When Martin heard him say this, he couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Lord County Guard, let you gather these old subordinates, is it for ......?"

Gould grinned at this time, and nodded meaningfully: "Boy, you guessed right, our county guard is not a soft persimmon, although he has to be polite to the Northwest Army on the surface, but he is definitely not a master who is willing to suffer." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoToday's deliberation is just to test and paralyze that Gray.

In fact, what my lord means is that among the people who are discussing today, select a group of civilian officials in key positions and low-level officers who are loyal to the empire, and draw them over to our side to deal with this Gray and his Northwest Army together!"

"I see, but if this matter is known to Gray, I'm afraid it won't be easy to clean up, right?" Martin immediately hesitated: "Although we are not afraid of their Northwest Army, but at the moment my father has no obvious contradictions with that Gray in the city, if he knows about the fact that we are carrying him behind his back today, it will inevitably be a little troublesome." ”

"Hehe, you kid, I haven't seen you for a few days, but your temperament is like your old man, and he is a lot more restrained and calm. Don't worry, most of these people used to be the guards in my Sadrand county, even if they weren't my cronies, they were all juniors in the army. Hmph, although he Gray is now in command of the army in Sadrand, he looks majestic, but everything in this army has to be talked about.

If he Gray is in the army of the Northwest Army, then I can't compare to him as the commander of a county, but in this county town of Sadland, Lao Tzu, a fat man who has served as the deputy commander of the county for eight or nine years, is always more popular with his old subordinates than the Northwest Army, who has only been in Sadland for a few months, right?"

Martin heard Gould say this, but there was some truth, the most important seniority and faction in the Northwest Army, Gould had been in charge of the army in Sadrand for nearly ten years. Although most of his former subordinate generals were removed and demoted because of Gray's overhead, with his prestige and status among the Sadland military and civilians, it was not comparable to a few officers of the Northwest Army.

A few people said as they walked, and José also told Alok about it, and Alok heard that he had this plan, although he had some concerns in his heart, but he also went into the backyard with Jose. This is obviously a rather secret place in the garrison mansion, and unlike the loose outer courtyard, the soldiers standing guard here are all those slave warriors. They all wore the armor uniforms of the garrison, and they also wore swords around their waists, although they did not have the posture of a soldier on their bodies, but their momentum was quite strong.

José deliberately led Alok past the slave warriors and into the small hall. There were already seven or eight people waiting for them, all dressed as junior officers, and two or three civilian officials in robes, all of whom were in charge of the finances, taxes, and people's livelihoods. As soon as Joseph entered the door with Aloch and Gould, the attention of these people fell on Jose.

"Guys, I'm sorry I left you behind after the meeting, but let me state first, it's not a working time, so I won't give you any overtime allowance!"

José smiled and strode forward. His words elicited a good-natured laugh, which quickly fell silent. These people are not fools, and it is natural to see that the new county keeper has other things to do with them. And the quick-witted ones have already seen that the civilian generals present seem to be some old men from the former Sadland county, and even the former deputy commander of Sadland like Gould and the current deputy commander like Alok.

"I think you can guess some of the reasons why I'm here to stay. José coughed deliberately, then restrained the smile on his face, and then became a little more serious: "I think you probably know the situation in the valley corridor better than I do now. Since General Long Keduo stationed troops outside the pass, the Northwest Army has been stationed in the defense of various counties, and naturally has mastered the army dispatch and county management outside the pass.

This is naturally understandable, since the dispatch of the Northwest Army is agreed by the empire, it is naturally reasonable to take over the work in the county. However, after I took office, I found that the situation in the county seat of Sadland was not as optimistic as I had imagined! Whether it was taxes, finances, food, logistics, and even military affairs, I was a little surprised!"

When Jose said this, he deliberately set his eyes on a middle-aged official in front of him. This is a typical Moxi silhouette man, he looks like he is in his forties, but his figure is relatively very burly.

"Lord Charles, I remember you were the prefect of the Sadrand County Treasurer, didn't you?" José glanced at the Charles, who looked a lot like an officer, but his position was that of a tax officer. In fact, according to Joseph's understanding, this guy was a soldier before he became the treasurer, but he was promoted to the position of the treasurer a few years ago, and he has been sitting for six or seven years, and he can be regarded as an old man with similar qualifications as Gould.

Hearing José's question, Charles quickly got up and turned sideways and replied, "Yes, Lord Shire, my current position is the Treasurer of the County of Sadland, and I have held this position for almost several years, and I have also been in charge of Lord Gould's army for a while. ”

"Well, let me ask you, as the chief of finance in the county town of Sadland, not only did you not manage the financial account well, but instead made the finances of the county strained, and even the east gate wall was damaged in the northwest war, and the funds have not been allocated to repair it, but the tax is higher and higher quarter by quarter, what is going on?"

Charles listened to Jose's words, and his face immediately couldn't help but show a little helplessness and anger, and before José could finish speaking, he couldn't help but shout: "You can wronged me for these things, Lord José, since Commander Gray took over Sadland, I have recorded every account clearly with my subordinates, and all the division of expenses is also decided by Commander Gray, and I can only carry it out."

The financial loopholes in the county were due to excessive military spending, and Sadland's post-war depression meant that there were displaced people in all towns and villages in the county, not to mention the increase in taxes.

I quarreled with Lord Gray three times about this matter, and he reluctantly agreed to raise the tax by fifty percent, which is also a matter of no choice! If you don't believe it, you can go to other counties to inquire and inquire, and the minimum tax has also been more than doubled, and the increase of fifty percent in the county town of Sadland is still the result that I have won by fighting this financial director not to do it, and arguing with Commander Gray!"