Insufficient army, financial loopholes, excessive taxation and problems with displaced people and land. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOverall, that's all the trouble José faces.

In order to deal with these problems, the three of Joseph, Gould, and Aloke, after this small council, discussed at length. Most of the military and political affairs of Sadland were in the hands of Gray before, and even if he can take back the administrative power now, but the problem of military affairs, I am afraid that he will not be able to reach out to the Northwest Army.

The only forces in the city that could be trusted and in their hands, apart from José's private army of three hundred slave soldiers, were the garrison of a banner regiment under Aloke, and the low-ranking officers in the county town who were originally Gould's old department.

But even so, José didn't feel that he would have less of an advantage than Gray. First of all, he is the nominal county governor and garrison governor of the county town of Sadland, and he is also the lord of the county town of Sadland, at least on the surface, he is much higher than Gray's rank.

Secondly, the biggest hole card that Gray relied on was the Northwest Army under his command, with more than 6,000 troops in the two banner regiments, and these were all elite troops under the Northwest Army, which were far stronger than the garrison of Alok in terms of strength and combat effectiveness.

However, all of these Northwest Armies were stationed in Sadrand from Lonktor with Gray, and were not the original garrison forces in Sadrand. And according to Joseph's understanding, after this army was stationed in Sadland, not only did it play much of a defensive role, but often caused trouble and disturbed the people. Aloke's soldiers were mainly responsible for the security of the city, and in the few months since the Northwest Army was stationed in Sadland, he had dealt with dozens of frictions and contradictions caused by the Northwest Army.

Far from the hinterland of the empire, it was located in the western frontier of the empire, and it was the center of the mainland of Ceylon, close to the nomadic regimes of the Chatai Khanate of the steppe people. The geographical location is special, and it is a border area, whether it is the army of the steppe people or the horse thieves and robbers along the trade routes, it is never stopped.

In this place, which was originally a place with strong folk customs, the Northwest Army, composed of Moxi locals, was naturally a perennial sword, and its combat effectiveness was naturally one of the outstanding among the more than a dozen local provinces in the Bright Empire. But in addition to these advantages, the Northwest Army was also notoriously difficult to govern, especially the Northwest Army faction dominated by Governor Heru.

For more than ten years, the empire has also been facing this problem, whether it is to dismantle the army or transfer the imperial generals to the northwest to lead the army, it is difficult to completely solve this problem. I have to say that this problem actually appeared when Heru was the governor, but because the Northwest Army was brought out by Heru, he was fine when he was in the northwest, and once he was transferred by the central government, the problem of the Northwest Army was particularly prominent.

Therefore, although the combat effectiveness of such an army is a first-class local force, in terms of military discipline, it is simply terrible. The Northwest Army has always been subordinate to its superiors, and it has a strong sense of vernacular and xenophobia, and such an army may be very strong in battle, but it is extremely difficult to govern.

Obviously, Gray's Northwest Army is a typical Northwest Army, and since they were stationed in Sadland, they don't know how much trouble has happened. Moreover, because of military spending and taxes, the city of Sadrand has raised a lot of commercial tax standards, and many shops in the city have closed down. For shops or places that cannot afford to pay taxes, Gray even directly appoints officers in the army to lead his men to forcibly levy!

In this way, although the military expenditure of the Northwest Army was settled, Gray and other cadres of the Northwest Army also aroused the disgust of the local military and people in Sadland. Even the county treasurer like Charles was very dissatisfied with him, not to mention the ordinary people who were harassed and suppressed by the Northwest Army.

After learning about these circumstances, Jose was even more sure in his heart, a general like Gray, his subordinates were not strict, the rewards and punishments were unknown, and he was afraid that he would definitely not be able to stay long in this city of Saddland just by acting recklessly with brute force.

Although this high-flying guy made Jose very dissatisfied, the problem now was not this Gray, but the Ronkedo behind him and the tens of thousands of main forces of the Northwest Army. After all, the entire area outside the Northwest Pass is actually governed by the Northwest Army, and the position of Jose, the commander of the Sadland County appointed by the central government, is more sensitive.

If he rashly attacked this Gray and directly seized the military and political power of the county town of Sadland on his mobile phone, I am afraid that it would provoke a retaliatory attack by the Northwest Army. And now that the Northwest and the Empire are in a confrontation, if he openly seizes Gray's military power at this time, I am afraid that the more serious consequence will directly cause the Northwest Army to retaliate.

After all, Joseph is only a small county guard now, and his strength is completely insufficient to confront those Northwest Army generals in Ronkedo, even if Joseph can control Sadland in his hands, he will definitely not be able to play those Northwest Army with real power in his hands! If Joseph can really take power from the Northwest Army, the happiest person is probably that Montevia IV, but he will definitely become a thorn in the side of the Northwest Army.

Even if he takes charge of the military administration of Sadland, it will inevitably cause retaliation and pressure from the Northwest Army, according to the character of Montevideo IV, it is not certain that he will be grateful to himself as a rising bird, and maybe he will be dissatisfied with the contradiction between the Northwest Army and the Central Committee, and he may clean himself up to appease the Northwest Army!

If the officials appointed by the empire can easily seize power from the Northwest Army, then once this precedent is set, I am afraid that the empire will insert its influence into several other counties outside the pass. Therefore, no matter what he does, as long as he tries to take power, he will inevitably cause a reaction from the Northwest Army.

This conclusion made José feel very unhappy, but if he allowed Gray to garrison in Sadland, not only would his power as the county governor be in danger of being overthrown, but these Northwest troops would also cause instability in the county town of Sadland.

Since Jose was made Viscount of Sadrand, he already regarded Sadrand as his own territory in his heart. Originally thinking of showing his strength in his own territory, José could make a difference, but found that his people were oppressed and displaced by the Northwest Army. The towns under the county seat are even more deserted and the population is scattered, and such a dilapidated situation is naturally unbearable for Joseph.

So Joseph now has no choice but to take over the military power of the county town from Gray, and at the same time develop his own power. Even if the Northwest Army will retaliate against him at that time, he will at least be able to barely protect himself. It's just that in the face of such a huge county town, he didn't know where to start for a while.

But just three days after the council, an unexpected visitor turned José's predicament......