When Xu Yi first discussed with Major McConley, he hoped that he could provide 300 veterans of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so that the escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could be truly established.

But there are now more than three hundred soldiers training under Hart's leadership.

"Don't count, it's five hundred, and I can assure you that they were all elite until they retired from the army. Count Satsuma smiled.

Xu Yi looked at the strong men who were practicing in confusion, and asked Count Satsuma, "Why?"

"Don't you understand, tell you the truth, this is what Her Royal Highness means. She takes special care of Major McConley and makes him go above and beyond your requests. So McConley not only helped you get two hundred more people this time, but also deliberately selected all of them. It is no exaggeration to say that if these five hundred warriors did not retire from the army, but formed a clan, they would only need to go through a period of training, and their combat effectiveness would definitely not be inferior to that of an entire brigade in any army in the kingdom now. ”

Count Satsuma seemed to have a trace of envy for Xu Yi in his expression, and he didn't know whether he was envious of Xu Yi's Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that was about to have these five hundred elite soldiers, or whether he was envious of being able to get such special attention and respect from Her Royal Highness Queen Sè Winnie.

According to the establishment of the army of the Kingdom of Lampari, a whole brigade consisted of three squadrons, and the whole group was 1,500 men.

Count Satsuma said that these 500 people only need to undergo a period of training, and they can be comparable to the combat effectiveness of an entire brigade, which shows that these 500 strong men are indeed elite.

Although Xu Yi was very grateful for the special care given to him by Her Royal Highness the Princess Sevigny, he was even more puzzled.

Since these 500 were all elites in the army before, how could the military department be willing to release them all in one go?

To know. Hui also made a request to Major McConley. When I hope he will help him find three hundred suitable veterans to join the escort team of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. I didn't expect much at all.

In his opinion, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not have a strong foundation like other old big chambers of commerce, and even if he wants to start an escort team, he can only start from scratch and slowly improve his strength.

So his original idea was to create this organization first, and get the first batch of people who were still passable.

He never imagined that Major McConley would actually get him an important figure like Hart who was an instructor in the Zhenbei Army before he was discharged, and actually got him a full 500 elite veterans in one go.

Even with the special attention of Her Royal Highness the Queen of Sevigny, this is still a bit incredible.

With the special attention of Sevigny. Perhaps McConley could pick out some of the armies loyal to the kingdom's royal family, but it was unlikely that there would be as many as five hundred.

"No need to guess. The reason why Major McConley was able to gather five hundred elites for you this time, in addition to the special care of His Royal Highness, the most important reason was that His Majesty the King had spoken. Count Satsuma saw the confusion in Xu Yi's eyes and explained to him.

Xu Yi suddenly realized.

If His Majesty the King had spoken on this matter personally, it would have been possible to have this effect. "Of course, even if His Majesty the King speaks, Major McConley can get you these five hundred elites, and that is because the other factions in the military headquarters have not expressed any objection to this matter. Count Satsuma looked at Xu Yi and sighed twice. Shaking his head, he said, "Do you know, for the military department with many factions. It's incredible to be able to agree on one thing at the same time. In the past, no matter how inconspicuous it was, the military department might be in full swing, and it was almost difficult to make decisions lightly. ”

"Then why is that?" Xu Yi was even more puzzled. "Although our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with the military department and helped the military department, and the military department will return this favor to me, there is no objection at all...... This is a bit strange, isn't it? Just like there are people who oppose Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, there must be someone in the military department who is not used to our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. ”

"You can take this as compensation for the military to ask you to hand in all the technology of the Magic Trebuchet. Count Satsuma replied, turned his head to look at Hart and the five hundred elites who were still practicing, and sighed softly: "Recently, there has been good news on the northern border, and after analysis, the military department has confirmed that the main reason why there is such a strong change in the form on the northern border is because of the cooperation with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Even if we don't talk about the tremendous power of the Magic Trebuchet, the first armor weapons produced by your New Flying Chamber of Commerce alone are very powerful. ”

"Oh, I do know something from Viscount Leslie's letter, but he didn't say it carefully, what exactly does it do?" Xu Yi asked.

"I don't know exactly what's going on, after all, I'm not from the military department, and I don't have any sources of information about this. If you want to know, you can try to ask Her Royal Highness. Count Satsuma continued: "But I know that the reason why no one in the military department has raised any objections to this matter this time is that the military department agrees that the cooperation with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be extremely helpful in improving the combat effectiveness of the army of the Lampari Kingdom. As soldiers, victory is their highest priority. And cooperating with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can help them win, so just giving you a mere five hundred elites is nothing compared to that. ”

"Really?" Xu Yi sneered. "If you care so much, you have the ability not to force me to hand in all the techniques of the magic trebuchet. ”

Count Satsuma smiled slightly, patted Xu Yi's shoulder, and said softly: "Although I understand the resentment in your heart, I still advise you to say a word, with your current strength, it is better not to confront the military department." Being able to get the appreciation of those bigwigs in the military department and make them re-evaluate the importance of cooperating with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is already a victory for you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. About Magic Trebuchet......"

Count Satsuma suddenly lowered his voice and said with a hint of mystery: "According to the information I have received, the military department may soon send someone to discuss the issue of the magic trebuchet, you should be mentally prepared." ”

"Huh?" Xu Yi was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it, he found that this should be good news.

The military department had previously forced Xu Yi to hand over the technology related to the magic trebuchet. Although Xu Yi was very reluctant in his heart. But forced by reality, I still chose to turn it in.

As the Count of Satsuma said. With the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there is no capital to compete with the military department at all.

If you don't choose to turn it in, you will definitely not get these five hundred elites this time.

And the military department will also come to discuss with Xu Yi about the magic trebuchet......

Xu Yi sneered in his heart, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.

These guys from the military department really think that if they hand in all the skills of the magic trebuchet, they will really be able to play?

They probably didn't expect that while Xu Yi handed over these techniques, it was equivalent to digging a huge pit waiting for them to jump.

Now they are coming to Xu Yi to discuss this again. In fact, it means that they have jumped into this pit.

What to do next, I'm afraid it's completely up to them to decide.

These thoughts flashed through his mind like a flint, and Xu Yi regained a gentle smile on his face, nodded and said, "Okay, I will wait for someone from the military department to come." But before they come, I'd better welcome our own soldiers from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. ”

Xu Yi wanted to welcome Hart and the five hundred elites, but for Xu Yi's appearance, a large part of these five hundred veterans were not very enthusiastic at first, and even many of them had a faint hostility and disdain in their eyes.

Before they were sent here, they were told what they were sending for.

In fact, they were all elites in the army before. Almost half of them are still in service, and they are not only the main force of their own team. There is no thought of being discharged from the army itself.

However, this time, the military department directly forced them to leave the army, and gathered together, transferred here, and informed them that they would join the escort team of this new flying chamber of commerce.

Although these soldiers have also heard of this new flying chamber of commerce, they naturally don't know as much as ordinary people.

Because of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they were forced to retire from the army, and these people actually have a very bad impression of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

And in the eyes of the elite of their army, an ordinary chamber of commerce escort is not a fart at all.

Now it would be humiliating for them to run to be the guards of this chamber of commerce's escort team.

So of course, they won't be very kind to Xu Yi, and they will even reveal hostility.

However, when Xu Yi finished his welcome speech and began to announce to everyone one by one the various treatments of the guards in the escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, all the hostility and disdain in the eyes of these people were a little shocked and incredible, and they were completely squeezed out with irrepressible surprise.

According to these terms announced by Xu Yi in public, after becoming the guards of the escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they will be first-class guards at the beginning and enjoy all the relevant benefits and benefits of first-level guards.

According to the regulations of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the monthly salary of the first-level guard of the escort team is fifteen gold coins per month.

This alone made almost all of these five hundred elites shine brightly.

Although they were all the elite of the various armies in the Lampari Kingdom before, the financial revenue of the Lampari Kingdom was weak, and the military department was also very poor, and it was impossible to even ensure that each soldier could have a complete set of armor and weapons.

Originally, according to the regulations of the Ministry of War, each soldier would have a certain allowance, and the average soldier was about twenty gold coins per year, while these elites would be higher because of their military exploits, more than thirty gold coins.

But in fact, the number of times these subsidies can be issued is very small, and there are very few of these 500 people who can start again and again.

And even if you really start it every time, it will only be more than thirty gold coins in a Chinese New Year's Eve, and the first-level guard of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can have a full fifteen gold coins a month, and that is one hundred and eighty gold coins in a year!

The gods are above, and none of these five hundred people have ever seen a huge sum of one hundred and eighty gold coins!

Just hearing about the basic salary made almost everyone's resistance and even hostility towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce disappear in an instant.

And when they heard the various benefits that Xu Yi announced next, they were completely involuntarily excited and irrepressible.

According to Xu Yi, in addition to the basic salary, the first-class guard will also enjoy some basic benefits.

For example, every month, they will be given some rice, flour, oil and salt, etc., and every festival, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also give out other benefits.

These things may seem inconspicuous, but they are extremely affordable things, and they easily capture the hearts of these soldiers who are all from ordinary families.

In addition to these tangible benefits, the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also enjoy some additional protections.

For example, when a guard is injured or even killed while performing a task assigned by the Chamber of Commerce, then the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will give compensation for protection.

In the event of an injury, the new flyer will fully cover the cost of treatment and will continue to receive a normal salary for the duration of the injury.

And if it is too seriously injured or even killed, the new flying chamber will compensate a lot of expenses for this.

Hearing Xu Yi's promise that if any of the guards died while performing the mission of the Chamber of Commerce, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would compensate the person designated by the guards with 1,000 gold coins, and in an instant, many people came up with the idea of selling this life to Xu Yi.

If it weren't for the family's difficulties, how could ordinary people choose to join the army.

Therefore, although these 500 people are the elite of the army, their family situation is mostly difficult.

And because of the poverty of the military headquarters of the Lampari Kingdom, they can only support themselves in the army at most, and they are unable to improve their family situation at all.

For them, a thousand gold coins is not only a huge sum that they have never seen before, but they have never thought of at all.

If anyone gave them a thousand gold coins to buy their lives, then they would be very happy to be the elite soldiers who had fought countless times on the battlefield and were indifferent to death.

Even at this moment, many people had already secretly come up with the idea of simply dying in the execution of the mission after joining the escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

If the family can get a thousand gold coins in compensation for this, then it will be worth it!

However, when I heard Xu Yi's later words, this thought faded instantly.

Because according to Xu Yi, the level of the escort can be gradually increased according to the time spent as a guard and the merit of performing the task.

The higher the rank, the higher the salary, the higher the benefits, and the higher the protection.

A first-class guard who dies in the line of duty will receive a compensation of 1,000 gold coins.

If a second-class guard dies in the line of duty, the compensation becomes 1,500 gold coins.

And if it is a third-level guard, this amount will be increased to two thousand gold coins.

But if you become a third-level guard, who would be stupid enough to take the initiative to die?

The third-level guard's monthly salary alone is a full thirty gold coins!

What's more, if you have worked in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for 20 years, you can also be arranged by the Chamber of Commerce for another suitable job, and enjoy pension protection after the age of 60!

This kind of life is like being in heaven for these soldiers who have always been used to it!

Count Satsuma on the side watched the indifference and even hostility in the eyes of these soldiers in front of him who originally looked at Xu Yi gradually turn into fanaticism, and couldn't help but show a helpless wry smile.

He was still worried about how Xu Yi would subdue these unruly soldiers, but he didn't expect Xu Yi to do this so easily.

Moreover, Xu Yi also adopted an extremely direct approach, even so direct that the Count of Satsuma did not expect it at all, and even was a little speechless.

That is, throwing money at ......

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Uproot...... Toss for a day, so it's late.

I'm tired enough, and I asked for some recommendation tickets, monthly passes, and my trembling and weak hands ~~

Big brothers and sisters, okay~~ (To be continued......)