"Boss, how much oil are you going to scrape that mark with this position? It's not okay if it's cheap. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" asked the third lieutenant colonel.

"Appoint him as the captain of the Ximen City Guard, and this appointment will charge him a thousand gold coins, and give him two hundred places, how about ten gold coins for each place?" The eldest lieutenant colonel laughed.

"Hey, looking at the way he looks, he must have agreed without saying a word. We can also tell him that the members of the city guard must be residents of the city, so that at least two hundred families can be satisfied. ”

The third lieutenant colonel clapped his hands and continued: "If the selection is based on force, maybe the personnel he chooses are all family members of our army, which is even better." ”

"Please, don't forget that we are going to requisition his war horses, those dozens of war horses are worth a lot of money from the boss, it's strange if he is willing!" The second reminded him.

"Well, that's true, do you think it's better to give him the entire city guard, or is it better to increase the number of places?" The Boss nodded.

"It's good to increase the number of places, and I don't feel at ease that all the city gates will be handed over to him." The third said.

"Well, then the quota of three hundred people, what do you think?" The boss asked, and all the officers present nodded. The entire wing headquarters is stationed in the city, and there is no fear of such a few people making trouble.

"This, how do we treat Zhao Hu?

"There are nearly four hundred of his war horses, and all of them are high-headed horses, plus he has to ask for sponsorship, the value of the payment is dozens of times more than that of Mark, if everyone doesn't get benefits, according to Zhao Hu's identity, they may not care about these, but only he doesn't get benefits, then how can he be angry, right?" The second lieutenant colonel suddenly reminded.

The eldest lieutenant colonel nodded: "Indeed, if you pay the price but don't get benefits, you can't say anything, how about just handing over the remaining three city gate guards to him?" There are 300 people in each guard, and there is more than one brigade, so it should be okay, right? ”

"What is the identity of the people? Let him be a gatekeeper? If he doesn't kick us out on the spot, he's magnanimous. The third pouted and said.

"What then? Increasing the number of places? How much is appropriate? But no matter how much it increases, it's the identity of the gatekeeper. The boss said distressedly.

The old colonel suddenly raised his head and said: "Don't be so sad, since Zhao Hu is in charge of secret tasks, he can simply hand over the messy establishment of the city guards, pickets, security teams, and tax teams to him, anyway, he needs the help of these departments to carry out secret tasks." ”

After speaking, the old colonel narrowed his eyes again and remained silent, and the officers immediately nodded in agreement.

"But except for the city guards, the other departments are not under military control, will it cause trouble for him? And the total number of places in these establishments is more than one wing. The second said hesitantly.

The boss slapped his thigh: "Give it to him, anyway, the quota for this establishment is occupied by our wing, after giving it to him, he will recruit people again, which can not only increase the income of the people, but also liberate the energy of our troops." As for the number of people, there is simply no limit. ”

"What? No way? Will something happen if there is no limit to the number of places? The second child asked nervously.

The boss waved his hand: "Do you think that we are here in the imperial capital, according to his identity, what if we give him 10,000 people?" Can he still use it to rebel? ”

"That's right, anyway, that guy has a noble status, this little problem is not a problem at all, and we don't have a county governor here, and all the civil officials in the county have run out, if it weren't for our team wearing multiple hats to maintain order, this Jin Wencheng would have been a long time gone. But we still have to hold the power of taxation. The third said.

"Don't be so optimistic, maybe Zhao Hu can't look down on our conditions at all." The second reminded him.

"It's also quite possible. Second, then this task will be handed over to you, and it depends on how much you can get him to sponsor. The boss laughed.

After patting his chest and promising to complete the task, the boss suddenly sighed and said, "It would be good if the county government below could fund us." ”

The third pouted and said: "Boss, although the public security of the county towns and towns below is the jurisdiction of our wing in name and de jure, but who called the public security environment in our Jin County is ridiculously good, and the mountains are full of bandits!" Originally, our Jinwen City was located in the central area of Jinwen County, but now, with the invasion of mountain bandits, it is already on the edge!

"Don't talk about the mountain towns occupied by the mountain bandits in front, the county towns in the back are not threatened by the mountain bandits due to their good geographical location, and they all belong to the territories that can be canonized, although there is no master, but they are all controlled by the clan, and we have no county governor to issue an administrative order.

"In that case, who would heed the request of our unit, who nominally rules over an entire county, but can only govern one city? So, don't dream, it's better to be self-reliant! ”

The boss also sighed: "Yes, people who don't know the details can't imagine that the county town west of our Jinwen County is only on the map or the territory of the empire, in fact, it doesn't belong to us for a long time, and those Shanyue people don't know how many generations they have bred there!"

"It's the people scattered in the mountains and forests near Jin Wencheng, how many of them are the subjects of the empire? More than eighty percent are Shanyue people! I don't know what the empire thinks, it reported these things more than ten years ago, why there is no sound so far. ”

Hearing the words of the eldest lieutenant colonel, the officers fell silent, and the old colonel also opened his eyes and quietly looked at the teacup in his hand.

They all knew very well in their hearts that if this Jinwen city was breached, it would mean that the empire had completely lost this Jinwen county.

In fact, the incident of mountain bandits attacking the city has happened once in the past ten years.

There is no need to worry about the safety of the city, but the attack of bandits outside the city is one in three days. With the rampant banditry in the mountains, the people scattered outside had no choice but to move to the city.

The people in the city can be said to be trapped here by the mountain bandits, because if there is no more than a squadron of soldiers to protect them, they will not be able to leave this county basin at all.

If it weren't for the captain of the wing, if they weren't born and raised here, they would have run away like those civil officials in the face of the situation that the county had almost been abandoned above.

It was always rumored outside that the co-captain had driven the county governor away, but in fact, the county governor knew the situation and was unwilling to bear the charge of losing his land, so he was transferred away. I don't know what's going on, but there are no new civilian officials in office, and if it weren't for the military spending sent every year, I'm afraid I really thought that I was abandoned by the empire.

It is really difficult for his own team to rely on meager taxes and less than 30% of the regular army's military expenses to defend this city for more than ten years.

Not to mention what the officers of the Fifth Wing were thinking, the second lieutenant colonel, taking advantage of the darkness, ran to the former county magistrate's mansion in a hurry.

Although the gate of the county governor's mansion has not been repaired, it is still so dilapidated, but there are already guards standing on both sides of the gate. As soon as he saw the dress of these two guards, the second lieutenant colonel knew that it was Zhao Hu and Mark who each sent one person.

"Well, this soldier, I want to see Major Mark." The second lieutenant colonel said to the guard, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, with a serious face.

"Yes, sir, please come with me." The soldier was very dissatisfied with the tone of the lieutenant colonel in front of him, but who called his own master a major, and the other party was a lieutenant colonel, and the person who could follow Mark out always had knowledge, so although he was annoyed in his heart, he had a respectful look on his face.

"Ah, welcome to the sir, it's really a disappointment, it's rude, it's rude, please take a seat." Although Mark couldn't understand what the lieutenant colonel was running to find him when it was almost dark, what was he doing here. But he still welcomed him warmly.

"If the chief has an order, just send someone to shout, why bother to come in person?" Mark was polite while serving tea himself.

The second lieutenant colonel waved his hand: "No need to be polite, I have something to say to you on behalf of all the commanders of the Fifth Wing Headquarters." ”

"Ah, yes, please command." Mark hurriedly told all his men to retreat. Now he was confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Seeing Mark's cautious appearance, the second lieutenant colonel changed his mind, and he was not subtle, and said directly: "In order to attract mountain bandits down the mountain, the wing headquarters hopes to requisition your war horse." ”

Mark immediately jumped up when he heard this, these war horses were hard to get by himself, and they actually wanted to be requisitioned? Is there any reason for this!

However, before Mark's words of protest were spoken, he was stopped by the second lieutenant colonel: "Our team department will not treat you badly, the position of captain of the Xicheng City Guard, 1,000 gold coins, 300 team members, 10 gold coins per person, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Ugh." Mark's eyes widened in surprise, he didn't expect that as soon as this lieutenant colonel opened his mouth, he would be such a naked trafficking in military power.

"You may think that this money is enough for you to move to other units, but I remind you that this team member is recruited and trained by yourself, as long as this team member is from the city, we promise to ignore the affairs of the city guard in peacetime, but in the event of war, you need to obey orders, and the city guard will be counted on you.

"As for the war horse, it's useless in this mountainous area, and you will be counted as a share of the meritorious service." After the second lieutenant colonel finished speaking, he crossed Erlang's legs and drank tea for a long time.

Mark's brain was spinning fast, what was going on? Didn't you say that the old man who was the captain of the wing was very old-fashioned? How is it possible to sell the formation of the city guard for money?

If that old man had such shrewdness, he would have become a fucking general, and he would have been a colonel in the local army for so long?

But if it weren't for the old man's instructions, this lieutenant colonel would not have had the power to appoint the chief officer of the city guard.

Ah, don't think about it, or think about whether you deserve it.