As soon as Güro and José entered the barracks, they were greeted by a few low-ranking officials in charge of logistics, but the food was not much better than that of the soldiers, and there were only a few extra pieces of jerky and vegetables in their lunch. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Here in the northwest is not as good as the imperial capital, after the war, there is a shortage of food, and even the military rations of our garrison have to rely on the governor's palace to distribute. It's just that the new Sistine doesn't seem to be very conscientious, and the food and salary in our army have not been paid on time for two months. Gu Luo sighed deliberately and began to complain to Joseph.

Jose snorted coldly in his heart: That Sistine guy wishes that your Northwest Army would starve to death, and it would be strange that he would allocate food to you on time!

The food and salaries collected by the Northwest Army were basically increased taxes, and the residents of ordinary villages and even towns had already been overtaxed and fled to their hometowns and Guannai. The Northwest Army is so killing chickens and taking eggs, I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before internal chaos breaks out. Jose saw these things in his eyes, and he didn't say a word, but he silently wrote them down in his heart.

It was only two days later that José left the county of Modo with the food that Ronkdo had given him. When the group left, Roncodo did not show up again, but sent Gu Luo to send Jose out of the city.

Joseph was not polite to the commander, and almost left the territory of Moduo City to say goodbye to these Northwest Army. After all, someone is willing to be a free bodyguard, and Jose naturally will not refuse.

When he returned to Sadland, Chaux went straight to Gould and told him what he had encountered in the county of Modo. When the fat man learned that the Northwest Army actually exchanged iron weapons with the grassland people for war horses, his face immediately turned red with anger, and he couldn't help but scold: "This group of damn Northwest Army, are they crazy, exchanging iron tools for the grassland people, this is treason!"

"Fatty, don't be too angry, the Northwest Army is now the number one warlord sitting outside the Guan, even the Sistine doesn't dare to do anything to them, what's the use of us being so angry!" Jose snorted coldly, and then squinted at Gould and said with a strange smile: "They don't have much pay or food, so where can they loot if they don't loot from the civilians in the river valley? Besides, just one or two thousand sets of armor scimitars are not a big deal, presumably the Northwest Army naturally has nothing to fear." ”

"Damn, these damn guys, they got the benefits in exchange for a casual getaway, but who knows if those steppe people will turn around and use these weapons to kill the civilians of the empire! It turns out that although Lao Tzu is dissatisfied with the Northwest Army, he still admires these guys, but I didn't expect them to do such a dirty thing behind their backs!"

Gould looked very angry, after all, a soldier like him attaches great importance to the honor of the army, can defeat the battle, and can even fight against the empire, but this kind of thing has already touched the bottom line of the fat man.

There has been friction with the grassland people in the northwest all the year round, and there have always been wars of all sizes, and the military and people in the northwest are very disgusted and even hated by this group of ambitious grassland bandits. It is conceivable that if ordinary people knew about the deeds of the Northwest Army and the grassland people, although thousands of sets of armor weapons were not important, such a blatant collusion with the grassland people was enough to discredit the prestige of the Northwest Army.

Gould scolded for a while, but when he saw Joseph watching with a playful face, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but look at Joseph and said: "My lord, when you went to Moduo City this time, you must have found out a lot of details of the Northwest Army, tell me quickly, do you already have an idea to deal with this group of Northwest Army?"

"No!" Qiao Se spread his hands very dryly, and said a little helplessly: "This time I went to Moduo City and did see a lot of inside information about the Northwest Army, such as they have tens of thousands of male troops, and most of them are elite soldiers and strong generals who have experienced a hundred battles.

These guys have even turned Moduocheng into a military base, and almost the entire city is full of soldiers! Although they are very reluctant to admit it, these Northwest Army troops do have some means to train and raise troops. And not long after the last Northwest War, the tens of thousands of soldiers under the Northwest Army are all guys who have experienced the baptism of the battlefield, just with the little strength we have on hand, it is a little difficult to protect ourselves, let alone deal with the Northwest Army......"

The more Gould listened, the more his brows furrowed, and when he heard the end, he couldn't help but directly interrupt Joseph's words: "My lord, listening to you say this, we can't defeat the Northwest Army?

Jose pondered for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "At least with our current strength, there is no way to go head-to-head with the Northwest Army. For a period of time in the future, we can only give in first, and only by raising our strength as soon as possible can we be qualified to make the Northwest Army fearful of us. But even now, Lao Tzu will not let them cause trouble in the county town of Sadland.

A new tax policy has been issued, and Yarok and Shire have introduced tax exemptions in various towns. Now the first thing we have to be busy with is spring ploughing, and as long as we first stabilize the grain tax revenue in the county town, we will not be afraid of losing the confidence to expand our armaments. ”

Gould is also a general in the army, so he naturally knows that Joseph's words are good, but he still can't help but say a little unwillingly: "Then we can only watch the Northwest Army and the steppe people trade iron weapons now? Two thousand sets of armor and weapons is not much, but once the Northwest Army starts this, I am afraid that more than these things will flow to the grassland in the future......! If the Northwest Army really rebels in the future, will it collude with the steppe people? In that case, the river valley corridor will be dangerous!"

Jose listened to Gould's concerns, but said with a faint smile: "Of course Lao Tzu will not watch the Northwest Army take advantage, hmph! Now that I know, his Northwest Army should not want to play this trick!"

Jose squinted his eyes at Gould, and then said slowly: "I heard Temur say that they have negotiated this transaction, and the time chosen for the transaction is half a month later, and the location of the transaction is in a small town on the border of the river valley. Fatty, think about it, where is the border of the valley corridor?"

"A small town on the border of the river valley...... Sadland!" Gould's face shook, he had also served in the Northwest Army for many years, so he naturally knew the terrain division of Moxi.

Moxi was originally the farthest province in the western frontier of the empire, and the only county town bordering the steppe people on the border of the river valley was naturally Sadrand County on the west side of the river valley corridor!

When the fat man thought of this, he frowned, and couldn't help but say: "These guys are not small, they dare to trade with the grassland people in our territory!"