Vol 2 Chapter 19: Receive protection fees

Around the first year of the magic calendar, it was the most stormy period in the whole world. During this period, various amazing news kept coming.
If there is a peaceful day in these years, it is between 2 years and 4 years of the magic calendar.
-Chapter 19 of the "Amy Empire Xilin City. City Records" collected protection fees for the entire Eminor continent, surrounded by the ocean of mirrors. As the name implies, except for the coast of the Santa México Mountains in the south and the coast of the Messian Mountains in the north due to the relatively large winds and waves, the coasts of other parts of the mainland of Eminol are calm.
In the west of the Amy Empire, there are no continents, not even larger islands. Therefore, although there are quite a few semi-circular bays and even natural seaports in the west, any military seaports are established in this area.
The core reason for this situation is that at the beginning of the red calendar and the beginning of the magic calendar, there were no formed fleets in various countries on all continents, and there was not even a direct management department for the fleet, although various countries have also established a number of There are very few military ports and some troops with ships as the main tool. However, in view of the size of the ships and the main direction of military defense at that time, those forces with ships as the main tools can only become coastal rescue forces.
For the merchants, on the entire Eminor continent, the continental highway is intertwined like a spider web. Almost every large town is covered by this spider web, although the amount of goods transported through the road network cannot be like the sea. The ship is so big, but its speed and safety far exceed that of marine transportation. This situation is also one of the reasons why there is no harbour on the western coastline of the Amy Empire. Without a harbour, there will inevitably be no big cities, or to be more precise, even some big cities and towns cannot be found.
The Amy Empire and the Hughes Empire are based on the natural boundary of the Lion River. At the estuary of the Lion River, there is an island formed by the alluvium of the Lion River. As far as the alluvial island is concerned, this island is quite large. In the early days, there were no residents on this island, and a large number of dense mangroves were grown, and it was located on the west side of the mainland. Therefore, this island was called Xilin Island. Later, the island gradually had residents, formed villages, and became Xilin Village. Of course, this is just one of the west coast of the Amy Empire, like the stars, with a series of small villages. Later, a large number of fish were found in the open sea, and the size of the village gradually expanded. In order to maintain law and order and prevent small island intrusion, the empire sent troops, and the village was officially upgraded to Xilin Town.
Judging from the size of the town, Xilin Township has only about 3,000 people, which is pitiful compared to most cities and towns on the mainland. As far as garrison troops are concerned, they are also poor compared to regular border guards. The headquarters of the Imperial Army may have believed too much in the Lion River, which is as wide as 4000 meters, and the defense force along the Lion River is very poor compared to other border junctions. The guardian general Eudemons Knight Viscount Fan who is responsible for the defense of the Lion River is even more The reason is believed to be that Xilin Island, located at the mouth of the sea, is more than 6,000 meters away from the Hughes Empire, and there is no need to send a large number of regular troops here. If it is not forced by the pressure of the Imperial Army Headquarters, a 200-man basic swordsman battalion He also didn't want to dispatch.
Although he can ignore the existence of this island, even every time he holds a big war zone meeting, he often complains-indicating that the military investment in this small village and town is too large, there is no reasonable return, and the Imperial Army headquarters has not paid more for it. It has become his defense zone. Black hole.
However, if one day, several people blatantly came to receive the island from him, no doubt, this was unacceptable to him anyway.
In the fall of the magic calendar for three years, there were so few people sitting in the General Chamber of the Viscount Fan.
Viscount Fan, sitting in a high-backed chair in the middle of the hall, flatly held a letter from the headquarters of the Imperial Army and looked over and over. His eyes passed through the upper part of the letter and glanced secretly at the young people standing below , Silently taste the taste of the letter: Amy Empire Lion River Frontier General General Fan: It is learned that after the establishment of troops in the Xilin Town of Fangdi, the military expenses of the Lion River Defense District increased, and the headquarters of the Imperial Army could not be resolved.
The head of the existing small mercenary regiment, His Excellency Amy, is willing to take over the work of the town, and is willing to bear the military expenses of the 200-person swordsman battalion already stationed in the town. After verification by the headquarters, the small mercenary regiment does have this strength .
According to the Imperial Mercenary Corps ’defense standards, the headquarters confirmed that: from now on, the Xilin Town garrison will be handed over to the small mercenary regiment, which will have 50% of the local levy tax as garrison expenses; during the garrison, it will belong to the Lion River Frontier Defense Area.
Duke Fan Datong, the marshal of the Amy Empire Army headquarters, is well known that the empire imposes a tithe on the domestic population according to the number of people, and 50% of it is directly handed over to the local military and government chiefs to invest in the local army and government affairs. In the past 3 years, since the establishment of the army in Xilin, especially the addition of the swordsman battalion, whether it is invested in military pay or soldiers ’weapons and equipment, it has been the least invested among all services, although each time complained about the increase in personnel He couldn't get more military expenses, but this didn't affect Fan Viscount and trusted bureaucrats who had some extra income from Xilin.
Now someone wants to take over, this must be something that Viscount Fan does not want to accept.
Looking at the young people in front of him again through the upper part of the letter, Fan Zijue speculated, if they were not given, would they have the strength to pose a threat to themselves? It doesn't look like it. There are only eight young people in front of them, all of them very young, probably less than 20.
The first one is a young man who seems to be from a noble family, and it only seems to be. In the short conversation just now, Viscount Fan has learned his name: Amy Huber, according to the impression of Viscount Fan, there is no family like Haber in the current Earl and above families of the empire, perhaps from a birth. A book boy in a noble family? The young man in a white shirt with a slightly raised corner of his mouth always showed a kind smile, a little weak, and behind his back was a big two-handed sword that was very unsuitable for his body shape. If it was metal, it should be There are more than 20 pounds. It does n’t look like it can be used by teenagers, maybe it ’s not metallic. Besides, even if it ’s metallic, it does n’t matter anymore. This sword has shown that his status hate is low, and no nobles in the empire will use two-handed swords, both hands Swords cannot be used on mounts, which will affect the noble's pursuit of knighthood.
However, this stamped chapter is very interesting. Although the official letter every time I come, the stamped text is Marshal Fan Datong, but this time the chapter is not quite the same as before, without the Marshal emblem. Won't it be fake? Did you imprison them first? Viscount Fan denied his idea that the defense could not be paid, but he didn't have the chance to offend people, and these people may have really strong strength, which is always bad.
"Mr. Amy, I am very happy to see that you are willing to participate in the defense work in this field. However, I am very remote, so I do n’t know much about the outside, and I know almost nothing about you. Can you introduce yourself first?"
"Oh, Master General." The boy in white nodded with a smile: "I'm just a small mercenary. I have just been in the Taoism for two years. I can't say anything about it."
"Mr. Amy, recently many large pirates have been discovered near Xilin Island. For this reason, I have proposed to the military department to add a new coastal defense army. For this reason, I suggest you go back to the military headquarters to reconfirm your opinion. What? "Since it's just a small mercenary, there's nothing to be polite.
"Ok, then see you, Lord General." The boy in white didn't seem to ask for rejection. After smiling and nodding, he led the seven boys, who were only 15 or 16, turned their heads out of the hall.
"Brother Amy ... Er ... I was wrong again, Captain Amy, let's go like this? What general did that just seem to be ..." After walking out of the mansion, a boy quickly asked Amy.
"Oh, let's call it elder brother, I said, unless you're on the officialdom, otherwise don't be so polite, we are all friends of the world." Amy interrupted the boy's words and said lightly, "We will go back to the capital and cultivate for a while , I think someone might come and invite us back next time. "
Fan Viscount, who was complacent for his outstanding performance and thus gained more benefits for himself, certainly would not know that he had made a big mistake.
Back in the spring of 3 years, the Earl of Chi, through a series of amazing and superb means, with reason, emotion, and lure, all 7 captains and 25 squadron captains were managed.
In fact, it is not all smooth sailing.
There are three big captains from famous gates who are extremely uncooperative. The main reason is not to love money. Why can a colleague who is also the captain of the imperial empire be directly raised as his own boss over the post of general officer? Under such psychological troubles, the cooperative attitude has been relatively bad. Of course, only under this difficulty can we show Earl Chi's superb means and extensive communication.
After learning that the three captains liked: wealth, sex, and military merit, Earl Chi under the banner of His Majesty the King and Secretary of the Duke Chi, made careful communication with the headquarters of the Imperial Army. So there were three different banquets.
The first person invited was a warrior-style captain known for pioneering the country and defending the country and defending the country. "Thanks to brothers, they win 10 times, but they are currently limited to the position of captain. To get a good soil. For the official, non-Wu Xun can not be promoted, and out of Gyeonggi, facing the bureaucratic bureaucracy, it is tantamount to burying the pearl in the dung. "Count Chi started to show up, he himself, originally Very ordinary people, why are they mentioned as generals? The key is to have fought in the Imperial Border Guards, and in these years, there is basically no war in other regions, so that when promoting officers, only people from the northern federation can be promoted, which is really ashamed. Of course, there is no trace of ashamed expression on Earl Chi ’s face:
I personally think that if you are a brother, if you also go to the frontier, especially the northern frontier where there are often small frictions, then the positions of generals and generals are just around the corner, even It ’s not that Marshal Staff is not far from the brother. If the brother is willing, the brother is willing to guarantee the military department with his life, so that the talent of the brother can be developed ... "and regardless of whether the captain of the team can be related to the imperial frontier grindstone By contrast, from a wit's point of view, it is far from an equivalent weight. Earl Chi easily kicked a small stone in front of him.
The second banquet invited the leader of the Ai Cai type brigade, which started with complaints: "Ah, it is not easy to live in Beijing. Although you are an earl, there are too many officials of higher rank than generals in the capital. I saw a small The little Viscount may need to be dismissed, and all the supervision departments are in Beijing. I have served as the captain of the Imperial Border Guard for more than 4 years, and I have collected 400,000 yuan during this period. Here, I took office for 3 months ~ EbookFREE.me , Not only without penny, but instead of posting 30,000 to miss the days when Emperor Tian Gao was far away. "Earl Chi certainly would not say that his 400,000 huge wealth came from the poor Minister of the Hami Empire of. After careful observation and discovery of the envy of Captain Greed, Earl Chi modified the words of the banquet yesterday: "I personally think that if you are a brother, if you also go to the place, you can imagine the scene of wealth. If If the brother is willing, the brother is willing to guarantee the military department with his life, so that the talent of the brother can be developed ... "Of course, as for Count Chi himself, he has figured out how to make a fortune in the imperial capital. Submissive.
Compared with men who love money and career, lustful men are undoubtedly the best to communicate. This time, even the rice was saved, only two cups of tea, and Earl Chi came straight to the fore: "Recently, the middle of the empire is rich in beautiful women. In the absence of a large captain in the heavy area, I commend your lord to the military department. In the past few years, the armaments of the four-level area have been slack, and some low-ranking officers of the empire have repeatedly used the guise of officers ’families to deceive local ignorant beautiful and pure girls , Or even as many as 15 wives per person.
At this point, Earl Chi repeatedly beat the table:
This time, I urge the military department to consider asking my brother to go to maintain local security. I think that the ability of non-brothers and Pan Ann's appearance can't rectify the local military discipline, so please ask the younger brother to strictly investigate and maintain the good image of our soldiers. "A heartfelt remark, the tears moved by the lecherous captain flowed, the face was peachy, holding Earl Chi's lovely hands, whine said: "The parents who gave birth to me, the earl who knows me, if there is a place for a younger brother in the future, a note, the younger brother is willing to go to the fire." That night, after the captain left the Earl's Palace Instead of returning to the government, he quickly rushed to the new office to rectify the military discipline.