"Do you want me to repeat it?" Gu Bei's gaze became sharp.

Those city guards finally came to their senses, and they realized that Gu Bei was not joking, nor was he doing anything, but really wanted them to disband on the spot.

"Your Royal Highness, why dismiss us? What are we doing wrong? The bold city guards couldn't help but retort.

"Just because I am the prince of the Holy Dragon Kingdom and the master of Thorn City!" Gu Bei said loudly.

"If you're not willing to lay down your arms and take off your uniform, I can have someone help you!"

Gu Bei glanced at Ye Wei and Yang Shifu.

Ye Wei carried a pair of bronze sledgehammers, Yang Shifu held a long knife, and walked in front of those city guards, a third-order martial artist and a second-order martial artist, bringing a lot of pressure to those city guards.

"Take it off, I don't want to do it for a long time."

"That's it, who is rare?"

Under pressure, the city guards began to put down their weapons, take off their uniforms, and return the city guards' waist cards.

Although the action is relatively cowardly, it is still okay to have a hard mouth.

When the last person took off his armor and put down his waist card, Gu Bei directly let them all disband.

Those uniforms, weapons, and waist cards were all taken back into the treasury by Gu Bei's guards of the City Lord's Mansion.

The news of the disbandment of the city guards in Thorn City soon spread in the city, and people talked about it, and no one knew why Gu Bei did this.

Gu family, after Gu Wanquan got the news, he sneered: "It's okay if it's disbanded, I also save a sum of money every year to raise the city guards, I want to see what tricks this sixth prince can play." ”

Hou Degui of the Hou family also had the same thoughts, they didn't think that Gu Bei could make any splashes.

However, the next day, Gu Bei sent people to post a notice in Thorn City to re-recruit the city guards.

The conditions he offered were extremely generous, and the salary of ordinary soldiers was ten taels of silver a year, and they were required to be in good health, obey orders, and be loyal to the city lord's mansion.

Ten taels of silver, plus food and shelter, for ordinary people, this treatment can be described as very generous.

Therefore, soon a large number of people went to the city lord's mansion to participate in the selection and wanted to become the city guard.

Because Ye Wei is strong, he needs to protect Gu Bei closely.

Therefore, Gu Bei asked Yang Shifu, who was old and respectful, to be in charge of the selection of the city guards, and at the same time appointed him as the new commander of the city guards.

From a down-and-out wandering warrior to the commander of the city guards of Thorn City, Yang Shifu felt like he was dreaming, and he was more conscientious in his work.

Actually, Gu Bei didn't really trust him completely, after all, the two had been in contact for a short time.

It's just that there are too few people around Gu Bei who can be used, and the commander of the city guard army can't be too weak, so Gu Bei has no choice but to let Yang Shifu try it first, and then replace him when the time comes.

However, Yang Shifu's ability surprised Gu Bei.

In less than five days, Yang Shifu selected more than 100 people, established a new city guard, and carried out training according to Gu Bei's instructions.

This new city guard army quickly took over the city defense of Thorn City, disappointing the Gu family and the Hou family, who were waiting to see the joke

Outside the City of Thorns, near the ruins of the Divine Dragon, a barracks were quickly established, and the newly arrived city guards, in addition to taking turns to guard the city defense, usually received training here.

In the barracks, there are many banners written, which is Gu Bei's idea, referring to the barracks in his previous life.

For example, slogans such as "sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime".

"Stand up straight for Lao Tzu, don't move, if anyone moves, today's lunch will be halved, move again, and cancel lunch!"

Yang Shifu is training these recruits according to the training method given to him by Gu Bei, first training in the queue, then physical fitness, and finally martial arts.

Many people may think that training the queue is useless, but in fact, it can subtly let these recruits learn to obey discipline, learn to unite as one, and enforce orders.

Usually Yang Shifu is always silent and looks honest, but in the process of training these recruits, he seems to have changed as a person, his eyes are very sharp, decisive, and very powerful.

These recruits were trained by him to be obedient and obedient, and they were honest like little sheep.

Gu Bei took Ye Wei and Ao Xing to watch Yang Shifu train these recruits with great interest.

"I really didn't misread him, Lao Yang may not have a very strong cultivation talent, but he has a very good set of leading troops, and it won't take long for these city guards to be successfully trained."

Ye Wei nodded and said, "If I were to bring these uncultivated recruits, I would definitely not have the patience." ”

Ye Wei prefers to charge into battle with a bronze war hammer, and she doesn't like the boring thing of defending the city.

Gu Bei moved Ao Xing's nest to the middle of the barracks, which was blocked by the building, and outsiders could not see Ao Xing if they didn't walk in.

Ao Xing is now getting bigger and bigger, and the City Lord's Mansion is too small for it, so it has to be relocated to live outside the city.

Every once in a while, Gu Bei would take Ao Xing into the mysterious forest to hunt, not only did Ao Xing need to eat demonic beasts or demon beasts, but after Gu Bei cultivated the Heaven Swallowing Technique, he also needed to eat.

During this time, Gu Bei was asking Ye Wei to teach combat skills, and the two often practiced against each other, and when Gu Bei became familiar with his own strength, he began to find weaker monsters or demon beasts to fight.

In his spare time, Gu Bei would also go to the nearby villages that had been looted by bandits, and take Lang Zhong to treat the injured villagers for free.

This made Gu Bei's reputation among the villagers gradually improve.

On this day, Gu Bei was comforting the lonely and widowed elderly at the homes of the villagers in Cotton Village outside Thorn City.

Suddenly, several carriages ran into the cotton village at a rapid pace, and walked to the place where the crowd had gathered.

A fat-headed and big-eared official and a few retinues got out of the carriage.

They removed a lot of tools from the car, including measuring tapes, dendrobs, rods and scales.

In a place like Thorn City, if you can eat fat-headed and big-eared, you are either a wealthy family like the two major families, or an official in a position full of oil and water.

"Pay your taxes, pay your taxes!"

As soon as the official arrived, the entourage shouted.

The villagers of Cotton Village were suddenly poured a basin of cold water from the top of their heads, as if they were in the cold winter moon, and their whole body felt cold and biting.

They have just been ransacked by bandits, and now how can they have surplus grain to pay taxes?

Gu Bei, who was in the villager's house, frowned, in this case, it should be exempt from taxes, and relief food should be distributed at the same time, how can it continue to be taxed?

It seems that the big and small officials in Thorn City are also rotten.

Gu Bei decided, don't do it, don't stop it, since the city guards have all been replaced, the officials in Thorn City will simply be replaced!

In fact, almost all of the current officials in Thorn City have an unclear relationship with the Gu family and the Hou family, and some are even members of these two families.

Because of this, the Gu family and the Hou family were able to live a smooth life in Thorn City, and the previous city lord had no way to deal with them.

An elder among the villagers stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, our village has just been ransacked by bandits, and we don't even have food for the winter, so we really can't pay taxes, can you please be accommodating?" ”

The fat-headed, big-eared tax collector sneered, "Accommodating? The official gives you accommodation, who will give you accommodation? ”

"Even if the official is emotional, the tax official of Xihai City is not emotional, and the tax that should be paid must not be less at all."

The faces of the villagers suddenly showed a look of despair, this is their life!