Next to him, Kinoshita Koichiro quickly pulled his clothes: "Brother, please pay attention to your etiquette!"
Fujiyoshiro quickly wiped Chang's drool: "Excuse me, who is this?"
"Oh, this is my niece, Ning Ning. She is Ikeda Tsuneyu's goddaughter." Niwa Nagahide turned to her and said, "I am discussing something with Mr. Kinoshita, you go down first."
Tokichiro stared at Ning Ning tightly with his eyes, making Ning Ning feel a little embarrassed, so he took three steps and took two steps at the same time.
"Kinoshita-kun! What? Have you fallen in love with our Ningning?" Niwa Nagahide said with a smile: "To be honest, I am also worried about this matter. His father asked me to find him a young and promising person.
I want a samurai to be my husband. Now I’m embarrassing Kinoshita-kun again! You don’t seem to have a wife yet?”
"Yes!" Tokichiro nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Excellency Niwa! I fell in love with Miss Ningning at first sight! Please tell me how to facilitate this marriage!"
When he was about to stand up and leave, he suddenly leaned into Niwa Nagahide's ear and said: "Niwa-dono! You must keep a distance from Lin Xiuzhen these days! Never! Don't tell others, I'm leaving!" Then Tokichiro, who was extremely happy, took his leave.
Koichiro is gone.
"Who is that annoying man, uncle?" Ning Ning walked out from behind the screen and said with a disgusted expression, "I have never seen such an ugly man before and it disgusts me to death."
"When you look at a man, you can't just look at his appearance. You have to know that when I was young, uncle and I were just as ugly. Didn't I become famous in the end and marry a woman as beautiful as your aunt?" Niwa Nagahide said with a gentle smile: "This young man is very talented.
Those who have potential just haven’t had the chance yet.”
"I don't want to marry such a person! Not even to death!" Ning Ning pouted and said, "I heard that the Oda family has a samurai named Maeda Toshiie? It is said that he is very energetic and comes from a famous family.
I heard he is also very skilled in martial arts! If I want to marry, I will marry that kind of person!"
"But the Maeda Toshi family has a wife. It is said that she is also good-looking, and her name is Matsuko? You should listen to your uncle and try to date this young man. Your uncle will not be wrong about the person. Maybe a few years later, the Maeda Toshi family will only
"How can I be a subordinate of Tokichiro?" Niwa Nagahide seemed to be persuading Ning Ning, and seemed to be mumbling to himself.
Tokichiro returned to his samurai house. After a long period of struggle, he finally had his own samurai house and gathered a large number of smart and capable retainers through various means. Seeing him coming back, the retainers hurriedly gathered together and asked
: "How is it? Your Majesty? Does His Highness Niwa agree?"
On the contrary, Tokichiro said in a low voice with a frown on his face: "I agree, that's all I agree with."
"You guys go down first, I will talk to His Highness alone." Takenaka Hanbei, Kinoshita Tokichiro's chief retainer, could see what Tokichiro was thinking.
After all the retainers had left, Tokichiro looked around and whispered to him: "I saw a very beautiful woman named Ning Ning at Niwa's house. I fell in love with him at first sight! Although I have entrusted Mr. Niwa to propose marriage for me, my
I still have no idea about Hanbei at all! You have the most clever ideas, come up with some ideas for me!"
Takenaka Hanbei was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "I'm really not good at this kind of fighting thing, this kind of woman thing."
"Hey, let's wait for news from His Highness Niwa Nagahide."
A few days later, Maeda Toshi's house.
After finishing the sumptuous breakfast cooked by his wife, Maeda Toshiie was in a very good mood and rode towards the city while humming a song.
Today is the day when Oda Nobunaga summons his ministers, and he must not be late.
He had just walked to the forest road on the outskirts of the city when he saw several people tearing at each other in front of him, and a beautiful young woman shouted for help!
Maeda Toshiie, who has always been nosy, immediately stepped forward and beat the heads-covered gangsters with a few blows, and they fled!
"Girl, are you okay?" Maeda Toshiie asked casually. Seeing that the woman and her maid were not injured, he jumped on the horse again.
"Samurai-sama! At least leave me a name," the pretty woman who was rescued shouted loudly.
"My name is Maeda Toshiie!" Maeda Toshiie didn't know how much trouble his words brought to him.
When he arrived at the meeting in the city, he saw a livid-faced Tokichiro. He greeted him as usual, but Tokichiro glared at him with squinting eyes! Then he turned his head to the side.
"It's strange that this guy is usually docile and acts like a lazy dog. What happened today?" Maeda Toshiie was full of doubts and sat there with his head down.
At this time, Oda Nobunaga, who was full of joy, walked out of the inner hall with a sudden stride. When he saw the ministers saluting him one after another, he waved his hands impatiently: "Don't waste time! I have good news to tell you.
!Due to the recent expansion of our Oda family’s territory and remarkable achievements, I have decided to promote a group of people with outstanding military exploits!”
"Oh? Really?" All the retainers of the Oda family were talking happily. Those retainers with military exploits all had smiles on their faces. They knew in their hearts that Oda Nobunaga would definitely promote those with outstanding military exploits first.
of military commanders.
"Shibata Katsuie! You have fought with me for many years! You have saved my life many times on the battlefield! You have been the boss for many years, don't you want to change places?" Oda Nobunaga showed a gentle smile on his face,
This smile hadn't appeared on his face for a long time.
Shibata Katsuie was trembling with excitement! He knew what Oda Nobunaga’s subtext was! He had been working towards that goal for many years!
"I will entrust the Asakura family's Kitanojo Castle to you! You must manage it well and try to turn one city into two cities for me!" Oda Nobunaga handed over the letter of appointment and knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes.
In the hands of Katsuie Shibata.
Shibata Katsuie was very excited after being enthroned. He finally got what he had dreamed of. For many years, he had been worried that he did not support Oda Nobunaga when he established the heir to the Oda family. Although he was later forgiven by Oda Nobunaga, he
He always thought that he would never be promoted again in this life, but he didn't expect that Oda Nobunaga ignored his past grudges and still awarded him a title based on his military merits!
Oda Nobunaga immediately said: "Maeda Toshiie, Sasaki Narimasa, you will also be promoted to a higher level! As Shibata's subordinates, you will also go to Tonosho Castle together! Haha, don't be disappointed, this is just the beginning of what I am going to do this time.
There are a lot of people”
Maeda Toshiie and Sasaki Narimasa had a close personal relationship. Seeing that they and their friends had been promoted together, they looked at each other excitedly. However, neither of them noticed that Tokichiro in the corner glanced at them with a very hidden movement, and gently
The ground snorted.
At this time, Oda Nobunaga continued: "Akechi Mitsuhide is a retainer who defected from the Asakura family. Although he has not been here for a long time, I appreciate his excellent mediating ability and talent! I decided to promote him to the family elder! This is also for everyone.
A kind of expression from all the talented people in the world: As long as you come to me, no matter which daimyo you are, whether you are a retainer or a subordinate of my enemy, I will treat you equally!"
I saw Akechi Mitsuhide just nodded slightly, not too excited, it seemed that everything was taken for granted.
Oda Nobunaga seemed a little annoyed when he saw his arrogant look, but out of love for talents, he suppressed his anger and remained silent.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense. At this time, Kinoshita Tokichiro, who was sitting in the corner, had a slight smile on his face.