On the way, Li Qifeng explained to Ye Xing about organizing the new city guard army.
It turns out that Donghai County already has a city guard force of 2,000 people, also led by two acquired eighth-level disciples of Qingyun Sect. They are mainly responsible for the public security of Donghai County and combating illegal activities.
But they are also scattered in key places throughout the county. There are only a few hundred people in Donghai City, which is seriously insufficient.
Moreover, the city guards themselves are just civilians with limited abilities.
Recently, there are signs that many forces are ready to move. Donghai County is obviously short of manpower, so it is necessary to form a new army as a mobile force.
The City Guards are recruiting people with basic martial arts skills this time. The main thing is to train the backbone. If anything happens in the future, they will recruit more civilians.
Expanding the force with these people as the core can immediately obtain thousands of new soldiers, which is also a preliminary move.
Donghai County is one of the four counties controlled by the Qingyun Sect, and it is also the only major coastal county. It is very important to the Qingyun Sect! It's just that Donghai County is far away from the sect, a bit too far.
After a period of time, the sect will send more outer sect disciples to the East China Sea, and even inner sect disciples will be sent to assist. The purpose is of course to protect the most important jurisdiction of the sect.
The upper echelons of the Qingyun Sect had a premonition that something was going to happen, but the headquarters of the Qingyun Sect was far in the north, tens of thousands of miles apart, which was really inconvenient.
Moreover, the main force of Qingyun Sect is also contained in the north, and there is no extra force to garrison here.
There are millions of people in Donghai County, with a radius of thousands of miles. In any case, there is only Li Xuantong, a fourth-level innate person, to protect it;
It is not enough for Li Xuantong to lead a few acquired masters from the Qingyun Sect of the seventh or eighth level, as well as 2,000 city guards composed of civilians. Everything must be prepared.
The Qingyun Sect deliberately recruited city guards in the East China Sea instead of sending people from the sect. The main reason was that they were unable to do so, and the locals loved their hometown more and would be more effective in fighting.
The two took their luggage from the inn, returned to the City Lord's Mansion, and arranged a place for Ye Xing to stay.
Li Qifeng and Ye Xing came to see City Lord Li again.
City Lord Li took out a book and gave it to Ye Xing:
"This is the wood-type sword technique that I majored in before. You can practice it. Your qualifications are mainly water spiritual roots. You should be at the acquired second level. First, practice the water-type sword technique given by Uncle Lin."
"You also have Wood Spirit Root, practice it as a reference and advance as soon as possible!"
City Lord Li turned to Li Qifeng and said, "You are at the seventh level of acquired fire element. You can also guide your junior brother Ye!"
Turning to Ye Xing again, he said, "What skills are not the most important, the core is your ability to comprehend. Learning more and thinking more is the best way."
Ye Xing hurriedly said yes!
City Lord Li took out another token and gave it to Li Qifeng:
"You will be at the North Campus in three days to receive new recruits! Start training immediately and take shape as soon as possible! We must strictly follow the requirements and we must become a powerful new army!"
Li Qifeng took the token and said, "Yes, Uncle Master!"
City Lord Li also gave them 50,000 taels of silver notes as the cost of training the new army, and sent 20 guards from the City Lord's Mansion as their temporary assistants.
Ye Xing had lunch with his masters, City Lord Li and Elder Lin. Li Qifeng and the two commanders of the city guards also came to accompany him.
One is named Guo Song, and the other is named Pan Changqing. They are both outer disciples of the Qingyun Sect, and they are both at the eighth or ninth level of the acquired world.
As for the other two people with spiritual roots who passed the assessment yesterday, they are both third-grade single-spiritual people. They have gone home to prepare, and will follow Elder Lin back to the sect headquarters in the far north the day after tomorrow.
In the afternoon, Ye Xing and Li Qifeng took 20 guards from the City Lord's Mansion to the North Campus. They came to an open space 10 miles away from the avenue outside the north gate of Donghai City.
It is a small island surrounded by water on three sides. Dozens of wooden thatched houses are built neatly around the island, and there is a large flat land in the middle.
Ye Xing and Li Qifeng chose a large room in the middle as their office space and their temporary residence.
This place, which the City Lord's Mansion had prepared some time ago, is a training camp for new recruits.
The two of them checked the entire military camp carefully and were satisfied with the conditions, because basically everything was new and the beds and the like were sturdy.
Ye Xing asked the guards to take paint and write the room number on the door of each barracks and the number on each bed.
He also asked the guards to take the city lord's order and go to the city to invite the owners of three large restaurants, and ordered the three restaurants to contract a canteen here.
Each thatched cottage is used as a kitchen, and each kitchen prepares three meals for 100 people.
Ye Xing asked them to try it out for a month, all with high prices. After a month, they would keep the last two companies, and then introduce the third one, all with the highest prices, and asked them to start preparations tomorrow.
Ye Xing invited all the craftsmen in the city to immediately start building 30 small stilt houses as latrines at the riverside where the water was strong. The wooden boards had holes, and the water flow below directly washed away the excrement. The latrines were also equipped with a large amount of toilet paper. .
This approach surprised everyone because they had never heard of such hygienic and safe latrines.
In the past, convenience was done directly in the woods, which was unhygienic and unsafe.
Because there may be small animals such as snakes in the woods, timid people would not dare to go there at night.
Ask carpenters to dismantle the doors of each barracks, and order 40 large wooden barrels with lids to place in front of the barracks for drinking water;
More than 300 small wooden trays were made, engraved with numbers, and placed under each bed for the recruits to bathe and wash. They will be delivered together tomorrow morning.
Ye Xing went to the city and asked the blacksmith to immediately start making 400 large iron bowls and steel spoons. They were also engraved with numbers and had to be delivered tomorrow.
Ye Xing requires that all these tasks must be completed within one day, and must be completed in detail, and must be inspected in person.
That night, the two of them and a group of guards stayed in this barracks and discussed the details together.
Such as arranging accommodation, meals, selecting captains, training details, etc., and Ye Xing recorded the results of various discussions with pen and paper.
Li Qifeng was very happy and said happily:
"Junior Brother Ye, you are sober-minded and organized at such a young age, so awesome! Your handwriting is so good, it's the handwriting of a famous calligrapher!"
Ye Xing said humbly, "Senior Brother Li, thank you! I am a weak scholar, and writing is my only strength!"
Li Qifeng said: "I have been immersed in cultivation in the sect and know nothing about external affairs. Fortunately, Junior Brother Ye helped me, otherwise I would definitely not be able to do this well!"
The two of them worked until late at night, thinking everything through, and then fell asleep peacefully.
What Ye Xing must do every day is to practice. This place is by the river, and the water aura is much richer than in the city, so it is suitable.
Although he is very tired, practicing can make Ye Xing recover faster, especially when the starlight shines on his body, a cold feeling flows into his brain, which quickly refreshes his brain and makes him full of energy.
It was already daybreak, and the two of them and the guards ate the breakfast sent by the city lord's palace. Everything had been delivered and prepared, and they started working.
Ye Xing asked the soldiers to take the list of each content and check it one by one.
Several people from each of the three restaurants came and prepared all the kitchen equipment, as well as a lot of coal and dry firewood.
At noon, each family also cooked meals for twenty people, and Ye Xing, Li Qifeng and 20 city guards tried the taste.
Ye Xing was quite satisfied and asked each family to withdraw 1,000 taels in the military camp as starting capital.
Ye Xing's requirements are very high, delicious, sufficient, and the food must be provided at the standard of one tael of silver per person per day. This is definitely top-notch food, and those active city guards certainly do not have such treatment.
Ye Xing declared that if they failed to meet the requirements, they would be punished for violating military discipline. If they met the requirements, they would be contracted to provide meals for the military camp at high prices for a long time.
Ye Xing explained the reason to Li Qifeng. This was to cultivate professional soldiers. The only task of soldiers in the military camp was to train, and soldiers could not be sent to do chores.
All soldiers who come must become professional soldiers. With this as the backbone, they can have combat effectiveness in the future.
Li Qifeng deeply agreed. He often had to go out to do tasks in the sect. It was said to be practical training, but in fact it was a waste of a lot of time. He could not concentrate on cultivation at all, so his progress was slow.
Of course, those core disciples do not need to do any sect tasks.
This time he was training the city guards, which was also his sect's mission. It essentially distracted him from chores, but he couldn't refuse.
Relatively speaking, it is much better here than going to the deep mountains and forests to collect various cultivation materials.
Ye Xing asked the guards to go to the city and buy a lot of handkerchiefs and quilts, requiring each piece to be embroidered with a number.
The two of them checked in detail before going to bed, and then they lay down and stayed silent all night.
At dawn, we had a simple breakfast. Ten guards were stationed in various places with long guns in hand. Ten guards assisted the two in handling the registration of the new army.
Everything is ready, waiting for the new recruits to arrive.
