"Congratulations to Lord Zhuxing, cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses in unison and shouted congratulations. The volume of dozens of people shouting together is really not small, especially since most of them are still martial artists. This was the night of the second day when I was promoted to a general, and the location was a whale house called "Yumezakura". What the? You don't know what the Whale House is? That's where "food", "wine" and "beauty" are sold.

I really don't know how the news spread so quickly, I came back from Oda Nobunaga yesterday evening and only told a few retainers and Xianzhi and Ying, who I saw, but this morning these fox friends and dog friends all came over! They had to ask me for a treat, and I had to say yes. No way, there are too many of them! A Ikeda Tsuneko and a Asano Nagamasa, these two things are the most fierce, and they have to come to the whale house! Originally, I firmly disagreed, but I don't know what's going on, they actually pulled Xianzhi into this discussion, and repeatedly asked if she was the one who prevented me from going out to participate in "group activities". Of course, she and I couldn't admit it in front of everyone, so we had to agree to their unequal alliance under the city, and chartered the entire "Dream Sakura". I've always suspected that all of this was done by Keiji Maeda behind his back, including the fact that he secretly ran out last night and leaked it, but he resolutely refused to admit it, and I had no evidence so I had to give up. Really! How did I not think of arranging a few ninjas to spy on him!

"You can come to enjoy the light, I won't say anything thank you here! It's all in the cup! I raised my glass and drank it down, looking at the excited faces, and my heart was full of excitement. I believe that everyone who came today is friendly enough, and they are all sincerely happy for me! It's not that I'm boasting, there's a truth to that. Except for Maeda's Toshiya, most of them are young people, and some can only be regarded as teenagers. Today, I have set an example, a coordinate, and a milestone for them here, so that they have hope and a direction to work towards.

"I said a long time ago, big brother, you are not mortal!" Ikeda Tsuneko's sake is in a state of excitement. "Such a young general, an important minister who is less than twenty years old, and not only is it not a family, but even a wealthy family and a hereditary samurai! This not only set a precedent for the Oda family, that is, to travel all over the world, but also 'scorpions, only (poisonous) one! 'It stands to reason that our lord is not so easy to get along with, how did you make him sneer?' ”

"You can't say that!" I shoved him. "If the lord knows about this, you are not afraid that I will ......"

"What I admire most about you is, 'The handsome flag at home does not fall, and the colorful flags flutter outside!' "I haven't held down Ikeda Hengxing here, and Asano Nagamasa has made trouble again." I won't mention those things outside you, just coaxing Xianzhi's sister-in-law to be so obedient is a terrible means! Not only is he not jealous, but he also takes the initiative to take care of you, my brother-in-law can't do it even if he kills him! ”

"Nonsense! What's wrong with me out there?! "I'm anxious to argue." You're ruining my reputation, be careful that I sue you! Outside? There's not enough chaos out there! If you have that effort, you might as well bring it home...... Wrong! I mean, if it's at home...... Not right either! I mean...... Hi! You've taken me to the ditch! ”

"Lord Stars! I'm also throwing myself to you......" At this time, Koichiro Kinoshita also opened his mouth. "I admire your talent for governing the world! The entire Owari is your territory that is the most prosperous, and I still don't understand a lot of things when I went there last time. I hope you can give me some advice when you have time! ”

"You're asking the wrong person!" I replied with a smile. "The affairs of my territory have always been managed by Lord Murai Sadakatsu, if there is anything you don't understand, you should ask him!"

"To be honest, I'm also weird...... "I'm getting more and more messy here, but the Maeda Toshiya is also intervening over there." How can you never worry about expenses? My territory is larger than yours, and my retainers are smaller than yours, and my salaries are much lower, but I always feel overstretched! Ah Song has repeatedly complained about me for this, so you can teach me two hands, right? ”

"'The ruler is short, the inch is long!' Your Li family's martial arts and my loyal guards are fast horses, and it is difficult to hope for them! I casually dealt with him.

"I don't think that's the main thing you're talking about!" "Monkey," he said slowly. "Not bad! You're saying that this is indeed the genius of the Tadabei, but he is the only one who can do that! Don't ask me why, because I don't know either. Even if we learn from him, we will learn one or two points at most, and we will definitely not learn all of them! At this point he paused. Although his voice was still unpleasant, everyone ignored it. "Actually, you don't have to learn everything, as long as you can learn a little!"

"What's that?!" Ikeda asked anxiously.

"What?!" Kinoshita Tojiro smiled mysteriously. "That's merit, and it's always a great merit! With this, it doesn't matter if the other abilities are not strong, all kinds of benefits will follow, and you can't stop it even if you want to! I've always wondered how hard I can outperform him, but why can't I even step on his footprints? ”

"Ahh Everyone suddenly realized, and I noticed that Hori Hidemasa and a few others nodded their heads in disapproval.

"That's it!" Asano Nagamasa said excitedly: "Don't be conservative!" They're all good brothers, talk about it! Tell me about it! ”

"Well...... Naturally, I'm not going to keep it a secret from my brothers! The secret is," I smiled and took a sip of my wine and cleared my throat. Everyone looked at me nervously, for fear of missing a word. “…… I rely on the care of my father-in-law, the help of my colleagues, and a little bit of my personal efforts......"

"Stop me!" Amid the noise of the crowd, Ikeda grabbed me by the collar. "If you play tricks again, I'll tell you to go out sideways today! Over there, bring two jars of wine! ”

"I confess! I confess! "Seeing that everyone was rushing up, I hurriedly softened." In fact, it is also very simple, that is, to see the opportunity! I sat up straight and straightened my face. You may say that who doesn't know this, but in fact, there is a lot of knowledge here! There are many opportunities to make meritorious contributions, but not all of them are good times. Some are too difficult, and some are not very oily. The first task is to know yourself and know what you can do. You can't do everything when your mind is hot, it will only spare yourself! Second, we must see the essence through the phenomenon. Some things seem to bluff people, but it's not too difficult, and this is a good opportunity! ”

"This ...... It's too abstract too! Be specific! After a long silence, Nakamura asked.

"Well, I'll give you a specific example!" I thought about it for a moment and said, "What do you think of the credit for capturing the flag before the battle?" ”

"As a samurai, that's naturally the most glorious!" Asano Nagamasa replied.

"Not bad! That's how almost everyone sees it. I nodded in affirmation. But...... It's also time to score points! The era of the ancestor Konobu Hide...... Of course I didn't catch up at that time! But I've heard that at that time, the battle with the Saito family was more defeated than victorious, and it was often a loss of troops. But now it's different! The Saito family is still breathing, Inabayama Castle is in turmoil, and it is 100% to win the battle again. What's even better is that all the generals of the Saito family are gathered together, and they have no fighting spirit, as if the fish in a pond that is about to dry are all gathered together. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Whether it's fishing or shrimp, eating meat or drinking soup, it all depends on your means and creation! Looking at the stunned crowd, I picked up another glass of wine.