Gou Becomes a Boss in the Fairy World

Chapter 1492 Refining the Heart in the Mortal World (Thirty-Six)

"Father-in-law, what do you think?"

After listening to Ye Xiangming's story, Wang Chen pondered for a moment, then asked: "Should we listen to the prefectural government?"

"Just do it for the sake of face."

Ye Xiangming answered without hesitation: "I plan to post a reward notice at the city gate, that's all."

He would only arrest Li Zili, the King of Pingtian, if he had nothing better to do. That would be asking for trouble.

Ye Xiangming knew very well that he was now completely tied to Qing'an County and Wang Chen. Even if the court asked him to be the governor of Changyi, he would not be allowed to leave here.

Qing'an County now is more like an independent kingdom. In this turbulent world, it even has a taste of paradise.

Ye Xiangming was also a passionate and loyal warrior back then. After experiencing setbacks in the officialdom, he no longer had any illusions about the Nanli court.

A few years ago, the bandit army besieged Qing'an County, and the prefectural government stood aside and watched.

At that time, Ye Xiangming had given up on the prefectural government.

Now it was ridiculous to ask him to hunt down Li Zili, the King of Pingtian. Did they really think he had no temper?

Ye Xiangming guessed that this might be a test of Qing'an County by the prefectural government.

He even didn't want to pretend to be polite.

Wang Chen nodded, fully agreeing with his father-in-law's judgment, and said: "Li Zili's return to Changyi is like a tiger entering the mountains and forests. He is bound to cause trouble again. We have to be on guard."

"I plan to train another elite army, and ask my father-in-law to help raise money and food for the army."

Ye Xiangming was surprised: "How many more soldiers do we need to train?"

At present, there are a total of 500 elite soldiers in Qing'an County, including 70 cavalrymen, and there are also rural soldiers in the villages under the county.

The former belongs to the regular armed forces. They don't produce anything in peacetime, but they can get salaries. They rely on the money and food of the county government.

As for the more numerous rural soldiers, they are composed of farmers selected or recruited from the registered male and female population. They do not leave production at ordinary times, but gather for training during the slack season. They are mainly responsible for repairing the city, transporting grain, catching thieves or cooperating with the garrison.

However, the burden of 500 garrisons on Qing'an County is already very heavy, especially the cavalry team formed in recent years, which is a big spender.

In recent years, Qing'an County has light labor and low taxes, allowing the people to recuperate in all industries. The bulk of the expenses for training and raising soldiers is still provided by Wang Chen himself.

Otherwise, the county government's finances cannot support it at all.

As for Wang Chen's source of money-for a martial arts master, making money is really not a troublesome thing.

He leaves the county once every three to five months, and goes out for three to five days at least, and ten days and a half months at most.

He never fails.

Ye Xiangming knows this very well, but he is still worried.

"Train another 500."

Wang Chen answered without hesitation: "Expand the number of cavalry to 200, add 800 infantry and 3,000 recruitable local soldiers, and we will be able to cope with the future situation."

He smiled and said to his father-in-law: "Don't worry, I will pay for the weapons, armor, food and salary of the new soldiers."

Since Wang Chen had thought it through, Ye Xiangming naturally had no objection: "Okay!"

Wang Chen paid, so he would do the work.

Anyway, Qing'an County is actually his and Wang Chen's family world now!

The recruitment notice was quickly posted at the gate of Qing'an County and the streets and alleys in the city, and many people applied.

Good men don't serve in the army, and good iron doesn't make nails. Although this is the concept of ordinary people, it is different in Qing'an County.

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The garrison soldiers in Qing'an County have sufficient food and salary, and they can eat meat every three days. Looking at the entire Nanli Kingdom, I am afraid that only the Imperial Guards can compare with such treatment.

Moreover, the commander of the garrison army, Wang Chen, the county magistrate of Qing'an, is not only powerful, but also has a clear reward and punishment and is very prestigious. It is a glorious thing to serve as a soldier and eat food under his command.

In recent years, due to the good weather and peace in Qing'an County, there are no bandits and robbers in the county, so it has attracted many outsiders to come and make a living.

Among them are some people from the underworld.

For these outsiders, joining the Qing'an garrison is undoubtedly a very good choice.

As a result, there are nearly two thousand people who came to apply. Wang Chen personally came forward and selected five hundred people from them to train with the veterans.

In order to raise food and wages for training, Wang Chen led fifty elite cavalry to the north and south to clear many bandit strongholds in the surrounding areas of Qing'an County.

As time passed, the situation in Nanli Kingdom changed dramatically, and the situation evolved so drastically that it was jaw-dropping.

At the beginning of summer, wars broke out in various places. There were as many as 17 forces that raised the banner of rebellion, including Li Zili, the King of Pingtian. They were called the 17 Rebel Kings and swept across most of the territory of Nanli Kingdom.

County towns fell rapidly, and even the prefectures were breached. The incompetent Nanli court was slow to react to this, and the generals were more self-reliant and followed orders instead of orders.

The situation suddenly became extremely bad.

In fact, such a situation is completely reasonable. In recent years, the government and the people of Nanli Kingdom have been in chaos, and with the huge impact of natural and man-made disasters, it has long been on the verge of collapse.

Now it is nothing more than the backlog of diseases that have suddenly erupted.

Not to mention the areas where the 17 Rebel Kings are rampant, the rest of the places that have not been directly affected are also in danger.

"Just received the news..."

In the lobby of Qing'an County Government, Ye Xiangming said solemnly: "The Pingtian Army has just captured Yongping County. Three days ago, they completely occupied the county town and have already controlled the five counties."

"I'm worried that they will attack Qing'an again next!"

As Wang Chen expected, after returning to his hometown, Pingtian King Li Zili set off a bigger storm.

This time he obviously learned the lesson of his last failure, and he had already entered the realm of Grandmaster, so the speed of raising troops was not only much faster, but also unstoppable in attacking cities and plundering land.

The five counties have already fallen, and Changyi Prefecture, except for the prefecture city, can be said to be basically the world of the Pingtian Army.

In this way, Qing'an County is bound to become a thorn in Li Zili's eyes, and the probability of him wanting to avenge his previous shame is very high.

By then, the Pingtian Army that invades Qing'an will not be the mob-like bandits of the past!

"It doesn't matter."

Wang Chen said calmly: "Let's wait and see. If the Pingtian Army attacks, I will talk to Li Zili in person."

Ye Xiangming's eyes lit up: "What do you mean?"

Wang Chen smiled and said: "I think Li Zili should be a smart man and know how to choose."

After a pause, Wang Chen continued: "But Qing'an County is no longer a place to live for a long time. We must be prepared to migrate."

Ye Xiangming was shocked: "Where to migrate?"

Wang Chen replied: "Yunze Mansion!"

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