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Chapter 49 Recruiting retainers
It's not enough for a person to have only courage. He must have a strength to be competitive enough.

Nobuhu must know the talents of these five people in order to make good use of them.

The first ones to be tested were the Yamauchi brothers. They were born in the Yamauchi family of Kuroda Castle in Owari Kami four counties. Their uncle was the old man of the Iwakura Oda family, Yamauchi Tajima Mori Toyo. Moritoyo's son was named Yamauchi Kazutoyo. Yamauchi Kazutoyo was their son. 's cousin.

The two were depressed at home, so they ran away from Iwakura Oda's house and came to Nobutora to look for opportunities.

One of the brothers is good at spearmanship, and the other is good at archery.

Yamauchi Nozen's spear skills were superb, and Nobutora personally competed with him, but he was knocked off the spear after only five moves.

Nobutora immediately said: "My martial arts skills are good, you will be my spear-wielding samurai from now on."

"what!"

Norizen Yamauchi roared, feeling extremely excited.

Seeing that his brother passed the test, Yamauchi Toshiki immediately showed off his archery skills. He hit the fixed target thirty meters away with ten shots out of ten, and the arrows hit red. He can be said to be a good archer.

Nobutora was overjoyed and immediately recruited Yamauchi Toshikatsu as his retainer. Later he could teach him the iron cannon. When he became a daimyo and could lead the army independently, he would not have to worry about the iron cannon general.

Then Iitomi Nobumasa came out and applied for the assessment. Iitomi Nobumasa was born in a wealthy family in Kaiguo, and his wife was the daughter of Yukitaka Sanada.

With his background, he had a bright future, but not long ago, Takeda Harunobu, the leader of Kai Kingdom, defeated Shinano's guardian Ogasawara Nagatoki and Northern Shinano daimyo Murakami Yoshikiyo, and the unification of Shinano was just around the corner.

However, Nagao Kagetora, the leader of the Echigo Kingdom, responded to Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara Nagatoki's request for help and sent troops to Northern Shinano to start a war with Takeda Harunobu. The first Battle of Kawanakajima broke out.

Nagao Kagetora's offensive was fierce, and the city where Iitomi Nobumasa was stationed was captured. He only escaped with his own life. The other castle defenders captured by the Nagao family died in battle, so Iitomi Nobumasa was punished.

Many people in his family insulted him. Unable to bear the humiliation, Nobumasa Itomi ran away to Owari. He happened to hear about Nobutora's incident and decided to try his luck.

Nobumasa Iitomi had superb riding skills and knew how to train and command cavalry. Nobutora immediately hired him without strict assessment.

This is the pure Takeda Akabi Cavalry art of war, and Iitomi Nobumasa was a former Akabi Cavalry general. It is natural to retain such talents.

He also comforted Iitomi Nobumasa and said: "Although I can only give you an annual salary of forty-five guan for the time being, these are only temporary. When my annual salary increases, your annual salary will also increase."

Iitomi Nobumasa quickly thanked Nobutora. He had sold all his horses on the way to Owari. Now he didn't worry about the salary. It would be nice to have a place to eat.

When Mito Nobutaka and Yamazaki Haramori saw that the previous three brothers had been hired, they felt a little more hopeful.

Yamazaki Haramori immediately said: "Master Tsuda, although I am not very powerful in martial arts, I am good at arithmetic."

"Oh?"

When Nobuhu heard this, he knew that he was good at arithmetic and could be in charge of logistics during the war, and could help him deal with financial and other issues at home.

He immediately tested Yamazaki Haramori's math ability. It has reached the junior high school level, which is enough. When the time comes, he and his younger brother Noburyu will be allowed to study mathematics together. If he reaches the high school level, he will be a top talent.

Nobuhu looked at the last one and asked, "What talents do you have?"

Mito Nobutaka's talent is mediocre. He only comes from a small wealthy family in Owari, so he is naturally not as good as the previous four. However, Mito Nobutaka has one advantage, and that is that he can run fast.

Although his other talents are relatively mediocre, running fast is also an advantage, but his treatment is not as good as the previous four.

According to talent and importance, Iitomi Nobumasa's annual salary is forty-five gen, Yamauchi Nozen and Yamauchi Toshikatsu's annual salary is thirty-gen, Yamazaki Haramori's annual salary is twenty-five gen, and Mito Nobutaka's annual salary is twenty-gen.

The five retainers have an annual salary of 150 kan, which is just enough to share the annual salary given to him by Oda Nobunaga.

However, Xinhu still has the income from the fiefdom, so there is not much financial pressure. It is just that he is not as wealthy as before. However, he is not worried. When the war breaks out and he leads the iron artillery team to make meritorious deeds, he will definitely get another increase in salary. By then, he will not have to live a hard life.

He didn't need to think too much for the time being. He accepted five retainers today, so he would naturally have to celebrate.

Xinhu returned home with Xinlong and five retainers. As soon as he arrived home, he shouted: "Axia, prepare a meal. I want to entertain the newly acquired retainers."

Axia was cleaning the floor at home. When she heard Xinhu's voice, she quickly stood up to greet her. The five retainers immediately saluted and said, "I would like to pay my respects to Mrs. Axia."

Axia quickly returned the gift and said to Xinhu: "I'll go get ready right now."

It is naturally not enough for Axia to prepare meals for seven people by herself. Fortunately, there is a cook at home, and Axiang can also help. It is much faster for three women to cook.

Axia also ran to the warehouse and took out several jars of wine, divided into several small bottles, and then brought them to the hall and distributed them to Xinhu and others.

Then the cook brought some dishes to go with the wine and laid them out.

Nobuhu poured himself a glass of wine and raised it: "You all have become my retainers. This is also our fate. Come on, have a drink. I wish you a bright future with me in the future!"

"I wish the master of the family a long and prosperous martial arts career!"

Iitomi Nobumasa and the other five people immediately complimented Nobutora.

"Hahaha, don't be polite, everyone, eat the food and eat the food!"

Nobuhu waved his hand and chatted and laughed with the retainers.

Although there are five more people in the house, there is enough room in the house to accommodate them.

After all, the Tsuda family is a branch of the Oda family, and Oda Nobuhide is very kind and generous to his relatives. Therefore, the Tsuda family's mansion is a five-story mansion, and it is not a problem to accommodate fifty people.

……

The news of Nobutora's recruitment of retainers spread quickly, and Oda Nobunaga also knew about it. When he learned that the salary of Nobutora's five retainers was 150 kuen, he smiled and said, "I don't need to spur him on now. He has to make some achievements himself.”

Ikeda Hengxing smiled and said: "It's so courageous to accept five retainers at once. There are no details from other countries in this, right?"

Oda Nobunaga replied: "Among the five people, one is from a wealthy Kaifan family, two brothers are the nephews of the old Yamauchi Tajimamoru of the Iwakura-don family, and the other two are from local wealthy families."

Ikeda Hengxing was a little worried and said: "Then the Yamauchi brothers are not Shosaku, right?"

"Don't worry, let's see again."

Oda Nobunaga was very calm.

At this time, Yoshiyuki Sawaki hurriedly walked in and said: "Master, please report urgently from the south!"

"explain."

"It's the Mizuno family asking for help. The Mizuno family reported that an army of thousands of people from the Imagawa family has crossed the Kagawa River and is building a wall in the village west of the fork of the river!"

This Mizuno family was the natal family of Tokugawa Ieyasu's mother, and it was his uncle Mizuno Nobumoto who asked for help.

Oda Nobunaga immediately took a look at the map, slapped the floor angrily and said: "Imagawa Yoshimoto is ruthless enough to build a stronghold in Muraki. If we take over the Teramoto Castle to the west of Muraki, the Mizuno family will be completely cut off from the Furuno Castle! "

"Go and inquire immediately about Muraki's situation. I want to know the deployment of the Imagawa army!"

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