The jungle south of the southwest village was burned black, and none of the four hundred bandits could escape, and there was a thick smell of burning in the air. Sima Fuqiang felt a little dizzy and arranged for the villagers to take charge of the aftermath, and he took his teammates back to the town.

When they returned to Donghai Town, the members of the Presbyterian Church and the heads of nearby villages had already come to the entrance of the village to greet them and congratulate the Donghai team on eliminating the great harm for everyone. This finally made Sima Fuqiang feel better.

Dong'er even took out another edict and read it, "Donghai Town exterminated all the bandits in the territory, and hereby awarded all local officials a commendation for being promoted to the next level. ”

There is no evaluation, no point reward, just a short reward of promotion and no wealth.

Sima Fuqiang opened the "Donghai Town Chronicles", and sure enough, he saw that everyone's level had been upgraded by one level, and at the same time, the job title had also changed.

Sima Fuqiang, the county commander of Donghai Town, is the sixth product, and was awarded the captain of Zhaowu.

Huang Zhi, Donghai Town County Cheng, Zheng Qipin, awarded Xuande Lang.

Zhang Wei, the county lieutenant of Donghai Town, is the seventh grade, and was awarded the captain of the fruit.

Li Sha, the governor of Donghai Town, is the eighth product, and was awarded to Shilang.

Huang Ying, the main book of Donghai Town, is the eighth product, and is awarded the levy officer.

Xiaofeng, Wanyue, Wuyang, military attache of Donghai Town, from the eighth grade, awarded the imperial insult captain.

Others may not understand the origin of these official titles, but Sima Fuqiang already knows it. This is clearly a civil and military official position in the Tang Dynasty, although it is not certain that Dongzhou is a society built on the model of the Tang Dynasty, but it should be more or less related to that era.

Regarding the change in each person's official position, Sima Fuqiang did not plan to tell his teammates. Although he was promoted, his title was changed from a town guard to a county commander, which was really a bit ugly. On the contrary, Xiaofeng and a few of them finally got rid of the ugly official positions of head catcher, squad leader and cell leader, although they were only military attaches without actual positions, but they were much better than the original name. If Xiaofeng knows this, he will inevitably become his laughing stock.

The bandits have been exterminated, and the top priority at the moment is considered to have been completed, but the two decision-makers of the East China Sea team do not feel relaxed at all. Seeing that the borders of the East China Sea territory are opening up day by day, population and military strength have become a fatal weakness that can be attacked at any time.

The so-called higher you climb, the worse you fall, and after the border is opened, once the East China Sea team suffers a blow, it will definitely not be able to fight back to its original shape. It is conceivable that if their roots, Tokai, fall into the hands of the rebels, they will lose their way back to the real world, and after a week of wandering in this world, they will be brutally erased by the dream world.

To this end, Donghai Town held a meeting of all cadres, which was held in the hall of the town guard's mansion, and in addition to the Council of Elders, the town guards, and the village chiefs of Donghai Nine Villages also attended.

"It's a joy to exterminate the bandits, but don't get carried away because of this. The road ahead for Donghai Town is still very difficult, and the border will be open in more than half a month at most, and we do not have enough strength to resist the invasion of the rebels. Therefore, the purpose of convening you today is to explore a path for the rapid development of Donghai Town. As the military and political governor of Donghai Town, Sima Fuqiang took a head and set the tone for the meeting.

The aborigines of Dongzhou here have fallen into deep thought, they may not have the sense of urgency of the people in their dreams, but they still yearn for a stable life, and do not want the rebels and the state capital to turn the East China Sea region into a new battlefield.

Wu Qiang looked at several old people in the Council of Elders, and was sure that they hadn't opened their mouths for a while, so he was the first to express his suggestion. "As the commander of the town guard, I would like to give my personal opinion from a military point of view. Today, we wiped out the bandit coalition in the East China Sea Territory and captured enough ordnance to equip 500 men. If the issue of military salaries can be solved, I propose to expand the strength of the town guards. ”

As the military adjutant of Donghai Town, Zhang Wei naturally wanted to question from his professional perspective at this time, "If the town guard is expanded, is there enough elite force to lead?" "No matter how many ordinary soldiers there are, if there are not enough capable grassroots officers to lead them, they will not be able to form an effective combat force, which is an unchanging truth throughout the ages.

Regarding Zhang Wei's question, Wu Qiang seemed very sure, and immediately took out a list from his pocket and handed it over.

"Since the formation of the town guard, after hard training in Pingyueli, coupled with the accumulation of experience in several confrontations with bandits, we currently have as many as 37 elite personnel, and through the observation of guarding the Nancun Bridge today, we can at least find out more than a dozen people with good quality from the villagers to expand the grassroots cadre team. Therefore, after my discussion with Zhao Meng, with the ratio of ten to one, the elite Xiangyong as the team leader, we have the ability to form a town guard team of 500 people. ”

"Oh, the original Town Guard members have grown, and that's good news." Huang Zhi tilted his head, looking at the list of elite personnel of the town guard in Zhang Wei's hand, and couldn't help but sigh.

Wu Qiang saw that Lord Shixin, who was recognized as the second-in-command in his dream, affirmed his statement, and immediately struck while the iron was hot and said, "Yes, Zhao Meng and I have more plans for the future development of the town guards. ”

Sima Fuqiang nodded noncommittally and motioned for him to continue. In his opinion, the relationship between the East China Sea team and the world is still unclear, and they will definitely not have much time to take care of Donghai Town like a nanny, if these aborigines of the East China Sea can share most of the work of the construction of Donghai Town, it will naturally be great.

"According to the news brought back by the scouts who went out to spy on the bandits, we already know where the camp of the bandit coalition is, and we believe that the wealth they looted must be there. At this time, there are only about 20 people left in the bandit camp at most, and as long as the town guard sends half of them, they will definitely be able to capture them. ”

Zhao Meng kept nodding on the side, obviously this plan had a lot to do with him.

"Although I don't know how much wealth they have, I believe it is enough to support the ordinary expenses of the five hundred town guards for a considerable period of time." Wu Qiang looked at the county magistrate at this time with a longing expression, hoping that he would nod in agreement.

Sima Fuqiang obviously forgot that there was still the wealth of thieves, which was also because these things were useless to people in their dreams. After discussing with Dong'er, he and Huang Zhi found that they could no longer convert any wealth in this world into points, except for the poll tax of one person and one point. This is really the way of taxation taken from the people and for the people, and no benefit will be left to the people of their dreams.

It seems that the Dongzhou Imperial Court really treats them as cheap labor.

Sima Fuqiang refused to nod, and Wu Qiang was also very helpless, so he could only wait silently. After all, he also knew in his heart that this bandit's wealth was not the spoils of the town guards, and he had no right to distribute it. Even if it is the trophies of the town guards, as the military and political governor of Donghai Town, Sima Fuqiang has the right to dispose of most of them.

In fact, the county magistrate didn't disagree with his suggestion, but he was thinking about something else and didn't give an answer for a while.

At this time, Elder Shui Xuan spoke, "I think so, let's get that wealth back first." If the amount is indeed a lot, then it is indeed possible to consider expanding the size of the town guard, otherwise only a hundred people are really a bit stretched. At the same time, I also suggest that if you can trust our old people, this wealth can be managed by the Presbyterian Church first, and it can be reasonably distributed according to the actual needs of the construction of Donghai Town. ”

At this time, Sima Fuqiang just came back from his thoughts, and happened to hear Shui Xuan's suggestion, so he immediately nodded in agreement. Then he turned his gaze to Wu Qiang, "The expansion of the town guard is inevitable, but it is too early to decide on its scale. In this way, you first recruit all the strong men who have reached the elite level in all the East China Sea Territories, and as for the ordinary village warriors, we can learn the tuntian system and expand it when needed. ”

"The lord is reasonable, and his subordinates will do so." Although it did not meet his maximum expectations, it was still a good result, and Wu Qiang immediately agreed.

At the same time, he continued to make other requests, "The subordinates also mentioned a point just now, the original backbone of the town guard has a tendency to further improve after these two major battles. However, the East China Sea is a poor and remote country, unlike the state capital, where there are martial arts halls and schools, although everyone is eager to improve, there is nowhere to further their studies. ”

Elder Mu Qing suddenly interrupted him, "If you want the town to build these two functional buildings, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Not to mention that Donghai Town does not have talents suitable for presiding over martial arts halls and schools, and even if there are, it is not suitable for us to invest limited resources in the construction of this area now. ”

"Elder, you misunderstood." Wu Qiang had other plans, "Donghai Town really doesn't need a martial arts hall and a school, and the advice of my subordinates is to let the adults personally tutor us." ”

Sima Fuqiang couldn't help but look at him with admiration, this is indeed a young man with quite ideas, and his future achievements are no less than that fool of Xiaofeng. If it weren't for the fact that he was just a native of the Dream of Forces, Captain Tokai would even want him to join his team.

"That's a pretty good suggestion! Xiaofeng, Wanyue and Wuyang, the three of you will go to the town guard to do some guidance on combat skills when you have free time these days. As for the art of war, I and Shixin take turns to tutor us. ”

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