Now Cliffor's puzzlement is why Governor Taylor told himself about it, he didn't hear a little wind outside, which is enough to show that the matter has not been made public so far, and now Taylor told himself alone, and there is probably only one reason: let himself replace Hogg.

Collieford's heart was beating wildly, obviously excited, although he is now traveling among the big people, it looks very beautiful, but he knows in his own heart, in fact, this fart is not counted, the staff is the consultant in the end, the consultant is to ask if he can take care of it, and if he can't take care of it, he will not ask, in order to let Taylor take care of himself at all times, this time can be described as racking his brains, digging out his mind, thinking all day long about how to please Taylor, if he can govern the party, especially as a chief official of the financial and tax land, it will not be the same day, In that way, he will become a person with capital, although the capital is not large, but in terms of status, it will be much more important than his current self, after all, the people in this world are very realistic.

The virtuous of man is like a mouse, in his own ears. He has always kept this wise saying of the sages in his heart, not to mention, he still has a system task, if he unlocks the shuttle weaving technology, and adds the resources of a county he has mastered, wouldn't he be able to raise more soldiers and do more things?

Holding back the excitement in his heart, Clifford bowed to Taylor, and comforted him with a solemn face: "Teacher, don't be too angry, don't be angry. I think Hogg was just confused for a moment, and fell for the villain's tricks. He is also very regretful now, feeling that he has failed the teacher's teachings. ”

At this time, you must not say anything about how to govern Heihe County, which will make Taylor feel that he is eager to replace Hogg and will be despised by Taylor.

Taylor glanced at Cliffor, there was nothing unusual in his eyes, sighed lightly, and said, "Okay, let's stop here today." I'm also tired and need to rest. Hurry up with that errand of yours. ”

Clifford bowed again, said a few kind words, and bowed out. On the way home, he couldn't hide his excitement, he knew very well in his heart that the suppression of bandits was only the first step for Taylor to gain a foothold in the three northern counties, just as Collie Fu analyzed to him, the suppression of bandits was just to make quick achievements, to block the mouths of those who were jealous of him in the court, and by the way, to stabilize the place and ensure the local economic development.

However, it is not that as soon as the bandits are cleared, Governor Taylor can sit back and relax, this is only the first step of the long march, without bandits, there are foreign powers against him, in order to deal with them, it is necessary to expand the army, and to expand the military must increase taxes, and the local wealth is controlled by those wealthy families, and the collection of taxes will definitely touch their interests, so they will be counterattacked by them, if they are not careful, they will end up in Hogg's end.

Taylor probably also understood this, none of the local wealthy families were fuel-efficient lamps, one was more ruthless than the other, one was more slippery than the other, if you want to suppress them, it is not possible to send a benevolent person like Hogg, you must send someone who is more ruthless than them, more cunning than them, this person is naturally Lord Earl Ben.

Collie laughed out loud when he thought about it, and in the carriage, Liana, who was in charge of serving him all the way, saw him like this, and thought that he had fallen into an evil spirit, so she hurriedly pulled his sleeve and asked softly, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

"No, nothing." Collie came back to his senses, patted her delicate little hand, and said with a smile. He knew very well in his heart that whether he could replace Hogg or not depended on the battle of the bandits, and this battle must be a good one, so that Taylor could see his ability, and those who despised him all shut their mouths.

Coolford, who is still familiar with history, knows very well in his heart, if he wants to get out of this chaotic world, it is useless to have an army alone, there is no territory with an army, then his army is a group of people called flowers, everywhere he is under the fence, begging for food with others, and then looking at people's faces, if you want to feed a huge army, it is not enough to run a few fields by yourself, you must occupy a certain territory, and there is an army and a territory, in order to be regarded as a qualified warlord, in order to achieve a real rise.

Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, and Yuan Shikai are all in this way.

After returning home, he asked Sophia about the recruitment, and knew that they had almost done the work, Coliford was very pleased, and it was good for his subordinates to do their best, which made him feel at ease, so he took Sophia's little hand and said with a smile: "Great, Sophia, you have done me a great favor." To-morrow you will go and gather the new army, and I will lecture them. ”

"Where, sir. It's our job to do things for you, but don't say anything like that, we can't afford it. Sophia lowered her head, pursed her lips and smiled, obviously she was very happy to get the praise of her master, Clifford.

The next day, Clifford ordered his men to call all the 500 newly recruited men, and since this time it was with Taylor's permission, there was no need to sneak around in Olivia's farm, and they went directly to the square and began to lecture. Collie knew in his heart that these people he recruited were all honest farmers or miners, and there was not a single person in the market, and it would not be of much use to lecture such people, and to tell a bunch of big truths and high-sounding words, because they didn't understand at all, and it was better to tell the truth to honest people, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Listen! From this day on, you are the soldiers recruited by the Earl, and the silver is distributed by the Earl, whether it is windy or rainy, or you are sitting on your sleeves, you will have one silver dollar a day. However, you must remember that Earl Ben's money is not taken for nothing, and Earl Ben has no other requirements, but I just hope that you can occasionally go into battle to kill one or two enemies, if you refuse to kill the enemy, then what is the use of Earl Ben raising you?! ”

"Therefore, from today onwards, you must practice martial arts and formations hard to prepare for the needs of killing the enemy in the future. I hope you can understand that practicing martial arts is not the official thing you promised me, but your skill in killing the enemy to save your life, if you kill the enemy with high martial arts, you can receive a reward, and if you are not good at martial arts, not only can you not receive the reward, but you will also be killed by the enemy. Therefore, those who are lazy and refuse to practice martial arts are not smart people, they are all fools who don't want to die! ”