On June 9, the twelfth year of Astronomy, in Tsugawa Castle, the ninjas who had newly joined the Tsugawa family were all settled, and Jiro and Jiro's mother were also settled in the retainer Yashiki. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Inside the castle tower, Soharu Tsugawa summoned Taro Iwaki and Jiro.

For Jiro and Iwaki Taro, when they really arrived at Tsugawa Castle and met the legendary retainers of the Tsugawa family, their hanging hearts finally fell. After all, what happened in Yamashita Village before was still too incredible.

"Taro, Jiro, how are you feeling in Tsugawa Castle these two days?" Soji Tsugawa asked with a smile.

Iwaki Taro and Jiro hurriedly said, "Thank you, lord, we're fine." ”

"My lord, Tsugawa Castle is worthy of being the foundation of the family, and it is really rare to see such a scene when you look at the bustling castle town and the dense houses around it." Taro Iwaki said with emotion. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that Taro Iwaki and Jiro haven't seen much of the world...........

Soji Tsugawa smiled and said, "Okay, I called you here this time, and I was assigned your task." ”

"Taro, as the leader of the ninja of the family, the burden on your shoulders in the future is not small, in addition to finding out information from the outside world, you also need to be responsible for the daily safety of the family." Soji Tsugawa looked at Taro Iwaki and said.

Taro Iwaki immediately nodded and replied in the affirmative, "Ha! Your Majesty will definitely live up to the expectations of your lord! ”

"Hmm." Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "Although there are more than ten people now, the number is still a bit small, and you are more familiar with ninjas than I am." Next, in addition to inquiring about information, I will allow you the right to recruit other ninjas on your own, and when there is a suitable candidate, you can report to me. ”

"Hah!"

"As for your next work, here's how I arranged it." Tsugawa Soji said slowly, "At present, among the forces around the Minato family, although there should be nothing on the side of the Minato Anto family for the time being, it is indispensable to defend against people, and it has been attacked by the Minato Anto family once before, so the main family in Minato City needs to arrange a few ninjas to lurk in Minato City for a long time, and report it immediately if there is any trouble." ”

"Although the Hiyama Anto family and the main family have signed a truce agreement now, once the Hiyama Anto family really wants to go to war with Minato, the family will not sit idly by, so the Hiyama Anto family will also install ninjas in the Hiyama Castle."

"Other surrounding forces, such as the Nanbu family, the Onodera family, and the Spo family, also need to install ninjas, and in addition, the Takizawa family, the Yajima family, and the Epsom family, which are currently subordinate to the main family, will also send people to closely monitor the movements. These little wealthy families have just returned to their own family, and sometimes they can't be too relieved. ”

"How about Taro, do you have confidence?" Soji Tsugawa asked solemnly.

"Hah! Your Majesty will definitely complete the task! Taro Iwaki's young face revealed a confident look.

Soji Tsugawa nodded, casting an encouraging look, and then continued, "In addition, there are also a few ninjas left in Tsugawa Castle to be responsible for the daily patrol work, and of course everything needs to be done in secret. The ninjas who stay at Tsugawa Castle must be experienced ninjas, and you can go back and discuss them with your father. ”

"Yes!"

In fact, Tsugawa Soji wants to make it a metsuki, which can not only patrol the territory, monitor the retainers, but also exist as a "prison army" in wartime, but the number of ninjas in the Tsugawa family is still too small, and the retainers of the Tsugawa family are currently promoted by Tsugawa Soji, which can be regarded as knowing the roots, and loyalty can be guaranteed. Therefore, it is not necessary to monitor the project for the time being, and it will not be too late to do it when the time is ripe in the future.

After arranging Iwaki Taro and other ninjas, Tsugawa Soji turned his head to look at the restrained Jiro on the side, and said slowly, "Jiro, your archery skills are superb, for the time being, you will serve as my archery teacher, and usually guide my archery skills." In addition, when you have free time, you can teach the bow technique of the main family Ashigaru in the garrison ashigaru of Tsugawa Castle. ”

"Hah!" Jiro said excitedly.

"My lord, I've always wanted to be a samurai, and it was my lord's appreciation that gave me this opportunity, and Jiro is very grateful to my lord. However, Jiro doesn't have a surname yet, so how about thinking of a surname for Jiro? Jiro said with a look of hope.

Jiro, who was born as a farmer, saw that the retainers of the Tsugawa family all had Miao characters, but he didn't, so he wanted Tsugawa Soji to get one for himself as well.

After listening to Jiro's words, Soji Tsugawa thought about it and replied, "Okay! Since Jiro grew up in Yamashita Village, it is better to have the surname Yamashita. As for the general character, take my bias and rule it, and call it Yamashita Jiro Zhichang. ”

"Osamu Yamashita?" Jiro read out his name gently, and then bowed heavily to Tsugawa Soji, and said excitedly, "Thank you, my lord, Your Majesty will definitely not insult the name given by His Highness!" ”

"Excellent! You guys step back first, prepare according to what I said before, especially Taro, I need you to leave early, the current situation in the country is a little chaotic, you are now the eyes and ears of the family, please! Soharu Tsugawa said.

"Hah!"

Taro Iwaki and Osamu Yamashita left, and Soharu Tsugawa also returned home.

Yukihime and Xiaolan are not at home today, and the two of them meet to go to Higashiyamaji Temple outside the city to "pray for God and worship Buddha", and Tsugawa Soji arranges for Kenjiro Torima to take a squadron of Ashigaru to protect them. After the incident at Higashiyamaji Temple last time, Soji Tsugawa paid special attention to the defense of himself and his family. After all, if something similar really happened next time, Soharu Tsugawa couldn't guarantee that he would be as thrilled as the last time.

Tsugawa Soji, who returned home, saw that the empty home was a little boring, and Wonder Pill and Tsuruhime were also taken away by Yukihime and others, and there were only two maids left cleaning in the huge Tsugawa Yashiki.

Soji Tsugawa sat casually for a while, got up and walked out of the house again.

After calling the two famous flags, Tsugawa Soji decided to go for a stroll around the city.

After the last renovation, Tsugawa Castle has doubled in size compared to before, but to be honest, the current scale of Tsugawa Castle is not large. The size of Tsugawa Castle is smaller than Komatsuyama Castle and even Shimomurakan, which is similar to Hondo Castle and Rokugo Castle.

However, Tsugawa Castle has a castle town, so strictly calculated, Tsugawa Castle is incomparable to ordinary castles.

Walking along the roads of Tsugawa Castle, from time to time there are three or five Ashigaru members of the Tsugawa family saluting to Tsugawa Soji. There are no ordinary peasants in the castle, and the peasants are usually active outside the castle or in the castle town.

When Soji Tsugawa came to the retainers' quarters of Tsugawa Castle, there were already several rows of houses densely populated here. As the number of retainers of the Tsugawa family increased, the retainers' quarters in Tsugawa Castle continued to expand.

At this time, the city is very boring, and Tsugawa Castle Tsugawa Soji doesn't know how many times he has walked it, and the bored Tsugawa Soji suddenly turned around and walked towards the south of the city, just now Tsugawa Soji suddenly thought that although Yukihime and Xiaolan were gone, didn't there be a woman of his own in the south of the city?