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Chapter 11 The first day as a red mother-in-law

"Oh oh oh!"

Xinhu slowly woke up amidst the chirping sounds. Next to him, Axia had already gotten up and started working for the day.

Today was his first day as Oda Nobunaga's maid, and he was still a little nervous and stressed.

Although this mother-in-law group is close to Oda Nobunaga, which has many benefits, it is also very stressful.

You must know that Oda Nobunaga is not a rule-abiding person, and the retainers left by Oda Nobhide do not like Oda Nobunaga's style of conduct.

For example, Oda Nobhide arranged four elders for Oda Nobunaga, namely Hirate Masahide, Hayashi Xiuzhen, Aoyama Nobumasa and Uchiten Shosuke.

Among them, Aoyama Nobumasa had been killed in the Battle of Kanakou, leaving three others.

Among the three, Hirate Masahide, as the elder of the writing family, although loyal to Oda Nobunaga, is very conservative and contrary to Oda Nobunaga's philosophy.

As for Lin Xiuzhen, she was not very loyal to Oda Nobunaga.

The remaining Naito Katsusuke has less prestige than the previous two, has average abilities, and is not of much use.

It was precisely because the retainers left by his father Nobhide were of no use that Oda Nobunaga chose to promote young people and train his own confidants.

As a confidant of Oda Nobunaga, he naturally became opponents of these veterans.

Nobuhu had already figured this out, so he decided to work hard and never stand out. He didn't want to be targeted by those veterans.

You must know that the ones who stand out first will die first, and the most important thing is to be promoted steadily.

Nobuhu, who had packed up, was wearing relatively new clothes, with a katana and a long wakizashi slung around his waist, and then put on his straw sandals to get ready for work.

Axia takes Jiro and Axiang Gong to send Xinhu out.

Compared to Nobutora, Mouri Shengqing doesn't have to go to work like Nobutora. His martial arts position is only useful when fighting. He does not have a position to handle family affairs, so when he is not fighting, he practices martial arts at home or goes hunting. Inspecting one's own fiefdom and so on.

Nobutora went to Oda Nobunaga's residence alone.

The distance between the two places is less than 500 meters, and it only takes a few minutes to walk.

Nobutora took out the token and handed it to the standing ashigaru guarding the gate of Honmaru Castle for inspection, and was immediately let into the Honmaru.

After entering the honmaru, he could see some warriors in a hurry. He also quickened his pace and entered Nobunaga's residence a quarter of an hour before going to work.

Maeda Inuchiyo had been waiting for him for a long time. As soon as he saw Nobutora, he quickly greeted him: "Nobutora, I'm here."

"Inuchiyo-sama."

Nobuhu quickly stepped forward and saluted.

Maeda Inuchiyo said immediately: "Let's go, the master of the house has been busy for a long time. You will stay with me later."

Nobuhu asked doubtfully: "Do we just need to stay with the master of the house?"

Maeda Inuchiyo thought for a while and replied: "Yes, that's what Mr. Nobunaga told me."

Nobutora asked no more questions, followed Maeda Inuchiyo into the residence hall, and started his first day of work.

Although Oda Nobunaga formed two major groups of women, black and red, the number was not large. According to the establishment, there were twenty people, but in fact there were only a handful of them.

In fact, there are only four members of the Akamai clan: Oda Echizenmori, Maeda Inuchiyo, Iio Naokiyo and Nobutora.

Nobutora followed Inuchiyo Maeda into the courtyard where the women's clothing was. On one side was the room where the black women's clothing rested, on the other side was the room of the red women's clothing, and in the middle was the room with the younger surname.

He followed Maeda Inuchiyo in, and a young samurai walked over.

"Yoshiyuki." Maeda Inuchiyo was the first to greet.

Sawaki Yoshiyuki returned the greeting: "Brother, what are you doing?"

Nobutora stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Sawaki, this is Nobutora Tsuda who was promoted by the master of the family yesterday to the Red Mother Cloth Clan."

"Ah, Lord Tsuda is here, I'm sorry."

Sawaki Yoshiyuki replied quickly.

This Sawaki Yoshiyuki is the younger brother of Maeda Inuchiyo. He was adopted by the Sawaki family, a retainer of the Oda family, from a young age, and then became the nickname of Oda Nobunaga.

After the two sides exchanged a few words, Sawaki Yoshiyuki left in a hurry.

Maeda Inuchiyo took Nobutora into the room where the Akamonos were resting, where Oda Echizen Mamoru and Iio Naokiyo were chatting.

This Iio Naokiyo is unusual. His father Iio Sadamune is a general under Oda Nobunaga who can lead an army alone.

As for Oda Echizen Mamoru, he is a relative of Nobunaga, and is closer to him than Tsuda Nobutora. However, his life was not good, and he was begged for it during Oda Nobunaga's war against Mino.

As a newcomer, Nobutora saw Oda Echizenmori and Iio Naokiyo and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Nobutora Tsuda, I would like to pay my respects to Echizenmori-sama and Iio-sama."

Oda Echizen said in a kind tone: "Master Tsuda, you don't have to be polite. Yesterday's battle was extremely dangerous. Our army was able to win mainly because of your strategy. I also saved my life."

Tsuda Nobutora didn't dare to be arrogant. He was the only one with no background among the people sitting here, so he didn't dare to offend anyone.

"Lord Echizen Mori, your words are serious. If you didn't hold back the main force of the Yamaguchi Army, how could I break through the enemy's flank with my little strategy? This battle is not the fault of the next person, but the entire Oda Army."

Oda Echizen Mamoru and Iio Naokiyo looked at each other and smiled. Iio Naokiyo said: "Tsuda-sama and Inuchiyo are different, you don't have to be cautious."

Maeda Inuchiyo said indifferently: "That's right, Nobutora, why do you talk like an old man?"

Nobuhu just smiled without retorting.

Oda Echizen Mamoru came to the rescue and said: "Inuchiyo, please don't be rude. Do you think everyone is like you, like a weirdo?"

"Humph."

Inuchiyo snorted softly and pouted his lips.

Iio Naoki looked at Nobutora and asked, "Tsuda-sama can think of a plan to defeat the enemy at that moment, assuming he has read the book on military strategy?"

In Japan, military strategy represents strategy, and the art of war, the art of weapons, refers to martial arts.

Xinhu said modestly: "I have read some military strategy books from the Ming Dynasty, but I only have a partial understanding of many of them."

"Then what is Tsuda-sama best at?"

Oda Echizen Mamoru asked curiously.

This moment made Nobutora hesitate a little. In fact, his martial arts were pretty good. He could at least point and shoot within ten meters, and his military skills were also passable. In yesterday's battle, he defeated the enemy general Arakawa Matazo in one attack.

However, he doesn't want to go to the battlefield. The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and accidents can happen at any time. Just like his former boss Arakawa Yujuro was shot to death by a stream of arrows through his visor, which was extremely unlucky.

Nobuhu felt that he had to focus on internal affairs that he was good at. Although his promotion was slow, he was better at being safe.

He then said: "I am very interested in arithmetic and have studied some on my own. I plan to buy some books on arithmetic and study it in the near future."

After hearing the words, Iio Shangqing brightened up and praised: "This is good. From now on, you can do the inspection or demarcation of the land at home."

Nobuhu thought about it, these two positions are really good. One is responsible for surveying land, and the other is responsible for taxation and finance. They are both positions that do not require going to the battlefield. It seems that he should work hard for these two positions.

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