A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 118 Compassionate Bailing
Although Maeda Keiji seemed slightly rude, Asai Nagamasa didn't care at all, because this was the real Maeda Keiji.

"Haha, Keiji, you must work hard, because my progress may be faster than you imagine!"

Maeda Keiji did not look back, but shook his fist vigorously, as if to express his determination.

Asai Nagamasa didn't look at him anymore, but turned to the little Ninja who was silently watching from the beginning to the end: "So, Ningning, do you have anything to say to me?"

"Hehe, of course there is, look at my Ning Ning Ning Technique!"

With a scolding sound, Asai Nagamasa saw a light yellow bird-shaped spirit body with a small and delicate crest flash over Ning Ning's body, and then a clear chirp sounded in his ears.

Although he had already guessed in his mind, Asai Nagamasa still couldn't hide his surprise when he actually saw this scene.

He looked at the little kunoichi who held her head high and looked very proud: "Ning Ning, is this a crested lark?"

In addition to the clear and sweet sound and extremely graceful flying posture, the most notable feature of larks is that most of them have exquisite feather crests. However, not only has Asai Nagamasa never seen a lark with such exquisite feathers, but also in the inheritance of Abe Seimei. Relevant records.

Moreover, the appearance of the lark just now was too delicate, so he could only try to guess the closest answer.

"Wrong!" The little kunoichi shook her finger proudly, "This is Ning Ning's partner, the compassionate lark!"

"Mercy Lark?"

Asai Nagamasa chewed on this word. This is a completely unfamiliar word. Even Abe Seimei did not leave any records related to it, and it is not easy to judge the ability it possesses from the literal meaning.

Compassion and the like usually describe mothers, right? The ability of this benevolent lark cannot be that of being kind-hearted and good at taking care of children, right?

But there is no point in studying these now. Since the little kunoichi can catch up with him in such a short period of time with a bow, it has already explained her intentions, and there will be many opportunities to ask clearly in the future.

"Okay, Ning Ning, I know how powerful you are, but I'm still a little confused, why?"

"First," Ning Ning raised a finger, "I want to thank Lord Nagamasa for saving my adoptive father and adopted brother Nagamasa in the battle just now."

Speaking of this, Ning Ning blinked slyly, feeling that she had taken advantage.

Looking at the little kunoichi who was still there triumphantly, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. Although he killed the rat demon without blinking an eye, when he was a ninja, he came and went without a trace, which made him subconsciously ignore it many times. The other party's age.

But in fact, she is just a teenage girl after all, even slightly younger than herself. She should be about the same age as Ah Shi, right?

"Your younger brother is also named Nagamasa? Then is your adoptive father the female warrior who just followed His Highness Nobunaga, or is he the samurai guarding there with Lord Takigawa Ichimasu?"

He saw too many warriors in Qingzhou City today. Just by name and surname, there were at least 50 warriors recorded in history. There were also quite a few who were saved by him from Sanmu Bamen, so For a moment, he didn't know who Ning Ning was talking about.

"My adopted father's name is Asano Nagakatsu. He has worked for the Oda family for 17 years. He currently holds the position of leader of the Ashigaru-gumi, with a salary of thirty koku. As for my naughty foster brother, his name is Maeno Nagakichi, and his salary is twelve koku. "

The little kunoichi chuckled and answered Asai Nagamasa's question: "He has always wanted to change his name to Nagamasa. After what happened today, his idea will probably become more ingrained."

Among well-known warriors, worshiping the name of a strong man has always been regarded as a kind of honor, and even a single word is regarded as an honor.

Master Asai Nagamasa showed off his extraordinary power here today. His idiot brother will probably change his name with great joy. Anyway, he has already had that idea!

The little kunoichi is only a teenager, and his brother will soon be even younger. Such a young samurai should not be seen too often.
Asai Nagamasa tried hard to remember, and then he quickly remembered that, just as the little kunoichi said, he did once control the paper man to rescue two people fighting side by side from three-eyed attacks. The samurai, the little samurai among them was probably twelve or thirteen years old, and he didn't even have a hair on his chin. He must be the little kunoichi's brother.

Let’s not talk about Maeno Nagayoshi’s twelve stones. Although his salary is a bit low, after all, he is so young and cannot exert much power. Moreover, in other families, the most junior samurai is given five stones and six stones. not fresh.

It's just that Asano Nagakatsu has become the ashigaru-gumi leader and has served the Oda family for so many years, but his salary is still only thirty koku. Doesn't it mean that the Oda family's salary is slightly higher than that of other families?
Or is it that the little kunoichi and his adoptive father are actually not popular in the Oda family?
So Asai Nagamasa asked this question directly. The little kunoichi grew up in Owari and is a ninja. There is definitely no answer to this kind of question.

As expected, the little kunoichi quickly raised her cheeks and answered his doubts angrily: "It's not because of those horse warriors and mother warriors, Oda Nobunaga spent most of Owari's funds on not working at all. It’s on them.”

"It is said that each Mahui disciple spends more than [-] guan of money every year, especially the mother-clothes disciples, who spend more than [-] guan each. It is really too wasteful."

However, Asai Nagamasa looked solemn: "Professional samurai who are completely out of work? Ningning, do you know how many of them there are?"

The little kunoichi gave Asai Nagamasa a strange look. She didn't know why he was suddenly so nervous about this issue, but she still answered obediently: "It is said that there are about [-] women in red clothes and [-] in black clothes. , and there are thirty horse warriors as substitutes."

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but be a little surprised at the other party's generosity: "From this point of view, Nobunaga spends more than 5000 dollars on them every year. This is a considerable amount of consumption."

The little kunoichi wrinkled her nose: "Hmph, if he didn't waste all this money, my adoptive father wouldn't have to be careful with money all day long, and I would even have to go out to support the family at a young age."

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but nod secretly. She was indeed qualified to complain. She had already heard Maeda Keiji say that the subsidizing the family she said was actually to kill those bandits and thieves and then seize their belongings.

In order to survive, you had to kill people at a young age. This was the troubled times of the Warring States Period.
However, from this matter alone, it can be seen that Oda Nobunaga's ambition is not small. Although there are only 70 people in total, Asai Nagamasa dare not underestimate it at all.

Perhaps in the Empire of Cathay, the number of casualties of scouts and spies from both sides before a large-scale battle was more than this, but in Nibon, where the army is still overwhelmingly composed of farmers, the charge of seventy professional warriors will definitely It is not surprising that they can easily defeat ten times the number of ashigaru.

Do you want to return to Xiaodani City in advance, seize the family business, and then train a group of such elite warriors?
This thought arose in Asai Nagamasa's mind and could no longer be eliminated.

However, after a brief thought, he gave up the idea temporarily, not only because he did not want to waste the plan, but also because there was an exception: the monster.

No matter how costly and well-trained they are, their resistance is like moths to a flame when faced with all kinds of eyes.

Although he couldn't calculate it carefully, the number of samurai who died at the hands of Sanmu Hamen was at least two digits, but he didn't know how many of Oda Nobunaga's horsemen were dead.

The strength of the samurai is naturally indispensable, but if they are strong enough, maybe they will become auxiliary instead of the main force of the war.

The most urgent task is to continue traveling, continue to search for monsters, continue to fight, and continue to strengthen one's own strength until one has sufficient ability to protect himself.

After figuring this out, Asai Nagamasa no longer struggled with this issue, and he waved his hand at the little girl who still had a bulging face. "Ningning, if you can get your younger brother to give up on changing his name, I can decide to give him another salary in Beijinjiang."

Although he was only a little samurai in his early ten years, even if it was just to tie up this little kunoichi, it was worth paying a small price.

"Give me another one? How much is it?" The little kunoichi suddenly looked very greedy for money.

Asai Nagamasa said casually: "Then sixty koku. This is the salary for the ashigaru head of my family."

Although the land of the Asai family is poor, the current daimyo Asai Hisamasa is really not stingy when it comes to the salary of many retainers.

Normally, the salary of other great masters of the Ashigaru-gumi ranges from thirty to fifty koku, but Asai Hisamasa doubled the minimum amount, and the salary for the higher-ups such as the Ashigaru generals is also the same. It's also higher than others.

Of course, if he was a little stingy, many samurai might not work so hard in the fight against the Rokkaku family.

Originally, the head of the family had no military strategy at all, and he didn't provide enough food, so it was a fool who went all out!
The little kunoichi rolled her eyes and felt that this deal was worth doing. Although accepting the salary from the other party meant that she would transfer to the Asai family, according to Oda Nobunaga's current attitude towards her adoptive father, even if they serve for another 17 years, they will not be able to do it. You may not be able to get such a high salary.

"Okay, then Ning Ning will agree on behalf of my idiot brother, but how much salary should Ning Ning have?"

The little kunoichi showed her greedy look again.

"Haha," Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but laugh at this time, "How about Ning Ning finish the second reason first?"

As for why the little kunoichi had an adopted father, Asai Nagamasa didn't ask for the time being. In the chaotic Warring States period, this kind of thing was too common, and there was no need for him to mention the little kunoichi's sad story.

"The second one is naturally recommended by Brother Duan Zang. He said you are a good person!"

"Brother Danzo? Is it Kato Danzo?"

It was only then that Asai Nagamasa suddenly realized, no wonder he felt that when he saw the little Ninja for the first time, he felt that the other party was not hostile to him at all, but seemed to be full of curiosity, presumably Kato Danzo had some good words for him, right?
Although that guy looked very cold, he was actually kind and kind, and it was not in vain that he reminded him to pay attention to his words and deeds.

The little kunoichi nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, yes, Brother Danzo said that maybe you don't have much power now, but you will definitely become very powerful in the future. The sooner I follow you, the more I will gain in the future."

At the end of the sentence, the little kunoichi couldn't help but narrow her eyes, looking full of longing.

Asai Nagamasa suddenly laughed. Kato Danzo's vision was right, but unfortunately he refused to join him. However, the little kunoichi was not bad either, and the future was promising. At least he didn't feel anything from Kato Danzo. The breath of the guardian spirit.

"Okay, Ning Ning has already given her reasons, so how much salary should Ning Ning have?" The little ninja brought up the old matter again, looking like she was asking for details.

"Haha, if Ning Ning is willing to serve me, at least it must be at the level of an Ashigaru General or even a Shishang General. I will give you 500 shi first."

Generally speaking, the lowest-ranking samurai's annual salary does not exceed thirty koku, which means they can barely make ends meet. The ashigaru-gumi earns roughly thirty to fifty koku, which means they have a little more money, while the Ashigaru generals have one hundred to two koku. Bai Shi can already live a pretty good life.

As for the generals who are higher up, they often have their own small town, and it is easy to harvest thousands of stones a year.

However, this is only a rough classification, and it will vary depending on the stinginess of each daimyo and the wealth of the local area.

But no matter what, the 500 dan promised by Asai Nagamasa is very, very generous.

The little girl squinted her eyes when she heard the words, and her whole face was filled with joy.

"Really? If that's the case, then my salary is much higher than Uncle Hanzo~"

"Hanzo?" Asai Nagamasa raised his eyebrows and had some assumptions in his mind.

The little kunoichi is a ninja, and most of her friends have the same profession, also known as Hanzo. That is most likely Hattori Hanzo who is loyal to the Matsudaira family at the moment.

Speaking of which, Mikawa of the Matsudaira family is right next to Owari of the Oda family. Although the two sides are currently in a state of hostility, with the power of the two ninjas, it is extremely easy to make contact.

It's just that he really didn't expect that, even though it's only such a small one, the little girl's friendship is really extensive enough.

"Ning Ning, if you can recruit more outstanding ninjas for me, or simply help me train a ninja army, I will never treat you badly."

Although the Asai family also had some ninjas as guardians for the daimyo, under the sniper attacks of the Koka ninjas who were loyal to the Rokkaku family, they were just three or two kittens and were of no use at all.

"Really?" The little kunoichi became even more excited when she heard this, but then after thinking about it carefully, she became a little frustrated again.

"But Ning Ning thought about it and realized that the ninjas Ning Ning knows have either served in other families, or they hold high positions among ninjas, and it is almost impossible to change their jobs."

The little kunoichi rolled her eyes: "Okay, I can find a chance to ask Uncle Hanzo. After all, he is a ninja from Iga~"

Asai Nagamasa chuckled, and thoroughly confirmed the identity of the uncle that the ninja said. He was born in Iga, and his name was Hanzo. ?
"Okay, Ningning, Axiu, follow me forward. One day, my name, Asai Nagamasa, will be resounding throughout the troubled times!"

At the same time, in the Suruga area further east of the Oda family, the mysterious man Guo Xinji, holding a Zen staff and walking towards the Hojo family, suddenly stopped and turned his head to look in the direction of Qingzhou Castle.

"Haha, was Sanmu Bamen killed? I didn't expect that big fool Owari to be able to break my spell. It seems I underestimated him before."

"However, that Oda Nobuyuki is really a greedy person who is afraid of death, and he didn't use the token I gave him, otherwise his blood and soul, plus the spirit stone and soul core I specially prepared, must have You can also summon some pretty good monsters.”

But then he sneered, turned around and moved on: "Unfortunately, it doesn't make any difference to me whether that idiot Oda Nobuyuki wins or you, the big fool Owari, wins."

"Because all this world needs is blood and death, anger and hatred!"

(End of this chapter)