Although Kinoshita Tojiro kept a smile on his face, he was actually scolding his mother in his heart.

If you translate Kinoshita Toyoshiro's inner monologue at this moment into modern Chinese: Nima, I don't say that I will give you a war horse, and if you can't surrender, forget it, before leaving, I will take my brother to build one for you, you will be my 2b.

Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro held back his anger and politely refused: "Lord Li Xiao's kindness, Zai Xia and Koichiro are very grateful. But my mother loves Xiao Ichiro very much, and she is reluctant to let him leave Cheongju, and I also need Xiao Ichiro's help in many things, I hope that Lord Li Xiao can understand. ”

Li Xiao glanced at Kinoshita Koichiro, only to see that he heard his brother say this, and a look of disappointment quietly appeared in his eyes.

Li Xiao was happy about this, it seems that Kinoshita Koichiro is not averse to serving the Takeda family.

Become a samurai, you can get rid of the identity of the common people and jump into the dragon gate, in the Kazelin Volcano TV series, Kansuke Yamamoto was discriminated against because of his disability, but because he wanted to become a samurai, he traveled all over the world and finally succeeded in the Takeda family.

Li Xiao can give Kinoshita Koichiro now, far from what Kinoshita Toyoshiro can give now, as the lowest-level samurai.

This is not due to personality charm, but completely in the hands of power, which caused him to crush Kinoshita Toyoshiro.

In other words, his potential is stronger than Kinoshita Toyoshiro.

As for Kinoshita Tojiro's answer, Li Xiao was not surprised, nodded and said: "The love of flesh and blood is a person's natural surname, how can I not understand." Just ......"

Li Xiao changed his words and said: "It's just that I invited like this, but I didn't just value Xiao Ichiro's ability, recruit a samurai for myself, and half of it was for the sake of your Kinoshita family." ”

Kinoshita Toyoshiro and Kinoshita Koichiro were stunned for a moment, and then looked like they were willing to hear the details.

Li Xiao asked Kinoshita Toyoshiro: "Dare to ask Kinoshita-sama, in terms of strength, is it today, is it Takeda or Oda?" ”

Kinoshita Toyoshiro showed a little unhappiness on his face, but said bluntly: "Of course, it is the Takeda family at present, but although my Oda family is currently dormant, with the ability and courage of His Royal Highness Oda, no one in the world can stop the rise, and it will definitely be able to keep pace with the Takeda family in seven or eight years." ”

Li Xiao nodded and said, "I said that I have never doubted the ability and courage of His Highness Oda, nor did I doubt that the Oda family might become the overlord of the world in the future. But what Kinoshita-sama said just now, can I understand that? In the future, the one who can compete for the world is not my Takeda family, that is, the Oda family. Can you say that? ”

If it's not Takeda, it's Oda!

Kinoshita Toyoshiro nodded and said, "You can say that, but the heroes of Kyushu, the Mori of the Western Kingdom, the three good of Gyeonggi, the Hojo of Kanto, and the Echigo Uesugi should not be underestimated. But in my eyes, the Takeda family and the Oda family, grasping two-thirds of the opportunities in the world, can eventually dominate. ”

"Good!" Li Xiao said categorically, "I also think so, Your Excellency and Brother Ling's two families, Oda Takeda, are not just grasping two-thirds of the opportunity for the Kinoshita Sect to shine on the family!" ”

When the two Kinoshita brothers heard Li Xiao say this, they couldn't help but be taken aback, they didn't expect Li Xiao to have this purpose.

"Grasp two-thirds of the opportunities for the Kinoshita family?" Kinoshita Tojiro began to ponder, and in his heart he had to admit that Li Xiao's proposal was very good, and the two brothers were divided into Takeda and Oda, so that Kinoshita Koichiro could not only become a samurai, but more importantly, whether Oda and Takeda seized the world in the future, Kinoshita One could become the founding hero.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, looking at the expressions of the two brothers, the two brothers are divided into two countries, according to modern parlance, this is called diversification, don't throw all your eggs in one basket.

In addition to increasing the probability of success, it can also avoid the biggest loss after failure, such a method is not new, hasn't Sanada Masayuki also used this trick in history?

Before the Battle of Sekigahara, Sanada Masayuki father and son had a secret conversation with Inufushi in Shimono. As a result of the spies, the eldest son, Sanada Nobuyuki, joined the Tokugawa family's Eastern Army, while Sanada Masayuki and second son Sanada Yukimura joined Ishida Mitsunari's Western Army.

After the Battle of Sekigahara and the victory of the Eastern Army, the old turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to punish the Sanada family, but thanks to the intercession of Sanada Nobuyuki, the Sanada father and son were saved from death and exiled to Koyasan instead.

Otherwise, with the two Ueda Castle battles, Sanada Masayuki committed such a heinous act against the Tokugawa family, if it weren't for the eldest son's intercession, he would not have been beheaded by Tokugawa Ieyasu into one hundred and twenty-eight pieces.

After that, Sanada Nobuyuki inherited the Sanada Sect, and finally received the 130,000 stone fief granted by the Tokugawa shogunate.

Seeing that the Kinoshita brothers were still hesitating, Li Xiao continued: "Kinoshita-sama, do you know the Three Kingdoms? ”

Kinoshita Toyoshiro nodded and said, "When I served His Royal Highness in the past, I heard him talk a little. ”

Li Xiaoyan said: "During the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin brothers were born in Shu and Wu respectively, although they served differently, but each other's brotherhood is still there, and they are also friendly and connected with each other's alliances. And it doesn't affect the two of them to become important ministers of the two countries, Kinoshita-sama, with the example of the ancients first, what are you hesitating about at the moment? ”

Kinoshita Toyoshiro hadn't answered yet, but at this time, Kinoshita Koichiro's eyes showed a look of determination, obviously having made up his mind in his heart.

He suddenly knelt down and said to Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro: "Brother, what Lord Li Xiao said is right, in order to glorify my Kinoshita Gate, please let me serve the Takeda family." ”

"Koichiro."

Kinoshita Toyoshiro was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect Kinoshita Koichiro, who had always been silent and gentle, to make a decision on his behalf at this moment.

But with Kinoshita Tojiro's thoughts, he is absolutely unwilling to let Kinoshita Koichiro go, he needs a good helper to make contributions to the Oda family, Kinoshita Koichiro is not only talented, but also his own brother, worthy of his trust and trust.

If Koichiro leaves, his loss will undoubtedly be huge.

But Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro never expected that Li Xiao's words would persuade his younger brother first.

Yes, Kinoshita Toyoshiro himself is only a light head now, although he is full of confidence, but he still has to struggle for a few years in the Oda family before he can be promoted.

Kinoshita Koichiro also has the idea of wanting to be motivated, he can't lie dormant under his wings for the rest of his life, and Li Xiao proposed to let the two brothers divide into two families, which is also very beneficial to the Kinoshita family.

In this era, in the eyes of some samurai, the glory of the family name is even more important than their own struggle and success.

"Koichiro, did you really decide that? In the future, we may be enemies, and you will go into battle to kill your eldest brother and mine with your own hands. ”

Li Xiao shook his head and said, "Kinoshita-sama, I will never let this brother kill each other, and if this happens, I will not let Koichiro participate." At the same time, I promise that if the Takeda family wins the world in the future, I guarantee that Kinoshita-sama, at least because he was once hostile, will not lose his surname. ”

Li Xiao said this, it can be said that he is benevolent and righteous to Kinoshita Koichiro, and even after Kinoshita Tojiro got Li Xiao's promise, his heart was a lot easier.

"Brother," Kinoshita Koichiro looked up at Kinoshita Tojiro, and finally nodded firmly, "Koichiro is not to become a samurai himself, but to glorify my Kinoshita Sect, please forgive me, brother." ”

Kinoshita Tojiro heard Kinoshita Koichiro say this, he couldn't help but close his eyes, and then opened his eyes to look at Li Xiao, although he was unwilling, but at this moment he had to admit that he had suffered a heavy loss when he came to Takato City this time. The person didn't sleep but succeeded, and he even took his younger brother on board.

This Li Xiao is really terrifying. Kinoshita Toyoshiro secretly came to this conclusion.

But then again, the more powerful Li Xiao is, the higher his achievements will be in the future, so his younger brother will be able to get a greater future under Li Xiao.

In this way, Koichiro didn't follow the wrong person.

Kinoshita Tojiro finally nodded and said, "Xiao Ichiro, our brothers may not be able to see each other in the future, but you will serve Lord Li Xiao faithfully in the future, do you understand?" ”

"Oh! I also asked my brother to take care of my mother. ”

After receiving his brother's consent, Koichiro Kinoshita, who knelt on the ground, couldn't help but burst into tears.

Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro looked at Li Xiao again, although he lost this time, he was not an emotional person, he clearly realized that it was too terrible for such a person to become an enemy, if it was better to become a friend.

Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro said: "Lord Li Xiao, I look forward to you and Xiao Yilang coming to Cheongju for a while, and I will definitely be waiting to greet you when the time comes." ”

Li Xiao laughed and said, "Of course, Li Xiao is very honored." ”