honor me as god

Chapter 52 Reading and Literacy
The roosters croaked, and the day came.

Pu Luo is relatively close to Dusk City, plus Lugo was a mercenary, and he works vigorously and efficiently. He went out to work yesterday and came back today.

Lugo knocked on the door and entered Chino's office, saying, "It's done, Pesci and the 18 with him, all."

He made a throat slit.

Chino put down the document in his hand: "How many people went with you?"

"I brought all the mercenaries who survived the battle of Xilin Town. I brought all 12 of them. They were all veterans, and no one was damaged."

"Can you guarantee that they can all be trusted?"

Lu Ge sneered and said playfully: "I do things, you can rest assured. It doesn't matter if someone informs you, even the gods can't find the bodies of those people, because there are no corpses at all."

Chino then recalled that the dog handler reported to him yesterday that Lugo had taken away all the nearly [-] hounds in the city.

Chino nodded, took out a bag containing 200 silver moons and put it on the table: "You will get 20 of your rewards, and the rest will be shared equally among others."

"Hey, thanks." Lugo accepted the money.

At this time, Baiza knocked on the door and walked in.

"My lord, Palatine is on injury leave," he reported.

Chino frowned: "Injury leave? What happened to him?"

"He" Baiza touched the bridge of his nose in embarrassment. "He drank too much yesterday. He was robbed by two thieves on the road and stabbed in the back."

Chino was a little puzzled. Although Paladin was not an extraordinary person, his martial arts skills were obvious to all.

Not to mention anything else, during the offensive and defensive battle of Xilin Town, he was ordered to release the plague beast, and he was able to escape from the lower epidemic area unscathed. How could he capsize in the gutter yesterday?
Chino asked, "Who is the culprit? Where is he?"

Baiza answered truthfully: "The two children, the police department has checked their identities, they are both repeat offenders of pickpocketing, and they were cut down by Paladin yesterday."

After hearing this, Lugo laughed and screamed: "This idiot, was stabbed by two children? I hope he didn't hurt his kidneys, if he was disabled because of this, he would be the most useless centurion in Dogoland. "

The information flow of saving children on the street, the Troy family asking for guilt, unwillingness, being stabbed by a child, repeat offenders, and killing on the spot gathered in Chino's mind.

After a brief silence, Kino smiled and said playfully, "If I say, he's smarter than both of you."

Lugo and Baiza were confused and didn't understand what it meant.

Chino acquiesced to Paladin's injury leave and stopped discussing this topic. He stood up and said, "Baiza, you have a mission to recruit troops. Last night, the superior consul gave me instructions. In the battle of Shilin Town, the horse bandits suffered heavy losses. The desert forces may launch retaliatory actions, and the defense force of Dusk City will be expanded from 5000 to 7000."

Baiza asked: "How to choose the source of troops?"

Chino handed over a thick roster: "You can choose from the militia reserve. After the expansion is complete, you and Paladin will be promoted to thousands of commanders, and the military rank of corporal can be directly appointed. List the position of centurion to me, and I will decide. ."

With the promotion of military rank, Baiza was naturally extremely excited, and slammed his chest hard: "Yes!"

After Baiza left, Lugo asked tentatively, "What about me?"

Chino shook his head: "You don't have any other tasks, just take care of those mercenaries."

Lu Ge hurriedly said: "If you need it, I can also help you recruit troops! I am very familiar with the underground forces in Dusk City, who kill, steal, rob, destroy public property, and defecate anywhere. I can help you. Gather hundreds of them! They'll be happy to give you their lives!"

"I'm not forming a den of thieves, why do I need so many criminals?" Chino said helplessly, "Also, theoretically, my current 'private soldiers' are already overstaffed and can't be added any more."

What Kino was talking about was the Dogoland Noble Recruitment Order.

The ruling class of Dogoland is composed of nobles, especially the five royal families, and only these nobles can have private soldiers.

In order to prevent the private forces of the major families from being too large and threatening the kingship, the "Dogoland Noble Recruitment Order" made a limit of "ten", that is, the private forces of the nobles should not be greater than ten times that of the family's registered members.

For example, if a noble family has 50 registered members, the number of private soldiers cannot exceed 500.

In the face of this law, the situation of different families is also very different.

Since ancient times, the Troy family has advocated force and valued reproduction. Therefore, they have been married, intermarriaged, have children, and absorbed outsiders to change their surnames to become naturalized. The number of people on the register is very large, and the upper limit of private soldiers is also high.

According to incomplete statistics, the Troy family has more than 1000 registered members and more than 10000 private soldiers. The family strength is extremely terrifying, and most of them are infected people who undergo advanced blood therapy all year round and can be freely beastized.

Of course, this kind of expansion also has drawbacks. It is easy to mix up family members, the intricate relationship makes the internal chaos, and the management cost is huge.

Some families attach great importance to bloodlines and never carry out such expansion. The most typical example is the "Regnum family" with the dragon as the banner. The family has only more than 80 registered members and more than 600 private soldiers.

Due to the extreme difficulty of becoming a dragon knight, there are only 24 dragon knights in the Regnome family, which is collectively referred to as the "24 dragon knights in the cold valley" today, and the rest are extraordinary people who are not dragon knights.

And Chino's "Helsing family" is pitiful to say, the family is in a downturn, both parents are dead, and he is the only one with the surname of Hiershin.

That is to say, in theory, he is only allowed to have 10 private soldiers, and the 13 mercenaries including Lugo are already overstaffed.

Paladin and Baiza were originally affiliated to the Shilin Town Frontier Defense Force, but now they are part of the Dusk City Defense Army. In fact, they are all "public troops" of the Kingdom of Doguland, not Chino's private soldiers, just because they usually get close. , looks like a retainer.

Of course, rules are dead, people are alive, and no one will talk much because the administrator has recruited three more people, as long as they don't bite the bullet and expand.

Seeing Lugo complaining, Chino handed over the pen and paper: "If you really want to recruit some good players, you can do this. You can write an application to join the Hilsing family and become my retainer. You can even ask for a Wife, let her change your surname with you and have a few more children, so that you can recruit more people."

"Hey means I have a surname now? Lugo Helsing. Hahaha! That sounds really good!" Lugo smiled awkwardly as soon as he took over the pen and paper, and said, "Sir, can you send me a A book boy? I can't read."

"." Chino sighed softly, "Okay, now you have a task to read and write. I don't allow illiterate people in my subordinates."

Lu Ge widened his eyes in horror: "Reading and literacy??? I feel sleepy as soon as I see a book, you might as well kill me!"

Chino continued to organize the documents and said lightly, "Yes, killing you is also an option."

Seeing Kino's expressionless face, Lugo knew that this was not a joke, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay, read, can't I read it?"

"Give you 6 months. After 6 months, you must be able to read a literary masterpiece." Chino's slender fingers stroked the bookshelf, and finally landed on a red book, pulled it out and handed it over. "'She is a Dragon', I have finished reading this book. It is well written. The words are refined and the rhetoric is not complicated. It is suitable for entry."

Lu Ge took the book embarrassingly, laughing harder than crying.

"Don't frown, you will thank me in the future. Go to the library to study, find a bachelor you like, and learn to read with him." Kino picked up the sorted materials and walked out the door, "I still have something to do. Go to Brooke's."

(End of this chapter)