"The three adults were born and died, and they worked hard, although this thing is meager, but it is also my heart!" With that, I waved my hand again, and the three attendants held the trays of gold in front of each of them.

In each wooden pallet are two hundred gold judgments weighing one or two, in other words, eight hundred yuan, which may not sound like a lot, but if you can receive 1,600 stone taels a year, you can't say that you are an ordinary samurai!

Gold, what an alluring word, and what an exciting color! Some people may not know the value of the arches of the city and the painting of the sacred relics, although those things may be far more precious than the same volume of gold, but it is impossible not to know what kind of gold is, as long as he has grown up in the human social environment and has no problem with his intelligence.

The eyes of the three men were fixed on the gold on the plate, and a flushed color slowly crept up their cheeks at the same time, but they were starting to get a little excited. I was secretly proud of this scene, and the corners of my mouth began to tilt up slightly.

I may have many shortcomings, but at least I am certainly not naïve, and it is close to a joke to win over these three people with these six hundred taels of gold. In fact, from the first glance when I saw the change in their faces, I knew that their excitement was not due to excitement but anger.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's behavior can be understood as enduring humiliation, but in any case, the word "humiliation" is real, and no one can interpret it as an honor for a samurai to bow down to the enemy in battle. Perhaps for the sake of the Tokugawa family's continued survival, one's one's temporary patience was acceptable, but it was almost shameless to take the reward directly from the conqueror by bypassing one's own lord.

Tokugawa Ieyasu also tensed, and although his face tried to remain calm, his muscles trembled unnaturally. Although my reward can be seen as an act directed at them personally, the reaction of these people can be seen as an attitude of the Tokugawa family, and if they refuse, it is very likely that they will be punished harshly sooner.

I leaned back slowly, my legs under the table, and I was very satisfied with the scene before me, and at least it could give me some useful information, if not the consequences, about the internal relations of the Tokugawa samurai group.

The Tokugawa family's samurai base was very solid, and their ability and loyalty were enough to make most of the daimyo of this era jealous, but this is not to say that there was no place to exploit at all, and there were also contradictions of one kind or another between the Buntomi and the military commanders, and between the Mikawa natives and the outsiders.

In addition to the fact that they are indeed more prominent, there is another reason why I chose these three people, that is, none of them are Mikawa people with red roots, and they are in the minority within the Tokugawa samurai group. If they accept my reward, it will definitely cause even more criticism, and even if Tokugawa Ieyasu himself does not believe it, he will not be able to pull everyone to explain it for them. Today, I'm going to use this stone made of 600 taels of gold to test the depth of the water in the Tokugawa family.

"Your Highness!" Mamoru Watanabe stared at me with red eyes, and a hedgehog-like beard was even more severe. "As a retainer of the Tokugawa family, it is extremely natural for me to follow my lord in battle. Forgive me for my stupidity, I can't think of any reason to accept this gold! ”

"Bold and rude!"

"It's presumptuous!"

Shima Katsutake, Otani Yoshitsugu, Shinhachiro and others in the tent immediately shouted reprimand, and some of them were in a hurry, and they had already pressed their hands on the hilt of their knives.

"Humph!" Watanabe Shoutsuna snorted indignantly, with the intention of putting life and death out of the way.

"Your Highness, please listen to me!" At this time, Naomasa Ii stepped forward and took a step forward to block Watanabe Moritsuna. Watanabe-sama did not mean the slightest disrespect to His Highness Dainyan, but only feared that he would be rewarded so much. His Royal Highness Da Nayan is the leader of the martial arts family recognized by the imperial court, and it is difficult for us to bear such grace from humble ones! ”

"So......" I narrowed my eyes slightly, and my speech became slower. You still won't accept my reward? ”

"Accept! It is the honor of our generations to be rewarded by His Highness the Great Nayan! To everyone's surprise, Naomasa Ii reached out and took a tray from the hand of the attendant in front of him, holding it respectfully and reverently on his chest. The Tokugawa family returned to the imperial court after being lost, and they only did their best to make meritorious contributions, and today they are recognized by His Royal Highness Da Nayan, and we are very happy! ”

"That's good!" I nodded with satisfaction, and the originally tense atmosphere in the big tent was suddenly relaxed, only Watanabe Moritsuna glared angrily at Naomasa Ii, but he didn't say anything else.

"It's just ......" Ii Naomasa hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Our territory is in the poor countryside of Jiaxin, even if there are ten thousand taels of gold, it may not be able to spend it." The foreign minister dares to ask His Royal Highness to be considerate of the big trouble eye and change something for the foreign minister! ”

"Say what you want!" At the moment, I was in a good mood, and I agreed without thinking about it. As a samurai, he probably wanted something like a sword, armor, a BMW, and so on, but giving a few away to me was really nothing.

Naomasa Ii took two steps forward, respectfully placed the tray in his hand on the table in front of me, and then retreated back to its original position. Everyone looked at him attentively, and there were not a few who were full of curiosity.

"The Tokugawa family was repossessed by the imperial court because of the previous crime, Sanhe, Yuanjiang and other places, this is my own blame, I really can't complain, and the successive wars have caused the lives to be miserable and the people are miserable!" Speaking of which, Naomasa Ii looked compassionate.

I looked at him with the same strange gaze as everyone else, not knowing what he meant.

Therefore, the foreign minister begged His Highness to exchange the gold for seeds, agricultural tools, and ploughing cattle to make up for the damage caused by the Tokugawa family. Although the foreign ministers are ignorant and ignorant, they are also willing to give an explanation for the Tokugawa family with the lord! "At this point, Naomasa Ii fell to his knees and bowed down to me.

Watanabe Moritsuna and Hattori Hanzo glanced at each other, took the gold and walked over and put it on my desk, then retreated and knelt beside Naomasa Ii. "The ministers and others also think so!"

I looked at the people in front of me, and then at the three plates of gold in front of me, and suddenly it felt that they were not so attractive, and that everything seemed to be a little boring. At this point, everyone's attention turned to me, trying to see what to do with it.

"What I-sama said is very touching, and it is true that I didn't think it through!" I sighed softly and said that whether it is good or bad, there must be an outcome. It would be a gaffe to punish him for what he said, and I did have what he thought before. "This time the use of troops coincides with agricultural season, and there may be some difficulties in some areas after autumn. Since all three adults have this in mind, I will allocate some of the surplus grain stored in Sunfu to the Tokugawa family! ”

"His Highness Zhuxing is benevolent, righteous and virtuous, and it will be passed down through generations!" It was a face-saving approach that everyone accepted.

"I've also been rewarded for the merits of several adults, and now I want to discuss the military situation with His Royal Highness Tokugawa!" A play has been played, I told the truth.

"I'll retire!" Ii Naomasa and the other three bowed down and retreated, and a group of military generals under my command also left except for one of the Gamo clans, and after changing the tea, only Gobenmaru and Ume Chiyo were left.

"I don't need to lie in front of His Highness Tokugawa, to tell you the truth, I don't think it's the best strategy to storm Odawara Castle immediately!" I pulled a map from the corner of my desk and motioned for Tokugawa Ieyasu to lean over. "I have said many times before that Odawara Castle can indeed be called a moat, and a forced attack will definitely cost the troops. Our army has come from afar with a sharp spirit, and if the army's morale is frustrated, it will not be able to last! ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu walked over, but instead of looking at the map, he said to me with a sincere face: "The Tokugawa family, according to the orders of His Highness the Great Stars of the Stars, will follow your orders when attacking and retreating!" ”

"It's a bit too much!" I secretly cursed in my heart, but I had to point to the map and continue to say: "It's not easy to capture Odawara Castle, but there is still a way to think of it, that is, to conquer it from the inside and conquer his heart." Come and see...... Over here...... Odawara Castle was the core of the Hojo family's rule, and with the surrounding Edo, Hagatata, Yamanaka, Nirayama, Hachioji, Kawagoe, Matsuyama, Tamasho, Shinobi, Iwatsuke, and Koki, a huge system of control over the southern Kanto region was formed, and now except for Yamanaka, Nirayama, and Kawagoe Castle, the other castles are still under the control of the Hojo Army. Since we can't take Odawara Castle for a while, let's take down these surrounding branch cities one by one, and let Odawara Castle know the progress of the battle, and finally make them completely collapse and collapse! ”

"Hmm...... Hmm......" Tokugawa Ieyasu's gaze followed my finger across the map, nodding or snorting from time to time. "His Royal Highness Da Nayan really has thousands of ravines in his chest, and I really admire him!" He concluded.

"If only His Highness Tokugawa could understand!" I nodded "gratifyingly", but was not deceived by the illusion. Although he has always been an ally with the Hojo family, with his precautionary character, I'm afraid that he has already worked Odawara Castle.

"I don't know if the task of capturing these peripheral branch cities is entrusted to Zaixia, is His Royal Highness Da Nayan relieved?" Since I said it, Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally knew how to express it, so I asked "sincerely".

"His Royal Highness Tokugawa is too radical, so you have to leave some share for others!" I said this with a smile and tapped my finger on the map twice. "This is it, Hachioji Castle and Ninja Castle, and I will give full authority to His Highness Tokugawa. You don't have to rush the time, but I want you to take as many prisoners as you can and let some people go. I will arrange for them to escape into Odawara Castle, and if they continue to accumulate like this, they will definitely see results! ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Tokugawa Ieyasu replied confidently.

"Okay......" I was about to nod, but suddenly I saw the three plates of gold on the corner of the table.