And after Omiya Keiren finished choosing, Maeda Toshiie, Watanabe Moritsuna and other chief and deputy commanders began to select, and the speed at which they selected their subordinates was much faster than Omiya Keiren.

Since these ashigaru had already been passed by the Nakamura Ichiclan, they only singled out the taller and younger ones when they selected them, and soon 620 people were selected, and the extra 20 people were used to supplement the vacant seats given to the Hachimoto samurai.

There aren't too many requirements to become an iron cannon ashigaru, so Sugitani's Zenjubo just randomly recruited the ashigaru from the first few rows, and the rest were all assigned to the new writing group.

Although these ashigaru people do not have too strong combat power, the various armies of the Takayama family have basically taken shape, and in terms of such military strength, once the training is completed, then even if it is placed in the whole world, it is a force that cannot be ignored.

The daimyo who have more than 100,000 stone land can also mobilize this amount of Ashigaru in wartime, but all they can mobilize is peasant soldiers, and there is no comparison with the army of the Takayama family, if you want to have so many elites, then it is difficult to do without two or three hundred thousand stones, so the current land controlled by the Takayama family is only 35,000 koku, but the strength that erupted is more than ten times, but in terms of the financial resources of the Takayama family, this is already the limit.

As soon as the retainers of the Takayama family recruited their subordinates, they immediately underwent the most rigorous training, which was a little unbearable even for the original ashigaru, not to mention the recruits who were still holding hoes a few days ago.

In just half a day, I was already tired. That is to say, the Gao Shan family's meals are enough, and they are still three meals a day, otherwise, I am afraid that few people will be able to persevere.

While they were training, Keiji Maeda came to Honmaru with a hundred Ashigaru who was about to become a flag samurai, in the inner wall, although there was nothing to see for Keiji Maeda. However, the hundred people behind him felt very surprised, and it can be said that most of them had never been so close to the castle tower.

In addition to enjoying the beautiful scenery in the Honmaru. Their hearts were full of excitement that they were finally going to become a samurai, and they all thought that samurai was unattainable. It can be said that becoming a samurai is the biggest dream in their lives, but who would have thought that they would soon become samurai, even if the longest time among them who followed the clan was only six or seven years, this is definitely a speed for an ashigaru.

And it's not just himself, the lord has promoted a hundred people at a time, I'm afraid this kind of handwriting is rare in the whole world, and it is estimated that only the lord can do it in the whole world.

To say that the most excited among these 100 people are not those flags and inadequate. The thirty ninjas present were the most excited of them.

It would be even more difficult for even the shinobi to become a samurai, let alone the thirty shinobi selected from the ninja army.

It is extremely difficult to become a ninja, so it is not too much to describe it as rare, but it is different from the middle ninja, as long as you can practice diligently. Then the possibility of becoming a middle ninja is still very big.,Basically, one out of ten lower ninjas can reach the level of middle ninja.,So the various forces don't pay any attention to the middle ninja at all.。

But in this family, the lord not only raised the status of ninjas to an unbelievable level, but also recruited himself and other thirty middle ninjas as samurai, although they were only the lowest level of samurai. But no matter how you say it, it's also a samurai, although there are only thirty this time, but the remaining more than 1,400 ninjas see hope, not just become a ninja, you can be recruited as a samurai by the lord, as long as you perform well enough, then there is also the possibility of being recruited. …,

Since they learned of this news, they have all been full of enthusiasm to strive for their names to appear on the list when the lord recruits the next batch of flag warriors.

When the 100 people were all seated outside the castle tower, Mihiko Maemon walked out of the castle tower first. I only heard him say loudly: "The lord has arrived!" After shouting, he immediately stepped aside.

At this time, the clan also came out of the castle tower.

"Subordinates, etc., see the lord." Only the crowd shouted loudly, and from their shouts, you could hear the excitement in their hearts.

Looking at these hundreds of familiar and unnamed subordinates, the clan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, not to mention what their abilities were, just this momentum, and the confidence that burst out from their eyes, already met the conditions of a samurai.

Although martial arts are very important as a samurai, what is more important is confidence, the determination not to admit defeat, once you have timidity in your heart, then you will definitely not become a good samurai.

"You and others are the best ashigaru and ninja in the family, but I hope that when you become a samurai, you will also become the best samurai." After the clan sat down, I only listened to what he said.

"Please rest assured, we will live up to the trust of the lord." I only heard the hundreds of people present say in unison.

"But determination alone is not enough, since you have been carefully selected, I ask you not only to have the determination to die for your family at any time, but also to have a certain ability, do not think that after becoming a samurai, you will be idle, I can tell you now, after today, you will have to endure much more rigorously than the training you received in the various armies, I want you to have the ability to not lose to other samurai in personal combat strength.

And I also want you to learn the combat skills of all other military forces except ninjutsu, after all, although you only act as a guard in peacetime, but once your family loses a lot, then you will be immediately replenished, so I ask you to be proficient in everything, do you want to kill the enemy? Want to get promoted? There is no problem, but you will need to reach my satisfaction before you can get all of this.

Of course, it's too late for you to quit now, and once you become the flag warrior of your own family, then you only have two ways left, either to be rewarded for meritorious service and fight for that beautiful future, or to die in battle and kill the field, and add a credit to the enemy, there is no other way to go, the flag warrior does not collect waste, I will give you a cup of tea time, and then answer me after thinking about it. ”

There was no need to wait for a cup of tea, but as soon as the clan had just finished speaking, he only heard them say in unison: "Back to the lord, we are all willing to die for the Gaoshan family." ”

"Okay, I will now recruit you and others as the warriors of the Gaoshan family banner, with an annual salary of forty-eight times, and if you make meritorious service in the future, you will be rewarded separately."

After speaking, I saw the clan sect turn his head sideways and say to Hikoemon: "Take the letter of appointment, I will personally issue it." ”

Every time the clan sends a letter of appointment, they have to say a few words, these people are already very excited to become samurai, and now the lord is talking to him, this is like a dream for them, especially those who were gently patted on the shoulder by the clan, they are even more happy and almost fainted, this kind of glory is not everyone can enjoy.

When the last letter of appointment was handed over to the flag warrior, I saw that the clan returned to the seat, changed the kindness just now, and saw him say with a serious face: "Now that you have become the flag warrior of your own family, then my requirements for you will not be as lax as the request for ashigaru, I allow you to take a day off today, adjust your state, from tomorrow, your task is to train with each army, change one army a day, and after the end, Keiji will teach you martial arts." …,

I'm only going to give you a month and a half, and if after a month and a half, if anyone can't meet my requirements, then go back and give me a lifetime of light. Is there a problem? ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates guarantee to complete the task." These 100 banners are all elites drawn from the various military forces of their own family, and their weekday training is nothing to them, so no one will worry about not being able to complete it.

"Stand up among you who are illiterate." As soon as the clan's voice fell, except for a dozen people who were still sitting, the remaining more than eighty people all stood up.

As an ashigaru, it doesn't matter if they can't read, but since they've become samurai, and almost all of them have become subordinate commanders in various armies, maybe even someone can become a senior minister or a mid-to-high-ranking samurai in the future, so it's not okay to not know how to read.

First of all, as a samurai, if they don't know how to read, they will be ridiculed by others, not only them, but even if they themselves are ridiculed by others, but this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that if they don't know how to read, there will be a lot of inconvenience, so the clan must make them literate.

Although the clan still wanted them to learn some military arts, he gave up in a blink of an eye, they didn't even know words, how could they read and understand books, it was better to wait for them to read and write.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "It doesn't matter if you can't read now, I will send Qinghai Guangxian to hand it over to you, after the training is over every day, you will study for me, or a month and a half, when the time comes, I will not only inspect your martial arts but also your literacy, although you will be very hard during this time, but I believe that as long as you can survive this month and a half, then you will become a qualified warrior." Okay, you can all stand down. ”

"Subordinates and others will retire."

After Keiji Maeda led the Samurai to leave, the clan thought to himself, although there is no need to teach Ashigaru to read and write, but a small number of people in the family Ashigaru will become Hachimoto samurai in the future, if they wait until they become samurai to study in a surprise attack, not only will the effect not be too ideal, but they don't have much time to study at all, so the clan decided to let all his subordinates be literate.

However, it is not now, the ashigaru people are already tired from taking on twice the training, and they are not as motivated to learn as the hundred flag samurai, even if they want to be literate, I am afraid that they will have to wait until the end of the war with the Takeda family before starting to implement it. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )