So after learning that the county keeper would arrive in the county town of Sadrand today, Gray did not follow Alok to meet him. In fact, he didn't like this stubborn colleague www.biquge.info a little, at least in Gray's opinion, since Alok was the general of Moxi, he shouldn't have too much contact with those hypocritical nobles from the central government.

In Gray's opinion, this so-called county keeper is just a noble lord with a false position, and if this guy still knows each other, he will naturally not trouble him. But like today, lose this guy's face, let him touch his nose, suffer a loss, and honestly serve in the city in the future.

Sure enough, at noon, someone from his subordinates came to report that the new county warden had been stopped outside the city gate. However, before Gray could be proud, the new Lord of Sadland broke into the city and soon reported it to the Commander Gray.

After his soldiers reported what had happened at the gates, Gray was a little surprised, because according to the information he had received, he only knew that there would be a county warden in the county of Sadland, and the details of this guy were not clear. However, in Gray's opinion, such a person who was sent to a county town in Moxi to serve as a county guard was nothing more than a noble lord like Sistine. You must know that now Moxi is faintly confronted by the central government, and the prefect sent by His Majesty the Emperor at this moment must be a noble official he trusts.

However, according to the reports of his subordinates, the new Sadland County Warden turned out to be a magician? Hell, where have you heard of a magician who is a nobleman of the empire and has been appointed as a governor of a local county town?!

Aren't all magicians supposed to be a bunch of simple, powerful and temperamental weirdos?

But no matter how surprised he is, the thing that Gray has to consider at this moment is that I'm afraid that this new county keeper is not so easy to deal with, right? This guy must know that he is deliberately giving him a disadvantage, and judging from the fact that he dares to directly destroy the city gate and enter the city, this guy must be a tough and decisive guy if he is not a reckless idiot!

Gray didn't speculate for long, because then his men came to inform him again, saying that after the county guard broke down the door, he went directly to the county guard's mansion with hundreds of soldiers. It is said that a meeting will be held tonight, and civil officials and military generals at all levels in the county will be ordered to discuss matters at the county guard's mansion!

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In the county warden's mansion in the county town of Sadland, José was sitting leisurely in his study, a thick pile of dossier and parchment on the table, and a steaming cup of tea in the corner.

Qiao Se took the teacup, took a sip, then shook his head and said: "What kind of tea is this, the taste is so weird, these drinks from another world, sure enough, even if they pat the horse, they can't catch up with the tea of my Heavenly Empire!"

He said casually, and then casually found a few files, and his eyes swept the words on them carefully, and his face showed a little solemnity. The files here are all submitted to the county warden's mansion by the various towns under Sadland, whether it is taxes, administration, or various work, soldiers, horses, money, food, etc., are piled up on the desk.

In addition to the city of Sadland, there are four cities, six towns and fifty-two villages in Sadrand County, and all the military and political affairs of last year are now placed in front of Jose. In fact, these were kept in the study of the county warden's office, because according to imperial law, the towns under the jurisdiction of Sadland were required to report the military and government taxes in their towns to the county on time every quarter. Although the Northwest Army like Gray is more than brave, he is not good at such matters of managing government affairs, and can only appoint the following civilian officials to deal with these matters, but these civilian officials are not as bold as the Northwest Army, and dare to monopolize military and political affairs.

At least in the eyes of those civilians, even if the Northwest Army is powerful now, if the empire sends a county guard in the future, if people check such a file, they will be prepared! The Northwest Army is strong because they have an army in their hands, even if this county guard does not dare to be angry with them, but it will not be difficult to clean up a middle- and low-level civilian official like himself, right?

Based on this consideration, after Joseph's arrival in Sadland, and as soon as Joseph entered the county warden's mansion, several civilian officials under his command reported the matter to him. Looking at the cautious looks of those civilian officials, it made Jose feel a little more fond of these guys, at least these guys are not as domineering and timid as the Northwest Army, such people are easy to control.

After a teaching lunch, Joseph took over the county guard's mansion directly, and the first thing he did was to change all the garrison soldiers in the county guard. Because according to Allock, most of these guards were soldiers of the Northwest Army arranged by Gray, and he now had 300 slave soldiers under his command, which was more than enough to protect the safety of his county guard.

According to the verdict, when these slave warriors knew that Joseph was really going to Sadland to serve as a county guard, they completely believed Joseph's words in their hearts. Moreover, these guys have always been enslaved and oppressed, and have never enjoyed the respect and freedom of others, and now they can be transformed into the private army guards of a county prefect, which is simply an unimaginable favor!

To the surprise of these slave warriors, Jose announced on the day he entered Sadland that all of them were assigned to his private army. And those who served him for five years were given the status of freemen, and during that time they were in the private army of the nobility, and not as slave soldiers! During the five years of service, they were paid the salaries of regular soldiers of the Sadland, and were paid a monthly salary, which was received directly from Chasé himself. After five years, if someone wants to leave the private army, they can also apply, but they will also be given a subsidy and a discharge fee!

As soon as these words came out, almost all the slave fighters could not believe it, although they were all slaves, but most of them also knew the laws of the empire, and even the Central Army, which had the best welfare, probably did not have such treatment, right? Not only did this new master treat them mildly and tolerantly, but he also proposed such treatment at this moment, which was simply unbelievable to them.

For a long time, slaves were the lowest class in the continent of Ceylon, and almost no one could afford them, and the most important hope of the vast majority of slaves was to obtain the status of a free people. Now Joseph's words have finally given them hope!