"The current Mino is really incomparable to the past!" The craftsman said with a lonely expression. "Now, the army of the Owari Oda family will kill them at every turn in three days, and all the people are terrified. Many castles in the east have now fallen into the hands of the Oda army! What the Saito family, who guards Mino, can actually control, is actually this palm-sized place near Inabayama Castle! ”

"What do you think of this town?" The fat man asked, pointing to the street outside the hotel.

"Not bad! Wrong...... I think it's very good! Nagano said with a slight envy: "There are two or three thousand residents in such a big town, and there are quite a few new houses!" Such a rich town is rare in our Kanto! ”

"New house? Yes, it's all new houses......" A "weird" look appeared on the fat man's face. "But do you know why they're all new houses?" Without waiting for an answer, he continued: "That's because in the winter of the previous year, the Oda army that attacked Inabayama Castle burned this place to the ground!" Maybe two or three thousand people in the sparsely populated Kanto region is not a small number, but the original well mouth is a big town with a population of tens of thousands! There are only more than 2,700 people left in the dead and escaped, is there anything to be proud of? ”

"Isn't that right?" Nagano said incomprehensibly. "Although there has been no news in recent years because of the war, the ...... That is, fifteen years ago! I have also heard of the prestige of Mino as the guardian of His Royal Highness Mido Saito, and even the Grand Shogun of Kyoto reveres him as the 'No. 1 Shogun of the Eastern Kingdom'! How could it be so defeated now? ”

"What year is the yellow calendar, and can you still turn it now?" The craftsman sneered on the side. "Today's Mino is no longer the era of 'The Way of the Pit Three', and now it is his grandson His Royal Highness Longxing who is in power!" Although he used honorifics for Saito Ryuko, the expression on his face was clearly disdainful. "All the talents of this highness are used in wine, women, and songs! The people and the government? How could you disturb His Highness's Yaxing for such a trivial matter? ”

"That's right! Mino Kuni's fierce generals are like clouds, and His Royal Highness Saito Ryuko is naturally not difficult to rule! Nagano pretended not to understand the meaning of his words and continued to sing praises. As far as I know, the 'Meinong Three' Wen Taowu Strategy is a temporary choice, and Anbang and Dingguo are naturally not a problem? ”

"The talents of the three highnesses Ando Morisho, Inaba Ichitetsu and the clan Bu Quan are naturally speechless, but ...... Ay! If the roots of the tree are all rotten, what good are the branches and leaves? The fat man said dejectedly, and he had read some books. His Royal Highness Mamoru Ando was once put in prison a few days ago for exhorting His Royal Highness Saito Ryuxing to work hard! If it weren't for his son-in-law, His Royal Highness Shigeharu Takenaka, to seize the city and war, maybe he would have been killed at this moment. He has been saying that he is not sick since he escaped and returned to the territory of Northern City, and according to me, he may be scared! Seriously, this Highness is a little too slick! ”

"But then, the others don't come forward anymore?" Nagano asked suspiciously.

"You don't know yet, my small shop is the designated supplier of the Inaba family!" The fat man is indeed a businessman. "His Royal Highness Inaba Itsuchi can be described as the first in Martial Arts Mino! In the past, he always held the position of a pioneer when he encountered a war, and a big sword has made countless achievements, no matter what kind of hardships and difficulties, he has never flinched! Can...... Do you know what I've been sending the most to Sone City lately? It's wine! Yes, it's wine! I've also heard his attendants talking privately about how it would be nice for Inaba Ichchitetsu-sama to wake up half the time lately. It seems that he is sad and dead! ”

"Isn't it just His Royal Highness the Clan?" Nagano asked with a "melancholy" expression.

"Speaking of His Royal Highness, I know ......" The craftsman, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said, "A friend of mine is a chef at Inabayama Castle, and he told me that His Royal Highness Saito Ryuko is the most annoying thing about His Royal Highness the Clan!" His Royal Highness Buquan is not only brave in battle, but also extremely outstanding in writing, but he has always been blocked from asking to see him recently. As a last resort, he had to write a document and turn it in! Once, Saito Ryuko was drinking with those 'scourges' and 'goblins' when he received a paperwork, and he only said, 'It's just right!' This table is not very stable, so let's cushion it! 'What else can such a lord have to assist?!' ”

"Isn't there still a few fierce generals such as Koji Bupo, Hineno Hiroshi, Saito Rizo, and Kato Kotai? Michitoshi Nagai is also a person who can entrust national politics? Nagano continued to ask questions.

"What's the use of that?" Once the words have been talked for a long time, the vigilance will naturally relax, and the fat businessman is now rushing to answer. "Now that the Owari Oda family is committing a big attack, these generals have all become firefighting teams! But the Oda family is not in vain, and there are often losses here. Besides, the strength of the Oda family is far stronger than Mino, and if you lose once or twice, you can't hurt your tendons or move your bones! As for Michitoshi Nagai-sama, ......," he looked Nagano Yoshimasa up and down. "He should be a few years younger than you, but he's already on crutches! Even so, everything in Inabayama Castle was still pressed on him! ”

"The Oda family raised troops for no reason, it's really hateful!" Nagano said "indignantly".

"It depends on how you say it!" The merchant seemed calm. "The weak will be eaten by the strong, this is the law of troubled times, what can be done to catch up with such a weak lord? Even if you don't have that Oda Nobunaga, there will still be others, and sometimes I really think that Oda Nobunaga might as well come over quickly! ”

While talking, a short merchant walked into the hotel with a "treasure chest" on his back. "So you're here! Call me to find it! He hurried forward and grabbed Nagano by the sleeve.

"How? Did you find the book I wanted? Nagano asked excitedly.

"Found it! Got it! The merchant said as he wiped his sweat. However, such a precious ancient book is not easy to sell, and you still have to talk about it yourself! ”

"Good! Good! I'll go with you! "Nagano Yoshimasa said goodbye to the merchants and craftsmen, settled the bill, and walked out of the hotel with the merchant with me.

"My lord, Lord Nagano, no problem!" I left the town and came to a junction up the mountain. Seeing that there was no one outside, the companion Changxin returned to his original tone. "We stared at him for two days and no one came looking for him! He usually just walks around the yard and never goes out. When he left Inabayama Castle, he sent his family to the northern castle of Mamoru Ando. His hut was three miles ahead of the road, and now he was followed only by an old servant! ”

"Well done! Tell your people to pay attention to their surroundings, and we'll just go up ourselves!" I waved my hand away and walked towards the mountain with Nagano Yemasa. Soon an elegant bamboo fence courtyard appeared on the side of the road, and an old man in his fifties was sweeping the floor inside the door. "May I ask if this is the lower place of His Highness Takenaka? We're here to see you! I asked the old man.

"Please wait!" He turned his head and shouted into the room, "My lord, two guests have come to see you!" ”

"It's coming!" With the answer, a handsome young man walked out of the door.

"It's you?!" We were both stunned.