"Who are they?" I was still thinking about Wakasa in my mouth, and I didn't pay much attention to it. With my growing prestige, there are many people who come to defect, most of them are people who don't have any special skills, but most of them have made arrangements when they are hiring. Of course, you can't all become samurai, and I don't meet everyone personally.

"It's all ...... My former friend and ...... Partner! Ishikawa replied with a twinkling expression.

"Then put them under your command!" I still didn't pay much attention to it, it should be just a small thing. Since Ishikawa didn't say his name, it can be seen that he is not a great character, and there seem to be a lot of obedient voices.

"Yes...... But they're not ninjas! After thinking about it for a long time, he still said it.

"Not a ninja? Then they are ......" I was a little curious. When I looked up and saw Ishikawa Tadatsuna's embarrassed face, I suddenly understood. "You mean to say...... Are they thieves? ”

He nodded red-faced.

"That's right...... "I'm also a strange magician, and I haven't been robbed once in this chaotic era, so I can't talk about any bad feelings for them." How many people are there? "I think if there weren't too many people, it wouldn't be too much of a problem to be assigned to the Ashigaru team.

"About three hundred and seventy ......" Seeing that I didn't say a word of rejection, Ishikawa Tadazuna regained some confidence and began to speak fluently. They come from four different gangs, and although they don't know ninjutsu, they are all fierce and cunning guys, and I think they will be useful to you! ”

"Fierce and cunning? I think it's an outlaw who kills people without blinking! "I made a casual joke and wondered how to place these people." What would be wrong if they disrupted their original organization and mixed it up? ”

"It's not a big problem to adjust internally between them, and then arrange a strong person to take command!" Tadasuna Ishikawa obviously has some headaches as well. "If they are integrated into the regular army, it may be difficult to integrate for a while, and maybe it will cause confusion to the original army!"

"Where are these people now?"

"I asked a few of the leaders to get news of the 'Inuya' in Joshita Town, and the others hid in the mountains to the south!"

"If I don't do this first...... I can't make an accurate judgment for a while, these people are obviously not easy to control, but I should always give Ishikawa Tadazuna a little face, and then say "many strange people in the reckless", maybe they will bring me some surprises. "Half an hour later, you go to the dog house and talk to them about anything! I'll be there too, you don't have to pay attention to me, I'll listen to these people's situation before I decide! ”

"Yes!"

"Who's out there? In! "After Ishikawa left, I shouted outside. If you want to go to that kind of place, you have to take two people with you, and I don't have the courage to walk alone among the "tigers and wolves".

"Your Highness, do you have any orders?" It was Ah Xue who opened the door and came in.

"Oh, it's you!" I smiled at her.

After Ah Xue stayed, her identity was between a maid and a close attendant, because she was originally trained for the purpose of being a samurai. She herself seemed to be well suited to this role, often wearing ribbons in her hair, wearing a cadet samurai costume to stand by in the hallways, and always asking when she would go to war. Although there seemed to be some Ji samurai in this period, I always thought it was very ridiculous, and her sister really indulged her whims! However, Xianzhi always seems to have some concerns about this little girl, but when I asked carefully, she couldn't tell the reason. But no wonder! Women's skepticism is mostly based on intuition.

"I'm going to go out in a moment! You tell Kusunoki-sama and Shinhachiro to change into civilian clothes and come with me. "I think it's enough to just take the two of them.

"Yes!" Ah Xue responded crisply, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Oh, wait!" Another idea suddenly popped into my mind, and I said to Ah Xue, who turned around, "You can go with you too!" Remember to change into civilian clothes, boy! Watching her leave happily, I was secretly proud in my heart, maybe after seeing those "bull heads and horses", she would be shaken in her ideals.

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It's not blown! Compared to the nearby towns, my territory at the mouth of the Katsura River is quite wealthy. This is due to the fact that I never conscripted and indiscriminately apportioned, my soldiers are all professional soldiers recruited from the whole society, and economically I don't expect three melons and two dates on the field!

But after all, I'm only a small land of 5,000 koku, and even if policies such as the "Sword Hunting Order" and "Rakuzale City" are implemented, they won't have any significant effect, and this place is not close to Kyoto on the national highway, so it is just a prosperous town at best.

I pretended to be the boss of a medium-sized business, and the service on my body was completely simple and simple that had long since faded. Kusunoki Mitsunari and Shinhachiro are the wild samurai I hired as bodyguards, and their swords are also inconspicuous. Ah Xue is dressed as a primary school apprentice, and only her handsomeness among us has the possibility of attracting the attention of others. Our group walked towards the dog house like this, and the pedestrians who came and went along the way hurriedly passed by, and no one noticed that their lord was around. Speaking of which, this also stems from the hierarchy at this time, usually when I hug the prancing horse in front of me, their faces are on the ground!

"Welcome!" As soon as I entered the gate of the dog house, the owner greeted me warmly. It was a thin old man with a shrewd sparkle in his small eyes.

"Is there a cleaner place?" I frowned slightly, feigning some disgust. "We want to rest and eat, we don't want to be disturbed!"

"Please come with me!" The boss respectfully led us to a table in a corner.

"Pick up any of your good ones!" After sitting down, I casually dismissed the boss and began to scrutinize the environment.

The "Inuya" is a low-end ryokan that is very common in Japan for a walk-in hostel of this size! A large large house sells food during the day and lives at night, and there may be two "guest rooms" with large bunks in the back, and if there are one or two smaller rooms, it will be considered high-end. Our so-called "purity" is just an unobtrusive place, and there are no "private rooms" here at all. But that's fine, so you can see everything you want to see at a glance.

Once the general situation was clear, I began to search for the "target" this time. Actually, I didn't have to look for them at all, I found them as soon as I entered the house, these guys are so conspicuous, I guess if Ishikawa Tadsuna hadn't greeted them in advance, they would have been arrested by the commissioner in charge of public security!

At a table in the middle of the hall sat five people, all armed with weapons. Sitting inside were two tall black men, each with a huge sword in his hand, and they should be twin brothers. At their top was a fat monk, with a chubby red face and a bare head that was bubbling with oil, and under his ass was a bowl-thick eyebrow stick, both of which were covered with copper skin. The twin brother's hand was a butcher-like guy with a fleshy face and a beard, and a scar on his face from the left forehead to the right cheek added to his ferocity, and his weapon was also the most terrifying, an iron rod more than three feet long, with a bony head the size of a grapefruit on it! Compared to the outermost one, it was better, an inconspicuous lean short man, holding a long knife in his arms. These people almost wrote the word "thief" on the door of their heads, and I'm afraid that no one will misunderstand their profession! At this time, several people were staring intently at the table in the middle, and they were carrying out their most ordinary entertainment - gambling!

"Lord......" Nanmu Guangcheng whispered in my ear: "These people are only afraid that the number of roads is not correct, so you should avoid it, right?" I'll call someone to check it out later! ”

"I'll go! I'll go! Although his voice was low, it was still heard by Shinhachiro, and he asked excitedly.

"Don't worry, I'm here to see these people!" That's when I made my intentions for the trip clear. "I've got everything arranged!"

"This ......" my words made them raise a question mark, but they kept their mouths shut. When I looked at Ah Xue again, I was a little surprised, she just quietly looked at everything in front of her, without any special expression.

"You guys, please use it slowly!" At this time, the owner brought our meal.

"Boss!" I stopped him just as he was leaving. "My truck is going to pass through here tomorrow, shouldn't there be any problems?" As I spoke, I deliberately glanced at the men worriedly.

"You mean them?" Hearing that there was a business coming to the door, the shrewd boss relaxed his vigilance for a while. "You don't need to worry at all, nothing will happen!" He patted his chest and reassured. "I was a little worried, but Ishikawa-sama brought these people! You may not know that the samurai of our Star Family here will not do those things like stealing chickens and dogs! They've been living here for a few days, and there's nothing but rudeness, and they're paying for the room very well. ”

"Did they really do nothing?" I still frowned and looked uneasy.

"Absolutely no problem!" The boss swore by it. "They've been living with me for almost a month and they've never stepped out of the store! In addition to eating and sleeping, they gamble in the hall and don't deal with others, only Ishikawa-sama occasionally comes to see them. ”

"That's it!" I said a few more perfunctory words and sent him away. "It seems that there is still a certain amount of self-restraint to be able to go without seizures for such a long time, and if you use it properly, you should be able to control it! It's just that it's not easy to choose who leads them, and it's a question of how to use them......"

"Phew!" I was thinking about it when I suddenly let out a loud shout, and when I looked back, it was the "butcher". "It's so back! If it goes on like this, Lao Tzu has to go out and **** another vote to 'buy' and sell! ”