Chapter 45: Keiji Maeda?
In fact, Maeda Toshiie's words were already a very euphemistic refusal. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 It's not that Maeda Toshiya has any ideas, but because he knows that his brother and his father can't agree to this.
In this day and age, birth has a very important position in many cases, such as diplomatically? To the court? Or recruit retainers above. And a man of noble birth ran to be a retainer for a man of low birth, huh...... There seems to be no precedent for this kind of thing, except for the later monkey Guan Bai. And even if it was that monkey, until he became the lord of the city, he only had two or three kittens under his command.
In addition to his younger brother, there is only Wasuka Koroku. And who is this person? If you say it's good, you're in the Samurai Group in Mino, but if you don't say it, you're just a bandit. Well, he also went through business, but even if he was a businessman, his status was not much stronger than that of a bandit, at most he was a legal identity.
And look at the predicament he faced when he took refuge in Kinoshita Toyoshiro at that time, on the one hand, he was desperately suppressed by the Saito family in Mino, and on the other hand, because he had helped the Saito family and the Oda family in the past, the people of the Oda family did not dare to accept him. In addition, in the early years, Kinoshita Tojiro had called him a brother and sister, so he accepted such a subordinate.
Therefore, in this era, it is very, very difficult for a person with a bad background to receive an excellent retainer. And Yamada Masamura? It's a pity that his background is really not good, the adopted son of a ninja...... Well, no matter where you look at this kind of identity, it's not high.
Of course, this situation will not have much impact on his career, after all, in today's troubled times, a person with excellent martial arts will be reused even if he has a bad background. For example, the legendary Hikato, Uesugi and Takeda all rushed to recruit him, but unfortunately in the end they killed him because they were afraid of his ability. Another example is those swordsmen and swordsmen, are they from a good background? Of course not, but they fight awesomely, and that's enough.
So Yamada Masamura's rapid promotion to the rank of general didn't get too many obstacles, but if they were allowed to become Yamada Masamura's retainers? That's another story.
It's a pity that Yamada Masamura didn't understand Maeda Toshika's kindness, and after thinking about how to poach people from Maeda Toshimasa's hands for a while, he looked at Sobei and asked, "Sohei, are you willing to be my retainer of Yamada Masamura?" ”
“!?” As soon as these words came out, Maeda Toshiya and Sobei, who was originally a little unhappy, were stunned.
"Huh? What are you two looking at me? Seeing the two of them looking at him in a daze, Yamada Masamura scratched his hair helplessly, he felt as if he had done something stupid again. Just thinking about it, he doesn't seem to have done anything?
Seeing Yamada Masamura like this, the Maeda Toshiya family understood that this kid didn't understand the family's at all. If you think about it carefully, although Yamada Masamura is the adopted son of a ninja, he basically lived alone when he was a child. When he grew up a little, he followed Oda Nobunaga to fool around, and in this case, he was able to understand the things of the family that was called a ghost.
Thinking of this, Maeda Toshiya suddenly felt that he might not have understood what Yamada Masamura had just said, so he hurriedly coughed and said, "Overlord Maru, you may not know much, Sobei is the only heir of the eldest son of the Maeda family, not to mention whether or not he can be a retainer for you, even if he can, it is up to my brother and father to decide." After speaking, he looked at Yamada Masamura speechlessly, which seemed to mean, "You're always dead now, aren't you?" ”
It's a pity, although Yamada Masamura understands it, can he accept it? Apparently not. The experience of his previous life and the rather unrestrained life in this life made him completely scoff at these boring family rules. "Inu Chiyo, how old are they, and they are still full of family members. Have you forgotten our oath? Our own destiny is always up to us! Yamada Masamura said disdainfully, not giving the Maeda family any face because of the Maeda Toshika.
"You kid......" Maeda Toshiya covered his face and muttered helplessly, he knew Yamada Masamura's character, so he didn't get angry, but ...... It's still very helpless.
Not bothering to pay attention to Maeda Toshi's family, Yamada Masamura looked at Sobei, who was still stunned over there, and asked again, "Sohei, how are you thinking about it?" Would you like to be my retainer? Let's make a big splash together! Yamada Masamura said the only words in his heart that seemed to be able to stir people's hearts.
Hearing Yamada Masamura's question again, Sobei reacted from shock, looking at Yamada Masamura in front of him, Sobei suddenly had complex emotions such as admiration, doubt, anger, disdain, and excitement in his heart. As a Sobei who has been instilled with the idea of family respect since he was a child, although he became a stranger because he admired Oda Nobunaga and others, his heart is obviously not the first Wonderie Sobei of the Warring States who has been in the Warring States for decades and has seen all the vicissitudes of life. Therefore, he was tragically stimulated by Yamada Masamura's words. No way, the rebellious period~ Bear children are like this.
After relieving himself, Zongbei spoke, "That...... Can you tell me what the oath is? Zong Bingwei asked with some curiosity. In this day and age, oaths are still said very seriously. And in his heart, he faintly felt that the life goal he had been looking for seemed to be about to be found.
"What oath? Hehe......" Yamada Masamura immediately laughed when he heard this, because he knew that this kid Sobei basically couldn't escape the palm of his hand. Well, now it's called Sobei. And the same feeling is also the Maeda Toshiya, you must know that they were fooled by Yamada Masamura for a while, and they were always thinking about all kinds of unrealistic things during that time.
"Inuchiyo, tell me about your original vow~" Yamada Masamura turned to Maeda Toshiya and said.
Hearing this, Maeda Toshiya suddenly looked unwilling, but he didn't want to be underestimated by Yamada Masamura, and it was nothing to be seen by Sohei, but if they were said by Yamada Masamura and Oda Nobunaga, I am afraid that there would be a bunch of nicknames such as "coward" and "rotten man" on the head of the Tian Toshiya before, and they would be teased all the time.
"Humph! Let's just say it, I want the Maeda family to become a super wealthy family with a territory of 100,000 stones! Maeda Toshiya snorted coldly, straightened his chest and said.
Hearing this, Yamada Masamura suddenly snorted with some disdain, "Cut, I didn't expect to get older, but I still haven't grown so much, only 100,000 stones...... Do you need to make any vows to do this kind of thing? In a word, Maeda Toshiya lowered his head in shame. He wasn't really ashamed, but he was afraid that Yamada Masamura would say something exaggerated.
There is Maeda Toshi's house on this side of Yamada Masamura, but Sobei on the other side has been scared stupid. "One hundred thousand stones is called no ideal? It seems that the Maeda family is only 6,000 stones, right? Sobei felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his ears, otherwise how could he hear his uncle talking nonsense?
After despising the Maeda Toshiya and looking at Sobei, who was already scared stupidly, Yamada Masamura threw out his original vow. Well, naturally, it can't be a theory that the sky can't cover the eyes and the earth can't bury the heart. "My oath is very simple, I will become a peerless general in the whole world, above ten thousand people under one person, and unparalleled in the world!"
As he spoke, Yamada Masamura suddenly looked at Sobei with a serious expression, "And you! Sobei, I think you'll be the second best general after me! So, come and be my retainer! With the weapons in our hands and our own martial arts, we will tell the world that we exist! "Flicker! And then flicker! Yamada Masamura almost didn't say the prince's counter-words about Xiang Ning.
However, the effect is obvious, Zongbingwei is tempted, completely tempted. I saw him look at Yamada Masamura seriously, suddenly raised his head, and said with a proud face, "The person who can be the lord of my sect must be a samurai stronger than me!" It's not that he's upset because of Yamada Masamura's attention, or because of anything else. Simply because, he was a samurai, a samurai who thought he was strong and really strong. A strong samurai will only obey the samurai who are stronger than him, this is a simple truth.
"Nima! How should I explain it when I go back now......" Maeda Toshiya immediately covered his face and smiled bitterly when he heard this, Zongbei's words were obviously promised to Yamada Masamura, as long as Yamada Masamura could agree to his words. And is Yamada Masamura likely to lose? This kind of thing Maeda Toshiya didn't even bother to guess with his ass.
The venue of the competition is in the courtyard of Yamada Masamura's home, and Sobei is standing with a big gun in his hand, although he is still young, he already has the prototype of a future fierce general. On the other side, Yamada Masamura held Yaqi in his hand and placed it on his right hand casually, seemingly not paying attention to Sohei's appearance, but inexplicably, Sobei felt endless pressure. Well...... This pressure is definitely not because of the three daughters of Ashi who were watching and whispering next to them.
A gentle breeze blew, bringing up leaves scattered on the ground......
That night, after having dinner at Yamada's house, Maeda Toshiya got drunk and took Sobei home.
"Uncle! I've decided! I want to be a retainer of Lord Yamada! ”
"It's decided?"
"Hmmm! Yamada-sama's martial arts are unparalleled in the world, I can't imagine that there is such a martial art in this world, if I want to become a strong man, I must follow him! When Sobei said this, his eyes were full of longing and longing.
"But he may also be thrown so that he can't even see his back......" Maeda Toshiya didn't say it, but it was what he really thought in his heart. Although it was the hand of Sobei and Yamada Masamura, and Maeda Toshiie's martial arts at this time were much stronger than Sohei, he still knew that even if he went up by himself, he would not be able to stop Yamada Masamura's sword.
"Forget it, let's think about how to deal with Daddy......" Maeda Toshiya shook his head from alcohol, thinking a little irritably.