Yoshino Yoshisei, as the largest horse merchant in Ueno Province and even in the entire Eastern Province, knew that with the withdrawal of the Hojo family's power from Ueno Province, he would have to change to a new partner, yes, just a partner, so when he learned about the battle situation in Ueno, he decided to go to Kai and meet the Takayama clan to lay a good foundation for future cooperation.

Yoshino Yoshino's horse farm is located in the middle of Gunma County, and it was originally the horse farm of another horse dealer, but because he took refuge in the Takeda family that year, the Hojo family did not let him go after the destruction of Takeda, and Yoshino Yoshino bought it at a very low price.

The horse farm is extremely spacious, with flat land for horse racing, stables for horse breeding, and even workshops for making stirrups and other horse harnesses. In addition, the most satisfying thing for Yoshino Yoshino is that there is a building that can be called a castle in this horse farm, although this city is not large, but after all, this will make his horse farm have some defensive capabilities, and this city can definitely play a decisive role in the face of bandits. I have to say that Yoshino Ryoshi did the right thing this time, a few months ago, the bandits in Ueno swarmed, and several horse merchants in Gunma County became the main targets of these bandits, after all, how much money can be grabbed just by robbing civilians, once you can grab a horse, it is definitely a big fortune.

And under the impact of these bandits, several other horse farms have not been able to hold on, and they have been broken by those bandits, not only the property has been emptied of details, even if people have not survived, and Yoshino Liang has a different achievement with the city, it is with this small city, he and those heads of the horse farm, hand generation, and even apprenticeship together actually resisted several attacks of the bandits, until the Takayama family exterminated these bandits, and those bandits did not break through here once, although in resisting the attack of the bandits, he also lost some, But compared to the others, he was undoubtedly lucky.

And after the bandits were exterminated, he keenly found that now there was only one family left in Ueno, and after that, the war horse trade in the eastern country was not up to him, and for this reason, no matter how big the loss was, it was nothing.

And he also knew that Takayama-sama's attitude towards business was extremely supportive, and with such an attitude, he didn't think that the other party would rob his property. With these thoughts in mind, Yoshino decided to immediately go to Kai to meet Takayama-sama.

Although the original purpose of the Takayama clan to occupy Shimono was to want the war horse of Ueno, but as Yoshino Yoshino, it was very difficult to see the clan, so when he arrived, he waited for three days in a row and failed to see the clan, but Yoshino Yoshino did not get the permission of the other party, and he did not dare to leave, so he could only continue to wait. However, the only thing that satisfied him was that the attitude of those samurai of the Takayama family towards him was quite good, which also reassured him for the time being, judging from the attitude of these samurai, at least it showed that Takayama-sama had no intention of dealing with him.

I don't see Yoshino Ryoshinai really not that the Takayama clan is big, but he is really stumped by things, although the war horse is extremely important to the Takayama family, but it is obvious that the things that the clan is dealing with now are much more important than the war horse.

In the castle tower of Kofu Castle, the clan is sitting on the main seat, and Kobe Konan, who is hidden in the shadows, is holding several shuriken tightly in his hands, but even so, it didn't make him feel at ease, and even at this moment, he was already nervous and sweaty, and the people who could cause him so much pressure were never more than three in the world, and unfortunately, the person who walked in from the outside was one of them.

As soon as this person walked in, the clan sect sitting on the main seat felt that the other party did not have any momentum, let alone momentum, and even the most basic anger could not be felt, but the clan was sure that the other party was a real living person, which was really incredible, but he did not feel any surprise, after all, even if the other party was weird, he did not feel anything strange.

The clan sect hadn't seen how the other party was walking at all, but that person had already come to the other party's approach, but it was obvious that this person had no ill will towards the clan sect, and when the other party came to a distance of two or three meters in front of him, he stopped his figure, and then saluted and said: "Iga Baiji has seen the senator in the west." ”

"Lord Tanba Mamoru is quickly excused from courtesy, and the Takayama family can have the power it has now, thanks to the help of Lord Tanba Mamoru." As he spoke, the clan stood up and walked over to help Baidi Tanba up. This is the first time such a thing has happened.

But the clan felt that he should do this, what the clan said just now was not flattery, but real, although the two had not met, but the clan knew that if there was no nod from Baidi Tanbo, then the Takayama family ninja army would definitely not have the current scale, and the lower ninja was a good move, but the loyalty of the upper ninja was definitely unattainable.

And this time Baiji Tanba was able to come, the clan sect was completely unexpected, but he knew that since the other party came, it proved that something must have happened, could it be that Iga was destroyed by Oda? This is the only thought in the heart of the clan, after all, it is inevitable that Iga will be destroyed, how can Nobunaga let a killer organization exist in his hinterland, so there are only two final endings for Iga and Koga, either completely and completely submit to the Oda family, or perish. And in history, Koga chose the first ending, while Igari chose the second.

When the two of them met the ceremony, they only heard the clan ask with doubts: "I don't know what is the so-called matter that Lord Tanba Mamoru came in person this time?" Although he already had the answer in his mind, he had not received any information about Iga after all, so he had to ask this question.

"With the Takayama family's intelligence-gathering ability, don't adults know it now?" Baidi Tanbo didn't speak directly, but asked rhetorically.

"With the speed of Lord Tanbamori, it is impossible for the intelligence ninja of this family to deliver the information before you, so I don't know yet, but according to the guess below, I'm afraid that Iga has suffered a tribulation."

"Takayama-sama's guess is right, just five days ago, Igari has been broken by the combined forces of Matsunaga Shu and Oda Nobuo, so it can be said that since that day, there has been no Igari." Baiji Tanba said this very calmly, as if this Ihori was not his at all.

After hearing this, the clan nodded, and sure enough, it was the same as he thought, so the purpose of this hundred land Danbo coming here was somewhat obvious. The other party probably hopes that he can make a statement to Oda Nobunaga and help him restore Igari, if this is the case, the clan will not refuse, after all, people have secretly helped him, and now it is time for him to repay. I only heard the clan say: "Then I don't know if Lord Tanba Mamoru came this time, could it be that he wants to make a message to the lord and help you restore Igari?" If this is the case, then please rest assured that you will not stand idly by. ”

However, when the clan sect finished speaking, it was unexpected that Baidi Tanbo shook his head slightly, and said: "It seems that Lord Takayama is too underestimated by the old man, but it's just a mile of Iga, and if you lose it, it's not a big deal at all, and this time the old man came for the future of ninjutsu, as long as the ninjutsu can be passed on forever, what does it matter if Igari loses it or not?" ”

The more the clan heard it, the more confused he became, the other party wanted to pass on the ninjutsu, what does this have to do with him, and he is not a ninja, how can he help him?

Just as the clan was pondering what the other party meant, he only heard another sentence from Baidi Tanbo coldly: "The old man also asked Lord Gao Shan to take him in." ”

"You...... What did you just say? The clan thought that he had misheard, so he hurriedly asked.

"Takayama-sama, the old man thinks that if you want to carry forward the ninjutsu, then it is impossible to do it with just one mile, this point, as early as more than ten years ago, the old man realized, and it was from that moment that he began to let Igari's development go, no longer spending too much energy on this matter, but constantly thinking about other ways out. But there has been no progress, until Lord Takayama was born, attaching importance to the ninja army, and improving the treatment of ninjas, which made the old man realize that if he wants to carry forward ninjutsu, then the first point is to improve the treatment of ninjas first, improve their identity, only in this way can more people learn ninjutsu, and once there are more people to learn, then ninjutsu can naturally be passed on, so this is also the reason why he secretly supports the ninja army of the Takayama family, although the size of the ninja army of the Takayama family has expanded a lot, but in the next opinion, It's not enough to keep ninjutsu alive, and that's what I'm going to do next time. ”

"Do you mean that you want to help the Takayama family train ninjas, if that's the case, then you can't ask for it." After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but be overjoyed, as the ninjas in the world were divided between themselves and Tokugawa and Oda, it is now more and more difficult to recruit ninjas from the outside world to enrich the ninja army, even if there are occasional people who come to defect, they will only be enough as a supplement, not to let the number of their own ninja army decline, after all, the ninja army is to fight, dead people are inevitable, it is good to be able to replenish to full strength.

And the clan also thought about it, there are so many upper ninjas under his command, and one person is transferred to be responsible for training the reserve force, in this way, even if the training is only to achieve the ability to lower the ninja, it is enough, after all, with the continuous enhancement of the strength of the family, it will basically be a large-scale battle in the future, and what he needs is not too much upper ninja, but a large number of lower ninja, so the clan asked Wasuka Masakatsu to start training a long time ago, but the result was not very ideal, which made the clan understand that he wanted to make an ordinary person a ninja, It's not something that can be done with simple training, and Wasuka Masakatsu can make Ishikawa Goemon a shinobi, but it doesn't mean that he can make a hundred ordinary people become a shinobi.

And if you want to train on a large scale, then you need a ninja who is talented in this area, and looking at the world, Baidi Tanbo is definitely the best choice, but at that time, Baidi Tanbo can also be regarded as a big name of a country, how can it be possible to train ninjas for themselves, and be able to help themselves in secret, the clan has already felt very happy, fortunately, there were many ninjas who came to defect at that time, which also made the clan temporarily put this matter down, but now, this matter has become a major event that restricts the development of the family's ninja army, and when it comes to solving it, And just when the clan sect needed Baidi Danbo the most, the other party actually came to the door by himself, such a good thing, even if it is described as pie in the sky, it is not an exaggeration.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "Tanba Mamoru Lord's intentions, the clan has fully understood, if Tanba Mamoru wants to go out of his own family, then the clan will treat each other reasonably." ”

After hearing this, Baidi Tanbo couldn't help but smile and said: "Lord Gaoshan, now it is the last year of the wind and candle, if it is out of the Gaoshan family, then it is just a waste of money and food, so the matter of the person is not considered in the next, I just want to realize my dream through the adult, and at the same time, it can also increase the strength of the adult." So the old man hopes to become a ninja teacher of the Takayama family, not a retainer of the Takayama family, I don't know what the adults think. ”

After hearing this, the clan agreed without thinking about it, it didn't matter whether Baiji Tanba became a retainer of the Takayama family, the most important thing was that he could train enough ninjas for his family. So I only heard the clan say: "In this case, there is Lord Lao, but I don't know what my Takayama family needs if I train ninjas?" ”

After reaching an agreement on this point, Baidi Tanbo was not polite to the clan sect, and only listened to him say: "I need a training place, a sum of money, and people in the next place." Of course, the problem of people is the best to solve, as long as Takayama has permission to convene in the next, as for the location, in the lower has also been chosen, this place is the northern foot of Mount Fuji, here are many peaks, cliffs and rivers, and there is a small plain suitable for ninja training. As for the question of funding, it only costs a few thousand to build a ninja, but the cost of training depends on how many ninjas Takayama wants to train. ”

The other party said, the clan thought quickly, for him, the other party built the ninja in Mt. Fuji, it is still a great help to the family, after all, Mount Fuji is not far from Sagami, if the Hojo family knows that Hyakchi Tanba is training ninjas here, then it can definitely play a big deterrent role, and once he uses troops against the Kanto, then it is also very convenient to draw ninjas from it, so the other party chooses the position of the ninja here, and the clan is very satisfied.

As for how many people the other party said to recruit next, this clan also needs to understand the training time first, if it takes three or five years of training to train a batch of qualified lower ninjas, then it must be trained more at one time.

After all, he knew that if this hundred land Danbo followed the development of history, he would die in 1581, and if so, there was only one chance. (To be continued.) )