Almost all of the mercenary groups were gearing up to show off their skills at the auction, and he knew that the price of muskets would inevitably reach a new high as soon as the army set out, so he did his best to raise funds to ensure that he could apply for the first batch of "privateer licenses".

Seeing that those mercenaries were almost crazy, Liu Hong's excitement was not to mention, "Great, looking at the current posture, I will definitely be able to make a lot of money at the beginning of the auction." ”

It stands to reason that Liu Hong is now the absolute number one local tyrant in the world, in charge of countless money, and he should not look down on the small amount of money from auctioning guns. However, although he didn't care about the money, he was quite infatuated with the feeling of success when he saw that his idea could make a lot of money, so he decided to participate in this small auction in person. Of course, Liu Hong only went to the auction to see the excitement, his itinerary was all confidential, and those mercenaries would never know.

The day of the auction finally arrived, and Liu Hong came to the private room specially prepared for him by the auction house early on this day.

"I'm x, I didn't expect that now Dahan is a mercenary group alone, there are so many!"

The subject of the application for a "privateer license" is a mercenary group of more than 50 people. Therefore, all the people who came to the auction here were the leaders of this mercenary group with more than fifty people. But looking at the black pressure on the scene, Liu Hong was really a little surprised.

"There must be thousands of these people on the scene, even if each of their regiment commanders brings two followers, there must be thousands of mercenary groups on the scene. According to the calculation of fifty people in a regiment, the mercenaries of the Han Dynasty will be tens of thousands. And most of these mercenary groups, most of them can't be this person, to put it this way, Dahan is now engaged in the mercenary industry, at least hundreds of thousands of people! ”

Although Liu Hong often uses mercenaries, Liu Hong does not know much about the current situation of mercenaries. Now that he has made such a rough calculation, the mercenaries of the Han are not much less than the regular army of the Han Dynasty.

"I, why are there so many mercenaries now?! This is a military force of hundreds of thousands that are not under the management of the imperial court, and can that legislation alone put an end to all the hidden dangers?! Thinking of this, Liu Hong felt unsteady for a while, "No, now there are hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, and as soon as the 'privateer license' is activated, the mercenaries have made a lot of money, and there must be more people to join the ranks of mercenaries." Then relying on a single law to bind and not to do other supervision, that is definitely the rhythm of death! ”

Liu Hong is quite life-saving, this kind of existence that can threaten him, he must take precautions in advance and completely eliminate that possibility.

"The mercenary is of great benefit to the big man, and it is definitely not possible to ban him. And they're already so big that it's impossible to ban them. Then I can only keep a close eye on them. Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help but shake his head, "I've monitored them closely enough now, but I still haven't figured out their number, which shows that surveillance alone is not feasible." And one thing, after a long time, there will definitely be some slackness, and now the department that monitors the mercenaries can do their duty, it doesn't mean that they can do their duty forever. Therefore, it is better for me to find another way to take responsibility for this matter together! ”

Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help but be glad that he came to the auction house this time. If he doesn't come and doesn't know about this hidden danger, maybe he won't have much of a problem when he is alive, but after a few generations, when the Han decays again, the problem of this mercenary will definitely kill the Han.

"What else can you think of to restrain these mercenaries?"

Liu Hong pondered desperately, and at this time, the auction had already begun.

"Hello everyone, I am the auctioneer XX who is presiding over this auction. These auction items are 20,000 muskets, divided into 20 groups, each group of 100 guns with 10,000 rounds of ammunition, the reserve price is 1,000 silver coins, and each increase in price must not be less than 100 silver coins, and now the first group of auctions begins! ”

As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, the people below began to bid frantically. And such a lively scene, Liu Hong didn't have the heart to take care of it, he is now thinking with all his might, how to put an end to this hidden danger.

"Since it is not enough to monitor them alone, then I will simply form a mercenary group and integrate directly into them. In this way, as a mercenary, my mercenary group must know everything about the mercenary, and if something bad happens, I can get the news in advance and take precautions! ”

Liu Hong thought about it repeatedly, and this method is the most appropriate now. Directly penetrating into them and obtaining first-hand information is much stronger than the surveillance of those management departments of the imperial court. And the two complement each other, and it is also better to know whether one side is not doing its best.

"Yes, it's a good idea. However, it is not appropriate to create only one mercenary group, so I will simply build two mercenary groups. They are not subordinate to each other, and they usually do their own things, which is more conducive to finding out information. ”

Using Liu Hong's financial resources to raise a few mercenary groups is definitely a trivial matter. Therefore, not to mention that the mercenary group itself can still make money, even if it is a complete loss of money, it can completely eliminate hidden dangers, and it is a huge bargain for him.

Solving such a big hidden danger, Liu Hong was very happy, and he also had the heart to watch the lively scene of the auction at this time.

"One thousand three hundred and seventy-one bids eight thousand eight hundred silver coins, one thousand three hundred and seventy-one bids eight thousand eight hundred silver coins, are there any more?"

"Nine thousand, I'll give nine thousand!"

"Okay, No. 320 bids nine thousand, No. 320 bids nine thousand, is there any more price increase, and there are still no more?!"

"I'm X, this is crazy, a hundred muskets, can be sold for nine thousand silver coins?!"

Hearing this price, Liu Hong had an unreal feeling. You must know that although the low price of the auction is not very high, you can already make a lot of money at that price. Now this auction has doubled ninefold, which is definitely a huge profit.

"Made, no wonder they say that they make money by selling arms, it seems that this thing is still true!"

Liu Hong was excited here, and the auctioneer also dropped the hammer, "Congratulations to No. 320, winning the bid for the eighth group of muskets!" ”

When the 320th saw that he had won the bid, he jumped up excitedly, and then he didn't wait for Miss Manners to come over, and ran over to pay the money.

"This guy is really good, he's so excited to even pay the money!" However, Liu Hong looked at the figure of that guy, how did he look at it and feel familiar, and when the guy turned around, Liu Hong was taken aback, "I'm X, isn't this guy Liu Bei?!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe (this site), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )