Chapter 106 The snake wants to swallow the elephant

When Zhang Ziqiang thought of cultivating the family and selecting successors, he remembered that it would take three or four months for the senior college to be built. Wangdu now has a higher college, but what status do the recruited talents enter the family? The servants are definitely not good. People have learned skills, and no one will sell themselves as servants, let alone slaves, and they can only recruit employees, but how can hire workers ensure their loyalty? In the future, will the heaven-level martial arts be passed on to the Jindan stage?

Seeing that he had been thinking hard, Xiao Cui asked, "Master, are you worried about what happened last night?"

"Yes, I don't know who will come to assassinate me, and I don't know how to increase the strength of our own family."

"Master, why not recruit foundation-building monks over 16 years old in the county to form a private army and concentrate on training. It is better than those baby soldiers now."

Xiao Cui thought it was very simple. In her eyes, people above the Foundation Establishment Stage are all masters, and the Golden Elixir Stage is also masters, but there is no concept of how much higher than the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. She thought one-on-one would definitely not work, so it would be more to one. Anyway, the enemy is in the dark and they are in the light. No matter who is going to assassinate, you can't send troops to come. The other party relies on the Golden Elixir Stage alone, so many Foundation Establishment Stages raised by the family can always hold up many people. In addition, in the Golden Elixir Stage now, there are much more people who can play a role than now, and they are better than those baby soldiers who are not useful.

Xiao Cui told Zhang Ziqiang this meaning. He thought it made sense, but his mind was a little active for a moment. He frowned and said, "The number of private soldiers that His Majesty Carus allowed me to recruit is only 4,000. Now I have recruited 4,000 little baby soldiers. If I do, I am afraid it will be difficult to get in hand to your Majesty."

"Master, at present, these 4,000 people are still students of junior colleges. How can they be considered private soldiers? It's just recruited in the name of this private army. Master can send these people to junior colleges and recruit them later."

"No, these baby soldiers have put a lot of effort into it. Most of them are civilians and have been trained since childhood. When they become successful, they will have a stronger sense of family identity. By then, as long as they settle down their families, they will be able to use it for me. Besides, the junior college has not been built yet, junior college..."

He said this and slapped his thigh and said happily: "Yes, why am I so stupid? The junior college has not been built yet. You can treat the current training camp as a junior college. Besides, they are not as old as a soldier. Now they are at most reserve soldiers! I can recruit more soldiers!"

He suddenly remembered the words from Carus this morning: "If you have the ability, solve it yourself!" What should I rely on if I don't have soldiers? It seems that your Majesty also agreed to recruit soldiers again, haha... This guy is a typical misinterpretation of the holy will!

"Go and call Bentelan!"

"Okay, lord."

Seeing that he had finally let go of his worries, Xiao Cui was very happy and smiled and left the inner house to call people. Ben Tailan was on duty outside the inner house and arrived in a short moment after hearing the news.

"I've met Mr. Hou."

"Bentailan, I want to recruit 4,000 private troops and select another place in the county to train. You are fully responsible for this matter!"

"Mr. Hou, recruit another private army? What should I do if the original 4,000 people?"

"Hahaha, the original 4,000 people have not yet grown up. How can they be considered private troops? They can only be considered private troops in the future. I don't have a single soldier now."

"Ah? Master Hou wants to recruit some soldiers that are useful now?"

Bentelan also reacted. Generally speaking, the private army was headed by loyalty. The ten-year-old boy he recruited in the past was in line with the path of family development. Now he has suddenly changed. Bentelan is a little unrest for a moment.

After Zhang Ziqiang's explanation, Bentailan was also active and said happily: "Mr. Hou, instead of recruiting people in the county, it is better to simply find Marshal Baru. This year, the whole kingdom has removed the border guards and changed to the city guards. Some border guards have been serving time and are about to retire. Why not choose some of these people?"

When Zhang Ziqiang heard this, he thought, yes, the kingdom has only served in the military for eight years, and most retired veterans are not yet fifty years old at this time. These border guards have good discipline, have combat experience, and have high average strength. Isn’t it just right for use?

"Haha, one person has a short plan and two are a chief. This is a good idea. Let's go to Kuras City to find Marshal Baru!" He was about to go out, but he wanted to ask someone for work empty-handed. Although Baru had a good personal relationship with him, he could not be too rude, so he said to Xiao Cui: "Go and get two jars of good wine!"

Zhang Ziqiang took Bentailan and the two of them came to Kuras City after six teleportation. Kuras City was the most cutting-edge county town of the kingdom to resist the invasion of the Fierce Wind Dynasty, and now it is actually a large military camp.

After seven years of repair and reconstruction, the city wall can no longer be seen. The city wall of Kuras is the highest and most majestic city wall in the kingdom. Even the capital is not as high as 25 meters and seven or eight meters thick! This made Zhang Ziqiang, who had never even been on the Great Wall in modern times, was shocked. How much manpower and material resources would be spent to build such a city wall? Fortunately, the world has a lot of human resources and can carry large long stones that build the city wall without borrowing any tools! However, it is quite difficult to transport these stones from the mountains in the distance.

When Zhang Ziqiang and the others entered the city, the soldiers investigated very strictly, but as soon as he showed his identity, the leader of the defending soldiers also honestly sent someone to lead him to find Marshal Baru.

The residents of Kuras were bloodbathed after the city was destroyed in 722 of the Divine Calendar. They have not yet recovered their vitality. In the past, the housing of civilians has now become brothels, hotels, and houses of some small nobles and big merchants have now become large warehouses. In addition to soldiers, the streets are also soldiers. Although it is not a war, the number of patrols has not decreased. It can be seen that Baru has a lot of troops.

Zhang Ziqiang secretly praised: "Okay! As long as you are not a soldier, you can recruit as many soldiers as you have this year. With his friendship with Marshal Baru, he is always embarrassed not to give him 4,000 people!"

Kuras City is the only county town in the kingdom without a spirited restaurant. There are basically no nobles here. Ordinary soldiers cannot afford the liquor in the spirited restaurant. Baru and others have already given VIP cards, and the spirits are also delivered to their doorsteps regularly, so there is no need for him to open a restaurant here again.

Although Zhang Ziqiang arranged for his family to regularly send wine to Marshal Baru and his capable generals, there were too many brothers under Baru, and they were all drunkards. When he drank it, how could that little wine stand to drink? So when Baru saw Zhang Ziqiang visit him with two jars of good wine, he felt as if he saw his relatives, and other generals in the Marshal's tent also had their eyes lit up.

"Brother Zhang, you have a good wine, but it's a pity that there are too few. All of me are alcoholics. Can you bring more next time? Hahaha..."

"Marcel, I'm not stingy, but the output is really limited. Now, Rossiding County needs to buy a large amount of grain from outside the county because of winemaking. I'm not in enough manpower and I'm not able to expand the scale for a while. I'm waiting next year, what will the marshal's wine be able to do next year?"

It is not that Zhang Ziqiang cannot expand the scale of winemaking, but that things are precious because they are rare. He is now accumulating funds from this wine. After the land sales money that Rossiding County deserves to be collected next year, he can expand the production of wine and also reduce the price slightly. The time is not yet ripe.

Baru knew that he was still selling limited quantities now, so he didn't doubt it. When he heard that the spirits were enough next year, he laughed out loud. He was never polite to Zhang Ziqiang, and he felt at ease with the wine he received every month and never calculated how much it was worth. Zhang Ziqiang also felt that Baru was not arrogant and easy to deal with, and the relationship between the two was very good.

The two entered the marshal's tent and sat down with the guest of honor. Zhang Ziqiang and him were not polite, and they directly explained their purpose.

"Marson, I want to recruit some private troops. I think that there are many veterans here who are going to retire this year. I think that the marshal's ability to manage soldiers is because the strong generals have no weak soldiers. I am here to get a good deal."

When Baru heard Zhang Ziqiang come for this matter, he laughed and said, "Brother Zhang is a honest man. I have been waiting for you for a long time. In the past, the kingdom's total strength was 800,000, the navy was retained, and the imperial guards were all retained. The city guards had been changed to the mountain soldiers. Last time, I was reminded that my brother and Karafeng and others tried their best to fight against His Majesty. Only 400,000 brothers under his command were able to protect 250,000 people. That's it, and those civil officials thought it was a waste of financial resources. They didn't believe in the possibility of Berwick invasion! A bunch of short-sighted guys!"

Baru said as he spoke, and after scolding the civil servant, he sighed again: "This has made me suffer, my brothers, who have 100,000 to be converted into mountain soldiers. Nearly 50,000 people have retired normally. Those civil servants do not want to give up this manpower and want to force these brothers to turn into mountain soldiers. So the kingdom has no arrangements for them this year. I am worried about this. I heard that Dunbar said that you have recruited some baby soldiers. What's the use of those people? I have prepared 4,000 elite soldiers for you, waiting for you to take them, haha..."

Zhang Ziqiang was overjoyed when he heard this. Baru was so loyal that he had long thought of the private army for him. The spirits were not given for free. Haha, but this year's 50,000 retired soldiers would be all used to take Rosiding County!

"Marson, I wonder what their strength is these 50,000 retired soldiers? How many of them are civilians? Are you willing to go with me to settle down in Rosyding County?"

When Baru heard him ask about the situation of the 50,000 retired soldiers, not just four thousand soldiers, he frowned and advised: "Brother, only four thousand private soldiers are allowed in the rewards of your Majesty. Don't do stupid things."
Chapter completed!