$ Chapter 353 12. I Still See the Girl at the Beizheng Office

"Everything for Oda Danjo, everything for Oda Danjo."

"Everything for Oda Danjo, everything for Oda Danjo."

"Everything for Oda Danjo, everything for Oda Danjo."

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Matsudaira Ieyasu kept repeating Kobayata's perfunctory words. His expression changed from relaxed to solemn, and then relaxed again.

Kobayata was full of thoughts and kept silent. In the eyes of Matsudaira Ieyasu, his indifferent look made him look like he had a lot of tricks in his mind, and he planned and planned without any mistakes.

As if he had figured out the key points, Matsudaira Ieyasu smiled even more, stepped back a little, and actually bowed his head to Kobayata seriously to show his gratitude.

Kobayata saw people bowing their heads and then came back from the annoyance of missing Honda Masanobu. He immediately turned sideways and avoided Matsudaira Ieyasu's greeting.

"Don't do this, Lord Mikawa, don't do this!" "Every word of what Tanzheng taught me is precious, I will definitely remember it." Ieyasu bowed his head firmly and finished his greetings, then sat up and said to Koyata.

As he spoke, he raised the wine dish, took a wooden spoon and took a dish of wine from the wine pot, and brought it to Koyata.

Koyata also found that the generals of the Matsudaira clan in the room had already quieted down, and they were all in deep thought, without the cheerful atmosphere of drinking and having fun just now.

Taking the dish of wine poured by Matsudaira Ieyasu himself, Koyata drank it all.

"Thank you for the wine from Lord Mikawa." Koyata held the wine dish with both hands and returned it to Matsudaira Ieyasu.

At this moment, Matsudaira Ieyasu looked extremely happy, laughing and taking the wine dish, pouring a dish of wine on his own, and drinking it all.

The expressions of the Matsudaira generals were not as carefree as his. Some were obviously dissatisfied with this sentence, while some were indifferent and noncommittal. As for those who were full of joy and expectation, none of them were seen.

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This was purely a casual remark by Xiao Pingtai to perfunctorily deal with Matsudaira Ieyasu, but it completely responded to Matsudaira Ieyasu's political tasks and political stance at the moment.

Although he was born in the West Mikawa Province, which was completely against the Oda clan, he was a minister of Oda Nobunaga, and everything he did could only be for his lord, Oda Nobunaga.

At the same time, what he did must be able to benefit Oda Nobunaga, so seizing West Mikawa and becoming a barrier to Nobunaga's old nest Owari was the most in line with Oda Nobunaga's interests.

Xiao Pingtai's unintentional words completely pointed out the way for Matsudaira Ieyasu. Follow Oda Nobunaga's footsteps, accumulate strength, fight north and south, and wait for the future.

This not only made Matsudaira Ieyasu, who had fought in western Mikawa for the past two years but had gained nothing, feel relieved, but also gradually exposed the hostility between the anti-Nobunaga faction and the loyal Nobunaga faction in the Matsudaira clan's retainers.

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Well, after leaving Okazaki Castle, Kobayata was still very upset and immediately asked Nagasaka Nobumasa, who was familiar with the Honda clan. But Nagasaka Nobumasa didn't know anything and didn't know there was such a person.

Everyone knew that Honda Masanobu was of humble origin. Even later he became Ieyasu's strategist. Because of his low origin and late start, he only made 20,000 stones in the end. He was just a little more knowledgeable than a daimyo, which was really shabby.

And according to Kobayata's memory, he was not a direct retainer of the Matsudaira clan at all, but should be a subordinate. It was impossible to know whose infantry he was.

In addition, there were too many people with the surname Honda in Mikawa, at least dozens of them. Even if he knew the name, it would be useless. Unless he went door to door to look for it, he would never find it.

Kobayata didn't have the time or the ability to investigate. Anyone would be unhappy and even secretly suspicious if the Yamanouchi retainers went to the Matsudaira clan, which was a vassal of Oda, to do a census of retainers.

He could only ask Nagasaka Nobumasa to write a letter, saying that he was willing to use an annual salary of 50 kan to recruit him to serve the Yamanouchi clan. Then he entrusted him to slowly search among the countless Honda clan members in Nishi-Mikawa.

And the other little kids, Kobayata, didn't have the heart to search one by one. He was tired! Tired! Exhausted!

After lingering in Okazaki for three or four days, with Nabenosuke's slightly nostalgic eyes, Kobayata and his group set out on the road to Owari Komakiyama Castle again.

Crossed the Yabiki River, passed Kototo and Nakono, and then stayed in Kiyosu. Thousands of warrior foot soldiers and their families who were directly under Nobunaga moved to Komakiyama Castle with Nobunaga. The current lord of the castle is Hayashi Sado-no-kami Michikatsu, also known as Hayashi Hidetada.

After arriving in Kiyosu, the warriors sent by Matsudaira Ieyasu to escort Koyata also returned to Okazaki. At first, Koyata was quite curious whether these people would be some famous big men in the future, but after a conversation, he was disappointed. They were all unknown people. Even in the future, Mikawa Province, which will be famous for many generals and famous in the world, not everyone can stand out.

This reminded Koyata of the local son, Mizoguchi Kin'emon, whom he met when he first came to Owari many years ago. Koyata thought about it and thought that this person should be the future Mizoguchi Hidekatsu, the 100,000-koku daimyo of the Shinbata Domain in Kambara County, Echigo Province. In Owari, almost every village chief will be a famous person in the future.

This time we can go and reminisce about the past. It is said that Mizoguchi Hidekatsu is a kind and righteous man who cherishes old friendships. More friends mean more paths. Since we have a connection, we should keep it going.

The next day, Kodaira rushed to Nobunaga's new castle, Komakiyama Castle. After all, he had a horse. He left early in the morning and arrived at noon.

As the starting point for Nobunaga's attack on Mino Province, Komakiyama was newly built, but it was quite aggressive. The huge and continuous warehouses and the soldiers' houses gathered here are constantly contributing to Oda Nobunaga's road to war.

In theory, he should have gone to the town hall under the castle to report and wait for the message and Nobunaga's reception. However, Kobayata had many acquaintances in Owari, and at least he had met them once. He was too lazy to report, so he went to Fujikichiro's house to store his luggage and horses and have a hot meal.

He stopped a passerby and asked him where the house of Kinoshita Hideyoshi, the general and the governor of Sumo Castle, was. He got the answer immediately. Fujikichiro was already a middle-level or high-level samurai, and the big yard was easy to find.

But the person who opened the door was very surprising. It was a young woman he had never seen before. Although she was not the kind of stunning beauty, she was very attractive. And this woman did not know Kobayata at all, and had a face full of doubts.

But the other person who came out of the house was very familiar, Hideyoshi's mother, Ah Zhong. Kobayata called her Ah-mu naturally. When the old lady saw that it was Kobayata, she was very happy and hurried over to open the gate.

Two servants came out to lead the horses and luggage for Kobayata and his group. Fujikichiro's family has recovered. Ah Zhong now looks much younger than when they first met, which shows that life is not so hard.

"Ningning, this is Hiyoshi's good friend, the famous samurai of Shinano Yamanouchi family, Nishikoji Dansho-sama."