felt grateful, and only heard him speak: "Although Lord Shibata insists on refusing to accept this military expense, then he will be cheeky to take it back, and if Lord Shibata has something to tell him in the future, he will do his best to repay the kindness of the lord." ”

Keiji Maeda, who had been waiting outside the door of the assessment room, couldn't help but feel very funny after hearing the conversation between the two, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, are these two people sick, they don't want military expenses to send reinforcements, and this is not counted, the aided ones still have to be given alive and dead, that's a thousand yuan, what kind of system is it to push around, it is better to give it to Young Master Ben......

"Keiji asked someone to carry the box back to the samurai's mansion."

Just when Maeda Keiji was thinking wildly, in the evaluation, the negotiations between the clan and Shibata Katsuya had ended, and Shibata Katsuya heard that the clan clan would only send troops to attack Gujo Hachiman Castle three days later, so he was not in a hurry, after all, the banners under his command were ready-made, and the mobilization time was saved, as long as the clan set off, it was ...... to follow directly,