Chapter 158

"Mr. Liu, I have a heartless request, please allow it!"

Lin Xu bowed again and said very solemnly.

"If you have anything, just say it, as long as I can make the decision, it will be fine!"

Liu Mingju said very readily.

"I want to form an army."

"You mean, want to form a personal army?"

Liu Ming looked at Lin Xu with complicated eyes and asked.

"Mr. Liu, that's the case. The bandits in Jiangling County are serious, and those bandits are very cruel. Every year when collecting New Year's food, they will kill people to establish their authority! On weekdays, they will also rob passing caravans! If I want to do business normally, I must have a certain amount of self-protection power!"

Lin Xu explained.

"The bandit chaos is so serious, will your local government ignore it?"

Liu Mingju asked in a deep voice.

"Sure, but not."

Lin Xu smiled bitterly and said.

Although Lin Xu did not say it clearly, he was as smart as Liu Mingju and already understood what Lin Xu meant.

After pondering for a while, Liu Mingju finally said, "Okay, I'll give you a quota for the guards. The maximum number of soldiers is 1,000, and it is affiliated with the Southeast Army. However, I cannot provide you with all the costs of military pay, recruiting and raising soldiers. In addition, one day, if your army is needed to serve the country, you have to accept it unconditionally. Do you agree?"

"Thank you, Lord Liu, I agree! As long as you give me the order, I will lead my troops to come immediately!"

Lin Xu was very happy and promised immediately!

He didn't need Liu Mingju to help him recruit soldiers, nor did he need Liu Mingju to provide him with military pay. As long as his army can have a legal identity, that's enough!

From then on, he was like a private armed force, and he naturally would not take it seriously anymore!

"Okay! Since you agree, I will arrange someone to go through the relevant procedures for you."

"Can the procedures be processed now? Do you don't need to submit the court's permission?"

"Haha, as the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I can still make the decision on this matter. I don't need the approval of the court. I just need to report it to the Ministry of War. However, it is quite troublesome to handle the relevant procedures. In addition, I have to engrave a military seal for you, which will take at least one day. So, you will definitely not be able to leave today. You must have a good drink with me at night. If you don't get drunk, you will never let you go to bed!"

Liu Mingju stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"No problem! Tonight, I will definitely not return drunk!"

Lin Xu said with a smile.

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After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Lin Xu met Sun Chong who was waiting outside the door.

"Brother Chong, have you considered it? Should you continue to stay in the army or go back with me?"

Lin Xu asked.

"I've considered it. I voluntarily retire from the army and go back with you to suppress the bandits!"

Sun Chong said seriously.

"Joining the army and serving the country is your dream! Last time you took the blame and was forced to retire. This time, you have to take the initiative to retire. Don't you feel sorry?"

"I have been in the army for seven or eight years and have regarded the army as my home. Now I want to leave the army, to be honest, I feel a little uncomfortable... But I have an irreconcilable revenge with the bandits in Xiaoyang Mountain. I must personally wipe them out and avenge my wife and the unborn children! In addition, my mother is already old and I have no other brothers. I am really worried about leaving my mother alone at home!"

Speaking of this, Sun Chong raised his head, looked at the military flag fluttering in the wind at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, and said in a deep voice: "It's actually not true to both loyalty and filial piety, so I have to go home and fulfill my filial piety to me first! If there is still a chance in the future, I will be loyal to the country again!"

"No need to wait until the future, I can make you loyal and filial now!"

Lin Xu smiled and said.

"Hmm? Brother Xiaoxu, what do you mean?"

Chapter completed!