For the hospitality of the Otomo family, Sanada Masayuki is still relatively satisfied, before the departure of the lord said about the worry, from the attitude of Otomo Sorin, it should be too worried, so for the Kuroda family to create some trouble, it doesn't seem difficult, the lord said at the time to let himself grasp the full decision, along the way Sanada Masayuki pondered the question of how much land the Kuroda family occupied, after all, the lord did not say that he would be completely driven out of Kyushu, then he must not be wiped out, so in the end he thought, Leave about 500,000 stone for Kuroda's family, so it's about the same, and if it's too little, maybe Kuroda Kanbei will choose to give up and return to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, if that's the case, he will be completely messed up by himself.

500,000 stone is not much, but it is not too little, and as long as there is such a stone height, it can leapfrog Shimazu and become the second largest force in Kyushu, which should make Kuroda Kanbei entangled.

Sanada Masayuki is good at defense, and the offensive aspect is absolutely fine compared to other samurai, but it is a little worse than Kannonei, of course, this time the main thing is to guide the Otomo family to defend, so he is still very confident in himself.

Funai Castle, the main city of the Otomo family has experienced ups and downs with the Otomo family, so when Otomo Sorin's domination of Kyushu, he completely renovated the castle, and now the Funai Castle is not only twice as large as ten years ago, but the prosperity of the castle town has gradually surpassed that of Hirado Town, which is entirely because the merchants of Kyushu are not very optimistic about the Ryuzoji family, so they have moved their shops to this place, and it has become inevitable that the Ryuzoji family that cannot keep up with the times will be eliminated by the times.

For the grandeur of Funai Castle and the prosperity of Fuuchi Town, Sanada Masashi is fortunate not to have too many feelings, in his opinion, Funai Castle is big, can it be as big as Odawara Castle? If the prosperity of Funai Town is not compared to Takayama Town, it will be slightly inferior to some second-rate castle towns on the island of Honshu, so for him, there is really nothing to learn from here.

And Otomo Zonglin originally wanted to show off in front of Sanada Masayuki, but when he noticed that the other party was simply absent-minded, he could only retract this idea with a smile. The commander greeted the group and returned to the castle tower.

This time, Sanada and his party only had more than a dozen people, so it didn't look like they were here to help the war, so Otomo Sorin didn't rely on the war, but was more eager to get the beginning and end of the development of the Takayama family, which Otomo Sorin was not confused, if he wanted the army to be strong, he must have enough financial resources to support it, otherwise it would just be a flash in the pan. Now there are 25,000 people directly under his command, not to mention the retainers' fortunes, just to feed these ashigaru, has caused the financial deficit of the Otomo family, but fortunately, in the last year or two, the Otomo army has won successive victories in the battle in Kyushu, which has allowed them to harvest abundantly, but they can't always expect to make a fortune from the war, and there will always be a time when the war will be over, and if you want to keep it from declining or even go further, you can only rely on the development of the territory itself. This is definitely the top priority of the Otomo family after the unification of Kyushu.

And now the problem arises here, although there are many retainers in the family who are good at internal affairs, but it depends on who they are compared to, Otomo Zonglin has also seen it, if these retainers let them develop step by step, there will definitely be no problem, but if the family suddenly has a qualitative leap, then it is difficult to keep up with the changes in the family with their talents. So that's why in the last year or two, the family's territory has more than doubled, but its income has only increased by 20% compared to before the increase in territory.

So this is also the reason why Otomo Sorin's main battle, he also has no good way to develop, so at present, the only way to maintain it is to rely on the war to support the war, especially the Shimazu family, don't look at its land is not much, but there is definitely a lot of money, thanks to its clever seizure at sea. The people of Kyushu know this, and if Shimazu can be completely wiped out, his wealth should be able to support the Otomo family for several years.

Of course, there is another way for Otomo Sorin, and it is more convenient, that is, you will not develop, you will not ask, and it is much better to send a few retainers who are good at internal affairs to Kanto to study with the Takayama family for a period of time than to study at home? It's not that Otomo Zonglin didn't think of this, but if it was two years ago, no problem, he would definitely do it, but the problem is that the Otomo family is now about to unify Kyushu, although it is not comparable to Takayama and Kinoshita in terms of strength, but it is definitely the third largest force in the world. Even if he is still headed by the Takayama family, he is also a figure on an equal footing, and now that his status is different, it is really not good to send someone to Takayama on his face, so since he occupied most of Kyushu, he extinguished this idea.

Therefore, the arrival of Sanada Masayuki today, the scale of the greeting will be so large and grand, on the one hand, because the other party is an important retainer of the Takayama family, and on the other hand, it is definitely because Otomo Solin is very eager to ask the other party some questions, although he also knows that Sanada Masayuki is not mainly responsible for the development of the Takayama family, but with his intelligence, coupled with his ears and eyes, he must be much stronger than those retainers in his own family who work behind closed doors.

As the welcoming castle tower approached, the crowd gradually dispersed, and because the other party was tired all the way, even if Otomo Sorin's impatience, he had to arrange for the other party to rest for a day before making plans.

But Sanada Masayuki is willing to do this, he was already a month late by Kuroda Kanwei, especially now that he is smearing the other party's eyes, he doesn't know how far the other party has done, a month is enough to complete a lot of things, so Sanada Masayuki rejected the other party's kindness, or decided to understand the movements of Kuroda Kanwei first, and then make a suggestion.

For Sanada Masayuki to be so good, Otomo Sorin's is too satisfied. Very eagerly welcomed the other party into the castle tower, and took the two of them to sit down, as the master, of course, Otomo Zonglin couldn't ask the other party a straightforward question as soon as he came up, so he still endured to care about the other party first, and then said: "Sanada-sama, I have something unclear, and I hope that the adults can solve their doubts." ”

"Oh? I wonder what Otomo-sama is not clear? Sanada Masayuki really didn't expect that Otomo Zonglin was in the mood to say anything else at the moment, and now even he admired the other party's determination a little. Kuroda Kanbei is a character who even the lord feels tricky, and the other party actually regards the other party as an idle, and the strength of the Otomo family is not unreasonable, at least in case of trouble, not panicking is something that many governors can't do.