Sometimes Mr. Kersma is really funny, because he doesn't act like a proper farmer at all, and the word "duty" here may be misleading, but it is true.

For example, when Dulin, who had already "soared", took out 5,000 yuan and asked Mr. Kersma to do him a "small favor", Mr. Kerma, who had never seen such a large sum of money in his life, did not have the slightest excitement, and his hands did not even tremble, just like the five thousand dollars on the table were not five thousand, but only fifty dollars, or five dollars. His gaze lingered on the pile of bills for about tenths of a second, and then returned to Durin's face without the slightest nostalgia.

"What do you want me, a farmer, to do for you?" said Mr. Kersma, moving his ass back so that his back fit more closely against the back of the wicker chair.

Durin was organizing language, and this time of wandering around the city made him understand a truth, sometimes the word truth contains more than the literal interpretation of the word, to put it simply, money, subordinates, power, status, prestige, and everything that can be turned into practical benefits, can be described by the word reason. When two people's social class and soft and hard power are almost the same, the "truth" can be "spoken" with their mouths, and at other times, as long as there is an asymmetry in a certain aspect, it is very likely that the "truth" will not be spoken, but done.

How to improve your "reasonable" level?

Durin has considered many aspects, such as becoming a white glove for a big man like Wood and Godol, or becoming a "scavenger" who specializes in dirty work, but these ways require not only him to have stronger strength and power, but also to accumulate time. Trusting a person is not something that can be done in three or five days, or three or five sentences, it takes a long time to accumulate, and the exact opposite is that it only takes a moment to destroy it.

What Doolin needed was a solid foundation, not this kind of pavilion on the water.

He wanted Mr. Kersma to help buy off another sheriff in town, who could be read as a sheriff. During the Great Patriotic War, the Civil War, in order to effectively resist the all-pervasive federal army, the empire followed the advice of the prime minister at the time and gave the power to form guards, in this case, in the countryside, such as towns and villages. The ultimate enforcer of this order is the sheriff of the town, who will become the leader and commander of the local guard. And the Empire has opened another authority for these sheriffs.

They can buy standard rifles, and even war machines and weapon platforms at the Armaments Bureau for low prices.

This policy worked wonders in the war, and it turned out that the richer the man, the more afraid of death, and in the early days of the war, the nobles still held large swaths of the empire, and they were the actual landowners. At the same time, these nobles were also pushed to the front lines of the war, either "donating" money to the sheriff to form a local guard, and buying weapons and other higher armaments for them to resist the invaders who could appear at any time and at any time.

Either they will honestly flee to the imperial capital, and then receive the tragedy of the territory being swept away by the war, and the wealth and real estate being plundered and destroyed.

Therefore, at that time, many nobles gritted their teeth and took out a large amount of money to arm the local guards, and many of the local guards in the noble territories with a long history were even more armed than the regular army of the empire.

But!

They were pitted.

With the passage of the Imperial Capital's new decree "Special Recruitment Act during the Great Patriotic War" issued by the Emperor, a large number of local guards, armed to the teeth, were reorganized into regular armies, which meant that the empire fought with troops assembled at the expense of the nobility at no cost. Although many nobles have a lot of resentment and dissatisfaction with this, considering the consequences of losing the war, they can only smash their teeth and swallow their stomachs, and show an expression of "I am willing to give everything for the empire".

After the end of the war, a large number of troops formed by the aristocracy, as well as the Gualts and the provincial Yas, were lost on the battlefield, so that the class contradictions that were already about to break out were calmed down in an instant. At the same time, according to the narrative of conspiracy theorists, the imperial family colluded with the New Party to betray the aristocracy, completely ending the centuries-old feudal imperial dynasty. And the reason for all this is that during the war, the imperial royal family forcibly plundered too much wealth and materials from the hands of the nobles through various policies and wartime special decrees, which made the nobles already dissatisfied.

Regardless of the factors that influenced the cause and effect, the local guard decree issued during the war did not seem to have been forgotten because of the end of the war, and it can still be enforced in accordance with the decree of the time.

This involves another question, since there is a loophole to drill, are those tycoons and bigwigs all exploiting this loophole?

The answer is no, although the special wartime decree has not been abolished, but after the new party came to power after the war, many restrictions were added to this decree, such as the local guard in each town in non-war time is not allowed to have more than seven members, no more than three rifles are equipped with weapons, and it is not allowed to purchase or place any war machines and weapons platforms, and there are strict restrictions on these high-power weapons of destruction. At the same time, agents from the Imperial Police Investigation Bureau patrolled the entire Empire, and the local gendarmerie was also investigating such violations.

So no matter how much money those bigwigs spend, it's meaningless, and it's better to have this money than to feed a group of thugs who are ruthless enough.

But is there really no further loophole to drill into this decree?

In fact, according to the "Rights and Duties of Local Guards in Non-War Time", when "dangerous" beasts appear around towns and villages, it is necessary for the guards to take the initiative to exterminate these "dangerous" beasts in order to ensure the safety of citizens' private property and the rights of citizens are not violated.

Sometimes, the presence or absence of "harmful" beasts is up to the sheriff!

Seven people is not much, but if these seven people are strange soldiers and have three rifles, the effect can be achieved is not as simple as "seven people".

Think about it, it is clear that the two sides are evenly matched, and even Durin is a little closer, at this time, suddenly there is a seven-person squad that spends every day in militarized training and attacks from behind the opponent with rifles, which is absolutely fatal!