Chapter Seventy-Four: Money
Lord Lin listened to Zhong Ling's questioning and was on the spot. I thought to myself: Didn't the king say that he wouldn't make her suspicious? Why did the commander find out so quickly? Could it be that my performance was too exaggerated?
Zhong Ling looked at him and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous. I just thought it was too much of a coincidence, so I'll ask you. If you don't say it, forget it. And how much is my money?
Lord Lin asked the other two sergeants to step back first.
"Lin was indeed sent by the Spirit Rhino King to wait here for Commander Zhong. Commander Zhong is very smart, and he can see through Lin in a few words. It's amazing!" Lord Lin first brought a high hat to Zhong Ling: "King Lingxi's arrangement is indeed out of helplessness. ”
Lord Lin sighed and continued: "Prime Minister Li Cheng has many students in the court, and many people in his family are in more important departments. ”
"So he wants to use my impulsive personality to kill this Li family?"
"What you said is serious, the Spirit Rhino King means that he wants you to lead up a matter, so that the Spirit Rhino King can serve the Li family in one pot. ”
"Oh, you want to find a good excuse, huh?"
"Yes, yes, that's what it means!"
"Okay, tell me how much money I have, and I'll go to him and ask for it." ”
"Your salary is thirty thousand silver coins a month. Your rewards are 30 million. ”
"How many silver coins per month is a soldier?"
"Eighty. ”
"I'm dizzy. Then I can afford to raise more than 300 private soldiers just by being a servant!"
"Almost!"
"Okay, can you reveal that this mission was completed, and the Spirit Rhino King didn't give much reward?"
"Wait a minute. Master Lin said that he went to the drawer next to him and took a secret letter over: "Look at it yourself." ”
The secret letter was written by the Spirit Rhino King to this Lord Lin. The content of the writing is the same as what Lord Lin said. The last few lines read: If Commander Zhong asks about the reward for this mission, you can tell me. The official is promoted to the third level, and the salary is doubled. Reward 10,000,000 credits.
"Hehe, hehe, this Spirit Rhino King seems to know that I will find out. The price code has already been issued. Okay, for the money's sake. You tell the Spirit Rhino King, wait for my good news!"
"I wish you success!"
"Where does that son-in-law hang out?"
"These days, I often appear in the Red Mansion, the largest in the imperial capital, and I get drunk every day. ”
"Alright. I'll meet him later. ”
"Your Excellency, please feel free to do so. I won't send it!"
Zhong Ling, who walked out of the military headquarters, called the sergeant who was waiting for her to go to the Ximen barracks together.
It was almost an hour before Zhong Ling left the school, and Zhong Ling, who came to the barracks, found that the sergeants from the other three barracks had already begun to line up into the western barracks.
"They came very quickly, too. Zhong Ling said softly.
The Simon sergeant beside him hurriedly explained: "All the military camps are looking forward to your arrival. Last night, various intersections were barricaded. As soon as I received the letter, I left the passage, so it came relatively quickly. ”
"Doesn't that make me a nuisance?"
"It doesn't exist. We city guards often do this in their plays. The people are used to it. ”
"That's pretty much it. You go and ask if everyone is there. ”
"Yes. Your Excellency!" the sergeant commanded, and went down to inquire.
After a while, the sergeant came back and reported that the personnel were in place and ready for selection.
Zhong Ling stepped onto the podium, and the sergeants in the audience suddenly fell silent.
"Everyone, the purpose of my Zhong Ling's visit this time, everyone knows it, right?"
"Yes!"
"That's good. I'm so happy that so many people here want to follow me. But I'm a poor man. I don't have a family background, and I can't afford all the people. ”
"Commander, choose me! I don't want your money. Many sergeants in the audience shouted.
"Don't want money, then how do you support your family? How do you drink wine and eat meat?" Zhong Ling will not let her family be her little brother in vain.
She raised her hand to silence everyone: "If you follow me, you have to think clearly." I don't have a backer behind me. I also like to offend people. So when I was a subordinate, it would be easy for others to target me. It would be a very dangerous thing. ”
There was a lot of discussion in the audience.
"Alright. You guys, you can think about it slowly. All those who want to follow me, all of them. Ten laps around the barracks. The first 400 people can stay and continue the assessment. Begin. Run. ”
As soon as the words fell. I saw that the whole barracks were boiling, and nearly a thousand sergeants began to rush out of the barracks and run.
"My lord, do you think it's okay for me to run too?" asked the sergeant from the Western Military Camp who had been accompanying Zhong Ling in a low voice.
Zhong Ling looked at him: "You want to follow me too?"
"Yes. My lord!"
"Why?"
"Because I've heard your story and seen you fight that night. I don't think I can follow you for a long time. ”
Zhong Ling looked at his fiery eyes: "What's your name? You don't have to run away, just follow me in the future! I will definitely take you out on a different path." ”
The sergeant hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Thank you, my lord! Dry hook in, forward front"
"Get up! Ha ha. ”
"Hehehehehe, yes, my lord. You're definitely going to be soaring. Yu Qian got up and laughed: "When I was a child, everyone said that my name was good, and that I would definitely be rich in the future." ”
"Uh-huh! You help me keep an eye on these people. Let the top four hundred of the full ten laps let them stay, and the others will go back to their own business, and there will be a chance to cooperate again in the future!"
"Yes, sir, you can go over there and rest first. Yu Qian led Zhong Ling to the rest area of Jiangtai.
More than an hour later.
"Your Excellency. It's all gone. The first four hundred are all gathered in the audience. Yu ran over to report.
"Well, let them run another ten laps, this time leaving the first two hundred. ”
More than an hour passed.
"Your Excellency. I ran another ten laps. Two hundred people were left. ”
"Okay, I'll go see them. ”
Zhong Ling reappeared in the center of the podium.
"Everyone's worked hard, I can't help it, there are too many candidates. So I had to make everyone a little tired. ”
"Not tired, not tired. The sergeant below replied loudly.
"Of course, now that there are two hundred of you, I still have to let some of them go back. Because I really can't afford to support so many people. ”
"My lord, we are very easy to raise, we don't need you to give more money, it is enough to be at the level of an ordinary sergeant in the empire. ”
Imperial private soldiers were generally paid half as much as ordinary soldiers, so many sergeants asked to work without additional pay.
"That's it! There is still a sum of money that has not arrived. You all come with me to ask for this account. If it's going to come down. How about you all stay with me and get paid at least twice as much as you are now?"