Chapter 334: Kindness, Coldness
"Huaide, if you have anything to say, just say it, it doesn't matter if you're wrong. A kind smile appeared on Grand's chubby face, and he whispered, soothing the little one's nervousness.
And he did have great expectations for Wild's opinion, because he was too smart, but a little timid and afraid.
What's more, although this little guy's family background is average, one of his relatives is not a simple small role, even if the family behind Grand wants to go against that person, they have to weigh whether their weight is enough.
His older brother was named Monroe, who was once the captain of the Legion of Zola, and now the commander of the Guards at the north gate of Lucca.
This position is not strictly speaking, at most, he is in charge of the eight hundred city guards, but the headache is that he used to be the captain of Zola's guard, and it seems that he is also familiar with the current deputy commander, the real commander of the Lucca City army, Lancelot.
With such two big backers, who would dare to provoke him?
"Recently, I learned about the information of those mercenary groups that were purged and arrested nearby, and found that they had some bad records before they became mercenary groups, and I guessed that this clean-up operation was actually to clean up these black sheep, so I don't think we need to be so nervous, as long as there are mercenary union people who come to contact us, we don't overreact, they will definitely not treat us badly. ”
Huaide's small face was serious, these words were all deduced from Monroe's words, and then he looked at everyone's wonderful expressions and added: "And that His Highness attaches great importance to the mercenary union, it is impossible to dig his own grave, isn't it inconsistent with his purpose to clean up too many mercenary groups?"
After a few simple words from Huaide, the big men present suddenly figured it out, and then breathed a sigh of relief, but then their faces turned a little red.
It's really embarrassing that a group of old guys who have lived for half their lives are not as thorough as a teenage guy.
What they didn't know was that Jason wasn't involved in this, and even if he was involved in the initial structural changes, it was only a rough idea.
The rest is a plan developed by Gareth, Kay, Hassan and others in conjunction with the military under Jason's rule.
In other words, from now on, this mercenary union may become a subsidiary of the military, and there will be opportunities to serve the army in the future.
It's just that such a large force, of course, Jason will not be at ease to let the military under his command take over, in addition to the army, the local government and the union itself to manage it.
The crow is responsible for supervision, and has no management power, let alone senatorial power.
It's a pity that Jason doesn't have a subordinate who is suitable to manage the mercenary guild so far, and only Leonidas and Roland are currently in line with his strength and management ability.
But Roland's talent is better suited to lead armies in battle than to manage a mercenary agency.
As for Leonidas, who has been busy training a new generation of Spartan warriors, I am afraid that he will not have the opportunity to manage such a large institution.
Speaking of Leonidas, some time ago this guy also proposed a plan at a meeting, but this plan quickly died after it was proposed.
This disappointed Leonidas for a while, and in his opinion Jason was still too merciful.
Because his suggestion was to hope that Jason would be able to search for male orphans under the age of ten on the largest scale in the slave markets and slums in the north.
Then castrate!
Next, he used cruel training methods to train them as soldiers from an early age, and he wanted to create a death army without desire and fear!
It's just that the proposal was rejected, and although there have been examples of this in history, and their strength is indeed terrifying, and they are still the backbone of the battlefield, it still did not pass.
As for the reason for the rejection, the plan was strongly opposed by Roland, Lonnatt and Gareth, and even some generals and officials who later entered the core were very resistant to it, but they did not say it explicitly.
Hassan remained silent in a very rare way, perhaps he felt that he had meddled in enough things, and he didn't want to get himself into unnecessary trouble because of some trivial matters, not to mention that Roland was an ally he planned to woo.
But to Jason's surprise, Dogma actually thinks that this plan is feasible, in his words, most of these wandering orphans will not survive the winter, and the Iron Fang Collar is not a charity, if they can pay some price in exchange for a chance to live, they must be more than willing.
Although he felt that what he said made sense, Jason still had to take into account the wishes of most of his subordinates, so he immediately vetoed the plan.
It's just that after such an event, Jason finally felt how terrifying these ancient kings were.
Although most of the legends they left behind were merciful and heroic, can those who can sit on the throne really sit on the throne by virtue of these few points?
Can the love of the people alone guarantee that one's regime will not be overthrown?
Jason felt that if Beowulf was here, he would most likely support Leonidas's plan despite the opposition of Roland and others.
That guy was also a kind guy on the surface, but in fact he was very cold.
This can be seen from the group of barbarians who have been reduced to slaves in the mines, and do not have enough to eat every day, why there are no old people and disabled slaves in the mines, because he ordered them to be killed when attacking the barbarian tribes.
He believed that keeping such slaves would not only bring no benefit to the outpost fortress, but that the fortress would have to dedicate some resources to feed them.
"Well, I'm not fit to be a real superior right now. Jason stood in front of the window and pinched his eyebrows in annoyance.
He always had compassion for some people, especially some old and weak women and children.
"Your Highness, every superior has grown up slowly from your stage, and there is no need for you to worry about this. Dogma, who had been standing behind him, moved his eyes slightly, and opened his mouth to reassure, but his voice was still so cold.
"Really?"
Jason smiled disapprehantly, he just couldn't help but sigh a little.
"Let's go to the barracks. ”
He took a deep breath, then turned and walked out the door, Dogma following him without saying a word.
Recently, Jason has ordered the garrisons to provide their own army numbers and lists to the Iron Fang Collar in detail, and since they have promised Marquis Asa, they have to cooperate well, maybe this is an opportunity to truly master the White Sword Province.