Chapter 353： cut troops

Chapter 353 Disarming

"Subordinates vow to complete the mission!" The six old men knelt down on one knee, their voices sonorous and powerful, forming a huge contrast with the old appearance.

Chen Gu glanced at the six people lightly, and then turned his eyes to the rest of the ice palace: "In addition to Bai Ling, the rest of the monster class can also worship under my door and temporarily be named disciples, are you willing?"

His eyes fell on a group of big demons behind Bai Ling and the three.

Hearing the words, the big demons couldn't help but get excited and knelt on the ground: "The junior is willing!"

Although the status of named disciples is far inferior to that of formal disciples, no matter what, they are still disciples of the Demon King. With this level of status, no matter where they go, no one dares to look down on them.

Don't say that these ordinary Danxuanjing realm monsters are those born divine beasts, I am afraid they all long to become Chen Gu's named disciples!

Now that such a good thing has fallen on their heads, how could they be unwilling?

They didn't ask for any gifts, becoming Chen Gu's named disciples was the best gift!

After a while, Chen Gu floated away, and everyone in the Ice Palace began to disperse one after another.

"Elder Sister, the journey is smooth sailing." As soon as he entered the gate of Chengu, the Red Dragon King adapted to his new identity.

"The journey is smooth." The Green Winged Eagle King said calmly.

After saying goodbye to the Red Dragon King, the Green Winged Eagle King, and Tian Hung and other big monsters, Bai Ling stopped staying and set off directly with the six old men.

Regarding the sale of tickets for the Dark Abyss, Bai Ling discussed with Tianhong and other big demons yesterday, and Tianhong is responsible for everything.

“Hey…”

The harsh sound of breaking wind resounded in the sky, and the figures of Bai Ling and the six old men flew towards the west at high speed.

The Red Dragon King and others returned to the Cang Qiong Academy in a proper manner. After that, the Blue Winged Eagle King and others practiced quietly in the academy, while the Red Dragon King rushed to the foot of the barren mountain and presided over the construction of the new city.

In the newly built city lord's mansion, Qin Lian slowly put down the brush, immediately rubbed his temples, and took a long breath: "It's finally done!"

On the desk, on a huge piece of rice paper, there are four big characters written in the center of the first row: "Announcement of Settlement."

After several days of thinking and deliberation, he finally formulated the details of the settlement rules in a completely standardized manner. The content of the main frame was formulated according to Zhang Yu's intention. His job was to refine and standardize the settlement conditions to ensure that Every standard is clear and clear, and there are no loopholes.

Of course, this announcement of settlement will not take Qin Lian a few days. The reason why the announcement of settlement is completed now is because he has processed all the applications for the registration of residence that have been backlogged for many days in the past few days. Those in the vortex are all approved, and those whose cultivation base has not reached the vortex are all rejected. It seems that the work is very simple, but it is actually very boring.

"Someone."

Qin Lian stood up, stretched his muscles for a while, and then shouted to the outside of the house.

Soon, a middle-aged man in armor walked in and said respectfully, "Sir!"

Qin Lian pointed to the rice paper on the desk, and said, "Send my order to have a hundred copies of this settlement announcement be copied and posted in various places to ensure that everyone can see it."

"Yes!" The middle-aged man replied respectfully, then carefully rolled up the rice paper and walked out of the room.

After a while, the middle-aged man walked into the room again, bent over and said, "Sir, your subordinate has already conveyed your order, and it will be done in about an hour."

Qin Lian nodded and asked, "How is the construction of the new city?" He has been busy dealing with the settlement in the past few days, and has not had time to pay attention to the outside situation. Now that the settlement has been settled, he naturally needs to pay attention to the construction of the new city. , after all, this is the first task that the dean has given him, no matter what, he must complete this task well.

The middle-aged man replied: "The foundation has been laid, the construction of public facilities such as squares and streets has been completed, and residential houses are currently being built..."

At this point, the middle-aged man hesitated.

"Is there any problem?" Qin Lian asked suspiciously.

"Sir, the construction of the barren city costs so much money, and it is completely maintained by the funds of the government treasury. I am worried that if this goes on, the funds of the government treasury will be exhausted before the barren city is built." The middle-aged man suggested: "These houses are for the common people. Why don’t they charge them a certain fee for the construction? Also, wouldn’t the materials for building the houses be a little better? I remember that when the city lord’s mansion in the old deserted city was built, such good materials were not used…”

If you can lower the material standard, you can save a lot of money.

Qin Lian still trusts this old subordinate who has been with him for more than 20 years. He also understands that the other party is sincerely thinking of himself, so he does not blame the other party.

"It is the dean's decision to let the residents of the original barren city live in the new barren city for free." Qin Lian shook his head and explained, "Because the former barren city will be divided into the Cangqiong Academy, the dean is not willing to take advantage of the people, so this is the reason. Decide."

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment. Hearing that this was the dean's decision, he was no longer entangled.

"What about the material problem?" The middle-aged man said again: "People don't have high requirements for housing, as long as they have a place to live, they don't need such good materials, right?"

When it came to this question, Qin Lian was also a little helpless, he smiled bitterly: "I persuaded the Red Dragon King like this at first, but he insisted on using the best materials to build the most beautiful and sturdy city, there is no room for negotiation, you Say, what can I do?"

If it was someone else, Qin Lian could completely rely on his identity as the city owner and the dean's backing to force the other party to modify the design and replace the materials, but the Red Dragon King is not only a great monster in the Spirit Rotation Realm, but also a monster class in the Cang Qiong Academy. Compared with the city lord, the Red Dragon King has a higher status in Cang Qiong Academy. If he really wants to make trouble, he will definitely not be able to make trouble with the Red Dragon King.

Since he can't make trouble, he just doesn't care. The Red Dragon King can do whatever he wants.

"If this is the case, won't the construction of the deserted city be abandoned halfway when the funds in the treasury are used up?" The middle-aged man frowned, with a trace of worry in his eyes, "If the dean is to blame, the adult's situation will not be good."

"You don't have to worry about that." Qin Lian suddenly smiled.

The middle-aged man looked at Qin Lian suspiciously.

Qin Lian said: "The Red Dragon King promised me that if the treasury funds are not enough, he will make up the cost privately until the construction of the barren city is completed."

"He?" The middle-aged man asked suspiciously, "Does he have so many bad coins?"

Qin Lian laughed: "Luo Song, you underestimate the wealth of the Red Dragon King! Looking at the entire Zhou Dynasty, no one was richer than him! To be precise, the Thousand-faced Demon Fox, the Red Dragon King, and the Green Wing Eagle King, these three The overlords of the Dark Abyss are all rich! Even those chambers of commerce, and even the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, are far less wealthy than they are! To build a city, even a Daxing city, this cost is only a drop in the bucket for them. "

Luo Song was frightened, he opened his eyes wide, and said incredulously: "They are so rich?"

"The entire Anyuan belongs to them, can they be rich?" Qin Lian laughed dumbly, "Not to mention, the tickets they sell every day for Anyuan are enough to build a small city."

Tongzhou Prefecture's business tax, many of which were contributed by Bai Ling, the Red Dragon King, and the Green Wing Eagle King, if not for this, Qin Lian would not have understood the financial resources of the three people so clearly.

Qin Lian came back to his senses, patted Luo Song on the shoulder, and said, "You don't have to worry about money, we just need to carefully supervise those carpenters and craftsmen to prevent them from cheating and cheating, and to ensure the normal completion of the barren city. After all , the dean has been staring at it, we can't be sloppy for a moment."

Rosson nodded.

"By the way, how did you do what I told you before?" Qin Lian asked.

"You mean... rectifying the government troops?"

"right."

"According to your request, none of the soldiers in the deserted city have moved for the time being. The soldiers from the other places below the seventh level of Kaixuan have been disbanded, and the troublemakers have also been driven out. At present, there are only 319 soldiers left in the other places, among them Tongzhou City. One hundred and twelve people, 63 people from Jinhua City, 45 people from Zizhou City, 36 people from Qingyang Ancient City, 21 people from Yancheng City, 18 people from Zhanshui City, 16 people from Wushan City, Wushuang There are eight people in the city, and there are not a single soldier left in the remaining cities."

Qin Lian was stunned and said in surprise, "Not one left?"

Luo Song said with a wry smile: "Those cities are even worse than our barren cities. The strongest soldier is only at the sixth level, and even those city lords are only at the seventh level and the eighth level." The barren city is Tongzhou. The palace was relatively backward and weak, but Luo Song did not expect that there would be a city that was more backward and weaker than the barren city.

"I thought I, the city lord of the barren city, was already useless enough, but I didn't expect..." Qin Lian shook his head and sighed.

Luo Song hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, wouldn't it be too impulsive for us to lay off so many soldiers at one time? There are only a few hundred people, and it is impossible to maintain order in Tongzhou, and the remaining hundreds of people, It's also worrying people, maybe they will voluntarily retire when they don't..."

Tongzhou Prefecture originally had 80,000 soldiers, but in just a few days, only 300 people were left.

80,000 compared to 300, such a huge difference in numbers is hard to imagine!

Fortunately, the 300 people who stayed behind were all elites above the seventh level of Kaixuan, and they belonged to the true backbone of the Fu soldiers!

Most of the soldiers who were eliminated due to were just filling up their numbers, and no matter what their character was, their strength alone could not satisfy Qin Lian's requirements.

Qin Lian stared: "They dare!"

Those who voluntarily retire before the prescribed age will be regarded as deserters. Such people will be ridiculed wherever they go.

Luo Song did not refute anything. This possibility is indeed very small, but it is indeed impossible to maintain order in Tongzhou with more than 300 soldiers. There are several cities, and there is even only one bare commander of the city owner. It seems very embarrassing, continue. If this goes on, the soldiers may not be discharged from the army, but the city lord will run away first.

"Soldiers are more expensive than elites." Qin Lian said lightly: "You let them stabilize first. At most three days, new soldiers will report to the major cities."

Luo Song worried: "Will three days be too short? In this time, there are simply not many soldiers to be recruited. Besides, the city lord, your requirements for soldiers are so high..."

People in this world generally have the idea of ​​"a good man is not a soldier, a good iron is not a nail". Unless it is really difficult to get along, few people are willing to take the initiative to join the army.

No matter where you are, recruiting soldiers is an extremely difficult job. In some cities, you can’t even recruit 100 soldiers a year. In view of this situation, the requirements for recruiting soldiers in each city are very low. That's it, for other aspects, there are almost no requirements, because there is no choice at all.

Therefore, Luo Song's worry is not unreasonable.

"Have you not read the settlement announcement I gave you just now?" Qin Lian smiled mysteriously.

"Uh, I haven't had time to watch it yet." Luo Song said honestly.

"Hehe, when you read it, you'll understand why I'm so confident." Qin Lian smiled slightly, "I'm not worried about recruiting soldiers at all. On the contrary, I'm not afraid of recruiting dissatisfaction, but I'm afraid that there are too many people and it's hard to choose. ."