Of course, he wasn't exactly broke. He was now a junior retainer of Oda Nobunaga, and Oda Nobunaga was a super-rich third-generation heir. His income was actually pretty decent—an annual salary of twenty-five kan, plus an equivalent amount of rice as support. But this money and grain weren't just for himself. He had to fulfill military duties, follow Oda Nobunaga into battle, and the funds needed to go toward recruiting a few household retainers from the Lang Faction to assist him in battle. He also had to provide horses, armor, and weapons for himself and his retainers. You could say it was just barely enough.
Especially since he was young and tended to spend money a bit recklessly. He'd just bought a good horse, and not only had he almost used up all his own funds, he even borrowed some money from Sawaki Fujihachirō Ryōji—his own younger brother, who had been sent to the Sawake family as an adopted son. Right now his pockets were cleaner than his face.
