But Jose naturally didn't stop there, and after dealing with the affairs of the county town of Sadland, he quickly turned his attention to the grasslands. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The 1,000 steppe people he had received from Temur were released back into the steppe, and after absorbing the strength of the previous steppe tribes, Temur regained the 1,000 steppe people. This was also the help that Jose had promised to Temur, and after receiving this, the tribe of Temur had grown into a medium-sized steppe tribe.

This tribe that occupies part of the grasslands in southern Xinjiang has tens of thousands of people, and the cavalry that can be pulled out is about 4,000 at most, which is enough to protect itself, and even become an existence that can threaten many small tribes.

I have to say that Temur is indeed a very ambitious and capable person, more than a year ago, he was just a caravan bookkeeper, and even a slave living on the streets of Loulan City. With the help of the two thousand gold coins that Joseph gave him, he single-handedly pulled up a tribe of tens of thousands of people in just one year, and such a growth rate is not amazing.

But Joseph's support for him is not an act of charity, the conflict between the steppe people and the Empire of Light has a long history, and Joseph does not expect to recruit any steppe people to work for him, and even if he can recruit them, José does not trust the loyalty of these guys. Even if it is this guy Temur, José doesn't dare to say that he can trust him absolutely, the relationship between them is very complicated, but José knows that supporting these capable guys may be a little threatening, but he is also confident that he can deter this ambitious steppe servant.

After Temur gained a firm foothold, he soon received a group of people, a group of very special people, because they were not slaves or steppe people, but a Sadran army of 2,000 men! What shocked him even more was that these people were sent by the Viscount of Sadland, and the letter he brought to Temur was only a few lines: "There are 2,000 people here, all under your control, and in half a year, what I hope to get from you is an elite cavalry team!"

In the city of Sadland, Sophia looked at the direction of the military camp at the head of the city, shook her head a little puzzled, and said: "I don't understand, why send two thousand people to the grassland, they are all from the northwest. If you want to train a cavalry team, I believe Gould would be a good cavalry general, but you chose the steppe people instead...... This puzzled me. ”

José squinted at the girl and shook the glass slightly, and the wine in the glass was gently shaken. But José carelessly took out a piece of parchment from his bosom, and then said lightly: "Take it and see, this is the messenger of the Sistine sent it overnight last night, oh, or rather, from the city of Gilliat......"

"Gilliat City?" Sophia frowned, then took the parchment, only glanced at it, and immediately glanced at Jose with some surprise: "This is ......"

"What else could it be, a commendation from the imperial ruler in the imperial capital!" Qiao Se shook his head, but there was not much joy on his face: "We have wiped out more than 20,000 Northwest Army, even if they haven't rebelled yet, I'm afraid the rebellion will not be far away." Although the empire will not say anything on the surface, after all, I have solved some problems for His Majesty the Emperor, and he will naturally not be indifferent...... Therefore, this commendation order was sent to me from the imperial capital. ”

Qiao Se immediately smiled faintly, and his eyes drifted to the side: "But then again, His Majesty Montevia IV is really generous, he previously gave me the hereditary title of a viscount, and now he has appointed me as the military officer of Moxi Province! Provincial Armament Officer', Lao Tzu has checked it, this position is at the level of deputy general in the army, which is equivalent to the highest military governor of the province!"

"Yes, Supreme Military Commander......" Sophia couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said with some worry: "But this kind of position is generally set up in the provinces of the empire, such as the Northwest and Lingbei and other border provinces, and the governor has always monopolized the military and political power. This kind of position has not been established in Moxi for more than a hundred years, but His Majesty the Emperor deliberately let you let go of the supreme military chief of Moxi Province at this moment, which is indeed a bit incomprehensible. ”

"There's nothing to figure out. Jose shook his head lazily, then took a shallow sip of the wine in the glass, and then leaned on the city with some comfort, and said lightly: "His Majesty the Emperor just made it clear that he put me in front of the Northwest Army, and it is naturally only a false position for me to serve as this armament officer, and the more than 10,000 people in the Sistine will naturally not be under my command, and he does this just to let me deal with the Northwest Army!"

If you think about it, the actual ability to transfer official positions in this kind of army is extremely limited, although Lao Tzu is the highest military governor of the province on the surface, but the Sistine inside the Guan, and the Long Keduo outside the Guan, naturally will not obediently hand over the army to Lao Tzu. The only advantage of this officer is in the name, nominally I am in a high position, although I don't have much strength and strength, but I have something that neither the Northwest Army nor the Sistine have!"

When Jose said this, there was an inexplicable look of strangeness in his eyes, and then he took a deep breath and slowly spit out two words: "Conscription!"

"Lao Tzu is now the supreme governor of the province, not only the army of Sadland, nominally speaking, the entire army of Moxi is under my jurisdiction, even the acting governor of Sistine, because of the principle of separation of military power, cannot interfere in the military. It's not very operational, but at least it has legalized my 20,000-plus new troops in Sadrand. ”

José squinted, shook his head, and continued: "Think about it, my dear Sophia, from the time I recruited new troops to the great defeat of the Northwest Army, and captured more than 10,000 Northwest Army, everything can make the Empire suspicious of us. Especially in terms of troops, the Northwest Army's Long Keduo at least has the title of corps commander, but what about me, I am just a county guard, and more than 10,000 troops are not in line with the imperial legal system, let alone recruit more than 20,000 new troops at once, these things are in the eyes of the Sistine, I think His Majesty the emperor in the imperial capital has also been turning a blind eye!"

"Therefore, he simply gave you a name, a name to confront the Northwest Army in an upright manner! Recognize the legitimacy of your army, so that even if those nobles and lords in the military department are suspicious of suppressing you, His Majesty the Emperor is standing behind you. With such an official position, we can even continue to recruit troops in Sadran in the future, and it is still in accordance with the laws of the Empire......"

Sophia couldn't help but exclaim, glanced at Jose a little strangely, and then shook her head: "In this way, His Majesty the Emperor really trusts and values you!"