"Boss, the master group has no business, and the mercenaries have nothing to do. They have been resting on their laurels. This cannot continue!"
Big Mao immediately reported the master group's problems to Chen Xing. There are more than 200 people in the master group, but there is no food and salary for the edge guard team. They all rely on Chen Xing's personal property.
Mercenaries fight for money, so freeloaders cannot last long, and Orchid Town does not need so many soldiers. If he wanted to make ends meet, Chen Xing had only two options, either to expand the establishment of the Orchid Town garrison and add people like himself to it.
But Chen Xing’s canonization document from Ice Blue City was not as good as Pang Youcai’s canonization document from the Principality, and Lacey had a history with him, so it was impossible to agree. To put it bluntly, even without these problems, the Orchid Town security team and the city defense army only have a combined establishment of more than 200, and it is impossible to double the military strength.
The second way is to let the master group go out to find business and be self-sufficient.
"What do you think?" Chen Xing picked up a red wine glass and clinked it with Da Mao.
Although he has a lot of money, he cannot support more than two hundred mouths to eat and drink every day. The monthly expenses of the master group, including wages and materials, exceed 6,000 gold coins, and more than 80,000 gold coins a year. If there is not enough business, it is really unaffordable. Moreover, if a soldier is idle for a long time, he will soon become useless.
"Go to Sanchahe City to develop, and come back if necessary." Big Cat suggested.
"Who will lead the team?" Chen Xing asked again. As a leader, even if you have your own ideas, you must first listen to the suggestions of your subordinates and give full play to their subjective initiative. If you speak up directly, subordinates are likely to be afraid to speak their minds out of respect for the leader.
"Me!" Big Mao recommended himself, thought for a while, and then said, "It's best to let Cassie and Lao Ji go with me. Cassie is very capable, and Lao Ji has many ideas."
"Hmm..." Chen Xing nodded in thought. He knows the big cats thoroughly. Although his personal strength is not good, he still has some leadership skills. Otherwise, he would not have been the vice-captain in his previous life. Based on more than half a year of observation, Da Mao is still very qualified for the position of deputy leader, and there should not be a big problem with him leading the team.
Cassie has an out-of-touch personality and poor management skills. Several people have already reported that there are problems with his management skills. As for Lao Ji, he is now the financial officer of the town. In fact, there are not many things in the town, so Lao K can take on the role concurrently. Lao Ji is well-informed and his talent is of little use in the town, so he might as well assist Big Cat.
Thinking of this, Chen Xing decided that Da Mao would lead the master group to Sancha River City for development, and the water station would be managed by the three Garid affairs officers.
"Lao Hei and Lao Qin ask to see you, sir."
Just after seeing off a group of people, Old Monster Hei and Qin Gui came to visit again.
"Mr. Mayor, we have received the specialties sent by Xiao Yang. You are very grateful." "I am very grateful. I specially made a cake for me to bring over. I hope you will not dislike my rough craftsmanship."
Old Monster Hei and Qin Gui were both very polite. After all, Chen Xing was no longer the "Chen Xiaoyou" of the past, but the leader of the town, and his strength was already above them.
"Second elder, are you living comfortably?" Chen Xing asked with concern. Old Monster Hei and Qin Gui are now his disciples. They are the guardian-level experts under him besides Jian Yue Cang Lian. They will rely on them for many things in the future. Also, Old Monster Hei can be regarded as half of Chen Xing's master, providing him with a lot of experience in practice. Chen Xing had to respect them both emotionally and rationally.
"It's a good place to live. Sir, you have taken the trouble. If it weren't for you, we two old men would have nowhere to go." "Yes, thank you, sir, for giving us two brothers a place to stay."
"You two are so polite. We are all family members. Come and sit here more often when you have nothing to do. By the way, I brought some good wine from Ice Blue City. I will ask Xiao Yang to deliver it to you later."
After catching up for a while, the two elders were afraid of disturbing Chen Xing's rest, so they stood up and left. Chen Xing had just come back from outside. He was really tired after seeing this and that, so he didn't do much to persuade him to stay and sent him to the door in person.
Then Jian Yue Cang Lian put the hot water on, Chen Xing took a bath, put on his pajamas, and returned to the master bedroom.
The master bedroom is located on the east side of the second floor. It has square walls and an area of more than 100 square meters. There are arched floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides and thick and gorgeous mercerized curtains. In the middle is an oversized bed, made up of two large oak beds joined together. It is not a problem for ten people to sleep side by side. There are also wardrobes, desks, sofas, wine cabinets, etc.
Chen Xing did not rush to bed. Instead, he walked to the west wall of the room and pressed the secret door switch hidden behind the oil painting. The wall separated to the left and right, revealing a downward spiral staircase.
The spiral staircase leads to the underground darkroom. Most people would think it is the owner's treasure room or wine cellar, but this is not the actual function.
Chen Xing went down to the darkroom, where there were safes and large oak barrels filled with red wine. He walked to the corner, knocked on the wall, and then coughed a few times.
Not long after, there was a rustling sound of digging in the wall, and then with a crash, large rocks fell, and an underground tunnel appeared, and several termite workers crawled out.
As if they had received an order, they immediately cleaned up the soil and stones on the ground after coming out. Then a few chubby spray ants moved out and sprayed white mucus to fix the wall.
Chen Xing got on the ant cart and entered the corridor. Today's corridors have become hard and smooth, like air-raid shelters made of reinforced concrete.
The corridor is in the shape of a spiral, spiraling downwards. A few minutes later, Chen Xing went down to the incubation room deep underground and saw the huge queen of hundreds of nests.
Compared with more than three months ago, Suna is one size larger. She was a yacht before, but now she can almost catch up with a destroyer. By studying the relics of undercurrents and the remains of civilizations in world fragments, scholars have speculated that the ultimate form of the Star-devouring Ant Queen can reach the astral level, with a body like an asteroid and a diameter of thousands of kilometers.
But that was the result of countless years and countless planets and lives being devoured.
"Uuuuuuu, brother, you are finally back. Suna thought she would never see you again..."
Seeing Chen Xing, Su Na cried with joy. She immediately transformed into a human and rushed towards him. She hugged Chen Xing and cried non-stop, as if she had not seen him for many years and was reunited after a disaster. In her time, a day away from her brother was like a century away.
Chen Xing smiled without saying a word and gently touched Su Na's hair. It felt so comfortable to be missed and cared for.
"Brother, Suna misses you so much. I think about you every day and look forward to my brother coming back~"
"Well, you're so good. I'm not treating you well in vain." Chen Xing first encouraged and approved, then with a straight face, he asked seriously, "When my brother was away, did you read and learn to write well?"
"Yes, Su Na reads and learns to write every day." Su Na said obediently.
"Then I will test you carefully. If you fail to answer the question, you will be punished." Chen Xing said.
"Yeah, if Su Na doesn't work hard, let her brother punish her. Brother can punish her whatever he wants. Su Na is not afraid." Su Na said seriously. As he spoke, he subconsciously looked down at his bulging belly, as if he was ready to receive punishment.
Chen Xing casually picked up the book on the ground, and it read clearly: First grade mathematics.
"What is seventeen plus eight?" He randomly picked a question.
"Twenty-six!" Su Na replied excitedly.
"Hmm!" Chen Xing was surprised that he knew it, so he asked again, "Fifty-nine times three."
"Fifty-nine times three, three-nine-twenty-seven, five-three-fifteen, twenty-seven plus one-fifteen, no, no, no, three-nine-twenty-seven, three-five-fifteen, one-fifteen plus twenty-seven …”
Suna counted on her fingers, but after counting, there were not enough fingers at all. Then she also used her toes, but still there were not enough.
"If you fail to count, you will be punished." Chen Xing threatened.
"Ah, brother, wait a minute, let me count again, twenty-seven, plus, one-fifteen, two plus one, seven plus five... thirty plus twelve, forty-two!" Su Na's eyes shone. , "Brother, I calculated it, it's forty-two!"
"Fifty-nine times three equals forty-two?" Chen Xing raised the corners of his mouth with an evil smile.
"Ah, no, no, why is it smaller than before..." Suna started counting on her fingers again, but after counting for a long time, she still couldn't count.
"UuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuSu Na can't figure it out, Su Na is so stupid!" Su Na finally gave up.
"Fifty-nine is divided into fifty and nine, three times nine equals twenty-seven, three times fifty equals one hundred and fifty, and the total is one hundred and seventy-seven." Chen Xing wrote on the ground.
"Wow, brother is so awesome, he can figure it out in one go."
"I'll take another test on you. If you can't do it, you'll be punished." "Yeah, yeah, yeah~"
