Chapter Twenty-Four: Old Qiao's Thoughts

Soon, another plenary session was held.

Qin Cang, Qin Chuan, Qiao Su, Baoyin, Qiao Antai, and Qiao Cheng sat down at the table again.

"I think we might have been fooled by that bastard monk, and we're not the only ones alive in this area." Qin Cang asked people to drag those corpses out.

The corpse was clearly in the shape of a Greek, and the clothes were tattered, but they were not thinly wrapped, and the good materials were the silk sold by the Venetians, and the bad ones were simply rags.

This group is less like a farmer than a horse thief.

"There are thieves nearby...... Qiao Cheng was startled! He's still planning his dream, but a thief has found something nearby? And even touched the city!

"Looks like it's time to renovate the walls!" Qin Chuan said worriedly.

It was also discussed whether the city wall should be repaired or not. The final conclusion, of course, was based on what the slain monk Amesian had said, and that the neighborhood had become very scarce due to years of war and neglect by the Genoese. So why bother to repair the walls? The current issceless high walls are almost there. But now, there are horse bandits sneaking in at night?

"That's right, the walls need to be repaired! At the very least, if the stone wall can't be repaired, the rammed earth wall will do! Joan Tai immediately followed nervously to speak!

Qiao Antai is Mr. Taiping in the township, and he immediately panicked when he saw such a situation! A few days ago, when the lustful barbarians at sea sneaked over, Qiao Antai was so frightened that he shook into chaff at home! If it weren't for the fact that his wife still had some knowledge and persuaded Mr. Taiping, Qiao Antai was afraid that he would have escaped from Chizhou City immediately.

As an obvious pacifist, Joanne was the first to approve of the idea of repairing the city walls!

Repairing the city walls?

Qiao Cheng immediately stood up and objected!

"What kind of walls to build? We Chizhou grass creation, waste to be revived! I have just defeated the Semu barbarians, and now that the fields need people, and the production team is tending to the crops every day, how can we pull out the precious people to repair the city walls? Weeding and pesticide are important, and it is necessary to consolidate the ridges and drive birds every day! Longshang is windy and sandy, and it needs to be windproof every day....... In short, the production team can't get people! ”

Qiao Cheng seems to have forgotten that only the first production team of the nine production teams is controlled by his nephew. Now it is quite eye-catching in this venue.

Qin Cang knew what Qiao Cheng was worried about. He was afraid that Qin Cang would take away the people from the production team and poach the production team under him!

Qiao Su wanted to be closer to Qin Cang than Qiao Cheng, so Qiao Cheng's changes in the past two months Qin Cang also learned a little from Qiao Su. Qiao Cheng contacted the captains of the other five Qiao's production teams one after another, and his words and deeds were quite arrogant.

To put it simply, Qiao Cheng still did not give up the idea of usurping the throne.

However, Qiao Cheng didn't want to think about it, in this kind of place where Tatars were everywhere, without Qin Cang and the Qin clan, they could get mixed up? It took two generations for the Qin clan to barely gain a foothold in the Tatar group, and Qiao Cheng was too young.

The Genoese are, to put it bluntly, a group of merchants. There are so many places for businessmen to bargain. And the Tatars are different.

The Tatars are nomadic people, and for the Han tribe sleeping soundly under the couch, if the leader is a person who has made a name for himself in the nearby Tatar tribe, such as Qin Cang, then the Crimean Khan Haji Gelai does not necessarily use a knife against it, because in a sense, Qin Cang is his own person. And for Qiao Cheng, who has never heard of it and has a different living habits from the Tatars?

Long dead.

Qin Cang didn't know what was going on with the Chabala of the Ka Catalogue. But he must have been looking for his tracks in the steppes with his sons by now.

Glancing at Qiao Cheng coldly, Qin Cang knew it.

It's time to get ready to get rid of this old thing. Joan Tai has already leaked the bottom, he is just a teacher, a timid man of letters, such a person is not to worry. And Qiao Cheng is different, this is a scheming old bone, old but not stiff.

It's for the old to die too.

Of course, Qiao Cheng felt Qin Cang's gaze. But he was looking forward to such a gaze.

If Qin Cang pulled Qin's three production teams away, wouldn't there be only Qiao's left in the production team? In this way, Qiao Cheng is more handy.

"Why don't you leave that for later?" Qiao Cheng saw that Qin Cang had not spoken, and said with some pride.

"No!"

Qin Cang got up suddenly.

"I asked a man who was well versed in military affairs to give us a reference. Mr. Green! Qin Cang smiled and let Ham Green, who was in the side hall, walk in.

He was accompanied by Urels, who knew Italian and Greek.

"Your Majesty!" As soon as they entered, the Swiss Ham Green and the Greek Urrels took off their hats and bowed as standard.

This kind of communication is very frustrating. Ham Green spoke to Uriels in Italian, and Urrels explained it to Qin Cang and Qiao Su in Greek, and then Qin Cang and Qiao Su explained it to everyone.

"You saw it too. This is the nearby Greek centaurs. Do you think we should renovate the walls of Chizhou? I need a fair opinion. Also, how to be wary of this group of horse bandits? Qin Cang had actually talked to Ham beforehand, but now he needed Ham to do a role similar to Tuo to bluff Qiao Cheng.

"......." Uriels translated on his behalf.

Ham, like a man of great morality, immediately began to think seriously.

In fact, the Swiss mercenaries are not unruly and perform their contracts like honest people. Ham has led the team for many years and has long been familiar with the various unspoken rules of Italy. He has long been handy for being a liar. However, this kind of behavior usually occurs when the employer is deceived into extending the contract, or when the enemy is intimidated.

A large part of the difference in the honesty of the mercenaries is reflected in the wealth and poverty of their origins. Of course, a mercenary from a poor ravine in Switzerland would not betray him, because the price offered by his employer was already very high for him. And for a locally born Italian-born mercenary who grew up fooling around in the market, the price offered by the employer is of course very common, so the betrayal seems less against the heart.

There is always a price for betrayal, and as long as the bidder pays a satisfactory price, the person who is known for his loyalty will choose to betray.

"Repair the walls of Chizhou? That's not a problem. Instead, we will not only repair the walls, but also build outposts on the mountains, mines, farmlands, and pastures! We can repair the walls of Kerch with scrap and dirt from the mines. It would be nice if there were only 500 workers and a few hundred more women to transport it. It can be fixed in a few months! If it's a focus on repairing a few places, it's even faster! And you can send cavalry to chase down those horse bandits! That's not a problem! ”

A passage from Ham Green stunned Qiao Cheng.

How is it so simple to get into your mouth?