Although these new recruits had only received training for a few months, they were more than enough to deal with these bandits. Wang Qizhi agreed on the spot and would lead the team himself.
Pang Tong said: "This is the best. Only by fighting together with the soldiers can we cultivate a deep friendship."
"By the way, how are you settling the tax issue?"
Pang Tong took out a pamphlet and handed it to Wang Qizhi, saying, "It's all recorded in it."
"To be honest, you used to only collect 20 cents from the people every month. Although it was helpful to win over people's hearts, it was not standardized enough. The tax you collected was only a small amount, which was really not enough, so it must be changed."
Wang Qizhi looked at the booklet, and Pang Tong removed all the original messy expenses in southern Xinjiang and turned them into the original thirty taxes, that is, each person paid one-thirtieth of his monthly income.
Although the money paid is a bit more than before, it is much less than the 30-5 tax in other places in southern Xinjiang. Moreover, all the original messy taxes have been cancelled, and a large amount of fees have been reduced, so the people are naturally willing accept.
When Wang Qizhi saw it, he did some calculations. Based on this alone, the small city had several thousand taels of silver, which was enough to pay for the thousands of soldiers.
"Just follow what you set out to do."
Pang Tongyi clasped his fists and said, "Here!"
Then he asked again: "I wonder when my lord will take action against those robbers?"
"You tomorrow."
Pang Tong was surprised: "So fast?"
Wang Qizhi sighed softly and said helplessly: "To be honest, so many people spend a lot of money eating, drinking and having sex every day. If we don't get more money, the accounting office really won't be able to spend money."
Pang Tong nodded and said, "In that case, I will listen to my lord."
Wang Qizhi said: "You don't have to follow me when it comes to suppressing bandits. Take care of things here for me."
Hearing this, Pang Tongyi clasped his fists and said, "Here."
Early on the next morning, Wang Qi came to the military camp outside the city. When the soldier guarding the gate saw the young man, he thought someone's child had run into the wrong place. He immediately raised the spear in his hand and threatened: "Here is The military camp is an important place, and all the people waiting here should leave quickly, otherwise don’t blame me for being rude."
Wang Qizhi has been busy during this period and has no time to come to the military camp. It is reasonable for these soldiers not to recognize him.
Wang Qizhi refused to talk nonsense with the soldier, took out the tiger talisman and said, "My name is Wang Qizhi, and I am your lord."
With something as important as the Tiger Talisman, Wang Qizhi naturally had to keep it in his own hands when nothing happened, just in case someone was planning something evil.
When the soldiers saw this, they immediately knelt down. They did not expect that their lord was so young, and he really fulfilled the words, a hero comes from a young age.
After Wang Qizhi asked the soldiers to stand up, he walked into the military camp step by step with his hands behind his back.
The soldiers around saw a young boy coming here, and they were very curious about his identity. The next scene shocked them!
Their general Dianyi hurried over, bowed his hands to Wang Qizhi, and said, "Greetings, my lord."
Wang Qizhi smiled and said, "General Dian, there is no need to be polite."
After Dianyi stood up straight, he said, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Wang Qizhi nodded and said, "It's true that we have something to do. Let's talk about it in the big tent!"
Then, the two came to the Chinese army's tent. Noriyoshi clapped his hands gently, and five soldiers walked in from outside the tent.
Wang Qizhi looked at the five people pretending not to know, and said, "Who are they?"
Dianyi quickly explained: "My lord, they are capable people I selected. They are good at leading troops and fighting, so I want my lord to arrange some positions for them."
Although everything in Wang Qizhi's general affairs was left in Dianyi's hands, he did not dare to make the final decision on the matter of conferring official positions, lest he be jealous of the young lord.
Wang Qizhi had known about this matter for a long time, because he had placed many people from Yue Tiansi in the military camp. Among these five people, one of them was his. In this way, every move here would be traced. There is no way to escape Wang Qizhi's eyes. As long as the meaning of this code is a little bit disloyal, he will know it.
To be honest, Wang Qizhi didn't want to become someone like Wu Youding, but in this position, he had to act like this.
Wang Qizhi also knew the abilities of these five people very well. As Dianyi said, they were capable of leading troops in battle and could take on heavy responsibilities, so Wang Qizhi made them deputy generals, each leading a thousand people. direct command.
Wang Qizhi deliberately placed himself in front of Dianyi, just to explain to these guys that I am the absolute leader of the army, and my position in their hearts must be above Dianyi. Don't act like someone who only listens to the general but not others. Here comes the Lord's business.
Everyone present was not a fool. Naturally, they understood the hidden meaning of Wang Qizhi's words. No one dared to look down on Wang Qizhi, the young lord.
The five people bent down and cupped their hands, saying in unison: "Here!"
Wang Qizhi looked at Dianyi and said, "I'll leave the rest of the detailed matters to you. Next, let's discuss how to suppress the bandits."
Dianyi said in surprise: "Why are you so anxious?"
Wang Qizhi said helplessly: "To be honest, we need money."
Noriyoshi laughed loudly and said, "I thought it was some big deal!"
Wang Qizhi said angrily: "You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are when you are not a family. Now that we have just established a foothold here, we need money everywhere, otherwise there will be big trouble."
Dianyi nodded and said, "When shall we take action?"
Although Wang Qizhi had read some military books, he was a layman compared with Dianyi, so the former left the matter to the latter.
Dianyi came to a huge map ahead and pointed to a hilltop on the left side of Chengjun City. According to calculations, it was only thirty miles away from their current location, and there were no towns nearby, so there was nothing to stop them from moving.
Dianyi pointed to the top of the mountain and said: "This mountain is called Naitou Mountain. There are about three thousand bandits stationed on the top of the mountain, and they are blocked by a solid wall. They are the most powerful group of bandits nearby."
"According to our undercover report, this group of bandits has been entrenched here for many years and has robbed a large amount of money from the surrounding people and passers-by, about one million taels of silver. Due to Wang Sheng'an's inaction, many villages and small towns have been destroyed. After being wiped out by them, the surrounding area was completely empty, not even a single person was around. They were really full of evil."
Wang Qizhi fell into deep thought, and after a long time he said: "These bandits must be veterans who have experienced life and death. Can we new recruits be their opponents?"
Dian Yi told Wang QiZhi not to worry because they had a lifelong magic weapon.
Wang Qizhi asked curiously: "What magic weapon?"
