"Mr. Mayor, the Yellow Turbans are raging outside... I want to hire you to escort me to the nearby county. This place is too chaotic now!"
As he spoke, Qiu Mi's face was full of helplessness and bitterness.
He doesn't want to find out any news now, he just wants to run away quickly. The Yellow Turban and other things are too scary. It really doesn't matter whether you are a noble or not!
Hearing this, Xiao Jing looked up and down at the person in front of him.
He didn't think for long, he didn't want to let his soldiers take risks. He was about to refuse, but unexpectedly, Deng Ren suddenly pulled the corner of his clothes.
When he turned around, he saw Deng Ren winking at him repeatedly, signaling his agreement.
He understood immediately and said simply.
"I can agree to this, but you also know that the Yellow Turbans are making trouble outside now. I can't risk the lives of soldiers casually. You need to pay for it!"
Hearing this, Qiu Mi said with helplessness on his face.
"Sir, I only need a few troops, no need...and you will also gain Qiu's friendship!"
"no!!!"
Seeing Xiao Jing's decisive refusal, Qiu Mi had a toothache. This man really didn't let go of the rabbit before he saw it!
"It looks like he can only bleed profusely!"
Thinking of this, he said: "Sir, I am willing to pay 20 taels of gold!"
Speaking of this, Qiu Mi's heart was bleeding. He had to pay for all the money himself. Just like that, his income from half a year's work was spent...
Hearing this, Deng Ren and Xiao Jing looked at each other and smiled, and Deng Ren spoke.
"We don't need money!"
There was a trace of doubt on Qiu Mi's rich face. Then he looked at the troops behind Xiao Jing and asked with a hint of understanding, "Do you want weapons?"
Deng Ren continued to shake his head, and before Qiu Mi could continue to be confused, he spoke.
"We don't need money or supplies!"
"Then what do you want?"
"Our requirements are not high, we just want to trouble you to introduce the Lord to Commander Ding!"
"This..." Hearing this, Qiu Mi first looked at Xiao Jing and Xiao Jing in surprise, and then a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.
It is true that he is the general manager of the Qiu family, but this does not mean that he has a high status in the Qiu family.
In fact, because of his status as a businessman, his position in the Qiu family is very embarrassing...
Moreover, although the Qiu family is a noble clan and powerful, it depends on who they are compared with. In Shanwu, Pingcheng and other counties under Yanmen, the Qiu family is indeed extremely powerful, but if it is placed in Yanmen County, it will be very inconspicuous. , because there are too many powerful nobles...
"I'm sorry, although I really want to promise you, but..."
"50 taels of gold!! Plus escort you back!"
"This is not a matter of money!!" Qiu Mi was confused.
"100 taels!!"
"Oh, this..."
"200 taels!! Any more will be fine!"
"Deal!!!" Qiu Mi's eyes flashed with greed, and he agreed quickly.
He's already figured it out. He couldn't introduce him to Sheriff Ding, but he knew the stewards in the governor's mansion.
For 200 taels of gold, it would cost no more than 50 taels to bribe the steward of Governor Ding's mansion, and the rest would be his. This business can be done!
Xiao Jing nodded, and immediately summoned his usually inconspicuous second-level general and gave instructions.
"You lead 40 units of warriors and escort this steward to the annexed city!"
"Yes!" After saying that, he respectfully stepped aside.
"Guanshi Qiu, I will order someone to escort you out of the county first. You can give me a token. I will look for you when I go to Yanmen City in the future. I will need to trouble Guanshi Qiu then!"
Although Qiu Mi was a little disappointed that he couldn't get the money right away, he didn't say anything more. He casually took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Xiao Jing...
After Qiu Mi left, before Xiao Jing could speak, Deng Ren's face was filled with joy and he spoke first.
"Congratulations, lord, congratulations, lord!"
Xiao Jing was a little surprised and asked, "Where does joy come from?"
Deng Ren collected his thoughts and spoke slowly.
"Your Excellency, you don't know. The real name of the Yanmen County Governor is Ding Yuan. He comes from a humble background, but he is good at martial arts. Because of this, he made several contributions during the invasion of foreign tribes and was appointed as the Yanmen County Governor. But also because of his Due to his birth, he has many conflicts with the aristocratic families in Yanmen. He is greedy and likes gold and silver."
"Originally, we were from a humble background. Even if we made meritorious service in the Yellow Turbans, it would be difficult for us to get official positions!"
"However, through Naqiumi, as long as we contact Governor Ding and make some money, it may not be possible for other county magistrates, but the magistrate of Shanwu County..."
As he said that, Deng Ren laughed.
Hearing this, Xiao Jing was also happy, unlike Deng Ren. He wanted more.
Ding Yuan has already appeared. Can a series of historical generals such as Lu Bu, the "Lü Bu among the people", Zhang Liao, the "powerful Xiaoyaojin", Gao Shun, the "trapped enemy", and the eight generals be far behind?
He, the hoe, is eager to try, and can't wait to poach...
After being interrupted by Qiu Mi, Xiao Jing had no intention to continue shopping. He quickly glanced at the only military-type pike barracks among the four blueprint buildings.
[Name]: Lancer Barracks
[Quality]: Gray
[Characteristics]: Spear Formation: Common people can be trained into spearmen. From then on, the spearmen trained in the spearman barracks will automatically learn the 'Lance Formation', with +2 force and -8% damage.
[Maximum number of people that can be trained at one time]: 200
[Training cycle]: one week to one month (the more meat and food consumed, the shorter the training time, the shortest available is one week)
[Training consumption]: 3 units of food/person/day ~ 6 units of food, 1 unit of meat/person/day
The building of the Pikemen Barracks is not bad.
The characteristic 'Spear Formation', as long as it is trained as a soldier, will be automatically given to the battle formation 'Lance Formation', which will increase its strength by 2 and reduce the damage received by 8%. It’s a nice feature!
"Hey ha! Hey ha!!"
In the pikemen barracks, Zhou Cang was working hard to train soldiers according to Xiao Jing's orders.
Although Xiao Jing initially took control of Da Liu Town, he did not disturb the people much. Therefore, when Zhou Cang recruited troops, there were not many people who signed up, and he easily reached the upper limit of what the spearmen could train.
After staying in the pike barracks for a while and finding nothing unexpected, he left.
…
Is it difficult to serve as the mayor of Daliu Town?
Thank you, Xiao Jing, who has just become the mayor on the second day, can tell you this answer.
"These are all trivial things!!!"
Sitting paralyzed on the high platform of the mayor's mansion, Xiao Jing rubbed his brow and said in pain.
He was still the mayor of Huangshan Village before, but he had never noticed it. After becoming the mayor, he discovered that the mayor had so many things.
Resolve cases in court (general coordination of conflicts), apprehend key criminals, maintain public order, check money and food in the warehouse, urge food and taxes...
Especially for the 'food and tax collection', it was really the first time for Xiao Jing to get into a sedan chair as a big girl.
If it weren't for the assistance of Ma Fu, Niu Yang and other experienced officials, he might not be able to handle so many things.
But not to mention, after handling things throughout the day, my experience in handling government affairs has increased a lot, so much so that in the [Experience-to-Ability], government affairs has been increased from 34 to 35.
