As for the clan with the greatest credit, Shibata Katsuya didn't think much about it, but felt very relieved, he was able to achieve such a result, his face was also bright, the only thing that made him feel jealous was that he obtained the official position before himself, plus his merits in this battle, after the reward was announced, it was already a sure thing that he became the first retainer of the family. ,!

Whether it is territory, strength, identity or reputation, in this family, he is indeed a well-deserved first, as if he was only eight years old in the Oda family, and now he is only twenty-five years old, and at the age of twenty-five he can become the first retainer with three million stones, the most powerful power in the world, not to mention other samurai, even Shibata Katsuya is very envious, he was really wise at the beginning, and accepting Sakura as a righteous daughter is probably the most correct thing he has done in his life.

And just when Shibata Katsuya was walking and thinking wildly, the clan had already walked quickly to Shibata Katsuya's side. Although after this battle, the strength of the clan and the prestige of the Oda family will definitely surpass that of the Shibata Katsu family, but after all, the Shibata Katsu family is an elder and has always cared for him, so the clan still said very respectfully: "The son-in-law has seen his father-in-law, and the son-in-law has a wrong face on his father-in-law, is it because he has been unwell recently?" ”

"It turned out to be Qianbei, I heard that you soaked in Lin Zuodu every day these days, and you just showed your face there, don't you forget my father-in-law." I just listened to Shibata Katsuya eggs and said like bones.

When the clan heard that his words were wrong, he could guess what he was thinking, so he quickly said, "Father-in-law is laughing." The son-in-law went to Zuo Du Shou there, not to study, how can the father-in-law's kindness and son-in-law forget, let alone now, even if one day the son-in-law can control the land of hundreds of thousands of stones, he will definitely not forget. ”

"Okay, let's wait until you really get hundreds of thousands of stones. By the way, I guess that after this war, the family will change dramatically. The lord will never look at you and me as a dominant faction, and since the lord has no intention of doing anything to you and my faction, he will definitely support another faction as a counterbalance. It's just that I don't know who will be so lucky.

And in order to support the new faction in the family, maybe the lord will also suppress the retainers in his camp a little, after seeing them for a while, they must be prepared, and they must not be hard against the lord, do you understand? ”

After saying that, he was still not at ease, so he added: "Although I only thought of this matter in the last two days, it shouldn't be too different, so you must remember it for me, I don't want you to be suspicious of the lord because of this matter." ”

"Yes. Please rest assured that the father-in-law reassured that the son-in-law remembered. ”

After the clan finished speaking, he couldn't help but say that although his father-in-law was far superior to Lin Tongsheng in martial arts, he was too far behind in politics. In the pre-war assessment, Lin Tongsheng did not participate, but from his words, he was already able to analyze the whole thing, and his father-in-law participated in the whole process at that time, and so much time has passed. I only figured out a rough idea, and it seems that I did the right thing by pulling Lin Tongsheng here.

The samurai's mansion was not too far from the castle tower, and the clan and Shibata Katsuie walked quickly to the outside of the castle tower, and since the assessment meeting had not yet been held, they saw hundreds of retainers gathered here and were talking with familiar samurai, and the scene was very spectacular.

Now in the Oda family, the Takayama clan and Shibata Katsu can be regarded as big shots, and the existence of the two of them is enough to make those low-level samurai look up, if they dare to talk to Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro, who is about to rise strongly, then in front of the Takayama clan, they don't even dare to say much.

It's not that the clan doesn't want to take the people-friendly route like Kinoshita Tojiro, just because he has been away for a long time, let alone with these lower-level retainers, even if he has not many opportunities to meet high-level samurai such as Akechi Mitsuhide and Takenaka Hanbei, plus his name for killing is too heavy, so in the hearts of those samurai who don't know him, Takayama-sama should be a person who is not very easy to contact, so in desperation, the clan can only win over those who have some identities in the Oda family or are samurai who have been loyal to the Oda family for many years and know him well.

The monkey was different, due to his congenital deficiencies, the lower retainers of the Oda family were not very afraid of this lowly retainer, and the monkey did not have any shelf, so soon a group of middle and lower level samurai gathered around him.

As for the Shibata Katsu family, not to mention, except for a few people such as the clan clan, he really didn't think too much of anyone, and after a long time, those middle and lower-level samurai also stayed away from him later.

"I've seen Shibata-sama and Takayama-sama in the lower class." As soon as the two clans arrived, the three of Mino, Takenaka Hanbei, Akechi Mitsuhide and others came over.

And the clan can tell from the expressions on their faces that they are really in a good mood.

It's no wonder that this is the case, counting the time delayed on the journey, it only took more than half a month for the Takenaka half-guard to pacify the country of Wakasa, and the loss is even more minimal, there is absolutely no suspense in obtaining the big seal, and the same is true of wise Mitsuhide, only one battle, he will defeat the rebellious Hao clan even army.

If it is placed in other forces, it is nothing, but the Oda family is separated from the peasants, and the army under their command is not as strong as the Oda family's direct ashigaru, but the combat power is not too bad, in the case of several times the Oda army, and was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide, such a credit will not be too big a gap even if it is not as good as the Takenaka Hanbei.

As for the others, except for those who were deployed on the southern front with Nobunaga, it can be said that they have all gained some success, and this is enough for them.

Soon, the Takayama clan and Shibata Katsuya also gathered around them, and at this time, Murai Sadakatsu had just finished his work and walked out of the castle tower, but he put on an unlucky face with a sad face.

For this reward, he was in charge from beginning to end, and it can be said that except for Oda Nobunaga, no one in the family knows better how the lord rewarded his retainers, and the reason why he is depressed is precisely because of this.

"Lord Takayama, Lord Rank, it seems that you should be prepared this time."

As soon as Murai Makatsu finished speaking, he only heard Akechi Mitsuhide frown, but he planned to win a big award for this merit, after all, he knew in his heart that the lord didn't seem to be treating him well, so there weren't too many opportunities like this one that could fall on his head.

But now when he heard Murai Sadakatsu say this, he couldn't help but hurriedly asked: "What does Lord Murai mean by this, is there something unfair about the lord's reward?" ”

"It's not so unfair that it's not counting, although the reward for your lordships is indeed a little less than you deserve, but it's not unacceptable, but it's indeed a bit too much to reward Lord Takenaka and Lord Wise alone."

Speaking of this, Murai Sadakatsu couldn't help but look around, and when he saw that there were no idle people around, he whispered: "With the merits of Lord Takenaka this time, there should be no big problem in obtaining the second merit, after all, this war is only a small price for the adults to be more than a narrow country, it can be said that only the adults have opened up the territory for their families in the war, and with the merits of the adults, it should not be too much of a problem to be promoted to the elder of the family, but if the reward is not changed, the land that the adults should get has not been reduced, However, his status was not promoted, and he was only designated as a trio by the lord.

I really don't know what the lord of the road thinks, and he actually set Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro as the second meritorious, which is really unacceptable. ”

When Murai Sadakatsu finished speaking indignantly, he saw that Takenaka Hanbei did not feel any dissatisfaction, but still kept smiling, for him, what secondary skills, three merits are secondary, identity is also not very important, and the most important thing is strength, as long as the land is not cut too much, then he has nothing unacceptable.

As long as you have the strength, it is still very easy to get credit in the future, the lord can suppress himself once, but it will definitely not be suppressed again and again, after all, if this is the case, who will really work for the Oda family, for this matter, he has already thought very thoroughly, the lord intends to support Kinoshita Tojiro, this is completely out of helplessness, there should be no next time.

Compared with the leisure of the Takenaka Hanbei, Akechi Mitsuhide was very anxious, and as soon as Murai Sadakatsu finished talking about the Takenaka Hanbei, he couldn't wait to ask: "Murai-sama, what is the injustice of the lord to my reward." ”

I only heard Murajing Zhensheng sigh first before saying: "I really don't know where Lord Lu Dao recruited the lord, the lord eliminated Enryakuji Temple last time, and the credit is quite great, even if it is reluctant, but if the lord is willing, even if he is promoted to the elder family, no one will say anything, this time the adult has made a great contribution, the original promotion status is a matter of course, but he still has not been promoted, and the credit is still ranked after Takigawa Yiyi."

Although Lord Takikawa blocked the attack of the Hatano family, the credit is indeed not small, but compared to adults, there is a thin line of difference, which is really difficult for him to accept......"

When Murai Sadakatsu just said this, Akechi Mitsuhide's heart also cooled for half a knot.

"However, the lord should also know that he has done something excessive, so he still made compensation in the reward of the land."

Knowing that after listening to Guangxiu, his mood did not improve much, unlike Takenaka Hanbei, what he valued most was his identity, and he also knew that the lord did not really want to compensate himself, but to show it to other retainers, so as not to incur the dissatisfaction of other retainers, and it seems that the lord's prejudice against himself has not been eliminated......)

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