<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/41/bf/78/41bf78845e6fcfbf2130bf953e22f131.jpg)</div><strong>Takeda Gunba (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274532.msg13496842#msg13496842)</strong><br/><strong>Gunba</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">Clan Order</span>: Declare building for Forge<br/><span class="bbc_u">Action 1</span>: Recruit bandits, 10 total (-10 rice/iron) and transfer them under command of Hifuki<br/><span class="bbc_u">Roll</span>: (no need, automatic amount based on bureaucracy x2)<br/><span class="bbc_u">Action 2</span>: Initiate negotiations and unit transfer of 10 units to Aka Ka clan (Emiko and Chie both will be raising troops for this transfer)<br/><span class="bbc_u">Roll</span>: (will be done at meeting in RP thread)<br/><em>Growth:</em>+1 Warfare<br/><hr/><br/>Takeda sees since kidnap incident involving his general things are heating up indeed, the territory where he can expand shrinks and it's matter of time before any future expansion will demand invading other clan territories. But Yunar Exiles hold his retainer in hostage and block him advancing any further north. So he has to make some tremendous maneuvering to counter his circumstances. His war academy has been tremendous success; interest to attend it has come across from multiple clans, even Krai Folk. It had drawn overwhelming number of students, who then thanks subtle propaganda, join Takeda's army flags in enmass and he can more than provide for them.<br/><br/>But there are less savory students and dungeons and cells across his territories hold criminals, albeit not directly under his command but he depends on bandits to do harassment work for him and by chance eliminate other clan threats if they happen stalk and strike right moment on battle. But like him their numbers got crumbled in last year blood river valley incident and unlike him they do not have influence nor infrastructure to recover. They would had been very easy pickings to eliminate but he is man of honor; the bandits could had killed his general so he respects deal he made with them. Disgusting as at the time it felt. So he massively writes letters of pardon to several criminals, entire jails, with caveat; they join bandit group in blood river valley. If they divert or go anywhere else, they will be executed. So enmass numerous criminals of all sorts caliber suddenly flag and fill bandits with numbers not ever seen before; literally turning entire providence inhabited by unwanted, exiles, criminals and the like. Kingdom of the outlaws living inside Gunba clan territory and Gunba gain basic rice and taxes in return to be left alone otherwise from law enforcers. Word quickly spread and this even further escalated the recruitment under Hifuki.<br/><br/>Without doubt word of this will spread, Takeda will likely labelled as corrupt, bastard or coward from not eliminating bandits. But the keen bureaucrats in all clans will realize that Takeda may had done perhaps most brilliant move in Shindo history; instead having widespread bandit problems in his territory he centralize them all together to single location and gives them under command of someone whom he trusts to hold basic bargain; be left alone from bandit attacks altogether. So thus eliminate all crime and raiding in his own territories altogether and escalate problems elsewhere on other clan territories. Turning a potential unrest and problem into a weapon, perhaps chaotic and unpredictable weapon, but still a weapon against his rivals.