Nobunaga recruited a total of 800 people, and most of them were spear ashigaru who had participated in the Battle of Ukino within Nobunaga's skills. Nobunaga gave each person three people (1.6 koku, 480 jin per person), and distributed a large amount of rice (about four buckets, 120 catties) every month, and then Nobunaga divided these people into ten detachments, which were commanded by the red and black mothers in turn, while the one who did not participate in the training remained by his side on duty.

Comparatively speaking, I got along better with the Akamui Kane, including Maeda Toshiie and Sawaki Yoshinoto, as well as Oda Echizen Mamoru Mamoru Asai and Masahara Kinoshita, Masasuke Kinoshita, Shigekyu Iwamuro, Kyotsura Yamaguchi, Hasegawa Hashisuke, Fukutohei Saemon Hidekatsu and Kukuro Saemon Naomasa. Oda Echizen Mamoru as a reneda (Oda separation), as the head of the pen of the Red Mother Cloth, the head of the Black Mother Cloth is the head of the Kawajiri and the Guardian Hidetaka who personally killed Oda Nobukatsu with Ikeda Tsuneko, and Sasa Narumasa who does not have a good relationship with me is like the second person in the Black Mother Cloth, and his two brothers, Sasa Hayato Massaji and Sasa Sunsuke who died in the battle of Inayu, are all characters in the Seven Guns of Shodozaka, so Sasa Narimasa is very open among the Black Mother Clothes. That's why I'm not so close to the Black Mother.

Nominally, Ikeda was in charge of the training, and I was in charge of the specific training as my deputy. The Ikeda clan is the genealogy of the Oda family, and Ikeda Tsuneko's mother was Nobunaga's nurse, and then Oda Nobuhide was adopted as a side room, so Ikeda Tsuneko is both Nobunaga's brother and Nobunaga's brother. He grew up with Nobunaga since he was a child, and he won Nobunaga's trust, and immediately after the Yuan service, he was a general with the personality of a general. In addition, before he served the Yuan, as Nobunaga's small surname, he was familiar with everyone in the stables, and it was indeed very suitable for him to preside over the training of Nobunaga's team.

My annual salary is 240 guan, and after giving 60 guan to Xiujing and Xiaoxia, there are still 10 guan left every month. Supporting Mi didn't separate, because Xiujing and Xiaoxia have been living with me all the time. After the Battle of Ukino, Oda Nobunaga increased my support, which was tantamount to acknowledging Yuka's identity as my side room. When I told Yu Jiahou the news, she immediately took down the signboard of the dormitory, then took the small wooden sign, and I wrote the two Chinese characters "Kira", and hung it by the door with a happy face. Since then, it has been the official residence of the Oda family's infantry general, Kira Nobuya.

This kind of anti-customer is very dishonorable from my modern point of view, and I always have a little resistance at first. Yuga is a very empathetic person, and she quickly noticed my mood changes. At this time, it happened that the Maeda Toshiya and Amatsu who had lived in the Maeda family since he was a child got married, and Yuka took me to prepare gifts and go over with me to congratulate and help, and then he often interacted with the wives of his colleagues as a side room of the Kira family, and completely regarded himself as a member of the Kira family. Her attitude really made me feel a lot less worried, and I slowly regarded this place as my real home.

In order to accommodate my habits, Yu Jia also changed his lifestyle and prepared three meals a day. With Nobunaga's permission, Hideki and Konatsu resigned from their jobs as security officials and followed me to become Nobunaga's close men and assist me in my work. In this way, the three of us were able to get along day and night again, and it seemed that we had returned to our days in Mino.

Overall, everything went well, the only thing that didn't satisfy me was the food. In this era, due to the "meat ban", the only dishes in this book were fresh fish, seaweed and radish. In the past, we could hunt in the mountains, and then there would be at least fish to eat on the road and in the river, but once we went out and settled in Cheongju, hunting was naturally impossible, not only did we have no time, but the nearby mountains and forests were the private domain of each family; As for the fish, it is very expensive to sell in Kiyoshu Town, and if I eat it every day, I will definitely not have enough money. Most of the time, the meal at home consists of a bowl of rice, a plate of radish strips, and a stack of soy sauce, sometimes with a little miso soup or a stack of fried soybeans. Occasionally improve your life, and you can eat a little fish and tofu.

I know it's not a matter of Yu Jia, everyone eats like this, and even in modern times, the taste of Yuben is still predominantly light. In this day and age, many farmers can't even eat their own rice, and many times they can only eat grains, but compared to them, the food of our samurai family is already very good, and the rice is notoriously sweet, and after making rice balls, it is heated again the next day, and the taste is no worse than the rice I have eaten in Japan before.

But I just can't get used to it. After much thought, I decided to teach Yu to add another cooking skill – making kimchi.

When it comes to kimchi, many people may immediately think of another country in East Asia. However, there are also very delicious kimchi in China, especially the kimchi in Sichuan, which is particularly delicious because it uses well salt produced in Zigong. Of course, it is impossible to have Zigongjing salt, but the spring water here is very good, and the taste of the kimchi must not be much worse, and I even remember that Kira Hiroshi once mentioned to me that their ancestors used to run kimchi, and his family's share of the other products in Kochi city was developed on the basis of kimchi shops.

After all, Yujia ran a dormitory, and she learned quickly. Under my guidance, she prepared a clay urn, bought turnips, salt, celery, a little white wine and sugar, and began to make turnip pickles. It's snowing, so I just use snow water to make it, and it's probably no worse than a mountain spring.

Sealing was a problem, there was no such thing as a clay with an altar rim, so I put the urn with kimchi in another large urn, and then flooded it under the cover of the urn and held it back with a deep-bottomed bowl.

Although Yu Jia didn't quite understand, she instinctively believed me, and she did everything I said. Well, I really like that.

A week later, I asked Yuga to take out the kimchi and put it on a small plate. The urn may have been slightly watered, and the surface of the kimchi had some white flowers. This doesn't matter much, but it just affects the perception a little. I took the lead and tasted a slice, it was crispy, very sour and refreshing, and it seemed that the production was successful.

"Everybody try it! Taste them all! I greeted warmly.

"It's a little weird, but it's very flavorful...... Xiujing said.

"It's much better than a radish strip!" Xiao Xia is also very satisfied.

"I'm going to do more in the future." Seeing that Xiujing and Xiao Xia liked it, Yu Jia smiled very happily.

This meal, everyone ate exceptionally sweet. After the meal, Yuga specially sent some to Yoshiyuki Sawaki's mother and Amatsu from the Rika family. These two families are currently the closest to us and live very close to each other.

Amatsu is one of the famous Three Ladies of the Warring States period, and her biological mother is the younger sister of Maeda Toshiie's mother. After her mother remarried, she has been living in the barren town of the Maeda family, and she has been very close to the Li family since she was a child. She married the Lee family in September last year and settled in Cheongju with the Lee family. She's good-looking, a lovely girl - only thirteen years old this year...... And Maeda Toshiya is twenty-two years old. I'm particularly speechless about the age of the two, but maybe it's a normal thing in this Sengoku period. Maybe the Maeda Toshiya didn't get married until now, just to wait for Amatsu?

Such a little girl has to take care of the housework as a housewife, which seems to me to be really pitiful, and it must be very hard. And because of her age, Mrs. Sawaki and Yuga took great care of her, and Yuga made kimchi, and the first thing he thought of was to send her some. In addition, she has a very good relationship with the Maeda Toshiya, and maybe in this way, she won't have too many complaints about the heavy family affairs after marriage. As for the Li family, they are completely happy.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, all the retainers of the Oda family brought their families to the Kiyoshu North Castle Tree to attend the Oda family's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet. The first time she attended such a banquet, Yuga wore her best kimono. And seeing that Xiao Xia was still a samurai outfit, she hurriedly took out another set of her own for Xiao Xia to change into. Xiao Xia was originally reluctant, and she didn't know what Yu Jia said to her, so she followed Yu Jia into the room with a red face. It's a pity that Xiao Xia is too tall, and the clothes are a little shorter on her, but they still make my eyes shine.

Then a group of four of us went out. I met the Li family and his wife on the road, and they naturally came together. Yoshiyuki Sawaki then joined, and he was alone, as his mother, as a surviving person, could not attend the feast. Seeing Xiao Natsu in a kimono, he could barely take a step.

"Alright, let's go!" I had no choice but to pull him and laugh to myself.

Since all three of us were infantry generals, we also sat together at the night banquet. During the banquet, we all drank a lot of wine, and when we went back, we were all a little dazed.

Early the next morning, Maeda Toshi's family suddenly came to my house. At first, I thought he was here to pay New Year's greetings, but looking at his expression, I was a little anxious.

"Left, what's wrong! Did something happen? I hurriedly asked. Yu Jia walked into the kitchen and took out a small plate of fried pine nuts and put it in front of us.

"Did you see my hairpin yesterday?" He asked anxiously.

"Nope. I came back yesterday and I was a little confused. What kind of hairpin is it? I went and asked Xiujing if they had seen it. I said.

"It's the silver hairpin that fixed the ebony hat when I got married, and Ah Song specially bought it for me with her pocket money! It's such a long ......," Toshiie Maeda said, gesturing as he described.

"Xiujing, Xiao Xia, come here!" I shouted towards the back yard.

The two of them immediately came from the courtyard. But they didn't see it either.

"Well, what can I do about this, Fujihachi also said that he didn't know......" Maeda Toshiya frowned.

"Think about it and see where you put it?" I can only do my best to comfort them.

"Where can I put it? It is inserted into the scabbard of the sword, and sometimes it is used to pluck out the ears...... It was there before the banquet last night, but it's gone this morning! He said distressedly.

"That's right! Didn't we all leave our swords outside before we went to the feast? Maybe it's lost over there! "I suddenly thought of a possibility.

"That's right!" The Li family hurriedly stood up, "Then I'll go look for it!" ”

"I'll go with you! Just in time to congratulate the Lord on the New Year. As I spoke, I motioned for Yuga to help me bring the sword and the ribs.

The two walked out of the house and went to the North Castle Tower in the middle of the city. In the outer room of the assessment room, the two of us searched carefully several times, but we couldn't find anything.

Two attendants walked in to clean the room, and I quickly called them and asked them if they had seen a silver hairpin in the room.

"We just arrived, and we're about to clean up, and the two of us were the first to come here today." One of them said.

"By the way, I seem to have seen the deceased Ami holding a silver hairpin last night, which seems to be similar to what His Highness Maeda described......" said another attendant uncertainly.

"Where's Ami?" The Rika grabbed the clothes on his chest. He was more than 1.7 meters tall, and he lifted the squire up at once.

"On the porch over there......" the attendant replied quickly.

Toshiya Maeda left the guards behind and strode out of the room. I picked up my attendant, apologized for the Li's family, and hurried after him. I am very worried that the hot surname and urgency of the Eli family will definitely come into conflict with the other party.

Sure enough, by the time they chased after them, the two of them had already quarreled.

"Bastards who steal! If you don't want to be stabbed! Hurry up and return the hairpin! The Li family held on to the hilt of the knife and threatened loudly.

"Who stole something!" Shi Ami didn't show weakness either, "This is the residence of the lord, why don't you draw a knife and try it?" ”

"In short, the hairpin is mine! Come back soon! ”

"What you say is yours is yours, right? Besides, I picked up the hairpin, so I'm happy to give it to you or not! "Shi Ami's face is frivolous, and as far as I can see, he looks completely underbeaten.

"Oh, what's the noise in the early morning?" Sasa Naruma came slowly from the outside. Seeing that it was me and Maeda Toshi's family, he couldn't help but stab: "The two highnesses came down so early, it's really courteous!" ”

"His Royal Highness Sazo is not too late!" I said sarcastically.

Seeing that the comers were not dealing with us, Shi Ami seemed to see the allies, and hurriedly greeted Sasa Chengzheng: "His Royal Highness Chengzheng!" Please comment, this person actually accused me of taking his things, and he still wants to draw a knife here! ”

"Your Highness Maeda, this is your fault. Although Shi Ami is just a fellow friend of the lord, after all, he is a colleague, how can he draw a sword against him? Besides, what kind of place is this? The laws of the family and the admonitions of the lord, has His Royal Highness Maeda forgotten? Sasa Narumasa said slowly, as if the Maeda Toshiya had already drawn a knife here.

His words were ugly, but they were true. Although I didn't treat Sasa Naruma very well, I had to follow Sasa Narumasa's words to persuade Maeda Toshiya at this time. Maeda Toshiya gasped and stared at Ami, but his right hand finally left the hilt.

"Okay, left, let's go find Fujihachi and have a drink together!" Seeing that the Rika family had calmed down a little, I hurriedly pulled him out of the North Castle Tower, not even bothering to congratulate Oda Nobunaga on the New Year.

But Maeda Toshiya is still depressed. Seeing that he was still like this, I came up with an idea.

"That's right, Li Jia, last time you got married, the gift we gave seemed to be a little thin, since you happen to be missing a hairpin now, I'll let Yu Jia make up for it again!" I pretended to come to my senses.

"Keijiro, it's not about money. That hairpin has a special meaning for me. When I told Ah Song that I wanted to marry her, she was very shy and ran away, and two days later gave me this hairpin with a fixed black hat, which she had bought for me with her pocket money. Then I knew that she had agreed, and when she got married, she used this hairpin...... So I must get it back, otherwise Ah Song will definitely be disappointed. She doesn't know I lost the hairpin yet. "The Li family explained to me seriously.

"I see, then we really have to find it," I nodded, "Then let's ask Ami for good words." Regardless of whether he stole it or picked it up, the next time we find him, let's apologize to him for today's incident, and then give him a little money to exchange the hairpin back. ”

"What a rage! I want to apologize to this kind of villain, and I have to give him money......" The Li family was indignant.

Anyway, Maeda Toshiya finally has a rational way to deal with this matter, which reassures me a lot. I remember that the Rika family was chased by Nobunaga, and it seems that this was the time of the incident, so it is better to watch him a little more, lest he do irrational things. At this time, Maeda Toshiya was still a young man who was prone to hot heads, and like Nobunaga before, he usually had a tendency to be a stranger.

For the next half month, we didn't meet Seami, and I don't know which of Nobunaga's younger brothers we went to. And we don't usually have much to do with this group of friends who have no samurai behavior, who specialize in gags, and even sycophants who amuse Nobunaga's family, so we can't find it for a while. Seeing Maeda Toshiya's unwilling appearance, I wanted Yuga to talk to Asong, presumably she can forgive her husband! But Maeda Toshiya insisted on hiding Amatsu's affair about the hairpin until he found it. Once this person is stubborn, he is like a stone.

As I walked calmly, I began to work on my plans. The radish kimchi made before was very popular in several of our families, and several ladies who were close to Yu Jia came to inquire, so Yu Jia had to make more. This situation gave me an idea.

"Your Highness wants to sell our turnip pickles? This...... Not well, Your Highness is a samurai! "Yuga was surprised by my plan.

"Samurai have to survive, too. Now our family does not have a fief, if we only rely on Yulu, it will be very difficult for our son. I persuaded.

"But we're pretty good now."

"That's because I didn't recruit retainers. If you want to get ahead as soon as possible, you definitely need more retainers. But if you don't improve the situation at home, you won't be able to recruit more retainers. "That's all I have to say. In fact, at least in the short term, I have no plans to recruit retainers. As far as I know, the Oda family's territory has hardly expanded in the last three or four years.

"What Your Highness said also makes sense...... Then let me try it? But Yuga believed it.

I was very happy to see her mouth loosen. In my plan, Yu Jia is the key person. She has run a dormitory, lived in Cheongju for so long, and has a lot of leisure, if she opens a store, she is the best choice for the shopkeeper.

At this time, Yoshiyuki Sawaki suddenly broke in:

"Keijiro, something happened to the brother of the Li family!"

"What's going on?" I quickly stood up.

"He killed Shi Ami, and he happened to be seen by the lord! The lord has already ordered him to be locked up, and I heard that it is likely that he will be made seppuku! ”

How so! Could it be that the Maeda Toshiya family can't escape this catastrophe after all?

I frowned, turned my brain quickly, and tried to recall the life of the Li family. In my memory, Maeda Toshiya didn't have a seppuku, but was chased and released by Nobunaga, and then worked hard for more than two years before returning to the Oda family. These twists and turns seem to have made the Li family much more stable, and they have never made any mistakes since then...... Perhaps, for him this is a good thing? Otherwise, it would be difficult for the Eli family to achieve much if they were now free from their surnames......

"Keijiro, you have a lot of ideas, what do you say you should do?" Yoshiyuki Sawaki asked eagerly, interrupting my thoughts.

I shook my head vigorously, pushing the distractions out of my mind. After you don't need to think about anything, the surname of the Maeda Toshiya is still hanging in the balance! Who knows if Nobunaga will actually let him seppuku? After all, Nobunaga had long forbidden private fights between colleagues, and the Toshiya dared to kill his colleagues right under his nose.

I solemnly told Yoshiyuki Sawaku: "Fujihachi, the most important thing now is to save the life of Youzuo!" Let's split up, contact more people to intercede for him, and at least move His Highness Niwa! ”;