Around the first year of the Magic Calendar, it was the most stormy period in the whole world, during which all kinds of very shocking news continued to come in.

If there is a period of peace in the past few years, it is between the 2nd year of the magic calendar and the 4th year of the magic calendar.

--"Amy's Empire Xilin City.City Chronicles"

Chapter 19 Collecting Protection Fees

The entire Eminole continent is surrounded by the Ocean of Mirrors. As the name suggests, except for the coast of the St. Snow Mountain in the south and the coast of the Macis Mountains in the north, the coast of the rest of the Eminole continent is calm and calm.

In the western part of Amy's empire, there were no continents, not even larger islands, so although there were some semi-circular bays or even natural harbors in the west, there were any military harbors in this area.

The core reason for this situation is that in the late period of the Red Moon Calendar and the beginning of the Magic Calendar, there were no formed fleets in various continents and countries, and there was no special department for the direct management of the fleet, although each country also set up a very small number of military ports and some troops with ships as the main tool, but in terms of the scale of ships and the main direction of military defense at that time, those troops with ships as the main tool could only become coastal rescue forces.

For the merchants, the entire Amy Shaolin abbot of the post-80s generation is intertwined, and almost every larger town is covered by this spider web, although the number of goods transported by road network cannot be as large as that of sea ships, but the speed and safety are far greater than that of ocean transportation. This situation is also one of the reasons why there is not a single seaport on the western coastline of Amy's empire. Without a seaport, there would be no big cities, or to be more precise, not even some big towns.

The Amy Empire and the Theseus Empire are naturally separated by the course of the Lion River, and at the mouth of the Lion River, there is an island formed by the alluvial waters of the Lion River, which is quite large in terms of alluvial islands. In the early days, there were no residents on this island, a large number of dense mangrove forests grew, and it was located on the west side of the mainland, so this island was called Xilin Island, and later, the island gradually had inhabitants, forming a village, and it was called Xilin Village. Of course, this is just one of a series of small villages on the west coast of Amy's empire that resemble a series of stars. Later, a large number of fish were found in the open sea, and the size of the village gradually expanded, and in order to maintain law and order and prevent small groups of islands from infestation, the empire sent troops, and the village was officially upgraded to Xilin Town.

Judging from the size of the town, there are only about 3,000 people in Xilin Town, which is pitifully small compared to most towns in the mainland. As far as the garrison army is concerned, it is also pitiful compared to the regular border guards. The headquarters of the Emperor ** team may believe too much in the 4,000-meter-wide Lion River, and the garrison along the Lion River is very poor compared with the garrison forces at the junction of other borders, and the garrison general Viscount Fan, who is responsible for defending the Lion River, has even more reason to believe that Xilin Island, which is located at the mouth of the sea, is more than 6,000 meters away from the Xiusi Empire, and there is no need to send a large number of regular troops here, if it is not for the pressure of the Emperor ** headquarters, the 200-person basic swordsman battalion he does not want to send.

Although he can ignore the existence of this island, and even every time he holds a meeting in the war zone, he always complains - saying that the military investment in this small village and town is too much and there is no reasonable return, and the emperor's headquarters does not pay more, which has become a black hole in his defense area.

But if, one day, several people blatantly come to him to receive the island, it is undoubtedly something that he cannot accept under any circumstances.

In the autumn of the 3rd year of the magic calendar, there were such a few people sitting in the meeting hall of Viscount Fan's General's Mansion.

Viscount Fan, who was sitting on a high-backed chair in the middle of the hall, held a letter from Emperor Yu's ** headquarters and looked at it over and over, his eyes looked through the upper part of the letter, and secretly glanced at a few young people who were standing below, silently savoring the taste of the letter:

Amy Imperial Lion River Frontier General Fan:

It is reported that after the establishment of troops in Xilin Town, the military expenditure of the Lion River Defense Area increased, and the Emperor's ** Headquarters could not solve it.

His Excellency Amy, the leader of the existing small mercenary group, is willing to take on the protection of the town, and is willing to bear the military expenses of the 200-man swordsman battalion already stationed in the town.

According to the norms of the Imperial Mercenary Regiment's assistance in defense, the headquarters confirmed: that is, from rì onwards, the garrison of Xilin Town will be handed over to the small mercenary regiment, and the regiment will have 50% of the local tax as the garrison fee;

Amy Di** Headquarters Marshal Fan Datong Duke

It is well known that the empire levied tithes on the population of the country according to their numbers, 50% of which was directly handed over to the local military and political governors to be used for the local military and government affairs. In the past 3 years, since Xilin established the army, especially the addition of the swordsman battalion, whether it is in the investment of military salaries or soldiers' weapons and equipment, it is the least investment among all military branches, although every time he complains about the increase in personnel and can not get more military spending, but this does not affect Viscount Fan and the bureaucrats who are close to him have more additional income from Xilin.

Now someone wants to take over, which is definitely something that Viscount Fan does not want to accept.

Looking at the young men in front of him through the upper part of the letter again, Viscount Fan speculated, if they didn't give them to them, would they have the strength to pose a threat to themselves? There were only 8 young people in front of him, all of whom were very young, probably less than 20.

The first one is a young man who seems to have been born in the aristocracy, and it is only as if it is. In the brief conversation just now, Viscount Fan has learned his name: Amy Haber, according to Viscount Fan's impression, among the current families of the Count and above in the empire, there is no such family as Haber, maybe he is a scholar from a noble family, right? This young man is dressed in white clothes, the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, and he always exudes a kind smile, showing a little weakness, and carrying a two-handed sword behind his back that is extremely inconsistent with his body shape, if it is metal, it is estimated that it should be more than 20 catties. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a teenager can use it, maybe it's not metal, besides, even if it's metal, it doesn't matter, this sword has shown that his status is low, no nobleman in the empire will use a two-handed sword, and a two-handed sword cannot be used on a mount, which will affect the nobles' pursuit of knighthood.

However, this chapter is very interesting, although every time the official letter comes, the signature is Marshal Fan Datong, but this time the chapter is not very the same as before, without the marshal emblem. It can't be fake, right? Do you imprison them first? Viscount Fan denied his idea, he can not hand over the land, but he has no chance to offend people, and these people may really have strong strength, which is always bad.

"Mr. Amy, it's a pleasure to see that you're willing to be a part of the defense work in this field. However, since I am in a remote area, I don't know much about the outside world, and I know almost nothing about Your Excellency, can you introduce yourself first?"

"Heh, General. The young man in white smiled and nodded: "I'm just a little mercenary, I have just entered the Tao for 2 years, and I really can't say that there is anything to introduce." ”

"Mr. Amy, there have been a number of pirates in the vicinity of Xilin Island recently, and for this reason I have proposed to the War Department the establishment of a new coastal defense force. For this reason, I suggest that you go back to the army headquarters to reconfirm, what is your opinion?"

"Okay, then Your Excellency will see you later. The young man in white didn't seem to refuse at all, smiled and nodded, and then led the seven boys who were only 15 or 16 years old behind him to turn around and walk out of the hall.

"Big Brother Amy...... Adversity...... It's wrong again, Commander Amy, let's just go like this? What kind of general just now seems to be ......" After walking out of the general's mansion, a boy behind him hurriedly asked Amy.

"Hehe, let's call it big brother, I said, unless it's in officialdom, don't be so polite, we're all world friends. Amy interrupted the boy and said lightly, "Let's go back to dìdū and recuperate for a while, I think someone might invite us back next time." ”

Viscount Fan, who was complacent about his performance and thus gaining more benefits for himself, certainly did not know that he had made a big mistake.

In the 3rd year of the Magic Calendar, Count Chi used a series of breathtaking and superb means to understand reason, move with emotion, and lure him to advantage, and managed to get all 7 captains and 25 squadron leaders under his command.

In fact, it wasn't all smooth sailing.

The main reason why a colleague who is also the captain of the Imperial Brigade can be directly promoted to become his immediate boss by bypassing the post of general and so on? Of course, it is only under this difficulty that the Count Chi's superb means and extensive communication can be demonstrated.

After learning that these three captains liked Cai, Sè, and War Exploits respectively, Count Chi communicated carefully with the Emperor's headquarters under the banner of His Majesty the King and the Minister of War, Duke Chi. So there were three different feasts.

The first to be invited was a warrior-type captain who has always been known for opening up the territory to protect the family and defend the country, "With the talent of the brother, he is 10 times better than the brother, and at present, he is only limited to the position of captain, and the non-talent is not enough, and he really does not get a good soil." For generals, non-martial artists cannot be promoted, and from Gyeonggi, the bureaucrats facing them are like pearls buried in the dung. Earl Chi then began to show up and say, he himself, who was originally a very ordinary person, why was he promoted to a general? The key is that the Imperial Border Guards have fought in the war, and in these years, there have been basically no wars in other regions, so when promoting officers, only people from the Northern Federation can be promoted, which is really ashamed. Of course, Earl Chi would not show a trace of shame on his face: "I privately think that with my brother's talent, if I also go to the frontier, especially the northern frontier where there are often small frictions, then the positions of general, general and other positions are available, and even the marshal cane is not far from my brother, if my brother is willing, then my brother is willing to guarantee to the military department with his life, so that my brother's talent can be developed......" Regardless of whether this captain can be compared to the imperial frontier grinding stone in terms of military talent, judging from his wit, it is far from an equivalent level, and Earl Chi easily kicked off a small pebble in front of him.

The second banquet invited the captain of the money-loving type, and it began with a complaint: "Alas, it is not easy to live in Beijing, although you are an earl, there are too many officials in the capital who are higher than the generals, and you may need to dismount to give salutes when you see a small viscount, and all the supervision departments are in the capital." I served as the captain of the imperial border guard for more than 4 years, during which I collected 400,000 yuan, and here, after 3 months in office, not only did I not have a penny, but I posted 30,000 yuan upside down, so I miss the period when the emperor Tiangao was far away. "Count Chi would definitely not say that his huge wealth of 400,000 came from the poor prince and minister of the Hami Empire. After careful observation and found that the captain of the greedy money brigade also showed envy, Count Chi slightly modified the words of yesterday's banquet: "I privately think that with my brother's talent, if I also go to the place, then I can imagine the scene of rolling wealth, and if my brother is willing, then my brother is willing to guarantee to the military department with his life, so that my brother's talent can be developed......" Of course, as for Count Chi himself, he has already come up with a plan for how to make a fortune in Dìdū, and he will not leak it to a subordinate who always sees that he is not pleasing to his eyes.

Compared with men who love money and career, a good man is undoubtedly the best communicator, this time, even the meal was saved, just two cups of tea, Earl Chi got straight to the point: "Recently, the quadruple region in the middle of the empire, which is rich in beautiful women, has lacked the position of captain, and I have promoted Your Excellency to the military department. In the past few years, the armament of the Sie region has been lax, and there have been many low-level officers in the empire who have deceived local ignorant, beautiful and innocent girls under the guise of officers' dependents, and even married as many as 15 wives per person. Speaking of this, Earl Chi slapped the table heavily: "This time, I strongly ask the military department to consider inviting my brother to maintain local law and order, I think that the talent of the non-brother and the appearance of Pan An cannot rectify the local military discipline, please ask the younger brother to be strictly investigated and punished after he arrives in the local area, and maintain the good image of our soldiers." A heartfelt remark has moved the good captain to tears, his face is peachy, he held the lovely hands of Earl Chi, and said: "The parents of those who gave birth to me, and the earl who knows me, if there is a need for the little brother after rì, a note, the little brother is willing to go to the soup." That night, after leaving the Earl's Palace, the captain did not return to the palace, but hurried to the new office to rectify military discipline.

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