Situ Baili, who rode to Juxiang City, looked at the officers and soldiers of the security regiment who were loaded with guns and ammunition under the city, and found that these officers and soldiers were vigilantly watching everyone entering and leaving the city gate, but rarely stepped forward to harass the passers-by. Only when they see a suspicious contingent will these officers and soldiers come forward to check their documents.

Generally, merchants who come to trade without documents must also obtain a temporary pass issued by the security team before they can move freely around the boundaries of Orange City. However, for this kind of temporary pass, you must find a local guarantor who can vouch for you. If you can't find a guarantor, then your activities in Orange City will be restricted, and in serious cases, you will not be able to give a reasonable reason, and you may be arrested and interrogated by intelligence officers in civilian clothes.

Like Situ Baili, eight people rode in and out of Juxiang City with loaded guns and live ammunition, and were immediately stopped by the officers and soldiers under the city gate, and showed the special certificate of the Xu family army in Zhou Dingbian. and handled the customs clearance certificate for the five Situ Baili before they were put into the city by these officers and soldiers. If you dare to resist or escape, you will be pursued by the defenders of the Security Corps until you are completely caught.

This kind of strict investigation, but it will not be disgusted by the surrounding people, Situ Baili also thinks it is very novel. In particular, he was very curious, these officers and soldiers in charge of the investigation seemed to be a little different from other officers and soldiers of the county security regiment he had seen, that is, they never accepted or robbed the people's property.

Even Situ Baili saw on the spot that a businessman who led a team to come here to do business, as usual, gave benefits and time-consuming, but encountered a more strict inspection. It was not until the other party's guarantor in the city came out to vouch for it that the group of merchants would be allowed to enter the city. The favor money given to them was also refunded by the officers and soldiers, and it seemed that they were not interested in the bag of bribes with at least a dozen Long Yang. This kind of discipline of cats not eating fish really made Situ Baili's eyes shine.

As if seeing the confusion in the instructor's eyes, Zhou Dingbian explained: "Instructor, I told you in my letter before that the Xu family army I am serving in is indeed very different from the current army. Like other security regiments, which generally collect taxes from the people and caravans, it is strictly forbidden here.

As long as you have proof of the Xujia army's receipts, and it doesn't seem dangerous, these officers and soldiers defending the city won't disturb your entry and exit from the city at all. If they are found to be guilty of corruption or bribery while on duty, they will be expelled from the security corps and all benefits enjoyed by the security corps will be revoked.

For the local people who participated in the Xu Jiajun and could reduce the grain tax by 10%, no one could refuse. Moreover, although the officers and men of the security regiment do not have all kinds of war benefits like the regular army, they can also receive a certain percentage of dividends from the tax revenue in the city every month.

This means that as long as they do their duty, the benefits are far higher than robbing the common people and the caravans. In addition, regardless of whether it is a security regiment or a regular army, the food and clothing of the officers and men of the Xu Jiajun should be borne by the army's logistics department. They eat well and dress warmly every day, and they also have a lot of military salaries and bonuses every month.

Except here, such a good errand is difficult to find with a lantern. Who would throw this iron rice bowl in order to covet a little cheapness? ”

Through Zhou Dingbian's explanation, although Situ Baili did not agree with this practice of luring officers and soldiers to take advantage of them, he had to admit it. Compared with the armies in other places, they try their best to loot people's money. This Xu Jiajun used his own financial resources to give high benefits to the officers and soldiers under his rule, and when he put an end to the hidden danger of exploiting the people to earn profits, he also took over the financial pressure. If this is a poorly funded army, I'm afraid that military spending alone will be enough to crush many people!

With this novel idea, Situ Baili, under the guidance of Zhou Dingbian, lived in an inn in the city that was relatively quiet and had good conditions. Looking at the shopkeeper of the inn, he familiarly quoted the price of the room, and at the same time asked them to issue a certificate.

If they can't show the relevant valid certificates, the shopkeepers will also ask these guests to go to the security office in the city to handle it, and get the certificate to check in to the inn. If you can't get a check-in certificate, even if the guest adds more money, these shopkeepers will not dare to take them in. It is even possible to go to the public security station to report as soon as possible in order to obtain Xu Jiajun's special reward for reporting.

It is a natural thing for businessmen to pursue profits, but here Situ Baili saw businessmen who did not dare to make money even if they had money. They are very calm in the face of those guests who deliberately add money, until the other party is willing to agree to apply for a certificate and then come back to check in. These shopkeepers will also kindly inform these guests how to handle the certification.

Seeing this kind of unproven, it is unlikely that you can find a place to live in the city, not to mention that there are many people who have received Xu Jiajun's special report award. Whenever they see a stranger, they will immediately notify the vigilantes who patrol the streets from time to time.

Let them interrogate these strangers, and if it is confirmed that the other party can find a guarantor, or if it is the first time to come to Orange City, then these members of the police station will take them to the security center for interrogation. After confirming that the other party has no other purpose here, he will be released.

But for those outsiders who can't find a guarantor, the police will usually tell them that it is best to leave Orange City as soon as possible. Otherwise, next time they are likely to be arrested as enemy spies, which is undoubtedly a very worrying problem for them if they are really strangers who come by chance.

If this kind of warning can't be scared away, it is enough to prove that the other party came here for another purpose, and the next time he is caught, I am afraid that he will not simply interrogate the matter.

It is this kind of monitoring and inspection that rarely escapes the layers of reporting networks sent by all parties. In this regard, Situ Baili also sighed that this may be the people's war that Zhou Dingbian said. Falling into the surveillance of these people loyal to the leadership of the Xu Jiajun is really difficult to move an inch!

After resting at an inn in the city for one night, and the next day, under the leadership of Zhou Dingbian, Situ Baili had already followed his four disciples and embarked on an inspection tour in the countryside. For every village he goes to, he will almost be hostile to the people of the village, and some joint defense team members with guns on their backs will soon appear, Situ Baili also feels that the people in the area controlled by the Xu family army, this concept of hostility is indeed incomparable to other places.

Only after getting an explanation from the joint defense team members that they were friends of Xu Jiajun and had come to understand public opinion and affairs. Let these people not be too afraid of them, these people heard that Situ Baili and others were friends of Xu Jiajun. The hostility on his face just now was quickly replaced by a kind smile, and almost every villager took out the most haode thing in the house to entertain these friends who gave them a happy life.

After seeing that almost every family of these people has surplus food, unlike the people in other places, they often have half a year of tightening their clothing and food. This kind of life, which is completely enviable in the eyes of other people, also makes Situ Baili very curious.

It's just that when he inquired and learned that in addition to paying 30% of the harvest tax to Xu Jiajun every year, the rest of the grain can be disposed of by the people themselves. And they can reclaim some wasteland in addition to the allotted fields. The output of those wastelands has no other expenses except for the income tax of 10% when the grain is sold in the future.

In addition, when the farming is not working, the joint defense team in the village will also find some odd jobs for the young people in the village to repair roads or other infrastructure construction, so as to earn the living expenses needed by the people's families. Women are the same, raising some livestock at home, and when they reach maturity, they can sell them to the logistics troops of the Xu Jiajun for money, or they can take them to the town and city to sell them on their own!

At first, Situ Baili and his four disciples thought that this might be deliberately done by Xu Jiajun to show them. It wasn't until Situ Baili deliberately changed the route of the two journeys that he suddenly found a village to investigate, and found that there was no deliberate situation to show them. What they saw along the way was indeed a portrayal of the real life of the people on this side.

In particular, when they saw that the joint defense team members of these villages and towns had to conduct routine military training for an hour every day, and also conducted target shooting training once a week. Situ Baili sighed, even these troops that can be regarded as militia are so good, so how strong will the regular army of the Xu family army be?

But when he proposed that he wanted to participate in regular army training, Zhou Dingbian was very embarrassed to tell the old commander. Regarding the military training base of Xu Jiajun, personnel who are not affiliated with Xu Jiajun are prohibited from visiting. This military regulation was also notified to the people everywhere, and in those areas where there were military camps, warning signs would be set up in front of the barracks.

The sign of the military restricted area is intimidating enough. If you see such a warning sign and still break in unnoticed, you will soon be spotted by the secret sentry that is deployed in the barracks 24 hours a day. Once it is discovered that you are trying to probe into Xu Jiajun's military secrets, but you cannot produce proof from the local people, you will also be sent to various public security offices for the crime of spying on Xu Jiajun's military secrets, and will be interrogated by Xu Jiajun's intelligence forces.

If Situ Baili wanted to enter the barracks, he had to get the approval of Xu Bin, the supreme commander of the Xu family's army. Only with Xu Bin's certificate can they enter and leave the barracks freely. Otherwise, even Zhou Dingbian, who is the head of the regiment, has no right to take friends who are not Xu Jiajun in and out of his camp.

Situ Baili, who happened to observe Xu Jiajun's territory for a few days, was also attracted by this vigorous vitality that was completely different from other places. I also can't wait to meet this commander of the Xu Jiajun who is so good in both military affairs and people's livelihood. Let's see if he and the other party can really find the so-called common language.