Chapter 171 [Green's Chaos Politics]

Sure enough, after hearing Philip's words, Shaya just laughed a few times. The strange eyes slapped Philip's face, then raised the whip and slapped it, "You guy, don't come and try my ideas. I'm not confused. I'm learning from those governors? Humph, I'm just an army chief now, but the government affairs are not in my hands. Where can I have the capital to be a warlord?"

After saying that, he ignored Philip's strange expression and raised his horse whip and galloped down.

Sharba looked at Philip unhappily and snorted: "You are nonsense and annoyed Xia Ya. If you talk nonsense again in the future, be careful that I will tear your bones."

Dodoro also glanced at Philip, and followed him without saying a word. Philip fell to the end, with a cautious face, but a cold smile in his heart.

Humph, these two guys, one is a rash man and the other is a clever man, have no real knowledge. Xia Ya has no talent. As long as I can try my best to gain his trust, I will not worry about having no way out.

The three of them continued to rush, but Xia Ya never mentioned the matter of the peasant and soldier system. On the way, she encountered villages and towns, and she was not as interested in inspecting before. She just hurriedly asked for a few horses and kept rushing along the way. What made Xia Ya a little curious was that she ran to the end and occasionally stopped to look behind, but she did not find the macho sister who was following her all the way. This made Xia Ya feel relieved and a little surprised: Could she retreat with the difficulties? That would be the best!

The four of them were in turmoil and first went to Mesta, the capital city of Moor. Mesta City is the largest city with the largest population among the four cities and six towns under Moor. The permanent population exceeded 30,000. In addition, the mobile merchant groups and the scattered personnel who were looking for a livelihood in the capital city of this small border county. The population in this city has remained at around 50,000 for many years. Geographically speaking, Mesta City is a little far from the border and is also the best in Moor County in terms of safety. Due to geographical reasons, Mesta City is backed by mountains.

There are flat plains on all sides, and the land is fertile. It is the center of the rich grain production area. Therefore, every year, grain traders from all over the mainland come here to purchase grain and sell them out, which stimulates the vitality of the city. Grain trade has driven other surrounding industries, especially the most developed transportation industry. The most common ones in this city are carriages and horse carriages, which drive the trade between horse markets and livestock. At the same time, the wood industry needed to make horse carriages has gradually flourished, and craftsmen in the surrounding areas have gradually gathered in this city.

Clincia, the current county magistrate of More County, is forty-six years old. She is a standard middle-level bureaucrat in the imperial state. She does not have a noble title, but only a jazz title (the title at the bottom of this aristocratic class has no fiefdom, but just a glorious title.). She had read the information about this person before coming. The county magistrate of Clincia has been in More County for seven years and has not moved his butt. The previous evaluation of him on the information was: cautious and steady, and pertinent. At the same time, this person is also a steadfast official who is loyal to the royal family.

In such a small county on the border, I spent seven years in it, and I experienced a war with the Odin people. No matter what, the imperial team gathered at the border, collected food and grass nearby, and ensured military supply without any mistakes. In any case, the ability of this county magistrate is worthy of recognition. After the war with the Odin people, the final arguments for this war were adjusted. What should be rewarded, and what should be rewarded should be spanked, but this official who worked hard to provide food in the war did not have any benefits - it can be seen that the county magistrate is probably not strong in the background. Otherwise,

, In such a small border county, he is so close to the border, and in every war, Moor County is the first to bear the brunt of the army, and he has to serve the army with fear (in every war, Moor County is a front-line war zone, and the war zone military headquarters are located here, so the bosses from the imperial capital military headquarters will naturally not look at this small frontier county magistrate, but he will try his best to serve the bosses.) Therefore, the position of the county magistrate of Moor County is not a bad person in the eyes of the bureaucratic class of the empire. It can be said that he suffered again and did not win the face.

After working for seven years, I couldn't move my butt. If Lord Clincia didn't have any accidents, I would probably die of old age in this official position.

When Chara came to Mesta City, he did not see the Clinsia county magistrate. He only saw a few civilian officials from the county magistrate's office. After asking, he found out that the Clinsia went to the village below to inspect the progress of spring plowing.

This made Xia Ya feel a little more favorable to this county magistrate whom she had never met. No matter what, a person who is a local magistrate can attach so much importance to farming and not stay in the bustling city to enjoy the happiness, but run to the countryside to inspect farming, which is also a conscientious person.

Of course, Xia Ya would not think that the county magistrate was deliberately giving his face - he ran all the way, and the other party didn't know when he would arrive. Forget the normal time, he should arrive in a month. So Xia Ya's arrival surprised all the officials in the county hand office: Is this military chief so anxious? Is something big going to happen again?

Mesta City is the capital of County Moor and the government center of a county, but Charia has no blessing to stay in this prosperous and stable city to enjoy the happiness.

He must get Denzel City to take office.

The power structure of the empire has always been divided between military power and regime. In Mor County, the Lord Clinsia led the government, while Charia was the leader. Moreover, the empire also had an unwritten rule: the military capital is generally not in the same place as the government capital.

This is not a legal provision, but a hidden rule.

Originally, the garrison of Moor County was located in Denzel City, which was temporarily moved to deal with the battle of the Odins. This time, in addition to granting the position of military commander of Moor County, Charia also served as the garrison of Denzel City. In other words, although in Moor County, government affairs had to obey the orders of the Clinsia county magistrate, Charia was in charge of military affairs and government affairs in the small town of Denzel City.

Moreover, the above command is also very meaningful, implying that Charia set up the county garrison's mansion in Denzel City.

It is also the imperial custom for the military chief of a county to serve as the chief of the county magistrate. According to this custom, as long as Charia goes to Denzel City to take office, the county magistrate usually ignores the affairs of Denzel City. As long as Charia does not rebel, or does not do anything that is angry or resentful, the county magistrate turns a blind eye to him. As long as you pay the tax for the last season, even if you close the door in Denzel City and play hide-and-seek in the city, Clinsia will not interfere.

Xia Ya didn't understand the management of the officialdom very well, but Philip tried to explain it to Xia Ya all the way. The more Xia Ya heard it, the more she frowned. Finally, she couldn't help but look at Philip more and thought: This guy is really a bit knowledgeable. Everyone around me is a rough man fighting now. Philip has been the leader of the Warrior Order, and he has done well in the past. I think there are some tricks and scheming. Such a person happens to be what I lack at the moment. However, this guy used to be a bad person, but he couldn't trust him too much, and he had to be careful of him!

After asking, Xia Ya realized how many soldiers he, the county military commander, had.

According to the Emperor's system, the full force of a county is a mixed flag regiment of a local garrison army. Xia Ya, as the chief of the military garrison, also serves as the official of the flag regiment. The full force of the local garrison army should be 3,000 people. The so-called mixed force is a mixed infantry and cavalry, which does not strictly distinguish the types of troops like the Central Standing Corps.

The troops on paper are distributed like this: the six battalions of war soldiers, each battalion of 350 people. A total of 2,100 people have combat power. In addition, there are also transportation logistics auxiliary soldiers and other people in the flag regiment, with a total of 900 people. These 900 people include a transportation battalion team and an auxiliary soldier. The transportation battalion team is responsible for logistics transportation, and the auxiliary soldiers are equivalent to miscellaneous soldiers. What are the construction of fortifications, construction of camps, repairing city walls, etc., which are considered as engineering soldiers.

Of course, this is just data on paper. If you count it, there will be not that much.

First of all, due to the collapse of the peasant and military system and the Tema military region system, half of the empire's land was divided up by the military region, and the central government's finances were tense - these military regions only paid a little tax symbolically, which was basically equivalent to a small local warlord country in separatist areas. The central government lost half of its territory, which was equivalent to half of its fiscal revenue. The financial situation was tense, so the military expenditure was naturally scarce.

The garrison troops below rarely have full corpses due to lack of military expenditure. Therefore, although Moor County is located in a critical area on the border, the flag regiments of the garrison troops here have been maintained at about 70% of the garrison troops all year round.

And just 70% of it is still on paper!

In this kind of miscellaneous army, there are certain traditional problems in the army: eating empty quotas and drinking soldiers' blood!

The flag regiment that Xia Ya took over is currently in charge of only two thousand people, and there is another battalion of soldiers stationed in the capital Mesta City - and this battalion stationed in the capital has actually been considered to be out of Xia Ya's control. This is also a custom in the officialdom. When an army chief comes, it is equivalent to cutting a city from the county and giving it to you, which means that the county magistrate has lost one territory. In exchange, the battalion stationed in the capital is considered to be a custom of the county magistrate. If one battalion is exchanged for another city, no one can say that this transaction is a loss.

This is a custom in the officialdom, and Xia Ya could only accept it with his nose. But the problem is that the remaining few battalions, the transportation battalions and auxiliary battalions, are far from enough. The remaining three battalions should have a thousand people, but the actual number of people is good enough to have five or six hundred. The remaining heads are just pages of names on paper. If you really look for it seriously, it would be strange if you can find a ghost! It is just the military pay paid every year, and these empty military pay naturally flowed into the pockets of the middle and lower-class officers of the local garrison army.

In some places, some battalions and team officials are in small power in the local area. Even relatives and friends, aunts and aunts, and servants and cooks at home are registered in the military list and counted as soldiers. They are considered as soldiers' heads. They spend money every year to support him...

And the remaining five or six hundred real people must be carefully selected to eliminate the elderly, weak, sick and disabled...

It would be good if you could take out three hundred people at the end of the elimination rate.

After finishing the calculations, Xia Ya sighed: "Damn, I really thought it was a fat man. After working for a long time, my subordinates could only fight 300 people, 300 people... were equivalent to being demoted to a camp official."

After calculating bad debts, there are naturally benefits.

The military chief of a county, and the peasants and soldiers of a county are also under his management. He can intercept a sum of military expenditures to supplement military expenditures, as well as local security patrols, tax inspection and prisons, etc., all under his management.

The population of four cities, six towns and twenty-one villages in Moor County is about 400,000. In theory, if the militant soldiers are mobilized, it is entirely possible to pull out a team of tens of thousands of people.

The land belongs to the state, and the income is used to support the troops, and there is also wealth. Every year, there is a little surplus for Xia Ya to enrich the local military expenditure.

In addition, there are security patrol prisons and tax supervision - these are also very good. In a word, in Mor County, everyone wearing weapons is under the jurisdiction of Shaya.

After staying in Mestari for a long time, Shaya handed over the documents and procedures in the county magistrate's office, exchanged for a county's military account document, and took his men to Denzel City to take office.

At least there is still news that comforts Xia Ya's heart a lot.

Mad Dog Green has been in office many days ago and has served as a battalion officer in the local garrison army flag regiment of the Moor County. Originally, the magistrate of Clinsia met Green and knew that Green was a famous talent in the army. He originally wanted to keep this talent in the capital Mesta and ask him to lead the battalion of Mesta, but Green politely refused and insisted on going to Denzel to take office. Although Clinsia is a local official, she also knows some imperial political situation and knows that Green is a figure of the Eagle System. This Eagle System obviously came to this small border county and was partnered with Xia Ya. From this point of view, this Lord Xia Ya is also a person valued by the Eagle System. After guessing these, he naturally did not stop him and quickly let Green take office.

Green had already gone to Denzel City ten days ago and took over a battalion.

This talent who is recognized by the Eagle Group as a "famous general" is a pre-stop. I believe that the military affairs in Denzel City should have been rectified by him.

Xia Ya was anxious and couldn't wait to take the people away from Mesta to Denzel City.

Denzel City is the city closest to the frontier. From Mesta to Denzel City, it took a day to arrive.

This is the second time that Xia Ya has arrived in this small town in frontier. She has been rushing all night long and arrived at Denzel City. It was the morning. Although everyone was a little tired, under the rising sun, looking at the end of the road in the distance, the outline of the wall of the small town gradually became clear. The wall built according to the standards of the military fortress seemed to be covered with a golden color under the rising sun. The imperial eagle flag was fluttering on the walls in the distance, and the farmlands on both sides were still surrounded by the undissipated morning mist. After seeing this, Xia Ya couldn't help but feel a little warm. On the one hand, she could see Green immediately, and on the other hand, looking at this bustling small town she had seen, she couldn't help but feel anxious: In the future, this will be my old nest!!

Four people rode their horses along the road and came to the small city. They looked up at the city wall. The eleven-meter-high wall was majestic. Because they had just experienced the war of the Odins, this place was the military headquarters of the front-line war zone. The city wall had just been repaired and looked majestic and sturdy.

Although it was morning morning, because it happened to be on the border trade road, there were already many passing caravans waiting to line up to enter the city gate. The taxi blocked the city gate, and there were outsiders with accents from all over the world. Many of them were dressed in exotic style, and some of them looked obviously tall Odin people. At this moment, the two countries had just had a battle, and these Odin merchants dared to come to Byzantium to do business, which seemed to be bold. However, the people around the Odin merchants were avoiding them from afar, and some locals looked from afar and spitting fiercely.

When Xia Ya saw the congested city gate, she frowned. So many people lined up to enter the city, why was the speed of release at the city gate so slowly?

Relying on his height and strength, as well as strong men like Sharba, he quickly crowded in front of the crowd. After seeing this, Shaya was furious!

I saw that under the city gate, although the city gate was wide open, two sharp wooden horses moved out of the barracks were blocked by half of the place below the city gate. Dozens of city guards wearing local guards and armor stood lazily, with laughter on their faces and an inappropriate look. The two older officers, one with a greedy face and the other with a scathing eyes, sat at a table. Any passing merchant group had to register first when entering the city - this was in line with the imperial decree.

But these guys were obviously damaging the public and private. Two officers sat there, full of arrogance. One was playing with a horse whip in his hand, and the other was holding a mimeogram in his hand. The passerby caravans and the chamber of commerce were passed by. These two were responsible for verifying and then releasing them.

But Xia Ya looked around for a while, but her face turned pale.

These two bastards were sitting there, and they just took a rough look at the documents handed over by others and didn't verify them much. Instead, they looked arrogant and were picky. Those caravans who passed by were used to traveling around the world, and they didn't understand the meaning? Someone came over and used the documents handing over the transportation, and some hard and shiny things were hidden in their sleeves, which were quietly stuffed into the officer's hands.

These soldiers guarding the city simply waved their hands to let go whenever they gave bribes. Anyone who refused to give bribes deliberately made things difficult for others and took them down. A group of soldiers immediately rushed up like wolves and tigers, and each car was tossed and carefully checked. Some packed boxes of goods were also in a mess.

In this way, the release speed will naturally be much slower.

Seeing the city gates blocked, the anxious caravans lined up behind them complained. Everyone dared not scold these greedy officers and soldiers, but had to scold those caravans who were ignorant and refused to submit bribes. The surroundings were full of people, and people suddenly became crowded.

After looking at it for a while, Xia Ya couldn't stand it anymore, so she strode away from the crowd and rushed up. Seeing a caravan leader shaking the man while trembling, she hid a few hard coins in her sleeves and handed over. Xia Ya stepped forward and pressed the merchant, pulled him back, stood at the table, and looked at the two officers sitting there coldly.

The two of them were about to take the money when they suddenly saw someone squeezed in front of them and frowned. One of them raised his eyelids and looked at Xia Ya. Seeing Xia Ya's expression was cold, there was a faint scent in his eyes, and his heart felt cold at first.

After all, Xia Ya is a man who has experienced war. He is already extremely powerful and has come out of the dead several times. When he gets angry, he naturally has a sense of awesome power. It looks like he has a bit of the style of the former domineering general Adrick.

"What are you doing?" An officer shrank his neck, but when he saw that he was surrounded by his subordinates, he couldn't help but become tough.

"Enter the city!" Xia Ya snorted.

"Line in the back." The officer frowned and raised his chin: "Just go to the side quickly. If you dare to disrupt the order, you will be arrested!"

In order to make it convenient for the trip, Xia Ya did not wear armor, but a robe. Otherwise, his dress of hill armor would have come out, and these officers would not dare to be so presumptuous.

"Discontinue order?" Xia Ya was furious and suddenly stepped forward. He pressed the table with both hands and raised the table. With a loud bang, a table directly smashed an officer down. The other one rolled and crawled to the side, rolling to the ground in a dusty face. Before he could get up, he saw one of his companions being pressed under the rotten table with blood on his face, and he immediately screamed: "Come on! Catch! Catch! Catch! Catch!!"

Dozens of soldiers around immediately pulled out their weapons and surrounded them. Looking at the appearance of these people, they were all smiling and scoundrels, just like street gangsters. How could they look like soldiers for a long time?

Xia Ya was angry and angry. The two soldiers guarding the city who rushed to him were grabbed by one hand and lifted it up, and threw it far away towards the city wall.

With two bangs, two rogue soldiers smashed on the city wall, and suddenly they broke a few bones, and they fell to the ground and rolled and vomited blood. Some of the people next to them raised their swords and rushed over, while others were just gangsters, putting on military uniforms to make a living. Seeing Xia Ya was so arrogant, she was just hiding behind and calling for intimidation, and she didn't dare to step forward for a while.

Xia Ya didn't care about so much. She rushed into the group of rogue soldiers, punched and kicked, and then fucked seven or eight of them in a moment. Fortunately, he showed mercy and did not kill people. However, these people were forced to break their legs and feet. The rest shouted, threw down the weapons in their hands, and swarmed into the city, shouting while running: "Robbers attack the city! Run!!!"

Xia Ya was so angry that she almost vomited blood!

This is my old lair? This is my army?!

Mad Dog Green! What the hell are you doing for so many fucking days!!

Seeing Xia Ya beat the dozens of officers and soldiers guarding the city gate alone, the caravans waiting to enter the city behind were cheering, and they shouted for a while. Some shouted, "When you fight well," and some even shouted, "This group of bastards should be killed with one knife!"

Two experienced and persistent people came over, quickly grabbed Xia Ya, and kindly advised: "Young man, run away quickly! You have stabbed the hornet's nest. After a while, they have gathered people out, you will suffer!"

Xia Ya snorted, thanked the other party for his kindness in advance, and gritted her teeth and said, "Are the defenders in this city so bastard?"

Some of the merchants next to him were frowning and complained helplessly: "I was not so arrogant before. Although I occasionally gained some benefits in the past, I could still survive. But a few days ago, I came to Lord Green. This Lord heard that he came from Osgilia and had a very tough backstage. After this Grimm came, he became even more aggressive. All the rascals on the ground were taken into the army by him. These people made the city smoky and set up checkpoints at the gate of the city, and openly sought bribes. We dared not speak out. At this moment, the other battalions stationed in the city, seeing that Green had made a fortune, they all followed suit and colluded with Green. The two gates were like this. These rogue soldiers were even more cruel than robbers!"

As soon as these words were said, they immediately attracted the consent of others. For a moment, the public was angry and cursed the garrison troops in the city.

Xia Ya was surprised when she heard this!

Green?!

Green??! That mad dog Green?!

The rigorous soldier who saluted silently in front of the statue of the Duke of Osgilia was not afraid of the warlords and the powerful!! Why did he become such a disastrous appearance when he left the imperial capital and came to the place?!

Did he pretend that he had in front of him before?!

Xia Ya was furious and went up and grabbed the officer who was smashed to the ground, lifted him up, shouting: "Say! Which battalion are you from! Who is your commander!"
To be continued...