Four hundred and sixtieth eight chapters recruitment
Oda Nobunaga also seemed to feel that he had gone too far. He said to Du Fei with some regret: "I don't know why my temper has become more and more violent recently. Sometimes I feel that I can't control myself."
"Your Highness, I just remembered that the blood-drinking magic knife I gave you seems to make people lose their mind. You should be careful and never use it again." After saying that, Du Fei related some of his visions when using Muramasa.
Ten Ten told Oda Nobunaga, and he said worriedly: "These famous swords seem to have their own life and personality. We must pay attention to it! I always want to remind you, never bring that sword with you.
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"What are you talking about?" Oda Nobunaga looked at Du Fei with a strange look, as if he was disgusted: "What are you talking about? This knife has saved my life many times!"
Du Fei saw a red light flash in his eyes! He opened his mouth wide and couldn't say a word, but he knew in his heart that Oda Nobunaga's sanity had begun to be eroded by that magic knife!
Just as he lowered his head and thought about how to decipher the influence of the magic sword on Oda Nobunaga, the red light in Oda Nobunaga's eyes suddenly disappeared. His demeanor returned to normal, and he seemed very tired at this time: "I feel
I should invite Tokugawa Ieyasu to come to the banquet and take this opportunity to apologize to him. Although it is for the benefit of him and the alliance, I will think about it. It is really cruel to Ieyasu."
Seeing that he had returned to normal, Du Fei was about to persuade him a few words, but then Oda Nobunaga yawned loudly: "I don't know why I suddenly feel very tired. I have to take a rest. Sorry."
Looking at the departing figure of Oda Nobunaga, Du Fei grabbed the monkey who was passing by and said, "His Majesty Oda, something has been wrong recently, haven't you noticed?"
But the monkey waved his sleeves disapprovingly: "Master, I don't know what you are talking about. Hasn't His Highness Oda always been like this? I won't tell you anymore. I have to lead the troops to attack Matsunaga Hide. Hehe, we can finally get rid of that annoying guy."
Come on! This is my first time to attack a city alone and I must not screw it up! Farewell!"
After saying that, Kinoshita Tokichiro hurried away with his chest twitching and his short body swaying. Only Du Fei, who was helpless, could not help but sigh.
"No, I have to find a way." Du Fei was talking to himself, when Mitsuhide Akechi, an important minister of the Oda family, suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Mitsuhide! Why are you here?" Although Du Fei didn't have a good impression of Akechi Mitsuhide and thought he was a bit too arrogant, he still admired Akechi Mitsuhide's talent and ability.
"I don't know why my lord suddenly came for me but I couldn't see him." Mitsuhide Akechi, who had just lost his mother, seemed very depressed at this time.
At this moment, Oda Nobunaga's favorite servant, Mori Ranmaru, came down from Nobunaga's residence on the upper level of the castle tower, and said to Akechi Mitsuhide in a high-spirited manner: "My lord has an order! We will entertain Tokugoku the next day.
His Highness Kawa Ieyasu is visiting the new main city of Azuchi Castle, and he has been designated to be received by His Highness Akechi Mitsuhide!"
"It turns out that I was asked to receive His Highness Tokugawa." Akechi Mitsuhide seemed to have some faint displeasure on his face.
"Don't think too much!" Du Fei saw his angry look and said quickly: "His Royal Highness Oda Nobunaga must think that you are meticulous in handling things, so he feels more at ease with you. It is no small matter to entertain His Highness Tokugawa this time!"
After that, he told Akechi Mitsuhide the whole story and told him: "For some reason, Oda Nobunaga has been in a bad mood recently. You must treat him well and don't provoke him."
"Thank you for your kind reminder." Akechi Mitsuhide still looked arrogant: "Mitsuhide can still do such a small thing."
Du Fei nodded and left for the Four Kingdoms worriedly.
Although he has not returned to Shikoku for many days, due to the very reasonable policies formulated by Du Fei, in addition to cutting some of the heavy taxes on farmers, he also adopted many policies to encourage more wasteland reclamation, declaring that anyone who reclaims wasteland will immediately own it.
Ownership and only half rent.
On the other hand, under the careful management of Toshihide Kamou, the business in Du Fei's territory has become more and more prosperous day by day. Commercial towns of all sizes have begun to spring up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and the circulation of goods in the territory has been very smooth.
, famous products from various places can also be quickly circulated and sold, thus further stimulating productivity.
The number of soldiers in Du Fei's territory doubled during the time he went out to fight. His actual military strength was not much worse than that of the majestic Oda Nobunaga, but Du Fei looked at the majestic army and felt something in his heart.
Disappointment: A thousand armies are easy to gain but a general is hard to find! Although I have Kohata, Kai Mununun, Oda Shikatsu and others under my command, they still pale in comparison to Oda Nobunaga’s large retainer group, and even
Even his father-in-law's retainers can't compare.
This is also the reason why Du Fei has always felt that he has insufficient confidence. Even if he has thousands of troops, it is in vain if he does not have powerful generals like Akechi Mitsuhide, Shibata Katsuie, or even Monkey who can lead the troops alone.
He has experienced enough the feeling of having to do things by himself. It's not that Obata, Kai and others are not good enough, but that these few people alone cannot control such a large army.
At this time, a piece of news from the ninjas immediately caught Du Fei's attention: the Nanbu family of the Northeastern Mutsu Kingdom was destroyed by the Date family, a new powerful force in the Rikuzen Kingdom. All the territories were captured, and the family governor Nanbu Harumasa was defeated and committed seppuku.
His retainers were in exile.
Good opportunity! The Nanfang family has many talents that Du Fei admires. Among them, his favorite is Oura Nobu. It is said that that guy only led nearly a hundred people to guard the isolated city and did not come to Fangcheng for nearly half a year. In the end, he ran out of food and grass in the city.
He was forced to surrender, and after being released by the Date family, it is said that he lived in seclusion in his hometown in Oriku.
Du Fei took advantage of this short truce period and came to Olu Country. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he only brought Xiaobata and a dozen top-notch ninjas with him.
But when the small boat they were sitting in landed at the port of Oulu, they saw many children wandering on the beach, as if they were looking for something.
"What are they looking for?" Du Fei asked the boatman curiously.
The boatman was an old man in his sixties. He glanced at Du Fei indifferently, sighed and said, "Those are the children from the nearby fishing village who probably don't have enough to eat and come here to pick up some dead fish and rotten shrimps to eat."
Du Fei suddenly felt uncomfortable after hearing this. Suddenly, among the children who were picking up dead fish and rotten shrimps, he found a young man about twenty years old with a disheveled face.
"It's really worthless!" The fisherman looked at the young man and said angrily: "Such a strong young man doesn't look for a legitimate livelihood, but like these children, he lives by picking up dead fish and shrimps all day long! How pitiful!
insect!"
"Old man, by the sound of it, are you a local?" Du Fei looked at the passenger ship they boarded in Shikoku in surprise, wondering why the ship from Olu country had to travel so far to Shikoku to solicit passengers.
"I was going to Shikoku to visit relatives, and I felt that traveling on an empty trip would be a waste of time, so I picked up a few guests by the way, haha." The old boatman was quite cheerful and spoke without any hesitation. You know, engaging in the passenger ship business in other areas is
Taxes have to be paid in both directions.
"Old man, are you saying in such a big way that you are not afraid of being taxed again in the four countries?" Du Fei joked with him.
But I saw the old boatman lowering his head and arching his eyebrows: "I will never go there again. I went to Shikoku this time just to attend the funeral of my last old sister in Shikoku. I no longer have my family in Shikoku."
I have no reason to go back anymore.”
Du Fei didn't expect that he would inadvertently touch the sadness of others, so he turned his head to look at the young man on the shore who was picking up dead fish and shrimps to satisfy his hunger with the children, pointed at him and asked: "He has been
Is this the case for everyone? His family?"
"Hmph! Who knows his background! When he first came here, he seemed to be wearing very luxurious clothes, but later he sold them to buy things to satisfy his hunger! He seemed to be a young master in the past, but I don't know why the family declined and he became
The young man in trouble! It seems that he has been pampered since he was a child, and he doesn't know how to do anything." The old boatman seemed to have lost interest in this topic. He smiled and said to Du Fei and others: "Everyone, we are already here."
Du Fei and others got off the boat. At this time, Xiaobata said to Du Fei: "This place is now the territory of the Date family. The enemy is unknown, so be careful!"
Du Fei looked at the down-and-out young man with great interest. He seemed to see himself when he was young, when his house was ransacked for no apparent reason, and everyone in his family was executed.
Although he was rescued by his father's disciple Big Snake, at that time he had the strength to bind a chicken. Facing his father-killing enemy, he really felt the power of "Young Qing Shi".
At this moment, seven or eight men dressed as hooligans suddenly came to the beach. The leader was a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. At first glance, he looked like a scoundrel.
I saw this group of people swaying one step at a time. The thin man who looked like a leader suddenly stopped when he saw the young man picking up dead fish to eat. He couldn't help but kick him!
"Damn it! You picked up food on the territory of uncle Yokogi Keiji and didn't kneel down when you saw him! You're looking for death! Beat me!" Then five or six of his men behind him swarmed up like vicious dogs! In an instant, they attacked the young man.
Surrounded by people!
"And you guys!" At this time, the thin man and one of his largest subordinates swayed left and right to get in front of Du Fei, but were stopped by a large group of ninjas disguised as businessmen behind Du Fei: "
Who is he? If you don’t want to die, just stay away!"
"Haha!" The thin man smiled disapprovingly: "Are they coming in groups? That's useless!" After saying that, he whistled! The men who had originally surrounded the young man and wanted to beat him immediately abandoned the young man.
, surrounded Du Fei and his ninjas, and at some point there was a dagger in his hand!
"You are so cowardly!" The thin man said with an air of arrogance: "Didn't you know that this is my territory, Yokogi Keiji? Do you dare to openly oppose me? Leave 10% of your money quickly! Otherwise, I'll make you look good!"
Yokogaki Keiji saw that there were many people in Du Fei's group, and he was afraid that he was a powerful businessman, so he did not dare to do anything too extreme. Because according to his experience, these big businessmen often have famous names or the protection of the king and city lord. If
If you offend them too much and file a small report, you will probably face a team of officers and soldiers!
Du Fei smiled, a smile that made Keiji Yokogi cringe. He could tell that Du Fei didn't take him seriously at all. This was the situation he was most afraid of encountering, which showed that the other party was not a little bit stronger than him.
As a gangster who has been around the market for a long time, Yokogaki Keiji has certainly mastered the ability to observe people's emotions. But it would be too shameful to surrender and lead people away at this time.
Just when he was in a dilemma, suddenly one of his men behind him screamed! He was actually kicked and flew high into the air!
I saw that the young man who was kicked by him just now had the dead fish he had just picked up in his mouth, and actually ate it raw! The beast-like young man's eyes seemed like a shark looking for prey, and he asked seriously: "Just now