After saying goodbye to Niwa Nagahide and Gamo Kenhide, Katsuhisa returned to Kyoto with a group of retainers from the Niko, while Yokoyama Yoshitsu and the others were to return to Hino to rest first, and then they would go to Akutagawa on their own.

The number of people in Katsuhisa's party was also more than a dozen more than when he first came out; Kinosuke is always running behind Yoyoshi now, originally Katsuhisa wanted to find someone who entrusted Kinosuke to Kamo Kenhide, because he couldn't find time to find his family, but Kinosuke was unwilling to leave Katsuhisa, so he could only take him back to Kyoto first, anyway, there are still many children in Shinmiyaya, there are Konoe Mingxi and senior brother Katsumasa to teach, let Kinosuke go there to study first!

Hanbei Takenaka also took care of Oda Ryushin along the way, and he saw that Ryushin was uncomfortable and lonely, and the new environment still needed time for him to integrate; Fortunately, the half-soldier guard and Long Xin have met a few times, although they are not familiar with each other, but at least they know each other, which makes Long Xin naturally have a sense of closeness to the half-soldier; The half-guards also changed their previous habit of thinking alone when they were on the road, and guided Ryushin to talk to Kanosuke and the others.

At the front of the team are two people wearing mage headscarves, naturally Katsuhisa and Zen Sumibo, Katsuhisa still has short hair, so he simply continues to wear the headscarf of Tofukuji Temple; Zenjubo was also sent to Baekjeji Temple at a young age, and then went to Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei to practice; If you don't know it, these two people are followed by a large number of samurai, and it is not appropriate to be the Venerable Master of any sect.

Along the way, Katsuhisa and Shanzhufang also had a good conversation, perhaps because they were both young monks, and they all had interesting stories of mischief when they were young in the temple; Shanzhufang also said that if he can get ahead with Katsuhisa, then he will marry Firefly into the Sugitani family and pass through the affairs of Catjiang City; He no longer hides his love for Hotaru, who says that he will go back to Koga first to deal with the affairs of his family, and then go to Akutagawa to find him afterwards, which makes Zenjubo drool every day in his dreams.

Katsuhisa has been paying attention to the dark red iron cannon that Zenjubo carries on his back, which is also very different from the iron cannon used by Oda's family:

"Sugitani, where did your iron cannon come from? How do I feel different from the Oda family's Kunitome Cannon and Sakai Gun. ”

Shanzhufang nodded and smiled:

"This was originally an Awa iron cannon, but it was transformed by Heiji, in order to echo my shooting habits, Pingji deliberately lengthened the cannon body, plus the cross, and the projectile I used was also a lead bronze jade specially made by him."

"I see!"

Katsuhisa glanced back at the sloppy Pingji, and sure enough, people can't look good! I have to find a way not to let this guy run away, the iron cannon is a force that cannot be ignored on the battlefield, and I still think that it will be perfect when I can get the fixed ammunition and flintlock pistol.

Katsuhisa thought of something and asked Zenjubo:

"What do you think of the Oda Iron Artillery Brigade's technique?"

Sugitani thought for a moment and said:

"The firing speed is extremely fast, which is beyond the reach of other daimyo iron artillery teams; But the quickest I have seen is the Saga people, with whom I worked in the sixth year of Eiroku, and the four of them shared an iron cannon, but in a few breaths they could work together to complete the fire, and deal a torrential blow to the enemy. ”

Katsuhisa nodded, there are people outside the world, and people in this era can't be underestimated just because they are traversers.

【Kurakujima Sorakuya】

The owner of the Sorakuya is named Sagaruka Borya, who mainly deals in seafood and fish, but he is only in the transit business, because the upper family is one of the ten people of the Sakai Town United House Senshoyi; He was a very sleek man, and he also longed for the status of a samurai; He deliberately built a longhouse on the island of Ge for free for the ronin samurai who lived in a fixed place, today is the ronin tomorrow may be the guest of honor of any daimyo, as long as one person soars and thanks him, then it is impossible to say that his dream can come true.

No, as soon as he was about to go out for a walk, someone came to report that a large group of samurai on horseback had come here; He hurriedly tidied up his clothes and walked out with the people.

This group of samurai was none other than Katsuhisa and his party; Katsuhisa remembered what Asano Nagamasa said to him when he left Gifu halfway, Honda Masanobu is the old turtle's military advisor! If you can turn away, you can turn around first, so come directly to Ge Island first.

They stopped in front of the Soraku longhouse, and at this time, several people came out of it, and a middle-aged man with a big belly bowed respectfully to Katsuhisa and the others:

"In the lower Xiangle Fangliang, the master of this longhouse, please be among the adults, and there will be good wine and good food in the next place; It is a great pleasure for you to be here. ”

Katsuhisa listened to this person very good at talking, and he didn't say he wanted to go in! Just put on a posture, it's really a treacherous and cunning businessman!

"Excuse me, Your Excellency, in Shimono Katsuhisa, I heard that you have a lot of ronins here, so I'm here to take a look."

When Xiangle Fang Liang heard this, he quickly replied with a happy look on his face:

"My lord, please, I can introduce you first, I have Western samurai, Eastern samurai, and people who are proficient in military strategy and tea ceremony, but some people only accept employment and don't want to go out, I'm afraid I have to talk about it myself."

Katsuhisa was confused by Fang Liang's call, he was here to recruit samurai, how did he feel like he was here to buy something.

"No need, do you have a samurai named Honda Masanbu here?"

"This ......"

Katsuhisa looked at Xiangle Fang Liang with a strange expression, and asked suspiciously:

"Have you already left?"

"Not really."

Xiangle Fang Liang continued with some embarrassment:

"It shouldn't be a big problem if you just want to recruit other Mikawa samurai, but Honda-sama has already rejected a lot of people, and even Lord Murai Sadakatsu, the director of Kyoto, wanted to recruit him as a retainer at that time, but he couldn't."

"That's it! Let me meet them first! ”

"Your Excellency, please."

Then Katsuhisa took only a few people including Hanbei and Shikanosuke into the longhouse.

After learning that Katsuhisa had come to recruit retainers, many people in the longhouse hurriedly gathered around, and many even introduced themselves directly, and some began to show their strength by lifting the stone lock.

This scene made Ka Nosuke feel emotional, and he and other retainers of the Nizi family were just like these people before they met the lord? A samurai without a master is like a beggar; Although Kanosuke himself refused the generous offer given by Yoshikawa Motoharu.

"In Shimo-Naito Yaemon Kiyoyasu, Mikawa Uchito Kiyocho's second son, if the adults can give me the next chance, I will definitely prove to the adults that I am not inferior to others."

Hush!

There were several boos around, and some people even made mocking remarks:

"People who have lost their swords dare to be called samurai, haha, let's go back to farming!"

This sentence made Naito Kiyoyasu blushed and lowered his head, and Katsuhisa saw that his waist was empty, and as a samurai saber is life, it is no wonder that someone said this about him.

"Shut up!"

At this moment, a person behind Qingkang grabbed the neck of the person who had just mocked and roared:

"No matter how noisy it is, believe it or not, I cut you?"

"Long Tail...... Put ......"

The man was obviously afraid of the tall samurai, and he was choked by the neck and begged for mercy with fear in his eyes.

Xiangle Fang Liang looked at this chaotic appearance, and hurriedly said:

"Everyone be quiet, wait a minute, I will arrange for everyone to show the art of war (martial arts), Lord Long Tail Weijing, please let go first."

Xiangle Fang Liang has spoken, and the long tail is not a sight to be faced, after all, those who eat other people's homes, not to mention that this Shengjiu and these people are also watching! So he pushed the man away, and then Weijing found that Qingkang had run to the corner and lowered his head dejectedly, and he didn't care if the adult looked down on him, so he went over to comfort Qingkang first.

All this was seen by Shengjiu, in this era, there are many people with strong martial arts, but only those who are affectionate and righteous are worthy of trust.

At this time, it is not a way for Katsujiu to see so many people surrounding him, first find the person he wants, and then say, others can choose one or two from the preferential afterwards.

Katsuhisa asked Sagara Masanobu where Honda was, and he sent someone to find it and was told that he had gone out on errands, but his personal belongings were still there, and he should come back later, so Katsuhisa decided to meet the other Mikawa samurai first.

So he asked Fang Liang to invite the Sanhe warriors to the room for a private chat, and specially instructed him to say please.

Katsuhisa and the others waited in the room for a while, only to see five samurai walking in under the leadership of Fang Liang, among them was Naito Kiyoyasu just now, but he walked at the end with his head down, and seemed reluctant to appear in front of Katsuhisa again.

Katsuhisa found out that there was no ronin named Nagao Mikei among them, wasn't that guy from Mikawa? Long Tail ...... It can't be a Hokuriku samurai!

Katsuhisa didn't think much about it anymore, and bowed his head to everyone to introduce himself:

"Under the command of His Royal Highness Shimooda Danmasa Tadanobu, Shiro Katsuhisa, a descendant of Daini Akutagawa Castle, thank you for your willingness to come and meet you."

"Oh!"

Katsuhisa deliberately brought out the Oda family, who called the name of the current generation of the Oda family in Kyoto! If you want to say that you are the Izumo Niko family to find the Maori family desperately, and others will turn around and leave, who will joke with their own lives.

"In Shimokato Sama Assistant Teacher Ming, see His Highness."

"In Shimo-Natsume Jiro Saemon Nagashin, I will participate in His Highness."

"In the lower bee house and half of the Cheng Zhenji, see His Royal Highness Katsuhisa."

"In Shimosakaura Shiro Uemon solemnity, see Your Highness."

"Under ...... Naito Yaemon Kiyoyasu, see His Royal Highness. ”

Just as Katsuhisa nodded with satisfaction and was about to speak, an immature unison voice spoke:

"See His Highness in the sixth grandson ......"

When Katsuhisa looked at it, it turned out to be a cute child about five or six years old, learning to speak to adults at the door.

At this time, Kato Kyoaki hurriedly bowed to Katsuhisa and said:

"It's rude, this is the sixth son of the dog, please forgive your Highness."

"It doesn't matter! In the future, he may also be an amazing samurai. ”

Kato Kyoaki saw this adult like this, and he was relieved.

At this time, Katsujiu didn't talk much nonsense, and said directly to everyone:

"I was entrusted by the Oda Dan Main Hall to guard the Akutagawa area, but there are still people in Settsu who are rebelling against the Oda family, so I want to recruit competent retainers, and I learned from my friend Asano Nagamasa that you are here, so I came to ask you to help me."

"So it was Asano-sama who said that!"

"I can't wait."

Kato Kyoaki actually had a plan to become a leader, because he was the only one who dragged his family with him, and occasionally accepting other people's employment was not a long-term solution, he originally wanted to return to Mikawa, but was rejected by the Tokugawa family, maybe this young adult is also a good choice, but I don't know about it......

"If you are willing to go out of the Nizi family, I am willing to give you an annual salary of 60 Guan Wen, I hope you will not dislike it."

Since Katsujiu currently has no territory and can't give them the land of Zhixing, he settles the way of giving money, and then talks about it when he has his own territory in the future, and he always has to eliminate some people;

It is worth mentioning that at present, the old ministers of the nuns have no money, not because they have forgotten, but because they can't afford it at all; With Katsuhisa's current strength, the number of samurai is seriously overnumbered, and it is entirely supported by the expectations and loyalty of the former ministers of the Niko family for the revival of the Niko family.

"We are willing to be loyal to Your Highness and fight for the revitalization of the Nizi family."

Kato Kyoaki thought very clearly, he was not a wealthy family in Mikawa, and he used to have a lot of miscellaneous things in the Tokugawa family that didn't add up much money all year round, but now the situation is stronger than people, and he still has a family to support, which is better than eating a meal like this without a meal; Besides, the young highness also seemed to be more talkative.

Katsuhisa noticed that Naito Kiyoyasu at the back was lying on the enemy and did not speak for a long time, and Shikanosuke asked Kiyoyasu with a somewhat unhappy face at this time:

"Where's your saber? What kind of samurai is if you don't have a sword? ”

Qingyasu was also a little embarrassed at this time, and Kato Kyoaki sighed at this time and explained:

"His saber was to save his life, but his brother, who was only ten years old at the time, fell ill and could not afford the expensive medical expenses, and the people saw that the ronin avoided him, and no one was willing to help, so he sold the sword to the monastery in exchange for copper coins, but his brother still did not save his life."

Shikanosuke was silent after hearing this, and did not speak again, but in his opinion, this was not a reason, but he also expressed his understanding of saving his life at a critical moment; This in itself is a contradiction, the samurai have the pride and dignity of the samurai, but after all, the samurai are also human beings.

At this time, everyone could hear the sobbing sound of Kiyoyasu lying on the ground, and Katsuhisa walked over and pulled out his Tofukuji saber and put it in front of Kiyoyasu:

"I hope you can pick yourself up again, and don't forget that you told me that you are not inferior to others."

"Your Highness......"

Kiyoyasu Naito slammed his head on the floor with emotion:

"From now on, I am willing to die for His Highness, and I will never turn my back on eternal life and eternity!"

Katsuhisa patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, this knife was received at Tofukuji Temple, and it also accompanied Katsuhisa for many days, and the Sozo left text given by Nobunaga was placed in the sword box and looked at by Hachiro carefully!

"Which monastery did you sell your knife to?"

"Tofukuji Temple!"

“……………”