The next morning, when it was still dawn, the old butler, who had to work part-time as a treasurer because of the lack of manpower and the fact that the lord had no money to hire professionals for the time being, or as he should now be called the chief of the treasurer, which the lord had quickly accepted since he had called Foresh in his speech, came to the hall of the castle, and commanded the servants to place a large desk at the door of the hall as a desk for the lord to borrow money from everyone.

Yesterday, at the end of the day, the lord said that the lords who are willing to borrow money can go to the castle hall today to go through the formalities, and when they are over, he also whispered to the chief of Fu to arrange manpower to maintain order, and to open the gate of the castle as soon as possible, so as not to make the lords wait for a long time. Chief Fu was a little skeptical about this, although the lord's speech yesterday was very successful, but when it was really time to pay for it, could the lords be so active?

The former clerk who was successfully recommended by the chief of Fu, the new clerk Wendel also appeared in the hall early, and the more hard-working clerk did not see a copper plate after taking office, but he did not work less, and on the first day of his appointment, he was ordered to work overtime all night - to help the lord copy the IOU.

These IOUs are all in a uniform format, except that the amount and name are not filled, and the lord said that this will make it easier for the lords to go through the procedures and save time.

It is worth mentioning that the lord couldn't sleep last night, and finally ran to the clerk to help—he happily filled in his name on the IOUs, and then stamped the lord's seal as a sign of the lord's identity.

Wendel, who had been working since the end of the lord's speech, had copied a total of 1,600 IOUs so far, and finally his hand was too swollen to hold the pen, and the lord gave up.

Wendel, who was affectionately called the secretary of Wen by the lord, was very tired and tired, but he did not complain, he had a good impression of this new lord, the tax reduction order, Wendel had never written it, and it took several hours to write it, from this order Wendel felt that the lord was a benevolent lord as the Fu governor said, and he was worthy of his own loyalty.

This is the stinking problem of the Erathian literati, who will be loyal to a master if he looks at him with a pleasing eye; If it doesn't like the eye, no matter how much money you have, you don't want to invite him.

When Jian Chen appeared in the castle hall with two huge black circles under his eyes, all the preparations had been completed, so the lord ordered the door to open.

When the already old wooden gate creaked open, although they were somewhat prepared, Chief Fu and Secretary Wen were still startled by the super length of the long queue lined up by the people outside the castle.

"It's all lined up at the post station, right?" Mr. Fu muttered.

Secretary Wen shook his head and said, "I don't stop watching, I may be in line with Old Kobe's tavern!" ”

The soldiers maintained order under the arrangement of the chief Fu, and the first consul to enter the hall was old Kobe.

"Master, I'm the old Kobe Bryant in the tavern, and the bulletin board you set up is just outside my tavern!" Old Kobe excitedly shouted to the lord, not at all the courtesy that the subordinate should have when he met the superior, "Master, I am your most loyal supporter, I came to line up as soon as the store closed last night, I am willing to lend you thirty gold coins, this is my savings for many years, I hope you can accept it, I don't want the ten percent reward, it is my honor to serve the lord......"

Seeing that the other party was chattering, Jian Chen quickly got up and walked around the table, grabbed the old Kobe's hand, and said loudly: "It's Kobe, I remember you!" ”

In fact, he didn't know Kobe Bryant at all, but in order to send the other party away as soon as possible, so that the next person could come in and pay the money quickly, Chen Jian also pushed the boat down.

"Come, old Kobe, let's write the IOU first, there are a lot of things, I don't have time, or I have to go to your store to sit down, come on, come on, sign this name, thirty gold coins, you are quite rich, okay, this is the end, you have collected the IOU."

"Master, do you recognize me......" The old Kobe Bryant, who had completed all the formalities in a daze, was completely moved, and the lord actually recognized him, and was about to say something, but was interrupted again by the lord.

The lord patted Kobe Bryant's shoulder affectionately, pulled him and walked out: "Don't say anything, you must accept the ten percent reward, what do we have to do with it, don't be so angry, I can't take advantage of anyone, isn't it, you go slowly, I will come to your store to play when I have time!" It's been a really busy day! ”

Sending off the old Kobe, Jian Chen turned around and whispered to the stunned Chief Fu and Secretary Wen: "To the people behind, just say that I am making a plan for sorting out the armaments, I will go in first, you can handle it here, all of them are like this, and the money will not be collected tonight." ”

After speaking, the lord flashed into the inner room, and turned back to explain: "You two should move quickly, don't grind, time is precious!" ”

In the hall, the old butler and Wendell looked at each other.

Subsequently, a group of lords led by Saida and Christie came in one after another to go through the formalities, and the lords were more than dozens, and as few as one or two gold and silver coins soon filled the two large boxes prepared by the lord, and the old butler had to let the servants empty another large box of clothes to barely meet the needs.

By the time the sun had set, although the old butler and Wendel had tried their best to speed up, there were still more than half of the people who had not gone through the formalities.

The lord, who had been peeking at the back, remembered that he should find a few more people and a few tables to collect money, but he was afraid that someone would be greedy, so he had to give up.

The next day, the old butler and Wendell were busy for another day, and at last they had collected all the loans, during which Wendell had to interrupt his work and copy more than a hundred IOUs again, and it was considered complete.

Looking at the four large boxes of gold and silver coins placed in the castle vault, Jian Chen, the old butler, and Wendell gulped their saliva, and the golden and silver light shining in the firelight dazzled the three of them.

The old butler kept chattering incredibly incredible, in the past, Lord Markham worked so hard every time he collected taxes, spent so much time and manpower, and did not have much money from Master Chen Jian, and it was only a few thousand gold coins a year to support death.

Wendell had never seen so much money before, and the countryman was so excited that he didn't even know where to swing his hands and feet, and his body was shaking like a convulsion.

Only the lord was calmer, but the nervous smile from time to time completely betrayed the lord's psychological state at this time.

According to the final count, a total of 23,128 gold coins were borrowed from the lords, which is the number after converting the silver coins as well.

More than 20,000 gold coins, Chen Jian shouted in his heart, no wonder those scammers know that they are breaking the law and want to deceive people, this money is too easy to come by, and it is too much.

Rich, rich.

Now Chen Jian even sleeps and says these words in his dreams.

With the money, everything started to get on track.

I bought the grain, although it was not much, but it was not a problem to save a little food for two months.

Orders for the armor and weapons of the guards had been placed, and the elder Saida and Peter said that they would work overtime to deliver them to the lord as soon as possible.

New guard uniforms are also being made.

Jian Chen gave another order.

Conscription order.

In order to combat the arrogance of the big-eared monster robbers and give the people a harmonious and stable living environment, the current lord guard is about to receive devil training from the lord.

At the same time, the guard was expanded to 100 people, and an additional 50 guards were recruited, and those who were physically strong could sign up, with or without martial arts, including food, housing, equipment, and a monthly salary of ten silver coins.

But the soldiers went to train, but the gate of the town could not be unguarded, so the lord had to recruit an additional temporary militia of about 100 people, led by the captain of the guard, Helmbo to temporarily guard the gate of Hammondale Town, not including food and shelter, to provide weapons, due to the dangerous nature of the work, each person every three days of silver coins, those who want to sign up as soon as possible, those who know martial arts are preferred, and those who know how to bow and crossbow are better, and those who attempt to indiscriminately charge the number are thrown into prison on the charge of endangering the lives and safety of the people of Hammondal, and those who have made war merits will be rewarded.

The lucrative salaries quickly impressed the young people of Hammondal, and soon there was a long queue at the recruiting office outside the castle gates.

Compared with the temporary militia with more salaries, more people are recruited into the lord's guard, because everyone knows that although the temporary militia has a lot of money, it can't work for long, and as long as the lord's guard is trained, the temporary militia will be laid off.

Moreover, in the past, the lord's guard had no salary, only the lord's reward, and if you did a good job, you would be rewarded, and if you didn't do well, you would wait to leave. However, Lord Chen Jian's guards have a fixed salary, and such good things can be found there, and if you work as a clerk in any shop in Hammondale, your salary is only three silver coins a month.

As for the risk of going to battle, these have been stirred up by the lord's passionate speech, and the young people don't care at all.

The identity of the lord is so noble, he is not afraid, what is he afraid of as a big soldier?

However, there is one thing that everyone is very puzzled about, that is, why does the lord recruit more soldiers into the lord's guard? Wouldn't recruiting him 1,800 people be able to form combat effectiveness faster and eliminate the big-eared monsters faster?

For this, the well-informed former mercenary Old Saida solved everyone's confusion: Hammondale is the territory of the Erathian Human Empire, and the empire has a rule that the lords' private army cannot exceed a hundred people at most, otherwise it will be regarded as a planned rebellion.

At this time, Chen Jian, who was going to recruit troops on a large scale, was also greatly annoyed by this decree, and there was nothing wrong with this decree, after all, the territory of the empire must be more or less garrisoned by local troops to maintain local law and order, and the lord's guard was only set up to protect the life and property of the lord, of course, there could not be too many people. But if this decree is put in Hammondal, this is a great disaster, and Hammondale can't garrison troops!

One hundred soldiers dealt with three or four hundred big-eared monster bandits, and the lord who was originally full of confidence was also a little dumbfounded for a while.

"What kind of bullshit decree is this!"

In the hall of the castle, the armrest of the lord's throne was slapped by Master Chen Jian, and the lord was quite unhappy now, very unhappy.

Why are you so unlucky, the change in this matter is the same as the stock I chose before, obviously looking at it rising, and it dived in a blink of an eye!

"Master, this is also a helpless thing! We can't break the Empire's edicts, can we? The old butler cautiously persuaded his master.

It's okay not to mention the empire, but as soon as you mention these two words, Chen Jian's fire won't hit one place: "The empire, what about the empire, has the empire given Hammondale any benefits?" It's just that we are asked to hand over the financial revenue every year! Only collect money and don't do anything, what a bullshit empire! ”

The old butler almost didn't give the lord a word to scare him down, if this is heard by someone who cares, he won't be charged with rebellion?

"Master be cautious!" Wendell also whispered to the lord.

In fact, Chen Jian didn't think about recruiting troops on his own in disregard of the empire's decrees, but he was still a little scared when he thought about it - the Erathia Human Empire and the elves have been arguing for this land for so long, who knows if they have planted spies in Hammondal, in case these two behemoths learn that there is a little lord who does not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth in this place where both sides have been dying for a long time, and then use this as an excuse to send troops, it will be over.

Jian Chen didn't want to wake up and an imperial army or an elven army appeared outside the gate of the castle, and he couldn't run away if he wanted to, and no matter which side he came from, once this war started, how much could he keep with the 20,000 gold coins he had worked so hard to get? During the war, the local lords had the obligation to ensure the logistics of the army!

No wonder Markham ran away in such a hurry, it seems that he has to learn from him, quickly pack his bags and run away, as for Hammondal, he will also get a document and find a cat and dog as a lord to count.

But the key question now is how to destroy the group of god-damn big-eared monsters outside.