Seeing this, the civilians present also had a good impression of this soon-to-be-lord-be-lord, and they couldn't even eat enough in the mountain city country, hoping that they could have a meal in the distant Minono, with such hope, they embarked on the journey again, and the clan continued to look for opportunities to buy people's hearts.

Something like this, in just one day, was encountered by the clan sect six times, but he stopped them one by one.

"Someone!" When another group of villagers passed in front of them, they only listened to the orders of the clan.

"The subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord." I heard Watanabe Moritsuna quickly replied.

"I immediately sent someone back to Hachiman Castle in the gun, ordered Kagawa Tadaji to prepare a large amount of food, and ordered the Mura Ichishi clan to plan the village, build houses, and divide the land.

In the blink of an eye, another five days have passed, outside Nijo Castle, the clan has come here unconsciously, look up and forget, the first thing you see is the castle tower in the city, after the whitewash, the castle tower looks more majestic and straight.

However, when the clan saw that many people were demolishing the city wall, he couldn't help frowning, he also has experience in building cities, if it is just repaired, there is no need to destroy the city wall at all, as long as the original foundation is solid, it is good to repair it, if the city wall is demolished, then there is only one possibility, that is, Murai Sadakatsu plans to expand these two cities.

The clan knew that Nobunaga would never be able to help the Ashikaga family become stronger, which can be seen from the population in the relocation of his territory, and the use of 5,000 guan to repair the castle was not to help the Ashikaga family build a castle that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but to build a beautiful and fantastic city, so that Ashikaga Yoshiaki's plaything was the bottom of his heart.

If it were someone else, it would be difficult for the clan to speak, but this Murai Sadakatsu is very good with himself, so he can't help but mention him.

Come to think of it. The clan rode into the city.

"Let's all stop first, where is Murai-sama?" I only heard the clan ask as soon as he spoke.

It didn't take long to see Murai Sadakatsu come to the Takayama clan in front of the clan, and now the identity of the Takayama clan has been promoted to the elder of the family. And Murai Sadakatsu is just a famous general, and the gap is not big, so even if the two are getting along, when they come closer, they still hurriedly salute and say: "I've seen Lord Takayama below, and I don't know what the Lord is talking about." ”

The clan did not answer, but looked around first. When he saw that there were many people around, he said, "Murai-sama, this is not the place to talk, it is better to find a quiet place to talk in detail." ”

After hearing this, Murai Sadakatsu already knew that he was afraid that Takayama-sama had something important to say, so he didn't dare to delay, and he took the Takayama clan all the way to a samurai mansion that had been renovated.

After the two of them are seated. I only heard Murai Sadakatsu ask, "I don't know what the adults command?" ”

"Lord Murai, just now I watched the city in the city where the people were demolishing the city wall, did the lord want to expand the city?"

I saw Murai Sadakatsu nodded. He said: "Indeed, as the lord said, this time the lord allocated 5,000 guan for the repair of this city, which is too much, and the lord requires that the 5,000 guan must be spent on this city, which is really too difficult, and now the castle tower and other facilities in the city have basically been repaired, but the cost is only more than 1,000 guan, if the city is not expanded, I really don't know how to spend this money."

And it's okay to do it below, even if the city is expanded. The money will still be a lot richer, or the mountain gang will think of a way, but in the next but not long after being promoted to the general, if you can't complete the task of the main bus, maybe the lord will be angry and will fight back to the original form. That's going to be miserable down there. After speaking, I saw Murai Sadakatsu looking at the clan sincerely. …,

After hearing this, the Gaoshan clan couldn't help but laugh, it turned out that this was the case, it was the first time he heard that the money was still not known how to spend it, thinking that back then, he would build a sparrow house by himself would be thousands of guan, and now it is to repair a city, not to mention only five thousand guan, even if it is 50,000 guan, it can be spent.

And the clan thought that if he only told him the way to spend money, in case he violated the taboo of the lord, although he would not be beaten back to his original form, but it would be difficult for him to live in this identity in the future, and if he couldn't get the general, it would be the end, as a friend, the clan had to say.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "I have a good relationship with the adult, so let's just say it, Lord Murai, the lord definitely doesn't want the lord to make the family strong, this must be clear in the adult's heart, if the lord uses this money to build a fortified city for the Ashikaga family that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, then even if it is a taboo of the lord, the reason why the lord will allocate five thousand guan to the lord, and repeatedly emphasize on the word luxury, in the next opinion, this is to use this city to block the mouth of other forces, The second is to make Ashikaga Yoshiaki lose his mind in this city, and this is the real purpose of the lord, now the adults understand. ”

Murai Sadakatsu couldn't help but gasp after hearing this, fortunately there was a reminder from Takayama-sama, otherwise he would have really committed a big taboo.

I saw Murai Sadatsu make a big salute and said: "Thank you Lord Takayama for your advice, I am grateful, but now that the city has basically been repaired, how to use the remaining nearly 4,000 yuan, and ask Takayama-sama to help me think of a way." ”

"Has Murai-sama ever been to the Sparrow House?" The clan thought that this Murai Sadakatsu was not a stupid person, so he didn't say it directly, but lightly mentioned it.

Murai Sadakatsu couldn't help but light up after hearing this, yes, Lord Takayama can spend thousands of dollars to build a sparrow house, but he is building a city, it seems that his vision is not enough.

However, Murai Sadakatsu thought about it, and now that he has been repairing the castle for ten days, I am afraid that the shogun will come in about ten days, and there are still ten days left, where to find this material, and even if he finds it, I don't know if it can be repaired before the shogun arrives, and if the castle is not repaired, the task of replacing the main bus will still not be completed.

Seeing that Murai Sadakatsu's brows were furrowed, the clan couldn't help but ask, "I don't know why Lord Murai is upset?" ”

"Lord Takayama, it is not far from the arrival of the general, but there is no channel below, it must take a lot of time to buy those rare treasures, look at this ......"

"Murai-sama don't have to worry about this matter, you can send someone to Kaimachi to meet the retainer Yamada Nagamasa, just list the required items, and ensure that they can be prepared in less than two days, and in these few days, the adults can repair the city walls and dismantle the defenses in the city, and after all this is done, presumably the materials required by the adults will arrive, as long as the adults hurry up some time, it should still be possible to complete it before the arrival of the general."

"Thank you, Lord Takayama."

Twelve days passed, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki and his retainers Hosokawa Fujitaka, Akechi Mitsuhide and others finally returned to Nijo Castle, which had been separated for a long time, under the support of the Oda army.

Outside the castle, before Ashikaga Yoshiaki got closer, he saw the castle tower glowing with golden light, and many of the decorative patterns on the outside of the castle tower were painted with gold powder, which alone cost a lot of money.

Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki has a noble status, but when he was born, the public house was already broken, and then he lived a life of exile, where have I seen such a majestic castle tower, and this is still his own, so he was directly stunned on the spot, even the decoration outside is so luxurious, that... What's on the inside? At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's heart was full of anticipation. …,

But Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't put his mind on this, since he entered the public territory, he found that the villages he passed through were basically empty, and the rest were basically people with disabilities or old and frail, not to mention recruiting people, even if they were in charge of farming, it might be difficult.

And not only that, what's more, there is no one in the entire village, Hosokawa Fujitaka saw this, and couldn't help frowning, even if Yamashiro Province has just experienced war, but it can't be so barren, and only the territory of the family is like this, but the rest of Yamashiro Country has not changed, it seems that this must be the Oda family.

Thinking of this, Hosokawa Fujitaka hurriedly stepped forward and came to Isshiki Fujinaga's side, this matter is too important to the Ashikaga family, if it is not clarified, then what is the development of the Ashikaga family.

Just rely on the hundreds of troops of the Isshiki family and the Kyogoku family? It's not enough to annihilate the bandits.

However, when he learned that this was indeed Oda Nobunaga's order to move the population away, he was angry, but he was helpless.

Soon Ashikaga Yoshiaki and his group had already arrived not far outside the city, and Oda Nobunaga and his family were already waiting outside the city gate.

In the castle tower, since Ashikaga Yoshiaki entered the castle, he had already forgotten his identity, and his eyes kept sweeping towards the buildings in the castle.

The original defenses in Nijo Castle have all been replaced by exquisite buildings, and even the training ground has been reduced by 70%, and the current training ground can only accommodate a few hundred people, and the place that has been carved out has been replaced by a cherry blossom tree.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki walked away, Oda Nobunaga introduced, and in a blink of an eye, everyone had entered the castle tower. It's not a dream, Ashikaga Yoshiaki just walked in, and the whole person seemed to be stunned.

Not only Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but also the samurai who have never entered here, most of the expressions on their faces now are not much different from Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

This time, Nobunaga allocated 5,000 kan to repair these two castles, and more than 3,000 of them were spent in this castle tower, and it was not surprising that everyone was surprised, but if they were not surprised, it would be strange. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )