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Sure enough, Char listened to Philip's words, just laughed a few times, the strange eyes rolled on Philip's face, and then raised the horsewhip and sneered: "You guy rarely comes to listen to my ideas, I'm not confused, learn from those governors? Hmph, Lao Tzu is just an armament chief now, but the government affairs are not in his hands, where is the capital to be a warlord?"

After speaking, he ignored Philip's strange expression, raised his horsewhip, and galloped down.

Sharpa glanced at Philip unhappily and snorted: "You are talking nonsense, annoying Char, talk nonsense in the future, be careful that Lao Tzu dismantles your bones." ”

Todora also glanced at Philip, didn't say a word, and chased after him. Philip was last, with a cautious face and a cold smile in his heart.

Hmph, these two guys, one is a reckless man, the other is a philistine and a clever person, neither of them has any real knowledge, this Char has no talent under him, as long as I can try my best to gain his trust, I don't have to worry about no way out.

※※※※ The three of them continued to hurry, Char did not mention anything about the peasant and military system, and met villages and towns on the way, and he was not interested in inspecting before, but hurriedly asked for a few horses, and hurried all the way without stopping. What made Char a little curious was that when he ran to the end, he occasionally deliberately stopped to look at the back, but he didn't find the macho eldest sister who was following all the way, which made Char feel relieved and a little surprised: Could it be that she retreated in the face of difficulties? That's the best!

The four of them went to Mesta, the capital city of Moore County, Mesta City is the most populous city among the four cities and six towns under the jurisdiction of Moore County, with a permanent population of more than 30,000, plus the mobile merchant groups and the original border county capital city looking for a livelihood of the scattered people, the population in this city is maintained at about 50,000 all year round, and geographically speaking, Mesta City is a little farther away from the border, and it is also the best in Moore County in terms of securitySo every year, grain merchants from all over the mainland come here to buy grain and sell it, which stimulates the vitality of the city, and the grain trade drives other industries around it, especially the transportation industry is the most developed, the most in this city is the carriage and horse trade, and the carriage and horse shop drives the horse market and livestock trade, and the timber industry needed to make the carriage has gradually prospered, and the craftsmen in the surrounding area have gradually gathered in the city.

The current county warden of Moore, Clinthia, is forty-six years old this year, a standard imperial mid-level bureaucrat who does not have a noble title, only a knighthood, Char has seen this person's information before he came, this Krinthia county keeper, has been in Moore for seven years and has not moved his ass, and he was evaluated by the information before: cautious and steady, and capable and pertinent. At the same time, this man was a staunch official loyal to the royal family.

In this kind of small border county is seven years, and during the war with the Odin, no matter what, the emperor ** team assembled on the border, collected grain and grass nearby, and ensured the supply of military supplies without any mistakes, no matter what, the ability of this county guard is also worthy of affirmation, after the war with the Odin, the various final theories of this war have been decided, the reward should be rewarded, and the spanking and spanking should be done, but this official who worked hard to supply food in the war did not have any benefit- It can be seen that this county keeper is probably not hard in the background. Otherwise, being an official in such a small border county, so close to the border, and every time there is a big war, Moore County is the first to bear the brunt, and it has to supply the food of the army, and it has to be a trembling man, so the official position of the county guard of Mor County, in the eyes of the imperial bureaucracy, is really not a beautiful difference, it can be said that it has suffered and has not fought for face.

I haven't been able to move my ass for seven years, which is why Lord Clinthia, if nothing else, I'm afraid that she will die of old age in this official position.

When Char came to Mesta City, he did not see the Clinthian magistrate, and only saw a few county officials in the county warden's mansion, and when he asked, he learned that the Clinthia lord had gone to the village below to inspect the progress of Chūn's cultivation.

This made Char feel a little more good in his heart for this county guard he had never met, no matter what, a person who was a local governor could attach so much importance to farming, and he could not stay in the bustling city to enjoy happiness, but went to the countryside to inspect farming, which can be regarded as a dutiful person.

Of course, Char wouldn't think that the county guard was deliberately losing face - he was rushing all the way, and the other party didn't know when he would arrive, and he should arrive in a month after the normal time. Therefore, Char's arrival surprised all the officials in the county office: This military chief is in such a hurry? Could it be that something big is going to happen?

Mesta is the capital of Mor County and the center of government affairs in the county, but Char is not blessed to stay in this prosperous and stable city.

He had to get Denzel to take office.

Historically, the local power structure of the empire has been a separation of military power and political power. In Moore, Lord Clincia is in charge, and Char is in charge. Moreover, there is an unwritten rule in the empire: the military administration is generally not in the same place as the government capital.

This is not a legal provision, but it is an unspoken rule.

Originally, the garrison of Mor County was located in Denzel City, which was temporarily moved there to cope with the great war of the Odins, and this time, Char coincidentally granted Char the position of Commander-in-Chief of Armament of Mor County, and also served as a garrison consul of Denzel City. In other words, although in Mor County, government affairs must be ordered by the county warden of Krinthia, but in the small town of Denzel City, Char is in charge of military affairs and government affairs.

Moreover, the above order also has a clear meaning, implying that Char will set up the county garrison in Denzel City.

The military chief of a county is also the administrative officer of the county garrison, which is also an imperial practice, and according to this convention, as long as Char goes to Denzel City to take office, the county guard generally does not care about the affairs of Denzel City, as long as Char does not pull the flag to rebel, or don't do anything angry and resentful, generally speaking, the county guard turns a blind eye to him, as long as the taxes of the last season are paid, even if you play hide and seek in Denzel City behind closed doors, Clinthia will not interfere.

The management of this officialdom, Char didn't know much about it, but it was Philip who explained it to Char along the way, and the more Char listened, the more he frowned, and finally couldn't help but look at Philip twice, thinking: This guy really has some knowledge, the people around me now are rough people who fight, this Philip was the leader of the samurai regiment, and he used to be not bad, I think there are some means and scheming, such a person, but it happens to be what I lack at present, but this guy used to be bad, but he couldn't trust him too much, and he had to guard against him！

After asking, Char knew how many soldiers he had under the commander of the county's armaments.

According to the emperor's ** system, the full strength of a county is a mixed flag regiment of the local garrison army, and Char, as the chief of armaments, is also the flag officer of the human flag regiment. The flag regiment of the local garrison army should be 3,000 people, and the so-called mixed formation is a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, unlike the zhōngyāng standing corps, which strictly distinguishes between arms.

On paper, the strength was distributed like this: six battalions of soldiers, each with 350 men. A total of 2,100 people's combat strength, and in addition, there are transportation and logistics auxiliaries and others in the flag regiment, a total of 900 people, including a transport battalion and an auxiliary battalion. The transport battalion is responsible for logistics and transportation, and the auxiliary soldiers are equivalent to miscellaneous soldiers, such as building fortifications, building camps, repairing city walls, etc., which are considered to be the category of engineers.

Of course, this is only data on paper, and when you really calculate it, there is not so much.

First of all, due to the collapse of the peasant and military system and the Tema military district system, half of the empire's land was divided among the military districts, and the finances of zhōngyāng were strained—these military districts were only symbolic of paying a small tax, which was basically equivalent to a small local warlord state divided one by one. The loss of half of the empire's territory was equivalent to the loss of half of its revenue. Financial constraints naturally lead to a lack of military spending.

The local garrisons below, because of the lack of military funds, rarely have a full number. Therefore, although Moore County is located in the key area of the frontier, the flag regiment of the local garrison here is maintained at about seventy percent all year round.

And just these seventy percent are still "on paper"!

In this kind of miscellaneous army, there are some traditional ills in the army: eating empty quotas and drinking soldiers' blood!

The banner regiment that Char took over is currently only 2,000 people, and there are four battalions of soldiers, one of which is stationed in the capital city of Mesta, and this battalion stationed in the capital is actually out of Char's control. This is also the practice of officialdom, as soon as you are a military commander, it is equivalent to cutting a city from the county to you, which means that the county guard will have one less territory, so in exchange, the battalions stationed in the capital are also considered to belong to the county guard. Swapping a battalion for a city cannot be said to be a loss in this transaction.

This is the practice of officialdom, and Char can only pinch his nose and admit it, but the problem is that the remaining few battalions, the transport battalion and the auxiliary battalion do not care first, and the remaining three combat battalions are far from enough. There should be a thousand people in the three battalions, but the real actual number of people can be five or six hundred. The rest of the heads are just pages and pages of names on paper, and if you really look for them, it's strange that you can find a ghost! It's just that the military salaries that are paid every year, and these empty military salaries naturally flow into the pockets of the middle- and lower-class officers of the local garrison army.

Even in some places, some battalion officers have a small amount of influence in the local area, and even relatives and friends at home, seven aunts and eight aunts, as well as servants and miscellaneous cooks at home, are all registered in the army's roster, which is counted as the head of soldiers, and can be regarded as a large family of people supported by the state every year...... And the remaining five or six hundred real human heads must also be selected by jīng heart, and those old, weak, sick and disabled will be removed...... According to half of the elimination rate, it would be good to be able to pull out 300 people in the end.

After this calculation, Char sighed: "Fuck, I really thought it was a fat difference, after a long time, Lao Tzu's men can fight three hundred, three hundred people...... It is equivalent to being demoted to a battalion officer. ”

After calculating the bad debts, there are naturally benefits.

The chief of armament of a county, then the peasants and soldiers of a county are also under his management, and he can intercept a sum of the income from the tuntian to supplement the military expenses, as well as the patrol of the local security office, as well as the tax inspection prison, etc., are all under his management.

There are 21 villages in four cities, six towns and 21 villages in Moore County, with a population of about 400,000. Theoretically, if the peasants and soldiers of the whole county are mobilized in a desperate manner, it is entirely possible to pull out a contingent of tens of thousands of people.

The tuntian is owned by the state, and the income is used to feed the garrison, and there is also wealth, and there is also a little surplus every year for Char to enrich the local garrison military expenses.

In addition, there are security patrols, prisons, and tax inspections -- these are also very lucrative and lucrative. In a word: in the county of Moore, all who wore weapons were under Char's rule.

After staying in Mestari for a long time, Char handed over the paperwork in the county guard's mansion in exchange for the military accounts of a county, and then took people to Denzel City to take up his post.

Anyway, there is another piece of news that comforts Char a lot.

Mad Dog Green had already taken office before Dorì and was appointed as a battalion officer in the flag regiment of the local garrison of Moore County, and the original Krinthia County Guard also met with Green, knowing that Green was a very famous talent in the army, and originally wanted to leave this talent in the capital Mesta, and asked him to lead the battalion of Mesta, but Green politely refused, but insisted on going to Denzel to take up his post. Although Klinthia is a local official, she also knows some imperial politics, and knows that Green is a figure of the Emperor's Eagle Department, and this Eagle character obviously came to this small border county with Char, so it seems that this Lord Char is also a figure valued by the Eagle Department. guessed this, naturally did not stop it, and happily let Green take office.

Green had already gone to Denzel ten days ago to take over a battalion.

This talent, who is recognized by the Eagle Department as having the "capital of a famous general", must have been rectified by him in the military affairs of Denzel City.

Char was anxious, and couldn't wait to leave Meesta with people and rush to Denzel City.

Denzel is the closest city to the frontier, and from Mesta to Denzel, it takes a day to get there.

This is the second time Char has come to this small frontier city, all the way overnight, when he arrived at Denzel City, it was the morning, although everyone was a little tired, but under the morning sun, looking at the end of the road in the distance, the outline of the city wall of that small city gradually became clear, this city wall built according to the standards of a military fortress, as if sprinkled with a piece of gold in the morning sun, the imperial eagle flag fluttering on the distant city wall, and the morning mist that did not disperse on the farmland and wilderness on both sides, so at a glance, Char couldn't help but feel a little hot in his heart, on the one hand, he could see Green immediately, on the other hand, looking at this prosperous small city he had seen, I can't help but be eager: in the future, this is Lao Tzu's nest!!

The four of them rode along the road and came to the bottom of the small city, looking up at the city wall, the eleven-meter-high city wall was majestic, because it had just experienced the war of the Odins, and as the front-line theater military headquarters, the city wall had just been repaired, and it looked majestic and strong.

Although it was early in the morning, but because this is just on the frontier trade road, the city gate has been crowded with a lot of passing caravans waiting to queue up to enter the city, the taxi will be congested at the city gate, and there are cāo Tiannan Haibei accents of outsiders shouting and noisy, many of them are dressed in a bit exotic, and some look at the appearance of the tall Odin, at this moment the two countries have just fought a war, these Odin merchants dare to come to Byzantium to do business, enough to appear bold, but around the Odin merchants, the people next to them are far away, and some locals look from afar, and spit hard。

Char frowned when he saw the congested city gate. With so many people queuing up to enter the city, why is it so slow to let people go at the city gate?

He relied on his height and strength, and a strong man like Sharba to open the way, and soon crowded to the front of the crowd, and at this glance, Char was immediately furious!

I saw that under the city gate, although the city gate was wide open, under the city gate used two sharp wooden horses brought out of the barracks to block half of the place under the city gate. Under the city gate, dozens of officers and soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the local garrison stood there lazily, all with a grin on their faces, and a look of impropriety, led by two older officers, one with a greedy face, and the other with a thief's eyebrows, sat at a table, but all passing merchant groups had to register before entering the city - this was in line with the imperial decree.

It's just that these guys are obviously hurting the public and private interests, and the two officers are sitting there, full of arrogance, one is playing with a horsewhip in his hand, and the other is holding a mimeographed signature in his hand.

But Char watched it for a while, but she looked at it with a blue face.

The two bastards sat there, and the paperwork handed by others, they only glanced at it cursoly, and did not verify it much, but they made an arrogant appearance, and then made a picky appearance, and those caravans that passed by were people who were used to traveling from south to north, and they didn't understand the meaning?

Those who refused to pay bribes were deliberately embarrassed and detained people's convoys, and a group of soldiers immediately pounced on them like wolves, turning over and over again to carefully inspect them, and some of the packed boxes of goods were also turned over and over in a mess.

As a result, the speed of release is naturally much slower.

Seeing that the city gate was blocked, the anxious caravan queuing behind them complained, everyone did not dare to scold these greedy officers and soldiers who asked for bribes, but they had to scold those caravans who did not know each other and refused to hand in bribes.

Char looked at it for a while, and couldn't stand it anymore, so he strode away from the crowd and rushed up, seeing a caravan leader rubbing his hand and trembling and hiding a few hard coins in his sleeve and handing them over, Char stepped forward and held down the merchant, pulled him back, stood in front of the table, and looked at the two officers sitting there condescendingly.

The two of them were about to receive the money, but suddenly saw a person squeezed in front of them, so they frowned, one of them raised his eyelids and looked at Char, seeing that Char was cold, and there was a faint taste in his eyes, so he felt a chill in his heart.

After all, Char is a person who has experienced war, his strength is extraordinary, and he has been killed from the pile of dead people several times, and when he gets angry at this moment, he naturally brings an awe-inspiring majesty, so it looks like he has a bit of the demeanor of Adric, the general of the past.

", what!" an officer shrunk his neck, but when he saw that he was surrounded by his own men, he couldn't help but harden.

"Into the city!" Char snorted.

"Queue at the back. The officer frowned and raised his chin: "Quickly flash to the side, if you dare to disturb the order, I will arrest you!"

In order to make it easier for Char to travel, he did not wear armor, but wore a robe, otherwise, his mound armor would be revealed, and these officers would not dare to be so presumptuous.

"Disrupt the order?" Char was furious, and suddenly stepped forward, pressed the table with both hands, and lifted the table, in the midst of the officer's exclamation, with a bang, one table directly smashed one officer to the ground, and the other ran to the side, rolling on the ground with a gray face, and before he could get up, seeing that one of his companions was crushed under the rotten table and covered in blood, he immediately screamed: "Come! Catch! Catch! Catch!"

Dozens of soldiers around immediately pulled out their weapons and surrounded them, looking at the appearance of these people, all of them were hippie smiling faces, full of scoundrels, just like street gangsters, where is the appearance of a soldier for half a day?

Char was angry and angry, and the two defenders who rushed in front of him were grabbed by his neck one by one by one and lifted up, and threw them far away towards the city wall.

With two bangs, the two rogue soldiers smashed on the city wall, and suddenly they broke their bones and fell to the ground rolling and vomiting blood. There are some people next to him who arrogantly raised their swords and pounced, and some of them were simply some ruffians and the like, putting on military uniforms and eating together, seeing that Char was so arrogant, but he just hid behind and screamed and intimidated, and he didn't dare to step forward for a while.

Char didn't care so much, rushed into the crowd of rogue soldiers, punched and kicked, and killed seven or eight in a moment, fortunately, his men showed mercy and did not kill people ruthlessly, but these people also had to break their legs and feet, and the rest shouted, dropped the weapons in their hands, and scattered towards the city in a swarm, shouting as they ran: "Bandits attack the city!!!"

Char was so angry that she almost vomited blood!

This is Lao Tzu's lair? This is Lao Tzu's army?!

What the fuck are you doing here!!

Seeing that Char alone beat away the dozens of officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, the caravan passers-by behind who were waiting to enter the city suddenly burst into applause, and for a while there was a shout, some shouted "Good fight", and some even shouted, "This group of bastards, they should be killed with one sword!"

Xia Ya snorted, thanked the other party for his kindness, gritted his teeth and said, "Are the defenders in this city all such bastards?"

Some of the businessmen next to him frowned, and complained helplessly: "I haven't been so arrogant before, although I used to occasionally get some benefits in the past, but I can still live." But a few days ago, there was a Lord Green, this Lord heard that he came from Osgilia, the backstage was very hard, after the Lord Green battalion came, it became even worse, all the ruffians on the ground were collected by him into the army, these people made the city into a miasma, and also opened and closed cards at the city gate, openly asking for bribes, we also dare to be angry and dare not speak, at this moment several other battalions stationed in the city, seeing that Green has made a fortune, they are all doing the same, and they are all colluding with Green, both city gates are like this, these rogue soldiers are simply more ruthless than robbers！”

As soon as he said this, he immediately attracted the cooperation of others, and for a while, everyone was angry, and the garrison in the city was scolded to the blood.

Char was amazed when she heard this!

Green?!

Green??! that mad dog Green?!

The one who saluted silently in front of the statue of the Duke of Osgillia, the strict soldier who was not afraid of the warlords and magnates!!

Could it be that the aura he had in front of him before was all pretended?!

Char was furious in his heart, and went up and grabbed the officer who had been smashed to the ground, lifted him up, and shouted: "Say, which battalion are you, and who is your commander!"

The officer vomited blood from his mouth, and under Char's majesty, his legs were already trembling, and he said, "I, I am from the first battalion, and the head of the battalion is Lord Green......"

"Damn!" Char threw him to the ground, his heart burning with rage.

At this moment, a commotion was heard from the city, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and a group of soldiers rushed out, armed with swords and weapons, led by a samurai dressed in the leather armor of a battalion officer, tall and thin, who was none other than Grimm.

Dressed in military attire, Green was immediately different from the depressed soldier he had seen, and his whole body burst out with a compelling heroic spirit and look. As soon as he saw Char from afar, Green just laughed, looked back and shouted, "Put away all the weapons!"

A kind person next to him hurriedly whispered to Char: "Run! This guy is very powerful!"

Char stood there, staring at Grimm with his eyes, Green strode up, opened his arms and was about to hug Char, but Char turned sideways to dodge, glared at Grimm coldly, gritted his teeth and said: "Grimm, what a mad dog! You have been here for so many days, what a fucking beautiful! As soon as Lao Tzu came, he saw your means!"

Green's face remained unchanged, he smiled slightly, and shouted to the "soldiers" behind him who were full of arrogance and were not good at first glance: "Be honest, don't make a mistake! This is our new armament chief, Lord Char!

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar around them, and someone next to him who had previously spoken out to accuse the army in the city suddenly turned pale with fright, thinking that this group of officers and soldiers were a nest of snakes and rats, and I just scolded those words in front of the boss of the family, I was afraid that I would be unlucky!

Many people had these thoughts in mind, and they retreated into the crowd one after another.

Char stared at Green, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Don't give me a fucking spare!Green, what kind of bullshit are you doing here! If you don't explain it to me clearly, Lao Tzu doesn't care what your background is, and the military law will cut off your head!"

Green saw that Char's eyes were full of anger, obviously he was really murderous, but he was not in a hurry at all, smiled slightly, and lowered his voice: "This is not the place to speak, advanced city, I will tell you slowly." ”

After a pause, seeing that Char's god was still full of hostility, Green sighed: "Reckless boy, don't you believe in my personality? Listen to me once, and I will naturally explain to you when I turn around, and if you want to fight or kill at that time, it's up to you." ”

Char snorted, although he was annoyed in his heart, but after all, he still had some expectations: Ruhr and Adric were characters that they admired so much, and with the way Green had acted in the past, how could he behave so badly?

Finally moved by Green's words, Green pulled Char and walked to the city, and casually instructed a few of his officers to take over the guarding of the city gate and maintain order.

Char walked a few steps, but suddenly stopped and shouted, "Sharpa!"

Sharpa immediately responded.

"Lao Tzu enters the city, you stay here and keep an eye on it first!!" Char said coldly: "You look at me with wide eyes! If anyone here dares to mess around and ask for bribes, the one with the left hand will be cut off with the left hand, and the one with the right hand will be cut off from the right hand! If someone makes trouble, you will directly cut off your head to see me!"

Sharpa immediately straightened up in response, drew his sword and stood at the door, he was originally born burly and majestic, and when he stood there at this moment, he was even more like a door god.

After Char finished speaking, his murderous eyes swept over the soldiers under Green, and everyone was immediately afraid.