The number of nine thousand soldiers will be expanded to 20,000 soldiers. This is a large-scale military expansion for a city. The stewards of the Six Halls and the commanders all expressed that they should explain the matter to His Majesty the Emperor in advance to avoid misunderstandings by His Majesty the Emperor.
Qi Feihong promised to report the matter to Yu Wenxian in person, provided that everyone must support his military expansion. Everyone saw that it was imperative for Qi Feihong to expand his army, so they had nothing to say.
Qi Feihong contacted Yu Wenxian in front of everyone and explained the necessity and importance of army expansion. Yu Wenxian readily agreed to expand Feihu City's army to 20,000 soldiers and took the initiative to give Qi Feihong military expenses of 20,000 soldiers. He only asked Qi Feihong to do Thanks to the good training of the soldiers, if Feilong City is attacked, Feihu City will send troops to help immediately.
Qi Feihong naturally agreed to Yu Wenxian's request. This was his plan. With Yu Wenxian's permission, Feihu City's military expansion was decided.
Qi Feihong ordered people to post notices everywhere in the city, and at the same time set up ten recruitment points in the city. All immortal cultivators above the Yuan Shen realm can sign up to join the army. Of course, after signing up, you have to go through a test before you can finally confirm your military status, become a formal soldier, and be incorporated into the Feihu City guard army.
Qi Feihong entrusted these matters to Qu Hu, the steward of the military hall, Jiang Chaoyuan, the steward of the household hall, as well as the nine commanders and eighteen deputy commanders who were originally serving in the army. He himself is only responsible for recruiting additional commanders and deputy commanders, because these people must be strong and reliable people, and it is more reassuring for him to come forward in person.
Qi Feihong also had his own ideas. When he recruited commanders and deputy commanders, he first thought of people he was familiar with, such as Jin Min and Nalan Xi, and his senior brother Jiang Jun, who was now helping Feixianmen. et al. He immediately contacted these people personally and asked them to consider coming to Feihu City in the Red Dragon Kingdom to help him.
Jin Min and Nalan Xi were the first to reply to Qi Feihong. The two of them became commanders without hesitation. Each of them had jurisdiction over a thousand new sergeants and was responsible for the training and management of these sergeants. Both of them are very strong and reliable. They are indeed Qi Feihong's good helpers.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jun replied to Qi Feihong. After he informed the Shangqing Sanren, the Shangqing Sanren ordered him to come to Feihu City with his sword and tea, and the three of them served as commanders at the same time. As a result, there were five new candidates for the leadership, and Qi Feihong only needed to recruit a few more people.
Qi Feihong specifically went to ask Yinggu. Because Yinggu wanted to revitalize the Guangming Palace, she declined Qi Feihong. She only said that if something happened to Qi Feihong, everyone in the Guangming Palace would do their best to help, but she would not be the commander or deputy commander of Feihu City.
Qi Feihong did not force it, and he was not in a hurry to find all the commanders and deputy commanders, because the army expansion had just begun and no one knew when all the new soldiers would be recruited. He had time to slowly find suitable candidates.
This matter took Qi Feihong four days. During these four days, Huangfu Cheng and Fairy Nihuang came to see Qi Feihong several times, urging Qi Feihong to put down the trivial matters in Feihu City and start practicing quickly. Qi Feihong himself also hoped that he could cultivate earlier, so he really put down everything, found an uninhabited palace in the back courtyard, and went into retreat with Huangfu City and Fairy Nihuang.
Qi Feihong's retreat is expected to last for three months. He will mainly practice Huangfu City swordsmanship. During this period, he will also practice the alchemy skills of Fairy Nihuang. In these three months, he will not be distracted by anything else for the time being, and will devote himself to practicing swordsmanship and alchemy.
Qi Feihong went into seclusion, and recruitment in Feihu City was carried out simultaneously. Jiang Chaoyuan and others vigorously publicized the recruitment matter, and within a few days, thousands of new soldiers were recruited. If this continues, within a month, they will be able to recruit enough new soldiers to complete the tasks assigned to them by Qi Feihong.
Feihu City has not expanded its army for many years, and many of the previous generations of immortal cultivators hoped to join the army and make a name for themselves, so the recruitment process went very smoothly.
Three months passed in a hurry. On this day, Qi Feihong came out of seclusion on time and left his retreat place with Huangfu City and Fairy Nihuang.
The stewards of the Sixth Hall who had been waiting here for a long time came forward to see Qi Feihong. Qi Feihong responded one by one with a relaxed expression. It seemed that he had gained something from practicing in seclusion.
Qi Feihong was most concerned about recruiting soldiers. After meeting everyone, he asked: "How is the recruitment of new soldiers? Have enough new soldiers been recruited?"
Qu Hu said: "Reporting to the city lord, there are 11,000 new soldiers, all of whom were recruited two months ago. They are currently training in the first three and one in the middle of the city lord's mansion. After they finish the training, they will be incorporated into the guard The army will be under the direct jurisdiction of the new commanders."
Qi Feihong said: "Manager Qu has done a good job, and you all have worked hard. The new recruits need to be trained well, and you all need to put more effort into it."
Everyone said together: "These city lords praise me, and my subordinates obey my orders."
Qi Feihong nodded slightly: "Has anything happened in Feihu City in the past three months? Does Your Majesty have any orders to deliver?"
Jiang Chaoyuan said: "His Majesty has no decree to give us Flying Tiger City in the near future, but there is really one thing that requires the city lord to make the decision."
Qi Feihong asked: "What's the matter? It's okay for Manager Jiang to speak frankly."
Jiang Chaoyuan said: "My subordinates and others have been fully assisting the Guangming Palace in the construction of the Guangming Palace. However, the cost has been a bit high. This... my subordinates have sent people to calculate. Since the construction of the Guangming Palace, Feihu City has already We spent one million spirit coins. In addition to recruiting new soldiers, training new soldiers, building new barracks and other expenses, there are also millions more. Now the spirit coins in our city lord's mansion are no longer enough to support normal expenses. Please let the city lord make up his mind on this matter. , should we use the combat readiness spirit coins to overcome the current difficulties?"
Qi Feihong asked: "How many war-ready spirit coins are there? Feihu City has always had war-ready spirit coins, or are they some of the spirit coins specially reserved by the previous city lord?"
Jiang Chaoyuan said: "Since the founding of the Red Dragon Kingdom, there has been a practice of reserving war-ready supplies and spiritual coins. Cities large and small across the country have war-ready spiritual coins, but the numbers are different. Feihu City's war-ready spiritual coins are 10 million , this is the decree of His Majesty the successive emperors, and it has never been less than one spiritual coin."
Qi Feihong smiled: "If you have any spirit coins, use them first. I will replenish the spent spirit coins as soon as possible. Apart from this matter, is there anything else?"
Qu Hu, the steward of the military hall, said: "I also have something to report to you. The eleven thousand recruits are not yet equipped with standard armor and weapons. Has the city lord ordered the Ministry of Industry to send people to order them? The training will end in one month. At that time, we will It would be inappropriate to distribute weapons and armor without them."
Qi Feihong turned his head and looked at Wu Jiang, the manager of the workshop: "Manager Wu, quickly calculate how many spirit coins are needed for the standard armor and weapons of 11,000 recruits."
Wu Jiang took half a step forward and said: "My subordinates have calculated that each set of standard armor is thirty spirit coins, and each standard weapon is about one hundred spirit coins. If all the recruits order armor and weapons according to this standard, the total 1.43 million spirit coins. Including transportation costs, purchasing expenses, etc., it will cost about 1.5 million spirit coins."
Qi Feihong said: "Immediately go to Hutang Jiang's office to collect 1.5 million spirit coins and order all the armor and weapons. You are required to buy back the armor and weapons before the training is completed and distribute them to every soldier. , there must be no mistake.”
Wu Jiang clasped his fists and said: "Please forgive me, City Lord, there are only three of my subordinates at the moment, and there is really no way to complete this arduous task in such a short period of time."
Qi Feihong frowned and said, "Which steward can assist Steward Wu?"
Qu Hu said: "I can send people to assist Manager Wu, but I can only send a thousand people at most, because the remaining soldiers have to guard Feihu City."
Qi Feihong asked Wu Jiang: "Is a thousand people enough? If not, we can find another way."
Wu Jiang said: "A thousand people are enough, but everyone must have a space ring. After purchasing the armor and weapons, you need to use the space ring to bring it back to Feihu City."
Qu Hu said: "I will go back and select the person with the space ring, and I will leave it to Manager Wu later."
Wu Jiang clasped his fists and said, "Thank you very much, Manager Qu."
Qu Hu said: "Manager Wu, you're welcome. These are supplies purchased for the soldiers in the military hall. We should contribute a little."
Wu Jiang looks a bit vulgar, but his actions and words are not vulgar at all. Instead, he appears to be generous and decent. People should not be judged by their appearance. Maybe Wu Jiang's life is not good-looking, but he is also a useful person.
